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DUTERTE invades Batangas. Thousands of supporters trooped to the Batangas Provincial Sports Complex, others waited for more than 12 hours just to see Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in person at the Proclamation Rally of PDP-Laban led by former Batangas governor Joey Laurel and Batangas City mayoralty candidate Kristine G. Balmes. The Duterte crown has outnumbered the supporters of Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Grace Poe and foremr DILG secretary Mar Roxas.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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First Gen cleared to complete P409-million transmission facility

BATANGAS City – BUNGA ng hindi pagbibigay ng sertipikasyon para mailabas ang P1-bilyon utang sa Land Bank of the Philippines, ipinatatanggal ngayon ng kampo ni Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha sa Department of Finance (DoF) si City Treasurer Marites Geron. Sa dokumentong nakuha ng BALIKAS News Team, lumalabas na pormal na idinulog ng Tanggapan ng Pununlunsod sa Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) isang ahensya sa ilalim ng DoF si Geron bunga ng umano’y pagtanggi ng huli na magbigay ng “simpleng sertipikasyon” na hinihingi ng bangko para mai-release sa Pamahalaang Lunsod ng Batangas ang dalawang

pagkakautang nito na may kabuuang halagang P1bilyon. Pirmado ni City mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha ang naturang liham. Matatandaang pumasok sa dalawang loan agreements ang pamahalaang lunsod at land Bank of the Philippines – isang Php 350-milyon para sa konstruksiyon ng Calumpang 3rd Bridge na magdurugtong sa Sitio Ferry, Kumintang Ibaba at Brgy. Gulod Labac, at isa pang Php 650-milyon Standby Term Loan para naman tustusan ang iba pang pagawaing pang-imprastraktura ng lunsod kabilang ang (1) rehabilitasyon ng palengke, (2) rehabilitasyon at pagsasaayos ng grandstand sa

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BATANGAS City – THE Lopez-led First Gen Corp. has been cleared by government regulators to build an additional transmission facility to complete the facility requirements of its two (2) new plants in Batangas City – the 450 megawatt (MW) San Gabriel Natural Gas-fired plant and the 100MW Avion Power Plant – to supply to the national grid, amounting to a total P409.35-million investment package. Just recently, First Gen, through its wholly owned unit First Natgas Power Corp., was cleared by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to build the dedicated point-to-point transmission facility for the San Gabriel plant, a new investment amounting to P118-million. First Natgas is currently developing the 450-MW San Gabriel power plant, a natural gas-fired power plant capable of combined cycle operation, located within the Santa

Rita and San Lorenzo power plant complex in Batangas City. Based on government data, the San Gabriel plant is targeted for testing and commissioning this summer and commercial operations in December 2016. In its application, First Natgas proposed a connection to the San Gabriel plant to the existing San Lorenzo Switchyard, which will link the power plant to the transmission system of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). The company is allotting P117.87 million for the project, which involves the construction of approximately 200 meters of transmission lines, substation high voltage equipment and remote monitoring and control. The project also involves the expansion of the San Lorenzo Switchyard.

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OCD-RDRRMC IV-A resounds with support for “Pagyanig 2016” THIS past week, one powerful earthquake after another shook the world and left many trembling in fear of what would happen next. Japan has borne the brunt of this fact after being devastated by shallow, magnitudes 6.5 and 7.3 earthquakes on Thursday and Saturday, respectively—killing 41 people, injuring over 900, prompting more than 91,700 to evacuate, while destroying and damaging over 800 houses. Another magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday while locally, Zamboanga del Norte experienced a magnitude 6.0 one on the same day.

These were most recently followed on early Sunday morning (Philippine Standard Time) by a magnitude 7.8 quake centered near the coast of Ecuador in South America—reaching a death toll of 77 with injuries of more than 500 as of time of reporting. This consecutive occurrence of major earthquakes serves as a reminder to all Filipinos that PHIVOLCS’ prediction on the long overdue movement of the West Valley Fault might be nearing. The resulting 7.2 magnitude earthquake, nicknamed “The Big One,” might be closer than we think. The ultimate question is, are you

and your family ready for “The Big One?” Whether your answer is yes or no, Office of Civil Defense-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council IV-A (OCDRDRRMC IV-A) under the able leadership of Regional Director and Chairperson Vicente F. Tomazar, in its continuous effort to inculcate the culture of safety in all individuals, encourages you to join the “Pagyanig 2016” – Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on 21 April 2016—where the national ceremonial venue is set in Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Pampanga. Although OCD-RDRRMC IV-A

already advanced the conduct of its 1 st Quarter 2016 NSED in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna as its regional ceremonial venue on 31 March 2016, the Office still calls for everyone in the CALABARZON region to participate in “Pagyanig 2016” by simultaneously making noise at 9am on April 21, in support of this nationwide simultaneous exercise. You can honk your vehicles’ horns, you can sound your sirens and alarms, or you can play warning sounds through your speakers for one minute at the said time to signal the start of your own local earthquake drills. Furthermore, everyone is requested to perform the

duck, cover, and hold technique wherever you are once you hear those warning sounds, before following further evacuation instructions as part of your drills. This exercise will be the perfect opportunity for you to be advocates of awareness on earthquake preparedness and to acquire further knowledge regarding local evacuation procedures and other earthquake safety measures in your communities. CALABARZON, let us hear you join the earthquake drill on April 21! Let us hear the sound of a region working for a safer and more disaster-resilient future!| BALIKAS NEWS TEAM

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Punumbaranggay, kritikal sa ambush; bodyguard, sugatan din LUNSOD NG LIPA – DALAWANG kalalakihan kabilang ang isang opisyal ng barangay ang napadagdag sa humahabang talaan ng mga indibidwal na nagiging biktima ng karahasan sa Lalawigan ng Batangas habang papalapit ang araw ng halalan sa Mayo 9. Nitong nakaraang Linggo, Abril 17, sugatan si Punumbarangay Alfredo Mendoza y Magsino, 57, ng Pinagkawitan lunsod na ito matapos barilin ng di pa nakikilalang suspek habang ang biktima ay naghahanda sa pagbubukas ng summer basketball league sa naturang lugar. Sa paunang imbestigasyon ng Lipa City Police Office, nabatid na binaril ng malapitan si Mendoza, gamit ang isang maikling uri ng baril. Matapos ito, isa namang mag-lalaro ng basketball ang tinamaan ng ligaw na bala sa kaniyang katawan. Kinilala ng otoridad ang biktimang si Russel Maldonado y Zara, 24, may-asawa at residente rin ng naturang barangay. Kapwa isinugod sa kalapit na NL Villa Memorial Hos-

pital ang mga biktima para sa dagliang lunas. Kaagad namang tumakas ang salarin lulan ng isang motorsiklo, dala ang ginamit na armas at tinahak ang direksyon ng patungong bayan ng Padre Garcia. Kinumpirma naman ng Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) Batangas PPO sa paunang imbestigasyon nito na isang (1) basyo lamang ng caliber 45 ang narekober sa pinangyarihan ng insidente. Hanggang sa sandaling sinusulat ang balitang ito, nasa kritikal na kondisyon si Mendoza sa intensive care unit (ICU) ng NL Villa Memorial Medical Center sa Lunsod ng Lipa, samantalang si Maldonado ay inilipat na sa Batangas Medical Center sa Lunsod Batangas. Dalawa namang anggulo ang tinitingnang posibleng motibo sa naturang krimen. Una, sinsilip ngayon ang kaso ng pagpaslang kay Kagawad Nelson Maandal y Perez ng naturang barangay noong Pebrero 17, 2014 kung saan ang biktimang punumbarangay at mga kapatid nito ang itinuturong suspek. Pulitika naman ang Ikal-

wang anggulong tininingnan ng otoridad. Ayon sa pulisya, ang biktimang si Mendoza ay kilalang malakas na tagasuporta ng mag-asawang incumbent Lipa City mayor Meynard Sabili at maybahay nitong si Bernadette Sabili na ngayon ay tumatakbo bilang konggresista ng Lipa city Lone District. Nitong nakaraang Marso 31, 2016, isang bodyguard ni Mendoza na nakilalang si Diohenes Buenaobra y Escober ang binaril at napatay ng di pa nakikilalang suspek na riding in tandem. Nabatid na dating closein bodyguard ni dating Punumbarangay at ABC President Marlon Luansing ang biktima, ngunit ngayong nalalapit na ang halalan ay lumipat ito sa kampo ni Mendoza. Samantala, ilan sa mga hakbang ng otoridad ay ang pagbuo ng Special Investigation Team Mendoza; at ang pagkalap ng mga posibleng saksi para sa dagliang ikalulutas ng krimen.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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City Treasurer, ipinatatanggal ni Mayor EBD sa pwesto Quezon Memorial Stadium, (3) konstruksiyon ng bagong gusali ng Colegio ng Lunsod ng Batangas, at (4) konstruksiyon ng bagong gusali ng City Engineers Office na maaapektuhan ng konstruksiyon ng Calumpang Third Bridge. Dahil sa pagpasok sa loan agreements na ito, nahaharap ngayon sa ilang kasong administratibo at criminal si Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha at ilan pang department heads ng cityhall. Isinasaad pa sa liham ni Dimacuha sa BLGF na lahat ng mga kinakailangang dokumento ay naproseso na maging ang rekomendasyon ng Monetary Board ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, at tanging ang sertipikasyon lamang umano ng Panlunsdo

na Ingat Yaman ang kailangan upang mai-release ang naturang pagkakautang. “Today, March 3, 2016 the City Treasurer shot down the loans and the projects connected therewith by sending a reply to the memorandum

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wherein she flatly refused to make the certification required by the Land Bank of the Philippines… thereby utting the City Government of Batangas in great embarrassment for failing to make good its promises and in bad light in the coming election,”saad pa sa liham ng alkalde. Ito umano ay isang pananabotahe ni Geron abaty sa kaniyang pansariling kagustuhan at kapritso. “With much regret, due to the unjustified refusal of the City Treasurer to perform her sworn duty that will inevitably result to the prejudice of the government and its constituents as well as her apparent bias for the opposition that will tarnish the solemnity and cleanliness of the coming elections, it is requested that

SI Punumbarangay Mendoza ng Brgy. Pinagkawitan, Lipa City habang ginagamot sa ICU ng NL Villa Memorial Medical Center.| CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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First Gen cleared to complete P409-million transmission facility However, the ERC noted the proposed connections will indirectly connect the San Gabriel plant to the grid through the facilities of another power plant. Under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), a dedicated facility used to connect other users to the grid should be transferred to the grid operator. After completing the project, the ERC directed First Natgas to transfer the operational control of the existing switchyard and its expansion to NGCP. Over a year ago, another unit First Gen Corp. has secured regulatory approval to develop a transmission project that will connect its 100-megawatt (MW) Avion

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she be transferred to another station immediately,” dagdag pa sa liham. Tinanggap ng tanggapan ni BLGF OI Executive Director Jocelyn T. pendon noong Marso 3. Iniendorso naman ito sa BLGF Regional Office sa Lunsod Calamba kinabukasan. Ayon sa Indorsement Letter, pinasasagot si Geron sa loob ng sampung araw matapos tanggapin ang kpya ng naturang liham-kahilingan ni Dimacuha.| BALIKAS News Team

THE 1000MW Sta. Rita and 500MW San Lorenzo Power Plants complex in Sta. Rita which also house the 450MW San Gabriel and 100MW Avion Power Plants.| BALIKAS FOTOBANK

natural gas power plant in Batangas to the Luzon grid. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) authorized Prime Meridian Powergen Corp. (PMPC) to develop, own and operate the Avion-Santa Rita (SR) transmission facility. The total estimated cost of the dedicated point-topoint facility is pegged at P291.45 million, according to the document. This will cover the construction of the main substation, switchgear, grounding system; as well as the costs for engineering, procurement and construction, and labor. “PMPC has the financial capability to undertake the development… of the transmission facility,” the ERC said. “The development and

construction… will be funded by 100% equity of First Gen,” it added. PMPC’s Avion project — which is intended to provide additional capacity to the Luzon grid by next year — will be located in Barangay Bolbok in Batangas City, adjacent to the existing 1,000-MW SR plant and 500-MW San Lorenzo plant of First Gen. The transmission facility is necessary to connect the plant to the existing SR switchyard, and eventually link it to National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ transmission system. “A perusal of the evidence presented… disclosed that the approval of PMPC’s application… will redound to the benefit of consumers in terms of continuous, reliable and efficient power supply…,” the ERC said in its decision.|

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‘Kabataang Batangueño, Boses ng Pagbabago’ “Marami akong ine-expect lalo na sa kabuhayan ng mamamayan partikular ay ng oportunidad na makapagtrabaho. Sana ay mawaksi na ang kahirapan at kagutuman na nararanasan lalo ng mga batang Pilipino. Maging epektibo sana ang mga proyekto para sa mga senior citizens lalo na sa mga programang pangkalusugan. Inaasahan ko rin ang mahigpit na seguridad at equality sa lipunan. Sana iparamdam ng mga maluluklok sa posisyon na hindi tayo sunud-sunuran at bagkus sila ang aalalay sa pagangat ng buhay.” – Emelyn Delos Reyes, 18, bagong botante mula sa bayan ng Calaca, Batangas ANG kabataan ang sinasabing pag-asa ng bayan. Marahil gasgas na ang katagang ito sa paglipas ng maraming panahon. Ngunit totoo na ang makapangyarihan ang desisyon ay ang kabataan upang makapagsimula ang bansa patungo sa hinahangad na pagbabago. Bagama’t talamak na ang mga political campaigns at advertisements ng mga kandidato upang himukin ang sambayanan sa kanilang katanungan pa rin kung sino sa kanila ang pipiliin ng mga mamamayan na magiging lider ng bansa. Kaugnay nito, isang malaking hamon para sa mga kabataan ang kanilang magiging desisyon. Hindi alintana sa karamihan ang pagbabagong magaganap matapos ang magiging halalan sa darating

na eleksyon sa Mayo 9, ngayong taon. Maaaring magbago ang mga mamumuno o di kaya ay mananatili ang nakatayo sa kanyang pwesto. Mahigpit ang tunggaliang nagaganap sa bawat posisyon, lokal man o pambansa. Kanya-kanyang plataporma at pangako ang hayagang sinasabi sa bawat nasasakupan. Mga paligsahan ng paraan ng paghikayat ng karamihan sa iba’t ibang larangan. Nariyan ang iba’t ibang matatamis na salitang binibitawan ng bawat kandidato. Ang mga masisiglang kanta na personal na ginawa para sa pangangampanya, at ang personal na pagpunta sa bahay-bahay upang maihayag ang saloobin at naisin para sa bayan.

Ngunit matapos ang eleksyon, ano nga ba ang kanilang inaasahan? Ano ba ang masasabi ng mga bagong botate sa darating na halalan; ano kaya ang kanilang inaasahang mangyari? Ilan lamang ang mga sumusunod na kabataang Batangueño na may malasakit sa bansa gamit ang kanilang pananaw kung ano nga ba ang inaasahan nilang magaganap matapos ang halalan: “Right after, siyempre wala pa masyadong changes na makikita, na mapapansin. Baka magulo pa rin kasi di ba intriguing or may kanyakanyang issue ang mga tumatakbo ngayon?”

– Mikee Magsombol, 19, Cuenca Batangas  “Wala, ganito pa rin. Kasi kahit gaano kagaling ang mahahalal kung ayaw naman sumunod ng mga tao, wala rin.

– Reslyn Joyce D. Sawali, 18, San Pascual Batangas..

 “Sa pisikal na aspeto, puro basura tiyak ang makikita mo pagkatapos ng eleksyon. Mga nagkalat na posters at salasalabit na mga tarpaulin. Pero kung ang pag-uusapan ya tungkol sa gagawin ng mga kandidato, wala pa akong nafoforesee. Para kasing ang vague pa masyado. Di pa ako kumbinsido sa mga nilang gawin.”

– Raiza Baculi, 18, Bauan Batangas.  “Change. Pero depende sa mananalo. Kung si Roxas, e di tuloy ang ganitong sistema. Kung iba, e di asahan na yung mga propaganda nila. Basta nakadepende sa leader na mananlo.”

– Yvonne Comia, 18, San Juan Batangas  “Wala. But it depends kasi kung sino ang mae-elect na officials and based iyon sa

kung ano ang nagawa na niya bago siya manalo sa posisyon niya noong nahalal na siya.”

– John Jhonson Medrano, 20, Calicanto, Batangas City.  “Sa una lang maayos kasi magpapalakas lang sila sa tao.”

– John Arnold Ramos, 19, Taysan Batangas.  “Parang ordinaryong araw lang, balik ulit sa dati na parang walang nangyari. It takes time bago natin maramdaman ang pagbabago na sinasabi nila. Matagal din bago natin maramdaman na bago na yung nakaupo sa pwesto na iyon. Hindi nga natin mamamalayan kung matutupad ba nila ang

plataporma na inihayag nila sa taong bayan”.

- Aira Castro, 21, San Jose, Batangas.  “Nakikita kong kung ang maihahalal ng mga mamayang Pilipino ang mga karapat dapat at may kakayahang paunlarin at ayusin at masulusyonan ang lahat ng problema ng bansa, for sure magiging isang malinis at maunlad ang ating bansa.”

– Vener Villanueva, 20, Mabini Batangas.  Sa mga panayam, mahihinuha na talagang malaki ang epekto ng post-election sa mga kabataan. Masasalamin din ang iba’t ibang pananaw nila sa bawat sektor ng lipunan kung saan nila hangad ang pagbabago. Maaaring mapalitan o mabago ang mamumuno, ngunit ang buhay at estado ng mga mamamayan ay mananatiling kagaya pa rin ng dati o dedepende sa magiging aksyon ng nahalal. Nawawalan man ng kasiguraduhan ang karamihan sa pagbabagong dadalhin ng papalit sa bawat posisyon, ito mas importante pa rin ang dadalhing ginhawa ng mga nasa posisyon para sa kanyang mamamayan. Sa kabila ng lahat ng ito ay ang positibong pananaw ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino upang matugunan ang mga pangakong inihain ng mga kandidato nang sa gayon ay magkaisa ang lahat patungo sa pagbabago. JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS, kasama sina Elmer Delen, Baby Jane Catapang, Anne Kristell Dela Pena, at Christelle Medes

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THAT’S “The joy of love” in English, the title of the latest papal document. It summarizes and integrates all the observations, findings, and conclusions of the two Synods of Bishops on the family that took place in 2014 and in 2015. More than that, it outlines the papal thrust, and therefore that of the whole Church, on how the pastoral care of the family should be done today. It strikes me as a bold step forward in keeping pace with the current state of family issues, complex and complicated as they are now. In a nutshell, what it teaches and proposes is to uphold traditional Catholic teaching on marriage and family and also to encourage a new sensitivity, a new dynamism in dealing with the different pertinent issues. This document has to be read and studied slowly, because the new things and approaches presented in this document can always create a stir in the minds and hearts of some people who are understandably attached to the traditional ways of doing things. It’s just unfortunate that some groups have immediately taken the occasion to find fault in the document. They have even gone to the extent of saying that Catholics cannot follow some points articulated in the document. Indulging in speculations driven by fear, they dabble in many legalistic and moralistic hair-splittings. Ok, they also need to be heard. But I find that development disrespectful of the papal office at the least. Any question or complaint they want to raise should, to my mind, be lodged first with the proper office in the Church rather than immediately going public and sowing confusion and distress among the faithful. But then again, this development is not surprising at all, because even in the time of Christ, many self-righteous people were always finding fault in his ways of dealing with people who were considered sinners. Just the same, Christ finally submitted to their schemes, offering his life on the cross, and asked for forgiveness for them. I believe the problem is how to see the link between God’s abundant and gratuitous love for mankind that is based always on the truth as fully revealed by Christ, on the one hand, and God’s equally abundant and gratuitous mercy for mankind that is also based on the truth as fully revealed and lived by Christ himself, on the other hand. Many people fail to see this organic shift from divine love to divine mercy. They fail to see that the love that is at the core of the very being of God is translated into mercy when extended to his creatures, especially to us who, of all the creatures, are his masterpiece since we have been created in his image and likeness. It cannot be any other way. Creatures as we are, we cannot replicate to the full the very love God has within himself, no matter how best we try. We can only approximate it. And it is God’s mercy that can fill up what will always be lacking and missing in our love. This is not to say that we can flout any of the moral teachings that the Church has so far developed through the ages, based on the teachings and example of Christ himself. It is rather to make some progress in our moral sense by giving more attention to divine mercy as taught and shown by Christ that appears to be ignored up to now. Christ readily forgave the Samaritan woman with 6 husbands, the woman caught in adultery, the thief who was crucified with him. When he performed miracles, it was not so much to heal those involved of their illness as to forgive them of their sins. When Christ issued the new commandment of loving one another as he has loved us, I suppose that we have to be as merciful as Christ has been with everyone, even going all the way to accepting the cross, dying on it, and asking for forgiveness for everyone. That’s the reason why we have to learn to suffer, because suffering will be unavoidable if we truly have to follow Christ. I suppose we need to identify ourselves more and more with Christ as we try to follow all the moral teachings of the Church. That should be the sensation we feel as we go through studying all the moral doctrine of our Christian faith. We should avoid reducing Christian perfection into some intellectualism alone. It should lead to a vital identification with Christ. This way we would be more able to do what the document is suggesting— that we do effective accompaniment and discernment in our relation with everyone.|

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Can political parties change the current voters’ preferences ANXIETY and excitement are starting to fill the air now that we are only few weeks away from the election. Relying on surveys, some are already counting their winnings while others are still dreaming that some miracles can change the figures disclosed by survey firms. Surveys reflect voters’ preferences of voters. If credible, they can provide political strategists with important inputs necessary to craft good campaign plan. But while surveys disclose voters’ preferences, they are not conclusive indicators of the election outcomes. Other things can significantly affect the results of the election. For one, the impact of political machinery on voters’ behaviours cannot be doubted. This is the reason why candidates usually choose to join political parties than try their lack in going solo. Aside from funding and political network, parties provide research, formulate programs and answers to current issues, strategize campaign, and lend material assistance to candidates during campaign sorties. Theoretically, candidates coming from stable political parties are better placed than independent candidates. Because of the resources and networks at their disposal, administration parties are usually perceived to be stable. However, stability is something

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more than what party resources and networks can muster. Internal coherence, manifested in the level of the organizational culture and the clarity of the party ideology, is much more valuable for the effectiveness of the party than any material resources that it has. Hence, large party organizations are not a guarantee of electoral victory. The effectiveness of political parties in influencing voters’ preferences is dependent upon their ability to wield the collective will of their members to win as many votes needed to bring their candidates to victory. Miserably, no major political party today is capable of doing this. In reality, most of the existing political parties are nothing but temporary alliances of selfinterested individuals who change loyalties from time to time as may be dictated by their family and business interests. Thus, it is understandable if the present political parties do not wield any significant impact on the outcome of elections. People rely more on gossips and survey than on the information that political parties transmit through their propaganda channel. It can hardly be expected for these parties to deliver votes for their candidates. And as such, nobody can expect them to change the voters’ preferences reflected in the surveys.|

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The ten righteous men: what kindness is and why it matters RAFAEL & VERONICA DY-LIACCO

Sample gifts IN the story of Abraham, in the dialogue between God and Abraham narrated in Genesis 18, we are told that an entire city will be shown mercy if it has just ten righteous men. We are not told that the ten will convert the rest of the city, and make it righteous, and therefore make it meritorious of mercy. No, we are told that for the sake of the ten righteous, the many unrighteous will be spared. What kind of judgment is this, that sees the righteousness of ten outweighing the unrighteousness of an uncountable multitude? We cannot pretend to know the mind of God, unless he tells it to us himself. But we can help our own understanding of the story by asking of it two things: What kind of righteousness do the ten practice, and why does that righteousness matter? The story, and indeed the entire Bible that contains it, yields these answers: The righteousness of the ten is accomplished face-to-face, and that kind of righteousness matters because it has eternal value. As for the first answer, we do well to consider that the injustice of the many is not one of statistics, nor of flawed systems. The evil of the many is not because they are many. In the story, God tells us that he is of the mind to see for himself what their evil is, face-toface. Conversely then, one righteous man would have been known by his actions face-to-face. Indeed, in the New Testament, Our Lord commands us to do works of mercy but first of all towards those whom we see and towards those whom we meet on the way. There can never be a Lazarus at our gate. As for the second answer, it is precisely for that kind of righteousness that we receive from Our Lord the promise of entry into His Father’s eternal kingdom. That kind of righteousness then, is not the kind of selfimagined righteousness often encountered in elite cliques enacting pre-programmed agendas. Rather, it

is more akin to what we simply know as kindness. So the query can now be rephrased: What is kindness, and why does it matter? Kindness, or the Hebrew hesed, matters for sure in the heart and mind of God; the Bible lets us know. Upon this Biblical base we may then add our own reflections; here is mine and my wife’s. As creatures of this world, limited as we are, we sense that kindness, whether shown to us or whether we show it, remains true to what it really is when it keeps no boundaries. What claims to be kindness no longer appears to be so, when it turns back and turns away. I will be kind to you, but not you, is no longer kind! Oddly enough, however, violence, which stands in opposition to kindness, also observes no boundaries. Violence after all crosses lines; it violates. What then, is the difference between the two, kindness and violence, when it comes to crossing boundaries? When kindness crosses boundaries, the boundaries it crosses are its own. It removes veils from its eyes. It removes walls that surround its heart. It submits itself, unprotected, to the Other to whom it offers itself. And it does this because of what it sees with its eyes and understands with its heart: That the Other is truly fragile, and in need of mercy, and compassion, and sustainment. It sees that the integrity of the Other can be threatened, and wishes to protect that integrity, even if that means letting its own come under threat. But when violence crosses boundaries, it is to violate those very lines that define the Other. In violating those lines, it destroys the Other. Kindness, then, stands in the primordial wind that blew at the start of Creation, when all things were made in their integrity, and called good. But violence stands at the end of time, when the stars begin to fall from the heavens, and the world begins to sink into darkness. And that is why kindness matters. Small as it is, fragile as it is, taking place between two small and fragile creatures about whom the rest of the world may care nothing, it is the counterweight to violence and the end of all things.|

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The Church and Filipino politicians REV. EUTIQUIO B. BELIZAR, JR., STHD

By the roadside IT all starts with a big hypocrisy—even but considering its very title: Gambling is but a “game” so that when one gambles, he is but engaging in “gaming”—an amusement, a recreation, a contest. It is but a pastime, a leisure, an entertainment. So it is that there are now legal and paralegal gambling establishments and entities all over the country. And so it is that as of today, there are no less than thirty-five (35) legal gambling—“gaming”— establishments in the Philippines plus at least some thirty-three (33) paralegal gambling forms from the infamous jueteng to the deceiving Masiao. “Illegal” gambling there is none in the country— courtesy of the “Daang Matuid” creator and promoter. This is the joke of the decade. POLITICS, especially in the Filipino culture, is basically a game of numbers. Filipino politicians constantly aim for additions or multiplications, never subtractions. They know all too well that this last is a kiss of death. There is no more obvious place to see this at play than during the campaign season. Even the Church—meaning the institutional one, as is often understood by politicians—becomes the object of their “pursue-and-win-over” (or “research-and-destroy”) operations. Undeniably a few members of the hierarchy, both bishops and priests, have very partisan views and dealings, short of using the pulpit to promote their favored candidates. The majority, though, remains a bit wary toward, and/or detached (or try to be) from, anything that has to do with politicians or politics. Having been taught time and again by the late St. John Paul II and by tracks of seminary formation sessions, including the local bishops’ stern reminders, that the institutional Church—which often means in practice, the clergy, even in the clergy’s own eyes— should be non-partisan, some consequences, positive and negative, have inevitably developed. Positively, detachment from partisan politics has theoretically and practically freed the clergy from having to actively push for the candidacies of family members, relatives, friends, classmates, and the like. It has enabled them to critique even those closest to them who are into partisan politics and who in turn easily take their feedback as part and parcel of the “moral and spiritual authority” the clergy holds. It has also reduced to the

barest minimum the number of priests and religious who run for or hold public office. There are abuses, of course, and our age is no exception. In certain places some priests actively campaign for their preferred candidates or, worse, join in the local debasement of the ballot, such as vote-buying and such other practices. In reaction some bishops have taken measures to prevent a repeat of similar abuses, discussing, and issuing guidelines for the clergy to observe. Alas, the Church’s basically sound stance of nonpartisan political involvement in the country also has undesirable consequences. A glaring one is the sense— a wrong understanding, naturally—among politicians and voters that religion or faith has nothing to do at all with the realm of partisan politics and, even more sadly, in the wider realm of general politics understood as the promotion of the common good. Now, more than ever, many Filipino politicians, once in office, take pains to show their “independence” from the Church (mostly the Catholic Church) by espousing advocacies, bills or measures that directly go against official Church teachings. The current president of the republic and many of his party-mates (and many outsiders too) are a case in point. The successful passage of the RH Bill into law is undoubtedly partly influenced by a sense of “the-Church-or-any-religion-for-that-matter-has-nobusiness-in-legislation”. The present crop of candidates for the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate features familiar names, many of them leading in pre-election surveys, who have habitually advanced causes directly contradicting official Church’s positions. As far as they are concerned, the only thing keeping them from successfully passing laws on divorce, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, abortion etc. is the Philippine constitution (thank God). If surveys and polls are to be believed, there may be more of them in both houses of Congress in the coming years. The Church can only ignore them to our own peril. It may not be useful, and rather late into the night, to play the blame game on our common failure to instill in our Catholic lay faithful their basic mission, as taught by the reforms of Vatican II, to bring the values of the Gospel and the Catholic faith into the wide fields of politics, culture, science, education, and the running of government. But we must at least admit it. Secularization, rather than the Gospel or magisterial teaching,

Let Us Value Our Vote PRAYER is really powerful. The Supreme Court finally ruled that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) must implement what the law requires, the issuance of vote receipts by the voting machines. The Comelec claims that issuance of Vote Receipt or Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail by the voting machine would delay the voting process. It also claims that vote receipt might lead to vote-buying. The Comelec did not realize that it is better to have longer time to complete the voting process than to have a rigged election result. Vote receipts cannot be used for vote buying since the voter will not be allowed to bring it out of the polling place; he must drop it in the box reserved for that purpose. Early on, we advocated the re-installation in the voting machines of the other 3 security features: Ultra Violet Detectors, Source Code Review, and Digital Signatures–in order to have a clean and honest election, upholding the true will of the people by protecting the sanctity of the ballot. All of these three, including the vote receipt, are very important security features which were deleted during the 2010 and 2013 elections. Let us pray that those features be re-installed so that the voice of the people will really be the result of the election.  With the nearing May 9 elections, the candidates for President, or the presidentiables, have been resorting to “word war”. The Filipinos deserve an intelligent campaign and not suffer the spectacle of candidates lambasting each other. It is about time presidentiables level up their campaign strategy. They should state their respective platforms of government. Let the next and last presidential debate be an intelligent one. Who knows, it might change the mind of some voters who decided to write NOTA or “none of the above” on their ballot. Filipino voters are intelligent voters and as of this date, they just thought they do not have good presidential candidates to choose from.  The El Niño phenomenon severely affected the Visayas and Mindanao areas. Farmers in the region sought the help of the government. Calamity funds had been released by the Department of Budget to either the local government units or the Department of Agriculture to give assistance to the farmers. What happened to the drought-stricken farmers in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato is unforgivable. The poor farmers were asking for rice but they were instead given bullets. They were asking for subsidy and assistance during their group action, instead they were dispersed, a bloody dispersal resulting to the killing of 3 farmers and wounding of hundreds. In the first place, the farmers would not have staged the protest and the violent dispersal could have been avoided if only the government had sincerely taken action and did not ignore the demands of the farmers. Likewise, some of the farmers were arrested and are still in detention. The Commission on Human Rights and other government agencies have been investigating the incident. We just hope there will be no white wash in the process. Meanwhile, the Public Attorney’s Office has already petitioned the release of the poor farmers.  His Holiness, Pope Francis, issued his exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” or “The Joy of Love” on March 19, 2016, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. It relates “on love in the family.” The exhortation is the result of two synods on family organized by Pope Francis in 2014 and 2015. It has 9 chapters and is composed of 264 pages. The Pope discussed the Holy Scripture on the characteristics of Jewish wedding liturgy as Christian. The Pope then considers the current situation of families having down to earth and facing many challenges, from migration to the ideological denial of difference sex. He also mentioned to the essential elements of the Church’s teaching on marriage and the family and the love in marriage. The family “is a large network of relationships”. The same mystique of the sacrament of marriage has profound social character. And within this social dimension, the Pope points out in particular the specific role of the relationship between young and old, “the relationship between brothers and sisters as growth internship in relation to others.” The Pope addresses some pastoral ways that orient to build strong families, fruitful in God’s plan and strengthening the education of children. He also invites the families to mercy and pastoral discernment in situations that do not fully respond to what the Lord suggests. He also refers to marital and family spirituality. He says: “No family is perfect reality and packaged once and for all, but requires a gradual development of their capacity to love. We are all called to keep alive the tension towards something beyond ourselves and our limits, and every family has to live in this constant stimulus. We walk, families, keep walking! We do not lose hope because of our limitations, but even give up looking for the fullness of love and communion that we have been promised”.  Happy Birthday to Fr. Mariano “Jun” Bartolome, Jr. and Happy Sacerdotal Anniversary to Fr. Lauro Toledo, Fr. Ruben Maybuena, Fr. Alfredo Fernandez,OP, and Fr. Alberto Cahilig,OMI.|

.............................................................................................. now seems to have a firmer grip on our politicians and voters alike. Meanwhile, the Church, like the father of the prodigal “sons”, waits and prays for them to return to the house and rediscover their faith in

ever newer ways of understanding and applying it. In the past we decry the words: “Now we can only pray.” Today, it is the first and best thing we can and must do. As a first step, that is, among many others.|

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President Aquino welcomes economic zones’vast contribution to job generation PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday night lauded the vast contribution of economic zones in generating millions of jobs and in oiling the Philippine economy. Speaking during the Philippine Economic Zone Authority’s (PEZA), 21st anniversary celebration and investors’ recognition night, the President said his economic managers have always predicted that PEZAapproved investments under his administration would

exceed the amount generated by the previous three administrations for more than 15 years. “Tonight, I thank you for proving them right because as of December 2015, 50.5 percent of total PEZAapproved investments equivalent to roughly 1.594 trillion pesos have been recorded under our administration,” he told foreign investors who attended the event. He said that since investors have been true to

their word, there would be an even more significant margin of success by the time he steps down from office. “To be honest, I am not surprised because no matter the quality of the country’s leadership in the past, PEZA has cultivated a strong track record of good governance,” he added. The Chief Executive thanked PEZA Director General Lilia de Lima, under whose watch, some P3.16 trillion in investments have been approved, generating

almost 1.2 million jobs. “A scan of recent headlines and news stories shows that these numbers are likely to increase, with the establishment of a 63-hectare economic zone in Davao, the possible expansion of Osakabased companies in the Philippines, and PEZA's continued efforts to convince even more companies to set up shop in the Philippines,” he said. “Internal reform has likewise led to more efficient operations in PEZA eco-

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zones: from an electronic application registration system, to the pilot electronics zone transfer system, which will speed up delivery of parts and supplies to export manufacturing enterprises.” He noted that PEZA is “one of, if not the only ecozone authority in the world, to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the exception of Good Friday”. Investors, he said, continue to speak highly of the quality of service they have received from PEZA, with some referring to the agency as the most efficient

government agency they have encountered. “Everyone agrees: you are graft and corruption-free. All of this is for the benefit of our people and our investors, including all of you present here tonight. Everything that PEZA has done is a reflection of just how much we want you to build successful and lasting enterprises in the country,” he said. President Aquino further reassured the investors that the Philippines remains firmly among the fastestgrowing economies in Asia.| BALIKAS News Team

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION LIPA CITY

EJF NO. 16-056

EJF NO. 16-059 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

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 High Rise Business Center, National Highway, Brgy. Halang, Calamba City, mortgagee/s, against MATILDE L. VICENCIO married to MARCIANO L. VICENCIO, both of legal ages, Filipino citizens, with residence and postal address at Brgy. Pantay na Matanda, Tanauan City, Batangas, mortgagors, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 15, 2016 amounts to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWO PESOS & 21/100 (Php 384,402.21), 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 May 16, 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:

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 High Rise Business Center, National Highway, Brgy. Halang, Calamba City, mortgagee/s, against MA. LUISA V. PASCUAL, single, both of legal ages, Filipino citizens, with residence and postal address at 35-D Tandang Sora Street, Parang, Marikina City, Metro Manila, mortgagors, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 15, 2016 amounts to FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FFTY SEVEN PESOS & 65/100 (Php 507,257.65), 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 May 16, 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-84638

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-88336

“A parcel of land (Lot 14 Blk. 43 Sec. 8 of the cons./subd. plan, Pcs-04-012895, being a portion of Lots 9811, 8273, 8274, 8278, 8279, 9806, & 9812; Cad424 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 SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 16, Blk. 43, Sec 8; on the NW, along line 2-3 by Alley 90; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 12, Blk 43, Sec. 8; and on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 13, Blk. 43, Sec. 8, all of the cons./subd. plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan x x x x x x to point of beginning, containing an area of THIRTY EIGHT POINT FIFTY (38.50) SQUARE METERS.”

“A parcel of land (Lot 19 Blk. 1 Sec. 10 of the cons./subd. plan, Pcs-04-012895, being a portion of Lots 9811, 8273, 8274, 8278, 8279, 9806, & 9812; Cad424 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 SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 20, Blk. 1, Sec 10; on the NW, along line 2-3 by Lot 21, Blk. 1, Sec. 10; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Road 2; and on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 17, Blk. 1, Sec. 10, all of the cons./subd. plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan x x x x x x to point of beginning, containing an area of THIRTY EIGHT POINT FIFTY (38.50) 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 May 23, 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 29, 2016.

FOR TH EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(Sgd.) PONCIANO C. MENDOZA Sheriff IV

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT &EXOFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF CASE NO. 2016-0039 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (otherwise known as PAG-IBIG FUND), mortgagee, with office address at Petron Mega Plaza Building, 358 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave, Makati City with branch office at High Rise Business Center, National Highway, Brgy. Halang, Calamba City, Laguna against BUTCH C. CASILAO married to AGNES C. CASILAO, mortgagor, with residence and postal address at 144 Brgy. San Carlos, Lipa City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 18, 2016 amounts to Php 3,549,229.79 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 auction on May 16, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Marauoy, Lipa City to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the described real property and its improvements thereon to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-174126 ‘A parcel of land (Lot 8-A of the subdivision plan, Psd-4A-0133963, being a portion of Lot 8, Pcs-4A-000101, L.R.C. Record No. 1271), situated in the City of Lipa, Bounded on the SW., along line 12 by Road (10.00 m. wide); on the NW., & NE., along lines 2-3-4 by Lot 8-B of the subdivision plan; and on the NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 1512 (Portion) Lot 7, Pcs-4A-000101. x x x containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED (400) SQUARE METERS,” Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be. In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date it shall be held on May 23, 2016, same place and time without further notice and republication. “All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and place.” Lipa City, March 30, 2016. (Sgd.)REMER S. REYES 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

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Malacañang to ensure adequate power supply during election THE government has expressed its determination to ensure adequate and uninterrupted electric power supply, especially during the election period. "Ang objective ng DOE (Department of Energy) ay talagang zero disruption, one week before and one week after May 9 -- ito ang talagang ideal situation na kanilang nilalayong matamo. No power interruption one week before and after, para hindi magkaroon ng anumang pag-antala o ligalig doon sa panahon ng halalan," Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said during a media briefing at the Palace on Friday.

"Sa mga scheduled maintenance, tinitiyak na sa pamamagitan nang masinsing koordinasyon, tinitiyak ng DOE na hindi nila gagawin ito sa target period natin na one week before and one week after (election day)," Secretary Coloma said. He further noted that Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada is in Cebu to meet with power suppliers and other stakeholders, while a team from the department has inspected power plants and coordinated meetings in Luzon and Mindanao. Coloma explained that the tight supply in electricity is due to the combination of

the rising heat index and the maintenance of power plants. "Sa Luzon, ang peak demand ay from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Masyadong mataas kasi ang heat index, tumataas pa ito. Sa Visayas and Mindanao naman, sa gabi ang kanilang peak requirement," he said. In Mindanao, he said, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has given permits to cut down

trees that pose risks to transmission lines. The Palace official meanwhile called on the public to practice energysaving measures as much as possible, despite the searing heat felt across the country. "Hindi naman natin siguro masisisi ang ating mga kababayan na gumamit ng electric fan o ng aircon sa matinding init ng panahon.

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AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION LIPA CITY OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT &EXOFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF CASE NO. 2016-0041 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 filed by MALARAYAT RURAL BANK, INC. – LIPA CITY, mortgagee, with principal place of business at G.A. Solis St., Lipa City against SPS. CARMILO J. SILVA & CORAZON L. SILVA, mortgagors with residence and postal address at #204 Brgy. San Sebastian, Lipa City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 8, 2016 amounts to Php 104,755.00 including/excluding, interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee the undersigned Deputy Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court and ExOfficio Sheriff, Lipa City, will sell at public auction on May 31, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Marauoy, Lipa City to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the described real property and its improvements thereon to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142900 ‘A parcel of land (Lot 997-F-1 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-202063, being a portion of Lot 997F, (LRC) Psd-37354, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 1271), situated in the City of Lipa, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., points 3 to 4 by Lot 99 (LRC) Psd-37354; on the SE., and SW., points 4 to 1 and 1 to 2by Lot 997-F-2 of teh subdivision plan; and on the NW., points 2 to 3 by Lot 999, Lipa Cadastre. x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDRED (200) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be. In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date it shall be held on June 7, 2016, without further notice and re-publication. “All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and place.” Lipa City, March 30, 2016. (Sgd.) REMER S. REYES 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

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SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure under Act 3135 as amended filed by PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK, a thrift bank with principal office and place of business at PSBank Center, 777 Paseo de Roxas corner Sedeño Street, Makati City, mortgagee, against SPS. MARK ANTHONY CARRASCO and NORA L. CARRASCO, both of legal age, Filipino citizens, with given address at NO. 819 G. LEVISTE, POBLACION, STO. TOMAS, BATANGAS, mortgagors, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 3, 29016 is in the amount of ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN PESOS & 44/100 (Php 1,394,167.44), 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 May 16, 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-138378 “A parcel of land (Lot 73 Blk. 10 Sec 9 of the consol, subdivision plan, Pcs-04-105896, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 6 to 9 Blk. 2; 1 to 6, 13, 14, 17 to 50, 61 to 78 and 86, Blk. 10; 9 to 11, Blk. 11; 1 to 10, Blk. 12; 10 to 15, Blk. 13; 22 and 23, Blk. 14; 23 and 24, Blk. 19; 17 and 18, Blk. 20; Blk. 21 and Road Lots 18, 19 and 22, all of Pcs-04012994 LRC Rec. No. 386) situated in Barrio San Antonio, Mun. Of Sto. Tomas, Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 74, Blk. 10; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Road Lot 20; along line 3-4 by Lot 95, Blk. 10 all of hte consol. Subd. Plan; on the SE., along lines 4 to 8 by Lot 82 Blk 10 Pcs-04-012994; and on the SW., along line 81 by Lot 75, Blk 10 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 THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (336) 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 May 23, 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 31, 2016. 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. Antonio; Mun. Hall, Public Market, all at Sto. Tomas, Bats. and Hall of Justice, Tanauan City, Batangas Copy Furnished: all parties concerned. Pahayagang BALIKAS | April 11, 18 & 25, 2016

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ERRATUM REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF RTC BATANGAS CITY SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF NO. 16-1597 Upon petition for extra-judicial foreclosure under Act 3135 by the BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC. with the principal business address at BPI Family Savings Bank Center, Dela Rosa St. corner Paseo de Roxas, Makati City, against SPS HENRY MORATALLA PESIGAN and LORIEJANE BAHALA PESIGAN represented by ROMEO A. BAHALA as Attorney-in-Fact, as borrowers/mortgagors with resident and postal address at #72 D. SIlabng St., Batangas City to satisfy the amount of TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE PESOS and 78/100 (Php 2,634,455.78) as of December 31, 2015, inclusive of interest, penalties and other charges plus the fees in connection with the sale also secured by the said mortgage/s, the undersigned Sheriff announces that on May 18, 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: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 052-2014000701 “A parcel of land (Lot 22-S of the subdivision plan Psd-04-226123, being a portion of Lot 22, Blk 2, Psd-041005-069664, LRC Record No. 1705), situated in the Barangay of Alangilan, City of Batangas, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the E., along line 1-2 by Lot 22-B, of the subdivision plan; on the S., along line 2-3 by Lot 1975, Cad-264, Bastangas Cadastre; on the W. along line 3-4 by Lot 23-B, of subdivision plan; on the N., along line 4-1 by Road Lot 8, Psd-041005-069664. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan, being N. 29 deg. 08’W., 626.40m. from BBM No. 27, Cad-264, Batangas Cadastre: thence S. 01 deg. 06’E., 12.00 m. to point 2; thence S. 88 deg. 53’W., 6.00 m. to point 3; thence N. 01 deg. 06’W., 12,000 m. to point 4; thence N. 88 deg. 53’E., 6.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of SEVENTY TWO (72) SQUARE METERS. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: corners 3 & 4 by Old P.S. and the rest by P.S. are cyl. conc. mons. 15x60 cms.; bearings grid; date of original survey, May 24, 1930 to Nov. 19, 1934, and that of subdivision survey, Feb. 28, 2012 and was approved on Oct. 12, 2012.” 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 Alangilan, Batangas City where the property is located, and at the Bulletin Board of Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Pallocan West, Batangas City. 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 above scheduled date, it shall be held on May 30, 2016, without further notice and publication. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. Batangas City, March 30, 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 | April 11, 18 & 25, 2016

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JUDICIAL NOTICE Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 85, LIPA CITY IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IN TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TILE NO. T-178160 SP. PROC. CASE NO. 16-02-234 B ACM LANDHOLDING, INC., represented by JOSE NIÑO GOMEZ, Petitioner, -versus-

PETITION NO. 12-2014-1020

REGISTRY OF DEEDS FOR THE CITY OF LIPA, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, Respondent. x--------------------------x ORDER A verified petition was filed by ACM Landholdings, Inc. Represented by Jose Niño Gomez. Among others, the petitioner prays that after due notice, publication and hearing an Order be issued directing the Register of Deeds of Lipa City to correct the technical descriptions appearing in Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-178160 from “A parcel of land (Lot 33 Block 10 of the cons-subd. plan PCS-04-023571, being a portion of Lots 1-A2-A to 1-A-2-Z, 1-A-2-AA to 1-A-2-CC, Psd-041014-075527; Lots B-1 to B-28, Psd-041014-075530 & Lot 1-A-1, (LRC) Psd249801, L.R.C. Rec. No. ___), situated in Barangay MATAAS NA LUPA, Municipality of Lipa, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 4; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot 3; on the NE., NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 34; all of Block 10; on the SW., & NW., along lines 4-5-6-7-8 by Road 9; on the NW., m along line 8-1 by Lot 32 Block 10; all of the cons-subd. plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan, being S 40 deg. 47’W., 338.94 m. from B.B.M. No. 23, Cad-218, Lipa Cadastre. Thence: S. 20 deg. 32’E., 1.24 m. to point 2; S. 20 deg. 32’E., 10.50 m. To point 3; S. 69 deg. 28’W., 15.00 m. To point 4; N 20 deg. 32’W., 7.49 m. To point 5; N. 09 deg. 11’W., 1.58 m. To point 6; N. 13 deg. 32’E., 1.58 m. To point 7; N. 24 deg. 54’E., 12.38 m. To the point of beginning, containing an area of ON HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (172) SQUARE METERS. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by P.S. cyl. conc. Mns. 15x40 cm, bearings true; date of original survey June 22-23, 1917 and that of the conssubd survey; Dec. 04-08, 2006 & was approved on April 19, 2007.” to “A parcel of land (Lot 33 Block 10 of the consolidation and subdivision plan, PCS-04-023571, being a portion of the consolidation of LOTS 1-A-2-A to 1-A-2-Z, 1-A-2-AA to 1-A-2CC, PSD-041014-075527; LOTS B-1 to B-28, PSD-041014075530 & LOT 1-A-1, (LRC PSD-248901, L.R.C. Rec. No. 13339), situated in barangay Mataas na Lupa, City of Lipa, Province of Batangas, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 4; along line 2-3 by Lot 3; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 34; all of Blk. 10; on the SW., & NW., along lines 4-5-6-7-8 by Road 9 (8.00 m. wide); on the NW., m along line 81 by Lot 32 Block 10; all of the consolidation and subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan, being S 40 deg. 47’W., 338.94 m. from B.B.M. No. 23, Cad-218, Lipa Cadastre. Thence: S. 20 deg. 32’E., 1.24 m. to point 2; Thence S. 20 deg. 32’E., 10.50 m. to point 3; Thence S. 69 deg. 28’W., 15.00 m. to point 4; Thence N. 20 deg. 32’W., 7.49 m. to point 5; Thence N. 09 deg. 11’W., 1.58 m. to point 6; Thence N. 13 deg. 32’E., 1.58 m. to point 7; Thence N. 24 deg. 54’E., 2.00 m. to point 8; Thence N. 69 deg. 28’E., 12.38 m. to the point of beginning, containing an area of ON HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (172) SQUARE METERS. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground by P.S. cyl. conc. mons. 15 x 40 cms; bearing true; date of original survey June 22-23, 1917 and that date of the consolidation and subdivision survey, Dec. 4-8, 2006, and was approved on April 19, 2007.” Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that the petition is set for hearing on May 4, 2016 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court. All interested persons may appear on that date, time and place and show cause why the petition should not be granted. Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas including the Cities of Tanauan, Lipa and Batangas.

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ERRATUM NOTICE is hereby given that the Sheriff’s Notice of Sale filed by Bangko Kabayan (A Rural Bank), Inc. with the Office of the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff, Lipa City under EJF No. 2016-0027 was inadvertently published at Pahayagang Balikas on Feb. 29, March 7 & 14, 2016. The said notice should have been read and published as follows:

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BATANGAS FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION LIPA CITY

Lipa City, December 29, 2015. (Sgd.) WILFREDO P. CASTILLO Presiding Judge I hereby certify that copies of this Order have been sent to the Office of teh Solicitor General, Prosecutor G. Butch I. Escano, Atty. Sarah C. Lintag, the Office of the Register of Deeds of Lipa City, and petitioner, this ___ day of _____ 2016. (Sgd.) MA. MAYREEN B. BERNARDO-ESPIRITU OIC-Branch Clerk of Court Pahayagang Balikas | April 4, 11 & 18, 2016

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS AND DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late MARY MATTI BERBA who died intestate on May 26, 2014 in Batangas City consisting of shares in several parcel of lands, to wit: (1). Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-64924 – (1/3 share), situated at Rizal Ave., Poblacion 18, Batangas City; (2). Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-58665 – (1/3 share), situated at P. Gomez St., , Poblacion 18, Batangas City; (3). Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-58666 – (1/32 share), situated at P. Gomez St., Poblacion 18, Batangas City; (4). Tax Declaration of Real Property No. 0018-00213 – (1/2 share), situated at P. Gomez St., Poblacion 18, Batangas City; (5). Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-60320 – (1/32 share), situated at Bolbok, Batangas City; and (6). Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-60319 – (1/32 share), situated at St. Clara, Batangas City, have been extrajudicially settled with Deed of Absolute Sale by and among her heirs per Doc. No. 234; Page No. 6; Book No. III; Series of 2016 of Atty. Erwin L. Aguilera. Pahayagang Balikas | April 4, 11 & 18, 2016

JUDICIAL NOTICE 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.

Likewise, let copies of this petition and Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Office of the Register of Deeds of Lipa City. SO ORDERED.

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(Sgd.) REMER S. REYES 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

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 83 TANAUAN CITY IN RE: PETITION FOR MODIFICATION OF ANNOTATION IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH OF ARLYN TENORIO WITH THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TALISAY, BATANGAS ORLITO CHALAN REYES and MYRA CACAO TENORIO-REYES, Petitioner, -versus-

SP. PROC. CASE NO. 16-02-234 B

THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TALISAY, BATANGAS, Respondent. x--------------------------x ORDER Before this Court is a verified “Petition for Modification of Annotation in the Record of Birth” in the certificate of Live Birth of Arlyn Tenorio, specifically the entries as appearing in her certificate of Live Birth, cancelling part of the annotation, made in the birth record of the subject child of the petitioner, particularly the portion touching about her legitimation and allowing her to use the surname of her father to make her full name ARLYN TENORIO REYES. Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing of this petition be set on May 24, 2016 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at which date and time any interested persons may appear and show cause why the said petition should not be granted. The petitioner is hereby directed to furnish copy of this petition, including annexes, to the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, Office of the Civil Registrar, Manila; Office of the Local Civil Registrar, Talisay, Batangas, and the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Tanauan City, Batangas. Let copy of this Order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas including the Cities of Tanauan, Lipa and Batangas, at petitioner’s expense. Pursuant to the Resolution of the Supreme Court dated October 16, 2001 on Administrative Matter no. 01-10-07, the Branch Clerk of Court is directed to immediately furnish the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, City of Tanauan, with a copy of this Order so that the same may be published with the provision of Presidential Decree No. 1079. SO ORDERED. Tanauan City, Batangas, March 4, 2016. (Sgd.) MARJORIE T. UYENGCO-NOLASCO Presiding Judge

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

Copy furnished: 1. Petitioner 4. LCR-Tanauan

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PRIME CREATURES. Mga katutubong tau’t batu sa mga kweba ng Palawan.| ng katutubong Tagbanua ay ang kendar, soryano at tugatak na ginagamitan ng mga instrument tulad ng Agong o Gong, Babandil at Gimbal. Ikalawang tinungo ng grupo ay ang Sitio Tabud, Bgy. Saraza sa bayan ng Brookes Point kung saan naninirahan sa paanan ng Mt. Mantalingahan ang karamihan sa mga Katutubong Palaw’an. Dito ipinamalas ng tribung Palaw’an ang kanilang musika at sayaw na pinatingkad ng paggamit ng mga kakaibang instrumento tulad ng pagang, aruding, beberek, kudyapi, agong, gimbal at babandil. Ang sayaw ng katutubong Palaw’an ay kilala sa tawag na basal. Ang ikatlong tinungo ng grupo ay ang ay Bgy. Tanabag sa lungsod ng Puerto Princesa kung saan naninirahan ang mga Katutubong Batak. Ginanap ang pagdu-dokumento ng sining at kultura ng mga ito sa Batak Tribal Center noong Hulyo 28. Ipinamalas ng buong liksi ng mga

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agency’s regular activity purposely conducted as a mechanism to provide college students proper information on labor laws especially on workers’ rights and management prerogatives and make them equipped with knowledge as they enter the world of work. Topics on Sources of Employment and Reminders to Avoid Illegal Recruitment were also discussed in the said activity.

Aries (Mar. 21 - Abril 19) - Mapagtatagumpayan ang araw na ito. Masayang magbabayad ang nangutang sa iyo. Effective ang oracion meditation. Masaya ang mga message mula sa internet. Lucky numbers at color ay 3, 31, 39, 15 at aquamarine. Taurus (Abril 20-Mayo 20) - May magandang souvenir ang matutuklasan sa page-general cleaning ng iyong buhay. Isang surprise visitor na may dalang regalo ang aakyat sa buhay mo. Lucky numbers at color ay 7, 15, 27, 33 at purple. Gemini (Mayo 21-Hun. 21) - Kahit na delay ang iyong paglalakbay, masaganang opportunities ang mararanasan. Ang iyong business appointment ay may kasamang negosyo, mutual ang inyong kasunduan. Lucky numbers at color ay 11, 19, 39, 41 at tangerine. Cancer (Hun. 22-Hul. 22) - Maraming makikinabang ng iyong creative expression sa pagmamarket. Dahil dito, milyones na salapi ang dadaloy sa iyo. Lucky numbers at color ay 17, 25, 29, 44 at blue. Leo (Hul. 23-Ago. 22) - Ang mga items na pambata ang negosyong nababagay sa iyo. Ang creative expression ng child in you ang susi ng pagyaman. Lucky numbers at color ay 21, 25, 37, 47 at maroon. Virgo (Ago 23-Set. 23) - Tanggihan ang tao na aakyat sa bahay mo upang manghiram ng salapi. Dahil hindi siya marunong magbayad ng utang. Iwasan mo siya o kausapin ng mahinahon. Lucky numbers at color ay 19, 27, 44, 51 at lavender. Libra (Set. 24-Okt. 23) – Marami kang matatanggap na regalo mula sa iyong nagabayan. Maraming darating na clients na magpapagabay sa iyo. Lucky numbers at color ay 7, 11, 27, 39 at red rose. Scorpio (Okt. 24-Nob. 22) - Pag-aralan ng mabuti ang kasunduan bago lumagda. Kahit mahirap ang proseso na iyong pinagdaanan, masaya mong tatanggapin ang iyong pagkatalo. Lucky numbers at color ay 9, 17, 27, 33 at sapphire blue. Sagittarius (Nob. 23-Dis. 21) - Tanggapin ang alok ng iyong kamag-anak, na ikaw ang totally mag-manage ng kanyang negosyo. Ito ay isang win-win na kasunduan at magiging masaya lahat. Lucky numbers at color ay 29, 33, 41, 51 at silver. Capricorn (Dis. 22-Ene. 19) - Masayang balita ang iyong matatanggap sa paggising. Lalabas sa email na pasado ka sa exam. Magpasalamat sa Diyos. Lucky numbers at color ay 11, 27, 51, 55 at hot pink. Aquarius (Ene. 20-Peb. 18) - Ang dati mong mahal ay masasalubong mo sa mall. Babalik ang dating spark ng inyong pag-iibigan. Iwasan ang muling magkaroon ng complication sa relationship. Lucky numbers at color ay 22, 39, 44, 55 at yellow. Pisces (Peb. 19 - Mar. 20) - Maraming magpapatotoo na ang pang-akit sa suwerte ay ang iyong sacred drawing. Marami ring tao na naghahangad na malunasan ang kanilang supernatural na karamdaman. Lucky numbers at color ay 24, 29, 37, 49 at red.

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US-Supported scholars graduate with new skills to address future calamities MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III and Ambassador Philip Goldberg led the commencement exercises on March 29 for the 148 scholars supported by the U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development at Malacañan Palace. Also present were Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento, Department of Interior and Local Government, representatives from the Development Academy of the Philippines, headed by President Antonio Kalaw, and Senior Vice President Gloria Mercado. The ceremony marked the end of the 14-month academic program given by the Development Academy of the Philippines. This multifaceted course allows students to progress between vocational training and academic lessons, and focuses on public management, local governance, development planning, and disaster risk reduction and management. The program is part of the U.S. government’s assistance to build the planning and disaster preparedness capacity of local governments in Typhoon Yolandaaffected areas.The scholars, most of whom are employed as municipal and provincial planners, earned the titleMaster in Public Management,

Major in Local Governance and Development. In his commencement address, President Aquino said, “You can make a difference in the lives ofFilipinos. Armed with your new knowledge, we must continue to build back better, so we can avoid similar tragedies down the line.” Ambassador Goldberg acknowledged the hard work of the graduates in taking steps to improve the social development planning and effective disaster management in their communities. “Collectively, you are building resilience throughout the region, and this resilience contributes to a more stable Philippines,” the Ambassador said. To date, the U.S. government has provided approximately $143 million to help the Philippines respond to, and recover from, the devastating effects of Typhoon Yolanda.|

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Vote and Help Global Innovation through Science and Technology; Semi-Finalistsfrom the Philippines make it to the Finals! MANILA — U.S. Embassy Manila is pleased to announce that two of the semi-finalists selected in the 2016 U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-I pitch competition are from the Philippines. The GIST Tech-I pitch competition is an annual competition for science and technology entrepreneurs from emerging economies worldwide. Mary Christine Ong-Reyes and Corina Lisa Cruzare among the 102 semi-finalists selected from 51

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3 Day Sale at SM City Batangas on April 29, 30 and May 1 IT’S 3-day sale shopping madness once again in Batangas as SM City Batangas hold its mall wide 3 DAY SALE on April 29, 30 and May 1. Shoppers gets the chance to enjoy value for their money with up to 70% savings on great selections of apparels, fashion accessories, home furnishings, baby needs, sporting goods, electronic gadgets and home appliances with SM City

Batangas’ almost 200 stores to shop to. Plus a chance to win 1 of the 2 units of Suzuki Address for every P1000 accumulated receipt purchase cash or charge from all participating stores at SM City Batangas. An additional special 10% discount will be given to SM Advantage members when they shop at the SM Store, Our Home, Surplus Shop, Appliance Center, Sports Central, Toy

Kingdom and Ace hardware from 9am to 12nn on the first day sale. SM City Batangas’ 3 DAY SALE is on April 29, 30 and May 1 with mall hours extended until 10pm and early opening of the Mall at 9am and The SM Store at 8am on April 29.|ADVT.