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BY ASHLEY MANABAT

ANGELES CITY -- The Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM), an advocacy group

based in this city calling for the im-mediate and full development of the Clark International Airport (CIA), has called on Department of Trans-portation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya and Clark International Air-port Corp. (CIAC) President-CEO Victor Jose Luciano to resign fol-lowing the impending pull-out of Emirates Airlines from Clark.

PGKM CALL:

Abaya, Luciano resign!

ANGELES CITY- The city government here gave recognition to fi fty outstand-ing Angeleños during its fi rst Pamana Awards held Friday at the Grand Pala-zzo Royale.

The “PAMANA: Pagmaragul At

Mayor Pamintuan and Vice Mayor Vega-Cabigting with awardees in business that include Ruperto Cruz, Reghis Romero II, Johnny Uy, Dennis Uy, and Peter Nepomuceno. PHOTO COURTESY OF RIC GONZALES

AC gov’t fetes 50 outstanding citizens

Andipoe Garcia of Magalang, Pampanga is shown with his top milk-producing crossbreed carabao. PHOTO COURTESY OF MA.CECILIA IRANG

Matenakang Anak Ning Angeles” high-lights and caps the month-long 50th Cityhood Foundation of Angeles City.

It was conceptualized to pay tribute to the sons and daughters of Angeles City who brought pride and honor to

their fellow Angelenos and signifi cantly contributed to the city’s development and transformation into what is today.

The awardees were categorized based on their achievements and ac-complishments in various fi elds of en-

deavour ranging from government ser-vice, business, arts and culture, jour-nalism, education, sports, medicine, human rights, philanthropy, architec-ture, aviation, information technology,

MAGALANG, Pampanga – “My Menang yields 14 liters of milk a day for three months. In her oth-er months of lactation, she gives seven to eight liters a day.”

Proudly saying this, Andypoe Garcia of Sitio Mapiña of Baran-gay San Ildefonso here, has-tened to add: “I also have Mari-sa, Bilyang, Elyang and 18 oth-

DAIRY FACTORY

‘Menang’ yields 14 liters of milk dailyers more like them but they can’t beat my Menang in milk produc-tion.”

Menang, as well as the oth-er milking animals of Garcia, is a crossbred carabao. It is the prod-uct of the crossbreeding of the na-tive carabaos and the dairy type which is either the Murrah or Bra-zilian breed.

All told, Garcia harvests an average of 56 liters of carabao’s milk a day which he delivers to Susie’s in Angeles City which specializes in food products us-ing milk as an important ingredi-ent. He sells the milk at P80 per liter.

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ANGELES CITY -- Re-tired members of the Social Security System (SSS) could start receiv-ing bigger monthly pen-sions this year, accord-ing to SSS Vice Pres-ident for public affairs Marissu G. Bugante in the “Batirulan qng Don Juan” media forum last Friday organized by the Capampangan in Media,

SSS pension hike likely this year

Inc. (CAMI) and the Holy Angel University (HAU) here.

Bugante said the “increase in the pen-sion rates is now in the works” even as she de-clined to comment fur-ther or give more details.

She said the SSS is now actively pursuing an amendment of its char-

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BY DING CERVANTES CITY OF SAN FEERNAN-

DO - The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has urged Pres. Aquino to junk the purchase of P18.9 billion fi ghter jets from South Korea and the P4.8 billion helicop-ters from Canada, and instead

PNOY URGED

Shift P24-B aircraft purchases to rehab of Yolanda-hit areasVictim-fi shers got mere ‘epoxy’ from gov’t

re-channel the budget for the rehabilitation of Yolanda strick-en areas in Eastern Visayas, Northern Cebu, Northern Ne-gros, Panay Island and Pala-wan.

This, even as Pamalakaya reported that many fi shermen in the said areas got from the government mere tokens of “epoxy, plywood and some ki-

los of nail for boat repair.”In a press statement,

Pamalakaya Vice Chair Sal-vador France said the pro-curement of the aircraft worth a total of P24 billion is “unnec-essary and immoral” and that “state resources should be mobilized to assist and rebuild livelihoods and communities devastated by super typhoon

Yolanda last year.”The Department of Nation-

al Defense announced earli-er that the government is set to acquire 12 FA-50 multirole combat aircraft worth P18.9 billion from Korean Aerospace Inc. (KAI). The defense agen-cy also awarded a P4.8-bil-lion contract for the supply of eight combat-utility helicopters to the Canadian Commercial Corp.

Pamalakaya quoted De-fense Undersecretary Fernan-do Manalo as saying that KAI will deliver the 12 fi ghter jets on a staggered basis within the agreed 38-month period, or almost a year after Mr. Aqui-no steps down in 2016.

“The government has huge funds for fi ghter jets and he-licopters but it has no money to issue boats, motor engines and fi shing nets for tens of thousands of affected fi sher-men in Yolanda wrecked ar-eas. The government failed to fulfi l the promise, instead what it gave to small fi sher-men were epoxy, some pieces of plywood and some kilos of nail,” the group lamented.

Visiting Barangay Tam-bak last March 26, one of the Yolanda stricken areas in a coastal town of Aklan, Pamal-akaya information offi cer Ger-ry Albert Corpuz found out that the fi shing village composed of 3,041 population and 769 households, mostly full time fi shermen, had yet to receive substantial rehabilitation as-sistance from the national and local government units and were made to receive token assistance such as epoxy, ply-wood and some kilos of nail for boat repair. “

“The subsistence fi sherfolk need new boats, at least 10 to 12 horsepower motor engines and new nets because all their fi shing gears were swept away during Supertyphoon Yolanda, yet, what they got from the na-tional government were adhe-sives in tubes, some plywood and a few kilos of nail. This to-ken approach to rehabilitation will not rebuild livelihood and restore lives and yet the gov-ernment has the nerve to fl irt that P 24 billion budget for new jet fi ghters and helicopters,” Corpuz said.

CL’s BEST FIRE BRIGADE. Mekeni Food Corp Fire Brigade Team won the Overall Championship in the 4th Central Luzon Fire Olympics held March 28, 2014 at the CDC Grounds, Clark Freeport. In photo are Mekeni President Pruds Garcia (center) and siblings Nards, Lito and Adrian, HR Manager Marilou Uy, and the members of the fi re brigade. Mekeni bested 10 other teams in the industrial category and also won fi rst places in Bucket Relay and Fire Extinguisher categories. In 2012, Mekeni was also adjudged as Overall Champion in the same regional contest organized by the Bureau of Fire Protection as part of the awareness campaign for the Fire Prevention Month. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

BY ARMAND M. GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY – Summer has just started, but the pro-vincial disaster risk reduction and management council, citing uncertainty in climate change, has laid down its preparedness program which include earmarking over P28 million in quick re-spond fund Thursday.

The council, presided by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Asst. Regional Director Abraham Pascua as co-chair, approved its P93, 971,301 local risk reduction and management fund investment plan which provides, among oth-ers, the P28,191,390.30 allocation of stand-by fund for relief and recovery programs for rapid normalization of communities or “areas stricken by disasters, calamities, epidemic, or complex emergencies.”

Pascua said the early preparation was necessitated by the fact that climate change has made weather “extremely unpre-dictable that we would not know when the calamity would occur.”

Under the program, the council will procure early warning systems, disaster preparedness equipment and other equipage, medical supplies and relief goods.

“We will also invest on trainings and seminars of relief and rescue teams through simulation exercises and drills at various levels,” Pascua who also is the DILG provincial director for Nue-va Ecija said.

Supt. Crizaldo Nieves, provincial police director, said the PDRRMC will have to identify rescue and relief personnel that can be dispatched immediately from their safe places to calamity areas. “We should learn from the previous operations that rescu-ers should be free from worries on their own families. They can-not be effective in helping others when their minds are preoccu-pied in thinking of safety of their own families,” Nieves stressed.

Thus, there shall be a province-wide identifi cation and estab-lishment of disaster preparedness/response teams of at least 15 “able-bodied persons” per local government unit with permanent employment status.

The PDRRMC also resolved to take advantage of the dry season in rehabilitating fl ood-mitigating infrastructure such as the Sta. Monica Dike Phase II in Aliaga town which costs P21,924,508.08 and Luyos-Buliran Overfl ow Bridge in San An-tonio, Nueva Ecija costing P13,360,000.

At least fi ve gymnasiums, described as multi-purpose fa-cilities, shall be constructed soon to serve as evacuation cen-ters during calamities. The modifi ed gyms, with a total cost of P17,695, 702.62 will have toilets for men and women, kitchen, laundry area and facility for “proper disposal of human excre-ment.”

There will also be water pumps in each facility.Among the areas already identifi ed to host such gyms were

Barangays Padolina and Pias in Gen. Tinio; San Roque and Tambo North Elementary School in San Leonardo; Gabaldon In-tegrated School in Barangay Gabaldon, Science City of Munoz; Barangay Casongsong, Guimba; and Cama Juan, San Antonio.

AS SUMMER STARTS

Ecijanos prepare for rainy days

BY ERNIE ESCONDE

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan- A village here was chosen as showcase in Region 3 of the barangay assembly which was held simultaneously in all ba-rangays in the country Satur-day.

“Nag-iisang regional show-case sa barangay assembly ang Barangay Pag-asa sa Di-nalupihan, Bataan sa buong Central Luzon para sa semes-ter na ito,” said Florida Dijan, Region 3 director of the De-partment of Interior and Local Government.

She said that as mandat-ed by the Local Government Code, barangay assemblies are being held in all villages in the country every last Satur-day of March and October.

“Gusto ng DILG na mag-ing excellent ang local gover-nance at nakita namin ito sa Barangay Pag-asa kaya ito ang napili namin bilang show-

Bataan village is barangay assembly showcase in CL

case upang maging halimba-wa ng ibang barangay,” Dijan said.

There are 3,102 barangays in the provinces of Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Bulacan, Zambales , Aurora and Bata-an, all under Region 3.

During the barangay as-sembly, committee chairmen of the sangguniang barangay in fi nance, peace and order, social services, agriculture, sports and education, public works and health and sanita-tion, reported what their re-spected committees have un-dertaken and planned to un-dertake.

Dinalupihan Mayor Maria Angela Garcia, Vice-Mayor Rey Matawaran and Bataan Gov. Albert Garcia congratu-lated offi cials and residents of Pag-asa for the achievement.

“Nang malaman naming napili ang Pag-asa bilang re-gional showcase, naisip nam-ing dito na rin ilunsad ang pro-

gramang ‘barangay visit’ na may temang ‘Munisipyo Abot Kamay Mo’,” the mayor said.

She said that the program will be undertaken in all 46 ba-rangays of Dinalupihan. Rep-resentatives of all departments of the municipal, provincial and national government agencies will go to the villages.

“Ibababa, ilalapit namin ang mga serbisyo, programa ng gobyerno sa mga ta-ong-bayan sa mismong mga lugar nila at aalamin namin ang mga pangangailangan nila,” Garcia said.

“Maganda ang ganito sa-pagka’t ang problemang hindi nadadala sa bayan, mailalapit dito,” said 76-year old Norma Lee.

The old woman said she will ask the help of Mayor Gar-cia and her staff about the er-ror in the birth certifi cate of a grandson. “Male ang apo ko pero ang nakalagay female,” she said.

THINK GREEN

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFFGUAGUA, PAMPANGA

NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCECORPORATION (NHMFC), Mortgagee, -versus- FREM Case No. G-14-2210

BENJAMIN RAMIREZ MURO, JR. married toTERESITA TUGBO MURO Mortgagor,

x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

WHEREAS, Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 fi led by NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION (NHMFC), mortgagee, with postal address at 104 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, against mortgagor/s, BENJAMIN RAMIREZ MURO, JR. married to TERESITA TUGBO MURO, with postal address at L14 B12 Florida Hts. Subd., Floridablanca, Pampanga/ 431st FDMS, Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness mentioned which as of March 13, 2014, amounts to TWO HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE PESOS AND 58/100 (Php260,703.58) Philippine currency and other obligations that may become due and demandable, plus the expenses of foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga, thru Sheriff Serafi n M. Serrano, Jr. will sell at public auction on 21st day of April 2014 at 10:00 in the morning or soon thereafter at the entrance of the Municipal Trial Court of Floridablanca, Pampanga to the highest bidder in cash and in Philippine currency the herein-below described real property with all the improvements thereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 272535-RA parcel of land (Lot 14, Blk 12 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-

192488, being a portion of Lot 307-3-2-C (LRC) Psd-185277, LRC Rec. No. 4435), situated in the Bo. of San Jose, Mun. of Floridablanca, Prov. of Pampanga, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., pts. 4-1 by Lot 13; on the SE., pts. 1-2 by Lot 16; both of Blk. 12; on the SW., pts. 2-3 by Rd. lot 11; and on the NW., pts. 3-4 by Lot 12, Blk. 12; all of the subd. plan x x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) Square Meters, more or less.

The Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga and Angeles City once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks and will be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places prior to the date of sale for the information of the public in general and of the interested parties in particular.

Prospective bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property and the encumbrances existing thereon, if any there be.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on April 28, 2014 also at 10:00 in the morning and at the same place mentioned above without further notice.

Guagua, Pampanga, March 24, 2014.

SERAFIN M. SERRANO Sheriff IV Copy furnished:

Atty. Dante Q. RizadaCounsel for NHMFC4/F Filomena Bldg., 104 Amorsolo St.,Legaspi Village, Makati City

Benjamin Ramirez Muro, Jr. married toTertesita Tugbo MuroL14 B12 Florida Hts. Subd., Floridablanca, Pampanga/431st FDMS, Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: March 26, April 2 & 9, 2014

BEYOND THE beaches and the islands and all that hedonism they excite, Phuket – like the rest of Thailand – is deep in spirituality too.

Atop the Nakkerd Hills sits a 45-meter Big Buddha of white Bur-mese marble, shimmering in the sun under azure skies, awakening some sense of serenity in the least of the beholders, some fullness of being in the fi rmest of believers. What with nothing to hear there but the whisper of the wind and the tingling of small chimes and bells.

Still a work-in-progress, the base of the statue offers a spec-tacular sweeping vista of Chalong Bay, the beaches of Kata and Karon and Phuket town below.

At Phuket Old Town, Thalang Road and its arteries of sois (small streets) is a walk back in time with the rows of vintage Sino-Por-tuguese shophouses restored – still selling variety of goods from textiles to roti, bicycles to herbs, and repurposed – to guesthouses, cafes, bars, even clinics.

Soi Romanee, the area’s former red light district – its name readily translates to “naughty with the ladies” – is now a must for prenup location shoots.

Already taking its own niche in Phuket’s tourism map, just fi ve or so months after its opening, is the eponymous Trickeye Museum with its 3D paintings and murals ranging from the masters, read: Michelangelo, Renoir, Matisse and Van Gogh, to contemporary landscapes and local scenes, comics, sports and movies too.

Being incorporated in the artwork itself is second to none in in-teractive fun. Tickets to the museum cost 500 baht for adults, 300 for kids. It’s well worth it.

It’s not all sun, sea and sand in Phuket. It’s art, heritage, cul-ture and some mindfulness of being too. (Cebu Pacifi c fl ies Ma-nila-Phuket-Manila four times weekly. For the fi nest tours, touch base with the Tourism Authority of Thailand) – Bong Z. Lacson

PRETTY PHUKET 2PRETTY PHUKET 2

Old town charm, 3D modernOld town charm, 3D modern

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of FRANCISCO M. DIZON who

died on November 18, 2000 and MAURA B. FELICIANO-DIZON who died on October 16, 2012, both died without any will, executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement of their estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 8596Lot 5, Block 4 of the Subdivision Plan PSD-24493, Sheet 1,

being a portion of Lot 3347 of the Cadastral Survey of San Fernando, G.L.R.O. Cad. Rec. No. 145, situated in the Barrios of San Jose, Sto. Rosarion and Dolores, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 367040-RLot 2-B-4 of the subd. plan Psd-035416-063976, being a portion

of Lot 2-B, Psd-03-0410347, LRC Rec. No., situated in the Bo. of Del Carmen, Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp.

before Notary Public Victor B. Roque as per Doc No. 491, Page No. 100, Book No. 7, Series of 2014.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 31, April 7 & 14, 2014

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBRANCH 45

City of San Fernando, Pampanga

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF FRANCINE ALEXANDREA D. KARAGDAG,

SPS. FRANCIS LODY P. QUIAMBAO and MARY ROSE D. DAVID-QUIAMBAO, Petitioners, FC SP PROC. NO. 575 -vs-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL (NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE) QUEZON CITY, Respondents.

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Before this court is the petition of spouses Francis Lody P. Quiambao and Mary Rose D. David-Quiambao praying that Francine Alexandrea D. Karagdag be declared their child.

WHEREFORE, this court hereby (a) sets the petition for hearing on May 2, 2014 at 8:30 in the morning, (b) orders all interested persons to appear in court on said date and time and show cause why this petition should not be granted, (c) orders petitioner to cause the publication of this order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the Province of Pampanga, and (d) orders the Branch Clerk of Court of this court to furnish copies of this order to petitioners, the Local Civil Registrar of San Fernando, Pampanga and the Civil Registrar General, Quezon City, as well as the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, and the Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Region III.

SO ORDERED.City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 14, 2014.

JONEL S. MERCADOActing Presiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 31, April 7 & 14, 2014

ter designed to improve the benefi ts extended to members as well as provide new benefi ts to bolster its campaign to attract more members including professionals and informal workers like those in the fi shery and agriculture and even in the service sectors.

In line with this, the SSS has taken steps to

SSS pension hike likely this yearFROM PAGE 1 sign up more bilateral

pacts with foreign coun-tries, particularly those that host a growing num-ber of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). These agreements ensure the recognition and contin-uation of social security memberships of workers in the signatory coun-tries, she said.

The SSS has also activated more branches and service offi ces rais-

ing to 225 areas the ex-tent of its reach this year, she added.

The SSS recently for-malized a partnership with the Department of Agriculture to fully sub-sidize farmers’ monthly contributions as self-em-ployed members, an ar-rangement that is ex-pected to benefi t up to 200,000 agricultural workers nationwide who may qualify for the sub-sidy as members of rural based organizations or community.

“Extension Workers” in good standing, with 100 farmers, have been selected as the fi rst batch of benefi ciaries in addition to the over 450,000 farmers and fi sher-folk already cov-ered by the System as self-employed members.

Bugante explained that the forthcoming in-crease in pension rates this year is part of the System’s overall thrust to improve the benefi ts and services for its ac-tive and retired members as well as extending its social security coverage to organized profession-als and informal workers like members of cooper-atives and other institu-tions.

She said the drive to expand its member-ship base, rationaliza-tion of fi nancial activities and improved monitor-ing of employer compli-ance boosted the SSS’ collections by 9.4 per-cent to P103 billion from last year’s P94 billion. This allowed it to give last year to its members more benefi ts aggregat-

international economics and community service.

They were stringent-ly chosen by a selec-tion committee headed by Mayor Edgardo Pa-mintuan as chairman and Marc Nepomuceno as vice-chair. Members were: Councilor Jericho Aguas, Renato ‘Abong’ Tayag, Josie Henson, Dr. Marietta Gaddi, Dr. Archimedes David and Peter Alagos.

Leading the posthu-mous awardees were Congresswoman Juan-ita Nepomuceno and Mayor Rafael S. del Ro-sario, who were instru-mental in the conversion Angeles into a city.

Also cited was inter-national hip-hop musi-cian and record produc-er Allan Pineda Lindo aka apl.d.ap of the fa-mous Grammy Award winning group the Black Eyed Peas while inter-national billiard cham-pion Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes led the awardees in the fi eld of sports.

Pamintuan was as-sisted by Vice May-or Vicky Vega Cabig-ting in handing out the

AC gov’t fetes 50 outstanding citizensFROM PAGE 1 certifi cates, medallions

and trophies to the awardees.

In his speech, Pa-mintuan said, Angeles City grew from the small clearing made by Don Angel Pantaleon de Mi-randa and Dona Rosalia de Jesus out of a portion of San Fernando that was forested by a vine called kuliat.

“A vine can grow hor-izontally and vertical-ly. Just as Angeles City did, even surfi ng over catastrophes such as the massive eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, the sud-den closure of the US air base at Clark, and many other natural and man-made challenges,” Pa-mintuan explained.

“I can only imag-ine the founding couple of Angeles -- Don An-gel and Dona Rosalia -- brimming with pride as they watch us from the heavens,” the may-or said.

Pamintuan said that throughout the city’s his-tory, there are certainly more than 50 outstand-ing Angelenos.

“We can never count the Angelenos, even if they are nameless and

even if they are less priv-ileged, who contributed in their own way in the development of our city,” he stressed.

Pamintuan assured that in due time, the committee shall sit down again and look at the city’s other distinguished citizens, and shall salute and fete them as well at the proper occasion.

Here’s the complete list of awardees.

For Arts and Cul-ture: Mariano A. Hen-son, Vicente Alvarez Di-zon, Claude Tayag,Ni-canor “Nikki” Reyes, Lucia ‘Aling Lucing’ Cu-nanan,Benedict D. Pa-mintuan, Fr. Venancio Q. Samson, Allan Lindo Pineda[Apl.de.Ap], Dan-iel H. Dizon, Raquel Vil-lavicencio and Peter de Vera;

For Business: Ramon W. Tang, J. Emiliano Val-des, Domingo Evan-gelista, Jr., Evansuida G. Ocampo, Virginia ‘Iniang’ Flores, Reghis M. Romero II, Dennis Anthony Uy, Johnny Uy, Ruperto Cruz, Peter G. Nepomuceno and Ron-ald V. Pineda;

For Government Ser-vice: Rafael S. del Rosa-

rio, Juanita L. Nepomu-ceno, Rafael L. Lazatin, Francisco G. Nepomu-ceno, Rizalino S. Navar-ro, Emmanuel Q. Yap, Amb. Laura Q. del Rosa-rio and Elmer G. Cato;

For Education: Bar-bara Yap Angeles, Jose-fa Guzman, Sr. Josefi na G. Nepomuceno, OSB and Emmanuel Y. Ange-les;

For Sports: Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes, Nicanor Nicdao, Marissa San-chez and Bruce McTav-ish;

For Medicine: Dr. Francisco D. Lim and Dr. Placido de Guzman;

For Architecture: Te-odoro H. Narciso

For Aviation: Benhur A. Gomez

For Journalism: Re-nato D. Tayag and Ar-mando P. Baluyot

For Human Rights: Jose E. Suarez and Dr. Jose P. Pelayo;

For Philanthropy: Don Juan D. Nepomu-ceno;

For Information Tech-nology: Peter M. Valdes;

For International Economics: Delano P. Villanueva;

For Community Ser-vice: Marina G. Pingul.

ing P91.4 billion, up 9 percent from the preced-ing year’s P84 billion.

But despite this, the SSS posted a 16 percent increase in its surplus of contributions over ben-efi ts to P11.6 billion in 2013 from P10 billion in 2012.

Net revenue for 2013 reached P38.3 billion, up 5.8 percent from P36.2 billion in the previ-ous year on the back of P137.4 billion revenues, an increase of 75 per-cent year-on-year from P128.1 billion in 2012. Operating expenses eased by 1.1 percent to P7.6 billion from P7.7 billion, which Bugante traced to the cost-cutting measures implement-ed by the SSS manage-ment during the year, including the strict mon-

itoring of pension releas-es thru the Annual Con-fi rmation of Pensioners (ACOP).

Bugante explained that the ACOP program protects the fund from fraudulent claims by re-quiring pensioners to present themselves to the SSS or to their de-pository bank on the member’s birth month to prove their continued eli-gibility for pension.

She noted that for last year, a total of 4,331 pensioners no longer el-igible for pension due to reasons such as death, remarriage or recovery from total disability, were taken of the list of pen-sioners enabling to reg-ister recurring savings of about P12 million a month.

–Ashley Manabat

NI DINO BALABO

MALOLOS CITY—Sa batang edad ay nagka-in-teres na si Leo Ventura Punongbayan sa pagku-tingting sa mga makina. Nagsimula ito sa kanyang laruan na kanyang binabak-las pagkatapos ay muling ibinabalik sa dati.

Ang interes na ito ang isa sa mga dahilan na nagtulak sa kanya upang mag-aral ng kursong may kinalaman sa mga makina.

Ito ay nagbunga at ni-tong Marso 25, halos ay hindi makapaniwala si Leo nang kanyang mabasa na iya ang nanguna sa talaan ng mga nakapasa sa 2014 mechanical engineering li-

Bulakenyo, nanguna sa mechanical engineering board examcensure examination.

Opo, si Leo na residen-te ng Barangay Sta. Cruz sa bayan ng Guiguinto at nag-tapos sa Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) ang top-notcher sa nasabing pagsu-sulit ng makakuha siya ng grado na 94.05.

Kasunod niya si Jem Sa-rit Martin Alem na kaklase sa MIT, Michael Joseph Cerda ng Dela Salle University (DLSU), at Carlo Ray Selabao ng Uni-versity of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, na pawang may gra-dong 93.15.

Nasa ikatlong puwesto si Michael Joseph Cerda ng DLSU (92.55); kasunod sina Fernan Jade Bautista ng DLSU (92.25); Denver Cruz ng MIT (92.05); Yves Barto-

lata ng Mindanao State Uni-versity-General Santos City (91.75).

Sinabi ni Punongbayan na hindi niya inasahan na siya ang magiging topnotcher. “Magagaling at maruunong din po yung mga nakasabay kong kumuha ng examina-tion,” aniya.

Ngunit binigyang diin niya ang posibleng natatanging kaibahan niya sa iba pang su-mailalim sa eksaminasyon. “Siguro po ay ako yung pinakamalakas magdasal,” sabi niya sa panayam.

Ito ay kinumpirma din ng kanyang ina na si Olivia.

Ang 21-taong gulang na si Punongbayan ay nagtapos noong nakaraang Oktubre sa MIT bilang magna cum laude.

Siya ay naging isa sa isko-lar ng Petron Philippines sa nagdaang dalawang taon. Dahil dito, ang unang dala-wang taon ng pagtatrabaho ni Punongbayan ay kanyang gugugulin sa Petron.

Sa kanyang batang edad ay kinakitaan na ng poten-syal ng magandang hina-harap si Punong bayan. Ito ay dahil sa nagtapos siya bilang salutatorian sa Holy Spirit Academy of Malolos (HSAM) noong 2009.

Siya ang panganay na anak nina Lorenzo Punong-bayan na nagtatrabaho sa isang brokerage fi rm at ni Olivia Ventura-Punong-bayan, isang administra-tive offi cer sa Sanguniang Bayan Guiguinto.Punongbayan

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Nakii-sa ang malalaking SM malls sa buong Central Luzon sa pagsasagawa ng Earth Hour upang ipakita ang kooper-asyon sa layunin na iligtas ang lumu-lubhang lagay ng kalikasan sa buong mundo.

Ang lahat ng mga SM malls – Mari-lao at Baliwag sa Bulacan; Pampanga,

SM Malls sa CL kaisa sa Earth HourSan Fernando Downtown at Clark sa Pampanga; Olongapo at Tarlac – ay nagpatay ng kanilang mga ilaw pag-sapit ng alas-8:30 gabi ng Sabado.

Ayon kay Liezel Carino, mall man-ager ng SM City Pampanga, 100 porsi-yento ng kanilang mga ilaw sa labas ng mall ay pinatay sa loob ng isang oras samantalang 50 porsiyento naman ang naka-off sa loob ng mall.

Maging ang mga tenants daw ay

nakiisa sa pagdiriwang na ito. Gayun-din ang ginawa sa ibat-ibang sangay ng SM malls sa buong bansa at sa China.

Bago at matapos patayin ang ilaw, ay nagsagawa ng ibat-ibang programa para sa selebrasyon ng pagliligtas sa planeta. Mayroon silang fi re dance at pagtugtog ng banda sa SM Pampan-ga samantalang tron dance at candle lighting naman ang sa SM Marilao.

Sa pag-off ng ilaw ang tanging nati-

ra lamang ay mga LED light sa paso ng water bonsai na gawa ng mga SPED students. Na ipinatong sa 60+ na sim-bolo ng Earth Hour. Ang bonsai daw ang nagrerepresenta sa kalikasan at ang LED light naman ang simbolo ng pagtitipid sa kuryente.

Ang Earth Hour anila ay pagpapa-kita na hindi pa huli upang magsaga-wa ng mga konkretong hakbang upang sagipin ang pagkasira ng mundo.

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OOpinion

UnheedingSATURDAY, MARCH 29, Earth Hour was observed to dramatize not only the need to conserve power – tokenized in the one-hour light-out – but also to engage the nations of the world in the protection of Mother Earth.

Coinciding with the Earth Hour is the report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that listed what it called the eight “key risks” that are part of broader “reasons for concern” about the phenomenon, to wit:

1. Coastal fl ooding will kill people and cause destruction.

2. Some people will go hungry because of warming, drought and severe downpours.

3. Big cites will be damaged by inland fl ooding.

4. Water shortages will make the poor even poorer in rural areas.

5. Crazy weather, like storms, can make life miserable, damaging some of the things we take for granted, like electricity, running water and emergency services.

6. Some fi sh and other marine animals could be in trouble, which will probably hurt fi shing communities.

7. Some land animals won’t do much better and that’s not good for people who depend on them.

8. Heat waves, especially in cities, will kill the elderly and very young.

The handwritings on the wall are all too clearly comprehensible.

Still, we continue cutting down trees, burning garbage in open dumpsites, polluting our rivers, reclaiming land from our seas…

Uncaring, unbelieving of these warnings, disdainful at our own peril.

Reading, writing, beingTHE SUN, the sea, the sand – and a book. My own summer fun.

The book though goes beyond the chaise lounge under some shady coconut palm and presents itself at the bedside table, study desk, bathroom shelf, staircase, offi ce desk, car seat, bag, wherever I happen to be. No mere summer fare, reading has become an essential to my living, aye, to my being.

The voracious reader Ding Cervantes preaches the convenience of the tablet with its vast library of e-books, adjustable fonts, lightness of weight over the old hardbounds and paperbacks.

No tech-savvy like Ding, I prefer my books as they are – the smell of pulp actually an inducement to read, a stimulant to greater understanding, indeed, to internalizing both spirit and letter of the book.

To each his own preference, reading is its own reward anyways.

Comes to mind Francis Bacon’s Of Studies, thus: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to fi nd talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”

Impacted during my formative years at the Mater Boni Consilii Seminary, the best of Bacon’s Essays has since served as my reading beacon.

In the choice of books, he cautions: “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”

Many times, a cursory browse of the teaser or gist in the fl aps is all it takes to “taste” the book and fi nding it unsavoury promptly return it to the shelf.

Of the great fi nds – I read “wholly with diligence and attention” and re-read with greater diligence and interest. Sun Tzu’s Art of War, Machiavelli’s The Prince, The Confessions of St. Augustine, The Communist Manifesto, Pablo Neruda’s 20 Love Poems are among the most prized of my some 1,000 books.

It is to Bacon too that I owe this habit of reading three books at every sitting, categorized to heavy, light and inspirational. Currently I am into the thick of Fidel Castro’s spoken autobiography My Life, the atheist Chris Hitchens’ god is not Great subtitled How Religion Poisons Everything, and Paulo Coelho’s Manuscripts found in Accra.

Earlier were American Lion of Andrew Jackson’s years in the White House, a re-read of William Safi re’s The First Dissident subtitled The Book of Job in Today’s Politics, and, to be fi nished yet, Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror subtitled The Calamitous 14th Century.

For inspirational, restful intermissions – from all the heavy reading – Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali, the poems of Rumi, and the Dhammapada, the Buddha’s Path of Wisdom I fi nd most pleasing.

In the wake of Putin’s audacity (mis)addressing the crisis in Crimea, I am dusting off a biography of Stalin and the history of the Crimean War with Tennyson’s The Charge of the Lighjt Brigade on the side. Still remember, “…theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die: into the valley of death rode the six hundred…”?

Obvious by now my preferred reads: history and biography, philosophy and poetry, morality and religion. Again, in submission to Bacon: “Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.”

Alas, the last fl ing I had with mathematics was in third year high school trigonometry. The only connection to the subject now exclusive with my Tokyo-based actuarial specialist son Jonathan.

Wise. Witty. Subtle. Deep. Grave. Not only able to contend but contentious even. The fruits of reading, the very requisites to writing. One who rarely reads but appends “writer” to his name is no more than a pompous pretender then. Not unlike the idiot who thinks anyone who can read his mail is a man of letters.

Bacon, fi ttingly: “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know, that he doth not.”

So I read. So I write. So I am.

A VISUAL AID is anything the audience can see that helps the speaker get his or her message across the au-dience. Using visual aids ap-propriately and effectively will enhance the delivery of your lectures. Used inappropriate-ly, visuals can slow down your lectures or cut into time that is needed for interaction and dis-cussion.

The primary reason for using visual aids is to help speakers get their message effectively communicated to their audience. Others use vi-sual aids to reinforce a par-ticular message, to help the students see the point and to explain a complex or technical subject. Most educators also believe that visual aids make them you more persuasive, helps them to be more concise and the receiver retains the message better compared to

just plain oral discussions.Different types of visuals

are sometimes used to create effective teaching materials and these are representation-al, analogical, charts, graphs, standard visual aids and elec-tronically enhanced visual aids.

Line drawings, sketches, photographs which look like the person, place or thing they represent are called represen-tational visuals while analog-ical visual represents a con-cept which is similar in some ways but otherwise unlike. An-alogical are often used with abstract concepts like the fl ow or water is sometimes used as an analogy for the fl ow of elec-tricity.

Graphs represent numeri-cal ideas, and charts can rep-resent numerical or abstract ideas.

Standard visuals aids are

most common and can easily be found or always available in the classroom. These can be an actual object, a model if an actual object is not available, posters or fl ip charts, pho-tographs or pictures, maps, chalkboard and even human body.

Electronically enhanced vi-sual aids are becoming more popular today in classrooms because of the electronic tech-nologies that are becoming cheaper and more affordable. These includes the overhead transparencies, computer generated graphics or slides, digital projectors or common-ly known as the LCD/LED projectors and even laptop or computer tablets.

Someday all of the teach-ers will have their own laptops and digital projectors. That would make learning more fun, interesting and lasting.

Using visual aids in teaching and presentations

PREPARED BY: MICHAEL T. VILLANUEVA, MET

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OOpinion

TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYTODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYSource: www.kahimyang.infoSource: www.kahimyang.info

Ang totoo sa ‘media pay-offs’

ANO NGA kaya ang talagang totooSa ginagawa ng rehimeng AquinoSa pamamagitan ng Kalihim nitoSa kagawaran ng katarungan mismo?

Na nagsasangkot sa ilang peryodistaSa ‘pork barrel scam’ na nagkakahalagaNg sampung bilyones upang itong mediaAy mapilitan nang magsitigil sila

Sa pag-imbestiga’t mga pagbatikosLaban sa korapsyon at pangungurakotNg marami upang ang press ay matakotNa ibulgar nila ang kanilang bulok

At upang ang media’y maging masunurinSa sulsol kung sino ang dapat sirainO banatan para itong isyu hinggilSa pork barrel scam tuluyang itigil.

Hindi na maganda ang layuning itoAt di maitatwa ng ating gobyernoAng pagnanais n’yan na kontrolin nitoAng media kahit sa paraang di wasto.

Itong sinasabing “bayaran sa media,”Gaya ng anila’y sabi ni De LimaAy wala pang isang porsyento kumbagaNg Php10 billion PDAF na “kinita”

O ninakaw nitong mga mandarambongAt matatalino nating mga Solons,Kung ikumpara yan sa itinuturong“Bayaran sa media” ng administrasyon.

Pero sa pagpapa-diyaryo naman nilaSa sinasabing binayaran sa media,Pinalilitaw n’yan na ang peryodistaAng tunay na kasama sa anomalya?

At sila (ang media) umano ang dapatIpako, at hindi itong mambabatasNa nakinabang ng husto sa nasikwatNa malaking kuwarta na para sa PDAF?

Upang alisin ang sisi sa mga yanAt media ang isangkot na ng tuluyan;(Kaya maaring ang nasa likod n’yan Ang siyang utak mismo ng ‘pork barrel scam!’)

Sa kabilang banda ay nakamamanghaAng pananahimik ng lahat na yataNitong malalaking samahan sa bansaNg mga ‘journalists’ sa naturang paksa.

Gaya ng KBP at itong NPC,NUJP at ang di mabilang patiNa ‘press clubs’ sa bansa at ilang ‘Societyof Mediamen’ natin sa puntong nasabi.

At para bang walang “paki” sa problemaKaya tahimik lang sa isyu kumbaga;Ibig bang sabihin ay sanga-yon sila Sa akusasyon ng gobyerno sa media?

Kung di man ayaw nang makialam talagaAng ibang kabaro sa ganyang problema:Tulad ng KBP na kataka-takaAng pananahimik nito sa istorya

(May karugtong)

Inspiring message from the Blessed Mother last March 25

Some Satanic circumstances have been weighing down on me these recent months, preventing me from writing Marian things and reminding me of what the Blessed Mother once said in her Medjugorje messages: Satan is powerful and that we need therefore to stay close to her and her Son through prayers.

Satan is powerful and uses people and events to oppress us. This has been so for quite some time for me, at times drawing me away from writing Marian things, so aggressive his forces are. Or perhaps it was because of my Marian commitments that demons have been particularly busy about me.

A few days ago, I came across the Blessed Mother’s message for the world as conveyed through Medjugorje visionary Mirjana last March 25. The message talked about the love of God fl owing through you and me if only we go to confession and decide for holiness.

I haven’t been holy at all especially in the past recent months, not that I have been derelict of obligatory Sunday Masses or holy days of obligation. But oppression can make anyone hate.

For some reasons, the latest Medjugorje message was a relief in a way I could not comprehend. The phase “peace will begin

to reign in your hearts” somehow I took as a message for me, and that whatever oppression there is surrounding me would eventually be lifted, if only I stayed closer to the Blessed Mother and, yes, go to confession which I had way back last Jan. 10.

Thus, I share here the March 25 message, in the hope it will also inspire others amid circumstances that burden them. The message was conveyed through visionary Mirjana in Medjugorje.

The following is the Blessed Mother’s message, verbatim:

“Dear children! I am calling you anew: begin the battle against sin as in the fi rst days, go to confession and decide for holiness. The love of God will begin to fl ow through you into the world, peace will begin to rule in your hearts and God’s blessing will fi ll you. I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Francisco Baltazar is bornin Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan

ON APRIL 2, 1788, Prominent Filipino poet Francisco Balta-zar, the Philippine counterpart of famed English writer Wil-liam Shakespeare, was born in Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan.

Known widely through his nom-de-plume Francis-co Balagtas, he published in 1838 the famous epic “Floran-te at Laura” which became the fi rst Filipino literary piece.

He served as the house-boy of his aunt, who was im-pressed with his literary talent, and attended school until he graduated at age 24 with de-grees in Crown Law, Spanish, Latin, Physics, Christian Doc-trine, Humanities and Philos-ophy.

Baltazar is among trend-setters of early 19th century Philippines as he wrote in Ta-galog – a move considered as courageous and novel since literary work then was mostly published in Spanish.

His work sealed legitima-cy of writing literature in Taga-

log and demonstrated this lan-guage’s effectiveness in com-municating one’s thoughts.

His “Florante at Laura”, along with Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere”, are considered as among Philippine literary masterpieces.

Government made these two masterpieces mandato-ry reading materials for high school.

Famous Tondo poet José de la Cruz, known in literary circles as Huseng Sisiw, be-came Baltazar’s mentor, par-ticularly for writing in various literary forms like the “awit,” “corido” and “moro-moro.”

Baltazar’s writing prowess made him one of the most re-vered fi gures in Philippine lit-erature.

“Balagtasan,” a traditional Filipino debate in extempora-neous verse, was coined after his pen name to honor him.

His other literary pieces include “Orosmán at Zafi ra,” a comedy in four parts, “Don

Nuño at Selinda, Auredato at Astrome,” three-part comedy “Clara Belmore, Bayaceto at Dorslica,” “Abdol at Misere-anan,” a comedy staged by Abucay in 1857, “Alamansor at Rosalinda,” a comedy staged at Udyong during the town’s feast, “La india elegante y el negrito amante,” a short play in one part and “Nudo gordea-no.”

Balagtas continued writing “awit” and “moro-moro” piec-es until his death on Feb. 20, 1862 at age 74.

Authorities built in his honor an elementary school named Francisco Balagtas Elementa-ry School located along Alva-rez Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

They also named after him Plaza Balagtas in Pandacan, Manila.

Many streets bear names of characters in his “Florante at Laura” epic.

Balagtas Day has been cel-ebrated in Orion, Bataan since April 2, 1959.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 58ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JOSHUA BANCOLITA LUMABI, AS TO THE DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS FROM DECEMBER 23, 1999, PASAY CITY TO BLANK; THE NAME OF HIS MOTHER FROM ROSE TO ROSIE; THE NAME OF HIS FATHER FROM SALVADOR T. LUMABI TO SALVADOR T. LUMABI, JR.

SP. PROC. NO. 9091ROSIE C. BANCOLITA,

Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ANGELES CITY, THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE OF METRO MANILA, SPS. ROMUALDO AND LEONILA BANCOLITA, (NOTE: THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS OF JOSHUA LUMABI ARE ALREADY DECEASED) AND ANY OR ALL PERSONS CLAIMING RIGHTS OR INTEREST, Respondents.

x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

A verifi ed petition has been fi led by petitioner Rosie C. Bancolita, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, a Decision be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City and National Statistics Offi ce to CORRECT the entries in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of petitioner’s son Joshua Bancolita Lumabi as to Entry No. 18 or the Date and Place of Marriage of Parents, from December 23, 1999, Pasay City to blank or no entry at all; Entry No. 6 or the First Name of Mother from Rose to Rosie; and Entry No. 13 or the complete Name of Father from Salvador Talion Lumabi to Salvador Talion Lumabi, Jr. Other relief just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for.

Wherefore, fi nding the petition to be in due form and substance and pursuant to Rule 108 of the Revised Rules of Court, this Court hereby sets the initial hearing of this case on MAY 12, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. to be held at Regional Trial Court Branch 58, 2nd Flr., Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos Hall of Justice, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City and directs the publication of this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga and Angeles City at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at which date, time and place of hearing, any person who may have interest in the petition may appear and show cause, if any, why said petition should not be granted.

The petitioner is directed to serve copies hereof, together with copies of the petition and its annexes, upon the CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, National Statistics Offi ce, the OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL and the CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ANGELES CITY and to submit proof of compliance hereof.

Furnish the Civil Registrar General, the Offi ce of the Solicitor General, the City Civil Registrar of Angeles City, the CLERK OF COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, ANGELES CITY, the PETITIONER and her COUNSEL.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, March 5, 2014.

OMAR T. VIOLA Assisting Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 24, 31 & April 7, 2014

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGIONCity of San Fernando (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

Home Development Mutual Fund, Mortgagee, -versus- EJF No. 193-13

Amos Bennett Q. Agbuyamarried to Concepcion L. Agbuya Mortgagor/s,

x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE

(Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118)Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, fi led

by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, mortgagee, with principal address at SUBURBIA COMMERCIAL CENTER, MAIMPIS CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, against AMOS BENNETT Q. AGBUYA married to CONCEPCION L. AGBUYA, mortgagor/s, with residence and postal address at 210 Sampaguita St., Doña Agripina Subd., Angeles City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 15, 2013, amounts to NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE AND 13/100 PESOS (P985,153.13) exclusive of interest and other charges, the undersigned Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff and/or her duly authorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on April 24, 2014 from 9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M. at Jomafer Building, San Agustin, City of San Fernando (P), to the highest bidder in cash or manager’s check and in Philippine currency, the following property/ies with all the improvements thereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 689129-R“A parcel of land (Lot 30, Blk. 74 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-

03-015720 being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126, 3008-P-6-A, 3008-P-6-B, 3008-P-6-C, 3008-P-6-D, 3008-P-6-E, 3008-P-6-F, 3008-P-6-G, 3008-P-6-H, Psd-03-159018, LRC. Rec. No. 151), situated in the Brgy. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp., Island of Luzon. x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on May 2, 2014 without further notice.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 7, 2014. ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA-BALLETA ARNOLF F. OCAMPO Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff Sheriff IV

cc: Home Development Mutual Fund Sps. Amos Bennett Q. Agbuya Suburbia Comm’l Center, Maimpis & Concepcion L. Agbuya City of San Fernando, Pampanga 210 Sampaguita St., Doña Agripina Subd. Angeles City Punto Central Luzon

PUNTO! Central Luzon: March 24, 31 & April 7, 2014

PGKM Chair Ruper-to Cruz said both Abaya and Luciano are no lon-ger capable of leading their respective organi-zations after failing to anticipate the Emirates pull-out. He said Abaya and Luciano should have forestalled the Emirates pull-out and worked out their problems as well as focused their resources to alleviate the airlines’ plight.

Cruz said if both Aba-ya and Luciano remain in their posts, it will only be a matter of time that the other airlines includ-ing Qatar will decide to end their Clark opera-tions leaving the CIA to the birds once more.

Abaya’s public pro-nouncement of the gov-ernment’s plan to estab-lish an airport in Sangley Point, Cavite as well as SMC president Ramon Ang’s move to put in $10 billion for the airport proj-ect has drawn fl ak from the PGKM calling it a

Abaya, Luciano resign!“waste of money and re-sources.”

The PGKM has main-tained that the CIA is a more viable option to complement the Ninoy Aquino International Air-port in Manila since it is already primed for opti-mal operation and less likely to be affected by climate change of ex-treme weather distur-bances.

Guiaowants dialogue

with CIACMeanwhile, 1st Dis-

trict Rep. Joseller “Yeng” Guiao also expressed disappointment with the impending Emirates pull-out on May 1.

At the sidelines of the Pamana Awards night at the Grand Pala-zzo Royale here last Fri-day, Guiao shared the PGKM’s observation when he said, “if there is anything that can be done to remedy the sit-uation they should have done it.”

Guiao said he will

conduct a “dialogue with CIAC” soon in order “to further learn what oth-er incentives or help we can deliver to the airlines while there is still time to do that.”

The neophyte con-gressman who was also the former vice gover-nor of Pampanga add-ed that “from the leg-islative point of view, if there is anything we can do we will do it and we are already doing it like the conversion of the CIA into an authority to strengthen its adminis-tration.”

FormerEmirates’ workersuspects politicsA former Emirates’

Airlines employee who declined to be identifi ed said he suspects politics has something to do with the airlines’ pull-out.

“It’s not a load factor issue, neither an excise tax issue. But from the way I see it, it’s more of a political issue. Emirates could have found some-

thing wrong with the na-tional government policy and decided to pull-out,” he said.

The former Emirates’ employee noted that the removal of Emirates Air-lines country manager Gigi Baroa shortly before it announced its pull-out is a clear indication that something is wrong.

“The gestation of an airline is not six months,” he said referring to the operations of Emirates in Clark which started on October 1, 2013. He said the Emirates route he helped developed in the USA was established in two years’ time.

It was announced by Emirates Airlines in Doha, Qatar last Monday that it is discontinuing its Clark route beginning May 1.

An Emirates spokes-man said, “The decision was made after a review of the airline’s operations to ensure the best utiliza-tion of its aircraft fl eet for its overall business ob-jectives.”

in his younger years in the skills of raising na-tive carabaos owned by his father, Garcia was encouraged by Federico Libo, his brother in-law, to submit his carabao to the government’s cross-breeding program using the artifi cial insemination (AI) technique. In time, his carabao gave birth to crossbred calves which are “dark in color and de-cidedly bigger than the native calves.”

Soon, as his cross-breds became moth-er carabaos, he started milking them and selling the product at P30 per “lapad” or rum bottle.

But among his cross-breds, he is most proud of his Menang, now 12 years old. He knows it is one of a kind of cross-breds because of its milk performance. Other ca-rabao crossbreds owned by the farmers can’t beat it although they are much, much better in milk yield production compared to the native carabao.

The native carabao yields an average of 1.5 liters of milk a day.

Aside from the milk harvest, Garcia also earns by selling the male calves. The yearlings are sold for P18,000 each.

Libo was the fi rst to embrace the govern-ment’s call for the up-grading of the native carabaos through arti-fi cial insemination un-til he convinced Garcia to follow what he did.

‘Menang’ yields 14 liters of milk dailyFROM PAGE 1 He, later on, acknowl-

edged that his broth-er-in-law achieved what can be said as the most successful and reward-ing efforts in raising and milking the crossbreds not only in their sitio but in many other places in Pampanga.

Currently, Garcia has a herd of 34, some of which he even entrusted as “paiwi” to a number of fellow farmers.

“It is dedication and hardwork which are the key to this kind of un-dertaking,” Garcia said. “It is important, too, that you love the work and it should be with all of your heart,” he added.

He, along with his wife, wakes up at 3:00 in the morning and starts milking his dairy animal. After, making the nec-essary preparations, he brings his “daily gold” to his client and take a rest after feeding the an-imals.

Associationsestablished

Garcia and Libo made sure that their achievements in raising dairy carabaos and in dairying would also rub on to their fellow farmers in their sub-village. They formed the Mapiña Cara-bao Owners Association (MCOA) in 2009.

The association, which is headed by Gar-cia, is composed of 25 farmer-members. All in all, the association has about 350 crossbreds.

They are collecting a total of 100 to 150 li-

ters of milk a day. Most of the milk is processed by members of the Mapiña Panol ng Kabu-hayan (MPK) organiza-tion. This organization is composed of the wives of the farmer-members of MCOA.

The MCOA members process the milk in their newly-established pro-cessing plant-cum-offi ce and outlet.

LGU-PCCtie-up efforts

The local government unit of Magalang and the Philippine Carabao Center at Central Luzon State University (PCC at CLSU) contributed much in the accomplishment of the carabao upgrad-ing program in Mapiña. The help of the other en-tities which also believed in the program also con-tributed to the success of the farmers in the pro-gram in this Magalang si-tio.

“The MCOA is our model association in Ma-galang,” said Milagros D. Suing, the town’s munic-ipal agricultural offi cer. “We always point to our farmers who want to be dairy farmers to emu-late what the offi cers and members of MCOA did in embracing the program,” she added.

The MCOA, Suing also said, is also proving to be “our showcase of a beautifully implemented Carabao Development Program (CDP) in the whole of Pampanga.”

The dedicated ser-vice of the two techni-

cians in the Magalang agricultural offi ce, and the wholehearted sup-port of Magalang Mayor Romy Pecson in the pro-gram, are also huge fac-tors in helping the farm-ers of Sitio Mapiña make much achievements in the CDP, Suing said.

“We never tire of go-ing to Mapiña to extend our services,” said Cri-santo G. Muñoz, AI tech-nician. “We personal-ly extend our services to them, even using our personal money to the place, and going house-to-house to deliver the AI services to the breedable carabaos,” he added.

He said the town’s mayor allotted an annual budget of P200,000 for the needed supplies and materials for the town’s CDP.

He also said that they acquired much of their knowledge and skills in the practical applica-tion of the technologies through the trainings and seminars provided by the PCC at CLSU.

Muñoz, who is presi-dent of Pampanga’s ag-ric-technicians associa-tion, also pinpoints the achievements of Mapiña in the crossbreeding pro-gram and the women’s enterprise in dairy prod-ucts development as the town’s showcases of de-velopment in the CDP.

“We are pushing for the recognition of Mapiña as the ‘crossbred cara-bao capital on the sitio level’ in Central Luzon,” Muñoz said. –Ma. Cecil-ia Irang

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The GossipmillerCesar Pambid

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

Branch 63Tarlac City

PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF CHRISTINE A. DE LEON and MARRIAGE CONTRACT OF ELISA DE LEON,

Spec. Proc. No. 5068CHRISTINE A. DE LEON and ELISA DE LEON,

Petitioners,

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TARLAC CITY and the CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

x------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

Petitioner, through counsel, fi led a verifi ed petition for Correction of Entries in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of Christine A. De Leon and Marriage Contract of Elisa De Leon praying that, after due notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Tarlac City and the Civil registrar General (NSO) to cause the following corrections in the Birth Certifi cate of Christine De Leon and Marriage Contract of Elisa De Leon, to wit: a) Correction on the Date of Marriage of her mother from “November 21, 1972” to “November 25, 1995”, b) Effecting the correction on the First Name of her mother from “Eliza” to “Elisa”, and Correction on the Marriage Contract of Elisa De Leon regarding on her Date of Birth from “January 7, 1958” to January 12, 1958”. Petitioner further prays for such other reliefs and remedies just and equitable in the premises.

It appearing that the petition is suffi cient in form and substance, the court hereby sets the hearing of the petition on May 12, 2014 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon. All persons who may have interest on the petition may appear on the said date, time and place and show cause, why the petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of the Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Tarlac, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to May 12, 2014.

Let copy of the petition, together with this Order, be furnished to the Offi ce of the Civil Registrar General (NSO), the Offi ce of the Local Civil Registrar of Tarlac City, the Offi ce of the Solicitor General, the Offi ce of the City Prosecutor of Tarlac City, to petitioners Christine A. De Leon and Elisa De Leon and their counsel Atty. Ruben Rillera for their information and guidance.

SO ORDERED.Tarlac City, March 4, 2014.

CESAR L. AGANONPresiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 26, April 2 & 9, 2014

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 51GUAGUA, PAMPANGA

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION AND COREECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE RECORDS OF BIRTH OF CRYSTAL JOYCE S. GALANG AND ROBBY JOSHUA S. GALANG UNDER LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY NOS. 95-0973 AND 97-0361,

CRYSTAL JOYCE S. GALANG, ROMANO M. GALANG AND ANGELITA P. SAPNU, in representation of the minor ROBBY JOSHUA S. GALANG,

Petitioners, SP. PROCEEDINGS -versus- CASE NO. G-14-2525

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF GUAGUA, PAMPANGA, CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, MANILA, OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, and ROSARIO M. MALIT, Respondents.

x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

Before this court is a petition praying for the cancellation and correction of Entry No. 18 in the records of birth of Crystal Joyce S. Galang and Robby Joshua S. Galang under Civil Registry Nos. 95-0973 and 97-0361, from “April 15, 1992 – Guagua, Pampanga” to “not married”.

Petitioners-spouses allege that they have been living together as husband and wife even before the year 1995 but entered into a contract of marriage only on March 15, 2000 solemnized before the Municipal Trial Court of Sta. Rita, Pampanga. When petitioner Crystal Joyce Galang and her sibling Robby Joshua Galang were born in 1995 and 1997, respectively, petitioners Romano Galang and Angelita Sapnu supplied in their birth certifi cates the following information as to date and place of marriage of parents: April 15, 1992 – Guagua, Pampanga, though they were not yet married on said date.

The petition is suffi cient in form and substance. Set the same for hearing on May 20, 2014 at 9:30 in the morning, before this court, at the Hall of Justice, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga.

Let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga, expenses to be borne by petitioner. The Municipal Civil Registrar of Guagua, Pampanga and any person having or claiming any interest under the entries where cancellation or correction is sought may, within fi fteen (15) days from notice of the petition or from the last date of publication of such notice, fi le his opposition thereto, and appear on the date and time mentioned above to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Let copies of the petition, its annexes, and this Order be furnished the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, and the Municipal Civil Registrar of Guagua, Pampanga.

The Offi cer-in-Charge of this Court is directed to furnish the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga with a copy of this Order so that the same may be published in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1079.

SO ORDERED.Guagua, Pampanga, March 17, 2014.

MERIDETH D. DELOS SANTOS-MALIGJudge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 26, April 2 & 9, 2014

Marvin Agustin on marriage: Hindi puwedeng ipilit yan,

darating yan sa tamang panahon

SA TUWING makakausap ng entertainment press si Marvin Agustin, ang isa sa hindi puwedeng maitanong sa kanya ay ang tungkol sa kanyang lovelife at kung kelan niya binabalak mag-settle down.

Kung tutuusin nga kasi, ang mga kasabayan niya ay may kanya-kanya nang pamilya, including Jolina Magdangal, dati niyang ka-loveteam.

Open book naman na may mga anak na rin si Marvin, ang kambal na sina Santiago at Sebastian, na ngayon ay seven years old na.

Kaya, kumbaga, asawa na lang ang kulang.Non-showbiz ang ina ng kanyang mga anak at bagama’t hindi sila nagkatuluyan, napapanatili raw nila

ang pagiging magkaibigan.Say nga ni Marvin, wala silang problema ng ina ng kanyang mga anak at lumalabas silang magkakasama

para maipakita sa mga bata na one big happy family sila.Sa nanay nila nakatira ang kids, pero pumupunta raw sa kanya ’pag weekend at ’pag may okasyon. Of course, all the way siyang sumusuporta sa mga bata.Nakikita rin naman daw ni Marvin ang sarili someday na ikasal at naniniwala raw siya sa kasal.“But I believe na hindi mo ’yan binibigay sa isang tao. Binibigay ’yan sa inyong dalawa. There are lots of

ways para maipakita mo ang pagmamahal mo sa isang tao. And marriage is parang a result of your love.“Maganda siyang mangyari, pero hindi siya ’yung basis ng pagmamahal,” say ni Marvin nang

makatsikahan namin sa Boqueria, ang bago niyang restaurant sa Mega Fashion Mall, Megamall.Ayaw sabihin ng aktor kung may karelasyon siya ngayon o wala. Basta aniya, excited siya sa weekend

series niyang Obsession every Thursday sa TV5.

James Reid bagong pantasya ng kabaklaanSA TOTOO LANG, ang lakas ng dating ni James Reid ngayong na-develop na ang kanyang katawan at may abs na siya. Hindi malayong any time soon, kahit contract star ang binata ng Viva, ay i-cast na rin siya ng ABS-CBN sa kanilang programa.

Si James ang grand winner ng PBB Teen Edition ilang taon na ang nakakaraan. Pero hindi siya naging visible sa mga programa ng ABS-CBN dahil payat pa siya noon at hindi sanay sa Tagalog.

Ngayon ay ready na si James i-conquer ang showbiz sa pamamagitan ng kilig movie ng Viva Films na Diary Ng Panget na ipalalabas sa April 2.

Ang guwapo ng rehistro ni James on screen at hindi isyu sa kanya ang magpakita ng katawan sa pelikula na katulad din ng ginawa niya sa presscon ng movie kamakailan lang.

Welcome din sa kanya ang ideya na magpaseksi sa movie kung mabibigyan ng chance. Wow!Isa rin si James ngayon sa bagong pinagpapantasyahan ng mga bading.Si Nadine Lustre, contract star din ng Viva, ang partner ni James sa Diary Ng Panget. Dating “Ilustre”

ang surname na ginagamit ni Nadine, pero pinalitan na ito ng “Lustre” na ang ibig sabihin sa Tagalog ay “kinang.”

Well, mas bagay nga naman ito sa pangalan niya.Sa Diary ng Panget, may wet scene sina Nadine at James sa lanai, pero ayon kay Direk Andoy,

wholesome ang pagkakagawa niya nito.Ang Diary Ng Panget ay movie adaptation ni Mel del Rosario ng No. 1 best-selling book with the same

title na si Denny ang author. The book is also an online phenomenon dahil umabot ito ng 12 million hits sa Wattpad.

Ang tindi, di po ba?Kasama rin sa movie ang dalawa pang Viva contract star na sina Yassi Pressman at Andre Paras.

Rich Asuncion pinagsisihangsumali pa sa BB. Pilipinas

RICH ASUNCION is enjoying her role as a mermaid in GMA7’s “Kambal Sirena” where she plays the role of Betilya, the friend of Damos (Yul Servo) who advises him not to fall in love with a human (Mickey Ferriols). But Yul can’t stop himself and becomes the father of the twin mermaids played by Louise de los Reyes.

Rich says she doesn’t wear a bra as a mermaid. Instead, her long hair is plastered onto her chest to cover her boobies. During a take, she felt that the long tresses supposed to cover her breasts got loose while she was swimming and she was totally exposed. She just continued with the scene but it was not included in the episode’s fi nal cut.

“It’s really not a joke to play a mermaid kasi kundi ka nakababad sa malamig na tubig, naka-harness ka’t nakabitin sa ere for the chroma special effects shot,” she says. “But I’m not complaining. At least, lagi akong may trabaho ngayon. My last was ‘Binoy Henyo’.”

How is it working with ex-BF Aljur Abrenica? “Naku, matagal na ‘yun. Marami na kaming ibang pinagsamahang show at hindi na yun issue.”

Unlike Aljur who’s now on with Kylie Padilla, Rich is currently loveless after she broke up with her last boyfriend, Ervic Vijandre. Won’t she join a beauty pageant again?

“Hindi na. Tama na ‘yung pagsali ko sa Bb. Pilipinas noon na runner up ako. Nagalit nga sila when I complained na hindi nabigay sa’kin ang prize ko. Mag-aartista na lang ako. Kasi habang ka-join ka sa pageant, hindi ka makapagtrabaho, kaya wala ka namang income doon. E, I need to work for my family.”

Xian Lim falls out of love with Kim Chiu

SA LAUNCH ng isang product endorsement ni Xian Lim, inamin niyang he is single and ready to mingle.Isang direktang pagpapahayag ito na wala talaga silang kaugnayan ni Kim Chiu. Nangangahulugan ba

ito na hindi niya talaga type ang tsinitang aktres? Well, sabi nga ng iba, baka raw ang dahilan ay mukhang hindi na raw ito tulad noong unang napanood sa TV.

Mistulang iba na raw ang itsura ngayon ng Kapamilya talent.Ilang taon na kasing usap-usapan sa showbiz ang diumano’y pagpaparetoke nito. May kahirapan lang

daw itong mapansin dati dahil paunti-unti lang ang ginagawang pagpapa-ayos ng dalaga.Pero ngayon ay halos nagsusumigaw na raw ang mga pagbabago kay Kim. May nagsabing isa siya sa

mga itinuturing na “thank you, doc beauties.”Well, hindi na naman bago ito. Marami na ring artista in the past ang sumailalim sa siyensiya. Kaya

lang, nagbibiruan ang ilan naming kasamahan sa panulat na minsan nga raw ay kailangan pa nilang siguraduhin kung si Kim na nga ba ang makakasalubong nila o hindi.

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