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Tanauan City, Towards the Sustainable 3rd sa Mustang-9 Rehabilitation ofTingga Falls: World Series Tracing Previous Initiatives >>>ENVIRONMENT....P/2

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LUNSOD NG LIPA – Samantalang wala pang katityakan kung paano muling marerekober ng mga narahuyong magsipaglagak ng pamumuhunan sa One Dream Global Marketing, Inc., isa na namang bagong pinaghihinlaang investment scam ang nabunyag na may operasyon sa lunsod na ito nitong nakaraang Biyernes. Ito’y matapos matiktikan ang isang nagngangalang Randy Dorado, 44, na umano’y kabilang sa mga ahente ng One Dream Global na nangongolekta umano ng membership sa mga Lipeño para naman sa Channels of Hope Organization, Inc. na may estratihiyang halos nakakapareho ng sa One Dream Global.

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Grand Terminal PPP Contract, pasado sa 8-2 boto ng konseho

NA NAMAN! Ipinaliliwanag ni Lipa City mayor Meynard Sabili sa mga mamamahayag ang ginawang hakbang ng pamahalaang lunsod ng Lipa upang matunton ang mga taong pinaghihinalaang responsable sa umano’y bagong investment scam sa naturang lunsod.|

LUNSOD BATANGAS – PASADO na sa Sangguniang Panlunsod ng Batangas ang isang resolusyong nagkukumpirma sa Contract of Lease sa pagitan ng Pamahalang Lunsod ng Batangas at ng Batangas Ventures Properties and Management Corporation (BVPMC) para sa debelopment, operasyon at pangangasiwa ng Batangas City Grand Terminal. Nitong nakalipas na Lunes, sa sesyon ng konseho, walo (8) ang bumoto ng pabor sa pag-apruba ng kontrata – sina Kagawad Glenn M. Aldover, Kag.

Ma. Claudette Ambida-Alday, Kag. Aileen Grace A. Montalbo, Kag. Sergie Rex M. Atienza, Kag. Armando Lazarte, Kag. Alyssa Cruz-Atienza, Kag. Gerardo dela Roca at kag. Julian Villena. Kapwa bumoto ng “no” naman sina Kag. Hamilton Blanco at Kag. Kristine G. Balmes. Kasama ring pinagtibay ng konseho angr esolusyong nagbibigay-otoridad kay Pununlunsod Eduardo B. Dimacuha na lumagda sa nasabing kontrata bilang ama ng lunsod.

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BALIK Armas Program, tampok sa Anibersaryo ng Philippine National Police IPINAGDIWANG ng Batangas Police Provincial Office ang kanilang 114th Police Service Anniversary sa Lalawigan ng Batangas noong ika-5 ng Agosto 2015. Naging tampok sa pagtitipon si Batangas Governor Vilma Santos Recto na siyang nagsilbing panauhing pandangal, kasama ang mga PNP top brass ng Batangas Police Force na pinamumunuan ni P/Senior Supt. Omega Jireh Fidel. Sa kanyang mensahe, sinabi ng gobernadora na kaya niyang ipagmalaki ang pagtutulungan ng pamahalaang Panlalawigan at ng kapulisan sa pagpapanatili ng katahimikan at seguridad sa lalawigan. Sa kabila ng limitasyon at panganib sa trabaho ay nakikita niya ang dedikasyon ng mga ito sa kanilang tungkulin. Matatandaang simula nang maupo si Governor Vi, isa sa mga pangunahing programa ng kanyang administrasyon ang seguridad at katahimikan ng lalawigan, daan upang mabigyan ng ekstensibong tulong ang puwersa ng kapulisan sa lalawigan para sa mga modernong armas at kagamitan.

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Benjie Oliveros

KATUWANG SA PAGSASALBA NG BUHAY. Iginawad nina Governor Vilma Santos Recto at Police Senior Superintendent Omega Jireh Deocares Fidel, Provincial Director ng Batangas Police Provincial Office kay G. Ronald Generoso ng Philippine National Red Cross – Batangas Chapter sa pagdiriwang ng ika-114 Taong Pagkakatatag ng Philippine National Police ang Special Award na ipinagkakaloob sa mga sibilyan para sa kanilang suporta at aktibong pakikipagtulungan sa Batangas Provincial Office.| ELFIE ILUSTRE / LOUIE HERNANDEZ

AUGUST 10 - 16, 2015

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Towards the Sustainable Rehabilitation of Tingga Falls: Tracing Previous Initiatives bathe in the river with other kids and during the Lenten Season, families INGGA (Ting’-ga) Falls is one of the wonders of Batangas City. flocked in the area to celebrate the time together. Its popularity has reached even the national scene and became Another thing was the kids living setting for different films shot in the 70s and 80s. The waterfall has in the community have grown up boosted the tourism industry of Batangas City. A lot of people visit watching several shootings happen in the area because it was believed that the water coming from the falls Tingga Falls. The resident also shared that because of that, kids have has therapeutic effects and the area becomes too busy especially dreamed bigger and been inspired to during the Lenten Season. be also successful and famous The province has become People in the community depended on the someday. waterfall for potable water. They used it for one of the most popular regions But those things that happened drinking, cooking, washing laundries and in the country. Batangueños are in the past seemed to stay just like bathing. As the city become industrialized, known for their distinct accent that, memories. When the barangay services for the people improved including when conversing and for saying has gained easy access on water lines like “Ala eh!”, “Ay, kumusta water services. through the BCWD, people tend to When Batangas City Water District started ga?” or “Sinsay muna dine.” Aside neglect the waterfall. People started operating, people in the city together with from that, they are also known to dump wastes in the area. Also, Tingga Labac gained easier access to clean for delicacies such as Kapeng lesser and lesser locales go in the Falls water. With the BCWD, potable water became Barako, Tsokolate Tablea, since potable water is just a grip on just a grip of faucet away. Because of this, sumang magkayakap, lomi, the faucet away unlike before that residents of Tingga Labac shy away from the bulalo, ginataang manok sa they have to go there everyday to get waterfall until their visits in the fall became dilaw, Tapang Taal, Calde-retang water. just limited during special occasions such as Kambing and the lists of the food Aside from that, one of the main goes on that is one of the factors Lenten Season. sources of income of people in the Being independent from Tingga Falls for why local and foreign tourists upstream barangays and community survival, residents began to neglect it. Wastes kept coming back to the place. like Ibaan, Soro-Soro Ibaba and SoroFurthermore, Batangas is including synthetic debris and animal Soro Karsada is hog raising. Wastes manures and remains are dumped in the known for having the most coming from the industry are depobeautiful and breath-taking ICONIC. Aside from the great tandem of Fernando Poe Jr and Lorna riverbanks causing it to be polluted. sited in the riverbanks especially Also, with the advent of hog raising espe- swimming getaways and among Tolentino in their movie Sa Putik Ihugas ang Dugo, several celebrities wastes from backyard farming. The cially backyard farming in the nearby baran- those that are very well-known and movie producers have also discovered the magnificence of the industry becomes boosted overtime gays and municipality like Soro-Soro Ibaba, are those in Laiya, Nasugbu and waterfalls until many other tourists also visit the area.| but at the expense of Tingga Falls. Soro-Soro Karsada and Ibaan have paved way Anilao. the people who will bathe with it or drink the When it is raining, residents smell foul Apart from the food, the people and the for a more polluted waterfall casing the smell water. Because of this, people who are suffering odor coming from the falls; this poses a risk coming from it smells too foul it poses health resorts, the place is also known for its natural from different kinds of illnesses have come to in the health of the people especially those risks to the residents living near Tingga Falls. beauty including having water-falls. Tingga the waterfalls to find remedy for their health living near the Falls. Because of this, initiatives to rehabilitate Falls located at Brgy. Tingga Labac, Batangas difficulties. Because of this, the local government has the Falls started. Community leaders and City was never an exemption. The waterfall Additionally, the falls is one of the basins moved to help solve the problem. Every night, officers patrol the area every night to prevent has 105 steps and got its name in area where of rivers running from Taysan, Padre Garcia, barangay officers patrol the area to prevent people from dumping wastes. Also the it is located. According to the locales, during Ibaan, Lipa City, San Jose and Soro-Soro further pollution of Tingga Falls. Also, tree community has organized clean-up drives the Japanese occupation in the country, Karsada and Soro-Soro Ibaba. planting activities and clean-up drives have and tree planting activities for Tingga water- Japanese noticed that the place is abundant The Waterfall’s Struggle been started. But the initiatives don’t live long; falls. Unfortunately, the initiatives do not with “Tingga” (nickel) and so they named the As time passes, environs of Batangas City the movement to save the falls was not become sustainable and the problem of the area as Tingga. became contaminated. According to Tingga sustainable at that time. Tingga Falls became a favorite location Falls worsen. Labac chairman, the contamination of the During an interview with the residents, With this, the team called Tumi-Tingga for different films shot in the 60s and 70s. waterfall started since the 80s. People nearby they voiced out that they have dreams for the would want to conduct an intervention to help One of those is the film “Sa Putik Ihugas ang the falls dump their wastes in the river. waterfall. They wished that it would regain its in rehabilitating Tingga Falls. The intervention Dugo” in June 1979 starring Fernando “The People in the community seemed to feel beauty. is through public service announcements King” Poe Jr. and Lorna Tolentino. Aside invincible from any type of danger they have Previous Interventions for the Falls’ which tackle issues of the waterfall. The PSA from them, several celebrities and movie caused to the environment until the wastes Rehabilitation aims to help the people realize that the producers have also discovered the magnithat they are dumping causes the death of Several organizations including private movement to save the waterfall could not be ficence of the waterfalls until many other the once magnificent waterfall. and government institutions had and is still achieved by only few people or organizations tourists also visit the area. With the tourists Based on a study conducted by Environ- trying to rehabilitate what was left of Tingga constantly coming, people in the community but it should be everyone’s’. mental Management Bureau of the Philippines Falls. Including in the organizations are I am have raised small-scale businesses like selling A Tourist Destination last year, out of 127 bodies of water in the Ninoy- I am Cory Movement, Save Calumpang Batangas province is located at Southern souvenir items, putting up eateries and selling country, 53 percent is contaminated and only River Movement, Inc and AMEN or the Luzon and housed to diverse cultures and snacks and drinks where the delicacies of the 47 percent has been determined as clean. Also, Archdiocesan Ministry for the Environment. tourist spots that have captured the hearts, province became more popular with the people. they said that one of the most contaminated Last March (2014), I am Ninoy- I am Cory Aside from that, water coming from the not only of the community people but also of the 53 percent is Tingga Falls. movement spearheaded a tree-planting and falls is known to have therapeutic effects to people from all over the globe. According to Marcelino Telega- clean-up activity dubbed as “One Tree, Juan tos, Punumbarangay of Tingga Life; A Project for Saving Tingga Falls in Labac; the falls has been long lost its participation with volunteers from different beauty and almost no living universities, Archdiocesan Ministry for Enviorganisms inhabit the place anymore. ronment, Ninoy-Cory Aquino Foundation, Recently, a tree planting and Save Calumpang River Movement and clean-up activity was conducted in community members. The activity aims to Tingga Falls. The activity was orga- take initiative on the rehabilitation of the falls. nized by a non-governmental organiSaCARM is a non-governmental orgazation called I am Cory-I am Ninoy nization founded a year ago which aimed to Movement and was participated by help rehabilitate Calumpang River. Water volunteers from different academic, coming from Tingga Falls go into the River social and civic institutions and and so the initiatives or negligence for the waterfall affects greatly the River and locales. During the clean-up, it was deter- SaCaRM in the process. The agency helped mined that several wastes including out in the tree planting activities and cleannon-biodegradable ones were piled up up drives in Tingga Falls. in the area. Diapers, sachets of BSP-Batangas City on the other hand is shampoo, toothpastes and junk food the first ever agency to initiate the rehabiliare too much. Also, the water in the tation for Tingga Falls. During their jamborees waterfall was not clear anymore due the group always do tree planting activities also to the animal manures and and clean-up drives there. related wastes coming from San Jose, One of the most active religious group in Ibaan, Soro-Soro Karsada and Ibaba. the province fighting and protecting its In the past years, water coming natural resources is Archdiocesan Ministry from Tingga Falls is the main source for the Environment (AMEn). AMEn is a of potable water in Tingga Labac. group which supports any movement for the People used it for cooking, washing environment. Volunteers from AMEn helped THROWBACK. About 30 Scouts from Batangas National High School (BNHS) and Tingga Itaas clothes, drinking, etc. A “taal” resi- in any activities to rehabiliate Tingga Falls. Sorosoro Ibaba Sorosoro Itaas National High School (TISISI) together with their Scout Leaders dent of the barangay even said that The city government of Batangas also and staff from Batangas City Council joined hand with SACARM, AMEN and STF Inc. in the the Falls became a big part of their helped in the beautification of Tingga Falls. massive Clean Up that took place on June 20, 2014, at Tingga Falls, Tingga Labac, Batangas City.| childhood days. They occasionally >>>ENVIRONMENT....turn to P/7 

SARAH JOY HERNANDEZ, Staff Reporter

AUGUST 10 - 16, 2015

NEWS

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No Bio, No Boto, patuloy na isinusulong ng COMELEC Batangas UPANG mapalawig ang kampanya ng Commission on Elections na “No Bio, No Boto” sa darating na 2016 national elections, naging daan ang COMELEC Batangas na madagdagan ang 52% na mga Batangueñong botante na nagpa-validate ng kanilang biometrics data sa pamamagitan ng short talk ni Election Supervisor Atty. Gloria Ramos Petallo na ginanap sa Kapitolyo noong Agosto 3, 2015. Ayon sa tala ng Comelec Batangas, 52% pa lang o 108,701 sa 209,867 botanteng hindi kumpleto o walang biometrics data ang nagpa-

validate sa mga tanggapan ng Comelec sa buong lalawigan ng Batangas mula Mayo 2014 hanggang Hulyo 27, 2015. Dahil dito, gumawa ng paraan ang Comelec Batangas para lahat ng Batangueño ay makaboto sa susunod na taon. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang pagkakaroon ng satellite registration sa malls, barangay satellite registration at pagkakabit ng no bio, no boto posters. Isinagawa din ng mga kampanyang Go Bio, Kapitolyo! at Validation iS Required (VSR) o satellite registration ng mga empleyado at ilang residente ng Batangas City at Lipa City

sa Comelec Batangas kung saan 129 botante ang dumulog sa kanilang tanggapan upang magparehistro at magpa-validate ng kanilang biometrics data. Ayon kay Atty. Petallo, nakikipag-ugnayan siya kay Governor Vilma Santos at sa Provincial Human Resource Management Office upang matulungan hindi lang ang mga taga-Kapitolyo kung hindi maging ang ilang kababayan na mapadali ang kanilang pagpapa-biometrics dahil sa kawalan ng oportunidad na pumunta sa kani-kanilang Comelec offices. Ang nasabing aksyon ng Comelec Batangas

ay alinsunod sa nakasaad sa Republic Act 10367 na ipinasa noong 2013, na nagsasabing ang bawat botante ay dapat magkaroon ng biometrics o madede-activate sila sa 2016 presidential elections. Hanggang October 31, 2015 lamang isasagawa ang pagpapa biometrics kung saan kukuhanan ng litrato, lagda at finger prints ng botante. Pakay ng biometrics na linisin ang voters lists upang maiwasan ang mga patay na nakakaboto, at mga flying voters o double registrars. Kristina Marie Joy B. Andal

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Ika-100 taong Pagpupugay sa Kooperatiba, ipinagdiwang LUNSOD BATANGAS Ipinagdiwang at binigyangpagpupugay sa Lalawigan Batangas ang kilusang Kooperatiba sa ika-100 taon nitong kabahagi ng pamayanan sa kaunlaran sa Pilipinas. Isang programa ang inihandog ng Batangas Provincial Cooperative Development Office, Agosto 5, na dinaluhan ng mga kabataan at kilusang kooperatiba mula sa iba’t ibang rehiyon ng bansa. Nakatuon sa pagpapakilala ng Kooperatiba sa mga kabataan, ang National Congress for the Youth and Laboratory Cooperatives ay nilahukan ng mga estudyante mula sa University of Northern Philippines, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, mga kinatawan ng National Confederations of Cooperatives, Philippine Federations of Credit Cooperatives, APPEND Network, Cooperative Development Authority at mga kooperatiba sa region IV. Ipinakilala sa mga kinatawan ng pagtitipon ang mga adhikain ng kooperatiba kasama ang mga management guidelines nito sa mga laboratory cooperatives. Binubuo ng mga mag-aaral, ang mga laboratory coop na ito ay isang epektibong breeding and training grounds para sa maayos at masaganang kooperatiba sa mga susunod na henerasyon. Ipinaliwanag at ipinakita ng mga coop convenor sa

mga youth delegate sa pamamagitan ng audio visual presentations and forums, at mga panibagong guidelines para sa mga laboratory cooperatives ganun din ang programang Cooperative Entrepreneurship at On the Job Training na handog ng CHED at Youth Cooperative Education na inilatag ng Cooperative Development Authority. Ipinaabot ni Batangas Governor Vilma Santos Recto ang kanyang pasasalamat at papuri sa mga convenor ng coop youth congress sa pagbibigay ng pagkakataon sa mga kabataan na mamulat ng maaga sa kabutihan at kasaganahan na maaring ibigay ng isang matagumpay na Kooperatiba. Ibinahagi din nito sa lupon ang kanyang mga programa na nakatutok sa mga kooperatiba ganun na rin sa mga kabataan na isinasagawa na nagsisilbing haligi upang mapatatag ang kilusang kooperatiba ganun din ang edukasyon ng mga kabataan ukol sa kilusang kooperatiba. Ang Lalawigan ng Batangas ay isa mga lalawigan sa Pilipinas na mayroong matatagumapay o mga yaong tinaguriang Multi- Million Capital Cooperatives at isa sa pinakatanyag at kilala rito ay ang Soro-Soro Ibaba Development Cooperative na pinamumunuan ni Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines Representative Rico Geron.|EDWIN V. ZABARTE

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BALIK Armas Program, tampok sa Anibersaryo ng Philippine National Police Ginawaran ng pagkilala ng PNP ang mga organisasyong sibilyan na aktibong katuwang ng kapulisan sa kanilang programa na nakatutok sa pagkakaroon kaayusan sa lalawigan. Ipinrisinta rin sa mga opisyal na dumalo ang mga armas na nakolekta ng Batangas PNP sa kanilang “BALIK-Armas “ program o Batangueño Layuning Ilagak sa Pulis ang kanilang Armas para sa Kapayapaan na sinimulan noong Hulyo 13, taong ito. Layunin ng programang ito na hikayatin ang mga Batangueño na maging

responsible gun owners sa pamamagitan ng maingat na pagsasauli ng kanilang mga hindi lisensyadong armas habang ang mga ito ay walang kaukulang papeles bilang pagtalima sa Republic Act 10591. Kapalit ng hakbang na ito, handing tumulong ang PNP sa mga gun owner sa pagsasaayos ng mga papeles para maproseso ang kanilang mga gun owner’s license. Sa kabuan, 206 na sarisaring armas ang nasa posesyon ng Batangas PNP simula noong July 13 hanggang ika5 ng Agosto.| ELFIE ESTRELLAILUSTRE

IKA-100 PAGPUPUGAY SA KOOPERATIBA. Ipinagkaloob ng mga pinuno ng Cooperative Development Authority kay Batangas Governor Vilma Santos Recto ang Certificate of Appreciation bilang pagkilala sa kanyang mga nagawang programa ng pagpapatibay at pagpapaunlad ng kilusang kooperatiba sa Lalawigan ng Batangas. Kasama ng Gobernadora sa okasyong National Youth Congress for the Youth and Laboratory Cooperative sina (L-R) CDA Administrator, Benjie S. Oliva at Mercedes D. Castillo; CDA Chairperson, Orlando R. Ranavera; Administrator Pendatu B. Disamban at Eulogio T. Castillio.| LOUIE HERNANDEZ

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Shell Refinery personnel, nagsagawa ng earthquake drill SA isang industrial plant tulad ng Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, Inc. sa Batangas City, importante ang magkaroon ng earthquake drill upang mapaghandaan at madagdagan ang kanilang kaalaman kung sakaling mag karoon ng biglaan pag lindol. At para maging handa sa anumang kalamidad na darating nagsagawa ng earthquake drill ang Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Inc. noong July 31, itoy upang malaman nila ang dapat gawin kung sakaling magkaroon ng anumang uri ng kalamidad tulad ng lindol. Matagumpay na naisagawa ng PSPC, ang kanilang kauna-unahang earthquake drill. Layunin ng

nasabing pagsasanay na mapalakas at mapatatag ang kasanayan ng mga empleyado sa paghahanda sa pagdating ng kalamidad. Isa sa mga binigyang-diin sa pagsasanay ang abilidad ng mga nakatalagang tauhan sa pagpaplano at pagresponde sa mga ganitong sitwasyon ay ang pagkakaroon ng Incident Command System (ICS), ang pamamaraan ng paglilikas ng mga tao kung saan ang pansin ay nakatuon sa mga empleyado at contractor employees. Ayon kay Red Salonga Disaster Emergency Response PSPC Officer, malaking tulong sa kanila ang

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ganitong drill upang maging handa at masiguro ang kaligtasan lalo na at may malaking banta sa buhay ng mga taong nakatira sa mga barangay na malapit sa kanila planta. Aniya, bukas sila sa mga suhestiyon na dapat nilang gawin upang mas lalo nilang paghandaan ang anumang uri ng kalamidad. Ang pagsasanay ay ibinatay sa pagkakaroon ng lindol na may 7 magnitude mula sa Manila trench at naramdaman sa buong lalawigan ng Batangas at karatig probinsiya sa CALABARZON, Mindoro at Metro Manila. Bago mag drill nagkaroon sila ng briefing

para malaman nila ang mga lugar na maaring magdulot ng pinsala at mga daanan na ligtas patungo sa lugar na pag lilikasan. Sa evaluation na isinagawa ng City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council o CDRRMC, kasama ang DILG, CSDWO, PIO, BFP at Red Cross Batangas Chapter pinuri nila ang pamunuan ng PSPC dahil sa naging maayos at matagumpay na naisagawa ang drill. Mayroon lamang na ilan rekomendasyong ibinahagi ang mga evaluators na dapat gawin upang mas lalong higit na mapaghandaan ang lindol.| LIZA DE LOS REYES

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Grand Terminal PPP Contract, Investment scam na naman? ulat ni ipagsakdal si Dorado ng pasado sa 8-2 boto ng konseho LipaSaCityipinadalang Police chief Carlos kasong syndicated estafa, Batay sa probisyon ng kontrata, kailangang sundin nito ang panuntunang nakalahad sa Batangas City PP Code (Ord. No. 3, S. 2013), sapagkat ang magiging ugnayan ng magkabilang panig ay sa paraang public-private partnership (PPP). Nakasaad din sa kontrata na ang magiging buwanang upa ng BVPMC sa pamahalaang lunsod ay P225,000.00 para sa kabuuang lupaing 23,511 metro kwadrado o sa halagang P9.57 kada metro kwadrado, na may 5% cumulative increase kada ikatlong taon

para sa kabuuang 25 taong kontrata. Nakapaloob din ditto ang pagdebelop o pagtatayo ng isang maayos na grand terminal sa loob ng isang taon matapos lagdaan ang kontrata at pagdebelop o pagtatayo ng mga gusali at pasildiad sa paligid ng terminal para sa mas maayos na operasyon ng pasilidad. Gayundin, kinakailangang bigyan ng sapat na lugar para pagtayuan ng mga pasalubong center na pangangasiwaan ng grupo ng mga kababaihan sa lunsod.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

Barde kay PSSupt. Omega Jireh Fidel, nakatanggap umano ang kaniyang tanggapan ng mga reklamo laban kay Dorado kaya’t isinagawa nila ang isang entrapment operation sa San Nicolas St., Barangay Balintawak sa nasabing lunsod. Nabatid pa na pinangakuan ni Dorado ang mga naginvest ng tig-P27,528.00 na matatanggap nila ang kabuuang P39,000 makalipas ang apat (4) na araw o katumbas ng 40% interes makalipas mabuo ang ikatlong cycle. Dahil dito, nakahandang

ayon pa sa pulisya. Samantala, nilinaw ni Dorado na ang kanila umanong charitable foundation ay rehistrado sa Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at tumutulong lang sila sa mga mahihirap sa lalawigan. Pinaniniwalaang ang Channels of Hope Organizations, Inc. ay isang sistercompany ng One Dream Global Marketing ng grupo ni Arnel Gacer na nakapagtakas ng mahigit pang P3-bilyong investments ng mga Batangueño.| BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

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OPINION

SPECIFICALLY in conjunction with marriage – which is not simply a “Contract” but also a “Covenant” – it is definitely not a state of life that is enough to like, to fancy, to dream of. Strictly speaking marriage is a state of life with its innate attributes of unity, indissolubility not only because it is a contractual agreement but also because it is a covenanted concurrence. Hence, the often heard remarks or observations: “Marriage is not an on and off relationship.” “Marriage is not something you enter into now and exit therefrom sooner or later.” “Marriage is not an on and off way of living.” “Marriage can be anything but a honeymoon period forever.” “Marriage is not meant particularly for those who do not believe in it.” And considering precisely its essential nature – the basic rights that flow therefrom plus the essential obligations that go therewith – marriage is not for everybody in the same way that not everyone is meant for marriage. As a rule, it is nice to think of marriage, it is fun to prepare for marriage, it is even exciting to get married. But after some time of living together 24/7, after mutually knowing the real persons behind the married parties concerned, after probably even bringing other lives into the world, then honest to goodness reality check comes not only about the attributes but specially so regarding the liabilities of the man/husband/father and/or the woman/wife/mother concerned. And only then, do the parties really know the “What”, the “Why” and the “How” of marriage as in fact and in truth it actually is. Many are the cases and many as well are the instances when the common misunderstandings, bilateral disagreements plus mutual alienations between many married couples are resolved or settled through mutual understanding and/or forgiveness, through much goodwill and patience, through fervent prayers and/or proper marriage counseling. But all these positive means and approaches can only be realities in the event that both the parties concerned had the following three fundamental dispositions: One, the willingness to get married. Two, the readiness to face the difficulties of married life. Three, the capacity to live married life in terms not simply of exercising the rights but also fulfilling the obligations essential to marriage. In other words, both the man and the woman should have the following personal traits: The unconditional willingness to get married. Even from its very start, it would be unrealistic to even but think that unwillingness to get married is the premise of pacified married life, i.e., when “No!” is made a “Yes!”. The realistic readiness to get married. When someone is not ready to get married, marriage should not even be thought off, much less in fact entered into such as would be not simply unreasonable but actually erratic. The socio-affective capacity to get married. When either the man and/ or the woman is precisely incapacitated for marriage intents and purposes due to incapacitating personality traits, marriage would be the last thing for either of them to even but think about.Of course, it is ironic that what is relative and individualistic is now made the absolute and universal moral law. Everything is reduced to the thinking that what may be good to me may not be good to you, and vice-versa. There’s no such thing as an intrinsically good act which should be fostered at all times, nor an intrinsically bad act that should be avoided at all times. This thinking is contained in such ethical systems as relativism, situation ethics, consequentialism, proportionalism, and some peculiar variations of the so-called fundamental option and liberation theology. Only considering the circumstances and ignoring the nature of the act itself and the agent’s intentions, they detach themselves from God who loves us through the Cross.|

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Not alternatives, but more of the same IN spite of the calls to address our flawed automated election system, the noises about the 2016 national and local elections have started to get louder. Pnoy’s endorsement of Mar Roxas formally drew started the race for the Presidency. The ruling administration has challenged VP Jejomar Binay into a duel with Mar as its champion. And with the resources behind them, Mar and VP Binay will dominate the contest in despite of the images that their detractors have precariously projected of them. Meanwhile some noisy netizens have begun to tickle the public with the prospects of lesser controversial politicians. They have flooded the social media with memes showing the qualities of Grace Poe, Digong Duterte, Bongbong Marcos, and Miriam DefensorSantiago. The attempts to impress that these names are the alternatives to contenders projected to be incompetent or corrupt are clear and persistent: Grace Poe is being projected as intelligent and incorruptible, Digong Duterte as competent and ironfisted enemies of crimes and corruption, Bongbong Marcos as visionary champion of the north, and Miriam Defensor-Santiago as a genius incisive graft buster. And since digital impressions are just that—impressions— and nothing more, what they show could only be the more apparent than the real thing about these personalities. The problem is not whether people will consider these people as alternatives to Mar and VP Binay but whether they are indeed alternatives to them. No matter how they try to pack themselves, they cannot deny that they have been elected to office by traditional means also. Aside from the fact that they have not been targeted by vicious propaganda machines of their detractors, there is nothing that truly separates them from other

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traditional politicians. They may promise new vision or new ways of doing public service but this will not make them unique. Others can do the same too. Others can even promise greater heights and show better glimpses of the future. In truth, they are made in the same moulds that shaped the other two major contenders. Their followers should not be heard to pack them as alternatives. They are nothing more than the old ones. They are more of the same kind. Well, of course, they enjoy the advantage of not having been unreasonably maligned in the mass and social media unlike VP Jojo Binay. And unlike Mar, they do not share the stains of incompetency and falsity of the nebulous “Tuwid na Daan”. However, it is certain that they shall be fighting in the same road, with the same means, that Mar and Jojo will take. In thus, will they meet their worst days as politicians. Apparently, it will be a battle of political machinery, propaganda and resources of which, they will certainly fall behind. In reality, it will be a battle for the control of the PCOS of which, they will surely line up like a deodorizer to the stinking farcical political exercise. A true alternative is one that will advocate for the change of the rotten political regime. He or she must dedicate all talents and resources to the transformation of the rotten liberal democratic political system dominated by traditional and dynastico-politicians. This requirement is too high but inevitable if cure for the present social and political ills is to be sought. Sadly, none of the personalities that we know today qualify to be an alternative. They are more of the same. They will not qualify for the job ahead. We must start looking elsewhere now.

Joenald Medina Rayos

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Preying on Greece’s woes GREECE is in a precarious situation. It had to accept a new round of hard austerity measures being pushed by the European Union in exchange for the release of $96 billion in bailout funds that would pay its maturing debt, save it from bankruptcy, and stave off its ouster from the shared euro currency. But the fresh bail out fund comes with a hard price. Among these austerity measures are: 1. Increase in the value added tax of most food items from 13 to 23 percent. 2. Cut in pensions through withholding taxes and deductions for health care. 3. Imposition of a special property tax called ENFIA exacted on all property owners. This is an addition to the slew of taxes introduced since 2009 such as solidarity tax, professional tax, tax on petrol and consumer items. 4. Privatization of government assets in which the government would transfer 50 billion euros worth of its most valuable assets – to include stakes in Greek banks, electrical and utility companies, airports and ports – to a privatization trust fund, which would be managed by Greek authorities under the supervision of “relevant European institutions.” 5. Guarantee against passing laws to protect labor rights and collective bargaining agreements. The new round of tax hikes further adds to the burden of Greek citizens considering that they pay already around 45 percent of their income to taxes. In addition, the privatization of government assets is expected to result in massive layoffs in government owned and controlled corporations. Greek citizens in a referendum have rejected these austerity measures but the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was forced to agree to these

measures after being given a deadline by the European Union. Austerity measures have been the subject of massive demonstrations since these were first introduced in 2009. There have been two previous bailout funds lent to Greece: 110 billion euros in May 2010 and 130 billion euros in February 2012. And it appears that these bailout funds did not do anything to help Greece recover but merely enabled it not to default on its loan payments, albeit temporarily. While on the other hand, Greek citizens are made to bear the brunt of progressively harder austerity measures. Greece would not be this deeply indebted, in the first place, if not for a secret loan agreement proposed and facilitated by Goldman Sachs in early 2001. Goldman Sachs earned 600 million euros from the loan transaction. When the crisis struck during the latter part of 2001, the loan facilitated by Goldman Sachs, which was disguised as a cross-currency swap, put Greece deeper into debt from 2.8 billion to 5.1 billion euros by 2005. The government debt has now reached 357 billion euros. Greece is now swallowing the bitter pill again because its creditors from among the European Union, especially Germany, want to make sure that Greece is not only able to pay its debts; the creditors would also like to profit from the sufferings of Greek citizens. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines predator as one that preys, destroys, or devours. It defines profiteer as one who makes what is considered an unreasonable profit especially on the sale of essential goods during times of emergency. What could one call this?|

Benjie Oliveros

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Why we need the cross 

REV. EUTIQUIO ‘EULY’ B. BELIZAR, JR., STHD By the roadside

ONE of the greatest disasters of our times is that many people, a great majority of them, have nothing but disgust and even hatred for the distinctive value of suffering. For them, suffering is an intrinsic evil, and therefore should be avoided at all costs. The cross, the icon of suffering, should be nothing other than an ornament at best. It should not hold any other purpose or meaning. This is the sad thing about our current world culture. It directly contradicts what Christ said: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mt 16, 24) The cross, in whatever form it comes, is actually the key that opens the spiritual and supernatural world meant for us. It widens our perspectives, and leads us to transcend the limits of our human nature. It enables us to enter into the dynamics of a love that is not only material but also spiritual, not only natural but also supernatural. It represents the extreme and ultimate way of loving, as it invites us to go beyond the confines of our wounded human nature in order to soar to the divine love from where we come and to where we are supposed to go. With the cross, we would know how to pay for the offenses and sins we have committed. It is the fair deal we are offered in exchange of the tremendous benefit it also gives us—nothing less than the possibility to love all the way to God. God, and not just the sky, is the limit of our loving. That’s why Christ gave us the new commandment that summarizes all the other previous commandments given to us—that we love one another as he, Christ, loved us. Christ is the standard of our love, and not just any human and natural value. That’s why saints and holy men and women, following the example of Christ, have always seen the cross as something most welcome in their lives, because Christ’s love for us goes all the way to the cross. Pope Benedict says, “There is no love without suffering.” Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva, echoing the sentiments of all the saints, laments that “the cross is still a symbol of death, instead of being a sign of life. People still flee from the cross as though it were a scaffold, when it is a throne of glory. Christians still reject the cross and identify it with sorrow, instead of identifying it with love.” Without the cross, we debase our love and restrict it to the purely sensual, worldly, and temporal level. Without it, the wings of our love are cut as it functions

only on the basis of practicality, convenience, popularity, and other earthly values, motives and advantages. This is what we see in all these rationalizations behind the move to pass the RH Bill, for example. Those for it, as well as all those who are for abortion, euthanasia and similar things, are espousing a kind of love that sees no value in the cross. It’s ok to contracept, it’s ok to abort, it’s ok to euthanize, because to a particular person, that may be the right thing to do. No one should dare to correct him, unless some immediate physical harm takes place. They are developing a kind of morality that is not based on God who is love, bur rather on their own idea of what is good and evil. They make themselves their own God. Since it’s a morality that denies God, it cannot help but fall to the belief that there can be no absolute truths and no universal moral law. The corollary is that everything is relative to the acting person, to the situation, to the consequences, and to other circumstances and elements, etc. Of course, it is ironic that what is relative and individualistic is now made the absolute and universal moral law. Everything is reduced to the thinking that what may be good to me may not be good to you, and vice-versa. There’s no such thing as an intrinsically good act which should be fostered at all times, nor an intrinsically bad act that should be avoided at all times. This thinking is contained in such ethical systems as relativism, situation ethics, consequentialism, proportionalism, and some peculiar variations of the so-called fundamental option and liberation theology. Only considering the circumstances and ignoring the nature of the act itself and the agent’s intentions, they detach themselves from God who loves us through the Cross.|

What the substitute BBL bill be PAGKA lumabas na sa committee ko, it is out of my control. It is up to the Senate, up to the House and the bicam (bicameral conference committee). I will not make promises I cannot fulfill or I have no right to make. Kung wala pang BBL, magpapa file ang members of the assembly to run again for the ARMM assembly because the Bangsamoro government does not exist by then. “Once the BBL is enacted into law, ARMM will be abolished and the Bangsamoro government will then sit in the form of a transition authority. Isinama na namin sa transition authority ang mga elected ARMM assemblymen so the phase out of ARMM is not too sudden.- Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.

From the State of the Nation to the State of our souls

IN the space of a week there have been two SONAS, one from the President and the other, from the Vice President, of the Republic. To me, hearing and reading both versions only call to mind Goethe’s remark: “Each one sees what he carries in his heart.” Obviously the President carries or, shall I say, prefers to carry mostly the ‘halffull’ version of the socioeconomic-political realities of his administration. On the other hand, in a fashion both supported and derided by friends and foes alike, the Vice President unloaded the ‘half-empty’ version. To the President’s pitch of ‘beaming-progress-because-of-Daang-Matuwid (Straight Path)’, the Vice President repeated his ‘manhid (insensitive)-and-palpak (failed)’ feedback on the present administration’s performance, mostly ignoring the fact he was very much a part of it, in the first place. What I have found rather ironic in the President’s language in the past five years is his use of the word “Boss” to refer to the citizenry. I have often wondered what was that supposed to mean or whether or not it was part and parcel of political gimmickry. In the first place, the “Boss” gives the order and not simply watches passively by the sidelines while the administration went on trying to carry out its own vision and notion of progress through a much-touted non-inclusive economic growth, deteriorating services (of which the LRT-MRT problem is only symptomatic) and an anti-corruption drive hitting mostly political enemies. The Bosses have been clearly speaking their minds as well as their hearts not only in surveys or the media, social or print, but also in ordinary places such as markets, bus and train stations, churches and classrooms, farms and seashores. But have they really been heard, much less heeded and obeyed? Doesn’t the truth lie somewhere in something like this: The “Bosses” are really a select few who have his ears and mind or whose ideas (or ideologies) resonate in his ears and mind? In other words, calling us “Bosses” is pretty misleading. On the other hand, the Vice President’s SONA, while providing the contrary view on Philippine realities, somehow supplying what the President’s SONA wittingly or unwittingly set aside (that is, the continuing poverty, unemployment, corruption, criminal impunity, the Mamasapano heroes and villains etc.) also raises questions in his direction. For instance, how much of his criticisms comes from an objective assessment of things or from good old ‘sour-graping’ because he was not endorsed by the Chief Excecutive? And if he wanted the administration to address squarely questions of its failures, omissions and offenses, why wouldn’t he do the same on the charges long leveled against him? Maybe the SONAS also give us glimpses into the state of our nation’s soul. In it we see an adolescent penchant to ape the world rather than, as it were, follow the Lord in how progress and development are to be viewed and pursued. ‘Daang Matuwid’ (Straight Path) is mostly measured by what is legal and what is politically correct rather than by what is moral and spiritual. Uplifting the poor, on the other hand, is often reduced to turning the whole Philippines into a huge archipelago of Makati-like havens. I would rather that the SONAS and counter SONAS now and in the future teach us that, in the middle of perceived successes and triumphs, failures and character flaws of our leaders, they and we the people eventually learn humility in admitting truth from friends and foes alike. As Isaac of Nineveh, a Syrian monk once taught: “One who knows his weakness is greater than one who sees angels.” I would modify it thus: “One who admits his weaknesses and failures is greater by far than one who sees only his successes and achievements.” But it is also good to discern the good and the bad in our leaders’ decisions and indecisions, actions and inactions. To quote a wise spiritual master: “When you see good in the other person, think of emulating him; when you see bad in the other, examine your heart.” After all, a healthy state of the nation means a healthy state of our souls.|

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Questionable track records? WHY do I get this sinking feeling that in 2016 we will have to choose a President from a slew of candidates with questionable track records? As of today we have two declared candidates and the above can apply. One boasts of his track record running a city and making it progressive though critics say it was a business conglomerate that actually made the city grow. Not only that, this candidate is now under a barrage of accusations of graft and corrupt that apparently has tainted his and his family's years of service running the country's premier business metropolis. The other one in turn points to his record of service in the Legislature and the executive. But he has to be more specific, and if he does so it will appear that he had a better record in the legislature than in the Cabinet. In his last two posts in the Cabinet he has been deemed a fair to poor secretary; in one major crisis affecting the Administration he was totally shut out by his own President who preferred to deal with a suspended police official; in another crisis of international proportions he is deemed to have failed to transcend partisan politics at a time when people were suffering - dying actually. So where is administrative capability and leadership there? Again it appears to me that come May 2016 we will have a list of candidates with questionable track records. Which means, unfortunately that we will have to vote based on something else. Hopefully not personal connections. Gut feel? Maybe a sign from the Most High? - Jose Bayani Baylon, Nickel Asia's vice president for communications

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DTI, BOI to conduct industry roadmaps localization for competitiveness growth; the considerable opportunities resulting from the ASEAN Economic Integration and availing the benefits granted of the European Union’s Generalized System of Preferences Plus (EU GSP+); and motivate the local stakeholders to look at their regional development plans and facilitate the alignment of regional plans with national strategies. There will be presentations and discussions on the country’s new industrial policy for national competitive-

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Board of Investments (BOI) will hold a conference on August 6 the “Industry Roadmaps and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Game Plan: Regional Roadmaps for Competitiveness” at the Tagaytay Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City . The conference aims to update stakeholders on industry development initiatives of the government and the new industrial policy to sustain current economic

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF LIPA CITY NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER ACT 3135, AS AMENDED EJF NO. 2015-0068 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as ameded by Act 4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund), mortgagee, with postal address at High Rise Business Center, National Highway, Brgy. Halang, Calamba City, Laguna against SPOUSES JESSIEBEL G. CARIÑO AND JADE V. CARIÑO, Mortgagor/s with postal address at c/o NORONIAH G. BENITO, Blk 11, Lot 29, Monte Claro Homes, P. Laygo Street, Sabang, Lipa City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of JULY 1, 2015 amounts to Php 760,726.56 including/ excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee, the undersigned Deputy Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 85, Lipa City, will sell at public on AUGUST 18, 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 ad in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ ies and its improvements thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-176371

ness, the potentials and challenges for industry development in the region, and the integration of green initiatives in the industry roadmaps particularly in the automotive, electronics, petrochemicals, and IT-BPM industries. Former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority Dr. Cielito R. Habito, currently Chief of Party of the USAID’s Trade-Related Assistance for Development Project, will present the vision on regional integration and the National Development Agenda while Luis G. Banua of the National

Economic and Development Authority in Calabarzon will bare the region’s potentials and challenges. Rommel Gutierrez (Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc), Dan Lachica (Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc.), Homer Maranan (Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines), and Geraldine Inocencio Marcial (Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines) will each present the roadmaps of the automotive, electronics, petroche-

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF LIPA CITY NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER ACT 3135, AS AMENDED EJF NO. 2015-0063 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as ameded by Act 4118 filed by MAKILING RURAL BANK, INC., mortgagee, with postal address at GaTE 1 ytmi Realty SEZ, Makiling, Calamba City against JAYSON N. BOLADO AS ATTY.IN-FACT OF ESTELITA R. MATIBAG, Mortgagor/s with postal address at No. 577 San Lorenzo Village, San Sebastian, Lipa City and Dita, Cuenca, Batangas respectively, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of NOVEMBER 10, 20145 amounts to Php 3,000,000.00 including/ excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee, the undersigned Deputy Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 85, Lipa City, will sell at public on SEPTEMBER 23, 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 ad in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies and its improvements thereon, to wit:

“A parcel of Land (Lot 29 Block 11 of the consolidation-subdivision plan, Pcs-04-021819, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 17458A to 17456-E-1-D-2-G, Psd-179371, L.R.C. Record No. ___), situated in the Barangay of Sabang, Lipa City. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 30; on the SE., along line 2-3 by Lot 27, both of Blk. 11; on the SW., along line 3-4 by Road Lot 6, (10.00 m. wide); on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 31, Blk. 11, all of the consolidation-subd., plan x x x x containing an area of SIXTY (60) SQUARE METERS.”

“A parcel of land situated at Cuenca, Batangas; Lot 6431, Cad-610, C-16, Cuenca Cadastre. Bounded on the S., along line 1-2 by Lot 6429; on the W., along line 2-3 by Lot 6427; along line 3-4-5-6 by Lot 6432; on the NW., along line 6-7 by Lot 6438; along line 7-8 by Lot 6440; on the N., along line 11-1 by Lot 6430 all of Cad610 x x x x containing an area of TWO THOUSAND FOUR EIGHTY NINE (2,489) SQUARE METERS.”

Prospective buyers and bidders are hereb enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumberances thereon if any there be.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on August 25, 2015 same place and time without any further notice and republication.

In the event the public auction should not take place on said date, it shall be held on SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 same place and time without any further notice and republication.

ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-15127

micals, and the IT-BPM industries. The new Philippine Industrial Policy for More Competitive Regional Economies will be elaborated by DTI Assistant Secretary Dr. Rafaelita M. Aldaba while Director Senen Perlada of DTI’s Export Marketing Bureau will explain how our economy can capitalize on the EU GSP+. Dr. Bernd Gutterer, an expert commissioned by the German International Cooperation-Promotion of Green Economic Development (GIZProGED), will introduce greening philosophies and their integration to the industry roadmaps. Adrian S. Cristobal Jr.,

DTI Undersecretary for industry development and concurrent Managing Head of the BOI, and Zenaida Cuison-Maglaya, DTI Undersecretary for regional operations, will deliver keynote messages. Expected to attend the conference are representatives of the region’s chambers of commerce, business support organizations, the academe, government agencies and local governments, nongovernment organizations, consumer groups, and the media. Similar conferences have been held in the cities of Iloilo, Cebu, Davao and Baguio in the Cordilleras.| CHARLIE S. DAJAO

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF CASE NO. 2015-281 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as ameded by Act 4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund), mortgagee, with postal address at 14th Flr. JELP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS CENTER, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City against SPS. HENRY MANGUBAT & MA. ELENA MANGUBAT, Mortgagor/s with residence and postal address at Brgy. Namunga, Rosario, Batangas to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of APRIL 30, 2015 amounts to SEVENHUNDRED THIRTYONE THOUSANDFORTY NINE PESOS & 90/100 (Php 731,049.90) including/ excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee, the undersigned Deputy Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 85, Lipa City, will sell at public on SEPTEMBER 4, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Rosario, Batangas, to the highest bidder for CASH ad in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies and its improvements thereon, to wit: ORIGINAL /TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 77397 “A parcel of Land (Lot 6, Blk. 12 of the subd plan (LRC) Rec. No. 40088), together with all buildings and future improvements thereon, situated in Namunga, Rosario, Batangas. Bounded on the N., points 3 to 4 by Lot 7; Blk. 12; on the E., points 4 to 1 by Road LOt 14; on the S., points 1 to 2 by Lot 5, Blk 12, all of the subd plan; on the NW., points 2 to 3 by Namunga River. Beginning x x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SISTY SIX (266) SQUARE METERS.” Prospective buyers and bidders are hereb enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumberances thereon if any there be.

Lipa City, July 16, 2015.

In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date, it shall be held on September 11, 2015 without further notice.

Award of Publication hereof in the “PAHAYAGANG BALIKAS” drawn by raffle in accordance with law.

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and place.” Rosario, Batangas, July 30, 2015.

(Sgd.) EUSTAQUIO N. ALONGALAY Deputy Sheriff IV DULY RAFFLED: HON. NOEL M. LINDOG Executive Judge AURORA B. MANGUBAT OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff

(Sgd.) EUSTAQUIO N. ALONGALAY Deputy Sheriff IV

(Sgd.) ROMEO U. MACARAIG Sheriff IV

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

WARNING: It is absolutely prohibited to remove, deface or destroy this notice on or before the date of sale. UNDER PENALTY OF LAW

Pahayagang BALIKAS | July 27, Aug. 3 & 10, 2015

Published at: Balikas Edited at: Batangas City Posted at: Municipal Hall Bldg. of Rosario; Brgy. Hall of Namunga; Public Market of Rosario Date of Sale: September 4, 2015 Copy furnished: Parties concerned. WARNING: It is absolutely prohibited to remove, deface or destroy this notice on or before the date of sale. UNDER PENALTY OF LAW Pahayagang BALIKAS | Aug. 3, 10 & 17, 2015

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Towards the Sustainable Rehabilitation of Tingga Falls: Tracing Previous Initiatives The Mayor Eddie Dimacuha has done projects for the waterfall including concreting of steps and putting up Station of the Cross. Aside from that, the city government has pledged to help in the rehabilitation of Tingga Falls including in the financial aspect. Furthermore, several academic institutions support in the rehabilitation of Tingga Falls including Batangas State University, De La Salle-Lipa, Lyceum of the Philippines-Batangas, University of Batangas and Golden Gate Colleges. Students from these institutions volunteered for the activities for the Falls. Other than the NGOs and private organizations, people in the community themselves

created a group called Sagip Tingga Falls Association, Inc. in April 2014. They registered their group with the Security and Exchange Commission and was accredited by City government as an NGO. The group was partially funded by OFWs from Tingga Labac. The group organized cleanup drives and tree planting activities for the Falls. With several organizations trying to save whatever is left of the waterfall, it is still in the verge of being wiped out, not only physically and structurally but most significantly in the hearts of those who once have had dreamt of being successful and famous— for the ones who witnessed the growth of the falls as one of the City’s finest tourist destination.|

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late JUAN E. MARQUEZ who died intestate on November 16, 1996 at S. Agito, Alitagtag, Batangas, consisting of a parcel of land situated at S. Agito, Alitagtag, Batangas, covered by Tax Declaration os Real Property ARP No. 02-0015-00267, containing an area of 6,6,99 square meters has been extra-judicially settled by and among his heirs with Deed of Absolute Sale per Doc. No. 38; Page No. 8; Book No. 18; Series of 2015 of ATTY. MARIO C. ALBAY, Notary Public. Pahayagang Balikas | August 3, 10 & 17, 2015

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PAHALANG 1 Batik 6 Kapatid ni Maxene 10 Milyon 11 Prenda 12 banoy 13 Takbo ng isang makina o sasakyan 14 Bihasa 15 Tuyong dahong nalagas sa puno 16 Remata 17 Tipo ng dugo 18 Istorbo 24 Educational researcher 25 Unti-unting paghubog ng isang bata o isang bagong Kristiyano 27 Karamdaman 30 Kaibigang babae 31 Gang 32 Sakit na nagbalik 33 Obispo 34 Bayan sa Bataan

35 Huwad na Diyos 36 Wala sa pila. PABABA 1 Bayan sa Iloilo 2 Reklamo 3 Kaligkig 4 Taluntod 5 Lumiko: Ingles 6 Kung pwde 7 Pangalang panlalaki 8 Pagtaas-pagbaba ng tubig-dagat 9 Kumahol: ingles 11 Ligtas 17 Abril: ikli 19 Bakal 20 Pangigitata 21 Bahagyang kita 22 Libre 23 Ina ni Daniel 26 Kapital ng Guam 27 Saksakin: Ingles 28 Kalis 29 Uri ng punon-kahoy 30 Taboy (Pangasinan)

Leo (Hul. 23-Ago. 22) - Masigla at nakatitiyak sa sarili kaya handang harapin ang anumang pakikibaka. Diplomasya ang kailangan dahil may makakasagupa kang kailangan ng magandang paliwanag. Lucky numbers at color ay 2, 19, 22, 38 at cream. Virgo (Ago 23-Set. 23) - Malapit ka ngayon sa mga taong mapagbiro at palakantiyaw. Magiging mainitin ang iyong ulo dahil sa personal na suliranin. Lucky numbers at color ay 17, 26, 31, 36 at fuschia. Libra (Set. 24-Okt. 23) - Nasa tamang daan ng kaunlaran sa buhay ang iyong nilalandas kaya ituloy ang ginagawa. Makakasagupa ka ng mga pagtutol sa iyong mga binabalak. Kung mabuti sundin, kung masama, iisantabi. Lucky numbers at color ay 4, 5, 35, 39 at aquamarine. Scorpio (Okt. 24-Nob. 22) - Magiging mapusok ka ngayon at kung walang disiplina sa sarili, kapahamakan ang matatamo. Huwag basta maniwala sa tsismis at sulsol. Lucky numbers at color ay 18, 19, 27, 29 at white. Sagittarius (Nob. 23-Dis. 21) - Walang masama kung aalamin muna ang mga bagay-bagay bago mag-desisyon. Selos ang magiging puno’t dulo ng sigalot at hindi pagkakaunawaan. Lucky numbers at color ay 3, 5, 35, 42 at red. Capricorn (Dis. 22-Ene. 19) - Mapaghinala ang minamahal. Mag-ingat sa komunikasyon o pakikipag-usap sa iba dahil ang minamahal ay magiging selosa. Kung may usok, may apoy kaya kung may sikreto malamang matuklasan. Lucky numbers at color ay 9, 27, 39, 41 at ocean blue. Aquarius (Ene. 20-Peb. 18) - Tiyaga at sikap ang maliwanag na sikreto ng tagumpay. At kung ito ay palaging tataglayin, walang dahilan na maghikahos. Nasa sariling gawa at wala sa iba ang situwasyon sa kasalukuyan. Huwag isisi sa iba ang sariling kagagawan. Lucky numbers at color ay 16, 24, 29, 34 at yellow. Pisces (Peb. 19-Mar. 20) - Kung abot sa sukdulan ang pagtitimpi, makakabuting umiwas dahil masama ang mangyayari. Madali ang makipag-away ngunit masarap mabuhay ng walang kaaway. Madali kang mapipikon at mag-init ang ulo. Disiplina sa sarili ang kailangan. Lucky numbers at color ay 19, 23, 24, 31 at violet. Aries (Mar. 21-Abril 19) - Panalangin ang iyong matibay na gabay ngayon. W alang may gusto na may masamang mangyari sa sarili at tanging Dios lamang ang makakaalam. Lucky numbers at color ay 1, 3, 34, 41 at green. Taurus (Abril 20-Mayo 20)- Hindi masama kung kasing-lawak ng langit ang pangarap sa kaunlaran ng buhay. Ang hindi maganda ay kung hanggang pangarap lamang at wala sa gawa, sikap at tiyaga. Magbanat ng buto. Lucky numbers at color ay 14, 22, 28, 30 at blue. Gemini (Mayo 21-Hun. 21) - Maganda ang iyong hangarin, ang kulang lamang ay implementasyon. Kung sisimulan ang binabalak, tiyak may magandang patutunguhan. Lucky numbers at color ay 6, 18, 31, 42 at brown. Cancer (Hun. 22-Hul. 22) - Kung inaakalang tama ka, gawin dahil malakas ang iyong ESP ngayon. Maliban kung labag sa batas ng Diyos at tao. Iwasan ang anumang uri ng sugal dahil tiyak matatalo. Lucky numbers at color ay 4, 9, 34, 39 at orange.

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Tanauan City Team, 3rd sa Mustang League Baseball World Series

LUNSOD NG TANAUAN – Muli na namang pumaimbulog sa pandaigdigang kompetisyon ang Tanauan City matapos ang isang matagumpay na kampanya sa katatapos pa lamang na 2015 Mustang-9 League Baseball World Series na ginanap noong Hulyo 29 hanggang Agosto 2, 2015 sa Walnut Valley, Califormia, USA. Nasungkit ng koponan ng lunsod na ito, na binubuo ng mga batang may edad 9 taon pababa, ang ikatlong puwesto sa taunang torneyo na inorganisa ng PONY Baseball and Softball International na may himpilan sa Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. Ito ay nilahukan walong “Zonal Champions” na nagmula pa sa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo. Bagama’t natalo sa unang laban nila sa host city Walnut, California sa iskor na 22-6, nakapagtala naman ang pambato ng Pilipinas ng magkasunod na “makatindig-balahibong” panalo kontra West Raleigh, North Carolina (11-9) at Aruba (12-11), upang makapasok sa semifinals – kauna-unahan sa kasaysayan ng bansa sa nasabing liga. “Daig na daig ng mga kalaban ang ating mga manlalaro sa pisikal na aspeto, subalit kitang-kita naman ang determinasyon at laki ng puso ng mga ito,” ang masayang pagbabalita ni Mayor Antonio C. Halili na personal na nanood at naging tagapanguna sa pagsuporta sa koponan ng ating bansa. Subalit sa naging “semis knock-out” game, muling nanaig ang higit na mas matatangkad at mas nakabibinging

hiyawan ng mga taga-suporta ng host team Walnut, California upang mangibabaw sa iskor na 12-2. Bagama’t tabla sa ikatlo at ika-apat na puwesto, naungusan ng Tanauan City ang koponan ng Liga Tijuana ng Mexico dahil sa mas mataas nitong homerun record sa buong torneo. Itinanghal namang kampyon ang Simi Valley, California matapos nitong ilampaso ang koponan ng Walnut sa iskor na 12-0. Kinatawan ng Tanauan City ang Asia-Pacific Zone matapos itong mangibabaw sa Asia-Pacific Zonal Championships na ginanap sa Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam noong nakaraang buwan ng Mayo. Ang iba pang koponan ay kinabibilangan ng South Zone champion Pharr, Texas; Simi Valley, California (West Zone); Channahon, Illinois (North Zone); West Raleigh, North Carolina (East Zone); Liga Tijuana (Mexico Zone); Aruba (Caribbean Zone); at Walnut, California bilang host city. Hindi naman nakapagpadala ng koponan ang Canada Zone at Europe Zone. Ang Tanauan City Mustang-9 Baseball Team ay binubuo nina Liam Alexie O. De Vera, Sean P. Mabaga, Barry Gabriel A. Oñas, Yuan Miguel Sumague, Laurence Carl S. Cinco, Ydrel Carmel G. Gonzales, Romeo Guiler E. Cervancia, Mike Francis M. Perez, Kenz Angelo M. Villafria, John Clienton B. Torres, George B. Amante at Rayjohn O. del Rosario. Sila ay sinamahan ng

MASAYANG sinalubong ng kanilang mga magulang at mga taga-suporta ang mga batang bumubuo ng Tanauan City Mustang-9 Baseball Team sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 (NAIA-2) sa kanilang pagdating sa bansa matapos ang isang matagumpay na kampanya sa katatapos na 2015 Mustang-9 League Baseball World Series na ginanap sa Walnut, California, USA noong Hulyo 29 hanggang Agosto 2, 2015.| mga coaches na sina Celestino O. Pamute at 9, 2015. Christian U. Cinco; at nina Fortunato M. Magugunitang naging panglima ang Mustang Dimayuga, Jr. at Rodolfo N. Tingzon, Jr. kapwa 10 sa katulad na torneo sa Burleson, Texas noong ng City Sports Development Office. Agosto 2, 2014. Ito’y matapos madehado sa Samantala, ang Tanauan City Mustang-10 Mexican team sa higpitang labanan. baseball team, na siya ring naghari sa Asia-Pacific Pahayag ni Jacob Don Frankera, isa sa mga Zone, ay nakatakda namang sumabak sa manlalaro, hindi umano nila alintana ang Mustang-10 League Baseball World Series na pagkatalo, ang mahalaga aniya’y naging masaya gaganapin sa Youngsville, Louisiana sa Agosto 5- sila sa kanilang paglalaro.|

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