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Salute to
Fallen 44
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Kris, nagpaalam kay

PNoy bago nakiramay

Jake at Bea
madilim
ang relasyon
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P50-M shabu
seized in QC
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Jeep falls into

creek: 3 dead

DoJ readies raps

vs PNP-SAF killers

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P12.4-M marijuana uprooted

Police station bombed

Grizzlies win
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Families of Fallen
44 cry for justice
By GENALYN KABILING
He was at a loss for words with
the many whys asked about
deadly Maguindanao incident but
President Aquino has vowed to
pursue justice for the 44 Special
Action Force (SAF) troopers killed
in the line of duty and ensure
their sacrices were not made in
vain.
Attending a memorial service
for the slain policemen in Camp
Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, the
President paid tribute to the brave
SAF heroes and gave his word to
the bereaved families that the
government would capture terror
suspect Abdul Basit Usman.
Usman was one of the two suspects targeted by the police operation in Maguindanao where the
SAF troopers perished in a erce
clash with around 700 lawless
elements. Usman escaped while
the primary target, Zulkipli Bin Hir
also known as Abu Marwan, was
reportedly killed.
Now, be assured that the second target that eluded us will be
captured. You know this: I am a
man of my word. Capturing Basit
Usman is number one on our list
of priorities, the President said in
Filipino during the National Day of
Mourning to express sorrow over
the deaths of the policemen.
I have ordered the authorities
to formulate a more effective plan
to hunt down and apprehend this
criminal. Your government is already working towards this end;
in fact, even before speaking to
you, we were already taking steps
to meet this objective. We will
prove that the law truly prevails
in the Philippines. I assure you,
we will get Usman, he added.
The President also told the
families of the SAF troopers that
a board of inquiry has already
been formed to uncover the truth
behind the Maguindanao incident
and determine those responsible.
We do not want a repeat of incidents like this, he said.
We will do our utmost to gain
justice for all those who perished
and for the loved ones they left
behind, added the President who
kept his emotion in check during

the necrological service.

A day after getting pummelled
by netizens for skipping the arrival honors for the fallen cops
last Thursday, the President explained that he cannot be carried
away by his emotions even if I
want to be angry.
He insisted that rash decisionmaking has no place in these
situations. If I were to let my
anger dictate my actions, then
perhaps instead of resolving the
problem, I would only exacerbate
it, he said.
Aquino however told the families that he understands their anguish, recalling his struggle with
the death of his father, Senator
Benigno Ninoy Aquino Jr.
To the families of our fallen
troopers, I know full well that
your lives have been turned upside down with the sudden death
of your loved ones, he said.
Now, with this unexpected outcome, the future for you and your
families seems to be clouded with
uncertainty. So many questions
asked today begin with Why:
Why did this happen? Why did
they have to die? Why do families
have to suffer? I must be honest;
I do not have the answers to all
these questions, he added.
Aquino tried to comfort the families by sharing the advice given
by a priest when his father died
several years ago. He told them
that God has a good plan for all
of us because He loves us.
In hope of lessing the families
worries about the future, the President also promised the government will provide for the needs of
the families in accordance with all
laws and regulations.
Your government has already
allocated nancial assistance
for the beneciaries of each policeman who died, or has been
wounded. Every form of assistance that government can
render, we will maximize. From
providing support for the education of beneciaries, to assisting
families in seeking out jobs and
livelihood these are only a few
examples of the aid that government will give, he said.
Before the President delivered

THE widow of PO3 Junrel Kiboto consoles her two crying daughters during yesterdays necrological service for 44 fallen SAF commandos at the NCRPO multi-purpose center in Camp Bagong
Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig. (Richard V. Vias)
his remarks, a widow of a slain
SAF trooper made an emotional
appeal to President Aquino to help
their families achieve justice.
To our President, we seek your
help to attain justice. Please, our
President, please help us, Erica
Pabalinas, wife of Police Senior
Inspector Ryan Pabalinas, said on
behalf of the families of the fallen
cops.
Slowly, I accept that my husband cant be with us anymore.
Consoling myself that he is indeed a hero. It is painful though.
All I ask right now is justice. Not
only for my husband who was

brutally killed but for everyone

who fought and fell, she added.
In the same speech, the President hailed the bravery of the SAF
troopers, the youngest at 26 and
the most senior at 39 years old,
saying they gave up their lives for
the countrys peace and order.
It is clear: Your husbands,
brothers, and sons, whom we
honor today, are heroes. Our nation owes them a great debt of
gratitude. They sacriced their
lives, to bring peace and order to
the lives of the vast majority, he
said.
Earlier, the President approached

each of the caskets of the fallen

cops, offered a silent prayer, and
gave the PNP Bravery Medal. In
the Palace advisory, the commander-in-chief was supposed to render
a salute to the fallen troopers but
that salute was not seen during the
solemn rites.
In the name of the Filipino
people, we recognize the valor of
our fallen policemen. We thank
them for the courage of their sacrice. We condole and grieve with
each family who has lost a loved
one, said Aquino, who later met
families of the SAF heroes in a
private room.

US backs PHs anti-terror drive

The United States yesterday
reiterated its support for the
Philippine governments efforts
to combat international terrorism while promoting a just and
lasting peaceful resolution to the
conict in Mindanao.
The US Embassy in Manila issued this statement as it expressed its heartfelt condolences
to the families, friends, and colleagues of the members of the
Philippine National Polices Special Action Force (PNP/SAF) who
lost their lives on January 25 in
an encounter with members of

the Moro Islamic Liberation Front

(MILF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Sunday.
The misencounter apparently
happened when members of the
Philippine National Police (PNP)
Special Action Force (SAF) team
maneuvered inadvertently to an
area controlled by the MILF without advanced coordination after
deciding to withdraw their action
to arrest Jemaah Islamiyah bomb
experts Basit Usman and Marwan.
The incident also resulted in
the evacuation of around 563
families who have sought shelter

in an evacuation center in Barangay Daladap.

At present, a board of inquiry
has been organized to investigate
the incident.
According to the US embassy,
the SAF units fought with bravery and demonstrated their commitment to ensuring peace and
order in their country.
Earlier, US soldiers ew to the
site of the encounter to help retrieve the bodies of the fallen policemen upon the request of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP). (Roy Mabasa)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

R50-M shabu

seized in QC

By FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD

Four persons were arrested

while 10 kilos of suspected shabu
valued at R50 million were seized
in a buy-bust operation in Quezon
City yesterday.
Chief Insp. Roberto Razon,
chief of the Quezon City Police
District-District Anti-Illegal DrugsSpecial Operations Task Group, in
a report to Senior Supt. Joel D.
Pagdilao, QCPD director, identied
the suspects as Chua Kevin Ang,
41, a Chinese, of Reina Regente
St., Binondo, Manila and Fujian,
China; Filipino-Chinese Wang
Zhi Gui, 32, jobless, of Cubao,
Quezon City and also of Fujian;
An-Insan, 26, of Santan St.,
Dasmarinas City, Cavite, and
Michelle Permali, 30, single, of
Samuel St., Barangay Bungad,
Quezon City.
He said the suspects were
arrested at 7:45 a.m. by the
DAID-SOTG on Xavierville St. near
Katipunan Ave.

Pagdilao, who personally went

to the area following the operation,
said police poseur-buyers were
able to buy some two kilos of
shabu from the suspects who were
arrested after the buy-bust money
was handed over to them.
The QCPD director said eight
packs of shabu weighing at least
one kilo each stuffed inside a
black paper bag were found by
police inside the suspects black
Ford Focus (AAO-7880).
Pagdilao said also seized were
the suspects two other vehicles,
a gray Mazda (XSM-908) and a
silver Toyota Altis (AAX-1689).
Pagdilao said charges for
violating Section 5 (selling) in
relation to Section 26 (conspiracy)
and Section 11 (possession)
of Republic Act 9165 or the
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs
Act of 2002 will be led against
the suspects.
Pagdilao commended the DAIDSOTG for another successful
operation.

73 foreigners held
for online gambling
By JUN RAMIREZ
The Bureau of Immigration has
arrested 73 illegal aliens for illegally
operating an online gambling
business inside a condominium in
Makati City.
Lawyer Jose Carlitos Licas, BI
intelligence chief, disclosed that
the aliens were caught engaging in
the illegal scheme inside the Super
& Ventures building on Paseo de
Roxas St.
Those arrested included Korean,
American, Taiwanese, Malaysian,
Australian, and Singaporean
nationals.
They are now detained at
the Bicutan immigration jail in
Taguig City pending deportation
proceedings that will be instituted
against them for working in the
country without the appropriate
visa.
Licas said operations that
led to the aliens arrest were
conducted after weeks of intensive
surveillance by BI operatives.
He said his ofce was tipped
about the aliens by informants

who received money under the

bureaus incentive project. The
project grants monetary rewards
to people who report the presence
and activities of illegal aliens.
The arresting agents seized from
the aliens hundreds of computer
equipment, communication
gadgets, and other devices that
they used in operating their
racket.
Initial investigation revealed that
the aliens business was disguised
as a call center to conceal their
illegal scheme.
It was also gathered that nearly
all of those arrested entered the
country as mere tourists and
many have already overstayed
their visa.

Former
gangster
shot dead
in Tondo

QUEZON City Police District director Senior Supt. Joel D. Pagdilao inspects some of the shabu
seized in the buy-bust operation. (Kriz John Rosales)

Blast rocks police station

A grenade explosion rocked
the Manila Police District Station
7 in Tondo, Manila yesterday.
A jeepney was damaged in the
incident.
A grenade was also found
underneath the car of desk
o f f i c e r P O 2 Ro m e o R i c a l d e
parked in the slot reserved for
MPD Station 7 commander Supt.
Joel A. Villanueva.
T h e y t h o u g h t i t wa s my
car because Ricaldes car was
parked on my slot. I believe
the suspects wanted to really
damage the station, Villanueva
said.
Villanueva suspects that their

intensified anti-illegal drugs

campaign this month in which
several persons were arrested
could be behind the incident.
Just last week, four persons
were arrested for possession of
illegal drugs.
This could be the reason
behind the grenade throwing
incident, Villanueva said.
The grenade was thrown at
about 3:55 a.m. and landed
below the jeepney about 30
meters away from the police
station in front of the abandoned
Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority Gwapotel building.
Closed-circuit television

footage from the MPD Station

7 showed that an unidentified
person onboard a motorcycle
threw the first grenade and fled
towards the south.
Villanueva said they will beef
up security measures that may
include concrete barriers around
the police station similar to what
the Raxabago, Tondo police
station did to prevent further
grenade attacks.
Two separate grenade attacks
rocked the Raxabago police
station in April and October last
year that damaged a policemans
car and a motorcycle. (Jenny
F. Manongdo)

Painter nds jobless mans body

The body of a 55-year-old jobless
man was found in Quezon City
Thursday, police said yesterday.
Reports reaching the Quezon City
Police District-Criminal Investigation
and Detection Unit identified the
victim as Teolo Cuevas of Kaliraya
St., Barangay Doa Josefa.

Chief Insp. Rodel Marcelo, CIDU

chief, disclosed that the victims body
was found at about 10 a.m. by a
painter in his residence.
Witness Darios Dulante went to
Cuevas residence after he was hired
by the victim to paint his house.
Despite repeated knocks at the

gate, the victim failed to respond,

prompting Dulante to call Ravena
Grabosa, the neighbor of the victim
who happened to have a duplicate
key of the victims house.
When they entered the house, they
saw the victim lying on his back and
bloodied. (Francis T. Wakeeld)

A former member of a notorious

robbery gang was shot dead
Thursday in Tondo, Manila.
Police identied the victim as
Leonardo Quilit, 30.
Investigation showed that Quilit
was sleeping in front of his shanty
on Nepomuceno St., Velasquez,
Tondo at about 11 a.m. when he

was killed.
Witnesses told police a man
suddenly appeared and shot him
in the head, killing him on the spot.
The suspect ed.
The victim was taken by his
common-law wife, Apple Baylon,
31, to the Tondo General Hospital
where he died.

Policemen recovered a spent

shell of an unknown type of
rearm in the crime scene.
Homicide investigator PO3
Michael G. Maraggun said the
victim was a former member of the
Commando Gang. Quilit spent time
in jail in 2011 for a robbery case.
(Jenny F. Manongdo)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Suspension of BBL hearings urged

By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ
DAVAO CITY Mayor Rodrigo
Duterte has called on the leaders of
Congress to suspend the hearings
on the Bangsamoro Basic Law
(BBL) until the investigations
on that deadly Maguindanao
encounter are completed.
Speaking before the media in
Cebu City during a gathering on
Federalism on Thursday, January
29, Duterte said that justice must
be served to the victims of said
unfortunate encounter.

When asked by reporters on

who must stand accountable to
the incident, Duterte said the
killers and those who put the
SAFs in harms way negligently
must answer.
On Wednesday here, Duterte
emphasized the importance for
the government and the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to
continue the peace talks.
We cannot go back to war,
he said, citing the complexities
of wars that would affect civilian
populace and communities.

You know rebellions now are

fought not with the arms. Walang
fronts ngayon, the new style of
fighting the government with
rebellion is through bombings.
This time it is not directed against
the armed troops but are done
at the expense of the civilians,
he said.
The mayor also urged the
people in Mindanao to be vigilant
in the midst of the recent incidents
and the series of bombings that
rocked towns in cities in the
area.

R12.4-M marijuana uprooted

CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO,

Ilocos Sur Police and Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
operatives destroyed Thursday an
estimated R12.486 million worth
of fully grown marijuana plants in
the mountainous area in Barangay
Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur.
Senior Supt. Nestor Felix,
Ilocos Sur police director, said the
marijuana eradication operation
started at 5 a.m. and ended at
4 p.m.
Lawmen uprooted at least
60,600 fully grown marijuana
plants in two plantation sites.
Our lawmen also recovered
30 kilograms of dried marijuana
leaves in the plantation sites,
he said.
He added that most of the
uprooted marijuana were burned
on site, and only samples were
brought to the police provincial
ofce for ceremonial burning and
documentation.

TIAONG, Quezon A 60-year-old man was shot dead by two

robbers who broke into his house Thursday night in Sitio Centro,
Barangay Paiisa, this town.
Police said the victim, Rodrigo C. Arias, died on the spot from
gunshot wounds in the head, chest and abdomen.
Police reported that the victim was watching his laborers John
de Ramos Marquez and Jaime Batiller de Ocampo who were busy
dumping soil for landscaping in front of his house at about 11:30
p.m. when two armed men in military uniforms appeared.
At gunpoint, Marquez and De Ocampo were ordered by the
suspects to lie face down the oor.
The suspects then shot the victim on the terrace.
The robbers later ransacked the house, taking away the personal
belongings of the victim.
Police recovered from the crime scene three cartridges of 9mm
pistol. (Danny J. Estacio)

3 dead in jeepney fall

Guns, drugs seized in Zambo

POLICE and anti-narcotics operatives burned fully grown marijuana plantations in a one-hectare land area in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, Thursday morning. (Erwin G. Beleo)
Based on the standard set
by the Dangerous Drug Board,
the estimated worth of the

destroyed marijuana plants

was R12,486,000.00, he said.
(Freddie G. Lazaro)

Company, for shooting his paramour

Marlyn dela Cruz during a heated
altercation inside their house in
Barangay Grino, Tacurong City.
The victim, who sustained multiple
bullet wounds in the body, was in
critical condition in a local hospital.
Investigation showed the suspect
confronted Dela Cruz on suspicion
that she was having an illicit affair

with another man.

At the height of their verbal
tussle, the suspect shot the
victim using a .40-caliber pistol.
Supt. Jemuel Siason, chief
of Sultan Kudarat Police
Public Safety Company, said
negotiations are now underway
for the surrender of Panguat.
(Joseph Jubelag)

Plane passenger held for bomb joke

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte A
Manila-bound passenger of the
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is now
languishing in Tacloban City Police
detention cell after cracking a joke
that he has a bomb in his backpack
the other day.
Senior Supt. Domingo Say
Cabillan, Tacloban City Police

Man, 60, killed & robbed

NAGA CITY Three passengers died after a jeepney fell into a

creek at 8 p.m. Thursday at Purok 3, Barangay Villa San Isidro, Sta.
Elena, Camarines Norte, police said.
Killed in the accident were Gary Mercado, 20; Ruel Requillas,
30; and Marvin Requillas, 17, all laborers and residents of Purok
4, Barangay Kabuluan, Sta. Elena, Camarines Norte. They were
declared dead on arrival at the Rosary Virgin Mary Hospital in
Poblacion, Sta. Elena.
The jeep (VFC 253) is owned by a certain Sofronio Panaligan, 48,
businessman, of P-4 Barangay Kabuluan, Sta. Elena.
The driver of the jeep, a certain Rolando Torres, a resident of
Barangay Kabuluan, who also sustained minor injuries, left the place
before the arrival of responding policemen. He is now the subject
of a manhunt. (Ruel Saldico)

Cop hunted for shooting partner

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat Police
operatives are hot on trail of their
colleague who shot his live-in
partner during a heated altercation
in Tacurong City.
Tacurong City police chief Junny
Buenacosa said a case of frustrated
murder has been filed against
PO2 Pauya Panguat, assigned
to the Provincial Public Safety

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director, said Passenger Artchie

Jay Viloria of Davao was arrested
last January 28,2015 while about
to board a PAL plane bound for
Manila from Tacloban City.
He said the passenger, when
asked to submit his luggage
for inspection, replied alangan
naman granada and immediately

proceeded to board the plane.

Tacloban City PAL ofcial Dan
T. Moquia together with Aviation
police personnel turned over
the passenger to Tacloban City
Police. He is facing violation
of Presidential Decree 1727 or
the anti-bomb scare joke law.
(Nestor L. Abrematea)

ZAMBOANGA CITY Police authorities seized several highpowered rearm and ammunition and illegal drugs in Barangay
Lower Calarian, this city.
Senior Inspectors Hingming Ladjaali and Karib Muharram said
the seizure was made on the strength of a search warrant at the
house of Abdel Tapsi at Sampalok Drive, Barangay Lower Calarian,
on Sunday morning, January 25.
The operation also led to the arrest of Abdel Reiner Karim I. Tapsi,
the alleged owner of the seized items, Muharram said.
Tapsi is now detained at police station here pending the ling of
charges in court. (Nonoy E. Lacson)

Couple nabbed in drug bust

NOVELETA, Cavite Local police operatives arrested a 60-year-old
man and his alleged live-in partner in a drug buy-bust operation
on late Thursday afternoon in Barangay San Juan II, this lowland
municipality.
Senior Inspector Francisco Kimayong Panisan, Noveleta police
chief, said that 53 small plastic sachets containing suspected shabu
were found in the possession of one Joselito Madrigal and Erlie
Morias Morales, 30, when his team pounced on them.
Panisan reported that the couples arrest was made at the house
of Morales after surveillance. Madrigal reportedly lives at E. Cabezas
Street, Barangay San Roque, Cavite City, he said.
This couple had long been under surveillance, they operate from
one place to another, Panisan said.
The seized 53 repacked suspected high-grade shabu
(methamphetamine hydrochloride) are worth about R20,000. The
team nabbed the couple shortly after they transacted with a police
poseur-buyer, Panisan reported.
Panisan said that the drug haul was the biggest so far this New
Year month as he cited that there were bigger shabu seizures made
in 2014 with the arrest of 20 drug pushers and users in operations
in the turf. (Anthony Giron)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Ebola epidemic on the decline

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)
Weekly Ebola infections in west
Africa have dropped to below 100
for the rst time in more than six
months, gures showed Thursday
raising hopes the worst-ever
outbreak of the virus is coming
to an end.
The World Health Organization
said it had now shifted its efforts
in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone the countries worst-hit
by the epidemic from slowing
the spread to stamping it out
completely.
The UNs Ebola coordinator,
David Nabarro, nevertheless
cautioned that the epidemic was
still not totally contained.
The number of cases is
decreasing week by week and
getting to zero in many places...
but we still see occasional areups and we still see some surprises
with new cases out of our contact
lists, Nabarro told Agence FrancePresse .

That means that the epidemic

is not contained yet, he told AFP
at the African Union headquarters,
as leaders gathered a day ahead
of a summit meeting where Ebola
is a key issue for discussion.
According to the WHO gures
released in Geneva, 99 new cases
were conrmed in the week up
to January 25, the rst time the
figure has dropped below 100
since the end of June 2014.
The response... has now moved
to a second phase, as the focus
shifts from slowing transmission
to ending the epidemic, the WHO
said in a statement.
To achieve this goal as quickly
as possible, efforts have moved
from rapidly building infrastructure
to ensuring that capacity for
case nding, case management,
safe burials, and community
engagement is used as effectively
as possible.
The worst outbreak of the
virus in history has seen nearly

PARIS, France (AFP) Ex-IMF

chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
whose sexual proclivities cost him
his job and a shot at the French
presidency, goes on trial Monday
for pimping over his alleged role
in a prostitution ring.
The 65-year-old saw his highying career at the head of the
International Monetary Fund and
presidential prospects implode
when a chambermaid at a New
York hotel accused him of sexual
assault in 2011.
While those criminal charges
were dropped and the case settled
in a civil suit, DSK as he is

known in France faced further

humiliation when sordid details
emerged of his participation in
orgies with prostitutes.
It is these sex parties which have
once again landed him in the dock,
charged with aggravated pimping
in an organized group after his
name came up as part of an
investigation into a prostitution ring
in northern France and Belgium.
Strauss-Kahn, who denies the
charge, was ordered to stand
trial in 2012 by investigating
magistrates despite prosecutors
calling for the charges to be
dropped for lack of evidence.

9,000 deaths in a year almost

of them all in the Liberia, Guinea
and Sierra Leone and sparked a
major health scare worldwide.
The three nations have been
devastated by the outbreak, which
began in December 2013, but all
have seen recent signs that the
virus is on the wane, with the
number of new cases dropping
weekly.

Mexico blast
kills 2 babies
Mexico City (AFP) A gas truck
explosion demolished a maternity
hospital in Mexico City, killing two
babies and a nurse, injuring dozens
and prompting desperate mothers
to grab their newborns as the
building crumbled around them.
Hundreds of rescuers, some with
dogs, dug through the rubble of the
Maternity and Childrens Hospital in
the Cuajimalpa borough after the
huge blast, though ofcials were
hopeful that nobody remained
trapped.
I remember the cries of the
babies under the rubble and the
screams of my colleagues, said
Ivonne Ortega, a nurse who was
injured as she helped evacuate
the newborns.
Mexico City Health Secretary
Armando Ahued said a nurse
and a baby died on the spot and
a second baby succumbed from
injuries in another hospital. He
said 73 people were injured and
that nine babies were in delicate
condition.
Around three-quarters of the
building collapsed after the blast,
which took place around 7 am after
workers were unable to control
a pipe leak, Mayor Miguel Angel
Mancera said.

SEOUL (AFP) North Koreas

leader Kim Jong-Un looks set to
take an initial, tentative step onto
the global stage with a visit in May
to Russia his rst trip abroad since
coming to power three years ago.
Kim may not have the physique
or bearing of a shy debutante,
but Moscow will be his diplomatic
coming out and minutely
scrutinised, especially with other
world leaders, including Chinas Xi
Jinping, expected to be there.
The Kremlin confirmed
Wednesday (Jan 28) that Kim
would be among those attending
ceremonies to mark the 70th

anniversary of the Soviet Unions

victory over Nazi Germany in World
War II. Kims presence would set
up some potentially intriguing
meet and greets.
As well as Xi, US President
Barack Obama and South Korean
President Park Geun-Hye have
both been invited, but have yet to
conrm one way or the other.
Obama is considered an unlikely
participant given current tensions
with Russia over Ukraine, while
Parks office says she is still
considering unspecied scheduling
conflicts. A Kim meeting with
virtually anyone would be news.

Anonymous credit card

data isnt that anonymous
Just four bits of information
gleaned from a shoppers credit
card can be used to identify
almost anyone, suggesting that
even anonymous big data sets
can breach individual privacy,
researchers said Thursday.
The study in the journal Science
crunched three months of credit
card records for 1.1 million people
in an unidentied industrialized
country.
Ninety percent of individuals
could be uniquely identied using
just four pieces of information,
such as where they bought coffee
one day, or where they purchased
a new sweater or pair of shoes.
In other words, credit cards use
was just as reliable at identifying
someone as mobile phone
records, the study said.
Knowing the price of a
transaction could boost the risk of
re-identication by 22 percent.
Even data sets that provide
coarse information at any or all

of the dimensions provide little

anonymity, said the study led
by Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye
at the Massachusetts Institute
o f Te c h n o l o g y ( M I T ) a n d
colleagues at Aarhus University
in Denmark.
Even if some of the specics
were stripped from credit card
data, such as noting the general
area where a purchase was made
instead of the specic shop, or
expanding the time range to 15
days instead of one, a person who
would have believed themselves
anonymous could be re-identied
with just a few more additional
data points, said the study.
Wo m e n a r e m o r e r e identiable than men in credit
card metadata, it added.
People with higher incomes were
also easier to identify, perhaps
because they have distinctive
patterns in how they divide their
time between the shops they
visit, added the study. (AFP)

SATURDAY,
JANUARY27,
31,2014
2015
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER

Medium Rare

EDITORIAL

Jullie Y. Daza

Tell the truth

E are in the dark.

We are in mourning.
The long dark night of the soul has
never felt darker or longer. Everyone is taking this, this unspeakable
atrocity, very personally. One week
after blood stained the battleeld,
one day after the national day of
mourning why only one day? we
are deeper in the dark.
More questions than answers. Every answer spawning more questions.
We lost 44, maybe more, of our
best and ablest, the other side 11 of
theirs. All 55 of them sons of their
parents, husbands of their widows,
fathers of their orphaned children.
The blood on both sides the same
vivid, wasted red.
A ceasere was in effect, a ceasere was broken. After the slaughter,
the ceasere was restored. Ceasere, when hot pursuit should have
been the order of the day?
Did it help that the ambush, or trap,
or massacre had to be described as
a misencounter? Did 44 brave men
die by mistake? Was their heroism
a misnomer? Where is the misinformation coming from? The board of

inquiry must do its work and wrap it

up soon, before the bleeding wounds
fester. If theres an active chain of
command, the investigators work
should be all the easier for the truth
to emerge, fresh and unedited.
Will they stick to the lack of coordination refrain? Whom did the Special Action Forces fail to coordinate
with? Messrs. Marwan and Usman?
Hello, were coordinating and were
here waiting for you to let us in.
An unbelievable scenario that, were
it not for its tragic consequences,
would have been obscenely laughable. A weeping orphan decried how
the government line put the blame
on SAF for their supposed lapses
as if it was their choice to be overkilled (a PNP generals lament).
Hopefully, the board of inquiry
will tell us the whole story, piece
by piece, after listening to the 300plus survivors; hopefully there will
be no embellishments, insertions,
or deletions. The truth aches to be
bared. Will the board search for the
naked truth, or for the right words
to dress it up? Will they also tell us
who stands to claim the $5 million
reward?

A time to weep
H

UNDREDS of police ofcers, many of them fellow graduates of the 44 Special Action
Force commandos from the Philippine National Police Academy, marched in quiet
sympathy to Camp Bagong Diwa yesterday, where necrological services were to be held
for the fallen men.
They marched in sorrow for the death of their comrades. They also marched in anger
over the brutality of the killings and the seeming incompetence of the planners and the
strategists that led the men to their untimely deaths. There have been battles before with
ten to 15 casualties and usually more on the enemy side. But 44 men? And many of them
appeared to have been shot in the head as in an execution.
President Aquino led the necrological rites at which he vowed justice for the slain men.
He assured their families of the fullest government support, including scholarships for
their children. He appealed to the public not to give in to their emotions.
In all churches of the Archdiocese of Manila, Masses were offered for the 44 PNP
commandos. We express our deep solidarity, especially with their families and friends
and all who belong to the wider family of the Philippine National Police, Archbishop Luis
Antonio Cardinal Tagle said.
It was truly a day of mourning for the nation. There is a time for everything under
the heavens, as the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible says, and yesterday was a time to
weep.
But there is also a time to search and there are so many things that have to be cleared
up in the massacre and the search for facts must be assiduously pursued. How is it that
PNP men were sent in to a danger zone without any coordination with the military forces
in the area? An air strike could have been called in, so that the number of slain men
would not have been that high. There is also the matter of American involvement in the
incident, including in the retrieval of the SAF mens bodies. Was this somehow related to
the reported $5-million reward?
Meanwhile, the government peace panel and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) signed in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday the protocol on the implementation of the
decommissioning of MILF arms and forces. This is part of the agreement reached by the
Philippine government with the MILF, which is embodied in a Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)
now pending in Congress.
The BBL itself appears to be on hold, with many senators and congressmen calling for
a suspension of its consideration. This is as it should be. The facts behind the massacre
must rst be learned and explained in relation to the overall peace process. Until this is
done, it would be the height of injustice to approve or even consider it.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Reections Today

The calming of
a storm at sea
Gospel Reading: Mk 4:35-41
N that day,
a s e ve n i n g
drew on, Jesus
said to his
disciples: Let us
cross to the other
side. Leaving the
crowd, they took him with

Special Report
Erik Espina

Sangguniang
Kabataan

HAT to do with the present

set-up of the Sangguniang
Kabataan (SK)? As foreword, I
have never believed in provisioning for elected sectors e.g.
youth, women, senior citizens etc.
in our political system. Given, no
public ofcial today will commit
hara-kiri with said statement,
even if he secretly agrees with
me. Practical politics forewarns,
losing votes in the next election
from said constituencies. My argument is simple. At one time in
our lives we were young, or had
children; we deal with our moth-

them in the boat just as he

was. And other boats were
with him. A violent squall came
up and waves were breaking
over the boat, so that it was
already filling up. Jesus was in
the stern, asleep on a cushion.
They woke him and said to him,
Teacher, do you not care that
we are perishing? He woke
up, rebuked the wind, and said
to the sea, Quiet! Be still!
The wind ceased and there
was great calm. Then he asked
them, Why are you terrified?
Do you not yet have faith?

They were filled with great awe

and said to one another, Who
then is this whom even wind
and sea obey?
QUIET! BE STILL!
Jesus is always on the move:
crossing the lake, walking to
various towns and villages, and
climbing hills. In the Gospel,
he and his disciples are caught
by a storm on the lake. His
disciples are terrified, but Jesus
is peacefully sleeping. When his
frightened disciples alert him of
the danger, he simply rebukes
the wind; it dies down and calm

follows. Jesus may be subjected

to the forces of nature, but he
remains the Lord of wind and
sea. The disciples for a moment
fail to realize this, but Jesus
reminds them to have faith in
him. With him at their side, they
are safe.
Natural disasters are common
occurrences in our times, in
various parts of the world. Many
attribute these erratic natural
phenomena to civilizations own
doing; others see them as signs
of the nearing end. Whatever
the reason, we believe in the

ers, sisters, aunts, teachers, female classmates etc., as well, we

all have grandfathers we respect.
Talk about persons with disabilities, we also know somebody in
the family or extended friends
who suffers from such a strain. In
short, when a candidate is nally
elected for ofce by a general
majority, he brings with him his
intellectual, emotional and experiential faculties. Said candidate, I
would like to think in his life, wore
several hats portraying roles that
mirror the society he revolves in.
Hence it makes perfect sense,
in planning for government programs, he at the very least, comprehends, if not sympathizes/empathizes with the general needs
plus, sectoral priorities. No thanks
to the unelected framers of the
1987 Constitution, Sectoral parties abound and are abused. But
that is another story. The conun-

drum of SK is best handled out of

the box. Keep the kids out of the
clutches of prevailing dirty/money
politics. Make sanggunian (advisory) in nature where Congress
by law and Comelec IRRs register
youth associations etc. numbering at least 30 members (age 1524) in respective towns and cities.
After verication of identity/residence, every youth president
attends localized conventions
electing an Advisory Secretariat
to the Mayors Ofce. No salary
involved as volunteers (similar to
Student Council ofcers) with the
main task of submitting programs
and policies for the youth to LGU
Councils. When the prospect of
budget is removed in the SK
mix, then you have a fair chance
of restoring hope and conscience
in the youth, distanced from
vested and protable practices by
politicians.

Dear Manay Gina

Lions Clubs Intl president visits Manila

Lions Clubs International President Joseph Joe Preston is set
to arrive today in Manila on a fourday visit to discuss the progress
of the $3-million housing program
for survivors of typhoon Yolanda,
among other service projects that
will benet the country.
Preston will meet leaders and
representatives of the countrys
13,000-strong membership of
over 400 Lions Clubs to reinforce
the Associations four major policy thrusts, Engaging the Youth,
Sharing the Vision (Sight Preservation), Relieving the Hunger, and
Protecting the Environment, said
Nestor Chua, Multiple District 301
Philippines Council of Governors

JOSEPH Joe Preston

chairperson.
The head of the service organizations 1.3 million members
worldwide is also expected to
meet with Leos (youth version of
Lions), Lions Club presidents, and

women members to discuss their

roles in leadership and community
development, District 301-B2 Gov.
and Council Secretary Frederick
Lim announced.
Prestons visit was initiated by
District 301-A3 Governor Valentin
Co who invited him to grace the
districts anniversary celebration
on February 1.
On February 2, Preston is expected to be briefed by the Lions
Haiyan Committee headed by Past
International Director Michael So,
the grant administrator, on the
progress of work in the construction of 200 houses in Tacloban
City, another 20 units and a school
house, both in San Isidro, Leyte.

Gina de Venecia

Puppy-love
stage
Dear Manay Gina,
I am a new college graduate who
is about to start my rst real job in
a few months from now. The thing
is, I also recently found the man of
my dreams.
Timing seems to be our enemy
because our love affair is still in its
puppy love stage and already, Im
about to leave town because of my
job. I will denitely leave soon and
he will be busy with his own projects
at work, leaving very little time for
us. This is challenging because he
is tired and worn-out at the end of
the day.
My question is: Do long-distance
relationships really work? He said that
he had a long-distance relationship in
the past but she cheated on him.
Diana
Dear Diana,
It is denitely possible for your
relationship to work. Given the fact
that you are starting a new job and
your love interest is working on new

power of Jesus over the forces

of nature. At the same time,
whether the Lord returns now
or later, we continue to care for
our planet Earth.
***
In times of stormy trials, keep
calm and trust in Jesus.
***
SOURCE: 366 Days with the
Lord, ST PAULS, 7708 St. Paul
Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.);
Tel.: 895-9701; Fax 895-7328;
E-mail: publishing@stpauls.ph;
Website: http://www.stpauls.
ph.
projects, long-distance affair might
give you both the freedom you need
to fulll your professional pursuits,
while giving this new relationship
time to grow.
Long-distance relationships can
be fullling and exciting. Just dont
crowd him too much and dont lay
heavy emotions on the table. You
should also stay open and optimistic
about the possibilities.
Theres a saying that If you want
to live together, you rst need to
learn how to live apart. So, look
at this long-distance relationship as
an experience that will bound you
together even stronger.
In order to succeed, both of you
need to set some ground rules to
manage your expectations. You
should also maintain to communicate
regularly, and creatively so that you
will make each other feel loved and
attended to. Lastly, stay honest with
each other.
Affectionately,
Manay Gina
***
A successful marriage
requires falling in love many
times, always with the same
person. Mignon McLaughlin
***
Send
questions
to
manaygina@hotmail.com

Las Pias tax deadline

Las Pias City Mayor Vergel
Aguilar has reiterated his appeal
to businessmen and property
owners in the city to pay the correct and exact taxes.
Aguilar stressed that no new
or additional fees will be imposed
with the extension of the deadline

of payments to February 27.

The extension of the deadline
for renewal of permits and payment of taxes was in line with the
adoption of new system at the
Business Permit and License Ofce for a more efcient collection
and correct assessment of fees.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

DUMALAW si Kris Aquino sa burol

ng mga nasawing PNP Special Action
Forces sa Camp Bagong Diwa noong
Huwebes ng gabi, January 29.
Ito ay sa kabila ng ibat ibang

ang lahat na nawalan ako ng isang

mahal sa buhay sa isang marahas
na paraan.
Ipinaabot ko lang talaga ang
pagsisimpatiya, at pagdadasal.
Ang ama ni Kris na si Benigno
Aquino Jr, dating senador at
mahigpit na karibal sa pulitika
nang nooy presidente ng Pilipinas,
si President Ferdinand Marcos.
ay pinatay habang bumababa sa
tarmac ng Manila International
Airport noong August 21, 1983.
Ito ay matapos ang tatlong taon
na self-exile sa United States.
Samantala, ang iba pang
celebrities na dumalaw sa burol ng
mga pulis ay sina Diether Ocampo
at Ai Ai de las Alas.
Namataan din sina Senators
Allan at Pia Cayetano, Ralph
Recto, Antonio Trillanes, Tingting
Cojuangco, Taguig City Mayor Lani
Cayetano, at Chief Justice Lourdes
Sereno.

Fashion icons
F

ASHION ICONS Who

are showbiz most elegant
and glamorous women?
In the taste of Inside
Showbiz, edited by Joey
Reyes (yes the prestigious writerdirector), they are Lucy Torres,
Gretchen Barretto, and Dawn
Zulueta.
In the piece penned by Hazel
Paras, Women of Timeless Glamour,
the three ladies are among the
most iconic and inuential fashion
personalities of our time.
One by one now:
Lucy Torres, congresswoman from
Ormoc, Leyte; wife of award-winning
actor Richard Gomez. A Woman of
Elegance.
Gretchen Barretto, partner of multimillionaire businessman Tonyboy
Cojuangco. A Woman of Style.
Dawn Zulueta, wife of Davao
Congressman Anton Lagdameo. A
Woman of Sophistication.
Hazel writes in Inside Showbiz:
We see Lucy as the demure yet
powerful celebrity-turned-politician.
Weve witnessed Gretchen as the
tough and condent femme fatale.
And we love Dawn for being the
charming and lovable sweetheart
on and off-cam. These are three
different women with three different
characteristics. But they all have one
thing in common: natural glamour.

GRETCHEN
Barretto

DAWN Zulueta-Lagdameo
STYLISH Inside Showbiz also
cited Enchong Dee, Miko Raval, and
Joseph Marco as Young, Stylish, and
Driven.
Joyce Reyes Aguilar writes: These
young, in-demand stars have not only
evolved from being showbiz newbies
to stars, but also from being ordinary
to stylish celebrities. These Kapamilya
stars have fashion identities that are
followed and imitated by many.
Inside Showbiz also mentioned
other stars for their fashion
sense: Paulo Avelino (Dapper and
Debonair), Kean Cipriano (Rockstar
Look), Tom Rodriguez (Rugged and
Straightforward).
Noted for their innate sense of
style are Anne Curtis, Solenn Heussaff,
Bianca Gonzalez, Carla Abellana, Toni
Gonzaga.

AHIT k a p u wa
i t inanggi nina
Jake Vargas at
Bea Binene na
break na
sila at
okey sila, halata
ng entertainment
press na may
itinatago sila
sa totoong
namamagitang
relasyon sa kanila.
Sa presscon
ng movie nilang
Liwanag sa
Dilim, bahagyang
nagkibuan sina Jake
at Bea. Walang kiligkiligang factor.
Kaloka
ang
magkaiba nilang
pahayag sa date ng
kanilang 3rd anniversary
as sweethearts. Sabi ni Jake,
January this year, sey naman ni
Bea, Feb. 5. Ayon pa kay Jake,
wala silang anniversary gifts ni Bea
sa isat isa.
Itinanggi rin ni Jake na battered
boyfriend siya. Aniya, bugbog
siya sa pagmamahal ni Bea. Joke
ng press, mukhang madilim ang
relasyon nila, kaya napilitan si
Bea amining may pinagdaraanan
sila ni Jake. Kung anuman yun,
maaayos din, sambit ni Bea.
Kapuwa malungkot ang kanilang
mga mukha, walang ningning
ang kanilang mga mata. Walang
glow ng dalawang taong in love
sa isat isa, pansin ng press kina
Jake at Bea. Magkahiwalay silang
dumating at umalis sa presscon.
Wrong timing yata na kung kailan
nagpo-promote sila ng kanilang
movie, saka naman nag-break sina
Jake at Bea. Makatulong kaya yun
sa magiging box-ofce returns ng
Liwanag sa Dilim? Magliwanag
kaya o magdilim ang takilya?

Super sweet

LUCY Torres-Gomez

ELMO
Magalona
and Janine
Gutierrez

Kabaliktaran nina Jake Vargas at

Bea Binene ang nakita namin kina
Elmo Magalona at Janine Gutierrez
nang dumalaw kami, kasama ang
ilang colleagues sa taping ng More
Than Words. Sweet-sweetan ang
dalawa at may pakiliti-kiliti pa si
Elmo sa tagiliran ni Janine. Super
lagkit kung magtitigan sila na

JAKE Vargas
and Bea Binene

parang ice cream na kinakain namin

habang kausap namin sila.
Asked kung anong parte ng
katawan ang gusto nila sa isat isa,
parehong eyes ang isinagot nina
Elmo at Janine. Kapag tinitingnan
ko siya, lalo akong nahuhulog sa
kanya, ani Elmo. Expressive ang
eyes ni Moe, sambit naman ni
Janine. Tinginan lang namin, alam
na niya kung anong gusto ko. Hindi
na niya kailangang magsalita. I
want to be with her forever, tugon
naman ni Elmo.
O, di ba, nakakakilig sila?
Kasama ni Elmo si Janine sa kasal
ng kanyang Ate Saab Magalona
sa Baguio City. Nagkita roon sina
Janine at ang ex-girlfriend (na
never namang inamin) ni Elmo na si
Lauren Young. Ani Janine, civil sila ni
Lauren sa isat isa at nagbatian sila.
Kasama ni Lauren ang non-showbiz
boyfriend niya.
Pumasok sa More Than Words
si Kylie Padilla bilang ex-GF ni
Elmo at anang huli, happy siyang
ito ang katrabaho nila ni Janine.
Bilib ako kay Kylie. Magaling siya
at mabait, ani Elmo. Asked Janine
kung nagseselos ba siya kay Kylie,
Not at all. Trabaho lang. Alam ko
kung saan ako nakalugar sa puso
ni Moe, ever-smiling na sabi ni
Janine.

Paborito
Saglit ding nakausap namin

si Jaclyn Jose sa taping ng

More Than Words at aniya,
p a b o r i t o n a n i ya s i J a n i n e
Gutierrez. Mabait at masarap
itong katrabaho at magaling
umarte.
Ayon pa kay Jaclyn, maraming
artistang bano umarte, pero
tumanggi siyang magbanggit
ng pangalan. Gusto niyang
katrabaho ang GMA stars
dahil walang attitude problem.
Magagaan daw katrabaho.
Hindi yata alam o maangmaangan lang si Jaclyn na
nagkabalikan ang anak niyang si
Andi Eigemann at Jake Ejercito.
Nagulat pa siya nang sabihin ng
isang kasama naming reporter
na magkasama sa Singapore
ang dalawa.
Nagkabalikan ba sila? Ay,
paborito ko si Jake. Alam
nyo yun, nakangiting sabi ni
Jaclyn.
Naiba ang mood ng aktres
nang tanungin ang isang taong
nali-link din kay Andi. Bagaman
hindi binanggit ang name
ng guy, getz agad ni Jacyln
kung sino yun (Bret Jackson).
Anang aktres, noong nagsalita
siya about him, kung anuanong lumabas na pahayag
nito. Ayokong tumulong sa
kanya para sumikat siya, noh!
Sapat na yung anak ko ang
tumutulong sa kanya, wika ni
Jaclyn.

UST A THOUGHT:
The way I see it, if you
want the rainbow, you
gotta put up with the
rain. Dolly Parton
***

MILESTONE FOR XIAN:

Considered a milestone in Xian
Lims ve-year old acting career
is landing a choice role, the voice
of a Peru-born forest bear, who
plays the title role in the UK lm,
Paddington.
I still cant believe this good
break happened to me, Xian told
media last week during a press
conference.
After seeing his name billed side
by side those of an international
cast that includes Nicole Kidman
on the movies poster, the young
actor said he felt somewhat
jolted.
He admitted dubbing the lead
role in the lm challenged him in
more ways than one. It was hard
enough that the rest of the cast
were all native English speakers,
he said.

Idol sa Kusina
Chef Boy Logro

XIAn Lim

Maver Mayuga of Captive Cinema,

the lms local distributor, assured
that Xian wasnt pressured to put on
a British accent for the part. In the
US version, Paddington is voiced by
Ben Whihshaw.
Meanwhile, Studio Canal explained
that hiring a local actor to dub
Paddington is an accepted practice.
Other countries, such as France,
have done the same.
***
POTTER
HARRY
PRODUCER: Paddington
is produced by Harry Potter
producer David Heyman, who
personally approved of Xian to
be the well-loved bears voice in
the Philippines.
The story of Paddington was
rst told in a series of books by
Michael Bond in 1958. The bear
is easily recognized because of
his trademark blue rain coat and
red hat.
The marmalade-loving bear,
originally from Peru, was raised
by his bear relatives, Aunt Lucy
and Uncle Pastuzo. His original

more dahil ang ihahanda natin

ngayon ay tiyak na magpapasaya
sa inyong mga anak. Napakadali
rin nitong gawin ang No-Bake
Mango Cheesecake. Hindi nyo

BRIDGES OVER TROUBLED

WATER: On another subject,
Xian explained that having been
removed from the cast of new
teleserye Bridges is a blessing
in disguise.
He will get a chance to be
reunited with Kim Chiu in another
TV series after costarring with her
in two successful movies.
Xian was replaced by Paulo
Avelino in Bridges, a replacement
that caused a bit of controversy. He
was reportedly found inadequate
for the role.
Xian said he knew the production
picked the right actor (Paulo) to
play what was supposed to be his
role in the series. No hard feelings
there.

na kailangan pang lumabas sa

inyong mga bahay dahil ang homemade dessert na ito ay siguradong
magpapatamis sa pagsasama ng
inyong pamilya.
Add this to the cream cheese
mixture. Mix well.
Add the whipping cream to this in
two batches and combine well.
Add the mango pieces and mix
well.
Pour this mixture over the biscuit
base and return it to the fridge.
Make sure that this layer is
refrigerated for a minimum of
two hours before adding the glaze
topping

INGREDIENTS:
For the crust:
250 g finely crushed graham
crackers
100 g melted unsalted butter
100 g white sugar

For the glaze topping:

1 cup mango pulp

***

No-bake mango cheesecake

Y
UM yum yum, mga
Kapuso! Isang kakaibang
dessert ba ang hanap
ninyo para sa inyong
p a m i l ya ? Wo r r y n o

For the lling:

340 g cream cheese
250 ml heavy cream
1/2 cup mango pulp
1-2 pcs mango, coarsely
chopped
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp gelatin
1/2 cup hot water

bear name was hard to pronounce,

so the Brown family, who fosters
him a home in London, calls him
Paddington.
Starring in the lm, set to open
on February 11, as Millicent,
the villain taxidermist, is Nicole
Kidman.

1 tbsp gelatin
1/2 cup hot water
1 pc mango, sliced thinly (half moon
shape)
DIRECTION:
For the crust:
Combine the graham crackers, sugar
and melted butter.
Press this mixture to a loose bottom
tin or the dish you are using.
Refrigerate it while you make the rest

of the cheesecake.
For the lling:
Dissolve gelatin in hot water.
Whip the whipping cream with two to
three tbsps icing sugar till soft-medium
peaks form.
Combine the cream cheese and
sugar till it becomes smooth.
Combine the mango puree and warm
gelatin mixture.

For the glaze topping:

Dissolve the gelatin in hot water.
Once it is dissolved, add it to the
mango puree and mix well.
Pour this over the cream layer.
Once it is set, put sliced mangoes
to garnish the cheesecake.
Refrigerate for another two hours
before serving.
***
Para sa masasarap na recipes
mula sa eksperto, patuloy na
manood ng Idol sa Kusina sa
GMA News TV.

Black

KRIS
Aquino

batikos sa nakakatanda niyang

kapatid na si President Benigno
Aquino III na hindi nagpakita sa
arrival honors ng mga napatay na
sundalo sa Villamor Airbase.
Matatandaan na 44 na sundalo mula
sa hanay ng PNP SAF commandos
ang nasawi sa pakikipagpalitan
ng putukan ng mga ito sa mga
miyembro ng Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) at Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters sa Mamasapano,
Maguindanao noong Linggo, January
25.
Sa TV interview kay Kris na
noong una raw ay naging mailap
sa media, sinabi niya ang kanyang
dahilan ng pagdalaw sa burol at
ang pakikiramay sa mga pamilya ng
mga nasawi.
Aniya, Ipinaalam ko talaga sa
Kuya ko, kung puwede akong
pumunta dito dahil alam ko naman
ang pinagdadaanan nila.
Nangyari din naman sa akin

Xian loses role, goes intl

Yellow Magenta Cyan

Kris, nagpaalam kay PNoy bago nakiramay Jake at Bea madilim

ang relasyon
By GLENN REGONDOLA

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

DUMALAW si Kris Aquino sa burol

ng mga nasawing PNP Special Action
Forces sa Camp Bagong Diwa noong
Huwebes ng gabi, January 29.
Ito ay sa kabila ng ibat ibang

ang lahat na nawalan ako ng isang

mahal sa buhay sa isang marahas
na paraan.
Ipinaabot ko lang talaga ang
pagsisimpatiya, at pagdadasal.
Ang ama ni Kris na si Benigno
Aquino Jr, dating senador at
mahigpit na karibal sa pulitika
nang nooy presidente ng Pilipinas,
si President Ferdinand Marcos.
ay pinatay habang bumababa sa
tarmac ng Manila International
Airport noong August 21, 1983.
Ito ay matapos ang tatlong taon
na self-exile sa United States.
Samantala, ang iba pang
celebrities na dumalaw sa burol ng
mga pulis ay sina Diether Ocampo
at Ai Ai de las Alas.
Namataan din sina Senators
Allan at Pia Cayetano, Ralph
Recto, Antonio Trillanes, Tingting
Cojuangco, Taguig City Mayor Lani
Cayetano, at Chief Justice Lourdes
Sereno.

Fashion icons
F

ASHION ICONS Who

are showbiz most elegant
and glamorous women?
In the taste of Inside
Showbiz, edited by Joey
Reyes (yes the prestigious writerdirector), they are Lucy Torres,
Gretchen Barretto, and Dawn
Zulueta.
In the piece penned by Hazel
Paras, Women of Timeless Glamour,
the three ladies are among the
most iconic and inuential fashion
personalities of our time.
One by one now:
Lucy Torres, congresswoman from
Ormoc, Leyte; wife of award-winning
actor Richard Gomez. A Woman of
Elegance.
Gretchen Barretto, partner of multimillionaire businessman Tonyboy
Cojuangco. A Woman of Style.
Dawn Zulueta, wife of Davao
Congressman Anton Lagdameo. A
Woman of Sophistication.
Hazel writes in Inside Showbiz:
We see Lucy as the demure yet
powerful celebrity-turned-politician.
Weve witnessed Gretchen as the
tough and condent femme fatale.
And we love Dawn for being the
charming and lovable sweetheart
on and off-cam. These are three
different women with three different
characteristics. But they all have one
thing in common: natural glamour.

GRETCHEN
Barretto

DAWN Zulueta-Lagdameo
STYLISH Inside Showbiz also
cited Enchong Dee, Miko Raval, and
Joseph Marco as Young, Stylish, and
Driven.
Joyce Reyes Aguilar writes: These
young, in-demand stars have not only
evolved from being showbiz newbies
to stars, but also from being ordinary
to stylish celebrities. These Kapamilya
stars have fashion identities that are
followed and imitated by many.
Inside Showbiz also mentioned
other stars for their fashion
sense: Paulo Avelino (Dapper and
Debonair), Kean Cipriano (Rockstar
Look), Tom Rodriguez (Rugged and
Straightforward).
Noted for their innate sense of
style are Anne Curtis, Solenn Heussaff,
Bianca Gonzalez, Carla Abellana, Toni
Gonzaga.

AHIT k a p u wa
i t inanggi nina
Jake Vargas at
Bea Binene na
break na
sila at
okey sila, halata
ng entertainment
press na may
itinatago sila
sa totoong
namamagitang
relasyon sa kanila.
Sa presscon
ng movie nilang
Liwanag sa
Dilim, bahagyang
nagkibuan sina Jake
at Bea. Walang kiligkiligang factor.
Kaloka
ang
magkaiba nilang
pahayag sa date ng
kanilang 3rd anniversary
as sweethearts. Sabi ni Jake,
January this year, sey naman ni
Bea, Feb. 5. Ayon pa kay Jake,
wala silang anniversary gifts ni Bea
sa isat isa.
Itinanggi rin ni Jake na battered
boyfriend siya. Aniya, bugbog
siya sa pagmamahal ni Bea. Joke
ng press, mukhang madilim ang
relasyon nila, kaya napilitan si
Bea amining may pinagdaraanan
sila ni Jake. Kung anuman yun,
maaayos din, sambit ni Bea.
Kapuwa malungkot ang kanilang
mga mukha, walang ningning
ang kanilang mga mata. Walang
glow ng dalawang taong in love
sa isat isa, pansin ng press kina
Jake at Bea. Magkahiwalay silang
dumating at umalis sa presscon.
Wrong timing yata na kung kailan
nagpo-promote sila ng kanilang
movie, saka naman nag-break sina
Jake at Bea. Makatulong kaya yun
sa magiging box-ofce returns ng
Liwanag sa Dilim? Magliwanag
kaya o magdilim ang takilya?

Super sweet

LUCY Torres-Gomez

ELMO
Magalona
and Janine
Gutierrez

Kabaliktaran nina Jake Vargas at

Bea Binene ang nakita namin kina
Elmo Magalona at Janine Gutierrez
nang dumalaw kami, kasama ang
ilang colleagues sa taping ng More
Than Words. Sweet-sweetan ang
dalawa at may pakiliti-kiliti pa si
Elmo sa tagiliran ni Janine. Super
lagkit kung magtitigan sila na

JAKE Vargas
and Bea Binene

parang ice cream na kinakain namin

habang kausap namin sila.
Asked kung anong parte ng
katawan ang gusto nila sa isat isa,
parehong eyes ang isinagot nina
Elmo at Janine. Kapag tinitingnan
ko siya, lalo akong nahuhulog sa
kanya, ani Elmo. Expressive ang
eyes ni Moe, sambit naman ni
Janine. Tinginan lang namin, alam
na niya kung anong gusto ko. Hindi
na niya kailangang magsalita. I
want to be with her forever, tugon
naman ni Elmo.
O, di ba, nakakakilig sila?
Kasama ni Elmo si Janine sa kasal
ng kanyang Ate Saab Magalona
sa Baguio City. Nagkita roon sina
Janine at ang ex-girlfriend (na
never namang inamin) ni Elmo na si
Lauren Young. Ani Janine, civil sila ni
Lauren sa isat isa at nagbatian sila.
Kasama ni Lauren ang non-showbiz
boyfriend niya.
Pumasok sa More Than Words
si Kylie Padilla bilang ex-GF ni
Elmo at anang huli, happy siyang
ito ang katrabaho nila ni Janine.
Bilib ako kay Kylie. Magaling siya
at mabait, ani Elmo. Asked Janine
kung nagseselos ba siya kay Kylie,
Not at all. Trabaho lang. Alam ko
kung saan ako nakalugar sa puso
ni Moe, ever-smiling na sabi ni
Janine.

Paborito
Saglit ding nakausap namin

si Jaclyn Jose sa taping ng

More Than Words at aniya,
p a b o r i t o n a n i ya s i J a n i n e
Gutierrez. Mabait at masarap
itong katrabaho at magaling
umarte.
Ayon pa kay Jaclyn, maraming
artistang bano umarte, pero
tumanggi siyang magbanggit
ng pangalan. Gusto niyang
katrabaho ang GMA stars
dahil walang attitude problem.
Magagaan daw katrabaho.
Hindi yata alam o maangmaangan lang si Jaclyn na
nagkabalikan ang anak niyang si
Andi Eigemann at Jake Ejercito.
Nagulat pa siya nang sabihin ng
isang kasama naming reporter
na magkasama sa Singapore
ang dalawa.
Nagkabalikan ba sila? Ay,
paborito ko si Jake. Alam
nyo yun, nakangiting sabi ni
Jaclyn.
Naiba ang mood ng aktres
nang tanungin ang isang taong
nali-link din kay Andi. Bagaman
hindi binanggit ang name
ng guy, getz agad ni Jacyln
kung sino yun (Bret Jackson).
Anang aktres, noong nagsalita
siya about him, kung anuanong lumabas na pahayag
nito. Ayokong tumulong sa
kanya para sumikat siya, noh!
Sapat na yung anak ko ang
tumutulong sa kanya, wika ni
Jaclyn.

UST A THOUGHT:
The way I see it, if you
want the rainbow, you
gotta put up with the
rain. Dolly Parton
***

MILESTONE FOR XIAN:

Considered a milestone in Xian
Lims ve-year old acting career
is landing a choice role, the voice
of a Peru-born forest bear, who
plays the title role in the UK lm,
Paddington.
I still cant believe this good
break happened to me, Xian told
media last week during a press
conference.
After seeing his name billed side
by side those of an international
cast that includes Nicole Kidman
on the movies poster, the young
actor said he felt somewhat
jolted.
He admitted dubbing the lead
role in the lm challenged him in
more ways than one. It was hard
enough that the rest of the cast
were all native English speakers,
he said.

Idol sa Kusina
Chef Boy Logro

XIAn Lim

Maver Mayuga of Captive Cinema,

the lms local distributor, assured
that Xian wasnt pressured to put on
a British accent for the part. In the
US version, Paddington is voiced by
Ben Whihshaw.
Meanwhile, Studio Canal explained
that hiring a local actor to dub
Paddington is an accepted practice.
Other countries, such as France,
have done the same.
***
POTTER
HARRY
PRODUCER: Paddington
is produced by Harry Potter
producer David Heyman, who
personally approved of Xian to
be the well-loved bears voice in
the Philippines.
The story of Paddington was
rst told in a series of books by
Michael Bond in 1958. The bear
is easily recognized because of
his trademark blue rain coat and
red hat.
The marmalade-loving bear,
originally from Peru, was raised
by his bear relatives, Aunt Lucy
and Uncle Pastuzo. His original

more dahil ang ihahanda natin

ngayon ay tiyak na magpapasaya
sa inyong mga anak. Napakadali
rin nitong gawin ang No-Bake
Mango Cheesecake. Hindi nyo

BRIDGES OVER TROUBLED

WATER: On another subject,
Xian explained that having been
removed from the cast of new
teleserye Bridges is a blessing
in disguise.
He will get a chance to be
reunited with Kim Chiu in another
TV series after costarring with her
in two successful movies.
Xian was replaced by Paulo
Avelino in Bridges, a replacement
that caused a bit of controversy. He
was reportedly found inadequate
for the role.
Xian said he knew the production
picked the right actor (Paulo) to
play what was supposed to be his
role in the series. No hard feelings
there.

na kailangan pang lumabas sa

inyong mga bahay dahil ang homemade dessert na ito ay siguradong
magpapatamis sa pagsasama ng
inyong pamilya.
Add this to the cream cheese
mixture. Mix well.
Add the whipping cream to this in
two batches and combine well.
Add the mango pieces and mix
well.
Pour this mixture over the biscuit
base and return it to the fridge.
Make sure that this layer is
refrigerated for a minimum of
two hours before adding the glaze
topping

INGREDIENTS:
For the crust:
250 g finely crushed graham
crackers
100 g melted unsalted butter
100 g white sugar

For the glaze topping:

1 cup mango pulp

***

No-bake mango cheesecake

Y
UM yum yum, mga
Kapuso! Isang kakaibang
dessert ba ang hanap
ninyo para sa inyong
p a m i l ya ? Wo r r y n o

For the lling:

340 g cream cheese
250 ml heavy cream
1/2 cup mango pulp
1-2 pcs mango, coarsely
chopped
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp gelatin
1/2 cup hot water

bear name was hard to pronounce,

so the Brown family, who fosters
him a home in London, calls him
Paddington.
Starring in the lm, set to open
on February 11, as Millicent,
the villain taxidermist, is Nicole
Kidman.

1 tbsp gelatin
1/2 cup hot water
1 pc mango, sliced thinly (half moon
shape)
DIRECTION:
For the crust:
Combine the graham crackers, sugar
and melted butter.
Press this mixture to a loose bottom
tin or the dish you are using.
Refrigerate it while you make the rest

of the cheesecake.
For the lling:
Dissolve gelatin in hot water.
Whip the whipping cream with two to
three tbsps icing sugar till soft-medium
peaks form.
Combine the cream cheese and
sugar till it becomes smooth.
Combine the mango puree and warm
gelatin mixture.

For the glaze topping:

Dissolve the gelatin in hot water.
Once it is dissolved, add it to the
mango puree and mix well.
Pour this over the cream layer.
Once it is set, put sliced mangoes
to garnish the cheesecake.
Refrigerate for another two hours
before serving.
***
Para sa masasarap na recipes
mula sa eksperto, patuloy na
manood ng Idol sa Kusina sa
GMA News TV.

Black

KRIS
Aquino

batikos sa nakakatanda niyang

kapatid na si President Benigno
Aquino III na hindi nagpakita sa
arrival honors ng mga napatay na
sundalo sa Villamor Airbase.
Matatandaan na 44 na sundalo mula
sa hanay ng PNP SAF commandos
ang nasawi sa pakikipagpalitan
ng putukan ng mga ito sa mga
miyembro ng Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) at Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters sa Mamasapano,
Maguindanao noong Linggo, January
25.
Sa TV interview kay Kris na
noong una raw ay naging mailap
sa media, sinabi niya ang kanyang
dahilan ng pagdalaw sa burol at
ang pakikiramay sa mga pamilya ng
mga nasawi.
Aniya, Ipinaalam ko talaga sa
Kuya ko, kung puwede akong
pumunta dito dahil alam ko naman
ang pinagdadaanan nila.
Nangyari din naman sa akin

Xian loses role, goes intl

Yellow Magenta Cyan

Kris, nagpaalam kay PNoy bago nakiramay Jake at Bea madilim

ang relasyon
By GLENN REGONDOLA

10

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

WILD. Reese Witherspoon hikes along Americas wildest trail called the Pacic Crest
Trail in Wild. Based on personal accounts,
Witherspoon portrays Cheryl Strayeds journey to bring her life back together after losing everything that deeply meant to her. The
lm Wild opens February 4 nationwide.

Entertainment

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

11

Bieber to drop
arrogant,
conceited
attitude

MB Cebu job fair today

Ceiling collapse kills one on

Martin Scorsese set in Taiwan
ONE person died and two were
injured on Thursday when a ceiling
collapsed on the set in Taiwan of Martin
Scorseses upcoming lm Silence, a
spokeswoman for the production said.
The three were working as contractors
to reinforce a building on the CMPC
Studios lot that had been deemed
unsafe for production when the accident
happened, spokeswoman Leslee Dart
said in a statement.

Everyone is in shock and sorrow

and expresses their deepest concern
and sympathy to the families of the
individual who died and those who were
injured, the statement added. It did not
detail the severity of the injuries.
Silence, which is still in preproduction, is the Oscar-winning
directors rst theatrical lm since his
2013 tale of greed and excess, The
Wolf of Wall Street. (Reuters)

The Manila Bulletin is holding

the third leg of its Classifieds
Job Fair today at the SM City
in Cebu City, with more than
15 companies expected to
h i r e q u a l i f i e d a p p l i c a n t s fo r
employment.
Merchandise company
International Specialty Concepts
leads the list of employers on the
lookout for new employees. The
firm is the exclusive franchisee
of a high-end Spanish brand in
the country.
Aside from retail, jobseekers
can try out their luck in industries
such as BPO/KPO, insurance,
corporate foundation, and sales.
This is the second time that the
MB Job Fair will be held in the
Queen City of the South. The first
was in 2013.
Two successful job fairs were
held earlier this month in Baguio
City and Quezon City. Thirteen
companies participated in the
first-ever MB job fair in Baguio
City and 73 applicants were hired
on the spot.

Last year, six job fairs were held

in Metro Manila and one each in
Pampanga and Laguna.
Manila Bulletin Vice President
for Classified Ads Department
Lyne Abanilla said the results of
the previous job fairs motivated
them to continue with more job
expos this year.
The success of the job fairs
last year really inspired us to do
more this year, she said. We
want our readers, jobseekers,
partners, and employers to look
forward to our activities.
She also hopes to hear the
stories of those gainfully
employed through MBs job fairs.
I wish they can also share their
experiences, Abanilla added.
Almost 16,000 job hunters went
to the different Manila Bulletin job
fairs last year. More than 1,600
have been hired, she said.
The Manila Bulletin is holding
13 job fairs this year, 10 of them
in Metro Manila and the rest in
selected provinces. (Irene V.
Fernando)

POP star Justin Bieber

said he was leaving
behind his arrogant
and conceited attitude
after bad behavior in the
past year damaged his
image while he makes
the transition from teen
idol to adult performer.
The 20-year-old
Boyfriend singer said
in a video posted on his
Facebook page late on
Wednesday that he was
afraid of what people
are thinking about me
right now.
Biebers image was
hurt by incidents
involving careless
driving, pelting a
neighbors home with
eggs and an alleged
assault following an
altercation with a
photographer.
I didn t want to
come off arrogant or
conceited or basically
how Ive been acting in
the past year, year and
a half, the Canadian
singer said. Im not
who I was pretending
to be.
Bieber has not had
a U.S. top 10 hit since
2012 and last released
a new music album in
2013. He has gotten
more attention lately for
his off-stage behavior,
including that of his
entourage, than his
music.
The singer said a
nervous appearance
on the Ellen DeGeneres
television show earlier
on Wednesday prompted
his video.
His recent ad
campaign for Calvin
Klein underwear has
been widely mocked
and he will subject
himself to a roast by
comedians next month
on U.S. television.
Bieber, who shot to
prominence as a teenage
heartthrob discovered
on YouTube, called his
behavior a cover up
of his emotional state.
(Reuters)

12
AGOS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Comics
RICHEL G. DOROTAN/LOUIE CELERIO

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

13 Salute to Fallen 44

DoJ readies raps

vs MILF ghters
involved in clash
By LEONARD POSTRADO

The government will pursue

legal actions against members of
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) involved in the death of 44
operatives of the elite Philippine
National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) in Maguindanao
last Sunday.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
made this commitment yesterday, adding that possible charges of multiple murder, homicide
and other offenses could be
led against MILF members who
clashed with the SAF troopers in
Mamasapano town.
She claried, however, that the
DOJ action will come only after
the PNP board of inquiry complete its investigation.
We need rst to ascertain the
full facts surrounding the whole
incident, including the identication of perpetrators, she explained. The ling of charges
would depend on results of the
inquiries and investigations.
De Lima said the government is
aware of the cry for the victims
families cry for justice.

We are committed to ensure

that justice is served for the fallen
SAF men and their families, she
assured.
President Aquino was widely
criticized for not tackling the issue
of justice for the slain SAF men
in his televised speech Thursday
night.
The MILF could be liable for
war crime with the killing of the
44 operatives, according to an international law expert.
Meanwhile, UP law professor
Harry Roque Jr. cited perdy or
treachery under the IHL.
The MILF invited condence of
the government that the troops

have protected status. But they

attacked the police forces, which
constitutes perdy, he explained.
Roque said such crime could
also be prosecuted as a domestic crime, but expressed reservations if the government would
pursue prosecution of the MILF
rebels.
He said he expects government
panel chair Prof. Miriam CoronelFerrer and Presidential Adviser on
the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles to object to possible
prosecution of MILF leaders.
Its time to refer the case to
the ICC (International Criminal
Court), he suggested.

Transparent, impartial
probe urged by Church
Church leaders want the investigation into the killing of 44 members of the Philippine National
Police-Special Action Force (PNPSAF) in Maguindanao, Sunday, be
transparent and impartial.
Leaders from the Catholic

ONE of the survivors of the Maguindanao clash that killed 44 Special Action Force troopers is escorted to the necrological rite yesterday in Camp Bagong Diwa. (Ali Vicoy)

Church, the National Council

of Churches in the Philippines
(NCCP) and the Philippine Council
of Evangelical Churches (PCEC)
said this is in order to arrive at
the truth behind the tragedy.
I grieve most deeply with the
families of the valiant PNP-SAF, fallen in battle for the cause of justice.
The circumstances and causes of
this horrendous tragedy are still to
be clearly unraveled. The demand
of justice is for impartial investigation into how such police operation could result into unimaginable
tragedy, Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo said over Church
run Radyo Veritas.
Most Rev. Ephraim Fajutagana,
NCCP chairman, also issued the
same call. We join the many voices
that have already been raised for a
full and transparent inquiry into the
events that unfolded in this awful
armed engagement. We are not
content with Secretary Mar Roxas
description of these terrible events
as merely a mis-encounter, and we
want to know why the cease-re
arrangements with the MILF were
not respected and why those with
command responsibility were not
able to ensure the security of so
many of our PNP who lost their
lives, he said in a statement.

Insp. Joey
Sacristan
Gamutan

Insp. Rennie
Tayrus

SPO1
Lover L.
Inocencio

PO3
PO3 Virgel
Rodrigo F. S. Villanueva
Acob Jr.

PO3 Andres PO3 Vitoriano

Viernes
Nacion Acain
Duque Jr.

PO3 Noel
Onangey
Golocan

PO3 Junrel PO3 Jed-In

Narvas
Abubakar
Kibete
Asjali

PO3 Robert PO3 John Lloyd PO2 Amman

Misuari
Dommolog Rebammonte
Sumbilla
Esmulla
Aliaga

PO2 Peterson PO2 Roger

I. Carap
C. Cordero

PO2 Nicky DC PO2 Glenn

Nacino Jr.
Berecio
Badua

PO2 Chum
Goc-Ong
Agabon

PO2 Richelle
Salangan
Baluga

PO2 Noel
Nebrida
Balaca

PO2 Joel
Bimidang
Dulnuan

PO2 Godofredo
Basak Cabanlet

PO2 Franklin
Cadap Danao

PO2 Walner PO2 Jerry

Faustino
Dailay
Danao
Kayob

PO2 Noble
Sungay
Kiangan

PO2 Ephraim
G. Mejia

PO2 Omar
Agacer
Nacionales

PO2 Rodel
Eva
Ramacula

PO1 Russel PO1 Angel

Bawaan
C. Kodiamat
Bilog

PO1 Windell
Llano
Candano

PO1 Loreto PO1 Gringo

Guyab
Charag
Capinding Cayang-o

PO1 Romeo
Cumanoy
Cempron

PO1 Mark
Lory
Orloque
Clemencio

PO1 Joseph
Gumatay
Sagonoy

PO2 Romeo
Valles
Senin II

PO1 Oliebeth
Ligutan
Viernes

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

SILIP
JOHNNY DECENA

One-two nish

ALAYA scored an easy wire-to-wire victory over ve other entries in

last Sundays R1.2-Million Commissioners Cup Race held in honor
of the late Philracom Commissioners Atty. Franco L. Loyola and Dr. Reynaldo G. Fernando at the Metro Turf in Malvar-Tanauan City, Batangas.
Saddled by Best Jockey Jonathan B. Hernandez, Malaya registered
a time of 1 minute and 52.6 seconds with fraction time of 14-23-2324-27 for the 1,800-Meter distance to bag the top prize of R720,000 for
proud owner Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur C. Abalos, Jr... Best Horse
Owner/Breeder.
It was actually a one-two nish for the lucky Mayor as Malayas couple
entry El Libertador, who came in second some nine lengths behind the
winner, received the runnerup prize of R270,000 or a total of R990,000.
Malaya is trained by Ruben S. Tupaz who incidentally was cited as Best
Trainer for the Year 2014.
Third and fourth placers 2nd choice Stand In Awe and Cleave Ridge
salvaged R150,000 and R60,000, respectively. The two other entries
here were Brunos Cut and King Bull.
Dividend-wise, nagsipagbunga naman ng magagandang dibidendo
ang 14-Race program na inihanda rito. Ang 1st set ng WTA (R1-7) ay
nagbigay ng R20,765.80, ang 2nd set nito (R4-10) na may 11 winning
tickets lamang ay may premyong R71,771.80 at ang 3rd set (R8-14) ay
R2,287.20.
Nagsipanalo rito ay ang (Races 1 to 14 respectively) Calebs Dancer, Its
My Birthday, Malaya, Sky Dragon, Security Choice, Spicy Time, Fields Of
Gold, Fort Rae, Muchos Gracias, Never Cease, Buhawi, Niagara Boogie,
Pag Asa at Mo Neck.
Ang Pick-6 carry over amount of R268,323.03 na idinagdag sa kanilang
last Saturdays Races ay tinamaan na. Covering Races 3 to 8, ang
maraming nagsitama rito ay nakabahagi pa ng premyong R685 sa nagtambalang Love A Belle, Graceland, Five Star, Time To Explode, Matang
Tubig at King Samer.
Meanwhile, two big Racing events are scheduled to be run this weekend at the San Lazaro Leisure Park the R1-Million PCSO Special Maiden
Race (3YO Open) and tomorrows 1st PHILRACOM Citation Race for the
Horse Racing Industry Players.
Todays PCSO Special Maiden Race 3YO Open have 11 entries
participating namely: Juachenzos Run, Spicy Daijobo, Court Of Honor,
Sweetness, Dixie Indy, Mccartney, Club Champion, Diamonds Best, Boyayots Pride and Money Talks.
Set to be disputed at a distance of 1,400 Meters, the winner here
gets R600,000 while the 2nd and 3rd placers shall recieve R225,000 and
R125,000 respectively Breeders purse: R50,000 to the breeder of the
winning horse, sponsored by the Philracom Charity Sweepstakes Ofce.
Be there when it happens!
See you guys at our usual Samsons Billiard and/or at Obet dela Paz
Momays Carinderia OTB at Marick, Cainta.
Good Luck!!

Sports

Murray gains nal

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)

Andy Murray has reached
the Australian Open nal for
the fourth time, beating Tomas
Berdych in a tension-lled seminal to earn one more shot at a
long elusive title.
Serena Williams has ve titles
from ve nals at Melbourne
Park, and earned a chance at
another one when she advanced
to a championship match against
Maria Sharapova, who has one
Australian title from three trips to
the nal.
Top-ranked Serena Williams
beat 19-year-old Madison Keys 76 (5), 6-2 in an all-American seminal Thursday, after Sharapova
beat fellow Russian Ekaterina
Makarova in straight sets.
In the night match, sixth-seeded Murray beat No. 7 Berdych
6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5. There was
obvious animosity between the
players due to a coach switching
from the Murray to the Berdych
camp.
An aggravated Murray bris-

tled when Berdych spoke a few

words to him after the rst-set
tiebreaker, and yelled profanities
throughout the match. TV cameras appeared to show his ancee,
Kim Sears, uttering expletives in
support.
Murray, the former U.S. Open
and Wimbledon champion, said
the emotional reactions were
understandable given the hype
leading into the match.
Murray has lost three nals at
Melbourne Park to Roger Federer in 2010 and Novak Djokovic
in 11 and 13. Hell get a chance
to end that streak on Sunday,
against either Djokovic or defending champion Stan Wawrinka.
Obviously losing in the nals is
disappointing. But making four nals is a very, very difcult thing to
do, he said. And, yeah, Im proud
of my record here. Ill go in with
best tactics possible, prepare well
I literally couldnt have done anything more to put myself in a better
position come Sunday.
Williams has put herself into

a prime position. The 18-time

Grand Slam champion, who
has struggled with a cold for a
week, said shed benet from a
tough workout against Keys, who
pounded her with heavy groundstrokes and a big serve for the
rst set.
She pushed me really hard
the rst set ... and I had to really
dig deep mentally to get through
that, Williams said. It was a
little frustrating. I had like nine
or 10 match points and couldnt
close it out.
Keys, playing in her rst Grand
Slam seminal, saved seven
match points on serve in a penultimate game that lasted more
than 11 minutes. Williams kept
her cool, though, wasting one
match point on her serve before
closing with an ace to reach her
23rd major nal. Williams was at
her best after dropping her opening service game, nishing the
match with just one double-fault,
ring 13 aces and defending
when she needed to defend.

RACE TIPS

Brother Song; R2: Show Me

The Money/Ati Atihan; R3: Real
Lady/Fire Bull; R4: Mccartney/
Court Of Honour; R5: Pasaporte/Krissys Gift; R6: Pag Asa/
Candy Crush; R7: Amiga/Rivers Of Gold; R8: Jupiter Thunder/Magalang; R9: Whatzap/A
Thousand Years; R10: Nemesis/
Senor Vito; R11: Chevrome/
Headline Chaser; R12: Classy
Jeune/Baby Smartie.
TIPSTER C - R1: Brother Song/
Don Guru; R2: Show Me The
Money/Colonial Star; R3: Real
Lady/Si Senor; R4: Diamonds

Best/Mccartney; R5: Makisig/Pasaporte; R6: Candy Crush/Unica

Champ; R7: Amiga/Jade Jewel;
R8: Magalang/Lucky Dream; R9:
A Thousand Years/Tejeros; R10:
Nemesis/Immaculate; R11: Chevrome/Handsome Prince; R12:
Muscovado/Baby Smartie.
BEST CHOICE - R1: Brother
Song; R2: Show Me The Money;
R3: Real Lady; R4: Mccartney;
R5: Pasaporte; R6: Candy Crush;
R7: Amiga; R8: Magalang; R9:
A Thousand Years; R10: Nemesis; R11: Chevrome; R12: Baby
Smartie.

Todays races (San Lazaro)

Starting at 2:30 P.M.
TIPSTER A - R1: Brother
Song/April Style; R2: Show Me
The Money/Good Copy; R3: Real
Lady/Si Senor; R4: Mccartney/
Diamonds Best; R5: Pasaporte/
Blue Material; R6: Candy Crush/
Pag Asa; R7: Amiga/Friends For
Never; R8: Lucky Dream/Magalang; R9: Tejeros/A Thousand Years; R10: Nemesis/Silver
Champ; R11: Chevrome/Handsome Prince; R12: Baby Smartie/
Real Excellent.
TIPSTER B - R1: April Style/

Answer from Page 5

Sports

Rocky start by Tiger

SCOTTSDALE, United States

(AFP) Tiger Woods admitted
it had been a grind after he
labored to a 73 Thursday in the
opening round of the Phoenix
Open, his rst full-eld tournament of the season.
Ryan Palmer red a seven-under 64 to lead the PGA Tour event
at TPC Scottsdale, which is just
down the road from where the
Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will meet in Sundays
NFL Super Bowl spectacle.
But there was nothing spectacular about the form of former
world number one Woods, who
suffered a bad start and was left
tied for 104th as play was suspended by darkness with nine
players still on the course.
Physically I am ne, said
Woods, after starting his round
with two bogeys, par, then double
bogey.
Mentally I am tired from the
grind of trying to piece together a
round. It takes lot of energy to be

able to ght back like that.

Major champions Keegan Bradley and Bubba Watson share second place at six-under. They were
joined by Daniel Berger, who was
through 16 holes of round one.
Berger will complete his rst
round Friday morning.
Former Masters winner Zach
Johnson carded a ve-under 66.
He was in fth with Martin Laird,
Robert Streb and Ben Martin.
Woods spent months recuperating from an ongoing back problem before taking part last month
at the Hero World Challenge,
his charity invitational event, in
southern Florida. He shared last
in a eld of 18.
Woods is playing for the rst
time in an ofcial event since last
years PGA Championship. He had
back surgery last March.
Woods, a 14-time major winner,
said he expects to have some off
days while he adapts to changes
in his swing that he hopes will
eventually lead him back to his

TIGER Woods
brilliant best.
It is going to take a little time
to get the feel of where my hands
need to be during my swing and
shaping shots, he said. I have
been through it before.
It is a frustrating thing. I need
to get into some competitive
rounds and then I can start trusting it.
With Woods, the story is typically about his quest to match the
career record of 18 major titles
won by Jack Nicklaus.

Games Today
(The Arena, San Juan)
8 a.m. Ateneo vs NU (m)
10 a.m. UST vs Adamson (m)
2 p.m. Ateneo vs UP (w)
4 p.m. NU vs La Salle (w)
Reigning champion Ateneo
guns for its 10th straight victory and a twice-to-beat seminal incentive today as it goes up
against a dangerous University of
the Philippines (UP) today in the
UAAP Season 77 womens volleyball tournament at The Arena in
San Juan.
Match is set at 2 p.m. with the
Lady Eagles seeking to protect their
longest unbeaten run to date.
Ateneo strengthened its backto-back title bid on Wednesday

when they survived a gritty Adamson side, 25-21, 17-25, 25-14,

22-25, 15-10. That encounter reminded the Loyola-based spikers
not to be complacent despite occupying the top standings.
The Lady Eagles will continue
to boast their star player Alyssa
Valdez after another explosive
performance the last time where
she erupted for 30 points built on
24 kills and four serves. Ample
support is also expected from the
teams deep core in Ella De Jesus,
Amy Ahomiro, Bea De Leon and
Julia Morado.
But UP, which is trying to break
from a four-way tie at third to
sixth places with a 4-5 win-loss
record, cannot be taken lightly.

Still reeling on the absence of

key player Kathy Bersola due to
injury, the Lady Maroons are hoping to get back on track with Nicole Tiamzon and Angeli Araneta
bannering their attack.
Meanwhile, last years runnerup La Salle aims to strengthen its
grip of the second spot when it
battles National University (NU)
at 4 p.m.
Ara Galang and Mika Reyes are
slated to carry the ght for the
Lady Spikers, who are looking at
improving their 8-1 mark.
But they will have their hands
full against the Lady Bulldogs,
who are hoping to end their twogame losing skid that put them at
4-5. (Kristel Satumbaga)

PH gets
positive
FIBA
review

venues and discussing the framework of the country to stage the

event.
Baumann, who arrived Thursday to join other FIBA ofcials,
was very much satised with
his meeting with the Samahang
Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) led
by its president Manny V. Pangilinan.
The evaluation commission
has come to conclusion that yes,
they (Philippines) can, said Baumann yesterday during a press
brieng organized by the SBP at
the Makati Shang Ri-La Hotel.
Make possible impression to

those who will vote in hosting the

World Cup, Baumann added, referring to the bid documents the
SBP and other bidders needs
to submit to FIBA by April 30.
Aside from the Philippines, also
bidding to get the World Cup
hosting in 2019 is China and Turkey, as well as Germany-France,
which are jointly bidding to stage
the biggest event in basketball.
A source said that Qatar, which
was one of the bidders, has
pulled out and will instead bid for
the 2023 World Cup hosting. The
capital city Doha will host the
2022 FIFA World Cup.

FIBA Secretary General Patrick

Baumann thinks that the country
is capable of hosting the 2019
FIBA World Cup after the evaluation committee for bidders ended
its four-day inspection of various

15

Loyola, Global
dispute crown
By JONAS TERRADO

Ateneo faces UP spikers

By WAYLON GALVEZ

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Games Today
(Rizal Memorial Stadium)
4 p.m. - Stallion vs Ceres
7 p.m. - Loyola vs Global
The Loyola Meralco Sparks and
Global FC needed extra time to
defeat their seminal opponents
and arrange a title duel in the
Philippine Football Federation
Smart National Club Championship last Thursday at the Rizal
Memorial Stadium.
Phil Younghusband supplied
the winner in the 98th minute as
Loyola nipped Stallion, 2-1, while
Global ended the two-year reign
of rival Ceres-La Salle, 3-1, as
goals by Globals Dennis Villanueva and Mark Hartmann came after Ceres Martin Steuble missed
a penalty kick late in regulation.
Loyola and Global will meet for
the crown at 7 p.m. tonight with
the winner earning the top purse
of R150,000 from title sponsor
Smart.
Loyola and Stallion couldnt
break a 1-all tie after 90 minutes
of normal time, but Younghusband made sure that the Sparks
would punch their ticket to the

nal by scoring a curling free

kick that stunned the Stallion defense.
In the second game, Global
overcame an opening goal by Ceres Manny Ott in the second minute when Hartmann equalized in
the 48th off a pass by the streaking Misagh Bahadoran.
Ceres had a chance to win during the second half injury time
when Patrick Reichelt was fouled
by defender Richard Talaroc inside the penalty box. However,
Martin Steuble, the latest big
signee of the Bacolod-based side,
saw his spot kick sail way over
the crossbar to the shock of the
Ceres supporters.
A penalty shootout loomed until
the 111th when Vilanueva scored
on close range to make it 2-1 before Hartmann added an insurance goal two minutes later.
The victory allowed Global to
avenge its losses to Ceres to the
2013 Smart Club quarternals
and the 2014 nal and the 2014
Football Alliance League Cup nal.
Ceres and Stallion were relegated to a battle for third duel
at 4 p.m.

13 foreign teams
here for Le Tour
All 13 foreign teams vying in
the 2015 Le Tour de Filipinas
were all accounted for in Bataans
capital of Balanga yesterday
two days before the sixth edition
of the race celebrating 60 years
of multi-stage road cycling in the
Philippines gets going.
The foreigners will be joining
two local squads the Philippine
National Mens Team of the PhilCycling and the continental team
7-Eleven Road Bike Philippines
in the four-stage International
Cycling Union Asia Tour race presented by Air21 and co-presented
by the MVP Sports Foundation
and Smart.
The enthusiasm of the foreigners in racing on Philippine soil
was very evident as the teams
which arrived before lunch in
Balanga hit the road immediately
and shook off the rust from their
travel, said Donna Lina-Flavier,
president of the race organizer
Ube Media Inc.
The foreign teams which have
checked in for the race also supported by Victory Liner, San Mig
Zero, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceu-

ticals Phils. and Canon are Team

Novo Nordisk (USA), RTS Santic
Racing Team (Taiwan), Attaque
Team Gusto (Taiwan), Singha Innite Cycling Team (Thailand), Navitas Satalyst Racing Team (Australia), CCN Cycling Team (Brunei),
Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
(Indonesia), Terengganu Cycling
Team (Malaysia), Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team (Japan), Pishgaman Yzad Pro Cycling Team
(Iran), Tabriz Petrochemical Team
(Iran) and the national teams of
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Tomorrows Stage One of the
event which has Isuzu, MAN
Truck and Bus, Viking Rent-A-Car
and NLEX as road partners will be
an out-and-back race in Balanga
covering 126 kilometers.
On Monday, the Le Tour de
Filipinas will go up north to Iba,
Zambales, for the 153.75-km
Stage Two. On Tuesday, it will be
the 149.34-km Iba to Lingayen
(Pangasinan) Stage Three and on
Wednesday, the nal stage will
nish in Baguio City in front of the
Baguio City Convention Center a
101-km grind via Kennon Road.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015

Murray gains nal

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Editor: REY C. BANCOD Assistant Editor: TITO S. TALAO

DENVER Nuggets forward Darrell Arthur (00) shoots against

Memphis Grizzlies center Kosta
Koufos (41) during NBA action
in Memphis, Tenn. (AP)

Grizzlies prevail

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The

Memphis Grizzlies are winning
by bigger margins lately because
they have returned to locking
down on defense.
I just think weve got our
rhythm back, and were going
back to our true identity, which
is on the defensive end, guard
Courtney Lee said after Memphis
99-69 victory over the Denver
Nuggets on Thursday night.
Were playing through our
bigs, and they are making the
right reads.
Zach Randolph, one of those
bigs, had 15 points and 17 rebounds. Jeff Green nished with
13 points as Memphis built an
early lead and won its fth straight,
holding the Nuggets to 11 points in
the rst quarter and never getting
threatened the rest of the way.
Lee, Nick Calathes and Beno
Udrih, starting in place of the injured Mike Conley, scored 11
apiece, while Marc Gasol had 10
points.
Wilson Chandler and Kenneth
Faried each scored 10 points for
Denver, which lost for the eighth
time in the last nine.
I didnt feel like we came and
competed from the very beginning of the game, Denver coach
Brian Shaw said. In these kinds
of situations, Id have more respect if guys just told me that
they didnt feel like playing from
the start. Im just sick and tired.
With Memphis comfortably
ahead at the end of the third
quarter, both teams relied on their
reserves to nish out the fourth.
The game was a bit of a revenge
for Memphis, which lost at Denver
114-85 on Jan. 3. Although the
players didnt acknowledge the
loss before the game, they were
less bashful afterwards.
It was big for us to come
out here and get some redemption against a team that kind of
smacked us in the face in Denver, guard Tony Allen said.
The Nuggets managed to shoot
only 33 percent for the night and
were 2 of 26 from outside the arc
less than 8 percent.
Defensively, I thought we have
taken another notch, and that is
our strength, Gasol said.

NBA results
Milwaukee 115, Orlando 100
Indiana 103, New York 82
Memphis 99, Denver 69
L.A. Lakers 123,
Chicago 118, 2OT