Manila Standard Today - July 23, 2012 Issue
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Energize the economy, restore the rule of law
and rebuild the damaged institutions
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Aquino expected to brag
on anti-corruption gains
Red carpet
rolled out
at Batasan
yearly rite
The good, the bad and the forgotten
The Presidents promises:
LP seeks
shakeup
in Senate
leadership
Congress moves to reverse
ruling on its one vote in JBC
Chinese garrison up in Sansha
At half-staff. The US ag ies at half-staff at the US Embassy in Manila to honor those
killed in the shooting rampage by a gunman at a Colorado movie theatre during the premier
of the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. Twelve people were killed and 50 injured.
Ofcial seal. An employee
hangs the ofcial seal of the
President of the Philippines at the
podium where the president will
deliver his State of the Nation Ad-
dress. MANNY PALMERO
By Christian Cardiente
PRESIDENT Be-
nigno Aquino III
will today deliver
his third State-of-
the-Nation Address
before Congress and
to his bossesthe
Filipino people. It will
be his fourth major
speech since he won
the 2010 presidential
elections.
All past addresses contained
and reected the Presidents vision
for the country; his teams appre-
ciation of the problems besetting
our people and the priority plans
and strategies to address them; his
administrations focus and style of
governance; and the effectiveness
and sincerity of his leadership.
Those speeches also served as a
report card of his administrations
accomplishments.
By Macon R. Araneta
and Julito G. Rada
PRESIDENT Benigno Aqui-
no III is expected to trumpet
his achievements in ghting
corruption today in his State-
of-the-Nation Address, but
Senator Joker Arroyo says
graft continues to thrive in his
administration two years after
he came to power proclaiming
the straight path.
Corruption continues in
the lower echelons of the gov-
ernment, Arroyo said in an in-
terview with dzBB radio.
If you go to government of-
ces, its just the same from the
directors level down. Thats
the way it is, he said but ac-
knowledged some reforms at
the departmental level.
Arroyo said his driver was
given the run-around when he
sent him to pick up a parcel for
THE House of Representatives is
all set for the State-of-the-Nation
Address of President Benigno
Aquino III today.
The President is expected to
deliver his third SONA at 4 p.m.
Other than saying the speech
would be a look backward and a
look forward, Malacaang remained
tight-lipped on the details. It will be
delivered in Filipino with visual aids.
At least 1,700 former and in-
cumbent public ofcials are ex-
pected to troop to the Batasan
Complex in Quezon City to wit-
ness the Presidents third address
since he assumed ofce in 2010.
Apart from the 285 congress-
men and 23 senators, about 80
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ALL SET FOR SONA
By Francisco S. Tatad
After an extremely barren two
years, President Benigno Aquino
III has a fresh opportunity of den-
ing his strategic vision, basic objec-
tives and policy directions for the
country when he delivers his third
State-of-the-Nation Address at the
nal session of the 15th Congress
which opens today. He cannot pass
it up.
So far, the bachelor-President
has led a charmed life. Blessed by
the lack of a genuine opposition,
an adversarial mainstream media,
or a militant public that unceas-
ingly demands its due, his conduct
of the presidency has by and large
escaped close and critical review.
He has been able to govern, if that
indeed is the right word, largely
through the media, making his war
on his immediate predecessor and
her former chief justice his chief
priority.
In his rst two Sonas, he
made the nation sit up by speak-
ing purely in Filipino, without
any simultaneous or written
translation for the foreign diplo-
matic corps or the non-Filipino-
speaking Cebuano. He was the
rst Filipino President ever to do
so, to his eternal credit. But his
rhetoric was a carryover from his
2010 campaign when the catchy
but ill-framed slogan (kung wa-
lang korap walang mahirap)
was sufcient to win the day.
His ability to deliver crisp,
punchy speeches in Filipino re-
mains a major asset, but he can-
not be using the same rhetoric.
In his third Sona, he will have to
show more substance than in his
rst two. He will have to nally
reveal a clear and coherent vision
for the country, spell out relevant
programs and policies, identify
targets and priorities, harness the
necessary resources and assign
the appropriate implementing
agencies.
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By Maricel V. Cruz
THE ruling Liberal Party is seeking
an alliance with other top political
parties to control the Senate and re-
place Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile with Senator Franklin Dri-
lon, an LP stalwart, a source from
the Liberal Party said Sunday.
The ruling party wants to ally
with Senator Manuel Villars Na-
cionalista Party and businessman
Eduardo Cojuangcos National-
ist Peoples Coalition to boost its
chances of controlling the Senate
By Christine F. Herrera
THE House and Senate on Sunday re-
jected the Supreme Courts ruling and
asserted their continued joint presence
in the Judicial and Bar Council, claim-
ing Congress was there to ensure trans-
parency and checks and balances.
Senate President Juan Ponce En-
rile and JBC members Senator Fran-
cis Joseph Escudero and Iloilo Rep.
Niel Tupas Jr. blamed the 1987 fram-
ers of the Constitution for the over-
sight, saying they failed to consider
the vote when the government shifted
from a unicameral to a bicameral sys-
tem and retained the one vote for the
two houses.
THE The Association of Southeast
Asian Nations has agreed on a six-
point statement in line with Chinas
stand to turn the disputed South Chi-
na Sea into a sea of peace, friendship
and cooperation even as its central
authority approved to form a garri-
son on the newly established city of
Sansha, according to the state news
agency Xinhua.
The statement was an ofcial
response to the South China Sea is-
sue after the Asean failed to reach
a joint communique at the foreign
ministers meeting in Phnom Penh.
Life in a cart. A homeless
family copes with the realities
of life in a cart. They will be
unmindful of the Presidents
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ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com JULY 23, 2012 MONDAY
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Former reporter Nixon Cua shot
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Cua, 49, was at the house
of his brother Allyson, 46, at
the Ayala Greeneld Estates
when four armed men entered it
around 8 p.m. and one of them
red at Nixon, hitting him in
the face and body. Another gun-
man red at Allyson and hit
him in the shoulder, police said.
The gunmen then snatched a
handbag containing P90,000 and
an iPhone from Cuas 21-year-old
daughter Sue Anne before eeing.
Calamba police said they had
set up a task force to look into
the case and offered a P100,000
reward for the gunmens arrest.
Cua, a former reporter of
The Philippine Star, was ap-
pointed by President Joseph Es-
trada to head the PTA in 2000
after the agencys previous
chief, Lito Banayo, resigned.
The National Press Club said
Sunday it was dismayed by his
killing.
There is still much to be
done to improve the utterly
dismaying state of peace and
order in the country as evi-
denced by the recent attack
on... Nixon Cua, group presi-
dent Benny Antiporda said.
FORMER Philippine Tourism
Authority chief Nixon Cua was shot
Saturday night at the residence of his
younger brother in Calamba, Laguna,
and is now in critical condition at the
Calamba Medical Center, police said
Sunday.
Aquino ...
one of his children at the post
office.
Their heyday contin-
ues. Theyre still asking [for
bribes].
Arroyo said his office had
been receiving complaints
about rampant graft and cor-
ruption, and that some of the
victims had even taken the time
to visit his office personally.
Every day, thats happen-
ing, so its just the same as it
was in the past, Arroyo said.
Unlike most lawmakers, Ar-
royo said, he planned to skip
President Aquinos State-of-
the-Nation Address today, lik-
ening it to a beautiful fashion
show in which lawmakers
dress up in their expensive fin-
ery to listen to the Chief Ex-
ecutive talk about the same
things.
They have been talking
about the same things---their
achievements and what they
will do next year, so Im not
going, said Arroyo, who has
not been to a SONA since he
walked out of one during the
Ramos administration.
Aside from the main points
of the Presidents speech, the
media coverage of his previous
addresses have traditionally
focused on the battle of the
gowns among senators, con-
gresswomen, the wives of leg-
islators and their invited guests
who parade in gowns made by
the countrys top couturiers
and fashion designers.
Senator Loren Legarda on
Sunday said that Filipinos
needed to see how the adminis-
trations anti-corruption efforts
translated to food on the table,
education and health services
for all, access to clean energy,
and a healthy and secure envi-
ronment.
Governance policies, while
important, need to be translat-
ed into services and programs
whose benefits can be felt by
the ordinary Filipino, she
said. said.
The opposition members of
the House said they will not
boycott the Presidents speech
today, but expressed the hope
that he would focus on plans
for the economy rather than the
persecution of his political en-
emies on corruption charges.
We expect the President
to talk about his plans for the
country to achieve a robust
economy, but if he talks about
[anti-corruption], I wont be
surprised, said House Minor-
ity Leader Danilo Suarez.
Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua
said he expected the President
to talk about his accomplish-
ments even if those had yet to
be realized.
I guess his SONA is going
to be an enumeration of his
performance, but nothing has
been performed, Fua said.
He said the administration
had yet to demonstrate that the
6.4-percent growth in the first
quarter could be maintained for
the rest of the year.
Business leaders, meanwhile,
said they were more interested
in President Aquinos plans for
the next four years than listen-
ing to his achievements.
Miguel Varela, president
of the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, said
the business sector wanted
some pronouncements from the
President on how to make the
economy more stable and how
to attract more foreign direct
investments to generate more
jobs.
What is more important for
us are stable and predictable
macroeconomic fundamentals.
We want a clear-cut policy
direction aimed at attracting
more foreign direct invest-
ments, Varela said.
PCCI chairman Sergio Ortiz-
Luis said he expected the Presi-
dent to announce an increase in
the budget of the departments
responsible for producing jobs
in the country.
These departments include
the Department of Trade and
Industry and Department of
Science and Technology, he
said. With Maricel Cruz and
Gigi Muoz-David
On June 30, 2010, the Presi-
dent said the governments
foremost duty was to lift the
nation from poverty through
honest and effective gover-
nance. It would be done by
appointing ethical and honest
officials and by reviewing the
midnight appointments by the
previous administration.
He vowed to address the
classroom shortage and im-
prove school facilities, to boost
the infrastructure for transpor-
tation, tourism, and trade, and
to revive his mothers emer-
gency employment program.
The government would fight
corruption at the Bureau of In-
ternal Revenue and Customs
and raise revenue collection to
finance quality education, im-
prove public health services, and
provide a home for each family.
Mr. Aquino He promised to
strengthen the Armed forces
and the police and to provide
irrigation and farm implements
to farmers. The government
would reduce red tape and pro-
mote a predictable and consis-
tent investment environment.
A Truth Commission would
be formed and the peaceful and
just settlement of the conflict
in Mindanao would be pursued.
There would be a stronger
consultation and feedback
mechanism, and the President
would not ignore the orders
of his bosses. There would
be no more junkets, no more
senseless spending, no more in-
fluence-peddling, no more pa-
tronage politics, no more steal-
ing. No more sirens, no more
short cuts, no more bribes.
Barely a month into office,
Mr. Aquino disclosed a litany
of abuses and corrupt practices
by the previous administration
in his 2010 address. He pledged
to terminate the excessive perks
and allowances in state corpora-
tions, and to end wasteful use of
government funds through zero-
based budgeting.
In addition to the promises
made during his inauguration,
Mr. Aquino vowed to run after
tax evaders and punish the per-
petrators of summary killings.
He promised to implement
the Public-Private Partnership
program to boost the economy
and act as the primary vehicle
to fund infrastructure require-
ments, agricultural facilities, the
K+12 curriculum, and the dole
to the poor.
The President committed to
job creation and the pursuit of
legislative agenda including the
passage of the following bills:
(I) the fiscal responsibility bill,
(ii) amendment to the procure-
ment law, (iii) the anti-trust bill,
(iv) national land use, (v) the
whistle blowers bill, (vi) the fis-
cal incentives bill, and (vii) wit-
ness protection bill.
Perhaps due to the calamities
of 2010, the Presented shifted
his attention to environmental
woes during his 2011 speech and
considered making informal set-
tlers the stewards of coffee and
cacao trees in the governments
tree planting program.
He then vowed to pursue the
passage of the following bills, in
addition to those mentioned in
the 2010 speech: (i) compensa-
tion to the victims of martial law,
(ii) the kasambahay bill, (iii) im-
provement of the pension sys-
tem of retired soldiers, (iv) the
expansion of the DOST scholar-
ship, (v) universal quality health
care, and (vi) the establishment
of facilities during calamities.
In his 2011 speech, Mr. Aqui-
no cited record highs in the stock
market and improved credit rat-
ings for the country as indica-
tions of an improving economy
under his watch. According to
him, the government created
more jobs and there were less
poor and hungry Filipinos. Bil-
lions were poured into the gov-
ernments dole program.
Whether those corresponded
with the governments poverty
alleviation and inclusive growth
targets is yet to be determined.
For one, there have been sev-
eral reverse fluctuations in em-
ployment and hunger statistics
since the current administration
took to task. There were periods
when they were also up.
If it is an indication, there
has been a sharp increase in the
peoples disapproval rating and
a reduced approval rating of the
Aquino administration recently on
the issues of inflation, salary, cor-
ruption, poverty, and job creation.
In fact, there were indicators
suggesting that the administra-
tion should accelerate the execu-
tion of its plans and programs
and improve on the effective
utilization of its biased for
the poor and underprivileged
budget, if not to totally over-
haul its strategy. The countrys
economy slowed down to 3.7
percent in 2011 largely due to
governments infrastructure un-
der spending, from 7.6 percent
in 2010.
Two years down the road, the
governments PPP projects have
yet to make a tangible contribu-
tion to the economy. Of the 22
identified priority projects, only
the P1.96-billion Daang Hari-
South Luzon Expressway Link
Road has been awarded so far,
with most projects still on their
pre-feasibility or feasibility stage.
There were clamors for a more
able leadership from the Presi-
dent himself, and calls for more
competent people in his official
family.
All these beg the question: Are
these the governments response
to the promised poverty alle-
viation through effective gover-
nance?
While there is progress in
improving the welfare of the
uniformed personnel through
housing programs and upgraded
equipment; much remains to be
desired in addressing human
rights abuses and extra-judicial
killings in the country.
It is the same case with devel-
opments in the ongoing peace
talks with the rebel groups.
Leaders of the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front have criticized
the slow pace of the peace pro-
cess.
Meanwhile, according to a re-
cent report by the international
agency Human Rights Watch,
the Aquino administration has
made little progress in address-
ing impunity.
The government has largely
failed to prosecute military per-
sonnel implicated in such kill-
ings, even though strong evi-
dence exists in many cases. Only
seven cases of extra-judicial kill-
ings from the past decade have
been successfully prosecuted,
none of which were in 2011 or
involved active duty military
personnel, said HRW.
Anakbayan national chairman
Vencer Crisostomo said that
in the first quarter of the year
alone, an average of one youth
or student was abused by sol-
diers per week.
In all of our documented cas-
es, not a single soldier has been
prosecuted. This speaks volumes
about the Aquino administrations
stance on human rights. Even their
own yes-man who heads the
Commission on Human Rights
has admitted that they have done
nothing, he said, referring to
CHR commissioner and Aquino
ally Etta Rosales.
In addressing the classroom
shortage, the Department of
Education told Manila Standard
that 22,066 classrooms have
been built since Mr. Aquino as-
sumed office, down from the
66,800 classroom shortfall.
But Anakbayan and Kabataan
Partylists say otherwise, argu-
ing that the classroom shortage
and other basic public education
problems have actually wors-
ened under the Aquino adminis-
tration.
The Alliance of Concerned
Teachers, meanwhile, questioned
the government figure, saying that
by their own estimates, class-
room shortage numbers are still at
more than 100,000.
On the proposed bills, Malaca-
ang said that most bills are al-
ready in the advanced stage of
legislation at the Congress. The
Lower House in April passed the
bill protecting whistleblowers.
The SONA contains the
plans and programs of the gov-
ernment, by order of impor-
tance. While many of promises
in the past addresses are yet to
be met or have been totally for-
gotten, a fresh list of vows will
be made today.
LP ...
and changing its leadership,
according to the source who
refused to be named.
The Liberal Party already
controls the House of Rep-
resentatives, and it now ap-
pears it wants to also con-
trol the Senate by easing out
Enrile, a member of former
President Joseph Estradas
Partido ng Masang Pilipino.
That has been discussed
in one of our meetings, the
source said.
We may exploit the immi-
nent alliance for next years
polls with other political par-
ties to secure the Senates
leadership.
The source said the LP,
which has Drilon and Sena-
tors Francisco Pangilinan,
Ralph Recto and Teofisto
Guingona III, was eyeing to
get at least 12 of the 23 sena-
tors, adding that the Nacio-
nalista Party now had five
senators: Villar, Alan Peter
Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Fer-
dinand Marcos Jr. and Anto-
nio Trillanes IV.
It remains a tough chal-
lenge for us to convince the
group of Senator Villar to
back our candidate [Drilon]
for the Senate presidency,
the source said.
He said the Liberal Party
was also counting on NPC
members Senators Loren
Legarda and Vicente Sotto
III, although we admit that
Senator Sotto is a staunch
supporter of Enrile.
The source said Villar had
influence over fellow Nacio-
nalistas senators Joker Arroyo,
Lito Lapid and Miriam De-
fensor-Santiago, all of whom
could support the Liberal Par-
ty in its attempt to change the
Senates leadership.
We are also banking on the
support of Senator Ping [Pan-
filo] Lacson, who might be ap-
pointed by President Aquino to
the Cabinet, and even Senator
Serge Osmea who is close to
the President, the source said.
He said Senator Ramon
Revilla Jr. might also back
the LPs plan to secure the
Senate presidency.
Enrile will be left with
the solid support of Senators
Jinggoy Estrada and Grego-
rio Honasan, the source said.
Red...
former lawmakers had
also confirmed their atten-
dance, said House Secre-
tary General Marilyn Yap.
Other dignitaries, includ-
ing former Presidents, for-
eign diplomats and local
government officials, were
also expected, Yap said.
Political observers said
some officials and guests
were expected to make a
fashion statement by wear-
ing their best clothes.
Yap said security had
been in place as early as
last week, and that the Ba-
tasang Pambansa had been
locked down since Friday.
Weve put up perimeter se-
curity considering that the num-
ber of informal settlers around
the Batasan has increased,
Yap said, referring to the
squatters around the complex.
The National Po-
lice said 5,000 policemen
would be deployed out-
side the Batasan Complex.
The members of the Police
Security Protection Group
will secure the VIPs and their
guests, and the members of
the Special Action Force
will provide area security.
Metro Manila troops will also
be on standby, while the Bureau
of Fire Protection will deploy
31 fire trucks and nine ambu-
lances at the Batasan complex.
Police said thousands of
protesters from the mainly
leftist groups were expected,
but the weather bureaus pre-
diction of continuing rain
for Monday could dampen
the expected protest actions.
Mondays rain would come
as a result of the southwest mon-
soon, weather forecaster Ben-
jie de Paz said. Maricel Cruz
and Jonathan Fernandez
Escudero said the Solicitor
General would be the one to
file the joint motion for recon-
sideration and put forward the
House and Senates position
on the issue.
He said he remained hopeful
that the high court could still
overturn its decision declar-
ing Congress should be rep-
resented by only one member
in the Judicial and Bar Coun-
cil, the body that recommends
the appointees for the vacan-
cies that may arise in Supreme
Court and the lower courts.
But Senator Joker Arroyo said
the Supreme Court would not
change its ruling.
Still, Enrile rejected the rul-
ing that the House and Senate
were only entitled to one vote
or half a vote each.
I dont think that was indi-
cated in the Constitution, he
said.
The only thing I can say is
that if a retired Justice of the
Supreme Court will have one
vote, why shouldnt a repre-
sentative of either House of
Congress have a vote? A vote
of equal weight?
Enrile said that when the
Constitution was amended in
1987, the framers of the new
Constitution were thinking of
a single House.
All of a sudden it became
two Houses, and they did not
repair these provisions. That is
why there is a need to review
the Constitution.
Tupas described the high
court ruling as absurd.
In our motion for reconsid-
eration, are argument is simple:
If one of us will take leave, it
is no longer called Congress. If
the Senate remains, that is no
longer Congress. If the House
remains, that is also not Con-
gress, Tupas said.
He said the JBC would be
more transparent if a senator
and a congressman was not
transparent. They would act as
fiscalizers in the council.
The JBC is under the su-
pervision of the [high court].
The Presiding Officer is a
[Supreme Court] member, he
said.
If the votes of Congress are
curtailed, in a way this favors
the [high court]. I feel there are
lots of maneuvers here and they
cannot control and manipulate
the two members of Congress
because we are there as part of
the checks and balances.
Tupas said even the proposal
to open the Councils proceed-
ings to the media came from
Congress.
Enrile said it was also com-
pelling that all justices of the
Supreme Court should pass
confirmation from the power-
ful Commission on Appoint-
ments whose members were
senators and congressmen.
Tupas said the motion for
reconsideration would be filed
Monday or Tuesday. With
Macon Ramos-Araneta
The statement covered the
implementation of the Decla-
ration on the Conduct of Par-
ties in the South China Sea,
the need for an early conclu-
sion of a regional code of
conduct, full respect for the
universally recognized prin-
ciples of international law, the
continued exercise of self re-
straint and non-use of force
by all parties, and the peace-
ful resolution of conflicts, Xi-
nhua reported.
Foreign Ministry spokes-
man Hong Lei said China val-
ued its relationship with the
10-member Asean bloc and
was willing to work together
with the members open to
consultations with the Asean
on the conclusion of a Code
of Conduct in the South China
Sea.
The Peoples Liberation
Armys Guangzhou Military
Command said Friday the
Central Military Commission
had authorized it to form the
garrison on a division-level
command under the PLAs
Hainan provincial sub-com-
mand, responsible for manag-
ing Sanshas defense mobili-
zation, military reserves and
carrying out military opera-
tions.
Xinhua said the PLAs San-
sha Garrison Command would
be under the dual leadership
of the Hainan provincial sub-
command and the citys civil-
ian leaders.
The Asean last week failed
to issue a joint communique
for the first time since it was
founded in 1967.
Xinhua said the failure was
over the Philippines and Viet-
nams requests to include the
bilateral maritime dispute in
the document.
Chinese ...
Congress..
The good...
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Audit billions of relief aidLegarda
House bill to benet NBN-4
Corruption not
Constitution
Arroyo
Policy on
tourists
imposed
A BILL has been led in the House
of Representatives seeking to amend
the law that banned the government-
owned television network NBN-4
from selling advertising to generate
income, a network ofcial said on
Sunday.
Julmunin Jannara, vice presi-
dent of NBN Employees Asso-
ciation, said the bill, authored by
Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez,
would allow the television network
to generate advertising income to
fund its operations and rehabilita-
tion.
The network needs capital infusion
to make it self-sufcient and commer-
cially viable again, Jannaral said.
NBN-4, which started operation in
1974, was intended as a public-service
network. Its operations is subsidized by
the government and it needs capital infu-
sion so it can compete with commercial
networks in terms of programming.
Jannaral said the network would
ask the government to increase its
budget from P1 billion to P5 billion to
sustain its operational requirements.
The re-positioning of NBN-4
is crucial from being known as the
government television station into
being regarded as a public service
network. We are behind the good
representative Lucy Torres-Gomez
in her push for signicant changes
in NBN, Jannaral said.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
Sen. Loren Legarda on Sunday
called for an audit of billions
of pesos donated by foreign
governments and international
humanitarian groups to help
families displaced by Typhoon
Sendong that devastated Cagayan
de Oro City and neighboring areas
last year.
Legarda said the government released P961 million
from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Man-
agement Fund for recovery projects in addition to the
$500 million from the World Bank, $7.4 million from
the United Nations, and $25 million from other coun-
tries and foreign communities.
Despite the huge amount for their rehabilitation, al-
most 4,000 families still live in evacuation centers un-
der difcult conditions and with barely enough money
for food and other basic needs.
These families survived a disaster, but they con-
tinue to suffer to this day, Legarda said. I am deeply
saddened that seven months after Sendong, as many as
3,995 families are still living in evacuation centers.
Legarda visited the Sendong survivors in Barangay
Canituan in Cagayan de Oro City last week. The evac-
uees appealed for livelihood assistance and said they
lack basic necessities such as water and electricity.
Nearly 1,000 people were killed in landslides
and flash floods when Sendong hit the area shortly
before Christmas in 2011. Thousands were rendered
homeless and many of them sought shelter in evacu-
ation centers.
Legarda said government agencies and institutions
that received Sendong donations should report how the
funds were utilized.
How was this vast amount of donations used?
Legarda said, asking that they should report the sta-
tus of the funds, the number of beneficiaries and oth-
er data because of speculations of possible misuse of
donated funds.
Look, whos behind Pnoy. Activists denounced US involvment in Philippine affairs during a demonstration at the
Chino Roces bridge near Malacanang on the eve of President Aquinos State of the Nation Address. EY ACASIO
By Eric Apolonio
THE Bureau of Immigration
would impose nes on airlines
that allow foreign tourists to
board an aircraft and travel to
the Philippines without return
tickets, airport operations chief
Ben Se said on Sunday.
Se said the administrative
order on return tickets issued
by Immigration Commission-
er Ricardo David, which takes
effect today, is an internation-
al practice, which is imple-
mented in almost all countries
in the world.
This rule is meant to guar-
antee that a tourist will leave the
host country before the lapse of
his stay as a temporary visitor,
David said in his order.
Section 29 of the Immigra-
tion Act provides that aliens
who arrive as tourists would be
excluded and sent back to their
port of origin they do not have
valid return or onward tickets.
Balikbayans are exempted
because they are former citizens
of the Philippines. But their stay
is limited to one year.
Ed Monreal, Airline Opera-
tors Council chairman and Ca-
thay Pacic Station Manager,
said they have been implement-
ing for some time the no return
ticket, no entry to the Philip-
pines to all tourists who come
to the country.
THE government
should eliminate graft
and corruption to lure
foreign investors into
the country rather than
amend the constitu-
tion to suit their needs,
Senator Joker Arroyo
said on Sunday.
Investors complain
of corruption in busi-
ness deals and not the
60-40 ownership pro-
vision of the consti-
tuion in favor of Fili-
pinos, Arroyo said in a
radio interview.
It is the difculty
of investing and put-
ting up a company
here. There was al-
ready corruption even
before they can put up
their business. Their
application for permits
often drag for a long
time due to various
regulations, Arroyo
said.
The Philippines has
lagged behind other
countries in Asia in
terms of foreign in-
vestments and some
sectors have proposed
amending the econom-
ic provisions of the
constitutiion such as
the 60-40 ownership
requirement to attract
investors.
So we are lagging
behind in terms of in-
vestments. If they are
not coming here, its
not due to the consti-
tutional provision on
60-40 sharing, but be-
cause of the way we
handle and respond to
their invesstments,
Arroyo said.
But the 25-year-old
constitution should be
reviewed to make it at-
tuned to the changing
times, Arroyo said.
He said charter
amendments can be
introduced if Presi-
dent Aquino decides
that it is necessary
because we have
a unitarian form of
government and not a
truly respresentative
democracy.
What the President
wants, that will hap-
pen, Arroyo said.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JULY 23, 2012 MONDAY
A4
AS Congress resumes sessions
today, House Speaker Feliciano
Belmonte has yet again given us
accid assurances that the long-
delayed reproductive health bill
might nally get passed. Lack-
ing in rmness and conviction,
this promise is consistent with
Mr. Belmontes unblemished
record of failure to date to move
this crucial piece of legislation
forward.
Under his leadership, the
House of Representatives has
allowed the bill, which seeks
to establish a national policy
on population management, to
languish in endless committee
debates, only to be set aside for
more important national con-
cerns such as impeaching the
Presidents political enemies.
This despite the extensive and
spirited debates that have oc-
casioned the bills introduction,
both inside and outside the halls
of Congress.
We will try our best to have
these measures approved at
least before the year ends,
Belmonte said of the repro-
ductive health bill and the
freedom of information bill,
another piece of legislation
that appears to be a priority
in name only. That limp prom-
ise stands in stark contrast to
the braggadocio he displayed
when he and his lieutenants
went after the chief justice of
the Supreme Court with ham-
mer and tongs, emboldened
by his marching orders from
the Palace. The same compari-
sons can be made to how this
Congress has obediently ap-
plied a rubber stamp to every
Palace budget request since
Mr. Aquino came to power,
with little regard for how he is
shoveling mountains of hard-
earned taxpayers money into
the maw of an unproductive
dole program.
As uninspiring as the Speak-
ers words were, the House
majority leader, Rep. Neptali
Gonzales II, was even less reas-
suring when he said last week
that the window for approving
the reproductive health bill was
closing fast.
Realistically, we are running
out of time to pass the bill,
Gonzales was quoted as saying,
rattling off his reasons for saying
so including several congres-
sional breaks and the campaign-
ing that is expected before the
2013 mid-term elections.
But the bills author, Albay
Rep. Edcel Lagman, correctly
points out that political will, not
time, is the commodity that is in
short supply.
This lack of political will
springs from the banks of the
Pasig River, where the Palace
has paid only lip service to
making the bill a priority and
sought unsuccessfully to push
a watered-down version of the
measure to appease the Catholic
Church.
We certainly would like to
see the end to the debates but
again, we will leave it with the
legislature as to when the de-
bates will end and there will be
an up or down vote on the RH
bill, a presidential spokesman
said, effectively passing the
buck to an ineffective House.
The supporters of the bill in
the House say they will soldier
on, but success can only be
achieved when the House lead-
ers show something they have
hitherto kept well hiddena bit
of spine.
Limp promises
The chief justice and
the Supreme Court
BETWEEN Facts and Norms is
the title Habermas gives the tome
that he calls his contribution to a
discourse theory of law and democ-
racy. It is, in every respect, typi-
cally Habermas: in its theme, in the
reliance on communicative action
(that he thoroughly takes up in the
two-volume Theory of Communi-
cative Action) and in a style that
can be virtually opaque if one is un-
familiar with the Habermas corpus.
He devotes an entire section of his
work to the role of the constitu-
tional court -- by which he means
the court with jurisdiction to pass
upon constitutionality -- in a democ-
racy. In the Philippines, of course,
this is the Supreme Court. The el-
emental right in a
discourse theory
of democracy
and of law is the
right to partici-
pate in discourse.
That form of ra-
tional exchange
between persons
who regard each
other as equals,
and therefore re-
spond to each
others demands
for justication of questioned
claims, is juris-generative. It is
the well-spring of legitimacy; it is
the condition for the validity of law.
In a representative democracy, of
course, collective will-formation is
verticalized in a Legislature that
must itself be permeable so that the
exchange among legislators is not
only discourse between the elected
representatives of the people but
also permeated by collective will-
formation.
One function he assigns the con-
stitutional court is to be the apex
of the judiciarys self-examination.
That, to me, is a very interesting
thesis. It has occurred several times
in our legal history that the Supreme
Court has been called upon to rule
on the limits of its own authority
and power, the latest having to do
with the impeachment of former
Chief Justice Renato Corona. When
you ask such questions as whether
or not deliberations internal to the
court may be disclosed via a dis-
senting opinion, or whether the
Supreme Court may pass upon the
validity of Articles of Impeach-
ment, or whether a TRO may issue
to suspend trial before the Senate,
the Judiciary, through the Supreme
Court, must perforce ask itself about
the breadth of judicial power. And
it does not follow that the resolu-
tion of such issues will always be in
favor of an ever increasing reach of
judicial power, because that would
be to suppose that the members of
the High Court hold values diverse
from those of the members of the
coordinate branches of government.
While there is a difference be-
tween the legislative audience
and the judicial audience, it still is
reasonable to insist that the base of
consensus be broadened. A relaxed
judicial attitude in relation to the
requirement of standing is con-
sistent with expanding the consen-
sual base. For quite some time, we
have seen the Court waver between
severity and laxity. In some cases
we have read it demand of parties
that they show real interest in or in-
jury resulting from the enforcement
of legislation or assailed executive
action. Thankfully, however, we
have a growing number of cases
maintaining that in cases of tran-
scendental signicance (a phrase, I
imagine, that the Court can only ut-
ter with unction!)
standing does
not have to fulll
the requirement
of real-party-in-
interest. In fact,
the oral argu-
ment before the
Supreme Court
is an eminent ex-
hibition of that
rationality that
Habermas makes
the ultimate court
of appeal. There
are, to be sure, thinkers like Justice
Posner who are wary of putting too
much faith in discourse. Exchang-
es, Posner wryly observes, hardly
bring about consensus. They only
serve to highlight irreconcilable dif-
ferences. I share the frustration, but
I am not quite ready to give up on
rationality!
In passing upon the constitution-
ality of laws, the Supreme Court, in
Habermas thought, plays the role of
guardian of the consistency of the
legal order. Logic, of course, is by
no means the preserve of justices of
the Supreme Court, so others can be
guardians of the consistency of the
legal order -- but to safeguard such
consistency with the power to call
upon the States reserve of force for
purposes of enforcement, that is the
prerogative of the Supreme Court.
Of course, this role becomes all the
more troublesome if the Supreme
Court itself contributes to inconsis-
tency in the form of unstable doc-
trine (equal to non-doctrine!) and
the now proverbial ip-opping.
But Habermas is cognizant of the
counter-majoritarian difculty: the
ever recurrent problem of why the
unelected should interdict the will
of the elected. My answer to this
has always been straightforward:
Government has never been -- and
cannot practicably be -- by the elect-
ed alone.
EDITORIAL
A conditional investment
WE hope that todays State of the Na-
tion Address of President Benigno
Aquino III reects the realization that
the time for blaming his predecessor,
ex-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,
for all the problems of the Philippines is
over because it is not credible anymore.
Mr. Aquino has already completed one-
third of his six-year term and the blame
game will not work anymore. He has been
in ofce for two years already and if there
is anyone to blame for anything, it would
already be him and his ofcials.
They have been in charge of things for
a long time already and have had the pow-
er to do what they have to do to correct
whatever shortcomings, real or imagined,
of the Arroyo administration were.
Its been two years already, Mr.
President. What the people would like
to hear in your Sona are your plans to
improve the lives of Filipinos in your
remaining four years in ofce.
***
British American Tobacco, which re-
turned to the Philippines in February after
abandoning the country in 2009, is an ex-
ample of a foreign investor that the Philip-
pines does not need and should not want.
BAT, which sells Lucky Strike in
the Philippines but has other brands
like Kent, Dunhill and Pall Mall in the
international market, is what is best de-
scribed as a conditional investor.
The companys intention to invest in
the Philippines only if certain conditions
that it has set are met was clear from the
candidly blunt statement of BATs Philip-
pine operations CEO James Lafferty who
said: We are committed to investing in
the Philippines a minimum of $200 mil-
lion [roughly P8 billion] over ve years.
We have been clear, we will not pour the
money in unless excise tax reform is done.
It is contingent on excise tax reform.
Lafferty must have been encour-
aged to make such imperious statement
by the willingness of some members
of the House of Representatives to do
BATs bidding. Such hectoring, how-
ever, might have the opposite effect on
Pres. Aquino who might nd the threat
of BAT not to continue with its $200
million investment, to be made in a ve-
year installment, a bit too much.
Actually there is no problem with
the bluster coming from Lafferty if
what BAT really wants is simply a
level playing eld. In previous inter-
views, he has said that all they want is
for Lucky Strike to pay the same ex-
cise tax as the other brands at the same
price. He claims that they dont want
any special treatment and they dont
want special grants from the govern-
ment.
But of course this is not what Laffer-
ty and BAT actually want. The proposed
legislation that the company wants
Congress to pass will grant the British
company huge tax concessions and give
Lucky Strike and other brands that BAT
will introduce in the Philippines special
treatment at the expense of locally pro-
duced brands.
The bill that BAT wants to be enact-
ed into law will impose a record-break-
ing tax increase in Philippine history.
But guess what; BAT brands will be
exempted from the huge tax increases
which will be imposed only on locally
produced low-priced and mid-priced
cigarettes.
BAT claims that there is no discrimi-
nation because the sin tax bill it wants
to be passed will impose the same taxes
as the premium brands that it imports as
those imposed on locally produced mid
and high-priced brands.
This is not true. The nal version of
the BAT-backed sin tax bill approved
by the House of Representatives just
before Congress went into recess will
virtually give BAT a tax holiday on the
rst year of the implementation of the
cigarette tax reform law.
Under the bill approved by the
House, mid-priced, high-priced and
premium brands will now be lumped
together. Mid-priced brands currently
taxed P7.56 per pack will pay P28.30 on
the rst year. High-priced brands now
paying P12 will also pay P28.30 in tax-
es. BATs Lucky Strike which now pays
P28.30 will pay the same amount in the
rst year of the bills implementation.
Thus mid-priced brands will be im-
posed a 274-percent increase. High-
priced brands will get a 135-percent
increase. BATs brand will get a zero-
percent tax hike.
In the second year of implementa-
tion under the House version, all brands
whether mid-priced, high priced or
premium will be taxed P30 per pack.
This means that BATs brand will get
a six-percent increase during the entire
two-year transition period while total
tax hikes for high-priced brands will
amount to 150 percent and mid-priced
brands will have a 297 percent increase.
This is BATs version of fairness and
a level playing eld. It says we have to
accept it -- or else it will not invest in
the Philippines.
ALVIN
CAPINO
COUNTER-POINT
FR. RANHILIO
CALLANGAN AQUINO
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A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
A DAY after the July 9 publication of
my article entitled A deplorable busi-
ness practice, in Standard Today
where I scored the continued denial by
Mitsubishi Motors that there is anything
wrong with its Montero sports vehicle
four persons contacted me about ac-
cidents involving the Montero in ex-
actly the same way it has happened to
other Montero users, with the vehicle
suddenly accelerating to full speed, un-
controlled and un-commanded.
One came from a fellow female law-
yer who narrated how her brother, a
skilled driver, got the scare of his life.
One Sunday, as her brother started the
Montero to back out from the garage,
the vehicle suddenly, and without the
accelerator being stepped on, went on
full speed in the re-
verse position. When
the vehicle would
not stop despite his
stepping hard on the
brake pedal, he had
the sense to shift to
drive from a re-
verse position. This
slowed down the
Montero until he was
able to completely stop it. The lawyer
attributes the success of her brother in
halting the vehicle to her brothers years
of driving and presence of mind. Still,
her brother now refuses to drive the
Montero again for fear that the same
weird incident might happen. She said
that she has been paying hard-earned
money to defray the vehicles amortiza-
tion; now she cant even use it.
A similar occurrence of sudden un-
intended acceleration was narrated by
another lawyer involving his Montero
sport vehicle. After the incident, he said
he brought his Montero to the dealer for
check-up only to be told later that there
was nothing wrong with it. Another reader
said that her friends car was parked when
a Montero, from a parked position, sud-
denly rammed into her car. The driver of
the Montero claimed his vehicle suddenly
surged forward uncontrollably. One read-
er asked what Mitsubishi has done, apart
from denying that there is anything wrong
with the Montero. To this reader and to
the general public, the ofcial stand of
Mitsubishi is embodied in the following
statement which is published in its Web-
site and which it gives to Montero owners
who complain: Mitsubishi Motors Phil-
ippines Corporation would like to inform
the public that the Sudden Unintended
Acceleration claims insinuating that the
Montero sport is defective are without
any basis. xxx MMPC would like to cau-
tion the public that pedal application er-
rors (driver unintentionally stepping on
the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal)
may cause sudden unintended accelera-
tion. The statement goes on to say that
Owners/drivers should always be mind-
ful of their driving, making sure to step on
the brake pedal when starting and when
shifting gears. The statement adds that
owners should read the vehicle manual
as there are important reminders there on
proper driving procedure.
As if rubbing salt to a wound, Mitsubi-
shi pins the blame on driver or pedal error.
The claim of Mitsubishi is that all the 36
or so reported cases of sudden unintended
acceleration of the Montero was due to
driver or pedal error. If this is not a matter
for Ripleys, I do not know what is.
Dr. Antony Anderson, a British elec-
trical engineering consultant, made an
exhaustive study on this phenomenon
when he was asked to testify as an ex-
pert witness in New Zealand involving
a Mitsubishi Outlander which crashed
into the glass window of a store. He
said that there are two mutually exclu-
sive causes of the sudden unintended
acceleration of a vehicles installed with
an electronic throttle system. The rst
is vehicle malfunction where the elec-
tronic throttle moves un-commanded
to a fully open position. The second
is driver malfunction or the startle hy-
pothesis. In the startle hypothesis, the
driver gets startled and, because of his
shock, steps on the accelerator instead
of the brake. Anderson said, however,
that under this hypothesis, there must be
an initiator or cause of the startlement
that sets off the chain of events resulting
in sudden acceleration In other words,
he said, the vehicle must have malfunc-
tioned in some way, startling the driver
into carrying out an emergency braking
operation. This hypothesis depends on
having a cause of startlement. With-
out any pre-cursor of
the startle or pedal
error, this hypothesis
is implausible, Dr.
Anderson explained.
In such a case, he
said, there can only
be one other reason
for the sudden unin-
tended acceleration
of a vehiclevehi-
cle malfunction. Dr. Andesons theory
for which he credits another expert, Mr.
Ron Belt, is that more likely, a tempo-
rary deciency in the electrical power
supply, resulting from an ageing battery
causes the temporary brownout in
the vehicle, forcing it to make a sudden
full throttle to charge the battery. Then,
when the voltage rises again, the elec-
tronic control unit could re-start with in-
correct system values stored in memory,
causing sudden acceleration.
We have been watching and writing
about the sudden unintended accelera-
tion of the Mitsubishi Montero in this
column in the hope of awakening Mit-
subishis social conscience. In the his-
tory of the car manufacturing industry,
car makers have recalled models with
defects to spare the public from loss of
life, limb, and property. In 2009, for
instance, Nissan Motor Co. voluntarily
recalled 50,000 units of Nissan Sentra
fearing that a faulty positive battery
terminal could stall the vehicles while
in motion. In June 2011, Volvo recalled
certain models because the power steer-
ing uid may leak from the oil pipe
connection at the steering gear valve. In
March 2012, BMW voluntarily recalled
1.3 million cars worldwide due to a pos-
sible problem of the battery cable which
might cause electrical system malfunc-
tioning or failure to start. Also in March
2012, Toyota recalled, on two separate
recalls, 680,000 vehicles in the US. The
rst recall involved airbags in pick-ups;
the other involved faulty brake lights in
sedans and crossovers. Then, in the rst
week of July this year, Audi recalled
some 13, 172 units of certain models
manufactured in 2011 on suspicion that
their sun roof panels may break in ex-
tremely cold temperatures.
Incidents of sudden unintended ac-
celeration involving the 2009 to 2011
models of the Montero sport vehicle
continue to happen. Still, Mitsubishi
continues to deny that the vehicle is de-
fective. Can Mitsubishi not take the he-
roic course, as other car manufacturers
have, if only to save lives and its busi-
ness reputation, too?
Email: ritalindaj@gmail.com Visit:
www.jimenolaw.com.ph
Montero watch
in progress
What the Sona must be
THE reportage on the run-up to the State
of the Nation Address is becoming too
formulaic.
Theres the barrage of trafc adviso-
ries, the de rigueur mass calisthenics of
anti-riot cops, the pre-Sona kodakan of
rally leaders and police ofcers as they
discuss the ground rules of their traditional
fourth-Monday-of-July street patintero.
From the Palace come hints of what
the Sona will contain, which despite be-
ing given in small morsels, still draw
canned applause from the hallelujah
chorus in the House, the loudest of
which comes from the likes who want to
be included in the salubong contingent
that will fetch the President.
Up in the Batasan, theres the foot-
age of the spruced-up grounds, and
downtown, of militants applying nish-
ing touches on the efgies that will be
burned. Why, even bomb-snifng dogs
are having their 15 seconds of fame.
And because the SONA is the haute
couture event of the year , I wont be
surprised at all if some socialite invites
a TV crew into her boudoir to show the
gown shell be will wearing when she
sashays down the fashion runway that is
the Batasan red carpet.
To ll what would otherwise be a lot
of dead air, were being fed with llers
that dont improve the national conver-
sation on the state of the nation.
I hope that when the President
mounts the rostrum this afternoon, focus
will shift on the substance of his report
and no longer on the sartorial style of his
perfumed audience.
A Sona is part looking back, part look-
ing forward. As a friend told me, a Sona is
a one-man play of two acts. First is the sa
una part, which will dwell on the what
went before, which will then segue to the
sana portion, on what we hope for.
A Sona is not merely an accounting
of what the government did during
the time the earth took one revolution
around the sun.
It is for this reason that when the
President reads his speech from the tele-
prompter this afternoon , he shouldnt
treat it as a rear-view mirror. Instead he
should see it as a high-denition screen
that shows the road ahead.
Only by imagining the future and
projecting it with clarity to his fellow
citizens will he be able to transform his
Sona into a pep rally for the country, one
that will lift the spirits of the people and
boost their morale.
But oratorical ourish alone does
not make a great motivational speech.
Something more than theatrics will
move this nation to a common goal.
People will still rate a speech not by
the pitch-perfect cadences it was deliv-
ered, but by the calls and the challenges
it contained. Immune to rhetoric, people
will choose the message over the medium.
This is probably why many are pin-
ning so much hope on the Sona. The ex-
pectation is that there will be something
for everybody in that speech.
But unless the President speaks at
3,000 words per minute and we have a
listening comprehension that matches
that speed, it would be impossible for
Mr. Aquino to compress the nations as-
pirations in an hour-long speech.
The fact is the Sona is not an audio Of-
cial Gazette that will re off one scal
years worth of general instructions to the
bureaucracy. It is neither an almanac of so-
lutions to our woes nor an encyclopedia of
answers to all our problems.
Yet, many are of the opinion that the
Sona must be a veritable alphabet soup
of forthcoming programs that will be
spoon fed to us. They want the Sona to
touch on all our problems from A to Z.
With the breadth and depth of our
troubles, it can never be. Let me just
pick one letter in the alphabet the
letter C -- and cite the challenges be-
ginning with that letter which I hope the
President would touch, even briey, in
his annual pontication.
I call them the Big Cs that must be
licked.
First is the China problem. Were
all ears on how he will handle a neigh-
borhood bully who treats our backyard
pond as his own shpond. If the Presi-
dent skips it, for he himself has pressed
the mute button on our ofcials loud-
speakers, then we will understand. Chi-
nas transgressions however have been
so brazen that we have to break radio
silence from time to time.
Our quandary is that acoustics war is
our only weapon and the only one were
good at. We can scribble words and load
them in our propaganda artillery while
China can scramble ships and planes.
Our dilemma is that China speaks softly
but carries a big stick while we speak
loudly but can only carry a toothpick.
Second is criminality. Without doubt
theres an epidemic of lawlessness rag-
ing. When adolescents act like ma-
rauders in Edsa and rob cars in daylight
while escaping across the tall fence of
the MRT, then a crime contagion is in-
deed in our midst.
Third are our chaotic streets. Billions
of pesos are lost to trafc, in terms of
wasted fuel and foregone economic op-
portunities when its gridlock in parking
lots masquerading as roads, not to men-
tion the trafc accidents.
Ill stop at three in just one letter
alone. If next year some headway is
made in licking these items in our Milky
Way of problems, I will already be a
happy man.
Many would dismiss these as inconse-
quential concerns that are mere dots in our
universe of worries. But if we cant solve
them, then how can we solve poverty?
Continued from page 1
He will need to do this to prepare for
and prevail in next years midterm elec-
tions, which could serve as a popular
referendum on his administration after
three years. Without any solid achieve-
ment, the only other way the adminis-
tration could prevail in such an election
would be to manipulate the process by
ultimately controlling the precinct count
optical scan machines.
In talking about his achievements,
Mr. Aquino may nd it natural to refer
to the reported 6.4-percent GDP growth
during the last quarter, the strong peso,
and the $1 billion-loan the government
has extended to the International mon-
etary Fund to help in the bailout of Eu-
rope. These are not to be sneered at, but
he would be well-advised not to over-
state their merit. Just as one swallow
does not a summer make, a relatively
high growth for one quarter does not
quite establish a trend.
The strong peso must be seen within
the context of the weak euro and the weak
U.S. dollar. But Mr. Aquino must not for-
get that the dollar-earning Overseas Fili-
pino Workers and Filipino exporters are
the ones bearing the cost and are being
punished by this strong peso.
As for the country becoming a net
creditor nation with its $1 billion loan
to the IMF, Mr. Aquino may nd it nec-
essary and convenient to tell the nation
that the government continues to oat
bonds and borrow money from abroad
for various needs. The country, there-
fore, is not yet out of the woods.
Mr. Aquino may likewise talk of the
electoral sabotage and plunder charges
against former President Gloria Maca-
pagal Arroyo, who is now detained, and
the conviction of Chief Justice Renato
Corona by the Senate impeachment
court as palpable achievements of his
anti-corruption drive. Many see this
as nothing more than the victory of those
in power against those who are out.
But what many people want to hear
from the President is a rm and unequivo-
cal declaration saying that where corruption
had existed before, no such corruption exists
now, and that there is absolutely no truth to
the rumor that the container cargo racket at
Customs is bigger than before, that jueteng
and other forms of illegal gambling are very
much alive and protected by powerful indi-
viduals, that farm-to-market roads are rou-
tinely converted into farm to pocket roads,
and that the congressional pork barrel and
the local executives internal revenue allot-
ment funds have become the best sources
of private personal funds, and that the cor-
rupt politician is only in danger of answering
for anything if he or she is not on the side of
Malacanang.
In the House of Representatives, the
leaders have lavished superlatives upon
themselves for getting rid of Corona. They
have shown no remorse that 188 congress-
men had signed the eight Articles of Im-
peachment at the behest of Malacanang
without reading the document, and that the
House prosecutors had used illegally pro-
cured evidence to convict the respondent
on what many lawyers thought was a non-
impeachable offense.
Still, the President may not want any-
one to forget that it was he, rather than
the House of Representatives, who re-
ally initiated the impeachment and saw
it through to the very end. He could
claim the credit himself, but he would
be well-advised not to do so. For under
the Constitution the President has noth-
ing to do with the impeachment process,
except where he himself is the one im-
peached. Any attempt on Aquinos part
to claim credit for Coronas removal
would be a stark admission that he had
openly violated the Constitution, which
is itself an impeachable offense.
Neither can he say it was a victory
for the rule of law, for it was the very
rst thing that was sacriced. By openly
interfering in the process, the President
trashed the separation of powers and
took virtual control of the three branches
of government. That was a naked attack
on the Constitution, and the nation has
since borne the consequences.
If the President wants to repair the
breach, and deliver a meaningful Sona,
he could focus on the core issues. These
could include:
1. the restoration of the rule of law
and our damaged institutions;
2. the raising of employment, trade
levels and living standards and the stra-
tegic positioning of the national econo-
my, in the region and the world;
3. the conservation of our natural re-
sources and environment;
4. the attainment of self-sufciency
in food, water, and energy;
5. the expansion of our anti-poverty
programs and the basic social services;
6. the effective conduct of our for-
eign and national security policies and
the peaceful settlement of all disputes;
7. the upgrading of our civil defense
capability, for risk reduction and disas-
ter preparedness;
8. the autonomy of the family and the en-
hanced role of civil society in civic affairs.
These need to be captured in a detailed
program of government. But Mr. Aquino
could discuss some points now. For in-
stance, to restore the rule of law and our
damaged institutions, he could commit to
reinstate the separation of powers and the
principle of check and balance by allow-
ing the two other coequal and coordinate
branches of government, and the constitu-
tional commissions, to function indepen-
dently, according to their constitutional
rights and duties, without interference
from Malacanang.
In the naming of the new chief jus-
tice, for instance, he could allow the
incumbent justices to choose their own
chief justice instead of the President
making the appointment himself. This
is not expressly provided for in the Con-
stitution, but nothing in the Constitu-
tion prohibits it either. And it is fully in
accord with the principle and practice
of the other independent and co-equal
branch of government, the Legisla-
tive Department, whose members, not
the President, choose their own Senate
President and Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
In the case of Congress, the President
could restore to it the power of the purse,
and cooperate in budgetary reforms to
prohibit the politicization of programs
and projects under the General Appro-
priations Act and the illegal impounding
of funds by Malacanang.
The President could also recognize the
fact that, under the Constitution, he has no
role to play in proposing any amendment
to, or revision of the Constitution. He
need not say anything on whether or not
the leaders of Congress should consider
amending the Constitution.
As a specic measure, the President
could specically disown and disautho-
rize Administrative Order 2012-009 is-
sued by Health Secretary Enrique Ona
on June 27, 2012, which seeks to ood
the country with contraceptives, contra-
gesives and sterilants, in violation of the
Constitution, and without any legal
authority from Congress, which has
refused to pass the patently unconstitu-
tional and anti-Catholic population con-
trol cum reproductive health bill being
pushed by the international population
control lobby abroad.
The illegal order comes after 190
countries at the Rio + 20 international
conference had decided to delete the
phrase reproductive health from its
nal document, because it was seen as
a code word for abortion. The order
could create a restorm for the adminis-
tration, if it is not immediately disowned
and withdrawn.
To position the national economy
strategically in the region and the world,
the President may want to be guided by
what the Japanese Prime Minister, the
Minister of the Economy, Trade and
Industry, and some select members of
the Diet told Vice President Jejomar C.
Binay in ofcial conversations in Tokyo
last week about expanding the Japanese
economic presence in the Philippines.
Japan is still the worlds third larg-
est economy, after the United States
and China, and the countrys number
one trading partner, foreign investor and
source of Ofcial Development Assis-
tance. A big chunk of its manufacturing
abroad is based in China and in Thai-
land. Following the great earthquake-
tsunami in northeast Japan and the di-
sastrous ooding in Thailand, Japanese
investors had begun to look to Vietnam,
Indonesia and even Myanmar for some
of their manufacturing activities.
In separate meetings, Deputy Prime
Minister Katsuya Okada and METI
Minister Yukio Edano told Binay Japan
would like to see the Philippines get a
bigger share of the Japanese investments
that are now going to Vietnam, Indone-
sia and Myanmar. All that is needed is
for the government to improve the envi-
ronment for investments.
Binay pointed out that the Aquino
administration was already doing ev-
erything to create such an environment,
and that some Japanese investors had al-
ready responded favorably to it. Edano
said that if you improve the environ-
ment even more, then much more Japa-
nese investments would come to the
Philippines.
A denitive ofcial statement that the
appropriate infrastructure will be built,
power rates will be brought down, the
sanctity of contracts will be respect-
ed and the rules of the game will not
change with every new set of political
administrators would go a long way to
assure the outside world that the Philip-
pines has decided to become a serious
place for long-term investments.
Cant Mitsubishi
take the heroic
course?
RITA LINDA
V. JIMENO
OUT OF THE BOX
ANALYSIS
PASTOR APOLLO
QUIBOLOY
PLUMBLINE
But Habermas makes a very
important proposal. Just as France has
a Constitutional Council that rules on
proposed legislation prior to enactment,
Habermas believes that a body of review
within the legislature itself may very
well be formed, sufciently distanced
from the proponents of legislation but
still part of the legislature to obviate the
theoretical as well as practical problems
of review assigned to a distinct branch
of government.
I am not going to watch the
interview of candidates for the ofce
of Chief Justice. I do not think that
such a process should become a public
spectacle, which, I am willing to
vouch, it is going to be. And while
we, the sovereign people, have the
right to know, we do not have the right
to know everything. Making JBC
members and interviewees face the
glare of annoying camera lights will
provide those given to grandstanding
the long sought opportunity to do just
that, but it will also cause the more
prudent and circumspect to be reticent
about asking questions that may truly
matter, because the questions and the
answers may not be rated Gfor
a general audience. The proposition
that in a democracy, every discussion,
every inquiry, every document is for
the general audience on the basis of
the right to know is simply false.
The Chief Justice is not really just
primus inter pares. I have some
familiarity with the culture of the
Supreme Court, having been full-time
with the Philippine Judicial Academy
for ve years, and I know that a chief
justice is accorded plenty of deference
at least the chief justices I knew! A chief
justice does not only set the pace of the
courts work. Without infringing on the
intellectual liberty of his peers, he can,
by his moral ascendancy and suasion,
bring a particular philosophy to bear on
the Courts approach to issues that come
before it. In short, the choice of a chief
justice is too serious a business to be left
to color preferences!
rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph
rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph
rannie_aquino@yahoo.com
From A4
The chief...
Energize the economy
News
ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com JULY 23, 2012 MONDAY
A6
House leaders: No to Lazarus franchise
Del Monte, Sulpicio
to pay handling costs
Seafarers signal SOS over job racketeers
Alcala:
Enough
food on
the table
Given the support of Malacaang
and other government agencies,
Agriculture Secretary Proceso
Alcala said high quality and
affordable basic commodities
will be on the table of Filipinos
before the Aquino term
concludes in 2016.
Cheaper foods especially
for the poor will help resolve
hunger and poverty in our
country, he said. That is our
target and we know we can
achieve it.
The department has targetted
next for the country to have
sufcient rice stocks along with
a steady supply of vegetables,
sh, pork and beef.
Alcala said the Bureau of
Animal Industry has started
bringing in from Australia and
New Zealand cows to upgrade
local stocks.
High-quality of beef but
cheaper in price is the result of
this cross-breeding, he said.
Alcala said the kep to
food security rested on the
continuous ow of water to
rice elds and farm lots.
National Irrigation
Administration head Antonio
Nangel said remote communities
are assured of water through the
communal irrigation system.
With the steady water supply
we can harvest rice, vegetables
and other commodities at least
three or four times unlike the
usual once or twice a year, he
said. Gigi Muoz David.
By Maricel V. Cruz
Two House leaders on Sunday backed the
governments action against the restoration of
at least 489 franchises to public utility buses
companies plying north and Central Luzon.
Rep. Eastern Samar Rep.
Ben Evardone, chairman of the
House Committee on Public
Information, commended the
decision of Transportation
Secretary Mar Roxas prevented
the sale of so-called Lazarus
franchise amid the objections of
various groups, including former
workers of Pantranco.
It was an unheralded but
solid accomplishment in the
drive against irregularities in
government because the agency
involved, the Land Transport
Franchising and Regulatory
Board, (has) vast regulatory
powers, he told Manila
Standard.
Agham party-list Rep. Angelo
Palmones said LTFRB ofcials
had a lot to explain after being
told that Pantranco lines had
expired in 1993, and that the
franchises could neither be sold
nor transferred to other parties.
We should get into the
bottom of this controversy, and
so I led a resolution to clarify
everything, he said.
Evardone, member of the House
Committee on Transportation, said
the LTFRB only granted franchises
after verifying a real need to
revive them through surveys by a
technical working group.
The simple process of
extending the validity of a single
bus franchise takes close to one
year to complete, he said. The
most an operator can get after the
long and torturous award process
is 25 or 30.
Evardone said the DOTC
ordered the Land Transportation
Ofce to halt any effort to
process transactions under
the 489 franchises pending
investigation.
The LTFRB allegedly revived
the franchises of Pantranco North
Expresses Inc., awarding them to
several bus rms owned by the
Victory Liner Group.
Under Sections 1 and 3, Rule
19 of the 2011 Revised Rules of
Practice and Procedure of the
LTFRB, the DOTC Secretary
has the power to review motu
propio (of his own initiative)
and issue an order staying the
execution of the decision of the
LTFRB, the DOTC earlier said
in a statement
In awarding the contract, the
489 franchises were made to
appear as franchises owned by
two workers unions, namely the
Pantranco Retrenched Employees
Association and the Pantranco
Employees Association, said
Evardone.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Court of Appeals has
sustained the ruling of the
Manila City Regional Trial Court
ordering Del Monte Philippines
and Sulpicio Lines Inc. to
shoulder the expenses for the
handling of about 10,000 kilos of
endosulfan retrieved from MV
Princess of the Stars, which sunk
off Sibuyan Island, in Romblon
four years ago.
The CAs Eighth Division
through Associate Justice Edwin
Sorongon upheld the Dec. 3,
2008 ruling of then Manila RTC
Judge Antonio Eugenio, now
deputy court administrator of
the Supreme Court, which found
the storage, repacking, transfer
and other incidental costs of the
endosulfan cargo chargeable to
Sulpicio and Del Monte.
But the appellate court barred
the RTC from implementing its
orders which granted the motion
led by the Ofce of the Solicitor
General seeking to compel Del
Monte and SLI, now listed as
Philippine Span Asia Carrier
Corp., to give P25-million each
for the repacking and reshipment
of the cargo.
The Ofce of the Solicitor
General represents the
Presidential Task Force on
Princess of the Stars on the
retrieval of the toxic substances
in the sunken vessel.
The CA ruled that the lower
court committed grave abuse
of discretion in granting OSGs
motion considering that the Task
Force is not a party to the case.
The Task Force is neither a
plaintiff nor a defendant in the
case a quo. In fact, it was merely
directed by the court a quo to act
on its behalf and take delivery of
the endosulfan cargo, the CA
said. Hence, it could only act
upon the directives of the court,
but it is the latter which must
set forth the procedures on what
should be done to the cargo after
the Task Force took delivery
thereof.
The CA directed the Manila
RTC to determine the procedure to
be undertaken for the disposition
of the endosulfan cargo.
The CA also tasked the
parties to submit within 15
days their respective proposals
for the proper disposition of
the said cargo together with an
estimate of fees or quotations
from the service providers of
their choice.
It also ordered the Task Force to
submit to the RTC within 15 days
contracts it executed with certain
service providers, evidence of
services actually rendered by
each, and the reasonable amount
charged by them, taking into
consideration the prevailing costs
charged.
Del Monte and SLI were
given 10 days from receipt of the
Task Forces submission to le
their respective comments, after
which the trial court is directed
to determine the reasonable fees
due to the service providers.
The MV Princess of the Stars
which capsized at the height
of typhoon Frank on June
21, 2008 left at leat 300 poeple
dead and more than 300 others
missing. Del Monte was the
consignee and supposed owner
of the endosulfan, a chemical
used as fertilizer for its pineapple
plantations.
THE Luneta Seafarers Welfare
Foundation, a non-government
organization managing the
Luneta Seafarers Center
along T.M. Kalaw Avenue in
Manila, is seeking assistance
from the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration in
going after illegal recruiters.
Administrator Anfred Yulo
said reports have mounted on
shady transactions at the one-
stop-shop center for sailors.
We have regulated
manning activities in the area
and prevented them from
going beyond information
dissemination, advertising,
and promotions of seafarer job
vacancies in their respective
companies since POEA
temporarily suspended its
Memorandum of Agreement
with LUSWELF in May 2009
and stopped issuing Special
Recruitment Authority to
manning agencies in the
area, he said. But now that
such reports have reached the
POEA, we are inviting their
representatives to help us ght
and banish illegal recruiters
by properly coordinating
and collaborating with the
management of LUSWELF.
Through the Luneta
Seafarers Center, Filipino
seafarers and representatives
of local manning agencies are
given a venue to congregate for
the promotion of job vacancies
in the maritime industry.
According to Yulo, formal
recruitment process happens at
the ofces of manning agencies,
starting from the time a seafarer
lls up an application form to
formally signing a shipboard
contract with the institutions.
While LUSWELF has never
been and shall never be in the
business or recruitment, we
welcome the POEA to come
back at the Luneta Seafarers
Center so that the agency
can regulate and monitor for
itself the activities of manning
agencies in the area, he said.
Luneta Seafarers Center has
been nominated in 2010 by the
International Committee on
Seafarers Welfare as one of the
best seafarers centers in the
world.
By Jonathan Fernandez
THE National Police Commission
will le criminal suit against the
police ofcer who refused to give
way to President Benigno Aquino
IIIs convoy in Quezon City last
July 17.
Napolcom chairman and
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo
said Senior Police Ofcer 2
Ricardo Pascua would also
face charges for usurpation of
authority and illegally drawing
salaries and other benets from
the National Police.
According to Robredo, Pascua
had been dismissed from the service
but managed to get reinstated.
The policeman was dismissed
twice--on June 30, 2001 and Dec.
10, 2002--based on two separate
decisions by the Peoples Law
Enforcement Board in Quezon
City for grave misconduct
cases.
Robredo said the rst case
was led by one Amalia
Buenaventura-Peregrina for
robbery/extortion and violation
of other laws before the QC
PLEB District II-A ofce.
The second was led by one
Siony Tabuac for illegal arrest
of sidewalk vendors before the
QC PLEB District III ofce.
In both cases, the PLEB
ordered the dismissal of Pascua.
Aquino-blocking
policeman faces raps
Such orders of dismissal from
the PLEB are immediately
executory under Napolcom
Memorandum Circular Nos.
91-002 and 2002-010,
Robredo said.
Despite being dismissed from
the service, Pascua still posed as a
member of the PNP and led an
appeal before the National Capital
Region Napolcom Appellate
Board (which) afrmed the two
PLEB decisions.
On Dec. 6, 2004, then Napolcom-
NCR director Emilio Salumbides
issued an implementation order
for Pascuas dismissal addressed
to then NCRPO director Avelino
Razon based on the Peregrina
case.
Thus, by virtue of the
implementation order issued
in the Peregrina case, the PNP
Headquarters Support Service
(HSS) issued Special Order
No. 214 dated June 5,2002
ordering Pascua dismissed
from the PNP service effective
June 3, 2002, Robredo said.
A stitch in
time.
Ernest Arulkumar,
(left) managing
director, Singer
Sewing Machine
Australia and Daniel
Wan, Singer Sewing
Machine Asia
Pacic senior vice
president, present the
companys product
line during its 160th
year anniversary
celebration at Marriott
Hotel in Pasay City.
MANNY PALMERO.
Very
capable.
Quezon City
Mayor Herbert
Bautista receives
a plaque from
president Renato
Cada, of the
Federation of
Persons with
Disabilities-
QC chapter,
during the
34th National
Disability
Prevention and
Rehabilitation
Week witnessed
by Dr. Ponciano
Aberin, QC-
PWD consumer
cooperative
chairman.
Separate ways.
A fence with an anti-
jaywalking sign is used
by the residents along
Mendiola street in Manila
to dry clothes while a dog
takes to the street using
the proper lane.
DANNY PATA
JULY 23, 2012 MONDAY
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
London welcomes Team PH
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
If MVP can do it, so can RSA
AL S. MENDOZA
ALL THE WAY
THE Olympic Games are just
four days away, blasting off for
sure on July 27 in foggy Lon-
don barring a hitch of cata-
strophic proportions as in the
English Channel suddenly dry-
ing up, maybe?
Seriously now, I pray that our
11 athletes achieve their dream in
London, a dream this nation had
long wanted to happen: A rst
gold medal ever in the quadren-
nial event.
Weve won Olympic medals
in athletics and boxing, yes, but
not gold. Never.
Bronze medals were what we
had in Olympic athletics through
Misters Toribio and Yldefonso.
Twice we struck Olympic silver
in boxing but not gold. Never.
In the last 48 years alone, weve
won only two Olympic medals:
Both silver. They came in boxing.
Anthony Villanueva won the
rst silver for the country in the
1964 Tokyo Olympics, losing the
gold to a Russian in a closely-
fought contest that saw the late
Joe Cantada, covering the ght by
radio from ringside, virtually rais-
ing hell.
We were robbed of the gold
medal! boomed the incompa-
rable Joe Cantada, albeit saying
that repeatedly.
In 1996, Mansueto Onyok
Velasco likewise settled for the
boxing silver, also dropping a
close decision in yielding the
gold medal to a Bulgarian in the
Atlanta Olympics.
That was the last time we had
been that close to winning our
rst Olympic gold as we went
home empty-handed from our
last three Olympic stints in 2000
in Sydney, 2004 in Athens and
2008 in Beijing.
It seems bleak likewise again
for us in London as we only have
a solitary bet in boxing through
Mark Anthony Barriga after a
bright prospect in Charly Suarez
had narrowly missed an Olympic
boxing slot in China only some
weeks back.
As history tells us, it is in box-
ing that, traditionally, we have
the strongest chance to win a
medal. In fact, our other two
post-war Olympic bronze med-
als came also in boxing through
Leopoldo Serrantes in the 1988
Seoul Olympics and Roel Velas-
co in the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Barriga, as our chief golden
bet in London, is in high spirits
after topping his qualifying event
in China to make it to the Ol-
ympiad. He is only 19, but his
demeanor is that of a full-grown
ghter already.
It helps that the Philippine
Sports Commission, the govern-
ments nancial arm for sports, has
dangled a P5-million bonus to an-
yone from our 11 Olympians who
can bring home a gold medal. A
silver medal is worth P2.5 million
and a bronze P1 million.
Business tycoon Manny V. Pan-
gilinan, the countrys big boss in
boxing, isnt saying anything, but
Im sure hell give more bonus
once Barriga achieves the ulti-
mate dream that all of us had been
dreaming of all this time: the rst-
ever Olympic gold.
And, of course, it goes without
saying that our 10 other Olympi-
ans have as much chances to win
as Barriga, even though many of
them are in disciplines where win-
ning is almost next to impossible.
I refer to swimmer Jasmine
Alkhaldi, long jumper Marestel-
la Torres, 5,000-meter bet Rene
Herrera, shooter Brian Rosario,
weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and
archers Mark Javier and Rachelle
Anne Cabral. They are in events
where competition is at its tough-
est so that should anyone of them
wins even a bronze, it would glit-
ter already like gold.
But who knows, maybe, ju-
doka Tomohiko Hoshina and
BMX rider Danny Caluag might
stun us, if not the world, by suc-
cessfully snatching a medal?
In everything that we do, luck
always plays a vital role.
And if Lady Luck gets to smile
at any one or two of them, who
knows a shower of bonanza
could also pour in?
This nation is never lacking in
big hearts and if theres another
one worthy of mentioning here
apart from MVP, thatd be Ram-
on S. Ang, the San Miguel Cor-
poration chieftain known simply
now as RSA.
If RSA could so easily toss in
P500 million for housing to the ty-
phoon victims of Cagayan de Oro
City last year, wouldnt an additional
P10 million more from him for eve-
ry Filipino gold medalist in London
be a mere drop in the bucket?
Try him.
* * *
ALL IN. Happy birthday to
both Mayasoh M. Sadiwa [July
21] and Sol F. Juvida [July 23)].
Heres a fervent prayer that the
both of you have more birthdays
to come and continue to have a
healthy life for many more years
to come. Cheers for beers!
FILIPINO skeet shooter Brian
Rosario is ready to conquer the
world.
Aside from his strong determi-
nation to do well in the London
Olympics, which starts on Friday,
the support of his family and the
Philippine National Shooting As-
sociation is one factor that keeps
his passion burning.
Though Rosarios entry to the
greatest sporting spectacle was
through the backdoor earning
a wildcard shooting president
Mikee Romero, is condent
thats the countrys only shoot-
ing bet is up to the challenge.
Hes doing well in practice,
hes shooting 24 over 25 now,
but I hope he reaches his peak
next week, said Romero. Hes
very a determined shooter and
he wants to prove something.
While he did not promise
to bring home the elusive gold
medal, he committed to his fam-
ily to do his utmost best to make
them proud.
Walang naman siyang ipi-
nangako sa amin basta gagawin
niya daw ang lahat para guman-
da lalo ang performance niya,
said Paul Rosario, Brians fa-
ther. Hes been shooting since
12 years old, so this is his ulti-
mate dream.
Romero said he will join the
Philippine delegation tomorrow
to personally support Rosarios
campaign.
OLIVER Dimakiling kept the lead
after the 10t h round of the 2012
Battle of Champions in Aklan on
Sunday by drawing with Eugene
Torre, but Giovanni Mejia once
again stole the show by upsetting
top seed Oliver Barbosa.
Dimakiling drew in a 83-move
French Defense against Torre,
giving him 14.5 under a new scor-
ing system. Wins are worth two
points, draws 1.5 points for play-
ers forcing stalemate and 1 point
for a truce and a loss zero.
Dimakiling earned his second
grandmaster result Saturday when
he defeated Barbosa, ending what
he described in a text message to
Manila Standard Today as six
arduous years of attaining the
norm. He needs only one more re-
sult to become a grandmaster.
Mark Paragua drew with Dar-
win Laylo to remain in second
place with 13.5 points. Laylo
shared third with Joey Antonio,
who beat Roderick Nava.
Mejia was threatening mate in
one against the Philippines no. 2
player when Barbosa gave up in a
32-move Caro-Kann Defense.
My pawn sacrice worked,
said the 14-year-old La Salle
Greenhills high school junior in a
phone interview by Manila Stand-
ard Today. He was referring to al-
lowing Barbosa to capture a seem-
ingly harmless pawn, but it keyed
a pawn storm on Barbosas castled
king.
Barbosa, whose tournament
wins abroad early this year,
made him a favorite to top this
tournament, was unsure whether
he would qualify for the Ol-
ympiad team with his second
straight loss.
It was a day of mixed fortunes
for the Mejias as Giovannis elder
sister Cherry Ann, lost a chance to
gain ground on the leader, Woman
International Master Catherine
Perena, when she lost to untitled
Bernadette Galas.
In other games, Manny Senador
drew with Haridas Pascua; John
Paul Gomez beat Ino Sadorra,
Rogelio Barcenilla Jr drew with
Richard Bitoon and Roland Salva-
dor defeated Randy Segarra.
For 30 memorable minutes at the
Plaza in the heart of the Athletes
Village, 120 performers in colorful
getup sang, danced, ran, jumped
and somersaulted as they enter-
tained the Filipino contingent with
a celebratory show highlighting the
ag-raising ritual ahead of the 30th
Olympic Games.
Eight of the 11 athletes, ve
team ofcials and a handful of
guests from the embassy and
Filipino community took part in
the ceremony that saw the Philip-
pines become the ninth country in
a starting cast of 204 to have its
national colors raised as part of
the Olympic tradition.
An exchange of gifts between
chief of mission Manny Lopez
and Village mayor Charles Allen
took place shortly after the latter
spoke glowing words for the ath-
letes whose time has come and
the real stars of the Olympics.
our time has come. We cant
wait to see you display your ath-
letic talents, said Allen to the
rousing applause from Team PH
and the Vietnamese squad.
Lopez gifted the Village head
with a commemorative replica
of a golden passenger jeepney
placed inside a special box, while
getting in a return a stainless post-
card with local landmarks such as
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and
London Bridge carved on it.
All members of Team PH were
present during the ceremony that
began a few minutes before high
noon, save for weightlifter Hidilyn
Diaz, boxer Mark Anthony Barri-
ga and BMX rider Danny Caluag.
Joining the team was PH am-
bassador Enrique Manalo, who
was celebrating his birthday.
As he received birthday greet-
ings and exchanged handshakes
with everyone including for-
eign coaches Yasuhiro Sato and
Chung Jae-hun, the ambassador
told the group that he was happy
to see you in good spirit and be
with you on my special day.
On the invitation of Lopez, the
ambassador, along with two em-
bassy people and three members of
the Filipino community, lunched at
the Village dining hall and and took
a brief look at the rooms of Team
PH in one of the 11 blocks of 2,818
townhouses and apartments that
will house more than 15,000 ath-
letes and ofcials.
Weighlifter Hidilyn Diaz and
her coach Tony Agustin missed
the program, coming in late as
the bus that carried them after a
practice session took sometime to
pass through the extra-tight secu-
rity leading to the Village.
Barriga is still in Cardiff, Wales
wrapping up the nal stage of his
long training, while Caluag is
into the closing days of a stint in
the Netherlands. They are join-
ing the rest of their teammates
on July 24, three days before the
opening ceremony.
In attendance were archers Mark
Javier and Rahel Cabral, swim-
mers Jessie Khing Lacuna and Jas-
mine Alkhaldi, judoka Tomohiko
Hoshina, long jumper Marestella
Torres, 5000-m runner Rene Her-
rera, shooter Brian Rosario, admin-
istrative ofcer Arsenic Lacson and
coaches Gay Corral of swimming
and Joseph Sy of athletics.
BARCELONA, SpainThey
carry cameras and microphones,
sprinting toward Kobe Bryant like
Christmas shoppers who just spot-
ted the it gift sitting on shelves.
Their questions come quickly,
some in English, many in Span-
ish, and Bryant gives the perfect
answer every time.
Yes, Spain is an incredible team
that can pose problems for the US.
No, Pau Gasol isnt getting
traded from the Lakers as long as
he is there.
The only thing Bryant cant
seem to explain to reporters is
why hes so much more popular
than his teammates on the Olym-
pic basketball team.
I dont know. I dont know
where it comes from or how that
happens, he said Saturday with
a laugh. It all started with the
Dream Team in terms of basket-
ball becoming so global. When
I came into the NBA, I kind of
inherited kind of the globaliza-
tion of the game, and then hav-
ing grown up overseas they really
kind of laid claim to me because
this is where I learned how to play
the game, is overseas.
Chris Paul gures Bryant owes
it to the way hes won and carried
himself through the years -- along
with one other thing.
A lot of its got to do, too, that
he plays for the Lakers. I learned
that, too, I learned that quick,
Paul said. Everywhere you go,
shoot, the Lakers, they never
play a road game. Only time they
might play a road game now is in
Oklahoma City.
Bryant is not the best player on
the US team, probably just crack-
ing the top three at this stage of his
career. Yet for as good as LeBron
James, Kevin Durant or any other
US player is, none draws the at-
tention of Bryant once the Ameri-
cans leave home.
Well, hes been doing it for 16
years in the NBA and in those 16
years the accomplishments are in-
credible. I mean, theyre worthy
of a top-ve player in the history
of the game, really, US coach
Mike Krzyzewski said. And then
hes been so visible, been all over
the world. In others words, hes
traveled all over in the offseason.
Even when were on this tour,
hes a guy that gets out, meets
people. I think he has just made
a commitment to being out there
and as a result, you know, people
follow him.
The Americans still marvel
at the frenzy surrounding Bry-
ant four years ago in Beijing.
US.assistant Mike DAntoni once
joked that the thunderous Kobe!
Kobe! chants during the open-
ing ceremonies had even James,
Dwyane Wade and Carmelo An-
thony going, What are we, pot-
ted plants?
Bryant had made multiple
promotional trips to the Far East
by then and kept going out even
during the Olympics to see other
sports. He was already better
known than most players be-
cause of all his All-Star appear-
ances and ve NBA champion-
ships. AP
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England
The ball tumbled over the edge
of a pot bunker and appeared to put
Adam Scott in the worst spot he had
been all day at the British Open.
All he saw was opportunity.
From the wet sand right of the
17th green, Scott had to clear
two more pot bunkers to reach
the green, with the ag only ve
paces from the edge. Scott was
thinking about birdie, not trying
to save par, so he condently told
caddie Steve Williams, I can
handle this. The shot came out
pure, trickled by the cup and set-
tled a foot away.
The more relevant questions
are one round away.
Can he handle a four-shot lead,
knowing this is a year when no
lead appears safe? Can he han-
dle a leaderboard with four ma-
jor champions among the top six
names, including Tiger Woods?
Can he handle the wind that is
expected to nally arrive at Royal
Lytham & St. Annes?
Im just happy to be in this posi-
tion,Scott said. To be honest, Im
really excited about tomorrow.
Scott has never had a better
chance to end his long wait for
a major - and he owes much of
that to his long putter. He stayed
in the game early with two key
par saves, pulled away with three
birdies around the turn and was
solid at the end Saturday for a
2-under 68 and a four-shot lead
over Graeme McDowell and
Brandt Snedeker. AP
ROOKIE pro Zanie Boy Gialon
jumped from No. 18 to seventh
in the Order of Merit race on the
ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour, his
surge bolstered by his playoff
victory over frontrunner Tony
Lascuna in the rain-shortened
ICTSI Negros Occidental Classic
in Bacolod last week.
Gialon, 22, pocketed P200,000
in edging Lascuna to claim his
biggest purse in a young pro
career, raising her earnings to
P356,250 heading to the circuits
eighth leg in the ICTSI Iloilo
Golf Challenge this week.
Gialon and Lascuna will head-
line the P1 million event at Sta.
Barbara beginning Wednesday
(July 25) with the former hop-
ing to play with renewed con-
dence as he goes for back-to-
back against a eld teeming with
talent.
I hope to play well again in
Iloilo but for sure, everybody will
be watching me, said Gialon,
who missed the cut in his rst two
tournaments as a pro last summer.
Lascuna will surely go all-out
to redeem himself from a sec-
ond straight playoff setback in
Bacolod after losing to Robert
Pactolerin on the fourth extra
hole last year as he resumes his
chase for a third leg victory in the
16-stage circuit organized by Pili-
pinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.
Rosario
ready for
challenge
Gialon makes Top 10
Dimakiling draws with Torre, keeps chess lead
Kobe still the star of the US team
Scott takes 4-shot lead at The Open
IN BRIEF
3 PH boxers lose
Eagles, Tams win
Star Group scores
THREE more Filipino ghters
have been beaten by much su-
perior Thai opponents in a ght
card in Chantaburi, Thailand.
Undefeated 21-year-old
southpaw Jeffrey Arienza,
moved up 10 pounds to face
International Boxing Fed-
eration Pan Pacic light wel-
terweight prospect Patom-
suk Pathompotong and was
forced to retire at the end of
the seventh round.
Randy Gorilla Megrino
lost by a third-round TKO to
Thai featherweight Vacharakrit
Senahan, while former Thai Ol-
ympian Amnat Ruenroeng con-
tinued his winning streak since
turning pro with a comfortable
win over Louie Bantigue in a
super yweight over six rounds.
Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE Star Group of Publica-
tions completed a champi-
onship sweep of the 4th Na-
tional Press Club Presidents
Cup Media Invitational Bad-
minton Championships at the
Rizal Memorial Badminton
Center in Vito Cruz, Manila.
Edu Punay and Nikki Cor-
dero powered Pilipino Star
Ngayon past Manila Bulle-
tins Odie Palomo and Yehl
Versoza, 3-0, in the mixed
doubles event as the PSN
scribes claimed the Media
Division of the tournament,
serving as part of a series of
activities leading to the NPCs
60th founding anniversary
celebration on Oct. 26.
Ariel Bentajado and Mer
Layson carried PSN in the
mens doubles event, posting
a 21-16, 21-12 victory against
Jef Hitosis and Dong Aguinal-
do, before Jona Magnaye and
Dalia Saguid defeated the pair
of Cathy Anchinges and Sher-
yl Vitto, 21-11, 21-10, in the
womens doubles event.
ATENEO and Far Eastern
University outplayed separate
rivals Saturday at the start of
the 10th Fr. Martin Division 2
Cup basketball tournament at
the St. Placid gymnasium of
San Beda College.
Joma Adornado, son of
former basketball star Bogs
Adornado, red a game-high
27 points to lead the Blue
Eagles to an 86-76 win over
Trinity University of Asia.
The Tamaraws leaned on
two triples from Giovanni
Cruz and Rod Dennison to
edge Angeles University
Foundation, 76-73.
The PH team poses for a souvenir shot in front of the PH secretariat inside the Village minutes before the
welcome, ag raising rites.
LONDONIn an Olympic moment to
remember, Team Philippines was greeted
with songs and dances in a joyous wel-
come rite that left its athletes, ofcials
and guests loving every minute of it.
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Adamson duo tops Petron volleyfest
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ADAMSONS Paulina Soriano
scored nine crucial points on attacks
in the second set as she and new
teammate Sheila Mae Pineda ruled
the third leg of the 2012 Petron La-
dies Beach Volleyball Tournament
at the sand-courts of the University
of the East-Caloocan campus.
Sorianos timely plays allowed
her team to a pull off a 21-14, 21-
11 upset of their University of the
East rivals Francislyn Cais and
Jessica Paron to win their rst-
ever Petron volley circuit crown
in the tournament also backed by
Speedo and Mikasa.
Kumpiyansa na kami pagkatapos
namin makuha ang rst set. Mas fo-
cused kami sa receives and serves,
said Soriano, a 19-year-old manage-
ment junior at Adamson University.
It was also the pairs strongest
performance yet in a tournament
after settling for third spot in 74th
University Athletic Association of
the Philippines last year.
The 58 Soriano took charge
in the second set, with her power-
ful smashes to the backline giving
the Lady Falcons the lead on three
straight points, 5-3.
Pinedas service winner and So-
rianos drop shot in the ensuing
plays allowed the Lady Falcons to
move out of range, 13-6.
The two almost never made it
to the seminals after they found
themselves in a tiebreak for the
last semis berth in Group A with
AMA Computer College stand-
outs Lorie Lyn Longalong and
Sheila Mae Fajardo, and UE-2s
Krysel Cueva and Marni Pedrosa.
All three had the same 3-2 records.
But a better tiebreak put Soriano
and Pineda in a seminal show-
down with La Salle-Dasmarinas
pair MoniqueTiangco and Maribeth
Lara, whom they turned back, 23-
21, 24-22, to set up a championship
showdown with Cais and Paron.
With the Lady Falcons trail-
ing 21-22 in the nal set, Pineda
scored the last two points with
her power smash to the net and
a placement shot that sailed past
Tiangco as she went for a defen-
sive block on the right side.
The UE tandem Paron and Cais
fought their way into the championship
round after clipping San Sebastian Col-
leges Gretchel Soltones and Czarina
Berbano, 21-19, 12-21, 15-8.The Ad-
amson duo and the UE pair clinched
slots to the Petron Battle of the Cham-
pions in October. Peter Atencio
ADMU (89) Salva 21, Ravena 17,
Slaughter 14, Chua 12, Gonzaga 9,
Tiongson 8, Buenafe 3, Elorde 3, Er-
ram 2, Capacio 0, Pessumal 0, Porter 0.
NU (65) Parks 22, Mbe 14,
Villamor 10, Ignacio 6, Roo 5,
Alolino 2, Betayene 2, De Guz-
man 2, Javillonar 1, Khobuntin 1,
Rosario 0, Neypes 0, Labing-isa 0.
Quarterscores: 28-17; 55-34; 72-
54; 89-65
Promoter condent Casimero will keep title
Sermona bucks bad weather, wins race Fired-up
Altas take
on Bombers
Yo, Ge rule jungolfs
school season tourney
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PROMOTER Sammy Gello-
ani is condent of the chances
of newly crowned Interna-
tional Boxing Federation junior
yweight champion Johnriel
Casimero (16-2, 10 KOs) in de-
fending his title against unde-
feated Mexican Pedro Guevara
(18-0-1, 13 KOs) in Sinaloa,
Mexico on Aug. 4.
Gello-ani told the Manila
Standard that Casimero will head
for Los Angeles on July 30 before
ying to Mexico a couple of days
before the ght.
Casimero is so familiar and used
to ghting abroad just like in Argen-
tina, when he won the interim title
with a 10th-round TKO of Luis La-
zarte, and we know how to manage
these things, Gello-ani said.
The promoter said the impres-
sive record of Guevara didnt
awe Casimero because the Mex-
ican had fought ghters with
no names so far. I am condent
Casimero can hold on to the title
because of his experience out-
side.
Gello-ani said the ght against
Guevara had been planned
months, but was postponed on
more than one occasion.
|Casimero had trained for so
long that we had to go slow be-
cause of the change of plans from
June to July 28 and now Aug. 4, is
just perfect for us, the promoter
said.
Trainer Christopher Tepora, who
was with Casimero in Argentina
and was among those ganged upon
by supporters of Lazarte after the
ght, said: If he won in Argentina,
why cant we do it in Mexico?
Gello-ani conceded that it was
hard to promote a title ght in the
Philippines and he had to defend
his title in Mexico.
He has to ght. Hes been stag-
nant for so many months, said
Gello-Ani of Casimero, whose
last ght against Lazarte was held
on Feb. 10, 2012.
ANGELES CITY--Not even the
bad weather could stop former
marathon king Julius Sermona
and Merdeliza Dizu from topping
the fourth leg of the 36th National
Milo Marathon held Sunday. Over
6,150 registered runners partici-
pated in the race leg, as Angeles
City hosted the narathon elims for
the rst time.
Sermona, a former member of
the Philippine team, deed the
heavy downpour and crafted a
time of 1:13:02 to lead several
other runners into the National
Finals on Dec. 9 at the Mall of
Asia grounds in Pasay City. Hav-
ing won two silver medals in the
5,000-m and 10,000-m run in the
Bangkok Southeast Asian Games
in 2007, the 34-year-old Sermona
is one of the fastest runners in this
years nals. He established his
personal best of 2:21:53 when he
dominated the 42-k track of the
30th MILO Marathon National
Finals in 2006.
Sermona claims that training
for the qualifying race is his foun-
dation for the nals.
I focused on endurance train-
ing, road running, a once-a-week
work out, and hard training, he
said. For the nals, I plan to in-
crease the volume and intensity
of my routine. I plan to run a few
short-distance divisional races
and add about 5 to 10-k to my
training as well.
My goal is to win the nals.
I want to defeat the Kenyans in
the open division, which is why I
hope to avoid injuries, he added.
Completing the top three cast
in the mens 21-k category are
Quisay Alley with 1:14:11 in
second place and Ryan Mendoza
with 1:17:32 in third place.
Not to be outdone, Merdeliza
Dizu stamped class when she
outraced fellow veteran Geralden
Sealza in the nal 200 meters to
top the womens division. Sealza
settled for second place with a
clocking of 1:37:21, followed by
Marychiel Minas-Morales with a
time of 1:42:04.
YO Shen Chang and Ge Zi Yu
shared top honors in the Class A
division even as Andre and Luis
Yuchengco topped their respec-
tive divisions in the recent fth
leg of the International Contain-
er Terminal Services Inc.-JGFP
School Season Golf Tournament
conducted by The Junior Golf-
ers League at the Capitol Hills
Golf and Country Club in Que-
zon City.
Yo tallied 90 points counting
the best two (50 and 40) of three
rounds to beat Joseph Orbito by
four in the boys 15-17 years
class, while Ge posted rounds of
37 and 48 for an 85 and a six-
point win over Alexandra Tan
in the girls side of the tourney
sponsored by the ICTSI.
Andre Yuchengco rallied with
a 42 in his nal round to edge
Riggs Illescas by one with a 79
total in boys Class D, while
Luis claimed the boys Class E
in runaway fashion after a 42-
35-77.
Carlos Packing, Marc Cor-
rales and Lucas Hodreal were
the other boys winners, while
Ge was joined by Annika Cedo,
Kristine Torralba, Laila Barro,
Tea Gonzaga and Dang dela Paz
as champions in the girls com-
petition.
The top nishers
Class A: Boys-90 Yo Shen
Chang 50-40, 86 Joseph Orbito
32-48; Girls-85 Ge Zi Yu 37-48,
79 Alexandra Tan 41-38
Class B: Boys-100 Carlos
Packing 52-48, 91 Joaquin Ig-
nacio 44-47
81 Karl Tolentino 44-42;
Girls-78 Annika Cedo 39-39
Class C: Boys-97 Marc Cor-
rales 51-46, 75 Nathan Kawpeng
30-45
46 Paqo Barro 27-19; Girls-84
Kristine Torralba 41-43, 76
Kayla Nocum 37-39, 14 Abigail
Lee 8-6
Class D: Boys-79 Andre
Yuchengco 37-42, 78 Riggs Il-
lescas 39-39, 54 Jethro Abalos
29-25; Girls-43 Laila Barro 21-
22, 12 Angela Lee 5-7
Class E: Boys- 77 Luis
Yuchengco 42-35, 64 Jan Micro
Camaya 30-34, 63 Garri Nolas-
co 31-32; Girls-24 Tea Yonzaga
12-12, 13 Sophia Magbitangi
6-7
Class F: Boys-56 Lucas Ho-
dreal 29-27, 49 Kirk dela Torre
23-26, 48 Vince Tiamsic 22-26;
5 Dang dela Paz 1-4
By Peter Atencio
THE University of Perpetual
Help Altas are keeping their
ngers crossed that they will be
able to hold their ground against
the Jose Rizal University Heavy
Bombers at 6 p.m. today at The
Arena in San Juan.
Altas coach Aric del Rosario
said his wards are red up and
inspired with their good fortune
in the 88th National Collegiate
Athletic Association mens bas-
ketball tournament.
The Altas share the lead with
the San Beda Red Lions at 4-1
after they put away the College
of St. Benilde Blazers, 84-64,
last Thursday.
Hindi ko ine-expect ito, kasi
noong sa Fr. Martin Summer
Cup at noong FilOil-Flying V
pre-season, nilalampaso kami.
Ngayon, maganda ang umpisa.
Na-inspired sila. Nakita nila
na kailangan na silang pumuk-
pok, said Del Rosario.
The Heavy Bombers, accord-
ing Del Rosario, are deadly with
their trapping defense.
But he feels that any trapping
defense can be solved and over-
come by a determined team.
The San Sebastian Stags, who
dealt the Heavy Bombers a 101-
88 blasting last week, meet the
Lyceum Pirates a 4 p.m.
The Stags share third spot
with JRU with the same 3-1
record.
Greg Slaughter, who had another monster game of
14 points and 13 rebounds, scored on a putback off a
Tonino Gonzaga miss as the Eagles built a huge 61-
36 lead at the 8:02 mark of the third period.
The Bulldogs cut the decit to 17, but the Eagles,
learning the lessons of their second-half meltdown
in their 70-71 loss the University of Santo Tomas,
regrouped to put the game under control. A jumper
by Nico Salva gave Ateneo its biggest lead, 87-60.
The concentration on the last two days was just to
keep our focus for 40 minutes. We played very well
against UST for 20 minutes, and the we came out sec-
ond half really relaxed and we didnt play good defense
and offense, said Eagles mentor Norman Black. We
just wanted to play a complete 40 minutes. Luckily, we
were able to get that done, he added.
Ateneo, which grabbed a 2-1 record, now has won nine
straight over NU since the 2008 season, while NU slipped
into a tie with the Tigers at fourth place with a 1-1 slate.
Reigning most valuable player Bobby Ray Parks
Adamson Universitys Sheila Pineda (center) and Paulina
Soriano display the 2012 Petron Ladies Beach Volleyball
Tournament championship trophy awarded to them by
organizer Tisha Abundo (left). ROMAN PROSPERO
Pesky defense. Marqus Blakely (left) of B-MEG is hounded by Rain or Shines Jervy Cruz in Game 1 of their
teams PBA Governors Cup titular showdown at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. SONNY ESPIRITU
Games Thursday (Araneta Coliseum)
2 p.m. UP vs NU; 4 p.m. Adamson vs FEU
ATENEO bounced back
from a stunning loss, send-
ing pre-tournament favorite
National University reeling
in an 89-65 Blue Eagle rout
last night in the University
Athletic Association of the
Philippines seniors basket-
ball tournament at the Mall
of Asia Arena.
led NU with 22 points, seven rebounds and four as-
sists before fouling out for the rst time in his col-
legiate career midway in the fourth period.
Meanwhile, Terrence Romeo scored only 10
points, but it was his defensive plays, which carried
the Far Eastern University Tamaraws to a 48-46 vic-
tory over the undermanned La Salle Green Archers.
The 511 Romeo came in the way of Mark Tallos
nal attempt as the clock winded down in the last
12.8 seconds. He later kept Almond Vosotros from a
connecting with a triple as time expired.
Romeo found himself taking charge in defense
with rookie big man Anthony Hargrove in foul trou-
ble late in the game. He struggled on offense as he
missed all ve three-point attempts, but he doggedly
harassed Tallo and kept him from making a decent
shot right after teammate Arvie Bringas bungled two
attempts at the stripe.
The Tams, who were out-rebounded, 40-49, post-
ed their second straight win to grab the lead, while
the Green Archers absorbed their rst setback in
three matches in a tie with the Eagles.
Arvie Bringas is not in shape. Malaki talaga ang
kailangan sa defense. Kulang kami. Lalo na sa re-
bounding, said Tamaraws coach Robert Flores.
Michael Tolomia chipped in seven points, the same
total of Hargrove, including a jumper with 47.6 sec-
onds left which allowed the Tams to stay in front.
La Salle had a chance to move in front after 10
lead changes, or force another tie with a three-pointer
after three deadlocks, but rookie Jeron Teng missed a
jumper from the left. Peter Atencio
Business
Manila Standard TODAY
JULY 23, 2012 MONDAY
B1
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
IN BRIEF
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing July 20, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
Unleaded Gasoline
P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.6750
Japan Yen 0.012723 0.5302
UK Pound 1.572600 65.5381
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128937 5.3734
Switzerland Franc 1.022495 42.6125
Canada Dollar 0.992654 41.3689
Singapore Dollar 0.797957 33.2549
Australia Dollar 1.041124 43.3888
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 110.5496
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266660 11.1131
Brunei Dollar 0.794786 33.1227
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000106 0.0044
Thailand Baht 0.031461 1.3184
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.3466
Euro Euro 1.227900 51.1727
Korea Won 0.000879 0.0366
China Yuan 0.156902 6.5389
India Rupee 0.018129 0.7555
Malaysia Ringgit 0.317561 13.2344
NewZealand Dollar 0.802182 3.1565
Taiwan Dollar 0.033358 1.3902
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, July 20, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
P41.860
CLOSE
Closing JULY 20, 2012
5,210.89
21.52
VOLUME 860.530M
HIGH P41.750 LOW P41.920AVERAGE P41.845
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
AirAsia stresses need
for low-cost terminal 7 firms joining FTI
auction in August
Napocor eyes P17-b fund
to operate off-grid plants
Balance Sheet
As of JUNE 30, 2012
PRI NCI PAL OFFI CERS
HENRY T. PELAEZ
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT-
COUNTRY MANAGER
MARY ROSE S. TIAMSON
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT-
RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
MA. RITA K. DE LA VEGA
COUNTRY COMPLIANCE MANAGER
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
) S.S.
I/We HENRY T. PELAEZ and MA. CHRISTINAJ. DEL CARMEN of the above-mentioned bank do solemnly swear that all matters
set forth in the above statement of condition are true and correct to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.
_______________________________ _______________________________
(Sgd) HENRY T. PELAEZ (Sgd) MA. CHRISTINA J. DEL CARMEN
SVP - Country Manager VP - Manager
Finance-Philippines
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this July 20, 2012 at affants exhibiting to their Residence Certifcate No. 14239314
issued in Manila on January 07, 2012 and Residence Certifcate No. 03278362 issued in Quezon City on January 20, 2012 respectively.
The affants also exhibited their Passport Numbers XX5027665 dated November 23, 2009 and XX2924640 dated February 03, 2009.
(Sgd) ATTY. ARCHIBALD R. RELLOSA
Notary Public
Until Dec. 31, 2013
Doc. No. 258 PTR NO. 3184588, Makati City
Book No. CXV BP No. 867717, Pasig City
Page No. 52 Roll No. 4375
Series of 2012
MEMBER: PDIC
ASSETS AMOUNT
Cash and Cash tems 14,200,732.52
Due from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 6,797,820,317.85
Due from Other Banks 5,006,453,323.35
Financial Assets at Fair Value through Proft or Loss 42,622,437.63
Available-for-Sale Financial Assets-Net -
Held-to-Maturity (HTM) Financial Assets-Net -
Unquoted Debt Securities Classifed as Loans-Net -
nvestments in Non-Marketable Equity Security-Net 4,712,600.00
Loans and Receivables-Net 4,366,919,280.84
Loans to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas -
Interbank Loans Receivable -
Loans and Receivables - Others 432,419,284.84
Loans and Receivables Arising from RA/CA/PR/SLB 3,940,000,000.00
General Loan Loss Provision 5,500,004.00
Other Financial Assets 8,051,888.68
Equity Investment in Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures-Net -
Bank Premises, Furniture, Fixture and Equipment-Net 9,638,524.73
Real and Other Properties Acquired - Net -
Non-Current Assets Held for Sale -
Other Assets-Net 19,036,789.63
Net Due from Head Offce/Branches/Agencies Abroad -
TOTAL ASSETS 16,269,455,895.24
LIABILITIES
Financial Liabilities at Fair Value through Proft or Loss 41,276,096.01
Deposit Liabilities 12,928,740,700.14
Due to Other Banks -
Bills Payable -
a) BSP - (Rediscounting and Other Advances) -
b) Interbank Loans Payable -
c) Other Deposit Substitute -
d) Others -
Bonds Payable - Net -
Unsecured Subordinated Debt - Net -
Redeemable Preferred Shares -
Special Time Deposit -
Due to BSP 732,357.65
Other Financial Liabilities 236,144,268.30
Other Liabilities 331,932,655.94
Net Due to Head Offce/Branches/Agencies (Philippine branch of a foreign bank) 2,133,683,112.01
TOTAL LIABILITIES 15,672,509,190.04
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
Capital Stock -
Other Capital Accounts -
Retained Earnings -
Assigned Capital 596,946,705.20
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY 596,946,705.20
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STACKHOLDERS EQUITY 16,269,455,895.24
CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS
Guarantees Issued -
Financial Standby Letters of Credit -
Performance Standby Letters of Credit 110,432,170.10
Commercial Letters of Credit
Trade Related Guarantees -
Commitments 31,932,539.14
Spot Foreign Exchange Contracts 741,900,678.81
Securities Held Under Custodianship by Bank Proper -
Trust Department Accounts -
a) Trust and Agency Accounts -
b) Unit Investment Trust Fund (UITF) -
c) Other Trust and Fiduciary Accounts -
Derivatives 3,880,281,515.57
Others 2,602,016,379.42
TOTAL CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS 7,366,563,283.04
HEAD OFFICE OF FOREIGN BANKS
(BANKAMERICA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES)
As of December 31, 2011
(In Millions)
PAD-N CAPTAL $ 156,621
SURPLUS AND PROFTS $ 60,520
TOTAL DEPOSTS $ 1,033,041
TOTAL RESOURCES $ 2,129,046
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) -
Ratio of Non-Performing Loans to Total Loan Portfolio (NPL to TLP) -
Classifed Loans and Other Risk Assets 6,655,115.17
Specifc Provision for Loan Losses -
Return on Equity (ROE) -11.70
DOSR Loans and Receivables 27,542,992.47
Ratio of DOSR Loans and Receivables to TLP 6.37
Past Due DOSRI Loans and receivables -
Ratio of Past Due DOSRI Loans and receivables to TLP -
Compliance with Magna Carta -
a. 8% Small Enterprises 0.00
b. 2% for Medium Enterprises 0.00
Capital Adequacy Ratio ( CAR for Solo Basis) under Circular No. 538 -
or Circular No. 280, as applicable -
a. Tier 1 (Solo Basis) 43.48
b. Total ( Solo Basis) 43.57
Deferred Charges Not yet Written Down -
Unbooked Allowance for Probable Losses on Financial Instruments Received -
Equity placement. Ayala Land Inc., the countrys biggest listed property company, raised P13.6 billion from one
of the largest overnight placements in the country and the biggest by a real estate rm in Southeast Asia since 2005.
A bell-ringing ceremony capped the landmark capital-raising activity at the Philippine Stock Exchange Friday. Shown
during the ceremony (from left) are Ayala Land treasurer Augusto Bengzon; Ayala Land chief nance ofcer Jaime
Ysmael; Ayala Land president and chief executive Antonino Aquino; Ayala Land chairman Fernando Zobel de Ayala;
PSE chairman Jose Pardo; PSE directors Eusebio Tanco and Alejandro Yu; and PSE chief operating ofcer Roel Refran.
By Lailany P. Gomez
PHILIPPINES AirAsia Inc., the
countrys newest budget carrier,
is opposing governments plan
to shelve the proposed P12-
billion budget terminal at the
Clark free port.
The government earlier
announced the construction
of a budget terminal at the
Clark International Airport that
would handle at least 10 million
passengers a year, as the operating
facility could not handle the inux
of travelers in Central Luzon.
AirAsia chief executive
Marianne Hontiveros said the
requirements of budget airlines
were different from those of
legacy carriers.
They told us they are going to
give us low-cost terminal so we
dont have to pay for all the extra
benets the legacy carriers want,
such as aero bridges, lounges
and all that. The maintenance
cost for an airport for legacy
carriers will be higher, and for us
[budget carriers] every savings
is passed on as low fares to the
passengers. So the simpler the
model for the better, Hontiveros
told reporters at the sidelines
of the launching of AirAsias
maiden ight to Macau from its
hub in Clark.
Clark International Airport
Corp. earlier said it was exploring
the possibility of constructing a
big legacy, or one combined with
budget, terminal and even planned
to send a team to the US to look at
the global trends..
Besides AirAsia, other local
airlines that operate in Clark
are Cebu Pacic, South East
Asian Airlines, Airphil Express
and ZestAir, while foreign
carriers include Dragonair, Jin
Air, Asiana Airlines and Tiger
Airways.
By Maria Bernadette Lunas
SEVEN major property
developers will try to
outbid each other, when
the government holds
the public auction for 74
hectares of prime property
at the 103-hectare Food
Terminal Inc. complex in
Taguig City on Aug. 8.
The Privatization and Management Ofce
said the auction was expected to raise at least
P10.2 billion for the government. Proceeds
from the sale will go to the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program and the Agriculture
Department.
The PMO said seven companies attended
the pre-bid conference held at the FTI main
ofce on Friday, when the parameters of the
sale such as the minimum target selling price
and pre-qualication requirements were
discussed.
The companies include Ayala Land Inc.,
Century Properties Group Inc., Empire East
Land, Filinvest Land Inc., Robinsons Land
Corp., Rockwell Land Corp. and SM Land Inc.
The PMO said the plan was to sell 74
hectares of the industrial complex at the
base price of P10.248 billion. It said bids
below the base price would be automatically
disqualied.
Submission and opening of the bids will
be held at the 6th oor conference room of
PMO on Gamboa Street, Legaspi Village,
Makati City on Aug. 8 at 11:30 a.m.
The PMO said the development of
the property was expected to generate a
surge in economic activities in the area,
improve transportation linkages and boost
employment opportunities.
It said to minimize delays and complete
the transaction seamlessly, it would conduct
a workshop to help the bidders prepare for
the submission of bid envelopes to prevent
technical violations.
Two-envelope bidding procedures will
be used, wherein participants will submit
their technical proposal apart from the price
proposal. This will enable the government
assess the bids based on their technical
standards without citing the offered price.
Following the last failed bidding of the
103-hectare FTI complex in October 2009,
the government has been working diligently
to design a plan that would optimize the
use of the parcel, said PMO chief Karen
Singson.
Bidders were given bid packets detailing
the asset specic
bidding rules to ensure
a transparent and
competitive bidding
process.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
CASH-STRAPPED National Power
Corp. needs P17.14 billion next
year to nance the operation of 534
generating units with a combined
capacity of 278.398 megawatts in 221
off-grid areas around the country.
For 2013, Napocors requirements
to pursue electrication will require
P17.136 billion, which covers power
generation, transmission activities,
including fuel, subsidies, [operations
and maintenance], some capital
investment and personal services,
Napocor president Froilan Tampinco
said.
Napocor requires funding of around
P15 billion for its Small Power Utilities
Group operations this year. Congress
approves Napocors SPUG operations
annually.
Napocor is set to upgrade power
plants with a combined capacity of
4.425 MW at cost of P79.4 million to
meet demand and spend some P295.55
million for transmission projects in
Palawan, Mindoro and Catandunes.
The SPUG operation is composed
of 277 land-based diesel power plants,
one hydroelectric station, one hybrid
wind turbine farm and 11 mobile barges
serving 221 island grids, including
eight isolated ones, serving 3,947
barangays in 216 municipalities.
Napocors SPUG has 51 customers
consisting of 44 electric cooperatives
and seven local government units.
Tampinco said Napocor would
pursue plans to reduce the cost of
fuel.
We have received proposals for
making diesel [and] bunker to make
them more efcient. There are new
technologies. This is something that
will allow us to save on fuel expenses,
he said.
Napocor has been subsidizing the
cost of fuel in the off-grid areas as
part of its mandate under the Electric
Power Reform Act of 2001.
We cannot incur losses all the
time. We want to spur the necessary
economic activity that will allow the
people to pay the cost of electricity,
he said.
Asean gas pipeline
THE government has revived its
interest in the Trans-Asean gas pipe-
line, which will create access to the
abundant supply of natural gas from
Indonesia.
Indonesia is saying they are go-
ing to put up a lot of gas by 2016,
so they are also interested in nding
ways to sell their gas, Energy Sec-
retary Jose Rene Almendras said.
Were interested in that [pipeline]
discussion because we know that nat-
ural gas is the way to go, he said.
The possibility of a Brunei to
Palawan natural gas pipeline was
rst raised in 2005 during one of
the meetings of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations.
The Palawan to Brunei gas pipeline
is estimated to cover about 1,000 kilo-
meters or double that of the Malam-
paya gas pipeline to Batangas.
Almendras said another option
is to link the pipeline to Mindanao,
where the region can take advantage
of the natural gas for fuel, power and
industries. Alena Mae S. Flores
Handicraft problem
THE rising cost of doing business
in Metro Manila has forced a num-
ber of handicraft rms to relocate
to the provinces, an ofcial of the
Philippine Chamber of Handicraft
Industries Inc. said.
PCHI president Dennis Orlina
said these manufacturers considered
it a suicide to continue operating
in the metropolis, which has the
highest cost of electricity, water and
labor.
We can be more competitive
[in the provinces]. It is a lot easier
to monitor operations in a cheaper
work environment, Orlina said.
Orlina said relocating to the prov-
inces could cut their operation cost
by as much as 20 percent. Handi-
craft companies preferred to relocate
in the Cottage Industry Technology
Centers in the provinces. The Philip-
pine Economic Zone Authority has
recently accredited CITC as an eco-
nomic zone. Julito G. Rada
AVANTE-GUARDE spiritual writers continue to
pursue the renewal dreams of Vatican Council II.
Today, their newstream ideas create a tension between
traditional Church teachings and contemporary
hermeneutics relevant to spiritual experience.
Adult spirituality
Andrew Gonzalez views an adult believer as
someone who has gured things out for himself
based on his experience of life and the sacred in human
existence. His beliefs and values are self-determined
and have become a source of liberation. He believes
certain principles and events on the basis of his own
convictions and no longer based on what others have
said. He acts and lives his life accordingly, respecting
traditions and even Church ofcial teachings, but
transcending them based on his own conviction and
commitments. Hence, an adult believer is no longer
a blind-obedient Christian.
In a focused group discussion, my MBA Gen X
and Y students from 17 Catholic parishes in Metro
Manila showed preference for homilies that are
attuned to modern times, adapting to the changing
culture, and respecting other peoples preferences.
They expressed adverse reaction to homilies that are
pegged to biblical context with no relevance to their
personal and professional life. Thus, they prefer a
Eucharistic celebration for specic age groups; they
desire freedom in exploring a meaningful spirituality;
and they are in search for an authentic experience that
is beyond Sunday mass compliance.
Personalist spirituality
James Ebners personalist yes theology may help us
understand the spirituality of Gen X and Y. His theology
simplies God as Mystery Present in every personal
life experience. As such, this theology is appropriate to
us who are highly relational. Our pakikipagkapwa is
a cultural metaphor of God as Mystery Present in our
interpersonal dialogue and it allows our kalooban to
have an immediate experience of the divine.
For example, Alvin Quirong, a young Catholic
believer, relates why a third something between
God and him is not necessary. He says, I dont go
to church; I dont pray the rosary; I dont pray the
novena. What I do is study the Bible [and] spread
the Gospel. For him, a true Christian works hard
at work because this is also an act of worshipyour
talent is Gods gift to you, what you do with your
talents is your gift to God.
God as Mystery Present makes it less necessary for
a go-between God and the believer. The experience of
His presence is immediate; one becomes aware of the
divine implicitly deciphered as truth, suffering, joy,
etc. and explicitly understood as the sacred through
an invitation to say Yes to life challenges. Christine
Page believes that once each of us is able to tap into
our higher wisdom then there will be less need for
the middle man, such as those found within religious
organizations, who for so long have been the mediator
between the Creator and ourselves.
Lasallian spirituality
Br. Alvaro Echevarria, FSC, superior general
of the De La Salle Brothers, describes Lasallian
spirituality as an action moment to know the reality
and to respond to the needs of that reality. Thus,
every moment in a world of work can be sanctied
by invoking, Let us remember that we are in the
Holy Presence of God. And every action thereafter
becomes sacred by declaring, I will continue, O
my God, to do all my actions for the love of you.
The buttery effect of this Lasallian spirituality
practised for 100 years in the Philippines has to be
empirically veried in business corporations and
government institutions where Lasallians serve for
God and country.
Human race spirituality
In a global environment, corporate members may
consider the human race church model of Ebner
as spirituality framework. Here, Catholic and
non-Catholics are subsumed and it is operational
whenever a person says an authentic Yes to self,
others and the Other [God]. The Catholic Church,
distinguished by its adherence to the Pope, is
not the center of Gods plan and not the ordinary
means of salvation, according to Ebner. Rather, the
Human Race Church includes ordinary people who
live at their best ethical lives and, according to Karl
Rahner, are anonymous Christians.
In alignment with Ebner and Rahner is Schlette
who considers the great religions as the normal
or ordinary way to salvation and not the Catholic
Church. Radically, John Hick proposes a Copernican
revolution for Christian theology to renounce its
claims for religious superiority and exclusivity to
be genuinely plural.
In a global workplace, managers are invited to
be sensitive to the varied religious afliations of
corporate members and human race spirituality
serves as a practical framework to embrace
Abrahamic, Sinic, and Vedic cultures within a
unied human race church perspective.
Sacralizing the workplace
Schleck reminds us that the vocation to which
God calls us is simply [being] a man [person] who
is on the way to being restored in his [her] normal
human nature. Before, we used to say that the human
culminates in being a Christian; but now we say
that the Christian culminates in being human. We
conclude that humanism, which shows an unlimited
concern to continually discover truth, beauty and
goodness and develop ones ultimate potential, is
Christianity without all the proper names.
Thus, humanistic management and the prominence
of the social teachings of the Church signify how a
corporate member is expected to be living not only the
ethical code but also ultimately mirror spirituality in
the workplace. In doing so, anthropocentric theology
considers his/her behavior in a spiritual realm.
But one need not express a religious, and even
pious, conversation about God, the saints and the
scriptures in the workplace. After all, The Word
of God is not only recorded in scriptures and
proclaimed in the community, it also addresses us
through people and the experiences of life itself.
Gabriel Moran tells us that All of creation speaks
of God and that God is revealed in the letting be of
being, that is, in things simply being themselves.
Conclusion
Thus, managers who plan, lead, organize, and
control, are sacralizing the workplace. Team
problem-solving and decision-making as a creative
exercises manifest team spirit and, more importantly,
the Spirit of wisdom if the session was convened
in His name. The Lasallian Holy Presence of God
formula asks the Spirit to make all human activity
truly spiritual in the workplace. Thus, the managers
fulll Cardinal Tuskers reminder that being-in-
business is calling, a vocation summoned by God.
4,5
5,4
6,6
7,4
8,3
9,5
10,7
11,9
13,4
14,8
16,6
18,7
21,1
23,7
26,7
29,7
33,2
37,4
42,1
47,4
53,3
59,3
4,7
5,6
6,7
8,1
9,2
10,3
11,8
13,3
14,7
16,6
18,4
20,6
23,2
26,1
29,4
33,1
36,8
41,2
46,2
52,2
58,8
3,0
3,7
4,6
5,8
6,8
8,2
10,0
11,4
12,7
14,6
16,4
18,2
20,5
22,7
25,4
28,6
32,2
36,3
40,9
45,4
50,8
57,2
2)
The pipe series number is derived from the ratio
s
/
PMS
, where
s
is the
design stress at 20
o
C and
PMS
, is the maximum allowable operating pressure
of the pipe at 20
o
C.
2)
The nominal pressure PN corresponds to the maximum allowable operating
pressure P
PMS
, in bars, of the pipe at 20
o
C.
Table 4 - Polyethylene pipes with design stress
s
of 6,3 MPa
Nominal
outside
diameter
d
n
Pipe series
1)
S 10 S 8 S 6,3 S 5 S4
Standard dimension ratio
SDR 21 SDR 17 SDR 13.6 SDR 11 SDR 9
Nominal pressure PN
2)
for
s
= 8 MPa
PN 6
3)
PN 8 PN 10 PN 12,5 PN 16
Nominal wall thickness,
n
mm
16
20
25
32
40
50
63
75
90
110
125
140
160
180
200
225
250
280
315
355
400
450
500
560
630
710
800
900
1 000
1 200
1 400
1 600
4,3
5,3
6,0
6,7
7,7
8,6
9,6
10,8
11,9
13,4
15,0
16,9
19,1
21,5
23,9
26,7
30,0
33,9
38,1
42,9
47,7
57,2
4,5
5,4
6,6
7,4
8,3
9,5
10,7
11,9
13,4
14,8
16,6
18,7
21,1
23,7
26,7
29,7
33,2
37,4
42,1
47,4
53,3
59,3
4,7
5,6
6,7
8,1
9,2
10,3
11,8
13,3
14,7
16,6
18,4
20,6
23,2
26,1
29,4
33,1
36,8
41,2
46,3
52,2
58,8
2,3
3,0
3,7
4,6
5,8
6,8
8,2
10,0
11,4
12,7
14,6
16,4
18,2
20,5
22,7
25,4
28,6
32,2
36,3
40,9
45,4
50,8
57,2
2,3
2,3
2,8
3,6
4,5
5,6
7,1
8,4
10,1
12,3
14,0
15,7
17,9
20,1
22,4
25,2
27,9
31,3
35,2
39,7
44,7
50,3
55,8
1)
The pipe series number is derived from the ratio
s
/
PMS
where
s
is the
design stress at 20
o
C and
PMS
is the maximum allowable operating
pressure of the pipe at 20
o
C.
2)
The nominal pressure PN corresponds to the maximum allowable operating
pressure
PMS
, in bars, of the pipe at 20
o
C
3)
For calculation purposes, a nominal pressure of 6.3 bar (0.63 MPa) has
been used.
Table 5 - Polyethylene pipes with a design stress
s
of 5 MPa
Nominal
outside
diameter
d
n
Pipe series
1)
S 16 S 12,5 S 8,3 S 8 S 6,3 S 5 S 4 S 3,2
Standard dimension Ratio
SDR
33
SDR
26
SDR
17,6
SDR
17
SDR
13,6
SDR 11 SDR 9 SDR
7,4
Nominal pressure PN
2)
for
s
= 5 MPa
PN
3,2
PN 4 PN 6 PN 6,3 PN 8 PN 10 PN
12,5
PN 16
Nominal wall thickness,
n
mm
16
20
25
32
40
50
63
75
90
110
125
140
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1) The pipe series numbers is derived from the ratio
s
/
PMS
where
s
is the
design stress at 20
o
C and
PMS
is the maximum allowable operating
pressure of the pipe at 20
o
C.
2) The nominal pressure PN corresponds to the maximum allowable operating
pressure
PMS
, in bars, of the pipe at 20
o
C.
3) For calculation purposes, a nominal pressure of 6,3 bar (0,63 MPa) has
been used.
4.1.4 The nominal wall thicknesses e
n
in accordance with ISO 4065 ( however,
for reasons of jointing techniques the smallest wall thickness is limited to 2,3 mm)
correspond to the selected nominal pressures given in table 3 (
s
= 8 MPa), table 4
(
s
= 6,3 MPa), Table 5 (
s
= 5 MPa and table 6 (
s
= 2,5 MPa and 3,2 MPa).
The tolerance on the minimum wall thickness permitted at any point e
y
,
min
,
corresponding to the nominal wall thickness e
n
, shall conform to ISO 11922-1
as follows:
grade T for e
y
,
min
< 16mm
grade U for e
y
,
min
> 16 mm
4.2 Ovality
The ovality of pipes at the manufacturer after extrusion but prior to coiling shall
conform to ISO 11922-1, as follows:
grade K for PE 32 and PE 40
grade N for PE 63, Pen 80 and PE 100
The minimum diameter of a drum for coiled pipe shall be 18 x d
n
and in any case
such that kinking of the pipe is prevented.
For coiled pipe, rerounding equipment may be necessary.
4.3 Length of pipe
The length of straight pipes and coils shall be not less than that agreed between
supplier and user.
4.4 Pressure reduction factors for PE pipeline systems for use at
temperature above 20
o
C
Figure 1 and table 7 shall be used for the derivation of reduction factors to apply
to obtain the maximum allowable operating pressure for elevated-temperature
operation of PE pipe and fttings. These are applicable to the supply of water and
other fuids which do not adversely affect the long-term properties of the PE material
at temperature up to 40
o
C. In order to determine the category in which a material
lies (i.e. type A, type B or type C), follow the instructions given in fgure 2.
NOTES:
1) The data used for the graph shown in fgure 1 and those given in table 7 have
been determined using the lowest (i.e. more unfavourable) values, rather than the
best-ft values, in the analysis, in accordance with ISO/TR 9080, of hydrostatic
stress rupture data for commercially available PE resins.
2) Higher factors and hence higher pressures may be applied to a material providing
the analysis in accordance with ISO/TR 9080 demonstrates that less reduction is
applicable.
3) A lifetime of 50 years is used as the basis for the classifcation of material in
accordance with ISO 12162. For long lifetimes, for instance 100 years, it is
necessary to consider to each case individually, taking into account the rules given
ISO/TR 9080. See also ISO 13761.
Temperature
o
C
Figure 1 Pressure reduction factor versus temperature, applicable to a
50-year lifetime
Table 7 Pressure reduction factors at temperature up to 40
o
C, applicable
to a 50-year lifetime
Material
Pressure reduction factor at
20
o
C 25
o
C 30
o
C 35
o
C 40
o
C
Type A 1 0.93 0.87 0.80 0.74
Type B 1 0.90 0.81 0.72 0.62
Type C 1 0.82 0.65 0.47 0.30
For operating temperatures
up to 30
o
C
Knee before
1/2 yr at 80
o
C
Type A
up to 30
o
C
NO NO
Knee before
1 yr at 80
o
C
Type A
up to 40
o
C
For operating temperature
up to 40
o
C
Type B
(PE 100, PE 80, PE 63)
or
Type C
(PE 50, PE 40, PE 32)
S
I
N
S
I
D
E
Gianna Maniego, Editor
Dinna Chan Vasquez, Assistant Editor
JULY 23, 2012 MONDAY
C1
CLEOPATRAS
BEAUTY SECRETS
YoucanuseDeadSeamud,
saidtobelegendarybeauty
Cleopatrasbeautysecret, to
achieveradiant skin.
THIS piece shows the seemingly
stark contrast between two events
I recently attended, although both
were pleasantly engaging and de-
nitely a fun way to spend leisure
hours after a very long day!
Old friends
Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish
author best known for his novel, The
Vicar of Wakeeld, once said, I love
everything thats old - old friends, old
times, old manners, old books, old
wine.
Something old, something new
Our class picture(seated, from left) Ginny
Banaag, Cynthia Serrano, Peggy Angeles, Malu
Francisco, Melvyn Cruz; (standing, from left) Raffy
Camus, BobZ and David de Padua
Malu tackling her nth crustacean
(check pile of empty shells beside
her), as Raffy looks on.
Some members of the former Hyatt Regency Sales Team,
(from left) BobZ, Malu, Peggy, Raffy, Cynthia, Ginny, and
Melvyn) getting ready to feast on home-cooked delights.
Neptunes bounty
Malu demonstrates how to burn
off calories, with her rib-tickling
upper body exercises
Leading the ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open
Robinsons Land Corporations newest ventures are (from
left) RLC director, vice chairman and chief executive
ofcer Lance Gokongwei, Tacloban City councilor
Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez, the father of Tacloban,
former Tacloban City mayor Bejo Romualdez, Tacloban
City mayor Alfred Romualdez, RLC president and chief
operating ofcer Frederick Go and Robinsons Malls
general manager Arlene Magtibay.
(Standing, from left) Robinsons
Land Corporations Ditas Taleon,
Lulay Alano, Melody Joson and
Marigold Garcia with (seated
from left) Frederick Go, Grace Lee
and councilor Cristina Gonzales-
Romualdez.
(From left) The father
of Tacloban, former
Tacloban City mayor
Bejo Romualdez, Arlene
Magtibay, Maria Lolita
Mate and RLC vice
president Lulay Alano
Well, not too long ago, I had a most wonderful Satur-
day evening with old friends, reminiscing on old times,
observing old manners, while sipping old wine. It was the
birthday dinner of Peggy Angeles at
her well-entrenched abode in Pasig,
strategically perched on a hillside,
overlooking a glittering section of the
metropolis. Aside from Peggy, I was
with Melvyn Cruz, Ginny Banaag,
David de Padua, Cynthia Serrano,
Raffy Camus, and Malu Francisco.
There were only eight of us that
night, all former members of the Sales
Team of the defunct Hyatt Regency
Manila, but it seemed like there were
a hundred, as boisterous laughter re-
verberated non-stop in Peggys living
room and dining room. This is actually
expected every time we, former Hyatt
colleagues, get together. Recalling all
the fun times we had while trying to
sell every single room of the hotel dur-
ing those extremely challenging years
of the Aquino assassination, never fail
to spark a laughing frenzy.
Of course, it also helped that Peg-
gy served us super-yummy home
cooked dinner t for royalty! The
caloric spread was made even
more sinful with to-die-for des-
sert that had us all craving for more.
There was just so much to eat, so
much fun, so much to talk about
we even forgot to trick Peggy into
admitting her age, but then again,
that would have been an exercise in
futility.
New leisure spot
Bustling Tacloban city
is now catching up with
the rest of the Visayas in
becoming a commercial
and tourism hub, and that
could be the reason why
Robinsons Land Corpora-
tion (RLC) inaugurated
Robinsons Place Taclo-
bans The Annex and its
gohotels.ph Tacloban, the
easy-on-the-pocket lo-
cal hotel chain thats now
becoming popular among
budget travelers.
To formally open both
establishments, a ribbon-
cutting ceremony was
held, presided over by
RLC president and chief
executive ofcer Fred-
erick Go, director, vice-
chairman, and deputy
chief executive ofcer
Lance Gokongwei, and
Tacloban mayor Alfred
Romualdez who was ac-
companied by his bride
Cristina, and former Ta-
cloban mayor Bejo Ro-
mualdez.
The new leisure spot
houses international brand
boutiques, specialty stores
and dining outlets, plus cin-
emas, including the citys
first 3D theater. On the other
hand, the 98-room gohotels.
ph offers affordable, safe,
clean accommodations for
the busy traveler.
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YOUR WEEKEND
CHUCKLE:
YAWN: The only time
a married man ever gets
to open his mouth without
consequences.
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For feedback, Im at
bobzozobrado@gmail.com
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
On July 21, Lush launched its rst proper foray into the
cosmetic world with 30 shades spread across three catago-
ries --liquid lipstick, cream eyeshadow and liquid eye liners.
As you all know, Lush is strongly opposed to ani-
mal testing and all products within the cosmetic line
are vegan. All the products have virtually no preserva-
tives, said Ida Cruz, Stores Specialists Inc. merchan-
dising manager for Lush during the Philippine media
launch of the collection.
Emotional Br illiance
The novel idea behind the cosmetics line, which is
called Emotional Brilliance, is that it uses color and key
words to be describe how we are currently feeling. The
line is less about wearing makeup thats in-season or
someone elses vision of whats on trend. Emotional Bril-
liance works as a way to wear something thats designed
for you - you choose colors and words that are signicant
to you and your needs and you wear them to get that point
across. Its the power of suggestion its enough that you
believe in it, you will then start to behave a certain way.
Spin the Emotional Brilliance Colour Wheel to get
your personalized color reading--you choose the three
colors that stand out to you at that time and these colors
are linked to certain words that reveal a little bit about
your current state of mind.
For instance, I chose Passionate, a fuchsia; Believe, a
reddish fuchsia; and Strong, a re engine red. It is not
surprising that all three are lipsticks.
According to Rowena Bird, Lush co-founder and in-
ventor of Emotional Brilliance, the order in which you
choose the colours reveals your current state of mind.
1. Your rst color choice symbolises your strength or
weakness;
2. Your second resonates with your primary subcon-
scious need;
3. Your third choice represents your talent, the thing
t h a t will help you to achieve that subconscious need.
I love lipstick, but why wasnt one great color ever
enough, why was I drawn to a particular one on different
days or even sometimes feel the need to change colour
part way through a day? After chatting with like mind-
ed lipstick junkies, it struck us that it wasnt about what
clothes we were wearing but more about how we were
feeling and so the idea was born, said Bird.
Lush has worked with renowned Harley Street strate-
gic behavioral therapist Lady Kennedy, who specializes
in changing peoples behaviour and attitudes, for the list
of words. They are words Kennedy uses in her therapy
session to alter perceptions and change behaviour. She
specializes in mind care and working on your emotional
state, where she takes someone from one state of mind
and delivers them in another. The Emotional Brilliance
range brings this form of exclusive mind therapy to the
High Street through the art of color.
Liquid Lips uses a super softening base, which is a simple
blend of organic jojoba oil, candelilla wax and rose wax. All
are intensely skin softening and soothing and they also carry
pigment incredibly well. Lips will be brilliantly colored and
left soft, smooth and deeply moisturized.
Clever packaging
Independent and Fantasy are the two Liquid Eyeliners
in the range that have a no-smudge, stay put formula. As
soon as you apply, the formula sets and is incredibly long
lasting. Its made with a base of eyebright infusion, which
is a herb with an ancient tradition of use for the eyes.
The other eyeliners are made with the same base as the
cream eyeshadows, which doesnt set straight away so
you have time to blend. These beautiful colors are there-
fore easy to use to create a softer look if required. The
eyecreams can be bold and colourful or less dramatic as
the base softens easily into the skin. The base is a sooth-
ing rose petal infusion and skin-softening almond and jo-
joba oils, so will really care for this most sensitive area.
Theres also glycerine to help carry the color beautifully
over the eye. The cupuacu butter helps to set the colour
pigment nicely, so these eyeshadows and eyeliners offer
beautiful colour that stays in place and lasts and lasts.
The Emotional Brilliance line arrives in clear
glass bottles with no additional packaging. Every-
thing is recyclable except for the brush. The bot-
tles are also much larger than the typical cosmetic
container which typically hold 2g of product, while
Lush gives a generous 8g of product.
There are four supplementary products to com-
plete the line and collectively, they are known as
Desert Island. Skin Tints are cream-based highlight-
ers/bronzers that can be mixed in with moisturizer
or used on its own; Emotional Brilliance Translucent
Powder is a smooth translucent powder that will
instantly set foundation, soak up oil and prevent
eye makeup from smudging; while Eyes Right
Mascara is a gentle, natural-looking mascara
that comes in the cutest little vial.
In the Philippines, Lush is exclusively dis-
tributed by Stores Specialists Inc. and is lo-
cated at Glorietta 4, Shangri-La Plaza Mall,
Greenbelt 3, Mall of Asia, and Bonifacio
High Street, TriNoma, SM the Block,
Alabang Town Center. You may
also visit www.lush.com.ph
YOU will know you are near a Lush store when you
smell it. Whether you love or hate that smell, there
is no doubt that this British beauty company, which
offers handmade bath and body and skin care
products, is a brand that cannot
be ignored.
HAIR CARE
FOR REAL WOMEN
Youdont havetobea
supermodel tohavebeautiful
andhealthyhair, thanksto
Dovesno-nonsenseapproach
tobeauty.
FULL
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
ANSWER
TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
ANSWER TOMORROW
63 __ Fine Day: 1963
hit
64 *Deltas aptly named
monthly
66 Fly the coop
67 Stud
68 Assays
69 Like some looks
70 Put up
71 Sorority letters
Down
1 River of Tuscany
2 Joanie Loves Chachi
co-star
3 Hearer of final appeals
4 __Kosh BGosh
5 Comeback
6 Go to and fro
7 Post-op program
8 Maine campus town
9 Promotes
10 Immigrants subj.
11 Excessive
12 I nvasi ve Japanese
vine
13 Prevent legally
18 What ad libbers ignore
22 Overabundance
24 Star
Across
1 Loathe
6 Poke into
11 Blue Hawaii prop
14 Rear
15 Hous t on hoc k ey
team
16 Frat letters
17 *Pl ace f or af t er -
dinner courses
LOS ANGELES
TIMES
CROSSWORD
19 Banned pesticide
20 Magic show reaction
21 Lots
22 Omert author
23 Mystery wri ter John
Dickson __
25 *Repress
27 Double-__: puzzle type
30 German pronoun
31 When many Lyon Lions
are born
32 Brownish purple
35 Certain commuters aid
39 Utter
40 See 33- Down, and
word t hat can precede
the end of the answers to
starred clues
42 Grinder
43 Uncredited actor
45 Yani Tsengs org.
46 Ho me o f Mi a mi
University
47 Neighbor of Leb.
49 Neverending
51 *Skating exhibitions
56 Fertile Crescent land
57 Musty
58 Butter sources
60 American rival: Abbr.
26 My country, __...
27 Horn, for one
28 Gravy thickener
29 Ringlet
33 Wi t h a nd a nd
40-Across, emi ssi ons-
reducing method whose
first word (this answer)
can follow the start of the
answers to starred clues
34 Sidle
36 Burger follower
37 Nessun dorma, e.g.
38 Combine, as assets
41 Using (up)
44 Fireplace powder
48 Chair on a porch
50 Fake
51 Fan club focuses
52 Towpath locale
53 Shes not for you
54 What di d I do t o
deserve this?
55 Poison plant
59 Harangue
61 Architectural pier
62 More, to a minimalist
64 El l e, ac r os s t he
Atlantic
65 Bit of a snore?
MONDAY C2
JULY 23, 2012
Gianna Maniego, Editor
Dinna Chan Vasquez, Assistant Editor
ManilaStandardToday
#lovemy
standardlifestyle@gmail.com
fashion beauty health wellness
Jericho Cosmetics Dead Sea mineral
contents replenish skins nutrients
and revive its youthful glow.
WOMEN the world over
look up to iconic beauties
for their awless looks.
When it comes to awless
skin, Filipinas can take a
cue from Egypts legendary
Queen Cleopatr a, who has
famously set the standards
for regal beauty.
Legend has it iconic
beauty relied on minerals
from the Dead Sea, for her
ethereal radiance.
Dead Sea mud, in par-
ticular, contains minerals
like zinc, magnesium and
potassium that are bene-
cial in developing healthy
skin cells and eliminating
bacteria and excess oil.
With Jericho Cosmetics,
modern-day women can
use the same solution in
their beauty regimen.
Featuring Dead Sea
mineral-based skin care
products, Jericho Cosmet-
ics organic and time-tested
ingredients are unmatched
in quality and unparalleled
with its effects. Skin-savvy
Filipinas who wish to get
the pristine beauty treat-
ment may do so with Jeri-
cho Cosmetics spa-worthy
collection of beautifying
and healing products, start-
ing with its extensive line
of face & body creams,
facial masks, body lotions,
shampoos, scalp & hair
creams, gels and therapeu-
tic treatments that produce
instant revitalizing effects.
Created with the nest
and richest concentration
of Dead Sea
minerals, Jeri-
cho Cosmetics
helps women get
the same radiant of
the gorgeous goddess
Cleopatra. Now anyone
can feel reborn with the
bare essentialsDead Sea
minerals that restore the
skins natural vitality.
Jericho Cosmetics is sold
internationally and is dis-
tributed exclusively here
in the Philippines by global
retailer London Sales Cor-
poration and is found in
kiosks at SM Megamall,
Mall of Asia, Eastwood
Mall and Alabang Town
Center, Marquee Mall,
SM Pampanga and SM
North Edsa.
Cleopatras skin care
secrets now in a bottle
WE all want to achieve clear, radiant skin.
Some even go as for as spending a fortune to
achieve beautiful skin when in fact, there is no
need to. Ponds, a lending skin care brand of-
fers products that ater to the needs of Filipinos,
giving solutions that are not only effective but
also well-loved.
Oily skin is not only embarrassing, but
it also leads to skin impurities like pimples
and blackheads. If youre bogged down by
dulling clogged pores, Ponds No Black-
heads Deep Cleansing Facial Scrub, with
the power of volcanic clay, reduces stubborn
blackheads in as early as seven days or one
week of continued use.
Extracted from the depths of the earth,
Volcanic Clay is known to be highly absor-
bent and acts as a powerful magnet. New Ponds No Black-
heads draws out oil and dirt from deep within the skin and
with the soft but hard-working beads, helps exfoliate dead
skin cells that clog pores to prevent the appearance of black-
heads. Skin is deeply and effectively cleansed to look smooth
and magnetically beautiful.
Dazzle without the shine and keep your face oil-free and fresh-
faced with Ponds Clear Balance No Blackheads Deep Cleansing
Facial Scrub.
Discover the power
of deep cleansing
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
THERE are about 177 hair care brands in the
Philippines. In 2011, there were 292 new hair
advertisements. Some 18 television commer-
cials were being aired every day, all promising
long, straight and silky hair.
Dove Hair brand manager Car lo Isla points out that a survey
showed that 19 percent of women are not satised with their hair.
The real
skinny
bitch
for real
WOMEN
"Hair problems of women include damage, brittleness, frizz and limp-
ness," says Isla.
Dove takes pride in being the brand of choice of real women. Dove
Hair's new TVC showing a short-haired Angel Jacob is proof of this.
Jacob, a model and actress, sports very short hair and is of a certain age.
Isla says Dove Hair Care focuses more on developing their prod-
ucts to give women from different walks of life what they need to
feel beautiful. To continue its mission of providing superior care
to womens locks, Dove Hair got real ladies who excel in different
elds as they bear witness to the brands latest breakthrough.
Some of the ladies who attest to the brands promise are lawyer Karen
Jimeno, Project Pink founder Lara Melissa de Leon Joseph, and nutri-
onist Nadine Tengco.
This is the product that really works and you dont have to use so
much time just to make your hair beautiful, says Jimeno, whose bad hair
habit is leaving the house with her hair wet.
My hair is important to me, so it is also important that I choose the
right product, says Joseph,
a breast cancer survivor.
When I rst got the
call, I thought to myself,
Is my hair that bad?,
Tengco says with a laugh,
But after trying it, Ill
denitely continue using
it because I get quality
without the price tag.
Amazing products
Adding to the list of
real women who have ex-
perienced Dove Hair are
entrepreneur Kai Lim,
StartART project founder
and artist Nikki Luna, Mercato Centrale founder Vanessa Ledesma,
business development manager Amanda Lapus, health advocate Isa-
bel Roces, image enhancement speaker Patty Betita, Philippine Tatler
editor-at-large Mia Borromeo, accessories designer Nicole Whisen-
hunt, triathlete Ani de Leon, stylist Bea Constantino, DJ Delamar
Arias and Youtube sensation Ashley Rivera aka Petra Mahalimuyak.
There are many things to love about Dove Hair products.
The new Dove Damage
Therapy shampoo has patent-
ed micro moisture serum and
ber actives that penetrate
porous hair and strengthen
the hair strands from within
unlike other products on the
market that work only on the
surface. Isla likened other
hair products to vulcanizing
a at tire, which is a tempo-
rary measure.
"We are the only brand in
the world that goes inside the
hair and heals it from the in-
side, he explains.
The new Dove Damage
Therapy daily treatment condi-
tioner is an intense nourishing
conditioner that reconstructs
hair deep inside and prevents
split ends and breakage.
It effectively nourishes the
hair to bring back its moisture,
leaving it looking healthy, soft
and smooth, without weighing
it down," says Isla.
By Ed Biado
WHEN her Sports
Illustrated cover
came out in Febru-
ary, America fell in
loveand lust
with Kate Upton.
Suddenly, she was the
model of the moment.
What made her stand out
is the fact that shes a little
curvier than other models
today and is much like a
pinup girl from decades
past. Her thriving modeling
career is certainly a refresh-
ing and welcome development.
For women, she repre-
sents a healthy body im-
age (which is something
lacking in the fashion/
modeling world) and, for
men, she personies an
intimate fantasy come to
life (because its a widely accepted fact that
guys dont want their ladies to be stick-thin).
But early last month,an anonymous blogger
who goes by the pseudonym Skinny Gurl
posted an entry on www.skinnygossip.com that
spoke unkindly of Upton. She lamented, Has
fashion become this? Well we know it hasnt,
so lets not pretend this is fashion, pertaining
to a recent runway show that featured Upton
in a bikini. She looks thick, vulgar, almost
pornographicand she is a solid 30 lbs too
heavy for this outt.
The blog compared Upton to a cow, called
her a little piggie and said the model, who
stands 5-foot-11 and measures 36-25-34,
had huge thighs, no waist, big fat oppy
boobs [and] terrible body denition, which
made her look lazy [and] lardy. The post
ended with, This girl belongs deep in the
gutter of American commercialismso
dont get any crazy ideas about her being a
fashion model, OK?
People like Skinny Gurl are precisely the
reason that our generation is so obsessed with
dieting and extreme weight loss. Her blog has
eating disorder written all over it (Starving
Tips of the Day, really?). In her own twisted
mind, beauty is synonymous to hungry and
emaciated, preferably less than 90 lbs.
Reading her most recent blog entry, Some
Changes, shed some light on her disturbing
points of view. Turns out, Skinny Gurl is a
thin person who was so frustrated by people
telling her how thin she was. And based on her
personal observations, no one is telling over-
weight people how fat they were. She called
this a double standard and that made her up-
set. Her response was to create a blog to call
out and insult everyone who does not t her
crazy denition of beauty.
So this is all because of her own insecuri-
ties and her own body issues? What the hell,
Skinny Gurl? Step away from the keyboard
and go see your shrink for an emergency
session right away. And please do grab a
Big Mac on your way out. You need to eat.
Lawyer Karen Jimeno
Hair
Amanda Lapus
care
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Tangub City
(MST-July 23, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub City, invites contractors to apply to bid
for the projects:
Contract ID : 12KJ0049
Name of Project : Rehab/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged
Paved National Road
Location : Ozamiz-Pagadian Road K1687+600-K1688+000
Brief Description : Upgrade to Concrete (280mm)
Approved Budget For the Contract : P 6,097,420.00
Contract Duration : Forty-Five (45) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents : P 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9184. Bids received in
excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to the ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of
ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for regis-
tration, to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of
LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications
for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 19, 2012 to August 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders August 03, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids August 09, 2012 until 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids August 09, 2012 at 02:00 PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub City, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders
that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on
or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall
be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must ac-
companied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid
as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tan-
gub City reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding
process at anytime prior contract award, without incurring any liability to the
affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) RAMISIS JAIMAR Y. BICOY
Engineer III
BAC-Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) DARIO C. PUSOD
OIC-District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Tangub City
(MST-July 23, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce, Tangub City, invites contractors to apply to bid for the projects:
[1] Contract ID : 12KJ0056
Name of Project : Rehab/Reconst/Replacement/Retrofitting of
Existing Permanent Bridges
Location : Migcanaway Bridge along Ozamiz-Pagadian Road
Brief Description : Replacement
Approved Budget For the Contract P 18,333,000.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Sixty (150) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 10,000.00
[2] Contract ID : 12KJ0057
Name of Project : Rehab/Reconst/Replacement/Retrofitting of
Existing Permanent Bridges
Location : Dimalooc Bridge along Ozamiz-Pagadian Road
Brief Description : Rehabilitation/Strengthening
Approved Budget For the Contract P 16,296,000.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Fifty (150) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 10,000.00
[3] Contract ID : 12KJ0058
Name of Project : Rehab/Reconst/Replacement/Retrofitting of
Existing Permanent Bridges
Location : Colupan Bridge along Ozamiz-Oroquieta Road
Brief Description : Replacement
Approved Budget For the Contract P 6,952,960.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Forty (140) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the
ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to the ABC, or credit
line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration,
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 19, 2012 to August 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
August 03, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids August 09, 2012 until 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids August 09, 2012 at 02:00 PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Misamis
Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub City, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs
from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who
have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Mi sami s Occi dental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub
City reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process
at anytime prior contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) RAMISIS JAIMAR Y. BICOY
Engineer III
BAC-Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) DARIO C. PUSOD
OIC-District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Tangub City
(MST-July 23, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce, Tangub City, invites contractors to apply to bid for the projects:
[1] Contract ID : 12KJ0043
Name of Project : Preventive Maintenance
Location : Ozami z-Pagadi an Road K1674+124 -
K1676+000
Brief Description : A-Overlay 100mm with corrections
Approved Budget For the Contract : P 25,074,500.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Twenty (120) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents : P 20,000.00
[2] Contract ID : 12KJ0044
Name of Project : Preventive Maintenance
Location : Ozami z-Pagadi an Road K1676+000 -
K1678+000
Brief Description : A-Overlay 50mm with corrections
Approved Budget For the Contract : P 14,240,570.00
Contract Duration : Ninety (90) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents : P 10,000.00
[3] Contract ID : 12KJ0045
Name of Project : Preventive Maintenance
Location : Ozami z-Oroqui et a Road K1717+000 -
K1717+640
Brief Description : C-Overlay 50mm with corrections
Approved Budget For the Contract : P 5,259,340.00
Contract Duration : Forty-Five (45) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents : P 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the
ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to the ABC, or credit
line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration, to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 19, 2012 to August 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
August 03, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids August 09, 2012 until 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids August 09, 2012 at 02:00 PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Misamis
Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub City, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs
from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who
have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the
CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract
will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub City
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process at
anytime prior contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) RAMISIS JAIMAR Y. BICOY
Engineer III
BAC-Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) DARIO C. PUSOD
OIC-District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Batanes District Engineering Offce
Basco, Batanes
RE-I NVI TATI ON TO APPLY FOR ELI GI BI LI TY AND TO BI D
(MST-July 23, 2012)
The Department of Public Works & Highways, Batanes District Engineering
Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites prospective
suppliers/bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following project:
1 Contract ID : 12BA0024- Goods
Contract Name : Installation/Application/Construction
of Road Safety Devices Along BAsco-
mahatao-Ivana-Uyugan-Imnajbu Road
Batan Island and San Vicente-Savidug-
Chavayan- Sumnanga Nakanmuan-
SanVicente
Contract Location : Batan & Sabtang, Batanes
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P 7,459,204.10
Delivery period : 45 CD upon receipt of approved Purchase
Order
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a bidder must meet the following criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen/sole proprietorship, corporations/
partnership/ cooperatives/ organizations with at least sixty percent (60%)
interest of outstanding capital stock belongs to the citizens of the Philippines,
(c) completed similar contract whose value must be at least 50% of the ABC
within a period of three(3) years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examinations of bids.
Interested unregistered suppliers/bidders, however, shall submit their applications
for registration to the BAC for Goods, Secretariat, DPWH Central Offce seven(7)
calendar days before the deadline for the submission and opening of bids. The
BAC for Goods, DPWH Central Offce will only process suppliers applications for
registration with complete requirements, and issue the Suppliers Registration
Certifcate (SRC). Registration forms may be secured from the secretariat, BAC
for Goods Offce, Ground Floor, DPWH Central Offce.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 19, 2012 August 10, 2012
2. Pre-Bid conference July 25, 2012; 9:00 A.M.
3. Receipt of Bids August 10, 2012 Deadline: 9:00 AM
4. Opening of Bids August 10, 2012 Time : 10:00 AM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC for Goods
Secretariat, DPWH Batanes District Engineering Offce Administrative
Building Motorpol Compound, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00PM of July 19, 2012 to
August 10, 2012 upon payment of non-refundable fee of one thousand pesos
(Php 1,000.00). Prospective Bidders may also download the BDs, if available,
from the DPWH website and shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their Bid Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the
amount and form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective Bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two(2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works & Highways reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bids and to annul the bidding process any time before Contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ARISTEO G. GALAROSA
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER D. NOLA, CESE
District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Tangub City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 23 & 25, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Misamis Occidental
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub City, invites contractors to
apply to bid for the projects:
[1] Contract ID : 12KJ0051
Name of Project : Widening/Improvement of Ozamiz-
Oroquieta Road
Location : Clarin-Sinacaban Section K1705+979 -
K1721+184 with exceptions
Brief Description : Widening of Road
Approved Budget For the Contract P 27,616,870.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Thirty (130) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents : P 20,000.00
[2] Contract ID : 12KJ0052
Name of Project : Road Leading to Tourism Destination
(Upgrading of Road)
Location : Brgy. Banglay, Tangub City to Brgy. Gala,
Ozamiz City
Brief Description : Upgrading of Road (from Gravel to
Concrete)
Approved Budget For the Contract P 29,100,000.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Forty (140) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 20,000.00
[3] Contract ID : 12KJ0053
Name of Project : Road Leading to Tourism Destination
(Upgrading of Road)
Location : Road Leading to Bokagan Hill, Ozamiz
City
Brief Description : Upgrading of Road (from Gravel to
Concrete)
Approved Budget For the Contract P 38,800,000.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Fifty (150) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 20,000.00
[4] Contract ID : 12KJ0054
Name of Project : Road Leading to Tourism Destination
(Upgrading of Road)
Location : Sta. Maria-Capalaran Road, Tangub City
Brief Description : Upgrading of Road (from Gravel to
Concrete)
Approved Budget For the Contract P 29,100,000.00
Contract Duration : One Hundred Forty (140) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 20,000.00
[5] Contract ID : 12KJ0055
Name of Project : Road Leading to Tourism Destination
(Upgrading of Road)
Location : Capalaran-Villaba Road, Tangub City
Brief Description : Upgrading of Road (from Gravel to
Concrete)
Approved Budget For the Contract P 15,520,000.00
Contract Duration : Ninety (90) CD
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents P 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with
the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9184. Bids
received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the
opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent
(LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major
criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture,
(c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a
period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to the ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The
BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration, to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for
the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and
issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are
shown below:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 19, 2012 to August 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
August 03, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids August 09, 2012 until 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids August 09, 2012 at 02:00 PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at
DPWH-Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Tangub
City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective
bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids
Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested
parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2
of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the
bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall
contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Misamis Occidental 2
nd
District Engineering Offce,
Tangub City reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul
the bidding process at anytime prior contract award, without incurring
any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) RAMISIS JAIMAR Y. BICOY
Engineer III
BAC-Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) DARIO C. PUSOD
OIC-District Engineer
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
II-B Sunrise Drive, Brgy. Bagong Lipunan ng Crame
Cubao, Quezon City
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting
To All ERC Stockholders:
Please be informed that the Annual Stockholders' Meeting
of the Educational Resources Corporation shall be held
on July 28, 2012 at 12:00 noon at the Barrio Fiesta EDSA
Mandaluyong City to elect the directors of the Corporation
to take up the following matters
1. Election of new directors for the incoming fscal year;
2. Report of the President; and
3 Other relevant matters
Please be guided accordingly
(Sgd.) Atty. LACANDOLA S. LEAO
Corporate Secretary
(MST-July 20 & 23, 2012)
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Manila Standard TODAY
ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
JOSEPH
PETER GONZALES
SHTICKS
By Nickie Wang
OVER 12000 fans ocked to the
SM Mall of Asia Arena on July 11 to
watch rap superstar Nicki Minaj in
her only Southeast Asian pit stop of
the Pink Friday Concert Tour.
Fans of the 29-year-old art-
ist impressed each
other arriving at the
venue dressed up in
all shades of pink
and even imitating
their idols infamous
eccentric do. True
enough, even Nicki
herself confessed how
she deeply appreciat-
ed the warm welcome
she received from her
Filipino fans
Youre going to
be in my heart for-
ever, this place re-
minds me so much
of Trinidad. Its ab-
solutely beautiful.
Earlier when I look
at the Manila Bay
it reminded me of
Trinidad, the singer said stirring
the crowd to a hysterical frenzy.
To her command, the very much
willing audience danced, jumped
up and down their seats turning the
concert venue into a big rave party, a
mass shindig if you will, most espe-
cially when she performed Starships
culled from her latest album, and the
worldwide monster hit, Super Bass.
Manila can you make some noise
for yourself? Youve been wonderful
tonight, she repeatedly told the au-
dience and set the mood of the entire
show by asking, Did you guys come
here to party?
Earlier, at exactly 8 p.m., fans
had lined up to nd their seats in
the Arena but the show started a
few minutes after 9 p.m.
As soon as the lights beamed to-
wards the stage and the curtains raised,
the crowd welcomed Nicki Minaj, in
a black robe, with eardrum splitting
cheers. The venue almost felt like there
was a quake when she opened the show
singing Romans Revenge.
The concert was divided into three
sets each featuring the rap singer in
different fake blonde and blue locks.
Every time she emerges from the
backstage she impresses the crowd
with her tongue-lashing rap skills.
Nickis every number was accom-
panied by her sensual dance moves
and her signature doe-eyed glances.
For some with keen ears, Nickis vo-
cal talent was not that superb. Most of
her performances were
highly enhanced with
digital effects. But thats
forgivable as she is more
of a rapper to begin
with.
The curvaceous
r a ppe r - s ongwr i t e r
charmed the audience
with her chart-friendly
hits Pound the Alarm,
Bottoms Up, Hold
Yuh and with her club-
thumping records Turn
Me On and Where
Them Girls At, her
song with David Guetta
and Flo Rida.
She ended her
80-minute concert like
the way she opened
itwith a bangwhile
fans were dancing and playing with
tons of confetti in the air. Her energy
level did not drop at any point and
was very grateful to the responsive
crowd throughout the entire show.
Amid the absence of an encore,
Nicki did not disappoint her Filipino
fans. When everyone was shouting
We want more! the rapper, who was
already in her pink bathrobe, came out
of the backstage and blew the crowd a
few kisses and gestures of thank you.
The Trinidad-born artist quickly
became global music phenomenon
when she released Pink Friday in
November 2010. The debut album
became an instant hit peaking at no.1
on the US Billboard 200 and was cer-
tied Platinum after four weeks of its
release. Her success extends for her
distinction of being the rst female
solo artist to have seven singles on
Billboard 100 at the same time.
Nicki has also successfully col-
laborated with huge music artists
like Mariah Carey, Usher, Chris-
tina Aguilera, Rihanna and Kanye
West, to name a few.
Minajs Philippine gig was cour-
tesy of Globe Telecoms.
Ate Vi in a scream lm
Nicki Minaj paints MOA
Arena pink
BATANGAS Governor Vilma Santos-
Recto has a new movie under Star Cinema.
It is The Healing.
Its a horror project directed by Chito
Rono. Im with Kim Chiu, Janice de Bel-
en and Pokwang, she says.
Many wonder why she opted to do a horror vehicle for
her silver screen comeback.
I was asked many times regarding that and my answer
was, Why not? My last lm was In My Life and it was
a heavy drama. Perhaps, I am looking for something new
for me to feel challenged again. I guess Ive done almost
every role on screen.
So I personally requested Direk Chito to come up with a
good horror project for me. Everyone knows how excellent
he is when it comes to this genre. True enough, I am so happy
with the turnout. I was always excited reporting to the set.
The Star for all Season personally picked Kim to play
one of the movies pivotal roles.
Remember when she made a guest appearance on my
anniversary special in ABS-CBN a few years ago? She
impressed me when she re-enacted my part in Broken
Marriage. I saw in her the rawness of an actor.
Kim delivered in The Healing. Her acting further ma-
tured. I can assure the public that this movie is something
new for the two of us so they better watch.
Did she nd it hard doing horror?
Of course, its a totally different arena. For one, my role
is very physical. There are a lot of chas-
ing scenes, which I havent done for a long
time. But even if it werent that easy, it was
all worth it when I watched the nished
product.
The movie coincides with her 50
th
year
in showbiz.
BB in The Enchanted Garden
BB Gandanghari is happy with his participation in TV
5s The Enchanted Garden along with Ruffa Gutierrez,
Alice Dixson, Rufa Mae Quinto and Alex Gonzaga.
So whats his role in the Kapatids new fantasy-drama?
I play a geisha who owns a spa. I hold the key to the
enchanted garden. Actually, I play dual roles here. Apart
from the geisha part, I would also play a straight male back
in the enchanted garden as Zoren Legaspis twin brother.
Ha-ha-ha! Isnt it interesting?
Speaking of Zoren, how does he anticipate his future
scenes with him?
Well, it must be fun, dont you think so? Anyway, he
is handsome so its just okay if hes my twin brother in the
story. Ha-ha-ha! But kidding aside, Im looking forward to
doing scenes with him in the coming taping days.
Now that hes visible in the limelight, questions about
Carmina Villarroel are inevitable.
Well, all I can say is Im happy for her. I can see that shes
happy with her family life. She deserves it, BB states.
Whether its his mysterious looks,
his brawny physique or his awesome
smarts, theres no denying that Benja-
min Alves is the face to watch out for.
The 23-year old Alves is not just
in for his good looks, but also for his
brains. He majored in English Litera-
ture at University of Guam, gradu-
ated with honorssumma cum laude.
Wow, thats heavy, as the kids in the
80s would exclaim.
Yet, hes no newbie. In fact, when
he turned 18 and had been in the busi-
ness already, although using a differ-
ent screen name.
I had to nish school, I felt, he
said when I talked to him a few weeks
ago. I even felt I wasnt cut out to be in
show business, although Id still want to
go modeling once in a while.
If he decided against making a
comeback, he would certainly be
teaching college students and immers-
ing them in the works of William
Shakespeare and E. E.Cummings.
I was planning on becoming an
English professor at a university some-
where. I love to write, I love reading
other peoples writing and their devel-
opment as writers.
Benjamin certainly also loves acting.
I have this passion for the craft which
I think sets me apart from all the other
artists today. Though Im not saying
that they dont love the thing, I have this
desire in me to learn everything about
it. Even the process and all other techni-
calities involved with it.
He wants to focus on drama.
Dreaming to portray a variety of char-
acters, from romantic to angst driven
to split personality.
So, what do we expect from the
guy?
He said rather humbly, I dont
want to create a very high expectations
among you, but this I promise that what-
ever role GMA Network and other pro-
duction outts give me, Ill try my best
to portray them the best I can.
Hes currently in an upcoming hor-
ror lm, Guni-Guni. He is paired with
Lovi Poe. Its really great to work
with her, very pretty, professional.
Aside from Lovi, he dreams to be
paired with Sarah Lahbati, Carla
Abellana and Marian Rivera and
looks up to great actors like Piolo
Pascual (his uncle), Dennis Trillo,
and Christopher de Leon.
He signed with GMA Artist Cen-
ter hoping the talent agency would be
able to make something out of him.
In the meantime, watch him evey
Sunday, lunchtime, in Party Pilipinas on
GMA Network. And in the days to come,
expect him to grace the small screen more
often as becomes more entrenched into
the pool of GMAs top leading men.
You are not alone
Thats the mantra of the newest
GMA Network family drama Hindi
Ka Mag-iisa, which took over the time
slot occupied by Hiram Na Puso.
Jennylyn Mercado breathes life to
the character of Elisa Santos.
She returns to afternoon drama, just
like what she had done before this in
Paano Bang Mangarap, Gumapang
Ka Sa Lusak, and Little Star.
Playing her leading men are Sid
Lucero as Andrew and Frank Mag-
alona as Mark. Many are looking
forward to watching the new love tri-
angle of Jennylyn, Frank and Sid.
Also in the cast are Angelu De
Leon as Jordana, Carl Guevarra as
Dennis, Crystal Reyes as Angelica,
Saab Magalona as Celine, and Joey
Paras as Mimi.
Also appearing in the series are
Lloyd Samartino as Bernard Monte-
negro, Liza Lorena as Dona Asuncion
Montenegro, and Glydel Mercado as
Maita Montenegro.
The series focuses on Elisa (Jenny-
lyn), who at a very young age, learned
and experienced all the hardships in life.
Elisas life will change when she
meets her young sister, Angelica
(Crystal). She learns that she is men-
tally challenged..
Andrew falls for Elisa. Hell help and
teach Elisa to outgrow her insecurities,
fears and worries when it comes to love.
Hindi Ka Na Mag-iisa airs right after
Eat Bulaga on GMA Afternoon Prime.
Together forever
Renz Velerio, Benedict Campos,
Enzo Pineda and Steven Silva are all
in for Together Forever, a youth-ori-
ented series starring Julie Anne San
Jose and Elmo Magalona.
Renz, a child actor who started ap-
pearing in TV commercials when he
was just three years old, had been in
Futbolilits and Bantatay.
This year he is gaining more
grounds as host for My Chubby World
Big Adventure.
In this series he is Raz Trinidad,
Elmos younger brother.
Benedict was the Prince Charming
in Grazilda with Glaiza de Castro.
Enzo, a StarStruck avenger, has
been showing his different talents in
his regular stint in Party Pilipinas and
his funny, quirky side in the talk show
Startalk.
Steven, the Ultimate Male Survivor
of StarStruck V, has become a multi-tal-
ent act. He is also a singer, a chef, and a
football player (from team Socceroo FC
in the UFL Second Division). A couple
of years back he was Achilles in Ang
Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang
and appeared as guest in Diva. He por-
trayed a role named Boy Luis in the ac-
claimed lm The Road.
Renz is playing Elmos younger
brother and Enzo their half brother.
Benedict and Steven are part of the
love triangle with Janine Guttierez.
Young TV director Roderick Lin-
dayag says, I am very glad these kids
are having fun while taping for our epi-
sodes shown every Sunday after Party
Pilipinas on GMA. Otherwise, this
would have been a great burden for me.
Now, we know why the audience
love the Sunday light romantic drama.
Gapuzs Whispers
From The Heart
Educator Ray Gapuz is best known
as the founder of Gapuz Review
Center.
He is also gifted with a singing
voice. Listen to his album, Whispers
From The Heart.
Comprised by well-chosen and
superbly interpreted tracks, the al-
bum illustrates Gapuzs strong tenor
and sensitive reading of Bakit Miss
Kita, the promotional single that has
been dominating radio and resonates
deeply in the hearts of OFWs and their
families and friends.
The Greatest Love of All, origi-
nally by George Benson now ren-
dered as duet between Gapuz and his
six-year-old nephew, Owie; Kung
Kailan, an original song that pierces
the heart with its message of showing
love before its too late; What Kind
Of Fool Am I; Ill Be There and
Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala are the
other tracks in the album.
Gapuz offers his insights on the
songs through music videos included
in the album. Some feature celebrities,
like Miss Universe runner-up Maria
Venus Raj and Gloria Romero.
Whispers From The Heart was
released with a coffee table book au-
thored by Gapuz, The Exit.
Gapuz poured his heart out for the
album.
Though he has yet to fully promote
the album, Whispers From The Heart is
fast reaching the Gold Record mark.
Seemingly a man with the Midas
Touch, Gapuz, remains humble in
expressing his goal in making the al-
bum. I was not thinking of making
good sales from the album nor turn-
ing myself into the next big star when
I did this. I was just following.. .the
whispers from my heart.
New kid
on the Kapuso block
GMA Network is heavily promoting a new
face these days. And hes no ordinary guy. In
fact, he seems special, really.
Jennylyn Mercado
Trinidadian-born American
rapper-singer Nicki MInaj
Benjamin Alves
joins Kapuso