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HANEP! NAG-LEVEL UP NA!Yihee! Sobrang Cheesy! This is thecatchphrase made popular by the Philip-pines favorite pizza chain, Greenwich. This2010, prepare for the biggest bang fromGreenwich dahil ang favorite pizza chainninyo, nag-level up na! Seated L-R: Lulu DeCastro, Marketing Manager; Perpy Dorego,Marketing Manager for Retail and MichellePador, PR Manager. Standing: JosephAruta, Brand Manager (holding new boxof Greenwich Pizza) next to the right isRandy Ortiz, designed the new Greenwich

staff uniforms and Francis Flores, Market-ing Director. ALBALBALBALBALBERERERERERT LET LET LET LET LEGASPGASPGASPGASPGASPIIIII

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Ang mga kwestyunableng kandidato!MATAPOS sumikat ang

kanyang pangalan dahil sakatiwalian noong October 2008,inihayag kamakailan ni Gen.Eliseo Dela Paz, dating PNPComptroller, na siya aykumakandidato sa darating naeleksyon bilang representanteng party list group na AANGATATING KABUHAYANPILIPINAS INC. or ANAK.

Ipinangalandakan ni DelaPaz na ang adhikain ngkanyang party list group ay angtumulong sa mga naghihikahosnating mga kababayan at samga taong may kapansanan.

Magugunita na si Dela Pazay binansagang Euro Generalpagkatapos pumutok sa mediaang pagkakaharang sa kanyasa Moscow International Air-port na may bitbit na P6.9 mil-lion na halaga ng Euros.

Napabalita din ng mgapanahong iyon na si Dela Pazay nagmamay-ari umano ngisang sikat na coffee shop fran-chise, beauty spa, boutique atiba pang mga ari-arian naipinangalan niya sa kanyang

misis. May mga kumalat dinna mga balita noon mula samga asawa ng ibang PNP of-ficials na mahilig umano mag-shopping sa Hong Kong ng mgamaleta at bag ng Louis Vuittonang misis ni Dela Paz. Ang Louis

Vuitton ay isang signature brandna ang isang pares na bag nitoay maaring magkakahalaga ngP100 thousand pataas.

At ngayon mistulangsinasabi ni Dela Paz na kasamasiya sa marginalized sector ngmga taong naghihikahos kayanais niyang maluklok sa

kongreso para kanyangmaipaglaban ang mgakarapatan ng mga naghihikahostulad niya!?

* * *Pero mas matindi si Joc Joc

Bolante kaysa kay Dela Paz.Si Bolante ang tinaguriang utakng P728 million fertilizer scam.Ang nasabing dambuhalanghalaga na dapat sana ay parasa pondo ng mga magsasakaay kinulimbat umano ni Bolante,ayon sa mga report.

Noong taong 2006, tumakasng bansa papuntang Americasi Bolante at doon ay huminging asylum para makaiwas namakulong pagkatapos nalumabas ang warrant of arrestpara sa kanya. Bumalik si

Bolante ng bansa noong Octo- ber 28, 2008.

Pero ngayon kumakandidatosi Bolante sa Capiz para sapagka-gobernador.

* * *Si Virgilio Garcillano, alyas

Garci, ay tatakbo rin sa daratingna eleksyon. Kumakandidatosi Garcillano sa Bukidnon bilangcongressman. Si Garcillano aydating Comelec official. Sumikatsi Garcillano dahil sa aligasyonng pagmamanipula niya ngresulta ng halalan sa Mindanaopara panalunin si PangulongGloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Kasabay ng pagputok ngtinaguriang Hello Garci Tape,na paulit-ulit na pinatugtog saradyo at telebisyon ang wire-tapped na pag-uusap ng isangComelec official, napinaniwalaang si Garcillano,at si Pangulong GloriaMacapagal Arroyo sakasagsagan ng eleksyon,naging instant celebrity siGarcillano.

Kapag kumakandidato saeleksyon ang isang tao, ang una

niyang pinangangalandakanay kanyang mga magagandangaccomplishment at malinis napagkatao. Ano naman kaya angpwedeng ipangalandakan ninaDela Paz, Bolante at Garcillanosa mga botanteng Pilipino?

Mga limot na bayaniOKEY ang ginagawang

pagtutulak ni SenatorEdgardo Angara sapagsusog sa Magna Carta for

Public School Teachersupang mabigyan ang mgaguro at iba pangmanggagawa ng mgapampublikong paaralan ngbenepisyo katulad ngscholarship grant para sakanilang mga anak, healthcare at pension.

Okey na okey angpahayag ni Angara, datingpangulo ng Unibersidad ngPilipinas, na maramingmahuhusay na batang mag-

aaral at propesyunal angnakapagdala atnakapagbigay ngkarangalan sa bansa at hindi

rin maitatanggi na ito angnasa likod ng mganagawang ito ng mgakabataan ay dahil sapagsisikap at pagtitiyaga ngmga guro.

Pina-okey ang sinabi niAngara na ang mga guro sapanahon ngayon ang dapatna ituring na unsungheroes dahil hindi namanmaitatanggi ang papel nakanilang ginagampanan samaayos na edukasyon sa

ating bansa ngayon.Okray nga lang dahil

hindi naman binibigyangimportansya ng pamahalaanang ginagampanang papelng mga guro. Makabubutingbigyang halaga ng gobyernoang binabalikat naresponsibilidad ng mga gurolalo na da pagbuo ngkakayahan ng mgakabataang nagsisipag-aralan.

Okey kung bibigyangimportansiya ngpamahalaan ang gawain ngmga guro upang tumaasnaman ang kanilangmoralidad at ipagpatuloyang kanilang nasimulangmagandang adhikain.

Okey ang ginagawangpanukala ni Angara naSenate Bill 881 o Act provid-ing benefits to dependents ofpublic school teachers.

Maganda ang nilalamanng panukalang pag-

amyenda dahilmakikinabang ang mga anako dependents ng guro.

SHOOTERSHOOTER

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LIKE a seasoned politician and businessman, Villar barn-

stormed the Senate session hall and displayed his true formto deliver a long and emotional privilege speech to deny alle-gations against him in the C-5 ethics case. Yes, he showedhimself up at the session hall not to explain or answer ques-tions surrounding the Committee Report No. 780, but to de-liver a monologue and like lightning hurriedly left everyonein the hall with mouth agape.

Irritated by Villars suddenexit from the Senate, Enrilecould only heave a sigh andsaid, Im sorry for him thathe came here like a boxer butleft with alacrity and with noexplanation. The Senate

President added that he wasnevertheless thankful that Villar showed up to explain hisside to the people, however it was up to them to decide whetherhe or the committee report was telling the truth.

Halos malaglag ang tutuli ng mga nakikinig sa speech niNP Presidential hopeful Manny Villar ng paulit-uli nyangsabihing, Idid nothing wrong, there is no anomaly in the C-5 project, and I did not benefit from the C-5 project. Allthese allegations are just politicking, giit pa ni Villar.

Ganon naman pala ang punto ni Mr. C-5 at Taga, anangmga malilisyosong pilisopo sa barberya namin sa Laguna, bakit di nya harapin si Manong Johnny at sagutin nya ngpunto-por-punto ang dalawang dangkal na dokumento ng

Committee Report No. 780? Akala ko ba matatapang at lahingtigasin ang mga taga-Tundo? Dito lang sa simpleng problematulad ng C-5 nabahag na buntot nya, sundot naman ng isapang barbeor. Sa tutoo lang twice na niyang nai-clear angkanyang sarili sa isyung nabanggit, pangko naman ng isangmiron.

Hindi ko rin maintindihan kung bakit kelangan nyanggumamit ng kung anu-anong taktika samantalang napaka-simpleng problema lang ito para sa kanya. Buo naman sakalooban nya na puro pamumulitika lang ang nilalamanng report, e, di pabulaanan nya at supalpalin si Enrile. Bakanaman meron siyang kinatatakutan kaya panay ang iwasniya at di siya tunay na anak ng Tundo gaya ngipinagmamalaki nya?

Its easy to make assertions but hard to stand rigorousquestioning of peers. I have presented my report and Imready to be crucified and interpellated and I have prepared afaithful report based on evidence. Enrile said.

For his part Villar said that he has a dream for our people,a dream of rescuing our people from poverty and givingthem better future such as the future I have realized for my-self and family.

Well said, but saying is miles away from actually doing it,if he is sincere in his desire to help our people then why not just donate those billions he is burning on advertising tothose poor hapless souls.

Villar cleared himselfnot once but twice

OK o OKRAY?Ni Lea G. Botones

Subalit kailangangkwalipikado ang sa aca-demic requirements angkandidato para sa scholar-ship.

Okey din na ang in-charged sa alituntunin ngibibigay na benepisyo samga dependents ng mgaguro ay ang Commission onHigher Education (CHED) atTechnical Educational SkillsDevelopment Authority(TESDA).

Pinakaokey ay anghangarin ng panukala namaipagpatuloy ng mga guro

ang kanilang nasimulan atipagpatuloy pa atpagbutihin ang kanilangginagawang paghubog sakaalaman ng mga mag-aaralpara sa kanilangkinabukasan at pati na rinng ating bansa.

Okray naman kung hindipaisasabatas angpanukalang pag-amyendadahil lang sa mgaambisyong politikal. Isipinna lang na ang dapat

makinabang ay hindi na anghenerasyon ngayon subalitang susunod.


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DANDING WONT

SUPPORT GIBO WIFEBUSINESS tycoon Eduardo Danding Cojuangco wont

support his nephew, administration bet Gilberto GiboTeodoro, according to Gretchen Cojuangco, wife of Danding.

Anybody but Gibo. Anybody,Gretchen told reporters during avisit to the University of St. LaSalle in Bacolod City over the week-end.

Gretchens statement has con-firmed earlier speculations thatall is not well between the chair-man emeritus of the NationalistPeople's Coalition (NPC) andTeodoro, a former member of the

NPC.Im just a wife thats why galain ang buot ko (sumasama angloob ko) for my husband, shesaid in Ilonggo dialect.

My husband had the biggestplans and belief for him, beingso intelligent, she told abs-cbn.com

According to her, it was Dandingwho nurtured Teodoro so it painedhis uncle when he abandoned NPCfor Lakas.

We felt very bad for him, shestressed.

He tells everybody everythings

right with him and his uncle. Salaeh (mali eh). Maybe with him, buthis conscience tells him otherwise.I dont know what kind of con-science that is, she explained.

THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Sundaythat beleaguered Senator Panfilo Lacson was out of the countryand the bureau knows his whereabouts.

Lawyer Ricardo Diaz, NBI-Counter Terrorism Unit (NBI-CTU) chief and concurrent bureau spokesman, said verifica-tion made before the Bureau of Immigration showed that Lacsonleft the country for Hong Kong on January 5 and has not yetreturned.

Diaz said the NBI received information from the InternationalPolice (Interpol) about the senators possible location but wouldnot further revealed details as it would affect its bid to arresthim and bring him to the country to face the trial for the slayingof Salvador Bubby Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbitoon November, 2000.

We have already an idea but we can not give it to the media because it would be tantamount to telegraphing our moves tohim. I know hes also monitoring us, according to Diaz.

He added that Lacson should not be underestimated sincehe used to have connections with the Interpol when he was thePhilippine National Police (PNP) chief.

This developed as lawyer Alex Avisado, lawyer of Lacson, isset to ask the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 18 to revokethe arrest warrant against his client who is facing two counts ofmurder charges.

Last Friday, Manila RTC Branch 18 Presiding Judge MyraGarcia-Fernandez issued the arrest warrant against Lacson,who had admitted fleeing the country last January to avoidalleged harassment by the Arroyo administration.

Angelie Escandor

NBI claims to know where Ping is

THE Court of Appealshas denied anew the pe-tition of First GentlemanMike Arroyo to have thedamage suit lodgedagainst him by several journalists be dismissed.

In a 23-page decision,the CA sustained the rul-ing of Judge Zenaida

Galapate-Laguilles ofthe Makati RTC branch 143in denying Arroyos motionto dismiss the P12.5M dam-age suit filed against him.

We find that the delayis excusable by force of cir-cumstance Private re-spondents (newsmen) fil-ing of motions for exten-sion of time to answer thewritten interrogatories andrequest for admissionclearly speak of their duediligence to comply with

the same, the Court ruled.The CA noted that all

private respondents are rep-resented by only one lawoffice, thus, it is to be expectedthat their counsel wouldhave difficulty in coordinat-ing with each of them.

It further said the re-quest for time by the jour-nalists would not be ofmaterial injury to Arroyosince there is no showingthat they deliberately re-

fused to comply with themodes set by the court.Ampie Galpo

Journalists

score anewversus FG

YIHEE! Sobrang Cheesy! This is the catchphrase madepopular by the Philippines favorite pizza chain, Greenwich.The insightful and brilliantly-executed campaign is on aleague of its own as it bagged numerous awards, includingthe prestigious Gold Araw Award for Best Integrated Cam-paign in the recent Philippine Advertising Congress. Green-wich is the only QSR to win the highest honor as it toppedall other major campaigns across different industries. Thephenomenal success of the Cheesy Campaign is a milestonefor Greenwich - a feat that would definitely be hard to sur-pass. But a new year gives Greenwich a fresh opportunityto even do better than before. This 2010, prepare for the

biggest bang from Greenwich dahil ang favorite pizza chainninyo, nag-level up na!

Greenwich! Nag-level up na!

MORE than 1,000 families lost their homes after a three-hour firerazed a residential area just in front of the Caloocan City Fire Sta-tion on Saturday night.

Chief Insp. Jeremy Diaz, city fire marshal, said nobody was re-ported injured in the incident.

Arson investigators said the fire was caused by a leak comingfrom a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder which exploded while

being used by one of the residents of DM Compound at around 6:30

p.m.The blaze quickly spread to the other houses mostly built of lightmaterials. Albert Nasser

Caloocan fire displaces 1,000 families


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Caloocan court orders Comelec to disqualify Baby AsistioTHE Caloocan City Metro-

politan Trial Court has orderedthe Commission on Elections

to disqualify mayoralty candi-date Luis Baby Asistio afterhis name was remove from thelist of permanent voters whenthe court found out that he wasnot a resident of the city.

In a 14-page decision pennedby Judge Arthur Malabaguio,of branch 52, it ordered theComelec to remove the name of

Asistio from its list of voterssince he was not a resident ofthe place he wrote in his cer-

tificate of candidacy.The court became suspi-cious of Asistio when he statedin his certificate of candidacy(COC) which he submitted onNovember 30, 2009 that he livesat 123 Interior P. Zamora St.,Barangay 15, Caloocan City.When checked, the address didnot exist.

Enrique Santos Jr., barangaychairman of Barangay 15, con-firmed that the address given

by Asistio was fictitious.The court also found outthat the false address is lo-cated at Barangay 17, not atBarangay 15, as Asistiostated in his certificate of can-didacy. When verified,Asistio does not stay in thegiven address.

Also the court did not be-

lieved in the testimony ofAngelina dela Torre thatAsistio was renting the house

from her.It was found out that Asistiois presently residing at 16-BUrdaneta Apartments, AyalaAvenue, Makati City.

The Omnibus Election Codeand Section 39 of Republic Act7160 states that candidatesrunning for local position must be a bonafide resident of the

city.A thorough check revealed

that Asistio gave another dif-

ferent address when he filedCOC and ran for mayor in the2007 election.

Documents showed that in1997, Asistio gave the addressNo. 110 Unit 1, P. Zamora St.,Barangay 15, Caloocan City.But in the voter list, Asistio gave109 Libis Gochuico, Barangay15 . Albert Nasser

HUMAN DUCKSHumans dressed as ducks take part in the Ibon-Ebon Festival in Candaba, Pampanga.

MICHAEL SUPERALES

Poll body reminds candidatesto comply with election rules

THE Commission on Elections(Comelec) has given candidates run-ning in the national and local positionsthree days within which to remove theirstreamers, billboards and tarpaulinsthat violate the rules on campaigningfor the May 10, 2010 polls.

Section 29 of Comelec en banc Reso-lution No. 8758, implementing rulesand regulations of the Fair ElectionsAct, provides that: All materials andadvertisements showing the picture, im-age or name of the person made or done

in violation of election laws prior tocampaign period shall be immediatelyremoved by said candidate within threedays after the effectivity of this rulesand the start of campaign period.

All candidates, however, are advisedto place their posters in designated com-mon poster areas, to be installed inspaces being frequent by the public,such as plazas, markets, barangay cen-ters and the like, where posters may bereadily seen or read.

The Comelec , on the other hand, pro-hibits the posting of campaign materi-als in public places such as streets,bridges, public buildings, trees, electricposts and wires, schools, shrines andmain thoroughfares.

The campaign period for national posts begins on Tuesday while on local betson March 26. Both will end on May 8.

Last Friday, the poll body releasedthe official guidelines for the forthcom-ing campaign period, including the limithours in placing infomercials on tele-

vision and print advertisements innewspapers etc.National candidates will only be

allowed a total of 120 minutes per sta-tion both on free and cable televisionsplus another 180 minutes per stationin radio.

On the other hand, local candidatesare allowed to have 60 minutes per sta-tion both on free and cable televisionsplus another 90 minutes per station inradio.

ELEKSYON 2010

Villar denies alliance with GMANationalista Party standard bearer

Senator Manuel Villar Jr. denied that hewas the secret candidate of the admin-istration and that he met with First Gentle-man Jose Miguel Arroyo at the house ofMike Defensor on January 7, as containedin several text messages circulating amongthe public.

Villar said in his speech before the na-tional convention of the Philippine Guard-ians Brotherhood Inc. (PGBI) at the Tarlac

State University that he has not talked withthe First Gentleman since he was removedfrom the Senate Presidency.

The text messages claimed that Villaragreed to a deal to help President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo, who is running forrepresentative of 2nd district of Pampanga,become House Speaker and to protect herfrom legal suits.

Villar also denied going to Syria, asclaimed by one text message, as well asinsinuations that he had a hand in theissuance of a warrant of arrest againstSenator Panfilo Lacson, or that he had a

deal with the DOJ (Department of Jus-tice) o any government institution.

BI to implement visa program nationwide in 2010THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) will

expand its visa-issuance-made-simple(VIMS) program to include other areasin the provinces in line with the agencysthrust to eradicate red tape and extendfaster services to the transacting public.

Lawyer Normal Tansingco, BI chiefof staff, said it had always been theintention of BI CommissionerMarcelino Libanan to replicate theVIMS in other areas, particularly inthe urban cities where the project hadnot yet been implemented.

We intend to implement the VIMS

in other major ports so that foreign-ers there can also enjoy the benefitsand advantages of this project,Tansingco said.

Launched in January 2008 andconsidered as Libanans flagshipproject, the VIMS sought to addressperennial complaints by foreignersover the delays in the processing oftheir visa applications and other im-migration documents.

Under the VIMS, the processing timefor visa applications was reduced by

an average of 82 percent and docu-

mentary requirements by 40 percent.Aside from the bureaus main of-

fice, the VIMS is now being imple-mented in 29 out of the 42 subportsnationwide, including all satelliteoffices in Metro Manila, and at theimmigration offices in Cebu,Zamboanga, Davao, Laoag, Angeles,Baguio, and Boracay.

Since its implementation, the VIMShas drawn praises from many sec-tors, including the various foreignchambers and embassies for its suc-

cess in cutting red tape in the BI.

Cop-lawyers on-call 24/7 for legal advice to agents - VerzosaAIMED at avoiding legal technicali-

ties during police operations, Philip-pine National Police (PNP) chief Di-rector General Jesus Verzosa orderedthe availability of police-lawyers 24/7 to guide operatives.

With this directive, the PNP highcommand expressed hopes that legalissues before, during and after policeoperations would be addressed with

consultations and legal advice fromPNP lawyers.Verzosa directed Chief Supt. Harold

Ubalde, Director of the PNP Legal Ser-vice, to activate immediately hotlinesfor queries on legal matters and areoperational on a 24-hour basis wherepolice lawyers are on hand and readyto answer anytime legal questionsposed by policemen in the field.

The legal program, dubbed asProject ALERT 24/7 is primarilydesigned to minimize, if not totally

eliminate potentially problematic butotherwise avoidable legal technicali-ties and issues that may confront po-

licemen in the field who are conduct-ing law and security operations toenforce the Omnibus Election Codein the run up to the national and lo-cal elections on May 10, 2010.

This program aims to give ourpolicemen in the field timely and well-explained legal advice to boost theirconfidence in implementing the myri-ads of laws and provisions in the

Omnibus Election Code and ComelecResolutions as well as to remind themto always observe human rights.


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MEMBERS of two bakingassociations will increase pricesof loaf bread by P2 and pandesal

by P1 effective on Monday, Feb.8, after prices of bread ingre-dients rose significantly.

Walter Co, president of thePhilippine Baking Association(Philbaking), speaking at theBalitaan sa Tinapayan newsforum held in Sampaloc,Manila on Sunday, said thePhilbaking and PhilippineFederation of Bakery Associa-tion Inc. (PFBAI) had to imple-

ment price adjustment to cope

with the expenses needed inmaking bread.

Co said the price of loaf bread, which weighs 600grams will increase by P2 whilethe price of pandesal packcontaining 10 pieces will in-crease by P1.

He said after the onslaughtof typhoon Ondoy last Sep-tember, the price of sugar rose

by P19 per kilo. Currently theprice of sugar is between P50to P55, per kilo.

Lucito Chavez, vice presi-

dent ng Philippine Federation

of Bakery Association Inc.(PFBAI), said bakers had nochoice but to increase pricesto survive.

Actually, it is okay for usto have small profits but wecannot afford to incur hugeloses because it will result toclosure of our business, hesaid.

Chavez added that once theprices of ingredients for mak-ing bread decrease, the bak-ers would also immediatelyimplement rollback.

Angelie Escandor

Loaf bread, pandesal prices increase today

THE Department of Health (DOH) said poor cancer patientscan get free morphine in several government hospitals/institu-tions starting this year.

The DOH said morphine in the form of tablets is presentlyavailable in 27 government hospitals; and from the non-govern-ment organization Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Ac-cessibility and Availability of Opioid for Pain and Palliative Care.

The NGO is a multidisciplinary, multi-sectoral group that fa-cilitates and advocates for policies that improve accessibility andavailability of opioid analgesics for pain and palliative care inthe country created in April 2008.

With the primary objective of breaking the barriers and othermisconceptions about opioids, and in coordination with the DOH,

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Dangerous DrugsBoard (DDB) and other partner agencies, the TWG has initiatedand implemented activities for opioid accessibility and availabilityin the past years.

Pain management is one of the most important aspects ofhealth care especially for those with chronic or terminal illnessesyet scores of Filipino patients are suffering from pain unneces-sarily due to lack of accessibility and availability of opioid medi-cines such as morphine, the DOH said in a statement.

The government procured an about P10 million worth of mor-phine at the end of 2008. The drugs were then turned over toselected government hospitals and hospices in Metro Manila inFebruary 2009 to be used by indigent patients suffering from pain.

The drugs were distributed to at least 10 DOH hospitals by

July 2009, and were increased to 16 DOH hospitals by September2009. Ampie Galpo

Free morphine for poor

cancer patients, says DOH

TO boost its goal to strike apeace accord with the Moro Is-lamic Liberation Front (MILF),the Office of the PresidentialAdviser on the Peace Process(OPAP) tapped the services ofthe Apo Hiking Society as theendorser of its program.

APO members BoboyGarovillo, Danny Javier and

Jim Paredes were presented

to the media by OPAP Secre-tary Annabelle Abaya.The trio will star in upcom-

ing television and radio ad-vertisements geared towardsconvincing people inMindanao to talk peace so asto attain development in theso-called promise land.

The singing group saidwhen they received the textmessage from their managerthat they are being consideredas celebrity endorsers of the

advertisement for peace theydid not think twice.According to Jim Paredes,

they are more than willing tolend their collective voice toshow the dynamism of ademocratic society and thepeople to recognize the com-monality of the people in thecountry.

Abaya said the reflectivedialogues with people in 300

barangays in Mindanao willbe start on February 18 along

with the airing of the adver-tisement of the singing group.Marco Lorenzana

APO tapped to promote peace in Mindanao


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SA showbiztalaga, nagma-magnify ang mgabagay-bagay. Maynagtsika sa amin nanakitangmagkasama sinaTed Failon at PinkyWebb. Magkasamaraw na sumakay saisang eroplano angdalawa at mukhangout of town angkanilangpupuntahan.

Sa tingin ng mganakakita, mayrelasyon ang dalawaat parang bakasyonsa isang malayonglugar ang kanilangginagawa. Sapaningin namin,hindi ito totoo. Baka

may assignmentlang ang dalawa,malay natin may

SHOWBIZPIZZAZZ

By Alex Brosas

Ted Failon, in love na nga ba kay Pinky Webb?

coverage sila bilangnews anchors atbroadcasters ngABS-CBN. Hindikami naniniwalangmay relasyon ngaang dalawa. Walanaman kasingtsismis tungkol sakanila. Ang alam

namin, magkasamaang dalawa sa isangradio show na pang-

umaga sa Tele-radyo. Isa pa, walanaman tsikang nilili-gawan ni Ted siPinky.

* * *Alam nyo bang

napaka-spontane-ous ni MartinNievera when itcomes to love? Na-discover namin itonang mainterview

namin siya noongmismong birthdayniya, February 5, saisang presscon naginanap sa 7107Cruise Ship sa pier.

Im Mr. Impromptu,say ni Martin. OnceI proposed marriageto a woman whom Iwill not name but Idont have a ring. Iuse a seaweed asmy ring, tsika ngConcert King namay Valentineconcert sa Feb. 14entitled One AmoreTime, SMX Conven-tion Center, Mall of

Asia. Tinanggapnaman ng girl angkanyang proposal,pero hindi namansila nagpakasal.

Ang isa pang na-discover namin kayMartin ay wala palaitong maalalangspecial Valentinecelebration. Itsalways work for meon Valentines Day.And its always with

Pops. At saka saUS naman, hindinaman talaga sine-

celebrate angValentine di tuladdito sa Pilipinas.

Tinanong naminsi Martin kung anoang isang kanta nahindi nya kayangawitin duringValentines Day.Saglit na nag-isipang singer atpagkatapos aysinabi niyang itoang Before You SayGoodbye na sinulatniya nangmaghiwalay sila niPops.

Ano ba ang sikretonila at parang hindisila pinagsasawaanng tao? I think it isbecause were awalking, talking,

singing, dancing truestory. Filipinosespecially love true

stories, especiallyone without anending. Pops and Ihave not remarriedyet. Pops and I, I

mean with otherpeople, or with eachother. Weve seendifferent people butweve not settle downwith someone else.Until that day, theMartin and Popsmystery will continue.For as long as theresa mystery, I think,theres always beinterested concert-goers, esplika ng

kampo. Nagkausapkami sa phone.Kinongratulate niyaako noong time nayon. Napag-usapan

namin na gumawang pelikula. Mag-uusap na ngayonang brother ko at sidirek Tony Reyeskung ano angmagandangkonsepto. But ofcourse, yungpanday tuloy pa rin.Yung EntengKabisote niya, tuloypa rin, tsika niBong.

Parangsinuwuserte ngayonang senador.Nangunguna kasisiya sa survey ngmga tatakbongsenador. Naungusanna niya ang bestfriend niyang siJinggoy Estrada.Sa awa ng Diyos,hindi naman tayonalalagay sa

alanganin pagdatingsa survey, palagitayong nasa Top 3,he said.

Sa mga aktor nanaging pulitiko, siBong lang angmasasabi namingnapakabait samovie press.Marunong siyangmag-share ngkanyang blessing.Consistently, laginiyang tinutulunganang press kayanaman mahal namahal siya ng mga

ito. Kayo ang higitna nakakakilala saakin. Kayo ang higitna may alam kungsino talaga ako.Transparent namanako. Alam nyo angbuhay ko. Lumakiakong kasamakayo.Nagpapasalamatako sa tulongninyo, sabi niya.Ang isa pang

suwerte sa buhayng senador ay angwife na si LaniMercado who isseekingcongresional seat.Maganda rin angperformance ni Lanisa survey. Pagnanalo si Lani,ipakikita niya angmalaking pagbabagosa Bacoor, Cavite,Bong said.

Ang marami angnaloka ay sa sagotni Bong kungtutulungan niya angmga na-link sakanyang babaekung tatakbo ito saeleksyon. At kungmaniningil siya pagin-endorse niya angmga ito. Why not?Pero kungmagpapabayadako? Matagal na

silang bayad! Ayun,nagtawanan anglahat ng naroon.

Concert King.* * *

May posibilidadna magkasama saisang movie sinaBong Revilla at VicSotto. Sa ngayonkasi ay maynegosasyon nangnagaganap sapagitan ng dalawang

TED FAILON AT PINKY WEBB

MARTIN AT POPS

VIC SOTTO

May posibilidadna magkasama saisang movie sinaBong Revilla atVic Sotto. Sangayon kasi aymay negosasyonnang nagaganapsa pagitan ngdalawang kampo


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Complete the grid so every row, columnand 3 x 3 box contains every digit

from 1 to 9 inclusively.

Previous puzzle solution

Ni McJoe PALAISIPAN Thelma Onego

SAGOT SA NAKARAAN

PAHALANG

1 . Sulib7. Batis11. Pananapatan12. Linlang13. Babagin14. Alalay15. Tupada16. Aaliwalas17. Payag18. Hilakbot20. Ga;

Kasangkapan21. Isara25. Kakanin29. Bayan sa

Isabela30. Hikaw o

singsing32. Kahoy33. Lengguwahe34. Sapatos na

pangbaha35. Estado ng

Amerika36. Puting langgam37. Dagli

PABABA

1. Patalasin2. Lura

3. Lahi sa ME

4. Pakay5. Luto ng sinaing6. Makialam7. Itahak8. Hakbang9. Awi t ng

paghehele10. Handa19. Hudyat

sa taguan20. Iyo21. Iwasak22. Basura23. Gaya

24. Pintura25. Bayan sa

Aurora26. Itumba27. Senyas

sa pinto28. Awit sa

pagpupuri31. Malaking sili

Police Director General Jesus AVerzosa(center), the Chief of the

Philippine National Police, awards thePlaque of Recognition to Police Senior

Superintendent Alex PaulMonteagudo(right), the Deputy Directorfor Administration of the PNP Aviation

Security Group in recognition of hisdistinguished and extraordinary achieve-

ment in the formulation of the Pre-ChargeEvaluation and Summary Hearing Officer's

Guide for the PNP. CPNP Verzosa wasguest of Honor and Speaker during the

19th PNP Aviation Security GroupAnniversary at its headquarters at Pasay

City Friday 05February2010. Also in photois Police Chief Superintendent Edwin ICorvera(left) the Director of the PNP

AVSEG. (PNP-PIO Photo)

NSO, DFA Citizen Services Available At Wedding EventTELESERV, the countrys premier

Citizen Services provider supports theWeddings & Debuts 2010, Birthdays& Baptismals too! event, one of thecountrys biggest series of bridal fairsorganized by the Weddings Library.The yearly all-out event takes placeon February 12 to 14, 2010 at SM MegaTrade Halls 1, 2, and 3, SM Megamall,Mandaluyong City

Teleservs citizen services will be

made available for soon-to-be-weds inthe event where they can have theirNSO certificates like birth and

CENOMAR can be processed byphone inside the NSO Birth CertificateDelivery Helpline booth. Passport ap-plications are also available via the DFAExpress Passport Delivery service. Thefair features a complete line-up of bridalshower items, honeymoon destina-tions, choices of coordinators, cater-ers, photographers, jewelers, and hun-dreds more. Featuring more than 300suppliers, the event is poised to give

visitors a full scale experience completewith chances to win trips to Mauritius,Philips appliances, and cash prizes

for on-the-spot bookings.Pilipinas Teleserv Inc. is the

trusted citizen services partner of theNational Statistics Office in provid-ing NSO Birth Certificate DeliveryHelpline 737-1111, the Departmentof Foreign Affairs for DFA ExpressPassport Delivery Hotline 737-1000,and the Philippine Overseas Em-ployment Administration for BalikMangggagawa OEC Delivery at

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MATAPOS ng isat kalahating taon ay nabukasanna muli ang tinatangkilik na Hotel Paradis namatatagpuan sa 6th floor ng Goodearth Bulding (dat-

ing Uniwide Sales) sa Carriedo, Sta. Cruz, Manila.Matatandaan na nagkaroon ng aberya sa una atikalawang palapag ng Goodearth building noong Agosto2008 at dahil dito ay napilitan din na magsara ngpansamantala ang Hotel Paradis upang tiyakin munamula sa may kapangyarihan na ligtas ang gusali nakinalalgyan nito, bagamat hindi kasama sa naturangaberya ang nasabing hotel.

Matapos ng mahigit isang taon ay nabigyan na ngsetipikasyon ang Goodearth building mula sa maymga kapangyarihan na nagsasabing ligtas at maaaring okupahan ang nasabing gusali. Dahil dito aynaghanda din ng mga kailangang pagsasaayos atnag kumpleto ng mga kailangan permits angnamamahala ng Hotel Paradis upang mabukasan at

makapag serbisyo muli ang nasabing Hotel.Ayon sa natanggap namin impormasyon,

bagamat napakalaking hirap ng Hotel Paradis sapanggigipit ng kanilang mga kompetitor aynapagtagumpayan nila ang mga pagsubok na ito atipinagmamalaki nila na legal silang sumunod sa lahatng itinagubilin ng batas bago ito nabigyan ng mgapermits at ito ay upang matiyak ang kaligtasan ngkanilang mga bisita.

Ipinahayag din ng tagapamahala ng nasabing Hotelna bukod sa kaligtasan ng kanilang bisita ay lalo panilang itinaas ang kalidad ng kanilang produktotserbisyo na kilala sa pagkakaroon ng floating-effectbed, concrete walls, thematic rooms, and key-card

lock door at sana nga raw ay tangkilikin silang muliupang mapatunayan ang ipinagmamalaki ng bagongbukas na Hotel Paradis.

Hotel Paradis sa

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Our Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadWhen a publishing company asked me to write an

endorsement for a new book, I said Id be glad to. Itappeared to be a helpful effort directed to young people,

challenging them to live for God in a changing world.But as I read the book, something troubled me. Al-though it had lots of Scripture and great spiritualadvice, it didnt explain that the starting point forany relationship with God is salvation through Jesus

Christ.The writer seemed to imply that the essence of

living spiritually in modern society is based totally onactiongood deedsand not on saving faith in Christ.I didnt write the endorsement.

The culture of the church is changing rapidly. Often

left behind in the rush to find exciting new ideas is theessential nature of the gospel. The apostle Paul was

astonished that people so readily embraced a different gospel (Gal. 1:6). What he preached was not fromman, but a direct revelation from Jesus Himself (vv.11-12).

We must never let go of that true gospel: Christdied for our sins, was buried, and rose again for ourjustification, declaring us righteous before God (Rom.4:25; 1 Cor. 15:3-4). This alone offers the power ofGod to salvation for everyone who believes (Rom.1:16). If we want to live for God, this is the only

place to start. Dave BranonNo one can say he doesnt need

Forgiveness for his sin,For all must come to Christ by faithTo have new life within. Branon

Faith is the hand that must take Gods gift of salvation.

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Robert Bosch Inc. held the raffle draw of one (1) unit Honda Wave 125 last Novem-ber 2009 in line with the launching and promotion of new small angle grinder modelGWS 7-100 with the presence of DTI representative, Matheus Contiero BoschRegional Sales Director, Martin Valenzuela- Brand Manager for Power Tools andWilliam Go National Sales Manager. The motorcycle was handover by Boschrepresentative, Alvin Correos to winner, Josephine Dy. The small angle grinder isnow available at any Bosch authorized dealers nationwide. For further inquiries,please call Robert Bosch Inc at tel 8703888 or visit www.bosch.com.ph.

Hard-hitting Valero stops Mexican foeWBC Lightweight cham-

pion Edwin Valero of Venezu-ela proved too much for youngAntonio de Marco of Mexico.

Early on the second round,de Marco accidentally el-bowed Valero on the right fore-head opening a nasty cut thatmeasured about two inches.It was also deep.

But the ringside doctor al-lowed the fight to go on.

Valero sensing that the cutmay stop the fight and he may

end on the losing end threweverything he had on theyoung de Marco.

Valero fought much like

Pacquiao did against Cotto.He bobbed, he weaved andthrew punches from all anglesmany time confusing theyoung de Marco. He also uti-lized a fancy footwork thatsurprised even the TV ana-lysts.

De Marco tried his darn best but he had no answer

to the swarming multiplecombinations thrown byValero.

Before the 10th round

started, de Marcos corneradvise referee Lawrence Cole Jr that the youngster hadenough and asked that thefight be stopped.

Valero thus won via TKOand kept his record immacu-late at 27-0-0. he also retainedhis WBC Lightweight title.

Philboxing.com

IN a bid to become a venue of a

nationwide competition in volley-ball, the local government of Imus,Cavite formally opened on Sun-day its first Mayors Cup Volley- ball Open Invitational Champion-ships at the Imus Town Plaza.

Mayor Manny Maliksi, ViceMayor Mandy Ilano and theircolleagues, including ImusSports Council (ISC) officer-in-charge Rommel Camerino andRegion 4-A director of the Phil-ippine Volleyball Federation(PVF) provided inspiration and

distributed certificates of atten-dance to the seven teams thatgathered at the Imus Town Plaza.

The seven squads are from thePhilippine Air Force (PAF), Phil-ippine Army (PA), Imus, GeneralTrias, the Altas of the National

Imus opens 1st Mayors Cup with 7 teamsCollegiate Athletic Association

(NCAA), University of PerpetualHelp of Molino and UPH of LasPinas.

A total cash of P28,000 will beup for grabs with the crownholder pocketing P10,000, therunner-up, P8,000, the third,P6,000.

Imus is also scheduled to be arecipient of the PBAs Outreachin Sports program on Monday withPBA Commissioner RenauldSonny Barrios as special guest.

Everyone agreed that PAF and

PA are the strongest title contend-ers of the month-long tournamentthat would produce a championby February 28 but no one is dis-counting the threat coming fromthe young but power-packed Imustossers.

ADDMIX, knownas the salt and sea-soning for concretedesign mixes, hopesto bring its X fac-tor in the 2010 PBLPG Flex-UK DermCup which opensshop on Feb. 16.

We dont haveyet stars in the team

but Im confident wecan be at par withsome of the bestteams in the leagueright now, saidcoach Leo Austria.What we have nowis a versatile squad.

With a mixtureof UAAP andNCAA players,Austria believes histeam can measure

up to the challenge,given the systemhes trying to instillto the team.

We have the sys-tem to guide us, andif we can perfect it,then we have a verygood chance in thecoming tournament,said Austria, whoguided Welcoat to achampionship in

2003.

AddMixto bring

X to PBL

PREPETUAL Helps Keshia deLuna and April Ann Sartin yes-terday tamed St. Benildes GizaYumang and LC Quemada, 21-18, 21-17, to reign supreme in the

womens division of the 85thNCAA beach volleyball compe-tition at the Cantada Sports Cen-ter in Taguig City.

De Luna and Sartin leaned onits superb net defense and courtcoverage to neutralize the power-hitting pair of Yumang andQuemada and clinch the LasPinas-based schools first title inthe event organized by a leaguecommittee chaired by Jose RizalsPaul Supan.

Perpetual Help made it a twin

victory after its high school pair

Perpetual bags first-everwomens volley title

of John Francisco and LouieChavez downed San SebastiansPJ Rojas and Harold Nacino, 21-11, 21-15, in their own finale.

Its overwhelming, our hard

work paid off, our defenseclicked, said the 20-year-old deLuna, who emerged the tourna-ment MVP.

The Lady Blazers actuallyclinched the last finals berth af-ter dethroning the San Sebastian belles, 21-13, 21-19, in the semi-finals.

The Lady Altas made it firstto the championship round in apair of gripping victories over SanSebastian, 21-12, 18-21, 16-14,and St. Benilde, 18-21, 21-12, 15-

10 .

Coca-Cola boosts PSA Awards nightA LONG-TIME supporter of Philippine

sports is again lending its hand when thecountrys top sports achievers are honoredin simple but formal ceremony set nextmonth.

The Coca-Cola Company has agreed to be the major presentor of the 2009 Philip-pine Sportswriters Association (PSA) An-nual Awards Night on March 1 at the Ma-nila Hotel.

The countrys leading beverage company

has been a known exponent of local sports,dating back to its highly popular Coke Go-

For-Goal program, all the way to its cur-rent involvement as one of the top franchisesin the Philippine Basketball Association(PBA).

Only last year, the firm, through one ofits products, Powerade, bankrolled the train-ing and participation of the RP mens bas-ketball team to different international tour-naments, including the FIBA-Asia Cham-pionship that served as qualifier to the 2010World Basketball Championship, with Coca-

Cola PBA Board of Governors member JBBaylon acting as team manager.


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