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CLARK FREEPORT – TheDepartment of Budget andManagement (DBM) said it

has released enough funds for thehiring of 10,000 more teachers andthe construction and repair ofalmost 9,000 classrooms nation-wide in the coming school year.

Funds enough to hire10,000 more teachers

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Gov’t to build, repair of 9,000 classrooms for school opening – DBM

BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – With thesuccessful staging of the 1st Subic BaySummer Sports Summit over the week-

Bigger summer sports festseen in Subic next year

end, organizers are now planning a big-ger sports festival here next year tosustain the growing enthusiasm of lo-cal athletes to compete and excel in

Young athletes from schools in Olongapo City and Zambales competein the 1st Subic Bay Summer Sports Summit held at the BoardwalkPark. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG

NI DINO BALABO

BOCAUE, Bulacan – Ti-niyak ni Pangulong Aqui-no na matatapos sa No-byembre ang konstruksy-on ng pabahay para sa

20K bahay para sa AFP-PNPsigurado sa Oktubre – PNoy

20,000 sundalo at pulis.Ito ay matapos niyang

pangunahan at inspeksyu-nin ang mga itinayong ba-hay sa Bocaue Hills hous-ing project sa BarangayBatia ng bayang ito kama-

kailan kaugnay ng paglu-lunsad ng pambansangpabahay.

Sinabi naman ni BisePresidente at housing czarJejomar Binay na magba-

Pormal na pinasinayaan ang proyektong pabahay na ito sa bayan ng Bocaue,Bulacan kamakalawa na nakalaan para sa mga sundalo at pulis. Makikitasa larawan ang 2 sundalo habang nakabantay sa hanay ng pabahay.

KUHA NI DINO BALABO

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – A private hospitalhere paid its former work-ers almost P.4 million inconnection with the ille-

Couple gets P.4M in laborcase vs. Mt. Carmel-CSF

gal dismissal and otherlabor cases filed againstit before the National La-bor Relations Commis-sion (NLRC) in 2009.

In an interview on

Marinas shows NLRC order.

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Songwritercries forjustice

BY JAY MANABAT

MABALACAT, Pam-panga – A nationally re-nowned singer-song-writer is now crying forjustice at the municipaljail here after he wasallegedly “framed-up” forfrustrated murder raps.

Isagani Ibarra, 60,real name Siegfried T.Ranada, who wrote thefolk songs BiyahengLangit, Bilog Ang Buwanand Magulang amongothers as well as a num-ber of collaboration withthe popular folk singinggroup Asin, vehementlydenied the chargeswhich stemmed from acomplaint filed by a cer-tain Jimmy Flores, 54.

According to a po-lice report, Flores wasmauled by two uniden-tified suspects on or-ders of Ibarra on thenight of May 11 duringan alleged drinking ses-sion at Sitio Turbina inBarangay Tabun here.

The report saidFlores was hit with ashovel in the back andattacked with a wood-en stick by the sus-pects before he man-aged to escape.

In his affidavit,Flores claimed that heheard Ibarra shouting“Sige paluin nyo yan(Go ahead hit him)” and

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – Councilor JimmyLazatin on Monday start-ed the annual “BrigadaEskwela” here, visiting atleast seven public schoolsin a bid to prepare theirclassrooms before theopening of classes next

Lazatin starts Brigada Eskwela in San Fernandomonth.

Lazatin, chairman ofthe city council committeeon education, visited theelementary schools in Sin-dalan, Calulut, Panipuan ,Malino, Baliti, Telabasta-gan and San Pablo.

He distributed four-gal-

lon latex paint to eachschool courtesy of Boys-en.

Boysen donated 42cans as part of its corpo-rate social responsibility,he said.

“As the chairman ofthe Committee on Educa-

tion, we don’t only comeup with legislative mea-sures in support of edu-cation but put these intotangible actions like link-ing up with private com-panies as part of their cor-porate social responsibil-

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ANGELES CITY –Residents ofBarangay Cutud in this city willhave their own public high schoolbuilding as city officials led Mon-day’s groundbreaking ceremonyof the soon to be constructedNorthville 15-Good People Inter-national High School.

The project will be funded byGood People International Phil-ippines (GPIP), a Korean orga-nization based in the Metro-Clark area.

The construction will com-mence next month and it willinclude a 15-room school build-ing and a covered court .

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuanexpressed his appreciation andlauded GPIP for choosing Ange-les City as one of their recipi-ents for their community projectwhich include the constructionof public school buildings in thePhilippines.

“Our Korean friends deserveto be commended for their effortsto assist us in providing betterand conducive learning institutionto our indigent students in ourcity,” Pamintuan said.

Koreans to fund constructionof Angeles school building

The mayor added that theproject will even boost his ad-ministration’s program on edu-cation as Angeles City will soonhave a community college thatwill be constructed within theAgyu Tamu Sports Complex inBarangay Pampang.

Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting and other city officialsjoined Pamintuan during thegroundbreaking rites led byformer Senator Richard Gordon,chairman and chief executiveofficer of the Philippine NationalRed Cross and Kim ChangMyung, chairman of GPIP.

Gordon said the constructionof a public high school in North-ville 15 is a good undertakingsince it will benefit hundreds ofyouth in the said resettlementarea.

“Programs and projects oneducation should always be pri-oritized as the national govern-ment needs all the assistanceit could get not only from the lo-cal government units (LGUs)moreso from private and interna-tional organizations like the

GPIP,” Gordon said.The former senator added

that PNRC is also assisting theGPIP in the realization of theirschool construction project inAngeles City.

The GPIP is confident thatthe project will go a long way asit will benefit a lot of youth in thecity, particularly in barangayCutud, an opportunity to availfree secondary education.

Myung said that GPIP willcontinuously strive to reach outthose who are in desperate needof their organization’s assis-tance.

The event was also attendedby city councilors Edu Pamin-tuan, Jericho Aguas, JosephAlfie Bonifacio; Dr. VictoriaAguas, Division of City Schoolssuperintendent; officers andmembers of the Northville-15Homeowners Association; andrepresentatives from the nation-al agencies like the Departmentof Education, National HousingAuthority, Technical Educationand Skills Development Author-ity. –Angeles CIO

GROUNDBREAKING. Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan (right) and Vice MayorVicky Vega Cabigting (2nd from right) lead the groundbreaking and laying of timecapsule of the soon to be constructed 15-room classroom and a covered court for theNorthville-15-Good People International (GPI) High School in barangay Cutud. Joiningthe city officials are former Senator Richard Gordon (left), Chairman of the PhilippineNational Red Cross (PNRC) and Kim Chang Myung (2nd from left), Chairman of GPI-Philippines. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES

BY DING CERVANTES

CLARK FREEPORT – Budgetand Management Sec. FlorencioAbad said here that the govern-ment’s budget surplus of P26.258billion in April must be coupledwith “accelerated spending” ofgovernment agencies for infra-structure and social welfareprojects to benefit the people.

Noting last April’s surplus re-flecting a 910.31-percent in-crease over the P2.599-billionsurplus posted in the samemonth last year, Abad noted thatwhile the surplus could be attrib-uted to higher revenues, someline government agencies havebeen noted to be “underspend-ing.”

In an interview with Punto,Abad said that “part of the rea-son (for the budget surplus) islower interest due to lowerspending.”

“We will accelerate spending.We have already asked the dif-ferent line departments topresent a catch up plan,” Abadsaid during the groundbreakingfor the P27 billion expansion ofthe plant of the Yokohama TirePhilippines, Inc. here.

Abad said that acceleratedspending is expected to be im-plemented this June.

“To accelerate spending, theDepartment of Public Works andHighways (DPWH) has commit-ted to bid out by June someP300 projects worth about P50billion. That’s a huge addition tothe expenditure program,” hesaid.

He also said the Departmentof Social Welfare and Develop-

AMID BUDGET SURPLUS

DBM exec bares plansto push gov’t spending

ment (DSWD) was already ableto register last April some 82percent of its 2.3 million benefi-ciaries under its Pro-Poor Pro-gram (PPP) and that it plans tohand out cash to 62 percent ofthem by the end of May.

Budget surplus normally re-sults from more revenues thanexpenditures. Its effects on theeconomy depend to large extenton how the government uses theexcess funds.

But Abad cited “delayedspending” have been noted n linegovernment agencies with bigbudgets, as he cited the DPWH,the Department of Agriculture(DA) and the Department of Ed-ucation (DepEd).

“Next year, we will not toler-ate anymore lump sum alloca-tions which are part of the rea-son for delayed spending. Ittakes about four to six monthsfor government agencies to sub-mit their proposed lump sumbudgets,” he said.

He noted that governmentexpenditures amounted to onlyP461.352 billion or 11.6 percentlower than the comparable dis-bursements in 2010.

The P26.2 billion surplus asof last April is much bigger thanthe P2.6 billion surplus as of Aprillast year. The surplus last Aprilwas attributed in part to reve-nues of the Bureau of InternalRevenue (BIR), the government’smain revenue earner which gen-erated P302.942 billion duringthe period.

The Bureau of the Treasury’sincome amounted to P44.505billion while collections from oth-er offices hit P28.908 billion.

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The city council recently approvedtwo resolutions allowing a more festive celebration of the“Pyestang Fernandino” set on May 30.

Vice Mayor Edwin Santiago and the city council approvedResolution 34 (series of 2011), otherwise known as “a resolu-tion enjoining all business establishments operating in the cityto install streamers in the front of their buildings in support ofthe Pyestang Fernandino on May 30, 2011.”

On the same session on May 4, the council also approvedResolution 33 (series of 2011), also known as “a resolution invit-ing business establishments operating in the city to grant dis-counts during the celebration of the Pyestang Fernandino onMay 30, 2011.”

Both unanimously approved resolutions were sponsored byCouncilor Alex Patio.

“The city government recognizes the importance of the in-volvement of the business establishments in ensuring the suc-cess of its relevant programs and projects in all fields of endeav-ors which include among others cultural preservation and en-hancement,” said the resolution of Patio.

In both resolutions, the city government urged residents andtraders to participate actively in the celebration by joining vari-ous activities.

Council OKs2 resolutionsfor CSF fiesta

HIGH COLLECTION. A container ship unloads at Subic’s New ContainerTerminal-1.The Port of Subic recorded a P30-million surplus in Customs revenue for the January-April period this year. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG

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CLARK FREEPORT – TheKorean firm DonggwangClark Corporation (DCC)has broken ground for a$200 million project thatwill develop a hilly 304-hectare area here into atourism, recreational andleisure estate that will in-clude a 36-hole golf course.

DCC chair Lee ShinKun said the area will en-compass not only the golfcourse, but also a club-house, a condominiumbuilding with 330 rooms, awater park, a spa andgymnasium, an “eco park”,a business center, abranch of Brent interna-tional school, a golf acad-emy and driving range, aclinic and drug store, a

Korean firm ground breaks$200-M tourism estate in Clark

hotel, a casino, 500 unitsof villas and a shoppingarcade.

“The leisure communi-ty project will increasetourism and economic ac-tivities in the region and toprovide employment andjob creation during con-struction and operationphases of the project,” Leesaid.

The ground breakingrite was witnessed by Bud-get Sec. Florencio Abad,Clark Development Corpo-ration President FelipeRemollo and other execu-tives of DCC and CDC, aswell as Mabalacat MayorMarino Morales and Cityof San Fernando MayorOscar Rodriguez.

Phase one of theproject is expected to be

finished within 30 months.It will consist of the 36-hole golf course, the clubhouse, the internationalschool and the 100 unitsof villas.

Phase two will includethe condominium with 330rooms, the water park andan additional 300 units ofvillas.

Lee also said the thirdphase comprises of thehotel with 300 rooms, theeco-park, a casino, ashopping arcade, 100more units of villas andother amenities for tour-ists.

Lee said the entire tour-ism estate project of DCCis expected to be com-pleted by the year 2016and would employ morethan 2,000 workers.

BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– Subic Bay MetropolitanAuthority (SBMA) admin-istrator Armand Arrezaannounced on Mondaythat the new SBMA chair-man will assume office af-ter a turnover ceremonyscheduled on June 3.

He also denied recentreports that the appoint-ment of his own replace-ment had been faked, andthat the incoming officialhas backed out from theposition of SBMA admin-istrator.

Arreza said that SBMAchairman Feliciano Salon-ga will formally hand overthe reins of the SBMABoard of Directors toSBMA director RobertoGarcia, who was appoint-ed by President Aquino on

April 7 to be the new chair-man and head of agency.

At the same time, theSBMA official clarified thatbusiness executive Rafa-el Reyes, whom PresidentAquino appointed asSBMA administrator, hasneither accepted the ap-pointment nor backed outfrom serving as Arreza’sreplacement and mayhave a separate turnoverceremony before assum-ing the post.

“Reyes’ appointmentis not a fake, nor did heresign or back out as newsreports had said,” Arrezastressed to SBMA em-ployees during the flag-raising ceremony here onMonday.

The announcement re-futed some newspaperaccounts that Reyes hadbacked out from his ap-

pointment to the positionof SBMA administrator.

Arreza said thatReyes is still connectedwith a private company,where there are importantmatters and corporate is-sues that he has to at-tend to before formallyaccepting the SBMA ap-pointment.

Arreza had first an-nounced the appointmentof Garcia and Reyes dur-ing another flag-raisingceremony here last month,saying that Garcia will re-place Salonga as chair-man, and that Reyes willtake his place as SBMAadministrator.

He also told SBMAemployees that Garcia willassume office in the firstweek of June, while Reyeswill move into his office inthe last week of July.

Arreza: SBMA to welcomenew chairman on June 3

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NO, WE have not forgotten.

Last Monday, May 23, markedthe 18th month of theAmpatuan Massacre.

Eighteen months andthe wheels of justice

have yet to roll.

A travesty of the law uncoiled:The victims’ families and theirmedia supporters themselves

now being persecuted.The suspected mastermindsand perpetrators said to be

on their way out of jail.

So shall we persist in our cryfor justice, continue to pray for

the eternal repose of ourbrethren – all the 32 media

workers and 20 civilians killed,and keep on remembering.

This, even as we confrontnew assaults on pressfreedom, new attack

on the working media.

There can be no forgetting.

I CEDE my space to the following statement from the NationalUnion of Journalists of the Philippines.

Chilling the pressDEFEND THE freedom of expression! Remain steadfast in seekingjustice for all victims of the Ampatuan massacre!

On April 12, 2011, a special division of the Court of Appeals(CA) issued a resolution charging Rowena Paraan, secretary generalof the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), andMonet Salaysay, widow of Ampatuan massacre victim NapoleonSalaysay, of contempt.

The five justices of the CA who issued the resolution accusedthe two respondents of “foisting bias and corruption” against thecourt for their statements quoted in a news article where theyexpressed concerns on the slow pace of the case.

The two were also charged after they pointed out that AssociateJustices Danton Bueser and Marlene Gonzales-Sison did not inhibitthemselves from deliberations on the pending petition for releaseof former Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov.Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the principal accused in the case.

Zaldy Ampatuan has a pending petition beforethe CA special division for the court to uphold theApril 17, 2010 order of former Department ofJustice Secretary Alberto Agra which cleared himfrom the massacre.

The two CA justices had earlier voluntarilyinhibited themselves from a similar petition filedby Andal Ampatuan Sr., the family patriarchaccused of ordering the killings.

The contempt charges are alarming and mayhave a chilling effect especially on those at theforefront in the struggle to find justice for the victimsincluding the families of the victims and mediaorganizations.

The charges will impact not only againstRowena Paraan and Monet Salaysay but on thevictims’ families, media groups and otherorganizations and individuals who remain vigilantagainst continued efforts of the perpetuators andbrains of the massacre to escape culpability.

Having said this, we will not be cowed intosurrendering our right to free expression for wecannot afford to be silent as we monitor theprogress of a case that is crucial not only becauseit involves the loss of so many of our colleaguesbut even more important, because its outcomemay well determine whether we can continue toconsider ourselves a democracy, a nation, apeople.

Many Filipinos are disappointed on how theAmpatuan massacre case has proceeded a yearand a half after 58 persons including 32 mediaworkers were murdered in Ampatuan town inMaguindanao on November 23, 2009.

A survey of the Social Weather Stationconducted on May 4 to 7 showed that more thanhalf (51 percent) of the people are dissatisfied with

how the government is handling the case, up from46 percent in November last year.

An overwhelming number of people (75percent) believe the case is proceeding “too slow,”according to the survey.

More than ever, there is a need to remainvigilant on the conduct and proceedings of thecase amid continued reports of threats againstthe victims’ families and legal maneuvers of theaccused.

We call on the special division of the CA towithdraw the order, uphold the people’s freedomof expression and heed the people’s demand fora speedy and impartial trial.

We urge the families of the victims, colleaguesand friends to remain steadfast in ensuring thatjustice will not be sabotaged.

THE New York-based Committee to ProtectJournalists (CPJ) said it was “gravely concerned”by the Court of Appeals’ contempt order onMonette Salaysay and NUJP secretary generalRowena Paraan.

The CPJ said court action against the two“threatens to curb outside scrutiny of legalproceedings on the Maguindanao massacre, inwhich 30 journalists and media practitioners weresystematically shot and murdered.”

Furthered the statement: “It threatens to havea chilling effect on those monitoring courtproceedings for the Maguindanao massacre.Outside scrutiny of the legal proceedings will beessential to achieving justice in this landmarkcase. Court justices should uphold, not restrict,victims’ and monitoring groups’ freedom ofexpression.”

Mediamen of the world, unite!

ON THIS DAY in 1977, Memo-rial Day weekend opens with anintergalactic bang as the first ofGeorge Lucas' blockbuster StarWars movies hits American the-aters.

The incredible success ofStar Wars--seven Oscars, $461million in U.S. ticket sales anda gross of close to $800 millionworldwide--began with an exten-sive, coordinated marketingpush by Lucas and his studio,20th Century Fox, months be-fore the movie's release date.

"It wasn’t like a movie open-ing," actress Carrie Fisher, whoplayed rebel leader PrincessLeia, later told Time magazine.

"It was like an earthquake."Beginning with--in Fisher’swords--"a new order of geeks,enthusiastic young people withsleeping bags," the anticipationof a revolutionary movie-watch-ing experience spread like wild-fire, causing long lines in frontof movie theaters across thecountry and around the world.

With its groundbreaking spe-

cial effects, Star Wars leapedoff screens and immersed au-diences in "a galaxy far, faraway."

By now everyone knows thestory, which followed the baby-faced Luke Skywalker (MarkHamill) as he enlisted a teamof allies--including hunky HanSolo (Harrison Ford) and therobots C3PO and R2D2--on hismission to rescue the kid-napped Princess Leia from anEvil Empire governed by DarthVader.

The film made all three of itslead actors overnight stars, turn-ing Fisher into an object of ad-oration for millions of youngmale fans and launching Ford'snow-legendary career as anaction-hero heartthrob.

Star Wars was soon a bona-fide pop culture phenomenon.Over the years it has spawnedfive more feature films, five TVseries and an entire industry'sworth of comic books, toys, vid-eo games and other products.Two big-screen sequels, The

Empire Strikes Back (1980) andThe Return of the Jedi (1983),featured much of the originalcast and enjoyed the same suc-cess--both critical and commer-cial--as the first film.

In 1999, Lucas stretchedback in time for the fourth in-stallment, Star Wars EpisodeI: The Phantom Menace, chro-nologically a prequel to the orig-inal movie. Two other prequels,Attack of the Clones (2002) andRevenge of the Sith (2005) fol-lowed.

The latter Star Wars moviesfeatured a new cast--includingEwan McGregor, Liam Neeson,Natalie Portman and HaydenChristensen--and have general-ly failed to earn the sameamount of critical praise as thefirst three films.

They continue to score atthe box office, however, with Re-venge of the Sith becoming thetop-grossing film of 2005 in theUnited States and the secondworldwide.

Source: www.history.com

TODAY IN HISTORY

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Hard to GetJoey Aguilar

EdPam vs Blueboy:A postmortem

MANY ARE wondering why former Angeles City Mayor BlueboyNepomuceno suddenly withdrew his electoral protest against MayorEd Pamintuan when he has claimed he won the elections basedon the manual recounting of contested ballots by the Commissionon Elections.

Nepomuceno said something about “cutting costs” in hisvaledictory where he claimed “moral victory.” Indeed electoralprotests are expensive to those who protest. But Nepomucenomay also refer to “other costs.” Reports filtering out of Comelecsaid that Nepo’s lawyers allegedly tried to bargain, as the compactflash cards (CFCs) were being opened to look at the original imagesof the ballots, because of the massive number of tampered ballots.

Since the tampered ballots can be considered evidence ofelectoral fraud, and the Comelec itself was said to be consideringfiling a case against those who caused the tampering of the ballots,lawyers of Blueboy reportedly indicated they will withdraw theirprotest. But with a caveat – no charges should be filed againsttheir client.

Pamintuan’s lawyers were reportedly adamantand indicated they will file criminal charges againstthe beneficiary of the ballot tampering.

It seemed those who tampered with the ballots,and EdPam is pointing at Blue’s camp,miscalculated the impact of the massive double-shading of the ballots. They realized their misdeedis coming back to them. The stray ballots,because of the tampering, were greater in numberthan the total votes garnered by Pamintuan,Nepomuceno and Mamac combined, whichperplexed the Comelec.

Smartmatic officials were reported to haverushed to the Comelec to look at how double-shaded ballots, considered marked ballots,actually found their way in the ballot boxes, whenthe Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS)machines would have rejected them outright.

Well, these are just reports coming out as the

Comelec started opening the CFCs, and theimages of the ballots were affirming of the originalresults of the elections.

It seems the battle between EdPam andBlueboy is indeed not yet over with the latter’swithdrawal of his electoral protest. EdPam is red,figuratively, and has vowed to press counterchargesagainst his nemesis, declaring he has enoughevidence to ensure “jail time” for Nepo.

P12 MILLION! That is reportedly the figure

that Blueboy spent for “the works,” which involvedcost of his moves that led to his filing of theelectoral protest against Mayor Pamintuan. If hepaid, according to reports, his lawyers P3 million,he would have spent P15 million to mount hisprotest.

That, really, is a lot of money. The interestingquestion is who made money from Blueboy?

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

‘Special treatment’ saBilibid, may kapalit

KUNG DI pa nabuko ang paglabas masokNi Tony Leviste sa labas at loobNg Bilibid Prison, di nabistong lubosAng palagi nitong pag-‘over the bakod’

At ang sobrang luwag na ibinibigaySa isang tulad niyang sentensyadong tunayNa makulong sa Pambansang Bilangguan,(Ng di lamang taon kundi habambuhay?)

Na kataka-takang nagawa at sukatNi Leviste ang bawal na aktibidad,Kung walang anumang sabwatang naganapSa pagitan niya at ng otoridad..

At may kapalit na malaking halagaKung kaya madaling nagawan kumbagaNg paraan para makalabas tuwinaItong si Leviste sa kulungan niya.

Na kung di man ‘millions of pesos’ ang lagay,Ay posibleng ‘hundreds of pesos’ ang bigay,Ng dating governor – kung kaya’t bawal manYa’y naisagawa sa palsong paraan

Ng kung sinu-sinong bugok na opisyalNa nagkasundo sa napaka-ispesyalNa pagtrato kay Guv upang makapasyalSa labas ng karsel niyan sa Correctional.

At ang isang lalong nakapagtatakaAy papanong nakapagpatayo siyaNg ‘rest house’ sa labas, at turing sa kanyaAy isang ‘living out prisoner’ talaga.

At diumano siya’y ‘entitled’ na yataSa ‘clemency’ o mas maagang paglaya,Gayong ang ‘number of years’ na itinakdaNg hatol – ngayon lang halos nagsimula.

Kaya papaanong siya’y mabibigyanNg ‘executive clemency’ sa puntong yan?Liban na nga lang kung may katotohananAng hinala natin na nagkalagayan.

Partikular na riyan sa nakatataasNa posibleng sangkot sa pagpapalabasKay Tony Leviste kahit anong orasNaisin ng dating Guv ang magpasarap;

Nang napakadali at walang sagabal,Dala ng ‘gate pass’ na napaka-ispesyal,Kapalit ng anumang biyayang bigayNg isang tulad niyang galante’t mayaman.

At kahit posibleng si Disrektor DioknoAy inosente sa nangyayaring ito,‘Under command responsibility’ nito,Damay tiyak si Sir kahit papaano.

Pagkat kahit wala siyang kinalamanSa anumang nangyayaring kalokohan,Bilang punong opisyal ng bilangguan,Di ligtas si Diokno sa pananagutan

Sapagkat gaya ng ibang may tungkulinAy karaniwan nang kalakaran sa ‘tin,Itong kung sino ang hepeng maituturingAng responsable sa palpak na gawain.

Dahil kung hindi man si Director DioknoAng nasa likod ng anomalyang itoAy di maikakailang taga loob mismoNg ‘Bureau of Prisons’ ang may gawa nito.

(May karugtong)

RegardingHenry

Henrylito D. Tacio

“THE GREATEST discovery ofmy generation,” said WilliamJames, a psychologist, “is thathuman beings can alter theirlives by altering their attitude ofmind.”

Who never heard the nameThomas Alva Edison? In his life-time, he had invented about1,093 things – making him asthe person with more patentsthan any other person in theworld. While most people credithis ability to creative genius, hecredited it to hard work.

“Genius,” Edison once said,“is ninety-nine percent perspira-tion and one percent inspiration.”That’s true but there’s a thirdfactor: his positive attitude. Atone time, he exclaimed to anassistant marveling at the bewil-dering total of his failures –50,000 experiments before hesucceeded with a new storagebattery: “Results? Why man, Ihave gotten lots of results. I nowknow 50,000 things that won’twork.”

Edison was an optimist whosaw the best in everything. “If wedid all the things we were capa-ble of doing,” he pointed out, “wewould literally astound our-selves.”

We are what we think. Ourmind has complete power overus. “If you have the will to win,you have achieved half your suc-cess; if you don’t, you haveachieved half your failure,” Dav-id Ambrose said.

A lot of people succeed in lifebecause of their positive outlookin life. Our attitude of looking at PAGE 7 PLEASE

The power ofpositive thinking

the brighter side can reallymakes a difference. “The win-ner’s edge is not in a gifted birth,a high IQ, or in talent,” family lifeexpert Dennis Waitley once ex-plained. “The winner’s edge is allin the attitude, not aptitude. At-titude is the criterion for suc-cess.”

Psychologist Victor Franklbelieved so, too. “The last of ourhuman freedoms is to chooseour attitude in any given circum-stances,” he said. He knew thetruth of that statement. He sur-vived imprisonment in a Nazideath camp, and throughout hisordeal, he wouldn’t allow his at-titude to deteriorate.

Never give up. “Many of life’sfailures are people who did notrealize how close they were tosuccess when they gave up,”Edison commented.

If you think life is unbearable,think positively. A positive atti-tude is every bit as important tosuccess as anything else. It’simportant, too, to remember thatoptimism – like actions – speakslouder than words. Many enor-mously successful people havebent over backwards to appearprudent – belittling even them-selves or their own achieve-ments – without ever slowingdown in their pursuit of excel-lence.

In 1946, a prominent mansaid, “Video won’t hold any mar-ket it captures after the first sixmonths. People will soon gettired of staring at the plywoodbox every night.” The speakerwas Darryl F. Zanuck, then head

of 20th Century Fox.Describing the telephone, the

president of the United States,Rutherford B. Hayes, exclaimed:“That’s an amazing invention.But who would ever want to useone of them?”

Buddha reminded, “Let usrise up and be thankful, for if wedidn’t learn a lot today, at leastwe learned a little, and if wedidn’t learn a little, at least wedidn’t get sick, and if we got sick,at least we didn’t die; so, let usall be thankful.”

“When it is dark enough,”Ralph Waldo Emerson oncesaid, “men see stars.” Thisstatement reminded me of apiece written by Ron Mehl. It wasa story of a strong man facingan enemy beyond his strength.

His young wife had becomegravely ill, then suddenlypassed away, leaving the bigman alone with a wide-eyed,

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 60ANGELES CITY

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OFANNOTATED LEGITIMATION AND THEREGISTERED AFFIDAVIT OF LEGITIMATION INTHE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF KRISHACZARINE SALINAS LUTCHIANG

GERONIMO M. LUTCHIANG,Petitioner

-Versus- SPEC. PROC. NO. 8607

KRISHA CZARINE SALINAS LUTCHIANG, NANCY L.SALINAS, NATIVIDAD LUTCHIANG, SPS. GAVINOAND ENCARNATION SALINAS, OFFICE OF THECITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ANGELES CITY, OFFICEOF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF THECIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL (NSO),

Respondents.x———————————————————————————————x

ORDERThis verified Petition For Cancellation of Annotated Legitimation and

the Registered Affidavit of Legitimation in the Certificate of Live Birth ofKrisha Czarine Salinas Lutchiang filed by petitioner Geronimo SalinasLutchiang which alleges, among others, that he is the biological father ofKrisha Czarine Salinas Lutchiang, born on April 3, 1991 in Angeles City.At the time when the said minor was born, her biological parents werenot yet married. However, they got married on April 21, 1991 in Porac,Pampanga, purposely to legitimate their relationship and that of the status.With the biological parents desire that their daughter will be protectedfrom public shame and ridicule of being an illegitimate child, on April 26,1991 they filed before the Office of the Civil Registrar of Angeles City anAffidavit of Paternity and Affidavit of Legitimation and the same wasregistered and annotated in the minor child’s Certificate of Live Birth.Pursuant to this said legitimation, minor child’s status was elevated fromillegitimate to legitimated and used the surname “Lutchiang” in all herlegal documents and school records.

Just recently, petitioner secured a copy of his daughter’s Certificateof Live Birth before the National Statistics Office (NSO). However, whatwas released by the NSO is the Certificate of Live of the said minorunder the name Krisha Czarine Salinas and said office refused to releasethe one registered under the name Krisha Czarine Salinas Lutchiang inview of the said legitimation for the reason that the NSO discovered fromits records that respondent mother Nancy Salinas was previously marriedto one Teofilo Anchiboy on June 16, 1980 in Quezon City, Manila and thesame is still valid and existing when she and petitioner got married.Therefore the said child cannot be legitimated as Nancy Salinas had nolegal capacity to enter into a Contract of Marriage at the time of conceptionand birth of the said child which is one of the requirements for legitimation.Petitioner cannot avail of the benefits of Republic Act 9255 an “ ActAllowing Illegitimate Children To Use Surname Of Father” unless anduntil said Annotated Legitimation and Affidavit of Cancellation be cancelled.The petitioner had acknowledged the said child as his own and herebyallows his daughter to continue using his surname “Lutchiang” pursuantto Republic Act 9255 dated February 24, 2004, allowing IllegitimateChildren To Use The Surname Of Their Father, amending for that purpose,Article 176 of Executive order No. 209, otherwise known as FamilyCode of the Philippines.

WHEREFORE, finding the verified Petition to be sufficient in formand substance, the same is hereby given due course and the Court setsthe same for hearing on June 6, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at theSession Hall of this Court, 1st Floor, Hall of Justice Building, RegionalTrial Court, Branch 60, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City, at which dateand time, any person may appear and show cause, if any, why the saidpetition shall not be granted.

Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of generalcirculation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles City, once a weekfor three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copy of this Order together with copy of the Petitionand its annexes be served upon the Office of the Solicitor General at 134Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City; the Civil Registrar General,National Statistics Office at Edsa cor. Quezon Avenue, Quezon City; theOffice of the City Prosecutor of Angeles City; and the Office of the LocalCivil Registrar of Mabalacat, Pampanga.

Furnish Atty. Angelea Abrea and the petitioner with copy of thisOrder.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, Philippines, April 1, 2011.

OFELIA TUAZON PINTO Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 11, 18 & 25, 2011

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGIONCity of San Fernando (P)

Office of the Clerk of Court& Ex-Officio Sheriff

BANK OF FLORIDA, INC., (A Rural Bank),Mortgagee, E.J.F. No. 71-11

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER-versus- ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

DANTE T. LUGTU,Mortgagor.

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

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filedby BANK OF FLORIDA, INC., ( A Rural Bank ), mortgagee, withprincipal place of business address at BOF Building, Dolores, City ofSan Fernando, Pampanga, represented herein by its President/ ChiefExecutive Officer, Teresa David-Carlos, against DANTE T. LUGTU,mortgagor, with residence and postal address at No. 74, Plazang Luma,Arayat, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as ofMARCH 08, 2011 amounts to ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTYTWO THOUSAND FIFTY ONE AND 12/100 PESOS (Php 1, 362,051.12) exclusive of other interest and other charges, the undersignedClerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or JULIO M. CUNANAN, dulyauthorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on JUNE 07, 2011 from9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M. at the mainentrance of the Regional Trial Court Building, City of San Fernando (P),to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and inPhilippine Currency, the following property with all the improvementsthereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 648599-R“A parcel of land (Lot 41-B of the subd. plan Psd-03-

032737, being a portion of Lot 41, Psd-52779, LRC. RecNo. ), situated in the Bo. of Manga, Mun. of Arayat, Prov.of Pamp. x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFIFTY FIVE (255) Square Meters. x x x “

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on June 14, 2011, without further notice.

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

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, May 02, 2011.

ATTY. JOSELEA YRAOLA FLORIA JULIO M. CUNANAN Clerk of Court VI Sheriff IV & Ex-Officio Sheriff RTC BR. 45, RTC, CSF(P)

CC: 1. BANK OF FLORIDA, INC. 2. DANTE T. LUGTU3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 11, 18 & 25, 2011

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE NOTARY PUBLIC

Angeles City

SAN BARTOLOME RURAL BANK, INC.,Mortgagee.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE ANDSALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

-versus- UNDER ACT 3135, AS AMENDEDNFC CASE NO. 2011-668

SPS. ORLANDO G. QUIAMBAO andLUDY R. QUIAMBAO,

Mortgagors.x————————————————x

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER ACT 3135,AS AMENDED UNDER ACT 4118

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Real Estate Mortgageexecuted on 27 January 2000, supported by a Promissory Note datedDecember 7, 2005, by the Mortgagors, SPS. ORLANDO and LUDYQUIAMBAO, both of legal ages, Filipinos and are residents of No. 450San Manuel Subd., Brgy. San Francisco, Magalang, Pampanga, infavor of the Mortgagee, SAN BARTOLOME RURAL BANK, INC., arural banking corporation duly organized and existing under and byvirtue of the laws of the Philippines with principal business at San PedroI, Magalang, Pampanga, in order to satisfy the mortgage debt thereinwhich as of 19 January 2011, amounts to THREE HUNDRED THIRTYNINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE PESOS (PHP339,275.00), Philippine Currency, excluding interests and penalties andadditional daily interests and penalties up to the date of sale and expensesin the sale thereof, in addition, reasonable attorney’s fees and other legalexpenses all secured by this Mortgage, ATTY. ELAIAS T. TIMBOL,Notary Public for Angeles City and in the Municipality of Porac, Mabalacatand Magalang, Province of Pampanga, after having been authorized bythe Mortgagee hereby gives notice and announces that on the 13th dayof June 2011, at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the Main Entrance,Magalang Municipal Hall Bldg., Magalang, Pampanga, will sell atpublic auction to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency,the following parcels of land with all the improvements existing thereon,to wit:

TCT NO. 411851-R- PampangaA parcel of land (lot 4, Blk, 4 of the subd., plan Psd-03-

040703, being a portion of lot 117-C-1, Psd-03-005292, LRCRec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of San Francisco, Mun. ofMagalang, Prov. of Pamp., Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by lot 2; on the NE., along line 2-3 by lot 3; on the SE., alongline 3-4 by lot 6, all of Blk, 4; on the SW., along line 4-1 byRoad lot 3, all of the subd., plan x x x containing an area ofONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE METERS more orless x x x

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves theabove-mentioned parcels of land for their information and protection.

Angeles City, 2 May 2011.

ELAIAS T. TIMBOLNotary PublicUntil December 31, 2012Commission Serial No. 2011-293/A.C.PTR No. 2222505/01-4-11/A.C.IBP No. 852839/01-28-11/ PampangaRoll No. 38535MCLE Compliance No. III-0010801/4-14-10Angeles CityPanlilio, Paras, Timbol and Panlilio Law OfficeNo. 7 Lachica Bldg., Balibago, Angeles City

COPY FURNISHED:San Bartolome Rural Bank, Inc.,Sps. Orlando and Ludy Quiambao

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 11, 18 & 25, 2011

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESMUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

PROVINCE OF PAMPANGAMUNICIPALITY OF MEXICO

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby

served to the public that MARIA CARMELA MUSNI PRUDENCIADOhas filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME fromMARIA CARMELA MUSNI PRUDENCIADO to CARMELA MUSNIPRUDENCIADO in the Certificate of Live Birth of MARIA CARMELAMUSNI PRUDENCIADO who was born on July 16, 1963 in Mexico,Pampanga and whose parents are LORETA MUSNI and FELIPEPRUDENCIADO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his writtenopposition with this Office.

ROSANA AGUASCity Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: May 18 & 25, 2011

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 56ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONFOR CORRECTION OF AN ENTRYIN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTHOF MINOR MEXICO SALAZARUNDER REGISTRY NO. 2000-424,

ROSALIE SALAZAR, SPEC. PROC. NO. 8615Petitioner.

-versus-

THE OFFICE OF THE CIVILREGISTRAR OF ANGELES CITY,PAMPANGA, THE OFFICE OF THECIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, THEOFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR OFANGELES CITY, PAMPANGA, AND MINORMEXICO SALAZAR

Respondents.X————————————————————————X

ORDERA verified petition having been filed by Rosalie Salazar praying that

after due notice, publication and hearing an Order be issued ordering theLocal Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the Civil Registrar General,National Statistics Office, Manila to make the necessary correction in theCertificate of Live Birth of Mexico Salazar particularly her gender/sexfrom “MALE” to “FEMALE”, which appears to be sufficient in form andsubstance, set the hearing of said petition on June 27, 2011 at 8:30o’clock in the morning on which date and time, all persons interestedmay appear and show cause, should they have any, why the petitionshould not be granted.

Let copies of this Order be published once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the provinceof Pampanga and Angeles City at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copies of this Order and Petition be furnished the Officeof the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City, Civil Registrar General andthe Office of the Solicitor General.

SO ORDEREDAngeles City, April 26, 2011.

IRIN ZENAIDA S. BUAN Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 25, June 1 & 8, 2011

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— The Port of Subic reg-istered a P30-million sur-plus in Customs revenueas reflected in its actualcash collections versustarget for the January-Aprilperiod this year.

Figures from the Sub-ic Bay Metropolitan Au-thority (SBMA) showedthat Subic’s year-on-yearcash collection perfor-mance in the four-monthperiod reached P2 billion,surpassing last year’srecord of P1.6 billion by

Port of Subic posts P30-M revenue surplus in Jan-Apr25.26 percent.

In April alone, the Bu-reau of Customs (BOC)here easily surpassed thetarget of P622 million af-ter coming up with P623million, the highest month-ly cash revenue so far thisyear.

The Port of Subic, how-ever, posted the highestmonthly surplus on its ac-tual cash collections inJanuary when it exceededits target by P25.61 million.

The surplus in Marchreached P21.92 million

and P1.02 million in April,although actual collectionversus target fell short byP18.54 million in February,the BOC said.

With this record, thePort of Subic emerged asone of the five ports in theentire country to surpasstheir target, joining Limay,which recorded a surplusof P456 million, Davaowith P39 million, Zam-boanga with P500,000,Legazpi with P100,000,and Clark with P10,000.

Overall, the BoC na-tional office announced ashortfall of P3.3 billion, asit posted total cash collec-tions at P21.88 billion,which is 13 percent short

of its P25.19-billion target. According to the Sub-

ic district office of theBOC, cash collectionshere are derived from du-ties and taxes paid for shipcalls, transshipment oper-ations, and the importa-tion of various inputs, in-cluding oil, motor vehiclesand other general mer-chandise.

The Subic-BOC alsoposted P102.21-million innon-cash collections de-rived from government-to-government transactionsin January-April 2011. Thiswas 97 percent lower thanthe P3.48-billion collectionin the same period lastyear. –Malou Dungog

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flaxen-haired girl, not quite five years old.After the burial, one of the neighbors told him, “Please

bring your little girl and stay with us for several days.You shouldn’t go back home just yet.”

The man replied, “Thank you for the kind offer. Butwe need to go back home – where she was. My babyand I must face this.”

So the father and child returned to what now seemedan empty, lifeless home. The father brought his daugh-ter’s little bed into his room, so they could face the firstdark night together.

As the minutes slipped by that night, the young girlwas having a dreadful time trying to sleep – and so washer father. What could pierce a man’s heart deeper than

Regarding Henrya child sobbing for a mother who would never comeback?

Long into the night, the little one continued to weep.The father reached down into her bed and tried to com-fort her as best he could. After a while, the little girlmanaged to stop crying – but only out of sorrow for herfather. Thinking his daughter was asleep, the father lookup and said brokenly, “I trust You, Father, but… it’s asdark as midnight!”

Hearing her father’s prayer, the little girl started tocry again. “I thought you were asleep,” he said. Thedaughter answered, “Papa, I did try. I was sorry for you.I did try. But – I couldn’t go to sleep. Papa, did you everknow it could be so dark? Why Papa? I can’t even seeyou, it’s so dark.”

Then, through her tears, the little girl whispered, “But

FROM PAGE 5 you love me even if it’s dark – don’t you, Papa? Youlove me even if I don’t see you, don’t you, Papa?”

For an answer, the father reached across with hismassive hands, lifted his little girl out of her bed, broughther over onto his chest, and held her, until at least shefell asleep.

When she was finally quiet, he began to pray. Hetook his little daughter’s cry to him, and passed it up toGod. “Father, it’s dark as midnight and I can’t see Youat all. But You love me, even when it’s dark and I can’tsee, don’t You?”

Art Linkletter summed it up: “Things turn out bestfor people who make the best out of the way things turnout.”

For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com

ity to take part in our shareof responsibility to im-prove quality of educationin any way we can likehelping create more con-ducive environment forlearning” said Lazatin in astatement.

The Brigada Eskwelaalso known as the Nation-

STUDY. Councilor Lazatin (center) leadsthe launching of the Brigada Eswela in the City of SanFernando last Monday.

Lazatin starts Brigada Eskwela...FROM PAGE 1 al Schools Maintenance

Week is a program underthe umbrella projectAdopt-A-School. It is stip-ulated under Republic Act8525 encouraging privatesector or private compa-nies to adopt a school byextending any donationexcept cash.

“Brigada Eskwela,falls under the Adopt-A-

School and it is an annu-al schools’ clean-up andrepair activity spearhead-ed by DepEd, with thecooperation of non-gov-ernment organizations,parents, students, teach-ers, the business commu-nity and civic organiza-tions,” said Lazatin.

“Instead of cash dona-tions, participants to the

clean-up drive donate con-struction and cleaningmaterials, or serve as vol-unteers to prepare theschools two weeks beforethe opening of classes,” headded.

Lazatin thanked Boy-sen for donating the paintwhich he will distributeuntil the end of the week.

–Joey Pavia

Monday, Marcelino Mari-nas Jr. and his wife,Marife, said they receivedP387,504.69 from the OurLady of Mt. Carmel Medi-cal Center (OLMCMC) inBarangay Saguin as or-dered by the NLRC fourthdivision office in QuezonCity.

“Accordingly, respon-dents are hereby directedto pay complainantsMarife and Marcelino Jr.,their salary differential,13th month pay and ser-vice incentive leave for atleast 3 years and separa-tion pay,” said NLRC pre-siding officer HerminioSuelo in his decision.

Marinas showed toPunto the official receiptissued by the NLRC tohim as proof he got thepayment from OLMCMC.

The respondents in the

Couple gets P.4M in labor case...FROM PAGE 1 case are Adrian Briones

and his wife, Dr. Monet Bri-ones, top executives ofthe hospital located alongMacArthur Highway.

“I came out in the openand ask media to help mebecause I want to encour-age other Mount Carmelworkers to fight for theirrights and sue the hospi-tal for alleged unfair treat-ment and labor practicesagainst lowly workers,”said Marinas in the dia-lect.

He disclosed that oth-er workers, including a se-curity guard, recently filedlabor cases against OLM-CMC before the NLRC-III.

The Marinas sued theOLMCMC and Brionescouple after Marcelinowas scolded by Mr. Bri-ones and was asked toleave for arriving late froma trip in Manila more thantwo years ago.

“That was the finalstraw when I arrived latefrom Manila due to traffic.Earlier, I just kept silentexperiencing unfair treat-ment, especially from Mr.Briones,” said Marcelino.

The NLRC-Quezon re-versed the decision of theNLRC-III on the illegal dis-missal case.

“Wherefore, premisesconsidered, the instantmotion for reconsidera-tion is hereby partiallygranted and the decisionis hereby modified dis-missing the compliantinsofar as the issue of il-legal dismissal is con-cerned,” said Suelo in hisdecision reversing theearlier decision of NLRC-III Labor Arbiter LeandroJose who found the OLM-CMC liable for illegal dis-missal.

But Suelo agreed withJose on the latter’s deci-

sion to ask the OMCM-MC to pay the Marino cou-ple of the said amount inrelation to the labor cas-es.

“I won’t appeal the re-versal anymore. What’simportant is that I won thebigger case and exposedthe truth,” said Marinas,a former maintenance per-sonnel who refused to re-turn to work at the OLM-MC after the resolution ofthe NLRC labor case.

Punto and a televisionnetwork visited the OLM-CMC on Monday for thecomments of the Brione-ses. But they were notaround, said the securityguard and a certain Joanwho is assigned at the in-formation desk of the hos-pital.

Punto left its cellphonenumber but the Brionesesfailed to call as of presstime.

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Funds enough to hire 10,000 more teachersFROM PAGE 1

In an interview hereduring the launching of theP26.2 billion expansionproject of Yokohama TiresPhilippines, Inc., Abad

however admitted that thebacklog in teachers andclassrooms could not befilled with the available bud-get.

But he noted that for2011, the budget of the De-

partment of Education(DepEd) was in-

creased by P32.3 billion toP207.3 billion. This, hesaid, was the largest in-crease in more than a de-cade.

Abad did not say howmuch was released for thehiring of 10,000 moreteachers but the DBMwebsite said that for theconstruction of 8,997classrooms, some P7 bil-

lion was made available.The P7 billion was chargedagainst the P11.29-billionLumpsum for the Require-ments of Basic Education-al Facilities.

The targeted 8,997classrooms are expectedto accommodate around404,865 students.

Of the P7 billion,P432.3 million will go toCentral Luzon where 588classrooms to be con-structed or repaired are tobenefit 26,460 students ina ratio of one classroomper 45 students.

The bulk of the fund, or

about P1 billion, with go tothe National Capital Re-gion.

The DepEd’s PhysicalFacilities and School’s En-gineering Division(PFSED) said that for ev-ery new academic class-room constructed from thecurrent year’s funds, thereshould be at least 23 ta-bles and 46 chairs for ele-mentary and a minimum45 armchairs for second-ary schools. There shallalso be a set of table andchair for teachers, includ-ing blackboards in bothlevels.

bayad lamang ng P200bawat buwan ang mgamakikinabang sa nasab-ing programa bukod sanagbibigay ang gobyernong P35,000 subsidiya.

“I’m impressed with thetwo model units,” ani Aqui-no matapos inspeksyuninang model house.

Ang iba pang pabahaypara sa mga sundalo atpulis ay nakatakdang itayosa bayan ng Norzagarayat Lungsod ng San JoseDel Monte sa Bulacan;mga bayan ng Baras atRodriguez sa lalawigan ng

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20K bahay para sa AFP-PNP...Rizal; Lungsod ng Calam-ba sa Laguna; at TreceMartires sa Cavite.

Tiniyak din ng Pangu-lo na matatapos ang20,000 housing units saOktubre o Nobyembre.

“Ang target completionay before the end of theyear, pero baka Oktubrelang ay tapos na ito dahilsa kanilang program ofwork ay walang nakatalana accomplishment ngay-ong Mayo pero marami naang bahay na nakatayo,”ani Aquino.

Iginiit din niya na angpabahay ay isang maliit nakonsuwelo sa mga sunda-

lo at pulis na nagtataya ngbuhay sa paglilingkod,bukod pa sa ito ay pagtu-pad ng kanyang panga-kong binitiwan sa unangbahagi ng taon.

Samantala, sinabi niBinay na hindi magigingpabigat sa mga bene-pisaryo ang pabahay da-hil mura lamang ang ka-nilang babayaran.

Ayon kay Binay, aabotlamang sa P200 ang ba-bayaran bawat buwan.

Bukod dito, nagbigaypa ang gobyerno ngP35,000 na subsidiyakayat ang orihinal na hal-agang P175,000 na baba-

yaran para sa bahay atloteng may sukat na 36metro kuwadrado ayP140,000 na lamang saloob ng 30 taon.

Kabilang naman samga sumaksi sa paglulun-sad ng nasabing pabahayay sina AFP Chief of StaffGeneral Eduardo Oban,PNP Chief General RaulBacalzo, Senador AntonioTrillanes IV, Interior Sec-retary Jesse Robredo,National Housing Authori-ty Chairman Chito Cruz,Bulacan Gov. WilhelminoAlvarado, at mga Kongre-sistang sina Pedro Pan-cho and Jonjon Mendoza.

“Ibabaon kita sa ilog (I willbury you in the river)” whilehe was being attacked bytwo unidentified Badjaos.

However, the medicalreport indicated that thevictim suffered only minorsuperficial injuries on hisforearm. Barangay tanodsidentified as Angelito Dav-id and Julius Castillo, ar-rested Ibarra and broughthim to the police station.The two barangay tanodsalso stood as witnesses of

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Songwriter cries for justiceFlores in his sworn affida-vit.

Ibarra claimed he wasbeing framed by the sus-pects because he got theire of barangay officials af-ter he “adopted” some 207Badjaos by allowing themto stay “on our ancestralland” in Sitio Turbina. TheBadjaos were earlier evict-ed under the Abacanbridge in nearby AngelesCity.

Ibarra said he adoptedthe Badjaos to return thefavor they gave him when

he was stranded in Bora-cay in 1991 at the heightof the Mt. Pinatubo erup-tion.

Ibarra said he had anearlier altercation withFlores, whom he earlierevicted from their proper-ty, after his nipa hut wasrazed to the ground by stillunidentified suspects.

He admitted shoutingat Flores when the latter“gate crashed” into their“ritual drinking session”after having a story confer-ence for a documentary

film about the Badjao peo-ple.” But it was taken outof context,” Ibarra said.

As this developed,Flores reportedly signedan affidavit of desistanceclearing Ibarra. But as ofpress time Ibarra contin-ued to remain locked upat the municipal jail here.

In the meantime, Ibar-ra vowed to file chargesagainst the persons whoallegedly framed him in-cluding barangay officialsof Tabun and nearby Do-lores. FAST FIVE (PG13)

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the sporting world.Hundreds of partici-

pants, mostly studentsfrom local schools, joinedthe three-day sports sum-mit held from Friday toSunday at the famousBoardwalk Park here.

The event was orga-nized by the Subic BayFreeport Chamber of Com-merce (SBFCC) and theSubic Bay MetropolitanAuthority (SBMA), in part-nership with the YoungMen’s Christian Associa-tion (YMCA-OlongapoCity) and the Subic Light-house Marina Resort.

Eight local teams com-peted in various sportsevents like beach volley-ball, beach football, opensea swimming competi-tion, sand castle building,and 3-kilometer and 5-ki-lometer fun runs.

YMCA-Olongapo pres-ident and event organizerJun Nobles III said that

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Bigger summer sports fest seen...because of the encourag-ing turnout, organizers arethinking of inviting partici-pants from schools in thewhole of Central Luzon forthe sports summit nextyear.

Plans are also afoot toadd more sports events,including Laro ng Lahi,Nobles said.

SBFCC presidentDanny Piano said thesports summit was con-ceptualized to help pro-mote the Subic Bay Free-port as a destination forsporting and adventureevents, and develop localathletes and sportsteams.

“While helping build upSubic’s image as an idealdestination for all types ofsports events, we alsohope to develop a teamthat would represent ourcommunity in the sportingworld,” Piano said.

Aside from creating avenue for sports develop-ment, the Subic summer

sports summit also helpedraise funds for SBFCC’scommunity program andYMCA’s mini-libraryproject.

Nobles said the mini-library will be open to stu-dents and sports enthusi-asts who may want to dotheir school research as-signments after practicingtheir favorite sports.

Meanwhile, event coor-dinator Argee Gomezstressed that the sportssummit also served as away for participants andtheir families and friends tobetter appreciate Subic’snatural environment andgreat outdoors.

“The very clean, cooland safe environment in theSubic Freeport is probablythe reason why more andmore sports events arebeing organized and heldhere every year,” Gomezsaid.

He noted that local andinternational events, likethe Asian Duathlon Cham-

pionships, Subic Adven-ture Race, Bike FestivalAsia, and SMART SubicInternational Marathon,among others, are regular-ly held here.

Last week, the Triath-lon Association of thePhilippines (TRAP) con-ducted the 18th Interna-tional Triathlon Union-K-Swiss Subic Bay Interna-tional Triathlon (SUBIT)here and drew the partici-pation of 732 athletesfrom 19 countries, “a bigimprovement compared tothe 670 total in 2010,” saidTRAP president TomCarrasco Jr.

Carrasco said they arenow planning to launch abigger and better SUBITnext year also because ofthe huge turnout.

On May 21-23, mean-while, hundreds of cyclistswill meet up in Subic forthe second leg of the Pil-ipinas Cycling League’s“Immuvit Race AgainstTime Series 2011.”

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Robin Padilla certified laos na!MANY WILL agree with me, I am pretty sure.

That Robin Padilla had been laos at hindi natalaga nagklik simula nang magre-invent siya nanglumabass sa kulungan a many years back.Kumbaga, yung tinamong kasikatan ni Robin atthe height of his career ended when he languishedin jail for illegal gun possession at hindi na talaganakabangon, so to speak.

Pero matunog din ang kanyang pangalan. Kasinga, after Nora Aunor, siya’ng sumunod nasuperstar. Kahit na hindi siya nabigyan ng tagbilang certified superstar gaya ni Aunor, stil , hindimaitatatwang si Robin ang nag-iisa sa showbizbilang pinakasikat na artista ng bansa.

There was a time na pandemonium kung saansiya naroon. Lahat na yata ng tao, talagang kilalasiya. Kumbaga, the tag bad boy image stuck kahitna sa panahong nagre-invent na siya.

Why are we saying na laos na si RobinPadilla?

Hindi ba naman, flopped to the hilt ang kanilangmovie ni Mariel Rodriguez na talaga namang halosna-zero sa mga sinehang pinaglabasan nito.

Halos walng bumalik na puhunan talaga sa coffers ng kung sino man ang producerng My Pledge of Love.

Halimbawa lang, sumuporta yung mga nagmamahal kay Robin, sana, malakiang nahakot sa takilya ng kanilang pelikula ni Mariel Rodriguez.

Isa pang flop, hindi nag-rate kahit na panay ang halleluya sa kanyang noontimeshow after Wowowee kung saan naging close and eventually, naging mag-asawa,sila ni Mariel. It didn’t even last a month on air. Unang nawala si Kris Aquino, thenRobin, until it went off the air.

Kung halimbawa bang nag-rate ng mataas yun, palagay kaya ninyo, isasara ngABS-CBN ang programa?

Aling pelikula na ba ni Robin ang nag-hi? Wala, ‘di ba? Matagumpay yung LaVisa Loca in terms of artistic awards but box-office wise, it was a disaster. Yung

videoke King nila ni Pops Fernandez, so far, ganun din ang naging problema. Ewanlang yung sa kanila ni Regine sa GMA 7 kung anoang nangyari. We will never knowthe real score in that movie kasi nga malinaw na nag-release ng padded figures angGMA 7?

Nung unang sumabak sa tv si Robin, may Juday team up ek pa sila sa ABS-CBN. Ano ang nangyari sa project? It flopped, hindi nag-rate, mula sa pagigingsitcom, naging horror show, kasi nga, desperadong mag-rate pero wala rin.

Ano pa ba ba yung ibang projects ni Bad Boy sa ABS-CBN na hindi kinagat? Tilayata isang boxing show na wala ring nangyari. And more, na flopped din.

Sa GMA 7, nagsama sila ni Angel Locsin, sumunod ang Totoy Bato, pero paanosiya nagwakas sa GMA 7? Those times, he was most hated ng mga staff ng ginawaniyang project dahil nga pakialamero raw si Robin. Lumipat nga siya ABS-CBN walapa rin.

Remember, may jail movie si Robin matapos siyang lumabas noon, pero lugi rinyata kahit kasama pa niya’ng nanay niyang si Mrs. Eva Padilla.

In between, maraming projects si Robin, may festival movie pa, but they allfailed. Hindi ba nagkasira sila ng grupo ng isang foreign actor at pinagbintangan pasiya ng kung anik-anik? Ask Maribel Lopez sa mga sidelights ng mga pangyayari atmeron siyang detalye during the time.

Anyway, we just wish na mabalik na’ng magic ni Robin Padilla. Kung ang magicniya ay napunta sa kanyang mga anak instead- sina Kylie at Queenie na parehongsikat naman, so be it.

Ano na kaya’ng kahihinatnan ng Guns And Roses nila ni Bea Alonzo? Kahit nabubot sa larangan ng aksyon, may slant na kesyo galing daw humawak ng baril niBea and other slant na mahirap paniwalaan.

But this early, ayaw tumigil ng mga dialng bumabatikwas. Sentro nila na tiyakna pagseselosan ni Mariel si Bea Alonzo. Yung mga nakakikilala kay Robin na alamang buhay na pinagdaanan, certainly agree to the observation. Kung hindi mapipigilan,puwede ngang maging isa sa mga babaing nagdaan sa mga palad ni Robin si BeaAlonzo.

That’s very clear at walang malabo ni kaunti.At ang rating ng Guns And Roses, umalagwa naman kaya? Base sa record ni

rRbin Padilla na salat na salat sa hit sa tv , malinaw na malabong mangyari yun.At the most, so so lang yan sa ratings.Huwag naman sana!

Mutya at Lakan ng City of San Fernando huhusgahan na!DALAWANG BESES na kaming officially invited sa mga kaganapan ng Mutya at Lakan ng City of San Fernando in connectionsa kanilang town fiesta celebration on May 30. Having been a resident of this Oca Rodrioguez bailiwick, hindi naman kaminagdalawang-isip na puntahan ang mga kanilang mga events. Beside, media partner nila kami kaya talagang kailangannaming umaten, whether we like it or else.

Anyway, unang napansin naming ay yung pagkabungal ng mga numero. Obviously, may mga nag-back out lalo na samga kabababaihan. Nung gabi ng press presentation, dalawa ng sabi nag-back out. Sa kanilang pre-pageant naman,napingasan na naman ng isa.

Tanong namin, ano ba ang nangyari at nangawawala ang mga candidates nila. “May isa kaming nakausap whoseems to be privy sa affairs. “Di raw fair ang organizers at may kinakampihan kaya raw di na natuloy yung unangdalawa.

Sounds bitter, puwedeng di ito ang tunay na dahilan. Sabi naman ng isa, nag-try lang daw yung dalwa atnakitang di pa sila ready, at sa next year na sasali.

Nawala pa rin yung isang mestisilya sa pre-pageant. Yung dapat sana ay twelve candidates naging siyam nalang. Kung halimbawaz sa final night sa May 29, may malagas na naman, hindi na ito maganda sa side ng mgaorganizer. Tila kulang sila sa control sa kanilang organisasyon.

So much for that, sa ngayon labing isang lakan candidates at siyam na Mutya ang nagpapaligsahan sakagandahan, karunungan at kagupwapuhan.

Sa Lakan department, tatlo ang nakikita naming poisibleng mag-uwi ng korona. Hindi na naming babanggitin kung sinosino sila. Suffice to say na yung iba, talo na ngayon pa lang, pamparami lang talaga.

Sa Mutya naman, apat ang napili namin and all the rest, wala na talaga. Sabi ng isang baklitang mahilig sa mgapageants, “kahit sa Miss Gay pa sumali ang mga yan, talo sila,” sabay halakhak pa nito.

Sa true, dapat talaga kung organizer ka o kaya gusto mong sumali sa mga patimpalak na ganito, sa ‘yopa lang, nasala na, walang karapatang pumasok yung hindi kuwapikado. Pero ayan na nga nandiyan nayan, they just have to make do of what they have. Sana lang, in the end, yung mga kuwalipikado na talagaang mananalo.

Just the same, we would like to congratulate kung sino man ang nagpasimuno sa kontes na ito. Justbe wary next time, yung tamang kagandahan lang ang kunin nilang official candidate, mapa-Mutya mano mapa-lakan.

Congrat sa mga mananalo, at yung mga matatalo, sana matanto ninyong marami kayong kakulangankaya ibang trabaho na lang ang gawin ninyong foucs. Hindi kayo pang titulo ng timapalak-kagandahanat kaguwapuhan.

Love niya si Jennylyn kahit may anak na ito…“I don’t look at one’s past, everybody deserves

a fresh start!” – LUIS MANZANOSA WAKAS, na-realize din yata ni Luis Manzanbo na merong mga taong napapahamak kung hindipa siya aaming nanliligaw siya kay Jennylyn Mercdo.

The truth is, nakilala na pala niya si Jen sa kanyang inang si Gobernadora VilmaSantos at mukhang boto naman ito kay Jen.Noong araw na sina Luis at Angel pa, panay din ang papuri ni Ate Vi kay Agel kaya asahan

ngayon na lalabas na talagang sobrang boto siya sa bago ni Luis na si Jennylyn Mercado nga.Si Luis Manzano na nga ang nagpatotoo sa mga haka-haka ng showbiz reporters tungkol sa

namumuong relasyon umano nila ng Kapuso star na si Jennylyn Mercado.Sa E-Live nitong Sabado, inamin na ni Luis na exclusively dating sila ng actress-singer na si

Jennylyn.Ayon sa anak ng Star For All Season at gobernador ng Batangas na si Ate Vi (Vilma Santos)

nagdesisyon siyang sabihin na ang totoo sa kanila ni Jennylyn para raw tumigil na ang mgaparatang na ginagamit lang siya diumano ng kampo ng actress para ito’y mapag-usapan.

Naging mainit ang usapan hinggil kina Jen at Luis nang may makakitang sinundanng aktor ang dalaga sa Boracay nu’ng Holy Week.

May mga nagsasabing kaya raw siguro umamin si Luis tungkol sa kanila niJennylyn sa dahilang nagiging talk-of-the-town ngayon ang kanyang ex-girlfriend nasi Angel Locsin at sa suitor nitong si Phil Younghusband.

Aminado pa nga si Angel na kinikilig siya sa bawat surprises na ibinibigay ngAzkal’s football player na ngayon lang daw niya na-experience. Hindi naman itobinigyang-kulay ni Luis. Para sa kanya, kung saan maligaya ang dating kasintahanay masaya rin siya.

Sa ngayon daw ay happy na rin si Luis sa kanyang buhay. Hindi rin niyaalintana kung ang babaing mamahalin niya ngayon ay isang unwed mother ormay anak na sa pagkadalaga.

“Hindi importante yan,” mabilis na sabi ni Luis. “That’s very unfair to look atone’s past, everyone deserves a fresh start,” dugtong pa ng TV host-actor.

Dagdag ni Luis: “Ang argument ko, eh, sana’y hinusgahan ko na rin angmommy ko nu’ng pumasok si Tito Ralph sa buhay niya!”

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LUNGSOD NG MALO-LOS CITY – Nakakatuladng pagtatanim ang pagha-hatid ng edukasyon par-tikular na sa pagtuturo samga katutubong Dumagat,dahil kapwa “hindi biro” angmga nabanggit na gawainsa awiting itinuturo sa mgabata ay sinasabing “mag-tanim ay di biro,maghapong nakayuko.”

Para naman sa 17 gurosa mga katutubong Dum-agat sa kabundukan ngSierra Madre, “magturo aydi biro, lingguhan bagomakauwi” at kung minsanay mas matagal pa.

Ito ay dahil sa malayosa mga kabayanan angmga pamayanan ng katu-tubo sa kabundukan.

Ayon sa mga guro, hig-it sa dalawang oras silangnaglalakbay, marating la-mang ang mga pamayan-an ng katutubo.

Ito ay bahagi na ngkanilang sakripisyo, par-

‘Magturo ay di biro,1 linggong di makauwi’

tikular na sa limang gurona naging bahagi ngunang 10 guro na ipinada-la ng Department of Edu-cation (DepEd) paramaghatid ng edukasyonsa mga katutubo.

Sa pagsisimula ng pro-grama ng DepEd sa mgakatutubo noong 1998, in-amin ng limang guro na dibiro ang kanilang pi-nagdaanan.

Gayunpaman, tiniisnila ito dahil gusto nilangmagkatrabaho; ngunit ha-bang nagtatagal, hang-gang sa kasalukuyan,kung nabago nila ang ilanggawi ng mga katutubo, aymay nabago rin sa ka-nilang pananaw.

Kabilang dito ay angpagbabago sa kanilangpananaw sa pagtuturo samga katutubo na noonguna ay isang “trabaho” la-mang, ngunit ngayon, ayisa na nilang adbokasiya.

“Aaminin ko na noonguna ang gusto ko lang aymagkatrabaho at pinlano

ko na pagkatapos ng threeyears ay magpapalipat naako ng destino, pero ibana ngayon,” ani Vergel Li-bunao, na kasalukuyangnakatalaga bilang guro sapamayanan ng mga katu-tubo na matatagpuan saSitio Talamsi 2 sa Baran-gay Kalawakan, DonyaRemedios Trinidad.

Ang nasabing pamay-anan ay nilalakbay ni Li-bunao ng dalawang oraskung tag-araw, at tatlongoras kung tag-ulan.

Dahil dito, lingguhankung umuwi sa kanilangbahay sa bayan ng SanMiguel si Libunao.

Ayon kay Libunao, hin-di na siya makaatras sapagtuturo sa mga katutu-bo ngayon dahil sa kungtitigil siya ay baka wala ngmagpatuloy ng kanilangnasimulan.

“Kung aatras kamiwala ng papalit sa amin.Kailangan kami sa bundokpara ituloy ang misyon namagturo sa mga bata. Hin-

di lang trabaho ang nag-tutulak sa amin ngayon,kundi yung concern samga bata,” aniya.

Gayundin ang sinabinina Joel Dela Paz, 38; atNestor Alfonso, 36, na kat-ulad ni Libunao ay kabi-

lang sa unang 10 guro naitinalaga para magturo samga katutubo noong 1998.

Sinabi nina Dela Paz atAlfonso na plano rin nilangmagpalipat ng destinopagkatapos ng tatlongtaon ng pagtuturo sa mgakatutubo, ngunit nagbagorin ang kanilang pananaw.

Ito ay sa kabila ng pag-sasakripisyo at panganibsa buhay ay nakikita nilaang bunga ng kanilangpaghihirap.

Isa sa mga panganibsa buhay ni Dela Paz aynang magsagupa ang mgasundalo at mga rebeldengNew People’s Army saloob ng pamayanan ngmga katutubo sa Sitio Ta-lamsi 1 sa unang bahaging 2010.

“Akala ko katapusanko na kaya dumapa nalang ako sa loob,” ani DelaPaz at sinabing ang kan-yang pinagtaguan upangmakaiwas sa mga na-sasalimbayang bala ayang lumang kapilya na gi-nagamit nilang silid aralansa nasabing pamayanan.

Para naman kay RyanVillegas na nagmula sabayan ng San Luis sa la-lawigan ng Pampanga,higit pa sa dalawang orasang kanyang ginugugol sapaglalakbay upang marat-ing ang pamayanan ngmga katutubo na matatag-puan sa Sitio Basyo saBarangay Kabayunan, sabulubunduking bayan ngDonya Remedios Trinidad.

Ang itio Basyo ay ma-rarating lamang mataposang halos isang oras napaglalakbay mula sa ka-bayanan ng Norzagarayhanggang sa National Pow-er Corporation compound

na matatagpuan sa Hilltop,Barangay San Lorenzo sanasabing bayan.

Pagdating ng Hilltop,naglalakbay pa ng halosdalawang oras sakay ngbangkang de motor si Vil-legas. Ang bangka ay nag-lalakbay sa kailugan ngAngat Dam.

Pagkatapos ng halosdalawang oras na paglalak-bay sa bangkang de mo-tor, maglalakad pa ng ha-los isang oroas si Villegasmula sa Sitio Makina up-ang marating ang SitioBasyo.

Ito ay kung hindi siyakasabay ng mga kawaning Metropolitan Water-works and Sewerage Sys-tem (MWSS) na namama-hala sa 13-kilometrongUmiray Angat TransbasinProject (UATP) sa SitioMacua. Ang MWSS aymay sasakyan sa SitioMakina na ginagamit sapaghahatid ng kawaningpatungo sa Sitio Macua.

“Suwerte kung masa-sabay ako sa service ngMWSS,” ani Villegas pa-tungkol sa bangka at mgasasakyan ng MWSS.

Para naman kay Ar-lene Lazaro, isa sa mga“orig” na guro sa mga kat-utubo, hindi lang maha-bang paglalakbay angkaniyang pinag-uukulanng pansin.

Tinututukan niya ngay-on ang pagbuo ng kuriku-lum na ituturo sa mga kat-utubo.

Sinabi niya na lubhangmahalaga ang kurikulumna angkop sa mga kauga-lian at kalingan ng mgakatutubo upang higit namatibay ang kanilang nag-lalahong kalingan.

Ipinakikita ni Celestino Carpio, non-forma education supervision ng DepEd-Bulacan ang sipi ng librong naglalaman ng impormasyon hinggil sa kanilangprograma sa edukasyon sa katutubing dumagat na umani ng pambansangparangal noong 2005. KUHA NI DINO BALABO