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MABALACAT CITY -- Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal, legal counsel of this city’s Mayor Marino Morales who was recently ordered evicted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec),

expressed opinion yesterday that his client would fi nish his term up to the 2019 polls.

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MARRYING, AS USUAL. Mayor Marino Morales offi ciates a mass wedding Wednesday at the city hall annex in Clark Freeport. On Monday, the Comelec ordered his eviction from offi ce for going beyond the three-term limit. C!"#$%&'#() *+!#!

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO---The Pampanga provincial gov-ernment on Thursday (June 1) provided at least P6,597,000 in educational scholarship to 2,199 college students.

Vice Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda handed out the educa-tional fi nance assistance pro-gram (EFAP) through checks worth P3,000 each.

The vice governor’s of-fi ce facilitated the scholarship of 834 students. At least 516 scholars are children of Nan-ay community workers while 83 are kin of daycare workers.

The EFAP was extended to 708 students of Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University and 58 persons with disability.

Pampanga Vice Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda leads the distribution of checks worth almost P7 million for the educational scholarship of 2,199 college students.

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They belong to the last batch of EFAP benefi ciaries this 2017 semester.

“I urge you to study well. Education is your passport out of poverty. And please keep away from illegal drugs,” Vice Gov. Pineda told schol-ars gathered in Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center.

As head of the Provin-cial Board, Vice Gov. Pineda vowed to sustain the EFAP by supporting the budget for the program.

The EFAP could only be used for tuition and other fees, books, school uniforms and supplies.

Gov. Lilia Pineda began implementing the EFAP since 2010. –VG/PIO

Capitol gives P6.6-M to 2,199 scholars

ANGELES CITY- Anak-pawis Partylist Rep. Ari-el Casilao said yesterday recent instances that ap-parently indicated abuse of martial law in Mindan-ao areas outside Mara-wi City where invasion of the terrorist group Maute prompted Pres. Duterte to declare martial law on the entire island.

This, even as Casilao scored massive bombing in Marawi City despite reports that thousands of

Military abuses surface under ML in Mindanao

civilians remain trapped in Marawi.

In a statement, Cas-ilao said “martial law fu-eled more intensifi ed mil-itary operations in Moro and farmer communities in Mindanao.” He cited instances of such alleged military abuses.

“At dawn on May 25, or about 32 hours after the martial law declara-tion, more than 200 sol-diers of the 39th Infan-

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THE CLARK Internation-al Airport (IATA Code: CRK) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authori-ty (SBMA) are the “twin turbo engines of growth of Northern and Central Luzon,” the executive of the state-run SBMA said on Wednesday at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone during the fi fth leg

Clark airport, SBMA tagged as Duterte’s ‘twin turbo engines of growth’

of CRK’s North Luzon Road Show.

“The Port of Subic and Clark airport should serve as a super duo that can help to alleviate urban blights like vehic-ular traffi c and port con-gestion in Manila,” law-yer Wilma Eisma, SBMA Administrator, said.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has released the sug-gested retail price (SRP) of various school sup-plies in time for the opening of classes on June 5.

The SRP table would guide consumers in buy-ing basic school supplies such as notebooks, writ-ing pads, crayons, ballpens, pencils, erasers and sharpeners, Judith Angeles, DTI regional director said.

She added that that the price of an 80-page composition notebook could range between

DTI-3 releases SRP for school supplies

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BALANGA CITY -- The De-partment of Social Welfare and Development on Monday awarded P100,000 in cash each to 14 centenarians in Bataan in a short program at the Capitol here.

Marlyn Tigas, DSWD pro-vincial chief, said there were six awardees present, four bedridden and four already dead. Close relatives received the cash for those who already died.

“Ito ang katuparan ng Re-public Act 10868 o Centenari-ans Act of 2016. Tuloy-tuloy na ito,” the provincial social work-er said.

14 centenarians get P100-K eachIrene Carpio, DSWD Re-

gion 3 assistant director, said they have so far awarded ben-efi ciaries in Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and then Bataan out of their total budget of P34.2 mil-lion for 342 centenarians re-gionwide.

“The claimant should be 100 years old as of 2016 and required to present some doc-uments,” Carpio said.

Gov. Albert Garcia who as-sisted Carpio in the distribution of the money congratulated the benefi ciaries. “Dahil umabot kayo sa edad na napaka-pam-bihira sa ngayon, maaaring maibahagi ninyo sa amin ang inyong mga karanasan at wis-dom,” the governor said.

Iluminada Mangawang, 105, of Balanga City, clearly answers “December 12, 1910” when asked when she was born.

“Kung ano kinakain ng tao, iyon din kinakain ko,” the old woman said laughing when asked what she usually eats. “Magpakasaya sila,” she told the youth in order to have long life like her.

Teodora Baluyot, 102, of Abucay, Bataan clapped hard after receiving the money from the governor.

“Pambili ng gamot at pag-kain,” Rosa Valerio who ac-companied mother Teodora said on what they will do with the money.

SOCIAL PENSION. More than 1,000 senior citizens in the City of San Fernando receive their quarterly pension from the national government through the City Social Welfare and Development. Offi ce of the Senior Citizen Aff airs chair Juan Castro said each benefi ciary received P1,500 in cash. C!"#$%&'#() *+!#!

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CABANATUAN CITY - Pant-abangan Dam and other irri-gation systems in the coun-try stand to get the attention of the international irrigation community as delegates from various countries meet in the country sometime in Novem-ber, a ranking irrigation offi cial said Wednesday.

Engr. Florentino David, de-partment manager of the Na-tional Irrigation Administra-tion-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-UPRIIS), said at least 15 delegates from Korea, Japan and Vietnam which belong to the International Network of Water and Ecosystem in Pad-dy Fields (INWEPF) have re-cently conducted an initial visit to the mammoth Pantabangan Dam and its tributaries, includ-ing Rizal Dam.

The advance delegation

PHL irrigation systems to get int’l attention

also visited an irrigators asso-ciation in Guimba town which excelled in managing their groups and in helping UPRIIS take care of system’s facilities.

“Ipinakita natin kung paa-no natin iniipon ‘yung tubig, ni-re-reserve para sa future use. Halimbawa, ito nga, meron tayong wet season operations naipakita namin na before this cropping operations meron kaming ginagawang plan,” he said.

An international organiza-tion of irrigation offi cials has set its annual conference that will be highlighted by rounds to various systems in the Phil-ippines sometime in Novem-ber.

David said the conference serves as a venue for irriga-tion offi cials from member na-tions to exchange best prac-tices and experiences which will help each nation to uplift its own services.

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BALANGA CITY -- Bataan police on Thursday fi led a mur-der case against six suspects, one a barangay captain, in the gun slay of a municipal councilor in Hermosa town less than a month ago.

Senior Supt. Benjamin Silo, Jr., Bataan police director, said the Special Investigation Task Group Danilo Basi fi led the complaint before the provincial prosecutors’ offi ce in Ba-langa City.

Silo said respondents in the murder charge are Enrico Cabiling, Jr., 36, barangay captain of Mambog in Hermosa town, his father Enrico Cabiling, Sr., an alias Alex, all from Mambog and three John Does.

Enrico, Jr. was arrested after several fi rearms and am-munitions and a hand grenade were seized during the serv-ing of a search warrant in his compound in Mambog last Tuesday.

Silo said licenses of the fi rearms were already expired. He said Enrico Jr. was brought for inquest at the provin-

cial prosecutors’ offi ce for violation of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunitions Law and RA 9516 or illegal possession of hand grenade.

The elder Cabiling was also charged for violation of RA 10591 but he and other four suspects in the murder sheet are at-large..

Silo, a lawyer, said the case in the gun slay of Danilo Basi, 63, Hermosa Sangguniang Bayan member, is deemed solved.

“If we go by the defi nition of crime solution - if suspect is identifi ed, if suspect is arrested, if case is fi led against sus-pect or suspects, the case is considered solved,” he said.

He said he immediately activated SITG Danilo Basi that worked hard for the solution of the crime. “The task force has strong evidence and looking into various angles as to the motive for the killing but not discounting personal and business angles,” Silo said.

He said they were able to identify the suspects and de-termine the participation of every respondent through the cooperation of witnesses.

Asked on who benefi tted from the reward money of P1.3 million, Silo said it was not yet discussed. “Ang importante, na-fi le na kaso,” he said.

The provincial government under Gov. Albert Garcia of-fered P1 million while the Hermosa municipal government headed by Mayor Jopet Inton set aside P300,000 for the capture of the councilor’s killers.

Basi was gunned down before noon last April 29 at a ricefi eld adjacent to the MacArthur Highway in Mambog while on his way home from his farm.

Silo said the killers used two carbine rifl es in the gun slay.

Cops fi le murder raps vs. 6 in killing of town councilor

LIGHTING CEREMONY. To ensure the safety of motorists, the City Government of San Fernando, led by Mayor Edwin “Edsa” Santiago, conducted the lighting ceremony of 85 LED lights along the Lazatin Blvd on May 30. He is joined by Engr. Anele David, head of the City Environment and Natural Resources Offi ce and the private sector members. C!"#$%&'#() *+!#!

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WE ACKNOWLEDGE Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella’s admonition for the media to accurately report on what is happening, not just in Marawi City but throughout the country, in a highly fl uid situation where developments unfold at breakneck and, admittedly, often confusing speed.

Which is why we exhort our colleagues to exercise extreme care in ensuring that unfolding events are reported to our audiences as accurate as possible; and, in the event we commit mistakes in the heat of the moment, to immediately acknowledge and correct these, something that Inquirer.net did last week.

But we do fi nd it disingenuous of Mr. Abella to address his appeal solely to – presumably private – media and not include the government’s own news outfi ts and, especially, the default “offi cial sources” in the civil and security establishments who have often been at loggerheads, making often contradictory pronouncement and, worst, deliberately spreading wrong or totally false information even before the start of the emergency that prompted the declaration of martial law over Mindanao.

Do we even need to remind Mr. Abella of the Philippine News Agency’s seemingly deliberate attempt to manipulate the truth through its fake news stories? While it has yet to apologize for, or even acknowledge, the story on the supposed declaration by United Nations Member States that extrajudicial killings do not exist in the country, PNA has yet again tried to mislead the public by using a photo of an American soldier in Vietnam to depict “urban warfare” in Marawi.

And do we need to remind the secretary of President Rodrigo Duterte himself reporting the beheading of a police offi cer who turned up very much alive a couple of days later?

Which is why we fi nd it utterly despicable of Mr. Abella and AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla to warn of fake news and threaten censorship or even arrests—to do so is nothing but a bald threat against the freedom of the press and of free expression.

No, sirs, you have no call to tell us what or what not, when or when not, to report, especially not if the very government and institutions you serve, which we are obliged to treat as offi cial sources, cannot even ensure the accuracy of the information you provide.

Instead, we urge -- no, in fact we demand -- that you tighten your acts and provide our people with information that is accurate verifi able instead of “such items that can be easily misinterpreted or sensationalized.”

Nor will we be cowed into silence by such threats. We will not abandon our duty to serve our people’s right to know. Indeed, we urge our colleagues to ask the hard questions of those who purport to lead us, for it is in times like this, when our liberties are most at risk, that we should demand of them the answers on which the future of our people and our nation depend.

(Statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on Sec. Abella’s ‘fake news’ remarks/May 30, 2017)

Ryan Rosauro Chairperson

NUJP Hotline No. 09175155991

Endlessly, BokingAT LAST, at last, at long last!

Pockets of jubilation spread through Mabalacat City at the news screamed by the banner headline here Wednesday of PHL’s longest staying mayor ordered evicted. Taken further to ecstatic heights with the kicker Comelec en banc decision unanimous.

Making the eviction seeming all-too defi nitive in the poll body’s 7-0 affi rmation of its First Division’s resolution of August 3, 2016 cancelling the certifi cate of candidacy of the incumbent mayor and ordering the local board of canvassers to “reconvene, annul the proclamation of Marino P. Morales, proclaim the candidate with the next highest votes, and eff ect the necessary corrections in the Certifi cate of Canvass and Proclamation.”

Victory! Claimed one sore loser in the last elections, instantly grabbing all credit for “Boking’s downfall,” the half-dozen supporters joining in.

Cautionary, rather than celebratory though, is the air around the man who stands to gain the most – Crisostomo C. Garbo, misnomered as second placer according to the Comelec resolution, given Morales’ disqualifi cation to run ab initio and therefore of no account in the political exercise, no matter the avalanche of votes to his name.

Garbo – along with the greater part of the city constituency – knows Boking only too well, the optimum prime in the mayor ever rising out of the direst of circumstances, out of the worst of crises he periodically gets sunk in.

Boking agonistes. How many times have I made that a title in my columns chronicling the mayor’s innumerable “defeats” whence emerged him ultimately triumphant?

The end of Boking. Can there be a worse ending than his being included in the President’s list of narco-politicians? That, Duterte himself announced in early August last year.

And Boking has since been chosen by the Duterte government – according to an uncontested city government PR, at least – as one of the local government executives sent to Washington D.C. for a study on federalism; awarded for outstanding performance in social services, fi scal management, education, and – surprise, surprise – in the campaign against illegal drugs.

That is getting to the end of the story though. Meanwhile…

The end of Boking. Political pundits readily wrote the mayor off in the 2010 elections when his own daughter Marjorie Morales-Sambo ran most acrimoniously against him, airing all the dirty family linen in public.

Here’s a take from a Zona at that time: ...Mayor Boking’s projection, nay, sincere portrayal of a father pained to near-devastation by a daughter’s betrayal but still forgiving, still loving her, and remaining hopeful, pining for her requited love.

But real, all too real was Mayor Boking’s pain. The Parable of the Prodigal Son, albeit transgendered and transposed in Mabalacat, unraveled here.

And Boking won the elections by the widest margin ever.

The end of Boking. Months leading to the 2004 elections, Marino P. Morales – having

served as mayor since 1995, and therefore, beyond the three-term limit – was struck off the offi cial list of candidates for mayor of Mabalacat.

Premature was the celebration of his rivals when barely three weeks before election day, Morales’ name was re-instated in the ballot. And, as expected, all the other candidates were reduced to also-ran again.

The end of Boking. Yes, indeed, the Comelec declared Morales loser to perennial rival Anthony Dee “via protest” in the 2011 polls, albeit the decision issued a month before the next election, enabling Boking to seek and get a TRO preventing the luckless Dee from assuming the mayoralty post even but for a second. This “loss,” along with a six-month suspension from offi ce, provided Boking the “legal” ground for his continuance in the mayorship despite the term limits.

The end of Boking. Five days after fi ling his certifi cate of candidacy in October 2016, Boking withdrew in favor of his wife, Nina Manipon-Morales, who was nominated by the local Kambilan party.

His solemn declaration: “I’m withdrawing my candidacy for city mayor...I already served my cabalen for the past 21 years with humility and dignity at gusto kong pasalamatan ang mga kababayan ko sa lahat ng suporta.”

That valedictory in October turned salutatory in December, just before the deadline for the fi ling of COCs, thus: “Uli na ning lugud cu queng canacung indu, ing lugud cu queng canacung pamilya at lugud careng memalen, ing tune igpa ning siyudad Mabalacat, magbalic cu pung pasibayu para magserbisyu quecayu, (For the love of my mother, my family and my constituents, as the real father of Mabalacat City, I have decided to return to serve you anew).”

And Morales, under the Aksyon Demokratiko Party, winning again with 40,147. His closest pursuer Garbo garnering 17,710 votes.

Argued Garbo: “Though he won by a landslide… he cannot override the constitutional requirements,” referencing the three-term limit that prompted him to fi le a quo warranto case.

The Comelec resolution though was on the petition of Pyra Lucas, fourth placer in the mayoralty contest, seeking the cancellation of Morales’ COC and to disqualify him from running for mayor “since he had already been elected and had served for three consecutive terms for the same position from 2007 to 2013.”

The end of Boking. In fi ve days’ time, gloated the bitterest of his enemies. The legal remedy open to him – to seek a TRO – said to lapse fi ve days from the issuance of the Comelec order, that would be Friday, June 3.

Knowing the man in the mayor though – just like Garbo and the greater people of Mabalacat – I will refrain as yet from singing swan songs for him.

There’s just much too much to this endless ending of Boking.

ON JUNE 2, 1899, the Ma-lolos Congress declared war on the United States, with its President, Pedro Paterno, is-suing a Proclamation of War.

Prior to this proclamation, several battles had already occurred between the Filipino and American forces.

Accordingly, this phase of the Philippine–American War, also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the

Malolos Congress declares war on U.S.Philippine Insurrection (1899– 1902) was an armed military confl ict between the Philippines and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following annex-ation by the United States.

The Filipinos under the leadership of General Emilio Aguinaldo rejected the annex-ation of the Philippines and were determined to defend

their freedom.From the very start, the

Americans manifested bad faith when they refused to rec-ognize Philippine Indepen-dence after it was declared by General Aguinaldo on June 12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite.

Inevitably, the San Juan Bridge incident on February 4, 1899 led to the outbreak of hostilities when an American sentry shot a Filipino soldier.

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

THE Social Security System (SSS) formally covers about 6,000 self -employed lawyers in the country after it has signed the Memoran-dum of Agreement (MOA) with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) last May 19, 2017 during the National Legal Aid Summit held at Henann Regency in Boracay Aklan.

SSS, IBP sign MOA for coverage of self-employed lawyers

The MOA aims to cover all self-employed lawyers to ensure that despite working on their own, they can always count on SSS in times of contingencies. SSS wants to extend the same social security protection to lawyers who are the partners of SSS in upholding the law for the benefi t of its members.

SSS chair Dean Amado D. Valdez (middle) and IBP national president Atty. Rosario T. Setias-Reyes (5th from right) exchange copies of the MOA in the presence of (4th from right) SSS president-CEO Emmanuel F. Dooc, SSS SVP for account management group Judy Frances A. See (4th from left) and IBP EVP and governor for Western Visayas Region Abdiel Dan Elijah S. Fajardo (3rd from left). C!"#$%&'#() *+!#!

MACABEBE, Pampanga – Thirty-fi ve “Go Negosyo Carts” are now placed beside the mu-nicipal hall here ready for distri-bution to indigent benefi ciaries.

The carts came from the Pampanga Provincial Employ-ment Services Offi ce (PESO).

“These will also be distrib-uted to food vendors because of the growing amount of trash on the streets. Also, there are vendors who are already near the road and their custom-ers, particularly students, are prone to be hit by passing ve-hicles,” said municipal admin-istrator Jomel S. Cruz.

Macabebe gets Capitol boost “We want the town to be

clean and organized that is why the vendors were grouped and placed in one area,” he added.

The instructions came from Mayor Annette F. Balgan who has called for the orderly con-duct of vendors as she en-joined them to strictly observe cleanliness in their surround-ing areas, Cruz said.

“We coordinated with the PESO to request the Go Nego-syo Carts from the Capitol and the request was granted,” he added.

The Go Negosyo Carts will

be given free to food vendors from this town only, he said. No rentals will be collected from the benefi ciaries but the carts will still be owned by the municipality, he stressed.

“They are just being as-signed to them,” he clarifi ed. “If they don’t want it anymore, they just need to empty the cart and leave them here prop-erly,” he said.

“For now, there are 35 carts available and in two to three months, another 35 carts will be delivered and distributed to benefi ciaries,” Cruz said. – Di-achel Magdangal - OJT/NEU

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ANGELES CITY– Three con-tractual workers have been critically injured while two oth-ers underwent treatment after they sustained burns in an ac-cident at the GN Power Mariv-eles Coal-Fired Power Plant (GN Power Plant) in Marive-les, Bataan last Monday.

William Aguilar, Central Luzon deputy coordinator of the Workers Movement for Change (WMC), said the workers sustained various de-grees of burns after fi re back-fi red from the coil in a boiler at about 2 p.m. last Monday. The workers were removing scaf-foldings within the plant when the accident happened.

Aguilar said all the vic-tims were contractual workers hired by the fi rm AssistCo, a contractor of GN power Plant.

3 workers critically injured,2 hurt in coal plant mishap

The critically injured work-ers have remained at the in-tensive care unit of the Bay-pointe Hospital in Subic, Zam-bales, while two others were treated for lesser degree of burns, he said.

Aguilar identifi ed the vic-tims as Leandro Pascasio Jr., Edgar Rosas, Ryan Enriquez, Gilbert Ednacot, and Harold Visencio. He could not say, however, who among them were at the hospital ICU.

“The accident only boosts the call of the labor sector for more humane conditions in working areas, liveable wag-es, and recognition of their democratic rights and fi nal end to all forms of contrac-tualization, such as sub-con-tracting and contracting as al-lowed by Department Order 174 of the Department of La-bor and Employment,” Aguilar

said.WMC secretary gener-

al Anna Gonzales said her group is monitoring what as-sistance GN Power Plant would extend to the victims, noting that while the workers were sub-contracted, the coal plant was still the “main con-tractor.”

For his part, Aguilar said “the incident also indicates how dangerous coal fi re pow-ered plants are, even if they use so-called state-of-the-art technology.”

“This is the reason why we are urging people to protest plans for the establishment of new coal-fi red power plants, such as the proposed RP En-ergy Plant in Subic, as well as those proposed in Marive-les and Limay in Bataan and Masinloc in Zambales,” he stressed.

Balen ko, king Aldo mung Katimawan

BALEN KO, misan pa kakung ilarawan

Ing napun king bie mung mipmung kasakitan,

Lalam dang upaya ding mapanalipan

A keka migtangas ba’ra kang sakupan;

Sablang pibandian mu, ganap dang sekiman

King pemaniapat dang kalapastanganan!

Kulung – karing balang karela salangsang,

Kamatayan para king keka lumbaban.

Kanitang e la pa king Pulu sinanglad

Detang kang Felipe’ng sakim a pamalak,

Keting Indungbalen a nung nu’ laganap

Ing katahimikan king parang mung maslag,

Tiwase la keta’t maligayang ganap

Ding anak nang Eba a’yalang pagsalbat,

Kabang ding kang Adan, atilu king dayat,

Payapang manasik king bie rang panatag.

Dapot itang laya ning balen tang’ irug

Simsam ding Kastilang matuling a buyut;

Kapamilatan na ning segisag dang Krus,

Ikua reng alupig… asilung malambut;

Kaibat ditak-ditak…sikmal da nang lubus

Ing eganaganang disan da na kabud;

Angga na king deti ila nang sinakup

At ganap mig-Ari, linto alang taurs!

I Tarik Soliman na ning Macabebe,

King panlub da reti e ya pepaybande,

At e pepaysupil king bangis dang tagle

Ban ela milub ding e mayap a pake;

At keta teya na itang solu nang bie

Laban king imbut da e kelan marine;

Angga na king iti akua reng apate

King parang ning digma, a nu’ ya mipase!

Itang Lapu-lapu…king Isla ning Mactan,

King panlub da reti meyakit ya tapang;

Uling e na’tanggap ing maging alipan,

Eya pepayraig …pete ne’y Magellan;

Nung e mu ing Misa ampon kabanalan

A keti dela ra antimong panapan;

Itang Sikatuna, king keyang bengisan

E la’gad misaka karing mal tang’ pampang.

Uli ning tepaangan ding liping komanggi,

Dakal lang anak mu a meging bayani;

Pablasang ding biasa tutung e ro’ buri

At ukulan deti ing e ro’ apakli,

Gewa ra… ding balang kekatang kalipi

A keta mig-alsa – pete rong’ piragli;

I Gat Jose Rizal at ding atlung Pari,

Inyang mabite la – milablab ing api!

I Andres Bonifacio ya nang menimuna

Karing Katipunan keng panga-tatag na;

Ding sablang memalen a e na mibata,

Ginisi ra no’ ngan detang Cedula ra!

Kaibat… Balintawak, karin gilisak da

Ing pamakipamuk laban king Espanya!

“Luid ya ing Balayan,” nganing kukulyo ra,

“Ing mate e bala, lalam mung Bandera”!

Ding NOLI at FILI, mitsa lang mistula,

Ketang pamag-alsa a keta migmula;

Ing kasangilan ding sakim a Kastila,

Nyang Nobenta’y sais, mebinyag king daya;

King painut-inut, kanita na mekua

At ganap mebawi ing simsam dang Laya,

King pamisuge rang tepagan at diwa,

Ding anak mung meging bayani ning digma!

(Atin yang kasuglung)

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In a statement, Ma-calintal cited precedents in which the Supreme Court decided in favor of the “voice of the peo-ple” in cases wherein the law is not clear.

Last May 26, the Comelec en banc or-dered the cancellation of the certifi cate of candida-cy (COC) of Morales in

Morales to fi nish term in 2019last year’s May elections, saying the mayor had al-ready fi nished three suc-cessive terms allowed by law. Morales had argued that he was entitled to three more terms as city, no longer municipal may-or, after Mabalacat was declared a component city in 2012.

Morales has peti-tioned the Supreme Court for a temporary

restraining order against the Comelec verdict. The high court is expected to review all documents submitted by the con-tending parties to the Comelec.

“The voice of the peo-ple is the voice of God. This means that if the people of Mabalacat voted for him in 2016, whatever case fi led against him could be dis-

missed by the Supreme Court because the peo-ple have already spo-ken,” Macalintal said.

Macalintal said “the Supreme Court may commit mistakes, but the people never.”

“This is why I be-lieve that Mayor Morales will fi nish his term as he was elected by the peo-ple in 2016, and also on the basis of the Supreme

Court doctrine,” he add-ed.

The Comelec deci-sion was unanimous in unseating Morales and directing the Mabalacat board of canvassers to swear in as mayor former provincial board member Chris Garbo who got the second highest vote in last year’s mayoral polls here.

The complaint

against Morales, howev-er, was fi led by business-woman Pyra Lucas, who landed fourth in the may-oral elections.

Morales has been mayor of Mabalacat since 1995, his term in-terrupted only briefl y by political protests that worked to his advantage to allow him to remain in power as the country’s longest mayoral termer.

try Battalion of the Phil-ippine Army (IBPA) fi red arms indiscriminately in several barangays of President Roxas town of North Cotabato and Da-mulog town Bukidnon, which was followed by aerial bombardments by MG520 attack helicop-ters and whole-day shell-

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canons. Near 1,600 Mo-ros and farmers were af-fected by the military as-sault,” he reported.

Casilao also cited re-ports that last May 27, two farmers were illegal-ly arrested and anoth-er was reported missing after soldiers under the 66th IBPA conducted mil-itary operations in Mara-

gusan town, Composte-la Valley. The arrested farmers are Nestor Quin-taro and Gilbert Rodella, both members of Umana farmers group, while an-other farmer Eranio La-pus is still missing.

He said that two days later on May 29, soldiers under the 60th IBPA, also “illegally arrested a farm-er couple Kidjol Marce-

lo Antay, Sr. and No-eme Antay in Laak town, Compostela Valley. The farmers are members of Namulak farmers group and have remained de-tained at the military camp in Doña Andrea Asuncion town, Davao Del Norte.”

“While the martial declaration was basically due to the Maute group

Eisma added that mutual cooperation is vi-tal in achieving President Rodrigo Duterte’s direc-tive to connect Clark and Subic free ports and turn Central Luzon into a ma-jor logistics hub.

Clark Internation-al Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Al-exander Cauguiran said CRK and Subic free port will complement each other in eff orts to disperse economic activ-ities in regions.

“Since Day One, President Duterte has

Clark airport, SBMA tagged as Duterte’s ‘twin turbo engines...F��� ���! 1 encouraged more car-

riers to utilize Clark air-port, and with our more than 21 million poten-tial passengers from our catchment population, we expect more fl ights via Clark in the months to come,” Cauguiran said.

President Duterte’s infrastructure plan for Central Luzon includes the multi-billion peso Clark airport’s New Ter-minal Building Project and the construction of a railway system linking the free ports of Subic-Clark to Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon that is planned for com-

pletion before the end of Duterte’s term.

The interconnect-ing railway project is ex-pected to hasten the im-provement of passenger volume at CRK and lure in more local and foreign investments especially at the Subic free port zone.

“This will defi nitely be a come-on for local and foreign investors and will spell further growth in the local economy of Zambales and the rest of Central Luzon,” Cau-guiran said.

CRK is looking to in-crease passenger traffi c to as much as 1.5 mil-

lion passengers by year-end, and its new terminal building project, spear-headed by Transporta-tion Secretary Arthur Tu-gade and Bases Conver-sion and Development Authority (BCDA) Pres-ident and CEO Viven-cio Dizon, is projected to be completed by the fi rst quarter of 2020.

The airport logged in a total of 6,205 inter-national and domestic fl ights with 950,732 pas-sengers for local and for-eign routes in 2016.

The present Ninoy Aquino International Air-port (NAIA) grows at

P12.50 to P15.75 while spiral notebooks range from P13.75 to P15.75.

Pad papers for Grade 1-4 cost P9 to P12 while intermediate pad papers range from P14 to P25.

Prices of ballpens range from P4 to P22.75

per piece, while a three-pack set of ballpens have SRP ranging from P13.75 to P30.75.

Similarly, a pack of pencils may cost P10.50 to P37.50 depending on the hardness and brand.

For crayons, a box of eight-range from P12.00 to P34.75 while a

terrorist actions in Mara-wi City, the government response is gradually depicting itself as being heavy-handed,” Casilao said.

Casilao is among the proponents of the House Joint Resolution No. 13, fi led by Makabayan co-alition representatives pushing for a joint session of both Houses and revo-

DTI-3 releases SRP for school supplies

cation of Proclamation No. 216 which declared martial law in Mindanao.

“We urge the Pres-ident to lift martial law, before it is too late. The people’s trust in the Pres-ident is being diluted by the militaristic approach to the crisis, as advanced by his rightist cabinet members,” Casilao also said. –Ding Cervantes

an average of two mil-lion passengers a year for the last seven years, prompting the national government to optimize the use of Clark airport for some operations of domestic and interna-tional airlines.

Cauguiran said Clark’s domestic and in-ternational fl ights were increased in only the fi rst quarter of this year.

CRK serviced 950,732 passengers in 2016. This year, CRK is projecting to service ap-proximately 1.5 Million passengers by end of 2017.

CRK at present has 138 weekly internation-al fl ights and 118 week-ly domestic fl ights, num-bers expected to grow as Philippine Airlines mounts more fl ights lat-er this month for Tagbi-laran, Cagayan de Oro and Bacolod, and within the year, the expansion of operations of other domestic carriers specif-ically Cebu Pacifi c Air, Air Asia, Wakay Air, and SEAIR Philippines.

Negotiations are also on-going for internation-al carriers to start oper-ations at Clark airport by mid-2017. –CIAC-CCO

F��� ���! 1 24-piece box range from P37.75 to P49.25.

Prices of erasers range from P5.75 to P12.75; sharpeners, P5.75 to P17.75; six-inch ruler, P9.75 to P19.75; and 12-inch ruler, P14.75 to P29.75 each.

The SRP will serve as guide to consumers

in comparing diff erent brands and will also serve as a deterrent for over-pricing, Angeles said.

She also remind-ed consumers to care-fully read the labels of products to check if the school supplies have tox-ic or hazardous ingredi-ents.

“Labeling regulations require markings like number of pages, weight, size, hardness (for pen-cils), type classifi cation (for ballpens), brand name, trademark manu-facturer’s name and ad-dress,” she added.

The DTI said as part of their initiatives to help

parents avail of discount-ed prices, DTI-3 part-nered with suppliers in setting up Diskwento Caravans in all provinces of the region.

The complete SRP list for school supplies may be accessed online at www.dti.gov.ph/e-pre-syo.

OLONGAPO CITY- A husband and wife suspected of selling drugs and seven other drug personalities were caught red-handed by operatives of the Police Station 6 of the Olongapo City Police Offi ce (OCPO) in simultaneous drug operations in Barangay Bar-

Couple, 7 others nabbed in drug opsretto here.

Senior Inspector Walter Primero, Station 6 command-er, identifi ed those arrested as Ricky Manuel y Abella, 25, and wife Frecios Manuel y Torres, 25, of La Union Street, Baran-gay Barretto; Lawrence Talob y Celajes, 23; Henry Brodie

y Lama, 26; Art Mayo y Di-malanta, 27, and Jesus Acier-to y Peña, 39, all of Barangay New Kalalake, Olongapo City.

Recovered from the sus-pects were P200 marked, six transparent plastic sachets of shabu and assorted drug par-aphernalia.

Also arrested at Nueva Eci-ja Street, Barangay Barretto were suspects Michael Garcia y De Castro, 32, of Barangay New Kalalake; Richard Garcia y De Castro, 30, of Barangay Pag-Asa and Willmar Panizal y Espilina, 34, of Barangay East Bajac-Bajac, Olongapo City.

Recovered from their pos-session were P200 marked money and four transparent plastic sachets of shabu.

All the suspects were de-tained at Police Station 6 de-tention cell facing charges for violation of RA 9165.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - A businessman who is re-ported to be the only supplier of shabu in Concepcion, Tar-lac has been arrested by the police in a sting operation last Saturday.

In a report, Concepcion po-

Suspected lone shabu supplier of Tarlac town fi nally arrestedlice chief Supt. Luis Ventura Jr. identifi ed the suspect as Arnolf Lugtu, 30, a native of Olonga-po City who established busi-ness in Sitio Pao in Barangay Sta. Cruz in Concepcion three years ago.

Ventura said Lugtu is in the local drugs watchlist and was among those who “sur-

rendered” to authorities during Operation Tokhang.

“Lugtu fooled us. He sur-rendered and even signed an affi davit promising that he would no longer involve him-self in illegal drugs. But he reneged on his promise and continued selling shabu,“ said Ventura.

He said Lugtu was appar-ently the only supplier of sha-bu in Concepcion, but he could not immediately say where the suspect got his supply.

Ventura noted that Lugtu is a native of Olongapo City, but established a palay milling and selling business in Con-cepcion three years ago. The

milling facility, however, was closed most of the time, he noted.

“It now seems the busi-nesses were mere fronts for his illegal drug trade,” Ventu-ra said, as he expressed con-fi dence that the arrest of Lugtu has made Concepcion “drug free.”

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SpotlightArci Pineda

NOTICE OF ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that TERESITA SANTOS CHEUNG, of legal

age, Filipino, widow, resident of 1008 R.D. Reyes St., Sta. Trinidad, Angeles City and sole heir of MARCELO “MARC” CAPULE CHEUNG who died intestate on December 20, 2007 at Mary Washington Hospital in Virginia Fredericksburg, USA executed an Affi davit of Adjudication of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3 of the consolidation-subdivision plan Pcs-03-000842, being a portion of the consolidated Lot Nos. 4 & 5 Block 2 (LRC) Pcs-5403, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of Pmapang, San Nicolas & Lourdes, City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 101918, before Notary Public Maria Cecilia T. Saporne as per Doc No. 154, Page No. 32, Book No. 1, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 18, 25 & June 1, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ALBERTO C. PACLIBAR who

died intestate on January 14, 2002 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale of his estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 465465-RRegistry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

Lot 539-B-7 of the subd. plan Psd-03-095329, being a portion of Lot 539-B (LRC) Psd-210994 L.R.C. Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of Sto. Rosario (now Tinabang), Mun. of Magalang, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. (34930-R) 5286Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

Lot 4-H of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-29186, being a portion of Lot 4 described on plan (LRC) Pcs-346 L.R.C. GLRO Cad. Rec. No. 124) situated in the Bo. of Balibago, Mun. of Angeles, Prov. of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Almario D. Marimla as per Doc No. 167, Page No. 89, Book No. XLII, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 18, 25 & June 1, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of NELSON MAGNANI BERMIDO

who died intestate on November 15, 2015 at St. Raphael Foundation and Medical Center, Dau, Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3, Blk. 30 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-202163, being a portion of Lot 29-B LRC (GLRO) Rec. No. 11732) with existing improvements, situated in the Bo. of Dau, Mun. of Mabt., Prov. of Pamp., Is. of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 171728, before Notary Public Severino T. Santos as per Doc No. 200, Page No. 41, Book No. 241, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 25, June 1 & 8, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of BEATRIZ DE DIOS VDS. DE

FELICIANO who died intestate on January 18, 2014 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 230-C-2 of the subd. plan Psd-03-041014, being a portion of Lot 230-C (LRC) Psd-1280, L.R.C. Rec. No. ) with a house built and existing thereon, situated in the Bo. of San Nicolas, Mun. of Magalang, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. (317839-R) 045-50510-M of the Register of Deeds for Angeles City, before Notary Public Arnel S. Santos as per Doc No. 103, Page No. 37, Book No. XXVIII, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: June 1, 8 & 15, 2017

Santacruzan 2017@ Robinsons Angeles

NOW on its second year, Robinsons Angeles held the 2017 Santacruzan.Twelve gorgeous young ladies candidates vied for the title of Reyna Ning Santacruzan 2017, all of which

came from various barangays in Angeles City.Misty Reigne T. Panganiban took home the title including some minor awards.Mary Rose A. Odog and Vemberneth D. Villanueva landed as fi rst and 2nd runners up, respectively.Robinsons Angeles also gave awards to local designers and make up artists who gave there best to make

the event even more successful.In her speech Robinsons Angeles Marketing offi cer Ms Daren Dumayag said,”We would like to encourage

young ladies to join competition such as this to promote not only the beauty of the Angelenos, but to uplift their self esteem as well.

“Robinsons Angeles believes that there are a lot of aspiring beauty in the city. And as far a s the mall is concerned, we are aiming to make this event even bigger as the years to come”.

Also present is Robinsons Angeles Mall Manager Ms. Lei Estaris Belmonte.q q q

THE QUEEN of all media, Kris Aquino is still hoping for her dream to fi nd a “long and lasting love”, despite all her failed relationships.

In her Instagram post today, May 30, the Queen of All Media revealed the list of qualities she’s looking for her next boyfriend.

Kris wrote, “Pwedeng maging choosy? Age dapat plus or minus 7, dapat non smoker, has to love reading, works out (ayaw ni kuya & bimb ang hindi fi t), prayerful, and hard working.

“Bawal ang drugs & gambling.“And most importantly good conversationalist & listener.“Oh & clear, smooth skin. (Prayer list namin ‘to ni Bimb)”The 46-year-old Kris gave this statement in response to a netizen who volunteered to look for a potential

boyfriend for her. In the caption of her Instagram post, Kris also said that she wants her next boyfriend to share her dream

to build a house with an extensive garden fi lled with fl owers and organic plants. “Flowers everyday are romantic, but I pray for lasting love...“Someone who will plant a garden with me (preferably in a greenhouse in Tarlac) and we’ll share a life until

all our herbs fully mature, our organic produce are edible and our fl owers bloom.“P.S. And we have 8 giant mango trees”A male Instagram follower told Kris that he’s willing to make her dream come true by planting fl owers

around his house.He added, “Okay, I will make... for you and tickle you everyday.” To which statement, Kris responded, “Medyo weird ka, sorry ha”

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SPEAKING of Kris, the host is fi nally moving into her newly built house in Quezon City.On her post last night, May 31, Kris told her followers that they’re moving into their new home when they

return from their short vacation in Japan.She also bade goodbye to their temporary residence for seven months.Kris wrote on the caption of her photo of her youngest son Bimby, “This is our last night here, after more

than 7 months we are leaving The Residences @shangrilafort fi rst for Kuya’s birthday celebration in his favorite food destination and fi nally moving into our new home upon our return.”

The move was delayed for a couple of weeks. In her previous post, the TV host-actress had projected she and her sons would be settled in on Mother’s Day, May 14.

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KAPUSO actress Kim Rodriguez vehemently denied the issue that she is the one referred to as preggy in a blind item.

This is the second time the young actress was rumored to be pregnant.“Opo, aware po ako sa blind item na yun, kasi sabi ng mga friend kong nakabasa, parang ako raw yun.

Sabi ko, hindi totoo na buntis ako. Nagpu-post nga ako kung saang beach nagpupunta, at saka hindi naman totoo. Makikita niyo naman kung buntis ako o hindi, e, di ba?” defends the 22-year old actress.

However, Kim admits that she gained weight.“Siguro ganoon talaga pag masaya, e. Masaya ako sa buhay ko ngayon at masaya ako sa career ko,

dahil kare-renew ko lang ng contract ulit [sa GMA] last month lang. And mayroon akong upcoming movie rin.”“Siguro na-enjoy ko lang ang bakasyon ko at nagkakain. Sinulit ko ang bakasyon ko habang walang

trabaho. Pumunta ako sa Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore... Kain ako nang kain, kaya pagdating ng Pilipinas, tumaba ako. Pero ngayon, nagda-diet na ako at nagdyi-gym bago magsimula yung teleserye kong gagawin.”

Kim also denied that she has an actor-politician boyfriend.“May nabasa rin ako na nali-link ako sa actor-politician. Marami akong kaibigan. May friend din akong

actor-politician, pero wala pa akong nakakarelasyon.” How about the issue that the said politician gave her a condo unit?“Hala, yung condo ko, yung kotse ko, ako ang nagbabayad. At saka alam ng manager ko ‘yan. Sana may

bodyguard ako ngayon kung may karelasyon akong politician.”“Hindi, wala, wala… Siguro kung totoo yun, hindi na ako magtatrabaho. Hindi na ako magre-renew ng

kontrata para magpuyat akong magtrabaho.” she stressed.

SANTACRUZAN 2017. (L-R) Vemberneth D. Villanueva, Misty Reigne T. Villanueva and Mary Rose A. Odog

Republic of the PhilippinesOffi ce of the Civil RegistrarPROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

Mabalacat CityR.A. 10172R.A. 9048

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCFN-0005-2017CCE-0125-2017 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that CRISTINA CARLA R. FEDERIPE-DE LIMA has fi led with this offi ce a petition for change of fi rst name from CARLA to CRISTINA CARLA and correction of entry in the date of birth from 28 AUGUST 1985 to 23 JUNE 1985 in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of CARLA RUBIA FEDERIPE at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are Oscar Federipe and Edna Rubia.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his/her written opposition with this offi ce not later than seven (7) days after the completion of the publication period.

VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINA City Civil Registrar

FOR THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR CAROLINA I. AQUINO

Administrative Assistant VI

Punto! Central Luzon: June 2 & 9, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CESAR DAMASCO who died

intestate on March 8, 2009 in Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) and FIDELA DAMASCO who died intestate on April 30, 2017 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a Bank Account maintained with BDO Angeles City-Nepo Mart Branch with Savings Account No. 005780000310 in the amount of P50,766.62 plus interest accruing, before Notary Public Bryan Matthew C. Nepomuceno as per Doc No. 2596, Page No. 57, Book No. XV, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: June 1, 8 & 15, 2017

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THE PHILIPPINES’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacifi c Air (PSE: CEB) saw passenger growth bounce back in April, as sum-mer went into full swing and on the back of the tradition-al Lenten break and four-day long Labor-Day weekend.

Total passenger traffi c of CEB and wholly owned sub-sidiary Cebgo reached 1.817 Million in April 2017, up 2.6% versus the same month last year. For the fi rst four months of 2017, CEB and Cebgo car-ried a total of 6.63 Million pas-sengers, reversing the decline in the fi rst quarter of 2017.

Capacity grew 4.2% in April, bringing total growth in the number of seats sold to 3.3% from January to April 2017. Seat Load Factor reached 88.6% in April 2017, bringing the four-month total to 85.1%. CEB ramped-up ca-pacity this year to support do-mestic destinations such as Siargao, Masbate and Tablas in Romblon. The carrier also expanded its Visayas-Mind-anao route network with direct fl ights from Cagayan de Oro to Tagbilaran and Bacolod.

“To reach our goal of fl y-ing 20 million passengers this year, we remain committed to expanding our domestic route network, where we lead with 37 destinations; and looking at opportunities to grow our inter-national market where we can meet rising demand and sus-tain our year-round low fare proposition.” said Atty JR Man-taring, Vice President for Cor-porate Aff airs of Cebu Pacifi c.

For the fi rst quarter of 2017, CEB revenues reached P16.864 Billion, a 4.7% in-crease year-on-year, driven by growth in ancillary and car-go revenues. However, the growth in costs outpaced that of revenues, bringing net in-come for the fi rst three months of 2017 to P1.283 Billion, ver-sus P4.037 Billion in earnings in the same quarter last year.

CEB announced fi ve new routes, due to start commer-cial operations next month. Starting July 26, 2017, CEB will fl y three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-day) between Cebu and Mas-bate, Davao and Dumaguete, and Zamboanga and Cotaba-to. Cebgo will also begin fl y-ing four times a week (Tues-day, Thursday, Saturday, and Saturday) between Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga, and Davao and Tacloban on July 27, 2017. The new routes will be serviced by the Cebgo fl eet of ATR aircraft.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebu-pacifi cair.com or call the res-ervation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or (+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can be found on CEB’s offi cial Twitter (@CebuPacifi cAir) and Facebook pages.

Guests may also download the Cebu Pacifi c offi cial mo-bile app on the App Store and Google Play.

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traffi c picks up in April

INDIGENOUS ART. Lubao

Mayor Mylyn Pineda Cayabyab

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artisan Ruming Santos who was

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Justice (DOJ) inaugurated yesterday the new Hall of Justice located at Diosdado Maca-pagal Government Center, Maimpis here.

Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez and Prosecutor General Victor C. Sepulveda led the inauguration of the new building worth P70-million, together with DOJ Assistant Sec-retary Juvy Manwong, Governor Lilia Pineda and City of San Fernando Mayor Edwin San-tiago.

Governor Pineda said in her speech that the province is truly lucky to have housed most government offi ces in the center, allowing the Kapampangans to have easier access to them.

The lady governor said the newly-inaugu-rated Hall of Justice is expected to help fast track cases of inmates in the province and ease jail congestion.

Marquez, meanwhile, thanked the gover-nor for her support to the judiciary. He also re-vealed that the Supreme Court will be launch-ing the revised continuous trial rules and guide-lines, which will make the criminal proceedings faster.

“We are hoping that with the revised guide-lines of continuous trial, criminal cases will be promptly resolved and the number of inmates in our provincial jails lessened,” he said.

He also stressed the inter-dependence among government offi ces and the judiciary for the delivery of “a more eff ective, effi cient, and responsive dispensation of justice.”

Regional State Prosecutor Jesus Simbu-lan said that the funding for the construction of the P70-million Hall of Justice was through the Justice System Infrastructure Program (JUSIP) of the Department of Justice, which shelled out P60-million, and through the eff orts of then Congressman and Regional Develop-ment Council-3 Chairman Oscar Rodriguez who gave additional P10-million.

“All in all, the P70-million expenses went to the building itself, the site development and parking spaces, furniture and fi xtures among other,” according to Simbulan.

The new 3-storey Hall of Justice will be the house for the Municipal Trial Court for Cities 1, 2, 3 and 4, and the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court; the Offi ce of the City Prosecutor and the Re-gional Prosecutor. – Philip Ocampo/Pampan-ga PIO

(L-R) City of San Fernando Mayor Edwin Santiago, Court Administrator Midas Marquez, DOJ ASec. Juvy Manwong, Prosecutor General Victor C. Sepulveda, and Gov. Lilia Pineda cut the ribbon signifying the opening of the new Hall of Justice in Maimpis, CSFP.

DOJ inaugurates new hall of justice

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SUBIC BAY FREE-PORT — Subic Bay Metropolitan (SBMA) chairman Martin Diño warned crooked busi-nessmen not to use the Subic Bay Freeport for their smuggling oper-ation, adding that the Subic agency will not spare anyone in its campaign against cor-ruption.

Diño issued the warning as he an-nounced the seizure of a 10-wheeler truck (RNK 394) loaded with 36 units of used indus-trial sewing machine and other offi ce equipment with an es-timated total value of P2.65 million.

The cargo was declared as assort-ed scrap materials from the Subic Bay Apparel Corp., a company which has closed at the Naval Magazine area here. The cargo was declared as worth only P10,000.

Diño said that SBMA law enforcers and personnel of the Bureau of Cus-toms (Port of Subic) stopped the cargo truck last May 19, after its driver Roel Taloban, 24, of New Cabalan, Olonga-po City, failed to show a clearance from the BoC.

Diño added that because of the incident, BoC CIIS Lt. Gino Minguil-ian asked Subic authorities to review the documents and CCTV footages of haulers exiting the Freeport gate at Tipo Road.

From these it was found that on May 11, 12 and 15, fi ve other hauling

SBMA chairman vows to hit hard on smugglers

trucks loaded with 109 heavy duty sewing ma-chines, computers, of-fi ce chairs, 300 rolls of fabric and other ma-terials, have passed through Tipo Road. The cargoes were re-portedly transported to the San Simon Indus-trial Park in Pampan-ga.

“We will know who were involved in this, where it passed, or whether this was hap-pening regularly,” Diño also said. “This time we are sending a clear signal to all business-men, as well as our people at the gate, that

the SBMA is serious in stopping smug-gling here.”

The SBMA offi cial further said that he is consulting now with the agency lawyers to fi nd ways on how to run af-ter smugglers.

He also refused to name the SBMA employees who might be involved in the sewing machine case to give them the “benefi t of the doubt” and the op-portunity to explain how the cargoes exited the Freeport without proper clearances.

“But defi nitely, like what we are do-ing at the VACC (Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption), there will be heads rolling here,” he assured the media.

Meanwhile, Minguilian said that he has already relieved BoC personnel who were assigned in Tipo at the time when the trucks in question passed the Freeport gate.

Diño