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Delegates to the National Transformation Council’s forum concludes their attendance with affixing their signature to the so-called Lipa Declaration.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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600 Tsino, nakorner ng NBI-BI-DOLE operatives sa Calaca Power Plant CALACA, Batangas – Kinordon ng mga operatiba ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng Natiobnal Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at Bureau of Immigration (BI) ang may 600 Chinese nationals na umano’y iligal na nagtatrabaho sa Calaca Power Plant na pag-aari ng DMCI Holdings Inc. (DMCI), nitong nakaraang Huwebes.

Hindi na nakontrol ng guard-on-duty ang maraming tauhan ng NBI’s Foreign Liaison Division (NBI-FLD), BI at DOLE upang siyasatin ang Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp. Power Plant sa bayang ito upang beripikahin ang umano’y mga Tsino na iligal na nagtatrabaho sa planta, kabilang na ang mga menor-de-edad.

LEAD SIGNATORIES. [L-R] His Eminence RICARDO J. CARDINAL VIDAL, arch-

bishop emeritus of Cebu former president of the CBCP; Most Rev. FERNANDO R. CAPALLA, archbishop emeritus of Davao and former president of the CBCP; Most Rev. RAMON C. ARGÜELLES, Lipa archbishop; Most Rev. ROMULO T. DE LA CRUZ, archbishop of Zamboanga; Most Rev. JUAN DE DIOS M. PUEBLOS, bishop of Butuan; Most Rev. BERNARDINO C. CORTEZ, auxiliary bishop of >>>DAYUHAN... sundan sa P/3 Manila; and Uztadz Dr. KAMIL UNDAH, Head of Lanao Delegation.|

The Lipa Declaration

82 sea turtle hatchlings, pinakawalan sa Corcuera >>>INTER-ISLAND NEWS

“Why not wipe out the MILF rebels”?

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Batangueñang Board Top Notcher, kinilala ng konseho NAG-TOP 3 ang isang Batangueña sa Occupational Therapy Board Exam na ginanap noong August 2-3 sa Manuel L. Quezon University sa Maynila at pinangasiwaan ng Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy.

Siya ay si Kristen Zaira Villamater Morales, 21 taong gulang, residente ng Arce Subdivision, barangay Kumintang Ilaya. Consistent Dean’s Lister at nagtapos na Cum Laude sa University of Sto Tomas. Nakakuha siya ng grade na 81.80% Mula sa 163 graduates na kumuha

ng naturang eksaminasyon, 93 lamang ang nakapasa rito.

Dahil dito, isang Resolution of Commendation na iniakda ni Coun. Aileen Montalbo ang pinagtibay ng Sangguniang Panlunsod ng Batangas noong August 11 bilang pagkilala sa kanya.

Ayon kay Morales, lubos ang kanyang pasasalamat sa kinalabasan ng kanyang pagsisikap pagkatapos ng tatlong buwang pagre-review.

Ang occupational therapist ay yaong tumutulong sa mga stroke patients upang maibalik ang functional activities

tulad ng pagkain at pagbibihis ng sarili habang sila naman ang tumutulong sa mga batang may autism or down syndrome para maka-cope up sa delays at school readiness, dagdag pa ni Morales.

Plano niya na dito magtrabaho sa Batangas City upang maraming kabataan dito ang kanyang matulungan.

Pananalig sa Diyos, suporta ng pamilya at tiwala sa sarili aniya ang ilan sa kanyang mga naging sandigan upang makamit ang naturang tagumpay.| RONNA E. CONTRERAS

Asintadong Ala Eh Inter-Branch Fun Shoot Challenge This one day activity at the Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) meant to bring great experience among PNP personnel. To the Batangas PPO, having the spirit of camaraderie between PNP personnel doesn't just improve the organization, indeed, if they build firm relationships, they will probably get the best quality of public service to be rendered in the community they serve. [L-R] Police Superintendent Ruben M. Lacuesta, Chief Provincial Investigation, Detection, and Management Branch; Police Superintendent Gerson S. Bisayas, Chief Provincial Police Community Relations Branch; Police Senior Superintendent Omega Jireh D. Fidel, Provincial Director; Police Inspector Mary Anne Crester N. Torres, Chief Provincial Public Information Office; Police Chief Inspector Marcelina F. Peralta, Chief Provincial Personnel and Human Resource Development Branch; and Police Inspector Alberto F. Fabregas, Chief Provincial Logistics Branch.| BPPO/BALIKAS FOTOBANK

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Lipa Declaration: “PNoy, resign now!

LIPA CITY -- IN an effort to be instrumental in national transformation, a group of religious leaders representing different denominations, people from various walks of life and varying political persuasions from across the country gathered together here, Wednesday, for a forum called for a so-called national transformation.

The half-day forum was characterized by series of talks by representatives of the attendees that are summed up to a demand that President Benigno Aquino III step down from Malacañang because of his supposed failure to deliver on his promises of clean government.

Aquino has two years left in his term. “[We] have lost all trust and confidence in President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, and we call upon him to immediately relinquish his position,” the Lipa Declaration stated. Copies of the said Declarationw as distributed to the attendees.

“Far from preserving and defending the Constitution, as he swore to do when he assumed office, the incumbent President Benigno Simeon Aquino has subverted and violated it by corrupting Congress, intimidating the judiciary, taking over the treasury, manipulating the automated voting system, and perverting the constitutional impeachment process,” statement continued.

“President Benigno Simeon Aquino III has also damaged the moral fabric of Philippine Society by bribing members of Congress not only to impeach and

remove a sitting Supreme Court Chief Justice but also to enact a law which disrespects the right to life of human being at the earliest and most vulnerable stages of their lives, in defiance not only of the constitution but above all of the moral law, the customs, culture, and consciences of Filipinos,” they added.

A few years back, Pahayagang Balikas learned, the National Transformation Council (NTC) came into being as composed of religious leaders, private persons. The gathering gave way to the for the Council to be known by the public which the rallyists said will stand up against the most pressing challenges facing the country and fight for the common good.

Former senator Francisco Tatad, who has no choice to make public his involvement in the council explained the role of the NTC under whose auspices the Lipa Declaration was drafted.

In a program that followed, discussions on the role in the transformation efforts by different sectors were made public, with Ricardo Cardinal Vidal speaking in behalf of the Catholic Church. The role of the Muslim community was given by Dr. Kamil Unda while the participation of the Protestant movement was given by Rev. Arthur Corpuz.

A few laymen were also vocal on their support of the council’s move.

Archbishop Fernando Capalla, a former chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines,

also discussed the role of the Catholic Church in the transformation efforts, particularly the EDSA 2 experience, which saw the ouster of then-President Joseph Estrada in 2001, and even an attempt to ask for former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s resignation during the latter’s term.

The most vocal of all prelates, Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, made the final call to action who appealed to Filipinos to act now on the country’s economic and social ills and not wait until it is too late.

“We should not let the time go [to waste], otherwise we will be blamed in the future for failing to do something. It has always been in our history. We reform what needs to be reformed,” Arguelles said.

Arguelles even said that it is not enough to change leaders as it is the system that needs to be changed. “If after these we next to go to Malacañang, then we will do it,” the prelate added.

Among the signatories was the Alliance for Truth, Integrity and Nationalism or ATIN, whose convenor Ricardo Penson said the President “has lost his moral ascendancy” and “taken over the power of the purse” that he said rightfully belongs to Congress.

Also present at the gathering were former Chief Justice Renato Corona and the President’s aunt, Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco.

Corona said he attended the event to be one with all those calling for

September 1 - 7, 2014

Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

Caravan sa pagkuha ng License to Own and Possess Firearms, isasagawa CALAMBA City – Upang matiyak ang mas malawak na kampanya kontra loose firearms, magsasagawa ng Caravan for License to Own and Possess of Firearms sa Multi-Purpose Hall ng Camp Vicente Lim, lunsod na ito sa September 1-12 maliban sa Sabado’t Linggo, mula ika-7:00 ng umaga hanggang ika-7:00 ng gabi.

Sa mga magpa-file, kailangang dalhin ang sumusunod: Filled-up Application forms (3 copies); RTC and MTC Clearances; Neuro-Psychiatric Test; Drug Test and Biometrics; Gun Safety and Resonsible Gun Ownership Seminar Certificate; Regional Intelligence Division (RID) Clearance;NSO Birth Certificate; Proof of billing; at dalawang (2) pirasong Government issued Identification Cards.

Kinakailangan ding dalhin ang mga karagdang requirements: gaya ng Income Tax Return (ITR) o Business Permit para sa mga negosyante; Retirement Order/Retirement Certificate mula sa dating ahensyang pinagtrabahuhan kung retirado na; Company ID at ITR or Certificate of employment kung pribadong empleyado pa; Appointment Order o Oath of Office kung nasa pamahalaan; at kaukulang ID naman para sa mga miyembro ng military o reservist.

Narito naman ang mga kinakailangang bayaran: Neuro-Psychiatric Php 900.00; Drug test Php 300.00; Biometric Php 200.00; Gun Safety and Responsible Gun Ownership Seminar Php 1,360.00; Validation Php 100.00; at RID Clearance php 80.00 Gaya ng pagmamaneho na kailangang rehistrado ang sasakyang imamaneho at dapat may kaukulang lisensya sa pagmamaneho ang drayber, ganito rin ang panuntunan sa paggamit o pagdadala ng baril o iba pang armas na kailangan ay tiyaking may kaukulang lisensya bago magdala ng armas ang sinumang indibidwal.| JACK L AQUINO

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Police nabs gun owner at checkpoint

MALVAR, Batangas -- At about 2:45 P.M. of August 25, 2014, personnel of Malvar Municipal Police Station led by Police Senior Inspector Gaudencio C. Aguilera, Chief of Police, conducted PNP checkpoint along Provincial Road of Brgy San Isidro, Malvar, Batangas.

During the operation, one (1) Yamaha YBR125G 1CL1 motorcycle, color red, bearing plate number 1356WH was flagged down. PO1 Jayson G Galabayo and PO1 Gerry C Tolentino approached the driver verified as one (1) Jay-R Caguitla y Salazar, 23 years old, born on August 30, 1990, married, laborer, native and a resident of Brgy San Sebastian, Balete, Batangas.

The driver was asked to present his driver’s license and the OR/CR of the vehicle which the latter failed to do so. Further, body search was conducted resulting to the recovery one (1) caliber 22 pen gun from his right brown pants pocket, two (2) live ammunitions and one (1) spent shell of caliber 22 from his possession and direct control. PO1 Galabayo and PO1 Tolentino apprehended the suspect and brought at said station for proper disposition.

Recovered pieces of evidence including the motorcycle were under the custody of said station.

Furthermore, suspect is presently detained at the Lock-up Cell.

Case for Violation of RA 8294 as amended by RA 10591 is being prepared against the subject person.| national transformation. “We are here to show our support to any effort to institute reforms and to create something good for the country,” he added.

Explaining her presence, Cojuangco said: “I want to express sympathy for my country and there are certain things that have to be done and I’m here to join the group because I love my country.”

When asked for a message for his nephew, she said she can only say, “I don’t have a message for him because he believes he knows everything, so I have no message for him.”

Meanwhile, observers said that the national transformation must also start from those who compose the council themselves.

“They must also act accordingly and do their part for nation building, first by policing its own ranks and be examples to others,” a Lipeño observer opined. “The Church must also do its share, first by behaving as good citizens and must cleanup its own yard before encroaching to others,” he added.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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Inter-Island News Collated By RONALINA L. ELARMO

82 sea turtle hatchlings, pinakawalan sa Corcuera CORCUERA, Romblon — Mahigit 80 sea turtle hatchlings ang pinakawalan kahapon ng umaga sa bayan ng Corcuera sa pangunguna ng mga Municipal Officials, Office of the Municipal Agriculturist at PNP personnel ng Corcuera Municipal Police Station.

Pinangunahan ni Municipal Agriculturist Erwin Fabella, ang pagpapalaya sa mga batang pawikan na Green Olive Sea Turtles sa baybaying dagat ng Barangay Poblacion, Corcuera (Simara), Romblon.

Ayon kay Fabella, noong unang araw ng Hunyo ng taong kasalukuyan ay namataan niya ang inahing pawikan sa baybayin ng Poblacion na nangitlog kung kaya’t tinulungan nya itong makalayo patungo sa dalampasigan upang di Makita ng mga tao. Ang lugar naman kung saan nangitlog ang pawikan ay agad niya umanong nilagyan ng bakod upang mabantayan o ma-monitor ang pagkapisa at paglaki ng mga ito.

“Sa tantiya ko ay tumitimbang ng 80-100 kilos ang nanay ng mga pawikang pinalaya namin.Marami na kaming napapakawalang pawikan nitong mga nakaraang taon dahil na rin sa pagbabawal at pagmumulta namin sa mga kakain o manghuhuli ng pawikan sa aming bayan”, dagdag pa ni Fabella.

Matatandaan aniya na noong Hulyo 2010 ay nakapagpalaya rin ng 120 sea turtle hatchling sa Barangay Ilijan ang mga opisyal ng munisipyo ng Corcuera na kung saan masayang sinaksihan ito ng mga residente sa nasabing lugar.| DINNES MANZO

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Tricycle drivers at operators, tinuruang umiwas sa droga SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro –Higit sa 100 tricycle drivers at operators ang dumalo sa pagsasanay upang alamin ang iba’t ibang uri ng ipinagbabawal na gamot at paanong makaiwas dito.

Ang pagsasanay ay isinagawa ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office IV-B at ginanap sa San Jose Municipal Gymnasium kamakailan.

Sa ilalim ng programang Ako, Responsableng Drayber Ayaw sa Droga, itinuro sa mga dumalo ang iba’t ibang uri ng ipinagbabawal na gamot at epekto nito gayundin ang nakapaloob sa Section Five, Six, 11 at 82 ng Republic Act 9165 o ang Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (RA 9165).

Nakapaloob sa RA 9165 ang pagbibigay proteksyon sa mamamayan, lalo na sa kabataan, laban sa masamang epekto ng ipinagbabawal na gamot .

Ang Section 5 ay tumatalakay sa parusang matatamo ng mahuhuling nagbebenta o magde-deliver ng ipinagbabawal na gamot. Nakasaad naman sa Section 69 ang kaparusahan sa sinuman na mangangalaga ng isang lugar na ginagamit na bentahan o lugar kung saan isinasagawa ang paggamit ng illegal na droga.

Ang Section 11 ay tumatalakay sa kaparusahan sa mga mahuhuling nasa kanilang pagiingat ang ipinagbabawal na gamot.

“Ang pagbibigay ng sapat na kaalaman sa ating mga drayber ay makakatulong ng malaki upang hindi sila magamit ng mga sindikato sa pag transport ng ipinagbabawal na gamot”, ayon kay Alfredo Lupig, Chief Administrator ng PDEA MIMAROPA at pangunahing tagapagsalita sa naturang pulong.

Hinimok din ni Lupig na makipagtulungan ang mga dumalong drayber at operators kung meron silang impormasyon hinggil sa mga tao o grupo na may kaugnayan sa ipinagbabawal na gamot.| VOLTAIRE DEQUINA PRAYER TO ST. JUDE O St. Jude, Holy Apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, you are honored and petitioned by the universal Church, as the patron of desperate, hopeless and impossible cases. Pray for me. I am so very helpless and I feel alone. Intercede for me that Almighty God may bring swift aid where it is needed most.

Come to my assistance in my great time of need! Pray for me that I may be given the comfort and help of Jesus. Most importantly, I ask that you pray that I may one day join you and all of the saints in heaven to praise God in consolation, rest and joy for all eternity. I will remember your prayers, O Holy St. Jude. I will honor you as my patron as so many have before me because of the graces God deigns to give freely at your request.

Amen.

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KONTRATA NG KAUNLARAN. Pumirma sa Contract of Lease sa Pagitan ng Pamahalaang Lunsod ng

Tanauan at ng Philippine National Railways (PNR) sina Mayor Thony C. Halili, Vice Mayor Jhoanna Corona, at City Administrator Atty. Junjun Trinidad bilang kinatawan ng Pamahalaang Lunsod, at Engr. Joseph Allan Dilay, General Manager at Engr. Herminio S. Del Rosario, Division Manager, naman sa panig ng PNR. Inaasahang sa pamamagitan nito ay magkakaroon na ng katuparan ang Proyektong Multi-Level Parking at ang pagsasaayos ng ating Bagsakan Section sa Tanauan City Public Market. Dinaluhan ito ng mga miyembro ng Sangguniang Panlunsod, mga Department Heads ng Pamahalaang Lunsod ng Tanauan at ilang bokal ng pamahalaang panlalawigan. | CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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Operasyon ng Bahay Pag-asa, kinawilihan ng mga taga-Aurora na naglakbay-aral KINAWILIHAN ng buong delegasyon ng mga taga-Lalawigan ng Aurora na nag-Lakbay-Aral sa Lunsod Batangas nitong Agosto ang operasyon ng Bahay Pag-asa na ipinatayo ni dating Mayor Vilma Dimacuha upang maging isang pansamantalang tuluyan ng mga nangangailangan ng kalinga Sa isang maikling orientation program sa naturang gusali ay ipinaalam ni City Social Welfare and Development Officer Mila Espanola ang ilan sa mahahalagang impormasyon ukol sa Batangas City partikular ang

kalagayang pang ekonomiya at ang ilan sa mga pangunahing programa ng kanilang tanggapan na direktang nakakatulong sa mga residente ng lunsod.

Ayon kay Aurora Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer (PSWDO) Aida Rotaquio, nais nilang tularan ang Batangas City sa mga proyekto at programa ipinatutupad dito upang mas mahigit pa nilang mapaunlad ang kanilang probinsiya.

Laking pasasalamat din ni Rotaquio kay Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha sa

financial assistance na ipinagkaloob nito noong 2004 nang lubhang masalanta ng bagyo ang kanilang lalawigan.

Binisita rin ng delegasyon na binubuo ng humigit-kumulang sa 20 katao ang Batangas City Sports Center, ang Youth Center ng barangay San Jose Sico kung saan nag-demo ang mga kabataan ng paggawa ng basahan.

Nauna rito ay nagtungo din ang grupo sa Lunsod ng Lipa, bayan ng Padre Garcia at sa Batangas Provincial Social Welfare Development Office.| RONNA ENDAYA CONTRERAS

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Ligtas-Tigdas campaign, aarangkada muli ngayong Setyembre LUNSOD BATANGAS – Isasagawa ng Department of Health (DOH) ang “Ligtas-Tigdas” sa buong buwan ng Setyembre kung saan babakunahan ang mga batang edad 0 buwan hanggang 59 buwan o 4 taon at 11 buwan laban sa sakit na tigdas.

Kabilang sa expanded immunization program na ito na ipagkakaloob ng libre

ay ang pagbibigay din ng oral polio vaccine.

Hangad ng naturang programa na sinimulan noong 2008 na magkaroon ng ‘zero” measles record sa pamamagitan ng mass measles immunization campaign. Ang kumplikasyong dulot ng tigdas ay maaaring makamatay.

Hindi tulad ng mga nakaraang

taon kung saan nagbabahay-bahay ang mga barangay health workers upang ibigay ang naturang bakuna, sa taong ito ay mayroong mga designated areas o vaccination post na itatalaga sa bawat barangay na kailangang puntahan ng mga magulang kasama ang kanilang mga anak na pababakunahan.| RONNA ENDAYA CONTRERAS

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Paghahanda sa kalamidad, isinulong ng Red Cross at Rotary LUNSOD NG LIPA -- NAGING guest speaker si Gov. Vilma Santos Recto sa ginanap na Lecture-Demonstration on

Disaster Preparedness na isang joint project ng Philippine Red Cross Batangas Chapter Lipa City Branch at Rotary Club

PARTNERS TO PROGRESS. Kasama ni Gov. Vi sa larawan ang mga

kasapi ng Rotary Club of Lipa at Philippine Red Cross-Batangas Chapter Lipa Branch.| LOUIE HERNANDEZ

of Lipa na ginanap sa Brgy. Sabang, lunsod na ito, Agosto 27.

Tinalakay rito ang mga paghahanda sa isang kalamidad upang magkaroon ng kaalaman ang bawat mamamayan sa mga dapat gawin bago pa man ito maganap.

Binigyang-diin ng gobernador ang kahalagahan ng maayos na koordinasyon mula sa nasyunal hanggang sa mga barangay upang mas maging epektibo ang pagtulong sa oras ng kalamidad.

Sa okasyong ito ay nagkaroon ng pagkakataon si Gov. Vi na bisitahin ang itinayong blood bank ng Philippine Red Cross Batangas Chapter Lipa City Branch kasama ang mga kasapi ng Batangas Rotary Club R.I. District 3820 na siyang katuwang ng Philippine Red Cross upang maitayo ang naturang modernong pasilidad.|ELFIE ILUSTRE

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600 Tsino, nakorner ng NBI-BI-DOLE operatives sa Calaca Plant Una nang hinarang ng mga gwardiya ng DMCI ang mga operatiba ngunit kaagda din silang nadisarmahan ng mga tauhan ng NBI. Ang konstruksyon ng planta ay may dalawang phases kung saan ay pinalalawak pa ng DMCI ang kapasidad ng 600-megawatt Calaca Plant at dagdagan pa ang kapasidad nito ng isa pang 600MW. “Our informant said that they have been hiring undocumented foreigners for

a long time and Filipino workers are being maltreated. There were also reports of human trafficking,” pahayag ni NBIFLD Chief Atty. Daniel Daganzo.

Ayon pa kay Daganzo, nakorner nila sa loob ng planta ang may 600 Chinese nationals na nagtatrabaho bilang technical staff, engineers, o kaya naman ay laborers.

Nabataid pa na ayon sa intelligence information ng NBI at Bureau of Immigration ay mga Chinese sub-contractor

ang nagpapasok dito ng mga manggagawang dayuhan sapagkat madali silang makausap sapagkat ang mga engineer sa work site ay kadalasan ay mga Tsino.

Sa paunang imbestigasyon, umabot na sa 82 sa kabuuang 260 dayuhang manggagawa sa planta ang naberipikang walang kaukulang dokumento o permisong magtrabaho rito. Sila’y dinala sa NBI headquarters habang inihahanda na ang kaulang deportasyon.| JOENALD M. RAYOS

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‘Hinaing ng Verdenians’ [Publisher’s Note: Ang tulang ito ay ibinahagi ng may-akda, isang taal na Batangueño, at isa sa mga haligi ng Verdenians Association, isang causeoriented community organization na binubu0 ng mga residente, anak, o mga indibidwal na may pagtatangi para sa Isla Verde, isang pulo sa pagitan ng Luzon at Mindoro, na nasasakop ng Lunsod Batangas.]  Ako’y Batanguenyo, tubong Isla Verde Lugar na tunay ka namang maipagmamalaki, Kung inyong nakikita sa Google o TV Ang tawag dito ay: World’s Center of the Center of Marine Biodiversity.

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Masasabi mang sa teknolohiya ay bahagya pang huli Dahil itong Isla'y salat sa kuryente, Subalit sa ganda ng kalikasan ito ang aming masasabi Aming Isla Verde’y lalaban, ala eh!

Banig at pakaskas dito ay nagmumula Isama pa ang prutas na sadyang sariwa, Mangga at sinegwelas ikaw ay mananawa Tulingan at pusit malimit ay saksa.

Dagat at aplaya isa pang panlaban Panghatak sa tao at mga dayuhan, ‘Pag Mahal na Araw ‘ika nga ng Mamay Inaki’y lulubog, turista ay hapay.

Overseas ang byahe, madaling-araw ang puntang bayan Ayos laang kabayan sanay na kami diyan, Ngunit nang si Glenda ay dumating, umis ay naparam Paano’y pinadapa tulay ng Calumpang.

Mula Isla Verde bangka ang sasakyan Lea Beach ang daong doon ang punduhan, Sasakay ng dyip sa Tabangao papunta sa bayan Tulay ng Calumpang ay dinadaanan.

Suskupo Rudy, ay bagsak na ang tulay!

Ang mga Verdenians pag-uwi’y alalay, Anhin ko ang layo ng ruta pabayan Ay itong pamasahe na pagkakamahal!

Nabulok na ang atis na ilalakad sa Bago (palengke) Gulay ay lamira na, isda ay ilado Bago makalampas sa Donn Ramos na trapiko Huwebesang hinahabol, lipol na ang tao!

Kaya naman ngay-on isang panawagan Ng mga Batangueñong Verdenians ang ngalan.

Sana ay makarating sa kinauukulan Ang aming hinaing sana’y mapakinggan.

Ano pa ga kayang tuong inaantay, Kailan pa gagaw-in tulay ng Calumpang?

Panabi’y may plano at may budget na daw, Tanong ay kailan, pag lugmok na si Juan?

- ANNIE VI MEDINA GADON Proud Verdenian, Isla Verde, Batangas City

“Any big effort would not succeed if we would not do things as small as affixing our signatures.

All big things have small beginnings.”

- Bong Almonte, signatory to the People’s Initiative Against Pork .....................................................................................................

Ang Mabuting Balita Kung Magkasala ang Isang kapatid “KUNG magkasala sa iyo c ang kapatid mo, puntahan mo siya at kausapin nang sarilinan tungkol sa kanyang kamalian. Kapag nakinig siya sa iyo, naibalik mo sa dati ang pagsasamahan ninyong magkapatid. Ngunit kung ayaw niyang makinig sa iyo, magsama ka pa ng isa o dalawang tao upang ang lahat ng pinag-usapan ninyo ay mapatunayan ng dalawa o tatlong saksi. Kung ayaw niyang makinig sa kanila, sabihin mo sa iglesya ang nangyari. At kung ayaw pa rin niyang makinig sa iglesya, ituring mo siyang parang Hentil o isang maniningil ng buwis.”

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The Lipa Declaration ON August 27, 2014, people of different personal, professional, social and economic backgrounds and political persuasions and religious beliefs gathered in Lipa City to launch the National Transformation Council and sign the Lipa Declaration. Led by the pillars of the different faith communities in the country, the Lipa Declaration highlights the call for genuine national transformation and the establishment of a transitional government that will spearhead the necessary fundamental changes in the existing political, economic and cultural systems in the Philippines.

It notes that a crisis of unprecedented proportions has befallen our nation as the life of the nation is in grave peril from the very political forces that are primarily ordained to protect, promote and advance its well-being, but which are aggressively undermining its moral, religious, social, cultural, constitutional and legal foundations. It decries the unbridled and unpunished corruption and widespread misuse of political and economic power in all layers of society which not only destroyed our common conception of right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust, legal and illegal, but also put our people, especially the poor, at the mercy of those who have the power to dictate the course and conduct of our development for their own selfish ends.

The Lipa Declaration calls for the resignation of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III who, far from preserving and defending the Constitution, as he swore to do when he assumed office, has subverted and violated it by corrupting the Congress, intimidating the Judiciary, taking over the treasury, manipulating the automated voting system, and perverting the constitutional impeachment process. It declares that he has lost the moral right to lead the nation, and has become a danger to the Philippine democratic and republican state and to the peace, freedom, security and moral and spiritual well-being of the Filipino people.

But instead of calling for a new election for the replacement of President Aquino after he stepped down prior to 2016, the Declaration calls for the restoration of our damaged political institutions to their original status and form before we begin to consider electing a new government under normal political conditions. It welcomes the National Transformation Council’s

proposal to open broad public consultation on the need to modify and strengthen the presidential system or to shift from the unitary/presidential system to a federal/ parliamentary form, endowing such structure with: 1) A totally independent judicial department, free from any kind of intimidation or bullying by either the Executive or the Legislative Department, and with the sufficient wherewithal to clear the backlog of the courts and fast-track of all cases; 2) A merit-driven, professional civil and military service; 3) A totally transparent government budgeting, procurement, disbursement, accounting and auditing systems and procedures; and 4) An irreproachably independent and completely dependable electoral system, free from the virus that has corrupted the automated voting system since 2010.

The Declaration strongly assails our failed electoral system and supports the Council’s position that until our electoral system is fraud-free, we should refrain from holding any farcical election. Insofar as the economy is concerned, the Declaration supports the proposal that with political reform, there must go hand and hand comprehensive economic reform consistent with the suggestion of Pope Francis that an economics of exclusion and inequality, coming from a misguided vision of the human being and of society harmfully acted upon through myopic laws, policies and programs should be rooted out.

The Lipa Declaration is a call for social and political revolution. And as the National Transformation Council prepares to embark upon the necessary reforms, the people supporting the Declaration call upon the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as the constitutional “protector of the people and the state,” to extend its protective shield to the Council, and not allow itself to be used in any manner to undermine the Council’s purely transitional and non-partisan role nor to allow any armed group to sow violence, disorder or discord into its peaceful ranks.

The Lipa Declaration is a revolutionary call whose time has come.

VIVA LA REVOLUCION!|

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OPINION

September 1 - 7, 2014

Propesyonalismo ng Pilipinong Kawal ILANG araw na ang nakaraan ay ipinagdiwang nating ang National Heroes Day. Ipinaalala sa atin ng selebrasyon ang pag-ibig ng mga bayani natin sa ating bansa. Sa wikang English, Patriotism. Ito yung uri ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa na umaalab sa puso ninuman.

Napakahalaga sa atin ito kung kaya’t sa gitna man ng rebolusyon ay isinatula pa rin ni Ka Andres Bonifacio ang tulang Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa.  Mahaba ang tulang ito. Pero ang buod nito ay ang pagpapahiwatig niya ng kahalagahan ng pag-ibig na siyang nagbunsod sa kanila para umalsa kontra sa mga mananakop.

Sino ba sa atin ang hindi napaluha sa sinabi niyang ito: Walang mahalagang hindi inihandog Ng may pusong wagas sa baying nagkupkop Dugo, yaman, dunong, katiisa’t pagod Buhay ma’y abuting magkalagot-lagot  Sa modernong panahon, ito ang nasa puso’t kaluluwa ng Social Contract Theory. Ito ang theory na nagsasaad na merong kontratang namamagitan sa mamamayan at gobyerno. Nabuo ito nung aprubahan natin ang pagpasa ng Saligang Batas.

Bilang interested party sa kontratang ito, meron tayong mga obligasyon na dapat gampanan. Ito yung mga hinihingi sa atin ng batas katulad ng pagbayad ng buwis, pagrespeto sa police power at pagbigay daan sa eminent domain – tatlong mahalagang functions ng estado para gumana ang makina ng pamahalaan.

Kapalit nito ay ang proteksyon na binibigay ng pamahalaan sa taumbayan. Ang protesksyong ito ay nabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaroon ng mga bumbero, pulis, sundalo, doktor, at mga dalubhasa sa iba’t ibang larangan upang mapangalagaan ang ating kalusugan, kapayapaan at pamumuhay.

Sa bawat pisong buwis na ating binabayad, halimbawa, ang kapalit nito ay sandamakmak na serbisyong ating tinatamasa.  Pero minsan di natin nakikita ang mga serbisyong ito dahil karamihan sa atin ay inaanod ng maingay na kagustuhan ng iilan para sirain ang ating pamahalaan.

Sino ba naman ang makakakita ng halaga ng sertipikasyon na ang bawat produktong gamut na mabibili natin ay hindi nakakalason? Nakikita ba ninyo kung gaano kahalaga ang irigasyon para tayong lahat ay may makain? Importante ba sa ‘yo na meron tayong mga tariff at customs law para mapangalagaan ang maliliit nating sari-sari store?

Nangingibabaw sa atin ang kaisipang masama ang pamahalaan. Ito ang kaisipan ng lahat ng tao saan man sa mundo. Hindi tayo nag iisa dyan. Pero malayo ito sa katotohanan.  Isipin natin kung paano natin matutulungan ang ating gobyerno nang sa gayon ay makatulong tayo sa kapwa nating Pilipino.  Tunay na maipagmamalaki ng ating mga kababayan ang katapangan at propesyonalismo ng ating mga kasundaluhan. Siguro nabalitaan ninyo na ang kalagayan ng ating mga kasundaluhan sa Golan Heights na kung saan ngayon ay in a stand-off with Syrian rebels dahil gustong pasukuin ng huli ang ating mga kasundaluhan, pero tunay na matapang tayong mga Pilipino. Ito ay ipinapakita sa paninindigan ng ating mga kasundaluhan na kahit mayroong banta sa kanilang buhay, ay handa nilang harapin ito upang patunayan nila sa buong mundo ang propesyonalismo ng kawal Pilipino. Sa paninindigan nilang ito ay naitaas natin ang respeto ng buong mundo sa ating mga Pilipino. Ito ang tatak ng tunay na bayani na maaari nating maipagmalaki bilang isang Pilipino!|

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People’s Initiative: Is the new game in town worth the candle? - Part 1 same to people’s incapacity to IT seems clear, especially now live by the democratic rules of that we have yet another civil society. “Due to the condiAquino for a president, that tions of their existence, the the dream of a democratic masses are unfit and lack a feel political field is still a tough for the game of democratic and necessary task. reform.” Needless to say, that The pork barrel system is still alive and well in government despite a year of line is less a clear-headed reflection on people’s dispopeople’s incessant clamor for its abolition; and the sitions than an apology for elite rule. It is not telling Supreme Court’s decision on the unconstitutionality of anyone anything that mainstream corporate media have PDAF and DAP. One can only conclude that Mr. Noynoy not told everybody about: the brute character of the Aquino has made a rubber stamp out of Philippine masses; their undue sense of immediacy marked by a Congress. His forceful and defensive presidential lack of sense of the future; and their tendency to address against the unconstitutionality of DAP, and capitulate to all forms of corruption. It is all a publicity his subsequent drive to change the meaning of “savings” drive that is being transmitted by the spin doctors of altogether, in order to maintain his own presidential the Aquino government in order to make up for the pork, indicates his resolve to undermine and eventually latter’s indolence and incompetence. No doubt such weaken the Supreme Court, a branch of government sleazy publi-city also functions as cover up for the regime’s massive pillawhich he has iden-tified— with much passive aggres- “The pork barrel system is still alive ging of public funds.

When there is an sion—as an obstruction to and well in government despite a observable tendency for development. year of people’s incessant clamor for people to surrender to the Damn the people, do its abolition; and the Supreme Court’s mechanisms that make you say?

Blood Rush’s prece- decision on the unconstitutionality of for a corrupted social system, what might the dent piece describes the act PDAF and DAP. One can only human sciences through of “Vivos Voco” (which conclude that Mr. Noynoy Aquino social criticism contriliterally means “I call on bute? A deification of the the living”), and argued has made a rubber stamp out of ruling elite through a that where autocrats rule, Philippine Congress.” desecration if not total they call on the living. It must be added that autocrats do so by appealing to the defilement of the people, the same species that constitute people’s deepest aspirations, and connecting the same these spin doctors’ liberal democratic enterprise? What with a monolithic national agenda. When is a national the yellow crew of defenders of the Aquino regime have agenda for development monolithic? It is easily detected yet to realize is their own bankrupt sense of the game. in its concrete effects: massive profits for a minority on The people whom the regime posits as hapless players in account of the majority’s massive labor. The monolithic the slow-moving phase of the nation’s development are national agenda that has shaped governance in this almost always off tempo, so they say. We are either too nation, since the U.S.-sponsored establishment of the early or too late for them. Too early to file an impeachCommonwealth, has recruited inconstant, indolent, and ment complaint against the president, no compelling inefficient leaders from the economic elite who, in turn, evidence to implicate their Master. Yet weighed down have succeeded in expanding their sources of economic by well founded indictments such as betrayal of public and political profit by making a business out of trust and culpable violation of the constitution on government service. That is bureaucrat capitalism loud account of DAP and EDCA, and recently, the trashed impeachment complaint that exposes the hidden pork and clear, as much as it is nasty and deadly.

Confronted by the persistence of bureaucrat in Congress, the Aquino regime drumbeats charter capitalism and its attendant politics of patronage, it is change for term extension. tempting and even convenient for some to attribute the >>>RAYMUNDO.....turn to P/7

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“Why not wipe out the MILF rebels”?

I SAT over a few bottles of SanMig light a few nights ago with a friend who just arrived from abroad. He asked several pointed questions about the still on-going MILF peace talks: why can't the military just wipe them out?

Why compromise or give in to the demands of armed rebels when they should instead be made to answer for rebellion, taking up arms and violating the laws? Why are they allowed to establish camps that defy government?

Why are they getting concessions more than those given to others who generally remained peaceful and law abiding? Does this mean that others will have to first take up arms before they get equitable attention and benefits? Why engage in peace talks with them, in the first place? Interesting and thought provoking questions indeed.  ERAP’S WAR POLICY --- I answered him by anecdotal recollections.

President Erap Estrada during his incumbency declared all out war against the MILF, attacked and overran rebel camps in 2000. In fact, President Erap's popularity rating reportedly went up due to his iron fist Mindanao policy against the rebels. Indeed the main MILF camp, the famous Camp Abubakar fell into AFP control. Many rebels were killed; their commanders were on the run. But when the smoke of war cleared, the MILF was still around. Although badly bruised, it still remained intact. They just moved to other camps and re-grouped their forces. They still retained the support of their Bangsamoro constituencies. Their rebellion continues to this day, although prospects of a negotiated peace and the ceasefire have momentarily quieted the guns of war.  COST OF WAR --- I told my friend that the question that always begs an answer is this: what is the cost of war? And is it worth it? I explained to him that the “cost” referred to here is not only in terms of the peso cost of the conflict (bullets, bombs, armaments, logistics, etc) but the more unquantifiable, real SOCIAL COST on civilians whose lives are destroyed, disrupted, damaged due to conflict and fighting. The answer to this question surprised my friend. Unknown to him, about one million (yes, 1,000,000) Mindanaoans were directly affected by the Estrada war policy. Thousands of families were displaced and their normal lives disrupted, including the actual loss of lives of both soldiers rebels and civilians caught in the crossfire.

This is not to mention the irreparable damage to the island region, now still being perceived as a war-zone and a troubled land to the outside world.

The extent of the damage of the Estrada war policy was so extensive and deep that during my whole nine (9) years in Malacanang in the Arroyo administration that followed , the healing of the wounds of war and the normalization of lives and the return and rehabilitation of those displaced continued to be a high priority task of the Mindanao agency I headed. Again, during the Arroyo administration, the AFP went on an offensive and dislodged MILF guru Hashim Salamat and his forces from his hideaway in Buliok, Pikit in the periphery of Liguasan Marsh. The MILF again suffered heavy casualties and dispersed in various directions.

The civilian population suffered the most. When I left government in 2010 or about 10 years after the first offensive, it was an unfinished task; the work to help those who suffered the so-called collateral damage of war was not yet fully done. Up to this day, we still ask the questions: did the war policy quell the rebellion? Despite its obvious superiority, did the government win the war? Was the social cost of war worth the outcome? Is the military solution the answer? Yes, we need the AFP to periodically remind the rebels that they cannot continuously operate with impunity. In fact, such military offensives are also "incentives" for the rebels to stay the course in the peace process. It also served as a stern warning that walking away from the negotiating table could bring peril to them and to their cause. But, can this bring lasting peace? We know the answer.  ALL-OUT PEACE ---Here’s another cogent recollection I shared with my friend. I recall when President Arroyo took over from President Estrada in 2001, she immediately reversed the Erap all-out war policy and enunciated the policy of all-out peace and the primacy of the peace process. Among the first things PGMA did upon assumption right after Erap left Malacanang was to issue a Letter of Instruction, which laid down the framework of the pursuit of peace through negotiated settlement. It was to pick up from where President Ramos left off. I was her first chief negotiator to put back on track FVR's peace initiatives with the MILF.  RE-STARTING TALKS --- I cannot forget that day in 2001 when I first entered an MILF controlled territory somewhere in the boundary of Maguindanao and North Cotabato. Immediately after I got the marching orders from PGMA to “re-start” the peace talks, I brought relief assistance to thousands of evacuees, mostly MILF families. It was also to give me “cover” for my secret, exploratory, informal face-to-face meeting with an emissary of then MILF Chairman Hashim Salamat. I remember meeting him who was wearing a bull cap inside a dark, small hut with all windows shut. I can’t recognize him if I meet him again. The late Ustadz Salamat’s favorite nephew, the late businessman Ebrahim “Toto” Paglas, my close friend , brokered the icebreaker. Former AFP chief of staff, Gen Hermogenes Esperon Jr., then a colonel and brigade commander in North Cotabato refused to let me go alone and volunteered to escort me but he had to shed off his military uniform to disguise as my civilian companion in a hostile territory. The risk paid off. In a few weeks, then OPAPP Sec. Eduardo

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BUSINESS

200 MW new renewable energy sources to be tapped in Mindoro CALAPAN CITY – Almost 200 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy sources can be developed or tapped within Mindoro Island this year.

Said energy sources can very well help lessen the potential power problem of the country by 2015.

This was seen by the Department of Energy (DOE) as it highlighted the potential capacity in the local power development plan that was presented by the department to Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ORMECO) during the recent annual general membership assembly conducted by the said power cooperative.

“The Mindoro Island Power Development Plan (MIPDP) highlighted the potential energy sources and prospective plans for the improvement of energy facilities and services in the region,” the DOE officials explained in a statement released here over the weekend.

Accordingly, the plan showed that the island has 47.1 MW power projects

that can be developed using hydro and ocean technologies; as well as 151.2 MW using biomass. And once developed, these capacities will add to the 189.3 MW renewable energy projects that have already been awarded by DOE to independent power producers (IPP) through ORMECO. Besides renewable energy, Mindoro also has the capability to produce 76.36 billion cubic feet of gas should exploration works within Service Contract 53 succeed.

As an off-grid area, Mindoro is being served by National Power Corporation’s Small Power Utilities Group. The government plans to link the island grid to the country’s main grid through a plan to have an interconnection line from the province of Batangas.

The interconnection project is targeted to be completed by 2023, according to the Energy department.

“Once completed, the island will be part of the Luzon grid therefore making the

region independent from missionary electrification subsidies,” the statement added.

The power development plan for Mindoro serves as one of the pilot initiatives of DOE to establish energy independence across all regions in the country.

“The Mindoro Development Plan is an effort shared by the people of the two provinces – Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro,” the statement quoted Energy Undersecretary Raul B. Aguilos as saying.

“Careful energy planning and strategies are essential methods to secure the island’s growing industries and stir it towards progress,” he added.

Similar plans are being formulated for other off-grid areas like Palawan, as well as major parts of the Visayas.

The Energy department said this activity would highlight the importance of energy planning towards the aim of fulfilling the growing power needs across the country.| JRM/LTC

JUDICIAL NOTICE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 85, LIPA CITY IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE BIRTH RECORD OF ANDREA MAGSOMBOL RECORDED AT THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, CUENCA, BATANGAS AS TO HER DATE OF BIRTH FROM SEPTEMBER 20, 1953 TO OCTOBER 17, 1949 ANDREA MAGSOMBOL LAQUI Petitioner, versus

SP. PROC. NO. 04-2014-0329

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CUENCA, BATANGAS, and All Persons who may be affected by this Petition, Respondent . x---------------------------- x ORDER A verified petition was filed by Andrea Magsombol Laqui, a resident of Sitio Malabong, Duhatan, Lipa City. Among others, the petitioner prays that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered ordering the Local Civil registrar of Cuenca, Batangas to correct the entry of her date of birth in her Certificate of Live Birth from September 20, 1953 to October 17, 1949.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that the same is set for hearing on July 30, 2014 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 Lipa, Tanauan and Batangas. Likewise, let a copy of this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the City Prosecutor of Lipa, and the Local Civil Registrar of Cuenca, Batangas, for their respective informations and appropriate actions.

SO ORDERED. Lipa City, May 20, 2014.

(Sgd.) WILFREDO P. CASTILLO Presiding Judge I hereby certify that copies of this order have been sent to the Office of the Solicitor General, Prosecutor G. Butch I. Escano, the Local Civil Registrar of Cuenca, Batangas, and the petitioner,

this ___ day of May 2014.

(Sgd.) ATTY. REGULUS R. ROCAFORT Branch Clerk of Court ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 85, LIPA CITY IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE BIRTH RECORD OF ANDREA MAGSOMBOL RECORDED AT THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, CUENCA, BATANGAS AS TO HER DATE OF BIRTH FROM SEPTEMBER 20, 1953 TO OCTOBER 17, 1949 ANDREA MAGSOMBOL LAQUI Petitioner, versus

SP. PROC. NO. 04-2014-0329

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CUENCA, BATANGAS, and All Persons who may be affected by this Petition, Respondent . x---------------------------- x ORDER When this case was called for hearing, Prosecutor G. butch I. Escano as well as the petitioner as well as her counsel, Atty.

Rommel C. Castañeda, appeared. Records, however, show that the newspaper is not yet attached to the records of this case.

Nevertheless, the Branch Clerk of Court announced the filing of the instant petition. Even after the said announcement however, no one came forward to interpose objection to the petition.

Meantime, the next hearing of this case is hereby set on October 1, 2014 at 8:30 a.m.

SO ORDERED. Lipa City, July 30, 2014.

(Sgd.) WILFREDO P. CASTILLO Presiding Judge I hereby certify that copies of this order have been sent to the Office of the Solicitor General, Atty. Rommel Castañeda, the Local Civil Registrar of Cuenca, Batangas, and the petitioner, this ___ day of ____ 2014.

(Sgd.) ATTY. REGULUS R. ROCAFORT Branch Clerk of Court Pahayagang Balikas | August 18, 25 & Sept. 1, 2014

September 1 - 7, 2014

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JUDICIAL NOTICE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 1 BULWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN PALLOCAN WEST, BATANGAS CITY IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR DANICA SANTOS MADRIAGA SP. PROC. NO. 14-9761 ARMANDO B. ABLAZA EMILENE M. ABLAZA Petitioners. x---------------------------- x ORDER A verified petition was filed with the court by ARMANDO B. ABLAZA and EMILENE M. ABLAZA, both American Citizens, of legal age, residents of 1089 Roxas Road, Kumintang Ibaba, Batangas City, praying that after due noice, publication and hearing, the Honorable Court issue a DECREE OF ADOPTION declaring DANICA SANTOS MADRIAGA as the legitimate child of Petitioners, Armando B. Ablaza and Emilene M. Ablaza. It is likewise prayed for that the Honorable Court issues a decision declaring that: 1.

Danica Santos Madriaga is free from all obligations of obedience and maintenance to her biological parents, and 2.

The Pasig City Civil Registrar is ordered to record the Decree of Adoption to be issued and thereafter, to make the necessary annotations and amendments in the birth certificate of Danica Santos Madriaga.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the court sets the petition for hearing on November 5, 2014 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the session hall of this Court.

All persons interested in the petition may appear in Court on the aforesaid date, time and place to show cause if any why the petition should not be granted.

The Branch Sheriff is hereby directed to post copies of this Order together with the petition and it’s annexes in the bulletin boards at the main entrance of the Batangas Provincial Capitol Building, the City Hall of Pasig, the Batangas City Hall, Market Place and at the Hall of Justice, Batangas City for at least three (3) weeks prior to date set for initial hearing.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioners once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas including the City of Batangas. Said newspaper must be chosen by raffle to be undertaken by the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Batangas City.

The Court Social Worker Josefina S. Perez is hereby directed to conduct counselling sessions with the biological parents, child and home study and to subm it the corresponding reports thereon before the date set for initial hearing.

Likewise, let the copy of this Order together with a copy of the petition be served to the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, Atty. Ferdinand L. Aguirre, Office of the City Prosecutor, and RTC-OCC, Batangas City.

SO ORDERED. Batangas City, August 8, 2014.

(Sgd.) FLORENCIO S. ARELLANO Judge I hereby certify that copy of this Order have been sent by registered mail to the petitioner, Atty. Ferdiannd L. Aguirre, Biological Parents, Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, and by personal delivery to the Office of the City Prosecutor, RTC-OCC, Batangas City and CSWO Josefina S. Perez.

(Sgd.) GLENDA M. LACSAMANA-KING Branch Clerk of Court Pahayagang Balikas | September 1,8 & 15, 2014

ERRATUM NOTICE is hereby given that the AFFIDAVIT OF SELFADJUDICATION executed by Marta C. Evangelista covering the estate of the late FELIX C. EVANGELISTA was inadvertently published on June 23, 30 & July 7, 2014. The notice published indicates that the late Felix C. Evangelista died intestate on July 15, 2005 at Masaguitsit, Lobo, Batangas. It should have been read as “xxx...the late Felix C. Evangelista died intestate on June 15, 2005 at Masaguitsit, Lobo, Batangas...xxx” and not as previously published. Pahayagang Balikas regrets the error.

Pahayagang Balikas / September 1, 2014

Tawag na sa Pahayagang Balikas Telephone No. (043) 417.1662 * 0917.521.9477 * 0912.902.7373 para sa inyong pagpapalathala.

Nicetas E. Escalona, Lifetimes Editor

LIFE TIMES Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) Ang munting problema ay maaaring lumaki sa paglipas ng mga araw kung hindi mahahanapan ng solusyon ngayon.

Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Maganda ang epekto ng pakikipagsundo sa matagal nang nakagalit. Dahil taglay ang mataas na antas ng karisma, madali kang mauunawaan at kabigha-bighaning makausap.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Tama ang desisyon na tawanan ang problema at hanapan ng solusyon sa mahinahong paraan.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Matutukso ka sa panlabas na anyo ng isang opposite sex subalit ang ugali naman ay taliwas sa iyong inaasahan.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) Huwag patagalin ang gustong sabihin dahil magbibigay ng suliranin kung hahayaan. Maging tapat sa sarili.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Mag-relax upang gumaan ang isipan at kalooban. Huwag pansinin ang mang-aasar.

Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Huwag mangutang ngayon

dahil mahihirapan sa pagbabayad. Maganda ang pakiramdam at walang problema ang kalusugan.

Aries (Mar. 21 - April 20) Produktibo ang araw kung gugustuhin. Kalimutan ang mga kapalpakan at isipin na isang aral sa pagtuwid ng pagkakamali.

Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 21) Huwag mangutang at mahihirapan lamang sa pagbabayad. Sundin ang idinidikta ng kalooban dahil malakas ang ESP na magbibigay ng magandang resulta.

Gemini (May 22 - June 21) Ang taglay na talino ay pagkakakitaan ng husto kaysa kasalukuyang trabaho. Lakas ng loob ang landas ng tagumpay.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) Upang manatili ang mataas na antas ng respeto at pagkatao, ipakita ang kabutihan at respeto sa kapwa. Magiging taliwas sa inaasahan ang magaganap.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) Tutuwirin nila ang kanilang pagkakamali sa oras na malamang tama ka. Matutupad at maibibigay ang napangako.|

2 bangka sa Calumpang, may libreng sakay MAY libreng sakay na rin ngayon para sa mga pasahero ng bangka sa Calumpang handog ni ABC President Dondon Dimacuha.

Dalawang bangka na kung tawagin ay emergency boat for disaster operations ang inilaan para maghatid ng libre sa mga pasahero at ang isa dito ay nagsimula nang bumiyahe kaninang umaga.

Bukod sa libreng sakay, layunin rin ng proyekto na magkaroon ng sapat na bilang ng mga bangka na bumibyahe, upang mas mabilis na maihatid ang mga pasahero mula sa Poblacion patungong Pallocan at pabalik.

Ang dalawang bangka ay gagamitin rin sa panahon ng kalamidad kung kinakailangan. Ang mga ito ay kayang maglaman ng hanggang 15 pasahero at may mga bagong life vests.

Ayon sa bangkero nito na

si Angelo Moreno, tulad ng ibang pampasaherong bangka sila ay pumipila rin.

Ang bangka ay magsisimulang bumiyahe mula ala-sais ng umaga hanggang ala singko ng hapon, mula lunes hanggang Biyernes. Kalahating araw lamang ang biyahe kung Sabado at walang byahe

kung Linggo upang hindi makaapekto sa mga pampasaherong bangka. Sinabi rin ni Moreno, handa silang magpalawig ng oras ng byahe kung kinakailangan. Sila rin aniya ay sumunod sa proseso at kumuha ng mga kaukulang permit sa mga konsernadong ahensya.

Samantala, sa kasalukuyan ay may 20 bangka sa bawat araw ang bumibyahe sa Calumpang. Patuloy pa rin ang pamahalaang lunsod ng Batangas sa pagpapatupad ng mga proyektong nagbibigay kaalwanan at seguridad sa mga pasahero.| MARIE V. LUALHATI

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.................................................................................... <<<RAYMUNDO....from P/5

People’s Initiative: Is the new game in town worth the candle?

LIBRENG SAKAY. Ang isa sa dalawang bangkang nagsasakay ng libre sa pagtawid sa Ilog Calumpang.|

................................................................................................................................ <<<DUREZA.....from P/5

“Why not wipe out the MILF rebels”?

Ermita shook hands with MILF's Kagi Murad in Kuala Lumpur signaling revival of peace talks. After 3 months, I signed in June 2001 in Tripoli, Libya as chief negotiator, the landmark Agreement for Peace that served as the framework and roadmap in the subsequent conduct of peace negotiations. By the way, it was in that Tripoli trip when I met face to face with the late strongman Moammar Khadafi in his desert tent in Sirte. (Of course with his pet elephants trucked in by container vans in the background served as fascinating props.)  DEFEATING REBELS --- One poignant event during my work in the Arroyo government also stood out that I also considered instructive as I pondered on those questions posed by my “balikbayan” friend. I related to him what happened during a Malacanang highlevel closed door, command con-ference of the security sector. One Army general was a bit candid about his reservations on a ceasefire mechanism with the MILF, which we discussed. He was describing it as unfairly tying the hands of the soldiers while they fought the rebels. I sensed it was a common sentiment among the uniformed participants. To cut him off, an exasperated high official snapped a question: "Tell me honestly, General. Can you and the AFP decisively and militarily defeat the MILF? If your answer is in the affirmative, there's no more need for this meeting!” The Army General did not answer. No one in the room stirred. After

a while of silence, the high official merely said: “I hear none. The answer is clear.

Let us now proceed.” I pondered for a while on the significance of what took place. Many years passed and up to this day, that episode kept coming back. It was a reality check. It simply taught me that force of arms does not and cannot extinguish the Bangsamoro grievances; that the root causes of rebellion must be addressed; that a negotiated settlement is the way forward.  WHY TALK PEACE? The inevitable question that my friend asked was: why hold peace talks, in the first place? Well, here are a few of my thoughts that I passed on to him: First, government recognizes that the rebel group has valid grievances that must be addressed and redressed; Second, government being on a high moral ground must be ready to grant concessions to address those grievances; Third, improving the lives of the affected constituencies, especially those deprived, is key; Fourth, government cannot decisively defeat the organized rebel group in armed combat without great social cost to the general population; Fifth, peace engagement with mainstream rebels who are willing to negotiate can isolate the extremists and the radicals; Sixth, the government due to its superiority can win battles but it cannot win the war unless it wins the hearts and minds of those who had suffered

injustices and exclusion; Seventh, social cohesion or understanding amongst diverse groups in Mindanao and their acceptance of their respective diversities and differences help bring about peace; Lastly, peace through a negotiated settlement, al-though difficult than conve-niently and easily pulling the triggers of war, is more desir-able, durable and sustainable.  TASK NOT EASY -- The work for a negotiated peace settlement is not the prover-bial “walk in the park”. Accommodating the aspirations of those who have already for-saken normal processes of redress and to be done by government that must adhere to those processes (like the Philippine constitution that the rebels disavow and reject) is not an easy task.  CRUCIAL --- If crafting an agreement is already that difficult, how much more if we talk about IMPLEMENTATION? Indeed, the most crucial is HOW TO IMPLE-MENT what has been signed and to meet the high expectations of all. I've seen it up close with the 1996 peace agreement with Nur Misua-ri’s MNLF that up to this day is still troubled by implemen-tation issues.

In the case of the present agreement with the MILF, we are still not there.

As of today, we are still awaiting the release by Malacanang of the final draft of a bill that if passed by Congress can get us going.

When a president makes a rubber stamp out of the legislature, and clips the powers of the judiciary, he must be doing it for something. To get ahead of the game in which he deems he is almost losing? And dictatorship through a term extension is a way to win as if People Power I, or the French Revolution for that matter, never happened? And of the too early birds that double up as late comers in this regime’s self-serving analysis of social

dynamics, they are taking too long to realize the potential and actual fruits of Aquino’s brand of reform. Rubbish.

Lately, the Aquino regime reveals itself as not having the game under its own skin. It hardly even knows its practical way to the game’s future, much less, a sense of history of the game. What is more castrating than failing to embody the game that one claims to be a family legacy? But who’s gaming?

To be continued -

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Catapang at Train, ‘Prides of Batangas’ Ang 2014 COPS ay isang yearly award na sinimulan ng Metrobank Foundation Incorporated, katuwang ang Rotary Club of New Manila East at PS Bank upang piliin ang “heroic men and women in the police force” na may katangi-tanging liderato na suportado ng kanilang komunidad para sugpuin ang paglaganap ng krimen sa kanilang lokalidad.

Chief PNP Police Director General Alan La Madrid

Purisima also extends its gratitude and appreciation to the Metrobank Foundation Inc. for their continuous support and recognition to the organization.

SI Col. Train at ang siyang (9) na iba pang kasama niya ay pinili mula sa 154 nominees sa buong bansa.

Siya ay naglingkod bilang hepe ng Batangas City Police Office. Nagtapos din siya ng abogasya sa University of Batangas.|

There’s still a long road ahead, I told my friend. He handed me a bottle of SanMig lite as if satisfied with what I said. It was only then that I realized I was ready for another bottle.  [Publisher’s Note: Atty.

Jess Dureza is the president of the Philippine Press Institute, a national association of newspapers and served former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Gloria Arroyo.

Send you comments to his column at jessdureza@gmail .com]

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Catapang at Train, ‘Prides of Batangas’ bagong Chief of Staff ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), kapalit ni General Emmanuel T. Bautista, na nagretiro noong July 18, 2013.

Umangat ang kaniyang karera, taglay ang mataas na standard of performance, fine leadership, at vision for accomplishments bilang isang sundalo.

Patunay sa kaniyang mga achievements at kahusayan D ha l end z L a ndi c ho sa serbisyo ang mga bayani? Ang ating mga overseas awards and commendations na 2014 COPS Awardees. PSSupt Cedrick G. Train, Deputy Regional Director for Administration Filipino workers (OFWs) ay matagal kaniyang tinanggap gaya ng (DRDA) Police Regional Office (PRO) 8; PSSupt Rodelio B. Jocson, Maguindanano Police na ring itinuturing na mga makaba- sumusunod: Two Distinguished Provincial Office (PPO), ARMM; PCInsp Byron F. Allatog, La Trinidad Municipal Police Station gong bayani ng ating bansa. Sa Service Star Awards; three Gold (MPS), Benguet, PRO COR; PCInsp Reynald E. Ariño, 5th SAB, PNP-SAF, Zamboanga City; ganang akin, masasabi ko talagang Cross Medals; five Outstanding SPO1 Reynaldo G, Solante, PIB, Cebu PPO, Cebu City, PRO 7; SPO1 Rey H. Sarcon, ORCD, PRO karapat-dapat silang maituring na Achievement Medals; one Bronze 3; PO3 Comet D. Dumangeng, Sta. Rita MPS, Sta. Rita, Pampanga, PRO 3; PO3 Alexander B. mga bayani sa laki ng kanilang sakri- Cross Medal; sixteen Military Fazon Jr., RIDMD, PRO 13; PO3 Michael D. Pontoy, Aklan PPO, Kalibo, Aklan, PRO 6; and PO2 Ashear U. Ismael, RPSB 9, Zamboanga City, PRO 9.| BALIKAS FOTOBANK pisyo gaya ng mawalay sa kanilang Merit Medals and Military mga mahal sa buhay at ang peliCommendation Medals; three Batangueño. Kabilang siya sa grong kinakaharap araw-araw sa Combat “Kagitingan” Badges; di Philippine Military Academy kanilang pagganap sa kanilang mga mabilang na mga Letters of “Dimalupig” Class of 1981. trabaho doon.

Commendation at Badges.  Pero sa pagkakataong ito, maSa kaniyang pagiging hepe ng Samantala, katangi-tangi rin at gandang kilalanin natin ang dalaArmed Forces of the Philippines, lagi dapat kilalanin si Police Senior wang mga lingkod ng bayan na sabi niyang sinsabi sa kaniyang mga Superintendent Cedrick G. nga’y nagpapakinang sa kanilang kawal ang slogan ng kaniyang Train, ang dating hepe ng pulisya hanay, at syempre pa, sa ating lahi liderato: “Kawal DISIPLINADO, ditto sa Batangas City at ngayon ay bilang mga Batangueño. Bagaman bawal ABUSADO, dapat ASIN- Deputy Regional Director for at hindi isinilang dito sa ating lalawiTADO”. Aniya, patuloy pa niyang Administration (DRDA) sa Police gan, ay taglay pa rin ang mga karaktututukan ang AFP modernization Regional Office (PRO) 8. ter at giting ng isang Batangueño. at palitan ang mga tinaguriang Si Col. Train ang nangunguna Sila sina Lieutenant General flying coffin helicopters at “Itali Yan” sa 10 hinirang na maging 2014 Gregorio Pio Punzalan ‘4TH STAR’. The 45th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of navy ng malalakas na navies and air Country’s Outstanding Police Catapang Jr. at Police Superin- the Philippines, General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. forces.

Officers in Service (COPS) ng tendent Cedrik Gayona Train. receives his fourth star in a donning of ranks ceremony Si Lieutenant General Catapang Philippine National Police at  presided by National Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin ay isinilang noong July 11, 1959 sa Metrobank Foundation Inc. noong Si Lt. Gen. Catapang ay isang and came exactly a week since his assumption. Catapang’s Manila. Ang kaniyang ama, Gre- kabilang linggo. dugong Batangueño. Siya ang wife Vilma and Sec. Gazmin pinned the star.| R. OBINQUE gorio Catapang Sr., ay isang taal na >>>LITE TALK....sundan sa P/7 ITONG nakalipas na linggo ay ipinagdiwang sa buong bansa ang National Heroes Day. Ang pagdiriwang ay pagkilala sa mga bayaning naging haligi ng ating bansa o ng ating demokrasya.

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VSR Inter-LGU SPorts Tournament, personal na binuksan ni Governor Vi! PORMAL na binuksan ang VSR Inter-LGU Sports Competition sa Batangas City Sports Complex, Agosto 28. Ito ay pinangunahan ni Gov Vilma Santos Recto kasama ang mga Board Members at mga Punong Bayan.

Ito ay dinaluhan ng 21 Local Government Units na magtatagisan ng galing sa larong basketball at volleyball.

Ang mga kasapi sa koponan ay binubuo ng mga empleyado ng LGUs na napili sa kanilang kahusayan sa paglalaro ng basketball at volleyball.

Bilang hudyat ng pagbubukas ng paligsahan, pinamunuan ni Governor Vi ang ceremonial toss kasama ang mga manlalaro ng Taysan na pinangunahan ni Taysan

Mayor Don Don Portugal at koponan mula sa Lunsod ng Batangas. Tinanghal na Ms.

VSR Inter-LGU 2014 ang muse ng Lipa City.| ELFIE ILUSTRE

‘SPORTS’ LANG. Pinangunahan ni Governor Vilma Santos-Recto ang pag-toss ng bola bilang hudyat ng pagbubukas ng Inter-LGU Sports Tournament sa Batangas City Sports Coliseum, August 28.| LOUIE HERNANDEZ

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