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RENEWABLE ENERGY. Rather than planted to rice and corn or sugarcane, this 160-hectare farm in Calatagan, Batangas province, now hosts to the country’s the largest solar facility, generates heat from the sun, providing power to the western part of Batangas.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CALATAGAN, Batangas – ON his second weekly tour of Batangas, President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd is set to inaugurate here this week the largest solar facility completed in the Philippines to date.

Solar Philippines—a renewable energy firm led by 22-year-old entrepreneur Leandro Leviste—developed, financed and constructed this solar farm at a cost of $120 million (P5.7 billion) that span across the idle farms at the boundary of Calatagan, Lian and Balayan at the ffot of Mount San Piro in western Batangas.

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Briones, Leviste, Mandanas at Mendoza, nagtapatan sa Gubernatorial Forum 2016 HUMARAP sa publiko ang mga kumakandidato sa pagka-gobernador ng Lalawigan ng Batangas nitong nakaraang Biyernes ng gabi. Sa isinagawang Gubernatorial Forum 2016 ng Weekly Frontpage sa Marble Terrace ng panlalawigang kapitolyo, inilahad nina Agap partylist representative Nicanor Briones, Vice Governor Jose Antonio Leviste IV, dating Congressman Hermilando I. Mandanas at 4th District Congressman Mark Llandro

Mendoza. Isa-isang ‘iginisa’ at kinilatis ng publiko ang apat na gubernatoriables, batay sa mga katanungang ipinukol sa kanila ng panelist na kinabibilangan nina Arsobispo Ramon C. Arguelles, Arnell Ozaeta, Atty. Ipat Luna at G. Warley Guerra. Sa usapin ng kapaligiran at likas na yaman, tahasang sinabi ng apat na kumakandidato na pawa silang tumututol sa commercial mining sa lalawigan, partikular ang panuka-

lang gold mining sa bayan ng Lobo, at ang panukalang pagtatayo ng coal-fired power plant sa Batangas City o saan mang bahagi ng probinsya. Sa paglalahad ni Congressman Briones, sianbi niya na gusto niyang makilala ang Batangas sa pamamagitan ng pag-debelop sa Taal Lake bilang pangunahing tourist destination. Ibinida rin niya ang panukalang pagtatayo ng livelihood

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FACE-OFF. Sabay-sabay na humarap sa publiko sa isang Gubernatorial Forum sa Marble Terrace ng kapitolyo ng Batangas ang apat (4) sa mga kumakandidato sa pagkagobernador ng lalawigan, [L-R] AGAP Party-list representative Nicanor Briones, incumbent Vice Governor Jose Antonio Leviste IV, former 2nd District Congressman Hermilando I. Mandanas at 4th District Congressman Mark Llandro Mendoza. [Basahin ang balita sa pahina 2.]| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

CHANGE OF COMMAND. President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd passes to Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Fallorina, AFP the flag of Philippine Air Force (PAF) symbolizing the change of command as the former Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey F. Delgado, AFP, officially bows out of the service in a ceremony held in Lipa City, March 9. [Read story on page 3.]| AFP PHOTO

Pagpaslang sa punumbarangay, itinuring nang election-related MATAASNAKAHOY, Batangas – ITINUTURING na ng pulisya na isang election-related incident ang kaso ng pagpatay sa isang punumbarangay sa bayang ito kamakailan. Nitong nakaraang linggo, pormal nang ipinagharap ng sakdal sa Provincial Prosecutor’s Office sa kasong murder si Oliver Bukid y Lopez. SI Bukid ang itinuturing na pangunahing suspek sa pagpatay kay Punumbarangay Jacinto Gardiola y Casanova, 54 anyos, ng Barangay 2, sa bayang ito noong Marso 2, ganap na ika-6:20 ng umaga. Nakatayo noon si Gardiola sa harap ng isnag car wash sa Barangay 1 sa naturang bayan nang isang lalaking sakay ng isang motorsiklo ang sumulpot mula sa likuran at kaagad pinaputukan ang biktima. Nakapanlaban naman ang

biktima at nagawa pang barilin at mapatay ang kaniyang assailant na nakilalang si Pedro Magracia, ngunit nakatakas naman ang kasama nito. Sinabi ni Senior Superintendent Arcadio Ronquillo, Batangas police director, na ang naturang pagpatay kay Gardiola ay marapat lamang na ikonsiderang isang election-related incident (ERI). Nauna rito, ibinilang na sa listahan ng pulisya ng election hot spots ang Lunsod ng Tanauan at ang mga bayan ng Bauan, Laurel, Lemery, Mabini, Padre Garcia, Calaca, Calatagan at Nasugbu. Upang maituring na hotspot, karaniwang may naganap na election-related incident dito maging sa mga nakalipas na halalan, o dili kaya naman ay may presensya ng mga pribadong army o mga rebeldeng grupo gaya ng New People’s Army (NPA).

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6000 puno naitanim katumbas ng batang isinilang sa Tanauan City

UMABOT na sa mahigit 6,000 puno ang naitanim at ngayoy lumalago sa Lunsod ng Tanauan katumbas ng bawat batang isinilang sa loob lamang ng nakalipas na isang taon. Ito ang nabatid sa Local Civil Registrar’s Office na siyang pangunahing ahensya na nagpapatupad ng City Ordinance No. 2014-17 na mas kilala bilang “A Tree For Every Newborn Baby”. Batay sa datos ng LCR, may 4,989 sanggol ang isinilang mula Pebrero 1, 2015 hanggang Disyembre 31, 2015 kaya’t ganoong bilang din ang punong naitanim sa lunsod. Nitong kalaghatian ng Pebrero 2016, pumalo na sa 730 sanggol ang ipinapanganak simula ng pumasok ang taong 2016 na katumbas rin ng ganung bilang ng punong itinanim. Sa talaan ng “Local Civil Registrar”, humigit kumulang sa labinlimang (15) bata ang ipinaparehistro araw-araw. Ganun din ang bilang ng punong

itatanim araw-araw sa lupang nasasakupan ng Tanauan. Bilang pagtugon sa kinakaharap na suliranin ng pagkaubos ng mga punongkahoy at pagtindi ng mga kalamidad na dumarating sa ating bansa, minarapat ng Sangguniang Panlunsod ng Tanauan na magpasa ng isang ordinasa na maguutos na magtanim ng isang puno para sa bawat sanggol na ipapanganak sa lunsod. Pinasinayaan ang pagpapatupad ng City Ordinance No. 2014-17 noong Setyembre 5, 2014 kung saan naging Panauhing Pandangal si Provincial Environment and Natural Resouces Officer Forester Elmer Bascos. Ito ay dinaluhan ng mga opisyales ng Pamahalaang Lunsod at mga kinatawan mula sa mga ospital at paanakan sa lunsod. Pagkatapos ng pagpasinaya, nagkaroon ng malawakang pagbibigayalam sa lahat ng barangay ng lungsod. At noong Pebrero 1, 2015 sinimulang ipatupad ang ordinansang inakda ni

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Konsehal Joseph M. Castillo. Bago makapagparehistro ng bagong panganak na sanggol, dadaan muna ang kanilang mga magulang sa tanggapan ng City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) kung ang itatanim ay forest tree o sa City Agricultue Office kung ang itatanim ay fruit bearing tree. Noong unang mga araw ay marami ang nagulat dahil sa kawalang kaalaman pero nung kinalaunan ay natuwa na rin ang karamihan lalo’t batid nila ang kagandahan maidudulot nito sa kapaligiran. Natatangi ang “A Tree For Every Newborn Baby Ordinnce” sapagkat ang Lungsod ng Tanauan ang kaunaunahang LGU na nagpatupad nito hindi lang sa buong probinsya ng Batangas kundi sa buong Pilipinas. Marami ang humahanga sa pagbalangkas at pagpapatupad ng ordinansang ito lalo’t higit sa makabuluhang layunin nito para sa Inang Kalikasan.| RYAN C. PARINO

MAGING ang mga Miss Earth candidates na bumisita sa Lunsod ng Tanauan ay nakabahagi rin sa treeplanting activity.|JR NOSES

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‘Bakit ngayon lamang?’ LUNSOD NG LIPA – IPINAGTATAKA umano ng mga Lipeño kung bakit ngayon na lamang tila ibinubuhos ng mag-asawang Senador Ralph G. Recto at Governor Vilma Santos-Recto ang mga serbisyo at ayuda sa lunsod na ito. Sa isang panayam, sinabi ni MAS Foundation chairperson Bernadette P. Sabili na mismong mga taga-Lipa na ang nakakapansin at nagtatanong sa kapansin-pansing pagbhos ng ayuda mula sa kapitolyo. Aniya pa, si Senador Ralph G. Recto ay senador para sa buong Pilipinas amantalang ang may-bahay nito ay gobernador ng buong lalawigan ng Batangas at hindi ng Lipa City lamang. Partikular na SI Gng. Bernadette Sabili habang kinakapa- tinukoy ni Sabili ang nayam ng mga mamamahayag.|R. MERCADO pamamahagi ng LED TV sets sa mga paaralan, madalas na pamamahagi ng bigas at ang pamamahagi ng financial grants na tig-P3,000 sa bawat magsisipagtapos sa Grade 6 at Grade 10 na hindi naman ginagawa sa ibang maliliit na bayan na higit na kailangan ng mga constituents. “Nakalulungkot lamang na kung hindi pa darating ang eoleksyon ay tila baga napabayaan na nila ang Lunsod ng Lipa at ngayon lamang nila biglang naalala, at iyan naman ang lagging sinasabi-sabi n gating mga kababayan dito sa lunsod,” pahayag pa ni Sabili. Si Gng. Bernadette Sabili ay maybahay ni Mayor Meynardo A. Sabili at siyang makakatunggali ni Gov. Vi sa pagka-kongresista ng Lipa City lone district.| JERSON J. SANCHEZ

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Briones, Leviste, Mandanas at Mendoza, nagtapatan sa Gubernatorial Forum 2016 training center sa lalawigan bilang sentro ng kaniyang HEALTHY platform na tumutugon sa health, education, agriculture, livelihood, tourism, at youth. Para naman kay VG Leviste, sinabi niya na ang tangi niyang plataporma ay ang maituloy ang pagpapatupad ng HEARTS program ni Governor Vilma Santos Recto. Ibinida ng bise governador ang umano’y matagumpay na administrasyong Recto-Leviste. Aniya pa, sa ilalim ng kaniyang administrasyon, kung papalaring manalo, ay magtutuluy-tuloy ang mga programa ng kasalukuyang administrasyon na dadagdagan ng libreng wi-fi connection sa mga pampublikong lugar. Ipinagmalaki naman ni dating Congressman Mandanas ang umano’y mga nasimulan niyang programa sa probinsya particular ang scholarship program at mula sa dating 5,000 iskolar ay gagawin niya itong 25,000 hanggang 30,000 iskolar kung makababalik siya sa kapitolyo. Pinanghihinayangan umano niya ang mga programa niyang sinimulan ngunit hindi itinuloy ng kaniyang nakahalili nang matapos na ang kaniyang tatlong (3) termino bilang gobernador gaya ng Livelihood Center sa port area at ang regional food terminal sa dating National Coal Facility sa San Pascual. Samantala, sinabi naman ni Congressman Mendoza na kailangang magkaroon ng disiplina ang mga opisyal ng bayan upang matiyak na maipatutupad ng maayos ang mga programa at mga proyektong higit na pakikinabangan ng taumbayan. Magiging bukas aniya sa publiko ang kanyang administrasyon, magbubukas ng mga satellite offices ng kapitolyo sa bawat distrito upang mas maging makatotohanan ang paglalapit ng gobyerno sa

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taumbayan at makasama ang sila sa pagbalangkas ng kumprehensibong long-term comprehensive development plan para sa probinsya. Magiging participative din aniya ang kaniyang administrasyon kung saan ang annual investment plan ay pagsasama-samahang balangkasin ng mga barangay, bayan at lunsod at ng probinsya.

Muli rin aniyang hihikayating bumalik ang mga nag-alisang investors, manghihikayat ng mga bagong mamumuhunang makapagbibigay ng mga trabaho. Alamin at sosolusyunan ang mga problemang nagiging dahilan ng pag-alis ng mga business locators at susupilin ang korupsyon sa kapitolyo.| BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

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Corn growers, nagtapos sa Integrated Pest Management BATANGAS CITY -- May 14 na magsasaka ng Brgy. Catandala ang nagsipagtapos sa apat na buwang pagsasanay sa Integrated Pest Management ng Farmers Field School for Corn na isang programa ng Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS). Ayon kay Flor Andal, hepe ng Crops Division, layunin ng pagsasanay na ito na matuto ng tamang pagtatanim ng mais ang mga magsasaka ng may respeto sa

kalikasan. Tinuruan din sila ng vermi composting o yaong paggamit ng bulate sa paggawa ng organic fertilizer. Samantala, ipinaabot ni Mayor Eddie B. Dimacuha ang kanyang mensahe sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kinatawan na si Mr. Erick Anthony Sanohan, hepe ng LEIPC ang kanyang patuloy na pagsuporta sa mga programang magpapaunlad sa agrikultura sa lunsod.| ALVIN M. REMO

MAY labing apat na residente ng Brgy. Catandala sa lunsod ng Batangas ang nagsipagtapos sa training on Integrated Pest Management ng Farmers Field School for Corn ng Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services o OCVAS.| ELMER ZARASPE

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Fallorina steps in as new PAF chief vice Delgado who retires

TURN-OVER. Lt. Gen Jeffrey F. Delgado, AFP, turn-over to Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina, AFP the book of records of the Philippine Air Force.|

FERNANDO AIR BASE, Lipa City – Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Fallorina, AFP, who until Monday was Deputy Chief of Staff of Armed Forces of the Philippines, assumes office as the new Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force, before noon Wednesday, here as witnessed by President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd. Prior to his current position, Fallo-rina was Comptroller and Resource Manager at the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Comptrollership, J-6 in 1994; was Chief of AFP Educational Benefits Systems Office in 2000; was the Air Force Internal Auditor in 2006; was

the Chief of Air Force Resource Management Office in 2007; and was Chief of Air Staff of the Philippine Air Force in 2003. Fallorina was also designated as Squadron Commander of 206th Tactical Helicopter Squadron in 2002; was Group Commander of 450th Maintenance and Supply Group in 2003; was Group Commander of Tactical Operation Group, Saga-Saga in 2004; and was Wing Commander of 520th Air Base Wing in 2011. In 2012, Fallorina served as Deputy Commander of 3rd Air Division, commander of 1st Air

Division the year after, and was Vice Commander of the PAF in 2014. In his almost 3 decades of dedicated service, he was accorded awards and recommendations being the recipient of three Distinguished Service Stars, the Distinguished Aviation Cross, the Silver Medal Wing and numerous Military Merit Awards. A member of Philippine Military (PMA) “Matikas” Class of 1983, Lt. Gen. Fallorina is a native of Jaro, Leyte. He is married to Erica Juliana M. Tiu with whom he has three children – Feona, Wrylo and Benjo.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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KINUMPIRMA ng Sangguniang Panlunsod sa pamamagitan ng isang resolusyon ang appointment ng dating konsehal na si Atty. Narciso Macarandang bilang City Administrator na katumbas ng isang city government department head sa regular session nito noong Marso 7. Ayon sa resolusyon, nahawakan na ni Macarandang ang nasabing posisyon ng tatlong taon sa Office of the City Mayor at ang posisyong ito ay co-terminus sa appointing authority alinsunod sa Sec. 481 ng Republic Act 7160 o Local Government Code of 1991. Nakasaad din sa resolusyon na sa pag-aaral sa kanyang mga kwalipikasyon at karanasan, siya ay nagtataglay ng lahat ng mga kailangang kwalipikasyon at walang disqualifications para

sa posisyon na siya ay itinalaga. Nakasaad sa R. A. 7160 na lahat ng mga pinuno ng mga departamento at opisina ay itatalaga ng City Mayor ng may concurrence o pagapruba ng majority ng lahat ng miyembro ng Sangguniang Panlunsod. Ang nasabing resolusyon ay inihain ng Committee of the Whole na pinamumunuan ng chairman ng Committee of Laws, Rules and Regulations na si Councilor Alyssa Renee Cruz-Atienza. Ayon kay Atienza, “qualified na qualified si Macarandang sa nasabing posisyon sapagkat bukod sa pagiging kilalang abogado, siya rin ay dating konsehal ng lunsod at nag-akda ng napakaraming ordinansa na hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay

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Appointment ni Macarandang, kinumpirma ng konseho

Mendoza summarizes his platforms with Ona as Team CLEAN ACT (Imis-Gawa) BATANGAS City – NATIONALIST People’s Coalition Secretary General and third termer congressman of the Fourth District of Batangas, Mark Llandro Mendoza, summarizes his platform of governance for a better Province of Batangas, under the acronym CLEAN ACT. This set of programs, Congressman Mendoza said pinapakinabangan ng mga Batangueno.” Pinalitan ni Macarandang si dating City Adminstrator Philip Baroja matapos na mag-file ang huli ng kandidatura bilang congressman sa lone district ng Batangas sa darating na eleksyon.|

in a series of interviews of BALIKAS News Team, the members of the Batangas Press Club and that of Brigada News FM, will best describe and will make the people realize why his team-up with former Calaca mayor Nas Ona was dubbed as Team IMIS-GAWA. The acronym CLEAN ACT, the official added, stands for Collaboration, Livelihood and Enterprise, Education, Agriculture, Nature & Environment, Accessible Health Services, Corruption-Free & Transparency, and Tourism Development. Here’s how Mendoza lay down his advocacies in details:

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IN one of the tours of the province for sectoral consultations, gubernatorial aspirant Dong Mendoza and his vicegubernatorial aspirant Nas Ona were caught by lensman to be seriously discussing their programs to uplift the lives of the Batangueños, especially the marginalized.|

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The SM Store and Mastercard Pagpapaalaga ng baka, patuloy na lumalaking Promo audi car winners bared proyektong pansakahan sa Lunsod Batangas CITA Rodriguez from Guagua Pampanga, Melody Lumbao from Albay, Legaspi City, Mayeth Bacay from Bauan Batangas, Gladys Aurin from Los Banos Laguna and Reno Donor from Quezon City were the five lucky winners of an AUDI A3 2.0 TDI during the recent The SM Store and MasterCard promotion. A joint project between The SM Store and MasterCard, every Php 5,000 single receipt purchase from The SM Store using a Philippineissued MasterCard entitled a cardholder to one electronic raffle entry that gave them a chance to win one of five AUDI A3 2.0 TDI cars. For Cita, Melody, Mayeth, Gladys and Reno, it was as easy as shopping at the SM Store, using their MasterCard, and winning a luxury

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Cita Rodriguez bought Christmas presents for family friends, and various charitable institutions she supports from the SM Store in Pampanga; while Melody Lumbao’s winning entry came from shopping for appliances at SM Makati. Gladys Aurin, who loves shopping at SM because of the SM Advantage Card rewards, bought a sofa bed, comforter, and shoes at the SM Store in Calamba; Mayeth Bacay bought shoes at the SM Store in Lipa, where she is a regular shopper; and Reno Donor bought Christmas gifts as well as a mobile phone at the SM Store in Marikina. The #BestChristmasGift promotion is one of the many exciting promotions of the SM Store.|

BATANGAS CITY – Isa sa mga programang ipinatutupad ng Pamahalaang Lunsod ng Batangas ay ang pag-aalaga ng baka o Pangkabuhayang Proyekto. Ito ay ipinatutupad simula pa noong 1988 bilang karagdagan kita ng mga magsasaka sa pamamagitan ng City Planning and Development Office o (CPDO). Layunin nito na maitaas ang antas ng pamumuhay ng mga magsaskaka. Ngayong taon, may 50 benepisaryo ang nabigyan ng mga alagang baka kung saan sumailalim muna sila sa orientation bago pinagkalooban ng tig-P20, 000 bilang pambili ng baka sa kundisyong sasamahan ng kinatawan ng CPDO

Nasa Puso ang Edukasyon. Inihatid ni 2nd District BM Amy Alvarez ang 31 LED TV, na handog ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, sa pangunguna ni Gov. Vilma Santos Recto, para sa 17 day care centers, 10 elementary schools at 4 primary schools ng bayan ng Tingloy noong March 10, 2016. Ang proyektong ito ay pagpapatuloy ng mga serbisyo publikong naglalayong higit pang itaas ang antas ng edukasyon sa Batangas.| JUN MAGNAYE

kapag bibili ng baka. Sa halagang ito rin kasama ang gastos sa pagproseso ng mga dokumento at transportasyon ng nabiling baka. Sa mga benepisyaryo ng baka bukod sa kabilang sa low income group ay dapat inindorso ng punumbarangay, kailangang may kasanayan din sa pag-aalaga ng baka, may mabuting pagkatao at walang anumang rekord ng pagkakautang. Dapat paunlarin ng mga benipisaryo magsasaka ang tulong na ipinagkaloob. Ang bakang ipagkakaloob ay babayaran ng benepisaryo sa loob ng tatlong taon nang walang interes

at walang kabahagi ang pamahalaang lunsod sa magiging kita o tubo kapag napalaki at naibenta ang alagang baka. Ang mga tauhan ng CPDO ay kaagapay sa pagbili ng baka sa auction market sa bayan ng Padre Garcia kung saan nilalagyan ito ng ear tag na palatandaan na ito ay kanilang nabili at upang maging madali ang monitoring ng mga bakang inaalagaan. Kinakailangang tumupad sa kasunduan ng pagbabayad ang mga benepisaryo upang mas marami ang makinabang.|

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Mendoza summarizes his platforms with Ona as Team CLEAN ACT COLLABORATION — The governance under Imis-Gawa will be anchored on the collaboration of all sectors of the society. The programs and policies are characterized by participative inputs of representatives of all sectors. We will make the provincial government more accessible to the people by building Capitol extension offices in every district. We will bring the government closer to the people that we may get to know the real problems in the localities and bring immediate and suitable solutions to their needs. LIVELIHOOD and ENTERPRISE — Creation of programs that will provide livelihood opportunities to Batangueño families. Batangueños are known for their industry and hardwork. Giving fish to a man is not the solution, but to let him fish for his family. Livelihood opportunities will support from the government will put an end to poverty, to the over-use of Taal Lake due to fish cage operation. Livelihood opportunities will lead people not to cling on vices and illegal drugs. We will invite light industry locators to provide more job opportunities. We can even utilized other idle lands under PPP. EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT — Education is the best foundation. Allotment of necessary infrastructures like classrooms, laboratories, libraries and hiring of

more teachers will give our children a strong educational foundation. Roads and bridges should be made accessible and improved. Scholarship services will be extended and restrengthened. Cause for environmental protection should be taught to the children, not only in classroom, but also through action. Every student will be taught to plant a tree and be monitored, with the help of his family, until he finished his schooling. AGRICULTURE — About 60% of our lands is agricultural. It is one of the sectors that are almost left behind by past administrations. We have lots of idle lands that we could lend to our farmers. We will have a full-time provincial agriculturist to handle this department to ensure that programs are implemented and sustained. NATURE & ENVIRONMENT — We welcome investors BUT utmost protection of the environment must be upheld. We only need responsible locators in our province. We are for responsible mining. With the geographical framework and settings of our province, we are against open-fit and large-scale mining in our province. Not to Gold Mining in Lobo. It will not only take away the natures of Lobo, but will affect our Verde Island Passage. We are also against Coal-Fired Power Plants. We have lots of power plants in the province. We only

welcome environment-friendly power producers. We will also address Climate Change and institute programs to address its effects to our province, especially to our farmers and fisherfolks. ACCESSIBLE HEALTH SERVICES — We will make the health services truly accessible to all Batangueños. Our Districts Hospitals will be upgraded in terms of facilities and services. We will hire more doctors, nurses and support staffs to attend to the needs of our patients. Free medicines will be

provided and laboratory services will be made available. We will also facilitate partnerships with private hospitals for the extensions of social and medical services to our people. It’s only then, if these programs are implemented that we can say that health services in Batangas and truly accessible to our constituents. CORRUPTION-FREE — This Administration of Imis-Gawa will have to clean up all mess in the capitol and all branches of the provincial government. Red tape is always taken for granted, and we will act on this responsibly. The

<<<PLANS...from P/3 Citizens Charter will not only be posted in every office, but should be observed and implemented. We will make transparency not only as a byword but will be put into action. TOURISM DEVELOPMENT — Tourism is the most promising industry the province has today. Batangas is the province most proximate or accessible to Metro Manila. We have to make the tourism industry opportunities be beneficial to the people. We will develop more programs that will promote local tourism and give jobs to our people.| BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

TESDA Dialogue and Training in San Jose, Batangas with TESDA director Carlos Flores and San Jose vice mayor Joener Agbing and Councilor Renjie Arcilla. The Office of Congressman Mark Llandro Mendoza and TESDA has been partners for years in delivering trainings and assistance to Baangueño workers and out-of-school youths.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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DEMOCRACY, of course, is the best form of government because it allows the people to have a voice expressing how they ought to be governed. Yes, while the Church traditionally maintains that no form of government is imposed on man by God, it somehow values the democratic system precisely because “it ensures the participation of citizens in making political choices, guarantees to the governed the possibility both of electing and holding accountable those who govern them, and of replacing them through peaceful means when appropriate.” This was expressed explicitly in St. John Paul II’s 1991 encyclical “Centesimus annus” (46) that also went on to say that the Church “cannot encourage the formation of narrow ruling groups which usurp the power of the State for individual interests or for ideological ends.” As to the requirements for democracy to work properly, it articulated the following conditions: “Authentic democracy is possible only in a State ruled by law, and on the basis of a correct conception of the human person.” “It requires that the necessary condition be present for, the advancement both of the individual through education and formation in the true ideals, and of the ‘subjectivity’ of society through the creation of structures of participation and shared responsibility.” We need to go through these words slowly to understand them well and discern the many practical implications they contain. Nowadays, these implications are important because some sectors are distorting the true face of democracy. Among the more notorious misconceptions brought about by the misreading of the implications of democracy is that democracy should be completely devoid of any religious favoritism, or that religion or God should have no part in it, or that because of the so-called Church-state separation, democracy should avoid religious issues and stand completely neutral. Right from the beginning, such understanding of democracy is already wrong, for how can it be democratic if the religious sentiments of the people or of some people at least, are silenced, when they feel that their religious beliefs should be respected in the way they are governed? Of course, in a democracy, those who have no religion, who are nonbelievers, also have a voice and they deserve to be heard. But we should not silence those who would like to voice out their religious sentiments and beliefs when they feel these are relevant in the way a society is government. We have to understand democracy as a means not an end, a forum or an arena where all the opinions, preferences, and even beliefs and faiths of the people are given due attention hopefully in civil dialogues and exchanges. This implication of democracy is somehow highlighted these days when a candidate, who is supposed to be Catholic, openly goes against Catholic teaching on same-sex marriage because, according to the candidate, in a democracy “we should not favor any religion.” While it’s true that we should not favor any religion, we expect candidates to be true and faithful to their religious beliefs or, at least, their religious affiliation, and defend them in a democratic way when issues touching on their beliefs come their way. Democracy should not be an excuse for them to betray their religious beliefs just because it may be the more practical, convenient or popular thing to do. Such betrayal can only mean that the candidate is only Catholic by name, or is one who claims that it is also Catholic to betray one’s Catholic beliefs, an absurdity that is somehow also gaining traction these days. Of course, there can be other possible ways to describe this phenomenon. One could be merely a coward not to stand up for his faith, or he is simply Machiavellian willing to sacrifice some eternal truths or the long-held sacred traditions of the people, etc, just to pander on a passing popular sentiment and thereby gain power, wealth, popularity. Or one could simply be so blinded by some distorted sense of loyalty to a candidate or to an ideology, etc., that he is willing to go against his religion when certain aspects of that religion become a contentious and unpopular part of a political issue. In a democracy, every participant is expected to be clear about his positions, his views, and preferences, and enter into some dialogue and exchange with civility, willing to listen to others, including those with the opposite views while articulating and defending his in a civil manner. Part of a healthy democracy is to be humble enough to modify one’s position when more inputs get to be known, and to graciously accept, at least for the meantime, a setback even if the struggle to push undeniable religious truths continues.|

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MARCH 14 - 20, 2016

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5 concerns facing professional women today Seizing suspected Nokor ship reckless & provocative WOMEN are mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, supporters, even a shoulder to cry on. Yet women still earn less than their male counterparts. In my field, women comprise maybe 12 percent of all financial advisers. Women need to feel there is a support group, a sisterhood, they can go to for help. And that is why it is important for us to celebrate this special day, International Women’s Day. Motherhood is one of the most important roles a woman can have. But it can be an isolating role ina society where most women work. We need to celebrate all aspects of womanhood. We need to support the women who are pursuing careers, and those who choose to have children and take a break from their careers, and those who decide to do both. I see five fundamental concerns most professional women face today. I have found Rotary has something to offer in each. Family The burden of raising a family still falls primary on women. We need an extended network. For me, Rotary was that network. As I became active on more committees, one of the things I wanted to do was have my Rotary friends visit my home, so I did a lot of committee meetings at my house. They became potlucks. I wanted my daughters to meet my Rotary friends and see them like family. It became that to the point where my daughters can pick up the phone and call any of quite a few of my Rotary friends and feel just like family. Finances Many young professional women are saddled with college debt. And salaries don’t pay for everything. Rotary has given me a platform to empower young women to overcome their fears and take control of their finances. I teach them to not focus on the dollars and

cents, but to focus on their goals. If you focus on what you want to do, it will happen. Rotary is a place where you can safely reach out and get help. Career Most women now work outside the home. At their jobs, they are trying to envision how to climb the corporate ladder. Mentoring is a huge benefit Rotary provides. A lot of young people come to me for help, and not just financial. I find that I can always refer them to a Rotary friend in their line of work who can help. Health Happiness is a key ingredient of health, which is an essential component of a balanced life. Happiness flows from being with friends, giving back to the community, and being allowed to be creative. In Rotary, this means coming up with projects, working with your friends to see how you can help others. All of this contributes tremendously to my happiness and as a result I find the energy to exercise, take care of myself, and find time to help others. Future planning The biggest concern of many women is what is going to happen to them in their retirement years. The statistics say many women will live 30 years beyond work, and many will outlive their partners. Women tend to think of everybody else first. But it is vital for women to begin putting aside money for themselves. What are you going to do with yourself after your career? What kind of lifestyle do you want? This is where Rotary can play a huge role. I have invited quite a number of my retired friends to join Rotary, and it has become the main source of their happiness and community. It is an outlet that lets them feel like they are contributors.|

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When elections border on the absurd PHILIPPINE elections have always been a sideshow: with politicians acting like clowns with their dancing, singing, and trying hard to be funny or to identify themselves with the common people with their antics. And of course, there is the usual declaration of love for the people and the issuance of vague promises. But the magic comes after elections when they make the people’s money disappear. However, to see such spectacle in US elections is quite a new thing. US elections have impressed the world as something quite serious and boring. For the November 2016 US elections, to have a joke of a candidate like Donald Trump, who political observers viewed initially as a nuisance candidate and was not supposed to make it very far in the primaries, has been quite a novelty. It was only supposed to add comic relief to the US electoral process. But Trump’s strong showing in the Republican primaries has baffled political pundits and has been a cause for alarm even among mainstream Republicans, as well as other nations who have been the subject of his xenophobic attacks. Trump’s candidacy has brought Americans to the point of laughter, then surprise and now alarm. So how and why did Trump’s candidacy last this far and is now even on the brink of bagging the much sought after position of official candidate? For sure the reason for this is neither his outrageous hairstyle nor his inane, absurd comments that borders on the dark comedic tragedy. His strong showing is a manifestation of the desperation of the American people and their impatience over the vague promises of politicians, which later turn out to be a burden to the American people anyway. Trump offers a relief from the burden of the crisis and from the wars, no matter how absurd it is, by closing US borders, legalizing torture, and killing the perceived enemies of the US with more vigor. Trump provides clearcut answers on what he intends to do and not vague references that meant just more of the same policy directions. Trump is without doubt xenophobic, bellicose, and a fascist. And we should be alarmed not only because he has chances of winning the US presidential elections but more so because his being so is becoming attractive to a substantial number of US voters. Desperation leads people to do extreme measures such as voting for Trump whose ideas are very extreme right. This is the same feeling of desperation that is driving

a substantial number of Filipinos to prefer candidates who offer swift solutions to the crisis, poverty, corruption and criminality such as the dictator’s son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the brand of “kill all” politics that Rodrigo Duterte represents. Duterte has been spewing expletives and has been threatening to kill all who would go against his will but he has been promising to solve corruption and criminality in six months. What is alarming over the voter preferences that Bongbong Marcos has been getting is not so much that it is because the youth now do not know about what really happened during Martial Law that is why they are inclined to vote for him. What is more alarming is the fact that a substantial number of voters are inclined to vote for him because they believe that a declaration of martial law could solve the country’s problems, and that the Marcos dictatorship saved the country from economic ruin, corruption, criminality and divisive elite politics. A substantial number of Filipinos are desperate and are leaning toward extreme measures. To counter Trump, Americans should be educated that there exists another choice besides the rightist politics and neoliberal policy direction of mainstream US politicians and the extreme right politics and policy direction of Trump. But that alternative would not arise from the current crop of candidates for US president; it would result from their direct, collective political action. To counter Marcos and the wrong notions about Martial Law and the Marcos dictatorship, it is not enough to educate the youth about what really happened during those dark years in the nation’s history. The Filipino people should be educated that there is an alternative besides the subservient politics and neoliberal economics of most mainstream political candidates who have been promising to solve corruption, poverty, the crisis, joblessness, and criminality by essentially merely repeating the policy directions of previous administrations. But that alternative would likewise emanate and result from the peoples’ direct, collective political action. And it should not merely be a repeat of People Power 1 and 2. This time, the people should have a say in the political, economic, social and cultural policy directions and programs of the government that the people themselves, and not the Philippine Constitution, would install. (http://bulatlat.com)

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I ALMOST fell off from my seat when I read the Sunday newspapers reporting that a SUSPECTED (caps to highlight) North Korean cargo vessel “Jin Teng” docked in Subic port delivering palm kernel for farm animal feeds was impounded as part of the United Nations asset freeze sanction against volatile North Korea for its missile program in defiance of UN rules. Wow! The Philippines is the first to immediately act within hours of the release of the sanction orders. We are now the first to show bold moves and be internationally compliant. Well and good? WRONG! If you ask me, this is another reckless and provocative move and whoever ordered and sanctioned this must be exposed and held responsible for the consequences of this “kneejerk reaction”. I read closely the Philippine Daily Inquirer report which said that the ownership of the said vessel is not even clear yet whether it is North Korean or not. Our Coast Guard officially found that the ship’s papers showed that it was a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel owned by a company based in the British Virgin Islands. It is registered under the name of Golden Soar Development whose address is in Hongkong’s Tsim Sha Tsiu tourist district. Philippine government merely followed the alleged UN list and without the Philippine government doing due diligence to first verify the ownership. If further verifications showed this is indeed North Korean, then by all means. We all know this is a difficult and long process with the usual layering of documents, flagging and situs of registrations. But at this time, this is premature; definitely not at this stage when we have not even done the most basic step of verification. This is grossly reckless! And if we cannot eventually pin this down as a North Korean vessel, we will all be red in the face: an international embarrassment! I visited South Korea exactly one year ago. I went to the so-called “38th parallel”, that great divide that separates the two still warring Koreas and where North and South Korean soldiers face each other eyeball-to-eyeball everyday up to now hoping no one pulls the trigger first. There had been stories from those who escaped who told us about the North, of how repressive and harsh life and how volatile and juvenile the young KIM JONG-UN, the Korean leader had been. He deserves to be internationally sanctioned. But we must show to the world that we also do due diligence. I worked in Malacanang for many years. It is unpardonable to act this aggressively on such an internationally sensitive move without first the cabinet security cluster meeting (or its equivalent now) and weighing options before a decision is made. Or was there one that we do not know of? Then let it be known publicly. This is also recklessly provocative. Let’s not all be surprised if the next rocket launch by Pyongyang will be directed at our shores. Anyway, they are just test launchings! Then we can send our outriggers and bancas to battle!|

Why not? THE noise barrage of the coming election in the Philippines becomes a mere hullaballoo; so annoying that most of the people mask themselves to being either higher than the Supreme Court or an expert of political principles. I defer to detest. After all the flimsy assumptions, battles of "we said, they said" and baseless conjectures, the voice that we all waited to hear, has already been heard. The decision is in favor of Poe. And, why not? The Supreme Court’s power of judicial review, which is explicitly provided by the Constitution, is our chief legal instrument in the system of checks and balances. The power to interpret the laws is only vested on its majesty. The Supereme Court has already spoken. Who else would you want to hear? Above all of us, the Superme court knows best. I vow with and bow to the majesty of the constitution. I do the same to the trusted ones who are given the power to interpret the law. Who am I to not respect their decision? If you do not like Grace Poe to win, do not vote for her but do not question her ambition to run for President. Like you, she has all the right to aim for a position. While, you only aim to disqualify her. If you want her to be disqualified, why not? However, according to Supreme Court of the land, she is qualified. And, why not? - CARL IVAN VILLANUEVA Bahrain / San Pascual, Batangas

MARCH 14 - 20, 2016

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You did it to me! (Mt. 25:40) [Full text of the Pastoral Exhortation on the Pastoral Care and Protection of Minors] Last Part of 2-Part Series WHAT is often taken for a doctrinal pronouncement is actually a very practical guide – an indispensable first step in the prevention of child abuse. “The fruitfulness of the conjugal love extends to the fruits of the moral, spiritual and supernatural life that parents hand on to their children by education. Parents are the principal and first educators of their children. In this sense the fundamental task of marriage and family is to be at the service of life.” Where spouses live the reality of the sacrament of matrimony and cooperate with the grace of that same sacrament, they are enabled to provide their children with that kind of education that awakens in them the realization that while dangers that befall them may come from causes external to them – such as the malice of others – they may come as well from bad habits acquired, dangerous inclinations carelessly cultivated, deleterious and unhelpful company forged and kept. Clerical Abuse In an address to the International Catholic Church Bureau, made available to the public in its entirety by Vatican Radio, Pope Francis articulated the sentiments of the Church on the sad fact of abuses committed by members of the clergy. “I feel compelled to personally take on all the evil which some priests, quite a few in number, obviously not compared to the number of all the priests, to personally ask for forgiveness for the damage they have done for having sexually abused children. The Church is aware of this damage, it is personal, moral damage carried out by men of the Church, and we will not take one step backward with regards to how we will deal with this problem, and the sanctions that must be imposed. On the contrary, we have to be even stronger. Because you cannot interfere with children…” Clearly, the victims of abusive members of the clergy need all the compassion, the solicitude and the care of all of us in the Church. Molestation and exploitation by members of the clergy has done them so grievous a wrong. The local church in the Philippines will solicitously attend to the needs of victims of clerical abuse, and it has done so already in many ways. More needs to be done by way, particularly, of institutionalizing the assistance given victimized children. On July 7, 2014, Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist with some victims of clerical abuse in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. There, he uttered what we, your bishops, now echo: “Sins of clerical sexual abuse against minors have a toxic effect on faith and hope in God. Some of you have held fast to faith, while for others the experience of betrayal and abandonment has led to a weakening of faith in God. Your presence here speaks of the miracle of hope, which prevails against the deepest darkness. Surely it is a sign of God’s mercy that today we have this opportunity to encounter one another, to adore God, to look in one another’s eyes and seek the grace of reconciliation.” As to the relation–and the difference– between civil and canonical procedures in dealing with allegations of child abuse, the Holy See, in a letter to the Government of the Republic of Ireland, explained: “The sexual abuse of children is a crime. It is a crime in civil law; it is a crime in canon law. Sexual abuse perpetrated by clerics has two distinct aspects. The first is concerned with the civil and criminal responsibility of individuals, and this, being a matter for the civil authorities, is regulated by the laws of the State where the crime is committed. As has already been stated, all citizens, including members of the Church, are subject and accountable to these laws. It is the State’s responsibility to legislate in order to protect the common good and adopt measures to deal effectively with those who infringe its laws. The State has the

duty to investigate allegations of crime, to ensure due process and the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven and to punish wrongdoers, without favor or distinction, in accordance with the principles of justice and equity. The second aspect is religious in nature and as such comes under the internal responsibility of the Church, which, in this regard, applies her own legal or canonical system. Divine laws are binding on all, and positive ecclesiastical laws are binding on all those who “were baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it, and who have a sufficient use of reason and, unless the law expressly provides otherwise, who have completed their seventh year of age” (Code of Canon Law, canon 11). It is evident that the Church, in accordance with her own nature and internal organization, has the duty to punish wrongdoers for the grave and grievous damage done to the community of the Church. With regard to those areas of responsibility for which the Church has competence, her canonical system stipulates the norms, procedures and penalties which the relevant Church authority is to apply, without interference from any outside body. When cases arise of child sexual abuse committed by clerics or by religious or lay people who function in ecclesiastical structures, Church authorities are to cooperate with those of the State, and are not to impede the legitimate path of civil justice.” We cannot pass over in silence, however, the theme of forgiveness for priests who have erred. They should never be allowed to molest children again, they must not be given the chance and the opportunity to do so, and they must do what the law exacts of them. But they cannot be excluded from the mercy of which the Church is the sign and the sacrament for all. Christ calls his priests in the full knowledge of their frailties. He has not called angels to minister to men and women; he has, instead, called men apart, weighed down by their own infirmities, to attend to others who, like themselves, are wounded by sin. Of pardon, the famous French religious philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, has very instructive insights: “Pardon is a kind of healing of memory, the end of mourning. Delivered from the weight of debts, memory is freed for greater projects. Pardon gives memory a future…As the horizon of the sequence sanction-rehabilitationpardon, pardon constitutes a permanent reminder that justice is the justice of human beings and that it must not set itself up as the final judgment.” We come full circle then when the indictment of the offender, the appropriate action against him, the atonement and the satisfaction lead to the healing both of a wounded child, a wounded church and a wounded offender! But the Church has also been unjustly wronged, for the faults of a few have cast a pall of suspicion on the many who remain true to the promises of their Ordination and zealous in the ministry. Priests have been unjustly slurred as predators in a most unjust form of generalization. What is so often conveniently forgotten is the fact that, throughout history and throughout the world, among the foremost defenders of children and advocates of their rights have been priests. They too have led in the field of the education and the schooling of children and of the young. Our Sins of Commission and Omission In recognizing the sin, we discern, in docility to the Spirit, how we are to make amends and do better in the future. At the top of the list of sins of commission are crimes of sexual abuse and molestation in various forms and degrees. Among these, we must include different forms of sexual harassment that include coarse, indecent and offensive language that create a hostile environment for the child. As grievous is the cruelty that takes the

form of physical and psychological abuse. While some would have us draw a distinction between acts of physical violence that inflict serious harm from those that do not, there is no justification for an ordained minister ever to lay his hands abusively on a child nor is there ever really a reason to hurt a child’s feelings by harsh, unkind and “unpriestly” words! Then, there are also those children we exploit in different forms of work situations, especially when we have among our “convent boys” and “sacristans” or altar servers, children who labor long and difficult hours at our service and are paid a pittance if any at all, badly nourished and ill-clothed. Among our sins of omission we must count as most serious, failing to pay heed to complaints of abusive conduct by members of the clergy, and our failure to act decisively against the errant and protectively towards their victims. Equally serious has been the practice of many to deny the sacraments, including the Sacraments of Initiation, to those children who, through no fault of theirs, are born to irregular if not immoral unions. We have also lagged in sustained efforts at the proper Catholic education of children, especially in public schools, usually resting content with a token number of catechists handling big classes, one day a week! Finally, we have failed to include children in the life of the Church. Our parish activities are for adults and so are our liturgies! After the foregoing reflections, we must be resolute about what to do. Pastoral Guidelines and Norms: 1. The current canonical and disciplinary provisions both for the universal church and for the church in the Philippines remain in place and demand strictest compliance. Bishops will not pre-empt investigations by declaring innocence or pronouncing exoneration until after a thorough, impartial and credible evaluation of facts as established by competent evidence. 2. No priest who is under preliminary investigation by the authorities of State for offenses having to do with child abuse, such as sexual harassment, the violation of Republic Act No. 7610 and other crimes either punished by the Revised Penal Code or defined and penalized by special laws shall be allowed to leave the diocese. The bishop, rather, shall take him under his supervision in the bishop’s residence to guarantee his availability for the process of investigation. The same rule applies in respect to priests already facing trial. The dioceses will respect the decision of the parents, relatives or relevant state agencies whether to prosecute or not before the organs and institu-tions of State, but bishops are not excused from communicating the case to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith when their dioceses or religious institutes come, through established canonical processes, into possession of reliable information on clerical misconduct of this kind. 3. Child-victims of clerical abuse are to be attended to, the bishop seeing to the medical, psychological and spiritual care that they need. Claims for financial assistance, damages or indemnity should await the proper disposition of the courts. Both for the protection of the child-victim and the good name of the priest whose guilt has not yet been established, access to complaints, depositions, declarations and other documents in canonical proceedings – whether administrative or judicial – is limited to the parties and to their advocates or counsel as well as to the church officials tasked with the investigation and disposition of the case. Records of proceedings before the organs of State remain subject to the provisions of the laws of the Republic and the relevant administrative rules. 4. The pendency of criminal action against a priest shall not prejudice appropriate canonical processes against him. Exoneration before the organs and agencies of State does not dispense the bishop from conducting a thorough investigation of allegations and, either through administrative or judicial proceedings, meting out the appropriate penalty, when warranted on the erring priest. In like manner, a resolution

or judgment of civil forums dismissing or acquitting a member of the clergy shall not preclude a complementary and separate investigation through the appropriate ecclesiastical forum for the purposes of addressing church discipline, undertaken with full canonical respect for the office and the rights that a priest may enjoy. At the same time, the bishop shall see that the priest receives appropriate spiritual guidance and that he receives the benefit of legal representation and counsel. 5. In no case should an attempt be made to settle amicably or by compromise criminal cases involving child abuse filed against priests. On the other hand, if after prudent and diligent inquiry, the bishop is convinced, having obtained counsel from both civil and canon law experts, that the charges against a priest are spurious or maliciously trumped up, the bishop should do everything allowed by law for the protection of the good name of the priest. 6. The prohibitions found in Republic Act No. 7610 apply to priests as well and to children in their “conventos” or rectories or residences. Only adults should be employed as kasambahays, laborers and handypersons in parishes and rectories. Children whose schooling is paid for by priests should not live in the rectories and residences of priests, nor should their priest-benefactors require of them their company except when there are other adults with them. Bishops are therefore encouraged to include, among the items of their pastoral visit, a “personnel audit” to determine whether or not a priest has any children in his employ and if any live with him in his residence. 7. Children in all Catholic schools are to be given express and adequate instruction by properly trained and oriented teachers on what behavior to accept from adults and what to reject. They should be taught the ways of courtesy and respect, but they should also be instructed on how to reject and thwart inappropriate advances. We however reprove in the strongest possible terms that kind of “orientation” that results in “suggesting” to children that they have been victims of abuse, contrary to fact and to reality. This is certainly malicious and unconscionable. 8. In all dioceses, the team consisting of civil and canon law experts constituted by the CBCP to familiarize priests with the laws and canons that have to do particularly with behavior and comportment towards children is to be invited and to be given ample opportunity, hindered by none, and enjoying the full support of the bishop, to provide priests with useful instruction. 9. In seminaries and houses of formation, those who have engaged in the exploitation of others or who have physically abused classmates or juniors should not be promoted, much less admitted for candidacy to Holy Orders. The psychological tests administered, while not necessarily binding on priests in charge of formation, should nevertheless be given serious heed, but these tests must themselves be acceptable by scientific and academic standards. The CBCP herewith reiterates the rule that laicized priests or those suffering from canonical penalties should not be allowed to participate in the formation of seminarians. 10. When the apostolate for children and the involvement of children in the life of the parish is planned, parish priests and parochial vicars will do well to include children, especially of a more mature age, to participate in planning, as well as their parents. In these meetings it will be most helpful to learn from the children and from the parents the treatment of children that the children and their parents themselves deem acceptable, proper and appropriate. While even the remote opportunity for abuse and exploitation is to be shunned, these measures of caution should not diminish in any manner the ardor of priests for the solicitude, care and concern for children. May Our Lady of Sorrows who is also Mother Cause of Our Joy teach us how to care for God’s children as she loving cared for Jesus her Son! For the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, January 22, 2016, Cebu City. +SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan CBCP President

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BUSINESS Country’s largest solar farm rises in Batangas CALATAGAN, Batangas – ON his second weekly tour of Batangas, President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd is set to inaugurate here on Wednesday the largest solar facility completed in the Philippines to date. Solar Philippines—a renewable energy firm led by 22-year-old entrepreneur Leandro Leviste— developed, financed and constructed this solar farm at a cost of $120 million (P5.7 billion) that span across the idle farms at the boundary of Calatagan, Lian and Balayan at the ffot of Mount San Piro in western Batangas. Located about 10 minutes drive from the popular beach resorts of Calatagan in Balayan and Pagapas Bays, the sea of metalloid panels scattered in the 160-hectare farm is designed to produce 63.3-megawatt of electricity for the Luzon grid. With over three decades of operation, Calatagan Solar Farm is expected to offset over 1 million tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to planting over 5 million trees. Now that this farm has been switched on,

it is expected to continue to employ at least 100 people and boost the economy of Batangas. The farm has actually started generating power weeks before the March 15 government deadline to build capacity to obtain fiscal incentives under the country’s feedin-tariff regime. The majority of the cost was funded by Philippine Business Bank (PBB), the banking arm of the ZestO group led by business magnate Alfredo Yao, Leviste said. Other banks that supported the project were Banco de Oro, China Bank and Bank of Commerce. “We owe this success to banks like PBB, who support SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in emerging industries as partners more than just as financial institutions,” Leviste said. “We look forward to extend these partnerships into future projects.” Leviste said he expected this farm to break even in eight years. With solar energy, the Department of Energy has set a new solar

feed-in-tariff rate of P8.69 per kilowatt effective until March 16— applicable to the next 71 MW to 500 MW of capacity built. The installation target for solar energy under this feed-in-tariff regime was capped at 500 MW until March 15. “We’re charging ahead at full speed on our next batch of projects, even without a next round of feedin-tariff, because by making solar cost competitive, we can grow the market beyond subsidies and supply the entire demand of the Philippines,” Leviste said. At the groundbreaking of the facility last year, Leviste took the occasion to issue a call to action to other landowners: “This is the year to convert unproductive lands into solar farms. What we have done to the rooftops of malls and factories, we shall do for solar farms, and we welcome all willing partners to join us in finally turning this vision into a reality.” “This is the first of many solar farms that we shall launch this year, and are in discussions with

RIGHT START. In this file photo, Calatagan Mayor Sophia Palacio (left) and Solar Philippines president Leandro Leviste break ground for the Batangas solar project.| BALIKAS FOTOBANK landowners across Luzon, Visayas, Renewable Energy Service Contracts and Mindanao,” said Leviste. to develop projects near major cities “Taking the same approach as for across the country. The company will soon begin our rooftop projects, we’ve integrated development, financing, and construction of its next projects in construction all-in-one, allowing us Mindanao and Luzon that would to move faster in meeting the generate a total of 500 MW by 2017. “Whereas others see solar as just Department of Energy’s solar a part of their portfolio, we believe targets for 2015.” Solar Philippines plans to that it will one day supply the largest complete no less than 200 MW in share of the energy mix,” Leviste 2015, and has secured over a dozen said.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

BOI approves 144 renewable energy investments Batangas Green Business MAKATI -- The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved a total of 144 renewable energy investment projects worth P170.947 billion from 2010 up to December 2015 with a total generating capacity of 3,861 megawatts. “Our industry development programs are geared towards building sustainable and resilient communities, which includes achieving sustainable energy

priority investment sector in the BOI’s Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), the country’s investments blueprint. The BOI closely coordinates with the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure that investments support the Philippine Energy Plan (PEP) 2010-2030 and is consistent with the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 which mandates the consideration of renewable energy projects.

Among the renewable energy projects approved by the BOI is Alternergy Wind One Corporation which recently inaugurated its 60 hectare wind farm in Pililia, Rizal. The wind farm, the first of its kind in the Rizal province, runs 27 wind towers, each producing 2 MW, and has a total capacity of 54 MW of clean electricity capable to supply electricity requirements of 66,000 households.

Summit 2016 set on Thursday IN its effort to be of better service to the community and conduct a responsible business operations, the Metro Batangas Business Club is set to spearhead the Batangas Green Business Summit 2016 dubbed as IMPACT: Initiate, Mitigate, Participate, Adapt, Clean, and Transform on Thursday at the Batangas City Convention Center. The event is a kick – off program for a series of fora focused on industry – specific initiatives from the academe, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, and industry. It also aims to develop a greening road map for their respective industries to address climate change. In general, the Summit aims to achieve the following: For participants to understand

how the Green Building Code incorporates building technologies into green and sustainable projects; To introduce innovations in the industry and construction community; and To understand how to ensure/ improve the resilience of buildings and infrastructures in response to climate change, natural disasters and other environmental impacts. This Summit is being organized by the City of Government of Batangas and the Metro Batangas Business Club (MBBC) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Building Low Emission Alternatives to Development Economic Resilience and Sustainability (B-LEADERS) Project.| BALIKAS

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Villar remains hopeful PNoy will sign bills on agriculture reforms sources,” said Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary and BOI Managing Head Ceferino Rodolfo. He added that the development of renewable energy resources supports the country’s new industrial policy which includes the “greening” of industry roadmaps. “Greening” a business refers to the adoption of practices and operational procedures to improve efficiency in the use of natural resources and power. Renewable energy sources include biomass, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and ocean energy. Renewable energy is listed as a

The country’s current installed capacity for power generation is 17,025 megawatts, which is largely located in the Luzon grid. Based on DOE’s 2014-2019 demand-supply projections, an additional 5,100 megawatts is needed in all major grids of the country. The Luzon grid needs at least 3,800 megawatts, Visayas, 900 megawatts, and Mindanao around 400 megawatts. Out of the required energy capacity, only 45 power generating plants with a consolidated capacity of 3,382.75 megawatts (combined renewable energy and conventionally-fuelled) are committed to go online this year.

The PEP has indicated that at least P3 trillion in fresh investments are needed to attain the goal of energy security. “We encourage investments in the energy sector. Energy is a major concern across industries, especially now that we already experiencing the resurgence of the manufacturing industry,” said Rodolfo. The Manufacturing Resurgence Program (MRP) aims to support the development and growth of manufacturing related industries including government funding to support its key initiatives.| BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

SENATOR Cynthia Villar expressed optimism on Monday that President Benigno S. Aquino III will sign into law a number of bills that will benefit more than 11.8 million farm workers and fisherfolk in the country. “We are confident of the President’s support on the enactment of these bills. Our agriculture sector needs the reform and support, especially in this era of ASEAN Economic Cooperation,” Villar said. Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, added that she sees no reason why the President would veto the bills that will make sure this administration’s gains will be protected and sustained. “For one, the enactment of the bill declaring agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage will be a good

accomplishment under his anticorruption campaign,” she said. Under Senate Bill No. 2923 or the Anti Large-Scale Agricultural Smuggling Act, the amount of smuggled agricultural product subject to economic sabotage is equal or more than Php10 million for rice, and equal or more than Php1 million for other agricultural products such as sugar, corn, pork, poultry, garlic, onion, carrots, fish, and cruciferous vegetables. Violators will face a penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of twice the fair value of the smuggled agricultural product and the aggregate amount of the taxes, duties and other charges avoided. The bill extending the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement

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AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT TANAUAN CITY, BATANGAS EJF NO. 16-036 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure under Act 3135 as amended filed by BPI Family Savings Bank, Inc., with address at 2/f BPI Bldg., J.P Laurel Highway, Lipa City, mortgagee, against JOSEPHINE GUINTO LUISTRO and JOHN PAUL G. LUISTRO, both of legal age, Filipino citizens with residence and postal address at 108 Avila St., Phase I San Antonio Heights, Sto. Tomas, Bats/Lots 17 & AMP 18, B24, Mt. Claire Subdivision, Sto. Tomas, Bats. Blk 21, Lot 10, Alicante St., San Antonio Heights, Sto. Tomas, Bats., mortgagors, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 31, 2015 is in the amount of NINE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND PESOS & 00/100 (Php990,000.00), inclusive of interest and penalties and other charges, plus the expenses of this foreclosure which are all covered by the mortgage the undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff of Tanauan City, Batangas, or any of his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on April 4, 2016 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon in front of the Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas, to the highest bidder for Cash or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies together with all the improvements erected thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-157191 “A parcel of land (Lot 17 Blk. 24 of the consol, subdivision plan, Pcs-041028-006716, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 4-A and 4-B, (LRC) Psd-126566, L.R.C. Rec. No. N-10154), situated in the Brgy. Sta. Anastacia, Mun. of Sto. Tomas, Province of Batangas. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 18; on the SE, along line 2-3 by Lot 15 both Blk 24; on the SW., along line 3-4 by Road Lot 2; on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 19 Blk. 24, all of the consolidation/subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan x x x x x x to point of beginning, containing an area of EIGHTY (80) SQUARE METERS.” TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-157192 “A parcel of land (Lot 18 Blk. 24 of the consol, subdivision plan , Pes-041028-006716, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 4-A and 4-B, (LRC) Psd-126566, L.R.C. Rec. No. N-10154), situated in the Brgy. Sta. Anastacia, Mun. of Sto. Tomas, Province of Batangas. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 20 Blk 24; on the NE, along line 2-3 by Alley 9-B; on the NE., along line 3-4 Lot 16, on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 17, both of Blk 24, all of the consol/subd. plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan x x x x x x to point of beginning, containing an area of EIGHTY (80) SQUARE METERS.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

Villar remains hopeful PNoy will sign bills on agriculture reforms Fund (ACEF) up to year 2022 also hurdled House of Representatives and Senate deliberations and will be up for the President’s signature. “To ensure that only legitimate farmers and fisherfolks will have access to the funds, strict guidelines were put in place,” Villar said. Under Senate Bill No. 2951 or the ACEF bill, 80% of the fund will be set aside for loan with minimal interest. Only Php5 million per

cooperative and Php1 million per individual will be released strictly for the acquisition and establishment of agribased production and postproduction, and processing, machi-neries, equipment and facilities to achieve modern agricultural practices. Also transmitted for President Aquino’s signature are: SBN 3002 or “An Act providing for the development and promotion of farm tourism in the

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT TANAUAN CITY, BATANGAS SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF NO. 16-043 Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure under Act 3135 as amended filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (otherwise known as Pag-IBIG Fund)., with principal office at the Petron Mega Plaza Building, No. 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, which mortgage was assigned in favor of HDMF (Pag-ibig Fund) with branch office at 14th Floor JELP Business Solutions Center, No. 409 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, mortgagee, against GAMILYN MILLENA PERETE married to VICTORINA M. PERETE, both of legal age, Filipino citizens, with postal address at Lot 2U, Purok 6, Triangle Compound, Bagong Tanyag, Taguig City, mortgagors, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 28, 2015 is in the amount of TWO HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVEN PESOS & 74/100 (Php202,107.74), inclusive of interest and penalties and other charges, plus the expenses of this foreclosure which are all covered by the mortgage the undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff of Tanauan City, Batangas, or any of his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on April 4, 2016 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon in front of the Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas, to the highest bidder for Cash or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies together with all the improvements erected thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-89519 “A parcel of land (Lot 37 Blk. 9 Sec 9 of the consol, subdivision plan, Pcs-04-012895, being a portion of Lots 9811, 8273, 8274, 8278, 8279, 9806 and 9812; Cad-424, Sto. Tomas Cadastre, LRC Rec. No. ____ ), situated in the Brgy. Sta. Maria, Mun. of Sto. Tomas, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 35, Blk. 9, Sec. 9; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Alley 108; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Alley 107; and on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 38, Blk 9, Sec 9, all of the consolidation/subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan xxxxxx to point of beginning, containing an area of FORTY FIVE (45) SQUARE METERS.”

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, if shall be held on April 11, 2016, same time and place, without further notice.

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

Prospective buyers and/or bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, if shall be held on April 11, 2016 same time and place, without further notice.

City of Tanauan, Province of Batangas, March 3, 2016.

Prospective buyers and/or bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (Sgd.) ALAN D. JAVIER Sheriff IV Published at Pahayagang BALIKAS Edited at Batangas City Posted at : Brgy Hall of Brgy. Sta. Anastacia; Mun. Hall, Public Market, all at Sto. Tomas, Bats. and Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas Copy Furnished: all parties concerned. Pahayagang BALIKAS | March 7, 14 & 21, 2016

Philippines; SBN 2831 or the ‘Halal Bill’ which seeks to institute the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Program; and 10 local bills creating fish and aquatic resources' breeding areas in the provinces. Villar said the enactment of laws for the benefit of the agriculture and fisheries sector is crucial because based on the latest official poverty statistics, fishermen posted the highest poverty incidence for nine basic sectors in the

Philippines at 41.4%, followed by farmers at 36.7%. During the 16th Congress, two other bills from Villar’s committee were enacted into law, namely Re-public Act No. 10659 or the Sugar-cane Industry Development Act of 2015 and R.A. 10654 or the act to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that amended the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998.| BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT TANAUAN CITY, BATANGAS SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF NO. 16-041 Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure under Act 3135 as amended filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (otherwise known as Pag-IBIG Fund), with principal office at The Petron Mega Plaza Building No. 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, which mortgage was assigned in favor of HDM,F (Pag-ibig Fund) with branch office of at 14th floor JELP Business Solutions Center, No. 409 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, mortgagee/s, against JOANA M. JOYOSA, single, of legal age, Filipino Citizen, with postal address at Lot 22, Block 27, Phase 4, Mabuhay Homes 2000, Paliparan II, Dasmariñas, Cavite, mortgagors, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 28, 2015 is in the amount THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY SIX PESOS & 55/100 (Php 330,226,55), inclusive of interest and penalties and other charges, plus the expenses of this foreclosure which are all covered by the mortgage the undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff of Tanauan City, Batangas, or any of his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on April 4, 2016 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon in front of the Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas, to the highest bidder for Cash or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies together with all the improvements erected thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-120307 “A parcel of land (Lot 2 Blk. 2 Sec. 3 of the consol, subdivision plan, Pcs-04-012895, being a portion of Lots 9811, 8273, 8274, 8278, 8279, 9806, & 9812; Cad-424 Sto. Tomas Cadastre, L.R.C. Rec. No. _____ ), situated in Brgy. Sta. Maria, Mun. of Sto. Tomas, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the SE., along line 1-2 by Lot 4, Blk. 2, Sec 3; on the SW, along line 2-3 by Alley 3; on the NW., along line 3-4 by Alley 4; and on the NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 1, Blk. 2, Sec. 3, all of the consolidation/subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan x x x x x x to point of beginning, containing an area of FOUTY FOUR (44) SQUARE METERS.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, if shall be held on April 11, 2016, same time and place, without further notice. Prospective buyers and/or bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

City of Tanauan, Province of Batangas, March 3, 2016. City of Tanauan, Province of Batangas, March 3, 2016. FOR THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (Sgd.) ALAN D. JAVIER Sheriff IV

FOR TH EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (Sgd.) PONCIANO C. MENDOZA Sheriff IV

Published at Pahayagang BALIKAS Edited at Batangas City Posted at : Brgy Hall of Brgy. Sta. Anastacia; Mun. Hall, Public Market, all at Sto. Tomas, Bats. and Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas

Published at Pahayagang BALIKAS Edited at Batangas City Posted at: Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas Mun. Hall, Public Market, Brgy. Hall, Brgy. Sta. Maria, all at Sto. Tomas, Bats.

Copy Furnished: all parties concerned.

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BUSINESS 11 Quality breeders for a bountiful egg harvest Koleksyon sa renewal ng Mayor’s balikasonline@yahoo.com

IN 2010, the duck industry was very profitable and vibrant, with an estimated population of 10.8 million head. Now, challenges are weighing it down. Decline in the number and quality of breeders and lack of stable supply of ready-to-lay pullets are among the major factors contributing to the duck industry’s downtrend. Application of various new technologies in housing and feeding seemingly failed to address the problem. Experiences of the Duck Research Center of the Livestock Research Institute in Taiwan have shown significant improvement in

the overall productivity of layer ducks through organized breeding and selection that is complemented by proper nutrition and management. Taiwan experience suggests that innovative S&T interventions lead to better production performance in terms of increased egg production and egg weight over time. Application of farm level S&T interventions through the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST-PCAARRD) Duck Industry Strategic S&T

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Program (ISP) is now showing positive accomplishments relative to the program targets. Ensuring vibrant and sustainable Philippine duck egg industry requires development of signature Philippine Mallard Duck (PMD) breeds (with 70% egg production and average of 65 g egg weight) through application of breeding, feeding, production management, and duck egg processing technologies at the farm level. Adoption of efficient and effective promotion and marketing strategies for duck egg products by the industry is also necessary.|

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Permit, umabot ng Php193M UMABOT na sa P193-milyon ng kabuuang business tax assessment ang naitala ng Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Tanauan nito pa laamang Enero 2016 at pumalo pa sa 5% ang itinaas nito kumpara sa P188-milyong naitala noong nakalipas na taon. Ito ang iniulat ni Mayor Antonio C. Halili sa mga Tanaueño kasabay ang pagkilala sa matagumpay na operasyon ng serbisyong Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) ng Business Permits, Licensing & Investment Office (BPLIO) sa pamumuno ni dating konsehal Elmer L. Perez. Nalampasan ng BPLIO ang target nitong P180milyong assessment para sa taong 2016. Naserbisyuhan naman ang may mahigit

pang 2,000 negosyante na makapag-renew ng kanilang Mayor’s Permit ng wala pang isang oras. Ang year-round BOSS service na nasa ikatlong taon na ngayon ay isa sa mga pangunahing proyekto ng administrasyon ni Mayor Halili na naglalayong mas mapabilis pa ang pagbibigay ng de-kalidad na serbisyo para mga negosyante at small and medium entrepreneurs (SME’s) sa lunsod. Layunin din nito na mas mapaunlad pa ang mga serbisyo ng BPLIO at makaengganyo ng mas marami pang business investors sa lunsod ng Tanauan. Kabilang sa mga tanggapan at dibisyong nagtulungtulong para sa matagumpay

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EXOFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF NO. 2016-0027 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 filed by GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), mortgagee, with principal office at GSIS Headquarters Building, Financial Center Area, Pasay City, against OFELIA C. OLAVE married to MARCELINO N. OLAVE, mortgagors with residence and postal address at San Celestino, Lipa City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 31, 2015 amounts to Php 1,736,745.12 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 March 29, 2016 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. 139925 A parcel of land (Lot 19 Block 3 of the subdivision plan, Psd-04-152280, being a portion of Lot 13157, Cad218, Lipa Cadastre L.R.C. Case No. N-1024 (LRC), Rec. No. N-24661), situated in Barangay of Talisay, City of Lipa, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 17, Blk. 3 on the NW., along line 2-3 by Road Lot 3, on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 21, Blk. 3; on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 20, Blk. 3, all of the subdivision plan. x x x x x x x x x containing an area of FIFTY SIX (56) 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 April 5, 2016 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, February 11, 2016. (Sgd.) ARSENIO D. LORZANO Deputy Sheriff IV

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

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 | Feb. 29, Mar. 7 & 14, 2016

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na BOSS service operation ang City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), City Engineering Office (CEO), City Environment & Natural Resources (CENRO), Health Office (CHO), at City Treasurer’s Office (CTO). Aktibong nakilahok din dito ang ilang ahensya ng pamahalang nasyunal gaya ng Pag-Ibig Fund, PhilHealth, Social Security System (SSS) at Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Samantala, nagsasagawa rin ang BPLIO ng Joint Inspection Team (JIT) sa iba’t ibang establisimyentong nagnenegosyo upang mas mapabilis ang pagkuha muli ng Mayor’s Permit. Matatandaang noong nakaraang administrasyon ang BOSS ay ginaganap tuwing Enero lamang at nakukuha ang Mayor’s Permit sa loob ng tatlong araw ngunit napabilis pa ito ngayong taon na umani naman ng papuri sa mga nagnenegosyo sa Lunsod ng Tanauan. Ayon sa mga kinatawan ng First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) at Philtown, mga may malalaking pamumuhunan sa lunsod, laking tuwa nila na nakakaiwas sila sa ipinapataw na 25% multa kapag hindi agad nakapagrenew ng Mayor’s Permit bago sumapit ang ika-20 ng Enero kada taon.| TANAUAN CITY PIO

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF RTC BATANGAS CITY SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF NO. 16-1502

thence S. 83 deg. 46’E., 15.57 m. to point 2; thence S. 86 deg. 11’E., 6.50 m. to point 2; thence N. 8 deg. 12’E., 9.74 m. to the point of begininng containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY SIX (226) SQUARE METERS, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground as follows: point 4 by Old BL; point 5 by Old and the rest by P.S. cyl. conc. mons. 15x60 cm.; bearings true; declination 0 deg. 30’E., date of original survey, May 1930-Nov. 1934 and that of the subdivision survey, executed by Arnulfo Villamater, Geodetic Engineer, in Dec. 9, 1975.”

Upon petition for extra-judicial foreclosure under Act 3135 by the BANGKO KABAYAN (A Rural Bank), INC. with the principal business address at Poblacion, Ibaan, Batangas, against SERGIO ATIENZA married to ISIDRA C. MONTALES, as borrower/ mortgagor with resident and postal address at 117 M. H. DEL PILAR ST., BATANGAS CITY, to satisfy the amount of FIVE HUNDRED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY ONE PESOS AND 78/100 (Php 501,741.78), excluding unpaid interest, penalties, attorney’s fees and all incidental expenses which are secured by the said mortgage/s, the undersigned Sheriff announces that on APRIL 5, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. or soon thereafter in the CITY HALL, BATANGAS CITY, he/she will sell at public auction for cash in Philippine Currency to the highest bidder, the property/ies described in the said mortgage together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Copies of this Notice of Sale shall be posted at three (3) most conspicuous public places at Batangas City (CITY HALL, POST OFFICE, PUBLIC MARKET), at BARANGAY HALL of Poblacion, Batangas City where the property is located, and at the Bulletin Board of Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Pallocan West, Batangas City.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. RT-5641 (4026)

In the event the public auction should not take place on the above scheduled date, it shall be held on April 18, 2016, without further notice and publication.

“A parcel of land (Lot 35-E of the subdivision plan, (LRC) Psd-236244, being a portion of Lot 35, Batangas Cadastre, LRC Rec. No. 1695), situated in the Poblacion, City of batangas. Bounded on the NE., points 3 to 4 by Lot 32; on the SE., along line 4 to 5 by Lot 34; points 5 to 6 by Lot 37; both of Batangas Cadastre; on the SW., points 6 to 1 by Lot 35-D; on the NW., points 1 to 2 by Lot 35-E); points 2 to 3 by Lot 35-C, both of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan, being N. 80 deg. 53’W., 105.38 m. from BLLM No. 1 Batangas Cadastre: thence N. 83 deg. 25’E., 4.10 m. to point 2; thence N. 83 deg. 22’E., 18.76 m. to point 2; thence S. 3 deg. 37’E., 10.18 m. to point 2;

Prospective buyers and/or bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. Batangas City, February 24, 2016. (Sgd.) JOVIC A. ATIENZA Sheriff IV Published at Pahayagang BALIKAS Edited at Batangas City Posted at Batangas City Copy Furnished: All parties concerned. Pahayagang BALIKAS | March 14, 21 & 28, 2016

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“Intuition: 30 Empowered Batanguenas”, pagkilala ng SM sa Kababaihan SA pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng mga Kababaihan ngayong Marso, binigyang pugay ng SM City Batangas ang mga matatagumpay ng mga Batanguena sa iba’t ibang larangan sa pamamagitan ng isang exhibit na tinaguriang “Intuition: 30 Empowered Batanguenas” noong March 6 sa mall atrium nito. Layunin ng naturang gawain na maipakita ang galing ng “Pinay Power” sa pagsasakatuparan ng kanilang mga pangarap at layunin hindi lamang para sa kanilang sarili kundi para sa komunidad. Ito ay isinagawa sa pakikipagtuwang ng SM City Batangas sa JCI Batangas Caballero. Ilan sa mga prominenteng personalidad na nakasama rito ay si Atty. Darlene Berberabe, president at CEO ng Pag-ibig Fund, public servant; Marie Lozano, ABS-CBN’s broadcast journalist; at Engr. Aisa Mijeno na nakilala sa kanyang imbensyong Salt Lamp. Ang iba pang mga kinilala ay ang magkakapatid na sina Christine Heidi Dimatatac, Anna Camille Alido, at Jean Mariel Valenzuela ng Queens of Parties, Event Planner ng Wanam sa Bukid; Mara Jessa Adarlo – Online Entrepreneur; Leah Neo at Myra Aldover – Cake Artisans; Gerra Fetalvero – Speech Pathologist; Marielle Diaz – Professional Make Up Artist; Aiko Berberabe – Interior Designer;, Anna Palacios – a Doctor and Mother of Doctors;, Paris Silva – Personality Development Coach and Flight Attendant; , Michelle Bagui – Caterer and Events Planner (Ginazels); Maan Clemeno – Pre-School Teacher; Annabelle Montenegro – Accessories Designer and Businesswoman; Aleli Buaquen – Police Woman;, Siselle Fajardo – Beauty Queen and a Nurse; Tina Ganzon – Chief of Staff of the Dept of Education;, Niq Ablao – Videographer ,Editor and Colorist;, Christine Viloria – Musician;, Cindy Igmat – Stage and TV Director, EDSA People Power Commission and Board of Director Member, Gawad Kalinga;, Lauren Arielle Berberabe - Fashion Designer;, Maria Cecilia Diaz – Folk Dance Director and Educator;, Erlin Olan – Photographer and Event Stylist; Pauline Plata Bondad – Entrepreneur; Sharlene Macaraig – Ballerina; Millet Kasilag

“Intuition: 30 Empowered Batanguenas”. ILAN sa 30 piling kababaihan na hinirang ng SM Malls bilang pagkilala sa kanilang tagumpay sa karera o piniling propesyon.| – Youth Minister; Dra. Belinda Erodias pakikinabangan ng maraming Filipino ang naturang estblisyimento sa – Dentist; Charisse Aclan – Wedding sa mga lugar na wala pa ding kuryente pamamagitan ng paggagawad ng Planner; , Sonia Bacal – Events Ambas- hanggang sa kasalukuyan. pagkilala sa apat na “Notable Women” Binigyang diin niya na kaya ng mga ng lalawigan. sador; at si Judge Cynthia Ricablanca – Executive Judge ng Regional Trial ordinaryong babaeng tulad niya na Ang tema ng selebrasyon ngayong makagawa ng mga bagay na makaka- taon ay “Kapakanan ni Juana, Isama sa Court, Sta. Cruz Laguna, Professor. Sila ay ginawaran ng certificates of pagpabago at makakapagpabuti ng Agenda”. recognition ni SM City Batangas Mall buhay ng nakararami. Payo niya na Samantala, ipinagdiriwang ng SM “don’t let being a woman deter you from ang ika-30 taong anibersaryo nito kung Manager Lyn Gabriel. Nagbigay din ng mensahe si Engr achieving your dream”. saan ibat-ibang gawain ang kanilang Pinasalamatan ni Assistant Mall inihanda bago ang grand celebration sa Mijeno kung saan ibinahagi niya ang kanyang mga naging karanasan sa Manager Gemina Buenaflor ang 30 Oktubre. Bukod sa sale tuwing ika-30 kanyang immersion sa Kalinga na Empowered Women sa pagbibigay aniya ng bawat buwan, mayroon din silang nagsilbi aniyang inspirasyon sa kanyang ng inspirasyon sa iba pang kababaihan. Women’s Sale tuwing araw ng Myerkoles Taong 2013 unang nakiisa sa sa buong buwan ng Marso.| imbensyon na Salt Lamp. Ito ay safe, PIO BATANGAS CITY cost effective at environment-friendly na pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Kababaihan

BatStateU celebrates int’l women’s day, talks empowerment agenda WOEMEN are in! In the celebration of International Women’s Day and the National Women’s Month, BatStateU Extension Services Office through the Gender and Development Office conducted a women empowerment activity held at the Amphitheater, CITE Building, GBP Main I, last week. With this year’s theme: “Kapakanan ni Juana, isama sa Agenda”, the said activity aimed to discuss the role of women in the society, to resonate the call to gender balance and to capacitate the women to reach their ambitions. It also intended to strengthen the potentials of women as part of the agenda in different sectors of the society. It is by the virtue of the Proclamation no. 224 which declares the first week of March of every year as

women’s week and March 8, 1988 and every year thereafter as women’s rights and international peace day of the late President Corazon C. Aquino. “Let us allow women to aspire, inspire and see them and make a difference. We can be an instrument of change, instrument of development and instrument of equality”, said Dr. Emylou B. Yanga, Director of Commission on Higher Education Region IV-A (CALABARZON). She also stressed that in order to sustain and enhance women’s empowerment, continuous education is the solution. Moreover, Dr. Erma B. Quinay, University Vice President for Research, Development and Extension shared that since the national election is coming near, there should be a gender balance in

EMPOWERED women of Batangas Supt. Anacleta L. Cultura, Insp. Ma. Lourdes D. Ballo and Ms. Maria Theresa R. Poblador receive the certificate and token of appreciation during the women empowerment activity by the BatStateU Extension Services Office thru Gender and Development held recently. (L-R: De Silva, Cultura, Ballo, Quinay, Poblador, Hernandez).| ELMER L. DELEN/YOWI LUALHATI

leadership and that women’s role institutes changes towards nation building. Also, part of the program was a forum which focused on women in the professional fields. Present during the panel discussion were Supt. Anacleta L. Cultura, OIC-Chief, Human Rights Affairs of Batangas Police Provincial Office, Insp. Ma. Lourdes D. Ballo, Municipal Fire Marshal of Mataas na Kahoy Fire Station and Ms. Maria Theresa R. Poblador, Director II, CSC Field Office of Batangas. They all shared their experiences and words of wisdom related to their career by an individual speech and then followed by a discussion through question and answer portion with the participants. One of the highlights of the event was the awarding of the different competitions held during the period of celebration. The intercampus contests include On-the-spot Poster Making Contest, On-the-spot Essay Writing Contest (English and Filipino Category for students and faculty), Bulletin Board Display Contest per college student council and the Advocacy T-shirt design. Heidi L. Boromeo (Lipa) bagged first place in on-the-spot poster making contest. Crystel Manlansan (Lipa) and Noriel Pangilinan (Malvar) won second and third place, respectively. Regina Chriscel S. Delute from the College of Teacher Education (CTE) Main I won first place in on-the-spot essay writing contest (English) employee and faculty category. Jenny Vieve M. Oamil (Malvar) got second place and Molina G. Rizo (Malvar) for third

DIALOGUE. Insp. Ma. Lourdes D. Ballo answers the question asked by the participants in the panel discussions about Women in Professions in the women empowerment activity held at the Amphitheater of Batangas State University. (L-R: Supt. Anacleta L. Cultura, Insp. Ma. Lourdes D. Ballo, Ms. Maria Theresa R. Poblador and Ms. Maria Melinda O. Gainza).| ELMER L. DELEN/YOWI LUALHATI place. For the on-the-spot essay Aguilera (General Engineering) won writing contest (English) student third. category, Bryan M. Mendoza “What I hope for the university (Malvar), Kathleen M. Reyes (CTE) is that the students, faculty and and Ruel V. Padilla (Lemery) were employees would be vigilant in awarded first, second and third raising their concerns. Because it’s place. While on-the-spot essay possible, let’s say that there are writing contest (Filipino) employee already empowered people in the and faculty category was triumphed school, there are still those who by Arnold C. De Chavez (CTE) cannot speak especially in Michelle V. Plata (Malvar) and discrimination matters. And all of Jenneth M. Fortus (Malvar) those things are intact towards the consecutively. Winners in on-the- goal of gender equality”, as shared spot essay writing contest (Filipino) by Assoc. Prof. Maria Theresa A. student category were Dianne C. Hernandez, Asst. Director of Gender Carpio (Lipa) in the first spot, Sofia and Development, when asked what Angela B. Pizarra (Lipa) as second she expects after organizing such and Ross Ann A. Mendoza (Malvar) kind of fruitful endeavor. as third. The bulletin board display More than two hundred particontest was succeeded by the College cipants gathered in the event. of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Student Present were also the Associate Dean Council as the first place, second of the General Engineering Departplace is College of Teacher Education ment Eufemia Amul, Vice President (CTE) Student Council and the third for Academic Affairs Dr. Cynthia Q. place was bagged by the College of Manalo, Mr. Alvin R. De Silva, Asst. Accountancy, Business Economics Director for Institutional and and International Hospitality Industry Development Services, Management (CABEIHM) Student Asst. Prof. Ana Maria Rivera, Asst. Council. Meanwhile, Abeking De Director, Office of the Student Guzman (Nasugbu) won first place Discipline and Assoc. Prof. Romeo in the Advocacy T-shirt design. C. De Castro, Director, Extension Uzziel Ashley Valdez (Nasugbu) Services. | landed as second and Nixus Tyrone ELMER L. DELEN/YOWI LUALHATI

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Scenes at the Simple Celebration for Balikas’ 20th Anniversary, March 2 @ Nung Ru Thai Restaurant, Zenaida Arcade, Batangas City

SANS baloons, games and other party gimmicks, Atty. Monet (Atty. Minerva Rosales-Dimaano), the very workaholic college professor turn lawyer celebrates her birthday with a bang! Most of her friends in the legal circle came and shared with her on that momentous day, but unlike in common parties where chats and exchange of regards and well wishes were expressed with wine and liquor glasses tossed ordinarily. This time, everyone paid attention to short messages of her esteemed guests.... Atty. Monet’s former bosses... Former DOJ secretary Nani Perez, her boss at the University of Batangas, and former Friends, lawyers and non-lawyers alike, from the Hall fo Justice came to celebrate with Congressman Dodo Mandanas, her former boss at the capitol her... where she served as Provincial Legal Officer.

Perez: “Can you commit that you will fight for good governance, fight against coal-fired power plant and the Lobo mining project?” Balmes: “Yes, I do!” Perez then Balmes hand to the pleasure of the other guests attending the birthday party.

A rare scene during election period-- the convergence of candidates from different corners -- ex-DOJ Sec. Nani perez running independent for Congressman of Batangas City’s lone district; Councilor Kristine Balmes, running for mayoralty of Batangas City; and ex-Rep. Dodo Mandanas, running independent for governorship of Batangas.|

ABOVE: Batangas City councilor and mayoralty aspirant Kristine Balmes is in serious conversation with former DOJ secretary and aspirant for a seat as Congressman of Batangas City lone district, Nani Perez, and former Congressman and gubernatorial aspirant Dodo Mendoza. LEFT: A reunion of former capitol heads -- former Provincial Health Officer, Isagani Bolompo, MD, now the municipal mayor of Lian town and the celebrator, Atty. Monet Dimaano, former Provincial Legal Officer, during the incumbency of foremr governor Dodo Mandanas.|

Former political foes -- Perez and Mandanas run against each other for a seat in Congress in three consecutive elections -- now make a friendly act, raised each other’s hand and declared their commitments to unite for good governance and fight for the cause of the environment.|

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3rd Festival of Lights, lalong nagpakinang sa City of Colors MULING nagningning ang mga manonood ang ati-atimakukulay na karosa at han dance at ang pagpapatiburin sa mga pangunahing kitang-gilas sa street dancing lansangan ng Lunsod ng ng mga mag-aaral mula sa Tanauan sa muling pagpa- tatlong malalaking paaralang rada ng mga ito sa 3rd Festival pampubliko sa lunsod sa of Lights, kaalinsabay ng pagitan ng 35 naggaganpagdiriwang ng ika-15 taong dahang floats na lumahok pagiging lunsod at ika-444 ngayong taon. taong pagkakatatag ng bayan Kasunod ng mahabang ng Tanauan nitong Sabado ng pagparada ng mga float ay gabi. isinunod naman ang street Sa paglaki ng premyong dance exhibition ng mga maginihanda ng Pamahalaang aaral sa harap ng lumang Lunsod, mas naging magar- municipal hall. bo ang mga entry ngayong Tatlong taon na ang taon at nahigitan pa ang nakalipas, sinimulan ng pamosong Frozen Float na administrasyon ni Mayor nanalo noong 2015. Thony Halili ang pagdiriMuling nakuha ng Wrap wang ng Festival of Lights na and Carry Supermarket ang sinuportahan naman ng 1 st Prize na may temang Sangguniang Panlunsod sa BACK-TO BACK CHAMPTION. Bukod sa pagiging 1st Prize Winner na may Php 150,000 premyo, tinanggap din ng Titanic, ang entry ng Titanic at tinanggap ang pangunguna ni Vice Mayor Wrap and Carry Supermarket ang Best in Craftmanship na may premyo namang P25,000.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO premyong P150,000. Joahna Corona. Tumanggap naman ng Mula noong 2014, lalong P110,000 ang Second Place, pinakinang ng festival na ito samantalang P100,000 ang ang Lunsod ng Tanauan sa nakuha ng Third Place. kaniyang taguriang City of Umagaw rin ng pansin sa Colors.|BALIKAS NEWS TEAM Pisces (Peb. 19 - Mar. 20) - Piliin ang .................................................................................................... ..............................

Sariling mga gusali ng PSHS - Calabarzon Campus na, itatayo na sa Lunsod Batangas BATANGAS City – PORMAL nang isinagawa ang groundbreaking ceremony para sa itatayong Philippine Science High School Calabarzon Campus sa may limang (5)

ektaryang lupang kaloob ng Pamahalaang Lunsod ng Batangas sa Brgy. Sampaga, lunsod na ito, Marso 10. Pinangunahan ni Department of Science and

Technology (DOST) Undersecretary for Scientific and Technological Services Rowena Cristina Guevarra, ang ilan pang mga opisyal sa naturang seremonya na

PINANGUNAHAN nina Department of Science and Technology(DOST) Undersecretary for Scientific and Technological Services Rowena Cristina Guevarra, DOST Assistant Regional Director (IV-A) Lydia Manguiat, Director III, PSHS Calabarzon Campus Jose Andaya, System Executive Director Larry Cabatic at ni Secretary to the City Mayor Reginald Dimacuha.| ELMER ZARASPE

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siyang hudyat ng pagsasali ng PSHS Calabarzon Campus. Unang itatayo rito ang Academic Building 1 at Dormitory 1. Katuwang ni Guevarra sa nasabing okasyon sina DOST Assistant Regional Director (IV-A) Lydia Manguiat, Director III, PSHS Calabarzon Campus Jose Andaya, System Executive Director Larry Cabatic at Secretary to the City Mayor, Atty. Reginald Dimacuha. Ngayong Academic Year 2015-2016, may kabuuang 71 iskolar ang nagsisipag-aral sa pansamantalang pasilidad ng PSHS sa Bahay Kalaman ng Batangas National High School. Ang mga papasok naman ng Grade 6 sa mga regular public and private schools ay maaaring kumuha ng qualifying examination sa darating na Oktubre para piliin ang 90 magiging Grade 7 sa Academic Year 2017-2018 na magbubukas sa Agosto 2016.| DHALENZ R. LANDICHO

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sakit na dapat gamutin. Pagtuunan lang ang supernatural at hayaan ang mga medical doctors para sa lunas na saklaw ng kanilang kaalaman. Lucky numbers at color ay 3, 7, 35, 44 at garnet red. Aries (Mar. 21 - Abril 19) - Ang ningning ng pagmamahal ay nasa kalooban ngayon. Bigyan ng mahalagang pansin ang kabutihang asal. Madaragdagan ang mabuti sa paligid. Lucky numbers at color ay 15, 41, 44, 47 at violet. Taurus (Abril 20-Mayo 20) - Oracion meditation para sa stress management ang paglaanan para mag-improve ang kalusugan. Mag-ingat sa paglalakad baka matalisod. Lucky numbers at color ay 23, 29, 33, 35 at beige. Gemini (Mayo 21-Hun. 21) - Masaya ang iyong buhay. Maraming humahanga sa iyo. Mag-ingat sa mga nagpapanggap na concern friend. Lucky numbers at color ay 13, 15, 44, 49 at aquamarine blue. Cancer (Hun. 22-Hul. 22) - Magplano ng gagawin ngayon. Isagawa ang bawat idea at isa-isa itong mangyayari. Maaakit ang masaya at masaganang buhay. Lucky numbers at color ay 3, 11, 29, 31 at satin white. Leo (Hul. 23-Ago. 22) - Konsultahin ang abogado bago lumagda ng kontrata. Kailangan na win-win solutions ang pairalin. Mahalin ang kagalit. Lucky numbers at color ay 9, 22, 35, 39 at blue. Virgo (Ago 23-Set. 23) - Sa bawat love affair, alalahanin na mahalin ang sarili. Ihanda ang kalooban na masaktan dahil sa pagmamahal. W alang kwenta ang buhay kapag walang kwento. Lucky numbers at color ay 17, 21, 33, 39 at carnation pink. Libra (Set. 24-Okt. 23) – Kapag mainit ang sitwasyon, lumayo sa apoy para hindi ka masunog. Gamitin ang sweet word sa pagpapaliwanag ng tao. Lucky numbers at color ay 17, 19, 37, 44 at flame red. Scorpio (Okt. 24-Nob. 22) - Sa pagsasalita ng salapi lahat ay nakikinig. Ang kubling kaisipan ang makapangyarihan sa lahat. Ito ay wagi. Lucky numbers at color ay 13, 22, 35, 41 at tangerine.or ay 10, 19, 29, 45 at indigo. Sagittarius (Nob. 23-Dis. 21) - Pansinin mo ang kulang sa pansin, ganito ang paraan para maging wagas ang pagtanggap niya sa iyo. Lucky numbers at color ay 3, 22, 33, 41 at gold. Capricorn (Dis. 22-Ene. 19) - Magiging masaya sa pagharap ng problema. Ang meaning nito ay buhay ka. Ang solusyon ay kusang darating sa takdang panahon. Lucky numbers at color ay 5, 23, 27, 39 at dollar green. Aquarius (Ene. 20-Peb. 18) - Piliin ang makihalubilo sa madla. Kung nais maiangat ang marka sa personality, matutong maging concern sa kapakanan ng iba at hindi lang para sa sarili. Lucky numbers at color ay 5, 7, 33, 44 at yellow.|