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Metro, Mindanao
placed on full alert
For higher tobacco taxes. Members of a group of former smokers and cancer survivors massed before the Commission on Human Rights on
Friday to urge the passage of the Sin Tax bill on tobacco products. MANNY PALMERO
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By Macon R. Araneta,
Joyce Pangco Panares
and Maricel V. Cruz
MALACAANG and Congress
were headed on a collision course
Friday over the sin tax bill, with
lawmakers urging President Be-
nigno Aquino III to stop meddling
after he lobbied for the passage of
the Palace version of the bill.
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile bristled at the Palace pres-
sure on the senators to remedy
their version of the bill that low-
ered the tax take from new taxes
on tobacco and alcohol to P15 bil-
lion from the P60 billion that the
Finance Department had sought.
Of course its what the Presi-
dent wants, but we are not a rubber
stamp, Enrile said when asked
about the bill.
He said it was Congress and
nobody else that was responsible
for passing new taxes.
On Friday, the President or-
dered the Finance Department and
the Health Department to talk to
allies in the Senate to ensure that
the government version of the sin
tax bill is passed.
The teams of the DoH and the
DoF will continue to work with
other advocates to convince our
legislators of how important the sin
tax measure will be to providing
By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE President Juan Ponce
Enrile said at least two senators
are behind the latest moves to
oust him, but he declined to
identify them Friday.
They cant face me squarely
and accuse me to my face, Enrile
said of the two senators who were
unhappy with his leadership.
He said he was unsure it was
Senator Antonio Trilllanes IV
again who was spreading the
coup rumors because of their
word war last month.
Senator Franklin Drilon,
a staunch supporter of Presi-
dent Benigno Aquino III, de-
nied persistent rumors that he
was behind the efforts to oust
Enrile.
But even before the agreement is nally
signed, reports from the eld indicate that
the peace accord may encounter rough sail-
ing from disgruntled ofcials from both the
MNLF and the MILF itself.
PNP spokesman Supt. Generoso Cerbo
Jr., said on full alert are Regions 9 (Zam-
boanga Peninsula), 10 (Northern Mind-
anao), 11 (Davao), 12 (Soccsksargen), 13
(Caraga), and the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao.
The police likewise doubled its security
forces in key areas in Metro Manila, par-
ticularly at the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport to ensure the safety of arriving for-
eign dignitaries, who include members of
the Organization Of Islamic Conference
who will witness the signing of the RP-
MILF framework in Malacanang.
MILF ofcials led by its chairman Al
Haj Murad is also expected to arrive to wit-
ness the signing.
The PNP and the Armed Forces (AFP)
will secure all guests particularly the del-
egation from the MILF. We want them to
By Alena Mae Flores
MANILA Electric Company, facing mounting
public opposition against a higher deposit to cov-
er future unpaid bills, postponed collection of the
new rates to January next year,with the amount
being spread over a 12-month period to ease the
burden on consumers, energy ofcials said on
Friday.
Energy Regulatory Commission Chairwoman
Zenaida Ducut said Meralco ofcials, who were
summoned to explain the increase, offered to col-
lect the higher rates on a staggered basis and over a
one-year period starting in January.
We instructed Meralco to put their proposal in
writing, Ducut said during their meeting on the
bill deposit, which consumers pay together with
the meter deposit when they apply for a Meralco
connection.
By Maricel V. Cruz
FORMER President and now
Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapa-
gal-Arroyo was diagnosed with
coronary ischemia, a heart ail-
ment, on Friday, prompting the
doctors at the Veterans Memo-
rial Medical Center to move her
to the intensive care unit.
Not enough blood is going
through Arroyos coronary ar-
teries, hence making it hard for
her to breathe, according to hos-
pital director Nona Legaspi.
Ischemia is the lack of
blood going through the heart.
When you say ischemia there is
a blood vessel that is somehow
blocked, Legaspi said.
Ischemia should not be
taken lightly, she said, adding
that ailment could lead to a full-
blown heart attack.
She said Arroyo could not be
discharged yet because the doc-
tors were monitoring her medi-
cal condition closely.
By Ferdinand Fabella
THE National Police Commis-
sion on Friday vowed to unmask
the brains behind the massive
cheating in the April 2011 po-
lice entrance examination even
as ofcials said they were not
discounting the possibility of an
inside job.
Napolcom Vice Chairman
Eduardo Escueta said crimi-
nal and administrative charges
would be slapped against the
perpetrators, particularly against
any Napolcom employee who
might have leaked the test an-
swers to the examinees.
Escueta had earlier said that
the cheaters would be charged
for violation of Section 4 of
Republic Act No. 9416, or the
Anti-Cheating Law of 2007.
Were not ruling that [inside
job] out. We have leads about
the persons who could be in-
volved but we cannot discuss
Palace, Congress
clash over sin tax
Enrile has 2 suspects
behind coup rumors
Arroyo
moved
to ICU
Purge may
affect legit
party-lists
Police eye
inside job
in test leak
Meralco puts off
bill deposit plan
Winner. In this Dec. 9, 2011 le photo, European Council president Herman Van
Rompuy, right, and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso participate
in a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. The EU was on Friday awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe. AP
Peace Prize
goes to EU
Gloria Arroyo
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Vol. XXVI No. 205 12 Pages, 2 Sections
P18.00 Saturday, October 13, 2012
How about them? MNLF ghters are shown in this le photo
with former group chairman Nur Misuari, right.
By Joel E. Zurbano
ELECTION watchdog Kon-
tra Daya on Friday welcomed
the governments move to
purge the party-list system
of opportunists, but said the
Comelecs move to remove
those representing many sec-
tors could deprive those de-
serving of representation.
The group said the Com-
mission on Elections should
remove only those parties that
were not representing the mar-
ginalized and under-represent-
ed sectors.
The groups convenor and
spokesman, priest Joe Dizon,
said Elections commission
Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr.
was right in recognizing the
OSLOThe European Union won
the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday
for its efforts to promote peace and
democracy in Europe an award
given even though the bloc is strug-
gling with its biggest crisis since it
was created in the 1950s.
The Norwegian prize committee
said the EU was being honored for
six decades of contributions to the
advancement of peace and reconcili-
ation, democracy and human rights
in Europe.
The stabilizing part played by the
European Union has helped to trans-
form a once-torn Europe from a con-
tinent of war to a continent of peace,
By Florante S. Solmerin, Francisco Tuyay, Joyce Pang-
co-Panares, Rey Roquejo and Sara Susanne Fabunan
THE Philippine National Police said on Friday
that it has placed Metro Manila and parts of Min-
danao under full alert in preparation for Mondays
signing of the framework agreement in Mala-
canang between the government and the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front.
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region IX
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Zamboanga del Norte Ist District Engineering Offce
Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City
INvITaTION TO BID
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of the DPWH ZN Ist District Engineering
Offce, Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City, invites contractors to bid for the following projects :
1. Contract ID No. : 12JB0016
Contract Name : Preventive Maint. ( Intermittent Section )
Contract Location : along Dipolog-Sindangan-Liloy Road
Km. 1863 +291 Km. 1984 + 292
Scope of Works : Asphalt Overlay
Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) : P 15,520,260.00
Contract Duration : 48 cal. days
Cost of bidding Docs. : P 10,000.00
Contract Name Preventive Maint. ( Intermittent Section )
Contract Location : along Dipolog-Sindangan-Liloy Road ( Cluster )
1) Km. 1921 + 700 Km. 1922 + 020
2) Km. 1924 + 021 Km. 1925 + 000
Approved Budget
Contract Name : Preventive Maint. ( Intermittent Section )
Contract Location : along Dipolog Polanco-Pian-Jct. Oroquieta Road
(cluster)
1) Km. 1833 + 834 Km. 1834 + 600
2) Km. 1834 + 600 Km. 1834 + 870
Approved Budget
Contract Name : Rehab./Reconst./Replacement/Retroftting of Existing
Bridge
Contract Location : Nipaan Bridge along Dipolog-Sindangan-Liloy Road
Scope of Works : Rehab./Reconst./Replacement/Retroftting of Existing
Bridge
Approved Budget
Contract Name : Rehab./Reconst./Replacement/Retroftting of Existing
Bridge
Contract Location : at Pasanan Bridge along Dipolog-Sindangan-Liloy
Road
Scope of Works : Rehab./Reconst./Replacement/Retroftting of Existing
Bridge
Approved Budget
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 bids. 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 10% of the 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 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 download at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The Signifcant time and deadline of procurement activities are shown below :
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 12 to Nov. 13, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference October 29, 2012 at 9:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI Nov. 7, 2012 until 4:00 P.M.
4. Receipt of Bids (Technical/ Financial Proposal) Nov. 13, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids Nov. 13, 2012 at 10:30 AM.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC Offce,
DPWH, ZN Ist District Engineering Offce, Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City, upon payment of
a non-refundable fee as shown above. Prospective bidders may also 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 BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical components of the bid, which shall include a
copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial components of the
bid. Contract will be awarded to the lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined
in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH ZN 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City reserves
the right to accept or reject any bids to annul the bidding process at any time prior
contract award , without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ROY ROGER M. PaSTRaNO
Engineer III
BAC, Vice Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) aLEXaNDER G. DUHIG, CSEE
District Engineer
INvITaTION TO aPPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY aND TO BID
The CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS through
its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/ manufacturers/
distributors/ contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder
project:
Name of the Contract : Supply and Installation of HRM Laboratory,
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
Location : CTU Main Campus, R. Palmas St., Cebu City
Brief Description : Supply and Installation HRM Laboratory
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
Approved Budget
For the Contract : Php 16,810,928.00
Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project
within the last 2 years with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project
for bidding. The Eligibility Check / Screening as well as the Preliminary
Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass / fail criteria. Post
qualifcation of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security,
Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference, 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 Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
Activities Schedule
1. Submission of Letters of Intent October 8 15, 2012
2. Issuance of Bid Documents October 8 26, 2012
3. Pre-bid Conference October 18, 2012 (Thursday) @ 1:30 PM
4. Dropping and Opening of Eligibility and Bid
Envelopes
October 31, 2012 (Wednesday) @ 1:30 PM
5. Post Qualifcation November 5, 2012 (Monday)

Bid Documents will be available only to prospective bidders upon payment
of a non-refundable amount of Php 17,000.00 to the CTU Main Campus
Cashier.
The CTU Main Campus assumes no responsibility whatsoever to
compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the
preparation of their bid.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MR. JERLITO A. LETRONDO, LLB.
BAC Chairman
Name of the Procuri ng Enti ty: CTU Mai n Campus Proj ect Reference Number:
Name of the Proj ect: Suppl y and Instal l ati on of HRM Laboratory
Furni ture, Fi xtures and Equi pment
Locati on of the Proj ect: CTU Mai n Campus
Standard Form Number SF-GOOD-05
Revi sed on Jul y 28, 2004
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
Arroyo...
Legaspi made her statement
even as the Sandiganbayan an-
ti-graft court on Friday ordered
her to appear before it on Oct.
18 to testify in Arroyos plunder
case, and specically on Ar-
royos medical condition.
Arroyos lawyers earlier
asked the Sandiganbayan to de-
fer her arraignment, which has
been scheduled on Oct. 15, say-
ing the court was wrong to nd
there was a case against her.
They said Arroyo planned to
petition the Supreme Court to
reject the Ombudsmans resolu-
tions nding probable cause to
charge her in court.
That is one of the options
that is on table right now,
said Raul Lambino, Arroyos
spokesman.
Its written in the law that if
the Ofce of the Ombudsman
nds probable cause in a crimi-
nal case, we can take it to the
Supreme Court.
Arroyo is accused of illegally
using P366 million of the Phil-
ippine Charity Sweepstakes
Ofces intelligence fund, an
offense for which bail is not al-
lowed, but her camp says that ac-
cusation only proves the Aquino
administrations scorched-earth
policy on its political enemies.
Arroyo has been in and out of
hospital in the past two years.
She was on hospital arrest for
eight months on charges of
electoral fraud and was granted
bail in July.
Meralco...
The bill deposit is based on
consumers estimated consump-
tion, which will be compared to
actual yearly consumption com-
puted as average monthly bill.
Meralco will collect the differ-
ence when they start imposing a
higher bill deposit.
A group called National Asso-
ciation of Electricity Consumers
for Reform (Nasecore) asked the
government to stop the increase,
which it said was arbitrary and il-
legal. The ERC justied the bill
deposit, but ofcials failed to re-
spond to queries that the increase
was arbitrary and illegal.
Thousands of consumers
said the new rates were re-
flected in their billing for Oc-
tober, and Nasecore claimed
the increase was implemented
without due process or ap-
proval by the ERC.
William Pamintuan, head of
Meralcos legal department, said
the company sent notices only to
customers who have received at
least three disconnection letters,
or their electricity were actually
cut off in the past 12 months.
If you have no notice of dis-
connection in the past, you will
not get this letter ... which will
affect only those who dont have
a good credit standing in a way,
Pamintuan said.
Ivanna de la Pea, Meralco
vice president, said the staggered
payment was the companys re-
sponse to public concern on high-
er bill deposit and we will hold
disconnection of customers who
were given notices to pay addi-
tional deposit.
She said new and old custom-
ers will be assessed based on
their bill deposits and consum-
ers who paid higher than the
12-month average consumption
will get refunds.
Nasecore President Pete Ilagan
said ERC should require Meralco
to submit an accounting of all
consumer deposits, including the
accrued interest, which should be
included in the refunds.
Peace...
Nobel committee chairman
Thorbjoern Jagland said.
The EU grew out of the tre-
mendous devastation of World
War II, fueled by the conviction
that ever-closer economic ties
would make sure that century-
old enemies never turned on
each other again. Its now made
up of 500 million people in 27
nations, with other nations lined
up, waiting to join.
But the European project is
now facing its greatest chal-
lenge yeta debt crisis that has
stirred deep tensions between
north and south, caused unem-
ployment to soar across the bloc
and is threatening the euro, the
common currency used by 17 of
its members. AP
Police...
them yet, Escueta said, who
expressed confidence that the
personalities behind the inci-
dent would be caught pretty
soon.
You may have succeeded in
cheating, but we will catch you,
the Napolcom ofcial warned.
Napolcom has invalidated the
examination of the 387 success-
ful police applicants after an
extensive analysis proved they
produced the same pattern of an-
swers in their test papers.
The Philippine National Police
Entrance Examination was held
on April 17, 2011.
The commission stressed
that it was statistically im-
probable that almost 400
examinees had similar cor-
rect and wrong answers on the
same test questions. Of the
18,996 applicants who took
the test, only 1,643 passed.
Purge...
merits of the complaint against
Ako Bicol and other questionable
party-list groups, but he could be
sidetracked from going after those
parties representing those that
were not truly marginalized.
We are with Chairman Bril-
lantes in his campaign to get rid
of bogus party-list groups, Di-
zon said.
However, we believe that fo-
cusing on the multi-sectoral or sec-
toral character of a party-list group,
instead of just simply determining
whether or not such party truly
represents the marginalized and
under-represented, will have the
effect of further limiting the space
for those without power or money
to engage in governance.
Thus, the exercise of cleans-
ing the party-list system becomes
pointless and useless since it will
also deprive the marginalized and
under-represented sectors that are
grouped under one party-list orga-
nization from participating.
Dizon made his statement even
as a congressman said the critics of
Akbayan were just envious of the
Palace-afliated party-list group.
I think critics are envious of
Akbayans success in represent-
ing the marginalized sector,
Rep. Walden Bello said in a TV
interview.
He said Akbayan welcomed
the Comelecs efforts to purge
the party-list system of fakes.
We are happy there is a cleans-
ing of party lists. The Comelec
must reassess those who were al-
ready accredited, Bello said.
Former Bayan Muna party-list
representative Satur Ocampo on
Friday agreed with Dizon, say-
ing the commissions insistence
on allowing only single-sector
representation would lead to the
disqualication of genuine party-
list groups like Bayan Muna and
Anakpawis, which were repre-
senting two or more marginal-
ized sectors.
Enrile...
Enrile said he was ready to
quit if another senator could
muster a majority.
Im willing to step down if
they have the numbers, Enrile
said. Im not clinging to my
position. Im just serving the
nation. If they do not want me,
so be it.
He said, however, that he
would not let the coup rumors
distract him from his work.
I will continue working for
as long Im holding the position
until the end. I will do my work
independently, without any re-
sponsibility to anybody but the
people of this country, he said.
News of a new coup in the
Senate spread after a majority
of the senators, including Enrile
and Trillanes, had dinner with
the President Wednesday.
Sources said 15 senators had
already signed a resolution call-
ing for Enriles ouster as Senate
president.
Enrile said he did not believe
the President had anything to do
with the silly coup rumors.
He also recalled that shortly
after he assumed ofce in 2010,
the President had told him that
he wanted Enrile to remain as
Senate President.
The bad blood between Trillanes
and Enrile began when Trillanes
accused the Senate president of
throwing his weight around to get a
bill dividing the province of Cama-
rines Sur passed.
Enrile retaliated by exposing
Trillanes clandestine talks with
Chinese ofcials as a backchan-
nel negotiator at the height of
tensions between Manila and
Beijing, and the senators at-
tacks on Foreign Affairs Secre-
tary Albert del Rosario.
Enrile said he rst heard of
the new coup rumors after re-
porters called him Thursday
night to ask him about them.
Enrile belongs to a bloc that
includes Senate Majority Lead-
er Vicente Sotto III, Pro Tem-
pore President Jinggoy Estrada
and Senator Gringo Honasan.
Sources said there were
enough senators to oust Enrile,
bu nobody wanted to take his
place
Drilon, who once served as
Senate President, has repeatedly
declared he is not interested in
the job at this time. He was re-
cently designated as campaign
manger of the Liberal Party-led
coalition in the 2013 elections.
With Joyce Pangco Paares
Palace...
for more coverage for the univer-
sal health care program, deputy
presidential spokesperson Abi-
gail Valte said.
We will continue to provide
the data that they need. We will
continue to provide the resources
and the materials that they may
need once the bill will be dis-
cussed in the plenary, she added.
In an interview in Tarlac, Mr.
Aquino reiterated his support for
the Palace version of the measure
even as he ruled out the possibility
that he would nally quit smoking.
The President said smoking re-
lieved his stress.
The government earlier asked
Senator Ralph Recto, chairman
of the committee on ways and
means, to remedy his version
of the bill that targets only P15
billion in new revenues from in-
creasing taxes on cigarettes and
alcoholic products.
The government version of the
measure has estimated revenues
at P36 billion, down from its
original target of P60 billion.
But Opposition lawmakers in
the House supported Rectos ver-
sion of the bil.
The Recto report proves that
the Finance Department and non-
government organizations should
not presume that lawmakers are
ignorant and do not dissect what is
fact and what is ction, said Zam-
bales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay.
The target of P15 billion
is realistic and based on facts.
On the other hand, the DOF
target of P60 billion is fiction.
Is it an unrealistic estimate,
one for Ripleys Believe It Or
Not, according to [University
of the Philippines] Professor
[Benjamin] Diokno. I hope our
senators will not be swayed by
the interests of foreign NGOs
who appear to be interfering in
the internal affairs of our state.
Magsaysay, a member of the
House committee on ways and
means, said Rectos version of
the bill would do more good for
public health than the version
passed in the House, or the one
that the Finance Department and
the Palace were pushing.
Recto should be commended,
rather than criticized, for com-
ing up with a responsible, well-
studied version to increase excise
taxes on tobacco and alcohol
products, considering that he had
taken into account all the neces-
sary factors in crafting the bill,
including the plight of farmers
and other small stakeholders that
would be affected by the mea-
sure, Magsaysay said.
She pointed out that the 1,000
percent tax increase on sin prod-
ucts originally proposed by the
Finance Department was not vi-
able, based on the opinion on sev-
eral tax experts.
Magasaysay added that un-
like the House or Palace version
of the bill, which set aside only
an incremental portion of the
new taxes for public health ex-
penses, the Recto bill allocated
more than half of the tax take
to improve the governments
health care services.
Metro...
feel that they are secure here in
Metro Manila, Cerbo said.
The framework agreement will
be signed by chief negotiators Mar-
vic Leonen for the government and
Mohagher Iqbal for the MILF.
Cerbo said the PNP raised its
alert status not because of any
threats but because of the presence
of visiting dignitaries.
We didnt raise an alert level
because of any threat from trouble-
makers, but because we will have
visitors, Cerbo said.
Despite the PNPs assurances,
Sulu Gov.Abdusakar Tan said that
commanders of the Moro National
Liberation Front were seen making
their rounds in Sulu.
I was able to talk to them and
I told them to let the peace take
place. I also sent word to my broth-
er [former MNLF] Chairman Nur
Misuari and one of these days mag-
uusap kami, Tan said in a state-
ment sent from Jolo, Sulu.
Tan said he asked Misuari to
keep calm so we can resolve any
misunderstanding and have genu-
ine peace in Sulu and the whole of
Mindanao.
We cannot sacrice again the
people of Mindanao, they have
already suffered so much. I told
the (MNLF) commanders that the
government is sincere in pursuing
peace in the region; and that their
role as leaders of the MNLF is very
important in the achievement of
this goal, as leaders they should set
the example, Tan said.
But the threat of a possible return
to conict did not only emanate
from the MNLF, but some disgrun-
tled commanders of the MILF.
A senior member of an MILF
elite security detail reportedly sdaid
that he will not give up his arms
despite MILFs agreement with the
government.
The MILF ofcial said he and
other rebels in the MILF had not
been informed on the full details
of the MILFs agreement with the
government.
Another MILF ofcer, a brigade
commander, said he will agree to
be integrated into a police force,
but will never give up his rearms.
Earlier, Misuari and Habib Mu-
jahab Hashim, the MNLFs Islamic
Command council chair, raised
strong objection to the govern-
ments signing of a new peace ac-
cord with the MILF and threatened
to return to war.
Because there is no other re-
course now for the (MNLF), at
least the majority of the senior lead-
ers of the MNLF, we have no other
recourse but to go back to the origi-
nal objective of arms struggle,
Hashim warned.
Misuari, for his part, said that the
governments decision not to con-
sult them on its framework agree-
ment with the MILF was a grave
mistake.
Malaking pagkakamali yan.
Papatunayan namin sa mga susu-
nod na araw. Ipapakita namin ang
dami namin, he said. (They com-
mitted a grave mistake. We will
prove that in the coming days. We
will show our true force).
As the MNLF chief in the 1970s,
Misuari started the decades-old
Muslim rebellion that claimed
thousands of lives. The MILF is an
offshoot of the MNLF.
But a week before the gov-
ernment forged the agreement,
a source said Indonesian am-
bassador to Manila Yohanes
Kristiarto Legowo visited Misu-
aris house in Zamboanga City
to explain the establishment of
the new autonomous political
entity in Mindanao to be called
Bangsamoro.
Misuari heads one of two factions
of the Moro National Liberation
Front. Cotabato Vice-Governor Mus-
limin Sema heads the Council of the
15 that ousted Misuari in 2008.
Tan made the assurance, how-
ever, that at present, no untoward
incident had occurred in any part
of Sulu.
At present, tayo naman po
ay pinagbigyan at wala akong
nakikita na hindi dapat mang-
yayari. (At present, I dont see
anything that wasnt supposed
to happen). We are always in
communication with the MNLF
commanders and our call for
peace is well accepted by our
MNLF brothers, he said.
Tan said his call for peace is sup-
ported by Islamic religious groups
in Sulu, including the Ulama Coun-
cil under Sharif Julasri Abirin, the
grand mufti of Sulu and various
civil society groups.
Meanwhile, Justice Secretary
Leila de Lima said that the Su-
preme Court will continue to exer-
cise judicial authority over Muslim
Mindanao under its new autono-
mous political entity.
Its understood, we just have
one Supreme Court. Any courts
created under the basic law
will still fall within the supervi-
sion and control of the Supreme
Court, De Lima said, referring to
the creation of Bangsamoro basic
laws that will be used for justice
institutions in the Bangsamoro,
including shariah courts.
OCTOBER 13, 2012 SATURDAY
A3 News
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FOI bill deferred again
IN BRIEF
5 Customs ports fall short
Corona case moot
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
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to utilize a 45-hectare low-lying area located in Barangays Ibayo-Tipas and
Napindan in Taguig City as disposal site of good quality sediment materials
to be dredged/ excavated from the Lower Marikina River under the Pasig-
Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP), Phase III. The
area is planned to be backflled to approximately 2.0 meters.
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of land parcels within the said area as early as possible as it is intending to
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to coordinate with: Ms. Ma. Shiena Palenzuela of the DPWH-PMO-MFCP
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COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS
A N N O U N C E M E N T
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
President Benigno S. Aquino III has submitted to the
Commission on Appointments (C.A.) for confrmation the ad
interim appointments of the following offcials:
Cabinet Secretary
Hon. Leila M. De Lima Secretary, Department of Justice
Constitutional Commissions and Offces
Hon. Heidi L. Mendoza Commissioner, Commission on
Audit
The public may submit any information, written report
or sworn complaints or oppositions in forty (40) copies on
the above appointments to the CASecretariat, 6
th
Floor, PNB
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For the schedule of the public hearings, the CA
Secretariat can be reached through telephone numbers
551-7532, 831-0893, 831-1824, 834-2706, 831-1566 and
834-2713.
11 October 2012.
ARTURO L. TIU
Secretary
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NOTI CE TO THE PUBLI C
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Major Flood Control Projects Cluster 1 (DPWH-PMO-MFCP 1) is planning
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Napindan in Taguig City as disposal site of good quality sediment materials
to be dredged/ excavated from the Lower Marikina River under the Pasig-
Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP), Phase III. The
area is planned to be backflled to approximately 2.0 meters.
The DPWH-PMO-MFCP I would like to hold discussions with the legal owners
of land parcels within the said area as early as possible as it is intending to
start the dredging/excavation project in CY 2013. All concerned are requested
to coordinate with: Ms. Ma. Shiena Palenzuela of the DPWH-PMO-MFCP
I at telephone nos.(02)353-6277 or by email to shinski_1221@yahoo.com
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS
A N N O U N C E M E N T
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
President Benigno S. Aquino III has submitted to the
Commission on Appointments (C.A.) for confrmation the ad
interim appointments of the following offcials:
Cabinet Secretary
Hon. Leila M. De Lima Secretary, Department of Justice
Constitutional Commissions and Offces
Hon. Heidi L. Mendoza Commissioner, Commission on
Audit
The public may submit any information, written report
or sworn complaints or oppositions in forty (40) copies on
the above appointments to the CASecretariat, 6
th
Floor, PNB
Financial Center, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Metro Manila.
For the schedule of the public hearings, the CA
Secretariat can be reached through telephone numbers
551-7532, 831-0893, 831-1824, 834-2706, 831-1566 and
834-2713.
11 October 2012.
ARTURO L. TIU
Secretary
Air Force taps Subic
as joint PH-US base
Manhunt on for ex-PCSO officers
SUBIC BAY FREEPORTRoberto Garcia,
chairman-administrator of the Subic Bay Met-
ropolitan Authority, will discuss next week with
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin the plan of the
Philippine Air Force to use the Subic Bay Interna-
tional Airport.
The authority terminal sits on a 200-hecatare sec-
tion of the freeport which is lined up for a $5-billion
ve-year tourism development after Sentosa, an is-
land resort in Singapore.
In a media conference here, Garcia said a
meeting with Gazmin in Camp Aguinaldo in
Quezon City is needed to determine how much
area is needed by the military and joint opera-
tions with the United States under the Visiting
Forces Agreement.
National Defense spokesman Paul Galvez sad in
staement that a part of the P75-billion armed forces
modernization budget covered the use of Subic Bay
port and its air terminal. Willie E. Capulong
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
on Friday said that the House will
resume deliberations on the pro-
posed transparency law a week after
Congress will resume sessions from
a two-week Halloween break start-
ing Oct. 20.
Belmonte said that instead of
holding committee discussions
on House Bill 53 on the original
schedule set on Oct 16, the public
information panel will start consol-
idating the 15 versions of the FOI
bill on Nov. 13.
I prevailed on (Quezon Rep. Erin
Taada) to agree to November 13.
Its a xed date. We may adjourn
Tuesday next week, Belmonte said
in a text message.
Taada, one of the major propo-
nents of the FOI bill, described the
November 13 schedule as having
a 50-50 chance for the bill, which
sought to promote openness and
transparency in government.
With a November 13 hearing and
only having one hearing to speak of
from January to October this year,
Rep. Evardone placed the FOI bill
in ICU, in life-support gasping for
By Rey E. Requejo

ELECTRONIC poll contractor Smartmatic on Friday
declared as a technological success the application of
its latest technology in the conduct of the national elec-
tions, particularly with the use of the biometric voter
authentication which it employed for the rst time in
activating voting machines in an election held in Ven-
ezuela recently.
Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica said the Venezuela
experience was proof that electronic voting is a key to
the peaceful conduct of national elections.
The recognition of electoral results in record time
honors our work and conrms the immense value of a
secure, auditable voting technology thats recognized by
all political gures, Mugica said in a statement.
Smartmatic provided the technology used by the Ven-
ezuelan voters who chose their President for the 2013-
2019 period.
The Venezuelan polls, held on Sunday, Oct. 7, marked
the rst time in the world that a national election em-
ployed a biometric voter authentication to activate the
voting machines.
Already back in 2004, we conducted the rst national
election worldwide with printed voting vouchers. Last
Sunday, we proved that we keep setting trends, as we car-
ried out the rst national election with biometric activa-
tion of the voting machines, Mugica said.
The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE)
worked together with Smartmatic as technology supplier
to automate every step of the election.
Out of 18,903,143 citizens, the voter turnout was
around 81%, which were record gures in Venezuelan
electoral history.
Venezuela used a new biometric voter authentication
system for the rst time, as well as a newly designed
e-ballot working in unison with the 39,018 voting ma-
chines deployed in 13,810 polling centers.
The CNE published ofcial results minutes after the
last polling station closed, and the total of the audits per-
formed on some 21,000 machines (53%) at the end of
Election Day faithfully conrmed the results.
Last June in an 11-3 vote, the Philippine Supreme
Court upheld the validity of the poll bodys P1.8-bil-
lion contract with Smartmatic-TIM for the purchase of
82,000 voting machines used in the 2010 elections. The
ruling also threw out four petitions that had questioned
the decision of the Commission on Elections to buy the
precinct count optical scan machines from Smartmatic.
Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta wrote the decision
for the full court. Then acting Chief Justice Antonio Car-
pio and Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Teresita
Leonardo-de Castro, Lucas Bersamin, Marianito del
Castillo, Roberto Abad, Jose Perez, Jose Mendoza, Ma.
Lourdes Sereno and Bienvenido Reyes concurred.
Among those who challenged the Comelecs authority to
buy the PCOS machines were Davao City Archbishop Fern-
ando Capalla, the group Automated Election System Watch
led by former Vice President Teosto Guingona Jr. and the
Solidarity for Sovereignty led by Ma. Linda Montayre.
THE Customs districts of Manila, Batan-
gas, Ninoy Aquino International Airport,
Limay and Manila International Contain-
er Ports missed their collection targets in
September, Bureau data showed.
The agencys Finance Service Depart-
ment showed the Port of Manila posting
P4.3 billion or P2.1 billion short of its
P6.5-billion revenue goal.
MICP followed with a P1.9 billion defiucit,
turning in P6.3 billion against its P8.2 billion tar-
get while Batangas collected P4.9 billion, down
by P1.4 billion from its P6.4 billion mark.
Limay missed by 4.7 percent with its
revenues at P3.1 billion versus its projected
P3.2 billion while Naia recorded 28 percent
or P1.6 billion off its P2.3 billion goal..
Other ports in the same boat are San Fern-
ando (P120 million shortfall), Legaspi (P6.2
million), Tacloban (P12 million), Cebu
(P110 million), Surigao (P1.8 million) and
Aparri (P20 million). Joel E. Zurbano
A worker puts the finishing touches on the statue of Pedro Calungsod at a store in Sta Cruz, Manila
on Friday. After the canonization in Vatican, the statue of Calungsod will be on tour in Metro Manila
dioceses. DANNY PATA
Calungsod
canonized
on Oct. 21
One-voting:
PH may learn
from Venezuela
By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan

VICE President Jejomar Binay will lead the
Philippine contingent to the canonization of
Blessed Pedro Calungsod on Oct. 21 at the
Vatican in Rome.
He will represent President Aquino
and witness Pope Benedict XVI install the
countrys second saint.
It is an honor to lead my fellow Filipino
Catholics in witnessing this historic event, Bi-
nay said in a statement released on Thursday.
Blessed Pedro Calungsods life was one of
service and I pray that his dedication and sacri-
ce will inspire the Filipino youth to live their
lives in service of their fellowmen.
Calungsod, a Cebuano missionary mar-
tyred in Guam in 1672, will be proclaimed
saint after he was beatied by the late
Pope John Paul II in 2000.
In October 2011, Calungsod passed the third
and final stage towards sainthood after the Holy
See verified a second miracle attributed to him.
Almost a quarter centrury ago, the Vati-
can proclaimed Lorenzo Ruiz, a mission-
ary martyred in Japan in 1637, as the rst
Filipino saint.
breath, Taada said.
But the House deputy speaker for
Luzon remained condent that the
bill could still be approved on nal
reading before Congress would ad-
journ for the Christmas break should
Evardones panel approve it on the
November 13 date.
HB 53 is the implementing meas-
ure on the right of the people to infor-
mation on matters of public concern
and the state policy of full public dis-
closure of all its transactions involv-
ing public interest.
The measure also provides access
to information being used for deci-
sion making or project management
as well as transcripts and minutes of
ofcial meetings.
The Palaceversion of the measure is
essentially the same except for a provi-
sion that transcript of meetings would
be provided after the government trans-
action has been undertaken.
Evardone had claimed that his
panel failed to secure a room at the
Batasan Complex as venue to resume
its deliberations on the controversial
measure.
But Tanada belied Evardones ex-
cuses, saying that it takes only politi-
cal will for Evardone to proceed with
the deliberations on the measure.
He said he was able to secure a
room for the public information panel
to nally resume its discussions on
the bill after it has been stalled for
about two years now since the bill
was led in 2010.
Amid criticisms that he was trying
to kill the FOI bill, Evardone said that
he was doing everything to have the
bill approved during the 15th Con-
gress, which will end in June 2013.
FoI is very much alive. I am hope-
ful it will be enacted before the 1th
Congress ends in June 2012. Maybe
after one or two hearing we will have
a committee report already. And
maybe we will pass it in the plenary
before we go on Christmas break,
Evardone explained.
By Maricel V. Cruz
THE House of Representatives has post-
poned again its discussions on the Freedom
of Information bill, which has been languish-
ing at the House committee on public infor-
mation chaired by administration ally Rep.
Ben Evardone for almost two years now.
THE Supreme Court has dismissed the peti-
tions of several groups assailing the consti-
tutionality of the impeachment proceedings
against former Chief Justice Renato Corona
by the House of Representatives and his
trial by the Senate.
The high tribunal en banc junked the is-
sues raised by Danilo Lihaylihay, Rev. Ber-
nardo Magno, former Assemblyman Ho-
mobono Adaza, Herman Laurel, Rodolfo
Salandan along with lawyers Vladimir Ca-
bigao, Vicente Millora, Allang Paguia and
Oliver Lozano of the Lawyers League for a
Better Philippines.
Indeed, the recent turn of events, in-
cluding the appointment of a new chief
justice (Maria Lourdes Sereno), has ren-
dered the petitions before us moot, the
resolution said. Rey E. Requejo
By Macon Araneta
AWORLDWIDE manhunt will soon be launched
against Rosario C. Uriarte, former general manager
of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce, and
two co-accused in the plunder case led by the Of-
ce of the Ombudsman.
This developed after the National Bureau of In-
vestigation requested the inclusion of their names
in the Interpol Red Notice List, which means they
can be arrested by authorities in any of the 180
Interpol member-countries.
The bureaus foreign liaison division chief lawyer
Claro De Castro Jr. said he led the request before
the Philippine Center for Transnational Crimes.
Apart from Uriarte, former PCSO directors
Jose R. Taruc V and Ma. Fatimas Valdes were also
on the red notice list. De Castro conrmed that
the three had already left the country.
The three together with seven other people,
including former President and now Pampanga
Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, were charged
with plunder for alleged misuse of P365 million
in PCSO funds.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com OCTOBER 13, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
SENATE Majority Leader
Vicente Sotto threatened to
quit his post, griping about the
difculty of pleasing everyone
and getting the blame most of the
time. Its not worth the stress that
Im getting, he told reporters.
His announcement hit reporters
like a bolt of lightning. There was
excitement in the press ofces.
The last time a big story came out
of the Senate was months ago,
during the impeachment trial
of Supreme Court Chief Justice
Renato Corona.
Sotto has been a staple in
the news lately for allegedly
sneaking a libel provision into
the Cybercrime Law, which
the Supreme Court stopped,
although temporarily. The new
law threatens to impose stiff
jail term on netizens if they
use language that might be
considered libelous.
The senator, a prominent
gure in the protests to the
bill, told reporters that his
intention all the time was to
please everyone, but in the end
he got all the blame. Mahirap
makisama, (It is difcult to get
along with people,) he said.
Sotto is right. You cannot
please everyone. But people
wonder why he has been trying
hard all this time.
But before anybody could
le an urgent story on Sottos
resignation, someone asked:
When was he quitting as a
senator?
The answer: He is not. He is
just quitting as majority leader
in July next year.
That will be after the mid-term
elections in May. There will be
new names, new faces and a
new leadership in the Senate.
So what is the point of quitting
in the rst place? The senator
must be joking.
Whats the point?
Greedlock
WHILE the prime motive and
driving force in going into business
is to make money, the unsatiable
greed of some big corporations to
pile up profits even if consumers are
already reeling to keep their heads
above the water, is unconscionable.
Take the case of Manila Electric
Company. With the cost of
electricity in this country already
the second-
highest in Asia,
Meralco is
now imposing
a stiff deposit
r e q u i r e me n t
on electricity
users starting
this month So
be prepared
to be shocked
when you get
your bill for
e l e c t r i c i t y
thats often
fluctuating or
not delivered during brownouts.
This, when the public utility
company has not even fully refunded
many consumers for previous
excessive billings Meralco passes
on to consumers the downside of its
operational costs such as increase
in distribution cost, systems loss
or the power loss due to pilferage
and illegal connections. But why
should consumers who regularly
pay their bills be penalized for
power pilferage or delinquent
payment by the more dispossessed
segment of society? Why pass on
to consumers the cost of the cut in
Meralcos profit margin? Such a
big conglomerate should have the
means and wherewithal to go after
those who steal not only power, but
cable and electrical wires.
This new deposit requirement is
another burden on an already taxed
consumer. Why could Meralco
not simply cut off the power of
delinquent consumers like it does
anyway? What will Meralco do
with the deposits it now requires
of consumers? Will the money be
deposited in an account that will
earn interest for Meralco customers,
or will the company invest and
parlay it into more money-making
ventureslike buying, at an
enormous sum, another TV network
to save its own TV station thats
hemorrhaging red ink?
Thats why this country is in
a quagmire. If we are not moving
because of gridlock in political will,
its also because we are in the vise-
like grip of corporate greed lock.
PCSO plunder cases
The warrants of arrest order
recently issued against former
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo and former officials of the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Office cast the spotlight again on
the corruption-rocked state-run
agency.
One of the ex-PCSO officials,
the flamboyant Manoling Morato, is
confined at the St. Lukes Hospital
and scheduled to go under the knife
for a heart operation. But never
one to go down without kicking
and screaming, Morato in turn has
accused the present PCSO Board of
spending the P80 million leftover of
the P365-million Arroyo allegedly
filched and turned into intelligence
funds for election campaign.
Arroyo lawyers denied using the
fund for personal use but during
the course of the Senate hearing, it
was learned that some of the funds
were used to
buy vehicles
for bishops and
a mb u l a n c e s
for localities
headed by
A r r o y o
political allies.
The others
who were
found culpable
in a Senate
Blue Ribbon
c o m m i t t e e
inquiry, aside
from Morato, included ex-PCSO
general managers Rosario Uriarte
and Sergio Valencia, budget
and accounts manager Benigno
Aguas, board members Raymundo
Roquero, Fatima Valdez and Joe
Taruc who has reportedly fled the
country.
Advertising and PR executive
Manny Garcia who was also accused
of getting kickbacks from radio-TV
ads placements was not included in
the arrest warrants. His case is still
in the Office of the Ombudsman.
Garcias involvement came to
light during the Senate hearing
when two advertising executives,
Ludovico Jun Yuseco and Alex
Quisumbing, claimed Garcia
demanded million-peso kickbacks
before they would be paid for
their agencies services. In an
intriguing prepared statement at
the Senate inquiry, Garcia said
that he was only a small player
in the kickback scheme, adding
who am I to be able to make big
decisions and demands? Garcia
then clammed up, invoking his right
against self-incrimination before
the senators could question him
further. To some observers, Garcia
delivered a message that he might
spill the beans on the bigger fish in
the PCSO pond..
I followed these hearings
throughout from the Senate gallery
and I found it puzzling why Garcia
seemed to have disappeared from
the public glare. Did he or his
principals inside the PCSO settle
with complainants Quisumbing and
Yuseco? Quisumbing, a few months
after the Senate inquiry, succumbed
to a heart attack.
Is this kickback practice still
going on in the payment of PCSO ad
placements? Did the ad executives
pay income taxes if they had already
been paid by PCSO?

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Party-list 101
Part 1
IT SURPRISED me when people
started asking me for explanation on
the party-list law. After all, this law
was passed in 1995 yet and has seen
implementation since the1998 up to
the 2010 elections. I was under the
impression that people already have a
good understanding of the system.
Thus, when friends asked me to
write about this, I felt I had to oblige.
The 2013 elections will be the sixth
time that voters will vote for ONE
party-list group that they believe will
best represent their interests in the
House of Representatives.
Republic Act No. 7941, An Act
Providing for the Elections of Party-
List Representatives through the
Party-List System, and Appropriating
Funds Therefor, otherwise known as
the Party-List Law, is the enabling law
of the 1987 Constitutions provision
on PL representation.
Article VI. The Legislative
Department, Section 5. (1) of
the Charter says, The House of
Representatives shall be composed
of not more than two hundred and
fty members, unless otherwise
xed by law, who shall be elected
from legislative districts ... and those
who, as provided by law, shall be
elected through a party-list system
of registered national, regional, and
sectoral parties or organizations.
Section 5. (2) further states,
The party-list representatives shall
constitute twenty per centum of
the total number of representatives
including those under the party list.
For three consecutive terms after the
ratication of this Constitution, one-
half of the seats allocated to party-
list representatives shall be lled,
as provided by law, by selection or
election from the labor, peasant,
urban poor, indigenous cultural
communities, women, youth, and such
other sectors as may be provided by
law, except the religious sector.
Clearly from these provisions, the
Constitution speaks of representation
in the HOR of marginalized sectors of
society who, by virtue of their social,
cultural or economic standing, have
little or no say in legislation, and, I
will hasten to add, in governance in
general.
These provisions are the Charters
way of providing the poor a voice in
the HOR and thus, a chance to address
their need for laws responsive to
their interests. While the provisions
noble aim can be considered clear, the
manner by which this is going to be
achieved is a bit problematic for me.
The Constitution wants the poor
to be represented in the HOR not
only through their organizations and
sectoral parties, but even without
being explicit, through POLITICAL
parties as well. To me, this is a main
source of the present confusion
regarding PL elections.
It is worth noting that in effect, our
Constitution deviates from the usual
practice of party-list representation in
other countries. Elsewhere, PL is about
proportional representation ONLY of
POLITICAL PARTIES, not sectors, in
their respective legislatures.
Thus, what we have here is a
different kind of PL animal. I surmise
that the framers borrowed the
PL concept but gave it a different
purpose: to give voice to the voiceless
in Congress. After all, the Philippine
context is different from others.
It could have been perfect if the
framers tightened the provisions a bit
more. If they wanted representatives
from the marginalized sectors, why
open the system to political parties?
Congress did not help much when
it enacted R.A. 9741. The PL law even
strengthened and institutionalized
the role of political parties in the PL
system. In effect, muddling the issue
more.
The laws Sections 3 and 4,
Denition of Terms and Manifestation
to Participate in the Party-List System,
maximized the Constitutions opening
for political parties as these provisions
clearly dened the participation of
political parties in the PL elections.
Moreover, in Section 4 of the law,
Congress added more to the list of
ELIZABETH
ANGSIOCO
POWER POINT
Turn to page 5
This is why
we are still in a
quagmire.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
Conclusion
MARTIAL law cannot be judged on its
face value because any extraordinary
use of power by the State would always
induce a negative reaction from the
people. The Pareto Principle is at work
because an increase in the power of the
State always and residually would result
in the diminution of individual rights.
Individual rights and state power cannot
go hand in hand or altogether expand
on the assumption they compliment
each other.
Those who
opposed martial
law could never
comprehend that
individual rights
can only operate
in a civil society
where the
rights of all are
s ynchr oni zed
to blend in
harmony, and
not when they
tend to override
on the rights of
others. It is in the
overlapping of
rights that result in their dysfunctional
operability, thus forcing the State to
enter the picture. The motive is not
really to curtail individual freedom, but
to regulate freedom so that the freedom
of others could function. No individual
has the power or the capacity to do
this; only the State by the use of its
omnipotent power.
Even the opposition could not
deny that in the rst ve years of
martial law, the country experienced
tremendous economic progress. Most
important, peace and order, and faith
in government were restored. Marcos
himself was overwhelmed by the
sudden surge in his popularity.
While it would be self-serving to
cite the statistical economic gains
achieved during the martial law period,
the best and undeniable proof to this is
the continued longing by people who
experienced the peace and serenity
in their community and the strides in
economic development. Time has
given them the opportunity to compare
history with the present, which now
tends to validate that martial law
slogan which says, Sa ikauunlad ng
bayan, disiplina ang kailangan.
Sixth, martial law was bound to
affect people who premeditatedly
sought to have it declared by
their participation in that violent
enterprise. This was evident by the
re-establishment of the Communist
Party of the Philippines under
the leadership of a romanticist
ideologue. Jose Ma. Sison exhibited
himself as ruthlessly cunning. He
and his young rebrands taunted
Marcos to declare martial law by
systematically orchestrating violence,
often sacricing the lives of innocent
people.
As utterly ruthless, they
refused to admit that it was their
adventurism that blinded them into
complete subjectivism. For that,
they entertained the notion that by
combining violence and propaganda,
they could force Marcos to impose
martial law. In fact, they believed it
could lead to his political isolation,
and in no time will be defeated by
their concept of peoples war.
But contrary to what they expected,
martial law resulted in them being
routed, and no sooner the people began
to have faith in their government.
The reckless revolution cooked up by
an ideological megalomania duped
many young and idealistic people
to believe that victory was at hand.
Many were incarcerated; some died
or were killed ghting a lost cause.
Finally, when they realized
their revolution was fading beyond
redemption, they began to cannibalize
their own followers accusing them of
betrayal and methodically executing
them. The genocide earned them the
distinction as the only revolutionary
movement in the world to wage war
against their own people, instead
waging a war against their sworn
enemy.
While the opposition, disguised
as civil libertarians, refused to agree
with the decision of the Supreme
Court afrming
the validity of
martial law, as
decided in the
Josue Javellana
vs. the Executive
Secretary, et
al., G. R. No.
L-36142, March
31, 1973, the
fact remains
that there were
valid and factual
bases for the
declaration of
martial law,
which have been
veried as true
by objective history itself.
That interregnum necessitated that,
in the absence of Congress to carry out
the task of legislation, the President, by
virtue of the powers vested in him as
martial law administrator, could validly
issue decrees that would have the same
force and effect as legislated laws. Yet,
when Mrs. Corazon Aquino issued
Proclamation No. 3 on March 25,
1986, scrapping the 1973 Constitution,
not one from the opposition, the elite,
the ultra conservative Church, and the
radical Left questioned her act.
Looking at the Whereas clauses
in Proclamation No. 3 issued by Mrs.
Aquino, or Adopting A Provisional
Constitution, the only factual basis
stated therein was her unbridled
hatred, contempt, and lust for
vengeance. Other than its self-serving
arrogance of having been installed
with the support of renegades from
the Armed Forces, the Cory Aquino
government stated that her decision to
declare a revolutionary government
was in deance of the provisions of
the 1973 Constitution.
There was much hubris in her
that could only be matched by her
unfathomable hypocrisy. It was an
open declaration that she was above
the law, equivocally telling the people
she has the power to erase Marcos from
all the pages in our history of which no
civilized government is supposed to
state in its own laws.
Maybe we cannot compare, but the
truth remains painful that this nation
accepted gracefully the rehabilitation
of the President who served the
Japanese occupation as they transform
the country into a killing eld. Yet,
the man who saved the Republic and
dedicated his entire life uplifting our
people from the morass of poverty and
exploitation continues to be maligned.
This is telling of us as a people and as
a nation.
If only we have learned to evolve
beyond the pedestal of recrimination,
the basic question should not be about
martial law. It should be about the man
who used that means that should be
judged by history. Yes, he was ousted,
but it does not detract us from the truth
that he achieved much for the Republic
he presided during those turbulent
times.
rpkapunan@gmail.com
The presidency
or the republic
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
Peace is a journey
THE 2012 Framework Agreement on
the Bangsamoro is an important step
in the journey of peace. It does not
end there. As the historical evidence
of peace processes around the world,
such as between the Timorese and
Indonesians in East Timor, and
Protestants and Catholics in Northern
Ireland, bear out: a thousand-step
journey does begin with the rst
step (and even with a giant leap as I
described it in my last column), but
the 999 remain.
The most important task left for
the future by the Agreement is the
crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic
Law. The same care and attention
will be necessary for the Basic Law
as will be for any amendment to the
Philippine Constitutionthough I
must mention that no Constitutional
amendment may be necessary for the
creation of the Bangsamoro, which
can be covered under existing law
and for the same reasons: a failure
of the representative institutions and
governance framework will politically
and economically immiserate its
target community. This law must be
responsive to the needs and demands
of the peoples of the Bangsamoro
region, just and equitable to anyone
regardless of creed, ethnicity, or
socio-economic background.
In this regard, the Bangsamoro
must be a peaceful home to a diversity
of families, societies, and cultures.
Former Philippine government peace
panel member Rudi Rodil, himself a
Mindanawon and long embedded in
the islands storied history, often spoke
of the three peoples of Mindanao:
Muslim, settler, and Lumad, each
with their own perspectives and
experiences of a shared, conict-
wracked past. Even after settling the
issue of autonomy-vs.-statehood,
smaller yet no less volatile conicts
still remain among these peoples,
such as those over rights to lands
held as ancestral domains, especially
when contested by larger agricultural,
forestry, or mining corporations; or
local blood rivalries between families
(rido); all of which require peaceful
adjudication, both under formal law
(Basic Law and the Constitution)
as well as local custom, and which
require the vigilance of local law
enforcement under Bangsamoro
governance.
As conflict both is bred from and
exacerbates poverty, socioeconomic
development also remains an
equally paramount task. While
I need not repeat well-known
descriptions of poverty which have
afflicted the region, especially those
marginalized by conflict and history
from economic growth, I do cite with
hopeful enthusiasm growing investor
interest in a peaceful Mindanao,
opening many opportunities for
employment, entrepreneurship, and
equitable growth. Concurrent to
this task is the need for responsible,
responsive, and professional local
governance, not provided from
Manila but drawn locally, from the
best and brightest of the regions
peoples. This is one need that,
thankfully, the peace process has
long identied, with the institution
of the Bangsamoro Leadership
and Management Institute and
Bangsamoro Development Agency to
prepare future regional civil servants
for this almost Herculean task.
I have identied these tasks in
broad terms; their minutiae will be
the subject of continuing discussions
between the GPH and MILF as
they continue to hammer out the
comprehensive peace agreement;
and of the Transition Commission
that will handle its eponymous duty
to transition the region from ARMM
governance to Bangsamoro, and to
craft its Basic Law. Yet even a single
disruption, a single failure could taint
all the hard-earned gains to get us to
this point, and even threaten renewed
violence. Those who have adopted a
wait-and-see attitude may still fear
insincerity, malice, and cynicism
on the part of their opponents; it
isnt easy, after all, to set aside the
prejudices and attitudes of decades
living in a zone and history of conict.
In this context, persistence
and sustainability become tasks
themselves, part of the checklist of
all stakeholders. John F. Kennedy
said that peace is a daily, a weekly, a
monthly process, gradually changing
opinions, slowly eroding old barriers,
quietly building new structures.
Strong and principled leadership
will be needed from leaders in both
Manila and Mindanao, from both
the government and the MILF, and
those in power and those in society,
to endure the process of days, weeks,
and months. They will need to build
public support for the Bangsamoro
and its Basic Law, and rapport among
competing perspectives and interests.
They will especially have to endure
and push through the challenges and
occasional disappointments of this
ongoing process, practically to defy
those odds that have long denied
Mindanao the peace it deserves.
No matter the odds, they are now
nally in favor of peace. That is the
real outcome of this agreement. What
remains is to walk 999 steps in a
journey whose nish line has, all so
suddenly, come within our hopeful
sight and reach.
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Party-list 101
From A4
The basic
question should
not be about
martial law.
Bloomberg View
IF THE vice presidency, as John
Nance Garner famously said, isnt
worth a bucket of warm spit, then
whats a vice-presidential debate
worth?
As it turns out, thankfully,
something more than a bucket of
warm spit. Thursdays sit-down
between Vice President Joe Biden
and Republican vice-presidential
nominee Paul Ryan was useful in
both substance and style. It may not
have changed many minds, but it
claried a lot of differences.
First, the substance. The
candidates discussed a lot of foreign
policy, a fair amount of economics
and a few social issues. On foreign
policy, Biden was clearly more
comfortable and experienced,
calling other national leaders by
their nicknames and repeatedly
and rightly asking Ryan what
he and his running mate would
do differently. (Weve disagreed
from time to time on a few issues,
was the best Ryan could do on
Afghanistan.) Martha Raddatz, the
debates moderator, gamely tried
to pin down both candidates on
specics of their plans to raise taxes
and reduce the decit, but made
little headway.
One of the more revealing
contrasts between the candidates
was on abortion. Ryan was
unapologetic: I believe life begins
at conception, he said, and under
President Mitt Romney, the policy
would be to oppose abortions with
the exceptions of rape, incest and
to save the life of the mother. It
was an admirably honest answer.
Biden said he, too, accepted his
churchs belief about when life
begins, but I refuse to impose it
on equally devout Christians and
Muslims and Jews.
To say that Biden got the
better of the argument is not
to diminish the achievement of
that moment: illuminating an
authentic difference of opinion
and approach on a matter of public
import. Its hardly breaking news
that the parties disagree on this
issue. But theres something to be
said for forcing their candidates to
articulate their differences.
Of course, a debate is more
than just words. It is theatrics:
rolled eyes, raised eyebrows,
furrowed brows, grins and
smirks, even an occasional
look-to-the-skies-and-throw-up-
your-arms-I-cant -bel i eve-my-
opponent-just-said-that gesture.
How you feel about this stuff is
largely a function of how you
feel about the candidates.
Take, for instance, that word
stuff. At one point Biden
complained that Ryans view on the
Middle East was a bunch of stuff.
At another point, he called out Ryan
for spouting a bunch of malarkey.
By one count, he interrupted Ryan
82 times. Ryan, for his part, was
polite and deferential. He created
no Twitter hashtags or trending
terms on Google.
We could decry these
developments as inappropriate for
a serious debate. Forgive us if we
resist the temptation. First, serious
is not a synonym for dull. Part of
the art of politics is getting people
to pay attention, and a little humor
and theatricality can serve the
cause.
Second, in debates perhaps more
so than on the campaign trail, style
matters. Bidens avuncular persona
whether you nd it endearing
or condescendingis useful
information for an undecided voter.
So is Ryans wonky persona
whether you nd it refreshing or
hard-hearted.
It may be that Biden was
playing not to undecided voters,
of which there are astonishingly
few, but to Democrats depressed
by President Barack Obamas
desultory performance in last
weeks presidential debate. If that
was Bidens job, he succeeded.
What he did not donor did Ryan,
with his competent and respectful
presentation is change the
dynamics of the race in the way that
Romney and Obama did last week.
Which brings us back to the central
point of the night: This was a vice-
presidential debate. Like the vice
presidency itself, a vice-presidential
debate is forever destined to matter
less than a presidential one. (In the
spirit of the season, fact check: There
is some question as to whether it is a
bucket or a pitcher, and whether it is
spit or another four-letter substance.
We now return to our regular
programming.)
As Biden and Ryan showed,
however, it is possible to have a
debate between two ideologically
antagonistic candidates that is
informative, spirited, civil and even
entertaining. We hope their running
matesespecially the president
were taking notes for their next
meeting on Oct. 16.
What Biden can teach Obama
US Vice President Joe Biden
Republican candidate Paul Ryan
marginalized sectors enumerated by the Constitution. I have a problem with
the inclusion of professionals in this category because one, professionals
could hardly be considered marginalized, and two, PL nominees, even the
incumbents who are presently being questioned, can very well use this
marginalized sector as the one they represent.
In fairness, the Supreme Court has already promulgated decisions that
helped not only clarify things but also made implementation of the PL law
better. For one, the SC has ruled to exclude major political parties from those
eligible to run under the PL elections.
Moreover, the Commission on Elections has been moving to cleanse the
list of accredited registered PL groups. We hear of ineligible and unqualied
groups being rejected by the poll body.
Comelec also came up with Resolution No. 9366 which provides for the
rules and regulations to govern the PL elections for 2013. This resolution
further claries issues surrounding the PL systems implementation.
(More on the party-list next week)
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A6
Dolphin export barred
Sereno stops removal
of LP leader in Cavite
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION
ORIENTAL MINDORO
BRANCH XL (40)
Calapan City
ANDREW THOMAS NORMAN
Petitioner,
-vs-
JANET ANGELES NORMAN
Respondent
Civil Case No. CV-12-6505
For: Declaration of Nullity of
Marriage
x-----------------------------------x
SUMMONS
(By Publication)
To: JANETANGELESNORMAN
Asia Diverse El Galleon Resort
Small Lalaguna Beach
Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
WHEREAS, t he her ei n
petitioner fled a verifed petition
on 13 June 2012, herein quoted
as follows:
P E T I T I O N F O R
DECLARATION OF ABSOLUTE
NULLITY OF MARRIAGE
COMES, NOW, petitioner
Andr ew Thomas Nor man,
t hr ough t he under si gned
counsel, and unto this Honorable
Court most respectfully avers
that:
1. Pet i t i oner , Andr ew
Thomas Norman, is a
Br i t i sh nat i onal and
residing at Asia Divers
El Galleon Resort, Small
Lalaguna Beach, Puerto
Galera, Oriental Mindoro,
Philippines; he may be
served with legal notice
and court processes
through the undersigned
counsel;
2. Res pondent , J anet
Angeles Norman, is a
Filipino citizen and of legal
age, but her whereabouts,
as of the date of the
filing of this petition is
unknown to the petitioner
as respondent woul d
not reveal to petitioner
her residence or exact
address of where she
lives or resides;
THE FACTS
3. Someti me i n the year
2002, pet i t i oner and
r es pondent met i n
Gr eenhi l l s, Mani l a;
At the time, petitioner
i s a wi dower whi l e
respondent represented
to the petitioner that she is
single and never married;
4. Petitioner and respondent
courted each other for
months, travelling within
t he Phi l i ppi nes whi l e
taking their time to get
t o know each ot her,
until they got engaged
somet i me i n Oct ober
2004;
5. About a year after their
engagement, petitioner
a n d r e s p o n d e n t
eventually got married
on October 18, 2005 at
El Galleon Beach Resort,
Small Lalaguna, Sabang,
Puerto Princesa, Oriental
Mi ndoro bef ore Hon.
Aristeo E. Atienza, the
Municipal Mayor of Puerto
Galera as the solemnizing
offcer; Copy of the related
Marri age Cont ract i s
attached as Annex A
and made an i ntegral
part hereof;
l i ved t oget her i n t he
formers homestead at
El Galleon Beach Resort,
Small Lalaguna, Sabang,
Puer t o Gal er a unt i l
the year 2009, before
r espondent st ar t ed
to spend more time in
Mani l a, f or what she
claimed was duties on
behalf of her family;
7. R e s p o n d e n t s
di sappear ance f r om
Puerto Galera became
more f requent i n t he
mont hs t hat f ol l owed
t o t he poi nt of t ot al
disappearance and would
never tell the petitioner the
truth of her whereabouts
but would ask only for
Cash allowance to be sent
through LBC; petitioners
only communication with
her was by phone and
through text messages;
8. Very much troubled by
the fact that respondent
woul d not reveal her
address, petitioner hired a
private detective to locate
and gather information
regarding respondents
whereabouts and upon
checki ng through the
National Statistics Office
(NSO), amarriagecontract
was secured showing that
respondent was previously
marri ed t o a cert ai n
Renerio M. Villianueva on
December 21, 1988 at Our
Lady of the Abandoned
Parish, Sta. Ana, Manila,
prior to her marriage with
the petitioner; Copy of the
related Marriage Contract
is attached as Annex B
and made an integral part
hereof;
9. Sometime in the second
half of 2011, respondent
agreed to meet with the
petitioner in Makati City
where she is admitted to
the petitioner that she was
indeed previously married
and that said marriage
was never annulled nor
dissolved; she further
admitted that the husband
of her first marriage is
still alive;
have no agreement on
the regi me governi ng
their property relations;
hence the relevant law
shall govern their property
relations;
11. No property is involved
i n t hi s pet i t i on si nce
the respondent never
made any contribution
of money, property or
industry into the marriage,
and because petitioners
ma r r i a g e wi t h t h e
respondent is void ab
initio;
12. Petitioner did not have a
child with the respondent.
CAUSE OF ACTION
13. Based on the foregoing,
peti ti oner seeks from
t hi s Honorabl e Court
a decl arati on that hi s
marriage with respondent
is null and void for having
been cel ebr at ed i n
violation of Article 35,
paragraph 4, of the Family
Code of the Philippines,
to wit:
Art. 35. The following
marriages shall be void
from the beginning:
xxxxxxxxxxx
(4) Those bigamous or
polygamous marriages
not falling under Article
41;
14. That petitioner will shoulder
the cost of publication of
summons to the respondent
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, i t i s most
r espect f ul l y pr ayed of t hi s
Honorable Court that a Decision
be r ender ed gr ant i ng t he
foregoing petition and that a
Decree of Absolute Nullity be
issued declaring the marriage
of petitioner with respondent to
be null and void for having been
celebrated during the subsistence
of respondents frst marriage.
Other just and equitable reliefs
under the circumstances are
likewise prayed for.
Makati City, for Oriental Mindoro,
June 8, 2012.
A.M. SISON, JR. & PARTNERS
Counsel for the Petitoner
Suite 2002, Security Bank Centre
6676 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
E-mail address: admin@amslaw.ph
Tel.No. 891-1338 to 40
Fax No. 891-1136
By:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO L. CARDIO
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 05019
PTR No. 3173220-01-02-12-Makati
Roll of Attorney No. 25458
MCLE Compliance No. III-0008344
Issued on 2.09.10-Pasay City
(Sgd.) EMERSONS. PANGANIBAN
IBP No. 877526-01.03.12 Laguna
PTR No. 3173225-01-02-12-Makati
MCLE Compliance No. III-0013861
Issued on 04.26.10 at Pasig City
(Sgd.) ALFONSOG. SAMPANA, JR.
IBP No. 877523-1.3.12-Manila IV
PTR No. 3173233-01-02-12-Makati
MCLE Compliance No. N/A
Admitted to the Bar 2011
VERIFICATION/CERTIFICATION
OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
MAKATI CITY) S.S.
I , A NDREW THOMA S
NORMAN, British citizen, of legal
age, married and with residence
at Asia Divers El Galleon Resort,
Small Lalaguna Beach, Puerto
Galera, after being duly sworn
in accordance with law, hereby
depose and state that:
1. I am the petitioner in the
above-entitled Petition;
2. I have cuased the preparation
of the foregoing petition;
3. The statements contained
therein, which I have read
and understood, are true
and correct based on my
own personal knowledge and
authentic records;
4. To the best of my knowledge,
no such ot her act i on or
proceeding involving the same
matter or issue, and parties is
pending before the Supreme
Court, the Court of Appeals,
or any division thereof, or any
other court, tribunal or agency;
5. Should I thereafter learn that
a similar action or proceeding
has been fled or is pending
thereof, Regional Trial Courts,
Government Tri bunal s or
agencies, I shall undertake
to report such fact within fve
(5) days therefrom to the
Honorable Court.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand this
08 June 2012 at Makati City,
Philippines.
ANDREW THOMAS NORMAN
Affant
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN
TO before me this 8
th
day of
June 2012 at Makati City, affant
exhibited his Drivers License No.
D05-04000001 issued on April
15, 2009.
(Sgd.) ATTY. MELANY A. SALVADORA-
ASPERIN
Notary Public
Until Dec. 31, 2012
PTR No. 3185128/09 January 2012/Makati City
IBP Lifetime Roll No. 09014/Makati City
Roll of Attorneys No. 50020
MCLENo. Exempt pursuant to MCLEGoverning
Order No. 1s. 08
Commission No. M-580
Doc. No. 173
Page No. 103
Book No. 1
Series of 2012
WHEREAS, on 13 August
2012, the petitioner, through
counsel, fled a Motion for Leave
of Court to Effect Service of
Summons by Publication which
was granted by this Court in its
Order dated 23 August 2012;
NOW THEREFORE, you the
respondent JANET ANGELES
NORMAN is hereby summoned
through this medium of publication
and therefore, required to fle with
the Offce of the Clerk of Court,
Regional Trial Court, Branch 40,
Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro,
your answer to the above-quoted
petition within thirty (30) days from
date of last publication hereof,
serving at the same time a copy
of your answer to the petitioners
counsel , At t y. Emer son S.
Panganiban with offce address
at A.M. SISON, JR. & PARTNERS,
Suite 2002, Security Bank Centre,
6676 Ayala Avenue, Makati City,
and, failure to do so within the
period herein prescribed, the
petitioner shall take judgment
against you and demand from
the Court the remedies and reliefs
prayed for in the said petition.
Let this summons be published
at the expense of the petitioner
i n a newspaper of general
circulation once a week for two
(2) consecutive weeks.
A copy of t he summons,
together with the copy of the
petition and its annexes was
sent to the respondent at her last
known address.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE
TOMAS C. LEYNES, Presiding
Judge of this Court, this 23
rd
day
of August 2012 at Calapan City,
Oriental Mindor, Philippines
(Sgd.) ATTY. ENRICO P. MANTUANO II
Branch Clerk of Court
(MST-Oct. 6 & 13, 2012)
Save the dolphins. An Indo-Pacic bottlenose dolphin is shown in the top photo leaping out of the water as envi-
ronmentalists show their petition asking the Quezon City Regionla Trial Court to issue a protection order that they hope
would lead to an injunction from trans-shipping 25 similar dolphins from the Ocean Adventure Park at Subic Freeport
to the Resort World Sentosa oceanarium in Singapore. The dolphins were caught in the waters of the Solomon Islands
and the petitioners are seeking their return to the wild. n the Solomon Island. Holding up the petition are (from left)
Trixie Concepcion, lawyer Mel Velasco and Anna Cabrera of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society. MANNY PALMERO

IN BRIEF
QC allots P12b budget for 2013
Healers banned from birthings
The order of Judge Bernelito Fer-
nandez of Branch 101 bars the ship-
ment of the 25 Indo-Pacic bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), which
were caught in the waters of Solomon
Islands, to the Marine Life Park at the
Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.
Fernandez said he saw the need to
issue the TEPO as this will result in
grave and irreparable damage to the
population of the dolphins from the
Solomon Islands and generations yet
to come and to the environment in
general as the said activity has been
scientically shown to be detrimental
to the survival of the species and in
violation of domestic law and inter-
national conventions.
The judge issued the TEPO after
environmental and animal welfare
By Rio N. Araja

THE Quezon City Regional Trial Court issued
a 72-hour temporary environmental protection
order directing Agriculture Secretary Proceso
Alcala and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Director Asis Perez to prevent the
re-exportation of 25 dolphins to Singapore.
groups led a petition urging the gov-
ernment to stop the trans-shipment of
the dolphins to Singapore. The ceta-
ceans are now at the Ocean Adven-
ture Park in Subic while Marine Life
Park is being nished.
Marine Life Park, billed as the
worlds largest oceanarium, is sched-
uled to open on Dec. 7 and will in-
volve more than 60 million liters of
water and 100,000 marine animals
from over 800 species.
Trixie Concepcion of Earth Is-
lands Institute said the importation of
the dolphins should have been barred
because it violates the countrys com-
mitment under the Convention on the
International Trade of Endangered
Species and Philippine Wildlife Re-
sources Conservation and Protection
Act, or Republic Act 9147.
Anna Cabrera, director of the
Philippine Animal Welfare Society,
said the import permits were issued
without proper evaluation of the best
scientic data, adding that the marine
mammals were forcibly snatched
from their families and will make
shorten their natural lives.
She noted that dolphins, whales
and other cetaceans are not suited to
captivity since they are highly social
creatures that are used to being in
families or pods.
Other complaining groups include
the Compassion and Responsibility
to Animals, Welfare Philippines, Dol-
phins Love Freedom Network, Save
Philippine Seas, Save Freedom Island
Movement, Wild Bird Club of the
Philippines and other individuals.
The groups asked Alcala and Per-
ez to deny the re-export permit ap-
plication and work for the release
of the dolphins back to their natural
habitat.
THE Quezon City government
will have a budget of P12 billion
for 2013, P940 million more than
the 11.060 fund for the current
year, Mayor Herbert Bautista an-
nounced on Friday.
The latest data from the Nation-
al Statistical Coordination Board
showed that, since 2008, Quezon
City has been the wealthiest city
in the country with total income
of P10.3 billion in 2009, followed
by Makati City with P8.9 billion
and Manila with P8.8 billion.
The city also topped the list in
terms of expenditures with P8.6
billion, followed by Makati with
P6.9 billion and Manila with P6.4
billion.
We remain committed to our
solemn oath to create an atmo-
sphere that works for the reduc-
tion of poverty. Our approach
must be to provide a framework
that coordinates initiatives that
cuts across bureaucratic layers,
Bautista said in a statement.
By sectoral classication, the
lions share of the budget, amount-
ing to P6.69 billion, was allotted for
general services, followed closely
by social services, with P3.19 bil-
lion, while P760.6 million was ear-
marked for economic services.
The legislative branch, on the
other hand, will have a budget al-
location of P1.35 billion.
The budgets priority spending
areas were identified as public in-
frastructure development, imple-
mentation of mid-term socio-eco-
nomic development plans geared
at eradicating poverty, provision
for quality education and health
care, decent human settlements
as well as increased investments
for disaster risk reduction.
Also tagged as a priority focus
were the requirements for the op-
erational needs and expenses of 12
additional city council seats that
were created with the new 5th and
6th legislative districts and imple-
mentation of the fourth and nal
tranche of the Salary Standardiza-
tion Law.
To implement the fourth
tranche of the Salary Standard-
ization Law, the city will be set-
ting aside a little over 26 percent
of the total appropriations for
salaries, wages, including retire-
ment benefits for the citys civil
servants.
The ordinance providing for
next years budget was passed
on third and final reading by the
26-member council last Oct. 8.
Rio N. Araja
FOLK healers, locally known as
manghihilots, are now prohibited
from attending to natural child
births in Quezon City, Mayor Her-
bert Bautista announced after sign-
ing into law Ordinance 2171 requir-
ing traditional birth attendants to
refer their clients only to licensed
medical facilities for the safety of
the mothers and their children dur-
ing delivery.
But the ordinance, the mayor said,
also provides for livelihood training
programs by the city health depart-
ment, such as pre-natal and post-
natal massage classes, so as not to
deprive these healers of earnings.
The citys health ofcer, Dr.
Antonieta Inumerable, said there
are about 168 traditional birth at-
tendants known to operate in the
city and 152 of them are practicing
in low-income communities in the
citys Second District.
Professional health practitio-
ners, including physicians, nurses
and midwives, are also prohibited
from practicing home-based child
birth services, but they can attend
to child births in legitimate health
facilities. Violators of the ordi-
nance will be ned P5,000.
The measure is principally au-
thored by Councilor Jessica Caste-
lo Daza, who is also a physician.
As indicated in the citys pov-
erty prole, about 1.8 percent of
women in the city die each year
from childbirth and other pregnan-
cy related causes.
To reverse this trend, the city
government has launched a cam-
paign to strengthen the delivery
of maternal health care services,
including pre-natal consultations,
provision of tetanus toxoid, labora-
tory screening, micronutrient sup-
plementation, nutrition assessment
and breastfeeding education.
We should also take advantage
of maximizing the services and fa-
cilities of our city health centers to
address the medical needs of our
constituents, especially from the
citys underprivileged communi-
ties, Bautista said.
Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte ex-
pressed her support for the measure
and to the citys maternal health
initiatives and activities in the city
that highlight the city governments
continuing commitment to promote
higher standards of maternal health
care, which is one of the United
Nations Millennium Development
Goals. Rio N. Araja
By Rey E. Requejo
FOR the rst time, Chief Justice Maria
Lourdes Sereno exercised her privilege to
issue a temporary restraining order stopping
the Commission on Elections from ousting
Imus City Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi, one of
the leaders of the ruling Liberal Party in Cav-
ite province.
SC Clerk of Court Enriqueta Vidal on
Thursday signed the TRO which prohibited
the Comelec from replacing Maliksi with
Homer Saquilayan, his rival in the last elec-
tion, as duly elected mayor of the city after an
audit of contested ballots.
The two-page order said it was issued by
the authority of Sereno and was based solely
on the claims and arguments of Maliksi in the
petition for certiorari he led last month, be-
cause the Comelec and Saquilayan have until
Oct. 19 to le their respective answers.
Under the rules of the high court, the
Chief Justice has the power to act on cases
calling for urgent actions in consultation
with the other magistrates and subject to
conrmation by the other justices in their
next full court session.
Records showed that the justices already
tackled Maliksis petition in their regular
session last Oct. 2 and decided not to act
on the TRO plea by ordering respondents to
rst submit comments.
The SC magistrates held another regular
session on Oct. 9 and still no action was made
on the injunction relief sought by Maliksi.
Two days after, Sereno issued the TRO.
In the assailed ruling, the Comelec by a
vote of 4-2 afrmed the ndings of its rst
division in August that declared Saquilayan
the real winner in the 2010 mayoralty race
after a recount of votes cast in contested
precincts showed that he garneered a total
of 48,521, or 8,429 votes more than Ma-
liksis 40,092.
The poll body ruled on the appeal made
by Saquilayan on the decision of Imus
Regional Trial Court Judge Cesar Man-
grobang in November last year annulling
his proclamation as mayor by the Comelec
after the 2010 poll.
In his decision, the RTC declared Malik-
si as the elected mayor for obtaining votes
of 41,088 as against Saquilayans 40,423 or
a winning margin of 665 votes, based on
the courts audit of the ballots protested.
Witnesses convention set
THE annual conventions of Jehovahs
Witnesses will start on Oct. 19 at the
Assembly Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses in
Novaliches, Quezon City and will go on
for 11 consecutive three-day weekends
ending Dec. 30 simultaneously with
115 conventions in 49 cities throughout
the country.
The theam for this years conven-
tion will be Safeguard Your Heart!
which highlights references to the heart
in the Biblical sense popularized in the
teachings of Jehovah. This years theme
is based on Proverbs 4:23 focusing on
strengthening our spirituality.
About 60,000 delegates from Luzon
are expected to attend the 11 weekend
conventions at the Assembly Hall in
Quezon City, while the total attendance
all over the Philippines will exceed
400,000.
Jehovahs Witnesses invite everyone,
including those of other faith, to attend
and learn more about your heart. The
program sessions start promptly at 8:20
a.m. on all three days of the conventions.
Admission is free as all conventions are
supported by voluntary donations.
Barangay Assembly Day
MORE than 42,000 barangays are set to
hold their respective Barangay Assembly
Day on Sunday, the Department of
the Interior and Local Government
announced on Friday.
The DILG ordered all local ofcials,
including barangay chairmen, to ensure
compliance with the the Local Govern-
ment Code and hold the assembly in
their respective jurisdictions.
The DILG through its National Ba-
rangay Operations Ofce is spearhead-
ing the preparations for the national ba-
rangay assembly twice every year.
NBOO Director Virgilio Castro said
during the 1st Barangay Assembly in
March this year, 33,373 barangays rep-
resenting 88.83 percent of the 42,026
barangays nationwide had conducted
barangay assemblies.
Jonathan Fernandez
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Time to act now
Baguio grabs overall lead
IT IS evident that for what-
ever reason, Philippine Olym-
pic Committee president Jose
Peping Cojuangco wants to
keep his post at almost any
cost, including using some of
his so-called cohorts to discred-
it anybody, who he believes
plans to contest his bid for a
third term.
Ever since the name of the
distinguished and decent tech-
nocrat and sportsman Ricky
Vargas, the president of the
Amateur Boxing Association
of the Philippines was bruited
about as a possible candidate
for the POC position from
those individuals clamoring for
change, he has been the target
of Philippine Sports Commis-
sion chairman Richie Garcia,
who has a long-standing friend-
ship, with Cojuangco, who re-
portedly helped Garcia keep his
post under the administration
of Pepings nephew, President
Benigno Aquino III.
Garcia tried to do a demoli-
tion job on Vargas using two
major dailies in another dem-
onstration of the efforts to keep
Cojuangco in ofce despite
the debacle in sports over his
two previous terms of a total of
eight years.
In his effort to put Vargas and
the ABAP in a bad light, Garcia
was quoted by two of the ma-
jor dailies criticizing the ABAP,
claiming there was favoritism
in amateur boxing and that he
planned to stage the PSCs own
national search.
Garcia even had the audacity
to drag respected boxing pro-
moter Tony Aldeguer into serv-
ing their cause, alleging that
Aldeguer had made some nega-
tive comments on the ABAP.
Ricky Vargas answered Gar-
cia point by point in a letter per-
sonally hand-carried by ABAP
executive director Ed Picson,
who said that Garcia (as usual
among political types) denied
that he singled out ABAP and
that he did not say anything
about favoritism in amateur
boxing.
Garcia also denied that there
was any truth to the fact that he
was meddling in NSA affairs or
that he planned to stage his own
national talent search and that
he just wanted to relay some
suggestions (which he could
have done personally or in writ-
ing to Vargas rather than going
to the media.)
As often happens, when
caught in a bind, Garcia blamed
the media and said he was mis-
quoted!
However, some hours later,
he reiterated his allegations in
a conversation with another
reporter of a third major pub-
lication. Fortunately, the sports
editor threw the story into the
garbage can where it rightfully
belonged.
There is absolutely no hope
for Philippine sports if Co-
juangco is elected for a third
term and Garcia remains as
PSC chairman. The two of them
have done nothing to improve
the conditions under which our
athletes train and have shown
no vision or a semblance of
concern for their welfare.
That is why the various Na-
tional Sports Associations and
their leaders need to come out
in the open and support the plan
to have esteemed businessman-
sportsman and legendary ben-
efactor of numerous sports,
Manny Pangilinan, run for the
POC presidency.
In the case of MVP he doesnt
takelike some people do
but instead gives and gives
generously, red by a passion
to help Philippine sports rise
above the unmitigated medi-
ocrity into which it has sunk
under the tandem of Cojuangco
and Garcia.
The country and its athletes
cannot afford to wait for an-
other four years under Peping
Cojuangco. The time to act is
now. We sincerely hope our
NSA presidents have the cour-
age and the decency to do what
is right and just, and elect a
POC president, who will serve
as a beacon of hope in a wilder-
ness of hopelessness in sports.
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Swimmers Jamleth Marie Villanue-
va of Olongapo City and La Unions
Gwyneth Amber Cawaling were the
most productive athletes of the games
with six gold medals each.
The host province lorded it over with 38
gold medals in track and eld, capped by a
victory in the boys 14-15 4x400-meter re-
lay, headed by triple-gold medalists Jayson
Toribio and Lodivico Dela Cruz.
The Pangasinan quartet clocked
3:44.0 to beat Baguio City (3:51.5) and
Candon, Ilocos Sur (4:23.8).
Although Baguio City came up with
28 gold medals, the City of Pines pro-
duced the best track and eld perform-
ers in Sisa Carunungan, Leah Taltala,
Kaizelle Vergara, Agustina Anganay-
LINGAYENPangasinan ruled athletics, but
Baguio City charged back in taekwondo and swim-
ming to gain the overall lead in the Northern Luzon
leg of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philip-
pine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games.
IN BRIEF
THE Basketball Efciency and Scientic
Training Center (Best Center), the multi-
awarded group of expert sports clinicians,
brings its expertise to Xavier School start-
ing today for its October basketball clinic
sessions.
Students in Levels 1, 2 and 3 (Introduction
to Basketball) will have the chance to experi-
ence the Best Centers proven modules, which
had helped produce many of the countrys top
basketball players since the Best Center was
founded by former national coach Nic Jorge
more than three decades ago.
The clinics will be held from 1 to 3 pm.
The Best Center is among the few re-
cipients of the Olympism Award from the
Philippine Olympic Committee and has
received the Hall-of-Fame Award from
the Philippine Sportswriters Association.
Parkview Homes Subdivision in Pa-
ranaque will also host Best Center clin-
ics every Sunday from Oct. 28 to Dec. 16,
from 8 to 11 am. Students in Levels 1 and
2 are to be accepted.
THE 2nd DELeague Open Invitational
Basketball Cup unveils Sunday, 3 p.m. at
the Marikina Sports Park, with defending
champion Sta. Lucia Monte Carlo and
Jekasa squaring off in the rst game, and
Hobe Bihon battling PL Global next.
We are very glad that DELeague is back.
As you can see, we take sports tourism seri-
ously here in Marikina. We hope that this
second year will be an enjoyable one for
avid basketball fans and for the participating
teams as well. Hopefully, DELeague will
give our commercial teams the opportunity
to promote their brands, said Marikina
Mayor Del R. De Guzman.
This years champion team will receive
P150,000 cash prize, while runner-up gets
P100,000. Third placer receives P30,000.
Other participants are ACS-Fairview
Selection, Marikina-EDSECA, Hogs,
Skyforce selection, DSM, Durings BBQ,
Steel Trust Corporation, Architectos, and
Globe Inc.
The event is co-sponsored by PCA
Marivalley Construction, OLOPSC,
Boeings Gym, Mckies video and party
needs, Simply Delicious, Luyong Panci-
teria, and Jekasa Sportswear.
2
n
d DELeague slated
Best Center opens
in 2 more venues
LIVING UP to her lofty pre-race billing, crack lly
Humble Riches rallied from off the pace to score a
most convincing win in the 11th Don Juan Derby
Resorts World Stakes Race, highlight of the record-
setting Don Juan Derby racefest last Sunday at the
San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.
The prized 3-year-old galloper, which races in
the colors of owner Kenneth Causon and trained
by Ruben Clor, stepped up the action in the last
400 meters and was hardly pressed by jockey
Patricio Dilema as she took command in the nal
stretch en route to victory and the P900,000 guar-
anteed winners purse.
Humble Riches impressive Don Juan Derby vic-
tory capped the blockbuster racing extravaganza or-
ganized by Klub Don Juan de Manila and hosted by
the Manila Jockey Club, Inc., with total gross (bet-
ting) sales for the week surpassing P156 million, a
15% increase compared to last years sales.
In behalf of the ofcers and members of KDJM,
we wish to express out heartfelt appreciation to all of
our sponsors, Resorts World Manila, the Philippine
Racing Commission, the PCSO, Nenita Farms, Mag-
ic Millions Sales Australia, Mustang Security Group,
EDMACOM, Excel Coil, Mercury Freight Group,
Prydes Easifeeds, Princeace Corporation, Nature Vet
Australia, The Theodore Hotel, Ridgemont Feedmill,
Inc., PGA Cars, Hygain Feeds Australia, Ayala Land
Corporation, Edgardo Mundo, Kenneth Causon and
Eddie Gonzalez, as well as, the Bayang Karerista, for
their invaluable support and contribution to the suc-
cess of this years Don Juan Derby racing festival,
said KDJM President Tonyboy Eleazar.
Humble Riches rules 11
th
Don Juan Derby racefest
DR. Peewee Mendiola of Big Chill Racing Team
once again bagged the overall and rear wheel
production best time in the ninth leg of the Shell
Helix National Slalom series at Robinsons Nova
Market Parking lot, with a time of 51.94 seconds.
Meanwhile, Milo Rivera of FERN C Racing
Team was second with 52.22, while his team-
mate and uncle Noel Rivera placed third with a
53.18-second clocking.
Fourth was Peque Alacbay of Team Soleil with
54.30, while completing the Top 5 was DKC Rac-
ing Teams Pathrick Bautista of (54.60), who also
bagged the front wheel best time.
FERN Cs Estefano Rivera won the novice
category with a clocking of 55.30.
This event was presented by Shell Helix Mo-
tor Oils and co-sponsored by Federal Tyres,
Outlast Battery, Dubshop/Silverwind Mag-
wheels, Starbright Body Kits, Auto Transporter
and media partners Stoplight TV, Wheel to
Wheel Magazine, an insert of C! Magazine,
Power Wheels Magazine, kotse.com, autoin-
dustriya.com, Robinsons Malls and Robinsons
Nova Market.
The event was participated in by the dif-
ferent car clubs, headed by Team Big Chill,
FERN C, Auto Fastion, Kapampangan Rac-
ing Team, Tarlac Auto Group, Wholesome
Concepts of Baguio City, Cabanatuan Auto
Club, Speedstar, GR-1 Race Pampanga and
Blanche Racing Team.
The 10th leg of slalom series will be held at
the SM Sucat Parking lot on Oct. 21.
Registration starts at 8 a.m., with open prac-
tice runs until 10 a.m., afterwhich only two of-
cial practice runs will be given until 11:30 am.
Late comers will only be given one practice
run. Ofcial runs will start at 12 noon.
The Race Motorsports Club is sanctioned by
the Automobile Association of the Philippines
and FIA.
For details, contact Bing Bang Dulce at tel.
nos 928-6951, 0917-8119337, 0922-816 5344;
email racemotorsportsclub@yahoo.com or
follow the event at its Facebook account under
Race Motorsports Club.
Mendiola fastest in national slalom
HEADLINING the Ultimate Fighting
Championships UFC 153 are middle-
weight champ Anderson The Spider
Silva and Mixed Martial Arts veteran
Stephan The American Psycho Bonnar
in Silvas return to the light heavyweight
division.
Despite the short notice on the part of
Silva and Bonnar due to the untimely in-
juries to the original main event ghter
Jose Aldo, who was due to face Frankie
Edgar, UFC 153 looks to be an explosive
event.
Watch UFC 153 via satellite from Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil on Balls Channel this
Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
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Balls airs UFC 153
on, Lilia Yatar, Masulyn Seal, Erwin
Generalao and Patrick Vichez.
Taltala and Carunungan, freshmen
classmates at the Baguio City National
High School, captured ve golds each
punctuated by their victory in the girls
13-under 4x400m relay, along with
quadruple gold medalist Vergara and
Gerimae Murillo.
They completed the race in 4:34.6 while
Pangasinan (4:46.9) settled for silver.
Pangasinan Gov. Amado T. Espino
Jr. also discovered their own future
stars on the track with sprinters Mark
Laurence Sanguir, Francis Marron and
Rico Navarro pocketing three golds
each in the talent search program for
athletes 15 years old and below.
Baguio, however, dominated taek-
wondo after grabbing 13 of the 16
gold medals at stake at the Pangasinan
Training and Development Center.
Finweight Christian Mark Duntugan,
one of 11 kids sent to witness the London
Olympics after entertaining the crowd in
the BP Games last year, retained his ti-
tle after beating Kurt Bryan Barbosa of
Bangued, Abra, 9-8, in the nals.
Other winners for Baguio were y-
weight Monsour Carlo Salazar, bantam
Tristan Dale Cayago, featherweight Ken-
drix Galiah, lightweight John Gervin As-
trologio, welter Rencer Shane Lavestre,
John Christian Mapalo (middleweight).
DePaRtment of Public WoRks anD HigHWays
Office Of the secretary
manila
reQUest fOr eXPressiON Of iNterest fOr cONsULtaNcy
serVices fOr the DetaiLeD eNGiNeeriNG DesiGN fOr the
PrOPOseD cONstrUctiON/rOaD OPeNiNG Of MiNDOrO
isLaND circUMfereNtiaL rOaD, BaraNGay taLiPaN, PUertO
GaLera, OrieNtaL MiNDOrO tO OcciDeNtaL MiNDOrO
BOUNDary Of BaraNGay caMUrONG, aBra De iLOG
1 the Department of Public Works and Highways, through the gaa 2012, intends
to apply the sum of P 21,404,712.00 inclusive of 5% contingency being the
approved budget for the contract (abc) to payments under the contract for the
Detailed engineering Design for the proposed construction/road opening of a
section of the Mindoro circumferential Road.
2 the Department of Public Works and Highways now calls the submission of
eligibility documents for: Project:
Project: consultancy services for the Detailed engineering
Design for the Proposed construction/Road
opening of mindoro island circumferential
Road, barangay talipan, Puerto galera, oriental
mindoro to occidental mindoro boundary of
barangay camurong, abra De ilog
location: mindoro occidental and mindoro oriental
objective: to prepare the detailed engineering design of the
said project which had been appraised through
feasibility study.
outputs/Deliverables: Design Reports and Drawings, cost estimates
and tender Documents
3. interested consultants must submit their eligibility documents not later than
2:00 P.m. on october 22, 2012 at the bids and awards committee (bac) for
consultancy services, Room, 502-b 5
th
floor, DPWH building, bonifacio Drive,
Port area, manila. application for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion,
the eligibility form will be available at www.dpwh.gov.ph,
the bac shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have
submitted (eligibility documents/expression of interest) and have been
determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic act 9184
(Ra 9184), otherwise known as the "government Procurement Reform act", and
its Revised implemeng Rules and Regulations (iRR). the short list shall consist
of fve (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and
rating system for short listing are:

applicable experience - 35 pts.
Qualifcation of Personnel - 40 pts.
Job capacity - 25 pts.
total 100 pts
4. bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the 1RR of RA 9184.
bidding is restricted to filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest of outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
5. the Procuring entity .shall evaluate bids, using the Quality-Cost Based
Evaluation/Selection (QCBE/QCBS) procedure. only bids whose technical
proposals pass the minimum technical evaluation score of seventy fve percent
(75%) shall have their fnancial proposals opened and evaluated. The technical
proposal shall carry eighty percent (80%) weight in the evaluation. the criteria
and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the instruction to
bidders.

6. contract duration is nine (9) months.

7. the Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to reject any
and all bids, annul the bidding process, or not award the contract at any time
prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder or bidders.
8. for further information, please refer to:
Undersecretary raUL c. asis
chairman, bac for consultancy services
5
th
Floor, DPWH, Central Offce
bonifacio Drive, Port area, manila
tel no. (+632) 304-3302
fax no. (+632) 304-3572
(sgd.) raUL c. asis
undersecretary
chairman, bac for consultancy services
(MST-Oct. 13, 20 & 27, 2012)
Regional tRial couRt
national capital Judicial Region
bRancH XiV, manila
i n t h e Mat t er o f t h e
correcti on of entry in the
Birth Certifcate of Algenne
Jumagbas Dominguez
NeNita JUMaGBas DOMiNGUeZ,
Petitioner,
-versus-
t h e L O c a L c i V i L
reGistrar Of MaNiLa,
Respondent.
Spec. Proc. No.: 12-128470
For: Correction of Entry
x-----------------------------------x
ORDER
a verified Petition was
filed before this court by
nenita Jumagbas Dominguez
praying that after due notice,
publication and hearing, a
j udgment be r ender ed
di recti ng the respondent
to change the entry from
female to male with
respect to sex under item
No. 2 in the birth certifcate
of al egenne Jumagbas
Dominguez being his true
correct sex/gender.
WHEREFORE, fnding the
Petition to be sufficient in
form and substance, let the
same be set for hearing on
november 14, 2012 at 10
oclock in the morning before
this court sitting on the 2
nd

floor, old naWasa bldg.,
a. Villegas street (formerly
arroceros street), ermita,
manila, at which date and time
any person having or claiming
any interest under the entry
whose correction is sought
may fle an opposition thereto,
and appear and show cause,
if any, why the petition should
not be granted.
let a copy of this order be
published at the expense of
the petitioner once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks
in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines
to be determined by a raffe
pursuant to P.D. 1079.
Furnish the Offce of the
solicitor general, the local
civil Registrar of the city
of manila and the national
Statistics Offce with copy of
the Petition together with its
annexes, and this order.
so oRDeReD.
manila, Philippines, august
22, 2012.
(sgd.)
BUeNaVeNtUra aLBert J. teNOriO, Jr.
Judge
NOTI CE OF EXTRAJ UDI CI AL
SETTL EMENT OF THE ESTATE OF
MARI A LOURDES S. ANCHETA
notice is hereby given that
the estate of the late maria
lourdes s. ancheta, who was a
resident of block a-g, lot 5-c,
Phase 2, sta. lucia, magalang,
Pampanga, and who di ed
on January 12, 2012, was
extrajudicially settled by her
heirs, christopher a. Jimenez
and khristine a. Jimenez, by
virtue of a Deed of extrajudicial
set t l ement execut ed on
January 30, 2012 in the city
of makati and entered into
the notarial register of notary
Public Rafael V. Recto, Jr.
as Doc. no. 142; Page no.
29; book no. cXXViii; series
of 2012.
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Lito Dulce negotiates the Robinsons Nova Market Parking lot race course during the ninth leg
of the Shell Helix National Slalom series.
Marcelo returns to racing with a bang
AFTER years of absence from
the motorsports scene, John
Marcelo staged a big comeback
to active racing when he cap-
tured two championship tro-
phies right on his rst foray on
a superbike, topping the season
nale of the 2012 Bridgestone
Philippine Superbikes Champi-
onships at the Clark Internation-
al Speedway.
Marcelo emerged as the na-
ked class champion of the Ducati
Cup and Class C champion of the
K-58 race on his very rst race
after years of absence. Marcelo
ashed the same top-caliber form
that made him a national jet ski
champion and a Filipino semi-
nalist in the World Jet Ski Finals
in Lake Havasu, Arizona way
back in 1996.
From jetski, he had short stints
in karting and circuit-racing until
he almost slipped into semi-re-
tirement to concentrate on an im-
portant role that made him more
known for years as the father of
four-time karting champ Stefano
Marcelo.
His daily rides with his Duca-
ti Multi Strada gave him the itch
to race again, as he quickly ac-
cepted the nudging of Toti Al-
berto of Ducati-Manila to join
the Ducati Cup.
It feels good to be back in rac-
ing. At rst, I was kind of lost
what to do, but after two or three
laps, the body and mind worked
in unison as I regained the memo-
ry of my competitive racing years
back, said Marcelo.
In his rst race, he started
sixth in the nine-man eld of the
Ducati Cup, but quickly moved
up to fth in the next lap, before
grabbing fourth place in the fth.
Gaining condence, he pinned
the throttle and posted the third
best laptime of 2:12.128 to over-
take his more experienced super-
bikes rivals Charles Nolasco in
the nal lap.
Given a few laps more, he could
have made it as the overall win-
ner. Still he was satised with his
third-place nish, just 1.676 sec-
onds behind race winner and mas-
ters champion John Defensor and
runner-up Alberto. He, however,
clinched the naked class crown
over Rommel Ayson.
Viloria
looks good
in sparring
By Jeric Lopez
JASON Castro hit the clutch baskets,
scoring 11 of Talk N Texts last 16
points to lead the Texters to a 108-104
squeaker over gutsy Global Port in the
2012 Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta
Coliseum yesterday.
LOS ANGELESWorld Boxing
Organization yweight cham-
pion Brian Viloria (31-3, 18 KOs)
sparred four rounds with tough
southpaw Ray Chacon at the Wild
Card Gym of Freddie Roach this
afternoon and looked good.
Viloria showed he is in top condi-
tion in preparation for his unification
title fight against World Boxing As-
sociation champion Hernan Tyson
Marquez (34-2, 25 KOs) at the Los
Angeles Sports Arena on Nov. 17 as
he engaged Chacon in some furious
exchanges.
The Fil-Hawaiian showed excel-
lent hand-speed and movement and
connected with solid combinations
to the head and body of Chacon,
who was chosen since he is a strong
puncher and approximates the
southpaw style of Marquez.
At the end of the sparring session,
Chacon told the Manila Standard:
Brian is good. He is a very talented
ghter, very skilled, has a good left
hook, which I think is dangerous for
a southpaw and he has a slick right
hand. Ronnie Nathanielsz
KOREAN Peter Kim of the
TRS-Castrol Racing Team
guns for an important win that
will boost his chances for top
honors as the 2012 Philip-
pine GT Championship series
wraps up today at the Clark In-
ternational Speedway.
Kim hopes to pull off an up-
set win over the father-son tan-
dem of Arnel and Dwight Kev-
in Carlos in the GT200 class to
salvage third place honors for
the TRS-Castrol Racing Team
powered by Castrol, Bridges-
tone, Standard Insurance, Coke
Zero, OMP, C!Magazine,
Toptul, Speedlab, Aguila Auto
Glass and Oakley.
The South Korean, who
only started racing last Janu-
ary under the grassroots TRS
Cup program, created a stir in
the third leg at BRC when he
nished fourth with his Honda
Civic EK Auto Access car in
the GT Main Race to capture
the GT200 runner-up honors.
But he missed action in the next
two legs, thus losing the needed
points to push his title bid.
TRS-Castrol Racing Team
Manager Mike Tuason has al-
ready instructed his crew to leave
no stone unturned to ensure Kims
smooth run throughout and hope-
fully score another big win.
Kim is doing great. Hes
not just contented giving his
100 percent, hes not afraid to
explore what more he could
do because he always pushes
his limits in every race. Thats
a distinct character of a racing
champ and we believe hell be
among the countrys top mar-
quee race car drivers in a year
or two, said Tuason.
Castrols
Kim seeks
GT200 title
Donaire wants to sweep 122-lb division
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum
said that World Boxing Or-
ganization/International Boxing
Federation champion Nonito
Donaire wants to stay at 122 lbs,
so he could have an opportunity
to run through the remaining op-
ponents in the division.
Donaires plan is to ght as
often as possible, which means
three or four times a year, said
Arum of the Filipino, who bat-
tles Toshiaki Nishioka for the
coveted World Boxing Council
diamond belt at the Home Depot
Center in Carson City on Sun-
day (Manila time).
However, Donaire has to rst
overcome Nishioka, described
by Hall of Fame TV commenta-
tor and boxing writer Joe Koi-
zumi as a very experienced
ghter with a big heart.
Arum himself heaped the Jap-
anese southpaw praises.
He is a tremendous ghter. I
really am a big fan of Nishioka,
who handled and beat Rafael
Marquez with ease. He is a very
hardworking Japanese boy. Hes
a no nonsense, real professional,
who gets himself really prepared
for a ght and Akihiko Honda
(who handles Nishioka) really
likes his chances.
Arum said the one-year layoff
may even help Nishioka.
Sometimes, a one-year lay-
off is good, particularly when a
ghter starts climbing up in age.
It lets his body rejuvenate it-
self, said Arum.
Several top-class opponents
were mentioned as future op-
ponents of Donaire, including
Mexican warrior Jorge Arce,
Guillermo Rigondeaux and the
winner of the title clash between
World Boxing Association
champion Anselmo Chemito
Moreno and WBC titlist Abner
Mares, who face off on Oct. 27.
Asked about the difculty of
making a Donaire-Mares ght
should Mares beat Moreno,
since he is promoted by his
archrival Golden Boy Promo-
tions, Arum pointed out that the
boxers contract with Golden
Boy Promotions is running out,
so once his contract runs out, the
ght could happen.
Castro was unstoppable on of-
fense as he carried the load with
a game-high 30 points and four
rebounds, including the go-ahead
basket that enabled the Tro-
pang Texters to nail their second
straight win and grab a share of
the early lead.
Talk N Text, which played in-
spired ball with new coach Nor-
man Black now in tow, moved to
2-0 to tie Ginebra (2-0) at the top
of the heap.
With the Texters down 101-
104, with under four minutes left,
Castro scored four straight points,
the last one with 2:41 left, to put
Talk N Text ahead at 105-104.
Right now, its still a work in
progress for all of us since this
was my rst game back. There
were a lot of miscommunica-
tion, but we got the win, said
the returning Black, who a day
earlier steered Ateneo de Ma-
nila to its fth straight Univer-
sity Athletic Association of the
Philippines crown.
The Texters defense and re-
bounding did the damage in the
waning stretch as Batang Pier was
held scoreless in the last 3:41 of
the contest.
Ranidel De Ocampo nailed an
insurance triple with 9.2 ticks
left to seal the game and the -
nal tally.
Batang Pier played with a huge
disadvantage as ace gunner Gary
David sat out with a foot injury.
The leagues newest club re-
mained winless at 0-3.
Ryan Reyes and Larry Fona-
cier each added 19 points and De
Ocampo nished with 15 for Talk
N Text.
Willie Miller carried the scor-
ing cudgels for Batang Pier in
the absence of David with a
season-high 22 points, seven
boards and nine dimes for a near
triple-double.
Global Port managed to make
the game competitive despite be-
ing undermanned and it even took
several leads in the nal six min-
utes, only to crumble in the end.
Jimmy Alapag, who missed the
Texters opening game, made his
season debut with ve.
The scores:
TALK N TEXT 108 - Castro
30, Reyes 19, Fonacier 19, De
Ocampo 15, Williams 11, Alapag
5, Peek 4, Carey 3, Gamalinda 2,
Raymundo 0, Alvarez 0.
GLOBALPORT 104 - Miller
22, Manuel 21, Al-Hussaini 17,
Salvador 9, Vanlandingham 8,
Deutchman 7, Guevarra 6, Yee
6, Mandani 4, Cruz 2, Antonio 2,
Lingganay 0.
Quarters: 32-31, 57-52, 86-
74, 108-104
TNT extends Globals woes
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NCAA FINAL 4 BEGINS
DEFENDING champion San Beda College and
San Sebastian College will have the upperhand
when the Final Four seminals of the 88th
National Collegiate Athletic Association mens
basketball tournament starts today. The
top-seeded Red Lions have the twice-to-beat
incentive when they meet the University of
Perpetual Help Altas at 4 p.m., and so do the
second seeded Stags in their 6 p.m. clash with
the Letran Knights. Peter Atencio
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
TOBY Gadi and Bianca Carlos
gear up for title repeat in the
centerpiece Open division as
the MVP Sports Foundation-
Philippine Badminton Rank-
ing System (PBaRS) stages its
second leg this year on Oct. 27-
31 at Powersmash and Makati
Coliseum.
But a slew of others will be
out to foil their bid with pre-
cious ranking points staked un-
der the new badminton system,
guaranteeing a wide-open bat-
tle for supremacy among the
countrys leading players ris-
ing stars in various divisions.
Gadi and Castilo topped
their respective divisions in the
rst leg in Cebu last May with
both players emerging No. 1 in
the ranking heading to the ve-
day event sponsored by GOAL
Pilipinas and organized by the
Philippine Badminton Associ-
ation headed by Vice President
Jejomar Binay, chair Manny V.
Pangilinan and sec-gen Rep.
Albee Benitez.
The MVP Sports Founda-
tion-PBaRS brings back the
trust, respect and condence
in the new badminton system.
Through this ranking event, we
now have the basis to identify
the best and the same time spot
the young players with poten-
tials, said tournament director
Nelson Asuncion.
Other backers of the circuit
are PBA Partylist (Pwersa ng
Bayaning Atleta), Gatorade,
Badminton Extreme Philippines
Magazine, Victor Pcome Indus-
trial Sales Inc., Vineza Industrial
Sales, Sincere, Krav Maga Phil-
ippines and TV5 with Enervon
as minor sponsor.
Another huge eld is expect-
ed to see action in the ve-day
event, supported by the Philippine
Olympic Committee and the Phil-
ippine Sports Commission, which
features the best and the brightest
players in the country.
Carlos,
Gadi eye
repeat
Del Monte hosts Mindanao Inter-School golf
AIMING TO further its talent search, the Junior
Golf Foundation of the Philippines and its main
backer the International Container Terminal Ser-
vices, Inc. are staging the Mindanao Inter-School
Golf Championship on November 24-25 at Del
Monte Golf Club in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.
The tourney is an off-shoot of the ongoing
ICTSI-JGFP Inter-School Golf Champion-
ship participated in by schools in Metro Ma-
nila that has attracted an all-time high eld
of 280 players representing 32 hosted.
Envisioned as a venue to forge camaraderie
among young talents and to bolster their school
spirit, the appeal Inter-School has ourished such
that more schools have now acknowledged the
signicance of golf as a varsity sport worth devel-
oping in their institutions, said JGFP president
Luigi Tabuena in inviting Mindanao schools.
Most of the schools invited namely Ab-
bas Orchard School, Corpus Christi School,
Ateneo de Davao, Brainworks School, Cole-
gio de San Ignacio, Philippine Nikkei Jin Kai
Intl. School, Rizal Memorial College, Xavier
University Grade School, Lourdes College
Basic Education Dept., Corpus Christi School,
Oro Christian Grace School, St Marys School,
Rosevale School, Saint Marys Academy,
Marywoods Academy and Xavier University
High School are expected to see action.
They will vie for honors in six divisions
which are Seniors Division/Boys College
Juniors Division/Boys High School, Midg-
ets 1 Division/Boys Grade 5-7, Midgets 2
Division/Boys Grade 2-4, Girls 1 Division/
Girls High School and College and Girls 2
Division/Girls Grade 2-7.
John
Marcelo
ashes
the
thumbs-
up sign
after his
victory.
TNTs Jason Castro (left) scores
on a reverse layup against the
defense of Global Ports Jondan
Salvador in a PBA Philippine
Cup game won by the Texters,
108-104.
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
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DBS Bank cuts stake in BPI
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MGB: New mining rules to boost confidence
Moodys describes PH,
3 others as bright spots
Nestl opens P5-b factory in Batangas
ePLDT
acquires
solutions
provider
By Jenniffer B. Austria
CONGLOMERATE Ayala Corp. said
Friday it reached an agreement to acquire
a 10.4-percent stake held by DBS Bank
Ltd. of Singapore in Bank of the Philippine
Islands for P25.6 billion.
Ayala said in a disclosure
to the stock exchange the
transaction would increase
the conglomerates effective
ownership in BPI from 33.6
percent to 44 percent.
DBS, the biggest bank in
Southeast Asia and an investor
in BPI since 1999, will retain
a 9.9-percent equity and
representation in the local
banks board. DBS owned 20.3
percent of BPI prior to the
transaction.
Ayala said the partial divestment
was in line with DBS capital
management and strengthened
the Singaporean banks capital
position ahead of the introduction
of Basel III in 2013.
DBS has been trying to
increase the share of its
earnings from overseas markets
since Piyush Gupta took over
as chief executive ofcer in
November 2009. The sale of the
stake in the Philippines largest
bank by market value will help
strengthen DBS capital before
new international rules known
as Basel III are introduced next
year.
Its the CEOs job to manage
capital in the new environment,
said Sally Ng, an analyst at
China International Capital
Corp. in Hong Kong. If you
keep a signicant investment
in an associate, the value of
the investment gets deducted
from your Core Tier 1 capital
and planned acquisitions in
Indonesia and Malaysia will
reduce the buffer.
DBS proposed acquisitions
of a 99-percent stake in PT
Bank Danamon Indonesia for 66
trillion rupiah ($6.9 billion) and
a 14-percent stake in Malaysias
Alliance Financial Group Bhd.
may decrease capital ratios, Ng
said.
Global regulators are
requiring banks to increase
capital buffers to prevent a
repeat of the taxpayer-funded
bailouts that followed the
collapse of Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc.
DBS has been and will
continue to be a valuable strategic
partner in the governance and
management of BPI. They have
been a signicant part of many
of the banks milestones and
achievements for over a decade.
We look forward to continuing
this partnership with them in
succeeding years, Ayala Corp
chairman and chief executive
ofcer Jaime Augusto Zobel de
Ayala said.
Ayala president and chief
operating ofcer Fernando
Zobel de Ayala said the deal
reected the groups condence
in the growth potential of BPI
amid the projected expansion
of the Philippine economy over
the next few years.
By Julito G. Rada
NESTLE Philippines on Friday began
commercial operation of its P5-billion
manufacturing facility in Tanauan,
Batangas that will produce non-dairy
creamer Coffee Mate and powdered milk
product Bear Brand.
John Martin Miller, Nestle Philippines
chairman and chief executive, told a press
brieng at its headquarters in Rockwell
Plant in Makati the new investment
reected the companys commitment to
the local economy. Nestl has invested a
total of P16 billion in the Philippines.
Miller said the company would
expand further in 2013 and upgrade
its manufacturing facilities ahead of
business growth and improve systems
and processes to better serve customers
and consumers.
The facility... was completed in two
years and employs 214 people, Nandu
Nandkishore, Nestl executive vice
president for Zone Asia-Oceania-Africa,
said.
The facility, located on a 27-hectare
area and its fth in the country, is among
Nestls most advanced in the world.
Miller said the establishment of the
Tanauan factory would reduce Nestles
importation of Coffee Mate from other Asean
countries, like Malaysia and Thailand.
The facility has the capacity to produce
60,000 tons annually of Coffee Mate.
But we hope we can achieve that full
capacity next year, Miller said.
Miller said Nestl had spent around
86 percent of its investment to expand
production capabilities to meet the
growing local market demand. The
company invested the balance in
sales infrastructure, distribution and
information technology.
Sales stood at P103 billion in 2011,
up 10 percent from P94 billion in 2010.
Exports in 2011 totalled 34,000 metric
tons valued at P6.6 billion.
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
DEBT watcher Moodys Investors
Service said the Philippines
and three other Southeast Asian
economies remained bright
spots in a gloomy external
environment.
Moodys said the four major
economies in the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations were
powering ahead despite several
global headwinds.
The credit rating agency,
however, said the gloomy
global economic environment
continued to be a threat to the
regions upbeat outlook.
Singapores export-facing
economy has been hit hard by the
downturn in electronics demand
and may be in recession, but the
rest of the region is performing
well. Indonesia, Thailand,
Malaysia and the Philippines are
expanding at or near potential
thanks to solid domestic
demand, Moodys analyst
Katrina Ell said in a report titled
Asean Outlook: A Bright Spot.
Moodys said amid the
continued slowdown in the
global economy, the regions
exports was affected while
growth slowed sharply over
the past 12 months, hitting
commodity exports in Indonesia
and Malaysia and manufacturing
in Thailand, Malaysia and the
Philippines.
By Othel V. Campos
THE Mines and Geosciences
Bureau said the revised
implementing rules and
regulations on the mining policy
will boost investors condence
in the mining industry.
MGB director Leo Jasareno
said the revised IRR of Executive
Order No. 79, which would
take effect Oct. 25, cleared
the ambiguous portions of the
previously issued rules.
We will see what the new IRR
can do to the local mining sector.
We hope this will clear any doubts
on the issues that would seem
ambiguous at rst, Jasareno said
in an interview Friday.
Jasareno said the agency still
received numerous queries on the
permitting process and for areas
with possible metals occurrences.
They are aware we still cannot
entertain applications, more so
approve pending applications,
he added.
Section 3 of the revised rules
denes an expired mining
tenement as a lapsed mining
contract of 25 years to 50 years.
Section 7 also clarifies that
no new mineral agreement
should be entered until a
legislation on revenue sharing
scheme and mechanisms were
put in place.
The third and nal issue on
Section 9 now states the grant
of mining rights and mining
tenements over areas with known
and veried mineral resources
and reserves, including those
owned by the government and
all expired tenements, shall be
undertaken through competitive
bidding.
Jasareno met Friday with
fund managers in Makati City
to present the IRR on the mining
law.
Funds managers, bankers and
lenders had many questions
on the recent developments in
mining.
Purisimas
award. Finance
Secretary Cesar
Purisima (right)
receives the
Euromoney Finance
Minister of the
Year Award from
Euromoney editor
Clive Horwood.
Euromoney
commended
Purisima for his
stewardship of
the economy in
the Philippines
since returning as
Finance secretary in
2010. Euromoney
also commended
Purisima for his
initiatives in
promoting capital
markets, both in
the Philippines and
across the broader
Asean region.
By Lailany P. Gomez
A UNIT of Philippine Long
Distance Telephone Co.
acquired a 100-percent stake in
IP Ventures Inc., an information
technology solutions provider,
through a sale and purchase
agreement.
PLDT in a disclosure to the
stock exchange said ePLDT
acquired all the issued and
outstanding capital stock of
IP Converge Data Services
Inc. The company did not
disclose the amount of the
transaction.
Our investment in IPCDSI
allows us to complete our multi-
tiered data center product suite
and expand our cloud solutions
business. With the combined
capacity of our data centers
reaching about 2,000 racks,
we are strongly positioned
to service the growing data
center and business solutions
requirements of both large-
and medium-sized businesses
going forward, PLDT
president Napoleon Nazareno
said.
The cloud-solutions provider
owns and operates two Internet
data centers and provides
enterprises with managed
data services and cloud-based
business solutions across a wide
range of industries including
IT solutions providers, gaming
companies, e-learning and
healthcare.
IPCDSI, a Cloud Alliance
partner, provides salesforce
CRM licenses and consulting
services to businesses. It is also
the countrys premier Google
Enterprise partner.
PLDT vice president Ernesto
Alberto said the combined
reach of the PLDT network,
strength of PLDT Vitros data
infrastructure and IPCDSIs
data center footprints and
partnerships with major
technology and cloud players,
will sustain PLDTs leadership
position as the best in class
ICT solutions across the wide
spectrum of its enterprise
business portfolio.
PLDT Vitro network of
data centers in Pasig, Cebu
and Subic are purpose-built,
industrial- strength data centers
that leverage on the PLDT
groups telecommunications
infrastructure. It provides
redundant and high-capacity
connectivity nationwide and
overseas.
OceanaGold deal
OCEANAGOLD Corp. said Friday it signed an
agreement to sell copper concentrates from the
Didipio project in Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya
provinces to Tragura.
Tragura is a leading international commodity
trader that specializes in the supply and transport
of concentrates. It owns and operates concentrate
storage facilities in China and worldwide that
support the companys trading activity.
OceanaGold committed to sell 100 percent of
the Didipio copper and gold concentrate production
to Tragura at competitive terms and conditions,
including treatment and rening charges.
Tragura will take delivery of copper and
gold concentrate and take care all land and sea
transportation from the mine site to smelters.
The offtake agreement is effective for a
minimum period of ve years from the start of
production at Didipio.
Othel V. Campos
CEBs Korea route
CEBU Pacic Air, the countrys largest budget
carrier, celebrates its 10
th
year of operations in
South Korea this month.
CEB rst ew to South Korea with ights to
Incheon (Seoul) in 2002. It now operates thrice
daily ights from Manila and Cebu to Incheon
(Seoul), and eight weekly ights from Manila and
Cebu to Busan. Lowest year-round fares between
South Korea and the Philippines start at P3,999.
Since 2002, we have recognized how
important it is to provide direct linkage between
the Philippines and South Korea and have
responded with more ights and routes for
the benet of business and leisure travellers,
said CEB vice president for marketing and
distribution Candice Iyog.
CEB ew more than 195,000 passengers
between the Philippines and South Korea in the
rst half of 2012, up 15 percent on year.
Industrial expo at SMX
MANUFACTURERS continue to enjoy the
biggest selection and latest product lines of
machinery, technology, products and services
at the countrys biggest industrial machinery
show, Manufacturing Technology World 2012.
Running until today at the entire 15,000
square meters of ground oor exhibition space
the SMX Convention Center, the international
showcase allow visitors to preview an estimated
30,000 products, accessories, machines and
services and update themselves with the latest
developments directly from industry pioneers.
The show size has expanded an additional 30
percent from last year, but more importantly the
quality and products on display has improved
dramatically, said event organizer and Global-
Link MP Events International chief executive
Patrick Lawrence Tan.
Stocks rebound;
Bloomberry rises
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.00 64.50 63.05 64.50 2.38 1,984,440 16,509,917.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 77.60 77.65 77.50 77.60 0.00 2,167,160 31,995,311.00
595.00 370.00 China Bank 53.40 53.80 53.40 53.70 0.56 33,610
2.20 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 32,000
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 19.98 19.98 19.98 19.98 0.00 12,700
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 22.80 23.00 22.80 22.85 0.22 271,700
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 84.50 84.50 84.50 84.50 0.00 11,270
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.79 2.79 2.64 2.78 (0.36) 6,000
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 480.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 4.17 200
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 91.35 91.35 90.50 90.85 (0.55) 2,114,700 (98,651,464.00)
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.93 1.90 1.90 1.90 (1.55) 250,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 72.00 73.95 71.00 73.95 2.71 86,480 1,844,938.00
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 366.40 370.00 370.00 370.00 0.98 1,490
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 45.95 46.20 45.90 45.90 (0.11) 73,300.00 2,951,175.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 164.00 163.50 162.00 162.40 (0.98) 382,470 1,168,878.00
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 970.00 970.00 940.00 940.00 (3.09) 230
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 106.00 106.50 106.10 106.50 0.47 165,570 140,402.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 2.38 2.43 2.22 2.24 (5.88) 1,303,000 230,980.00
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.20 33.75 33.20 33.55 1.05 7,114,500 73,449,370.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.35 8.35 8.30 8.30 (0.60) 213,900 58,100.00
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 16.60 17.00 16.80 17.00 2.41 7,600
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.69 1.71 1.69 1.70 0.59 380,000
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 28.65 28.90 28.90 28.90 0.87 500 (14,450.00)
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.40 1.42 1.39 1.41 0.71 3,438,000 (84,600.00)
Asiabest Group 20.05 20.90 20.50 20.40 1.75 1,600
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 14.00 13.04 13.00 13.00 (7.14) 15,000
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 3.30 3.00 2.98 3.00 (9.09) 20,000 29,800.00
144.00 42.00 Conc. Aggr. À 64.00 63.00 63.00 63.00 (1.56) 2,970
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.84 2.85 2.79 2.85 0.35 630,000 364,850.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.92 11.92 11.90 11.90 (0.17) 4,200
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.18 6.22 6.08 6.11 (1.13) 27,465,700 (93,604,255.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.50 8.55 8.48 8.50 0.00 317,200 73,090.00
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 9.98 10.88 10.00 10.88 9.02 1,000
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 20.00 20.20 19.80 20.05 0.25 2,531,100 15,885,620.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 80.00 80.10 79.80 79.95 (0.06) 480,330 (2,743,313.00)
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 17.80 17.80 17.80 17.80 0.00 7,000
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0200 0.0210 0.0190 0.0190 (5.00) 5,150,900,000 4,145,200.00
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.98 13.00 12.80 12.90 (0.62) 61,100 200,326.00
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.640 0.650 0.640 0.640 0.00 259,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 100.50 101.90 100.10 100.10 (0.40) 389,130 (6,073,329.00)
Lafarge Rep 9.26 9.44 9.44 9.44 1.94 1,955,800 2,830,112.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.08 2.17 2.10 2.13 2.40 1,148,000
3.19 1.08 Manchester Intl. B 2.60 2.57 2.57 2.57 (1.15) 3,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 29.10 29.10 28.90 29.05 (0.17) 1,162,500 (10,411,440.00)
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.99 2.86 2.86 2.86 (4.35) 34,000
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.520 16.520 16.520 16.520 0.00 2,000
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 277.80 284.00 274.00 277.00 (0.29) 123,370 (15,721,676.00)
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 7.40 7.65 7.61 7.65 3.38 7,300 13,001.00
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 4.27 4.45 4.25 4.40 3.04 5,775,000 4,615,150.00
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 11.02 11.02 10.80 10.90 (1.09) 26,990,764
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.20 10.20 10.20 10.20 0.00 18,000
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.08 8.15 8.09 8.15 0.87 5,600
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.00 4.01 3.98 4.00 0.00 2,584,000 7,831,650.00
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.53 2.60 2.52 2.60 2.77 12,000
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.15 34.15 34.00 34.10 (0.15) 90,000
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 109.40 110.00 109.30 110.00 0.55 201,660 10,498,049.00
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.49 2.50 2.43 2.49 0.00 1,931,000 (224,480.00)
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.83 1.85 1.84 1.85 1.09 56,000 18,500.00
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.154 0.155 0.150 0.150 (2.60) 9,480,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 12.10 12.14 12.10 12.10 0.00 990,200 60,700.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.09 2.05 2.03 2.05 (1.91) 2,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.22 1.23 1.21 1.21 (0.82) 2,197,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 69.10 70.25 69.70 70.00 1.30 942,770 19,614,856.00
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.21 1.23 1.20 1.20 (0.83) 1,011,000 (612,970.00)
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.920 0.950 0.910 0.930 1.09 3,616,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 9.70 9.95 9.90 9.95 2.58 500
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.70 0.71 0.69 0.70 0.00 10,878,000 210,000.00
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.00 48.75 48.25 48.30 0.62 1,417,900 (10,542,270.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0590 0.0790 0.0580 0.0750 27.12 5,394,610,000 (1,057,460.00)
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 14.90 15.16 14.92 15.00 0.67 11,901,900 22,299,014.00
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 5.20 5.22 5.16 5.22 0.38 306,900
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.30 5.55 5.10 5.10 (3.77) 1,291,600 (57,700.00)
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.48 1.47 1.48 1.47 (0.68) 3,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.63 1.65 1.48 1.59 (2.45) 88,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 425.80 435.00 424.60 425.00 (0.19) 571,260 (7,096,484.00)
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 57.95 58.00 57.90 58.00 0.09 866,600 6,709,478.50
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.17 4.15 4.13 4.13 (0.96) 46,000
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 547.50 545.50 542.50 543.50 (0.73) 23,840 590,955.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.74 5.76 5.74 5.76 0.35 7,600
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 34.00 34.10 33.80 34.00 0.00 760,800 1,281,710.00
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 5.04 5.10 4.96 5.10 1.19 102,000
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.37 5.54 5.39 5.54 3.17 1,548,400 4,569,082.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.18 1.27 1.17 1.26 6.78 29,482,000 192,300.00
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.00 190,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.09 2.09 2.06 2.09 0.00 821,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.07 4.16 4.08 4.13 1.47 24,832,000 (21,602,070.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.15 5.01 5.00 5.00 (2.91) 30,000
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 5.85 5.85 5.62 5.62 (3.93) 58,500 (54,405.00)
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.330 1.350 1.310 1.350 1.50 115,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.510 0.510 0.500 0.510 0.00 347,000 55,590.00
4.10 1.56 Republic Glass A 2.90 2.92 2.86 2.86 (1.38) 79,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.00 600,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 780.00 785.00 768.00 770.00 (1.28) 1,139,940 311,604,930.00
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.01 2.02 1.97 1.97 (1.99) 561,000 31,920.00
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.16 1.16 1.16 1.16 0.00 225,000 (23,200.00)
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2500 0.2450 0.2450 0.2450 (2.00) 300,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3100 0.3150 0.3000 0.3100 0.00 1,010,000 3,100.00
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.395 0.405 0.400 0.400 1.27 180,000
P R O P E R T Y
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.02 3.30 3.00 3.13 3.64 3,189,000 156,500.00
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.510 0.540 0.520 0.520 1.96 39,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.170 0.171 0.171 0.171 0.59 120,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 23.45 23.60 23.35 23.50 0.21 4,635,600 (37,715,735.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.07 5.18 5.04 5.11 0.79 3,572,500 4,055,822.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.00 5.10 5.00 5.01 0.20 1,241,900 5,510,560.00
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.48 1.48 1.47 1.47 (0.68) 2,124,000 1,109,850.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 0.00 12,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.09 1.08 1.08 1.08 (0.92) 114,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.81 0.81 0.80 0.80 (1.23) 714,000 (40,500.00)
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.860 0.870 0.850 0.850 (1.16) 5,454,000 281,100.00
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.70 0.00 130,000 (11,100.00)
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.212 0.222 0.210 0.220 3.77 137,000 (125,000.00)
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.86 1.89 1.84 1.88 1.08 1,763,000 (1,332,160.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.38 1.39 1.37 1.39 0.72 4,738,000 3,707,960.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.89 1.91 1.82 1.90 0.53 151,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.18 1.20 1.18 1.20 1.69 200,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.35 2.38 2.32 2.34 (0.43) 45,028,000 3,330.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1690 0.1690 0.1650 0.1660 (1.78) 5,990,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6900 0.7200 0.7000 0.7000 1.45 3,904,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.465 0.460 0.460 0.460 (1.08) 300,000 (138,000.00)
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.64 18.90 18.62 18.68 0.21 1,434,400 8,386,546.00
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.36 3.33 3.30 3.32 (1.19) 83,000
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.79 2.77 2.77 2.77 (0.72) 23,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.11 6.14 6.08 6.14 0.49 327,800 782,318.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.10 14.50 14.08 14.30 1.42 22,003,900 29,462,128.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.70 0.67 0.67 0.00 49,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.69 3.68 3.68 3.68 (0.27) 88,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 0.510 0.510 0.510 (1.92) 141,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.860 4.900 4.830 4.870 0.21 2,311,000 (3,228,570.00)
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 30.55 31.00 30.55 30.65 0.33 22,400
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.31 1.34 1.30 1.30 (0.76) 1,171,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.620 0.620 0.610 0.610 (1.61) 659,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.25 0.00 10,000 92,500.00
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 12.68 13.40 12.68 13.20 4.10 17,595,000 (564,088.00)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1440 0.1470 0.1410 0.1450 0.69 34,230,000 67,210.00
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.96 5.95 5.85 5.90 (1.01) 217,300 (2,975.00)
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 57.05 57.25 56.80 57.10 0.09 536,280 (9,507,663.50)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.47 5.59 5.47 5.47 0.00 15,200
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1125.00 1135.00 1124.00 1130.00 0.44 26,915 1,840,210.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 8.31 8.35 8.31 8.32 0.12 140,700
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 72.00 73.20 71.90 72.80 1.11 838,650 11,285,476.00
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.440 0.435 0.415 0.415 (5.68) 1,440,000 25,350.00
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.33 2.70 2.31 2.31 (0.86) 2,666,000 (65,790.00)
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.040 0.040 0.030 0.033 (17.50) 863,700,000 28,900.00
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.08 1.13 0.99 1.00 (7.41) 34,870,000 561,200.00
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.8500 2.8700 2.8200 2.8700 0.70 91,000 142,700.00
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.50 8.80 8.40 8.62 1.41 745,900
2.65 1.03 Lorenzo Shipping 1.38 1.38 1.30 1.32 (4.35) 7,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.91 2.97 2.91 2.92 0.34 679,000 23,360.00
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.00 14.00 13.98 13.98 (0.14) 161,800
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 5.84 5.84 5.75 5.75 (1.54) 66,700
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.73 2.76 2.73 2.75 0.73 249,000 (49,320.00)
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.43 9.50 9.50 9.50 0.74 1,000,000 (9,500,000.00)
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 72.00 73.00 72.00 73.00 1.39 48,710 3,515,650.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 16.98 17.02 16.90 17.02 0.24 902,600 3,105,662.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2698.00 2716.00 2690.00 2716.00 0.67 154,155 81,480,160.00
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.00 200,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.95 30.75 29.90 30.60 2.17 6,072,900 2,110,670.00
STI Holdings 1.78 1.86 1.79 1.79 0.56 284,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.450 0.445 0.435 0.440 (2.22) 1,390,000 (105,600.00)
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0050 0.0051 0.0049 0.0051 2.00 60,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.70 4.79 4.75 4.79 1.91 73,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.75 4.82 4.82 4.82 1.47 27,000 81,940.00
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.40 17.84 17.42 17.80 2.30 1,230,800 (254,150.00)
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 26.80 26.75 26.75 26.75 (0.19) 200 5,350.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.275 0.280 0.275 0.275 0.00 5,090,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 23.30 23.30 23.15 23.15 (0.64) 19,500
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 23.10 23.10 23.05 23.05 (0.22) 2,000
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.06 (0.93) 76,000
61.80 6.96 Dizon 20.00 21.00 20.00 20.45 2.25 178,900
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.57 (1.72) 1,761,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.120 1.150 1.120 1.150 2.68 10,402,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.180 1.210 1.180 1.210 2.54 4,593,000 847,860.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0500 0.0500 0.0490 0.0500 0.00 78,710,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0490 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 2.04 33,000,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.12 17.30 17.14 17.28 0.93 1,722,200 1,168,670.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 7.00 7.10 7.05 7.05 0.71 98,800
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6200 0.6200 0.6200 0.6200 0.00 394,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.390 4.430 4.320 4.330 (1.37) 483,000 26,820.00
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0200 0.00 38,000,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0210 0.0200 0.0200 0.0200 (4.76) 16,200,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.00 6.01 5.98 5.98 (0.33) 30,000
28.25 18.40 Philex À 14.86 15.80 14.92 15.34 3.23 14,203,600 (32,292,896.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 24.90 26.00 24.50 25.00 0.40 529,900 1,682,815.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.046 0.046 0.045 0.046 0.00 9,900,000 13,800.00
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 225.80 225.40 223.00 224.00 (0.80) 45,860 (5,520,880.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0160 0.0150 0.0160 6.67 72,300,000
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 30.00 30.80 30.00 30.60 2.00 66,600 549,000.00
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 530.00 537.00 535.00 537.00 1.32 430
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 102.50 102.30 102.30 102.30 (0.20) 500
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 8.10 8.31 8.10 8.31 2.59 484,600 (8,736.00)
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 107.50 107.30 107.00 107.10 (0.37) 6,220
SMC Preferred A 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 0.00 821,280 (7,500,000.00)
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred B 78.50 78.75 78.50 78.50 0.00 12,000
SMC Preferred C 75.50 78.50 75.50 75.20 (0.40) 75 1,358,080.00
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1011.00 1011.00 1011.00 1011.00 0.00 1,175
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.40 1.36 1.36 1.36 (2.86) 3,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.34 1.38 1.38 1.38 2.99 3,000
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 318177316 22239797014.1
INDUSTRIAL 5239796279 1099716614.14
HOLDING FIRMS 5484541178 2089882291.107
PROPERTY 111266534 625459297.39
SERVICES 974617624 1131989621.55
MINING & OIL 347705024 302791780.37
GRAND TOTAL 12476103955 27489636618.652
FINANCIAL 1,353.07 (UP) 5.14
INDUSTRIAL 8,275.49 (UP) 10.01
HOLDING FIRMS 4,579.63 (DOWN) 3.56
PROPERTY 2,074.88 (UP) 9.81
SERVICES 1,784.85 (UP) 14.86
MINING & OIL 20,058.72 (UP) 290.37
PSEI 5,369.72 (UP) 16.25
All Shares Index 3,567.91 (UP) 12.27
Gainers: 89; Losers: 74; Unchanged: 34; Total: 197
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0750 27.12
Federal Chemicals 10.88 9.02
Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.26 6.78
United Paragon 0.0160 6.67
Manulife Fin. Corp. 500.00 4.17
Bloomberry 13.20 4.10
Ever Gotesco 0.220 3.77
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NLEXs investment appeal. Manila North Tollways Corp. president Rodrigo Franco (left) reveals
the investment appeal of the North Luzon Expressway, making it a highly successful project nance
case. Speaking at the 23
rd
training program of Asian Exim Banks Forum on project nance held in Asian
Development Bank, Franco said NLEX has changed the prior mindset that toll road ventures are not
attractive investment destinations. He said MNTC continued to attract funding from some of the largest
multilateral lenders in the world.
STOCKS rose Friday, ending a ve-day
decline, as investors welcomed reports US
jobless claims fell to their lowest level in
more than four years, signaling a recovery
in the worlds largest economy.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, rose 16 points, or 0.3
percent, to close at 5,369.72, as
value turnover hit P27.5 billion.
The heavier index representing
all shares also rebounded 12
points, or 0.3 percent, to 3,567.91,
as gainers led losers, 89 to 74,
with 34 issues unchanged.
Ayala Corp. fell 0.2 percent
to P425, after it announced a
deal to buy a 10.4-percent stake
of DBS Group of Singapore in
Bank of the Philippine Islands
for $620 million. BPI traded at
at P77.60.
Alcorn Gold Resources Corp.
surged by another 27 percent
to P0.075, after announcing the
Energy Department approved
a six-month extension for the
exploration of the Duhat oil and
gas prospect in Leyte. Alcorn
has a 9.3-percent interest in the
project.
Bloomberry Resorts Corp. rose
4.1 percent to P13.20, sustained
by interest in its project in the
Entertainment City.
Philex Mining Corp. increased
3.2 percent, as the miner said it
would recommission the tailings
pond that leaked in August to
accelerate the reopening of its
Padcal mine in Benguet.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks
also rose for the rst time this
week. Weekly applications
for unemployment aid fell to
their lowest since February
2008, the US government said
Thursday. The positive gures
follow a report last week that
said the unemployment rate fell
in September to 7.8 percent
below 8 percent for the rst time
since January 2009.
Still, the job news isnt all that
strong. Unemployment is much
higher than before the nancial
crisis. In February 2008, the rate
stood at 4.9 percent. Additionally,
some unemployed workers
have simply given up looking
for work, which can make the
jobless numbers seem better than
they really are.
I think you need to wait for a
few months to see more gures to
conrm the jobs recovery in the
US, said Francis Lun, managing
director of Lyncean Holdings in
Hong Kong.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng
advanced 0.5 percent to 21,100.76
and Australias S&P/ASX 200
added 0.1 percent to 4,487.20.
South Koreas Kospi was at at
1,932.18.
Japans Nikkei 225 index was
fractionally lower at 8,544.72.
Other economic developments
hurt investment sentiment.
The US Commerce Department
reported that foreign demand
declined for American-made
cars and farm goods. German
economic researchers predicted
the countrys growth would slow,
and unemployment in Greece,
one of the countries surviving on
bailouts, hit a record high of just
more than 25 percent.
One big unknown is Spain and
whether the government of the
recession-mired country will ask
for a nancial bailout.
Last month, the European Central
Bank agreed to buy unlimited
amounts of debt by struggling
European countries to help lower
their borrowing costs. But the
governments rst need to apply for
bailout. With Bloomberg, AP
By Jenniffer B. Austria
THE Securities and Exchange
Commission en banc approved
the P4.5-billion follow-on
offering of STI Education
System Holdings Inc., formerly
JTH Davies Holdings Inc.
STI Holdings will sell 3 billion
shares, of which 2.62 billion
are primary shares and 105
million are secondary shares.
The company also set aside 273
million shares to cover the over-
allotment.
The shares will be sold at an
offer price of up to P1.50 per
share.
The company said up to 546.44
million shares, equivalent to 20
percent of the offer, would be
sold to domestic investors while
the remaining 80 percent or 2.185
billion shares would be offered to
foreign investors.
STI Holdings appointed UBS
as the lead international manager
and UBS Investments Philippines
and First Metro Investments
Corp. as joint domestic lead
managers.
The company intends to use
proceeds from the follow-on
offering to partially finance
the P3.9-billion proposed
capital expenditures in 2013
and 2014.
Capital spending in the
next two years will involve
the construction of two new
campuses in Caloocan and
Ortigas-Cainta as well as the
acquisition of land for new
schools in Las Pias, Cubao,
Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
STI Holdings maintains
and operates the countrys
largest network of educational
institutions in the country
with 85 college campuses and
educational centers. The group
also manages the Philippine
Womens University and holds
20-percent interest in STI
Investments Inc.
Meanwhile, the SEC also
approved the P3-billion
Homestarter Bond issuance of
property giant Ayala Land Inc.
Ayala Land will initially offer
P1 billion as rst tranche on Oct.
31, with an oversubscription of
another P1 billion. The bonds
will have a term of three years
and will carry a xed rate of 5
percent per annum.
STI Holdings P4.5-b offer cleared
B3
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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No. _8_
Series of 2012
To facilitate the amendment of corporate and partnership names, the
Commission En Bane, in its meeting on September 27, 2012, resolved to
amend SEC Memorandum Circular NO.5, Series of 2008 (Guidelines and
Procedures on the Use of Corporate and Partnership Names) as follows:
1. AmendmentofthefrstparagraphofSection17of the said Circular
from:
17. At the time of its registration, a corporation or partnership shall submit
an affdavit containing an unqualifed undertaking to change its name
immediately upon receipt of notice or directive from the Commission that
another corporation, partnership or person has acquired a prior right to
the use of that name or that the name has been declared as misleading,
deceptive, confusingly similar to a registered name or contrary to public
morals, good customs or public policy. The affdavit shall be signed
by at least two incorporators or partners in the form prescribed by the
Commission. This affdavit shall not be required if the undertaking is
already included as one of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation
or Partnership of the registrant.
to
17. At the time of its registration, a corporation or partnership shall
submit an affdavit containing an unqualifed undertaking to change its
name, as originally registered or as amended thereafter, immediately
upon receipt of notice or directive from the Commission that another
corporation, partnership or person has acquired a prior right to the use of
that name or that the name has been declared as misleading, deceptive,
confusingly similar to a registered name or contrary to public morals,
good customs or public policy. The affdavit shall be signed by at least
two incorporators or partners in the form prescribed by the Commission.
This affdavit shall not be required if the undertaking is already included
as one of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or Partnership of
the registrant.
2. DeletionofthelastparagraphofSection17 otthe said Circular which
reads In the case of amendment of the corporate name of an existing
company or partnership, the affdavit shall be signed by any of the
directors or partners.
In view of the foregoing amendments, the relevant undertaking required to
be included in the Articles of Incorporation shall be written in the following
manner:
That we, on behalf of the said corporation/partnership, hereby undertake
to change its corporate/partnership name, as herein provided or as
amended thereafter, immediately upon receipt of notice or directive from
the Commission that another corporation, partnership or person has
acquired a prior right to the use of that name or that the name has been
declared as misleading, deceptive, confusingly similar to a registered
name or contrary to public morals, good customs or public policy.
This Memorandum Circular shall be effective immediately.
October 8,2012, Mandaluyong City.
TeresitaJ.Herbosa
Chairperson
Department of Finance
SecuritiesandExchangeCommission
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong
Department of Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
SECMEMORANDUMCIRCULARNO. 9
SERIES OF 2012
TO: ALLCONCERNEDCORPORATIONS
SUBJECT: REVISEDGUIDELINESONACCREDITATIONOFSURETYCOMPANIES
DATE: 19SEPTEMBER2012
__________________________________________________________________
GUIDELINESONACCREDITATIONOFSURETYCOMPANIES
The following guidelines are hereby promulgated for the information and guidance of all
duly licensed stockbrokers/dealers and their respective surety companies pursuant to Section
28.1 (b) of the Securities Regulation Code in relation to SRC Rule 28.1-5 of its implementing
rules and regulations.
Section1.Coverage - These Guidelines shall apply to surety companies whose surety
bonds are required to be fled before the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission).
Section 2. Requirements forAccreditation - No surety company shall be allowed to
transact business involving surety bonds fled with the Commission unless such surety company
is accredited and authorized by the Commission. The surety company shall fle three (3) duly
accomplished and notarized application form (SEC Form SCA-OOOl) together with the following
supporting documents:
a. Cover letter expressing intent to be accredited as a surety company by the Commission;
b. Certifed copy of the original Articles of Incorporation and By-laws and the latest
amended Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, if applicable;
c. Certifed copy of the latest General Information Sheet (GIS) stamped received by the
Commission;
d. Certifed copy of the latest Audited Financial Statements stamped received by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Commission;
e. Secretarys Certifcate showing the surety companys authorized signatories and their
specimen signatures;
f. Personal Information Sheet of the authorized signatories and their latest 2x2 color
photograph;
g. Certifed copy of the Authority to Transact Surety Business upon offcial recognizance,
stipulations, bonds and undertakings issued by the Offce of the Executive Secretary
under the Offce of the President;
h. Certifed copy of the current Certifcate of Authority from the Insurance Commission;
i Clearance Certifcate from the various departments of the Commission;
j. Pro-forma Stockbrokers/Dealers Bond Agreement containing relevant provisions
satisfying the Commissions requirements; and
k. Such other documents as the Commission may require from time to time.
Section3.Fees - All applications for accreditation shall be accompanied by an application
fee of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).
An annual fee of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00)and an additional fee of One Hundred
Pesos (P100.00)per broker/dealer client shall be paid on the frst Monday of March of the year
subsequent to the year the application or renewal, as the case may be, was fled and approved.
The annual fee and additional fee shall be accompanied by a certifed copy of the latest Certifcate
of Authority from the Insurance Commission.
For purposes of computing the additional fee, the number of broker/dealer clients of the
surety company shall be based on the total number of clients as of the frst Monday of March
of each year.
Section4.Approval-Within thirty (30) days from receipt of the application for accreditation
with complete requirements, the Commission shall either approve the application outright or
schedule a hearing to resolve issues which may result in such application being denied based
on concerns that the Commission may deem important. If the application for accreditation is
denied, the Commission shall inform the applicant surety company of the denial and the reasons
therefor. The application feel shall be forfeited.
Section5.ValidityandEffectivityofCertifcateofAccreditation - Unless earlier revoked
by the Commission, the Certifcate of Accreditation shall be valid for three (3) years, from the
year the initial application or renewal application was fled, wherein a fraction of a year shall
be treated as a full year, until December 31 of the third year. Every Certifcate of Accreditation
shall indicate the period of validity thereof. Despite notice of the approval of the application,
no surety company may issue and fle bonds with the Commission prior to the effectivity of the
Certifcate of Accreditation.
Section6.RenewalofApplication - The accreditation shall be renewed by fling a duly
accomplished renewal form (SEC Form SCAR-0002) with the following documents:
a. Previous Certifcate of Accreditation issued by the Commission;
b. A notarized certifcation that the frm is in compliance with the general qualifcation
requirements under Section 2;
c. A Sworn Statement of its outstanding obligations with the Commission, signed by the
President and Treasurer, indicating the number of forfeited bonds and the amounts
thereof; and
d. A verifed summary of its transactions with the Commission for the duration of the
previous accreditation.
The application for renewal of the accreditation of a surety company shall be accompanied
by an application fee of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).
Renewal applications for accreditation shall be fled during the month of July of the third year
of validity of the current Certifcate of Accreditation of the surety company. Renewal applications
for accreditation fled between August 01 and October 31 of the third year of validity of the
surety companys current Certifcate of Accreditation shall be deemed as new applications for
accreditation and must be accompanied with the application supporting documents enumerated
in Section 2 and the application fees mentioned in Section 3 hereof.
Renewal applications for accreditation fled beyond October 31 of the third year of validity of
the surety companys current Certifcate of Accreditation shall not be accepted by the Commission.
These surety companies shall fle their new applications for accreditation instead on the year
following the renewal year, following the process for initial applications.
Section7.SuspensionorCancellationoftheCertifcateofAccreditation- The following
are the grounds for the suspension or cancellation of the Certifcate of Accreditation:
a. Any willful misrepresentation in its application form and attached documents;
b. The surety company has committed fraudulent or illegal acts in transacting bonds;
c. Failure of the surety company to deliver the corresponding amount of surety bond to
the Commission within thirty (30) days from receipt of notice to pay from the principal
or the Commission;
d. Non-compliance by the surety company with any of the provisions of these Guidelines;
e. Non-renewal or cancellation of the Certifcate of Authority by the Insurance Commission;
and
f. Other grounds prescribed by the Commission.
Section 8. Duty to Report - The surety company shall notify the Commission and the
parties to the action or proceeding of any act, event, or circumstances that may affect its business
or operations, such as corporate rehabilitation; amendment of its articles of incorporation that
shortens corporate lifetime; bankruptcy; insolvency; or issuance of writs of execution, attachment,
or garnishment against it. The notice, which shall be given within ten (10) days from the occurrence
of the act, event, or circumstance, shall have as attachments thereto, certifed true copies or
authenticated documents evidencing the same act, event or circumstance.
Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 19 September 2012.
For the Commission:
TERESITAJ.HERBOSA
Chairperson
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
OFFICEOFTHEREGIONALDIRECTOR
Region II-Cagayan Valley Region
Tuguegarao City
INVITATIONTOBID
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
The DPWH Regional Offce No. 2 through Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contracts.
1. Contract ID : 12B00020
Contract name : MinangaBridgealongNaguilian-BenitoSoliven-
SanMarianoRoad
Contract Location : SanMariano,Isabela
Brief Description : Bridges- Construction-Steel Superstructure with
Concrete Deck Slab and Railings
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 117,151,761.28
Contract Duration : 318 CD
2. Contract ID : 12B00021
Contract name : Road Upgrading (gravel to paved) based on
Gravel Road Strategies, Traffc Benchmarks
forupgradingtoPavedRoadStandard(HDM-4
projectAnalysis)(MFO-2)IntermittentSection,
Cordon-Diffun-Maddela-Aurora Boundary
Road K0396+080-K0399+020 with exceptions
(397+659.174-397+719.00)
Contract Location :Nagtipunan,Quirino
Brief Description : Road upgrading; width=6.70 m.; Legth=2,940
ln.m.;Thk.=0.23 m.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 68,899,985.68
Contract Duration : 237 CD
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with RA 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchased 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, (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
application 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 time and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 12-31, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 19, 2012
3. Receipt of Bids 10:00 AM, October 31, 2012
4. Opening of Bids 10:30 AM, October 31, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the DPWH
Regional Offce No. 2, upon payment of a non refundable fees of P40,000.00
and 30,000 respectively . 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 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 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 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 Regional Offce No. 2 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.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) EDILBERTOB.BATTUNG
Chief Materials Quality Control
And Hydrology Division
(BAC Chairman)
Cordillera Administrative Region
Abra District Engineering Offcer
Bangued, Abra
October 10, 2012
INVITATION TO BID
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bangued, Abra
through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to
bid for the following contract(s):
Contract ID : 12PA0056
Contract Name : ROADUPGRADING(GRAVELTOPAVED)
Contract Location : Abra-Cervantes Road, K0 437 + 595 to K0 439 +
079
Scopes of Work : Item 105, 200, 300, 311,405, Spl. 1
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P13,604,797.02
Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days
Source of Fund : CY 2013 Regular Infra.
Contract ID : 12PA0057
Contract Name : ROADUPGRADING(GRAVELTOPAVED)
Contract Location : FMR Leading to Borokibok Spring Resort, Bucay,
Abra
Scopes of Work : Item 104, 200, 311, 405, 505, 603 (3)a, Spl. 1
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P19,331,644.52
Contract Duration : 120 Calendar Days
Source of Fund : CY 2013 Regular Infra.
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.
To bid for the 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, (c) 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. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 11 to October 30, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 18, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders October 24, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids October 30, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids October 30, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Abra
Engineering District, Bangued, Abra upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
10,000.00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may 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 DPWH-Abra Engineering District, Bangued, Abra 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 affected Bidders.
APPROVED
(Sgd.) AGNESB.BERNARDEZ
Chief, Construction Section
(BAC Chairman)
Tel. # 752-7734
OFFICEOFTHEDISTRICTENGINEER
Isabela 4
th
District Engineering Offce
Quezon, San Isidro, Isabela
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Isabela 4th District Engineering
Offce, through the Regular FY 2011 Continuing Appropriations, invites contractors to
bid for the aforementioned projects:

1 a Contract ID No. :: 12BH 0073
b Name of Project and :: Widening along Daang Maharlika
c location: :: Ipil-San Fabian, Echague, Isabela
d Brief Description :: RCP-ROADS-NEW CONSTRUCTION-PCCP
e Major Item of Work :: item 311
f Approved Budget for the Contract :: P 9,700,000.00
g Duration, C.D. :: 90
h Cost of Bid Documents :: P 10,000.00

c location: :: Divisoria, Santiago City-Quezon,San Isidro,
Isabela

c location: :: Mabini-Divisoria, Santiago City, Isabel


Procurement shall be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.

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 of 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 of receipt of LOI. The
DPWH POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration
Certifcate (CRC). Registration forms may be downlloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.

Signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1 Deadline of Receipt of LOI OCTOBER15,20124:00P.M.
2 Issuance of Bid Documents OCTOBER9-30,2012
3 Pre-bid Conference OCTOBER18,2012-10:00AM
4 Deadline of Receipt of Bids OCTOBER30,20129:30A.M.
5 Opening of Bids OCTOBER30,201211:00A.M.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Isabela 4th
DEO, Quezon, Isabela upon payment of non-refundable costs indicated above.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs if available, from the DPWH
website. Prospective bidders that will download BDs from the website shall pay
the stated fees on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid
Conference shall be open only to interested parties who purchased the BDs. Bids
must be accompanied bya bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Sec. 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
enveloipe shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility regquirements. 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 Isabela 4
th
DEO reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids
and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award, without incurring
any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:

(Sgd.) FERNANDOC.SALIM
BAC Chairman
REGIONIV-A
Quezon 1
st
Lucban, Quezon
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH, Quezon 1
st
District
Engineering Offce, Lucban, Quezon through SARO No.BMB-A-12-T-000004155 dated
September 13, 2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project
I-
Contract I.D. - 12-DK-0138
Contract Name - Rehabilitation/Improvement of Famy-Real-Infanta Road
Contract Location - K0092+377-K0121+000, with exception
Scope of Work - Asphalt Overlay with Thermoplastic Pavement Markings
and Road Signs
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) - P40,000,000.00
Contract Duration - 40 calendar days

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 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 (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal 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.
Unregistered contractors, however, may submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH, Quezon 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Brgy. Abang, Lucban, Quezon,
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 - October 12-November 06, 2012
2. Pre-Bid -Conference - October 25, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders - October 12-26, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids - November 06, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids - November 06, 2012 @ 2:15 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) DPWH, Quezon
1
st
District Engineering Offce, Lucban, Quezon upon payment of non-refundable fee
of Twenty Thousand Pesos for the Bid Documents. 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 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, Quezon 1
st
District Engineering Offce, reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) EUFRONIAS.CABAYSA
BAC- Chairman
Tel No.-042-540-4158
NOTED :
(Sgd.) EDGARDOK.LIM
OIC-District Engineer
B4
WORLD
Chinas Mo Yan wins
Nobel literature prize
Greek unemployment
rate hits record 25.1%
Syrian jet carrying
weaponsTurkey
Syria branded the incident pi-
racy and Russia called the search
illegal, saying it endangered the
lives of Russian citizens aboard
the plane.
The accusation by Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
contradicted denials by both Rus-
sia and Syria that anything illegal
had been aboard the Airbus A320
that was intercepted over Turkish
airspace late Wednesday.
Equipment and ammunitions
that were being sent from a Rus-
sian agency... to the Syrian De-
fense Ministry, were conscated
from the jetliner, Erdogan told
reporters in Ankara. Their ex-
ANKARA, TurkeyEscalating tensions
with Russia, Turkey defended its forced
landing of a Syrian passenger jet en
route from Moscow to Damascus,
saying Thursday it was carrying Russian
ammunition and military equipment
destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry.
amination is continuing and the
necessary [action] will follow.
He did not provide details, but
Turkish media said the seized car-
go included missile parts as well
as radio receivers, antennas and
other military communications
equipment.
As you know, defense industry
equipment or weapons, ammuni-
tions... cannot be carried on pas-
senger planes, Erdogan said. It
is against international rules for
such things to pass through our air
space.
Erdogan refused to say howor
from whom--Turkey had learned
that the twice-weekly scheduled
ight would be used to transport
military gear to Syria.
As you will appreciate, those
who gave the tip, which establish-
ments, these things cannot be dis-
closed, he said.
The United States said it backed
Turkeys decision to intercept the
plane.
Any transfer of any military
equipment to the Syrian regime at
this time is very concerning, and
we look forward to hearing more
from the Turkish side when they
get to the bottom of what they
found, said State Department
spokesman Victoria Nuland.
She declined to comment on
Turkish reports that the intelli-
gence on the planes contents had
come from the United States. The
plane was allowed to continue
to Damascus after several hours,
without the cargo. AP
BEIJINGNovelist Mo Yan,
this years Nobel Prize winner
for literature, is practiced in the
art of challenging the status quo
without offending those who up-
hold it.
Mo, whose popular, sprawl-
ing, bawdy tales bring to life
rural China, is the rst Chinese
winner of the literature prize
who is not a critic of the authori-
tarian government. And Thurs-
days announcement by the
Swedish Academy brought an
explosion of pride across Chi-
nese social media.
The state-run national broad-
caster, China Central Television,
reported the news moments later,
and the ofcial writers associa-
tion, of which Mo is a vice chair-
man, lauded the choice. But it also
ignited renewed criticisms of Mo
from other writers as too willing
to serve or too timid to confront
a government that heavily censors
artists and authors, and punishes
those who refuse to obey.
The reactions highlight the
unusual position Mo holds in
Chinese literature. He is a gen-
uinely popular writer who is
embraced by the Communist es-
tablishment but who also dares,
within careful limits, to tackle
controversial issues like forced
abortion. His novel The Garlic
Ballads, which depicts a peas-
ant uprising and ofcial corrup-
tion, was banned. AP
Mo Yan
ATHENS, GreeceUnemployment
in Greece hit a record high of 25.1
percent in July as the countrys -
nancial crisis continues to exact its
heavy toll, ofcial gures showed
Thursday.
All indications are that unemploy-
ment in Greece will continue to rise.
The economy has shrunk by around a
fth since the recession started in 2008
and youth unemployment has pushed
far above 50 percent. The economy is
expected to enter a sixth year of reces-
sion next year.
This is a very dramatic result
of the recession, said Angelos
Tsakanikas, head of research at
Greeces IOBE economic research
foundation.
The state statistics agency said
Greeces unemployment rate rose
from 24.8 percent in June. Accord-
ing to European statisticians, that
would be the same rate as Spains in
August.
The two countries have the high-
est unemployment rates among the
17 that use the euro. In August, eu-
rozone unemployment stood at an
average 11.4 percent, itself the high-
est level since the single currency
was launched in 1999.
Greeces statistical authority said
1.26 million Greeks were out of
work in July, with more than 1,000
jobs lost every day over the past
year. In the worst-affected 15-24
age group, unemployment was 54.2
percent. In July 2008, a year before
Greeces acute nancial crisis broke,
there were only about 364,000 regis-
tered unemployed. AP
Iloilo 3
rd
Barotac Viejo, Iloilo
INVITATION TO BID
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
1. Contract ID No. : 12GH0040
Name of Contract : Preventive Maintenance of Iloilo East Coast
Capiz Road, K0173+000-K0174+1009 w/
exceptions
Location : Balasan, Iloilo
Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay (50mm thick)
Approved Budget : Fourteen Million Eight Hundred Forty Six
for the Contract (ABC) : Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Pesos
(P14,846,820.00)
Contract Duration : Forty Five (45) Calendar Days
Capiz Road, K0190+000-K0191+003 w/
exceptions
Location : San Dionisio, Iloilo
Approved Budget : Six Million Six Hundred One Thousand Eight
for the Contract (ABC) Hundred Twenty Pesos (P6,601,820.00)
Contract Duration : Forty (40) Calendar Days
Capiz Road, K0213+000-K0214+002 w/
exceptions
Location : Sara, Iloilo
Approved Budget Six Million Five Hundred Eighty Nine
for the Contract (ABC) Thousand Two Hundred Ten Pesos
(P6,589,210.00)
Contract Duration : Forty (40) Calendar Days
Capiz Road, K0247+000-K0250+668 w/
exceptions
Location : Barotac Viejo, Iloilo
Approved Budget : Fourteen Million Three Hundred Twenty Five
for the Contract (ABC) Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Pesos
(P 14,325,930.00)
Name of Contract : Preventive Maintenance of Sara-San Dionisio
Road, K0203+962-K0206+000 w/ exceptions
Location : Sara, Iloilo
Approved Budget : Fourteen Million One Hundred Twenty
for the Contract (ABC) Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Pesos
(P 14,120,290.00)
1. The DPWH Iloilo 3
rd
District Engineering Ofce, through the RA
-Fund 101-Regular Infra 2013 Projects intends to apply the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the
projects listed above. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automati cally rejected at bid opening.
rd
District Engineering Ofce now invites bids for the
Projects listed above. Completion of the Works also indicated above.
Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of
submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The
de scription of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non-discretionary passlfail criterion as specifed in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA
9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships,
or organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or
outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH IIoilo 3
rd

District Engineering Ofce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the
address given below from October 10, 2012 to November 13, 2012,
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Five Thousand
(P5,000.00) for Project up to Five Million and Ten Thousand Pesos
(P10,000.00) for project up to Twenty Million.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the
Philippine Government Electron ic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and
the website ofthe Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the
fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission oftheir bids.
rd
District Engineering Ofce will hold a Pre-
Bid Conference on October 30, 2012 at DPWH IIoilo 3
rd
District
Engineering Ofce, BaroIac Viejo, IIoiIo, which shall be open only to
all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 13,
2012, 9:00 AM at DPWH Iloilo 3
rd
DEO, Barolac Viejo, Iloilo. All bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any ofthe acceptable forms
and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence ofthe bidders representatives who
choose to attend at the ad dress below. Late bids shail not be accepted.
rd
District Engineering Ofce 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.
9. For further information. please refer to:
CECILIA P. MUYCO MINA H. AGUILAR
Head, BAC Secretariat Head, BAC TWG
+639173029548 +639174007457
DPWH Iloilo 3
rd
DEO DPWH Iloilo 3
rd
DEO
Barotac Viejo, Iloilo 5011 Barotac Viejo, Iloilo 5011
(Sgd.) DENE B. BALDONADO, JR.
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Zamboanga del Sur 1
st
Engineering District
Pagadian City
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Zamboanga del Sur 1
st
Engineering District, Pagadian City, through the
Fund (FY 2013 Regular Infrastructure Projects), invites Contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12JE0041
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (gravel to paved) based on Gravel
Road Strategies, Traffc Benchmark for Upgrading
to Paved Road Standard (HDM-4 Project Analysis)
Intermittent Sections
Contract Location: Junction Blancia-Molave-Josefna Road K 1684+500-K
1685+607
Scope of Work: Concrete paving of graveled national road with slope
protection and line Canal.
Approved Budget for the Contract: Php 35,737,660.00
Contract Duration: 100 Calendar Days
Cost of Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00
Contract Location: Eastern Bobongan-Sominot-Midsalip-Dumingag Road
K 1648+549-K 1650+049
protection and line canal.
Contract Location: Junction Aurora-Ozamis City Road
K 1637+540-K 1639+000
Contract Location: Junction Aurora-Ozamis City Road
K 1644+000-K 1645+910
Scope of Work: Concrete paving of graveled national road with line
canal.
Contract Location: Eastern Bobongan-Sominot-Midsalip-Dumingag Road
K 1643+951-K 1646+000
Contract Name: Construction/Completion of Salug Daku Bridge and
Approaches
Contract Location: along Sindangan-Siayan-Dumingag-Mahayag Road
Scope of Work: Completion of 75.84 meters concrete bridge with
approaches. Approved Budget for the Contract: Php
49,000,000.00
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), purchased
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen of 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 contractor's application for registration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be download at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 12,2012 to October 31, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. October 19, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders 5:00 P.M. October 24, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids 10:00 A.M. October 31, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 1:00 P.M. October 31, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Zamboanga
del Sur 1
st
Engineering District, Pagadian City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download BDs 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 BDs. Bids must accompanied
by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable from, as stated in Section 27.2 of the
Revised IRR.
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 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.

Approved By:
(Sgd.) VIOLETA S. TAGAYUNA
Engineer III
BAC Chairperson
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)
1. The Department of Education, Region IV-A, through its Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC) now invites bids for the catering service
to the Regional Accrediation and Training for School Sports
Offciating Offcials to be held at Tanza national Comprehensive
High School on November 12 to 16, 2012. Bids received in
excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
November 12 to 16, 2012 - three (3) meals and two (2) snacks
850 pax x 400.00 x 5 days = Php 1,700,000.00
2. Bidding will bo conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures using a non discretionary pass/fail criterion as
specifed in the mplementing Rules and Regulations (RR) of
Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government
Procurement Reform Act.
3. Bidding is open to ail interested bidders, whether local or foreign,
subject to the conditions for eligibility provided in the IRR of RA
9184.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the
Department of Education Region IV-A and Inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below during Monday to Friday
from 8:00 to 4:00 p.m
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by
interested Bidders on October 16, 2012 from the address below
and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of One Thousand Pesos (1,000.00)
Only.
5. The Department of Education, Region IV-A will hold a Pre-Bid
Conference on October 17, 2012 at 2:00 in the afternoon to
be held at the Conference Room of DepED Region IV-A. Gate
2 Karangalan Village, Cainta, Rizal, which shall be open to all
interested parties who have purchased the Biddina Documents,
6. Bids must be delive-ed to the address stated herein on or before
October 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. All Bids must be accompanied by
a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
stated in ITB Clause 18.
7. Bid opening shall be on October 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the
Conference Room of DepED Region IV-A, Gate 2 Karangalan
Village, Cainta, Rizal. Bids will be opened in the presence of the
Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address
stated above. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The Department of Education, Region IV-A 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.
(Sgd.) ANN GERALYN T. PELIAS
Chief Administrative Offcer
BAC Chairman
Department of Education
REGION IV A CALABARZON
Gate 2 Karangalan Village
Cainta, Rizal
INVITATION TO BID FOR
Catering Services to the Regional Accreditation and
Training for SchooI Sports Ofciating ofciaIs
(MST-Oct. 13, 2012)

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