Vol 20, No. 23 | June 8 - 14, 2015

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Batangueños must be wellrepresented in Congress >>>OPINION....P/4

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NAKALUSOT na sa Ikatlo at Huling Pagbasa ng Senado noong Lunes, Hunyo 1, ang panukalang batas na maghihiwalay sa Lunsod Batangas at Lunsod ng Lipa bilang mga solong distrito ng lalawigan ng Batangas.

Nakapaloob ang naturang usapin sa Committee Report No. 126 -- Joint Report ng Committee on Local Government na pinamumunuan ni Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. at Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation na pinamumunuan ni Senador Koko Pimentel III. Sa naturang ulat, ang House Bill No. 3750 na may titulong “An Act Separating the City of Batangas from the Second Legislative District of the Province of Batangas to Constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Batangas” na

>>>PANUKALANG BATAS.....sundan sa P/2

Nature’s gift. The pride of Batangas -- coral reefs, clean and pristine beaches, historical landmarks -- facing destruction if the proposed mining in Lobo town will be allowed by the government.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Online signature campaign against mining in Batangas gains support In an effort to help save the environment against any form of destruction that would greatly affect the community and its environs, an online signature campaign is now gaining support both locally and abroad with its presence in the social media.

As of this writing, the campaign has already reached 1,234 signatories The campaign is particularly focused on the proposed mining activity in approximately 263 square hectares of land in Lobo, Batangas, which will encompass most of the

barangays near the coastlines of Verde Island passage. Said 263 hectares would be equivalent to excavating the size of two Bonifacio Global Cities in Makati-Taguig area.

“We ask you to join us in this fight against the ruin and exploitation of one of our country’s last remaining marine and wildlife sanctuaries. Please sign this petition to let the Philippine government know that people care about the environment, and that the preservation of our marine wildlife is more

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Sakuna. Umabot sa 15 pamilya ang direktang naapektuhan samantalang walong (8) kabahayan naman ang natupok sa sunog kamakailan na naganap dating PNR Station Purok 4, Barangay 24. Basahin ang istorya sa pahina 3.| JERSON SANCHEZ

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Solon: Palace should listen on flaws on draft BBL SEN. Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said Malacañang should listen to major stakeholders and legal experts who have pointed out the flaws in the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law. Marcos, Chairman of the Committee on Local Government, made the remark after Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda insisted that the draft BBL version is the “best course of action” to attain lasting peace in Mindanao and that it would withstand legal scrutiny.

“That is not what our resource persons told us in our committee hearings. The Palace should listen to them too instead of listening only to the concerns of the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front),” Marcos said.

In a radio interview, Marcos said the forging of the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB), to be implemented via BBL, was done exclusively between the Philippine government panel and the MILF. On the other hand, Marcos said their hearings bared major stakeholders like the Sultanates, the Moro National Liberation Front, indigenous people (IP), and concerned local officials were left out in the process.

“Ay itinatanong ng iba: kami

ang stakeholders dito bakit hindi kami nakunsulta? Magkakagulo lamang pagka-ganyan. Kaya’t iyan ang sinabi ko, dahil gulo lang ang aabutin natin pag itinuloy natin yung BBL dun sa dating version dahil hindi nakunsulta ang karamihan ng mga stakeholders. At pagka yang gulo na yan ay naging mas matindi ay mauuwi yan sa giyera uli,” Marcos said.

In a privilege speech on Wednesday, Marcos said he is preparing a substitute bill addressing the concerns of major stakeholders as well as the constitutional issues raised against the draft version of the proposed law, which he said “would lead us to perdition”.

Former undersecretary Senen Bacani, a member of the government peace panel that negotiated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front told the Local Government Committee on its hearing last June 3 said they would not dispute the senator’s comment about the lack of consultation and communication.

“We acknowledge that it is never enough,” Bacani said, although he claimed they held over 500 consultations regarding BBL with the various stakeholders over a 5-year period.

Bacani also virtually admitted that some provisions in the draft

BBL may suffer from constitutional infirmity.

“Were willing to work with all of you to make sure that there is no unconstitutional provision in the final law that will be passed by both Houses of Congress,” Bacani told Marcos.

Even the Palace-constituted Citizen’s Peace Committee headed by retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. recommended some amendments to the draft BBL to ensure conformity with the constitution, Marcos noted.

Likewise, Marcos pointed out that 12 senators have signed the committee report of Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, chair of the Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, in support of her finding that the draft BBL suffers from various constitutional infirmities.

He said his committee would adopt Santiago’s committee report and incorporate her recommendations in the substitute bill.

Marcos vowed he would not allow any railroading of the BBL in his panel. After Marcos delivered his privilege speech other senators supported his stand and closed ranks with him to assert the independence of the Senate. | BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

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Palawan Council grants Environmental Clearance to proposed Coal-Fed Plant PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) approved recently the application of DMCI Power Corp. to put up a 15 MW coalfed power plant on conditions that it utilizes clean coal technology and would convert to biomass fuel in three to five years.

The approval came after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan endorsed the project last week in its second reading after it breezed through the hearing in the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources chaired by Provincial Board Member Albert Rama. Rama is a staunch ally of Palawan Governor Jose Ch. Alvarez who openly supports the project.

Alex Marcaida, spokesman for the PCSD, said that DMCI will utilize the “clean coal” technology in its 15MW coal-fed power plant to be

located in Barangay Bato-Bato in Narra municipality.

“This is one of the conditionalities in the issuance of the SEP clearance, that the newest clean coal technology will be used to prevent water and air pollution and minimize other negative effects to the environment,” Marcaida said.

The “clean-coal” is circulating fluidized bed combustion technology prevents the formation of acid rain by effectively reducing the emission of sulfur oxide and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. The CFB technology has a 99.9-percent efficiency rate in the collection of flyash and buttom ash, thereby preventing dust pollution.

“PCSD will be stringent in the monitoring of the construction phase of the power plant and the operation to ensure that DMCI does not deviate from its submitted plan to

the Council,” Marcaida said.

He said that the phasing out of the use of coal is expected within 35 years to give way to feeding of bamboo as biomass fuel. He said that the phasing out period would be enough time for the development of 6,000 hectares bamboo plantation in southern Palawan.

After the SEP clearance, the coalfed power plant has to hurdle the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources which will grant the project its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC).

DENR requires all projects located in Palawan a SEP clearance before it deliberates and issues an ECC. Palawan is the only province in the country with its own environmental law – Republic Act No. 7611 or the Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan.| V. ASUNCION S. MENDOZA

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Marcos asked Palace officials to refrain from pushing the draft BBL.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Inter-Island News Sea and Earth Advocates Camp, gaganapin sa Palawan PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – Gaganapin sa Coron ang huling aktibidad kaugnay ng Sea and Earth Advocates (SEA) Camp na pinangangasiwaan ng U.S. Embassy at ng Save Philippine Seas.

Inaasahang 30 ‘youth conservation leaders’ na nauna nang napili mula sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao ang lalahok sa SEA Camp na nakatakdang ganapin sa Hunyo 10-14. Ang mga naturang kalahok ay napili base sa kanilang isinumiteng marine/ coastal conservation project proposals.

Sa SEA Camp na ito, inaasahan ang pag-uulat ng mga partisipante ng kanilang mga “accomplishments” sa naisumiteng project proposal.

Ang SEA Camp ay isang proyekto na naglalayon na bigyan kakayahan at kagalingan ang mga kabataan nag-e-edad 18-23 upang kanilang mapangalagaan at maipanumbalik ang yaman ng karagatan. Bukod sa pag-uulat, bibisitahin din ng mga partisipante ang mga tanyag na tourist spots sa Coron.| VICTORIA ASUNCION S. MENDOZA

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DOST, tumatanggap na ng Scholarship Application ODIONGAN, Romblon — Maaari nang magsumite ng application form para sa 2016 Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) program under R.A. 10612 ng Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute.

Ayon sa pamunuan ng Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC)-Romblon, ang JLSS Program ay bukas sa mga mag-aaral sa third year college level sa sumusunod na mga priority courses: Agriculture, agricultural biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, agricultural engineering, agricultural and bio-systems engineering, applied mathematics, applied physics, biochemistry, biology, ceramics engineering.

Chemistry with applied computer system, chemistry with materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering.| DINNES MANZO

<<<PANUKALANG-BATAS... mula sa P/1

Hiwalay na distrito para sa Lunsod Batangas at Lunsod ng Lipa, pasado na inakda nina Congressman Raneo Abu, Mark Llando Mendoza, Nelson Collantes at Congresswoman Eileen Ermita-Buhain ay pinagtibay sa pagbasa ng Senado.

Sa pagpapasa ng naturang panukalang batas, mananatiling buo pa rin ang Una at Ikatlong Distrito ng Lalawigan. Nabawas naman sa Ikalwang Distrito ang Lunsod Batangas na magiging Ikalimang Distrito ng lalawigan; samantalang nabawas naman sa Ikaapat na Distrito ang Lunsod ng Lipa na magiging Ika-anim na Distrito ng Lalawigan ng Batangas.

Matatandaang unang inihain ni dating Gobernador Hermilando I. Mandanas noong nanunungkulan pa siya bilang Kinatawan ng Ikalawang Distrito na maihiwalay ang Lunsod Batangas bilang solong distrito ngunit dahil umano sa ilang political leaders sa lalawigan ay hindi kaagad ito natuloy. Sa pag-upo ni Abu bilang kongresista ay sinamahan siya ng tatlong iba pang kongresista

ng lalawigan na maisabatas ang paghihiwalay na ito ng Lunsod Batangas.

Nabatid din na dati na ring naghain ng panukalang batas si Agricultural Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP) Party-List representative Nicanor Briones para naman sa paglikha sa Lunsod ng Lipa bilang hiwalay na distrito mula sa Ikaapat na Distrito ng lalawigan. Ngunit dahil umano sa kakulangan ng suporta mula sa iba pang kinatawan ng probinsya, hindi nakasulong ang naturang panukalang-batas.

Kalaunan, sa pagdinig ng Senado sa House Bill No. 3750, iminungkahi umano ng ilang political leaders sa lalawigan na isabay na ang paghihiwalay sa Lunsod ng Lipa at maging isang solong distrito rin gaya ng Batangas. Mainit naman itong tinanggap ng lunsod at pinangunahan ni Mayor Meynardo Sabili ang pagdalo ng mga lokal na opisyal sa mga pagdinig ng Senado bilang tandan ng suporta sa hakbanging ito.

Bunsod ng mga kaganapang ito, sa pagpasa ng kaukulang Joint Committee Report ng Commitees on Lcoal Government and Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, ang House Bill No. 3750 ay tatawin nang “An Act Reapportioning the Province of Batangas into Six (6) Legislative Districts.”

Itinatadhana sa Article VI, section 5, subparagraph 3 ng Saligambatas na bawat lunsod na may populasyong di bababa sa 250,000 katao ay kailangang may isang kinatawan sa kongreso.

Ang Lalawigan ng Batangas ay ika-5 most populated province sa bansa at may kabuuang 2,377,395 populasyon batay sa 2010 census ng Philippine Statistics Authority. Ito ay nahahati sa apat (4) na legislative districts.

Ang Lunsod Batangas ay may 305,607 populasyon samantalang ang Lunsod ng Lipa ay may 283,468 populasyon, kapwa batay sa 2010 census ng PSA. Kapag tuluyan nang nakapasa sa plenary

at nalagdaan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas ang House Bill No. 3750, ang Lalawigan ng Batangas ay mahahati na sa Unang Distrito – Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, Taal at Tuy; Ikalwang Distrito – Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, at Tingloy; Ikatlong Distrito – Lunsod ng Tanauan, Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Sta. Teresita, Sto. Tomas at Talisay; Ikaapat na Distrito – Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan at Taysan; Ikalimang Distrio – Lunsod Batangas; at Ikaanim na Distrito – Lunsod ng Lipa.

Mananatili pa ring buo o walang pagbabago sa Una at Ikatlong Distrito ng lalawigan.

Manatili namang Kinatawan ng Lunsod Batangas si Cong. Abu at ng Lunsod ng Lipa si Cong. Mendoza hanggang sa maihalal sa 2016 elections ang sariling kinatawan ng kongresso ng dalawang lunsod.|

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Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

Oplan Katok at Lambat-Sibat campaigns, tagumpay ng PNP

Natatanging Iskolar ng Bayan. Kinilala ng pamahalang lunsod ng Batangas ang mga graduates ng Colegio ng Lungsod ng Batangas na pumasa sa March 2015 Licensure Examination for Teachers.|

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CLB graduates, nanguna sa Let Examinations sa lunsod NAKAKUHA ng 45.95% over-all passing batch ng Bachelor of Science in ng CLB, na isinasagawa mismo sa CLB rate ang Colegio ng Lungsod ng Batangas Elementary Education (BSEED) campus. Sinasagot ng pamahalaang (CLB) sa March 2015 Licensure graduates ng CLB kung saan 95% sa lunsod ang gastusin para sa nasabing Examination for Teachers (LET), mas mga ito ay may trabaho na bilang review classes, kasama na ang mataas kaysa 27. 41% national passing elementary school teachers sa mga professional fees ng mga guro at rate, kung saan 12,000 ang nakapasa publiko at pribadong paaralan sa lunsod facilitators mula sa Philippine Normal mula sa may 44,000 kumuha ng at mga karatig bayan, samantalang ang University (PNU). Sila mismo ang eksamin. Ang CLB rin ang may 5% ay nagtratrabaho sa mga call centers. pumunta dito sa Batangas, upang hindi pinakamataas na passing rate sa lahat Ayon kay Dr. Fely Adarlo, CLB Dean na magastusan pa ang mga nagre-review ng kolehiyo at unibersidad sa lunsod. of Instruction, consistent ang mataas na sa transportasyon at pambayad sa Kaugnay nito ay ginawaran ni LET passing rate ng CLB dahil sa boarding house.

Nakatakda namang isagawa ang Mayor Eddie Dimacuha ng Certificate kalidad na edukasyon ng mga mag-aaral of Citation ang 17 CLB LET Passers dito at sa suporta ng pamumunuan ng review classes para sa susunod na batch noong June 1, sa flag ceremony ng mga CLB at ng pamahalaang lunsod. ng CLB graduates na kukuha ng LET empleyado ng pamahalaang lunsod.

Binigyang-diin ni Adarlo na libre ang exam sa September ng taong ito.| Ang mga ito ay kabilang sa ika-limang review classes ng mga LET examinees MARIE V. LUALHATI ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15 pamilya, 8 bahay, nabiktima ng sunog BATANGAS CITY – Umabot sa 15 pamilya ang direktang naapektuhan samantalang walong (8) kabahayan naman ang natupok sa sunog kamakailan na naganap dating PNR Station Purok 4, Barangay 24.

Sa ulat ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Batangas City, ganap na ika12:03 ng tanghali nang makatanggap sila ng tawag hinggil dito. Agad silang rumesponde kayat kaagad naapula ang sunog ng ganap na 12:52 ng tanghali.

Sinisiyasat pa ang dahilan ng naturang sunog samantalang tinatayang aabot sa P2 milyon halaga ng ari-arian ang natupok ng apoy.

Naging maagap din ang pagdating ng mga tauhan ng City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office na nangasiwa sa pagdadala sa pagamutan kay Fire Aide Kirby Serva na natusok ng pako sa naturang insidente.

Katulong din ng BFP-Batangas City ang mga tauhan ng Batangas City PNP, TDRO at DSS kung kayat naging maayos ang daloy ng trapiko.

Samantala, namahagi si Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha na kinatawan ni Bokal Marvey Marino ng mga mats at blankets gayundin ng mga grocery items at toiletries upang magamit ng mga biktima ng sunog.

Pansamantalang nanunuluyan ang mga nasunugan sa barangay hall at sa health center habang ang ilan naman ay nasa kanilang mga kamag-anak.

Nakaantabay ang mga tauhan ng City Health Office upang bantayan ang kalagayan ng kanilang kalusugan habang ang tanggapan naman ng City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) ang nangangasiwa sa pagpapakain sa mga biktima.

Nanawagan naman si Punumbarangay Flory Antenor ng Brgy. 24 ng tulong partikular sa pamimigay ng mga damit sa mga biktima.| RONNA ENDAYA CONTRERAS

Ayuda. namahagi si Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha na kinatawan ni Bokal Marvey Marino ng mga mats at blankets gayundin ng mga grocery items at toiletries upang magamit ng mga biktima ng sunog.| JERSON SANCHEZ

BATANGAS City -- PATULOY pa rin ang isinasagawang Oplan Katok ng Batangas City PNP sa mga barangay na sakop ng lunsod at pagpapatupad sa kampanya against loose/ unrenewed firearms. Ang kautusan ay alinsunod sa pagtupad ng Letter of Instruction (LOI) ng tanggapang pang rehiyon at nasyonal ng Philippine National Police.

Ang Oplan Katok ay ang pagbisita sa bawat tahanan o kabahayan na isinasagawa ng mga kapulisan para sa mga indibidwal na nagmamay-ari ng baril upang matiyak ang mga dokumento nito ay kumpleto at nasa maayos na pag-iingat.

Sa kasalukuyan ang Batangas City Police ay nagpapatuloy sa kanilang kampanya laban sa mga lose firearms na maaaring magamit sa panahon ng eleksiyon at mga katiwalian. Hinihikayat ng PNP ang mga mamamayan na agad magsumbong sa kanilang tanggapan kapag may mga tao silang alam na nagmamay-ari ng baril na walang lisensiya o papeles.

Sinabi ni PO3 Osmundo Calalo, LAMBAT-SIBAT & Firearms Desk PNCO ng BAtangas PNP ang mga may-ari ng mga baril na expired na ang lisensiya ay dapat mag-surrender ng kanilang mga baril upang ito ay pansamantala munang maisumite sa PNP. Kinakailangan ang approval o permiso mula sa regional and national headquarters kung karapatdapat pang i-renew ang lisensiya ng baril ng isang tao.

Kabilang sa mga nag voluntary surrender ng kanilang mga baril ay sina Gilbert Bobadilla, retired AFP MSGT ng Brgy. Paharang East na nag-surrender ng 1 Remington CAL Pistol at Florentino Atienza ng Sitio Pulo, Brgy. Catandala na nag- surrender ng VPR Super 38 CAL Pistol, anila hindi na sila interesado pa I renew ang kanilang mga baril kaya minarapat na lamang nila ito i-surrender.

Dahil sa boluntaryong pag-surrender ng mga may-ari, naging matagumpay ang pagbabahay-bahay ng mga pulis para gampanan ang kampanya at gawaing ito upang masiguro ang Safe and Fair Election (SAFE) sa darating na halalan sa Mayo.

Pinaalalahanan din ng Batangas City PNP na maging res-ponsible owner ang sinumang nagmamay-ari ng baril upang matiyak na payapa at maiwasan ang kaguluhan sa darating na eleksiyon.| LIZA PEREZ DE LOS REYES

............................................................................. <<<VOX POPULI......from P/1

Online signature campaign against mining in Batangas gains support important than the corporate interests of mining companies. Please share with likeminded people who are also interested in protecting this precious resource,” the campaign reads.

Verde Island Passage is situated along the coasts of Malabrigo and Balibago in Lobo town. It is home to some of the world’s most diverse marine life (including dolphins, sea turtles, humphead wrasses, giant groupers, giant clams and some 300 species of corals, and is considered as the center of the center of world’s marine biodiversities.

Lobo, Batangas however hosts two marine sanctuaries, one for fish and one for sea turtles. It is also a haven for one of the country’s most beautiful dive spots, beaches and even historical landmarks that date back all the way to the Spanish times some 300 years ago.

Based on the proposal submitted by the proponent Egerton Gold Philippines, Inc., not only would the local communities be uprooted

from their homes, but even local flora and fauna would be affected by the mining activity.

The municiapal government of Lobo and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are seriously considering approving this project, despite knowing the enormous impact it will have on one of the world’s treasures in marine life.

Last May 21, the Environment Management Bureau (EMB), a line agency of the DENR called the public for a consultative hearing in Punta Malabrigo supposedly to hear the clamor of the community and other causeoriented groups opposing the project. However, due to an alleged “lawyering” of the government personnel to the proponent’s side, the majority of the attendees, particularly those under the umbrella of Archdiocesan Ministry on the Environment (AMEn) headed by Archbishop Ramon C. Arguelles himself, stage a walk-out from the forum.|BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

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THE following article is the full text of Senator Bongbong Marcos’ SPeech during the Thrid and Final Reading of the House Bill No. 3750.  MR. President, distinguished colleagues, I have the honor to report to the Senate Committee Report No. 126, containing House Bill No. 3750 with amendments, which seeks to reapportion the Province of Batangas into six (6) Legislative districts.

The province of Batangas is one of the earliest provinces established by the Spaniards. It is a first-class province and one of the most popular tourist destinations near Metro Manila. It is home to the famous Taal Volcano and Taal heritage town, a small picturesque town that has ancestral houses and structures dating back to the 19th century. The province also has many spectacular beaches and diving spots.

The province of Batangas is ranked 5th most populated province of the country, with a population count of 2,377,395 based on the 2010 census of population and housing issued by the Philippine statistics ........................................................................................................................................................ authority.

At present, the province has four (4) legislative districts. House Bill No. 3750 seeks to separate the city of Batangas from the 2nd legislative district, Why the rush? Pray tell, who stands to benefit to constitute the lone legislative district of the province of Batangas. However,  TERESA R. TUNAY, OCDS from a “peace agreement” that is apparently motivated Reflections... during one of the committee deliberations of the said bill, our distinguished by a desire for something other than true peace? Is it colleagues from the province of Batangas, Senator Ralph Recto, had “PEACE” is a big word these days, all over the world. worth pursuing a peace agreement that dubious proposed to amend the bill. The proposal was to reapportion the province of The word saturates media and the news, not because assumptions have doomed from the start? If the BBL Batangas into six (6) legislative districts, by creating the 5th legislative the world has learned to embrace the peace that the were as commendable as its authors and promoters district to be composed of the city of Batangas, and the 6th legislative Risen Christ brings, but precisely because world powers claim, why are there still so many voices reasonably district to be composed of the city of Lipa. pay mere lip service to His brand of peace. opposing its passing? That even the religious leaders The city of Batangas is a first-class city, with a population of 305,607 Even though presidents, prime ministers, and kings seem divided on the issue makes one suspect they may based on the 2010 census of population and housing issued by the Philippine statistics authority. Currently, it is a part of the 2nd congressional district. swear allegiance to the cause of peace, war persists— be reading different versions of the draft. How many ironically, in the name of peace. Peace pacts and treaties versions are there, anyway? The issue is yet wrapped in Under the proposed measure, the municipalities of Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual and Tingloy shall continue to comprise the 2nd continue to be signed, yet the arms industry keeps on obscurity, but why is the Palace bent on passing it?

As of press time, a Senate hearing has revealed that congressional district. These municipalities have a combined population churning out war weaponry, efficient killing machines that get more and more sophisticated with each new the Sultanates were not consulted at all in the crafting count of 269,981 based on the 2010 census. invention.

“Every gun that is made, every warship of the BBL—what a monumental faux pas! Again, why?

The City of Lipa is also a first-class city, with a population of 283,468 launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense Don’t the Sultanates count at all in the peace process? based on the 2010 census. It is currently a part of the 4th congressional a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those Passing the BBL will definitely affect the future not district. Under the proposed measure, the Municipalities of Ibaan, Padre who are cold and are not clothed”—these are sensible only of some Mindanao residents but also that of the Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, and Taysan shall continue to comprise words from Dwight Eisenhower.

At best war brings a whole country, so why exclude anybody? Why were the the 4th congressional district. These municipalities have combined false peace; at worst, it makes murderers of men. Either sultanates ignored, and yet Malaysians have their population count of 397,085 based on the 2010 census.

The Municipalities of Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, way, it is the Prince of Deception that wins in war, not fingers in the BBL pie. Why? If Government sincerely believes BBL is for the good of the country, the least it Nasugbu, Taal, and Tuy shall continue to comprise the first legislative nobility of heart.

In our own country, barely four months ago, we can do is to translate the BBL draft into the vernacular district of the province while the Municipalities of Agoncillo, Alitagtag, witnessed the ugly aftermath of a war that pits Filipinos in order to be understood by every Filipino, especially Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, San Nicolas, Sta. Teresita, against Filipinos and unsettles innocent civilians.

The the youth who will reap the effects of this “peace Sto. Tomas, Talisay, and the City of Tanauan shall continue to constitute botched Mamasapano operation cast aspersions on the agreement”. the third congressional district.

Truth to tell, I have never really believed politics The 1987 Constitution, particularly under Article VI, section 5, sub- president and his friend, the suspended PNP chief, and paragraph 3, mandates that each city with a population of at 250,000 shall uncovered loopholes in the Bangsamoro Basic Law alone can bring us peace. As a citizen of this have at least one (1) representative. Clearly, the City of Batangas and the (BBL) that point to bad faith and stealth among the predominantly Catholic nation in Asia, though, I believe City of Lipa have both exceeded the population requirement of at least contracting parties. Mamasapano has been snowed that faith in Jesus Christ can bring us peace. All 250,000 under the constitution to be entitled to one representative. On this under with one bad news after another, so that now it anomalies, injustices, chaos, tragedies—indeed, all the basis alone, the said cities should be accorded their respective representatives seems just like one faintly remembered nightmare; evils displacing peace in our midst stem from the fact meanwhile, the BBL is being doggedly pushed by that despite our Christian posturing, our leaders’ in congress. >>>TUNAY.....turn to P/7 The constituents of these cities, through their duly elected representa- Malacañang. tives, have manifested their desire to claim their right under the constitution ........................................................................................................................................................ to have their own representatives. Your Committee on Local Government population. Thus, with only four (4) legislative districts Batangas, and for reasons that I just stated, the said sees no reason to deny that right. at present, the province is clearly under-represented in province indeed deserves additional seats in the House It was also pointed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Province of the House of Representatives. of Representatives.

Batangas that based on the last official census, the province has a population May I therefore request my colleagues in this august My dear colleagues, the creation of two (2) new of 2,377,395. At an annual growth rate of 2.24%, the population is now legislative districts will boost the development efforts chamber to join me in approving house bill no. 3750, expected to be at 2,430,648 and shall grow up to 2,540,761 by 2016. This not only in the said areas, but in the whole province. with amendments, under committee report no. 126. makes the province of batangas one of the biggest provinces in terms of And with the increasing population of the Province of Thank you.

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Furtive measure to take away national patrimony Last Part of 2-Part Series WILL this not result in cheaper services to the Filipino people? Well, did power and water services become cheaper with privatization?

6. Section 4 (2), Art. XIV on ownership of educational institutions 7. Section 11 (1 and 2), Art. XVI on ownership and management of mass media and on the policy for engage-ment in the advertising industry The impact of amending these provisions is not so much on what it would take away from the Filipino people economically, but in what it could do to shape the thinking, culture, preferences, and orientation of the Filipino people.

In a previous analysis, this author referred to an article with the title Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Every-thing We Watch, Hear And Read written by Michael Snyder, published in October 4, 2010. The article revealed that only six companies control global media – from 50 companies in 1983 – namely, Time Warner, Walt Disney, Viacom, News Corporation, CBS corporation and NBC Universal.

The supposed rationale of Resolution of Both Houses No. 1 is to allow Congress “to enact into law, economic poli-cies responsive and relevant to current national and world conditions.” Whatever this means is left to our (dis) honorable Congressmen to determine.

Will a sell out of the country result in its “development” and in generating employment for the Filipino people, the most oft-repeated justification by the government? A study by Ibon Foundation reveal otherwise.

Quoting from the Ibon study: “Economic sovereignty is critical to economic develop-ment. The unambiguous historical experience is that FDI must be strategically restricted and strictly con-trolled. This includes regula-ting TNC entry, establish-ment and their right to ope-rate through equity and ownership restrictions, joint ventures, requiring local con-tent and domestic reinvest-ment, demanding technology transfer, and others. These are vital policy tools to create linkages and benefits for the domestic economy. Sove-reignty means “liberalizing” when ready to do so and on terms beneficial to the domestic economy.”

“This is the unambiguous lesson from the long historical experience of countries as diverse as: the United

States (US), Germany and Japan in the 1900s-1950; South Korea and Taiwan in the 1960s-1980s; and China, Russia and Cuba during their periods of revolutionary change. An economy will only get net benefits if the state exercises its sovereignty over FDI and requires real technology transfers, controls the use and repatriation of profits, and applies local content and other performance requirements. More-over, strict limits on foreign equity ownership are among the most important FDI-related measures.”

In terms of employment: “The economic facts are straightforward. Increasing FDI has actually been accom-panied by increasing unem-ployment, increasing labor export, falling real wages, shrinking manufacturing and more volatile growth. There have also not been any real increases in domestic capital formation or in government revenues which have increasingly relied on regressive taxes on personal consumption.”

“The cumulative stock of FDI has doubled from some US$10 billion in 1995 to US$19 billion in 2007.

Inward FDI flows increased from being equivalent to less than one percent of gross fixed capital formation in the early 1980s to between 15%-18% in the last few years. FDI accounted for 56% of total approved investments in 2007 or P215.2 billion in FDI out of total approved invest-ments worth P385.8 billion.”

“FDI supposedly goes towards building a strong productive economic base. However, there is nothing to indicate that all that FDI has contributed to creating a strong domestic economy able to create jobs on a sustainable basis. On the contrary, the number of jobless Filipinos has conti-nued to rise, and the 2001-2008 period is already the worst eight-year period of recorded unemployment in the country’s history. While jobs in export processing zones or special economic zones have been increasing, these have not been able to offset job losses and stunted industrial development elsewhere in the economy.”

Ibon Foundation’s conclusion: “In short, foreign invest-ment has been coming into the country but the supposed gains for economy and the people– such as jobs, poverty reduction and industriali-zation– are just not there. There are certainly other factors operating to explain these poor

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Gay study a “mountain of fabrication” 

MICHAEL COOK Commentator

RESPECTFUL conversation and smiles steal homophobes’ hearts away. That was the message of a much-ballyhooed article in America’s leading science journal, Science, last December.

Michael J. LaCour, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University reported that hostile attitudes towards gay marriage could be changed by a single face-to-face conversation with a gay person. “These large, persistent, and contagious effects were confirmed by a follow-up experiment,” the authors wrote.

Betsy Levy Paluck, professor of psychology and public policy at Princeton, tweeted that it was “the paper with the most astounding results & rigorous methods this year”—an opinion which cropped up again and again in the US media. The study confirmed that it was possible to diminish prejudice with personal contact. In other words, “coming out” works.

These results ought to have been welcomed, because they supported a very optimistic view of human nature.

They suggested that it is possible for cordial dialogue and rational argument to change minds. Prejudice is not engraved in stone, but etched on the sands of a beach. What worked for same-sex marriage could also work for pro-life arguments.

Unhappily, it now appears that LaCour, the junior partner in the study, faked all the data. Professor Green had to ask Science to retract the paper after it was brought to his attention that the results could not be reproduced and that the survey firm used in the study had never heard of it. “I am deeply embarrassed,” says Professor Green. He told the Huffington Post that “There was a mountain of fabrication”.

So far LaCour has not responded to the allegations.

“I’m gathering evidence and relevant information so I can provide a single comprehensive response,” he

tweeted.

In a sense, this incident is no big deal. Research fraud happens all the time. One of the internet’s most popular and entertaining blogs, Retraction Watch, trawls scholarly literature for retractions because of fraud and plagiarism. There is never a shortage of examples.

But the LaCour scandal ought to be a warning shot across the bow of LGBT research. As flies are drawn to honey, brilliant, highly-competitive and dishonest academics are drawn to dynamic, high-profile, and fashionable research projects. And ratings-hungry journals are all-too-eager to publish amazing results.

Occasionally those amazing results have an amazing back story. In 2004 Hwang Woo-suk, a Korean stem cell scientist claimed that he was first to clone a human embryo. He was feted at home and abroad as a genius.

In 2005 he was unmasked as an out-and-out fraud.

Last year, as if stem cell researchers and science journals had learned nothing at all, a young Japanese researcher, Haruko Obokata, faked the results of a widely-reported stem cell study which was published in Nature. Her research institute’s prestige was badly tarnished and a colleague committed suicide.

The problem is growing, not shrinking. A scientist who has studied research fraud, Dr Ferric C. Fang, points to familiar problems: gender imbalance, the imperative of publish or perish, cheating and blatant fraud, selective reporting of results, the race to publish first, celebrity science and so on. “The present system,” he writes, “provides … potent incentives for behaviors that are detrimental to science and scientists.”

And another scientist has written passionately in Nature: “Alarming cracks are starting to penetrate deep into the scientific edifice. They threaten the status of science and its value to society. And they cannot be blamed on the usual suspects—inadequate funding, misconduct, political interference, an illiterate public.

Their cause is bias, and the threat they pose goes to the heart of research.”|

Colliding with China - 2 CLAIMANTS --The Philippines' territorial claims include five (5) islets, two (2) cays (small islands) and two reefs or a total of nine (9) features or areas.

China is claiming seven (7) areas while Vietnam has twenty-two (22).

Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Taiwan also have their own claimed islets or areas near their own borders. The different countries' basis for their respective claims is that although these areas are beyond their 12-mile territorial limits, these territories are within their 200 -mile exclusive economic zones (EEZ) from their continental shelf, as recognized by international protocols called United Nations Convention of the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS). Mainland china is geographically far from these areas.

But with China’s recent officially- issued “NINE DASH LINE” map, all these territories claimed by these countries were unilaterally declared as Chinese territory which the Philippines refused to recognize.  C H I N E S E MISCHIEFS --- In one of our nine (9) claimed islets named “Mischief Reef” in the Kalayaan Islands, near Palawan, is where China started doing some “mischiefs” in 1983 when it called it Chungian Islands and in 1995 by putting up “fishermen’s structures”. To counter China’s intrusion, the AFP intentionally “beached” or “parked” our old junk-bound “Sierra Madre” naval ship in the waters nearby that became the permanent floating home base of our few soldiers guarding the area. Today, Chinese massive dredging, reclamation and construction are on going in the different disputed shoals or reefs. In “Fiery Cross”, massive reclamation is underway with an airstrip being built which will be functional soon. In the so-called “Johnson” or Mabini Reef, multi-story structures are being constructed. It is in the Recto or “Reed Bank” area where oil deposits were reportedly found, reputedly bigger than our Malampaya reserves. “Pag-asa Island” also called Thitu Island is the 2nd biggest island. Another island is called 2nd Thomas Shoal. It was reported that Mischief Reef, also known as “Panganiban” shoal, from only 1,900 square meters in size is now more than 32,000 square meters or 3.2 hectares in size and still growing due to Chinese reclamation work. It may become a military installation.  RECOURSE --- Feeling helpless and unable to stop these Chinese “mischiefs” and seeking redress, the Philippines filed in January 2013 a “Statement of Claim” before a United Nations agency but China “rejected” the claim and refused to participate in the proceedings. According to Associate Professor JAY BATUNGBACAL of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, the Philippine case is still pending before an “ad hoc tribunal” based in the Hague with five (5) member-nations sitting as a tribunal. With China's refusal to participate in the case, even a favorable decision in the future in favor of the Philippines cannot be enforced. Reports had been circulating that China was really furious when the Philippines filed for arbitration with the UN. From all indications, China will not agree to a legal settlement and has been sending signals that it prefers bilateral negotiations between the Philippines and China alone, one on one.  IMPLICATIONS --- Aside from being a Philippine-China territorial dispute, the whole world will have to sit up and take action because this is now also developing into an “international maritime” issue where China, with its constructions and planned dominance, may claim control over the world's global sea lanes where about a third of the whole world’s economic logistic system passes. ASEAN where the Philippines is a member is “consensus”- based and is described as not a good forum, given that some of the member countries are doing quiet “bilateral” talks with China. It is only the Philippines that sought “multilateral” help by going to the United Nations. It is opined that the Philippine move is being quietly watched by other claimant-nations as it can be a test-bed of how big allies like the US, Japan, Australia, etc. will react.  PHILIPPINE POSITION --Former Cabinet Secretary RAFAEL ALUNAN during the Cory Aquino and Ramos administrations recalled that it was in 1995 when he woke up one morning to realize for the first time that the country “lost” Mischief Reef. Today it is becoming a Chinese military installation. Now as president of the West Philippine Sea Coalition, Sec. Alunan stressed that the Philippine position must be a combination of prudence, self-reliance but forthright and to remain a strong, not weak, link in the chain of nation claimants against China.  USA AS ALLY -- The United States so-called strategy called “Pivot of Asia” that will result to its more active presence in Asia may bring it also into a collision course with China with the US’ declared pronouncement that its main interest in the South China Sea is “ensuring freedom of navigation”. However, there are those who say (like party-list Akbayan leader WALDEN BELLO) that the US will not risk going to war with China just to uphold and protect the Philippine position. The situation can be volatile. The latest report of a US spy plane being challenged by the Chinese military during a “fly-by” over the Spratly's a few days ago, is an indication of the US concern and direction it will take. The latest events show that the US will not stand idly by and will challenge China when its intrusions are now clearly becoming an international maritime matter.  Too early yet to tell what will actually happen next but the recent incidents are instructive. They can be flashpoints. So, let's all watch closely. (jessdureza@gmail.com)| Like us: www.facebook .com/Balikas

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DTI: Reforms underway for a simpler, faster business start- up AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE NOTARY PUBLIC RM. 201 DELA CRUZ BLDG. II, HILLTOP, BATANGAS CITY UTILITY BANK – A RURAL BANK Represented by its manager, VIRGINIA B. RODELAS, Mortgagee, SPS. ALBERTO P. ANDAL and DOMINGA M. ANDAL, Mortgagors.

EJF CASE NO. 2015-272 RE: Petition for Extrajudicial Foreclosure under Act 3135, As Amended by Act 4118 x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE Upon Extrajudicial Petition for Foreclosure under Act 3135, as amended, filed by UTILITY BANK – A RURAL BANK, a banking institution duly organized and existing under Philippine laws, with principal office at J. P. Rizal St., Bauan, Batangas, and a branch at J. Pastor St., Poblacion, Ibaan, Batangas, as the MORTGAGEE, against SPS. ALBERTO P. ANDAL and DOMINGA M. ANDAL as the MORTGAGORS, who are residents of Quilo, Ibaan, Batangas, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which amounts to SIXTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO PESOS and 16/100 (P65,472.16), Philippine Currency, representing outstanding balance as of February 15, 2015, including interest, penalty and other charges payable to the MORTGAGEE, all secured by said mortgage, the undersigned Notary Public , hereby gives notice to all interested parties that on JUNE 15, 2015 (Monday), at 10:00 a.m. in the main entrance of the Hall of Justice Bldg. Of Rosario, Batangas, the undersigned Notary Public will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION for cash to the highest bidder in Philippine Currency, the hereunder described real property, to wit:

EFFECTIVE April 15, entrepreneurs only need to go through 6 steps and take 8 days to start a business in the country from the previous 16 steps and 34 days - a reform expected to improve the standing of the Philippines in the “Ease of Doing Business” competitiveness rankings measured annually by the World Bank (WB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Also, the number of payments for social service contributions for Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), and Social Security System (SSS), has been reduced from 36 to 13.

The 10 government agencies that have signed an

understanding on April 14 to implement the simplified process of starting a business in the country are the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Local Government of Quezon City (QC-LGU), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), and the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).

The reform is a result of the continuing progress under the National Competitiveness Council’s (NCC)

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This Notice of Sale by Notary Public shall be posted for not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the Auction Sale in at least three (3) public places in QUilo, Ibaan, Batangas where the property is located, in the main entrance of the Hall of Justice Bldg. of Rosario, Batangas, where the auction sale shall take place, and in the Municipal Hall Bldg. of Ibaan, Batangas. Likewise a copy of this Notice shall be published once a week for at least Three (30 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Ibaan, Batangas. The first publication shall take place at least twenty (20) days before the date of the Auction Sale Prospective buyers or bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the above- described property together with the encumbrances thereon covered by Tax Declaration No. 00069 on file with the Registry of Deeds of the Province of Batangas.

Batangas City April 15, 2015.

(Sgd.) ELISEO G. LONTOK Notary Public Until December 31, 2015-05-22 PTR No. 2336748 Issued at batangas City Issued on January 5, 2015-05-22 MCLE Compliance No. V-0001169 January 9, 2014 Copy furnished: SPS. ALBERTO P. ANDAL and DOMINGA M. ANDAL Quilo, Ibaan, Batangas Pahayagang BALIKAS | May 25, June 1 & 8, 2015

parent, and that DTI is committed to sustaining the momentum to achieve improved competitiveness and encourage inclusive growth.

The move is expected to dramatically improve the country’s competitiveness rankings.

According to Guillermo M. Luz, NCC Co-Chairman, the reforms will be initially implemented in Metro Manila and will be adopted gradually by cities and municipalities in the countryside.

The changes are hoped to be reflected in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report that will come out in September or October this year.

The Philippines ranked 95th out of 189 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Report 2015 released in October 2014, up 13 places from the previous list.

It also rose by 7 notches in the IFC’s Global Competitiveness Index 2014-2015 to 52nd out of 144 economies, from 59th out of 148 previously.| CHARLIE S. DAJAO

AUCTION

TAX DECLARATION NO. 00069 “A parcel of land, Rsidential, and all the improvements existing thereon. Situated at Brgy.

Quilo, Municipality of Ibaan, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the North by ALN017; on the East by ALN 020; on the South by ALN 022; and on the West by ALN 053, CONTAINING AN AREA OF FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (572) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS.

Gameplan 3.0 which streamlines government processes across 10 transactions in the conduct of business particularly in establishing new corporations, partnerships, and non-stock corporations.

The 10 transactions related to the “Ease of Doing Business” and monitored by IFC are: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency.

The package of reforms includes merging several steps together to create singlewindow applications; removal of outdated procedures; introduction of enhanced one-stop-shop procedures in local government units; and coordination and partnership across numerous government agencies.

DTI Secretary Gregory L. Domingo and Chairman of the NCC said that the reforms will make business registration faster, simpler, more efficient, and more trans-

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION LIPA CITY OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EXOFFICIO SHERIFF EJF NO. 2015-0002 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 filed by UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, mortgagee, with principal office at UCPB Executive Building, Makati Avenue, Makati City, Metro, Manila, against SPOUSES ERWIN M. LIWANAG and URSULA U. LIWANAG, mortgagors with postal address at Block 4, Lot 15, Tres marias Homes, Baseview, Brgy. Banay-Banay, Lipa City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 13, 2015 amounts to Php 2,452,710.86 including/excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee, the undersigned Deputy Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff, Lipa City, will sell at public on July 01, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Maraouy, Lipa City, to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies and its improvements thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 072-2011000061 A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 15, BLK. 4 OF THE CONSOLIDATION AND SUBDIVISION PLAN PCS-04013797, BEING A PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF LOT 6066-A, (LRC) PSD-217993, LOT 6065, CAD-218, LIPA CADASTRE, L.R.C. RECORD NO.___), SITUATED IN THE BARANGAY OF BANAY-BANAY,

LIPA CITY, ISLAND OF LUZON. BOUNDED ON THE SE., ALONG LINE 1-2 BY LOT 16, BLK. 4; ON THE SW., ALONG LINE 2-3 BY ROAD LOT 5; ON THE NW., ALONG LINE 3-4 BY LOT 14, BLK. 4, ALL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAN; ON THE NE., ALONG LINE 4-1 BY LOT 6066-B (LRC) PSD-217993. x x x x x x x x containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS. Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of herein above described and the encumbrances thereon if any there be.

In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on July 08, 2015 same place and time without any further notice and re-publication.

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

Lipa City, May 29, 2015.

(Sgd.) ARSENIO D. LORZANO Deputy Sheriff IV DULY RAFFLED: Award of Publication hereof in the “Pahayagang BALIKAS” drawn by raffle in accordance with law.

HON. NOEL M. LINDOG Executive Judge AURORA B. MANGUBAT OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff

Copy furnished: All parties concerned.

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Career orientation seminar, isinulong PESO-Batangas City

HUMIGIT-KUMULANG sa ng University of Batangas at 40 kabataan sa Lunsod isa sa mga resource speakers Batangas ang dumalo sa sa orientation seminar, isinagawang kauna-unahang mahalaga na magkaroon ang career orientation seminar na mga aplikante ng maayos na itinaguyod ng Public Employ- resume. ment Service Office (PESO) ng Tinalakay niya ang lunsod sa Teachers Confe- Effective Resume Writing rence Center, Enero 5. kabilang na ang mga dapat Layunin ng naturang at hindi dapat ilagay dito. seminar na maihanda ang Idinagdag pa niya na mga participants sa mahalaga ang resume isasagawang Job Fair sa June sapagkat ito ang pagbaba12 sa Batangas City Sports sehan ng mga employer kung Center na isang proyekto ng kwalipikado sa trabaho ang Assistance. Pinangunahan ni Public Employment Service Officer Noel Silang ang Career Orientation sa Batangas City.

PESO Batangas sa pakikipag- isang aplikante. ang personal na impor- at ang pagkakaroon ng good nagbigay ng tips para sa mga pagsagot sa mga kataugnayan sa Metro Batangas Sinasalamin nito ang masyon hinggil dito. nungang ibabato sa kanila sa grooming sa araw ng job babae at mga lalaki.

Business Club (MBBC). pinag-aralan, mga naging Binigyang-diin naman ni interview. Tinalakay din niya Payo nila na magkaroon job interviews.| Ayon kay Vincent Alcan- karanasan at accomplish- PESO Manager Noel Silang ang mga do’s and dont’s sa ng sapat na “self confidence” RONNA E. CONTRERAS tara, placement coordinator ment ng aplikante gayundin ang personality development pag-aapply ng trabaho at ang isang aplikante sa ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

P505-milyong Supplemental Budget, aprub ng konseho ABRUBADO na ng Sangguniang Panlunsod ng Batangas ang Supplemental Budget No. 1 General Fund of the City Government of Batangas for Calendar Year 2015 sa kanilang regular na sesyon kamakailan.

Ang ordinansa ay may pamagat na An Ordinance Appropriating the Amount of Five Hundred Million Four Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Pesos and Sixty Three Centavos for the Supplemental Budget No. 1 General Fund of the City Government of Batangas for Calendar Year 2015.

Ang naturang ordinansa ang hinihintay ng Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) upang ma-i-release na ang

P350 M loan agreement sa pagitan ng naturang Bangko at ng pamahalaang lunsod na gagamitin sa konstruksyon ng Ikatlong Tulay sa Batangas City.

Ito ay matapos na ipalabas ng LBP ang Certificate of Availability of Funds para sa Third Bridge pagkatapos na makumpleto ang mga requirements hinggil sa loan agreement.

Ayon kay Konsehal Alyssa Cruz-Atienza, chairman ng Committee on Appropriations, nagkaroon ng committee hearing noong ika-14 ng Mayo na dinaluhan ng mga miyembro ng komite kasama ang mga department heads ng pamahalaang lunsod.

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Ayon kay Atienza, nakasaad sa budget documents na isinumite ng City Budget Office, ang panggagalingan ng pondo para sa supplemental budget ay manggagaling sa Surplus-General Fund Proper na nagkakahalaga ng P93,425,021.04, CLB Fund-P12,274,938.60, Market and Slaughterhouse Fund-P5,724,967.99, 20% ng Development Fund na nagkakahalaga ng P5,562,158 at ang loan proceeds mula sa Land Bank na nagkakahalaga ng P350M. Ang kabuuang halaga pondo ay P505,429,201.63.

Ayon pa kay Atienza, ang pag-apruba sa Supplemental Budget No. 1 ay naaayon sa Supplemental Annual Investment Program No. 1 of the

<<<TUNAY.... from P/4

Peace in a greedy world bumbling interventions prove that Christ is not in the equation. Overly self-assured in their knowledge, power, and ability to control things, these leaders regard Christ as a superfluity in men’s affairs.

How can faith in Jesus not bring about peace when Christ is Love? And Love does not exclude the gentiles, the pagans, the sinners. We must challenge ourselves—we may be baptized Christians but do we (as Sunday’s Gospel Mt 28:16-20 says) observe all that Christ has commanded? Lasting peace comes at a price, of course—

and that is dying to our self in order to become authentic followers of Christ. If it seems an impossible ideal, perhaps it is because we have yet to validate it in our own private micro-cosmos.

Lasting peace is possible.

Humbly we seek Him, and in His promise find the courage to follow Him: “I am with you always, even to the end of the world.” Christ’s peace is the only the peace we can trust and must desire, not the “peace” being peddled by the princes of a blind and greedy world. And that’s the truth.

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<<<PERSPECTIVE.... from P/5

Furtive measure to take away national patrimony economic out-comes. But that is precisely the point: increasing foreign investment is not an end in itself. The country’s stunted development is not due to the lack of foreign investment but because of the lack of real policies to strengthen the domestic economy.”

“Moreover, the losses to the economy from unrestrained foreign investor domination will be immense.

Local enterprises and businesses, already reeling from decades of globalization, will

be weakened further. The country’s scarce mineral, forestry and fishery resources will be exploited with scant benefits for the local economy, while local communities will be dislocated.”

If the Filipino people would not mobilize against these maneuvers aimed at a wholesale sell out of the country’s national patrimony, we may wake up one day and realize that we have become slaves and squatters in our own country|

City Government for FY 2015.

Idinagdag pa ni Atienza na ang approval ng ordinansa ay mahalagang hakbang upang masimulan na ang Third Bridge na itatayo sa Ferry Kumintang Ibaba at Gulod Labac.

Matatandaan na inatasan ni Mayor Eddie B. Dimacuha ang Technical Working Group (TWG) para sa preliminary design ng Third Bridge bilang paghahanda sa Terms of Reference (TOR) ng winning contractor.

Isang expropriation ordinance din ang hiniling ni Dimacuha upang mapabilis ang gagawing pagsasaayos ng lokasyon ng third Bridge pati na ang relokasyon ng mga nakatira dito.| JERSON J. SANCHEZ

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Mataas na baraha Pingas sa tabi Hiyas Department of Agriculture Ginagamit sa paggawa ng salamin Bahagi ng bubong Paliparan sa Japan Laman ng siopao Portugal: daglat Ms. Villania, aktres Bulong Pera ng Papua New Guinea Pinakatimog na bansa sa Gitnang Amerika Pangalang pambabae Kaning tinusta sa mantika Nakamamatay Baluga Bakal Bayan sa Camarines Sur Marahang kabig: Ingles Pandikit Pandiin: salita Kiribati: daglat

Gemini (Mayo 21-Hun. 21) - May matatanggap na mahalagang balita sa pamamagitan ng sulat o tawag sa telepono na maaaring makapagpabago ng iyong buhay. Magiging masayahin at kasiyasiya ang pakikitungo sa mga taong makakasalamuha o makakausap. Lucky numbers at color ay 11, 13, 21, 32 at orange.

Cancer (Hun. 22-Hul. 22) - Congratulation dahil malamang isang masayang pangyayari ang darating sa inyong buhay.

Ang mga kasamahan at kasambahay ay handang makiisa sa iyong nais isagawa.

Lucky numbers at color ay 1, 5, 21, 39 at ruby red.

Leo (Hul. 23-Ago. 22) - Mag-ingat sa anumang ginagawa para makatiyak na mapalayo sa anumang sakuna. Isang kaibigan na nangangailangan ng iyong tulong. Lucky numbers at color ay 8, 18, 28, 38 at lavender.

Virgo (Ago 23-Set. 23) - Ikaw ang pinakamasayang nilikha kung matatapos ang mga nakatakdang gawain. Lucky numbers at color ay 8, 31, 32, 41 at pink.

Libra (Set. 24-Okt. 23) - Huwag magalinlangan at iwasan ang labis na pagseselos sa iyong minamahal. Malamang hahantong sa matinding tampuhan o hiwalayan kung magkakaalitan nang dahil sa selos. Lucky numbers at color ay 5, 13, 22, 44 at silver gray.

Scorpio (Okt. 24-Nob. 22) - Ito ang panahon sa pagpaplano ng kinabukasan, gaya ng pagpapakasal. Magiging positibo sa pananaw tungkol sa kapakanan ng pamilya at sarili. Lucky numbers at color ay 7, 28, 37, 42 at yellow.

Sagittarius (Nob. 23-Dis. 21) - Mahalagang bigyan ng pansin at wastong pagaalaga ang kalusugan. Kung may dinaramdam na kakaiba, makakabuting magpatingin o kumunsulta sa doktor. Lucky numbers at color ay 11, 22, 31, 42 at green.

Capricorn (Dis. 22-Ene. 19) - Ipagpaliban ang pagbabago sa bahay o opisina.

Huwag magmadali sa mga pinapangarap at tiyak darating ito sa tamang panahon.

Lucky numbers at color ay 9, 11, 23, 35 at silver.

Aquarius (Ene. 20-Peb. 18) - Ang taglay na suliranin ay magiging dahilan para maging emosyonal ka ngayon. Subalit sa matutuklasan mo, may isa kang lihim na tagahanga. Lucky numbers at color ay 5, 12, 31, 40 at aqua blue.

Pisces (Peb. 19-Mar. 20) - Iwasan ngayon ang mga kaibigang nagsisimula sa T at M ang pangalan dahil magbibigay ito ng hinanakit sa iyo. Isang Libra o Taurus ang makapagbibigay kasiyahan. Lucky numbers at color ay 15, 19, 28, 42 at mint green.

Aries (Mar. 21-Abril 19) - Magiging kaligayahan sa puso ang maglingkod sa kapwa, na siyang maghahari sa sarili.

Lucky numbers at color ay 8, 12, 27, 38 at green.

Taurus (Abril 20-Mayo 20) - Makatatanggap ka ng mahalagang impormasyon tungkol sa iyong mga binabalak na siyang magiging malaking tulong sa iyong hanapbuhay. Lucky numbers at color ay 4, 23, 34, 36 at old rose.

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Tanauan City teams, As-Pac baseball champs TWO Tanauan City baseball teams fought off two separate opponents, but fashioned out a similar 10-0 run to capture for the Philippines the Mustang 9-Under and Mustang 10Under crowns in the 2015 PONY Asia-Pacific Baseball Championships held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on May 22-24, 2015.

So dominating, that the Mustang-9 team, composed of nineyear-old and under boys, allowed the opposition a solitary homerun while compiling 55 points during the 3-day tournament. The team routed Indonesia (12-1) in the first round, crushed host Vietnam (33-0) in the second round, and again, trounced Indonesia (10-0) for the crown.

In the same manner, the Mustang-10 team (ten-year-old and under) tallied 57 homeruns while giving away only 3 points.

The team downed Singapore (18-2), Indonesia (21-1), and Vietnam (11-0) during the eliminations, before blanking Singapore (10-0) in the finals.

“I am so happy with the superb performance of our boys. The other teams were all praises with the way our boys played in the tournament,” said Tato Dimayuga, Tanauan City Sports Commissioner and head of the delegation, in a Facebook page post.

“A cut above the rest,” he added.

Tanauan City mayor Antonio C. Halili broke the good news during the Monday flag-raising ceremonies.

EUPHORIC members of the Tanauan City Mustang-9 (left) and Mustang-10 baseball teams toss their caps as a celebratory gesture after winning the 2015 PONY Asia-Pacific Baseball Championships held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last May 22-24, 2015 (CIO“Again, not one, but two homegrown teams brought honor and pride to Tanauan City and to the whole country,” as he made the announcement to the delight of the

city government employees who were still basking at the victory of Asia’s Got Talent first grand winner, Tanauan City’s El Gamma Penumbra.

The teams, both donning the Philippine Razcals uniforms, will represent the Asia-Pacific in the 2015 PONY Baseball International World Series. The Mustang-9 World

Series will be held in Walnut, California on July 30 to August 2, 2015. While, the Mustang-10 World Series will be played in Youngsville, Louisiana on August 6-9, 2015

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Mayor EBD Cup 2015 league winners, kinilala TINANGHAL na Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha Cup 2015 Inter-Barangay Basketball League - Senior’s Division Champion ang Barangay Calicanto matapos talunin ang karibal na

Barangay 6 sa Batangas City Sports Coliseum, Mayo 25. Tinanghal na 2nd runner up naman sa torneo ang Barangay 11.

Kabilang sa Mythical 5 sina

Dangal ng Batangas Gregorio Fider, sumakabilang na sa edad na 92 PUMANAW na sa edad na 92 ang isa sa kinikilalang anak ng San Pascual, Batangas na si Ret. Brig. Gen. Gregorio Fider, ang ama ng kasalukuyang Vice Mayor nito na si Jay Fider. Minsan rin siyang kumandidato sa pagka-Mayor ng bayan ng San Pascual.

Kilala siya bilang Gen. Fider sa mga kasamahan sa serbisyo o kaya’y Ka Goring sa mga kaibigan sa Batangas. Siya ang anak nina Pedro Fider at Clara Briones ng San Antonio, San Pascual.

Kinilala ng lalawigan ng Batangas ang kanyang mga naging accomplishments sa military service at bilang sibilyan. Patunay nito ay iginawad sa kanya ng Batangas Provincial Government ang pinakamataas na award bilang “DANGAL NG BATANGAS” noong January 16, 1978.

Nagtapos si Gen. Fider sa Philippine Military Academy noong 1945, at Bachelor of Laws sa Far Eastern University (FEU) noong 1952, at kaagad naging miyembro ng Philippine Bar Association.

Makaraan ang ilang taon, siya ay muling nag-aral ng mga kurso sa Police Administration, Police Planning, Crime Investigation, Physical Evidence and Police Laboratory sa School of Criminology, University of California, U.S.A. Nagpatuloy pa rin sa pagdalo sa mga pagsasanay sa iba’t ibang training schools dito sa bansa.

Ilan sa mga mahahalagang posisyong kanyang hinawakan ay ang pagiging Provincial Commander.

Quezon Constabulary Command noong 1966 hanggang 1969; Chief Military Intelligence Legal Office (MILO), JAGO kasabay ng pagiging Chief, Consta-

bulary Intel Task Force, C-2 Div., HPC 1969-1970; at Deputy Chief, Philippine Constabulary, AFP simula Enero, 1972 hanggang Marso 1976.

Naglingkod rin siya bilang President, Military Commission simula Setyembre, 1972 hanggang Marso 1976; Designated as Representative of the President in and Military Supervisor of the Coconut Industry noong Agosto 1973 hanggang Marso 1976; Consultant/ Security Coordinator, Central Bank of the Phils. simula Marso 1979 hanggang 1984; Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Deputy Minister for the Police Matters at Chairman, NAPOLCOM, Ministry of National Defense noong Pebrero 1984 hanggang Disyembre, 1985, at iba pang mahahalagang posisyon sa mga publiko at pribadong ahensya.

Pinamunuan rin niya ang ilang mga organisasyon at samahan bilang militar at sibilyan.

Iginawad sa kanya ng tatlong beses ang Armed Forces of the Philippines Military Merit Medal, at dalawang beses naman ang Armed Forces of the Philippines Distinguished Service Star Medal, President’s Award Distinction ng FEU noong 1970, Cavalier Award for Sports Leadership ng Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association, 1975.

Matalino, mabait at masarap kausap, maaari siyang magbigay ng mahabang lectures at masustansyang usapan sa anumang paksa. Ganito inilarawan ng mga kaibigan si Gen. Fider. Siya rin ay may malakas na sense of humor na tunay na ikinagugulat ng mga nakakausap. Siya ay isang mabuting ama, kaibigan at mahusay na boss.

Palagi niyang ipinapayo sa mga nakakausap na “In everything you do, you should find enjoyment and you will live a long life.”| MARIE V. LUALHATI

Lester Garcia (Brgy. 11), John Paulo Carandang (Brgy. 6), Jay-ar Lopez (Brgy. 6), Wilmar Anderson at Lucky Mangabang (kapwa ng Brgy.

Calicanto). Si Mangabang din ang tinanghal na Most Valuable Player (MVP).

Sa Juniors Division, 3rd runner up ang Barangay 20, 2nd runner up ang Barangay Sta Rita Karsada, 1st runner-up ang Barangay Calicanto at Champion ang Brgy. Sta Clara.

Naging MVP ng Juniors Division si Raven Briones ng barangay Sta Clara. Kasama niya sa Mythical 5 sina Bryan Justine Pentinio ng Brgy. 20, Kearney Nohlann Conti ng Sta. Rita Karsada, Harvey Fajilan ng Calicanto, at Jay-jay Angelo ng Sta. Clara.

Sa Volleyball, naging kampeon ng Men’s Division ang Barangay Libjo. Sinundan ito ng Bolbok-1st runner-up, Alangilan - 2nd runnerup at San Isidro-3 rd runner-up.

Tinanghal na Most Valuable Player si Jonas Roi Fernando mula sa Brgy. Libjo.

Kasama ni Fernando sa Mythical 6 sina Limmuel Catibog (Libjo), Byron Borts Magtibay (Bolbok), Kevin Cuasay ( Libjo), Dhee Jhay Esguerra (Bolbok) at Jake Michael Aguila (San Isidro).

Napiling Best Libero si Jerwin Culla ng barangay Banaba East.

Ginawaran ng Most Behaved Team ang barangay Malitam at Most Disciplined Team ang barangay Bolbok.

Para sa Women’s Division, kampeon ang Brgy. Libjo sa pangunguna ni Most Valuable Player Melinda Bathan.

Nakatunggali nila ang Brgy.

Cuta na siyang naging 1st runnerup. Kinuha naman ng Alangilan ang 2nd runner-up trophy samantalang Brgy. Kumintang Ibaba naman ang 3rd runner-up.

Bukod kay Bathan, kabilang sa Mythical 6 sina Mia Magadia at Giselle Gonzales ng Brgy. Libjo, Madel Villano ng Cuta, Loryvel Faytaren ng Alangilan at Wilma Arago ng Kumintang Ibaba.

Napiling Best Libero si Joane Driz ng Cuta habang Most Behaved Team ang Brgy. Kumintang Ibaba.

Sa Inter-Barangay Softball League, tinanghal na kampeon ang mga manlalaro ng Brgy. Alangilan Sitio Ilaya, 2nd place ang Brgy. Libjo at 3rd place ang Brgy. Alangilan Sitio Calumpang.

Napiling HomeRun King si Joey Gozo ng Brgy. Libjo habang si Wilmhar Caringal naman ng Brgy.

Alangilan Sitio Calumpang ang tinanghal na MVP Ang Brgy. Alangilan ang nakakuha ng kampeonato sa InterBarangay Baseball League. Pumangalawa sa kanila ang Brgy.

Malitam, 2nd runner up ang Brgy.

Calicanto at 3rd runner up naman ang Brgy. Libjo.

Most Valuable Player si Jasper Francisco ng Alangilan at HomeRun King naman si Gabrielle dela Cruz ng Brgy. Calicanto.

Tig-P1,000.00 ang tinanggap ng miyembro ng mythical five at P2,000 para sa Most Valuable Player.

Bukod sa mga medalya at tropeo, tumanggap ng cash prizes na P20,000, P15,000, P10,000 at P5,000 ayon sa pagkakasunodsunod ang mga nagwagi.

Ang Mayors Cup ay sinimulan noong 2001 sa pangunguna ni pununlunsod Eduardo B. Dimacuha na naglalayong palakasin ang sports sa syudad at madebelop ang camaraderie sa pagitan ng mga manlalarong Batangueño mula sa iba’t ibang barangay.| RONNA ENDAYA CONTRERAS