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Santiago to Enrile: What do you care?

By Macon Ramos-Araneta
SENATOR Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Wednesday said she almost unked the Bar exams because she had been in love at the timeeven as she said she resented Senate President Juan Ponce Enriles insults against her. I almost unked. What do you care? Santiago asked the 89-year old Enrile whom he called her aging enemy. Senator Miriam DefensorSantiagos blood pressure shot up after she appeared in the early-morning TV show Headstart, causing some blood vessels in right eye to burst, her ofce said on Wednesday. Her staff said Santiagos blood pressure rose to 190 over 115, prompting her doctor to advise her to rest and to continue taking medication against hypertension. Yeah, so what does he care? Why do we have to go there? There were disre
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PMA head weighs in on Pacmans medical issue

By Rio N. Araja
THE Philippine Medical Association on Wednesday said it had issued a resolution directing its members to refrain from talking about controversial medical cases involving national gures, such as Saranggani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, unless called upon by higher authorities. PMA president Modesto Llamas said that as president and spokesman, he had been authorized to designate any medical specialist on any specic topic asked of. This is primarily to avoid confusion and essentially to have only one voice that would reect the sentiment of majority of the PMA board of governors and the members, Llamas said through a statement he read during a press conference held Wednesday. The PMA is the biggest association of doctors in the country, which count 70,000 members nationwide. Llamas said the PMA decided to issue the resolution after reading newspaper accounts of Pacquiao showing early signs of Parkinsons disease as stated by Jimenez, an Next page active member of the PMA.

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Ochoa OKd opsMelad

By Macon RamosAraneta, Francisco Tuyay and Maricel Cruz
THE sacked police regional director, who approved the checkpoint operation in Atimonan, Quezon in which 13 people were killed, said on Wednesday Executive Sceretary Paquito Ochoa, head of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), gave them the go-signal to mobilize their plan.
Chief Supt. James Melad, CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon) police director, said claims that Malacanang disapproved their plan was inaccurate. In fact, in the declaration of the PAOCC, the disapproval is only on the portion of funding ... its go pa rin, Melad told reporters at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) ofce, where those involved in the killings have been summoned for questioning. Asked to show proof of approval from Malacanang, Melad said: Thats for them to answer. I cannot answer for them. The NBI has summoned 40 members of the police and military, who were involved in
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Opposition hits LP over petty cases

By Christine F. Herrera
THE opposition on Wednesday denounced the ruling Liberal Party for sacricing public service in favor of paramount loyalty and political convenience by removing or transferring elected ofcials, police, poll ofcials and district engineers who are not aligned with the administration. The arbitrary removal and reshufing of key government personnel are affecting public service, said House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez. Loyalty is now the paramount criteria instead of capability. Track record is being disregarded in favor of political convenience. Worse, Suarez said, the Liberals were behind resurrecting dormant and petty cases against their partys opponents, and even against allies who were perceived as being disloyal. All these moves were aimed at ensuring that loyal administration allies would have the upper hand in the coming elections, Suarez said. He said even before the six-month election period began on Jan. 13, the
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Aquino twits UNA for early campaigning

By Joyce Pangco-Paares
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday red the rst salvo in what promises to be an interesting tussle between the Liberal Party and the United Nationalist Alliance in the run-up to the mid-term elections on May 13. Aquino shrugged off UNAs supposed headstart in the campaign trail following the oppositions two weeklong sorties that will end tomorrow (Friday). The president said it was understandable that the UNA bets had to work harder because they had been lagging behind LP candidates in terms of accomplishments. We have to understand that those in the other side have to prove more than our own candidates. I think our accomplishments will speak for themselves, he said. The president presented ve senatorial candidates of the administration coalition in Mandaue City in LPs rstever out-of-town trip. The President earlier inaugurated the Austal Philippines shipyard in Balamban before proceeding to Mandaue. Next page

For questioning. Relieved Calabarzon Police chief James Melad arrives at the National Bureau of Investigations main ofce in Manila to shed light on the supposed encounter in Atimonan, Quezon, on Jan. 6 that resulted in the killing of 13 people. Lower photo shows some of the eight policemen who were said to have been involved in the same encounter also arriving at the NBI on Wednesday for questioning. DANNY PATA

PNoy warns Gwen to adhere to law

By Joyce Pangco Paares
PRESIDENT Aquino warned suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Wednesday not to force him to bodily take her out of the provincial capitol where she barricaded herself for 28 days. We have adopted a maximum tolerance policy, Aquino said, adding that the policy will depend on Garcias behavior. We do not want to foster any untoward incidents and, therefore, we will exercise this so long as all parties adhere to the law and do not create situations where we will be forced to
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Comelec now to monitor poll ads on Internet

By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Commission on Elections said Wednesday it will strictly monitor political campaigns on the Internet ahead of the May 13 polls. We overhauled our rules on campaign and election propaganda, said Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. One signicant feature is that we will be monitoring online election propaganda for the rst time. Brillantes said the commission also integrated its rules on campaign nance, which is a top priority. In a lot of ways, the new rules will be much stricter, he added, noting that the agency would disallow politicians from using billboards on public works projects as a form of campaign propaganda. Among the prohibited acts under the new rules: To print, publish, post or distribute any newspaper, newsletter, newsweekly, gazette or magazine advertising, pamphlet, leaet, card, decal, bumper sticker,
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Okada loses bid to dismiss Wynn lawsuit

KAZUO Okada, chairman of the Tokyo-based Universal Entertainment Corp., lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Wynn Resorts Ltd., the casino operator that seeks to oust the Japanese billionaire as a director after forcibly redeeming his 20 percent stake in the company last year. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, at a hearing Tuesday in Las Vegas, denied Okadas request to dismiss Wynn Resorts claims that he breached his duty as a corporate director by
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insisted that the killings were a result of a shootout. Sr. Supt. Glenn Dumlao, chief of CALABARZONSpecial Concerns Unit, said the checkpoint operation was a legitimate operation. Our target is legitimate. It is our mandate to go after organized crime. Thats our basis, Dumlao said. PNP spokesman Chief Supt. Generoso Cerbo said Marantans failure to show up at the NBI showed his continued non-cooperation and was tantamount to unduly withholding the truth behind the death of 13 persons in that controversial Atimonan incident on January 6. It is precisely the objective of the fact-nding body imder the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to determine whether or not violation of policy, particularly the Police Operational Procedures were violated in the incident, Cerbo said in a statement. Much as the personnel involved rightfully deserve due process and the benet of the doubt under the presumption of regularity in the performance of duty, Marantans continued refusal to give his statement and turnover evidence to DIDM investigators constitute obstruction of justice and outright insurbordination, he said. Cerbo said Marantan is now deemed to have waived his right to present his side and from here, the PNP will initiate appropriate procedural actions to determine the administrative culpability of all parties concerned. We leave it to the Department of Justice and the NBI to complete the criminal aspect of investigation for prosecution, Cerbo said. At the House of Representatives, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez called for a congressional probe on the killings that he described as a serious matter. The leadership of the House cannot just forgo the investigation. This is a serious incident, Suarez said.

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spectful statements made, Santiago said in an interview over ANC. She said she had been dating around the time she took the Bar examsa rebellion against her parents because she resented their not allowing her to go on a scholarship grant to Russia. She recalled her parents insisting instead that she take the Bar. I studied for the Bar but the questions were completely unintelligible, said Santiago whom Enrile had earlier taunted as somebody who had a lunar mind. Her animosity against Enrile got worse when Enrile excluded her and three other senators in his distribution before Christmas of additional money for operating expenses from the Senates savings. Santiago on Wednesday again asked Enrile why he failed to give her, Senate Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and his sister Pia Cayetano, and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV extra money for operating expenses as he had given the other senators. Santiago and the three other senators received only P600,000, the rst tranche of the P1.6 million given to each of the 18 senators in November, although the four and the 18 other senators were given P250,000 from the savings of the Ofce of the Senate President before Christmas. Youre giving away taxpayers money, Santiago said. Were talking about the money of Filipino taxpayers. Is it just for you to give away taxpayers money? We have so many typhoon victims. Santiago also chided Enrile for refusing to debate whether or not he could give away taxpayers money. Enrile does not even have the guts to face me in a public televised debate. Instead, he has been hiding behind the tails of his attack dogs, Santiago said. She said Enrile had outlived himself. Remember, he is 89 years old. He continues to think that it is still martial law and that he can bully everybody. Santiago said that when she was Quezon City judge, she decided a case against Enrile for jailing Lino Brocka and other showbiz personalities, as well as UP and Ateneo students, whose only crime was staging a street demonstration against martial law excesses. Enrile appealed my decision to the Supreme Court, but he lost the appeal. The Supreme Court upheld me. Let things speak for themselves, she said. She also slammed Senator Panlo Lacson, whom she did not name, for asking her to stop criticizing Enrile and to shut up. He does not even have a clue about the principle of exhaustion of administrative remedies, Santiago said. He was involved in a court case, and he turned tail and became a fugitive from justice, which is criminal behavior. Lacson on Wednesday shot back that Santiago was a crusading crook pretending to be clean when she was not. A hypocrite par excellence, she doesnt have a single shred of integrity in her veins and moral ascendancy over any mortal on earth, Lacson said. Santiago noted that Senators Franklin Drilon, Manuel Villar Jr. and Edgardo Angara could succeed Enrile once he was ousted from his post. Enrile should not have become Senate President because he had been bullying his fellow senators.

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the killing of 13 people on board two sports utility vehicle when it stopped at the checkpoint. Only 30, mostly senior police and military ofcers, showed up at the NBI to answer questions. Relatives of the victims claimed it was a rubout, but the police insisted it was a shootout. Supt. Hansel Marantan, who led the checkpoint operation and was wounded in the shooting, did not show up despite orders from headquarters to cooperate with investigators. Melads declaration disputed an earlier statement from Malacanang saying that Ochoa did not approve the Atimonan operation. I wish to point out that a news report saying that the Palace okayed the operation is completely erroneous. The operations plan that was cited in the news report is a condential proposal that was not approved, Ochoa said. PAOCC Executive Director Reginald Villasanta also denied that the proposal was approved although he conrmed that it was submitted to his ofce. We had nothing to do with the shootout at Atimonan. They submitted a proposal but we did not approve it, Villasanta said. Melad said he approved the operation because some of those on board the vehicles were intelligence targets. We have targets, criminal elements, criminal activities. And especially during this period of preparations for the forthcoming elections. We have really been into the possible arrest of crimnal elements involved in criminal activities like gun-for-hire and those in possession of loose rearms, he said. Melad said he could not disclose details of the operation plans because of its condential nature but he

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Pacquiao suffered a brutal sixth-round knockout at the hands of his Mexican rival, Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 9 in Las Vegas. Two weeks later, in an interview over ABS-CBN, Jimenez said the Filipino ring icon had shown early signs of Parkinsons disease because he was shaking and stammering during television interviews. As a policy, we at PMA must not issue such statement on the alleged medical condition of Pacquiao unless he has been diagnosed and undergone examinations. Supposedly, if Pacquiao is Jimenezs patient, the ndings must be treated with condentiality and that could only be announced if there is a patients approval. In this case, Pacquiao is not his patient, therefore Jimenez is not allowed to take up the matter of alleged Parkinsons disease (of the lawmaker), he explained. He said the organizations ethics committee, which is headed by Dr. Nimfa Barria, was studying whether or not Jimenez had violated the code of medical ethics. But Jimenez, who is the president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, slammed Llamas for issuing the statement, inadvertently revealing a rift among ofcials of the association. In a phone interview, Jimenez said Llamas was using the issue to help his bid for re-election as president of the PMA. Hes just using this issue because the PMA will be having an election in March. He also knows that I am more popular than him within the organization. In fact, sa akin lumalapit ang ibang mga doktor kapag may problema sila sa PMA, said Jimenez, who is also the director of the Paranaque City Medical Center. A practicing neurologist for the past 35 years, Jimenez reiterated that he merely relayed his observation about Pacquiaos condition, and did not claim to have examined him personally. I was just expressing my opinion because like most Filipinos, I care about him and did not want him to suffer from this illness. What was wrong with that? But if I offended him and his family, I will apologize, which I did over live television, he said.

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administration had begun reshuffling personnel who were not identified with the Liberal Party. It is highly suspicious that just months before the elections, two governors of key provinces have been the subject of government action, Suarez added, referring to the cases led against Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. Without dwelling into the merits of the cases against them, it should be noted that both gov-

ernors are not members of the ruling party and are in fact running against LP candidates. Garcia, who was suspended for alleged abuse of powers, was replaced by Vice Governor Agnes Magpale, a member of the LP and running mate of Hilario Davide III, who is the LPs gubernatorial candidate and LP provincial chairman. Espino was being investigated for allegedly taking P1 billion in kickbacks from illegal numbers game operators. His re-election is being challenged by the LPs Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza. As I have already mentioned, both are from key, meaning vote-

rich provinces, Suarez said. Suarez said the systematic removal of people from the opposition was not limited to those holding elective positions. Already, chiefs of police, district engineers, and Comelec regional directors who are not aligned with the administration candidates are being removed or transferred, he said. All political organizations are complaining that people are being removed or replaced. Suarez said in his home province of Quezon alone, the administration had reshufed the provincial director, removed two district engineers, led charges against three city may-

ors, and replaced one mayor and suspended another. Suarezs son David is the incumbent Quezon governor and is seeking re-election under the opposition Lakas-CMD. David is being challenged by the LPs Ervin Alcala, son of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala. Its court cases galore and reshufing left and right to the point that public service is affected because it is not a question whether the person is competent to be the new head of the agency but its a question of how loyal that person is to the candidate of the administra-

tion, Suarez said. Suarez also lashed out at the setting up of provincial checkpoints in the wake of the recent killing of 13 people in Antimonan, Quezon. The police, who claimed the 13 were killed in a shootout, are being investigated amid charges that the incident was a rubout. Checkpoints are supposed to provide the public with a certain comfort level that the government is doing all it can to suppress lawless elements. In short, it is a means to give all of us a sense of security. However, in light of recent events, checkpoints are now eyed with suspicion and fear, he said.

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Aquino was accompanied by Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, former senators Jamby Madrigal and Ramon Magsaysay Jr., former party-list Rep. Risa Hontiveros, Aurora Rep. Sonny Angara, and Las Pias Rep. Mark Villar, who represented her mother, Cynthia. They have to catch up (with us) hence the need to have all of these sorties at this point in time, added Aquino, referring to UNAs sorties in Luzon provinces. The president said the administration coalition would soon roll out campaign materials and go on sorties even as he vowed to keep the business of governance a priority.

Running this government has to take precedence over politics, he said. Transportation Secretary and acting LP President Joseph Abaya UNA needed to campaign rst, because their name is UNA. The acronym UNA literally means rst in English. We had a couple of meetings with the President for the whole slate. He was basically handing down his guidance on how he would support and push for the candidates. So were organizing and were coming along, Abaya added. On Tuesday, the LP brushed off allegations that the party has yet to come up with an organized machinery for its senatorial bets. They can accuse us of be-

ing disorganized but I dont think so. We have an organized machinery, LP stalwart and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad had said. But one administration candidate who did not join yesterdays event in Mandaue City admitted that there had been organizational problems in the slate. They only informed us of the Cebu event the other night. But we have other schedules to attend to and previous commitments. Its really a problem for us, the senatorial bet who asked not to be named said. In contrast, UNA senatorial candidates have already held a sortie in Batangas a week ago and will be visiting the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya until Friday.

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people have fallen ill. Googles model was developed with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and can show changes in the trajectory of an epidemic before they appear in data collected from doctors and hospitals. Googles data show this years outbreak to be the worst in the last six years. That includes the 2009 swine u outbreak, which infected about 61 million Americans but turned out to be less deadly than initially feared. Globally, the U.S. remains the hardest hit, though its still early in the Northern Hemisphere season for numbers to be peaking. The Google data arent perfect, and the weekly CDC u report suggests a somewhat lesser outbreak. Three seasons in the last decade registered at least as bad as the current level of outbreak, according to the CDC data (left): the 2009 pandemic, and the moderately severe seasons of 20072008 and 2003-2004. Another positive sign is that the death toll this season, while above normal for this time of year, so far isnt especially gruesome. The u kills anywhere from 3,000 to 49,000 people in the

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take more drastic actions, Aquino said. Aquino ew to Cebu for the inauguration of the Austal Philippines shipyard in Balamban town, and he later joined the senatorial candidates of the Liberal Party (LP) in Mandaue City. The senatorial candidates were Aquilino Pimentel, Jamby Madrigal, Ramon Magsaysay Jr., Risa Hontiveros, Sonny Angara and Mark Villar (representing her mother, Cynthia). Garcia refused to give up her post in deance of a suspension order from Malacanang on December 19 for alleged abuse of authority and sought relief from the Court of Appeals where her petition for a restraining order

is pending. Her six months suspension covered the campaign period in the run up to the polls in May. Aquino said Garcia will be tolerated at the provincial capitol because Acting Governor Agnes Magpale was able to exercise her functions and the provincial government was able deliver services to Cebuanos. There is no stand-off per se in the the sense that Gov. Magpale is able to exercise the functions of governor and the provincial government of Cebu is able to deliver the services and carry out its functions to the benet of the people, Aquino said. The president denied claims by the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) that the government has been bullying opposition candidates,

including the suspended governor. Im sorry, I think the way I understood what they said was we are ganging up on their allies. But politics is not a factor here, he said. UNA said Garcias suspension was politically-motivated and LPs recent announcement to le 16 new charges against the suspended governor was a way to strangle political rivals. Why the sudden downpour of cases against Gov. Garcia? We can only assume that a creeping crackdown on the LPs political rivals is now in full swing, UNA Secretary General Tobias Tiangco said. The Liberal Party is now plagued with political bullies and has become a despotic, repressive political machine, Tiangco said.

U.S. every year, and about 500,000 globally. The u outbreak in the US has prompted local health ofcials to intensify monitoring of arrivals to the countrys ports of entry. Dr. Ali Salvador Agama, quarantine medical ofcer at the NAIA terminal 1, said that most international carriers coming from US mainland are based at the NAIA terminal 1, where Delta Air, Continental Air, Asiana via Incheon, Eva Air, China Airlines via Taipei, Cathay Pacic via Hong Kong and Emirates via Dubai from New York are mounting ights coming from u stricken New York City, while PAL mounts ight to US and Canada. He said that the airport havent experienced yet any passengers coming in aficted by u or sign of high fever, but assures the public that they had a procedures that can easily handle the disease with all screening equipment in place at all entrance of passengers to the airport. At all times we are ready anytime said Dr. Agama. He said they have not monitored anyone arriving from US with u symptoms. Most international carriers, including Philippine Airlines with ights to/from US are based at NAIA terminal 2. With Eric B. Apolonio

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poster, comic book, circular, handbill, streamer, sample list of candidates or any published or printed political matter and to broadcast any election propaganda or political ads by TV or radio or on the Internet for or against a candidate or group of candidates to any public ofce, unless they bear and be identied by the reasonably legible, or audible words political advertisement paid for. - To show publicly in a theater, TV station, or any public forum any movie, cinematography or documentary portraying the life or biography of a candidate, or in which a character is portrayed by an actor or media personality who is himself a candidate. - For any radio, TV, cable TV station, announcer or broadcaster to allow the scheduling of any program, or permit any sponsor to manifestly favor or oppose any candidate or party by unduly or repeatedly referring to the candidate or party.

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knowingly breaking the law and putting his own interest in developing a casino resort in the Philippines above that of the company. Wynn Resorts sued Okada in February, at the same time the board voted to redeem his shares. Wynn Resorts alleges that Okada and his associates made payments to Philippine gaming ofcials in apparent violation of U.S. anti-bribery laws, which could threaten the companys licenses to operate casinos. Okada strongly believed that he was allowed to provide

gifts when doing business and that what he did was lawful, one of his lawyers, Charles McCrea, said at todays hearing. Okada faces a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation probe, adding to a Philippines justice department inquest into how he got a casino permit. The FBI wants to know the process Okada used to obtain his license, the tax benets given to him and the ow of funds involved, Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Cristino Naguiat said in an interview in Manila yesterday. We havent engaged in wrongdoing, Universal spokesman Nobuyuki Horiuchi

said yesterday by phone. Okada holds one of four casino licenses the Philippines awarded in 2008 and 2009 to build and operate a Manila gambling and entertainment complex the government is developing to compete with Macau and Singapore. A Hong Kong afliate of Okadas Universal Entertainment Corp. paid at least $30 million to a Philippine consultant, while seeking tax breaks and ownership waivers on the Philippine gambling license, Reuters reported in November, citing former Universal employees and company records. We were informed of the FBI investigation and we are always

open to agencies that would like to investigate, Naguiat said. Okada could lose his gambling license should the Philippines justice department probe uncover wrongdoing, he said. The Philippine justice department is also investigating bribery allegations against Okada, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Nov. 19. Paul Bresson, a spokesman for the FBI, declined to comment. Universal on Jan. 7 said that it formed an independent panel to look into reports by Reuters and Japans Asahi newspaper that the company made illegal payments to benet the Philippine casino resort.

We also prohibited campaign materials posted on trees, public utility vehicles like buses, jeepneys, taxis, pedicabs, tricycles, and terminals airports, said Brillantes. Names, images, logo and initials of candidates in government cars, ambulance, lamp posts and signs will be treated as prohibited propaganda. The Comelec also prohibited posting campaign material, including electronic billboards, on any government buildings. Parties and candidates may post their campaign material in common poster areas in public places and private places with the consent of the owners. A common poster area does not refer to a post, a tree, the wall of a building or an existing public structure that is in active use, but a structure, the location and number of which are herein below determined, that is temporarily set up by the candidates or political parties for the exclusive purpose of displaying their campaign posters, the Comelec said in its resolution.

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PCGG keeps its job for now

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III is in no hurry to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government. Aquino said he wants to ensure that the commission has already fullled its mandate of running after the ill-gotten weath of the Marcoses and their cronies before entertaining proposals for its abolition. Instead of us hastily discussing whether to retain or abolish, I want to make sure that we nish the work mandated to the PCGG, Mr. Aquino said yesterday. The President said he wanted to see the details of the proposal of PCGG chairman Andres Bautista before the commission ends its job. I want to review the process and premises - if indeed the PCGG has already completed its mandate and if we can transfer its tasks to our prosecutors, the Ombudsman, and other entities in the legal or judicial branch of our system. I believe we are still trying to recover a substantial volume of ill-gotten wealth, he said. A bill has already been led in Congress seeking the abolition of the PCGG. Under House Bill No. 4049, the powers and functions of investigations and prosecution of criminal (cases) exercised by the PCGG shall be transferred to the Department of Justice. Civil cases would then be handled by the Ofce of the Government Corporate Counsel. These include the management, administration and the disposition of the assets, as well as the sequestration of the properties considered to be illgotten. More than 20 years and four administrations have passed, PCGG has not produced signicant accomplishments that would justify its continued existence, according to the explanatory note of the bill, which was jointly introduced by Representatives Sergio Apostol and Pedro Romualdo. Joyce Paares

Supreme Court scores a first on cybercrime law

By Rey Requejo

IN AN unprecedented move, the Supreme

Court on Wednesday ordered the release to the public of the recording of its oral argument on the controversial case involving the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
The SC public information ofce announced that the audio recording of Tuesdays oral argument on RA 10175 has been posted on and may be downloaded from the high courts website, www.sc.judiciary.gov.ph. You can now listen to or download the mp3 of the entire oral argument on the Cybercrime Act at the microsite for the Cybercrime Act orals at the SC website, the high courts public information ofce said in a text message to journalists. Oral arguments of the high tribunal have been open to the public, but recording of the hearings are prohibited under SC rules. Even the media is barred from re-

cording the proceedings in the high court. Reporters are not allowed to use audio or video recorders while covering oral arguments. Proceedings of the SC in its session hall are strictly closed door. Not even the clerk of court is allowed inside the chamber when justices are deliberating on cases during their en banc sessions. Results of the deliberations are only relayed by the chief justice or acting chair of the SC to the clerk of court after the proceedings. Meanwhile, petitioners against R.A. 10175 yesterday lauded the SC justices for their deep understanding of issues surrounding the questioned law. Lawyer Jose Jesus Disini Jr., one of the petitioners who argued for the unconstitutionality of some

provisions in the cybercrime law before the high tribunal, believes the justices took time to understand how the Internet works to be able to understand the contentions cited in the petitions. Their questions were very relevant. They did their homework, he noted. The 68-year-old Associate Justice Roberto Abad, who is tasked to write the courts decision on the case, admitted during the public hearing that he has a Facebook account. The youngest member of the high court, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen has a Twitter account. During the oral arguments, justices talked about the 840,842 followers on Twitter of actor Derek Ramsey and the popular Twitter

user Professional Heckler. The collection of private data by websites Google and Amazon were also tackled in the debate. Petitioners stood pat on how the provisions of the cybercrime law violate the civic rights to free speech and due process, among others. At the end of the four-hour hearing, they asked for extension of the 120-day temporary restraining order issued by the high court in Oct. last year and that will expire on Feb. 6. Sereno said the high court would take note of their manifestation. The oral argument will continue on Feb. 22 with the executive and legislative branches presenting their case through the Ofce of the Solicitor General.

Earth-friendly practices win pollsPaje

POLITICAL parties and candidates are urged to stick to earth-friendly campaign practices to ensure a waste-free election. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje said that candidates and their supporters should also avoid nailing election paraphernalia on trees and spoiling the surroundings with campaign trash. They should put waste avoidance and reduction at the heart of their strategy to win in order to minimize trash and its impact on the environment and humans, Paje said. We have seen death and damages wrought by typhoons in various parts of the country. It is about time candidates vying for national and local posts to think about the environment and consider the impacts of environmental degradation. Paje urged candidates to use campaign paraphernalia made from locally-sourced and reusable materials instead of non-biodegradable stuff. Let us change the face of Philippine politics with clean elections dened not only by an intelligent electorate, but a trash-free one as well, he said, noting that elections are a central part of our democracy and those who seek ofce need to lead by example. Stressing that election trash benets no one and even worsens the garbage problem across the country, Paje said both candidates and voters must view the next three months as an opportunity to build on the gains made in enforcing the solid waste management law. He stressed that local executives hold the key to the success of the law. He lamented that garbage-riddled campaigning had always been a problem that the government must confront each time the country goes into election season despite the existence of national and local regulations such as the designation of campaign areas by the Commission on Elections. Anna Leah Estrada

Cry for justice. Members of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines hold a protest in front of the Interior and Local Government ofce in Quezon City, demanding justice for a church leader who was said to be a victim of extra-judicial killing in Bukidnon in Mindanao. MANNY PALMERO

Aquino undecided on info bill; mediamen seek action

By Joyce Pangco Paares
AS CONGRESS is pressed for time to pass the Freedom of Information bill, President Benigno Aquino III is still undecided on whether or not to certify the measure as urgent. There are only a few session days left for Congress. But that is their process, right? Mr. Aquino said in an interview in Cebu on Wednesday. We have already given our inputs on the FOI. Our understanding is that they have accepted the amendments that we have proposed so we are waiting for the nished output, he said. Members of the Philippine Press Institute and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas have issued a pooled editorial demanding the passage of the FOI bill before Congress goes on an extended break to prepare for the May elections. We, the newspapers, television networks, radio stations, online and independent media agencies, and citizen journalists of this nation state here and clearly now our expectations of the House of Representatives: Get back to work, assure a quorum, pass the FOI bill in your last nine session days, the pooled editorial read. The pooled editorial emphasized that the passage of the FOI bill is a constitutional obligation that overrules other private concerns by legislators that the measure could be abused by media. The administration draft of the FOI submitted to Congress requires the online publication of Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of the President, the Vice President, members of the Cabinet, members of Congress, members of the Supreme Court, ofcers of the Armed Forces with the rank of general or ag ofcer, and members of Constitutional commissions and other constitutional ofces. Ten exceptions were also identied under the Palace bill: information authorized to be kept secret, such as those directly relating to national security or defense; pertaining to the foreign affairs of the government that may weaken the negotiating position of the country or jeopardize the diplomatic relations of the country records of minutes and advice given and opinions expressed during decisionmaking or policy formulation invoked by the President to be privileged and are considered part of the Presidents deliberative process. Once policy has been formulated and decisions made, minutes and research data may be disclosed unless they were made in executive session information pertaining to internal and/or external defense, law enforcement, and border control if the disclosure 1. unduly compromises or interferes with legitimate military or law enforcement operation, 2. interferes with prevention or suppression of criminal activity, 3. deprives a person of a right to fair trial, 4. lead to disclosure of a condential source, 4. leads to the disclosure of the identity of a condential source, 5. discloses techniques and procedures for law enforcement, and 6. endangers the life or physical safety of any individual draft orders, resolutions, decisions, memoranda, or audit reports information obtained by any committee of either House of Representatives in executive session personal information that could violate personal privacy, unless part of public record or relates to public function of a government ofcial information pertaining to trade secrets and commercial or nancial information obtained in condence or covered by privileged communication information classied as privileged communication in legal proceedings by law and information that has already been made accessible. The Palace version of the FOI also removed the proposed creation of an Information Commission which was designed to have quasi-judicial powers to solve disputes between state agencies and any party seeking disclosure of public documents.

Job vacancies: 268K

IN BRIEF

Syndicated estafa raps against Rasuman group

TWO more complaints of syndicated estafa have been led against Jachob Coco Rasuman and ofcers of his company involved in a massive investment scam in Mindanao. In separate resolutions released on Wednesday, the Department of Justice found probable cause to indict Rasuman and seven other ofcers of his Nad 21 Auto Option mostly his relatives after a preliminary investigation on complaints of investors Achmad Sangcaan and Naim Sampao. The DOJ special investigating panel also charged before Cagayan De Oro regional trial court were Rasumans wife Princess, his father and former Department of Public Works and Highways undersecretary Basher Sr., mother Ema, brothers Basher Jr., Jeremiah and Jerome, and father-in-law Sultan Yahya Jerry Tomawis. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Edna Valenzuela, who heads the investigating panel, stressed that elements of syndicated estafa were established in testimonial and documentary evidence submitted by the two complainants who were duped by the Ponzi-type scheme. Sangcaan is claiming P15 million in total investment and returns. He rst invested in Nad 21 in 2011 some P300,000. He alleged that he was convinced to subsequently invest in another rm of Rasuman and invested a total of P5.13 million after the respondents promised return of investment by 50 to 100 percent in just two months. Rey Requejo

AT LEAST 268,000 jobs vacancies are up for grabs, a record posted by the Department of Labors Phil Jobnet site. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said job opportunities were posted on the governments ofcial job-and-skills matching and job search facilitythe Phili-JobNetwhich recorded 268,278 job vacancies as of January 15, 2013. This marks the rst time that job vacancies uploaded by different companies, both local and overseas, exceeded the number of registered applicants by over 100,000. This reects the result of the PJN as an engine of labor market information in pursuit of the agenda of the administration to reinvigorate labor and employment, Baldoz said. She said the number of registered worker-applicants as of January 15 has reached 116,795. The labor chief said graduating students now start looking for jobs, thus explaining for the increased posting. Vito Barcelo

Timor-Leste may join Asean

THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations is assessing the inclusion of Timor-Leste in the 10-member bloc amid political and security issues besetting the region. Timor-Leste submitted a proposal to join the Asean in 2011 during its Fourth Constitutional Government. Asean in a statement said that newly appointed Secretary-General Le Luong Minh recently met with Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Dr. Jose Luis Guterres. Asean is set to host a series of seminars on the study done by Japanese experts on challenges faced by Timor-Leste in joining Asean. The Timor-Leste is ready to further discuss with Asean on its application, Guterres said. Sara Fabunan

Global scout. Vice President Jejomar Binay, also national president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, is conferred the Silver Elephant Award in recognition for his contribution to global scouting movement. He receives the award from Bangladesh president and chief scout Zillur Rahman.

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were not on the scene. A PAOCC executive had earlier said the body did not approve the operation because it was costly. There are numerous other angles, leads, motives and statements. The public does not anymore know what or whom to believe. It is bound to get worse with the House of Representatives conducting its own probe when it should be spending its last session days passing, among others, the freedom of information bill. President Benigno Aquino III over the weekend acknowledged that the crime drive was inadequate. While we note his candor, mere acknowledgment is not enough.

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IT WAS not exactly the sight of proud men eager to clear their name. Thirty of the 49 police and military ofcials involved in the January 6 encounter in Atimonan, Quezon went to the National Bureau of Investigation premises running and covering their faces to avoid the glare of the cameras. They are demoralized, says their lawyer, who accompanied them in a show of cooperation with the NBI, the agency tasked to probe the shooting which killed 13 people including alleged jueteng operator Victorio Siman. Another police ofcial who remains in hospital has been admonished by Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II to stop his drama and

The plot thickens

just cooperate with the probe. Earlier, Superintendent Hansel Marantan had refused to answer questions of members of the fact-nding team. And now it appears that the Atimonan shooting may be closer to Malacaang than previously imagined. The sacked former police chief of the Calabarzon area, Chief Supt. James Melad, said that Coplan Armado was approved by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, headed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa. Despite this statement, Melad denies knowing all the details of the plan and insists it was Marantan who ran the operations. Melad also told the media they had no right to comment because they The NBI must be left alone to do its job without distraction or interference if that were indeed possible. Physical evidence, not the glib tounges of the personalities involved, must point to where the blame lies and what really happened in that deserted part of the road. This is not like the crime shows we watch on cable television where at the end of the hour, the killer is identied, his motives revealed, and justice is served. Its real life, and the tragedy is that despite everybodys loquaciousness, our authorities may not have the inclination and disposition to see this case through until resolution. Let us hope they prove us wrong.

Comelec resorts to bread and circuses

LOWDOWN
HERES some unsolicited advice for the Commission on Elections: Secure the vote rst, worry about election spending later. Comelec has announced new rules to control advertising in traditional and online media. But it still hasnt acted on complaints that the coming elections may be hijacked by its continued reliance on its outsourced automated counting provider, Smartmatic. People who have been calling for stricter anti-epal or illegal campaigning rules rejoiced when Comelec announced that it has new rules to limit media exposure, both in broadcast and online. Chairman Sixto Brillantes, in a tweet, had earlier announced that implementing rules on campaign nancing is his topmost priority in the May elections. But while Comelecs antiepal moves are laudable (if probably unenforceable, especially those covering online campaigning), the election agency still refuses to directly address questions about Smartmatic, whose precinct-level counting machines were purchased by government even if questions about their accuracy and susceptibility to hacking remain unresolved. What good are campaign-nance rules, after all, if Smartmatic and Comelec still refuse to reveal the source code of their system, as the law requires, or even to categorically state that the software that they will use is not a pirated version of something owned by a Canadian company called Dominion? Why do Brillantes and Smartmatics executives continue to stonewall on the problems that plagued the previous use of the counting machines in 2010, like the lack of digital signatures and printed receipts for voters or the long-running mystery involving the last-minute changing of the compact ash cards that the precinct count optical scan machines were supposed to have? Mere months before the polls open in May, both Comelec and Smartmatic have yet to be truly forthcoming in addressing complaints that the PCOS machines had actually been hacked three years ago and that massive digital cheating took place in the last political exercise. Even reports about the existence of a phantom server that would supposedly demonstrate how a nationwide cheating scheme was implemented in 2010 have been ignored by the poll body and its expensive service provider up to now. The anti-epal and campaign nance rules that Comelec obsesses about are nothing compared to the accuracy and legitimacy of the vote. And Brillantes bragging about what hes done to make campaign nance more transparent and to rein in unregulated political advertising will be for naught if his agency and its service provider will
JOJO A. ROBLES

Comelec seems to think that no one will care about the things that really matter.

not be able to secure the actual votes through their suspect system. Like the politicians its supposed to discipline, Comelec seems to think that the people will be misdirected by bread and circuses and no one will care about the things that really matter, like the actual voting. Well see about that. *** And then there were three resignations of ranking ofcials by midweek. The last bureaucrat to quit, Trade Undersecretary Cristino Panlilio, didnt even bother to give a believable reason for going. Panlilio resigned because he wanted to return to private life, the palace spokesman they call Lady Gaga said. It was only coincidental, she added, that three ranking ofcials resigned one after the other. There are times when people need to move on and to change career paths, the spokesman offered, by way of explanation. I wonder if that was what Panlilio wrote in his resignation letter to President Noynoy Aquino. No one, after all, leaves the Aquino administration for reasons other than sickness or other personal problems, or even just a desire to return to private life. Aquino only chooses the best people and they would rather not be doing anything else than work for the straight path that he has shown before them, judging from the reasons made public concerning their departure. Its to their credit that every one of the people who quit, from Transportation Secretary Jose Ping de Jesus to Panlilio, never talked out of school after they left, thus keeping up the pretense that this government is the best possible one anyone could possibly hope to work for. In reality, of course, every one of them probably could no longer stomach the intrigues, the lack of direction and political will of this administration or have been forced to quit because of dubious performance or even corruption in ofce. Indeed, the only people who remain in Aquinos government are those who survive and thrive in the inghting and who have never had it so good previously, working in the cushy jobs they never would have gotten had they not been so well-connected. These mediocre performers are often selected not because they did anything particularly well, after all, but because they know Aquino personally (like his many, previously unemployed classmates) and pose no threat to him because of a steadfast commitment never to contradict the President. The lack of independence and initiative on the part of the Presidents men is, for the most part, to blame for the fact that, nearly three years into its term, there has been no major project implemented by this administration. Youd choose to go back to private life, too, if you went into government with such high hopes and ended up twiddling your thumbs and waiting to agree with Aquino on whatever it is that strikes his fancy.

The day we defended a freedom

THE much-awaited day set for oral arguments against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 last Tuesday, 15 January, started very early for me. While I was tasked a week before to bring the wide screen and the Powerpoint projector to the Supreme Court, I was only told on the same day to set it up as early as 12 noon. I was told this at 11 a.m. So while I would have wanted to spend time with fellow netizens encamped at the corner of Taft and Padre Faura, I did not have the time to do so. The wait seemed like a very long time. While it was already the 10th time for me to argue before the Supreme Court, it always seems like the rst. First to arrive to join me at the counsels table was Atty. Rodel Cruz of the Philippine Bar Association who like me, had very little sleep. He argued against the takedown clause, Section 19 of the law. He was with Atty. Jayjay Disisni. Rep Neri Colmenares and Atty. Julius Matibag, both form the Bayan group of parties, arrived last, coming obviously from the rally outside. The hearing did not start promptly at two. It started about 20 minutes late with Senator TG Guingona making an opening statement that lasted 3 minutes. He did not say much but his reference to the law being a cyber-vampire was a hit with the media. I had three submissions; to wit: both the laws provisions on libel and cyber sex were null and void on the basis of overbreadth and void for vagueness. By denition, a law is overbroad when it proscribes speech and its language is so broad that it could encompass even constitutionally protected speech. The test for vagueness, on the other hand, is when the statute leaves the public to guess as to exactly what is criminalized

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by a statute. The last submission was that our libel law is contrary to our treaty obligation under freedom of expression in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. I argued that the cyberlaws denition of libel was vague because it might encompass even protected speech. I asked, courtesy of screen shots from my former student Kevin San Agustin, whether retweets on Twitter and reposts and likes on Facebook could give rise to liability for libel. Likewise , I asked whether libelous remarks left at a comments portion of a blog could make the owner of the blog liable for libel. I then quoted from the Revised Penal Codes provision on who may be liable for libel and asked if the internet service providers, telcos and social networking companies could be liable for libel. All these, I argued, cannot be ascertained from the face of the statute itself. Anent the cybersex denition, instead of arguing with words, I showed three pictures which depicted a nude woman, a couple engaged in the sexual act, and many people engaging in sexual conduct and asked of the pictures were lascivious and whether the people posting online in exchange for a nominal consideration could be prosecuted for cybersex. The picture of the naked woman is on display at Moma in New York. The second, that of a couple engaging in sex, is exhibited at the Tate in London, while the third depicting couples engaging in sexual conduct is a permanent installation at the Sydney Opera House. Four Justices subjected me to rigorous questioning which as I predicted, took about half the time of the almost ve hours of oral argumentations. Justice Roberto Abad commented that the state has an interest to protect the reputation of the people. I did not disagree with this proposition but highlighted the UN view in Adonis saying that this interest may be achieved through civil damages. Justice Antonio Carpio asked if libel in the Revised Penal Code may have already become unconstitutional because of the

New York Times vs Sullivan doctrine which declared that speech about public ofcers could only be actionable when said with actual knowledge of falsity or in utter disregard thereof; and the Constitutional right of the people to information on maters concerning public concerns. I answered afrmatively. Justice Marvic Leonen asked about whether his former student, Christopher Lao, should be protected by the state from cyber bullying. He also asked if it was a legitimate state interest to protect minority views from the bullying of the majority. I replied that precisely, freedom of expression exists to protect unpopular speech since there is no need to protect popular speech. I also reiterated that victims could sue for damages, adding further that the absence of imprisonment as a consequence of breach of our civil laws does not make the civil code any less a law than the revised penal code. Finally, Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno asked about suicides arising from cyber bullying and the fact that legislation should in fact result in the chilling of rights to prevent these instances. It was this question that elicited the most spirited response from me . Perhaps in a future column, I will reprint the transcript of how I answered this question. But from what I recall, I reiterated that the Bill of Rights protects freedom of expression because this is the foundation of all other freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. The freedom is guaranteed because it enables us to know the truth, quoting from Abrams vs. US that the true test of truth is the power of the thought to be accepted in the market place of ideas. I also quoted US v. Bustos where the Court said that free expression is the scalpel against government abscesses and that the wound for hurt feelings for government ofcials is the balm of a clear conscience. Nope, we do not know how the Court will decide the case. Nonetheless, I ended my day happy since it was a day spent defending a very important freedom.

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THE National Bureau of Investigation will soon be concluding its ndings on the Atimonan shooting. Given that the incident happened less than two weeks ago, it would be a remarkable piece of investigative work if the agency can come out with a report this Friday as reported by the press. Let us all hope that the report will be exhaustive, complete and fair to one and all. I hope that the NBI could establish the motive behind the incident, which to my mind is the key. Even at this stage of the ballgame, I would strongly suggest that those agencies and people involved in the incident follow the instructions of President Aquino to keep their mouths shut. They should remember the old saying: less talk, less mistakes, and more talk, more mistakes. The NBI report will not be the end of the story. If there is any nding of culpability, this will simply be the basis for ling criminal or administrative charges against those involved. There is therefore, a long way to go. I would also suggest to the agencies not to go into overdrive in their feeble attempt at damage control because it will only add to the confusion. It will not do them any good. As it is, there are now so many variations of the incident leaking to the press that it is hard to discern which the truth. Besides, if there is guilt on any side, no amount of damage control to limit the fallout will achieve anything because the truth will surface anyway. I am assuming of course that the investigation will be fair
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Why many consider themselves poor

TO THE POINT
THE Aquino administration has been euphoric over a lot of things this year. Foremost among these is the perception of an economic turnaround with no less than a 6.5 percent growth of the gross domestic product for 2012; the bull run at the stock exchange, seen as the priciest in Asia; the strong peso at around P40.70 to the dollar; and the hope that the momentum would be sustained this year and onwards. There is indeed an economic turnaround. If we are able to maintain this, we will truly become an economic tiger. But why is it that the latest Social Weather Stations survey has found more people claiming they are poor? Why is it that hunger still lurks the land? If indeed theres an economic turnaround,why dont the benets trickle down to the poor? You need not be a rocket scientist to know why. The answer is quite simple. Yes, the countrys GDP growth is something to crow about. Even Singapore, a First World city-state, ended the year 2012 with only a 1.2-percent growth. But that should not be a gauge since Singapore became a First World City years ago, under then-Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew. No doubt, our GDP growth is now more than what our neighbor countries can hope for in the wake of global problems in Europe and decline of the US economy. For one thing, our economy is fueled mostly by services and consumption from increasing remittances from migrant workers. This inow however does not provide jobs for a great number of Filipinos. True, remittances have increased to as much as $30 billion. It was evident with the way people were shopping during the Christmas season. You can also see it through sari-sari stores and other small businesses put up by relatives of migrants. The bull run at the Philippine Stock Exchange is because of hot money coming in. These funds come and go where there is prot to be made. Again, they do not create jobs. The strong peso is a double-bladed sword. Its good for imports, but bad for exports. Santa Banana, the hardest hit are the migrants and the business process outsourcing companies, ironically the saving grace of our economy. The BPO industry now has 600,000 employees. We need more foreign direct investments. There are some coming in, but only in trickles. Most of the investments are going to our neighbors Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. This is because the Aquino administration chooses to stick with our dated investment policies.

A confusing situation
and complete as Malacaang said. What captured the attention of the public and the media about the incident was the sheer number of fatalities. Thirteen people getting killed in what was supposedly a simple checkpoint operation was extraordinary. What the incident showed to the public is the ease with which our law enforcement agencies go about killing so-called suspects. That, and the murky world of the illegal numbers game, if that indeed was the reason that triggered the incident as many are speculating. It is frightening. The glaring deciencies in following procedures like the rules of engagement also were very apparent. And it also appears that there is a new law enforcement agency that the public has not been aware of. Let us try to look at what has already been published by the press. When the incident happened and Police Supt. Marantan was interviewed, he said that what he did was known by his superiors. It turns out that an intelligence project was indeed submitted all the way to the Presidential Anti Organized Crime Commission. Yes, to the very door step of Malacaang because the Chairman of PAOCC is no other than the little President, Executive Secretary Paquito Jojo Ochoa. When Police General Villasanta, the Executive Director of PAOCC was interviewed on radio, he conrmed the following: That an intelligence project was indeed submitted by Marantan who as Deputy Intelligence Chief of Police region 4-A is also the Regional Chief of PAOCC Region 4- A ofce. Marantan, it now appears, is holding two positions. Villasanta also said that the Intelligence Project submitted by Marantan was not approved but did not say when the proposal was disapproved. Villasanta goes further to say that Secretary Ochoa does not know anything about the project. It is only him who knows about the project proposal. This is clearly a poor attempt at insulating his boss which might come back to haunt him later. The last item which he said in that interview was that PAOCC is not an operational agency. Then last Sunday, a major daily headlined the news that the reason PAOCC did not approve the intelligence project because PAOCC knew all along that the operation would be bloody. How in heavens name could they have known? Do they have some way of reading the future? Could it be that Marantan told PAOCC what he intended to do? All these revelations raise numerous questions. There were two signatories of the Intelligence ProjectDumlao and Marantan. Since a copy appears to be in the hands of the PNP, I assume that a copy has also been forwarded to the PNP. Now, which agency has responsibility over the operation? The PNP or PAOCC or both? If PAOCC is not operational, why is it necessary to approve or disapprove an operational project? Why are there Regional ofces of the PAOCC? This is the rst time this has happened in the short history of the PAOCC. As if the job of Executive Secretary is not busy and tough enough, why would Secretary Ochoa still want to play cop and add more problems to his already busy and difcult position? What intelligence does PAOCC want to procure on its own that it cannot get from various existing law enforcement agencies? If PAOCC wants to be in the enforcement business, why target who Bishop Cruz says are third- or fourth-tier gambling personalities? Why not target the big guys? Secretary Ochoa must leave police work to those who are trained to do the job. Its a confusing situation.

EMIL P. JURADO

The benets of the economic turnaround have yet to trickle down to the bulk of Filipinos.

The perfect example is our protectionist provision in the Constitution. Companies are supposed to have 60-40 equity in favor of Filipinos. This was worsened by a Supreme Court decision to include not only the voting shares. We may as well kiss foreign investments goodbye. This is why I cannot understand why President Noynoy Aquino refuses to amend the Constitution. He is an economics graduate from Ateneo. He should know that unless we open up our economy, we will get only the crumbs. Who is the Palace trying to protect anyway? *** Among the senatorial candidates from both the administration coalition (Liberal Party, Nacionalista Party and Nationalist P e o p l e s Coalition) and the United Nationalist Alliance, here are my early choices: Common candidates reelectionists Loren Legarda and Chiz E s c u d e r o deserve to win because they have shown themselves as performers and achievers. I will also go for Senator Greg Honasan, as well as Cagayan Rep. Jackie Ponce Enrile, San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada, Migz Zubiri, Dick Gordon and Nancy Binay. You may ask, why Enrile, JV, and Nancy Binay, since Senator Juan Ponce Enrile is already sitting as Senate President; and Erap has been President and son Jinggoy is Senate President Protempore. Jojo Binay is already Vice President. Isnt that encouraging political dynasties? My choices are based on performance and track record. Dynasties are not the issue. From the administration coalition, I believe re-electionists Alan Peter Cayetano and Koko Pimentel deserve my vote, being achievers. I will also go for Mrs. Cynthia Villar since I believe in her advocacies, as well as for Senator Edong Angaras son, Aurora Rep. Sonny Angara. In case I may drop one or two of these names on Election Day, I will vote for former Senators Ernie Maceda and Jun Magsaysay. *** I cannot understand why the Department of Transportation and Communication should disqualify airlines or any concern directly or indirectly related to an airline from bidding in the takeover of the Cebu-Mactan International Airport reconstruction. After all, it is the airline industry that knows what is good for airports. My gulay, the DoTC guidelines for bidding effectively disqualies San Miguel and Philippine Airlines from bidding. To me, this doesnt make senseunless, of course, Malacaang and DoTC Secretary Jun Abaya already have their own choice. Airlines know better than anybody else how to manage airports. This has been proven in many countries around the world.

Corporate social responsibility

THE League of Corporate Foundations held a Corporate Social Responsibility Expo last July at the SMX Convention Center, and I was impressed by the number of companies that exhibited their CSR programs. The expo focused on social, environmental, and economic responsibility within an ethical framework while ensuring sufcient nancial returns, with President Benigno Aquino III as the keynote speaker to kickstart the event. The Energy Development Corporation, which develops geothermal and other renewable energy sources, showed off its BINHI project for reforestation and biodiversity restoration, which so far has planted over 7.4 million premium and threatened Philippine tree species in about 9,900 hectares of forest land surrounding their ve geothermal project areas. The Aboitiz Groups Aboitiz Foundation supports initiatives in education, environment, primary health and child care, and enterprise development, among others. Coca-Cola Philippines CSR stands on four pillars: education, entrepreneurship, environment, and nutrition. Their programs include the Little Red Schoolhouse Project, which was to have completed 100 classrooms by the end of last year, and a partnership with the Department of Education for the TEN (The Entire Nation) Moves project, for 10,000 classrooms in ten months; the Nutri-Juice Intervention program also in cooperation with DepEd and other government agencies, which distributes a nutrient-fortied orange-avored juice drink to thousands of children each year; and other CSR programs such as the Agos Ram Pump Water project and the National Convergence Program on Empowering Grassroots Women Entrepreneurs. The Ayala Foundation supports, among other programs, Text2Teach, in cooperation with Nokia, Globe Telecom, the Department of Education, and SEAMEO-Innotech. The project delivers science education videos to schools via satellite, using mobile phones and a television. The expo also offered booth space to interested companies, among them Ballet Philippines, with Executive Director Jennifer Lee-Bonto handing out brochures and souvenir programs while displaying Barbie dolls dressed in tutus and other colorful ballet costumes. Also presenting their CSR programs were Sagittarius Mines, Inc., San Miguel Foundation, and Manila Water, among many others. What I hope to see in future are more programs that support creative and literacy endeavors, such as spelling contests, art and photography contests, and creative writing workshops. *** Speaking of writing workshops, here are a couple that are happening soon: The University of St. La Salle-Bacolod is inviting young writers to submit their application for the 13th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop which will be held on 21-27 April at Balay Kalinungan, USLSBacolod. Send original work in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog or Filipino poetry, short stories, or one-act plays to Rowena Japitana, IYAS Secretariat, Special Project Ofce, University of St. La Salle, La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, on or before March 1. Email questions to iyasliterary@yahoo.com. IYAS is held in collaboration with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University-Manila and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The Silliman University National Writers Workshop is extending the deadline of applications for the 52nd National Writers Workshop to January 25. The workshop will be held 624 May 2013 at the Silliman University Rose Lamb Sobrepea Writers Village. Send inquiries to Prof. Ian Rosales Casocot at silliman.cwc@gmail.com. The requirements for all these programs may be found online. The UP Institute of Creative Writing is now accepting submissions for the seventh issue of Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature, the Philippines leading literary peerreviewed journal featuring the best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English and Filipino. National Artist for Literature and ICW adviser Bienvenido Lumbera is the issue editor, while ctionists Jun Cruz Reyes and Charlson Ong are the associate editors. Send short stories, poetry, creative nonction, critical and scholarly essays, and graphic stories/graphic novel excerpts to likhaan.journal7@gmail.com by April 5. Meanwhile, the Taboan 2013: Philippine Writers Festival, the festival for literature by the NCCA, is set for 7-9 February in Dumaguete City. Around 150 seasoned and emerging writers will attend, along with some foreign writers. This years focus is on Visayan literature, with discussions, a book fair, and food and cultural exhibits. Philippine cultural and arts scholar Dr. Resil B. Mojares will be the keynote speaker. E-mail: jennyo@live.com, Blog: http:// jennyo.net, Facebook: Jenny Ortuoste, Twitter: @jennyortuoste

The once-mighty US economy

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By Val Abelgas
FOR years, economists have been saying that the once-mighty American economy will soon fall behind the rapidly growing economy of China, and later also by India. And yet, instead of nding ways to halt the rapid slide of the economy, politicians in Washington and greedy American capitalists seem bent on hastening the inevitable. All indications of that sad turn of events are becoming clear at every turn, and either the countrys political and business leaders are either so callous, so blind, or are so arrogant to come together and do something concrete and lasting to solve the problem. The International Monetary Fund said the Chinese economy would become the worlds largest economy in 2016 in real terms, taking into consideration expected changes in currency rates by that time. Another report, this time by the Paris-based international think tank Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, agrees with the IMF forecast and Chinas economy would be larger than the combined economies of the Eurozone countries by the end of this year, and will overtake the US by the end of 2016. The National Intelligence Council said last month the United States would likely be the rst among equals rather than a lone superpower by 2030, in an increasingly chaotic world where China is the top economy. The NIC, in its rst assessment in four years aimed at shaping US strategic thinking, said China would surpass the United States as the largest economy in the 2020s. The OECD also said that by 2025, the combined GDP of China and India will be bigger than that of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US and Canada put together. Asa Johansson, senior economist at the OECD, said: It is quite a shift in the balance of economic power we are going to see in the future. One would think that based on these reports, Washington and Wall Street would wake up and come together to halt, or at least slow down, the decline. But no, the word unity and cooperation seem to sound Greek to these politicians and capitalists. Instead, they have intensied their political tug-of-war as seen in the latest political gridlock that threatened to bring the country over the so-called scal cliff. In July 2011, White House and the divided US Congress placed the entire nation in fear of a default on its huge debts when for days, negotiators representing White House and the Republicancontrolled House of Representatives could not reach a deal until July 31, or just two days before the deadline. The deal was nally approved by Congress on August 1, and signed into law by President Obama on August 2, the day the US would have exhausted its authority to borrow more to pay its existing debts. In the nal days of 2012, the Democrats and Republicans showed again how poles apart they were in how the government and the economy must be run, and neither wanted to budge an inch to solve the many problems that confront the economy, in particular, and American society, in general. The American leaders had two years since the last scal crisis, and yet they waited until the last few hours of the deadline to come up with a temporary and half-baked patchwork to avert the scal crisis when half-trillion-dollar worth of sweeping tax increases and spending cuts would have automatically taken effect that many believe would put back the American economy into recession. The deal, approved by the Senate in the wee hours of the morning of New Years Day and by the House later in the day, averted the biggest scal crisis ever to haunt the United States, but at the same time set the stage for another dangerous tug-of-war over taxes, spending cuts and debt ceiling between White House and the Republican-led House. In two months, the-board spending cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs are set to kick in, and the US government risks defaulting on its $16.4 trillion debt unless Congress authorizes an increase in the debt ceiling, the rst-ever for this once mighty nation. Added to these fears is the fact that Congress allowed a two-year, two-percent cut in payroll taxes for Social Security pension program to lapse, effectively reducing the take-home income of millions of American workers that is certain to have a harmful effect on the economy. At the rate the American economy is sliding, and the divide between the Democrats and Republicans are increasing, the time when global traders would lose condence on the US economy and decide to veer away from the dollar as the currency of choice is no longer unthinkable, but is actually coming close to reality. When that time comes, the collapse of the US economy would accelerate. All these problems are coming just as the US economy is showing healthy signs for a hopeful recovery. Home sales and prices are slowly, but surely moving up; hiring has been brisk; the jobless rate continues to move down gradually; consumer condence is rising; and corporations are making huge prots once again. Unless the politicians in Washington come to grips with the reality that the United States is falling behind China, India and other emerging economies in terms of economic growth, we can only see dark clouds in the American economic horizon. The government must also strive to encourage businesses to bring back the outsourced manufacturing and other jobs to the US, perhaps with tax incentives or something. It may also have to review its defense spending that has been taking a great toll on American funds. The politicians and the capitalists should take heed and begin to confront the fast decline of the economy head-on. If they dont, maybe Filipinos in the US should all start heading back to that other side of the Pacic where the sun seems to be shining ever more brightly.

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Worse, the money is spent on gambling, the House minority leader added. This developed as Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casio said that the recent Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showing more families consider themselves poor only proved that the CCT program is ineffective. This is glaring proof that the conditional cash transfer program of the government is a failure because it does not address the basic demand of majority of Filipinos and that low prices and stable jobs with decent wages, Casino said. The survey said some 10.9 million households or around one in every two families or 54 percent, consider themselves poor, up from the estimated 9.5 million households or 47 percent in August 2012.

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Dole eyed as poll issue

By Christine F. Herrera and Maricel V. Cruz

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SOME roads in Metro Manila will be closed to trafc for repairs, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced on Wednesday. The repairs will last from January16 to 21, the MMDA said in its Twitter account and will include Mindanao Avenue in Quezon City, from Road 8 to North Avenue; Congressional Avenue in Quezon City, from Virginia St. to Visayas Avenue; Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City, Green Meadows to Tiendesitas; and McArthur Highway in Valenzuela City, Poblacion Road to Valenzuela City Hall.

OPPOSITION lawmakers demanded that the government stop its conditional cash transfer program and vowed to make it an election issue in the May 13 elections because of its failure to ease poverty in the country as shown by a Social Weather Stations survey that showed 10.9 million families considered themselves poor.
At the very least, the opposition bloc in the House of Representatives demanded that the Aquino administration release the dole funds in advance for nine months so that the money will not be used by politicians to win votes. House Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez renewed his call for the suspension of the governments dole program in the light of the coming elections. I will be ling a resolution next week to demand that concerned government agencies, led by the social welfare department, release the CCT funds nine months in advance so that

there will be no distribution of the funds to be made during the campaign period, Suarez told reporters at a news conference. Suarez said that there should be no CCT funds to be distributed before, during and after the mid-term elections in May. Earlier, Suarez said the DSWD, headed by Secretary Corazon Soliman, failed to study how to spend the CCT fund properly and this has resulted in inefciency. Suarez said the P1,400 monthly dole given to indigents should be spent on education and other productive livelihood activities that will teach the poor how to sh, but CCT beneciaries more frequently use the dole to pay debts or, at worst, to buy alcohol, cigarettes and other vices.

Another bus accident

ANOTHE Nova Autho Transport bus gured in an accident at the Guadalupe portion of Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in Makati City causing a snarling trafc jam just as the morning rush hour was beginning on the busy thoroughfare. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said the accident happened before 7 a.m. on at least two southbound lanes of EDSA, but was cleared a few minutes later. Motorists who witnessed the accident said the bus, which was carrying dozens of passengers, was running fast and hit the curb, causing it to fall on its side.

Feeding program reaches only 8%

By Gigi Munoz-David
THE Department of Educations school-based feeding program is targeting over 40,000 pupils suffering from undernutrition all over the country, but this represents only 8% of the 562,262 public school pupils in kindergarten and elementary levels who are considered severely wasted. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the feeding program has been implemented since October 2012 and will last up to March 2013 and will provide nutritious meals to selected pupils suffering from severe malnutrition for 100 to 120 feeding days. Our specic target here, are children who come to school on an empty stomach which results to absenteeism or poor school performance. This short-term hunger syndrome is observed among public elementary school children who do not eat breakfast or walk long hours to reach school, Luistro said. Luistro said the feeding program was initiated after a nutritional status report last August determined that there were 562,262 severely wasted public school pupils. Initially called breakfast feeding program, it was renamed SBFP so as not to limit the feeding to breakfast only and in order for schools to decide what time to conduct the feeding program that will best address the nutritional needs of learners. SBFP targets to cover some 42,372 kindergarten to Grade 6 pupils from identied severely-wasted children based on the nutritional status report as of Aug. 31 last year. It also aims to rehabilitate at least 70 percent of the severely-wasted beneciaries to normal nutritional status at the end of the feeding days. At the end of the day, we want these target schoolchildren to improve their classroom attendance to up to 100 percent by improving their health and nutritional status, Luistro added. The SBFP has developed standardized recipes using malunggay and a 20-day cycle menu utilizing locallygrown vegetables produced from school gardens.

Taguig open on weekend

THE Business One-Stop-Shop at the Taguig City hall will be open on Saturday, January 19, to accommodate lastminute taxpayers, the city government said Wednesday. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said BOSS will be open from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday and also Sunday, January 20, the last day for tax payments, renewal of permits, and registration of new businesses. Cayetano is urging business owners to complete their transactions at the BOSS before the weekend to avoid long queues on the last days of tax payments and business registrations. She said extending BOSS operations on weekends is necessary as many business owners, especially those who are personally processing the documents, have not much time to register during weekdays. Ferdinand Fabella

who are apparently not in school as required by the governments condition cash transfer program. EY ACASIO

The face of poverty. A man readies his food cart outside a shopping mall in Manila on Wednesday with his two children,

Tax queues irk QC businessmen

By Rio N. Araja
ABOUT 3,000 business operators in Quezon City were visibly displeased as they queued up at the city hall to pay their taxes before the January 20 deadline. Garry Domingo, chief of the citys Business Permit and Licensing Ofce, admitted there was a bottleneck in the evaluation of gross sales declarations and the tax assessments because they shortened some procedures in the business permit issuance and renewal applications. There was a bottleneck because taxpayers were no longer required to line up at the treasury division to apply for their community tax certicates, or cedula, a requisite in tax payments. Taxpayers go straight to the assessment and billing sections without securing CTCs, he told the Manila Standard. The city government tried to simplify the tax payment and renewal process for business permits by removing at least four steps to hasten the process. The city also incorporated the payment of the community taxes in the business tax bill. But individual taxpayers will still have to queue up for their residence certicates.

20 gun ban violators arrested

By Francisco Tuyay and Ferdinand Fabella
AT LEAST 20 people have been arrested for possession of rearms in the four days since the gun ban began with the start of the election period on Sunday, the police said on Wednesday. Philippine National Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said they have conscated 16 rearms, ve high-powered and 11 low-powered with most rearms coming from Metro Manila. On Tuesday alone, Metro Manila police chief Director Leonardo Espina said three men were separately arrested for violating the gun ban in Pasay and Las Pias cities. Espina identified two of the violators as Mark Jefferson Tenorio, 27, of Makati City and Sylvester Lazo, 25, also of Makati City, who were both riding a motorcycle with no registration plate and were found in possession of two caliber .38 revolvers and ammunition at a Comelec checkpoint. The other suspect, identied as Petronio Montalba, 43, of Cavite City, was arrested after the Honda Accord he was driving hit a lamp post on Cerra Avenue in Barangay Pulang Lupa. When the police inspected the car, they found a caliber .45 pistol with ammunition. As of Tuesday morning, Cerbo said they have seized seven rearms from Metro Manila while three rearms were conscated in the Ilocos region. Two rearms were conscated each in Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and six in Western Visayas. One rearm was conscated each in Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Davao regions, he added. One grenade/explosive was also conscated in the NCRPO, according to their statistics. The conscations of weapons ended in 12 arrests, two of whom were government employees, Cerbo said. Two government employees and one civilian were arrested in the Ilocos region with two more civilians nabbed in Western Visayas while one person each were arrested in Central Luzon and Calabarzon, seven in Central Visayas, nine in the Zamboanga Peninsula, and 11 in Davao Region, Cerbo added. The rst violator to be arrested a civilian boduyguard of a city councilor in Zamboanga City. He was identied as Sabandro Manuel, 42, who was arrested at a Comelec checkpoint on the the Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat National Highway in Barangay Boalan on Sunday evening. Although Manuel was able to present a permit to carry rearm outside residence and a gun license, he was considered a violator because he could not show Comelec exemption from the gun ban.

Albay tourist arrivals increase 24%

LEGAZPI CITYAlbay posted a 24-percent increase in tourist arrivals in the rst half of 2012 over the same period in 2011, outstripping neighboring Camarines Sur and opening doors to further development goals in the coming years. Records show that 290,845 foreign and local tourist visited Albay in the rst and second quarters of 2012, a hefty jump from the 234,081 arrivals posted over the same period in 2011. The data for the entire 2012 has not yet been collated, but the province registered a 17% increase over that of 2010, which surpassed the 15% national growth rate, in 2011. The province now pushes further these recent gains with four agship projects, worth P162 million, it hopes to launch this year. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda has pushed for stronger Albay tourism-oriented initiatives, the latest of which is the staging of the new ballet production of Daragang Magayon at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater on February 8, and the month-long Cagsawa Festival next month. After making impressive gains in the elds of health, education, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation, the governor said Albay is now shifting from its Millennium Development Goals to economic development by attracting more industry players in agriculture modernization and tourism development. The province had already attained its MDGs in 2011 well ahead of the 2015 UN global deadline. It had also made broad strides in the elds of disaster risk reduction management and CCA where the governor was named as UN Spokesman and Senior Global Champion, and Albay as Global Model. Salceda said the formal proposals for the four agship projects the P27-million Mayon Skyline Convention Center in Tabaco City, the P40million rehabilitation and Improvement of the Cagsawa Park and Resort in Daraga, the P60million Agri-Etno Ecotourism Village in Camalig, and the P35-million improvement of public plaza in as many Albays stragic towns -- have already been submitted to the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority. The proposals, Salceda said, were submitted to TIEZA as suggested by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Tourism Sec. Ramon Jimenez. When completed, the projects will compliment the opening of the Southern Luzon International Airport in 2015, and usher in a strong ow of more tourists.

Airport shuttle. Ayala Land assistant vice president Javier Hernandez, Clark International Airport president Victor Luciano, Transportation and Communication undersecretary Jose Perpetuo Lotilla and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte cut the ceremonial ribbon launching the airport lounge at the TriNoma mall where passengers can avail of a 24-hour airport shuttle service to the Clark International Airport. ERIC APOLONIO

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Howard again played with an obvious spark in his second game back from a three-game absence with a torn labrum in his shoulder, blocking four shots and goaltending a couple more when he wasnt busy overpowering the Bucks on offense. Bryant and Steve Nash, who had 11 assists, focused on getting the ball to Howard close to the rim, and the six-time All-Star center capitalized against Milwaukees skinny post players. Thats what we try to do, Bryant said. A lot of it is predicated defensively on what the opposition does and what theyre willing to give up.

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games for both Bryant and Howard for the second time in relentless defense, spurring his fellow Los their brief tenure together. After a similar effort against CleveAngeles Lakers to do the same. Dwight two days Lakers Howard dominated the paint, scoring easy landcautiously earlier, the theyve are optimistic baskets and blocking shots against the besolved a few problems. Its been great, Howard wildered Bucks. said. When we play the way Over the last two games, the rebounds, Bryant also scored 31 we played these last two games, Lakers have resembled the pow- points and the Lakers beat Mil- I dont see anybody beating erhouse everybody envisioned waukee 104-88 Tuesday night for us. The problem is we have to before their tumultuous season their second straight win after a do it on a consistent basis and not have any lapses during the began. six-game skid. Theyre about to nd out Metta World Peace added 12 game. Were learning, but stuff whether they got it together in points as the Lakers prepared for like that takes time. The biggest time to compete with the Miami Thursdays visit from the NBA thing, weve just got to stick toHeat. champion Heat with an impres- gether. We cant let nothing on Howard had 31 points and 16 sive effort featuring 30-point the outside tear us apart.

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Weve been knocking down some shots and putting me on the same side with (Howard) when Steve runs that screenand-roll. Ive knocked down some shots, and it frees him up and makes it a lot easier to get some baskets. Monta Ellis scored 17 points for the Bucks, who lost for the second time in five games under interim coach Jim Boylan. Brandon Jennings was held to 12 points on 4-of-14 shooting by Bryant, and Milwaukees young star emerged from Staples Center with newfound respect for the fifth-leading scorer in NBA history. AP

McGinley is Europe Ryder Cup skipper

ABU DHABI, United Arab EmiratesPaul McGinley was chosen as Europes Ryder Cup captain for 2014, ending a chaotic campaign marked by a late challenge from former captain Colin Montgomerie. McGinley, a 46-year-old Irishman, replaces Jose Maria Olazabal, whose team rallied to victory over the United States in October at Medinah, outside Chicago. Europe will defend the trophy at Gleneagles, Scotland. To lead the cream of the crop in the Ryder Cup is going to be a huge honor, McGinley said at a news conference Tuesday. To be quite honest, it is a very humbling experience to be sitting in this seat. It is a week Im looking forward to. Its a whole new experience for me, the chanced to be a captain. Top-ranked Rory McIlroy spoke forcefully Monday and Tuesday in favor of the new captain. He said Montgomerie would be less motivated because he captained the winning 2010 Ryder Cup team. Common sense prevailed in the end.... Paul McGinley 2014 European Ryder Cup captain!!! Couldnt be happier for him... Roll on Gleneagles, McIlroy tweeted. AP

Lipa tossers complete sweep of volley titles

DE La Salle-Lipa came away with a pair of straight-set victories over Colegio San Agustin to sweep the boys and girls crowns in the Tobys Junior Volleyball League at the Quorum Sports Arena in Pasig City last Sunday. The LS-Lipa spikers, led by MVP Ricardo Enginco, held off their CSA rivals, 25-20, 25-20, to pocket the boys diadem while their counterparts, headed by Regina Agatha Mangulabnan, pounded out a 25-20, 25-16 victory to clinch the girls plum in the event sponsored by Tobys Sports, Shakeys Pizza and Mikasa and organized by Metro Sports. Earlier, the La Salle-Lipa boys survived the Palanan Elem. School tossers in three sets while CSA thwarted St. Joseph College in two to arrange the title duel while the LS-Lipa girls routed Hope Christian High School, 25-10, 25-4, and CSA fended off MGC New Life Christian Academy, 25-22, 2518, to seal the title clash. Palanan outlasted St. Joseph, 25-21, 25-20, to cop third place in the boys category while Hope Christian beat MGC, 25-28, 2519, to nish third in the girls side. Enginco also went on to bag the best blocker award to lead the Mythical Six, which included teammates Allan Christian Mayuga (best server) and Jan Frederick King Mangulabnan (best setter), Palanans Tony Viernes Jr. (best receiver), St. Josephs Noel Michael Kampton (best attacker) and CSAs Ariel Morado Jr. (best digger). La Salle-Lipas Rosel Sumcad also took the best coach honors. Mangulabnan also took the best attacker award in girls play to lead the Mythical team that included teammate Janel Maraguinot (best setter) and Justine Jazareno (best digger), CSAs Dinta Vaswani (best server), Mercedes Lina Litton (best receiver) and Andreanna Pauleen Lagman (best blocker) with La Salle-Lipas Imelda Mendoza as best coach.

WADA wont participate in Lance probe

LONDONThe World Anti-Doping Agency announced Tuesday that it will not participate in an investigation into links that cyclings governing body allegedly had to Lance Armstrong due to serious concerns about the inquiry. WADA told the International Cycling Union, which set up the inquiry, that it is unhappy that witnesses are not being offered immunity to encourage them to come forward with information following the sports biggest doping scandal. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency also expressed concerns Tuesday that no truth and reconciliation commission has been implemented by the UCI to ensure riders dont fear retribution from any future confessions. After years of denials, Armstrong confessed to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from Olympic sports following a USADA report that portrayed him as a longtime user of performance-enhancing drugs. The UCI has set up an independent panel to look into claims that it covered up suspicious samples from Armstrong, accepted nancial donations from him and helped him avoid detection in doping tests. In a statement, WADA said it has shared a number of serious concerns as to the commissions terms of reference and its ability to carry out its role without undue inuence. WADA is concerned that the scope of the inquiry is too focused on sanctioned former cyclist Lance Armstrong - especially as his case is closed and completed with there being no appeal - and will therefore not fully address such a widespread and ingrained problem, the agency said in its statement. The three-member commission will be chaired by retired British judge Philip Otton and also feature Paralympic great Tanni-Grey Thompson and Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes. The panel will meet in London from April 9-26, and has to deliver its report to the UCI by June 1 - a deadline which WADA claims is wholly insufcient and will result in a lost opportunity to properly investigate the problem. AP

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Big Chills tries to rebound
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Paraaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. (left) and Councilor Benjo Bernabe join Sun Valley Chairman Daniel Santos, Fr. Ramon Ramos and Marimar Village II Homeowners Association President Lucien Balatbat at the opening of the places renovated covered court.

BIG Chill tries to bounce back from its latest defeat against the Cagayan Valley Rising Suns to stay in contention for an outright seminal berth in the Philippine Basketball AssociaGames Today tion D-League As(JCSGO Gym) pirants Cup. 2 p.m. Caf France The Superchargvs Boracay Rum 4 p.m. Informatics ers take on Informatics at 4 p.m. at vs Big Chill the JCSGO Gym in Cubao Quezon, City, badly needing a victory to keep their slim hopes alive. Big Chills 59-77 loss to the Rising Suns last week hurt its aspirations for a direct passage into the Final Four. The Superchargers and the Rising Suns are tied for third fourth spots with a 5-3 record, 1 games behind second-running Blackwater Sports Elite (6-2) Slim as it may, the Superchargers still have a shot at the no. 2 seeding. Unfortunately, they dont have control of their destiny.

Drag racing kicks off new season on Saturday

THE countrys fastest drivers gear up for bigger challenges and more intense showdowns for the titles at stake as the 2013 Petronas Philippine Drag Racing Championship kicks off Saturday at the Clark International Speedway. Some 120 drivers are set to see action with defending champion Jonathan Tiu of JCT-Blanche Racing leading the tough eld of strong title contenders in this event sponsored by Petronas, Yokohama, GT Radials, M&H Tires and media partner Racing Beat at Wave 89.1. These participants will dispute the titles in the Quick 8, M&H Super Pro Class, M&H Pro, Yokohama Expert, Sportsman, and the GT Radial Hotstreet classes. Tiu, who bagged his seventh national drag-racing plum last season, seeks to keep the crown for another year as he renews his rivalry with Batangas pride Martin Manalo of RSL Motorsports. The formidable H3 Autoworks Team bannered by Pepi Santos, John Kalaw, Bong Hilario, Edwin and Edison Cayco, remains the biggest threat to their title aspirations, together with the Vannitec squad of Vanni Garcia, When When and Why Why Dagondon. Not to be outdone, former US Servicemen John Ryzia, Steve Caldwell, Christopher Sheaves and last years M&H Super Pro champ William Hand of AHRA-Garage Racing will give the Filipino favorites a run for the plum as they parade their American V8 muscle cars against the four-cylinder vehicles in the faster divisions like the Quick 8, M&H Super Pro and the M&H Pro classes. Aside from JCT-Blanche Racing, AHRA Garage, H3 Autoworks, Vannitec and RSL Motorsports, other prominent teams like HP Racing, Explorer, Temz, Kapshop, Ready, Bertspeed, Cabspeed, SE Racing, Mohspeed, Astrago are also aiming to make bigger impressions in elding more talented recruits to boost their title chances in the various divisions.

Run for Good Health set

CAFEFRANCE, the metros go-to place for fresh and healthy food, celebrates its second-year anniversary with Run for Good Health, its rst-ever series of fun run events on Jan. 26 at the CCP Complex in Roxas Blvd. With this event, we hope to encourage families and friends to experience the fun and the benets of running, and kick off a healthier year for themselves, says Raymond Yap, EVP for CafeFrance Corp. Run for Good Health caters to men and women of various tness levels, with categories including 3K, 5K and 10K races. Participants will receive a race packet consisting of a singlet, race number bib, course information, promotional items. They also stand a chance to win up to P7,000 in cash plus other big prizes. Interested parties can join for a fee of P300 or by presenting the following to any establishment under CafFrances group of restaurants: P1,000 single receipt or two accumulated receipts or gift certicate at CafFrance or Karate Kid (Metro Manila stores); or P1,000 single receipt or gift certicate at Congo Grille, Flavours of China, Tempura Japanese Grill and Holy Cow (Metro Manila stores).

Alejandro-Guthrie wins at PTBA Tourney

SYLVIA LOPEZ ALEJANDRO
THE Philippine Tournament Bridge Association started off the New Year with its rst monthly games on the rst week of Monday last January 7, 2013. This is the First Monday Non-Expert Games. This was the new tournament initiated last year to entice non-tournament players to play at the tournaments. The format is to have an expert play with a non-expert or what was termed as recreational players. This Monday January 7th turned out to be a very auspicious event. First, it was the birthday of President Phil Manalang. And playing for the rst time was my dear friend Angelina Cockrell who was our teammate in many tournaments and now resides in Indonesia decided to play and partner with former President Jehran Chua who has been absent from the games. When Julie Guthrie a new
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member who came from Singapore invited me to partner with her I readily acceded as I had not played this tournament at all for the whole year. This would be our maiden voyage with Guthrie. And our partnership turned out to be successful as we topped this event. The winners: 1. Sylvia Alejandro- Julie Guthrie 64.29 2. Georges Espaldon-Suena Manalang 57.89 3. Sydney Bates-Collen Mangun 57.74 4. Angelina Cockrell-Jehran Chua 54.92 5. Nena Belo-Titang Montinola 51.64 I present a hand which shows the difculty of reaching the right contract. Partner Guthrie had seven clubs while I was void and I had in turn seven diamonds while Guthrie was void. This was the deal and the auction. Board 7 North All Vul Alejandro Dlr: S A4 KQ64 KQ85542 West East K5 9863 107432 98 J1073 A9 8 A965

South Guthrie Q1072 AJ KQJ10432 West Pass Pass Pass Pass North East Alejandro 1 2 3 Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass South Guthrie 1 1 3 3NT

Ateneo stuns champ UP

HOST Ateneo De Manila University stunned defending champion University of the Philippines, 1-0, to end the rst round of University Athletic Association of the Philippines mens football Season 75 on a high note recently at the Erenchun eld in Ateneo campus. Midelder Leo Carlo Liay red the goahead lone goal in the 85th minute to put the unbeaten Blue Booters on top of the team standings at the end of rst round with 5 wins and a draw for a league-leading 16 points. The Fighting Maroons, who dropped to a 3-2-1 won-loss-draw mark with 10 points, tried their best to set up a perfect attack in trying to force a draw in the last ve minutes, but the Blue Booters defense led by their goalkeeper spoiled their attempts. Far Eastern University, meanwhile, strengthened its hold on second place after routing last years rst runner-up University of Santo Tomas, 5-1, behind the four goals of Jesus Melliza. FEU improved to 15 points on ve wins and a loss.

After Guthrie showed spade control at my turn to bid I wondered whether I should just go straightaway to ve diamonds. But in pairs being in a ve minor often gives you a bad board. So I showed my heart control. The rebid of clubs elicited my rebid in diamonds whereupon. Guthrie decided to bid the notrump. The results of twelve tricks gave us a top board. In the play Guthrie got the heart lead. After knocking out the ace of clubs East did not cash the ace of diamonds giving us twelve tricks. Comments to: sylvia@globelines.com.ph

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Riera U. Mallari, Editor A Mayweather-Saul Canelo Alvarez ght was a close third with 22.6%. A ght between World Boxing Organization/Ring Magazine and World Boxing Council Diamond Belt super bantamweight/ junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire and WBC champion Abner Mares received 13.7 percent of the vote. Meanwhile, the Philippine Medical Association will invite Dr. Rustico Jimenez to explain his remarks on dzMM Teleradyo some two weeks ago that eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was showing early signs of Parkinsons Disease. In a press conference at its headquarters in Quezon City, PMA president Dr. Modesto Llamas said in a statement that under its Code of Ethics, only the attending physician of a patient or person is the most knowledgeable person to issue medical bulletins or statements regarding his/her patients medical condition, taking into consideration the consent of the patient.

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Fans demand Marquez for Pacman again

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

WHILE Top Rank president Todd

duBeof visited Macau and Singapore to look at the possibilities of staging an April ght for Manny Pacquiao and the Filipinos adviser Michael Koncz eyed a potential bout in Abu Dhabi, ght fans indicated the ght they want to see is Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez V.
in their fourth battle last Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. What ght would you most like to see made in 2013? the RING TV poll asked. More than 20,000 votes answered the poll, which had seven possible signicant matchups. Marquez-Pacquiao V received the highest percentage of votes with 29.9%, followed by a showdown between middleweight champ Sergio Maravilla Martinez and pound-forpound king Floyd Mayweather Jr., which garnered 23.4%.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Pacquiaos trainer Freddie Roach both said they wanted no tune-up ght for Pacquiao and pushed for a fth ght against Marquez in September. Their proposal received a major boost when a poll conducted by Ring TV showed that the major ght fans want to see most this year is the fth showdown between Pacquiao and Marquez. After Pacquiao won two of their rst three ghts by close decisions following a draw in their rst meeting, Marquez scored a sixth-round knockout

Hounded. Talk N Texts Ranidel de Ocampo (left) and Larry Fonacier (right) force Rain or Shines Larry
Rodriguez to lose possession of the ball in Game 4 of their teams Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. SONNY ESPIRITU

Sharapova breezes Castro named Conference Best Player to netfest 3rd round By Jeric Lopez
MELBOURNE, AustraliMaria Sharapova advanced to the third round of the Australian Open without losing a game, and No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanksa extended the best winning streak of the year to 11 matches on Wednesday. But Sam Stosur wilted again under the pressure of expectations at home, the 2011 U.S. Open champion twice failing to serve out the match before losing 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to Chinas Zheng Jie in a second-round upset. No. 2-ranked Sharapova, the runner-up here last year, had a 6-0, 6-0 win over Misaki Doi in 47 minutes, conceding just 15 points to the Japanese player. The reigning French Open champion hasnt seemed to be troubled at all by a right collarbone injury that ruled her out of a warmup tournament in Brisbane. Sharapova beat fellow Russian Olga Puchkova 6-0, 6-0 in the rst round, and has so far only spent 1 hour, 42 minutes on court in two matches at Melbourne Park. No. 9 Stosur couldnt close out her opponent. She was leading 5-2 in the third set and was only two points from advancing to the third round before Zheng, the rst Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam seminal when she made the last four at Wimbledon in 2008, reeled off ve straight games to end Australias involvement in the womens draw. It extended a miserable run at home for Stosur, who lost in the rst round here last year in her rst major after beating Serena Williams in the U.S. Open nal. Her rst-round win on Monday was her rst in ve matches at home. Radwanska had earlier rolled into the third round with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Romanias Irina-Camelia Begu and remains unbeaten this year, including titles at warmup tournaments this month at Auckland and Sydney. I can play even better, said Radwanska, who lost last years Wimbledon nal to Serena Williams. I didnt really expect I could win that many matches in a row, and hopefully I can keep going. AP AT last, Jayson Castro won his rst Papa Johns Best Player of the Conference plum. The talented combo guard was awarded the conferences biggest individual award in the 2013 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup last night prior to the start of Game 4 of the Finals. Castro won by a landslide as he summoned a total of 1,146 points from statistics, media, players and from the PBA. He edged out Tropang Texters teammate Ranidel De Ocampo, who came in second with a total of 730 points. Alaskas super rookie Calvin Abueva ended up third with 612 points, while Petron Blazes Arwind Santos got 520 points for fourth place. Meralcos Sol Mercado nished fth with 437 points. After ve years in the league, Castro nally has a BPC award.

He and De Ocampo also lead the Finals MVP honors in case Talk N Text eventually goes on to win its third straight All-Filipino championship. The Texters are shooting for the title while Rain or Shine is trying its best to prevent as sweep as of this writing.

Agojo leads ladies open; Ardina lurks

LIPA CITY, BatangasJayvie Agojo put on a strong start against a strong eld to seize control with a three-under 69, pouncing on a fading Michelle Koh of Malaysia to snatch a one-stroke lead at the start of the Champion Innity Philippine Ladies Open 2013 at the Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country here yesterday. Agojo, chasing her second PH ladies crown since humbling a talent-laden foreign eld at the Manila Golf Club in 2005, waxed hot on a cool, breezy day with ve birdies against two bogeys at the Mt. Lobo nine, then played steady at the tougher Mt. Makulot side with an even 36 to get past Koh and Thai Supamas Sangchan. Save for a couple of missed birdie putts, I had a ne round but its just a one-shot lead and the best players are behind me, so it will be tough in the next two days, said Agojo, the reigning Santi Cup champion of the ICTSIThe Coutnry Club squad. Truly, a battle royale shaped up with a slew of players just a stroke or two behind on a challenging course that brings out the best and the worstfrom the eld in every swirl of the wind. Koh, one of Malaysias top players, found that out coming home at Mt. Makulot where she fumbled with a four-over 40 after a sizzling six-under 30 stint at Lobo, enabling Sangchan to tie her at second with a 34-36 card. Sangchan outdueled last years runner-up Princess Superal in their own side of the duel, birdying the last three holes to put herself in early contention for the crown in the 54-hole championship presented by Champion Innity, the No. 1 local brand in Northern Luzon and Visayas. Ardina, the multi-titled spearhead of the ICTSI team chasing her rst PH Ladies Open plum, stood two strokes adrift at 71, hitting four birdies against three bogeys for joint fourth with another top Thai bet Benyapa Niphatsophon. Sharing the spotlight was Manila Golf Clubs Isa Lorenzo, who scored a hole-in-one on No. 4 of Mt. Makulot en route to an 82. She used a Beres 6-iron and a Titleist ProV1x ball in acing the 135-yard hole.

Boxing national tilt in Subic

THE Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines have lined up two major local competitions to start the year, including the national championship, leading off to the Asian Youth tournament in March at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone gym. The Capitol Grounds in Iba, Zambales, in cooperation with the provincial government led by Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., will be the site of the PLDT-ABAP National Capital Region-Luzon Area tournament on Jan. 22 to 26. A total of 70 to 80 boxers coming from 15 boxing clubs and associations are expected to compete for slots to the PLDT-ABAP National Championships next month. That will be in Maasin, Southern Leyte on Feb. 17 to 23 where the best in the country will trade ring savvy and from which ABAP will recruit talent for the national team. The best performers of the other regional tournaments held last year in Bago City (Visayas) and General Santos Coty (Mindanao) will lock horns with the qualiers from the Zambales tourney. Notable products of ABAPs grassroots development program are London Olympian Mark Anthony Barriga, 2011 World Junior champion Eumir Felix Marcial, World Series campaigner Charly Suarez, and World Youth bronzer medalist Jade Bornea.

Bates leaves PH; future uncertain

By Eric B. Apolonio
PHILIPPINE Basketball Association Hall of Famer Billy Ray Bates left for Los Angeles, California aboard PAL ight PR102 on Tuesday evening. Bates played four seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Portland Blazers, Washington Bullets (now Wizards) and Los Angeles Lakers in the early 1980s and for the Crispa Redmanizers and Ginebra San Miguel in the PBA later. Bates flew to the Philippines last year to receive his PBA Hall of Fame award and was hired by the ASEAN Basketball Leagues Philippine Patriots as skills coach. But he was fired after repeatedly missing the teams practice sessions. Suffering from a hip injury, Bates was given a one-way ticket by the PBA to the US, where he can avail of his medical insurance from the NBA and undergo an operation. I need to get back to California, but my plans are to come back here in April after I get this hip operation. All I am asking for is to be given an opportunity, like Norman Black or Bobby Parks. Give me an opportunity to coach, thats what I want to do, Bates, known in Philippine basketball as the Black Superman, told newsmen. Black and Parks are now coaches of some of the Philippines top teams. Bates was accompanied to the NAIA Terminal 2 by Rhose Montreal of the Office of PBA Commissioner Chito Salud. We are thankful for PAL for allowing Bates some leniency in his excess cargo. We are also very thankful to Mr. Mikee Romero and Eric Areola of the Philippine Patriots because they were the ones who sponsored Bates pocket money and the Bureau of Immigration, because three days ago, Bates was being slapped an overstaying penalty fee for P40,000. Luckily, we were able to get more than half of it as charge, said Montreal.

PBA Hall of Famer Billy Ray Bates talks to mediamen before leaving for Los Angeles, California. ERIC APOLONIO

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Ray S. Eano, Editor business@mst.ph Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor; extrastory2000@gmail.com Pangilinan is also the chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., which controls TV5, a local television network. Pangilinan said MPIC and its foreign partner might form a special purpose vehicle to build the project, if it won the bidding. The Mactan-Cebu airport is the second largest in the country, next to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila. Several conglomerates, including San Miguel Corp., which owns 49 percent of ag carrier Philippine Airlines, and JG Summit Holdings, which owns Cebu Pacic, expressed interest in bidding for the project. The Transportation Department, however, said it would prohibit airline operators from taking part in the bidding of the project, citing sheer conict of interest. Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. formed a P10-billion joint venture for the Mactan-Cebu project. Pangilinan said despite the exclusion of other interested parties, the remaining bidders needed to study their bids properly. At the end of the day, you still have to put in the proper qualication documents and right price that the government would accept in terms of the winning bid, he said. The Transportation Department and the MCIA published the invitation for prospective bidders to nance, build, operate and maintain the new passenger terminal development project. The project involves construction of a new passenger terminal, along with all related infrastructure and facilities according to the International Civil Aviation Organization standards, as well as the renovation and expansion of the existing facility. The project is one of the so-called public-private partnership projects recently approved by the board of the National Economic and Development Authority.

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By Lailany P. Gomez

New SEC guidelines calm foreign investors

THE Securities and Exchange Commissions decision to reconsider its interpretation of foreign ownership of utilities calmed foreign investors, who earlier threatened to pull out of the country, an executive of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. said Tuesday night. PLDT regulatory and policy affairs head Ray Espinosa said institutional investors were anxious about how foreign ownership in various partially nationalized companies would be measured. A minority owner of PLDT earlier warned it might pull out its funds in the country if the government changed its foreignownership rule. The SEC, however, said on Jan. 10 it would come out with new guidelines on foreign ownership and hinted that it would be easy to implement. Right after the SEC made the statement, PLDT shares pulled up again. Foreign investors were anxious because they didnt know how foreign ownerships would be measured, Espinosa said. There would be many institutional investors who would take a more conservative view and rather than be last in the stampede for the exit, they would rather pull out. But it looks like the anxiety has died down, which is good for the country, he added. SEC chairman Teresita Herbosa earlier said the agency might come up with less stricter rules on foreign ownership after the Supreme Court issued a formal order stating that the 60-40 ownership requirement was based only on the voting shares. The SEC will now come up with rules that lessen conict and controversy. One that is acceptable to all but we also address the need for foreign capital to come in and we have to weigh all consideration, Herbosa said. The Supreme Court said the term capital merely referred to shares of stock that are entitled to vote in the election of directors and not to the total outstanding capital stock [common and nonvoting preferred shares]. Lailany P. Gomez

METRO Pacic Investment Corp., a unit of Hong Kong-based First Pacic Co. Ltd., is in talks with prospective foreign partners to bid for the P17.5billion Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal project, its chairman said Tuesday night.
Yes, were talking to potential partners for technical side or a foreign airport operator, because it is one of the requirements described in the bid rules. We have to have the right partner that we think will qualify with respect to our bid, MPIC chairman Manuel Pangilinan told reporters during the launching of the revitalized TV5.

World Bank sees PH expanding above 6%

By Julito G. Rada
THE World Bank expects the Philippine economy to grow above 6 percent in 2013 and the next two years, on improved global nancial conditions and intensied trade ows. The Washington-based lender said in a newly-released Global Economic Prospects report economic growth in the Philippines would rise from around 6 percent in 2012 to 6.2 percent in 2013, 6.4 percent in 2014 and 6.3 percent in 2015. It said GDP growth in Asia and the Pacific excluding China was projected to rise to 5.8 percent in 2013, and further to 5.9 percent in 2014 and 2015, reflecting robust growth in Indonesia (around 6.6 percent), Malaysia (around 5 percent), the Philippines (around 6 percent) and Thailand (around 4.5 percent). Chinas growth is forecast to accelerate to 8.4 percent in 2013, before stabilizing to about 8 percent in 2014 and 2015 as economy re-oriented toward domestic demand and services. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, however, said the economic recovery remained fragile and uncertain, clouding the prospect for rapid improvement and a return to more robust economic growth. Developing countries have remained remarkably resilient thus far. But we cant wait for a return to growth in the high-income countries, so we have to continue to support developing countries in making investments in infrastructure, in health, in education, he said. Kim said developing countries last year recorded their slowest economic growth rates in the past decade, partly because of the heightened Euro uncertainty in May and June. Since then, nancial market conditions have improved dramatically.

Branding rights.

Globe Telecom Inc. president and chief executive Ernest Cu (right) enjoys a light moment with Ayala Land Inc. president Antonino Aquino at the launching of Circuit Makati. Globe Telecom obtained naming and branding rights after signing a multi-million peso deal with Circuit Makati, the latest development of Ayala Land Inc. that will convert the former Sta. Ana racetrack into a complete lifestyle and entertainment venue. With an investment of P30 million over three years, Globe secured the exclusive rights in the Circuit Events Ground, one of the three entertainment venues in emerging entertainment hub.

5 coal deals okayed

THE Energy Department approved ve coal operating contracts in the latest contracting round designed to secure the countrys fuel requirements. Ive signed it already. The approval is good...I think I have signed ve out of 11 [contracts], Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said at the sidelines of a forum Wednesday. It has been reviewed already. The terms of all the contracts are all the same, except for certain provisions, he said. Petilla conceded there was a delay in the approval of the coal contracts, which he announced in December. Why is it taking so long for me to sign? Because I wont allow one-page signing. I sign each page, the energy ofcial said. Petilla said the remaining contracts would likely be signed this week. As soon as they are signed, they are good as awarded. Within this week. Were giving it to them as I sign it, he said. The Energy Department earlier received 69 bids for 38 areas offered under the coal contracting round in March last year. Several coal areas received multiple bids such as Areas 18-A and 18-B in Bislig and Lingig, Surigao del Sur, which the Energy Department considered the most prospective in coal resources. Alena Mae S. Flores

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Frontier Oil hikes capital, plans IPO Philex agrees to work

By Alena Mae S. Flores
FRONTIER Oil Corp. said Tuesday it plans to list its shares at the Philippine Stock Exchange to raise funds for oil and gas exploration. Frontier sought the increase in the companys capital stock preparatory to a planned listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange this year, Frontier chief executive Kris Fellowes said in a statement. Frontier said the Securities and Exchange Commission approved an increase in the companys authorized capital stock to P27 million. The new capital consists of 2.7 billion shares with a par value of P1 each, up from 204 million shares with a par value of P1 each. Frontier is a dedicated oil and gas exploration company with a history in oil and gas projects in the Philippines for some 20 years. The company has an interest in oil and gas projects, both onshore and offshore, in the Philippines ranging from nearterm production opportunities to extremely large exploration plays. A subsidiary is also involved in the development of gas recovery projects in China. We have been working closely with the PSE for some time now advancing our listing intensions towards completion. I believe Frontier was the rst certainly among the rstto encourage a change in the listing rules applying to oil and gas companies to allow for a simplied listing procedure. This change will create more active investment opportunities for local and international investors and a more dynamic oil and gas industry in this Country, Fellowes said Bioprospect Ltd. of Australia earlier said Frontier Oil planned to conduct an initial public offering to raise $30 million to $50 million to nance exploration projects. Bioprospect said it successfully reached an agreement with Frontier Oil for a 50-percent stake ahead of its planned initial public offering at at the Philippines. Bioprospect said in a ling to the Australian Stock Exchange it signed an agreement to sell its 50percent stake in another Australian company, Frontier Gaselds Pty. Ltd. in exchange for 430,000,000 newly issued shares in Frontier Oil, each having a par value of P1. Frontier Oil holds a 50-percent interest and is the operator of service contract 52, an onshore oil and gas block in Cagayan Valley.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Indonesia Thailand UAE Euro Korea China India Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan Rupiah Baht Dirham Euro Won Yuan Rupee Ringgit Dollar Dollar 0.000104 0.033333 0.272257 1.331100 0.000946 0.160937 0.018310 0.332281 0.838223 0.034540 0.0042 1.3523 11.0452 54.0014 0.0384 6.5291 0.7428 13.4803 34.0059 1.4013
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with MGB on P1-b fine

By Anna Leah Estrada
PHILEX Mining Corp. said Wednesday it will abide by the governments order to pay a P1-billion ne over the mine waste accident in Benguet last year. Philex Mining senior vice president for corporate affairs Michael Toledo said the company would work closely with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau to pay the sizable amount and submit a work plan in using the fund. We will work closely with the MGB on this, as we welcome its decision that the amount to be paid would be used for remediation and rehabilitation of the affected areas, Toledo said. Philex Mining voluntarily suspended operations at its Padcal mine in Benguet on Aug. 1, following an accidental discharge of non-toxic sediment from its tailings pond no. 3 in Itogon, at the height of heavy rains brought about by two successive typhoons. The Padcal mine tailings accident dumped at least 20.7 million metric tons of mine waste to the nearby Balog Creek and its convergence area near Agno River. MGB acting director Leo Jasareno, in a letter to Philex Mining president and chief operating ofcer Eulalio Austin Jr., rejected the companys appeal to waive the P1.034-billion penalty over the Aug. 1 accident.

Energy-LGU tie-up
THE Energy Department is set to issue a circular that will prioritize and speed up the approval of energy projects with endorsement from local government units. Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said the department would fasttrack service contract applications with LGU endorsement. We dont want overtaking, but I will allow overtaking. You can overtake, even for oil or coal on one condition, [that is] if there is an endorsement from the LGU, Petilla told reporters at the International Electricity Research Exchange-Technology Issues and Solutions meeting jointly organized by Manila Electric Co. and IERE. Petilla said the current process involved the Energy Department issuing the service contract to the project proponents, which had to secure project approval from the LGUs. Petilla, however, said some LGUs refused to endorse the projects, even if the department had already issued the service contract. Actually, the process is, Ill give you the contract but its up to you to go to the LGU and make sure that the social acceptability is okay. Thats not the role of DoE, he said. Petilla said the departments role was only to determine the technical aspect of the energy projects. Alena Mae S. Flores

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STOCKS retreated for the second day Wednesday, as investors continued to cash in on recent gains.
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index, or PSEi, fell 50.66 points, or 0.8 percent, to 6,037.01. Losers beat gainers, 96 to 67, with 52 issues unchanged. Conglomerate Ayala Corp. declined 1.5 percent, to P522, while BDO Unibank Inc., the biggest lender, lost 1.8 percent to P75.40. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., the second-largest bank, fell 1.1 percent to P105.80. Philex Mining Corp., the largest mining company, tumbled 2.8 percent to P17.26. JG Summit Holdings Inc., the holding company of retail tycoon John Gokongwei, dropped 2.8 percent to P37.90, while Manila Electric Co., the biggest retailer of electricity, decreased 2.4 percent to P273.20. Alliance Global Group Inc., which is into property, hotel and casino, fastfood and liquor, rose 1.2 percent to P17.34. Emperador Distillers Inc., the liquor unit of Alliance Global, is acquiring a Spanish brandy company to strengthen its position as the worlds largest brandy maker. Alliance Global, the holding company of taipan Andrew Tan, said in a disclosure Monday Emperador signed an agreement with Gonzlez Byass S.A., one of the largest and oldest liquor and wine conglomerates in Spain, to acquire its 100-percent stake in Bodega San Bruno S.A., a brandy company based in Jerez, Spain. Philippine National Bank, owned by tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan, advanced 2 percent to P90.10. Meanwhile, Japans benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yens slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors began focusing on the political impasse in Washington over the US governments borrowing limit. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo tumbled 1.9 percent to 10,672.61 at midday after government minister Akira Amari aired

concerns about the recent rapid weakening of the yen, which can hurt consumers by raising the cost of imported goods, Kyodo News Agency reported. Elsewhere, Hong Kongs Hang Seng fell 0.2 percent to 23,333.77. South Koreas Kospi rose 0.2 percent to 1,987.52. Australias S&P/ ASX 200 advanced 0.4 percent to 4,735.80. Benchmarks in Taiwan and Thailand also fell, while Singapore rose. Traders are increasingly nervous about a brewing ght in Washington over raising the US debt ceiling so that the government can keep borrowing money to pay its bills. The US Treasury says it will run out of money to pay all the governments obligations sometime in February or March if Congress doesnt raise the current $16.4-trillion limit on borrowing. Republican lawmakers say they will demand major spending cuts in exchange for any agreement to raise the debt limit. But President Barack Obama has said he wont negotiate on the debt limit. With AP

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SMB cited for energy efciency.

The Energy Department, through its annual Don Emilio Abello Energy Efciency Awards, honored all ve breweries of San Miguel Brewery Inc. in Valenzuela, San Fernando (Pampanga), Bacolod, Mandaue and Davao for recording more than P126 million in energy savings in 2012. SMB president Roberto Huang said the awards manifested the companys commitment to its core value of social responsibility. The department also named SMB personnel Edwin Bioneda of Bacolod and Mariano Dayag of San Fernando as among the 2012 outstanding managers. Shown with Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla (center) are (from left) Polo Brewery engineering supervisor Francis Joseph Marquez, Polo Brewery engineering manager Jose Mari Lagarejos, San Fernando Brewery plant manager Roberto de Leon, Polo Brewery plant manager Rogelio dela Cruz; Dayag; and San Fernando Brewery Enercon coordinator Nemesis Sanchez.

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Mitsubishi sees PH Group sales increasing 23% bucks CPs

By Othel V. Campos
MITSUBISHI Motors Philippines Corp. expects automotive sales to increase 23 percent this year to 43,000 units from 34,915 units in 2012 on improving economy and rm demand. Our challenge for this year is to sustain the growth trend and keep Mitsubishi a strong and trusted brand in the Philippines, said Mitsubishi Motors president and chief executive Hikosaburo Shibata, adding the company would introduce new models and several upgrades. The company sees rising sales for the new compact car Mirage, sport utility vehicle Montero and light commercial vehicle Strada. Mitsubishi earlier said the supply of Montero and Strada fell short in early 2012 because of the severe ooding in Thailand in 2011. The company is optimistic car sales will continue to improve throughout the year that will allow the Philippine auto industry to register another record-breaking sales volume. Mitsubishi sold 34,915 vehicles in 2012, up 7 percent higher from 32,603 units in 2011. Meanwhile, members of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines and Truck Manufacturers Association reported combined annual sales of 156,649 vehicles, up 10.6 percent from 141,616 units in 2011. Mitsubishi cornered a 22-percent market share to retain its position as the second leading automotive manufacturer in the Philippines. Sales of passenger cars jumped 93 percent to 3,214 units from 1,669 units in 2011. Sales of trucks and buses also increased by 36 percent and 21 percent, respectively. Turnover of LCVs slightly rose to 31,058 units from 30,457 units in 2011. RAY S. EANO Mitsubishi last year introduced new models Mr. Ray S. Eanos column will resume the Mirage and Lancer EX next week. 1.6.

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THE Federation of Philippine Industries asked the Board of Investments to reconsider a decision granting tax breaks to the P2.3-billion integrated livestock project of Thailands Charoen Pokphand Group. Jesus Arranza, chairman of FPI, said Wednesday Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp. should not enjoy a pioneer investment status, citing that big and small Filipino companies had heavily invested in swine and chicken production. If an investment area is already adequately lled up by the locals, the foreign companies should not be allowed to obtain tax incentives anymore, because that will create an unlevel playing eld. How can the locals compete if the Thai company will get six years of income tax holidays and other incentives? Arranza asked. He said consultations conducted by the Swine Development Council last week showed that Filipino companies, including San Miguel Corp. and Bounty Fresh Food Inc., had invested over P300 billion in the industry. Othel V. Campos

1.33 24.10 1.05 0.60 8.13 0.1010 3.65 52.40 4.00 1.80 800.00 990.00 6.63 54.00 0.36 5.00 1.75 0.019 0.54 0.040 2.170 6.28 2.28 1.05 2.70 0.60 1.34 13.78 1.49 7.15 21.00 12.10 2096.00 0.27 17.90 3.30 2.42 0.35 1.14

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SHARES 16,163,105 205,442,127 241,856,486 491,303,394 387,422,447 602,435,522 1,944,627,381

VALUE 1,234,405,583.67 1,274,540,337.63 1,616,771,450.39 1,105,082,433.68 1,360,875,342.14 422,553,988.81 7,014,262,625.312

FINANCIAL 1,577.96 (DOWN) 3.84 INDUSTRIAL 9,188.38 (DOWN) 25.83 HOLDING FIRMS 5,314.19 (DOWN) 75.24 PROPERTY 2,381.93 (DOWN) 27.29 SERVICES 1,802.36 (DOWN) 13.25 MINING & OIL 21,137.62 (DOWN) 353.68 PSEI 6,037.01 (DOWN) 50.66 All Shares Index 3,811.96 (DOWN) 24.14 Gainers: 67; Losers: 96; Unchanged: 52; Total: 215

0.0039 4.01 3.00 16.80 10.00 0.210 18.60 17.70 0.82 1.02 12.10 0.48 0.8600 0.9200 0.047 0.047 15.78 4.70 0.008 3.07 0.016 0.017 5.62 12.52 8.50 0.024 200.00 0.014 22.65 505.00 100.00 101.00 6.52 104.10

ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. Ayala Corp. Pref `A First Gen G First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. GMA Holdings Inc. PCOR-Preferred SMC Preferred A 73.00 SMC Preferred B SMC Preferred C 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 0.74

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75.40 100.00 0.71 55.35 19.00 29.80 10.40 0.78 2.80 530.00 23.85 105.80 1.75 72.00 90.10 412.00 61.00 164.50 1030.00 115.00 2.43 (1.82) 1.94 (2.74) (0.27) 0.32 (0.67) (4.41) 4.00 0.00 (1.85) (0.62) (1.12) 0.00 (8.86) 2.33 0.24 0.74 0.06 0.00 0.00 (0.41)

Net Foreign

Trade/Buying
35,364,685.50 28,692,045.50

Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bank of PI Bankard, Inc. China Bank COL Financial Eastwest Bank Filipino Fund Inc. First Abacus I-Remit Inc. Manulife Fin. Corp. Maybank ATR KE Metrobank Natl Reinsurance Corp. Phil Bank of Comm Phil. National Bank PSE Inc. RCBC `A Security Bank Sun Life Financial Union Bank Vantage Equities

Aboitiz Power Corp. Agrinurture Inc. Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. Alsons Cons. Asiabest Group Calapan Venture Chemrez Technologies Inc. Cirtek Holdings (Chips) DNL Industries Inc. Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) EEI Euro-Med Lab. Federal Chemicals First Gen Corp. First Holdings A Ginebra San Miguel Inc. Greenergy Holcim Philippines Inc. Integ. Micro-Electronics Ionics Inc Jollibee Foods Corp. Lafarge Rep Liberty Flour LMG Chemicals LT Group Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. Manchester Intl. A Manchester Intl. B Manila Water Co. Inc. Mariwasa MFG. Inc. Megawide Mla. Elect. Co `A Pancake House Inc. Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. Petron Corporation Phinma Corporation Phoenix Petroleum Phils. RFM Corporation Roxas Holdings San Miguel Corp `A San MiguelPure Foods `B TKC Steel Corp. Trans-Asia Oil Universal Robina Victorias Milling Vitarich Corp. Vivant Corp. Vulcan Indl. Abacus Cons. `A Aboitiz Equity Alcorn Gold Res. Alliance Global Inc. Anglo Holdings A Anscor `A Asia Amalgamated A ATN Holdings A ATN Holdings B Ayala Corp `A DMCI Holdings Filinvest Dev. Corp. GT Capital House of Inv. JG Summit Holdings Lopez Holdings Corp. Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. Mabuhay Holdings `A Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. Minerales Industrias Corp. MJCI Investments Inc. Pacica `A Prime Media Hldg Prime Orion Republic Glass A Seafront `A Sinophil Corp. SM Investments Inc. Solid Group Inc. South China Res. Inc. Transgrid Unioil Res. & Hldgs Wellex Industries Zeus Holdings A. Brown Co., Inc. Araneta Prop `A Arthaland Corp. Ayala Land `B Belle Corp. `A Cebu Holdings Cebu Prop. `A Century Property City & Land Dev. Cityland Dev. `A Crown Equities Inc. Cyber Bay Corp. Empire East Land Ever Gotesco Global-Estate Filinvest Land,Inc. Highlands Prime Interport `A Megaworld Corp. MRC Allied Ind. Phil. Estates Corp. Phil. Realty `A Robinsons Land `B Rockwell Shang Properties Inc. SM Development `A SM Prime Holdings Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Starmalls Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. Vista Land & Lifescapes

2GO Group ABS-CBN Acesite Hotel APC Group, Inc. Bloomberry Boulevard Holdings Calata Corp. Cebu Air Inc. (5J) DFNN Inc. Easy Call Common FEUI Globe Telecom GMA Network Inc. I.C.T.S.I. Information Capital Tech. Imperial Res. `A IP Converge IP E-Game Ventures Inc. IPVG Corp. Island Info ISM Communications Leisure & Resorts Liberty Telecom Lorenzo Shipping Macroasia Corp. Manila Bulletin Manila Jockey Pacic Online Sys. Corp. Paxys Inc. Phil. Racing Club Phil. Seven Corp. Philweb.Com Inc. PLDT Common PremiereHorizon Puregold STI Holdings Touch Solutions Transpacic Broadcast Waterfront Phils. Yehey

Abra Mining Apex `A Apex `B Atlas Cons. `A Atok-Big Wedge `A Basic Energy Corp. Benguet Corp `A Benguet Corp `B Century Peak Metals Hldgs Coal Asia Dizon Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. Lepanto `A Lepanto `B Manila Mining `A Manila Mining `B Nickelasia Nihao Mineral Resources Omico Oriental Peninsula Res. Oriental Pet. `A Oriental Pet. `B Petroenergy Res. Corp. Philex `A PhilexPetroleum Philodrill Corp. `A Semirara Corp. United Paragon

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FINANCIAL 76.80 76.80 75.15 98.10 100.20 98.50 0.73 0.71 0.71 55.50 55.95 55.35 18.94 19.00 18.92 30.00 30.00 29.60 10.88 10.40 10.40 0.75 0.83 0.78 2.80 2.88 2.75 540.00 530.00 530.00 24.00 23.85 23.85 107.00 107.80 105.00 1.75 1.75 1.74 79.00 72.00 72.00 88.05 90.50 88.80 411.00 416.00 411.00 60.55 61.75 60.50 164.40 164.80 163.40 1030.00 1030.00 1030.00 115.00 115.50 115.00 2.44 2.44 2.43 INDUSTRIAL 38.05 38.50 37.75 7.90 8.00 7.91 2.00 2.00 1.96 1.34 1.35 1.34 19.00 19.46 19.30 4.30 4.30 4.30 2.95 2.95 2.87 27.00 27.15 25.55 4.98 5.050 4.88 6.98 7.06 6.90 10.98 11.30 11.00 1.80 2.05 2.05 11.80 11.96 11.50 23.90 23.90 23.60 100.20 100.50 99.80 17.40 17.20 16.62 0.0200 0.0200 0.0200 13.18 13.18 13.16 4.03 4.00 3.98 0.680 0.700 0.640 106.10 108.90 107.00 11.60 11.60 11.00 49.00 49.00 49.00 1.94 2.04 1.95 12.88 13.00 12.82 1.61 1.61 1.61 13.70 13.50 12.96 13.90 13.88 13.10 33.20 33.55 33.00 5.71 5.50 5.00 17.500 17.960 17.500 279.80 280.00 273.00 7.80 8.45 8.00 6.40 6.40 6.33 10.44 10.50 10.42 13.00 12.50 12.06 9.35 9.44 9.20 4.95 4.92 4.85 3.00 3.00 2.99 108.60 108.50 107.30 243.00 243.00 242.00 1.70 1.70 1.68 1.41 1.43 1.41 87.00 87.00 85.90 1.48 1.50 1.47 0.95 0.97 0.92 9.80 9.99 9.90 1.53 1.55 1.52 HOLDING FIRMS 0.69 0.69 0.68 56.80 56.85 55.40 0.1410 0.1430 0.1420 17.14 17.34 17.04 2.32 2.35 2.28 5.61 5.65 5.57 5.00 5.00 4.80 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.91 0.90 0.89 530.00 534.00 520.00 53.90 53.90 53.15 4.68 4.68 4.66 655.00 660.00 650.00 6.43 6.62 6.52 39.00 39.00 37.00 6.90 6.96 6.85 1.01 1.03 1.00 0.475 0.550 0.475 1.92 1.90 1.85 5.10 5.11 4.94 7.18 7.27 6.93 6.65 7.15 6.70 0.0490 0.0530 0.0510 1.450 1.500 1.350 0.570 0.600 0.590 2.71 2.65 2.60 1.93 1.90 1.78 0.320 0.325 0.320 930.00 939.50 926.50 2.20 2.23 2.18 1.10 1.10 1.09 480.00 479.00 479.00 0.2900 0.3150 0.2800 0.2900 0.3100 0.2900 0.690 0.720 0.630 PROPERTY 2.99 3.00 2.96 0.81 1.210 0.810 0.200 0.200 0.200 27.40 27.40 26.95 5.00 5.01 4.98 3.88 3.90 3.88 5.10 4.90 4.90 1.76 1.80 1.73 2.30 2.35 2.26 1.14 1.15 1.15 0.072 0.072 0.065 0.79 0.80 0.77 1.020 1.030 1.000 0.380 0.405 0.385 2.00 2.02 1.99 1.63 1.64 1.61 1.99 1.99 1.99 1.21 1.28 1.17 3.18 3.22 3.16 0.1110 0.1140 0.1090 0.6500 0.7100 0.6400 0.460 0.540 0.460 21.90 21.60 21.15 3.38 3.46 3.09 3.22 3.20 3.19 5.95 6.00 5.92 16.84 16.94 16.56 0.71 0.96 0.72 3.90 3.90 3.89 0.580 0.660 0.580 5.150 5.170 5.140 SERVICES 1.80 1.71 1.68 41.00 41.15 39.60 1.32 1.32 1.28 0.830 0.830 0.810 12.98 13.16 12.96 0.1330 0.1420 0.1340 3.85 3.85 3.75 61.50 62.00 61.50 5.00 5.16 4.70 2.75 3.00 2.75 1095.00 1064.00 1062.00 1095.00 1095.00 1089.00 9.70 9.74 9.65 77.40 77.40 75.20 0.460 0.510 0.460 5.00 5.61 5.13 3.70 3.74 3.65 0.024 0.025 0.024 0.61 0.64 0.62 0.0510 0.0590 0.0500 2.1800 2.1800 2.1700 8.24 8.24 8.15 2.60 2.55 2.40 1.50 1.41 1.41 2.50 2.50 2.50 0.77 0.77 0.73 2.76 2.77 2.70 14.00 14.00 14.00 2.92 2.96 2.91 9.98 10.00 9.90 88.00 87.60 87.00 14.26 14.26 14.00 2708.00 2712.00 2698.00 0.350 0.340 0.340 32.50 33.00 32.50 1.00 1.00 0.99 9.19 9.42 9.10 2.55 2.39 1.68 0.410 0.420 0.405 1.310 1.340 1.280 MINING & OIL 0.0057 0.0057 0.0056 4.90 4.91 4.90 4.80 4.80 4.80 21.15 21.25 20.40 20.60 20.55 19.60 0.280 0.285 0.275 19.20 18.80 18.80 18.50 18.50 18.50 1.06 1.05 0.97 1.01 1.02 1.01 15.20 15.36 14.88 0.52 0.53 0.51 1.130 1.130 1.110 1.180 1.200 1.170 0.0620 0.0630 0.0620 0.0680 0.0680 0.0650 20.05 20.05 19.70 4.88 4.91 4.74 0.5500 0.5500 0.5500 3.650 3.700 3.540 0.0210 0.0210 0.0200 0.0210 0.0220 0.0210 6.28 6.35 6.29 17.76 17.600 17.000 32.80 33.40 32.20 0.041 0.042 0.041 242.80 242.80 242.00 0.0180 0.0190 0.0180 PREFERRED 43.40 42.30 41.50 530.00 532.00 530.00 103.00 103.60 103.50 102.00 102.00 100.80 9.94 10.00 9.72 108.50 108.50 108.40 75.00 75.00 74.90 74.50 74.65 74.50 75.00 75.15 75.10 1010.00 1020.00 1012.00 WARRANTS & BONDS 2.05 2.10 2.06 SME 8.50 8.39 7.05

4,523,360 776,590 2,000 47,430 227,500 1,754,500 300 190,000 448,000 10 1,700 2,158,170 806,000 440 2,580,400 1,670 667,540.00 875,380 640 354,510 110,000

(554,909.50) (1,539,000.00) 2,517,050.00

(61,667,861.00) (1,225,000.00) (39,139,719.00) 28,289,790.50 26,746,843.00

(1,150.00)

38.35 8.00 2.00 1.35 19.30 4.30 2.95 26.95 4.98 7.05 11.08 2.05 11.50 23.70 100.10 17.20 0.0200 13.16 4.00 0.640 108.50 11.50 49.00 1.97 12.88 1.61 13.28 13.40 33.45 5.10 17.520 273.20 8.02 6.36 10.46 12.38 9.40 4.89 3.00 107.50 242.40 1.70 1.43 86.20 1.47 0.93 9.90 1.55 0.68 55.80 0.1420 17.34 2.28 5.57 4.80 0.90 0.90 522.00 53.15 4.67 658.00 6.52 37.90 6.85 1.00 0.500 1.88 4.97 7.14 6.70 0.0510 1.400 0.600 2.60 1.90 0.320 928.00 2.20 1.10 479.00 0.2900 0.3050 0.660 3.00 1.210 0.200 27.15 4.98 3.88 4.90 1.76 2.35 1.15 0.072 0.80 1.010 0.395 2.01 1.63 1.99 1.20 3.18 0.1110 0.7000 0.500 21.30 3.20 3.19 6.00 16.66 0.84 3.90 0.600 5.150

0.79 1.27 0.00 0.75 1.58 0.00 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 1.00 0.91 13.89 (2.54) (0.84) (0.10) (1.15) 0.00 (0.15) (0.74) (5.88) 2.26 (0.86) 0.00 1.55 0.00 0.00 (3.07) (3.60) 0.75 (10.68) 0.11 (2.36) 2.82 (0.63) 0.19 (4.77) 0.53 (1.21) 0.00 (1.01) (0.25) 0.00 1.42 (0.92) (0.68) (2.11) 1.02 1.31 (1.45) (1.76) 0.71 1.17 (1.72) (0.71) (4.00) 0.00 (1.10) (1.51) (1.39) (0.21) 0.46 1.40 (2.82) (0.72) (0.99) 5.26 (2.08) (2.55) (0.56) 0.75 4.08 (3.45) 5.26 (4.06) (1.55) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 5.17 (4.35)

4,358,900 1,900 1,182,000 154,000 1,300 50,000 220,000 170,600 15,088,000 32,008,200 6,164,400 1,000 3,400 2,477,800 407,100 7,200 110,700,000 27,800 56,000 359,000 460,810 641,500 2,600 157,000 312,500 12,000 63,900 22,700 2,685,400 191,900 158,600 419,170 21,000 1,935,500 3,706,100 6,900 400,900 702,000 106,000 371,910 6,550 20,000 11,063,000 1,666,620 3,483,000 1,838,000 1,600 351,000 1,218,000 973,730 59,700,000 16,405,200 905,000 139,700 10,200 118,000 454,000 654,220 1,774,550 324,000 214,980 22,000 4,014,800 2,869,000 1,276,000 2,020,000 480,000 22,233,600 1,071,900 48,400 12,200,000 86,000 301,000 50,000 60,000 2,810,000 316,370 435,000 445,000 10 7,370,000 4,370,000 96,441,000

17,175,965.00 19,300.00 31,950.00

(18,592,100.00) (10,870,271.00) (193,362.00) (6,451,590.00) 14,984,667.00 (164,684.00) (64,000.00) 97,920.00 12,687,808.00 4,345,000.00 19,700.00

266,640.00 37,605,660.00

(29,886,000.00) (2,400.00) (939,372.00) (23,456,886.00) 1,015,767.00 1,038,750.00

25,917,779.00 324,960.00 (987,000.00) 13,782,296.00 174,930.00 27,900.00

(34,000.00) 42,422,528.50 39,991,544.00 34,500.00

(169,294,470.00) (51,706,951.00) 36,276,550.00 (71,290,080.00) 446,932.00 (27,276,258.00) 146,000.00 4,200.00 (176,410.00)

(640,000.00) (65,365,095.00) (14,170.00)

(1,562,680.00) (53,620.00) (995,380.00) 69,685,955.00 3,655,263.00 6,900,850.00

0.33 49.38 0.00 (0.91) (0.40) 0.00 (3.92) 0.00 2.17 0.88 0.00 1.27 (0.98) 3.95 0.50 0.00 0.00 (0.83) 0.00 0.00 7.69 8.70 (2.74) (5.33) (0.93) 0.84 (1.07) 18.31 0.00 3.45 0.00

18,000 70,663,000 200,000 6,479,600 3,277,100 92,000 200 8,267,000 421,000 20,000 1,650,000 9,730,000 17,652,000 11,190,000 13,649,000 55,628,000 5,000 1,125,000 57,796,000 37,400,000 34,671,000 12,890,000 1,308,800 8,636,000 101,000 898,300 8,489,000 85,298,000 2,000 10,778,000 32,321,800

39,000.00 50,500.00 7,700.00 (3,896,320.00) (24,013,540.00)

(20,320.00) 79,095,560.00 78,700.00 (177,600.00) (2,136,300.00) 6,726,100.00 (1,037,000.00) 3,216,144.00 (22,187,074.00) 2,464,150.00 (126,500.00) 21,787,675.00

1.68 40.00 1.32 0.820 12.98 0.1380 3.78 61.70 4.89 2.80 1064.00 1092.00 9.68 75.30 0.460 5.60 3.74 0.024 0.62 0.0550 2.1700 8.20 2.55 1.41 2.50 0.77 2.77 14.00 2.95 10.00 87.00 14.20 2698.00 0.340 32.50 1.00 9.35 2.39 0.420 1.280 0.0057 4.91 4.80 20.85 20.55 0.275 18.80 18.50 1.00 1.01 15.00 0.52 1.130 1.190 0.0620 0.0670 19.70 4.75 0.5500 3.550 0.0210 0.0220 6.30 17.26 33.00 0.041 242.60 0.0180

(6.67) (2.44) 0.00 (1.20) 0.00 3.76 (1.82) 0.33 (2.20) 1.82 (2.83) (0.27) (0.21) (2.71) 0.00 12.00 1.08 0.00 1.64 7.84 (0.46) (0.49) (1.92) (6.00) 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 1.03 0.20 (1.14) (0.42) (0.37) (2.86) 0.00 0.00 1.74 (6.27) 2.44 (2.29) 0.00 0.20 0.00 (1.42) (0.24) (1.79) (2.08) 0.00 (5.66) 0.00 (1.32) 0.00 0.00 0.85 0.00 (1.47) (1.75) (2.66) 0.00 (2.74) 0.00 4.76 0.32 (2.82) 0.61 0.00 (0.08) 0.00

7,000 190,500 28,000 4,114,000 3,699,300 99,540,000 890,000 117,070 2,303,400 32,000 25 381,980 132,500 585,330 9,060,000 53,700 80,000 217,700,000 962,000 30,300,000 219,000 150,100 26,000 25,000 61,000 315,000 86,000 8,000 499,000 52,800 24,580 3,395,700 228,470 300,000 2,225,000 4,612,000 206,100 9,000 1,860,000 60,000

166,000.00 (28,749,196.00) 167,200.00 (1,196,893.00) 47,000.00

(168,216,705.00) (31,025,662.00) (56,750.00) (1,279,200.00) 124,000.00

(54,000.00) 29,350.00

930,910.00 (9,618,230.00) 44,700,600.00 (3,473,355.00) (508,600.00) (569,900.00)

136,000,000 4,000 17,000 1,212,100 800 4,760,000 12,600 8,200 1,885,000 2,140,000 52,700 959,000 11,652,000 7,908,000 123,420,000 84,090,000 1,410,800 1,082,000 133,000 739,000 10,200,000 8,700,000 75,000 12,790,500 87,400 19,300,000 370,350 173,300,000

81,600.00 2,203,785.00 6,165.00 (114,850.00) (151,700.00) 106,180.00 52,000.00

(186,440.00)

(5,169,691.00) 191,100.00 55,000.00 (42,000.00)

(11,072,934.00) 110,645.00 20,609,342.00 3,178,750.00 136,758.00

42.00 530.00 103.60 102.00 9.93 108.50 74.95 74.65 75.10 1020.00 2.07

(3.23) 0.00 0.58 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 (0.07) 0.20 0.13 0.99 0.98

313,000 150 37,420 2,120 2,557,200 8,780 1,110,370 850 3,100 2,485 638,000

(30,459,250.00)

8.39

(1.29)

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The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/ manufacturers/distributors/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder projects: NO. 1 2 3 NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION Acquisition of Contract for Outsource Pharmacy for Makati Residents "Libreng Gamot sa Makati" for year 2013 LH 700 Series Diluent and other laboratory supplies for the use of Ospital ng Makati Urine albumin test kits and other laboratory supplies for the use of Ospital ng Makati LOCATION MHD OSMAK OSMAK APPROVED BUDGET P76,200,000.00 P36,680,600.00 P5,131,740.00

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1. Concreting of Farm-to-Market Road, Sitio Bantilan, BrgY. Bato, Biliran Contract ID Number : 13IA00016 ABC : P1,997,279.00 Contract Location : Biliran, Province of Biliran Brief Description : Widening of Roadway, correction of grade and Concrete paving of 240.00m. roadway. Cost of Bid Docs : P5,000.00 Contract Duration : 45 Calendar Days Required equipment : 1-Backhoe, 50cu.m.1-Roadgrader, 210HP; 2-Road roller, 12.3MT; 1 BullDozer (D65A-1 , 155HP); 1 Payloader 2.29cu.m.,150HP, 4 Transit Mixer, 6.5 - 7.5 cu.y; 3 Dumptruck 15-20 cu.y, 1 Batching Plant; 2 Concrete Vibrator 5HP,1 Concrete Screeder Concrete Saw, gasoline, 12 dia., 3-3 3/4. cutting depth. 5HP; 1 Bar Cutter. 25mm, 3phase; 1 Water Truck, 500-1000 gallon cap.; Trailer, 1 Bagger Concrete Mixer, Bar Bender, 25mm, 3 phase. 2. Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Improvement of National Arterial and Secondary Roads of Biliran Circumferential Road (Slope Protection), Km. 1037+000 - Km. 1054+000 wI exceptions along Almeria - Kawayan - Culaba Road. Contract ID Number : 13IA00017 ABC : P9,898,185.00 Contract Location : Province of Biliran Brief Description : Maintenance, Rehab. & Improvement of Slope Protection Structure Cost of Bid Docs : P10,000.00 Contract Duration : 145 Calendar Days Required equipment : 1-Backhoe, 1-One Bagger Concrete Mixer, 2-Dumptruck (10cu.m.), 1-Road Roller ____________________________________________________________________________________ The DPWH-Biliran District Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran, through the (1) SARO-BMB-A-12T00006627; (2) SARO-BMB-A-120035171,in tends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The DPWH-Biliran District Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran now invites bids for the above mentioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. Bidders should have completed at least one (1) contract that is similar to this project/s, equivalent to at least fifty percent (50%) of ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary passl/ fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9 184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least Seventy-five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of id while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid in the project will be determined using DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Biliran District Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00AM. to 5:00 P.M. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by Interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee far the Bidding Documents in the amount stated above. Bidders can make payments for the purchase of Bidding Documents at any DPWH field Office. It may be downloaded free of charge from website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhiIGEPS) and the website of the procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. The significant date and time of procurement activities are shown below: PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline Receipt of LOIs 4. Receipt of Bids DATE/TIME January 10-31, 2013 January 22,2013; 10:00 AM. January 29, 2013; 5:00 P.M. January 31 2013; 10:00 AM.

January 9, 2013

Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualification of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall be conducted. All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows: ACTIVITIES 1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor 2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor SCHEDULE January 17, 2013 (02:00 P.M.) January 29, 2013 (02:00 P.M.)

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Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount of ______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier. (fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity) The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify (Procuring Entity) bidders for any Expenses Incurred in the preparation of the bid. The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities therein and to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government. Approved by:
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

(Sgd.) Atty. ELENO M. MENDOZA, JR. Chairman

January 7, 2013 PPA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 01 - 2013 TO : The Port District Manager, PDO Manila/Northern Luzon The Port Manager, PMO South Harbor Asian Terminals, Inc. Port Users and All Others Concerned

REMINDER
MST Classified Ads section requires a Two (2) day CUTOFF PERIOD on all ITBs, BID BULLETIN, NOTICES and REOIs prior to publication date(s).
Republic of the Philippines

SUBJECT

: Prescribed Parking Fees at the Baggage Terminal Area (BTA), South Harbor ______________________________________________________________ This authorizes Asian Terminals, Inc. to impose the following fees, inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT) at the BTA: Regular Rate First two (2) hours Succeeding hours Lost Ticket Special Rate A special rate of Php 35.00 shall be charged for vehicles of personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) from 0600H-1800H, after which the regular parking rates shall apply. This Circular shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation. (SGD.) JUAN C. STA. ANA General Manager
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

Php

35.00 15.00 150.00

Department of Public Works and HighwaysQuezon

Quezon 4th District Engineering Office Inmaculada Concepcion Subdivision, Brgy. Isabang, Lucena City

5. Opening of Bids January 31,2013; 2:00 P.M. The DPWH-Biliran District Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran will hold a Pre-Bid Conference.at the BAC Office, DPWH-Biliran District Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran which shall be open to all interested parties. Bids must be delivered to the address below at the BAC Office, DPWH-Biliran District Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable farms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18, or a Bid Securing Declaration in lieu of a bid security as an additional form, pursuant to GPPB Resolution No. 03-2012. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend ot the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. To bid for this contract, contractor must submit a DPWH Standard Form of Letter of Intent (LOI) before the deadline for submission of bids (per Deportment Memo doted November 15, 2012 with Subject: Deferment in the Implementation of Section C.3 of D. O. No. 64, Series of 2012), Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC and the Original Receipt (OR) for payment of bidding documents before dropping of bids . . Bidders shall submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liaison Officers only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI) of the Contractor Registration Certificates (CRC). The DPWH-Biliran district Engineering Office, Naval, Biliran reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability or obligation to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: BONIFACIO G. SANTANA OIC-Assistant District Engineer (BAC Chairman) Attention: Head, BAC Secretariat BAC Office, DPWH Biliran District Engineering Office Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran Telefax No.: (053) 500-9097 Email Address: dpwh.bdeo@gmaiI.com (Sgd.) BONIFACIO G. SANTANA OIC, Assistant District Engineer (BAC Chairman) NOTED: (Sgd.) DAVID P. ADONGAY, JR. D. Pub. Admin. District Engineer
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

ITB No. 13-03

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Quezon 4 District Engineering Office, Lucena City, through FY 2012 Special Road Suport Fund (Fund 151), intends to apply the sum of TWENTY NINE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED PESOS (P29,700,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments for Contract ID Nos. 13-DL-0024 13-DL-0026. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Quezon 4th District Engineering Office, Lucena City, now invites bids from eligible bidders for the following Contract ID Nos.: 1. Contract ID Contract Name : 13-DL-0024 : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Daang Maharlika, Brgy. Talipan Brgy. Palsabangon (with exceptions) Contract Location : Pagbilao, Quezon Scope of Work : asphalt overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 9,900,000.00 Source of Fund : FY 2012 Special Road Support Fund Contract Duration : 40 CD Cost of Bidding Documents : P10,000.00 : 13-DL-0025 : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Daang Maharlika, KO206+300 to KO208+500 (with exceptions) Contract Location : Gumaca, Quezon Scope of Work : asphalt overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 9,900,000.00 Source of Fund : FY 2012 Special Road Support Fund Contract Duration : 40 CD Cost of Bidding Documents: P10,000.00 : 13-DL-0026 : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Daang Maharlika, KO221+054 to KO224+000 (with exceptions) Contract Location : Calauag, Quezon Scope of Work : asphalt overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 9,900,000.00 Source of Fund : FY 2012 Special Road Support Fund Contract Duration : 40 CD Cost of Bidding Documents : P10,000.00
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Republic of the Philippines Department of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City 2 . MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. Series of 2013. TO SUBJECT : All concerned : Amendment of SEC Memorandum Circular No.8, s. of 2000

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Public Works and High

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Albay 1ST Engineering District Airport Site, Legazpi City

The Commission En Banc in its meeting on December 20, 2012, resolved to modify Memorandum Circular No. 8, s. of 2000 on Records Services for Government Agencies to read as follows: xxx Because of the limited budget of the SEC, government entities shall be required to bear the cost for copying and printing except in the following cases: Subpoenas issued by the courts in relation to criminal cases; Cases where the requesting government office is outside of Metro Manila and the request is limited to the company profile of not more than two (2) entitles; Cases where the requesting government agency provides the supplies, materials and manpower for the reproduction/printing of documents for as long as those documents will not be certified as true copies or used In court proceedings; or Very urgent investigations as may be determined by the Commission,

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Albay 1st Engineering District, Airport Site, Legazpi City, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project (s): Contract ID #13-F-A-0008 Contract Name Rehabilitation of Flood Control Along Basud River Contract Location Sto. Domingo, Albay Scope of Work Const. of FC & Rechanneling of River Course Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) P 14,603,852.79 Contract Duration 105 CD Cost of Tender Documents P 25,000.00 Contract ID Contract Name #13-F-A-0009 Cluster I Conc./Rehab./lmpvt.. of Brgy. Road , Pathways & Const. of Footbridge Contract Location 1st District of Albay Scope of Work Conc./Rehab ./Impvt../ Const. of Brgy. Roads, Pathways & Footbridge Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) P 18,811,706.23 Contract Duration 90 CD Cost of Tender Documents P 25,000 .00 #13-F-A-0010 Cluster 2: Const ./Rehab./Impvt./ Ext./ Completion of MPBuilding, School Building & Brgy. Hall Contract Location 1st District of Albay Scope of Work Const./Rehab./lmpvt/Ext./Completion of MPBuilding Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) P 12,423,897.71 Contract Duratio 120 CD Cost of Tender Documents P 25,000.00 The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of RA 9184. Bids received the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. Contract ID Contract Name

2. Contract ID Contract Name

3. Contract ID Contract Name

This amendment shall take effect: immediately. January 15, 2013, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.

Bidders must have an experience of having completed at least one (1) contract similar to the project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II Instruction to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships/partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy-five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Upon submission of Expression of Participation from January 17 February 01, 2013, interested Bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Quezon 4th District Engineering Office, BAC Secretariat Office, Lucena City, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00A.M. 5:00 P.M., Monday to Friday. Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC) to the BAC for authentication, together with the printed copy of the Philgeps Order Form (Documents Request List DRL). A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the Website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the DPWH, if available, provided that bidders shall pay the fee of Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Quezon 4th District Engineering Office, Lucena City will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on January 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at the DPWH, Quezon 4th DEO Conference Room, which shall be open only to all interested parties. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 2:00 P.M. of February 07, 2013. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bid opening shall be on February 07, 2013 after 2:00 P.M. at DPWH, Quezon 4th District Engineering Office, Lucena City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late Bids shall not be accepted. The DPWH Quezon 4th District Engineering Office, Lucena City, reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. DPWH - Quezon 4th District Engineering Office, Lucena City, likewise assumes no obligation whatsoever to compensate or indemnify any bidder or winning bidders, as the case may be, for any expenses or loss that said party(ies) may incur in its participation in the pre-bidding and bidding process nor does it guarantee that an award will be made. For Further information, please refer to: The BAC Chairman Attention: BAC Secretariat DPWH - Quezon IV District Engineering Office Inmaculada Concepcion Subdivision, Brgy. Isabang, Lucena City Tel. No. (042) 373-5626
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

(Sgd.) TERESIT J. HERBOSA Chairperson

Republic of the Philippines Department of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City 3 SEC Memorandum Circular No. Series of 2013 To Subject

: FINANCING AND LENDING COMPANIES : AMENDMENTS OF RULES PERTAINING TO THE DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THE INTERIM SEMI-ANNUAL FINANClAL STATEMENTS

To bid for this contract, a contractor must, purchase bid documents and pay the non-refundable amount stated above at the cashier of any DPWH Office on or before the deadline 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 co tract, (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 ABC, or credit line commitment for at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check find preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of payments for bid documents. The DPWH-POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website: www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant rimes and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: Pre-Bid Conference January 25, 2013 10,00 am Deadline for payments/submission of February 5, 2013 until 10:00 am OR of Tender Documents Receipt/Submission/Opening of Bids February 6, 20 13 until 2:00 pm Prospective Bidders shall present their ORIGINAL OFFICIAL RECEIPT OF PAYMENT for Bid Documents project specific to the BAC Secretariat of this office before the dead line stated above for inclusion in the list of contractors that will be submitted to the Regional Office for Eligibility processing. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents at DWPH- BAC Office, DPWHAlbay 1st Engineering District Airport Site, Legazpi City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding Documents, from the DPWH Website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the Bidding Documents from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 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 specified in the Bidding Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The DPWH- Albay 1st Engineering District, Airport Site, Legazpi City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime prior Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

WHEREAS, Financing and lending Companies are required to submit interim semi-annual financial statements (ISAFS), otherwise known as FCIF (Financing Companies Interim Financial Statements and LCIF (Lending Companies Financial Statements) for Financiing and lending Companies, respectively WHEREAS, Rule 8(a) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9474 (RA 9474), otherwise known as the Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007 which requires lending Companies to submit ISAFS or LCIF every July 15 and January 15, failed to consider, lending Companies with fiscal years not ending in 31 December; WHEREAS, Section 6 of SEC Memorandum Circular No 3, Series of 2007 (MC3,52007) requires Financing Companies to submit ISAFS or FCIF within fifteen (15) calendar days from the end of the semester; WHEREAS, Financing and Lending Companies clamor for later due dates of submission of ISAFS in view of the time required in its preparation and the Commission finds that a period of fifteen (15) days from the end of the semi-annual period may not be sufficient to prepare the ISAFS; IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, and pursuant to the authority of the commission under Section 4 of Republic Act 8556, otherwise known as the Financing Company Act of 1998 and Section 9 of RA 9474, the rules pertaining to the date of submission of ISAFS are hereby amended as follows: Section 1. Financing and Lending Companies shall Submit ISAFS within forty five (45) calendar days from the end of the interim semi-annual period covered by the report, Section 2, The provisions of Rule 8(a) of RA 9474 and Section 6 of MC3 s 2007 pertaining to the due date of submission of ISAFS are hereby amended accordingly. Section 3. All other Circulars, Rules, orders and issuances or part thereof that are inconsistent with this Memorandum Circular are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. Section 4. These ammendments shall take effect irnmediately upon approval by the Commission of this Circular. Mandaluyong City, 15 January 2013,

Approved By: (Sgd.) RICARDO V. DE GUIO Chairman, BAC Tel. and Fax No. (042) 373-5626 N O T E D: (Sgd.) JOSE E. ALMERO OIC District Engineer
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

(Sgd.) LEOPOLDO N. BARELA Engineer III Chairman, B AC APPROVED:

(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

TERESITA J. HERBOSA Chairperson

(Sgd.) ROBERTO M. RITO OIC, District Engineer

(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

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ALL Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co., the worlds largest users of Boeing Co. 787 jets, grounded their entire eet of Dreamliners in the biggest blow yet to the troubled passenger jets image.
An All Nippon 787 made an emergency landing in Japan this morning after pilots got a battery-fault warning and smelled smoke, prompting the decision to ground the carriers entire eet for the rst time, said Ryosei Nomura, a spokesman for the Tokyo-based carrier. Japan Air followed suit. The carriers didnt say how long their eet of 24 planes will be parked. The emergency landing comes a week after a battery in a Japan Airlines Dreamliner caught re on Jan. 7 in Boston, prompting US regulators to review the design and manufacturing of the 787. The jet entered service in 2011, more than three years late, as the rst airliner with a composite-plastic body and the rst Boeing plane to use lithium-ion batteries. This is the worst new aircraft development program Boeing has experienced, when you look back at these troubles and all the delays, said Richard Aboulaa, an aviation consultant with Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia. Last year, airlines were ordered to inspect all operating Airbus SAS A380 aircraft as Europes air safety regulatory escalates required checks after the wing structure of the doubledecker superjumbo developed cracks. In 2010, Qantas Airways Ltd. grounded its eet of A380s for 23 days after an engine exploded mid-ight, forcing an emergency landing in Singapore and checks on the aircraft. The A380, the worlds biggest passenger jet, started commercial ights in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines Ltd. Pilots evacuated the 129 passengers and eight crew on board down emergency chutes today after diverting the domestic, Tokyo- bound ight to land at Takamatsu airport in southern Japan, All Nippon Vice President Osamu Shinobe said at a press conference in Tokyo. One passenger was taken to the hospital because of wrist pain. The 787-8 model can seat about 250 passengers. All Nippon will carefully investigate the incident, which may have been caused by a battery issue, President Shinichiro Ito told reporters in Tokyo today. Resumption of ights with the 787 will come after the airline completes its investigation, Ito said, without providing a timeframe. BLOOMBERG

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THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 2013

Aura linked to cardiac arrests

WOMEN who suffer from migraines with visual disturbances like ashing lights, called aura, may be at a higher risk for heart attack and stroke, research found. A study of almost 28,000 women showed that migraine with aura was the second-strongest individual contributor to danger of heart attack and stroke after high blood pressure, said Tobias Kurth, lead author of the research released today by the American Academy of Neurology. A second study found that women who suffer from migraines with aura and who use newer forms of birth control may have a greater risk of blood clots. About 30 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches and about 1 in 5 will experience an aura where they see ashing lights or blind spots 10 minutes to 30 minutes before an attack, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Migraine with aura is a strong relative contributor to increased risk of cardiovascular disease events, Kurth, director of research at INSERM, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Bordeaux, and adjunct associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said in a Jan. 14 e-mail. Of the 27,860 women from the Womens Health Study who were included in the 15-year research, 1,435 had migraine with aura. Scientists dont understand how migraines with aura may contribute to heart attacks and stroke, Kurth said. A 2010 study in the British Medical Journal found that men and women who suffer from migraine with aura had a greater risk of dying from stroke or heart disease, as well as from all causes. Those who didnt have aura with their migraine headaches had no increased danger. BLOOMBERG

24 Dreamliners grounded

An All Nippon Airways ight sits at Takamatsu airport in Swestern Japan after it made an emergency landing and passengers evacuated from the plane on Wednesday. AP

Israel Labor head poised to be Netanyahu gady

JERUSALEMJust seven years after quitting her job as a highprole media commentator, the leader of Israels Labor Party appears to be on track to become head of the countrys second-largest parliamentary faction and the leading voice against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And if Netanyahus coalition somehow falls short of a majority in next weeks election, Shelly Yachimovich would likely wind up with a far more important job: prime minister of Israel. Yachimovich, 52, took over Labor, the once-storied movement that led Israel to independence, in late 2011 at one of its lowest points. Buoyed by a social protest movement, she revitalized the party by veering away from its traditional dovish platform of promoting peace with the Arabs and focusing almost entirely on the economy, jobs and the countrys various social ills. Her political ascent, along with the strength of the Israeli right wing, underscores that pursuing peace with the Palestinians is not a winning campaign issue among Israelis, who appear to have lost faith that West Bank lands can be traded for peace. Skeptical Israelis point to the rising strength of Hamas militants in Gaza Strip, the uncertainty roiling the region as the Arab Spring unfolds, and the wide gaps with moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that have kept negotiations deadlocked the past four years. Even when Israeli leaders proposed what they considered far-reaching offers, during the 2000-2001 negotiations and again in 2008, no deal was reached. Abbas disputes this claim, saying that while progress was made in 2008, Israels offers were not so generous as billed and that key gaps remained. Netanyahus Likud-Beiteinu bloc remains far ahead in the polls before the Jan. 22 vote, and Yachimovich has vowed not to serve in a Netanyahu government. As a result, she looks likely to become the countrys new opposition leader, a forum that could allow the articulate populist to further burnish her credentials for any future race for prime minister. AP

IN BRIEF Race is on for EUs $1.3 billion science projects

BERLIN Call it Europes Got Talent for geeks. Teams of scientists from across the continent are vying for a funding bonanza that could see two of them receive up to 1 billion ($1.33 billion) over 10 years to keep Europe at the cutting edge of technology. The contest began with 26 proposals that were whittled down to six last year. Just four have made it to the nal round. They include a plan to develop digital guardian angels that would keep people safe from harm; a massive data-crunching machine to simulate social, economic and technological change on our planet; an effort to craft the most accurate computer model of the human brain to date; and a team working to nd better ways to produce and employ graphene an ultra-thin material that could revolutionize manufacturing of everything from airplanes to computer chips. The two winners will be announced by the European Unions executive branch in Brussels on Jan. 28. Initially, each project will receive 54 million from the European Unions research budget, an amount that will be matched by national governments and other sources. Further funding will depend on whether they reach certain milestones within the rst 30 months, but over a decade it could total 1 billion each. Securing such vast sums will be made harder by the austerity measures imposed by many nancially drained European governments. Still, the senior EU ofcial overseeing the so-called Future and Emerging Technologies Flagships program is condent the money will be made available and insists the investment is necessary if Europe wants to match the success the CERN labs on the Swiss-French border that have become the worlds premier center for particle research thanks to their $10 billion atom smasher. apSupporting research and development is not a nice-to-have, it is essential because no investment SDSDFmeans no chance for a better future, Neelie Kroes told The Associated Press in an email. And especially during a crisis we all need something positive to look ahead to. Just cutting public expenditure and austerity dont bring new growth and jobs. AP

Beware: Rhinos dont say cheeze

JOHANNESBURGWhen do you not listen to the African wildlife expert? When he tells you to stand closer to the rhino for a snap shot. That suggestion by a South African game park owner resulted in serious injuries to a 24-yearold woman from Johannesburg. The Beeld newspaper reported Tuesday that Chantal Beyer said the game park owner snapped pictures and suggested that she stand just a little bit closer seconds before the attack. Photos show Beyer and her husband only feet away from two rhinos. The paper said that just after the photo was snapped, the rhino attacked, and its horn penetrated Beyers chest from behind, resulting in a collapsed lung and broken ribs, the paper said. The Aloe Ridge Hotel and Nature Reserve, where the incident took place, declined to comment Tuesday. AP

In this le picture, an infrared-DIC microscopy does multi-neuron patch-clamp recording in the Blue Brain team and the Human Brain Project laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. AP

World sea piracy on ve-year low

KUALA LUMPURA maritime watchdog says global sea piracy fell to its lowest level in ve years in 2012, thanks to a huge reduction in Somali piracy. The International Maritime Bureau says 297 attacks were recorded worldwide last year, down sharply from 439 in 2011. It says 28 vessels were hijacked, with 585 crew members taken hostage and six killed during 2012. It says only 75 attacks were reported off Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, down from 237 cases in 2011. However, east Africa remained among the worsthit areas, along with west Africa. The bureau praises international navies patrolling the African waters, saying their preemptive strikes and robust action against mother ships helped deter piracy. It said Wednesday that naval presence must be maintained to ensure Somali piracy remains low. AP

Blasts kill dozens at Syria university

BEIRUTTwin blasts ripped through a university campus in Syrias largest city on Tuesday as students were taking exams, setting cars alight, blowing the walls off dormitory rooms and killing more than 80 people, according to antiregime activists and a government ofcial. The opposition and the government blamed each other for the explosions inside Aleppo University, which marked a major escalation in the struggle for control of the hotly contested commercial hub. Activists said forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launched two airstrikes on the area, while Syrian state media said a terrorist group the governments shorthand for rebels hit it with two rockets. Either way, the explosions shattered the relative calm of the sprawling, tree-lined campus, signaling the creep of Syrias civil war into areas that were previously spared the violence that has killed more than 60,000 people and reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble. The Syrian government bars most media from working in the country, making independent conrmation of events difcult. Both anti-regime activists and the Syrian government sift the information they give to journalists to boost their cause. And civilians stuck in the middle avoid talking to the media, fearing reprisals from both sides for speaking their minds. Aleppo has been the focus of a violent struggle for control since rebel forces, mostly from rural areas north of the city, pushed in and began clashing with government troops last summer. The university is in the citys northwest, a sector still controlled by the government. Both activists and the Assad regime said those killed in Tuesdays blasts were mostly students taking their mid-year exams and civilians who sought refuge in the university dorms after eeing violence elsewhere. AP

HK budgets $1.3b to curb pollution

HONG Kong plans to offer HK$10 billion ($1.3 billion) in subsidies to replace old diesel vehicles and limit their life-span to battle smog thats responsible for more than 3,000 premature deaths a year. The proposal seeks to cut particulates emissions by 80 percent and nitrogen oxides by 30 percent, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said today in his rst policy speech since taking over on July 1. Leung also proposed to set a service limit for new diesel commercial vehicles at 15 years. Leung faces the challenge of cleaning up Hong Kongs air, which fails to match up to that of New York and London, as vehicle and marine emissions contribute to smoggy skies. Air quality has worsened since 2007, and a government failure to force aging buses and trucks off its streets is a key cause of pollution. We strive to improve air quality on all fronts, Leung said. We must phase out old diesel commercial vehicles with greater nancial incentives while putting in place more stringent regulatory measures. The city is also considering legislation that will force ships berthing at its ports to switch to low-sulphur diesel, Leung said in the address. Maersk Line, the worlds biggest container-shipping company, this month threatened to stop using cleaner fuel at Hong Kong port from next year if the government doesnt mandate higher quality oil for carriers berthing in the city. The company and 17 other operators have voluntarily used low-sulfur oil, which costs more, for the past two years. Commercial diesel vehicles, which include franchised buses operated by companies controlled by billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, are the biggest contributor to roadside pollution, Christine Loh, undersecretary for environment, said in an interview last month. Past subsidies werent big enough to incentivize owners to replace high-polluting vehicles, she said. The HK$10 billion in subsidies announced today is almost triple the combined HK$3.7 billion offered by Leungs predecessor in 2007 and 2010. Leung is targeting owners of 80,000 heavy-polluting pre-Euro and Euro I to III diesel commercial vehicles. There were 175 days of very high pollution in 2011, more than twice the gure from 2007, the government said in an audit report in November. Very high pollution is indicated by an index more than 100, which triggers a government warning for people with heart or respiratory illnesses to avoid prolonged stays in heavy-trafc areas. Hong Kong has never met its target of not having a single day of very high pollution in a year, according to the audit. The city isnt alone in failing to deal with smoggy skies. Beijing this week started an emergency plan to respond to pollution levels which on Jan. 12 were estimated at a record high by Greenpeace and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, a nonprot organization in the Chinese capital. Ofcial measurements of PM2.5, ne airborne particulates that pose the largest health risks, rose as high as 993 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing on Jan. 12, compared with World Health Organization guidelines of no more than 25. BLOOMBERG

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By Marane A. Plaza
Lester Wang and Ace Wang, owners of Wang Fu Chinese Caf, had observed that the comfort food for Filipinos among several Chinese cuisine variations is Cantonese. This is why they created a place that serves authentic and affordable Chinese food. They had also observed that Filipinos do enjoy authentic Singaporean dishes but are not really satised with the limited yet and expensive

Prawns with cereals

TRADITIONAL Singaporean dining culture in the Singapore Hawker Center is simply captivating with its variety, avors and less intimidating setting. It is a bit difcult to nd a similar dining experience in the Philippines.
Cantonese cuisine, on the other hand, is more common here and has been around longer. Wang Fu Chinese Caf, the newest chillspot and restaurant in Il Terrazo Mall, Tomas Morato, breaks the mold in the local food industry with its very unique concept-- the traditional Singaporean Hawker Center and Hong Kong Tea House in one setting!

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Singaporean restaurants here. We felt that theres a huge need for the Chinese cafe concept in the country. Traditional Chinese restaurants in the Philippines usually come with round, huge tables in large rooms and they offer really expensive dishes, explained Lester. So we wanted to offer a less intimidating version of that by offering authentic Singaporean and Cantonese dishes in quick meals at affordable prices, and in a more leisurely setting-- the kind that you can have at late nights. Also it is a great alternative to the usual Western fast food places that Filipinos love. Lester has been in the food business for a long time, being the genius behind the famous Rice-ina-Box food stalls in the country. He also owns a Filipino restaurant in Singapore called Bonifacio Modern Filipino Restaurant that caters to Filipinos abroad. Having had successful ventures in the dining business scene, Wang knows exactly how to develop trends that the consumers would totally respond to and enjoy too. Wang Fu means the house of prince in Siberian Palace, a term that the two Wangs believe to be the perfect name for their new restaurant. With the places contemporary interiors and relaxing ambience, both business executives and casual diners can luxuriate in its genuinely tasteful Chinese meals. Wang Fu imported traditional Chinese chef Zhang Jing Atong Dong, who specializes in authentic Singaporean and Chinese dishes, straight from Northern China. Filipino chef Elmar Ruelo is an expert on Cantonese dishes. Aside from having the best chefs, Wang Fu Chinese Caf also uses Singaporean spices, and sees to it that its staff has learned special

Singaporean cooking techniques. The best way to start your Wang Fu dining experience is with its unique offer called Potato Strings. A little spicy, this is the perfect dish to hype up your appetite. According to Lester, it is not usually served in Chinese restaurants but is a home-made Northern Chinese appetizer. A must-try is the Hainanese Chicken. The traditional Hainanese Chicken is made from a very special breed of chicken in Singapore, which are bigger and tastier, said Lester. In an effort to bring the exact avors of the famous Hainanese chicken to our Filipino clientele, we went to the growers of these Hainanese chickens in Singapore, learned and later on used their growing techniques. The chef also compensated for some of the missing avors of this favorite Singaporean dish by adding unique spices from Singapore, and its rice is mixed with chicken oil. Another Singaporean dish that is a sure hit in Wang Fu Chinese Caf is Prawns with Cereals. Its crunchy texture and appetizing seafood meat are really gastronomic. The Beef Curry gives quality for your money with its scrumptious spice while the Crunchy Sweet and Sour Pork is something kids will love. Wang Fu takes pride in its Lychee Freeze for drinks, as well as its Nan Yang Milk Tea and Man Yang White Coffee. While for desserts, you would not want to miss the Traditional Ice Kachang, the the Singaporean and Laysian counterpart for our favorite halo-halo. It is a mix of kaong, red beans, corn, strawberry and orange syrup in shaved ice. There is also a mango variant. Wang Fu Chinese Caf is located at the Ground Floor of Il Terrazo Mall on Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

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A taste of the holidays

THERE are food we associate with special occasions like cake for birthday, ham for Christmas, and lechon for esta, and when we eat them on regular days, there is a warm feeling that envelopes us in every bite. Thats exactly why Gardenia has made its new Amazing Dates and Walnuts Loaf available to you every single day of the week. Capturing the festive avors of your favorite holiday cake, Gardenias Amazing Dates and Walnuts Loaf is studded with luscious dates in a premium loaf aswirl with walnuts. Snack on it in the middle of the day to experience a happy pocket vacation, or slip out a slice then sink into your sofa to indulge in avors sure to drive away the stresses of a long day, or reward yourself with a slice or two after a workout, a chore youve accomplished, or a difcult assignment you nally nished. Gardenias new Amazing Dates and Walnuts Loaf is available in leading supermarkets, convenience stories and groceries nationwide.

Awesome foursome
WHETHER youre watching your favorite television series, nishing a school assignment or work presentation, or leisurely hanging around, you can make any interesting or mundane task extraordinary with the chocolate wafer goodness that combines four delicious taste in one bite, Beng-Beng. A chewy chocolate bar made from smooth caramel, real chocolate, chunky wafer and ne rice crispies, Beng-Beng guarantees to make your snack time more delightful. Enjoy and share the real chocolate taste of Beng-Beng anytime, anywhere. Affordable at only P6, this now available at leading supermarkets and convenience stores nationwide.

Shredding the usual

EMBARKING on offering something new to its patron this 2013, KFC introduces its newest chicken sandwich that transforms the usual to something extraordinary, the BBQ Shredder Sandwich The KFC BBQ Shredder Sandwich was developed for people who crave for something new to experience but still nd comfort in the familiar. It is a different sandwich experience because it is made of a unique mix of ingredients served in a soft Kaiser bun. The sandwich has tender chicken shreds drenched in delicious smoky barbecue sauce that makes each bite more avorful than your usual burger patty. It also has fresh lettuce and tortilla chips, giving this chicken sandwich some added crunch. The BBQ Shredder Sandwich has been available in all KFC stores nationwide since January 11 this year for P55 and P85 as a meal combo with fries and drink.

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By Ed Biado I REMEMBER a teacher in grade school who would pull on a pupils sideburns until they gave the correct answer during oral quizzes. I also remember a teacher in high school who refused to be called Mister because he (unreasonably) found that disrespectful. Instead, we had to address him as Sir at all times. A classmate who referred to him as Mr. + his last name once had to suffer a period-long litany. In coll e g e , there was a professor who would throw any small object he could get his hands on at a student who was taking down notes during lecture (because we supposed to pay complete attention to what he was saying, not scribble down what he was saying). But really, these stories are nothing compared to what plenty of other students have experienced under terror teachers. In fact, the term terror itself is embedded in our education system. Students usually label no-nonsense by-the-book instructors who strictly and authoritatively enforce order as such. And thats not a bad thing. In fact, discipline is positive. It promotes fairness, improves judgment and teaches responsibility. It becomes negative when the disciplinarian goes too far and acts beyond their rights. Weve heard countless campus horror stories, ranging from teachers who beat up kids with rods to those who punish students by making them clean the dirtiest restrooms with their bare hands. Then, theres one incident that recently went viral: an instructor was caught on video verbally abusing a group of students, violently throwing things around and almost hitting a girl who shouted back. This begs the question, what about all the unreported and undocumented cases? Students, especially the young traumatized ones, are afraid to report instances of abuse. Theyre afraid that, if they do, the situation would worsen and the teacher, being in a position of power, would not get penalized and would retaliate by subjecting them to more abuse and/or giving them a failing grade. Fear is the reason that these teachers exist. Teaching is a noble vocation. Educators are afforded the unique power to inspire and inuence the youthan entire generation of future movers and shakersin their formative years. While most teachers have the students welfare in mind and truly do care about their physical, mental and emotional development, others just see the profession as a way to pay the bills. Its heartbreaking to see these types of people take advantage of and exploit their position with impunity, perpetrating a culture of corruption, violence and injustice in an otherwise wholesome learning environment and, therefore, instilling the wrong values in the innocent, impressionable minds that they are entrusted to mold and nurture.

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IT was an evening of fun and festivities as Stores Specialists Inc., led by their president Zenaida Tantoco and the Charriol family led by Philippe Charriol with his children Alexandre and Coralie, hosted a St- Tropez inspired party to introduce the latest collection from the famed brand. Manilas style setters Solenn Heussaff, Heart Evangelista, Sarah Lahbati, Victor Basa and Michael Concepcion graced the exclusive party wearing timepieces from Charriols latest St-Tropez Collection. Well-known French singer Antoine Debarge joined the event and performed the brands new soundtrack, Hey Charriol, much to the crowds delight. Sexy crooner Solenn Huessaff also entertained guests with her sultry voice, performing French songs that were truly in sync with the nights theme. Manilas style setters celebrated with Charriol including Peter Jentes, Phoemela Barranda, Karen Jimeno with husband Evan McBride, Divine Lee, Tippi and Ito Ocampo, Max and Zelda Kienle, Diana Jean Lopez, Margs Lopez, Leif-Erik Hannikainen, Ferdie Salvador, Linda Ley, Jessica and Sky Yang and Jasmine Maierhofer. Good music and overowing drinks from Moet & Chandon and Belvedere Vodka kept the guests partying Riviera style as they enjoyed and grooved to the beats of DJ Callum David. More than just well known names, Charriol and Stores Specialists, Inc. took a step in initiating corporate social responsibility through the announcement of a month long fundraising campaign for the benet of The Cancer Resource and Wellness (CAREWELL) Community Foundationa non-prot organization that provides support, education, and hope to persons with cancer and their loved ones. CAREWELLs managing director Oliver Calasanz was present during the evening, as Stores Specialists, Inc. and Charriol announced the new partnership For every purchase of a Charriol Watch from October 13 to November 12, 2012 across all 15 Charriol stores in the Philippines, an

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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS Palawan 1 District Engineering Office Roxas, Palawan
January 14, 2013

INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Isabela 3rd District Engineering Office, through its bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites contractors to apply and to bid for the following contract: 1. Contract ID : Contract Name: Contract Location: Scope of Work: 13-B-G-0001 Repair/Improvement of Cagayan River Control Dabburab, Cauayan City, Isabela Excavation, Embankment, Reinforcing Steel Bars, Structural Concrete Class A, Installation of Reinforce Conc. Pipe, Rubble Concrete Class B, Steel Sheet Piles, Provision of Safety and Health Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php. 29,148,534.11 Contract Duration: 200 CD Cost of Bidding Documents: Php. 20,000.00 Source of Fund: GAA (Fund 101)

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Misamis Oriental First District Engineering Office through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites prospective suppliers/bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following contract/s: 1. Contract ID. Contract Name Location Scope of Work Availability of Fund Approved Budget for The Contract (ABC) Cost of Bid Documents : : : : : : : PR #2013-01-010, etc. Fuel & Lubricants for DPWH-MOFDEO Service Vehicles & Equipment Purok 5, Brgy 26, Gingoog City Fuel & Lubricants for DPWH-MOFDEO Service Vehicles & Equipment - 51,891 liters Regular Maintenance Fund CY 2013 Php 3,076,216.47 Php 5,000.00

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of the DPWH, Palawan I District Engineering Office, Roxas, Palawan, through the Foreign Assisted Fund invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project: 1. Contract ID Contract Name : 13EE0003 : JPR Tiondonan-JPR Mendoza Proper Road Jofel RAE ARC Contract Location : Roxas, Palawan Scope Of Work : Construction of Farm to Market Road Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php. 28,391,524.00 Contract Duration : 188 C.D

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementation Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a bidder must meet the following criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen/ sole partnerships, corporations/ partnership/ cooperatives/ organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or 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 5 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will issue non-discretionary pass/ fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered suppliers/ bidders, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the BAC for Goods, Secretariat, DPWH Regional Office seven (7) calendar days before the deadline for the submission and opening of bids. The BAC for Goods, DPWH Regional Office will only process suppliers applications for registration with complete requirements, and issue the Suppliers Registration Certificate (SRC). Registration forms may be secured from the Secretariat, BAC for Goods Office, DPWH Regional Office, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: Activities Issuance of Bid Documents Pre-bid Conference Submission and Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids Schedule From Jan. 15 to January 30, 2013,10:00 A.M. January 22, 2013, 10:00 A.M. Deadline: 10:00 A.M., January 30, 2013 January 30, 2013, 10:00 A.M

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR 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 (I Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents an 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 ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use nondiscretionary 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 Office before the deadline for the receipt o f LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process Contractors applications for registration with complete requlremen13 and issue the Contra tors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids From: January 17, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM Date: February 6, 2013 Time: Time: until 1:30 PM 2:00 p.m. To: Date: Time: Date: Date: February 5, 2013 January 24, 2013 Until 10:00 a.m. February 6, 2013 February 6, 2013

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors application for registration, with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference January 17 February 7, 2013 January 25, 2013 at 10:00 AM

3.Deadline of receipt of LOI from February 7, 2013 until 10:00 AM prospective bidder 4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: February 7, 2013, 2013 at 10:00 AM 5.Opening of Bids Time and Date : February 7, 2013 at 10:30 AM The BAC will issue hard copies of bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWHIsabela 3rd District Engineering Office, Cauayan City. Prospective bidders may also downloads the BDs, from the DPWH website. 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 specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The DPWH-Isabela 3rd District Engineering Office, Cauayan City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved by: (Sgd.) OSCAR G. GUMIRAN Chief Construction Section BAC Chairman
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The BAC will only receive Suppliers LOI and issue Bidding Documents upon presentation of Suppliers Registration Certificate (SRC) issued by DPWH, Regional Office for the above-mentioned project in person or thru their authorized representative; Special Power of Attorney will not be accepted. The BAC will issue hard copies of bidding documents (BDs) at BAC Secretariat, 3rd Floor DPWH Building, Purok 5, Brgy. 26, Gingoog City, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of the amount stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if applicable, from the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website 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 acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways- Misamis Oriental First District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process any time before contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved: (Sgd.) PEDRO M. MERCADO BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) OMAR P. DIRON OIC-District Engineer
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Palawan I District Engineering Office, Roxas, Palawan, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Php. 25,000.00. 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 opened 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 specified In the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract wilt be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined In the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH, Palawan I District Engineering Office, Roxas, Palawan reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved: (Sgd.) REMY B. CONDE Engineer III BAC-Chairman
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Cordillera Administrative Region OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR Engineers Hill, Baguio City

Republic of the Philippines

Re-Invitation to Bid
The Department of Public Works and Highways - Cordillera Administrative Region (DPWH-CAR, through the General Appropriations Act intends to apply the amount of the Approved Budget Cost to payments under the contracts and now invites bids for the contracts: Contract ID No: Contract Name: 12PO0051 Road Upgrading (Gravel to paved) of Banaue Mayoyao- A.Lista Isabela Boundary Road, K0345+169 K0345+300, K0347+527 K0347+880, K0348+718 K0349+000, K0350+752 K0351+829.11, and K0353+153 K0354+640 Banaue, Ifugao FY 2013: Regular Infrastructure Program Php 108,688,016.95 Roadway excavation (Solid Rock) Surplus, PCCP, Concrete Curb and Gutter, etc. 240 Calendar Days Php 40,000.00

Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways Region I 2nd Pangasinan Engineering District OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Alvear St., Lingayen, Pangasinan

Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways Eastern Samar District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Brgy. Alang-Alang, Borongan, Eastern Samar
Tel. No. (055) 560-9423 Fax No. (055) 261-2196 E-Mail Add: dpwh_esed@yahoo.com

INVITATION TO BID for:

13AH-019 : River Bank Protection along Mangueragday River (Phase II), Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City 1. The Department of Public Works and Highways, 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan, through the GAA 2013, intends to apply the following sum of P 29,100,000.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for River Bank Protection along Mangueragday River (Phase II), Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Brief Description : Length : 2. construction of river bank protection 318 l.m.
Contract ID: Contract Name:

INVITATION TO BID FOR

Contract Location: Fund: Approved Budget Cost : Scope of work: Contract Duration: Cost of Bidding Documents:

131B0049 Repair/Rehab./lmprovement of Jct. Buenavista - Lawaan - Marabut Road Contract Location: k0959+828 - k1003+328 with exceptions Brief Description/Scope of Work: Repair/Rehab/Improvement of Jct. Buenavista - Lawaan marabut Road with a total area of 4760.34 sq.m., (thickness = 0.20m) and construction of slope protection, length = 200. 00m and other scope of work per approved POW Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 9,874,140.52 Contract Duration: 59 CD Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00 1. The DPWH Eastern Samar District Engineering Office, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar, through the MVUC Fund CY 2012 intends to apply the sum of Nine Million Eight Hundred Seventy Four Thousand One Hundred Forty Pesos and 521100 (P9,874,140.52) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the above mentioned contract. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The DPWH Eastern Samar District Engineering Office, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar now invites bids for the above mentioned description of works. Completion of the Work is required for the above stated contract duration. Bidders should have completed at least one (1) contract that is similar to this project/s, equivalent to at least fifty percent (50%) of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly in Section II. Instruction to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act of 9184 (RA 9184) otherwise known as Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorship, partnerships, or organization with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtain further at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Eastern Samar District Engineering Office, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar and inspect the bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount stated above. Bidders can make payments for the purchase of the Bidding Documents at any DPWH field offices. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhiIGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids. The significant date and time of procurement activities are shown below: PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Receipt of Bids 4. Opening of Bids 6. DATE/TIME Jan. 15 - Feb. 5, 2013 Jan. 25, 2013 @ 10:00 a.m. Feb. 5, 2013 until 9:00 a.m. Feb. 5, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

Bids received in excess of the Approved Budget Cost shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Completion of the Works is required within the contract duration. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Document particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a single contract similar to the Project, equivalent to at least fifty percent (50%) of the ABC. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set schedule of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the cost of Bidding Documents. Interested bidders can also make payments for the purchase of the Bidding Documents at any DPWH Field Offices. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of bids. Letters of Intent and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of bids. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on January 23, 2013, 10:00 AM at Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Office, 2nd Floor Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region - Regional Office, Engineers Hill, Baguio City, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public Works and Highways- Cordillera Administrative Region, Engineers Hill, Baguio City and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Bids must be delivered on February 4, 2013, not later than 10:00 a.m. at Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Office, 2nd Floor Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region - Regional Office, Engineers Hill, Baguio City. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.1. Bids will be opened in the presence of the owner or the bidders authorized representatives who choose to attend at the above. Late bids shall not be accepted. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: ATTY. MICHAEL S. VILLAFRANCA Attorney IV HEAD, BAC Secretariat (074) 300-6047 (Sgd.) CONSTANTE R. SARMIENTO Chief, Maintenance Division BAC Chairman
(MST-Jan. 17, 2013)

The DPWH 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan now invites bids for works briefly described above. Completion of the Works required is 180 Calendar Days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino Citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

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Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, January 16 February 7, 2013. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of P 25,000.00. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
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The DPWH 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan will hold a Pre-Bid Conference at 10:00 AM on January 25, 2013 at BAC Room, DPWH 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. Letter of Intent (LOI) and Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 AM, February 7, 2013 at DPWH BAC Room, 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representative s who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. The DPWH 2nd PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: RODOLFO C. DION District Engineer DPWH 2ND PED Alvear St., Lingayen, Pangasinan (075) 662-1689, 2401 dpwh2nd_ped@yahoo.com facsimile : 662-1689 (Sgd.) HECTOR D. ZABALA Engineer III BAC Chairman

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Pre-bid Conference will be held at the BAC District Office, DPWH-ESDEO, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar which shall be opened to bidders who purchased the bidding documents. Bids must be delivered at the BAC District Office, DPWH-ESDEO, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18, or a Bid Securing Declaration in lieu of a bid security as an additional form, pursuant to GPPB Resolution No. 03-2012. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a DPWH Standard Form of Letter of Intent (LOI) before the deadline for the Submission of bids (per Department Memo dated November 15, 2012 with Subject Deferment in the Implementation of Section C.3 of D.O. No. 64, series of 2012). Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC and the original receipt (OR) for payment of bidding documents before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liaison Officers only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI) of the Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC). The DPWH Eastern Samar District Engineering Office, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability or obligation to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: NANETTE M. DULFO Head, BAC Secretariat DPWH-ESDEO, Brgy. Alang-alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar (Sgd.) DOMCELIO M. NATIVIDAD Chief, Maint. Section BAC Chairman (Sgd.) RICARDO D. ODITA OIC-District Engineer

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THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 2013

TEMPTATION OF WIFE
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MORE and more viewers are drawn to the exciting developments in GMAs Temptation of Wife.
The series now dominates with increasing viewers nationwide on its timeslot, according to TV ratings data supplier Nielsen TV Audience Measurement. The Kapuso Networks Pinoy version of the Korean series has been earning favorable notices since its debut resulting to consistent high ratings not only in viewer rich Urban Luzon and Mega Manila but also across National Urban Philippines. Based on household data recorded in National Urban Philippines from Dec. 1, 2012 to Jan. 4 based on overnight readings, the series registered 19.6 percent household rating higher than ABS-CBNs A Beautiful Affairs by 1.2 points (18.4 percent), and Kahit Pusoy Masugatans by 6.5 points (13.1 percent). Using the assumption of an estimated ve viewers per TV household, Temptation of Wifes margins of 1.2 points and 6.5 points translate to more than 500,000 viewers and almost three million viewers, correspondingly. In Urban Luzon, which comprises 77 percent of national urban television households, Temptation of Wife made a denite win over its counterpart programs on ABS-CBN. It scored 21.9 percent household rating, 4.7 points and 9.2 points higher than A Beautiful Affairs 17.2 percent and Kahit Pusoy Masugatans 12.7 percent. The gaps of 4.7 points translate to 1.6 million viewers, while the gaps of 9.2 points translate to 3.2 million viewers. The primetime series likewise led in Mega Manila, which represents 59.5 percent of rural TV households in the country, after generating a 22.9 percent household rating, while A Beautiful Affair and Kahit Pusoy Masugatan trailed behind by 5.9 points and 10 points with only 17 percent and Temptation of Wifes Nigel (Rafael Rosell), Angeline/Chantal (Marian Rivera) and Marcel (Dennis Trillo) 12.9 percent, respectively. The gaps of 5.9 points translate to 1.6 million viewers, while the gaps of eight best entries. The chosen lmmakers will each Her entry for CineFilipino is entitled The Muses, a receive a seed grant of P1.5 million to support their story of sibling rivalry in the music business where 10 points translate to 2.7 million viewers. two sisters nd the hidden truths about fame, family Temptation of Wife airs weeknights after project. All eight lms will be showcased during the and their own selves. Pahiram ng Sandali on GMA Telebabad. CineFilipino Film Festival on June 26 to July 3. Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti by Ramon Mes De Puti (Achromatopsia) by Miguel Mike Guzman CineFilipinos 8 nalist Mes de Guzman is an independent lm director New independent lm festival CineFilipino Alcazaren Mike Alcazaren is a freelance television and scriptwriter who have won several Palanca announced the eight nalists for its Feature-Length Filmmakers Section in Passion Restaurant at commercial director. He has won several Ad awards for scriptwriting. His lm Ang Kwento Ni Congress awards and a First Prize in the 2007 Mabuti tells the story of a healer named Mabuti, Maxims Hotel. The Festival spearheaded by PLDT-Smart Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature. His lm Puti who despite her poverty, still looks at life positively. Foundation, MediaQuest, Studio 5 and Unitel (Achromatopsia) follows the story of a counterfeit Everything changes, however, when she nds a bag Entertainment opened its doors to interested painter who gures in a freak car accident that containing a huge stash of money. Ang Turkey Man Ay Pabo Rin by Randolph lmmakers last Aug. 2012 and attracted almost 150 rendered him color blind. While recuperating, he starts seeing strange images. Longjas entries from across the country. Mga Alaala ng Tagulan by Renato Ato In Ang Turkey Man Ay Pabo Rin, Randolph Due to the overwhelming response, the festival Bautista, Jr. Longjas presents a cross-cultural comedy about a committee faced a difcult task of selecting the Ato Bautista is no rookie in the indie circuit, Filipino-American couple who celebrates life with having won acclaim and recognition for his lms karaoke music, superstitious in-laws, immigration such as Blackout (2007) and Carnivore (2008). laws, unexpected pregnancies, brown-outs, For CineFilipino, Bautista presents Mga Alaala Thanksgiving turkey, with some love on the side. ng Tagulan a coming-of-age love story about a Tagulan, Bingoleras by Byron Ron Bryant young mans rst encounter with love, romance, Ron Bryant is one the fortunate ones who and heartbreak, told in bits and pieces of poetic and have had chance to work with the late Celso Ad melancholic memories that began on one rainy night. Castillo. Back in 2009, he made his rst full length The Guerilla Is A Poet by Sari Raissa Dalena documentary The Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo as and Kiri Dalena an ode to the great director. His CineFilipino entry With Guerilla Is A Poet, the sibling duo of Bingoleras is a comedy about six single women, Glaiza de Sari and Kiri Dalena weaves an intricate tale of whose lives intersect when a bingo marathon is Castro an activists journey during the turbulent years of launched in their church for the barangay esta, Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and turning expectations and relationships upside down the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, and inside out. leading to his birth as a poet. Is Sarah guilty or not? Ang Huling Cha-Cha Ni Anita by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo It seems like Sarah Lahbati has decided to take Sigrid Bernardos Ang Huling Cha-Cha Ni Anita the easy way out by ying out of the country intells the story of a 12-year old Anita who falls in stead of facing the consequences of her actions. love with the new woman in town; years later, a Now that GMA Network and Atty. Annette girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta of Santa Gozon-Abrogar have led their respective cases Clara in Obando, Bulacan Bulacan. against Sarah, has the controversial actress realized The Muses by Janice Perez that she could no longer stand by her earlier allegaJanice Perezs directorial debut Sabongero tions? (2009) was screened at the short lm corner at Isnt her departure already tantamount to an adthe 2009 Festival de Cannes. She also directs and mission and guilt on her part? I guess, we just we have to wait and see writes for commercial projects here and abroad.

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Jealous Kim berates Maja

YOU cant blame Kim Chui talking against Maja Salvador after the media discovered the latters trip to a resort in Albay with Gerald Anderson. Kim insists she never knew about until she read about it. Nagtataka lang kasi ako na ang tagal na naming hiwalay (pertaining to Gerald); ayaw pa rin ako tigilan ng mga ganung intriga, He has his own life na, Kim said. Someone close to Maja told us that it was Gerald who was persistent to tag her to attended a cousins wedding. A production insider informed us that after the issue came out during the rst taping day of Ina Kapatid Anak (Book 2) a tension between the two actresses enveloped the set. Hi and hello lang po sila. Hindi tulad ng dati na magkatabi sila during lunch and dinner break at nagkukuwentuhan at masaya na nagtatawanan, an insider revealed. Kim was heard reacting: Wala na ako pakialam kung nag-date man sila. Bahala na sila sa buhay nila. Noong nanliligaw siya (Gerald) kay Sarah hindi naman ako kinukulit ng press, nagtataka lang ako kung bakit ngayon na tahimik ang buhay ko, naiintriga pa ako. ** * Nora Aunor is glad Thy Womb earned at the last Metro Manila Film Festival even if the Brillante Mendoza lm was 8th out of eight entries at the box-ofce. A production insider told us that more or less the lm earned more than P2 million. The production cost of the lm was not that big compared with the other lms. Si Direk masaya na dahil sa abroad pa lang, kumita na ang pelikula niya. With this good news weve heard that Studio 5, the lm production outt of Manny Pangilinan, is now in the planning stage of a horror-suspense movie for the actress to be written and directed by Jun Lana in the rst quarter of this year. Nora treated her very close friend John Rendez who celebrated his birthday at a steakhouse on Tomas Morato with his daughter (from his wife along with close friends and a couple of press people). Last weekend, the actress was in Baguio City for the taping of Never Say Goodbye. SHORTCUTS: Guess who this promising and very good looking leading man of a big TV Network and current lover of a controversial young actress. The networks big boss asked him if he were gay. The actor replied with a smile and just bowed his head People see them to be sweet with each other but the actress is just a front of this good looking actor who is rumored to be gayIs it true that a sexy actress is now into the esh trade? The Sexy actress has a child out of wedlock by a popular actor

Strength of fragile Filipinas

LANGUID women in diaphanous camisoles and gossamer blouses fetching jars of water or stringing sampaguita ower garlands. Or harvesting rice and gathering them into bundles, against sylvan settings. Doe-eyed and fragilelooking, their hair bundled in buns or softly clouding gently luminous faces, these women cast spells. They are not easy to forget, they can hold you spellbound. Who are these women who are immortalized by acclaimed artist Remy Boquiren in her renditions in craypas color pencils and acrylic paints? Art shows after art shows, solo or with other named names in art scene, her collections are a sellout. Surprisingly, she uses no models, the Filipina in her paintings spring forth from her mind and seamlessly comes alive on her canvasses with glowing faces, light coming from the heart. Watching Remy Boquiren create her paintings is akin to witnessing an onrush of pure waterclean and strong, elemental and unrestrained. A southpaw, her left hand is quick and sure, no hint of doubts. The Filipina women come alive in various incarnationsthe latest of which is a musical performer, a rocker. Indeed, Remy is true witness to the evolution of the Filipina and breathes life to more present-day incarnations today. But she is the prolic artist who spurns sharp and bleak modern-day interpretations of the Filipina form. Remy does not draw notice through abstractions. Instead, she interprets the steely strength of the Filipina in their traditional classical renditions recognizably feminine, graceful, stately, simple, and glowing. Catch Remy Boquirens art exhibit of nymph-like Filipina women dubbed Hiyas Ng Lahi at the LRI Art Pavilion, 2nd oor, LRI Design Plaza, Bel Air II, Makati City from Jan. 25-27 and from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4 at Mandy Navasero Studio cum gallery at Suite 329, LRI Design Plaza. For inquiries, call 8963208 or (0915) 543-0482.
Remy Boquiren with her painting

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