Vol. XIX, No. 39 | Sept. 29 - Oct. 5, 2014

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Siteserv-CJI JV managing director Phil Smith; JTN Competence Services general manager and CompEx Centre manager Bruce Ingram; SPEX managing director Sebastian Quiñones and San Pascual mayor Antonio Dimayuga lead the ceremonial ribbon-cutting that signals the commercial inauguration of CompEx Training Centre in Batangas. Both local and foreign trainees have the opportunity to individually test their skills and competencies in 10 training bays under the close mentoring and assessment of foreign trainors-experts. |

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BSU celebrates 111th founding year, admin Geron, pumalag pahayag ni Chua assures completion of white elephant projects sa ukol sa tulay at dike

TOWARDS ASEAN CHALLENGE EXCELLENCE.

Batangas State University leadership headed by its President, Dr. Tirso Ronquillo answers all the questions and issues presented by members of the Batangas media during the Press Conference held at the university, Sept. 24. Ronquillo assures the completion of white elephant projects left by previous administrations. Read full story on page 7. | BALIKAS PHOTO

Getting used to Incompetence

PUMALAG si Deputy Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration (DESFA) Ronaldo Geron sa umano’y isang dimakatotohanang post ni Batangas City Public Information Officer Leticia Chua sa isang social media nitong nakalipas na weekend.

Nauna rito’y ilang beses na binanggit ni Chua ang pangalan ni USEC Geron sa kaniyang post sa Facebook account na Palakat Batangascity kaugnay ng pagpapagawang muli ng Calumpang Bridge na winasak ng bagyong Glenda. Ang post ni Chua ay bilang sagot naman sa pangungumusta ng isang Luz Hernandez na ngayon ay nasa Amerika.

“Naku, dito po sa Batangas City eh, palaging pinalalabas na tinanggihan ni Mayor Eddie (sic) ang P77M para sa repair ng tulay. Eh sa tutuo po ay kung ito pong sinasabi ni USEC Geron na P77M ay itong ini-offer ni Provincial Governor Vilma Santos noong August 1 ay sa interview mismo kay USEC ay di pwede na gamitin ng City kasi

>>>TULAY... sundan sa P/2

Programa kontra malnutrisyon sa “Shoot me now, Mayor!”

Batangas, lalo pang pinalalakas p. 3

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Tap unspent P180-B Malampaya, p. 7 p. 4 energy royalties for power needs

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P45 Milyon Disaster Trust Fund para sa rehab ng mga imprastraktura sa lalawigan MAHIGPIT na tinutukan sa isinagawang pagpupulong sa kapitolyo ng Provincial Peace and Order Council at Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ang mga isyu na may kinalaman sa Seguridad at krimen ganun na din ang pagtalakay sa rehabilitasyon ng mga imprastraktura nasira ng nagdaang bagyong Glenda, Setyembre 24.

Pinamunuan ang pagpupulong ni PDRRMC chair Pedrito Martin M. Dijan Jr., Provincial Administrator Atty. Joel Montealto, Batangas PNP Chief Omega Jireh Fidel, mga kasapi ng DILG ganun din ang mga bumubuo ng PPOC at PDRRMC officers sa lalawigan at mga bayan nito.

Naging tampok na paksa sa pagtitipon ng mga kasapi ng PPOC at PDDRMC ang pagpapasa ng resolusyon

para magamit ang 45 milyong piso na PDRRMC trust fund na gagamitin ng lalawigan sa pag-ayuda sa mga bayan na lubhang naapektuhan ng bagyong Glenda.

Ang pagpapasa ng resolusyon ukol sa Trust Fund na agad na sinag-ayunan ng mga local chief executives ng mga bayan na nakatakdang tumanggap ng ayuda para sa pagsasaayos ng mga mahahalagang imprastraktura ng pamahalaan tulad ng tulay, kalsada, at mga gusaling pambayan sa kanilang nasasakupan.

Ipinagbigay-alam din sa mga ito ang kasalukuyang hakbang ng PDRRMC upang mapagtibay at maging matatag na institusyon ng PDRRMC sa buong lalawigan sa pamamagitan ng pagtatayo ng samahan ng mga ito para sa malayang komunikasyon at palitan ng

kakayahan at kaalaman.

Ipinaabot din sa konseho ni 4th District Board Member Amado Carlos Bolilia IV ang pagdinig at pagpapasa ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng resolusyon na nagtatakda ng pagtatatag ng Tanggapan MDRRMC sa bawat bayan sa lalawigan.

Inaasahan na sa pagkakaroon ng mga itatakdang mga opisyal ng MDRRMC sa bawat munisipyo, magiging mas epektibo at mabilisan ang pagtugon ng mga ito sa oras ng sakuna.

Bukod dito ang pagpapalakas ng kakayahan ng mga ito sa management, training at capability enhancement na nakatakdang ipatupad ng Panlalwigang hanay ng PDRRMC para sa lokal ng MDRRM Councils.| EDWIN V. ZABARTE

Sept. 29 - Oct. 5, 2014

Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

SOLCOM evacuates 13,473 settlers away from Mayon CAMP GUILLERMO NAKAR, LUCENA CITY – At least 13,473 settlers at the 6-8km Extended Danger Zone (EDZ) were evacuated by the Southern Luzon Command’s (SOLCOM) Task Force Sagip as of 3PM, September 18, to designated evacuation centers in Albay after PHILVOLCS announced alert level 3 on Mayon volcano’s seismic activities. Using 23 military trucks (M35) pooled from the different operational units of SOLCOM in Bicol region, TF Sagip managed to transport 846 settlers from 282 families in Tabaco City; 5,933 from 1,144 families in Guinobatan; 3,956 from 1,024 in Camalig; 54 from 18 families in Ligao City; and 2,684 from 660 families in Malilipot.

Likewise, SOLCOM provided one UH1H helicopter from the Tactical Operations Group 5 during the aerial survey yesterday headed by Albay Governor Joey Salceda and the Office of the Civil Defense representatives. Currently, two UH1H helicopters stationed in Legaspi City are on alert for possible air evacuation.

Meanwhile the new SOLCOM commander, MAJ GEN RICARDO R VISAYA AFP lauded the troop’s relentless efforts in the conduct of preemptive evacuation.

“Our troops are doing their best to finish the evacuation as soon as possible. I hope the NPA rebels will cooperate on these trying times by not attacking our troops involved in the evacuation. In fact, I would like to call on them to go down from the mountains and help their families and relatives. Let not hatred but compassion and selflessness be demonstrated by all at this time,” Major General Visaya stressed.

“As much as possible, AFP troops will evacuate all affected families particularly those in the permanent danger zones.

Our operations will only cease when the situation no longer permits evacuation,” he added.|

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Top robbery suspect nabbed

ULIRANG LINGKOD-BAYAN. Pinangunahan ng Sangguniang Panlalwigan ng Batangas ang pagbibigay

ng pagkilala at rekognisyon kay Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gregorio ‘PIO’ Catapang Jr. (gitna) mula sa ng bayan ng San Nicolas sa pagpapakita nito na dedikasyon at pagmamahal sa tungkulin at sa bayan sa isinagawang Philippine Civil Service Month Celebration na kumikilala sa mga lingkod bayan. Makikita sa larawan sina San Nicolas mayor Epifanio Sandoval, 4th District Board Member Mabel Virtucio, 3rd District BM Divina Balba, BM Alfredo Corona, Maj. General Raul Gabriel Dimatatac, 4th District BM Amado Carlos Bolilia IV, 2nd District BM Mario Vitorio Mariño at Provincial Administrator Atty. Joel Montealto.| BATANGASPIO

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Geron, pumalag sa pahayag ni Chua ukol sa tulay at dike

naka-earmarked ito para sa konstruksyon ng Balete Road na matagal nang inirereklamo ng mga residente roon. At di po naman ito tinanggihan ni Mayor Eddie. Kasi may nauna na pong request si Mayor kay Pangulong Pinoy (sic) noon pang July 24 at acknowelged po ng DBM,” saad sa post ni Chua.

“As of now po ay nagsasagawa na po ng detailed engineering analysis ang DPWH na tatagal po hanggang Sept. 28.

Kasi gusto po ni DPWH Singson na hindi bara-bara ang pagpapagawa ng Tulay ng Kalumpang. Kailan (sic) safe at economical. Iyon pong kay USEC Geron ay recommendatory lamang for the Secretary of NDRRMC at walang tiyak na pondo na ilalabas. At kung meron man ay ang bola ay nasa DPWH pa rin po. Isa pa po ay ang nagpa-pagawa po ng mga tulay sa bansa ay DPWH. Hindi po ito City. Iyon po ang dapat nating

malaman. Kung wala man sa inventory ng DPWH iyan, ay ang gumawa po niyan ay DPWH sa panahon po ni Former DOJ Nani Perez. Pero the fact na nagpapadala ng consultants at engineers ang DPWH Central Office, it is implied na sila ang magpapagawa nito,” dagdag pa ni Chua.

Sa naturan ding post, idinagdag pa ni Chua na: “Pakisabi naman po sa mga kababayan natin diyan sa Amerika ang tunay na situwasyon. Nais lamang po nila na masira ang administrasyon ni Mayor Eddie. Hindi po siya natutulog tulad ng kanilang sinasabi sa facebook at sa pulpito. Marami pong ginagawa ang City Government na paraan upang maibsan ang hirap na dinaranas ng ating mga kababayan na apektado ng pagkaputol ng tulay Calumpang. Libreng sakay at banca operations. May mga balak pa po na hindi ko pa pwede sabihin

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Pangangalaga sa kalikasan, tampok sa ika3 US Embassy regional media seminar NAGSAGAWA kamakailan ng dalawang araw na regional media seminar ang United States Embassy na tampok ang mga paksa ukol sa pangangalaga ng kalikasan, siyensya at teknolohiya at pagpapatupad ng batas sa tanggapan nito sa Roxas Boulevard.

Ayon kay US Ambassador Philip Goldberg, patuloy ang magandang pakikipag-ugnayan ng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos kung kaya’t bilang bahagi nito ay patuloy din ang mga programa ng kanilang embahada na malaki ang maitutulong sa mga Pilipino.

Layunin ng seminar na ito na ipaalam sa pamamagitan ng media ang

lahat ng programa ng kanilang tanggapan partikular ang mga pangkapaligiran na isang malaking problema sa bansa.

Dagdag pa ni Goldberg, umaabot na sa bilyong dolyar ang naipagkaloob ng Estados Unidos sa Pilipinas kabilang ang mga programang ipinapatupad ng United States Agency International Development (USAID).

Ilan sa mga tinalakay rito ang tatlong programang isinusulong ng USAID partikular sa Lunsod Batangas kabilang ang Cities Development Initiative, Coral Triangle Initiative at Environmental Stewardship.| BHABY DE CASTRO

kasi may authority po na dapat magsabi nito. Pero rest assured po na walang nagkagusto na maputol ang tulay. Isa po itong pagsubok sa lahat ng mamamayan upang tayo po ay magkasama-sama at hindi magkakahiwalay.”

Noon ding Linggo, sinagot ni USEC Geron ang naging post ni Chua at ang pagbanggit ng kaniyang pangalan.

Ani Geron kay Chua: “I saw my name being mentioned in your message to a certain Dr. Luz Hernandez. The said message was posted in the Palakat Batangascity page. I now have to respond to the statements you made in that message: 1. The 77 Million pesos that was mentioned refers to the amount that was approved by the Office of the President (OP) to fund the repair of the Calumpang bridge. No, it does not refer to the similar amount that was offered by the Provincial government.

2. No, I do not recommend measures to the NDRRMC. It works the other way around. The NDRRMC submits recommendations to the Office of the President and my Office, which is an integral part of OP reviews those recommendations.

3. Our recommendation to approve the request for the 77 Million peso fund was approved last September 24,2014.

4. The action document for that approval has been transmitted to NDRRMC. 5. I am now awaiting NDRRMC's transmittal to the pertinent agency so that the fund may be released.

6. The fund will then be released to the DPWH. 7. It will be DPWH who will implement the project.”| BALIKAS NEWS

A MAN wanted for robbery case in Sto. Tomas Batangas was arrested on Friday at about 11:50am of September 26, 2014 at his residence in Sitio Mabaang, Barangay Bamban, Tagkawayan, Quezon during the joint operation of the elements of Sto. Tomas Municipal Police Station led by SPO1 Arthur S Diaz, Intel PNCO under the direct supervision of Police Superintendent Barnard Danie V. Dasugo, Chief of Police, elements of Regional Intelligence Unit 4A led by Police Senior Inspector Reynaldo C. Panebe Jr., and elements of Provincial Intelligence Branch - Quezon Provincial Police Office led by SPO1 Rodel Espinola.

Suspect was identified as one (1) ROGELIO POSTRADO y Besa, alias “Jun”, 30 years old, born on March 9, 1984, with live-in partner, jobless, native of Brgy.

Sta. Cecilia, Tagkawayan, Quezon and presently residing at Sitio Mabaang, Brgy. Bamban, Tagkawayan, Quezon. He was arrested by virtue of a Warrant of Arrest for the crime of “Robbery” issued and duly signed by Hon. Judge NILO P. EXCHAURE, MTC – STO. TOMAS, Sto. Tomas, Batangas dated August 6, 2014 with Criminal Case No. 2014-074.

It can be recalled that on March 10, 2014, Andy Pascual y Aguirre personally appeared at said station and reported that their Construction establishment was robbed by unidentified person/s.

In response, duty investigators immediately proceeded at said place to verify the veracity of the report and to conduct investigation. Initial investigation conducted disclosed that at about 8:00 AM of same date one (1) Mary Liza Ponayo y Ladea, Operation Staff at said establishment discovered that the cash money worth Php 94,255.00 was missing. Said cash money was inside her drawer when she left the establishment.

She looked around and discovered that their ceiling lights was broken so, she called up her co-employees to report the incident. Upon ocular inspection they saw that there roof was ransacked by unknown culprits.

Based on their CCTV footages, one of the robbers went inside their office and took the cash money. After accounting of all the equipment and supplies they found out that the culprits also took a Ten and Five peso coins worth Php 6,000.

Afterwards, they reported at this station for proper Crime Scene investigation. The culprits carted away cash money worth Php 100,255. The duty Security Guard identified as Dominador Solomon y Delos Santos saw the robber jumped behind the establishment coming from the back portion and afterwards, unmasked his face that led to his identification.

Subject person is presently detained at the Sto Tomas MPS Lock-up cell for proper disposition and documentation.

Recommended bail is amounting to Php 12,000.| MARY ANNE CRESTER N. TORRES

Sept. 29 - Oct. 5, 2014

Inter-Island News Collated By RONALINA L. ELARMO

Training needs ng mga reporter ukol sa Naujan Lake, inalam CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – Nagsagawa kamakailan ng perception training needs assessment (PTNA) para sa mga mamamahayag at estudyante ng Journalism kaugnay sa pagpapatupad ng programang Philippine Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience o B+WISER sa lalawigan.

Pangunahing layunin nito ang matasa at masukat ang kaalaman at kasanayan ng mga mamamahayag sa lalawigan, kasama ng ilang piling mag-aaral ng kursong Journalism sa usapin ng biodiversity at pangangalaga sa likas na yaman ng lalawigan, partikular ang Naujan Lake National Park.

Isa rin ito sa mga proyektong magkatuwang na ipinatutupad ng Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at ng United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ipinaliwanag sa gawain ang kahalagahan ng pagtataguyod sa biodiversity o pagkakaiba-ibang buhay at ang kahalagahan ng pagbibigay-kasanayan at kakayahan sa iba’t ibang stakeholders sa proteksyon, pangangalaga at konserbasyon sa kalikasan ng Naujan Lake National Park.

Matatandaang nauna na itong idineklara bilang isang Wetland of International Importance sa ilalim ng Ramsar Convention dahil sa maraming migratory species dito kabilang na ang libu-libong Tufted Ducks.

Kinilala rin ito bilang conservation site for wild ducks sa ilalim naman ng East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership at bilang globally Important Bird Area (IBA) ng Haribon Foundation at BirdLife International dahil sa pakakatala naman dito ng mga migratory, endemic at threatened birds.|

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Programa para labanan ang malnutrisyon sa Lunsod Batangas, lalo pang pinalalakas BATANGAS CITY – “Hanggang sa ngayon nakababahala pa rin ang dumaraming kaso ng malnutrisyon.” Ito ang ipinahayag ni Lucy Manalo Nutrition Officer ng Batangas City Health Office sa isinagawang pagpupulong sa Teachers Conference Center kamakailan.

Ayon kay Manalo isa sa tinututukan ngayon ng Pamahalaang Lunsod ng Batangas ay ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga batang malnourished sa dalawampu barangay sa lunsod. Aniya, prayoridad ng lokal na pamahalaan ang paglutas ng malnustrisyon kung kaya para matugunan ito, magsa-

sagawa ng pag aaral sa mga programang pangnutrisyon ang lunsod.

Idinagdag pa ni Manalo, na isa ang kahirapan sa pinakapangunahing dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng malnutrisyon ng mga bata dito sa Pilipinas. Walang sapat na gastusin kay hindi makabili ng mga masustansyang pagkain para sa mga bata.

Pero ayon pa rin kay Manalo kahit mahirap ay may paraan upang maiwasan ang malnutrisyon ng mga bata sa isang pamilya.

Ipinaliwanag din niya ang mga dapat gawin upang maiwasan ang malnutrisyon.

Aniya, dapat ay pasusuhin

ang sanggol mula pagkasilang hanggang anim na buwan; purgahin ang mga bata sa bulate; dalhin ang mga bata may edad 1-6 na taon sa health center tuwing buwan ng Abril at Oktubre.

Ang mga may edad 6–12 taon naman ay tuwing Hunyo at Enero sa lahat ng pampublikong paaralan para mabigyan ng libreng pampurga; pagtatanim ng gulay at prutas sa kanilang tahanan at paaralan; pag-aalaga ng hayop; Supplementary feeding sa mga buntis; pagtatayo ng mga ligtas na maiinom ng supply ng tubig; pag-iwas sa pagluluto at paghahanda ng pagkain na higit

sa kinakailangan ng mga bata at pamilya; at pagbibigay ng edukasyon tungkol sa nutrisyon.

Naging tagapagsalita rin si Aileen Cadayang ng City Accounting Office upang ituro sa mga opisyales ng barangay ang tamang proseso sa paggamit ng pondo ng barangay sa mga nutrition programs.

Samantala naging panauhin sa nasabing pagpupulong si Batangas City Administrator Philip Baroja na nagsabing kalusugan ng mga bata ay pahalagahan, kalamidad paghandaan; gutom at malnutrisyon agapan!| LIZA P. DELOS REYES

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Magsasaka’t mangingisda, nakahiram na ng puhunan

ROMBLON, Romblon — Dumating kamakailan sa lalawigan ng Romblon ang mga kinatawan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 4B upang magsagawa ng forum/orientation sa programa ng ahensiya na tutugon sa pagnanais ng mga magsasaka at mangingisda na makahiram ng puhunan sa alternatibong pagkakakitaan ng mga ito.

Sinabi ni Provincial Agriculturist Geishler F. Fadri na bukas para sa lahat ng mga magsasaka at maliliit na mangingisda ang Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP) ng pamahalaan. Ito ay naisakatapuran dahil sa Agriculture Credit Policy Council (ACPC), Peoples Credit Financing Corporation (PCFC) at Land Bank of the Philippines, ang mga ahensiyang magakakatuwang sa maayos na pagpapatupad ng nasabing proyekto.

Sa kasalukuyan, apat na bayan pa lamang ang binigyan ng pagkakataon na tumanggap ng aplikasyon para sa mga magsasaka at mangingisdang nais na mag-loan sa ilalim ng Agricultural Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP). Ito ay kinabibilangan ng bayan ng Romblon, San Agustin, Calatrava at Looc kung saan ang mga maaaring mag-apply lamang sa nasabing programa ay mga lehitimong magsasaka at mangingisda na sumailalim sa survey na 2012 Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture and Fisheries.

Ayon kay ACPC Project Development Officer Ding P. Pereyra, ang implementasyon ng Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP) ay naglalayon na mapaangat ang buhay ng mga mahihirap na naninirahan sa rural areas, partikular ang mga kabilang sa agriculture sector.

Ang kakapusan umano sa pera ang nakikitang dahilan kung kayat bibigyan nila ng pagkakataon ang sinumang grupo o kooperatiba ng nasabing sektor upang makapagsimula ng maliit na negosyo.| DINNES MANZO

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DepEd, PIA-Marinduque hold writing workshop for students, teachers BOAC, Marinduque -- The local Department of Education (DepED) and the Philippine Information Agency-Marinduque (PIA-Marinduque) hosted a creative writing workshop for students and teachers.

Participants came from nine districts of the DepEd Marinduque Division.

The workshop was conducted by award-winning playwright and creative writer Tony Perez in time for forthcoming local and regional writing competitions.

Perez is associated with the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy. After completing the workshop, participants were encouraged to write about climate change, illegal mining, and other developments in their schools and municipalities as well as share stories with PIA.| MAYDA N. LAGRAN

PROGRAMA KONTRA MALNUTRISYON. Lalo pang pinalalakas ng pamahalaang lunsod ng Batangas

ang programa nito upang labanan ang pagtaas ng kaso ng malnutrisyon sa pamamagitan ng mga pagsasanay at pagpapalawak ng kamalayan sa publiko.

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World’s premiere training facility opens in Batangas RESPONDING to the growing number of skilled workers here and abroad, and the challenge of stiff competition based on competencies, a world’s premiere training company has inaugurates its newest facility in Batangas, Friday.

CompEx, the recognized as the Global Competency Scheme of choice for the major oil, gas and chemical users who want to protect both their workers and capital assets nowadays, has find its new home at CJI Complex along Sarmiento Road at Barangay Danglayan, San Pascual, Batangas. This facility is the first in the Philippines and one of only three (3) in whole Asia.

Meanwhile, CompEx is a competency validation initiative originally based upon the IEC Standards IEC 60079 parts 14 & 17 jointly development by JTLimited, the CompEx Certification Body in conjunction with the Engineering Equipment Materials User Association (EEMUA). Established in 1994, the CompEx Certification Body is now approved as a UKAS Accredited Certification Body Number 0270.

Following a tri-party agreement between and among Siteserv-CJI Joint Venture, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX), and TSWP, the construction for the Siteserv-CJI- JV CompEx facility started in December 2013 and was finished in the middle of this year.

Within the space of six (6) months a brand new purpose built facility was completed, with the first course commencing on June 23, 2014.

“In conjunction with SPEX, TSWP and Siteserv-CJI JV, JTN have and continue to offer, technical expertise and consultancy services in CompEx facility in Batangas, Philippines from its inception,” Bruce Ingram, CompEx Centre Manager and JTN Competence Services general manager said.

“This has cumulated in the delivery of a world-class CompEx training facility which will allow Filipinos and others the opportunity and access to internationally-recognized training and assessment by our professional instructors, and accreditation through JT Lited in the United Kingdom. Such qualifications are an essential ingredient in the core skills of any Electrical and Instrumentation Technician/Engineer and are highly sought after by respective employers throughout the industry,” Ingram added.

As part of the 400 sq.m. Siteserv-CJI JV facility, the CompEx training centre is comprised of 10 purpose built bays and two (2) practice areas, two-2) classrooms and a world-class accommodation on site. Only 10 trainees can be accommodated at a time in an individually-customized training bays; their

examinations and assessments are being done on-line. Trainees from outside Batangas will have no problem in driving home or being billeted in any of the hotels and accomodations in Batangas’ city capital as there are world-class accommodation in placed on site.

“Aside from electrical competency training, our facility can also cater to other areas of competencies. Siteserv-CJI JV Corporation is a multi-discipline construction company with centres in Cavite and the heart of the Philippine industrial capital Batangas. CJI facilities also offers traing on mechanical, insulation, welding, scaffolding, painting and blasting, asbestos removal, and others,” Siteserv-CJI JV vice president Barny Jim Hinch said.

“Itong kaganapang ito’y pagpapakita lamang na ang San Pascual ay nananatiling isang magandang lugar para sa mga mamumuhunan gaya ng SiteservCJI. At kami’y nagagalak na maging bahagi bilang host-town ng world-class training facility na ito dito sa ating bansa.

(This development only shows that San Pascual remains an ideal place for investors like Siteserv-CJI. And we are very happy that our municipality happens to be the host-town for this world-class training facility here in our country), Mayor Antonio Dimayuga told Pahayagang BALIKAS.|

THE following is the full text of the Welcome Message of Maj. Gen. Raul Dimatatac, Commander of Air Education and Training Command, during the Pilgrim Visit of Our Lady of Peñafrancia at the Fernando Air base, Lipa City, Sept. 27-28, 2014.  MARAY na Banggi sa indo gabos.

Magandang gabi po sa ating lahat.

We are so blessed today that our home, the Air Education and Training Command and Fernando Air Base, is one of the privileged places Our Lady of Peñafrancia or Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia has visited.

As the Commander of AETC and Fernando Air Base, I welcome you all to this momentous occasion as we gather to celebrate the 14th Visit of Our Ina to Fernando Air Base with the theme “Stronger Faith and Safer Flight through Ina”. This tradition started a few years back with the efforts of our Deputy Commander, Colonel Guillermo Molina, president of Pag-Iribang Bikolnon and Colonel Gerry Zamudio, organizer of the FABLipa Peñafrancia Association with the intent of gathering the Bicolanos from Lipa and other devotees and to relish the devotion of millions every September in Naga City. The Peñafrancia Festival is the biggest and most popular religious event in the Philippines. The Peñafrancia Fiesta is in fact a one-week affair that starts on the Second Friday of September when the Miraculous Ina is transferred from her Shrine to Naga Metropolitan Cathedral called Translacion, wherein a nine-day novena and prayer are held in her honour. Then a fluvial procession at the end of the Novena caps the feast. The image is carried in a pagoda on its journey to Basilica, where a Pontifical Mass is held. Along the route, people shout “Viva La Virgen.”

We are very happy to celebrate with you the Feast of Our Ina. As we replicated the tradition of the Bicolanos here at Fernando Air Base, may every one of us find the real meaning of our faith and love to God and the Virgin Mary.

Surely, the Almighty God has brought her safely straight from the Basilica Minore in Naga City to the City of Lipa. With her presence tonight, we are reminded of her meaningful live as a servant to God. As we kneel before her image, let us remember the miracles she brought to her devotees.

She desired nothing for herself but simply to be the servant of the Lord and be a vessel of His unconditional love. Having her here today gives us the opportunity to pay honour to the Virgin of Peñafrancia, Miraculous Patroness of the Bicol Region.

Tonight, let us also reflect on the numerous challenges that we are facing today. Our country has been suffering from a number of natural calamities and typhoons. Let us all pray through Our “Ina” for the speedy recovery of those affected by typhoons Yolanda, Glenda and Mario.

Our country has been plagued with a lot of disturbing issues that rock our political, economic and moral foundations. Our Command faces a battle down South and we are also faced with scarcity in resources. We too had our own problems to hurdle at our own respective homes.

True devotion to our Blessed mother gives us the hope and answer to all these challenges. Mary teaches us to be faithful to God’s will. Mary teaches us that in simple and humble ways, our dedication, passion, focus, and intensity to serve others are invigorated. She calls us to have that passion of commitment to our fellowmen and having it solely anchored to God who makes all things possible in ways that is best for all of us.

Thus, the Air Education and Training Command and the whole Fernando Air Base Community is indeed thank-ful to Our Lady of Peñafran-

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Ang Mabuting Balita Ang Talinhaga Tungkol sa Ubasan at mga Katiwala “PAKINGGAN ninyo ang isa pang talinhaga,” sabi ni Jesus. “May isang taong nagtanim ng ubas sa kanyang bukid. Binakuran niya ang ubasan, nilagyan ng pisaan, at tinayuan ng isang mataas na bantayan. Pagkatapos, ang ubasan ay kanyang pinaalagaan sa mga katiwala at siya'y nagpunta sa ibang lupain. Nang dumating ang panahon ng pitasan ng ubas, pinapunta ng may-ari ng ubasan ang kanyang mga tauhan upang kunin sa mga katiwala ang kanyang kaparte. Ngunit sinunggaban ng mga katiwala ang mga tauhan; binugbog nila ang isa, pinatay ang ikalawa, at binato naman ang ikatlo. Pinapunta uli ng may-ari ang mas marami pang tauhan ngunit ganoon din ang ginawa ng mga katiwala sa mga ito. Sa kahuli-huliha'y pinapunta niya ang kanyang anak na lalaki. Sabi niya sa sarili, ‘Marahil nama'y igagalang nila ang aking anak.’ Ngunit nang makita ng mga katiwala ang anak, sila’y nag-usap-usap, ‘Ito ang tagapagmana. Halikayo! Patayin natin siya upang mapasaatin ang kanyang mamanahin.’ Kaya’t siya’y sinunggaban nila, inilabas sa ubasan at pinatay.”

At tinanong sila ni Jesus, “Pagbalik ng may-ari ng ubasan, ano kaya ang gagawin niya sa mga taong iyon?” Sumagot sila, “Lilipulin niya ang mga masasamang iyon at paaalagaan ang ubasan sa ibang katiwala na magbibigay sa kanya ng kaparte sa panahon ng pamimitas.”

Nagpatuloy si Jesus, “Hindi pa ba ninyo nababasa ang talatang ito sa Kasulatan? 'Ang batong itinakwil ng mga tagapagtayo ng bahay ang siyang naging batong-panulukan. Ginawa ito ng Panginoon, at ito'y kahangahangang pagmasdan!'

“Kaya nga sinasabi ko sa inyo, ang kaharian ng Diyos ay kukunin sa inyo at ibibigay sa mga taong tapat na maglilingkod sa kanya. Ang bumagsak sa batong ito ay magkakadurug-durog at ang mabagsakan nito'y magkakaluray-luray.” |

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OPINION

Sept. 29 - Oct. 5, 2014

CBCP online

Balikas Viva la Virgen de Peñafrancia!

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Getting used to Incompetence be done to avert disasters THE past six years left us and calamities. The wondering whether we weather patterns might be could avoid the flood and immutable but human the destruction that come responses maybe calcuwith heavy rains and lated to avoid or at least typhoons. Flood has interrupted our lives more often cushion their impacts. It now that coping with it has depends upon the become a routine for most of us. Strong winds and government to direct the society and prepare the people heavy rains ruin not only crops but also public infra- to meet impending catastrophes. Given the powers and structure and people’s houses which make government resources at the disposal of the State, it is unthinkable that the government cannot arrive at a solution to spare rehabilitation efforts doubly difficult and costly.

So far, the Philippines had withstood the strongest the people from onslaught and despairs.

Too sad, our leaders seem unable to comprehend typhoon that visited Asia for the last fifty years. Yet, there is no assurance that a more catastrophic typhoon the problems confronting us. It has always been this will not visit us soon. The weather is getting more way—floods interrupt our daily lives, the government erratic by the day. As such, traditional adaptation is content with relief operations and no serious efforts measures are showing to be irrelevant and ineffective. at rehabilitation happen after the calamity. Our The current weather responses to the “If we consider the dictum that the destruction brought by patterns demand more flexible responses from welfare of the people is the supreme typhoons and heavy rains always like that. It is the people and the law to be applicable in all areas of are pitiful, indeed. We are government. social and political life of our getting used to the We could only hope that the next super people, then, the incompetence of incompetence of our public officials. Unfortunately, typhoon will miss the our national and local officials such incompetence has Philippines by several should result to the forfeiture of become a disease that miles. There is a limit to infects all of us already. It what the people can their mandate to govern.” suffer. The human spirit paralyzes us and may be limitless but the human body is frail and finite. constricts our survival instinct.

If we consider the dictum that the welfare of the Suffering can make living worthwhile but it also, most people is the supreme law to be applicable in all areas of often than not, breaks the will to hope and live.

Of course, we cannot avoid being hit by typhoons social and political life of our people, then, the and heavy monsoon rains. Tropical countries share the incompetence of our national and local officials should same fate. Weather patterns are largely the same for all result to the forfeiture of their mandate to govern.

Asian countries. The impacts of tropical cyclones and However, the existing legal regime constrains us from monsoons do not vary in spite of the differences in the demanding that they account for their failure to live vegetation and urbanization in these countries. And with their mandate of promoting the happiness and throughout the region, the poor always suffer the most welfare of the people. Thus, they stay in office whether we like it or not--- and this is a worse disaster to contend from weather disturbances.

This does not mean that there is nothing that could with than any kind of natural calamity. |

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OPINION

Sept. 29 - Oct. 5, 2014

Kakulangan ng pagmamahal sa bayan NAKAKALULA na ang mga balitang lumalabas na kung inyong iisipin ay nakakasira na ng kolektibong adhikain para sa ikabubuti ng ating bansa.

Sa reaksyong ito ng karamihan nakikita ko na buhay pa rin sa puso natin ang pagmamahal at dedikasyon sa ating bayan. Sa wikang English ito ang tinatawag na patriotism.  Ang patriotism na tinutukoy ko ay hindi yung extreme na halos kinokontra na natin ang ibang bansa.

Ang patriotism na tama para sa akin ay yung ayon sa sinabi ni Adlai Stevenson, isang tanyag na lider sa Amerika: What do I mean by patriotism in the context of our times? ... a sense of national responsibility ... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.  Sa kaibuturan ng statement ni Stevenson ay ang ating responsibilidad sa bayan. Hindi yung makikita lamang sa mga rally kundi yung patuloy na dedikasyon alinsunod sa adhikain ng lahat na manatili ang katiwasayan at kabutihan sa lipunan.  Bakit nga ba nagkaganito ang ating lipunan?

Marami sa ating kapwa Pilipino ang halos walang gana na tuparin ang kanilang tungkulin sa bansa. Merong tila ayaw magbayad ng buwis. May mga pasaway.

Meron naman halos prayoridad pa nila ang ibang bansa.

Worst na nga siguro yung mga alagad ng ating gobyerno na sila rin ang gumagawa ng krimen kontra sa sinumpaan nilang trabaho.

Sa tingin ko ang lahat ng ito ay dahil mahina ang pundasyon ng ating patriotism.  Kasi kapag solid ang pundasyon mo sa usaping ito hindi na sarili mo ang iyong iniisip kundi kung ano ang ikabubuti ng nakakarami.

Hindi naman tayo nagkulang sa mga kababayang ganyan. Mas marami pa rin ang naninindigan at simple lang at patuloy na dedikado para sa ikabubuti ng nakakarami.  Panahon na nga siguro para ibalik natin ang ROTC. Dahil isa ito sa mga daan kung saan pinapatatag ang pagkakaintindi ng ating mga kabataan sa salitang patriotism.

Simula nang gawing optional ang ROTC, sabay sa pagyabong ng teknolohiya, kapuna-punang humina ang paninindigan ng ating kabataan kung pag-ibig sa sariling bayan ang pag-uusapan.

At saan pa ba patutungo itong ating bansa kung ang mga sunod na henerasyon ay marupok ang kanilang patriotic foundation?

Mas lalong nakakalulang isipin kung ang mga nakikita ng kabataan ngayon ay ang mga nakatatandang walang sense of patriotism.

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Emergency powers? Not again!

1991 power crisis in the country THERE is something ominous was for the government to when the president asks formulate and implement a Congress for emergency comprehensive energy plan powers on the week that the since it was the deregulation country is about to commeand liberalization of the power morate the infamy of the industry that caused the power Marcos dictatorship. Nothing good has come out, for the Filipino people, of the shortage in the first place. But again, that was not the granting of emergency powers to the president. The case. The government signed 48 onerous energy best example, of course, is the late dictator Ferdinand contracts with IPPs (from 1991 to 2001). The worst E. Marcos. The Filipino people suffered under his contracts, according to the 2001 PCIJ report, were signed dictatorship for 15 years, since the lifting of the writ of by then president Fidel Ramos, when he asked for and was granted emergency powers by Congress in April habeas corpus.

Even the granting of emergency powers for a limited 1993. This allowed Ramos to fast track the signing of time and a specific purpose did not benefit the Filipino contracts, which he sweetened with government people. In fact, the people bore the brunt of the guarantees.

Among the sweeteners were sovereign guarantees president’s decisions in the past. A perfect example, because it is also what President Benigno Aquino III is for foreign loans secured by the IPPs, meaning the asking for, is the granting of emergency powers to former government would pay the loan if the IPP defaults on president Fidel V. Ramos to solve the power crisis when its payments; a “take or pay” provision, where Napocor paid for the power produced by the IPP whether or not he took over the reins of government.

To recall what happened then, it is informative to it was used; “force majeure” provisions, which provides go back to an investigative report published by the that the government pays the IPPs when unforeseeable Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) events occur such as labor strikes, insurrection, war, in October 2001 with the title Trail of Power Mess Leads calamities and natural disasters; the government paid to Ramos written by Luz Rimban and Sheila Samonte- for foreign exchange fluctuations as the contracts were in dollars; fuel-cost guarantee, which requires Napocor Pesayco.

The president then Corazon Aquino enacted Exe- to supply and pay for fuel used in running the plants.

When the emergency powers of then president cutive Order 215, in July 1987, to supersede Presidential Decree 40, issued by the Marcos dictatorship, which Ramos expired, the government passed the Buildplaces the responsibility of setting up transmission line Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme where investors got tax holidays, profit repagrids and power generation triation, and exemptions facilities to the National “Did the overcapacity of electricity result in from import duties and Power Corporation. While the reduction of electricity rates as the law of contractor’s tax. The BOT Aquino’s executive order supply and demand supposedly provides? scheme is now being did not remove these called as Public-Private responsibilities from the On the contrary, the rates even increased in Partnerships (PPPs).

National Power Corpothe form of Purchased Power Adjustments According to the ration, it allowed private corporations to set up (PPA) or automatic cost recovery mechanisms, PCIJ report, Ramos signed 12 more IPP power generation facilities which are passed on to consumers. ” contracts from 1995to produce electricity for their own use, for sale to the National Power Corporation 1998. The World Bank reportedly warned of a “substantial overcapacity,” particularly because of the or directly to end users.

One would think that the result would be an ample “take or pay” conditions, which would result in higher supply of electricity in the country, but the opposite electricity rates.

Instead of heeding these warnings, Ramos even happened. By 1991, the country was experiencing formulated a 30-year Philippine Energy Plan (1996rotating brownouts because of the power shortage.

Why? Because the government no longer undertook 2025), which was subsequently extended up to 2035, to a comprehensive plan to ensure a steady supply of attract more foreign investors in the energy sector. The electricity in the country. It relied on private, indepen- Napocor was subsequently instructed by the World Bank dent power producers (IPPs) to provide for the expan- to sell this excess capacity to electric distributor Meralco.

Did the overcapacity of electricity result in the ding energy needs of the country. The PCIJ report revealed that then president Corazon Aquino ignored reduction of electricity rates as the law of supply and the requests of the National Power Corporation (Napo- demand supposedly provides? On the contrary, the rates cor) for the government to build more power plants to even increased in the form of Purchased Power Adjustgenerate the 600 megawatts that was supposed to be ments (PPA) or automatic cost recovery mechanisms, produced by the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power which are passed on to consumers. Adjustments in the cost of fuel, foreign exchange fluctuations, and other Plant.

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Benjie Oliveros

Balikas

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Shoot me now, Mayor!”

AFTER Mayor Duterte, in a light bantering manner, said in his TV program that he would shoot all those who had been pushing him to run for President, Manila TIMES columnist and TV broadcaster MON TULFO, a native of Davao Oriental in the east coast, was more aggressive. He said: "Shoot me now, Mayor Duterte".  EPITAPH -- Veteran Mindanao journalist Serafin “Jun” Ledesma went further. He said he wouldn’t mind composing in advance his graveyard epitaph just in case Mayor Duterte makes good his threat of shooting him for supporting the DUTERTE FOR PRESIDENT movement. But I composed one for him. It reads as follows: “Here lies a hard-headed visionary who had to lay down his life so that a reluctant would-be President of the Republic may see the light.”  POPE ON VIOLENCE -- “Religion can never be used to justify violence.”

This came from Pope Francis himself who condemned some Islamic extremists who even publicly exhibited their barbarism and bloody ways (beheading, killing) by using Islam as their justification. The Pope instead stressed that there are many muslims all over the world who live by the true meaning of Islam: “peace”.  INDEPENDENCE VOTE -- Although the “no” vote won so Scotland does not secede from the United Kingdom, allowing such a referendum in the first place is a “no no”. It is an unmitigated attack on the sovereign integrity of a country. And should never be allowed here -- even if the “no” vote is assured of winning. A referendum on a shift to federal is what we should all aspire for. Not independence.  CAREFUL! -- We should always keep this in mind lest we forget -- that the so-called bangsamoro aspiration under their right to self-determination has a bottom line: independence or secession. So let’s not be naive. The peace agreement never changed this. So let’s be more careful. We do not wish to see a balkanized and fragmented Philippines.  VINDICATE FM --- Unknown to those who were born post (or after) martial law, there were legacies left by the former President Ferdinand Marcos that up to this day have remained. It may be good for the son Senator BongBong Marcos to trace back those days. So far, only the negatives are heard, which is not fair. His old man President FM deserves to be credited for the many good things he also did for the country during his lifetime.|  [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. He previously served as chief government negotiator and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. Send your comments to jessdureza@gmail .com]

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Niloko ng employer SI Mr. Lee ay may-ari ng mga sinehan sa isang siyudad sa Mindanao.

Nang magpalabas ang gobyerno ng patakaran upang makakolekta ng mataas na buwis sa mga sinehan, gumawa ng hakbang si Mr. Lee bilang protesta. Pansamantala niyang isinara ang kanyang mga sinehan.

Ipinaalam niya ang kanyang balak sa mga empleyado at nangako siyang kapag nagbukas muli ang sinehan, lahat sila’y ibabalik sa puwesto.

Pumayag ang mga empleyado at sila’y pumirma sa isang kasulatan sa harap mismo ng tanggapan ng Department of Labor, na kusa silang nagbibitiw sa trabaho at tinanggap nila lahat ang kanilang 13th month pay, overtime, living allo-wance at iba pang benepisyo. Pumirma rin sila sa mga resibo na tinanggap nila lahat ng benepisyo. Batay sa mga dokumentong ito, nagreport si Mr. Lee sa tanggapan ng Department of Labor tungkol sa pagtatapos ng mga serbisyo ng kanyang empleyado.

Pagkaraan ng tatlong buwan, nagbukas muli ang sinehan ni Mr. Lee. Ngunit hindi niya ibinalik ang mga empleyado. Kaya nagsampa ang mga empleyado ng illegal dismissal at humiling na sila’y ibalik sa trabaho pati na ang nakaraang suweldo nila mula nang sila’y tinanggal. Kinontra ito ni Mr. Lee. Aniya, kusa raw nagbitiw sa trabaho ang mga empleyado at tinanggap nila lahat ang benepisyo. Pumirma pa nga sila sa harap ng opisyal ng labor. Tama ba si Mr. Lee?  MALI. Tama sana siya kung hindi siya nangako na ibabalik sa dating tungkulin ang mga empleyado kapag nagbukas muli ang sinehan. Hindi naman kaila na nagbukas na muli ang sinehan. Kaya maaaring tutulan at kuwestiyunin ng mga empleyado ang pagkakatanggal sa kanila kahit pa tumanggap na sila ng lahat ng benepisyo. Ngunit hindi na sila babayaran pa ng mga nakaraang suweldo mula nang sila’y tanggalin. (King Seng vs. dela Cruz 165 SCRA 297).

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BUSINESS

DTI Calabarzon enforcement team apprehends non-complying private emission testing centers CALAMBA City -- The regional monitoring and enforcement team of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Calabarzon apprehended six (6) private emission testing centers (PETC) in Pila, Laguna, for not complying with Department Administrative Order No. 3, series of 2002 (DAO 3:2002) which stipulates the rules, regulations and guidelines in the issuance of accreditation for PETCs Noli K. Manalo, CALA-

BARZON’s standards and enforcement officer, said that out of the 10 PETCs monitored, 6 were found not complying with the accreditation guidelines.

“We found out that the prescribed signage are not displayed; skills and qualifications of technicians are unverified as they are not certified by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and worse, actual values of test results are not reflected or

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS RE: PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH OF MARIE MAYUGBA PESIGAN TO MARIE MAYUGBA, TO CORRECT T HE DAT E AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE OF HER PARENTS FROM “MAY 3, 1990 - ROSARIO, BATANGAS” TO “NOT MARRIED” AND TO CANCEL THE NAME OF JUN JUN SUAREZ PESIGAN AS THE FATHER OF MARIE MAYUGBA

found in records of past tests”, Manalo said.

Names of the testing centers are withheld pending preliminary hearing of their respective cases.

DTI Laguna’s Monina Arroyo, team leader of the enforcement said the violating firms were issued notice of violations and will be summoned for a preliminary hearing set on October 9 at the DTI Laguna Provincial Office in Victoria.

DTI Regional Director

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 2 BATANGAS CITY IN RE: PET IT ION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF TEODY A. ABANTE IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TINGLOY, BATANGAS PARTICULAR-LY THE FATHER’S NAME BE CHANGED FROM SIMEON BELEN ABANTE TO SULPICIO TAÑO MANALO TEODY A. ABANTE, Petitioner, versus

MARIE MAYUGBA, Petitioner, versus

SPEC. PROC. CASE NO. 2013-247

JUN JUN SUAREZ PESIGAN AND THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ROSARIO, BATANGAS, Respondent. x-------------------------x ORDER A Second Amended Petition has been field by the petitioner through counsel praying the Court that after due notice, publication and hearing, this petition be granted ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario, Batangas to change the name of the petitioner and or correct the entry as regards her true name from “MARSHA MARIE MAYUGBA PESIGAN” to “MARIE MAYUGBA” and to cancel the entry in the Date and Place of Marriage of her parents from “May 3, 1990 – Rosario, Batangas” and to effect the entry “not married” and to cancel the name of Jun Jun Suarez Pesigan under Entry No. 9 as the father of Marie Mayugba, after payment of the fees prescribed by law.

NOW THEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on November 10, 2014 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before the session hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all interested persons may appear and show cause why the petition should not be Granted.

Let Copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas, prior to the scheduled date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copy of the petition and this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario, Batangas and the National Statistics Office for their Comment/Opposition thereto.

SO ORDERED. Rosario, Batangas. September 8, 2014.

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge Pahayagang Balikas | Sept. 29, Oct 6 & 13, 2014

Marilou Quinco-Toledo said that the monitoring and enforcement activities are made to ensure that PETCs adhere to the guidelines and procedures for their accreditation and authorization prior to engaging testing activities.

The Land Transportation Office requires that motor vehicles comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as determined through the emission tests conducted by the PETCs, prior registration.| CHARLIE S. DAJAO

SP. PROC. NO. 14-9742

SPS. SIMEON A. ABANTE and CONCEPCION ABANTE BELEN and MUNICIPAL REGI ST RAR OF TINGLOY, BATANGAS, Respondent. x-----------------------------------------x ORDER A verified amended petition has been filed by petitioner through counsel, Atty. Ariel M. Reyes, praying that after notice and hearing this Court issue and order allowing the change/ correction of the Birth Certificate of herein petitioner TEODY A. ABANTE as follows: A. Father’s Full name: SIMEON BELEN ABANTE to SULPICIO TAÑO MANALO Finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and substance, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that said petition be set for initial heaing on Novemver 06, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Session Hall, Branch 2, Regional Trial Court, Pallocan West, Batangas City on or before which date any interested person may file opposition to the instant petition.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in any newspaper of general circulation in the Cities of Batangas, Lipa and Tanauan and in the Province of Batangas, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, and that copy of this Order be served to the respondents and to all known authorities concerned.

Further, the Branch Clerk of Court is hereby directed to furnish the Office of the Clerk of Court with a copy of this Order for raffle among the publishers.

SO ORDERED. Batangas City, August 27, 2014.

(Sgd.) MARIA CECILIA I. AUSTRIA-CHUA Presiding Judge I hereby certify that copies of this Order have been sent to Atty. Ariel Reyes, the petitioner, and to the respondents, this 1st day of September, 2014.

(Sgd.) ATTY. ARTURO S. OLIVA, JR. Clerk of Court Pahayagang Balikas | September 15, 22 & 29, 2014

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Viva Nuestra Sra. de Peñafrancia! cia for reminding us that we must have that will to carry on. At a time when peace becomes more illusive to attain and hope from tribulations seem to fade away, the guiding hand of Our Lady is our source of comfort and refuge. She is a light at the end of a dark tunnel for each of us who seek her intervention.

As we cherish every moment being in the midst of Our Lady, let us thank her for all the graces we have received as one Christian community believing in her loving intercession.

Let us not cease on Praying as well that our Air

Force, our AETC, our Airmen and Airwomen will continue to see and emulate her as our model of fidelity, humility and service.

May our beloved Ina guide us as we fly our planes, as we confront the enemies of the state, as we fulfil the tasks mandated of us as we build the foundations of our family.

May our beloved Lady of Peñafrancia continue to lead us to the path of righteousness and make us closer to God now and forever.

Maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat! Mabuhay ang Birhen ng Peñafrancia!

Viva La Virgen!|

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS PETITION FOR INSCRIPTION OF FULL AND CORRECT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IN O.C.T. NO. P-9096 IN REPLACEMENT OF THE GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WITH INCREASE IN THE TOTAL LAND AREA FROM T WELVE T HO USAND FIF T Y SEVEN (12,057) SQ. M. TO TWELVE T HOUSAND SEVENTY T WO (12,372) SQ. M. DIEGO C. AMADA, and herein represented

by FILOMENA U. AMADA as Atty-in-Fact, Petitioner, versus

LRC CASE NO. 2013-235

THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, Respondent. x-------------------------x ORDER An Amended petition has been field by the petitioner through counsel praying the Court that after due notice, publication, posting and hearing, an Order be issued for the inscription of full technical description and increase of area of OCT No. P-9096 from TWELVE THOUSAND FIFTY

SEVEN (12,057) SQ. M. TO TWELVE THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO (12,372) SQUARE METERS and that the correct Technical Description be inscribed in the Title and the Graphical description replaced by the former; and that the Register of Deeds of Batangas be directed to inscribe correct area and replace the graphical description with the Technical Description as indicated in the Conversion Plan of Lot 466, Cad-476-D, Taysan Cadastre as surveyed for Diego Amada, after payment of the fees prescribed by law.

NOW THEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on October 27, 2014 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before the session hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all interested persons may appear and show cause why the petition should not be Granted.

Let Copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Batangas, prior to the scheduled date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Rosario, Batangas. August 4, 2014.

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge Pahayagang Balikas | Sept. 29, Oct 6 & 13, 2014

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LIFE TIMES Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Walang problema kung pag-ibig ang pag-uusapan. Mag-ingat sa pagpahayag ng hinanakit at baka humantong sa hindi pagkakaunawaan.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Matutong magdesisyon nang mabilisan. Iwasan ang laging nakasandal sa mga detalye at gamitin ang sariling mga ideya upang maipakita ang taglay na kakayahan.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Huwag mangako. Maganda sa mga namamasukan sapagkat mapalalabas ang angking kakayahan at talino.

Hindi angkop ang maglakbay.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) Isang kaibigang Capricorn ang magbibigay ng kaligayahan o tulong. Malaki ang pagkakataong malutas ang suliranin tungkol sa pera.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Mapalad sa itatayong negosyo kung sisimulan kaagad. Magtrabaho ng tahimik at pairalin ang pasensiya.

Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Nasa panig ang kaunlarang pinansiyal. Pag-aaral ang dapat sa gagawing desisyon.

Mag-ingat sa mga sasakyan.

Aries (Mar. 21 - April 20) Ang sikreto na hindi pa panahon na malaman ng iba ay malamang matuklasan.

Maghanda dahil susubukan ang iyong katapatan.

Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 21) Malakas ang E.S.P. Sundin ang kutob. Kailangan ang makibagay sa mga nakakataas sa tungkulin.

Gemini (May 22 - June 21) Makakabuting kumilos kaagad bago mahuli ang lahat. Ang hinanakit ay mapapalitan ng kaligayahan.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) Umaayon ang panahon sa pagpaplano ng magandang paraan sa ikakaunlad ng sarili. Maganda ang palantandaan tungkol sa pag-ibig.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) May pagkakataon na mapapa-unlad ang kalagayang pinansiyal. Manindigan sa sarili at laging isipin ang kahalagahan ng pera at panahon.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) Maraming dapat gawin suba­lit ang kalituhan ang magbibigay ng abala. Lalong mabuti kung makuha ang suporta ng pamilya, kamag-anak o minamahal sa binabalak.

BSU celebrates 111th founding year, admin assures completion of projects BATANGAS City – Gearing towards educational excellence and responsive to the ASEAN challenge, the Batangas State University (BSU) leadership under the tutelage of Dr. Tirso Ronquillo commenced close collaboration with the public by presenting updates on the university’s development goals as it celebrates its 111th founding anniversary.

Dr. Ronquillo, the 3rd president of the university, made it clear during the press conference that to achieve the goals of the university, it has to be sincere with its mission and vision in pursuing the development goals as it enters full internationalization with the ASEAN integration come 2015.

“This year’s theme is the university’s answer to the call for ASEAN integration. It is one of our many ways to address internationalization, which is actually part of our vision, mission and goals,” Ronquillo said.

With the academic community being at the top of the priorities, Ronquillo said that the Board of Regents (BoR) has also made bold move at the start of his term as it fully believed that the students are the top stakeholders of the university.

Relative to this, the BoR has already

approved during the first board meeting the granting of privilege and assistance to student leaders in all campuses, in addition to the existing scholarship programs being implemented in the state university.

To strengthen up the response to the holistic needs of the students, the BoR has also approved the resumption of the longly delayed completion of two (2) buildings in the main campus which in the past seemed like white elephants. The construction of the 7-storey building will have to be completed phase by phase.

More than P100-million budget was already earmarked by the board.

It’s just the same with the 5-story student center where an amount of P150-million was allotted for the Phase I alone.

Ronquillo said the modernization of BSU’s learning facilities will “provide state of the art instructional facilities and learning spaces in order to create a passion for inquiry and discovery among students and faculty.”

To achieve the paramount excellence of the students, the university is keen on upgrading its librarries and laboratory facilities and equipment to

international standards to broaden and improve access to information, and to enhance opportunities for hands-on generation and application of knowledge.

Side by side with these efforts, the university is doing its best to strengthen the capability and competitiveness of faculty and staff in the effective delivery of instruction. Strategic initiatives are in place, like developing a comprehensive and pragmatic faculty development program, and developing and implementing relevant policies that would entice valued faculty members to continue the practice of their profession in the University.

These efforts, Ronquillo said, will keep BSU as the center of excellence in various fields. For 16 years now, the then Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of technology (PBMIT) has the distinction of being the top performing school in Mechanical Engineering in the country.

In the latest Licensure Examination for Electrical Engineering, BSU was named the Top Performing School in the country for those with 80 and above examinees followed by the University of Sto. Tomas.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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Tap unspent P180-B Malampaya, energy royalties for emergency power needs UNSPENT royalty payments from Malampaya and other energy projects are expected to reach P180 billion by the end of year making it an abundant source of funds for projects government may undertake once Congress grants President Aquino emergency powers to tackle the looming energy crunch.

“If you read the 2015 budget documents, it says there that there is a balance of P148.8 billion as of December 2013 in government shares from Malampaya and other energy development projects,” Senate President ProTempore Ralph Recto said.

“If you add the remittances for 2014, which is projected at P31.6 billion, and deduct about P757 million in withdrawals this year, then the end-year balance is about P179.7 billion,” the senator said.

“Those are not my figures. They’re the ones stated in the Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing,” Recto said, referring to a document more known in lawmaking circles by its acronym “BESF” which accompanies the proposed national budget.

With this hoard, Recto said “theoretically, the government can fully subsidize the estimated P6 billion cost of contracting 600 megawatts of electricity

next year in order to bridge supply gaps which are expected to worsen during the summer months when electricity use spikes up.”

“Kung tutuusin pwede ngang sagutin na ng gobyerno ‘yan. Pwede ngang libre, from the point of view of financial capacity,” Recto said.

“P6 billion is what we spend in 30 days for the CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer). That’s equivalent to the government’s payroll and pension expenses in three days. So ‘yung anim na bilyon, 72-hours lang ‘yan na pansweldo at pangpension ng ating gobyerno ngayon,” Recto said.

The senator was referring to the P761 billion earmarked for personal cost or PS of the bureaucracy for 2015. CCT’s proposed budget on the other hand is P64.7 billion but other financial aid projects of the DSWD has pushed the latter’s budget to P109 billion for next year.

After Energy officials warned of a 400-megawatt to 1,000-megawatt shortfall in the Luzon power supply in the first half of 2015, Malacañang is scrambling to secure emergency powers from Congress so it can contract private power providers to supply 600

megawatts.

The contracted power will be divided equally for reserves which can be kicked in during peak demands and to bolster baseload capacity.

Under current laws, government is barred from building power plants but the President may ask Congress for authority to contract additional generating capacity if there is an imminent electricity supply shortage.

Now that the President has asked for emergency powers, Recto said the debate will not center on the wordings of the joint resolution Congress may issue, but “on the costing, the pesos required.”

So that the authority “will be backed by legal tender,” Recto proposed that the amount needed be included in the Special Provision of the Department of Energy (DOE) budget in the General Appropriations Bill.

He explained that aside from the appropriations for DOE, which is P3.3 billion for 2015, the agency is given authority to use proceeds from energy development projects, like the Malampaya, in financing energy-related projects.

For 2015, that add-on is about P974

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Emergency powers? Not again! changes in the price of power being bought by Meralco are shouldered by consumers as it is charged over and above the basic electricity rates.

Did the government reverse the privatization of power generation because it resulted in the energy crisis and increases in electricity rates?

No, it even privatized Transco, which took over the transmission grid after the enactment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001. It also privatized the generation, real estate, other disposable assets, as well as the IPP contracts of the National Power Corporation.

The government also created the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, which is supposed to lower rates as electricity distributors such as Meralco, cooperatives, and even endusers could buy electricity directly from WESM. On the contrary, reports reveal that price manipulation in the WESM has resulted in spikes in electricity rates.

Now, from a supposed

oversupply in electricity in 1994, the country is again in the brink of a power crisis.

And the country’s president, Benigno Aquino III, is asking for emergency powers to ‘solve’ the impending power crisis.

The Filipino people has been bearing the consequences of the deregulation, liberalization and privatization of the power industry, which was started by the late president Cory Aquino, and the decisions and acts of the Ramos administration when the latter used its emergency powers to ‘solve’ the power crisis. Will the people allow that they be buried deeper by allowing the granting of emergency powers to President Benigno Aquino III to enable it to ‘solve’ another power crisis by entering into more onerous contracts with investors under its PPP program?

If we do, indeed history repeats itself first as a tragedy and then as a farce. And the joke is on us.|

million, Recto said. “What we can perhaps do is raise this ceiling to accommodate the P6 billion, if that is what’s needed.”

“Mas maganda ang ganito kasi transparent, nasa budget, merong limit sa gagastusin,” he said.

Presidential Decree 910 pools “all government shares representing royalties,

rentals, production share on service contracts and similar payments on the exploration, development and exploitation of energy resources” in an off-budget special fund.

For this year, Malampaya will contribute P28.3 billion; coal production, P1.6 billion; geothermal projects, P572 million; oil, P1.1 billion; for a total of P31.6 billion.|

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Pilgrim Image ng Peñafrancia, dumalaw sa Lipa City “V

Ayon kay Maj. Gen. Raul Dimatatac, Commander ng Air Education and Training Command (AETC) sa Fernando Air Base, “ang muling pagdalaw ng Mahal na Ina sa Lipa ay simbolo ng patuloy na pagkalinga niya sa mga kasundaluhan, sa mga deboto at sa mga Bikolanong naninirahan sa Batangas.”

May 15 taon na ang nakaka-raan, ang taunD ha l end z L a ndi c ho taong pagdalaw ng Mahla na Birhen ng Peñafrancia ng Lipa nitong nakaraang ay isang okasyong pinananabikan ng Sabado, September 27. mga kasundaluhan sa FAB at ng Mula sa Lunsod ng Naga, mga deboto nito. Saktong nagdiridumalaw sa ika-15 pagkakataon ang wang ng ika-15 anibersaryo ng Mahal na Ina na siya namang lubos pagkakatatag ng AETC ang ika-15 na ikinatuwa ng mag deboto hindi taong pagdalaw ng Mahal na Ina, lamang mula sa Lipa kundi maging kaya nga’t ayon kay Dimatatac, ito’y sa iba pang bayan sa lalawigan ng patunay ng patuloy na paggabay ng Batangas.

Mahal na Ina sa misyon ng AETC.

IVA LA VIRGEN!” Ito ang sigaw-papuri ng mga deboto ng Mahal na Birhen ng Peñafrancia nang muling dumalaw ito sa Lunsod

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Pagkarating sa main gate ng FAB, sinalubong ng mga deboto sa pamumuno ni Maj. Gen. Dimatatac at ni Capt. Rev. Fr. Jo Cepe, PAF ang Mahal na Ina. Sinundan ito ng isang mini-fluvial procession sa swimming pool ng AETC. Nilinaw ni Dimatatac na ang naturang swimming pool ay hindi basta isang liguan kundi nagsisilbi ring training venue para sa mga kasundaluhan.

Sinundan pa ito ng isang mahabang prusisyon sa loob ng FAB habang dinarasal ang Santo Rosario.

Pagbalik ng prusisyon sa Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel, ang parish church ng FAB, ay pinalabas muna ang mga nasa loob ng simbahan upang magkaroon ng pagkakataong makadaan sa ilalim ng andas ng Mahal na Ina na hawak ng mga umaasisteng sundalo; saka naman isinunod kaagad ang isang anticipated mass.

Punung-puno ng deboto ang loob ng simbahan.

Pagkatapos ng Banal na Misa, lahat ng mga dumalo sa okasyon ay inanyayahan sa isang salu-salo

na inihan dang mga Bikolanong deboto.

Ang gawaing ito ay sinimulan ni Colonel Guillermo Molina, President ng Pag-iribang Bikolnon, may 15 na taon na ang nakakaraan, upang palaguin ang debosyon ng mga kapatid na Bicolano at ng mga iba pang deboto, lalo na ng mga personnel ng Fernando Air Base.

Kasama ni Col. Molina si Colonel Gerry Zamudio na siya namang tagapangulo ng samahan ng mga debotong Bikolano sa Lunsod ng Lipa.|

PhilPost celebrates Letter Writing Day at SM IN celebration of World Post Day, SM celebrates the National Letter Writing Day at the SM Supermalls in partnership with the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost) on October 9, 2014.

This postal awareness campaign aims to develop the writing skills of the students and help them hone

their composition skills and foster the enjoyment of sending and receiving letter through the postal office.

With the support from the Department of Education, and Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, PINASaya aims to reintroduce the art of letter writing to students and encourage

them more to use letters as means of communication in today’s digital age. The National Letter Writing Day is PhlPost’s annual event and hopes to secure a presidential proclamation to institutionalize the occasion.

PINASaya is one of the many exciting events at SM Supermalls.|

ANG BATANGAS UNA SA TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT. Dumalo si Batangas Congressman Raneo Abu sa pagbubukas ng InnoTrans 2014, ang nangungunang transport technology fair sa buong mundo na ginanap sa Berlin, Germany kamakailan. Si Congressman Abu ang pangunahing may akda ng Philippine National Railway franchise extension bill sa Kongreso na magbibigay-daan upang maisakatuparan ng nasabing ahensya ang pagsasaayos ng mga luma at sirang tren at riles nito. Kasama ni Congressman Abu sa pag-aaral ng mga makabagong teknolohiya sa train operations si PNR General Manager Allan Dilay at mga miyembro ng Transportation Committee ng konggreso. Kasama sa panukala ni Congressman Abu ang muling pagbuhay ng train operation sa Batangas-Manila route para sa higit na pagtaas ng antas ng Batangas International Port operations.|TMA

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LOCAL and International Letters that were mailed during the launch of National Letter Writing day will be given a priority stamp by the Postmaster general. Letters with the PMG stamp will have and express delivery faster than regular mailed letters.|

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