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UNA candidates. United Nationalist Alliance heads Vice Presi-
dent Jejomar Binay and former President Joseph Estrada and Senator
Juan Ponce Enrile on Monday conrmed the inclusion of Senator
Loren Legarda and Move and Television Review and Classication
Board Chairwoman Grace Poe Llamanzares in their senatorial lineup
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Coins for payment. Muslims show the coins
that they used to pay the docket fee for peti-
tioning the Supreme Court to stop the showing
of the anti-Muslim lm Innocence of Muslims.
Liberal Party candidates. President Benigno
Aquino III, the chairman of the Liberal Party,
proclaims the partys candidates in Imus City,
Cavite, for next years elections including Rep.
Erineo Maliksi, left, and Ronald Jay Lacson.
Palace, DFA deny such move, citing envoy attending UN gab
Bicolanos,
Lakas drop
Trillanes as
Senate bet
Arroyos party, UNA
bare senatorial slate
Govt revises
controversial
mining rules
Sacked PDEA exec gets grilled
SC asked to ban anti-Islam film
Sereno finds self alone
at Mondays flag rites
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TYPHOON Lawin could
stay inside the Philippine
area of responsibility until
Saturday because it is mov-
ing very slowly, according
to the weather bureau.
Weather forecaster Fer-
nando Cada said Monday
the storm was moving
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Sources from within Malacaang and the diplomatic
circle said del Rosario was thinking of resigning because
he felt he had been treated shabbily and was insulted
by the Aquino administration by tapping Senator Antonio
Trillanes IV as backdoor negotiator to China on the West
Philippine Sea issue without his knowledge.
Analysts had earlier asked del Rosario to not wait for
the axe to fall but to immediately resign since it was clear
that President Benigno Aquino III had lost his trust in the
Secretary and was trying to ease him out.
Trillanes had branded del Rosario a traitor and a war
freak for taking a belligerent stand on the issue through
the notes that were supposedly sent by former Ambassa-
dor to China Sonia Brady to Foreign Affairs.
But after saying that Trillanes backchanneling had
done more harm than good, Malacaang ordered him
and Trillanes to desist from making any statements on the
issue.
Trillanes, however, balked at the order saying that, as a
senator, Malacaang could not order him to shut up. Del
Rosario had since clammed up.
Bradys notes reached the ofce of the Senate presi-
By Joyce Pangco Paares
THE government has agreed to revise a con-
troversial section in the implementing rules
and regulations of its mining policy after
companies threatened to sue the state for
violating the original provision of the Min-
ing Act.
A clause in the implementing rules allow-
ing the government to declare sites with ex-
piring contracts as mineral reservation areas
was deleted, according to a statement issued
by Presidential Communications Develop-
ment Secretary Ramon Carandang.
Another section in the rules of Execu-
tive Order No. 79 says that expiring 25-year
mining tenements may be renewed by the
qualied tenement holder but subject to new
terms and conditions of the prevailing laws.
This effectively shortens mining con-
tracts to a mere 25 years in violation of sec-
tion 32 of the Mining Act, which guarantees
the mining companies of a second 25-year
term under the same terms and conditions.
This provision is patently illegal and con-
trary to the assurances of government that
mining contracts will be respected, Cham-
ber of Mines president Philip Romualdez
said.
By Maricel V. Cruz
RE-ELECTIONIST Sena-
tor Antonio Trillanes IV will
face a backlash from Bicola-
nos next year for blocking the
passage of a bill to divide the
province of Camarines Sur, a
lawmaker from the province
said Monday.
The senator who blocked the
bill will pay for his actions, said
Deputy Speaker and Camarines
Sur Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella in a
radio interview. Why did you kill
the bill? Why did you deny our
rights under the Constitution?
Fuentebella also disowned
Trillanes, who claims to be from
the Bicol region.
He is not from our prov-
ince, he said. He says he is a
Bicolano, but he is not from Ca-
marines Sur. He says the people
By Christine F. Herrera
THE Lakas CMD party of former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo said Monday it will not eld its
own senatorial candidates next year but support in-
stead selected bets from both the ruling coalition led
by the Liberal Party and the opposition United Na-
tionalist Alliance headed by Vice President Jejomar
Binay.
The announcement came as the Nationalist
Peoples Coalition defied a Liberal Party admo-
nition not to have its candidates share the stage
with UNA, which has agreed to adopt the NPCs
Senator Loren Legarda and Cagayan Rep. Juan
Ponce Enrile Jr.
In an interview, Lakas CMD chairman and
House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said his
party would not support any senator who voted
to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona dur-
ing his impeachment trial, except for Senator
Francis Escudero.
There is overwhelming clamor to include
him [Escudero] in our list, Suarez said.
Suarez added that Lakas CMD would
support new faces in the senatorial race.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
A SACKED ofcial of the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency who accused his boss of
extortion and his wife of heavy gambling had
no right to question his removal by President
Benigno Aquino III, ofcials said Monday.
Senator Gringo Honasan, chairman of
the senate committee on public order and
dangerous drugs, Majority Floor Leader
Vicente Sotto III, and Senator Miriam De-
fensor-Santiago doubted the testimony of
PDEA deputy director Carlos Gadapan over
the alleged corruption in his agency and said
he had no right to question his removal by
the President.
Whats important here is that youre a
presidential prerogative, Honasan said.
You are appointed by the President, you
are removed by the President, and he does
not have to explain to you.
Sotto said that, even without trust and con-
dence, its really the prerogative of the President
if he wants to replace you.
By Rey E. Requejo
FILIPINO Muslims on Monday ofcially
joined the worldwide protest against the con-
troversial lm Innocence of Muslims by ask-
ing the Supreme Court to compel the govern-
ment to ban its showing in the country.
The members of the Bangsamoro Nation
invoked their constitutional right to the free
exercise of religion.
Muslims cannot allow this kind of insult
to their prophet Mohammad and to the Islam-
ic religion in general, petitioners Agakhan
Benladin Sharief, Datu Drieza Lininding,
Datu Haj Ansaru Alonto, and Datu Nasser
Dimapinto said.
Unless the state prohibits the showing of
the subject lm inimical to the national se-
curity, actual or imminent danger of violence
shall be expected.
In a related development, the Movie and
By Rey Requejo
SUPREME Court Chief Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno appeared
abandoned by her colleagues as
she stood alone before a dwin-
dling attendance of employees in
the Monday morning ag cere-
mony, fuelling speculations about
her failure to win the respect and
support of other magistrates in
the highest court of the land.
Ofcials said the ag ceremo-
ny was delayed to give time for
other magistrates to attend, but
in the end only Associate Justice
Jose Perez showed up for the tra-
ditional singing of the national
anthem and raising of the ag.
If the attendance of our jus-
tices during the ag ceremony is
the gauge of nding out whether
Chief Justice Sereno is winning
the support of her collegues, my
honest assessment is that Chief
Justice Sereno has failed, said
a senior Supreme Court ofcial
who asked not to be named.
The Monday ritual is provided
by the Philipine Flag Law that re-
quires government ofces and edu-
cational institutions to hold ag-
raising ceremonies. A Supreme
Court circular issued in 2001 also
orders the attendance of judges and
court personnel.
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Susanne D. Fabunan
THE buzz that Foreign Affairs
Secretary Albert del Rosario has
been thinking of quitting his post
surfaced on Monday.
dent. Enrile read portions of the notes and later accused
Trillanes of selling the countrys sovereignty to China.
Malacaang, however, denied the sources claim that
Del Rosario was resigning.
Del Rosario
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FOR allegedly buying shares
from power distribution giant
Manila Electric Co. using taxpay-
ers money, two executives of San
Miguel Global Power Holdings
Corp. and two ofcials of Land
Bank of the Philippines were
charged with plunder and graft
before the Ofce of the Ombuds-
man on Monday.
Complainant Emilio Aguinaldo
Suntay said SMC Global chair-
man Ramon Ang and board mem-
ber Roberto Ongpin colluded
with Landbank president Gilda
Pico and former chairman Mar-
garito Teves for risking more
than P4 billion worth of govern-
ment funds in the alleged share
purchase agreement between the
power rm and the state-owned
bank.
Also charged in the case were
SMC Global treasurer Rhogel
Gandingco and lawyers Reynauld
Villafuerte of Landbank and Es-
telito Mendoza of SMC Global.
Ang and Ongpin denied the
allegations, saying the charges
would be answered at the proper
forum.
In December 2008 SMC Glob-
al sought to buy 46 million shares
of Meralco for P4 billion and
forged a deal with Landbank for
it. Merck Maguddayao
Ongpin, 3 others charged for buying Meralco shares
THE oil companies announced
a cut in pump prices by as
much as P1.40 per liter effec-
tive after midnight on Monday
as world prices had softened as
a result of pessimism over the
global economys weak pros-
pects, Energy Secretary Jose
Rene Almendras said.
He welcomed the latest price
cuts but said he was worried that
the tensions in the Middle East
would lead to a new round of
increases soon.
[The price cuts] are good.
I hope those will continue, but
Im worried because theyre
shifting again. So many things
are affecting prices, Almen-
dras said.
Shell, Petron, Chevron, East-
ern Petroleum and Seaoil said
the prices of regular gasoline
will go down by P1.40 per liter,
kerosene by P1.20, unleaded
gasoline by P.080, and diesel by
P0.65. Alena Mae S. Flores
Oil rms
cut pump
prices by
up to P1.40
Bicolanos...
do not favor the split based on a
survey. How can he say that after
a one-day visit? People are really
angry, and many sent text mes-
sages attacking his meddling.
Fuentebella said only a plebi-
scite could determine whether
the people of Camarines Sur
support or oppose the passage
of the bill.
The congressman said he be-
lieved the split would be good for
the people of the province, who
were eager to hold a plebiscite.
Critics on Monday said
Trillanes word war with Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile would
also hurt his re-election bid.
Trillanes last week accused
Enrile of pressuring other sena-
tors to pass the Camarines Sur
bill in line with a request from
former President Gloria Ma-
capagal Arroyo. Enrile, who
denied the charge, then grilled
Trillanes about his clandestine
meetings with Chinese ofcials
at the height of the countrys
diplomatic row with Beijing
over the Scarborough Shoal.
Enrile also disputed Trillanes
claim that President Benigno
Aquino III had contacted him to
conduct back-channel negotia-
tions with the Chinese.
On Monday, Arroyos Lakas
CMD party said it would not
be endorsing Trillanes in next
years senatorial race.
Party chairman and House
Minority Leader Danilo Suarez
conrmed that Lakas junked
Trillanes for falsely accusing
Arroyo of lobbying Enrile to
pass the Camarines Sur bill.
Opposition lawmaker Rep.
Orlando Fua of Siquijor, mean-
while, said Trillanes had no
business meddling in foreign
affairs, even if the he had been
asked by the President to do so.
The Palace on Monday said
Trillanes would be judged by
the people when he seeks re-
election next year.
Presidential spokesman Ed-
win Lacierda said the results
of the 2013 senatorial elections
could either be a comeuppance
or a vindication for the failed
mutineer.
He is running for re-election
and it will be up to the Filipino
electorate whether they would
re-elect Senator Trillanes,
Lacierda said.
Lacierda declined to say if
Trillanes has already been eased of
the senatorial slate of the adminis-
tration coalition amid the ak he
received for being disrecpectful to
Enrile and Foreign Affairs Secre-
tary Albert del Rosario.
Over the weekend, Vice Pres-
ident Jejomar Binay expressed
the hope that there would no
longer be the likes of Trillanes
in Philippine politics. With
Joyce Pangco Panares and
Christine F. Herrera
Sacked...
Santiago said the President
did not have to prove anything.
He said the President does not
have to present any evidence of
wrongdoing.
He just says I have lost con-
dence in you. Thats his pre-
rogative because his appointment
power is plenary, she said.
She told reporters she was very
upset when she watched Gada-
pan on TV telling the media that
he was wrongly dismissed by the
President. She recalled that when
she was ousted from the Cabinet,
she didnt say a thing.
But in his case, he went pub-
lic accusing his boss of this and
that, Santiago said.
She noted that Gadapan had
been criticizing the wife of his
boss, PDEA Director General
Jose Gutierrez, of gambling
heavily but could show no
proof that she had been using
the agencys money.
Unless you can show that she
intervened in her husbands of-
ce... its not a crime, she said.
She said Gadapan might have
publicly complained about his
removal from ofce due to anger.
If the one removed is a presi-
dential appointee, he should not
[complain] because...all presi-
dential appointees [serve] at the
pleasure of the President, San-
tiago told Gadapan.
Gadapan had told the sena-
tors that he was removed from
ofce because he had been tell-
ing Gutierrez about his wifes
gambling problems.
But Gutierrez denied Gada-
pans assertions and insisted he
was sacked to several reasons
including being a security risk.
He said Gadapans wife had
allegedly turned into a drug de-
pendent and then became the girl-
friend of a policeman who was
killed by an unidentied gunman.
He likewise said Gadapan had
been tarnishing PDEAs name.
I really dont know what
he wants. I think its all about
money matters, Gutierrez said.
He referred to the time when
he denied Gadapans request
for a P250,000 operating bud-
get since he had agents on the
ground already.
He said the last straw was
when Gadapan informed a
Chinese-Filipino about a PDEA
agent who had been tailing him.
Gutierrez told the senators
Gadapan provided secret intel-
ligence information.
His disclosure made him a
security risk, he said.
Sereno...
Since Sereno became chief jus-
tice last month, other members of
the Court had been absent from the
Monday morning ceremony. She
bypassed 11 senior justices in her
appointment to the post.
Other Court ofcials said even
the attendance of employees had
dropped dismally low compared
to the Black Mondays at the height
of the impeachment trial of former
Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Should Sereno continuously
fail to win the respect and sup-
port of her colleagues, it would
not be good for the stability of the
Supreme Court as an institution,
one ofcial said.
A group of students from the St.
Scholasticas Manilas Communica-
tion Society came and joined Sereno
in the ag-raising and a representa-
tive of the group read a statement call-
ing on the people to support the chief
justice and the Supreme Court.
Today, with a new leadership
in the Supreme Court after the
democratic processes have been
observed, our country is privi-
leged to have its rst female Chief
Justice ... Let us remember that
the Supreme Court is the last bas-
tion of justice and freedom, one
of the students said.
Lawyer Romulo Macalintal
on Sunday slammed the absence
of the magistrates and said they
should set an example by show-
ing reverence to the ag with their
attendance.
He said the justices should not
use the ceremony to show their
displeasure at the appointment of
Sereno because their repeated ab-
sences may create the wrong im-
pression in the minds of our youth,
especially the young students, that
there is nothing wrong in not at-
tending the schools ag rites.
Flag ceremonies inspire patrio-
tism and evoke the nest sentiments
of love of country and people,
Macalintal said. If there is anyone
who should show strict compliance
with the law, it is the justices of the
Supreme Court being models as
law abiding citizens of the land.
Senior Associate Justice Antonio
Carpio said he supported Sereno
and his absence in the ag ceremo-
ny did not mean anything.
It depends on the predisposition
of the individual justices, but it does
not mean anything, Carpio said.
She is the chief justice, we
support her. Dont look at that
[absence in the ceremony] too
much. You look at the decisions.
At the end of the day, you look
at the decisions of the Supreme
Court, how they vote, what deci-
sions they took, Carpio said.
SC...
Television Review and Classi-
cation Board on Monday said it
could not sanction University of
the Philippines professor Harry
Roque for showing the anti-Islam
lm that was produced in Califor-
nia. The lm portrays the Prophet
Muhammad as a fraud, a woman-
izer and a child molester.
Chairwoman Grace Poe Lla-
manzares said Roque was cov-
ered by immunity under aca-
demic freedom, but criticized him
for showing the lm as part of his
program of study.
In Islamabad, the Pakistani
government on Monday dis-
tanced itself from an offer by
one of its Cabinet ministers to ay
$100,000 to anyone who kills the
maker of the anti-Islam lm, say-
ing the offer did not represent of-
cial government policy.
The offer by Railways Minister
Chulam Bilour has drawn criti-
cism in Pakistan even though anger
against the lm runs high in the pre-
dominantly Muslim country.
The group Bangsamoro Nation
said the lm was an invasion of
[the] constitutional guarantee of
[the] free exercise of religion and
to practice religion without fear
or hatred.
The group wants to pull out or
remove or prohibit the showing of
the said lm or its trailers within
the Philippines from Internet
websites like YouTube, Google
and others.
The groups petition named Ex-
ecutive Secretary Paquito Ochoa
Jr., Llamansares and Commission
on Information and Communica-
tion Technology chief Ivan John
Uy as respondents.
They group took offense at the
lms branding Mohammad as a
donkey, the rst Muslim animal.
The lm is offensive to the pe-
titioners Islamic religion and there
is a real clear and present danger
that it would incite hatred and ex-
treme violence to the prevailing
and relative peaceful co-existence
between Muslims and Christians in
the country, the group said, add-
ing they represented the sentiment
of about seven to 10 million Mus-
lims in the Philippines. With Rio N.
Araja and the AP
Lawin...
northward at nine kilometers
per hour, and that if there was
no change in its speed and di-
rection it would enhance the
southwest monsoon and bring
rain especially to extreme
Northern Luzon.
He said the typhoon was still
unlikely to make landfall but if
it did, it would be in Calayan Is-
land on Friday.
The Ninoy Aquino Interna-
tional Airport on said 14 do-
mestic ights were canceled on
Monday because Lawin, with
sustained winds of 185 kilome-
ters per hour, continued to lash
Virac, Catanduanes.
But Cada said there had been
no storm warnings as of Mon-
day since Lawin was not affect-
ing any area directly.
The weather bureaus bulletin
at 5 p.m. Monday said Lawin
was last seen 375 kilometers
east of Virac with maximum
sustained winds of 185 kilome-
ters per hour near the center and
gustiness of up to 220 kilome-
ters per hour.
The storm was expected to be
640 kilometers east of Infanta,
Quezon, by Tuesday morning, 530
kilometers east of Tuguegarao City
by Wednesday morning, and 430
kilometers east of Calayan Island
by Thursday morning.
Cada said strong rain of
10 to 20 millimeters per hour
would hit the areas within the
700-kilometer diameter of the
typhoon. Jonathan Fernandez
and Eric B. Apolonio
Del Rosario...
As far as I know, thats not true. In fact,
Secretary del Rosario was with the President
yesterday in Brunei and he is now on his way
to New York in his capacity as Secretary of
Foreign Affairs. How can that be a sign of a
demoralization if he continues to perform his
functions and responsibilities as Secretary of
Foreign Affairs? presidential spokesman Ed-
win Lacierda said Monday.
Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez
also denied any knowledge of Del Rosarios
supposed plan to resign as Foreign secretary.
Secretary del Rosario has not mentioned to
us that he plans to resign, he said.
He has been doing his normal duties
throughout the week. Yesterday, he was with
the President in Brunei, Hernandez said.
Del Rosario left Monday morning to attend
the United Nations General Assembly in New
York.
On Friday last week, Mr. Aquino said it was
the Chinese who handpicked Trillanes to act as
backdoor negotiator on the Scarborough Shoal
issue and added that Trillanes himself offered
his services since he said he knew some highly-
placed Chinese ofcials in Beijing.
Mr. Aquino added that Trillanes would
remain as a backdoor negotiator, but sent
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas in his behalf
to convey his message to Vice-President
Xi Jinping during the Asean-China Expo
which ended on Saturday.
But on Monday, Senator Miriam Defensor
Santiago said that Enrile erred in revealing to
the public the contents of the Brady notes and
questioned how the Senate President got a copy
of the notes, which were not intended for him.
Santiago said that notes of those kind are
always condential.
They are only written for the eyes of Sec-
retary of Foreign Affairs. Through his discre-
tion, he can report them to the President or not.
But in any event, the public is not supposed to
know about these notes because diplomacy
has always been conducted sub rosa [secretly
or condentially], explained Santago.
The question is, why did the Senate Presi-
dent obtain a copy of that report which is not
meant for him, and how did he manage to do
that? That must never be revealed, said San-
tiago.
Enrile disclosed the Brady notes immedi-
ately after engaging Senator Antonio Trillanes
IV in a word war on the senate oor over the
alleged railroading of the bill which seeks to
split the province of Camarines Sur.
Enrile said the Brady notes were the ones writ-
ten by Brady and Trillanes met last August 17.
Trillanes reportedly requested Brady not to take
notes of the meeting.
She said that it [taking of notes)]was standard
procedure for all diplomats when they meet
someone from the home country, most especial-
ly in their assigned country.
Apparently, it was only after Secretary Del Ro-
sario received the notes from Ambassador Brady
that he learned that there was such an operation. Of
course, that is shocking to any department secretary,
that there is an operation within your department of
which you are unaware and have been deliberately
excluded from the process, said Santiago.
Meanwhile, Trillanes said Monday that En-
rile made monumental blunders in exposing
the so-called Brady Notes.
Trillanes said Enrile wrongly assumed Am-
bassador Sonia Brady purportedly took those
notes down while he was meeting with the
Chinese ofcials.
For the record, he said, Brady was never
present in any of the backchannel talks he
conducted with Chinese ofcials.
He added that Enrile exposed state secrets just
to spite him and it eventually blew up on Enriles
face.
He added that Enrile unwittingly pointed to
the DFA as the only possible source of those
classied documents.
Enrile, though, had stood pat on his asser-
tion that there was nothing condential on the
Brady notes which he divulged to the public.
This is not really state secret contrary to the
Impression of some people. I know what a state
secret is something that you cant reveal, said
Enrile who pointed out he has been a security
ofcials for 17 years. I know if the document
ought to be considered classied.
He said the notes must have come from
the les of the DFA, but declined to name his
source.
Arroyos...
We wont go for incumbents, but mostly
for new entrants like Zambales Rep. Maria
Milagros Magsaysay, said Suarez.
Magsaysay was drafted by UNA to join its
senatorial slate.
Lakas CMD President Senator Ramon Re-
villa Jr. earlier endorsed the candidacy of for-
mer senator and Lakas member Juan Miguel
Zubiri, who joined the party of ousted Presi-
dent Joseph Estrada, the Partido ng Masang
Pilipino, a partner in Binays UNA.
Revilla said the administration should not
underestimate the Lakas CMD because it
was still a force to reckon with, despite the
dwindling of its ranks due to defections after
the 2010 elections.
The party still has 40 seats in the House
after many of its members who won in 2010
defected to the ruling Liberal Party.
Revilla added that Lakas CMD was ready
to eld more than 2,000 candidates in local-
level elections.
Also on Monday, the general manager of
the Technical Education and Development
Skills Authority, Joel Villanueva, said his
bid to run for the Senate under the Liberal
Party ended after President Benigno Aquino
III told him to stay on in his job.
I have decided to stay in the Presidents
Cabinet, Villanueva told reporters during a
press conference at Tesda.
Villanueva, who had drawn ak for plaster-
ing his face on the billboards of his agency in
what critics saw as early campaigning, said he
was saddened by the Presidents decision but
denied it was the result of poor survey ratings.
Meanwhile, the NPC, a coalition partner of
the ruling Liberal Party, said Monday that it sup-
ported Legardas decision to accept an invitation
from the UNAto be its guest candidate.
NPC spokesman and Valenzuela City
Rep. Rex Gatchalian said the move should
not affect the partys ongoing coalition talks
with the Liberals.
The talks are still ongoing. In fact, the NPC
and LP are already nalizing the details of the
partnership agreement, Gatchalian said.
He also expressed hope that the Liber-
als would also adopt Legarda and Enrile as
common candidates to ensure their victory
in the coming polls.
Binay on Monday announced that the
UNA would adopt Legarda and Grace
Poe-Llamaanzares as the ninth and 10th
members of its 12-person senatorial slate.
Llamanzares is the daughter of the late Fer-
nando Poe Jr., who ran and lost against then
President Arroyo in 2004.
Sources told the Manila Standard that the last
two slots would be lled by Escudero and Mar-
garita Cojuangco, President Aquino IIIs aunt.
But Binay said Monday he had yet to nd
out if Escudero would be running under the
Liberal Party banner.
Thats what we need to discuss with Senator
Escudero because we dont know if hes running
with the Liberals or with UNA, Binay said.
The vice president praised Legarda for her
legislative record and said she would join
the UNA campaign sorties next year.
Legarda thanked Binay and Estrada for
accepting her as their guest candidate.
The other eight UNA candidates are Gre-
gorio Honasan, Cagayan Rep. Juan Ponce
Enrile Jr., Zambales Representative Milagros
Magsaysay, San Juan City Rep. Joseph Vic-
tor Ejercito, former senators Richard Gordon,
Ernesto Maceda and Juan Miguel Zubiri, and
businessman Jose de Venecia III.
Earlier, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Gar-
cia withdrew from the Senate race, but Bi-
nay said that she would be the head of the
UNA party in Cebu.
Garcia has decided to instead run for Con-
gress, saying her constituents in Cebu needed her.
With Gigi Munoz David and Sara Susanne D.
Fabunan and Macon Ramos-Araneta
Govt...
The strong opposition from the Chamber of
Mines of the Philippines prompted President Be-
nigno Aquino III to convene the Mining Industry
Coordinating Council Monday.
The council agreed to revise the contro-
versial sections for approval by Mr. Aquino,
Carandang said.
The revision will read The mining contract/
agreement that may be renewed shall be subject
to existing laws, rules, and regulations at the time
of renewal.
The Chamber of Mines said the Mining Act
provided for the renewal of 25-year mineral agree-
ments for another term not exceeding 25 years
under the same terms and conditions under
which they were originally negotiated.
Romualdez earlier warned that the Philippines
might lose as much as $4 billion in foreign mining
investments this year and next because of the ex-
tended moratorium on new mining projects.
The $2 billion in mining investments we are
expecting next year will not happen. The $16 bil-
lion in mining investments we are expecting in this
administration will not happen, Romualdez said.
He said the freeze caused an outow of about
P10 billion in mining investments since last year,
based on Bangko Sentral data.
Large-scale miners and the Environment De-
partment last week engaged in a word war over the
provisions of taxation and contract renewals in the
new mining policy.
The group alleged that the controversial
provision in the rules was a last-minute inser-
tion and worse than the moratorium on new
mineral agreements.
The moratorium will be lifted once a new min-
ing revenue scheme has been agreed upon. The re-
negotiation of mining contracts being required by
this provision effectively holds a mining tenement
contractor hostage to an inconsistency of a mining
policy that only serves as a disincentive to both lo-
cal and foreign investors, the group said.
News
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P15-m poll machines lying idle
Another impeachment complaint shelved
Party-list
group loses
election bid
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By Maricel V. Cruz

LEADERS of the House of Repre-
sentatives said on Monday that it
was set to investigate why the P15
million worth of electronic voting
system and similar equipment had
remained unused since they were
purchased during the time of for-
mer Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.

House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., House As-
sistant Majority Leader and Rep. Sherwin Tugna of the
Citizens Battle against Corruption and Gabriela Rep.
Luzviminda Ilagan said the probe would center on a re-
port by the Commission on Audit that millions of pesos
worth of taxpayers money had gone to waste with the
purchase of the equipment, which to this day, are not
still operational.
We are studying it, and we would like to nd out
what has happened with this project, Belmonte told
the Manila Standard.
It involves a huge amount of taxpayers money and
so we have to nd out, he added.
The CoA, based on its 2010 annual audit report on
the House of Representatives, revealed that aside from
the biometric electronic voting apparatus/system that
was purchased at P14,776,785.61, the Lower House has
yet to utilize an X-ray baggage inspection machine and
a walk-through metal detector that has cost the House
some P3.3 million.
But House security ofcials denied the CoA report,
saying that the two state-of-the-art detection machines
are already in use.
The CoA said that leaders of the Lower House could
be held liable for not utilizing the equipment.
While we appreciate the advantages that the equip-
ment could give, we wonder why its installation and
utilization were not prioritized by the present adminis-
tration, the state auditors asked in a report posted on
the CoA website.
Tugna said that an investigation should be conducted
to hold ofcials accountable for the mess.
If the CoA ndings are true, this is deplorable and
unacceptable because it involves waste of taxpayers
money, Tugna said.
Ilagan said that the multi-million peso biometric ple-
nary voting device could have been very useful in ad-
dressing the perennial problem of quorum in the Lower
House.
THE Commission on Elections has reject-
ed the petition of Alab ng Mamamahayag
Party List, a group of journalists, for ac-
creditation to join the elections next year.
The commissions second division led by
Commissioners Elias Yusoph and Lucenito
Tagle cited lack of track record as the basis
for denying the groups petition.
The group immediately led a motion
for reconsideration, saying that the lack
of track record is not sufcient to deny
the petition. At least 200 members of the
group held a protest rally at the commis-
sions ofce in Manila. The group said it
refused to give P3 million to an unidenti-
ed ofcial in exchange for the grant of
Alams application.
Comelec spokesman James Jimenez
said the commission was willing to an-
swer the allegation at a proper forum.
A total of 289 groups led their aplica-
tion to join the May 13, 2013 elections.
The deadline for ling was last April 30.
Joel Zurbano
Human anchor. Two-thousand ve hundred students together with members of the Coast Guard form
a human anchor in front of the Rizal Parks Quirino Grandstand eld to mark the National Maritime Week
celebration on Monday. DANNY PATA `
THE House of Representatives will
no longer pursue the impeachment
case led against Supreme Court
Associate Justice Mariano del Cas-
tillo who is accused of plagiarizing
the works of foreign authors in a de-
cision he wrote.
No, we will not (pursue the
case), Speaker Feliciano Belmonte
Jr. said when asked if the House lead-
ership would still go after del Castilo.
The del Castillo impeachment
case remained pending since
the House Committee on Justice
chaired by Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas
Jr., who served as lead prosecutor
in the impeachment of former chief
justice Renato Corona, found prob-
able cause to unseat del Castillo last
February.
In that same month, del Castillo
took a leave of absence to undergo
treatment for clogged arteries.
Del Castillo protested his in-
nocence, saying his unattributed
use of a previous decision to dis-
miss the case of comfort women
against the Japanese government
was an honest mistake and
without malice.
Another House ofcial who re-
quested not to be named, supported
Belmontes view, saying that the Sen-
ate may not consider the case against
del Castillo based on betrayal of pub-
lic trust as an impeachable offense.
Senate President Juan Ponce En-
rile had earlier described as a mere
civil damage suit and not an im-
peachable case the complaint led
by Isabelita Vinuya and 70 other
elderly women who belong to the
Malaya Lolas Organization on Dec.
14, 2010, against del Castillo.
A check with the House Com-
mittee on Rules chaired by House
Majority Leader and Mandaluyong
City Rep. Neptali Gonzales II
showed that the committee has yet
to calendar for plenary voting the
Del Castillo impeachment case.
Maricel V. Cruz
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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A4
THERE is talk that Foreign
Affairs Secretary Albert Del
Rosario is so demoralized over
the recent developments in the
countrys diplomatic efforts
concerning Scarborough Shoal
that he is thinking of quitting
his post.
It was revealed last week
that Malacaang engaged the
services of Senator Antonio
Trillanes as backchannel
negotiator with the Chinese.
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile read from the notes of
the Philippine ambassador
to China where Trillanesa
neophyte senator swept into
ofce by his popularity from
staging a mutiny against the
former administrationcalled
Del Rosario, the ofcial
negotiator, a war freak and a
traitor.
If anything were to cause
demoralization, however,
it would not be Trillanes
words. Coming from such a
lightweight, the most scathing
adjectives should amount to
nothing.
What is disturbing is the
Presidents involvement in
engaging somebody like
Trillanes in sensitive talks in
the rst place.
Del Rosario himself has
criticized the back-channel
talks, saying that while it
might have its purpose, it was
doing more harm than good in
this case. The foreign affairs
chief also underscored that
Philippine ofcials must speak
with one voice on the issue.
But the one voice phrase
is tired and overused, even by
the Palace, as part of its double
talk.
On one hand, Palace ofcials
say Philippine negotiators
must present a unied front.
On the other, no less than
President Aquino undermines
the countrys diplomats by
introducing the clueless and
arrogant senator into the team.
Whether it was Trillanes who
offered his services, or it was
President Aquino who asked
him to join, the fact is that Mr.
Aquino said yes and Trillanes
was given a free pass to attend
at least 15 sensitive meetings
without the country even
knowing he was talking in our
name. Talk about a sly move
on the part of the Palace.
Even if Del Rosariowho
is now in the United States
and could not immediately
give his commentstays on,
the damage has already been
done. Nobody has demolished
our credibility and authority as
good as bungling ofcials.
The Chinese are most
probably amused that their
Filipino counterparts are doing
a great job at messing up the
diplomatic effort to resolve
the present conict. President
Aquino must take charge,
shape up and embarrass us no
more.
What it must look like
EDITORIAL
Worse than a student council
IN AN attempt to put closure to the
dust-up over Senator Antonio Trillanes
amateurish attempts at back-door
diplomacy, Press Secretary Ricky
Carandang breathlessly conded in a
phone call to my favorite yellow rag:
The lesson weve learned is that it
is important for the government, when
we face the outside world, in this case
China, to speak with one voice. Its
important that regardless of what were
doing, what approaches were making,
we speak with one voice.
Well, du-u-uh.
Its not difcult to understand why
the President fell for Trillanes tall tales,
hook line and sinker, considering how
similar they really are to each other:
Big spenders. Even behind bars,
Trillanes managed to rack up a record
as the Senates biggest spender. But
right up there behind him, with an even
scantier performance record, was then-
Senator Aquino.
Gloria haters.
Coup plotters. Both men share
a disdain for institutions that stand
in their self-righteous way. Trillanes
acted it out through his coup attempts.
But he will be far upstaged by
Aquino, who has hijacked every
government branch and constitutional
bodyI think only the Civil Service
Commission is still untouched, so
farin his bumbling enterprise to
build his daang matuwid.
Unfortunately for Trillanes, he is
now sinking fast under the sheer weight
of all the important personalitiesled
by the Senate Presidentthat he has
managed to offend. This is where he
must part ways with his boss in the
Palace, who continues to be protected
by Carandangs laptop lapdogs, a
fawning yellow media, the solicitude
of American patrons, and the all-too-
human tendency of Aquinos supporters
to refuse to admit that they may have
been wrong about him after all.
***
On the occasion of the 40th
anniversary of martial law last week,
the President strove for new validation
by reaching farther back into the past
earlier even than his much-reviled
predecessorall the way back to the
martial law years, from whence has
sprung all of todays yellowas well as
redrhetoric.
Perhaps for the rst time ever, a head
of state paid homage to the wall of
remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga
Bayani in Quezon City, which honors
the names of various heroes and
martyrs of the long years of struggle
against martial law. This was a gesture
that I personally found very moving,
having known many of those names
myself and lobbied to put a number of
them up on that wall.
However, as the martial law era
recedes ever farther away and the cold
eye of history increasingly takes over
from the rose-colored glasses of memory,
those years ought to be commemorated
with more circumspection than this
President may be capable of mustering.
It was my favorite future Supreme Court
justice, Dean Raul Pangalangan, who
alone among all of us columnists
asked precisely the right questions:
It is time to discard the notion
that the communist threat was merely
a convenient excuse for martial law.
Perhaps the threat was bloated but it was
there, and it was just a matter of time.
And, quoting from the foreword to the
recent autobiography of the Quimpo
family of activists: [Communism]
haunts the nation in ways that cannot
be fully accounted for, much less
entombed by the historical narrative of
nationalism.
***
This kind of unsparing honesty
may forever keep Dean Raul from
a seat on the High Court, but it will
certainly endear him to those who
respect the truth no matter how much
it hurts. I would suggest the following
propositionsall of them grounded in
painful factsto revise the popular
account of martial law:
It was a deliberate, violent action
of the communiststhe bombing of the
LP rally at Plaza Miranda in August
1971that started the chain of events
leading up to martial law. Whether or
not it was staged, the attempted ambush
of then-Defense Secretary Enrile on the
eve of martial law in September 1972
was just a pretext and not the real cause
of martial law. That came more than
a year earlier, when the communists
threw down their gauntlet at the Plaza
Miranda bombing, to which President
Marcos responded by suspending
habeas corpus, a dress rehearsal for full-
edged authoritarian rule.
The communist party was
and still isatheistic at its core and
violent in its methods, and so must be
repackaged together with nationalist
and human rights themes to become
acceptable to our people. The atheism
comes from Marx, the violence from
Lenin and Mao. Through the marketing
concept called the united front, well-
meaning middle-class patriots, religious
workers, and idealistic students who
might otherwise be repelled by the
communists end up not only working
withbut also being inuenced and
directed bythem.
Neither side can claim a monopoly
of historical righteousness. Critics of
martial law should be reminded that
only one ofcial execution took place
of Lim Seng, a convicted drug lord, in
1972 (whom I was privileged to meet
while with him inside the Camp Crame
stockade). And of how, in later years, as
Dean Raul reminds us, the communists
had their own killing eldsand
have also degenerated into brigands
who extort revolutionary taxes from
legitimate businesses.
Had the communists prevailed
against President Marcos, we might
have ended up among the countries
who tore down the Iron Curtain in
the nineties, instead of simply being
spectators cheering them on from the
sidelines. That in itself is a legacy also
worth commemorating on anniversaries
like last weeks.
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Keep talking, Sonny
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
A DIPLOMAT, they say, speaks softly
and carries a big stick. But if the
diplomat refuses to shut up, perhaps
its time to use that big stick and hit
him on the head with it.
As if there are still people who dont
understand why he will not make a
good diplomat, whatever the channel,
Senator Antonio Trillanes refuses to
stop yapping. Now, the cocky and
clueless would-be negotiator for
peace has included two more senators
in his list of those who conspired with
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile
to pressure him to help gerrymander
the province of
Camarines Sur,
Vicente Sotto and
Jinggoy Estrada.
Trillanes also
took another swipe
at Enrile, saying
the Senate leader
could not have
gotten authentic
notes made by the
ailing Philippine
Ambassador to
Beijing, Sonia
Brady. And even
if Enrile did get
actual notes made
by the envoy, the most senior senator
should not have revealed them to the
public just to get back at the neophyte,
Trillanes said.
Aquino, who has relayed to
Trillanes through his spokesmen
that he should shut up already about
China, must now be realizing why he
should never have sent the senator
on a mission to negotiate with the
Chinese. The senator cannot even
follow a direct order to stop talking.
Trillanes doesnt even realize that
he is only making himself appear
like a bigger fool than he was before
whenever he opens his mouth.
If Trillanes really knew what he
was doing, he would have merely
smiled sweetly at Enrile every time
the Senate president tried to pry into
his role as back-channel negotiator,
saying that he was not at liberty to
disclose anything that he talked about
with the Chinese. But the man doesnt
understand that he is merely being
baited into making himself look like a
diplomatic and Senate novato who
cant even keep his mouth shut.
Some secret negotiator this guy
turned out to be. Maybe Enrile should
have just let him rot in jail, for all the
good that Trillanes has been doing on
the outside.
* * *
Speaking of senators, Franklin
Drilon has come out with the strange
proposition that the so-called sin tax
bill that would impose the highest
taxes possible on domestic alcohol
and tobacco products should be passed
because the current tax rates on such
products are discriminatory in favor
of local producers. Drilon said the
World Trade Organization will likely
take retaliatory measures against
the Philippines, like preventing
imports of our domestic tuna, if the
discrimination does not stop.
This is just about the most unusual
defense of the sin tax bill that
Malacaang wants to pass, with the
help of its congressional allies like
Drilon. If Drilon can prove that other
countries do not discriminate in favor
of their own agricultural products
and industries and protect these from
cheaper imports, then, by all means,
Congress should pass the sin tax bill.
And Philippine tuna, imported
largely by Japan, WTO or no WTO,
is such a poor example to use to scare
Congress into passing the sin tax bill.
The overseas market will always
welcome Philippine tunaand if
it didnt, perhaps the government
should prevent our sh from being
exported so that local consumers may
enjoy it, for a change.
Drilons whopper is merely the
latest of the lies
being peddled by
an administration
that wants to
raise taxes from
cigarettes under
a government led
by a President
who cant even
stop smoking. Its
basically the same
strategy used by
the Department of
Finance that not
passing the bill
would mean less
funds for health
care.
This simplistic argument fails to
consider various factors that several
tax experts and senators have drawn
in painting a realistic scenario on
DOFs ambitious proposal to collect
an additional P60 billion in revenues
for health care by imposing tax
hikes of up to 1,000 percent on local
alcohol and tobacco products. Among
these factors are tax avoidance, lower
consumption of legitimately-sourced
products and, subsequently, less sales
volumes as a result of higher taxes and
higher prices, the governments lack
of capability to police the countrys
borders against smuggling and the
quality of the tax machinery.
Former budget secretary Ben Diokno
has pointed out that tobacco and alcohol
companies would avoid taxes by hiring
armies of lawyers and accountants
to nd ways to pull down their tax
obligations because of the severity of
the tax increase. Manufacturers would
have no choice but to pass on the burden
of high taxes to consumers in the form
of high prices, which will then lead to a
decline in the consumption of legitimate
products and a subsequent drop in sales.
Even nance ofcials acknowledge
the inelasticity of the consumption
of sin products, which means that
even with diminished purchasing
power, majority of the consumers of
cigarettes and liquor will nd ways
to drink or smoke by scouting for
alternatives that they can afford. This
will lead to the emergence of a black
market, where smuggled cigarettes
and liquor will proliferate.
As for DOFs objective of raising
revenues for health care by collecting
more taxes from sin products, how
can it accomplish this when it also
wants consumers to stop smoking
and drinking by pricing cigarettes and
liquor beyond their reach?
Enrile should
have just let him
rot in jail, for all
the good that hes
been doing on the
outside.
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A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
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THE duplicity of Malacaang is
being revealed by recent events. Now
there is the issue of back-channel
talks with China with the President
putting Senator Antonio Trillanes
in the thick of negotiations with
the Chinese regarding Scarborough
Shoal.
Trillanes met 16 times with
Chinese officials, according to
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
If it is true that Chinese
intelligence officials were the ones
who wanted Trillanes on board,
then we can logically conclude that
Trillanes was in fact working for the
interests of China.
Recall that Malacaang initially
said that Trillanes called the President
to volunteer to
do backroom
negotiations. Then
the President
claimed it was
the Chinese who
sought it. Soon
enough, the Palace
backtracked and
claimed that it was
Trillanes idea.
This raises a
lot of questions.
I n t e l l i g e n c e
officials from
Beijing or Chinese
businessmen with interests in the
Philippines wanted Trillanes in the
negotiating team. Why? What are
Trillanes motives for taking on this
extra work?
The fact that Trillanes was able to
go in and out of China 16 times points
to the validity of Enriles claims. Only
Chinese military intelligence can do
that. And why didnt Trillanes want
his passport stamped by Philippine
immigration? This is mandatory for
anybody whether using a diplomatic
or a regular passport.
President Aquino has already
scolded Immigration for allowing
high-profile fugitives from justice
to leave the country. Immigration
Commissioner Ricardo David, out
of delicadeza, should have resigned,
but did not. Now, Immigration, did it
again in the case of Trillanes. David
should be fired.
The entire world, not only
China, must be laughing at us for
this series of blunders. Imagine
having somebody recruited by
Chinese military intelligence as its
deep penetration agent, and this is
authorized by Malacaang.
The public should demand
answers. Who paid for those trips?
The Palace, if it indeed authorized
Trillanes involvement, should
provide records in line with the
Palaces commitment to transparency
and accountability.
I am sure that Enrile will not
stop if only to prove what kind of a
character Trillanes is. Vice President
Jejomar Binay has weighed in on the
Enrile-Trillanes fight in favor of the
former. There are talks that soon
enough, it will be a fight between
Binay and Aquino.
That seems inevitable, anyway.
There are also talks that the
administration coalition will try to
unseat Enrile and install one of its
own.
I would even go to the extent of
predicting that the Enrile-Trillanes
fight could be that tipping point that
could decide the future of the Aquino
administration. And, Santa Banana,
all because of a Presidents ignorance
of foreign affairs!
***
People now doubt that Trillanes
could manage to get himself re-
elected next year. I believe it is
doomed.
Personally, I believe that
Trillanes bid is doomed. Recall that
Trillanes had
the opposition
rooting for him
in 2007 when
the popularity
and trust ratings
of the former
President was on
the decline. He
won. He wont
be as lucky this
time.
R e c a l l
what former
President Joseph
Estrada said
of Trillaneshe has become so
conceited that his head may not be
able to fit into the elevator.
***
That tycoon Manny Pangilinan
has become collateral damage in
the Enrile-Trillanes fight is most
unfortunate. MVP has been trying
his best to erase irritants caused by
the Philippine-China dispute over
West Philippine Sea.
After Trillanes claimed that
Pangilinan was siding with Foreign
Affairs Albert del Rosario, who he
claimed was a war freak and a
traitor, Trillanes blamed MVP for
siding with Del Rosario to favor
the latters bid to enter into a joint
exploration at Reed Bank for oil and
gas. MVP called Trillanes a liar.
***
I cant end this column without
mentioning people that made last
Saturdays Ruby (40
th
) Anniversary of
the 365 Club at Hotel Intercon a success.
Id like to acknowledge the
organizing committee that made it
possible. It is made up of: Atty. Boy
Reyno, who co-chaired the group with
me, and members, Roy Sinfuego, Bert
Lumauig and Gina Lumauig, Dante
Garcia, David Nugent (corporate
communications head of Manila
Jockey Club) and especially Maloli
Espinosa-Supnet, (with her Maloli
Espinosa and Associates group). All
of them gave time and effort for a
memorable celebration.
Palace blunder
is a tipping point
Water power
WATER can give us power. But we must
make the right choices. I oppose the big
hydroelectric dam projects and support
micro ones. In this ninth column in my
energy series, I state the reasons for
these positions.
My opposition to new large-scale
hydroelectric dam projects in the
Philippines is rooted on their ecological
and socio-economic effects which, on
the balance, negate or otherwise taint the
anticipated economic benets they would
bring. The reservoirs they would create
would ood a large portion of land upriver,
displacing ora, fauna, and riverside
communities. The displaced people,
especially, have to contend with loss of
home and livelihood, even considering
compensation for their losses. Changes in
water ow downstream from the dam will
also have environmental effects, such as
the loss of fertile silt carried by the river
(trapped behind the dam). Mostif not
allof the benets of hydroelectricity
are enjoyed by urban and industrial
areas far from the dam site: as an age-old
lament goes, out of sight, out of mind.
What might seem like a sterile calculus
of economic benets versus ecological
losses here in Manila is toil and torture at
the dam site. In 1980, it even led to the
death of Macliing Dulag, chieftain of the
Cordillera Butbut Tribe, for his opposition
to the Chico River Dam project.
As with the other renewable energy
(RE) options weve explored in this
series, even hydroelectricity can be
scaled down for end-user, distributed
generation. We are speaking of whats
called low-head hydroelectricity, or
micro hydro. These setups usually
have a capacity of not more than 100
kilowatts of power: certainly not
meant for feeding a grid like its far
larger brother, or for powering a city
or industrial park, but well-suited for
households, and rural communities and
agri-industry.
Micro hydro carries none of the
baggage associated with the megadams.
They dont depend on the stored water
of a reservoir to spin their generators,
instead either tapping directly from the
river ow or by diverting water from
upstream to a powerhouse downriver.
This is the reason why theyre called
low-head: the distance the water
falls (the head) to spin the
generator, upstream to downstream, in
micro hydro is signicantly less than
that of a big dam (usually the height of
the dam/depth of the reservoir).
One critical weakness of micro
hydro is that such efforts must be sited
in rivers whose head and water ow can
sustain a micro hydro power plant. The
good news for the Philippines is that,
according to a 2000 National Renewable
Energy Laboratory report, the country
can support a rich and well-distributed
micro-hydro resource particularly in
the more mountainous regions of the
country. (The not-so-good news from
the same report indicates that this is
also dependent on rainfall patterns that
feed these waterways, which makes
climate change another vulnerability,
and imparts an even greater priority to
shift to renewable energy.) Since the
mountain regions also host some of our
countrys most vulnerable and deprived
communities, low-head hydro can be
made an important component of our
poverty-alleviation strategy, boosting
employment and standards of living on-
site.
In addition to being a RE source,
hydro resources can also be integrated
to solar and wind power, as a battery to
balance out the intermittence of sunlight
and wind ows, in what is called
pumped storage hydroelectricity.
Normally, PSH is used by power
companies to increase revenue by using
low-cost electricity, during times of lean
demand, to store water, and then run this
water through turbine generators during
high demand to generate electricity.
A utility-scale solar plant, for example,
can be coupled to a PSH system, using
any excess power generated during
daylight hours to pump water into the
reservoir, thus storing it for later use,
usually to meet nighttime demands when
the solar plant would be ofine. Solar and
wind plants could thus be coupled with
existing dams and their reservoirs in the
country, extending the utility of all as
power sources; on coastlines, seawater
can be used. The technology can also be
scaled down for distributed RE generators
(small PSH, around 1-50 megawatts),
and can also exploit and be integrated into
hitherto untapped water reservoirs such
as irrigation and drinking water storages,
making such resources multi-purpose, for
power as well as nourishment.
Like its foundational element, able to
take the form of the container it lls, yet
strong enough to wear down mountains,
hydroelectricity provides strong,
exible options for the Philippines RE
strategy. Too long weve associated
hydropower with big dams and all their
baggage; its high time we follow the
advice given by Bruce Lee, be like
water, and demonstrate its exibility in
achieving energy security. Micro hydro
and small PSH show that it is possible to
break away from damaging paradigms
of old-school energy, and establish
new frontiers of power production
and economic growth, with creative
thinking and steady persistence. Just
like water.
Facebook Page: Dean Tony La Vina
Twitter: tonylavs
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
THE deadline for the ling of certicates
of candidacies for the 2013 elections is
still a week away. The start of the ofcial
campaign season is still many months
awayfor congressmen and local posts,
its March 29; for senators and party-list
groups, its February 12.
But who are we kidding? The
campaign season has already started as
early as middle of this year. Everyone
is already on elections mode. In fact,
if we are to go by pronouncements of
the people who fancy themselves as the
kingmakers of this country, the results
of the 2012 elections have already
been ascertained; they already have the
names of the winners for the various
elective positions! And they are not
even coy about making these kind of
pronouncements.
This must be a really good time for
the companies engaged in research and
polling services. It seems everyone is
citing results of surveys as the reason
for the inclusion or exclusion of certain
personalities in the lineups of the various
political parties. The United Nationalist
Alliance (also known as United
Opposition), has been bragging about
having the sure-win slate for the various
elective posts citing survey results.
I am not surprised that the likes
of Senators Loren Legarda and Chiz
Escudero are topping surveys
incumbent senators with track records do
have an edge over upstarts. But how in
the world did someone like Nancy Binay
(the Vice Presidents eldest daughter)
gure among the top senatorial aspirants?
I am not making a judgment on the
competencies or qualications of Nancy
Binay; however, I still have to come
across an ordinary voter who actually
knows what she looks like or is aware of
her qualications. If no one aside from
close friends and partymates know her,
how come she supposedly ranks higher
than, say, Joel Villanueva who has the
whole Tesda bureaucracy rooting for him
and friends who can afford to put up huge
signboards proclaiming him as Gods gift
to Filipinos? Too bad no one among those
in Tesda and their relatives and those
belonging to the Jesus is Lord movement
seem to be among those polled.
I am told though that the Vice
Presidents grassroots network of
fraternity brothers, local executives, and
personal friends remains a formidable
force to reckon with. I am aware that
most of the candidates have already
been visiting vote-rich provinces
and cities under various pretenses. My
full-time job requires that I travel as
often as I could around the country and
I have been onboard many domestic
ights with many of these so-called
senatorial wannabes. They travel with
a staff member or two who manage
logistics, are met by local politicians at
the destination, and are whisked off to
meetings and speaking engagements.
Ironically, these include politicians who
are supposed to represent new politics.
Truly, power is the last dirty word. It
corrupts even those who are supposed to
be champions of change.
This is the reason that I was taken
aback by reports that indicated Jesse
Robredos widow, Maria Leonor Leni
Robredo has been co-opted to become
head of the Liberal Party in the Bicol
region. We are told that Robredo has
been asked to postpone her aspirations
of becoming a regional trial judge until
after the elections. I am uncomfortable
with this scenario. The Liberal Party
is using Jesses widow for political
expediency, one would have expected
them to have a little more respect for the
late Secretarys legacy. The arrangement
smacks of a quid pro quo; Robredos
qualications to become judge should be
evaluated based on meritwe owe it to
her and to the people and an appointment
should never be seen as a reward for
political work. If she becomes directly
embroiled in partisan politics, her
credibility as a judge becomes subject
to question. Why, oh why couldnt we
just leave Leni Robredo unsullied by
politics?
There are similar stories that indicate
just how desperate the Liberal Party
seems to have become. The Party has
unceremoniously junked incumbent
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama in favor
of Tomas Osmea. If we are to believe
Ramas rant, the Party is foregoing
accomplishments, loyalty and character
in favor of the old boys network.
According to the scuttlebutt, Secretary
Mar Roxas just couldnt say no to the
Osmeasthe two political families go
back a long, long way, after all.
In fact, it would appear that the
Liberal Party will be elding common
candidates with UNA particularly for
the senatorial slate. This validates
what is terribly wrong with politics in
this country: Political parties do not
represent idealogies or principles, or
even a specic political platform; they
are simply mechanisms that opportunists
use to get themselves elected into ofce.
It also seems that the Liberal Party will
be elding the most number of celebrities
as candidates. Aga Muhlach has been
anointed as its candidate for the 4
th
district
of Camarines Sur. Richard Gomez is also
running for Mayor of Ormoc City, also with
the party. The list is long. The connection
of the party to local show business is
pretty much established courtesy of the
presidential sister who must not be named
in this column.
But really, where is the much vaunted
new politics in this whole scheme? How
do all these t into the journey along the
straight and narrow path?
The circus has come to townearly
BONG C.
AUSTERO
ARE WE THERE YET?
The public
must demand
answers.
Not as bad as you think
Bloomberg Editorial
POVERTY statistics can be used to prove
almost anything.
When the US Census Bureau reported
that 46 million Americans, or 15 percent
of the population, live in poverty,
conservatives said that ve decades of
the welfare state have had virtually no
effect. Liberals answered that laissez-
faire economics have kept poverty rates
stubbornly high.
This debate is based on a false
premise: Poverty isnt as high as the
U.S. government says it is. The reason
is that federal programs, supported by
Democrats and Republicans alike, have
dramatically reduced poverty and, by
extension, income inequality.
To understand why, lets look at
what the numbers dont show. The
Census Bureau doesnt count safety-net
benets, including food stamps, housing
aid, school lunches and other noncash
transfers. Adding the cash value of food
stamps alone would lower the poverty
population by 3.9 million people.
Census data also overcompensate for
ination by ignoring discount prices at
big-box outlets such as Wal-Mart Stores
Inc., where many low-income families
shop. The gures dont even factor in
Medicare and Medicaid benets.
Most over looked
But tax credits are the most overlooked
numbers of all. One, the Earned Income
Tax Credit, is refundable, meaning that
some low-income breadwinners get a
check from the Internal Revenue Service
even if their earnings are so small that they
owe no income tax. Counting that tax credit
would decrease the number of people living
in poverty by another 5.7 million.
The Census Bureau denes a family
of four with income less than $23,021
as impoverished. But a better portrait
of poverty in America would count all
government benets and tax credits,
raising many households income
considerably. An even truer picture of
deprivation would measure consumption
(how much a household spends on rent,
autos, food and other items) rather than
income (how much a household admits to
bringing home in earnings). Incomes are
unreliable because people are reluctant
to reveal how much they make. They
are less reticent when asked if they have
television sets, cars and air conditioning,
or if they eat out and go to movies.
When adjusted for these aws, the
level of poverty is much lower, says
a new paper by economists Bruce D.
Meyer at the University of Chicago and
James X. Sullivan at the University of
Notre Dame. Instead of 15 percent, it is
only 4 percent to 5 percent. And instead
of being higher than it was in 1980,
poverty has declined by two-thirds.
In other words, the war on poverty
hasnt been won, but its making inroads.
The lions share of the credit, the
professors conclude, goes to the Earned
Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit
and Social Security.
This may not jibe with Republican
presidential nominee Mitt Romneys
quip about the culture of dependency,
a trait he ascribed to a remarkable 47
percent of voters. The opposite is true:
Anti-poverty programs have reduced
dependency and encouraged workand
can be fashioned to work even better.
One option is to strengthen the Earned
Income Tax Credit. It began under one
Republican president (Gerald Ford), was
improved by another (Ronald Reagan),
and was made refundable by a Democrat
(Bill Clinton)in each case with the
support of congressional Republicans.
Studies show the tax credit was the most
important factor in reducing welfare rolls,
even more so than the 1996 welfare-
reform law. Now geared toward single-
parent families, the credit could be
expanded to help two-parent families and
parents without custody of their children.
Impor tant stabilizer s
Automatic stabilizers are also important
and shouldnt be undermined, as the budget
blueprint by US Representative Paul Ryan,
Romneys running mate, would do. As
Bloomberg View columnist Peter Orszag
has written, eligibility for food stamps,
unemployment insurance and relief to state
governments should expand automatically,
without waiting for Congress to act, when
the economy is weak.
The implications of all this go beyond
politics. Poverty statistics are one of the
U.S.s most closely watched indicators
of economic well-being. They can help
tell us if poverty- ghting programs are
working, or if our taxes are being wasted.
They can also steer policy-setters toward
more productive solutions and away from
popular yet misguided ideas.
If poverty gures are overstated, for
example, then so is income inequality.
The most-cited studies dont count
government benets or employer-
provided health insurance. There is
little doubt that the chasm between the
top 1 percent and the 99 percenters
is narrower than we have been led to
believe. That shouldnt depress liberals
or cheer conservatives: The inequality
gap is closing because of government
programs, not the stagnant incomes of
the private sector.
CYAN MAGENTAYELLOW BLACK
Classifeds
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Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
InvItatIon to BId
Supply of Signaling Spare Parts under ITB No. 1209-243-01 and PR No. RS2-
0812-263
Schedule of Activities:

Pre-bid Conference - October 3, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot
Santolan, Pasig City
Submission and Opening of Bids - October 17, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot,
Santolan, Pasig City
PR NO. DESCRIPTION & QUANTITY Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC)
RS2-0812-263
1 pc. JTC ATP LFRB C 1970 1/2 Resistor Box or its equivalent
Php16,506,465.73
1 pc. JTC ATP LFU C18966/2 or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC ATP TX EMI E25250/L or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC ATP EMI E25250/M or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC ATP TX EMI E25250/V or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC ATP EMI E25250/X or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC ATP EMI E25250/Y or its equivalent
1 pc JTC TX C50296/2 Mounting Base with Cover or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC RX EMI E25253/M or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC RX EMI E25253/V or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC TU C18932/VLP or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC TU C18932/WLP or its equivalent
1 pc. JTC TU C18932/YLP or its equivalent
1 pc. Backplane VLE or its equivalent
1 pc. HVBC or its equivalent
1 pc. Relay QNN1 4F / 4B 50 V (incl. changeover C.V.) or its
equivalent
1 pc. Module 12 Transformer Isolator 110/110 or its equivalent
1 pc. Blanker Module Westrace NA or its equivalent
2 pcs. Interconnection Cars Cable AP/AE or its equivalent
2 pcs. Driving Panel or its equivalent
2 pcs. Safety Speed Tachogenerator or its equivalent
2 pcs. H.F. Carrier Card S2 TX=8KHz for ATO or its equivalent
2 pcs. ATP-FM Antenna or its equivalent
2 pcs. Undercar Cable for ATP Antenna or its equivalent
2 pcs. Undercar Cable for 3P/M for Tachogenerator or its
equivalent
2 pcs. ATO Antenna Receiver (RX) or its equivalent
2 pcs. Undercar Cable for ATO Antenna or its equivalent
The complete technical specifcation is available in the Bidding Documents.
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year 2012, intends
to apply the sum of a Total of Sixteen Million Five Hundred Six Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Five and
73/100 Pesos Only (Php16,506,465.73) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments
under the afore-mentioned contract/s. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at bid opening. Delivery period is required on or before 3 months upon receipt of Purchase Order.
LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details:
Description
Approved Budget
for the Contract
(ABC)
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/
guarantee or
ILC (2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
Signaling Spare Parts Php16,506,465.73 Php330,129.31 Php825,323.29 Php15,500.00
*Only those issued by universal or commercial banks
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/
fail criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act
(RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty
percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders commencing on September
25, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids at the address below
and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of PhP15,500.00 only.
Only prospective bidders who have secured bidding documents will be allowed to participate in the Pre-
Bid Conference.
Submission and Opening of Bids will publicly be opened in the presence of the Bidders authorized
representatives who choose to attend. Late bids shall not be accepted. All Bids must be accompanied
by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the Instructions to Bidders
and the Bid Data Sheet.
LRTA reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to annul the bidding process, and to reject
all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder
or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
Mr. Eduardo A. Abiva
Head, BAC Secretariat
Administration Bldg., LRTA Cmpd., Aurora Blvd. Tramo, Pasay City
Tel. No. 853-0041 50 loc. 8314
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
(Sgd.) Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO
Chairman, Bids & Awards Committee
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Northern Samar 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets
Catarman, Northern Samar
Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public
Works and Highways, Northern Samar 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through
Government of the Philippines (GOP) invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12110070
Contract Name: Concreting of San Roque-Cababtoan Old Road,
A. KO772+(-077)KO772+000, B. KO772+239,
K0772+541, C. KO773+000, KO773+522
Contract Location: San Roque, Northern, Samar
Scope of Work: Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Php 18,366,405.99
Contract Duration: 103 calendar days
The Bids and Awards Committee will conduct the procurement process in
accordance with the Revised IR.R of R A 9184. Bids received in excess of the
Approved Budget for the Contract shall be automatically rejected at the opening
of Bids.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent, purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and
cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of
the Approved Budget for the Contract within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net
Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to Approved Budget for the Contract,
or credit line commitment for at least equal to 10% of Approved Budget for the
Contract. The Bids and Awards Committee will use non-discretionary pass/fail
criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Regional Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of Letter of Intent. The DPWH-POCW Regional Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue
the Contractors Registration Certifcate. Registration Forms may be downloaded
at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 19 - October 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference
September 20, 2012 - 2:00 Pm - NS 2
nd
, DEO Sub
Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI October 3, 2012 until 5:00 P.m.
4 Receipt of Bids
October 9, 2012 -8:30 Am-2:00 Pm NS 2
nd
DEO
Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
5. Opening of Bids
October 9, 2012 - 2:00 Pm -NS 2
nd
DEO Sub
Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
The Bids and Awards Committee will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents
at DPWH, NS 2nd DEO Catarman, Northern Samar, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of P 10,000.00. Prospective bidders may also download the
Bidding Documents from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders
who will download the Bidding Documents from the DPWH website shall pay
the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid
Conference shall be opened only to interested parties who have purchased the
Bidding Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the Bidding Documents in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid,
which shall include a copy of Contractors Registry Certifcate (CRC). The second
envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. The Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Camarines Sur 1
st
District Engineering Offce
Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur 1
st
District
Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Award Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to apply to bid for the following contract:
Contract ID: 12FD0015
Contract Name: CONSTRUCTION OF SLOPE PROTECTION
AND SAFETY DEVICES ALONG DAANG
MAHARLIKA
Contract Location: Brgy. Sigamot, Libmanan, Camarines Sur
Scope of Work: Construction of Revetment
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 6,769,312.50
Contract Duration: 60 CD
Cost of Tender: P 10,000.00
Funding Source: RA-Fund 101-General Fund
SR2012-08-006781
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.
To bid this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, ( b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, ( d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
From : September 24, 2012
to : October 12, 2012 at 12:00 noon
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 24 to October 18, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference October 05, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
4. Receipt of Bids October 18, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.
5. Opening of Bids October 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Cam. Sur 1st District Engineering Offce, Baras, Canaman, Cam. Sur, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee stated above. Prospective bidders may be
also download the BDS from the DPWH website if available Prospective bidders
that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on
or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by
a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of
the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid
as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur 1
st
District
Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to
annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any
liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) METCHELIN E. MAGDARAOG
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) RODY A. ANGULO
OIC, District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 25 & Oct. 1, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Municipality of Tambulig
Invitation to Bid
Concreting of Lower Lodiong Limamaan Farm to Market Road
(Lower Lodiong and Limamaan, Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur)

September 25, 2012
The Republic of the Philippines has received a Loan from the Asian Development Bank
and OPEC fund for International Development (OFID) toward the cost of Agrarian Reform
Communities Project 2 (ARCP 2) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan
to payments under the contract for the Concreting of Lower Lodiong FMR under the
contract no. AIRC-070512-N135-04-THC-ZDS-R009.
The Municipality of Tambulig now invites bids for Concreting of Lower Lodiong-Limamaan
Farm to Market Road FMR under the contract no. AIRC-070512-N135-04-THC-ZDS-R009.
Completion of the Works is required within 150 calendar days from the date of the offcial
start of the subproject. Bidders should have completed in the last ten (10) years a contract
for works that are similar to the works that are to be undertaken under the Contract that is
the subject of this bid invitation.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 23,135,475.73
Project Duration : 150 Calendar Days
Minimum Bid Security : Php 578,386.89
Bid Closing Date : October 22, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
Description of Works
Item No. Scope of Work % of Total Quantity Unit
Part A Earthworks
104 Embankment (From roadway Excav) 6.344% 5,830.76 cu.m.
102 Roadway Excavation 3.101% 8,616.36 cu.m.
103 Structure Excavation 0.089% 76.00 cu.m.
Part B Base Course & P.C.C.P.
105 Subgrade Preparation 1.318% 24,504.00 sq.m.
200 Aggregate Sub base Coarse 14.694% 4,900.80 cu.m.
311 PCCP(4X0.15m thk) 73.400% 16,336.00 sq.m.
Part C Drainage & Slope Protection
500(4) Reinforced concrete pipe culvert 0.643% 21.00 l.m.
505 Grouted Riprap(Apron) 0.208% 12.00 cu.m.
506 Stone Masonry(R.C.P.C. Headwalls) 0.203% 11.00 cu.m.
Minimum Equipment Required: Bulldozer (2 units)-leased/owned; Road Roller Vibratory
Compactor (9 ton min. 1 unit)- leased/owned; Road Grader (1 unit)- leased/owned; Loader (1
unit)- leased/owned; Dump Truck (4 units)- leased/owned; Water Truck (1 unit)- leased/owned;
Backhoe/Excavator (1 unit)- leased/owned; Transit Mixer (3 units)-leased/owned ;survey
instruments-(leased/owned).
Bidding will be conducted in accordance with National Competitive procedures, and is open to
bidders from eligible source countries of the Asian Development Bank.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the LGU-BAC of Tambulig, Province of
Zamboanga del Sur and inspect the Bidding Documents on September 25 to October 22, 2012
at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on September
25 to October 22, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for
the bidding documents in the amount Php 5,000.00.
It may al so be downl oaded free of charge from the websi te of the Phi l geps
(www.Philgeps.gov.ph) provided that bidders shall pay the non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
The bidder may request that the Bid Documents be sent to them by mail or courier, and for this,
the bidder shall pay the amount in Philippine Peso to cover the cost of mail or courier delivery. The
fee for obtaining a copy of the Bid Documents and the cost of mail or courier shall be paid by the
bidder thru a Cashiers Check or Managers Check issued in favor of the Municipality of Tambulig.
The Municipality of Tambulig will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 10, 2012. at the
Conference Hall, Municipal Hall, Municipality of Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur,
which shall be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 A.M. of the 22
nd
day of October
2012 at the Offce of the BAC, Municipality of Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur. All
bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of Bank Guarantee and in the amount
of Php 578386.89
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. The deadline for the submission of bids must
not be later than 10:00 A.M. of October 22, 2012 The opening of bids will proceed immediately
after the time set for the deadline of submission of bids as indicated above.
Bids without original documents such as Business Permits, DTI Permits BIR Financial Statements,
Certifcate of Non Inclusion in the Blacklists, TIN Numbers Organizational Structures and etc
are not accepted.
The Municipality of Tambulig reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. The Invitation to Bid is not an integral part of
the bidding document.
For further information, please refer to:
Engr. Bienvenido C. Suco
ARCP2-LGU-BAC Chairperson/Infrastructure
Municipality of Tambulig
Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Telephone No. 09464311826
(Sgd.) ENGR. BIENVENIDO C. SUCO
Municipal Engineer
ARCP2-LGU-BAC - Chairperson/Infrastructure

(MST-Sept. 25 & Oct. 1, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Municipality of Tambulig
Invitation to Bid
Concreting of Junction Limamaan- Upper Lodiong Farm to Market Road FMR
(Upper Lodiong, Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur)

September 25, 2012
The Republic of the Philippines has received a Loan from the Asian Development Bank
and OPEC fund for International Development (OFID) toward the cost of Agrarian Reform
Communities Project 2 (ARCP 2) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan
to payments under the contract for the Concreting of Junction Limamaan-Upper Lodiong
FMR under the contract no. AIRC-070512-N136-05-THC-ZDS-R009.
The Municipality of Tambulig now invites bids for Concreting of Junction Limamaan- Upper
Lodiong Farm to Market Road FMR under the contract no. AIRC-070512-N136-05-THC-
ZDS-R009. Completion of the Works is required within 270 calendar days from the date of
the offcial start of the subproject. Bidders should have completed in the last ten (10) years a
contract for works that are similar to the works that are to be undertaken under the Contract
that is the subject of this bid invitation. The description of eligible bidders is contained in the
bidding documents, particularly, in section II, instruction to Bidders.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 39,943,496.45
Project Duration : 270 Calendar Days
Minimum Bid Security : Php 998,587.41
Bid Closing Date : October 22, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
Description of Works
Item No. Scope of Work % of Total Quantity Unit
Part A Earthworks
104 Embankment 5.627% 8,929.14 cu.m.
102 Roadway Excavation 2.879% 13,810.58 cu.m.
103 Structure Excavation 0.051% 76.00 cu.m.
Part B Base Course & P.C.C.P.
105 Subgrade Preparation 1.339% 42,987.00 sq.m.
200 Aggregate Sub base Coarse 14.927% 8,595.60 cu.m.
311 PCCP(4X0.15m thk) 74.566% 28,652.00 sq.m.
Part C Drainage & Slope Protection
500(4) Reinforced concrete pipe culvert 0.372% 21.00 l.m.
505 Grouted Riprap(Apron) 0.120% 12.00 cu.m.
506 Stone Masonry(R.C.P.C. Headwalls) 0.118% 11.00 cu.m.
Minimum Equipment Required: Bulldozer (2 units)-leased/owned; Road Roller Vibratory Compactor
(9 ton min. 1 unit)- leased/owned; Road Grader (1 unit)- leased/owned; Loader (1 unit)- leased/
owned; Dump Truck (4 units)- leased/owned; Water Truck (1 unit)- leased/owned; Backhoe/
Excavator (1 unit)- leased/owned; Transit Mixer (3 units)-leased/owned ; survey instruments-
(leased/owned).
Bidding will be conducted in accordance with National Competitive procedures, and is open to
bidders from eligible source countries of the Asian Development Bank.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the LGU-BAC of Tambulig, Province of
Zamboanga del Sur and inspect the Bidding Documents on September 25 to October 22, 2012
at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on September
25 to October 22, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for
the bidding documents in the amount Php 5,000.00.
It may al so be downl oaded free of charge from the websi te of the Phi l geps
(www.Philgeps.gov.ph) provided that bidders shall pay the non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
The bidder may request that the Bid Documents be sent to them by mail or courier, and for this,
the bidder shall pay the amount in Philippine Peso to cover the cost of mail or courier delivery. The
fee for obtaining a copy of the Bid Documents and the cost of mail or courier shall be paid by the
bidder thru a Cashiers Check or Managers Check issued in favor of the Municipality of Tambulig.
The Municipality of Tambulig will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 10, 2012 at the Conference
Hall, Municipal Hall, Municipality of Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, which shall be
open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 A.M. of the 22
nd
day of October
2012 at the Offce of the BAC, Municipality of Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur. All
bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of Bank Guarantee and in the amount
of Php 998,587.41
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. The deadline for the submission of bids must not
be later than 10:00 A.M. of October 22, 2012. The opening of bids will proceed immediately after
the time set for the deadline of submission of bids as indicated above.
Bids without original documents such as Business Permits, DTI Permits BIR Financial Statements,
Certifcate of Non Inclusion in the Blacklists, TIN Numbers Organizational Structures and etc are
not accepted.
The Municipality of Tambulig reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. The Invitation to Bid is not an integral part of the
bidding document.
For further information, please refer to:
Engr. Bienvenido C. Suco
ARCP2-LGU-BAC Chairperson/Infrastructure
Municipality of Tambulig
Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Telephone No. 09464311826
(Sgd.) ENGR. BIENVENIDO C. SUCO
Municipal Engineer
ARCP2-LGU-BAC-Chairperson/Infrastructure
(MST-Sept. 25 & Oct. 1, 2012)

Republic of the Philippines
Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Municipality of Tambulig
Invitation to Bid
Rehabilitation with Spot Concreting of Limamaan FMR
(Limamaan, Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur)

September 25, 2012
The Republic of the Philippines has received a Loan from the Asian Development Bank
and OPEC fund for International Development (OFID) toward the cost of Agrarian Reform
Communities Project 2 (ARCP 2) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan
to payments under the contract for the Rehabilitation with Spot Concreting of Limamaan
FMR under the contract no. AIRR- 082412-N168-06-THC-ZDS-R009.
The Municipality of Tambulig now invites bids for Rehabilitation with Spot Concreting of
Limamaan- FMR under the contract no. AIRR-082412-N168-06-THC-ZDS-R009. Completion
of the Works is required within 180 calendar days from the date of the offcial start of the
subproject. Bidders should have completed in the last ten (10) years a contract for works that
are similar to the works that are to be undertaken under the Contract that is the subject of this
bid invitation. The description of an eligible bidders is contained in the bidding documents,
particularly, in section II, instruction to Bidders.
Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) : Php 8,688,805.07
Project Duration : 180 Calendar Days
Minimum Bid Security : Php 217,220.12
Bid Closing Date : October 22, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
Description of Works
Item No. Scope of Work % of Total Quantity Unit
Part A Earthworks
104 Embankment 21.852% 7,521.40 cu.m.
102 Roadway Excavation 11.338% 11,729.97 cu.m.
103 Structure Excavation 0.172% 56.00 cu.m.
Part B Base Course & P.C.C.P.
105 Subgrade Preparation 4.117% 27,987.12 sq.m.
200 Aggregate Sub base Coarse 14.688% 1,865.81 cu.m.
201 Agregate Base Coarse 23.265% 2,798.71 Cu.m.
311 PCCP 21.307% 1,600.00 sq.m.
Part C Drainage & Slope Protection
500(4) RCPC 910mm dia(ext.@ both ends) 2.283% 28.00 l.m.
505 Grouted Riprap(Apron) 0.658% 14.21 cu.m.
506 Stone Masonry ( RCPC Headwalls) 0.321% 6.50 cu.m.
Minimum Equipment Required: Bulldozer (2 units)-leased/owned; Road Roller Vibratory Compactor
(9 ton min. 1 unit)- leased/owned; Road Grader (1 unit)- leased/owned; Loader (1 unit)- leased/
owned; Dump Truck (4 units)- leased/owned; Water Truck (1 unit)- leased/owned; Backhoe/
Excavator (1 unit)- leased/owned; Transit Mixer (3 units) leased/owned; survey instruments-
(leased/owned).
Bidding will be conducted in accordance with National Competitive procedures, and is open to
bidders from eligible source countries of the Asian Development Bank.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the LGU-BAC of Tambulig, Province of
Zamboanga del Sur and inspect the Bidding Documents on September 25 to October 22, 2012
at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on September
25 to October 22, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the
bidding documents in the amount Php 5,000.00.
It may al so be downl oaded free of charge from the websi te of the Phi l geps
(www.Philgeps.gov.ph) provided that bidders shall pay the non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
The bidder may request that the Bid Documents be sent to them by mail or courier, and for this,
the bidder shall pay the amount in Philippine Peso to cover the cost of mail or courier delivery. The
fee for obtaining a copy of the Bid Documents and the cost of mail or courier shall be paid by the
bidder thru a Cashiers Check or Managers Check issued in favor of the Municipality of Tambulig.
The Municipality of Tambulig will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 10, 2012 at the Conference
Hall, Municipal Hall, Municipality of Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, which shall be
open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 A.M. of the 22
nd
day of October
2012 at the Offce of the BAC, Municipality of Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur. All
bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of Bank Guarantee and in the amount
of Php 217,220.12
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. The deadline for the submission of bids must not
be later than 10:00 A.M. of October 22, 2012 The opening of bids will proceed immediately after
the time set for the deadline of submission of bids as indicated above.
Bids without original documents such as Business Permits, DTI Permits BIR Financial Statements,
Certifcate of Non Inclusion in the Blacklists, TIN Numbers Organizational Structures and etc are
not accepted.
The Municipality of Tambulig reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. The Invitation to Bid is not an integral part of the
bidding document.
For further information, please refer to:
Engr. Bienvenido C. Suco
ARCP2-LGU-BAC Chairperson/Infrastructure
Municipality of Tambulig
Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Telephone No. 09464311826
(Sgd.) ENGR. BIENVENIDO C. SUCO
Municipal Engineer
ARCP2-LGU-BAC - Chairperson/Infrastructure
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 TUESDAY
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region III
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Pampanga 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
San Antonio, Guagua, Pampanga
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of
Publ i c Works and Hi ghways (DPWH) Pampanga 2
nd
Di st ri ct
Engineering Offce, through the FY-2012 RA 10147 Continuing Regular
2011Continuing invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID : 12CH0050
Contract Name : Upgrading of two (2) Cross Roads at the
Central Business
Contract Location : District of Guagua, Pampanga
SARO No. : SR2012-07-005842
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9, 111,690.81
Contract Duration : 60CD
Non-Refundable Bid Doc Fee: Php10, 000.00

The BAC will conduct the procurement process with the Revised IRR
of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for its contract, a contractor must submit a letter of Intent
(LOI), purchase of bid documents and must meet the following major
criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, o joint venture,
(c) the PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within
a period of 10 years, and (e) Net fnancial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration, to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for
the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW-Central Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements,
and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Forms may
be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are
shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents On : Sept. 22-Oct. 22, 2012
2. Pre-Bidding Conference On : October 08, 2012 at 2:00 P.M
3. Receipt of Bids Oct. 22, 2012 at 8:00 - 10:00 A.M
4. Opening of Bids Oct. 22, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at
DPWH-Pampanga 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, San Antonio, Guagua,
Pampanga, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of please see
above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the
DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will downloaded
the BDs from DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the
submission of their bid Documents. Bid must be accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2
of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the Bidding Documents (BDs) to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which
shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Pampanga 2
nd
DEO reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

(Sgd.) GENE D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Northern Samar 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets
Catarman, Northern Samar
Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public
Works and Highways, Northern Samar 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through
Government of the Philippines (GOP) invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12110072
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance along Catarman - Laoang
Road., San Roque-Pambujan Section, KO773+000 -
K0774+000, with exception
Contract Location: San Roque, Northern, Samar
Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Php 6,657,357.84
Contract Duration: 60 calendar days
The Bids and Awards Committee will conduct the procurement process
in accordance with the Revised IR.R of R A 9184. Bids received in excess of
the Approved Budget for the Contract shall be automatically rejected at the
opening of Bids.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent, purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and
cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50%
of the Approved Budget for the Contract within a period of 10 years, and ( e)
Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to Approved Budget for the
Contract, or credit line commitment for at least equal to 10% of Approved Budget
for the Contract. The Bids and Awards Committee will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Regional Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of Letter of Intent. The DPWH-POCW Regional Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue
the Contractors Registration Certifcate. Registration Forms may be downloaded
at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 26 - October 16, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference
September 20, 2012 - 2:00 Pm - NS 2
nd
, DEO Sub
Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI October 3, 2012 until 5:00 P.m.
4 Receipt of Bids
October 9, 2012 -8:30 Am-2:00 Pm NS 2
nd
DEO
Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
5. Opening of Bids
October 9, 2012 - 2:00 Pm -NS 2
nd
DEO Sub
Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
The Bids and Awards Committee will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents
at DPWH, NS 2nd DEO Catarman, Northern Samar, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of P 10,000.00. Prospective bidders may also download the
Bidding Documents from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders
who will download the Bidding Documents from the DPWH website shall pay
the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid
Conference shall be opened only to interested parties who have purchased the
Bidding Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the Bidding Documents in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid,
which shall include a copy of Contractors Registry Certifcate (CRC). The second
envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. The Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region VIII
Samar First District Engineering Offce
Calbayog City
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
DPWH INFRA-07 Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12IJ-0067
Contract Name: CLUSTER: 1. DAANG MAHARLIKA (SM) (SAN ISIDRO SAN
JUANICO BRIDGE0, KM. 732+000-KM. 732+750
2. DAANG MAHARLIKA (SM) (SAN ISIDRO SAN
JUANICO BRIDGE), K0726+750-K0728+052
3. DAANG MAHARLIKA (SM) (SAN ISIDRO SAN
JUANICO BRIDGE), K0729+000-K0730+110
Location of the Contract: CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR
Scope of Work: RRA-ROADS-REHABILITATION-ASPHALT
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): 1. Php 10,071,451.00,
2. Php Php 18,404,378.00,
3. Php 15,548,667.00
Grand Total Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 44,024,496.00
Contract Duration: 50 CD
Cost of Bid Documents: P 20,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
The BAC will only accept/process LOIs signed by the person authorized in
the Contractors License issued by PCAB and with complete requirements
stated above.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
Interested contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of Interest
statements upon presentation of their original Contractors Registration Certifcate
in person or through their Authorized Representative as refected in their CRC to the
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), DPWH Samar 1
st
District Engineering
Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City not later done 1:00 P.M. on October 3, 2012.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 19, 2012, 2012 to October 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M., September 27, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
10:00 am October 3, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline:1:00pm October 9, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 3:00pm October 9, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Samar
First District Engineering Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee stated above. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders that will download
the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested
parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security,
in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the Bidding Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which
shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive
Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any, to annul the bidding process at any prior contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:

(Sgd.) ALVIN A. IGNACIO
BAC Chairman
Noted by:
(Sgd.) VIRGILIO C. EDUARTE
District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region X
Bukidnon Second Engineering District
Pinamaloy, Don Carlos, Bukidnon
Telefax No. 088-2262-393
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Bukidnon Second
Engineering District, Pinamaloy, Don Carlos, Bukidnon through the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) invites contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following
contract/s:
1.
a. Contract ID 12KB00009
b. Name of Project Widening of Sayre Highway, K1540-294 to
K1540+344
c. Location Lumbo-Musuan Sect i on, Maramag,
Bukidnon
d. Brief Description Upgrading of shoulder (gravel to paved,
W=2.5m; L=645 lm); Upgrading of road
(asphalt to PCCP, W=11.70m; L=649 lm);
extension of cross drainage, provision of
slope protection and pavement markings
e. Approved Budget for the Contract Php 22,166,620.00
f. Cost Bid Documents Php 20,000.00

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must
meet the following major criteria: a) prior registration with the DPWH Central Offce,
b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or
joint venture with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, c)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or Credit Line
Commitment/Cash Deposit Certifcates for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-
discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary evaluation of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH Central Procurement Offce before the deadline of the receipt of LOI,
The DPWH Central Procurement Offce will only process contractors applications
for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH Website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
BAC Activities Schedule/Deadline
1 Pre-Bid Conference September 28, 2012 @ 10:00 am
2 Issuance of Bid Documents Sept. 20, 2012 to Oct. 10, 2012
3 Receipt of Letter of Intents from Prospective Bidders October 4, 2012 until 5:00 pm
4 Receipt of Bids October 11, 2012 @ 9:30 am
5 Opening of Bids October 11, 2012 @ 10:00 am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Document (BDs) at Bukidnon II
DEO, Don Carlos, Bukidnon upon payment of a non-refundable fee (refer below).
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web
site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from DPWH website shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bids Documents. Bids must
accompanied by a bid security in an acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of
the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman, Bukidnon
Second Engineering District, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. The frst envelope shall contain
the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The
second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract awarded
to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Bukidnon Second Engineering District reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract Award,
without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ALBERTO D. ALBIT
Acting Assistant District Engineer
Noted:
(Sgd.) LEONARDO G. PAULICAN
OIC District Engineer
DPWH INFRA-07 Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
September 19, 2012
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region IV-B, MIMAROPA
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Palawan III District Engineering Offce
Puerto Princesa City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The DPWH-Palawan III District Engineering Offce, Puerto Princesa City through its Bids
and Awards Committee (BAC) invites interested contractors to apply to bid for the following
projects listed below:
1) a. Contract ID: 12EG0038
b. Contract Name: Replacement of Tagburos Bridge 1 along Irawan-Tagburos
Road
c. Contract Location: K0016+513, ITR, Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Facilities for the Engineer, Other General Requirements,
Embankment, Precast Concrete Piles 400mm x 400mm
(Furnished), Precast Concrete Piles 400mm x 400mm
(Driven), Test Piles 400mm x 400mm (Furnished and Driven),
Railings (Reinforced Concrete), Reinforcing Steel Grade
60, Structural Concrete Class A, Lean Concrete, Paint,
Expansion Joints, Forms and Falseworks, Rubble Concrete,
Stone Masonry, Concrete Guardrail (with post), Mobilization
and Demobilization
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 9,008,160.00
f. Contract Duration: 150 calendar days
2) a. Contract ID: 12EG0039
b. Contract Name: Replacement of Iratag Bridge 2, Irawan-Tagburos Road
c. Contract Location: K0012+951, ITR, Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Facilities for the Engineer, Other General Requirements,
Precast Concrete Piles 400mm x 400mm (Furnished), Precast
Concrete Piles 400mm x 400mm (Driven), Test Piles 400mm
x 400mm (Furnished and Driven), Railings (Reinforced
Concrete), Reinforcing Steel Grade 60, Structural Concrete,
Class A (Minor/Structure), Lean Concrete, Paint, Expansion
Joint, Forms and Falsework, Grouted Riprap Class A, Stone
Masonry, Rubble Concrete, Mobilization and Demobilization
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P4,786,026.00
f. Contract Duration: 120 calendar days
3) a. Contract ID: 12EG0040
b. Contract Name: Replacement of Manudok Bridge, Jct. PPSR-Napsan-
Apurawan Road
c. Contract Location: K0060+970, PPSR,Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Facilities for the Engineer, Other General Requirement,
Embankment, Precast Concrete Piles 400mm x 400mm
(Furnished), Precast Concrete Piles 400mm x 400mm
(Driven), Test Piles 400mm x 400mm (Furnished and
Driven), Railings (Reinforced Concrete), Reinforcing Steel
Grade 60, Structural Concrete Class A, Lean Concrete,
Paint, Expansion Joint, Forms and Falseworks, Grouted
Riprap, Stone Masonry, Rubble Concrete, Mobilization and
Demobilization
e. Approved Budget for the Contract(ABC): P11,760,000.00
f. Contract Duration: 150 calendar days
4) a. Contract ID: 12EG0041
b. Contract Name: Concreting of Irawan-Tagburos Road
c. Contract Location: K0016+400 to K0016+754.80 (w/exception), ITR,Puerto
Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Facilities for the Engineer, Other General Requirements,
Pipe Culvert and Drain Excavation, Subgrade Preparation,
Aggregate Sub-base Course, 0.23m. Thk. Portland Cement
Concrete Pavement, Pipe Culverts 910mm Stone Masonry
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P5,344,920.00
f. Contract Duration: 120 calendar days
5) a. Contract ID: 12EG0042
b. Contract Name: Reconstruction of PCCP K0012+600 to K0012+900, PPSR
c. Contract Location: K0012+600 to K0012+900, PPSR,Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Facilities for the Engineer, Construction Safety and Health,
Surplus Common Excavation, Subgrade Preparation,
Aggregate Sub-base Course, Reinforcing Steel Grade 40,
Structural Concrete Class B, Refectorized Thermoplastic
Pavement Markings (White), Mobilization and Demobilization
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P5,809,440.00
f. Contract Duration: 80 calendar days
6) a. Contract ID: 12EG0043
b. Contract Name: Reconstruction of PCCP K0007+242 to K0007+ 787, PPSR
c. Contract Location: K0007+242 to K0007+ 765.50, Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Facilities for the Engineer, Construction Safety and
Health, Surplus Common Excavation, Embankment (from
Excavation), Subgrade Preparation, Aggregate Sub-Base
Course, 0.28 Thk. Portland Cement Concrete Pavement,
Reinforcing Steel Grade 40, Structural Concrete Class B,
Pipe Culverts 910mm, Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Markings (White),Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Markings (Yellow) Removal of Existing Damaged Asphalt.
e. Approved Budget for the Contract(ABC) : P10,554,600.00
f. Contract Duration: 100 calendar days
The BAC will conduct the procurement process on accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A.
9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent ( LOI) and must meet
the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at
least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of the ABC. The BAC will use
non- discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to the DPWH-
POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW-Central
Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements
and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 21, 2012 to October 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 28, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
October 4, 2012
5. Receipt of Bids On or before: 2:00P.M. October 12, 2012
6. Opening of Bids October 12,2012 at 2:00P.M.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Palawan III
District Engineering Offce, Puerto Princesa City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee
of (P5,000.00 and 10,000.00 for BDs). Prospective bidders may also download the BDs,
from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from
the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before submission of their bids Documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the
BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the Bidding
Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid including the eligibility
requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bids.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the
bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Palawan III District Engineering Offce, Puerto Princesa City, reserves the right
to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ALBlNO D. SOCRATES, JR.
Engineer III
(BAC Chairman)
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
adv.mst@gmail.com Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
Name of the Projects : Procurement of Motor Vehicles
Location of the Project : Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila
The Department of Science and Technology Central Offce, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) , invites suppliers/contractors/service providers to apply for eIiglbllity and
to bid for the hereunder projects :
Name of Project Procurement of Motor Vehicles
Location Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro
Manila
Brief description Four (4) Asia Utility Vehicles (AUV) with an engine
displacement not exceeding 2,500 cc diesel-fed and
with an engine not exceeding 4 cylinders
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC)
Php 3,640,800.00
Contract Duration November 01-15, 2012
Delivery Period 15 CD upon receipt of Purchase Order/Notice to
Proceed
Bidding Activities:
1. Issuance of Bid Documents September 25, 2012 October 12, 2012 (9:00
am-5:00 pm) October 15, 2012 (8:00 am-9:30 am)
2. Pre-bid Conference October 02, 2012 (9:30 am)
3. Opening of Bids October 15, 2012 (9:30 am)
Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project within the
last three (3) years with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding.
The Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-
qualifcation of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted. Prospective bidders may opt to bid
for one or all of the packages. However, the two packages cannot be awarded to one bidder.
Bidding is restricted to organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding
capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, as specifed in Republic Act 5183 (R.A.
5183). Only bids from Bidders who pass the preliminary examination of the eligibility and
technical components in the technical envelope will be opened. The process for the preliminary
examination of bids is described in Section II of the Bidding Documents, ITB. The bidder with
the lowest calculated bid (LCB) shall advance to the post-qualifcation stage in order to fnally
determine his responsiveness to the technical and fnancial requirements of the project. The
contract shall then be awarded to the Lowest Calculated and Responsive Bidder (LCRB) who
has been determined as such during the post-qualifcation procedure.
All particulars relative to Eligibility and Technical Requirements Screening, Bid Security,
Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference{s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation
and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its
Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) .
Bid Documents will be availble only to prospective bidders upon payment of a nonrefundable
amount of Php 3,500.00.
The Department of Science and Technology assumes no responsibility whatsoever to
compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ROBERT O. DIZON
BAC Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Assistant Secretary Robert O. Dizon, Chairman, DOST-BAC
DOST Main Building, Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila
02-8373166 TF
www.dost.gov.ph
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Revisionist history hit
IN BRIEF
Onion
shortage
expected
Hazing raps led vs 36 Lex Leonum fratmen
16 hurt, 11 nabbed in demolition
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK


REQUEST FOR EXPRESSON OF NTEREST FOR THE COMPREHENSVE ORGANZATONAL REVEW,
PERFORMANCE AUDT, ASSESSMENT (CORPAA) OF THE NATONAL COMMSSON FOR CULTURE AND
THE ARTS (NCCA)
1. The National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has approved through Board Resolution No. 2011-398, the sum
of THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (PhP3,600,000.00), chargeable to the National Endowment Fund for
Culture and the Arts (NEFCA) being the approved budget to Contract (ABC) to payments under the above contract. Bids received
in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the fnancial proposals.
2. The NCCA now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for Consultancy Services for the COMPREHENSIVE
ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW, PERFORMANCE AUDIT, ASSESSMENT (CORPAA). Interested consultants must submit their
eligibility documents on or before October 5, 2012 at Room 2-E, 2
nd
Floor, NCCA Building 633 Gen. Luna Street, Intramuros,
Manila. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion.
3. The BAC shall draw up the short list of Consulting Firms from those who have submitted the Eligibility Documents and
Expression of Interest and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9184,
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short
list shall consist of at least two prospective bidders who will meet the qualifying score of at least 75% who will be entitled to
submit bids. Below are the criteria and rating system for short listing
Criteria Sub-total Weighted Percentage
1. All relevant Experiences of the Consultancy Firm; 40%
2. Capacity to implement the project within the prescribed period;
List of Available personnel for the Project
Network of Researchers (List of Researchers who can be tapped for the project
external to the Firm)
30%
3. Personnel Capacity;
Team Leader and/or Asst. Team leader should have Doctorate degree;
Team members should have expertise on Arts, Cultural Heritage, Cultural
Communities, and Cultural Dissemination.
30%
4. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed
in the IRR of RA 9184.
a. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent
(60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
5. The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality Based Evaluation/Selection (QBE/QBS), procedure. The criteria and
rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders.
6. The contract shall be completed within 6-8 calendar months from formal notice of award.
7. The BAC reserves the right to reject documents which do not comply with the requirements, waive any formalities of documents
or consider any submission of documents as substantial compliance, reject any and all bids, or if the funds/allotment for the
program/project/activity has been withheld or reduced through no fault of the procuring entity, declare a failure of bidding, annul
the bidding process, or not award the contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
8. For further information, please refer to:
Attention: REDENTOR A. ZAPATA JR.
NCCA-BAC Secretary
Room 2-E, 2
nd
Floor, NCCA Building
633 General Luna Street
Intramuros, Manila
Telephone: 5272192 local 206 /207
The BAC assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of
the bid.
APPROVED:
MARICHU G. TELLANO
Chairperson
Bids and Awards Committee
[September 25, 2012]
PAMBANSANG KOMISYON PARA SA KULTURA AT MGA SINING
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
NOTI CE OF EXTRAJ UDI CI AL
SETTL EMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GI VEN THAT THE
ESTATE OF THE
L AT E HE RB E RT
T. VELOSO WAS
EXTRAJUDI CI ALLY
SETTLED BY HEIRS
AS PER DOC. NO. 71;
PAGE 16; BOOK NO.
X; SERIES OF 2012
BEFORE NOTARY
P U B L I C A T T Y.
GERVACIO B. ORTIZ
JR. OF MAKATI CITY
(MST-Sept. 11, 18 & 25, 2012)
Now they hide their faces. An irate female victims hits one of seven
men who pretended to be policemen and put up a checkpoint in Quezon
City yesterday. MANNY PALMERO
The Filipino people must remem-
ber those who have sacriced their
lives during Martial Law in order for
us to have the freedom we experience
today, the President said in Admin-
istrative Order No. 30, which created
the Martial Law Historical Advisory
Committee which shall ensure a true
account of events during the Marcos
regime shall be made public.
The materials collated by the com-
mittee shall be made available through
the websites of the Ofcial Gazette, the
Presidential Museum and Library, and
the National Historical Commission of
the Philippines.
The NHCP chairperson shall head
the committee, together with the direc-
tor of the National Library, executive
director of the National Archives, and
two individuals to be appointed by Mr.
Aquino as members.
On Friday, as the country marked
the 40th anniversary of the dictatorial
rule under the late strongman Ferdi-
nand Marcos, Mr. Aquino lamented
that the horrors of Martial Law have
been distorted over time to make it ap-
pear that it had its benets.
We want to make sure that only
truthful information gets to be printed
in textbooks and not the web of lies
spun by propagandists and revision-
ists, the President said.
The President challenged those who
claim that Martial Law resulted in less
By Joyce P. Paares
PRESIDENT Aquino has poured P5 million
into a newly-created advisory committee
that will move against revisionist history,
particularly the dark period of Martial Law.
crimes to check for themselves statis-
tics on forced disappearances, salvage
and summary execution.
He also debunked claims that Mar-
tial Law caused the numbers of the
New Peoples Army to dwindle.
Based on the book Dictatorship
and Revolution, from 1,250 commu-
nist rebels in 1972, it soared to 40,000
in 1983, the President said.
Mr. Aquino said those claiming
that the economy improved during the
dictatorship should see for themselves
how the foreign exchange rate that
was at P4:$1 when Marcos took ofce
soared to P25:$1 when the dictatorial
rule ended.
Meanwhile, the government will
restore the collection of shoes, gowns,
and other vanity possessions of former
First Lady Imelda Marcos that were
damaged during recent oods.
Presidential Communications Un-
dersecretary Manolo Quezon said
while the clothes and shoes held
no historical signicance there are
plans to restore these, because some
of them were made by famous Fili-
pino designers, including Joe Salazar
and Pitoy Moreno.
More than 150 boxes of clothes and
other accessories were transferred to
the National Museum in June 2010,
Quezon said.
Marcos left behind her possessions,
including more than 3,000 pairs of
shoes, after she and her dictator hus-
band were driven into exile in 1986.
In a separate statement, the National
Museum admitted that the articles suf-
fered serious neglect during the past
24 years during which no plan had
been formulated regarding their nal
disposition.
Before their transfer to the National
Museum, the boxes were inventoried
and sealed, and directly taken to a se-
cure room on the fourth oor of the
Old Legislative Building for storage.
The room met the basic require-
ments for the storage of artifacts in
terms of security, dryness and non-
exposure to light.
It was also included in the regular
fumigations for termites and other
insects that are annually conducted
by the National Museum in all its
buildings.
By Othel V. Campos
LOCAL vegetable traders and
dealers are projecting a short-
age of red onions by the time the
holiday season starts in Novem-
ber until the rst two weeks of
January.
We were told that the Agri-
culture Department is trying to
x the problem. As we speak,
farmers in Region 12 are into
land preparation for onion and
garlic planting. I just hope that
production will catch up. If not,
we might seek authority to im-
port red onions Vegetable Im-
porters and Exporters Associa-
tion president Leah Cruz said in
an interview on Monday.
From P65 to P70 per kilogram
just over a month ago, Red Creole
now costs P100 to P120/kg at re-
tail prices while wholesale price
is at P75 to P80/kg. Meanwhile,
the price of white onion dropped
44 percent to P45/kg from P65/
kg, due to the entry of imported
Yellow Granex onions.
In August 2012, the vegetable
group negotiated to bring in 9,100
metric tons of white onion after the
Agriculture Department approved
in August 182 permits to bring in
imported white onion at 50 MT per
permit.
China onions were the rst
to arrive, while Holland onions
may arrive within the next two
weeks.
By Ferdinand Fabella
AT least 16 people, mostly police-
men, were hurt while 11 were arrest-
ed after police and demolition crew
started demolishing the squatter
structures at a government-owned lot
in San Isidro Village in Makati City
on Monday.
Authorities said the 16 injuries
included RPN 9 news cameraman
Gerardo Sabatera and several po-
licemen.
Tension began at 11 a.m, when
squatters at the 870-square-meter
lot at Guatemala Street barricaded
the 100-member demolition crew,
leading authorities to call in two
re trucks to douse the protesters
with water.
The standoff continued until past
2 p.m. when police subsequently dis-
patched a payloader, a bulldozer-like
tractor, to the site to break up the bar-
ricade. It also failed.
But at around 3:15 pm, police and
the clearing team began another as-
sault at the residents makeshift bar-
ricade, successfully tearing it down
with the now battered payloader and
dispersing the resisting residents
with the help of re trucks.
We are running out of daylight
so we had to go make another try and
fortunately we made it. Its over,
Senior Supt. Jaime Santos, acting
chief of the Makati police, said, add-
ing that have also arrested scores of
protesters who refused to surrender.
Prior to the demolition, city
engineers cut off electricity to the
residential compound, which the
city government had planned to be
the site of a P100-million multi-
purpose complex.
In a statement, Makati Mayor
Jejomar Erwin Binay, Jr. deplored
the violent opposition of Guatemala
residents.
We are saddened that there are
still some who refuse to move out
voluntarily, although majority of the
residents at Guatemala Street have
agreed to avail themselves of volun-
tary relocation, Binay said.
We appeal to the remaining res-
idents to heed the authorities and
not allow themselves to be used by
unscrupulous groups who are not
really concerned for their welfare,
but for their own selsh ends, he
added.
Acting City Administrator Marjo-
rie De Veyra said the Makati Region-
al Trial Court has given the go-signal
to proceed with the demolition.
The property houses 236 families
who were given until September 19
to vacate the area. De Veyra said 137
families have already agreed to be
relocated or accepted nancial as-
sistance.
Of the 17 families that applied for
relocation in Calauan, Laguna, nine
have transferred to the site. On the
other hand, 25 families have accept-
ed checks worth P24,240 each.
Colorful Manila trafc. Newly-repainted jeepneys, show-
ing the Philippines rich cultural heritage, ply the SM Mall of
Asia-EDSA-Ayala on Monday. EY ACASIO
THE National Bureau of Inves-
tigation led anti-hazing charges
against 36 members of the Lex Le-
onum fraternirt, including the two
sons of ofcials of NBI ofcials, in
connection with the death of Marc
Andrei Marcos last July.
The sons of NBI ofcials who
were charged were Levi Lalusis,
son of NBI Death Investigation
Division executive ofcer lawyer
Danielito Lalusis, and Ray Jacinto
Vigilia, son of NBI Regional IV-A
director Rustico Vigilia.
The bureaus Metro Manila chief
Manuel George Jularbal said all the
suspects were slapped with violation
of RA 8049, or the Anti-Hazing Law,
before the Dasmarinas City Cavite
Prosecutors Ofce in Cavite. Prosecu-
tor Oscar Co is handling the case.
NBI Director Nonnatus Caesar
Roxas recommended the ling of
charges due to the death of Marcos
who suffered extensive traumatic
injuries in different parts of his
body during initiation rites alleg-
edly held by Lex Leonum on July
29 at the Veluz Farm in Barangay
Zone III in Dasmarinas City.
The NBI based their ndings on
the statement of Cornelo Marcelo,
one of the suspects who sought wit-
ness protection. He revealed the com-
plete details of the fatal hazing at the
farm owned by the Veluz family.
Cops son returns P46,000
ANOTHER honest airport janitor
returned P46,000 in cash that was left
by a Koren tourist at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport Terminal 1 oin
Sunday.
The night-time janitor, Jun-Jun Men-
doza, was cleaning the customs arrival
area when he spotted a black purse on
top of the Customs Suggestion Box.
He took the purse to the Airport Police
Departments Intelligence and Investi-
gation Division.
Upon inspection, the authorities
found different foreign currencies
amounting to over P46,000 in cash. It
belongs to a certain Marnelli Jam Lang,
a Korean national.
The 29-year-old cleaner, wh makes
only P440 a day, said his father, a for-
mer Pasay police sergeant, instilled in
him honor and honesty while they were
still young. Vito Barcelo
Cager in police trouble
POLICE on Monday arrested former
Philippine Basketball Association
import player Billy Ray Bates for
allegedly throwing stones and damaging
a car at the Araneta Center in Quezon
City early before dawn Monday.
Police Ofcer2 Alvin Quisimbing
of the Criminal Investigation Unit said
Bates was apparently drunk at around
12:20 a.m. he was seen hurling stones
at a car parked at the Farmers Market.
The vehicle is owned by Carlos Vicen-
te, 48, a businessman from Project 4,
Quezon City.
The former cager was brought to Cu-
bao Police Station where he denied the
accusations against him, but he agreed
to pay for the damages on the car.
Jonathan Fernandez
Lim fetes 2 top soldiers
MANILA Mayor Alfredo S. Lim lauded
two Manila residents who were recently
awarded by the Metrobank Foundation
as among the outstanding soldiers in the
country during the past year.
Conferred certicates of recognition
by the Manila city government were
Philippine Air Force Lt. Col. Antonio
Z. Francisco Jr. and Philippine Navy
Captain Erick A. Kagaoan.
We are very proud of you both for
having been chosen as awardees of
the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. 2012
Search for the Outstanding Philippine
Soldiers. Your award only proves that
our soldiers belong to the nest, Lim
said. Macon Ramos-Araneta
SEPTEMBER, 25, 2012 TUESDAY
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
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Run, Ride
and Roll
on Sunday
Ayala Alabang hosts
Tri Uniteds nal leg
Tempra run event lures
2,635 dengue busters
Brandt plays careers
best golf, nets $11.4m
IN BRIEF
Lunas keeps crown
Parks is top cager
NATIONAL Universitys Bob-
by Ray Parks virtually sealed
his back-to-back most valuable
player bid with another sensa-
tional game that propelled the
Bulldogs to the University Ath-
letic Association of the Philip-
pines Final Four for the rst
time in 11 years.
Parks came out with a clutch
performance last Sunday, r-
ing the decisive baskets in a
27-point outing as the Bull-
dogs turned back Far Eastern
University, 84-81, in overtime
to claim the third spot at the
end of the mens basketball
eliminations.
Its not just all about me, the
team really helped me out, said
Parks, the only player this season
to bag three UAAP Press Corps
Player of the Week awards, the
citation given by sports scribes
covering the collegiate beat and
ACCEL 3XVI.
JAPAN-BASED Filipino
Rolly Lunas, who ghts un-
der the name Rolly Matsus-
hita, successfully defended his
Oriental and Pacic Federa-
tion bantamweight title with
a ninth-round TKO of No.
5-ranked challenger Ryuichi
Funai at the Sangyo Hall in
Ishikawa, Japan.
With the win, the 28-year-
old Lunas, who is ranked No. 7
by the World Boxing Council,
improved his record to 31-81-
1 with 19 knockouts and is ex-
pected to move up in the world
rankings.
With the loss, the 27-year-
old Funai dropped to 17-6
with 11 knockouts.
Lunas, won the vacant OPBF
118-pound title with an eighth-
round TKO over another Japan-
based Filipino Jerome Mercado,
who uses the ring name of Ze-
rot Jerope Zuiyama on July 31,
2011. Ronnie Nathanielsz
By Peter Atencio
CYCLISTS and skateboarders will
lead the program to raise awareness
for the rehabilitation of Pasig River.
The bike and skateboard-
ing race will start 4 p.m., at the
Quezon Memorial Circle and
will kick of what is billed as the
09.30.2012 Run, Ride & Roll
for the Pasig River.
The 15-km Commonwealth
Challenge Run will start at 4:10
a.m., followed by the 5-km
Morning Madness Run at 6 a.m.
The races, which are expected to
attract 80,000 participants, will take
enthusiasts from QCMC straight
to Commonwealth Ave. and then
back to QCMC for the nish.
The activities will support
moves to revive esteros in Que-
zon City, which is part of the Ka-
pit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasigs sev-
en year rehabilitation program.
The program involves clean-
ing up all the esteros that drain
into the Pasig River.
The race has undergone an ev-
olution from a pure run. Its now
more of an advocacy run. Tinang-
gal na namin ang technical and
prohibitive elements. There are
no more nish times, except for
the Commonwealth Run, said
Eric Imperio, one of the race di-
rectors during a press conference
at the Friedenshaus Hotel School
in Leon Guinto, Manila.
Imperio explained that any
kind of bike can be used in the
15K ride and roll, while the Com-
monwealth Run will be for the
serious runners.
And hes not about to apologize
for that.
Life is all about timing,
Snedeker said with a sneaky grin.
He proved to be the right man in
the right place Sunday in the Tour
Championship. On a tough day
on a tree-lined course, Snedeker
overcame an early double bogey in
the water with four big birdies and
closed with a 2-under 68, making
him the only player in the nal ve
groups to break par.
That gave him a three-shot win
over Justin Rose and two trophies
in one day - the Tour Champion-
ship and its $1.44 million prize,
and the FedEx Cup with its $10
million. Thats more money than
Snedeker had made in his career
going into the 2012 season.
You go out there and play
that round of golf, with that kind
of pressure on that tough of a golf
course, and to go through the ad-
versity I had to go through, hitting
the ball in the water and making
a double bogey early and ghting
A LARGE group of seasoned
triathletes is all set to converge
at Narra Park inside Ayala Ala-
bang, Muntinlupa City as the -
nal leg of the Tri United trilogy
res off on Nov. 11.
Organized by Bikeking, in
cooperation with the Triathlon
Association of the Philippines
and presented by Unilab Ac-
tive Health, Tri United 3 will
have two distances composed
of sprint distance (900 M swim
30.3 Km bike 7.1 Km run)
and mini-sprint distance (300 M
swim 7.6 Km bike 1.7 Km
run). Participants under the Elite
and male/female age-groups
will race sprint distance while
youth (13 to 15) and adult (16 to
19 and 20 to above) participants
will take on the mini-sprint
course. Also included are team
relay competitions that will uti-
lize both distances.
At stake in the event spon-
sored by Hydrite, I-ON Energy
Drink, Landco, Bikeking, Poc-
ari Sweat, Timex, Crystal Clear,
Orbea, third District of Bohol,
SwimBikeRun.ph, and Hydrite,
are medals and gift packs for the
winners of all race categories.
Unilab Active Health will also
be giving away transition bags.
Entry fees are currently
pegged at P1,100 for mini-sprint
distance, P1,500 for sprint dis-
tance and P4,500 for team relay
(both distances).
Effective Oct. 1, entry fees
will go up at P1,500 (mini-
sprint), P2,000 (sprint) and
P5,000 (relay) respectively. The
fees will include timing chips,
race bibs, event t-shirts, passes
for the Active Health Village,
and post-race breakfast.
Registration is ongoing at
Bikekings store in Bonifacio
Global City, Speedo Concept
Stores, G-Stop stores in Alabang
and Greenhills, Starting Line in
Alabang, Second Wind branch-
es in Ortigas and Quezon City
and at the TRAP ofce in Pasig
City. Interested parties may con-
tact the Bikeking at 856-3362,
TRAP at 0921-9954764 and
710-8259 or visit Unilab Ac-
tive Healths ofcial website at
www.unilabactivehealth.com
SOME 2,635 dengue busters
answered the starting gun in the
Tempra 2012 Run Against Den-
gue at the Roxas Blvd. in Manila
Sunday and joined in the ght
against the deadly disease.
Taisho Pharmaceuticals Phils.
President Toru Tatezono and
Tempra Sales and Marketing
Manager Eric Pablo Ma. Lejano
red the starting gun in the pre-
mier 10k race, before Manila
Mayor Alfredo Lim sent off 5k
and 3k runners of this advocacy
run presented by Tempra and or-
ganized by Subterranean Ideas,
in cooperation with the Manila
Sports Council.
This is our own humble way of
helping in the battle against den-
gue. The good thing is that we are
doing our modest best of making
people aware how to combat the
disease and that, to us, is priceless,
said Lejano, who after ring the
starting gun, himself joined the 10k
race, along with ofcials of Taisho
Pharmaceutical.
The advocacy run was also
backed by The Generics Pharma-
cy, Guard Insect Repellent, Lipo-
vitan, Ascorbic Acid Ceetrus,
Goldlife, Maynilad, French Bak-
er, Philippine Sports Commis-
sion, Tune Hotels, Resorts World
Manila, Jansport, NGO partner
Happy Homes, registration part-
ner Tobys and media partners
TalkTV, Business Mirror, Health
and Fitness Magazine, Takbo.ph,
siguecorrer.com, DZRHs MBC
Sports Center, Sports Radio and
sportsmanila.net.
Basketball icon Samboy Lim,
Pinoy Big Brother housemate
Luz McClinton and Petron play-
ers Paolo Hubalde and Axel
Doruelo handed out the medals
and cash prizes to the winners
and the awards to the biggest del-
egation for schools (Philippine
School of Business Administra-
tion) and for corporate groups
(ShipServ).
Topping the 5k run were Chris-
topher Olpoc (1st, 12:15:01), Reg-
gie Rumawak (2nd, 12:25:16) and
Esmiraldo Ondoy (13:08:10) in the
male division; and Mary Ann dela
Cruz (1st, 15:01:25), Michelle De
Vera (15:12:15) and Jocelyn Du-
lay (16:01:02) in the female divi-
sion, while ruling the 3k side were
Jayson Arena (7:41:28), Michael
Lim (7:57:01), Renan Luma-
wag (8:15:17), Rey delos Reyes
(8:26:38) and Troy Sison (8:34:03).
Part of net proceeds from
the 2012 Run Against Dengue
will be use to purchase vari-
ous anti-dengue modalities,
including Long-lasting Insec-
ticidal Nets recommended by
the World Health Organization
in fighting vector-borne dis-
eases like dengue.
ATLANTABrandt Snedeker doesnt
claim to be the best player in the world,
the best player on the PGA Tour or even
the best overall player in the FedEx Cup
playoffs. All he needed was the best
round of his career at East Lake to be-
come FedEx Cup champion, giving him
the biggest paycheck in golf.
my way back ... thats what you
work your whole life for, he
said. This is about as close as I
get to speechless.
Snedeker was tied with Rose
going into the last round, though
he could not ignore the presence
of Rory McIlroy, who was three
shots behind, and Tiger Woods,
who was four back. McIlroy (1),
Woods (2) and Snedeker (5) were
among the top ve seeds in the
FedEx Cup going into the nal
event, meaning any of them only
had to win the Tour Champion-
ship to capture the FedEx Cup.
Never mind that McIlroy had
won four times this year against
the strongest elds, including a
record eight-shot win in the PGA
Championship and back-to-back
wins in playoff events at Beth-
page Black and the TPC Boston
that make him the clear-cut No. 1
player in the world.
The FedEx Cup was designed
to put everything up for grabs in
the Tour Championship, with the
better odds given to the higher
seeds.
McIlroy, who had 11 consecu-
tive rounds in the 60s going into
Sunday at East Lake, knew that as
well as anyone. This is one time
the Boy Wonder couldnt deliver.
He lost four shots in a four-hole
stretch on the front nine - includ-
ing a tee shot in the water on the
par-3 sixth for a double bogey -
and never recovered.
He closed with a 74 and tied
for 10th.
Im a little disappointed, but
at the same time, Brandt really de-
serves to win, McIlroy said. He
played the best golf out of anyone.
He knew what he needed to do. He
needed to come in here and win.
He controlled his own destiny, just
like I did. And he was able to come
and do that. So because of that, he
really deserves it. AP
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Country Club in Medinah, Illi-
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The Ryder Cup is a match
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worth one point.
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Winners in the 5k
side of the Tempra
2012 Run Against
Dengue in Mary Ann
Dela Cruz (cham-
pion, fourth from
left), Michelle De
Vera (runner-up,
fth from left) and
Jocelyn Dulay (sec-
ond runner-up, sixth
from left) are shown
during the awards
rites with (from left)
Tempra Sales and
Marketing Manager
Eric Pablo Ma. Lejano,
DZRHs Cheska San
Diego, Manila Health
Departments Dr.
Jerry Yson, Tempra
Senior Brand Cleo
Nodado, Manila
Sports Council Chair-
man Paul Edward Al-
mario and basketball
legend Samboy Lim.
Roman Prospero
Mayol wont retire yet
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FORMER World Boxing Coun-
cil light yweight champion
Rodel Mayol, who was blasted
through the ropes and knocked
out in the ninth round of his In-
ternational Boxing Federation
title ght against super yweight
champion Juan Carlos Sanchez
in Sinaloa, Mexico wont quit de-
spite the loss last Sunday.
Manny Pacquiaos adviser and
MP Promotions Michael Koncz,
who handles the 31-year-old
Mayol, said he was informed by a
key ofcial of Fernando Beltrans
Zanfer Promotions Juan Carlos,
that it was a tremendous ght.
Koncz said he was told it was
a very competitive ght in which
Mayol dropped the champion in
the fth round in a title bout that
went back and forth.
He said Sanchez apparently
caught Mayol with some solid
shots in the eighth round and thats
what set the stage for the knockout.
Mayols title shot was in jeop-
ardy until the last minute when IBF
Championship Committee chair-
man Lindsey Tucker received the
signed contracts on Friday evening
in New Jersey, USA, from Zanfer
Promotions. Mayol had Sanchez
in trouble in the early rounds and
appeared to be ahead on the score-
cards of the judges.
Sanchez, who was biding his
time, took charge in the seventh
round with some good shots and
opened a cut above Mayols right
eyebrow following an accidental
clash of heads.
All Global
The seasons second play date on Oct. 3 is denitely as ex-
citing as Petron tangles with reigning Governors Cup cham-
pion Rain or Shine in the 7:30 p.m. main game, featuring the
leagues no. 1 overall pick against the most popular gure
hands down, in this years Rookie Draft.
The Boosters unveil massive 610 center Jun Mar Fajardo
and no. 3 pick Alex Mallari against an Elasto Painters side that
will parade no. 7 selection and former Smart Gilas-Pilipinas
team captain Chris Tiu.
The curtain raiser features Barako Bull versus Air21, and while
the two teams had no rst round picks the Energy chose Aldrech
Ramos at no. 5 but traded him away to B-Meg both have prom-
ising rookies in their respective rosters in big men Dave Marcelo
(Barako) and the controversial Yousef Taha (Air21).
The weekend of Oct. 5 features Commissioners Cup champion
San Mig Coffee going up against Alaska in a showdown that will see
no. 2 pick Calvin Abueva making his debut for the Aces and Ramos
playing his rst game for the Mixers.
Sun Cellular welcomes Ravena. Ateneos Kiefer Ravena is one
of the newest endorsers of Sun Cellular and is popular in the Univer-
sity Athletic Association of the Philippines as one of the best players
in college basketball. Last season, he was awarded Rookie of the Year
and part of Mythical 5. Ravena recently signed to be the new face
of Sun Cellular, one of the leading telecommunications companies
in the country and a member of the PLDT Group. Shown here with
Ravena ( third from left) are (from left) Associate Vice President for
Prepaid Marketing Ina Pineda, Vice President for Prepaid Marketing
Joel Lumanlan and Senior Vice President for Marketing Ricky Pea.
Tennis ambassadors. Cebuana Lhuillier President and Chief Executive Ofcer Jean Henri Lhuillier, Da-
vis Cuppers Treat Huey and Ruben Gonzales and tennis Vice President and Davis Cup Administrator Randy
Villanueva signed a memorandum of agreement recently at the PJL Corporate Centre, Makati City. Huey
and Gonzales are now Cebuana Lhuillier Tennis Ambassadors and they will help the rm in its advocacy to
promote tennis in the Philippines.
From A10... From A10...
The build up of Air21 with all those
moves focused on the teams frontline as
Pumaren reiterated multiple times.
One thing that the Batang Pier, which
will play in the opening game on Sunday
against Barangay Ginebra, can bank on is
that it has two veteran players who can lead
a team and light up the scoreboard.
Three-time reigning scoring champion Gary
David and two-time former Most Valuable
Player Willie Miller will no doubt lead Global
Ports charge in its initial campaign.
Even team owner Mikee Romero knows
that.
It will all depend on how far Gary (Dav-
id) and Willie (Miller) will carry us. They are
our best players here, said Romero. At this
point, we just want to be competitive in every
game we play. Jeric Lopez
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SAN Beda (13-2) will be gunning
for a twice-to-beat advantage when it
plays its last three games in the 88th
National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion mens basketball tournament. They
clash with Mapua at 4 p.m. today in
one of two out-of-town showdowns at
the Subic Bay Freeport in Olongapo
City. Later, Perpetual Help (9-6) will
play without big man Femi Babayemi
against Lyceum at 6 p.m. Peter Atencio
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Luz McClinton (right) of the Pinoy Big Brother fame is shown with some of her rivals.
Basketball legend Samboy Lim teaches a young participant the
fundamental of the game.
Door still open
for Phil, James
CLARKDaniel Miranda of
Cebuana Lhuillier hung tough
in the nal stretch to survive the
wild chase from FERN-C Rac-
ing brothers Milo and Estefano
Rivera, scoring a double-title
feat recently in the champion-
ship leg of the 2012 Coca-Cola
Karting Super Series at the Clark
International Speedway here.
Using a new chassis from Kart
Plaza, the 15-year-old Miranda
nally found the compatible ma-
chine to match his talent as he
stole the limelight from the top
favorites in this event sanctioned
by the Automobile Association
Philippines and sponsored by
Coca-Cola, Yokohama Tires,
Motorstar and Aeromed.
Unlike in the past races where
he complained of his karts steer-
ing and set-up, Miranda was
more satised this time, having
better control and ease with the
locally purchased machine that
gave him the desired competi-
tive power to keep pace with the
Rivera brothers and VJ Suba.
True enough, he was the
fastest in the time trials with
1;01.484, topped the qualifying
heat over the three top guns and
nished runner-up in the Pre-
Final by just 0.052 of a second
behind winner Estefano Rivera.
In the Final race, he quickly
grabbed the frontseat and kept
control until the sixth lap, where
the three caught up with him.
The four alternately seized the
top spot in the ensuing plays un-
til Miranda wrested the lead for
good and pulled away as Suba
clogged the path of the Rivera
brothers with three laps to go.
The brothers managed to es-
cape and Subas attempt to stop
them backred, resulting in a
ceased engine that forced his
early exit. The Riveras then fo-
cused on chasing the Cebuano
native, but Miranda stood strong
at the main straight going to the
nish line to capture his rst ma-
jor win this season.
Miranda won the ROK Over-
all plum after wrapping up the
12-lap race in 12 minutes and
22.106 seconds, 1.012 seconds
ahead of runner-up Milo Rivera.
Estefano checked in third, while
CJ Tsui of Formula E Racing and
Archim Lagman ended fourth
and fth respectively. He also
copped the ROK Juniors crown
over Estefano Rivera and third
placer Jaz Monzones of Natmo
Asia-GP1 Racing.
Milo Rivera eventually
bagged the ROK Senior title
over Tsui and Lagman with lady
Miranda upstages favorites in karting series
Global Port,
Air21 ready
Samboys cage clinics in 2 venues
Mama Luz wins bodybuilding tourney
Altamirano: Bulldogs breaking thru as a team
All eyes on rookies in PBA opener
HOW will the two newest team
s in the Philippine Basketball
Association fare against the
more established teams in the
upcoming 38th season?
Only time will tell if Air21,
now approaching its second sea-
son, and league newbie Global
Port can stand toe-to-toe against
the perennial contenders.
Following a sub-par rst sea-
son in the league, Air21, former-
ly Shopinas.com, wants to do
better as it made a lot of changes
this off-season to improve its
line-up.
Express coach Franz Pumaren
said he really went after players
who could help his team head-
ing to the new season.
We really want to improve
our performance and the only
way to do that is to improve our
roster. Thats why we made all
these moves. We got the players
who could help us perform bet-
ter, said Pumaren.
Overall, Air21, which failed
to make the playoffs in any of
the three conferences last sea-
son, has a total of six new faces
who will give the team a much
needed lift.
Veterans Nino Canaleta, John
Wilson, Rob Reyes and Noy
Baclao are acquisitions from
trades, while Yousef Taha and
Simon Atkins were gained from
the draft.
THIS years edition of the
Samboy Lim Personalized
Training basketball clinic
kicks off starting this week-
end (Saturday and Sunday) in
two separate venues.
The SLPTs Saturday session
on the 29th will be held from
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Home-
court Gym in Mandaluyong City,
while the Sunday session will
befrom 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the
Dumlao Gym in Shaw Blvd.
There will be a total of four
sessions for each class.
SLPT, a partner-program of
the Samboy Lim Basketball
Camp which is now on its sev-
enth year, is an all-year round
personalized training led by the
Skywalker himself.
Its main purpose is to teach and
enhance the participants basket-
ball skills. Samboy will also
share lessons in discipline and
the right attitude towards playing
the game.
Interested enrollees may in-
quire at the following numbers:
531-7554 or 0916-6989489.
By Robbie Pangilinan
FILIPINA bodybuilder Luzvi-
minda Luz McClinton beat
all others in the Phil-Asian Pa-
cic International Body Building
Competition held at the Mariners
Court in Pier One, Cebu City on
Sept. 22.
The famous as Mama Luz of
the Pinoy Big Brother House was
named overall champion of the
prestigious competition, bringing
home both the 2012 Cebu Philip-
pines and 2012 UBFFP Ms. Phil-
Asia titles. She beat Katsuaki Su-
zuki of Japan, twin sisters Susan
and Imee Sukma of Malaysia, and
Shania Sidoarjo of Indonesia.
McClinton, the rst Filipina
to win the Pro Fame Figure
World Championship in the
USA in 2010 and the only one
with a gure bodybuilding title,
will represent the Philippines in
the World Body Figure and Fit-
ness Body Building Champion-
ship on Nov. 10 in Oklahoma,
USA and on Nov. 24 in Berlin,
Germany.
For the past four years, the
Mom of Steel has competed
here and abroad, bringing hon-
or to the country. Some of the
awards she has won include Fame
International 2010, Ironpinoy Fig-
ure 2010, Overall National Cebu
2010, Fame Muscle Model Silver
2010, Ms. Boracay 2010, Ms.
Physique Philippines 2009, Ms.
Universe Figure 2009 and Ms.
Fitness Philippines 2006.
By Jeric Lopez

ELEVEN years.
Thats how long National Uni-
versity waited to get back to the Fi-
nal Four of the University Athletic
Association of the Philippines.
There were many setbacks and
heartbreaks, but now that theyve
ofcially made the seminals of the
leagues 75th season, the Bulldogs
realized that it was all worth it.
Weve been through so much
this season. Sometimes I wonder
why we suffered so many painful
losses. But now, I realize that eve-
rything happens for a reason, said
NU coach Eric Altamirano. Its a
great feeling to nally get over the
hump and make it here as a team.
The Bulldogs had their share of
heartbreaking defeats this season
but they were able to keep their
composure despite all the hardships.
Were breaking through as a
team. Its been a learning process
and Im so glad that were able to
gather ourselves every time we
need to. The players really want
this and we know we still have a
long way to go, said Altamirano.
NU gained its semis berth after
a thrilling 84-81 overtime victory
over Far Eastern University in
their re-played game last Sunday
to end the elimination round.
Though NU, FEU and De La
Salle ended up knotted at the third
and fourth spots with identical 9-5
cards after the eliminations, the
Bulldogs got the No. 3 seed due to
their higher quotient.
The other two teams will gure
in a do-or-die playoff tomorrow to
see who gets the fourth and nal
seminals ticket.
Reigning Most Valuable Player
and star player Bobby Ray Parks
shared the same sentiments with his
coach. He said he accomplished one
of his personal objectives with his
squad when they made the Final Four.
CHRIS Ellis, Keith Jensen, Vic
Manuel, and Jason Deutch-
man will readily give the fans a
glimpse of the PBAs future when
the three heralded rookies make
their respective debuts right on
opening day of the Philippine Cup
this Sunday at the Smart-Araneta
Coliseum.
Ellis, Jensen, Manuel, and
Deutchman are expected to see
action as the Barangay Ginebra
tests the mettle of newcomer Glo-
bal Port in the lone opening game
set at 6 p.m.
The four are part of the enor-
mous Class of 2012, which not
a few had labeled as one of the
deepest pool of rookies ever to
apply in the Draft.
Both Ellis and Jensen were
rst round picks by the Kings
at nos. 6 and 8, respectively,
while the Batang Pier used their
consecutive selections at 9th
and 10th to select Manuel and
Deutchman.
Commissioner Chito Salud
said the entry of this new batch of
rookies will further stimulate the
fans interest to the league that is
coming off a record-breaking sea-
son in terms of gate receipts.
We do expect another stel-
lar year with a bumper crop of
rookies coming in for the 2013
season, said Salud in a recent
guesting at the PSA Forum, where
he talked about the new season
of Asias rst ever play-for-pay
league. And together with the in-
novation that we have in the for-
mat for this year, we expect that
our fans will have another fun
year.
Weiss cited his reasons for ex-
cluding the two brothers in their
roster for the 2012 Philippine Foot-
ball Peace Cup which starts today.
We have fresh new faces in
the team. What we want to do is
take it one step at a time, and give
these players competitions, give
them more training, said Weiss
during the launch of the tourna-
ment yesterday at the Sheraton
Hotel in Vito Cruz, Manila.
PFF communication chief Eb-
ong Joson said in preparation
for competition members of the
Azkals were asked to sign a four-
month contract.
The two were cut because of
PFFs inability to meet their de-
mands and the Younghusbands
refusal to commit to the Azkals
schedule.
In past months, the Young-
husbands were preoccupied with
their involvement with clinics,
academies and other commercial
commitments.
Nevertheless, Joson said the
Games tomorrow
2 p.m. Army vs
Cagayan
4 p.m. Navy vs
Ateneo
6 p.m. FEU vs
Sandugo-SSC

By Peter Atencio

COACH Hans Michael Weiss said he will
assemble a strong Philippine Azkals nation-
al football team even without the Younghus-
band brothers Phil and James, who however
can still join the team in the future.
door for returning to the team is
still open to the Younghusbands.
Weiss said that two Fil-Ams
Matthew Uy and Demetrius Om-
phroy will take the place of the
Younghusbands, who were ex-
cluded because of nancial con-
siderations and because of their
hectic schedule.
The Younghusband brothers,
according to Weiss, were 50 per-
cent not there in the months that
they were preparing for the coming
2012 Suzuki Cup this November.
Meanwhile, organizers will in-
troduce the Handshake for Peace
during the tournament. This will
be formally introduced by Nor-
wegian envoy Knut-Are Okstad.
Captains of both teams and
the referees will clasp hands, and
shake each others hand as a sign
of sportsmanship and fair play af-
ter every game.
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Parading a new compatible chassis from Kart Plaza, Daniel Miranda of
Cebuana Lhuillier (center) ashed excellent form to capture his rst
season win in the 2012 Coca-Cola Karting Super Series at the Clark
International Speedway. Joining him at the winners podium were
(from left) fourth placer CJ Tsui, runner-up Milo Rivera, third placer
Estefano Rivera and fth-ranked Archim Lagman.
karter Sacha Feliciano and Suba
claiming fourth and fth respec-
tively.
Feliciano likewise won the
ROK Clubman title over Mon-
zones.
Mirandas triumph hardly
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
IN BRIEF
Tanduay OKs P37-b share sale
Shell open to LNG joint venture
VOLUME 868.700M
ERC asked to simplify
feed-in tariff collection
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing September 24, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
Unleaded Gasoline
P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.6990
Japan Yen 0.012804 0.5339
UK Pound 1.623800 67.7108
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128996 5.3790
Switzerland Franc 1.072386 44.7174
Canada Dollar 1.024380 42.7156
Singapore Dollar 0.816526 34.0483
Australia Dollar 1.049538 43.7647
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 110.6133
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.1197
Brunei Dollar 0.813206 33.9099
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000105 0.0044
Thailand Baht 0.032489 1.3548
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.3531
Euro Euro 1.298400 54.1420
Korea Won 0.000894 0.0373
China Yuan 0.158597 6.6133
India Rupee 0.018741 0.7815
Malaysia Ringgit 0.327976 13.6763
NewZealand Dollar 0.832293 34.7058
Taiwan Dollar 0.034145 1.4238
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Monday, September 24, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
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42
44
46
48
P41.775
CLOSE
Closing SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
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33.54
HIGH P41.650 LOW P41.800AVERAGE P41.741
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Finance asks San Miguel to improve MRT-7 offer
PH still
net food
importer
By Jenniffer B. Austria
SHAREHOLDERS of Tanduay
Holdings Inc. on Monday
approved the acquisition of major
operating companies of beer and
tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan and the
offering of up to 3 billion shares
to fund the purchase.
The planned share sale could generate as much
as P36.7 billion in proceeds based on Tanduays
closing price of P12.42 apiece.
Tanduay shareholders in a special meeting also
approved a change in the companys corporate
name to LT Group Inc., which will become the
listed holding firm of the Tan group.
Tanduay president and heir apparent Michael
Tan told reporters the company was finalizing
the share sale plan that could take place by the
end of 2012 or early next year.
We are doing this because the macroeconomic
conditions are very good. We feel its the right
time to do this to participate in the growing
economy, Tan said.
The company plans to sell up to 3 billion in
shares owned by major shareholder Tangent
Holdings Inc. through a follow-on offering at
a price to be determined by a book building
exercise.
Tangent Holdings, however, will subscribe
the same number of shares it sold at the same
price.
The company has tapped UBS Investments
Philippines Inc. as financial adviser and sole
bookrunner for the planned equity offering.
Tanduay will have to complete the acquisition
of Tan-owned companies before the share sale.
It plans to acquire 90-percent stake of beer
brewer Asia Brewery, at least 83 percent of
cigarette manufacturer Fortune Tobacco Corp.,
98.1 percent of Eton Properties, 49.84 percent
of flag carrier Philippine Airlines, 50.97 percent
of budget carrier Air Philippines, 34.79 percent
of Philippine National Bank and 27.62 percent
of Allied Bank.
MacroAsia Corp., which also owned by Tan
group, was not included in the consolidation.
LT Group chief finance officer Jose Gabriel
Olives said during the same event the holding
company would absorb P150 billion to P160
billion in debt as part of the consolidation.
Tan, meanwhile, said property unit Eton
Properties would remain listed at the Philippine
Stock Exchange.
Tan said the group was studying options on
how to comply with the 10-percent minimum
public ownership requirement of the PSE for
listed companies.
Contact center
expo. Trade Secretary
Gregory Domingo
(second from left)
and Senator Edgardo
Angara (center) make
rounds at the opening
of International Contact
Center Conference and
Expo 2012 at the SMX
Convention Center. ICCCE
2012 is the premier
industry expo that
gathers around 10,000
local and international
call center professionals.
With them are (from
left) Contact Center
Association of the
Philippines president
Benedict Hernandez,
DOST-Information
and Communication
Technology Ofce deputy
executive diirector
Monchito Ibrahim and
CCAP executive director
Jojo Uligan.
By Othel V. Campos
THE Philippines remains a
net importer of food products
including livestock, poultry,
sh, rice, corn, coffee, peanuts
and garlic, according to a report
by the Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics.
Higher but declining
dependency on importation
was noted for garlic, peanut
and mongo. In 2011, there
was a signicant reduction for
[imported] garlic and mongo,
the BAS said in a report titled
Agricultural Indicators System:
Food Sufciency and Security.
Data showed the countrys
import dependency ratio for
garlic eased 18.3 percentage
points to 46.35 percent at the
end of 2011, while that for
mongo fell 11.1 percentage
points to 42.5 percent.
The IDR indicates the extent
of the countrys dependency
on importation in relation
to domestic consumption.
A high ratio implies greater
dependency on imports.
The IDR for peanut slightly
dropped to 67.3 percent while
lower IDRs were noted for
tomato, cassava and potato.
Meanwhile, the IDR for
rice was 6.1 percent or 12.6
percentage points lower than
the 2010 record. Corn also
posted a drop in IDR to 0.9
percent.
The increase in the domestic
production of rice in 2011
signicantly decreased the
level of import dependency,
pushing up the countrys
self-sufciency ratio to
93.9 percent while the self-
sufciency level for corn was
99.1 percent.
By Lailany P. Gomez
THE government asked San
Miguel Corp., the proponent
of the long-delayed Metro Rail
Transit Line 7 project, to revise
the proposed contract for the
project, after the conglomerate
failed to mobilize funds to start
its construction.
The Department of Finance
is the one now spearheading the
improvement in the terms of the
concession. They are working
with the proponent to improve
the provision of the contract,
Transportation Undersecretary
Rene Limcaoco told reporters.
Limcaoco did not specify the
terms that needed improvement.
San Miguel and partner Universal
LRT Corp. were supposed to
begin construction of MRT 7 in
2010.
San Miguel acquired the right
to construct and operate the 22-
kilometer rail project, after it
executed a deal to buy 51 percent
of the original proponent,
Universal LRT.
The diversifying conglomerate,
however, failed to secure a
nancial closure for the project,
or the guarantee from equity
holders or debt nancier to
provide or mobilize funding,
within schedule.
The Finance Department
in July this year asked San
Miguel to seek the approval
of the National Economic and
Development Authority again,
as the company failed to have
nancial closure within the target
date of December 2010.
Universal LRT earlier said
$320 million of the projects cost
would be nanced by equity and
the remaining $900 million to $1
billion by borrowings.
San Miguel, in a bid to gain
more supporters, signed an
agreement with Marubeni Corp.
of Japan and DM Consunji Inc.
early this year to build the rail
project. San Miguel also obtained
a 25-year concession.
The project involves the
construction of a 22-kilometer
train line with 14 stations from
the corner of North Avenue and
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
in Quezon City to San Jose del
Monte City in Bulacan.
It will be linked with the MRT
Line 3 and the Light Rail Transit
Line 1 through a common station
in North Avenue. The project also
involves building a 22-kilometer,
six-lane highway to Bulacan.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
PILIPINAS Shell Petroleum
Corp. is open to taking in a joint
venture partner for its planned
$1-billion liqueed natural gas
terminal project in Batangas, a
company ofcial said.
Roberto Kanapi, Shell vice
president, told reporters the
prospective partner must bring
added value to the proposed
LNG project.
We are more than happy to
discuss with other parties because
the usage will be diverse, from
power plants to industrial to
automotive. So certainly, were
open to discussions with other
parties as well, Kanapi said.
Shell and the Philippine
government earlier signed
an agreement to explore the
potential of establishing the LNG
project, including the capacity of
the plant.
Kanapi said the facility could
also process and deliver 300
megawatts to 1,000 MW of
electricity. Shell is set to complete
the LNG study next year.
The study is still on track.
Well bring FSRU [oating,
storage, regasication unit].
And you can use these for small
islands, this is the solution. You
can bring it to the other islands
by boat, he said.
Kanapi said Shell had only
one LNG facility in Southeast
Asia but supply for the planned
LNG plant in Batangas would
come from various sources.
In fact that was the rst LNG
that was supplying Japan. But
we are looking at other sources
as well, it doesnt have to be our
own source, we can buy it in the
market, he said.
Ed Chua, Shell country
manager, earlier said the LNG
import facility was designed to
help the government broaden the
market for natural gas.
He said the study would also
determine the capacity of the
LNG facility for the Philippines.
We are now in the stage
looking at various options,
looking at the economics. We
are hoping that by 2016, we
can deliver gas from the import
facility, Chua said.
Bank deposits hit P4.1t
TOTAL deposits of Philippine banks hit P4.1
trillion at the end of June this year, up 6.8 per-
cent from P3.8 trillion year-on-year, the Bang-
ko Sentral said in a report.
The Bangko Sentral said savings and bank
deposits remained the primary sources of funds
for banks.
Demand deposits expanded 9.7 percent year-
on-year while time deposits increased 1.8 per-
cent to P1.146 trillion.
Savings deposits grew 8.5 percent to P2.038
trillion as of end-June and continued to account
for nearly half of the funding base.
The continued growth in deposits reected
depositors sustained condence in the banking
system, the Bangko Sentral said.
It added that the Philippine banking system
continued to gain ground during the second
quarter, marked by sustained loan growth, im-
proving non-performing loans ratio at below
3.0 percent and higher loan-loss provisioning
ratios.
Meanwhile, banks resources rose 7.78 per-
cent to P7.722 trillion in end-July, slightly
higher than P7.760 trillion in June. Anna Leah
G. Estrada
PH-Chile cooperation
THE government plans to work together
with Chile on energy exploration after the
South American country expressed interest to
learn about the geothermal power practices in
the Philippines, an ofcial said Monday.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Laura del
Rosario said the Philippines would extend as-
sistance to Chile on geothermal energy explo-
ration and look for possible investment pros-
pects in the country.
Were planning to work together on energy
exploration. Since theyre also volcanic, I think
we can learn from them and we can invest on
those areas, Del Rosario said in an interview.
Presidents Benigno Aquino III and Sebas-
tian Pinera of Chile discussed the cooperation
in bilateral talks during the recently concluded
Asia-Pacic Economic Cooperation summit in
Vladivostok, Russia.
The Chilean government earlier said it was
interested in the regulatory framework and ex-
pertise of the Philippines in geothermal energy
as well as the private sector involvement in it.
Maria Bernadette Lunas
POWER distributor Manila Electric
Co. asked the Energy Regulatory
Commission to simplify the system
of collecting the feed-in tariff of
electricity produced by renewable
energy companies.
A Meralco ofcial said the
ERC should exercise caution in
implementing the recovery rate
mechanism between distribution
companies and the feed-in tariff
allowance administrator, as it
could push up power rates.
We would like to urge caution on
the possible effect of this arrangement
to the consumers electricity bills,
Meralco assistant vice president and
head of utility economics Lawrence
Fernandez said in a letter to ERC
executive director Francis Saturnino
Juan dated Sept. 12.
The cost of power produced by
renewable energy companies such
as solar energy or wind-power
developers will include FIT-
allowance, or the uniform peso
per kilowatt-hour charge that will
be collected and placed in a fund
managed by an administrator. The
ERC has not come out with its
computation on the FIT-All.
We recommend that the rate
recovery mechanism be simple
and easy to implement, will not
require over and underrecovery
adjustments, will be revenue
neutral to the DUs/ECs [distribution
utilities and electric cooperatives]
and will not have a signicant
impact to the generation charge of
the consumers, Fernandez said.
Alena Mae S. Flores
Business
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 60.90 62.95 61.30 62.95 3.37 1,431,230 48,671,280.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 78.60 78.60 78.35 78.45 (0.19) 925,570 25,829,902.00
595.00 370.00 China Bank 53.15 53.90 53.00 53.80 1.22 65,840 (66,450.00)
2.20 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.99 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.50 5,000
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 20.50 20.60 20.30 20.40 (0.49) 28,300 (410,000.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 21.80 22.95 21.75 22.80 4.59 2,773,600 8,967,460.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.50 11.00 10.50 11.00 4.76 1,300
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.83 2.86 2.80 2.80 (1.06) 66,000 8,490.00
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 515.00 476.00 475.00 475.00 (7.77) 300
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 25.50 26.00 25.50 25.50 0.00 4,200
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 91.00 91.40 90.70 91.00 0.00 2,552,940 12,090,243.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.91 1.94 1.90 1.94 1.57 142,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.70 72.20 70.00 72.20 2.12 511,300 2,299,964.00
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 365.00 375.00 365.20 368.20 0.88 16,230 861,872.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC `A 44.50 44.00 43.60 43.80 (1.57) 36,200.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 158.30 160.50 158.20 160.00 1.07 1,597,560 112,037,480.00
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 1002.00 1002.00 999.00 1002.00 0.00 280
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 104.50 104.80 104.70 104.70 0.19 599,710 157,080.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.83 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.09 60,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.30 33.50 33.20 33.40 0.30 1,614,300 (12,216,900.00)
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.55 8.60 8.50 8.50 (0.58) 67,400
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 23.50 23.50 23.50 23.50 0.00 9,500
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.72 1.75 1.69 1.71 (0.58) 3,069,000
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00 200 (6,000.00)
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.38 1.51 1.38 1.51 9.42 15,077,000 5,012,960.00
Asiabest Group 21.80 22.20 20.30 21.75 (0.23) 32,000
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 14.00 14.02 14.02 14.02 0.14 100
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.77 2.80 2.75 2.80 1.08 31,000
144.00 42.00 Conc. Aggr. `A 85.00 70.00 70.00 70.00 (17.65) 1,040
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.70 2.71 2.68 2.71 0.37 822,000 698,020.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.88 11.92 11.70 11.92 0.34 42,100
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.07 6.07 6.05 6.05 (0.33) 27,628,700 (72,632,038.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.08 8.40 8.08 8.30 2.72 2,370,500 7,292,568.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.88 2.18 1.90 2.16 14.89 27,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 11.00 11.48 9.90 11.48 4.36 9,500
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 19.02 19.16 19.00 19.08 0.32 935,600 (1,001,620.00)
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 78.30 78.80 78.00 78.20 (0.13) 1,088,100 (7,818,042.50)
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 17.80 18.90 18.48 18.48 3.82 200
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0160 0.0150 0.0150 (6.25) 115,800,000
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.82 12.82 12.80 12.82 0.00 67,500 (115,500.00)
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.20 4.00 4.00 4.00 (4.76) 18,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.630 0.630 0.630 0.630 0.00 1,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 100.00 102.00 99.70 102.00 2.00 217,070 9,411,428.50
Lafarge Rep 9.35 9.35 9.10 9.10 (2.67) 6,400
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.03 2.03 2.02 2.02 (0.49) 261,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 2.52 2.52 2.52 2.52 0.00 5,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 26.80 26.80 26.60 26.75 (0.19) 741,700 (17,039,350.00)
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.900 16.900 16.500 16.600 (1.78) 17,500
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co `A 261.20 263.00 259.20 261.00 (0.08) 156,460 19,630,062.00
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 7.01 7.23 7.01 7.10 1.28 4,900
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 4.00 4.10 3.96 3.99 (0.25) 12,522,000 (42,649,830.00)
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.26 10.44 10.22 10.30 0.39 2,246,600 (2,275,894.00)
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.15 8.15 8.10 8.11 (0.49) 71,500 (16,300.00)
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.95 3.98 3.94 3.94 (0.25) 637,000 213,200.00
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.55 5.45 5.05 5.45 (1.80) 8,300
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.40 34.45 34.00 34.45 0.15 115,100
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp `A 110.80 110.80 110.40 110.70 (0.09) 298,390 (6,601,485.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.54 2.58 2.42 2.47 (2.76) 7,193,000 (3,943,790.00)
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.85 1.85 1.80 1.80 (2.70) 64,000 3,640.00
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.96 12.42 12.00 12.42 3.85 4,219,400 12,078,514.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.17 2.16 2.04 2.16 (0.46) 153,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.19 1.22 1.20 1.20 0.84 1,813,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 63.95 64.25 63.85 64.25 0.47 1,110,400 11,315,188.50
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.28 1.28 1.25 1.28 0.00 2,683,000 125,000.00
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.620 0.720 0.670 0.710 14.52 7,894,000 (3,500.00)
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 8.20 8.50 8.50 8.50 3.66 600
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. `A 0.71 0.72 0.70 0.71 0.00 2,559,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.00 49.00 48.30 49.00 2.08 1,000,700 37,314,950.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 0.0170 0.0170 0.0170 0.00 40,300,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 13.40 13.70 13.26 13.66 1.94 21,867,000 144,123,826.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 97,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.20 5.32 5.05 5.10 (1.92) 321,100 26,600.00
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.50 1.52 1.46 1.52 1.33 14,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.64 1.64 1.58 1.64 0.00 181,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp `A 434.00 437.60 434.00 435.80 0.41 286,220 42,626,636.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 58.30 58.75 58.20 58.30 0.00 942,170 1,482,177.00
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.14 4.22 4.16 4.20 1.45 333,000 (8,340.00)
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 550.00 549.50 545.00 545.00 (0.91) 32,880 555,620.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.35 5.55 5.35 5.50 2.80 4,161,658
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.95 34.70 33.80 34.10 0.44 1,683,100 (15,463,765.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 3.88 3.50 3.05 3.50 (9.79) 17,000
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.47 5.54 5.47 5.54 1.28 1,741,300 3,169,172.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.06 1.07 1.05 1.05 (0.94) 1,685,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.27 2.27 2.24 2.26 (0.44) 2,371,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.11 4.18 4.11 4.15 0.97 16,742,000 (10,993,750.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.99 5.20 4.99 5.08 1.80 293,000 (10,380.00)
0.0770 0.045 Pacica `A 0.0500 0.0480 0.0480 0.0480 (4.00) 1,080,000
4.10 1.56 Republic Glass A 2.00 2.96 2.20 2.95 47.50 321,000 (59,000.00)
2.40 1.01 Seafront `A 1.41 1.45 1.45 1.45 2.84 45,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.325 0.315 0.325 1.56 1,520,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 727.50 732.50 721.00 724.00 (0.48) 274,380 (90,699,460.00)
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.00 2.10 1.99 2.05 2.50 2,194,000 2,030.00
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.18 1.17 1.16 1.17 (0.85) 252,000
850.00 425.00 Transgrid 550.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 (9.09) 20
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2280 0.2460 0.2460 0.2460 7.89 450,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3250 0.3350 0.3150 0.3300 1.54 1,710,000 (29,700.00)
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.405 0.410 0.400 0.410 1.23 520,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 18.00 20.00 17.50 19.88 10.44 26,700 201,752.00
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.17 3.17 3.04 3.10 (2.21) 662,000 30,500.00
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop `A 0.580 0.580 0.580 0.580 0.00 2,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 24.00 24.50 23.50 24.50 2.08 13,260,900 45,069,150.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. `A 4.77 4.78 4.76 4.78 0.21 397,000
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.19 5.38 5.18 5.18 (0.19) 146,200 (519,000.00)
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.47 1.47 1.45 1.47 0.00 1,824,000 894,800.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.85 2.85 2.80 2.85 0.00 22,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. `A 1.14 1.15 1.12 1.14 0.00 187,000
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.067 0.065 0.065 0.065 (2.99) 20,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.80 0.00 1,817,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.830 0.830 0.810 0.820 (1.20) 13,563,000 292,000.00
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.70 3.75 3.62 3.70 0.00 68,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.203 0.203 0.199 0.199 (1.97) 520,000
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.94 1.95 1.93 1.94 0.00 1,400,000 (296,420.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.35 1.40 1.34 1.37 1.48 92,548,000 (617,890.00)
2.14 0.65 Interport `A 1.17 1.18 1.18 1.18 0.85 85,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.21 2.25 2.22 2.23 0.90 24,994,000 (14,102,710.00)
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1600 0.1610 0.1560 0.1560 (2.50) 1,200,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6900 0.7500 0.6900 0.7400 7.25 52,363,000 (1,153,380.00)
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.18 18.24 18.08 18.16 (0.11) 3,441,400 (36,552,492.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.34 3.34 3.29 3.30 (1.20) 280,000 33,000.00
8.95 6.00 SM Development `A 6.03 6.10 6.01 6.01 (0.33) 1,615,000 336,784.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 13.82 14.26 13.90 14.26 3.18 13,682,500 37,465,930.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.00 10,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.95 3.94 3.90 3.94 (0.25) 51,000 (15,600.00)
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.00 500,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.900 4.900 4.750 4.800 (2.04) 8,317,000 (17,370,360.00)
S E R V I C E S
4.72 1.20 2GO Group 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 0.00 12,000
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 33.25 33.05 31.65 33.00 (0.75) 713,900
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.40 1.45 1.37 1.43 2.14 524,000 (43,500.00)
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.620 0.620 0.620 0.620 0.00 200,000
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 10.00 10.08 10.00 10.02 0.20 1,235,600 (5,255,598.00)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1570 0.1610 0.1520 0.1600 1.91 37,660,000 1,560.00
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 6.07 6.03 5.85 5.85 (3.62) 391,700 55,875.00
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 56.80 56.80 55.20 55.60 (2.11) 183,070 (1,644,441.00)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.57 5.64 5.45 5.61 0.72 145,900
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1050.00 1050.00 1050.00 1050.00 0.00 60
1172.00 11.70 Globalports 22.00 22.50 22.50 22.50 2.27 1,000
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1136.00 1160.00 1138.00 1148.00 1.06 15,520 (351,520.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.73 9.80 9.71 9.80 0.72 207,800
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 70.00 70.50 69.95 70.00 0.00 371,820 267,278.50
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.21 2.28 2.23 2.25 1.81 62,000 6,690.00
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.021 0.022 0.020 0.022 4.76 427,100,000 12,200.00
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.00 (1.96) 200,000
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.9600 2.9900 2.9500 2.9900 1.01 19,000
3.45 2.01 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.15 2.15 2.11 2.15 0.00 92,000 21,500.00
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 7.65 7.65 7.59 7.65 0.00 132,500
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.53 2.54 2.53 2.54 0.40 2,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.00 1,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.86 2.87 2.84 2.85 (0.35) 636,000 114,000.00
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.10 14.14 14.04 14.10 0.00 41,400
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.39 7.39 7.30 7.37 (0.27) 46,600
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.76 2.80 2.76 2.78 0.72 112,000
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.50 9.52 9.50 9.52 0.21 86,500 142,600.00
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 74.00 77.00 74.00 77.00 4.05 6,650
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 16.98 16.98 16.88 16.98 0.00 376,400 2,549,664.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2810.00 2810.00 2798.00 2802.00 (0.28) 54,135 (39,128,250.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.310 0.330 0.310 0.330 6.45 1,100,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 30.00 30.80 30.00 30.40 1.33 3,382,800 5,670,545.00
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.59 2.54 2.48 2.48 (4.25) 18,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.450 0.450 0.450 0.450 0.00 110,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0044 0.0044 0.0044 0.0044 0.00 24,000,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. `A 17.46 17.44 17.40 17.42 (0.23) 490,000 452,840.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge `A 26.25 27.30 26.25 27.30 4.00 9,400 (52,550.00)
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.260 0.260 0.260 0.260 0.00 130,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp `A 24.20 24.20 24.10 24.10 (0.41) 12,000
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 25.00 24.15 24.00 24.00 (4.00) 15,500 (361,750.00)
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.11 1.07 1.05 1.05 (5.41) 424,000
61.80 6.96 Dizon 23.95 24.40 23.55 23.95 0.00 40,900
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.59 0.59 0.58 0.59 0.00 1,028,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto `A 1.190 1.200 1.180 1.190 0.00 11,523,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.280 1.300 1.250 1.280 0.00 6,772,000 (374,300.00)
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining `A 0.0610 0.0600 0.0580 0.0580 (4.92) 384,620,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0610 0.0610 0.0600 0.0600 (1.64) 41,800,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 18.12 18.60 18.20 18.40 1.55 369,600 5,379,722.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.08 8.20 7.99 8.01 (0.87) 1,369,300 3,025,932.00
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.830 4.910 4.780 4.780 (1.04) 871,000
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. `A 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 18,300,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0200 0.00 2,500,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.96 6.00 6.00 6.00 0.67 21,300
28.25 18.40 Philex `A 14.82 15.10 13.98 14.96 0.94 9,751,800 885,272.00
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 25.75 27.20 24.60 27.10 5.24 998,200 2,436,250.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. `A 0.049 0.048 0.047 0.047 (4.08) 1,118,000,000 1,266,100.00
65.00 39.00 PNOC Expls `B 65.00 62.00 60.00 60.00 (7.69) 1,010
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 220.00 221.00 219.80 221.00 0.45 277,180 34,583,652.00
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0140 0.0140 0.0140 (6.67) 300,000
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 32.90 32.90 31.50 32.55 (1.06) 490,600 (617,900.00)
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.50 9.60 9.48 9.60 1.05 93,000
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 108.00 108.00 107.50 107.50 (0.46) 15,700
WARRANTS & BONDS
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0360 0.0360 0.0290 0.0290 (19.44) 5,200,000
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 10,817,646 824,284,714.70
INDUSTRIAL 211,168,557 728,921,344.83
HOLDING FIRMS 102,173,018 974,140,459.00
PROPERTY 237,365,039 933,013,651.47
SERVICES 475,825,437 395,355,454.78
MINING & OIL 1,629,260,277 365,656,673.93
GRAND TOTAL 2,666,609,974 4,221,372,298.712
FINANCIAL 1,344.91 (UP) 11.29
INDUSTRIAL 8,036.02 (UP) 17.85
HOLDING FIRMS 4,488.02 (UP) 28.44
PROPERTY 2,086.82 (UP) 32.96
SERVICES 1,801.87 (DOWN) 1.17
MINING & OIL 20,605.00 (UP) 21.30
PSEI 5,325.60 (UP) 33.54
All Shares Index 3,547.67 (UP) 17.33
Gainers: 79; Losers: 68; Unchanged:41; Total: 188
CHIN WONG
DIGITAL LIFE
WHAT would the Internet be like if repressive
regimes such as those in China, Russia, Saudi Arabia
and Iran called the shots? How accessible would
the Internet remain if publishers like YouTube or
Wikipedia had to pay telecommunications carriers
every time you accessed their Web pages?
As unlikely as these scenarios might sound,
people are belatedly awakening to the possibility
that a handful of states working quietly through the
United Nations might change the open nature of
the Internet and give governments greater control
over our online lives. The changes would not
only curtail freedom of expression, but also raise
access costs for everyone and stie innovation. To
a country such as the Philippines, the effects could
be nothing short of disastrous.
At a symposium organized by the Internet Society
and the Infocomm Technology Association of the
Philippines (ITAP) last week, private companies
and organizations that rely heavily on a free and
open Internet raised the alarm over the UN power
grab and urged the government to do something
about it.
The vehicle for the Internet coup is a hoary UN
agency called the International Telecommunication
Union or ITU, which oversees treaties on radio
spectrum management and telecommunications
networks. The 150-year-old organization has little
expertise in Internet governance and regulation,
but a group of member-governments and some
telecommunications companies want to introduce
new measures in a 1988 telecommunications treaty
that would fundamentally change how the global
network of networks operates.
Among the proposals are provisions in the treaty
that would legitimize state intervention in content
and access, a move that Internet pioneer Vint Cerf
says could lead to all sorts of suppression of free
speech.
Just as worrisome is a bid by some
telecommunications groups to impose formal
interconnection agreements that would require
content owners to pay additional fees to carriers
for delivering online content to users.
Seemingly innocuous proposals such as quality
of service guarantees would be expensive to carry
out and would ultimately raise Internet costs for
content providers and end-users.
This could broaden the digital divide, warned
Rajnesh Singh, the regional director of the Internet
Society, who briefed the symposium participants
on the World Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT) in December, where
193 member states of the ITU will vote on the new
treaty proposals.
The new charges might lead some Internet
service providers and content providers to limit
connections to the worlds poorer countries,
including the Philippines, he said.
Other symposium participants said the content
charges would also hurt Philippine companies
that wanted to reach a global market through
the Internet and urged the government to take a
forceful stand in the ITU debate.
The Philippines should be a leader, said Dondi
Mapa, ITAP president. Filipinos are leaders and
innovators, and I think people will listen to us.
Outsourcing companies, which are heavy
Internet users, also expressed concern over the
ITU proposals.
Any regulations that increase costs for end-
users would be disastrous, said Gigi Virata, senior
executive director of the Business Processing
Association of the Philippines.
The Philippine Software Industry Association
also supported a strong position against the new
telecommunications fees.
What worries me are the charges on content,
said Bettina Quimson, director of the PSIA. She
added that efforts to improve the educational
system through the use of the Internet would suffer
from increased access costs.
To add that onto any other existing cost is just
going to enhance the pockets of the telcos... The
telcos are already making money, and charging
you for every transaction wont help.
Neither of the two major carriersthe Philippine
Long Distance Telephone Co. and Globe Telecom
were at last weeks symposium, even though
they were invited.
Two government representatives at the gathering
Undersecretary Louis Casambre of the Information
and Communications Technology Ofce (ICTO)
and Edgardo Cabarios, director for common
carriers at the National Telecommunications
Commission (NTC)expressed a willingness to
meet with private stakeholders to reach a consensus
on the countrys position.
But sheer bureaucratic inertia might stymie
these efforts.
The ICTO, which is under the Department of
Science and Technology, is still in the middle of a
reorganization following its creation last year. The
NTC, on the other hand, is the countrys ofcial
representative to the ITU but has little expertise in
Internet governance.
The Philippines has never had a rm position
on anything, acknowledged Al Alegre of the
ICTO. The NTC regulates [the industry] but does
not make policy. We are trying to talk to the NTC
to rationalize our position.
With less than three months before the crucial
ITU vote, however, the question is whether these
two agencies and private stakeholders can get their
acts together and reach a strong, unied position
in time.
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iRemit
approves
buyback
STOCKS rebounded Monday, after a
four-day slump last week, sending the
benchmark index above the 5,300-
point level anew, after an investment
rm claimed the country is gaining the
attention of global investors.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, rose 33 points, or
0.6 percent, to close at 5,325.6.
Value turnover amounted to just
P4.2 billion.
The heavier index, repre-
senting all shares, also added
17 points, or 0.5 percent, to
3,547.67, as gainers led losers,
79 to 68, with 41 issues un-
changed.
Banks and property companies
were the biggest gainers. Ayala
Land Inc., the most actively traded
stock, rose 2.1 percent to P24.50
while Alliance Global Group Inc.
increased 1.9 percent to P13.66.
SM Prime Holdings Inc. climbed
3.2 percent to P14.26.
East West Banking Corp.
jumped 4.6 percent to P22.80
while BDO Unibank Inc. rose 3.4
percent to P62.95. Security Bank
Corp. rose 1.1 percent to P160.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks
mostly drifted lower Monday
as investors growing concerns
about the shaky global economy
overpowered any remaining
optimism over central bank
stimulus efforts.
Tokyos Nikkei 225 index
dropped 0.4 percent to 9,070.78
and Seouls Kospi index shed
0.2 percent to 1,999.18. Hong
Kongs Hang Seng was down
less than 0.1 percent to 20,724.17
while Sydneys ASX S&P 200
fell 0.4 percent to 4,388.60.
Benchmarks in Singapore and
Indonesia also fell.
Strategists at Credit Agricole
CIB wrote in a research note that
the euphoria emanating from
recent moves by the Federal
Reserve, European Central Bank
and Bank of Japan to stimulate
growth is fading quickly.
Chinas Shanghai Composite
Index rose 0.3 percent to
2,032.44, reversing losses
earlier in the day. However, the
benchmark is still at its lowest
point since January 2009.
Chinese stocks are being hurt
by a dispute between China and
Japan over disputed islands that
has heightened tensions between
Asias two biggest economies.
Theyre also under pressure
as investors worry about what
Chinese authorities will do to
restart growth amid the countrys
economic slowdown.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Jenniffer B. Austria
iREMIT Inc., the largest non-
bank remittance company,
said its board approved a
share buyback program to
enhance shareholder value.
The company said in
a disclosure to the stock
exchange it had obtained
approval to repurchase up to
10 million shares from the
market. The 10 million shares
represent 1.67 percent of the
companys outstanding capital
stock.
Share price of iRemit closed
at P2.8 per share Monday, down
1 percent from last Fridays
close of P2.83 apiece.
iRemit is engaged in the
business of servicing the
remittance needs of overseas
Filipino workers. Currently,
the company has ofces in 24
countries.
Its top ve markets in 2011
were Singapore, Canada,
Australia, United Kingdom
and Taiwan.
Business
ManilaStandardToday extrastory2000@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 TUESDAY
B3
DBP bares P19-b green fund
Oil prices
down on
Europes
debt woes
Toyota expanding hybrid range
OIL fell Monday from the
highest price in almost a week as
concern that European debt-crisis
talks will falter and threaten the
economic recovery outweighed
speculation tension in the Middle
East will disrupt crude supplies.
New York futures slid as much
as 1.2 percent after Chancellor
Angela Merkel and President
Francois Hollande clashed over
the weekend on a timetable for
starting joint oversight of the
Europes banking sector. Iran will
defend itself if attacked by Israel,
according to excerpts of a CNN
interview with Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
scheduled for broadcast today.
The market wants to see
proof that Europe is climbing out
of the doldrums, said Jonathan
Barratt, the chief executive of
Barratts Bulletin, a commodity
newsletter in Sydney. The
market has become a lot more
pessimistic.
Oil for November delivery
declined as much as $1.11 to
$91.78 a barrel in electronic
trading on the New York
Mercantile Exchange and was
at $92.19 at 1:58 p.m. Singapore
time. It rose 47 cents to $92.89 on
Sept. 21, the highest close since
Sept. 18. Front-month prices fell
6.2 percent last week, the biggest
weekly decline since June, and
are down 6.7 percent this year.
Brent oil for November
settlement decreased 86 cents
to $110.56 a barrel on the
London-based ICE Futures
Europe exchange. The European
benchmark grades premium to
West Texas Intermediate was at
$18.37, down from $18.53 on
Sept. 21. Bloomberg
TOKYOToyota Motor Corp. is
boosting its green vehicle lineup,
with plans for 21 new hybrids in the
next three years, a new electric car
later this year and a fuel cell vehicle
by 2015 in response to growing
demand for fuel efcient and
environment-friendly driving.
Toyota said Monday it will
offer an electric compact called
eQ, based on its iQ model, in
Japan and the US in December
though the number of the vehicles
made will be extremely limited
about 100 for special eet use,
according to the company. The
car, which will be called the iQ
EV in the US, is pricey at 3.6
million yen ($45,000) and has
a limited cruise range of 100
kilometers (62 miles).
In the US, an electric version
of the Rav-4 sport utility model,
which Toyota worked on with
US electric vehicle maker Tesla
Motors, goes on sale this month.
The fuel cell vehicle, which runs
on hydrogen to produce electricity,
will be offered from 2015. Details
for that model were not released.
Like other Japanese
automakers, Toyota is gearing
up for expansion after getting
battered the last few years by the
nancial crisis and disasters in
northeastern Japan and Thailand
that disrupted production.
The manufacturer is also
counting on its reputation for green
technology that it has built with
its hit Prius, the worlds leading
gas-electric hybrid, to woo buyers
and x its brand battered by the
massive recall scandal in the US a
few years ago.
But rivals are working on
green offerings, too, such as
Nissan Motor Co. focusing on
its Leaf electric car. Another
challenge is that customers in
emerging markets, which are
driving growth in demand for
autos, are still not as interested
in hybrids and other fancyand
expensivetechnology.
Takeshi Uchiyamada, the
executive overseeing technology
and new model development
at Toyota, said the long-term
potential for fuel cells was great,
compared with electric cars,
because of greater cruise range
and shorter charging time. He
said tens of thousands of fuel
cell vehicles were likely to get
sold in the 2020s. AP
Recycling program. McDonalds Philippines donated hundreds of old cellular phones, batteries
and chargers to support the recycling program initiated by Nokia Philippines, Globe Telecom, Ayala
Foundation Inc. and Philippine Tarsier Foundation Inc. The donation was the second time for McDonalds
since the launch of i-rEcover, i-rEcycle program a year ago. Shown during the turnover ceremonies are
(from left) Edwin Ylescupidez, head of Globe energy management; Rob Nazal, head of Globe corporate
social responsibility; Monavie Ariem, nancial analyst of McDonalds; and Ramoncito Nazarea, manager
of McDonalds management services.
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
STATE-OWNED Development
Bank of the Philippines said Monday
it will aggressively push a green
nancing program that promotes clean
environment.
DBP said in a statement it
would allot P18.9 billion for
relending to both the private
and government sectors to
finance environment-friendly
projects and provide technical
assistance.
DBP president and chief
executive Francisco del Rosario
Jr. said the Green Financing
Program would serve as the
banks umbrella program for
the environment sector and
support the objective of the
Philippine Development Plan
2011-2016 for a cleaner and
healthier environment.
We have initially allocated
P18.9 billion for the program,
which is designed primarily
to further assist industries
and local government
units in the integration of
envi r onment al l y- f r i endl y
processes and technologies
such as cleaner production,
water conservation, proper
waste management, energy
efficiency, air quality
improvement, pollution
prevention and control,
among others, he said.
DBP said it would determine
the maximum loan amount
based on eligible components,
funding requirement of
the sub-project, borrowing
capacity of proponent and
cash flow.
Eligible borrowers include
private corporations,
local government units,
government-owned and
-controlled corporations, state
agencies, cooperatives and
participating financial and
microfinance institutions.
Projects eligible for
nancing include pollution
and waste management,
green building construction
and property management,
including hotels, resorts and
restaurants, green transport,
and other environment-friendly
initiatives like energy-efcient
lighting, urban greening,
rehabilitation of water bodies
and endangered ecosystems
and eco-tourism.
DBP has P10.9 billion in
pipeline projects under the
Green Financing Program for
the acquisition of e-vehicles
in Metro Manila, Cavite,
Ilocos Norte, Nueva Vizcaya
and Guimaras.
Other pipeline projects
include the construction of a
bio-ethanol distillery, power
and wastewater treatment
plants, green charcoal plant, a
ferro-nickel smelting facility
and sanitary landfill.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Camarines Sur V District Engineering Offce
Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Camarines Sur V District Engineering Offce, invites contractors to bid for
the aforementioned projects:
Contract ID Number 12FN0044
Contract Name : CLUSTER: CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL
BUILDING & MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING
Contract Location: 1. Manangle High School, Manangle, Sipocot, Cam.
Sur Php 989,999.92
2. Sta. Cruz, Cabusao, Cam. Sur - Php 1,979,960.18
3. Liboro, Ragay, Cam. Sur Php 1,979,919.81
4. F. Simeon, Ragay, Cam. Sur Php 1,979,979.18
Scope of Work: Construction of Building
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC)
Php 6,929,859.09
Contract Duration : 90 cd.
Source of Fund : SARO BMB A 12 - T000002765
Cost of Tender P 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised RR
of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at
the opening of bid. The BAC wiII verify the naI CPES rating of the contractor,
which must be at Ieast satisfactory, as provided under Sec. 23.5.2.4 of Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, ( b) Filipino
citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture,
(c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion
of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e)
Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in
the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to
the DPWH- POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH-
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors' applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 21, 2012 to October 11, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 28, 2012 at 10:00 am
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
October 5, 2012 at 12:00 noon
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline : 1:30 p.m. of October 11, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 p.m. of October 11, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Cam.
Sur V District Engineering Offce, Baras, Canaman, Cam. Sur, upon payment of non-
refundable amount as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDS
from the DPWH web site if available Prospective bidders that will download the BD's
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who
have purchased the BD's. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur V District
Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MAXIMO C. ELEDA
BAC Chairman
Noted by:
(Sgd.) WILLARD KENNETH I. ATUTUBO
District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Benguet 1
st
District Engineering Offce
Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet
Telefax No. (074) 422 6163
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
September 19, 2012
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Benguet 1
st
District Engineering
Office, through the SR2012-06-005583, invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
a. Contract ID: 12PE042
b. Name of Project: Construction of BaIiIi River ControI (Upper & Lower)
aIong Baguio-Bontoc Road
c. Location: La Trinidad, Benguet
d. Scope of Work: FIood ControI
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php14,313,061.60
f. Duration: 90 C.D.
g. Source of Fund: SR2012-06-005583
NOTE: Expressions of Interest submitted thru mail will not be accepted.
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
RR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase the bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least 10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH POCW-Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt
of LOI. The DPWH POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's applications
for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractor' Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
Website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 21 - 27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 28, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
October 5, 2012 @ 12:00 P.M.

4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00 A.M., October 11, 2012
5. Opening of Bids October 11, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at Benguet
1
st
District Engineering Offce, upon payment of a non-refundable Cost of Bid
Documents of Php 10,000.00. Prospective bidders may also download the BD's
from the DPWH Website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BD's from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested
parties who have purchased the BD's. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security,
in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The Benguet 1
st
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process any time prior to the contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/so
Approved by:
(Sgd.) CESAR L. BACANI
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) DAVID A. BULIYAT
OIC District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Northern Samar 1
st
Engineering District
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Catarman. Northern Samar
Tel. No. (055) 251-8190
(MST-Sept. 25, 2012)
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
The DPWH-Northern Samar 1
st
Engineering District Catarman, Northern Samar
through the Bids & Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for
the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12IH0102
Contract Name: Improvement of Catarman Diversion Road I
Contract Location: Catarman, N. Samar
Scope of Work: AsphaIt OverIay w/ reectorizedThermopIastic Pavement
Markings
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 15,754,050.52
Contract Duration: 46 CaIendar Days
2. Contract ID: 12IH0103
Contract Nome: Upgrading of Brgy, ImeIda - Brgy. La Trinidad Rood
Contract Location: Mondragon, N. Samar
Scope of Work: Concreting of Roads. GraveI SouIder
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,582,231.18
Contract Duration: 40 CaIendar Days
3. Contract ID: 12IH0104
Contract Name: Upragding/Widening/RehabiIitation/Improvement of
CapitoI Road to Catarman Airport
Contract Location: Catarman, N. Samar
Scope of Work: Concreting at ShouIder, RebIocking, AsphaIt OverIay
w/ thermopIastic pavement markings
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 19,417,284.54
Contract Duration: 100 CaIendar Days
4. Contract ID: 12IH0105
Contract Name: RehabiIitation/Improvement of Daanq MaharIika (SM)
San Isidro-San Juanico Bridge
Contract Location: K06M+194 - K0685+457. San Isidro. N. Samar
Scope of Work: RebIocking, AsphaIt Paving of Concrete Roads,
ThermopIastic Pavement Markings
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 8,246,088.46
Contract Duration: 100 CaIendar Days
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised mplementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract. a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must
meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or
75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation. cooperative. or joint venture with PCAB
license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar
contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equaI to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examination of bids.
Only contractors duly registered with the DPWH may be allowed to participate in
the eligibiliiy screening. Unregistered contractor's. however should submit their
applications for registration, with completer requirements, and issue the Contractor's
Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the
DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
nterested contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of nterest
statements upon presentation of their original Contractor's Registration Certifcate
in person or through their Authorized Representative as refected in their CRC to
the Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC). DPWH - Northern Samar 1
st

Engineering District, Catarman, Northern Samar not later than 2:00 P.M. on October
19, 2012.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procuremerrt activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Sept. 24 - Oct. 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents Sept. 24-Oct. 23, 2012
3. Pre-bid Conference Oct. 17, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids October 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
5. Opening of Bids October 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-NS1st
Engineering District. Catarman. N. Samar upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
Php10,000,00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may also download the
BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download
the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their bids Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospectve bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BD's
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical components of the bid, which shall include the eligibility
requirements. The second envelope shall contain fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evoluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, NS1st Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all
bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award without incurring
any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) LUCAS N. BACSAL
BAC CHAIRMAN
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 TUESDAY
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Manila Standard TODAY
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Mom, daughter in a harmony of colors
Umali, Vergara reunite in LP
Survey: 2.9-m minors do hazardous work
Smart enables
OpSmile app
ARMM kids get P4b for education
By Carlos T. Ardosa
SAN PABLO CITYThe orthodontist
also paints and so does her daughter.
Dr. Marilyn Alcantara Leung heads
the International College of Dentists-
PH Section, forming part of the oldest
and largest group of oral health care
professionals based in Maryland,
USA.
Formed in 1928, ICD has 12,000
members designated as Fellows in 122
countries around the world.
A specialist in her eld, Dr. Leung
takes to her clinical instruments
as carefully as handling brush and
palette.
Painting is a very relaxing
experience outside of my hectic
schedule in orthodontic work,
she said. Its a form of stress
release.
Daughter Justine Marie, nished
Communications Technology at the
Ateneo de Manila and her mom, who
graduated from the University of the
Philippines, are quite a pair speaking
of color harmony.
The artistic sense can be traced to
their roots in the scenic City of Seven
Lakes of San Pablo watched over
by mystical Mount Banahaw and San
Cristobal.
The hobby started in 2010, Dr.
Leung said, adding that she took
lessons from Mar Bugallon, a product
of UP School of Fine Arts.
She has presented her works at the
Philippine Heart Center art gallery
in 2010 and at during the college of
dentistry foundation week in 2011.
Last August, mother and daughter
unveiled 40 paintings at Chef Jesse,
Rockewell Club on Amorsolo St.,
Makati City.
Justine put up A Glowing Night
in St. Petersburg among other works
in her Whimsical Art series along
with Dr. Leungs Glimpse of China
ouvre that included her Night Moor in
Suzhou.
Dr. Marilyn Leung DND and Justine Marie with Night Moor in Suzhou and A
Glowing Night in St. Petersburg (below). CARLOS T. ARDOSA
Smart public affairs head Ramon Isberto turned over recently
3G handsets to Operation Smile Philippines president and
executive director Roberto Manzano to make cleft care accessible
to more patients around the country.
The Ateneo Java Wireless Center partnered with Smart to
develop the OpSmile mobile application for paperless processing
of beneciaries registration and records.
With the app, Operation Smile volunteers can take photos of
patients using a mobile phone, key in patient information, and
send the data to a central Web-based database that specialists can
access.
Statistics showed that 4,000 kids are born with cleft conditions
in the Philippines each year.
Originally developed for Java-enabled mobile devices, the
OpSmile mobile app would soon be made available to Android
phones as well.
The deployment of the mobile app is part of a series of activities
to celebrate Operation Smiles 30th year of making kids with cleft
conditions smile.
Medical missions will be held in Naga, Cebu, Cavite, Cagayan
de Oro, Koronadal, General Santos, Pampanga and Manila
to commemorate the international organizations anniversary
celebration dubbed The Journey Home, targeting 1,500 cleft
surgeries and at least 3,000 dental treatments.
By Ferdie G. Domingo

CABANATUAN CITYNueva Ecija
Gov. Aurelio Umali has joined the Liberal
Party, reuniting with Cabanatuan Mayor
Julius Cesar Vergara but the citys highly
urbanized status remains a wedge keeping
them apart.
Policy differences remain
Umali took his oath
recently before LP president
Mar Roxas along with North
Cotabato Gov. Lala Talino-
Mendoza and Quirino Gov.
Junie Cua.
His swearing in came eight
months after 1,640 leaders of
the local Lakas-CMD which he
led as provincial party chairman
before it turned LP.
Director general Gladys
Sta. Rita, of the LP National
Directorate, said Umali earlier
attended a seminar for new
members.
Umalis entry has practically
made him LP standard-bearer
for governor in the 2013
elections based on the equity
of the incumbent rule. It also
ended months of speculations
on who between him and rst
district Rep. Josie Manuel-
Joson would President Benigno
Aquino III take into the fold.
Manuel-Joson, who
announced her intention to run
for governor, was reportedly
being drafted in the LP. She
is known to be close to Mr.
Aquino, dating back to their
days as seatmates in the House
of Representatives.
Umali also returns to the
company of stalwarts led by
Vice Gov. Jose Gay Padiernos,
second district Rep. Joseph
Gilbert Violago and the
governors wife, third district
Rep. Czarina Umali.
Former San Isidro Mayor
Sonia Lorenzo, present LP
provincial chairwoman, said as
early as the rst week of July,
Umali was handpicked to join
the ruling party.
But his signing up was
delayed reportedly due to his
falling-out with Vergara, Mr.
Aquinos classmate, on the
issue of making Cabanatuan
a highly urbanized city which
Umali opposed.
The two have been locked
up in a feud over the HUC
bid to make the vote-rich
city a separate political
subdivision in Nueva Ecija,
with Cabanatuenos no
longer voting for provincial
officials, including the post
of governor.
The issue has polarized the
Umali and Vergara camps
whose powerful tandem ended
in 2007 the 48-year rule of the
Josons in the Capitol.
By Romie Evangelista
COTABATO CITY-
President Benigno Aquino
III has approved a P3.9-
billion Ofcial Development
Assistance for a six-year
program to upgrade the
education of children in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao.
ARMM OIC Gov. Mujiv
Hataman said the National
Economic Development
Authority board under Mr.
Aquino said the fund would
come from AusAid.
Hataman said the Australian
assistance package involved
improving management and
teaching capacities through
training of education offcials
and teachers in ARMM
provinces such as Maguindanao,
Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu
and Tawi-Tawi.
It also includes enhancing
the local learning environment
through the construction
and repairs of classrooms
and other facilities; improve
health conditions through
construction of sanitary toilets
and other related facilities,
he said.
Hataman said the program
would also cover technical-
vocational training for out-of-
school children and youth and
widen access to pre-school and
elementary levels by opening
community learning centers.
The new ARMM ODA
funding consists of several
projects to be implemented in
six year-period, from 2012 to
2018, he said.
The other NEDA-approved
items are modernization of
the Philippine Orthopedic
Center for P 5.69 billion;
Development Objective
Agreement between the
Philippines and the United
States on family health, P 8.94
billion; additional financing
for the World Bank-assisted
Land Administration and
Management Project-2, P2.68
billion.
By Dexter A. See

BAGUIO CITY-At least
5.49 million Filipino children
aged 5 to 17 years have
found work and 2.99 million
of them do hazardous tasks,
the National Statistics Ofce
said.
As per demographics,
two in every 10 children in
Cordillera, three in every 10 in
Northern Mindanao and one in
every 10 in the National Capital
Region and in the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao
have experienced work,
Olivia Gulla, NSO-CAR
regional director, told Manila
Standard.
She said the total showed
two-thirds were boys while
one-third were girls. Among
the children in hazardous labor,
the largest percentage were in
Central Luzon (10.6 percent)
and Bicol (10.2%) while the
least in CAR at 2.3%.
Gulla said the 2011 survey
covered 29 million children
to provide a database for the
Department of Labor and
Employment, Department
of Social Welfare and
Development, Commission
on Human Rights, and local
governments to enable them
to come up with plans to deal
with child labor.
It is the third in the series of
surveys undertaken as part of
the International Programme
on the Elimination of Child
Labor.
The survey, which was
conducted last October
2011, aims to provide
comprehensive and updated
analysis of the state of
the nations working
children, ve to 17 years
old, identifying major
parameters such as priority
groups, patterns and extent
of child work and the
condition of their work, as
well as of their non-work
activities such as schooling
and engagement in unpaid
household services, Gulla
said.
Rain catch basin.
A planter minds the slopes
at the Sto. Tomas watershed
to prevent degradation that
can trigger landslides due
to repeated runoff during a
downpour. DAVID CHAN
Quezon ally. Former Las Pinas Rep. Cynthia Villar visits the second district of the province to update
local executives on livelihood opportunities for their communities. Sariaya Quezon Mayor Rosauro
Masilang welcomes her joined by following a warm welcome of Quezon 2nd district municipal mayors
as she arrived Candelaria Mayor Ferdinand Magliwanag, Tiaong Mayor Dick Umali, San Antonio Mayor
Ariel Wagan and Dolores Mayor Renato Alillo. BENJIE A. ANTIOUIA