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“Most of our students are children of garbage collectors, pedicab drivers, magbobote or mangangalakal. Many of them go to school without eating.”

- Anne Besin, public school teacher

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Clinical laboratory to rise in Ambulong; Red Cross, Malampaya Foundation and LGU sign the MoA JOINT FORCES.

Signatories to a Memorandum of Agreement: [L-R] Punumbarangay Jayferson Berberabe, PNRC secretary-general Gwendolyn Pang, PNRC-Batangas vice chair Honesto Babasa, Hon. Richard Gordon, Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha, SPEX managing director Sebastian Quiñones, Malampaya Foundation executive director Karen Agabin and City Health Officer Dr. Rosanna Barion. Read full story on page 2.| BALIKAS PHOTO/JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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Healthcare partners, sinanay sa wastong waste disposal UPANG maibahagi ang kaalaman sa tamang pangangasiwa ng hazardous at toxic wastes na galing sa mga ospital at clinics sa Lunsod Batangas, isang Environmental Compliance Seminar ang isinagawa sa pangunguna ng City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) sa Gusali ng Kalikasan at Kapayapaan, Setyembre 29 at 30.

Ayon kay Angelica Catapang, Environmental Management Specialist ng nasabing tanggapan, ipinatawag nila ang mga Environmental Compliance Officers (E.C.O.) ng 7 ospital at may 200 klinika sa syudad upang dumalo sa naturang seminar.

Bukod sa environmental awareness, layunin din aniya ng 2-day seminar na i-educate ang mga E.C.O. sa laki at lawak ng polusyon na maaaring idulot, kung hindi tama

ang pagtatapon ng mga special at hazardous wastes kagaya ng gamit na heringgilya, mga bote ng gamot, gamit na mga gasa, at iba pa.

Ayon pa kay Catapang, hinati sa dalawang batch ang mga E.C.O.’s.

May 51 katao ang dumalo sa unang araw.

Mayroon din aniya silang monitoring isang beses kada buwan upang masubaybayan kung sumusunod ang mga E.C.O sa tamang pagtatapon ng toxic wastes.

Kasama rin aniya na minomonitor kung mayroong garbage bins ang bawat ospital at mga clinics para sa special wastes na isa sa magiging criteria para sa Search for the Most Environment-Friendly Healthcare Institution in Batangas City na inilunsad noong August 18 kung saan katuwang ng CENRO ang Batangas Medical Society.

Layunin ng naturang patimpalak na kilalanin ang mga healthcare partners ng pamahalaang lunsod na nagpapatupad ng mga environmental sanitation programs.

Sa pamamagitan ng patimpalak na ito, matututukan ang problema sa waste disposal ng mga ospital at iba pang health care institutions kung saan marami sa mga basura nito ay mga hazardous o mapanganib sa kalusugan at kaligtasan.

Samantala, naging resource speaker ng Environmental Compliance Seminar sina Ms. Marisa Malabanan, hepe ng Chemical and Hazardous Toxic Waste Section at Ms. Corazon Gazapos, hepe ng Solid Waste Management Division, Environmental Management Bureau ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) CALABARZON.| JERSON SANCHEZ

Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

3 patay, 3 iba sugatan sa pagbangga ng kotse sa puno NASUGBU, Batangas – Tatlong katao ang nasawi samantalang tatlong iba pa ang malubhang nasugatan sa isang vehicular accident sa bayang ito noong Huwebes ng madaling-araw.

Kinilala ni Senior Superintendent Omega Jireh Fidel, Batangas police director, ang mga nasawing sina Bernardo delos Santos, Arjay delos Santos at Carla O. Pamplona, pawang mga residente ng Barangay Real, Lunsod ng Calamba, Laguna.

Kabilang anaman sa mga malubhang nasugatan sina Jubelle delos Santos, Hazel delos Santos, at Roy Villalobos na pawang isinugod sa Apacible Memorial District Hospital at Gabes Medical Center sa bayan ding ito.

Sa ulat ng pulisya, pauwi na ang mga biktima mula sa Lunsod Tagaytay at patungong bayan ng Calaca, Batangas nang habang namamaybay sa national highway ay biglang bumangga ang sinasakyang kotseng Toyota Corolla, may plakang UPC-214, sa isang puno ng manga dakong ala-una y media ng madaling-araw.

Ayon sa mga imbestigador, maaaring nakatulog ang drayber na si Villalobos, kaya nawalan ng control ang minamanehong kotse.

Dagliang namatay sina Bernardo, Arjay at Carla, na pawang nakapwesto sa likurang upuan at tumilapon sanhi ng malakas na pagkabangga ng sasakyan.

Hanggang sa sandaling sinusulat ang balitang ito, idineklara na ng mga doktor na ligtas na sa kapahamakan ang mga sugatang biktima. |

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PNP hypes recruitment at SM City Lipa

KAAYUSAN SA BASURA. Sinanay ng City Environment Office sa pakikipagtulungan sa

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang mga tauhan ng healthcare providers sa lunsod ukol sa wastong pangangasiwa ng basura.| ELMER ZARASPE

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City clinical laboratory to rise in Ambulong; Red Cross, Malampaya Foundation and LGU sign the MoA “LIFE challenges are easier to bear if there are parties concerned for the welfare of others, like the public and private sector representatives who joined together,” said Ronald Generoso, administrator of Philippine National Red Cross-Batangas during the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the construction of a Community Health Clinic, a clinical laboratory center in Barangay Ambulong, Batangas City.

The signing ceremony was participated in by Honorable Richard Gordon and Dr. Gwendolyn Pang, as chairman and secretary general of the Philippine National Red Cross, respectively; Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) managing director Sebastian Quiñones and Malampaya Foundation executive director Karen Agabin; Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha, City Health Officer Dr. Rosanna Barrion and Punumbarangay Jayferson Berberabe in

behalf of the city governmet and Barangay Ambulong; and PNRCBatangas vice chairman Honesto Babasa.

As he welcomed the parties to the signing ceremony, Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha acknowledged the unending support fo the Philippine National Red Cross which Gordon also acknowledged in return. Gordon made mention of the P6.5-million worth of fire trucks donated by the PNRC to the city recently.

“This is a celebration of good governance int eh aprt of the city, of good citizenship and corporate management on the aprt of the malampaya Foundation; and of continued volunteerism on the aprt of the Philippine National Red Cross”, Gordon stressed.

Quiñones, who also serve as the concurrent treasurer of the Malampaya Foundation assured the city government and the people of Batangas of the continued service

of the foundation during the duration of the service contract of the SPEX in the country.

“This ceremony is also a celebration of continued partnership between the public and private stakeholders here in Batangas City,” he added.

Meanwhile, Berberabe said that it only happened that the centre will be constructed in Branagay Ambulong, “pero di po namin ito aangkinin; ito po ay para sa buong Lunsod Batangas”, he said.

The clinical laboratory which will be constructed adjacent to the Ambulong barangay hall, will offer different medical tests that are commonly required of the citizenry at a very very low charges.

“This is the first of its kind to be set up in a barangay in the region, and we are hoping that this project will greatly help our constitutents”, said Karen Agabin.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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Batangas City HRM, may Level II Accredited Status na GINAWARAN ng Level II Accredited Status ng Civil Service Commission (CSC RO 4) Regional Office 4 ang pamahalaang lunsod ng Batangas. Ito ay resulta ng isinagawang Comprehensive HRM Assistance, Review and Monitoring (CHARM) na isinagawa ng CSC RO 4 noong ika-26-27 ng Nobyembre ng nakaraang taon.

Ang plake ay tinanggap ni Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha mula kay Teresa Poblador ng CSC Batangas.

Ilan sa mga naging batayan upang makamit ng lunsod ang Level II Accredited Status ay ang pagtupad sa mga batas at alituntunin ng Civil Service Commission hinggil sa appointment at personnel actions, maayos na HR management records nito, HR plan sa Organizational Profile, HR Systems at ang Employee Health and Wellness.

Ang naturang parangal ay sa ilalim ng Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in the Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) kung

saan binibigyan ng karapatan ng komisyon ang lokal na pamahalaan na magtakda ng mga appointments at kilalanin ang mga best practices sa iba’t ibang aspeto ng human resource management. Ito ay alinsunod sa Section 12, Book V of the Administrative Code of 1987.

Binigyang-diin ni Poblador na mula sa 20 accredited agencies sa lalawigan, naging 7 na lamang ito at base sa assessment na isinagawa noong nakaraang taon, anim na lamang ang natira kung saan isa dito ang Batangas City government.

Samantala, ipinagdiriwang ng Philippine Civil Service Commission ngayong taon ang ika-114 taong anibersaryo nito na may temang “Tapat na Serbisyo Alay Ko Dahil Lingkod Bayani Ako”.

Kaugnay ng nabanggit na selebrasyon, nagsagawa ng symposium ang HR ng lunsod para sa mga kawani nito upang magbigay ng update sa mga programa ng Pag-ibig, GSIS at Civil Service.|RONNA CONTRERAS

LIPA CITY - The Lipa City Police Station together with SM City Lipa hosted the PNP Recruitment Campaign of the CALARBARZON Regional Headquarters last September 29 at the mall’s events center. The event was attended by students from the different colleges and universities in Batangas. The program started with a welcoming remark given by the Lipa City Chief of Police PSupt Jacinto Malinao Jr. According to Malinao, the recruit-ment campaign aims to increase the awareness of the people not just on the benefits but on the discipline instilled in being a policeman. Police Inspector Hazel Luma-ang, further explained the qualifications that must be met before anyone can enter the PNP while PSupt Ivy Mallo and PSInsp.

Aylene Antazo from the CALABARZON Regional Headquarters Office expound on the compensation package and benefits of being a member of the police force.

The uniforms of the different units of the police force were also showcased in the recruitment campaign thru ramp modelling. The Batangas Police Provincial police models have dignifiedly wore Director Omega Jireh Fidel in their different uniforms and with the his closing remarks. help of the free training of Mr. Lesther Palicpic from Dream Productions, first-time models walked the ramp as if they were professionals in the modelling field. The runway was made more lively with the participation of PNP’s new mascot and PO2 Mariano Flormata Jr. (known as the hunk policeman) from the security aviation group, who have just won as Mr. Philippines International 2014.

Emceed by Aldwin Manguiat, the event was made more entertaining with the songs rendered by an all-police acoustic band. In his closing remarks, Batangas Provincial Director PSSupt. Omega Jireh Fidel, thanked all the attendees, participants and partners who made the recruitment campaign a success.|

Hunk policeman PO2 Mariano Flormata Jr. of the PNP aviation security division together with chosen PNP officials in their different uniforms.

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Civil Service Month, tinampukan ng mga symposia TATLONG serye ng lecture ang isinagawa ng Pag IBIG Mutual Fund, Government

Service Insurance System o GSIS at ng Civil Service Commission sa pangunguna

Inter-Island News Collated By RONALINA L. ELARMO

201 Indigent senior citizens, tumanggap ng social pension CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – Tinanggap kamakailan ng 201 indigent senior citizens na may edad 77 pataas ang kani-kanilang social pension mula sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa New City Hall, barangay Guinobatan.

Sa halagang P500 kada buwan, naikwento ng mga benepisyaryo ang malaking tulong nito sa kanilang gastusin. Anila, ang dagdag ayuda ay sagot para pambili ng gamot sapagkat dala ng katandaan ay ang humihina na nilang pangangatawan at resistensya.

Sa isang panayam ng City Information Office kay City Social Welfare Officer Juvy Bahia, sinabi niya na isa sa mga mandatong ipinatutupad ng kanilang ahensya ay ang pangangalaga sa mga importanteng mamamayan ng lipunan.

Bagamat aniya, maaaring hindi sasapat ang tulong pinansyal mula sa nasyunal na pamahalaan, patuloy naman aniya ang pagbibigay serbisyo ng pamahalaang lokal na aagapay rin sa kanilang mga pangangailangan katulad ng pagbibigay diskwento sa mga iba’t ibang establisyemento, libreng konsultasyon at gamot sa mga health center at mas higit na pinalaki at pinalawig na Gold Card Program.|

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Farmers Training Center, pinasinayahan CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – Pinasinayaan na kamakailan ng pamahalaang lunsod dito ang bagong Farmers Training Center sa barangay Biga.

Mayroong halagang P46-milyong pondo ang inilaan ng pamahalaang lokal para sa agrikultura ngayong taon. Ito ay may layuning umagapay sa pangangailangan ng mga magsasaka sapagkat malaking bilang pa rin ng mga mamamayan sa Calapan ay nabubuhay sa pagsasaka.

Ayon kay Mayor Arnan C. Panaligan, ang nasabing laang pondo ay mabisang paraan upang sugpuin ang kahirapan na nararanasan ng ilang mamamayan mula sa mga liblib na barangay. Mas mapapalakas aniya ang food security program ng lunsod gayundin ang pagsisiguro na patuloy pa ring maging prime producer ng bigas sa kalakhang Maynila at sa iba pang karatig probinsya.

Sa pamamagitan ng itinayong Farmers Training Center, masisiguro ang patuloy na pagsasagawa ng training at seminar na higit na magpapaunlad sa kondisyon at kaalaman ng mga magsasaka at mga mangingisda.

Ang training center ay nasa ilalim ng pamamahala ng City Agricultural Services Department (CASD) sa pamumuno ni City Agriculturist Carlos Domingo.|

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6 bayan sa Palawan, rabie free zone!

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan — Anim na mga bayan sa bahaging norte ng lalawigan ng Palawan ang idineklarang rabies-free zone ng National Rabies Prevention and Control Committee (NRPCC) sa ilalim ng Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) ngayong araw.

Ang mga ito ay ang mga bayan ng Araceli, Cagayancillo, Cuyo, Kalayaan, Linapacan at Magsaysay na pawing mga islang munisipyo sa Palawan.

Ayon sa pamunuan ng Palawan Provincial Veterinary Office, ngayong araw ang pagdedeklara ng mga rabies free zone sa buong bansa na isinagawa sa Bureau of Soils and Water Management Auditorium, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City.

Ang aktibidad na ito ay kaugnay ng World Rabies Day na ipinagdiriwang tuwing Setyembre 28 taon-taon.

Inasahan naman ang pagdalo dito ni Gov. Jose Pepito C. Alvarez kasama si Provet Dr. Juanito Pio Lledo, mga punumbayan at mga Municipal Agriculturist na kasama sa mga bayan na nadeklarang rabies-free zone.

Noong nagdaang taon, tatlong bayan sa Calamianes na kinabibilangan ng bayan ng Coron, Culion at Busuanga ang una nang naideklara na rabies free.

Sa kabuuan, umaabot na sa siyam na bayan sa buong lalawigan ang rabies free, dagdag ni Lledo.

Sa kasalukuyan, ang Provincial Veterinary Office katuwang ang mga Municipal Agriculture Offices (MAOs) ay patuloy na nagsasagawa ng Dog Registration, Dog Tagging at Dog Vaccination sa iba’t ibang panig ng lalawigan hanggang sa makamit ang layunin na maideklara ang buong lalawigan ng Palawan na rabies-free zone.| ORLAN C. JABAGAT

ng Human Resource Management Office ng Batangas City Government upang bigyan ng update ang mga empleyado sa mga benepisyo at iba pang mga programa ng bawat tanggapan.

Sa pahayag ni Celeste Ferreras, branch manager ng GSIS Batangas, maraming

reforms at policies na ipinatutupad na maaaring hindi alam ng isang miyembro.

Inilahad niyang isa-isa ang mga benepisyo, mga loans, pension at mga programa para sa mga malapit ng mag retiro.

Ayon naman kay Dir. Maria Theresa Poblador, Dir

II – Civil Service Commission Region IV-A, dapat ipagpatuloy ang magandang komunikasyon at relayon sa pamamagitan ng kapwa kawani at mga kliyente. May benepisyo at insentibong nakalaan para sa mga ito.

Ang nasabing forum ay isinagawa noong ika-24, 25

at 29 ng Setyembre sa Teacher’s Conference Center, ayon sa pagkakasunudsunod.

Ang proyektong ito ay sa inisyatibo ng Human Resource Management Office sa pangunguna ni Mrs. Maria Elena Boongaling.| ALVIN M. REMO

Si Celeste Ferreras, Branch Manager ng GSIS Batangas habang nagbibigay ng update sa mga kawani ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Batangas.| ALVIN REMO

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Pagtatanim ng bakawan, tampok sa Maritime Week ROMBLON, Romblon — Umabot sa 1,200 bakawan ang itinanim bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Maritime Week ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Romblon Station sa pakikipagtulungan ng Office of the Municipal Agriculturist (OMAg) at mga barangay officials ng Bgy. Cajimos, Romblon, Romblon.

Sinabi ni Chief Petty Officer Bartolome A. Villanueva, PCG Station Commander, na bilang pakikiisa nila sa pagdiriwang ng Maritime Week 2014 ay kanilang pinili na magsagawa ng mangrove planting activity sa coastal

area ng nasabing barangay upang muling mapanumbalik ang pagiging luntian ng dalampasigan.

Aniya, ang bakawan ay nagsisilbing tirahan ng maliliit na isda, alimasag at ilan pang yamang dagat. Malaking tulong rin ito sa mga coastal communities dahil mabisang pananggalang ito sa malalaking alon at malakas na hangin sa panahon ng bagyo.

Ayon naman kay Miguel Cortez, Coastal Resource Management staff, tinataya na isang ektarya ang muling nataniman ng mga mangrove propa-

gules ng mga kawani ng Coast Guard at ng OMAg sa tulong na rin ng mga opisyal ng barangay at maging ng mga naninirahan sa lugar.

Nangako naman ang mga residente sa naturang lugar na kanilang pangangalagaan ang mga bakawan na bagong tanim at babantayan ito hanggang lumaki upang hindi putulin ng ilang gumagawa ng tiwali sa bakawanan.

Ang National Maritime Week (NMW) ay may temang “IMO Conventions: Effective Implementation.”|

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Buwan ng Tamaraw, ipinagdiwang sa Occ. Mindoro MAMBURAO, Occidental Mindoro – Inumpisahan na ng lalawigan kahapon ng umaga ang selebrasyon ng Buwan ng Tamaraw sa pamamagitan ng isang motorcade at maikling programa.

Ang programa ay naganap sa kapitolyo sa bayan ng Mamburao at dinaluhan ng iba’t bang ahensya ng pamahalaan, mga departamento ng pamahalaang panlalawigan, opisyales ng mga barangay at senior citizens.

Ang selebrasyon ngayong taon ay may temang “Tamaraw sa Mindoro: Tatak Pilipino, Likas Yaman ng Mundo, Kaligtasan mo ay Pananagutan Ko”.

Ayon kay Tamaraw Conservation Program (TCP) Coordinator Rodel Boyles, ito ay kabilang sa limang napiling tema sa isinagawang theme-making contest ng pagdiriwang ng Tamaraw Month noong nakalipas na taon.

Ipinahahayag ng temang ito ang panawagan para sa patuloy na proteksyon ng Tamaraw na kinikilala sa buong mundo bilang endemic sa Mindoro.

Ang Tamaraw (Bubalus Mindorensis), kahit hindi kabilang sa subspecies ng kalabaw, ay nahahawig dito subalit may ilang katangiang naiiba gaya ng mas maraming buhok, mas maliit na pangangatawan at mas maikling sungay na korteng V. Sa kasalukuyan ay umabot na ang bilang ng mga Tamaraw sa 382 subalit itinuturing pa rin na criticallyendangered species ang mga ito batay sa inilabas na kategoriya ng International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Itinuturing ang pangangaso at pagkasira ng kanilang tirahan ang pangunahing dahilan ng dahandahang pagkaubos ng Tamaraw.

Dahil sa kritikal na bilang ng Tamaraw ay patuloy ang isinasagawang pag-

babantay at pangangalaga ng Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) sa ilalim ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Napagtibay pa ito ng ilabas noong 2002 ang Presidential Proclamation 273 na nagdedeklara na ang buwan ng Oktubre ng bawat taon ay Special Month for the Conservation and Protection of the Tamaraw in Mindoro.

Para sa buwan ng taong ito ay may ilan pang mga aktibidad sa lalawigan na inihanda ang TCP, mga gawaing magpapalaganap ng kaalaman tungkol sa Tamaraw. Una rito ay ang School Day Camp kung saan nabibigyan ng pagkakataon ang ilang mga magaaral sa mga paaralang pansekundarya sa lalawigan na makakita ng buhay na tamaraw sa Tamaraw Genepool sa Manoot, Rizal.

Ilang eskwelahan din ang nabigyan ng kani-kanilang iskedyul sa School Day Camp.

Magsasagawa din ng Lakbay-Aral ang mga department heads ng pamahalaang panlalawigan gayundin ang mga opisyales ng barangay at munisipyo kung saan bibisita ang mga ito sa

Mount Iglit-Baco National Park na tirahan ng mga Tamaraw. Nakatakda naman ang isang biocamp para sa lahat ng Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officers ng lalawigan.

“Posibleng 99% ng mga mamamayan ng Mindoro ang di pa nakakakita ng Tamaraw. Kaya ang ginagawa natin, sa tulong ng ating mga lider, ay makakita ng Tamaraw ang ating mga mag-aaral” dagdag pa ni Boyles.

Ang mga aktibidad para sa buwan ng Tamaraw ay magkatuwang na pinagpupulungan ng DENR, ilang partner organizations at ng mga lalawigan ang Occidental at Oriental Mindoro.| VOLTAIRE N. DEQUINA

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Crossing the Bar TODAY is the first Sunday of the Bar Examination. Believed to be one of the most difficult examinations in the world, the Bar is the most celebrated licensure examinations in the Philippines. Thousands troop to the exam site during the four Sundays of the Bar-month not only to show support to the barristers but also to take part in the annual festivities which law schools hold to mark the occasion. The Bar is a passageway not only for the hopefuls but the onlookers as well. It is known for the entertainment that it provides during the wet days of September or the dry spells of October.

Some critics are saying that the Bar Exams have become a useless method of qualifying who should be lawyers or not. The criticisms are prompted by celebrated incidents of public corruptions and scandals involving lawyers and honorable men and women in robes. Lawyers are traditionally described as vultures, sharks or other vile creatures. A former Law Dean even remarked in one of his writings that the biggest corruptions in the government would not be possible were not for the lawyers. The Bar has been blamed for the misfits in government and the mediocrity in public service.

But the Bar has nothing to do with these criticisms. It is not designed to weed out the misfits from the legal profession. It measures not the moral fitness of the candidates but his readiness to face difficult legal concerns.

It pierces through their brains, not through their hearts. It qualifies them to be legal McGuivers, not to be Ghandis or Lee Kuan Yews. It does not make gentlemen out of boys and ladies out of girls —these transformations need more than the Bar to happen and sometimes, even miracles could not make them possible.

The Bar is difficult of course. Some say that it has become unreasonable.

The passing rates for almost all law schools have been dropping through the years. Whether the reason has got to do with the preparations of law students or in the quality of raw materials that law schools have to work on remain a big question. What remains certain is the unanimity in the belief of many that ridiculous questions always put a dent on the confidence of the examinees every year. And so the belief that the Bar has become unreasonable becomes a convenient excuse for low passing rates and the inability of some law schools to prepare their candidates for the worst situation.

The Bar is intended to measure the intellectual fitness of a candidate to join the legal profession. It is not true that all those who hurdle it are intellectuals or possessing certain intellectual level but there is no other way, at least in the Philippines, to determine whether one is ready for the demands of the legal profession except the Bar. Of course, passing the exam is not enough. A successful barrister must gain experience before he or she can earn the competence of a true legal advocate. It is only experience, and experience alone which can make advocates out of lawyers.

Barristers come to the examination room armed with nothing but guts.

Everything that they have committed to memory during the review months and the four years of studies are nothing until they see the first question in the test. It is always been the first question that jumpstarts everything — or, it is also the first question that can put everything in the trash.

The Bar is a battlefield. It is fought in the frontlines, bravely, by the examinees, and enthusiastically by law schools from the war room. And this year, the Bar Battles have just begun!| RAMEL C. MURIA - FEAU Institute of Law

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Ang Mabuting Balita Ang Talinhaga tungkol sa Kasalanan MULING nagsalita sa kanila si Jesus sa pamamagitan ng talinhaga. Sinabi niya, "Ang kaharian ng langit ay katulad ng isang haring nagdaos ng isang handaan para sa kasal ng kanyang anak na lalaki. Isinugo niya ang kanyang mga lingkod upang tawagin ang mga inanyayahan, ngunit ayaw nilang dumalo. Muli siyang nagsugo ng ibang mga lingkod at kanyang pinagbilinan ng ganito: 'Sabihin ninyo sa mga inanyayahan na nakahanda na ang mga pagkain, napatay na ang aking mga baka at mga pinatabang guya, at handa na ang lahat. Halina kayo!' Ngunit hindi ito pinansin ng mga inanyayahan.

Sa halip, pumunta sila sa kani-kanilang lakad. May nagpunta sa kanyang bukid at mayroon namang nag-asikaso ng kanyang negosyo. Sinunggaban naman ng iba ang mga lingkod, hinamak at pinatay. Galit na galit ang hari kaya't pinapunta niya ang kanyang mga kawal upang puksain ang mga mamamatay-taong iyon at sunugin ang kanilang lunsod. Pagkatapos, sinabi niya sa kanyang mga lingkod, 'Nakahanda na ang mga pagkain ngunit hindi karapat-dapat ang mga inanyayahan. Pumunta kayo sa mga lansangang matao at inyong anyayahan sa kasalan ang lahat ng makita ninyo.' Pumunta nga sa mga pangunahing lansangan ang mga lingkod at isinama nila ang lahat ng kanilang natagpuan, masasama't mabubuti, at napuno ng mga panauhin ang bulwagang pangkasalan.

"Pumasok ang hari upang tingnan ang mga panauhin. Nakita niya ang isang taong hindi nakadamit pangkasalan. Tinanong niya ito, 'Kaibigan, bakit ka pumasok dito nang hindi nakasuot ng damit pangkasalan?' Hindi nakasagot ang tao, kaya't sinabi ng hari sa mga lingkod, 'Talian ninyo ang kanyang kamay at paa, at itapon siya sa kadiliman sa labas. Doo'y mananangis siya at magngangalit ang kanyang mga ngipin.' " Pagkatapos nito'y sinabi ni Jesus, "Marami ang tinatawag, ngunit kakaunti ang pinili." |

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Naked preferences ACCORDING to an oppoThe political administrasition Congresman, the top tion has obligation to promote public interest over ten members of the House the party interest even in of Representatives who the assumption that most became beneficiaries of the of the preoccupations of the DAP belonged to the ruling party is the promoLiberal Party (LP). Former tion of the interest of the Congressman Joseph Abaya received P408 million followed by Speaker Jose people in general. The basic idea of republican represenBelmonte who received the amount of P297.487 million. tation is against any form of arbitrary preference based Majority leader Neptali Gonzales II received P263 on mere party affiliation and personal loyalty.

Cass R. Sustein described such practice as naked million. He is followed by Former Cavite Rep. Ayong Maliksi who got P217.894 million and Former An Waray preference. He defined naked preference as the Rep. Florencio “Bem” Noel with P179,500 million. distribution of resources or opportunities to one group The wife of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad rather than to another on the ground that those benefited also from the DAP. Representative Henedina favoured have exercised raw political power to obtain Abad received the amount of P176.619 million for what they want. He said that the prohibition is Batanes. Others who landed in the top ten are: Former connected to the original idea that government must be Laguna Rep. Edgar San Luis with P160.209 million; responsive to something other than private pressure, Former Cebu Rep. Tomas Osmeña with P124,124 and with the associated notion that politics is not the reconciling of given million; Former Quezon “The practice of giving preference to interests but instead the Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III who received political allies is normal in dispensation product of some form of deliberation about the P120.581 million; and characterized by patronage and Batangas Rep. Nelson public good. dominated by traditional politicians.

Collantes who got P110 Past and present But of course, political affiliation ruling administrations million. is not a valid criterion for policy have been used to making This revelation is not naked preferences to surprising. The reason for choices and government programs.” reward allies and punish the preference is evident.

The top ten in the list belonged to the top brass of the detractors. This is the reason why our public institutions LP and are closest allies and defenders of the President. remain under the control of narrow private interests.

Others have gotten their shares from the DAP but they And while naked preferences may be described as mere landed down the list. Undeniably, regardless of the manifestations of a rotten political system, they are its alleged merits of the program, the DAP serves as a tool primary pillar also. They strengthen the hold of to keep members of Congress within the fence of the traditional and dynastic politicians in national and local present administration. governments and tolerate public ignorance and The practice of giving preference to political allies is widespread poverty.

The sorry state of our political system only confirms normal in dispensation characterized by patronage and dominated by traditional politicians. But of course, the need for social transformation. Our situation is fast political affiliation is not a valid criterion for policy becoming irreversible because we are getting used to choices and government programs. While political the excesses that we see in politics and governance. parties are expected to dole out perks to their members, Unless we take decisive step to stop the present a party in power has no right to dispense public funds dispensation from damaging our political institutions, or programs solely on the basis of party affiliations. we will not be able to save the future for our children.|

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OPINION

Balikas 5 Edukasyon at pagkakaisa para sa kaunlaran From rags to riches to ruins!

October 6 - 12, 2014

MARAMI na ang nakakaramdam sa darating na eleksyon. Nandiyan ang siraan, paggamit ng makinarya, pera at Political Armed Groups (PAGs). Ito ay lumilitaw tuwing darating ang eleksyon. Ito na ang sakit ng lipunan na nais nating gamutin. Ako ay natutuwa dahil marami pa rin sa atin ang tumutulong na itaas ang kamalayan ng ating mga kababayan sa pagpili ng tamang lider ng ating bayan.

Nandyan ang iba na handang itaya ang kanilang buhay para lang maging maayos ang darating na halalan. Ito ang dapat nating palakasin, edukasyon para sa mga botante para matutu silang gumamit ng sukatan para sa pagpili ng mga susunod na lider natin, maging yan ay sa barangay, munisipyo, siyudad, probinsiya o lider ng ating bansa. Sa ating pagpili dapat talaga ay mayroon tayong sukatan. Kagaya ng sa mga lider ng lokal na pamahalaan, dapat ay may mga basic na tanong tayo sa ating sarili. Unang tanong ay naging transparent ba sila sa kanilang paggamit ng pundo ng bayan? Pangalawa ay kumusta ang peace and order sa inyong lugar? Ligtas ba ang pakiramdam nyo? Kumusta ang kampanya sa illegal na droga? Nabibigyan ba ng solusyon ang mga krimeng nagaganap sa inyong mga lugar? Kumusta ang kalinisan ng inyong lugar?

Programa para suportahan ang mga nagkakasakit?

Public works program? Edukasyon? Pagsugpo sa kahirapan? Pagnenegosyo? At of course, ang balanseng paggamit ng pundo upang tugunan ang napakaraming suliranin ng ating komunidad at ng ating mga kababayan.  Marami sa ating mga pulitiko na ang mentalidad ay dole out system pa rin. Ito yong mga klase lider na gusto nila ay pumipila ang kanyang mga mamayan sa kanyang pintuan para humingi ng tulong sa kanya.

Kagaya ng pambili ng gamot, pambayad sa matrikula, pampalibing at marami pang mga maliliit na bagay na ang intensyon ay mabuo ang utang na loob sa kanila para pagdating ng eleksyon ay sisingilan ka nila. Ito yong salitang “Clientelism” kung saan ang mga politiko

ay nagsisilbing “patron” at ang mga botante ay “client”.

Ang masama dito ay kung ginagamit ito ng mga pulitiko upang ikulong ang kanyang mga mamayan sa paniniwalang tama ang ganitong sistema na habang buhay ka nang nakadepende sa kanila. Kaya ang nagiging resulta nito ay ang panganganak ng mga “political warlords” sa bansa na siyang nagiging puno at dulo ng mga suliranin natin sa ating bansa.  Ako ay may panukala para patayin itong bulok na sistemang ito. Una ay kapag nakita ninyong may mga nakapila sa pintuan ni mayor o kaya ni gobernor at ito ay matagal ng panahon nagaganap, mag-isip na po kayo, ibig sabihin nyan ay walang direksyon ang gobyerno nyo. Dahil kung maayos silang lider dapat na i-institutionalize nila ang mga programang ito. Ibig sabihin ay nakakagawa sila ng programa na walang mukhang tinititigan, walang palakasan at padrinong mga batangay kapitan. Kapag ang lokal na gobyerno ay nakapagbibigay ng tulong sainyo na hindi kayo nakikiusap kay mayor o gobernador, yan ang effective lider at administrator ng bayan ninyo.  Kaya nga minsan naiisip kong magpanukala ng isang batas sa tulong ng mga mambabatas na tingnan ang posibilidad na magtayo ng isang academy para sa mga politiko natin para lumalim ang kanilang paguunawa sa tunay na kahulugan ng public governance.

Dahil ang maging isang politiko ay talagang malaking responsibilidad. Kung ang sundalo nga ay may Philippine Military Academy at ang pulis ay may Philippine National Police Academy, bakit hindi tayo magtayo ng isang academy para sa mga future local and national leaders natin para mapagtuunan ang professionalization ng mga namumuno sa gobyerno natin.

Sa panahon po ngayon na natutu-naw na ang boundaries ng bawat bansa dahil sa globalization at sa taong 2015 ay papasok na rin ang ASEAN Economic

>>>ZAMUDIO.....sundan sa P/7

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Failed promises of privatization and the Aboitiz group, which PRIVATIZATION, by whatever owns power plants and other name – Build-Operate-Transdistribution utilities. Slowly fer or Public-Private Partnerestablishing their foothold in ships – was touted to be the the industry are the Ayala and solution to the inefficient, SM group of companies. monopolistic management by Did this improve the government of public utilities and services. It was supposed to be the opposite of how provision of electricity? Well the country has experienced the dictator Marcos monopolized and profited from a power crisis in 1991, a mere four years after the basic utilities such as electricity, water, transport, privatization of the power industry began when the Cory Aquino government allowed private corporations to own among others.

Succeeding administrations from that of the late power generation facilities in 1987. Worse, the Cory Aquino to Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria government has been claiming that the country is about Macapagal-Arroyo, and the current Benigno Aquino to experience another power crisis next year.

Did the rates go down? After the Ramos adminisIII promised that privatization would result in more efficient services as corporations are supposedly more tration sweetened the contracts with independent power efficient, and rates would purportedly go down because producers (IPPs), power rates went up as the government agreed to a “take or pay” provision, of competition.

However, the monopoly of the Marcos family was sovereign debt guarantees, and to pay for the fuel being merely transferred to a few families and their foreign used by IPPs. Worse, it allowed IPPs to pass on the partners. For example, when the government water costs of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and fuel company the Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System costs. Electric distributor Meralco has also been allowed to pass on changes in the (MWSS) was privatized, rates of power it buys.

“Government officials are not merely water services in the NaMoreover, since the tional Capital Region was following the recommendations, nay dictates, Electric Power Industry divided between two conof the IMF-WB to private government services. Reform Act (EPIRA) was cessionaires: one owned by passed in 2001, power the Ayala group of com- Since they have the power to determine who panies and its British and gets the contract and what are the provisions rates have already increased by 100 percent.

Japanese partners, and the of the contract, they must be getting Now the Aquino other by the Lopez group something out of it; some high government government is doing the of companies and its French partner, which later officials must be personally benefiting from the same with government awarding of these contracts.” hospitals and the MRT gave it up and passed it on and LRT commuter train to the partnership of DMCI systems. Since the maintenance and operations of the and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.

Did the provision of water services greatly improve? MRT was privatized, the people have been suffering It somehow improved but not as promised. However, from breakdowns and worsening queues. And the the rates have increased by 400 percent since government’s answer to this is more privatization.

Already the contract being signed with private privatization.

The distribution of electricity in the National Capital contractors for the MRT, LRT train systems include Region and 22 other cities and 89 municipalities is provisions for immediate as well as regular fare controlled by Meralco, which Metro Pacific Investments increases, real property tax exemption, annual standby took over from the Lopez family. The Lopez groups of fund, payment of changes in costs of electricity, and companies, on the other hand, bought most of the big the government will shoulder the purchase of the right power plants formerly owned by the National Power of way acquisition, coaches, civil works, among other Corporation. Other big power producers are San Miguel perks.

Corporation, which also has a 27% stake in Meralco >>>PERSPECTIVE.....turn to P/7

Benjie Oliveros

WE all know the popular catch phrase: “From rags to riches”. But there’s a new one now we should watch out for: “From rags to riches to ruins”!

This is otherwise known as the 3RD GENERATION PHENOMENON.  This is what CanCham Governor CELSO VIVAS discussed with a few select Dabawenyos at a Davao Canadian Chamber luncheon business meeting at the Marco Polo a few days ago. A retired (but not tired and still on the go) Sycip Gorres Velayo executive; he is presently governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. He talked about “Good Corporate Governance for Family-owned Businesses”. I am sure his pointers will resonate with some prominent Dabawenyo families, especially because Davao started as a pioneering place for early migrants from all over the country and many families and clans rose to fortunes by sheer hard work and enterprise of their parents or grandparents.

He gave some pointers for the first generation (fathers and mothers) to think about if they are still around and for those 2nd or 3rd generation children whose parents or grandparents literally started from scratch and able to build an enterprise or a going-business, which they have to inherit or take over.

According to Mr. Vivas, the situation (or problem if you may) is that parents who started with nothing (rags) and ending up with riches usually do not want to “unload” until they die. Or they refuse to re-adjust to “good governance” to keep what they started from going to waste. Or to “ruins”!  GOOD GOVERNANCE --- We always hear patriarchs and matriarchs saying that their simple and common sense ways were responsible for their successful family business so why change them. According to Mr. Vivas, installing “good governance” does not necessarily mean the “olds” give way or are sidelined and others taking over the business. Another way of saying it is: let the house belong to the owners but leave the kitchen to the professionals. Meaning, installing systems for viability and sustainability where decisions and policies can still be determined by the olds or perhaps their family but let those those trained and capable, possibly from the outside run the business. Or better still get the children to go get trained and capacitated to run the enterprise. His advice: a family corporation can be organized so the family business can transition to viability and can weather the usual problems, which are varied.

Family business transitioning to corporations is the way forward. Family members, with some possible mix from outsiders, compose the board of directors and they decide policy. But management and the running of the business must be professionally handled. Only children who are properly trained can be active in management. And the rest can be stakeholders and partake of the business fruits accordingly.  CROSSROAD ISSUES --- Here are some situations why families are at a crossroad: a. Many patriarchs and matriarchs are ageing. Its either they are sick and physically unable to do what they used to do but still insistent on having full control. b. Heirs are either restless or not interested in the business. Some children stick around and are dependent on the good graces of the family business or are gung- ho to take over because they have better plans of doing things than the old-fashioned ways of their olds. There are many instances of other children going abroad or to big cities and have their own careers and lives and they are not interested about continuing or having to do with the family business. c. Succession plans are not existent or done late or not discussed. Family talk about what happens next when the olds die are seldom done. Estate planning usually are done only when death takes place and with the corresponding burdens on the estate of the deceased usually drain considerably not only the family resources but also the family assets that the parents painstakingly amassed and preserved. There is such a thing as "living trust" where the parents unload to the next generation retaining a certain amount of control but unburdening their estate from expected expenses like estate taxes, etc. when they are gone. d. There is no early transition of business to the next generation and the business enterprise and family estate become a battleground among contending and quarreling heirs that most of the time become acrimonious, divisive and expensive. (There is a joke among lawyers that they become compulsary heirs of quarreling family members when succession cases reach the courts!)

Mr. Vivas described the so-called THIRD GENERATION PHENOMENON this way: the first generation (parents) CREATES; the second generation (children) INHERITS, the 3rd generation (grandchildren) SQUANDERS. It is summarized thus: FROM RAGS, TO RICHES... TO RUINS. This happens, according to him, if good governance is not timely installed in family-owned businesses.  ABOITIZ ---He gave the ABOITIZ clan as an example. The children and the grandchildren are now actively involved in the expanding business empire but they do not automatically ascend to high corporate positions by reason of family lineage. They have to compete with outsiders to get into positions. And they have to earn their keeps just like any other executive of the company.  SM's SY ---I remember a few things I learned from the SY family of the giant conglomerate SM. One of Henry Sy’s sons, Hans Sy had first to settle for some measly “baon” during his school days and had to work like an ordinary salesman when he started. Then he sent one of his own boys to school and train abroad and live like an ordinary student there and then do ordinary employees’ work before being able to take on a responsible

>>>DUREZA..turn to P/7

BUSINESS

Business permit processing sa Lunsod Batangas, pinag-aralan ng pamahalang Lunsod ng Calapan BUMISITA kamakailan sa Lunsod Batangas ang delegasyon mula sa Lunsod ng Calapan, Oriental Mindoro sa pangunguna ni Mayor Arnan Panaligan na mainit namang tinanggap ng pamahalaang lunsod ng Batangas sa pamamagitan ni Secretary to the City Mayor Atty. Reginald Dimacuha.

Layunin ng nabanggit na study tour na mabatid ang ipinatutupad na Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) sa Batangas City na maaari nilang maiadapt sa kanilang lugar.

Ayon kay Mayor Panaligan, mahalaga ang mabilis na proseso ng business registration upang mas maraming investor ang kanilang mahikayat sa kanilang lugar.

Nais aniya nilang tularan ang Batangas City sa mga proyekto at programang ipinatutupad nito upang mas mahigit pa nilang mapaunlad ang Lunsod ng Calapan.

Sa isang maikling orientation program ay ipinaalam ni Business Permits and Licensing Officer Mrs. Ditas Rivera ang ilan sa

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 BI RT H O F MARIE MAYUGBA PESI GAN T O MARIE MAYUGBA, TO CORRECT THE DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE OF HER PARENT S 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 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

mahahalagang impormasyon hinggil sa BPLS. Ipinabatid niya na sa bagong sistema, mula sa 17 hakbang sa pagpoproseso ng business permit (renewal) at 19 steps (new), ito ay naging 2 steps na lamang at ang dating inaabot na 3-5 araw sa pagpaparehistro ng business permit, kaya nang mag-isyu ng permit sa loob ng kalahating oras dahil sa automation.

Magugunita na ang streamlining at computerization ng business registration na inilunsad noong Enero 2013 ay bunga ng pagkakapili sa Batangas City bilang isa sa tatlong

lunsod na recipients ng Project Invest ng United States Agency for International Development na naglalayong gawing competitive ang mga local government units upang lumago ang ekonomiya.

Laking pasasalamat din ni Mayor Panaligan kay Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha at sa mga mamamayan ng lunsod na isa sa mga unang nagpaabot ng tulong sa kanilang lugar ng sila ay masalanta ng bagyo noong Disyembre taong 2005.

Binisita ng delegasyon na binubuo ng humigitkumulang sa 20 katao na

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. P9096 IN REPLACEMENT OF THE GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WITH INCREASE IN THE TOTAL LAND AREA FROM TWELVE THOUSAND FIFTY SEVEN (12,057) SQ. M. TO TWELVE THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO (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

October 6 - 12, 2014

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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.

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”

- Theophrastus, philosopher

pawang mga pinuno ng iba’t ibang departamento ng pamahalaang lunsod ng Calapan ang Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) kung saan nakita nila ang pagpoproseso ng mga dokumento sa pagkuha ng business permit gayundin ang pagpoproseso ng building permit sa

Building Permit One Stop Shop.

Samantala, nagbigay ng simple tokens at souvenirs bilang pasasalamat sa kanilang pagbisita si Atty.

Dimacuha at nagbigay rin ng regalo ang pununlunsod ng Calapan.| RONNA E. CONTRERAS

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF THE CHILD DANA ALTHEA FORTUS ACOSTA ALSO KNOWN AS ALTHEA FORT US AUST RIA, WIT H APPLICATION TO CHANGE HER NAME TO ALTHEA FORTUS AUSTRIA SOUSES ROLANDO DE VILLA AUSTRIA JR. AND AILYNE F. AUSTRIA Petitioners, versus

SP. PROC. NO. 2013-248

DANILO SANTIAGO ACOSTA, Respondent. x-----------------------------------------x ORDER

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.

An Amended Petition dated June 5, 2014 has been filed by the petitioner through counsel praying the Court, that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued by this Honorable Court granting this petition for adoption of the minor by herein petitioners and for her name to be changed from DANAALTHEAFORTUS ACOSTAto ALTHEAFORTUS AUSTRIA, the full name by which she will be known 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 Novemver 18, 2014 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon before the session hall of this Court, on which date, tim 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 his Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario, Batangas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Muntinlupa City for the purposes of enabling the latter to conduct the Home and Child Study Report of the muinor to be adopted, the petitioners as well as the Danilo Santiago Acosta and to submit its report and Recommendation to this Court, at least one week before the scheduled date of hearing and the National Statistics Officefor their Comment/Opposition thereto.

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

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge

(Sgd.) DORCAS P. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge

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

Pahayagang Balikas | Sept. 29, Oct 6 & 13, 2014

Pahayagang Balikas | October 6, 13 & 20, 2014

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

Melinda Rodriguez-Landicho, Lifetimes Editor

LIFE TIMES Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Dahil sa ugaling ipinapakita magkakaroon ng balakid sa promosyon na pinapasukan.

Panahon na ng pagbago ng kaugalian na hindi katanggaptanggap sa kapwa.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Nang dahil sa krisis, ngayon ang panahon sa paghanap nang idadag­dag sa kikitain.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Isang kaibigan ang magpapakilala ng taong gustong makilala ka at kung ito ay isang Taurus o Gemini magiging matalik na magkaibigan o magkakaroon ng ugnayan sa hinaharap.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) Tamang panahon upang magkaroon ng magandang ugnayan tungkol sa negosyo.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Ang tagumpay ay depende sa responsibilidad at pagsisikap kaya pag-ibayuhin ang pagganap.

Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Ang pag-ibig ay magiging pangunahin at inspirasyon. Kung may balak dumalaw o umakyat ng ligaw, ngayon ang panahon.

Aries (Mar. 21 - April 20) Nang dahil kapos ang pera, makakabuti kung mag-budget at gumawa ng listahan ng mga bibilhin.

Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 21) Ngayon mo mapapansin ang mga maliliit na bagay na kulang sa tahanan.

Gemini (May 22 - June 21) Maluwang ang oras na mailalaan sa tahanan sa paglilinis at pag-aayos.

Ang pagkamakasarili ay mapapansin ng kasamahan na dapat baguhin upang mapalapit sa kanilang damdamin.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) Anumang suliranin sa buhay ay dapat harapin ng buo ang loob at tiyak ang solusyon ay kusang darating.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) May pagkakataon na mapapaunlad ang kalagayang pinansiyal. Manindi-gan 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.|

‘Shell’s medical mission will last as long as there are ailments to be treated’ - Geus “THE medical mission will last as long as there are ailments to be treated and we remain of service to the community.” Thus, Eduard Geus, General manager of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC)’s Tabangao refinery in a short conversation with members of the Batangas Press Club, Inc. (BPC) at the refinery premises over the weekend.

“We intend to be of utmost service, not just to the community adjacent to the refinery premises, but even beyond REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF CASE NO. 2014-251 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale underAct 3135 as amended

by Act 4116 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig Fund), mortgagee, with office address at Caedo Commercial Center, Nat’l. Hiway, Bo. Calicanto, Batangas City against VIVAN U. PEÑAFLOR married to JESSIE G. PEÑAFLOR, mortgagor/s, with residence and postal address at Libjo Central, Batangas City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 30, 2014 amounts to THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN PESOS & 91/100 (P325,867.91) including/excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee the undersigned Deputy Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court & Ex- Officio Sheriff, Rosario, Batangas, will sell at public on November 7, 2014 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Rosario, Batangas to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the described real property and its improvements thereon to wit: ORIGINAL/TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-141296 ‘A parcel of land (Lot B-4-A-7 of the subd. plan, Psd04-188136 being a portion of Lot B-4-A, Psd-04-178050, LRC Rec. No. 27138), together with all buildings and future improvementes thereon, situated in the Brgy. CalitCalit, San Juan, Batangas. Bounded on the E., along line 1-2 by Lot B-4-B; of the subd. Plan; on the S., along line 2-3 by Lot B-4-E (Road 6.00 m. wide) both of Psd-04178050; on the W., along line 3-4 by Lot B-4-A-6 of the subd. plan; on the N., along line 4-1 by Lot B-3 (LRC) Psd44988. Beginning x x x containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS. Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date it shall be held on July 18, 2014, without further notice.

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

Rosario, Batangas, May 27, 2014.

(Sgd.) ROMEO U. MACARAIG Sheriff IV Published at Pahayagang Balikas Edited at Batangas City Posted at Municipal Hall Bldg. of San Juan; Brgy. Hall of Calit-Calit; Public Market of San Juan, Batangas.

Date of Sale: November 7, 2014.

Copy furnished: PARTIES CONCERNED Warning: It is absolutely prohibited to remove deface or destroy this otice of Sale on or before the date of sale UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. Pahayagang Balikas – June 9, 16 & 23, 2014

it as we pursue preventive approach than curative one,” he added.

The recent medical-dental mission held last Sunday was the nth time that PSPC is holding through the years where hundreds of individuals were benefitted of the free check up, tooth extraction, and free medicine.

A good number of private and government medical doctors, dentists and support staffs happily shared their precious time and services witht eh company’s thrust of keeping a healthy community.

Aside from actual dental services, the Batangas Dental Society also shared some health informations.

“Our partnership with the Batangas Medical Society goes beyond medical missions like this one as the company in return has become a good partner of the society in most of their projects and programs,” Communications Manager Cesar Abaricia quipped.

Meanwhile, all employees of the refinery have their turn of serving too in the missions by becoming volunteer staffs.| JOENALD M. RAYOS & DHALENDZ R. LANDICHO

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ONE hundred and fifty people gathered last night for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Networking Night at A_Space in Makati, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy. The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) is a White House initiative designed to promote leadership skills, stimulate ASEAN networking, and deepen engagement on key regional and global challenges. The United States Embassy in Manila organized the event to introduce the new initiative to Filipino youth and encourage them to become a member. Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Brian L. Goldbeck welcomed the guests and opened the event with an overview of YSELI. John Tobit Cruz, a YSEALI member, shared his experience as the project lead of the YSEALI-funded project “Streams of Hope,” a joint river rehabilitation project between the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. Several guests joined a “Pitch Slam,” where they practiced giving a 1-minute pitch of an idea within the four pillars of YSEALI: Economic Development, Education, Civic Engagement, and Environmental Protection. Guests also enjoyed free prints of their pictures from tweets and Instagram posts with the #YSEALI hashtag.

for something, guess who actually pays for it? It’s the people who pay for these through taxes and increases in the rates and fares. It is actually a double burden on the people.

So the question is, why does the government enter into blatantly onerous, disadvantageous contracts with private corporations?

What do they gain from it?

Or the more pointed question is: Who gains from it?

Surely, government officials are not merely following the recommendations, nay dictates, of the IMF-WB to private government services.

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Failed promises of privatization Youth join US Government’s Every time the determine who gets the New Southeast Asian Initiative government commits to pay contract and what are the

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Edukasyon at pagkakaisa...

Community. Ibig sabihin nito ay mahigpit ang kompetisyon sa paghila ng mga oportunidad. Kapag kulang ang kaalaman ng mga lokal na lider natin sa ibat ibang dimensyon nito baka iwanan tayo.

Dahil ang kritikal dito ay ang lokal na governance. May mga lokal na lider pa rin na dahil sa kakulangan ng kanilang kaalaman ay patuloy na hinahayaan ang masalimuot pa ring proseso ng pagnenegosyo sa kanilang bayan.

Kahapon napakingan ko sa isang radio interview ang isang lider ng business sector sa Pilipinas na ang sabi nya ay marami sa mga negosyante sa Pilipinas ang hindi tumutuloy sa pagnenegosyo

dahil sa napakaraming requirements sa pagtatayo at renewal ng negosyo sa mga lokal na pamahalaan.

Alarming ito sapagkat tayo ay napapagod sa pangagalap ng mga investors sa ibang bansa pero tayong mga nasa baba ay mabagal ang galaw para tugunan ang pangangailangan nito. Dito ko nakikita ang pagkakaisa natin lahat.

Suportahan natin ang mga inisyatibo ng national leadership at paganahin din natin ang tamang pagpili ng lokal na lider para mayroon patutunguhan ang bansa natin. Kaya pagdating ng eleksyon, maging matalino tayo sa pagpili ng ating mga lider.|

provisions of the contract, they must be getting something out of it; some high government officials must be personally benefiting from the awarding of these contracts.

And when bribes are given by corporations to be able to corner these contracts and concessions, it is again the people who suffer as the private concessionaire would then try to recoup it through higher rates and charges.

Thus, privatization by whatever name – BuildOperate-Transfer or PublicPrivate Partnerships – is actually a burden to the people, if we let the government get away with it.|

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From rags to riches... to ruins! position in the company. The SM business empire under patriarch Henry Sy, Sr., although physically constrained, has diversified with all the Sy siblings taking on specific individual roles in what is clearly an early transition to good governance for a family-based business.  GOKONGWEI --- Of course, there are other examples like the Gokongweis’ business empire. Lance Gokongwei had to study abroad to earn his spurs before taking on a key role under patriarch John Gokongwei Sr. I recall meeting

him for the first time just fresh from school abroad in 1998.  Davao CanCham president Manuel “Bobby” Orig committed that if there are many interested families to hear Mr. Vivas go into specifics and details, CanCham can arrange a longer workshop. It will be worth doing, I’m sure, especially with the Davao business landscape that is primarily family based.

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Tanauan City gives recognition to its two dragon boat athletes TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Five gold, three silvers and three bronzes – this is the total medal haul of the Philippine National Dragon Boat Team which saw action in the recently concluded 2014 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in Poznan, Poland held from August 28-31.

Tallying medals in all of the 11 events they participated in, two members of the team, Leo M. Bumagat and Oliver P. Manaig, both natives of Tanauan City, Batangas, stood proud as they were feted by the city hall employees led by Mayor Thony C. Halili and Vice-Mayor Jhoanna C. Corona during the flag raising ceremonies held last Monday, September 22, at the Jose B. Laurel Gymnasium in this city.

The duo, both members of the newly formed Sagwan Tanawan Dragon Boat Team, were tapped for national team duties by the

Philippine Canoe and Kayak Federation, Inc. (PCKF) led by its President Ms. Jonne Go, after showing their superb paddling skills during the Philippine National Games (PNG) held last May 17-18 along the city’s Taal Lake waters.

Mayor Halili, in his congratulatory message, thanked and commended the two athletes for bringing honors not only to Tanauan City, but to the whole country. He also recognized the invaluable contribution of the PCKF in the promotion and development of the city’s eco-tourism through sports.

Also given commendations are Ms. Jonne Go of PCKF; National Team Coach Leonora Escollante; Antonio Miguel Pelayo, President of Sagwan Tanauan Dragon Boat Team; and, Christian C. Orso, named as Philippine National Athlete (Dragon Boat) by Philippine Sports Commission.| GERALD LARESMA

Mayor Thony C. Halili shows off the medals won by the two Philippine National Dragon Boat Team members Leo Bumagat (4th from left) and Oliver Manaig (2nd from right) during the 2014 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships held in Poznan, Poland on August 28-31, 2014. Also in photo are (L-R) Godofredo Burgos and Tony Pelayo of Sagwan Tanawan, Christian Orso, and ABC President Polmark Fajardo.| JUN MOJARES

KINILALA ng pamahalaang lunsod ang mga mag-aaral ng Colegio ng Lunsod Batangas na nag-uwi ng mga medalya mula sa 7th Regional Quiz Bee.|

Mga mag-aaral ng Colegio ng Lunsod Batangas, kinilala NAKUHA ng mga mag-aaral ng Colegio ng Lungsod ng Batangas (CLB) ang ikatlong pwesto sa 7th Regional Quiz Bee ng Philippine Association for Teacher Education (PAFTE IV-A) noong September 24, 2014.

Ang Quiz Bee ay nilahukan ng mga 3rd at 4th year students ng kursong Bachelor of Elementary Education at Bachelor of Secondary Education mula sa 61 paaralan sa buong CALABARZON region.

Ang grupo ng CLB ay binubuo nina Redgelyn C. Dimayuga, Racquel E. Madrigal at Dennis Mae, 4th year sa kursong Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEED). Naging coach ng grupo si Gng. Margorie de Jesus, at trainors naman ang lahat ng mga guro sa CLB Teacher Education Department.

Ayon kay Dr. Feliciana Adarlo, CLB Dean of Instructions, labis ang kanilang kasiyahan sa pagkakapanalo ng mga naturang magaaral, lalo pa nga’t marami at malalaking kolehiyo ang nakatunggali ng CLB sa kumpetisyong ito. Sinabi rin ni Adarlo na

nagtulong tulong ang mga guro upang higit na maihanda ang mga tatlong mag-aaral sa kumpetisyon.

Ang mga tanong sa Quiz Bee ay base sa 10 professional subjects kagaya ng Principles of Teaching, Assessment of Learning, Educational Technology, Child and Adolescent Development, K to 12 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at iba pa. Ito ay idinaos sa Batangas City Sports Coliseum, kung saan naging host nito ang University of Batangas at ang CLB. Nanguna sa Quiz Bee ang St. Michael College ng Biñan, Laguna; tie sa 2nd place ang Saint Bridget College, Batangas City at Western College ng Quezon Province.

Bukod sa Quiz Bee ay nagkaroon rin seminar on Pedagogical Competencies for K to 12’s grades 11 and 12. Naging guest speaker dito si Dr. Aristeo Aguire ng De La Salle Dasmariñas, Cavite at Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Director, Dr. Emmylou Yanga.| MARIE V. LUALHATI

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Asia Pacific SABRE Awards names Shell PH country chair as CEO of the Year SHELL Philippines Country Chairman Edgar O. Chua was cited as the CEO of the Year in the 2014 Asia Pacific SABRE Awards.

Edgar O. Chua, country chairman of Shell companies in the Philippines, was given the highest and most prestigious honor at the 2014 Asia Pacific SABRE (Superior Achievement in Branding Reputation and Engagement) Awards held recently in Beijing, China.

Chua was named CEO of the Year for his outstanding and effective use of communications to advance the reputation of the energy and gas technology company in the Philippines, as well as for his strategic use of commu-nications and public relations as a management function.

The CEO of the Year award is under the category of Diamond SABRE Awards for Excellence in

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The award is also a timely recognition for the chief executive being the leader of Shell Philippines on its centennial anniversary in the country this year.

Shell companies in the Philippines country chairman Edgar Chua with the 2014 Asia Pacific SABRE CEO of the Year Award.

In the Gold Awards covering communications and marketing Practice Areas, Shell was also listed as finalists for its “I Commit” Integrity Campaign under the Employee Communications category, and the “Gas Up, Get free Coca-Cola” consumer promotional campaign under the Integrated Marketing category.

The finalists were selected from a record total of 1,400 entries across the region, judged as impressive in both quality and quantity by

Shell companies in the Philippines country chairman Edgar Chua with the 2014 Asia Pacific SABRE CEO of the Year Award. seasoned public relations veterans gathered from all sides of the business and from all major markets in the Asia Pacific.

The SABRE Awards is the world’s largest competition in the public relations industry, celeb-

rating PR campaigns that demonstrate the highest levels of creativity, integrity, and effectiveness in brand building and corporate branding. It is now on its 25th year globally, and sixth in the Asia Pacific region.|

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