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Toddler dies in hot car
MORE COPS SOUGHT TO FIGHT CRIME Aquino urged to recruit 50,000
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R6-billion pirated goods destroyed 4
Mayor, 7 others convicted for fraud 5
Americans, Algeria advance in World Cup 16
SHOWN in this ďŹ le photo taken May 3, 2013 are members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Camp Crame.
Jennylyn makes a confession
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Pinay killed using cheap USB charger in Sydney
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Alcala is highest paid in Cabinet of President Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala maintained the distinction of being the highest paid member of the Aquino Cabinet in 2013 despite a R2-million reduction from what he received a year before. The Commission on Audit (CoA) disclosed that Alcala, who is smarting from accusations of involvement in the multi-billion peso “pork barrel” fund scam, was the top-grossing Cabinet official for two years, getting paid R4,217,650 last year. Alcala’s earnings went down from his 2012 pay of R6.04 million, CoA said in the 2013 Report of Salaries and Allowances (RoSA).
However, his 2013 pay is nearly double that of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz, who ranked as the second top earner with R2.294 million. Justice Secretary Leila M. de Lima ranked as the third highest paid with R2.18 million in 2013. She was closely followed by Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona with R2.164 million in total earnings for the same year. Commission on Higher Education chairperson Patricia B. Licuanan came in fifth with R2.102 million, followed by Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla, R2.062 million. Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad, also a pork barrel fund
scam personality, took the seventh spot with R2.018 million while Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo is eighth, earning R1.99 million. The last two slots went to Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio A. Abaya whose pay totaled R1.921 million and Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin with R1.916 million. As Cabinet secretary, Alcala received R1,085,940 basic salary, R29,000 honoraria, R577,939.18 allowances, R127,190 bonuses and incentives, and R291,999.95 discretionary funds for a total of R2,082,069.14. (Ben R. Rosario)
PH crime rate up, says police The Philippine National Police (PNP) admitted yesterday that the crime rate in the country has increased during the past five months compared to the same period last year. However, the PNP also said that despite the spike in the crime volume, crime solution efficiency rate also increased compared to the same period in 2013. The PNP emphasized that the increase in the crime volume was mainly due to the correct reporting from police commanders. Data released by the PNP Direc-
torate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) indicated a total of 289,198 cases recorded from January up to May this year, 17.86 percent (or 43,851) higher compared to the 245,347 reported for the first five months of 2013. The data, however, posted a crime solution efficiency rate (CSER) of 49.25 percent during the period in review, which is higher than the 38.56 percent that was achieved last year, police said. Based on their record, the DIDM noted that the country has an average monthly crime rate of 58.07,
which is again higher than the 50.22 that was recorded in the same period last year. The DIDM further said the increase in crime rate nationwide can be attributed to the correct reporting of police commanders that veered away from the practice of misreporting or underreporting done by some commanders in the past. According to the DIDM, the “under counting of crime” was made due to policies “giving pressure to chiefs of police to maintain a low crime volume and high crime solution efficiency” and some local chief executives (LCEs) who pressure their chiefs of police to maintain a good image for their towns and cities. It also cited varying practices of police stations in counting crime, and that offenses involving and women and children are not counted or included in the number of crime. (Elena L. Aben)
Angara bats for more policemen By HANNAH TORREGOZA
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has batted for more policemen to address the increasing crime incidents in the country. Angara yesterday urged President Aquino to announce in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) a massive police recruitment program to beef up the country’s national police force. Angara said at least 50,000 policemen should be recruited to improve the cop-to-population ratio to an ideal one per 500 people. In fact, Angara added, the ideal police-population ratio “is not an option but a mandate of law, Republic Act 6975, the 1989 law creating the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).” But a quarter of a century since it was passed, the policeman-topopulation ratio, which on paper currently stands at one per 675, has never been achieved, the senator pointed out. “If I may give an unsolicited advice, I think the President should announce a massive policemen recruitment program in his second-to-the-last SONA,” Angara said, an ally of the administration. With a current population of 100 million, the senator said the country needs about 200,000 policemen, but the authorized “uni-
formed personnel ceiling” of the PNP is only around 151,410. “Filling all of these, plus adding more should be part of the last two years agenda of the Aquino administration,” he said. “It will send a comforting message to the nation that more men are being suited up to roll back crime,” the neophyte senator stressed. He said Aquino’s SONA announcement could be followed through with a request for Congress to approve funds that can be used for the hiring of rookies in the 2015 national budget. Angara suggested that 25,000 policemen be hired in 2015 and the same number in 2016. “The initial cost of hiring 25,000 new cops, assuming they will join the service in the second half of the year, is about R5 billion,” Angara said. While there is inevitably going to be a question of funding, the senator said the government can make use of the pork barrel funds of the senators that was scrapped in the 2014 national budget which is at R3.2-billion. “If we are looking for a project to which we can re-channel the scuttled PDAF funds, then what could be more worthy than hiring more policemen to keep our communities and children safe?” the lawmaker explained.
NTC acts vs spam messages
PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) passengers onboard the airline’s brand new Airbus A330-300 bound for Abu Dhabi are shown enjoying PAL’s newest iN-AiR product which allows passengers to surf and browse thru the Internet, send/receive text messages and calls, and enjoy wireless entertainment while in-flight. The app can be downloaded from the Apple Store for iOS devices or Google Play for Android devices. Prior to boarding, passengers were guided by PAL employees on how to access the latest technology.
The National Telecommunications Commission ordered Caritas Health Shield, Inc. and Center for Global Best Practices to immediately stop sending spam messages to customers of Globe Telecom. The order is expected to provide respite to Globe consumers who constantly receive annoying spam messages. The order is stipulated in showcause orders issued by NTC against Caritas and CGBP, relating to separate complaints filed by Globe Telecom against the two companies whose agents
and employees are involved in sending unsolicited promotional text messages to Globe mobile customers. The legal action taken by the telecommunications provider against Caritas and CGBP is in line with the telco company’s intensified campaign to combat text spam, prompted by constant customer service complaints on the issue. Globe specifically asked the regulatory body to order Caritas, a health insurance company, and CGBP, which offers various training and seminar courses, the
payment of appropriate fines and penalties for sending annoying text spam to Globe subscribers. Globe also asked the NTC to permanently bar Caritas and CGBP, its agents and employees from sending spam texts to Globe customers. The regulatory body also ordered the two companies to appear before the commission on July 15 and to explain in writing within 15 days from receipt of the order why it should not be administratively sanctioned for such violation.
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WORLD NEWS
NoKor tests new guided missile
SEOUL (AFP) ̵ North Korea announced on Friday the successful test of a new high-precision, tactical guided missile, as its army threatened a “devastating” retaliation against South Korea for carrying out live fire drills near their maritime border. The launch of the “cuttingedge” missile was watched by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, according to the North’s official KCNA news agency, which hailed the test as a “breakthrough” in national defence capability. North Korea is not known to have a tactical guided missile, but analysis of a recent propaganda film suggested it may have acquired a variant of a Russian cruise missile, the KH-35. KCNA did not specify the timing of the test, but it appeared to
coincide with the firing on Thursday of what South Korea described as three short-range projectiles into the Sea of Japan (East Sea). The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North’s ruling party, published pictures Friday of the new missile being tested with Kim in attendance. Kim reportedly stressed the weapon’s importance in providing a credible “pre-emptive” strike capability. South Korea’s defense ministry related the latest test to Pyongyang’s efforts to improve its large-calibre multiple rocket launching (MRL) systems. “The MRL ranges have been extended and guidance capabilities a d d e d t o t h e p r o j e c t i l e s ,” spokesman Kim Min-Seok said. Washington said it was looking
into the technical specifics to determine the threat level. “Technically, obviously any launch of anything is problematic, is escalatory in nature, is threatening,” said US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf. O n T h u r s d ay, t h e Ko re a n People’s Army (KPA) released a statement on KCNA condemning recent South Korean live fire exercises near their disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea. The statement described the drills as a “reckless provocation” and warned that frontline KPA units had rounded off preparations for a “devastating strike” in retaliation. “All they are waiting for is the order to be given by the Supreme Command,” it said.
Pinay dies using cheap USB charger Sydney (AFP) ̵ Australian authorities issued a warning about cheap, non-compliant USBstyle chargers Friday after a young woman died from apparent electrocution while using a laptop and possibly a smart phone. The 28-year-old was found wearing headphones and with her computer in her lap with burns on her chest and ears at a home in Gosford, north of Sydney, in April. Police are still investigating the circumstances of the death but
the Department of Fair Trading, which has assisted with the case, suggested a sub-standard mobile phone charger could be to blame. The woman, whom reports said was from the Philippines but had recently become an Australian citizen, had headphones plugged into her laptop, which was connected to a power socket to charge. “The phone was also plugged into a USB-style charger. That charger had failed,” Lynelle Collins from the New South Wales Department of Fair Trading told AFP.
“Somehow power from that charger has connected to her body. Whether she had it (the phone) to her ear or was holding it in her hand, we don’t know.” Collins said ideally people should avoid using their mobile phones while the devices were charging, but in any case they should avoid non-approved chargers. “We are trying to alert people to the concern that sometimes when you buy really cheap chargers, they aren’t compliant with... (safety) standards,” she said.
Hyperthermia kills child left in hot SUV MARIETTA, Ga. ̵ A medical examiner in Georgia says hyperthermia was the cause of death for a toddler left for hours in his father’s SUV. The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office says in a news release that toxicology results are still pending but that it believes the cause of death was hyperthermia and the manner of death was homicide. Hyperthermia is a condition in which the temperature of the body spikes due to the heat. The boy died on June 18 after his father, 33-year-old Justin Ross Harris, left him in the hot car for several hours. MURDER CHARGES After having breakfast with his son at a restaurant last week, Harris was supposed to drop the 22-month-old toddler at a day-care center on his way to work. Instead, Harris, of Marietta, went to his office and left the
HARRIS and his son child for seven hours in the heat strapped into his car’s infant seat, Cobb County police said, according to a new arrest warrant in the case. Harris was initially charged with felony murder and first-degree child cruelty. The child cruelty charge has been downgraded to second degree. Under Georgia law, a person commits second-degree child cruelty by subjecting a child to “excessive physical pain”
through criminal negligence. Firstdegree child cruelty is defined as “maliciously” causing pain to a child. Temperatures in the Atlanta area reached 92 degrees (33 C) that day, according to the National Weather Service. In an updated arrest warrant issued Tuesday, police said that during his lunch hour, Harris went to his office parking lot and placed something in his SUV through the driver’s side door, then returned to his office. The warrant did not say whether Harris realized that the child was in the car when he returned to it at lunch. Cobb police spokesman Michael Bowman declined to comment Wednesday. Later that afternoon, Harris left work with the baby still in the rear-facing car seat and pulled into a shopping center parking lot, removed the child from the car and sought assistance, police said. (AP/Reuters)
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NORTH Korea has threatened US of war over the move ‘The Interview’ that involves an assassination plot on Kim Jong-un. (YouTube screen shot)
Comedy, no joke for Kim
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ̵ North Korea is warning that the release of a new American comedy about a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an “act of war.” If the US government doesn’t block the movie’s release, it will face “stern” and “merciless” retaliation, an unidentified spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in state media Wednesday. He didn’t mention the movie by name but was clearly referring to “The Interview,” which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as a producer and talk-show host who land an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator and are then asked by the CIA to assassinate him. The “reckless US provocative insanity” of mobilizing a “gangster filmmaker” to challenge the North’s leadership is triggering “a gust of hatred and rage” among North Korean people and soldiers, the spokesman said, in typically heated propaganda language. The film’s release would be considered an “act of war that we will never tolerate,” he said.
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Marlboro HeatSticks RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ̵ Philip Morris International Inc. is hoping to capitalize on the growing appetite for alternatives to traditional smokes like e-cigarettes with a new Marlboro-branded product that heats tobacco rather than burning it. The world’s second-biggest tobacco company on Thursday detailed its plans to release the Marlboro HeatSticks in cities in Japan and Italy later this year, with further expansion plans in 2015. The products represent another run at improving heating technologies that failed when originally introduced in the 1990s. The short, cigarette-like sticks are heated to maximum of 660 degrees Fahrenheit (350 degrees Celsius) in a hollow pen-like device called iQOS (pronounced EYE-cohs) to create a tobacco-flavored nicotine vapor. Unlike popular e-cigarettes that use liquid nicotine, HeatSticks contain real tobacco, a point the company believes will make them more attractive to cigarette smokers.
Boy wins right to keep hair long WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – A New Zealand schoolboy on Friday won a court battle over his Catholic high school to keep his hair long. Sixteen-year-old Lucan Battison was suspended last month from St. John’s College in the town of Hastings. Principal Paul Melloy said Battison had breached a rule that states students must keep their hair short, tidy, off their collars and out of their eyes. But Battison argued his naturally curly hair would look messy if cut short and he was prepared to wear it in a bun to comply with the school’s rules. In his decision, New Zealand High Court judge David Collins found that both Battison’s suspension and the school’s hair rules were unlawful. The judge found the schoolboy’s actions hadn’t reached the legal threshold for suspension, which stipulates a student’s “gross misconduct or continual disobedience” is harmful or dangerous to other students. The judge ordered the school’s board of trustees to pay the court costs.
Prepare for El Niño, UN warns Geneva (AFP) - The “El Niño” phenomenon, which sparks climate extremes around the globe, is likely to take hold in the Pacific Ocean by the end of the year and could even do so within weeks, the UN said on Thursday. There was an 80 percent likelihood that El Niño could start between October and November and 60 percent that it would do so between now and end of August, said the UN’s weather agency, the World Meterological Organization.
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NEWS ROUNDUP Boy drowns in estero A seven-year-old boy from Sta. Cruz, Manila reportedly drowned at Estero de Antipolo in Tondo, Manila while swimming during a heavy downpour on Thursday. SPO3 Glenzor A. Vallejo of the homicide section of the Manila Police District (MPD) identified the victim as Jonard Pinoquio. Pinoquio and friend Joseph, 12, agreed to swim despite the dangers posed by the heavy downpour and possible rise in the water level in the estero. Moments later, witnesses said the victim was seen crying for help as he was being swept away by strong current. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) diver Renel Quiacos retrieved the boy’s body and tried to revive him but to no avail. (Jenny F. Manongdo)
Student almost falls prey An 18-year-old student nearly lost her cellphone to a group of minors posing as students in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Pamela Ann Nicole Baculi, a management accounting student of Lyceum of the Philippines University in Intramuros. Baculi told police that she and her classmate Ivy were talking on their way out of Gate 1 in Intramuros when she suddenly felt a hand opening her backpack. She looked back and saw one of the suspects take her Samsung Galaxy cellphone out of her bag. PO2 Ryan Paculan of the Crimes Against Property section of the Manila Police District (MPD), in a report, said Baculi was able to grab the hand of the suspect but she was pushed aside by another suspect who held a knife that scared her. Paculan, in civilian clothes who was then patrolling the area in line with this year’s “Balik Eskwela” program, heard Baculi’s cry for help, ran after the suspects, and collared them. (Jenny F. Manongdo)
R6-B fake goods destroyed By ELENA L. ABEN
Authorities destroyed thousands of counterfeit designer goods and pirated compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) in Camp Crame, Quezon City yesterday. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said they were part of the more than R6 billion in counterfeit and pirated goods seized during the first five months of this year. Citing statistics released by the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR), the PNP said there were more pirated items seized in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year. The PNP said R6,845,000,802 in pirated items were seized from January to May this year compared to the R2,173,261,017 during the same period in 2013,
an increase of 214.96 percent. The PNP staged the ceremonial destruction of the fake items together with other memberagencies of the NCIPR. A road roller and an excavator were used to destroy them. “Counterfeiting and piracy are harmful to the Philippine economy and to the security and health of the local consumers. The activities can discourage foreign and local investments in the country and have been noted to result in job losses and foregone tax revenues,” said lawyer Ricardo R. Blancaflor, director general of
the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). PNP chief Director Gen. Alan L.M. Purisima said, “Our desire to enhance the protection and enforcement of this multifaceted social setback will not be completely successful if not with the help of consumers. Let me remind the community that any kind of counterfeiting and piracy will never be legal.” “Purchase of counterfeit goods encourages people behind this unlawful activity to produce even more products because of the demand,” Purisima added.
R40-M drainage project The Quezon City government will start a R40.23-million drainage improvement project on Elliptical Road in August. Joselito Cabungcal, chief of the Quezon City Engineering Department (QCED), appealed to the people to bear with the traffic and asked for patience and understanding during the construction period. Cabungcal said the little sacrifice will eventually pay huge dividends as the 180-day project will put an end to the floods in the area. “We all have to make sacrifices. The completion of the project has a long term benefit. So I urge the public to exercise discipline. And please bear with us,’’ Cabungcal said. (Chito A. Chavez)
Police probe death The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is thoroughly investigating the death of a 26-year-old stock broker who allegedly fell from the 18th floor of a high-rise condominium in Quezon City last Thursday. Insp. Elmer Monsalve, chief of the QCPD Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) in Camp Karingal, said investigators have yet to determine if Justin Tuquib, single, of 85 Speaker Perez St., Barangay Lourdes, Quezon City, jumped or accidentally fell to his death. “Under investigation pa ang nasabing kaso. Lahat ng anggulo tinitignan namin,” Monsalve said. PO2 Alvin Quisumbing is leading the investigation. (Francis T. Wakefield with Svetlana Sidro, trainee)
Lady pusher arrested A big-time lady pusher was arrested while an estimated R200,000 in illegal drugs said to be shabu were confiscated from her by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during an entrapment operation last Wednesday in Quezon City. Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr., PDEA director general, identified the suspect as Juvylen Dumat-ol, alias “Jovy,” 41, of Type C, NBP Reservation, Poblacion, Muntinlupa City. Cacdac said that based on reports he received, the suspect was nabbed at 5:30 p.m. in Cubao, Quezon City. He said operatives of the PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (PDEA RO-NCR) under lawyer Jacquelyn de Guzman arrested Dumat-ol after she allegedly sold 100 grams of suspected shabu placed inside a plastic bag to a poseur-buyer. (Francis T. Wakefield)
A ROAD roller crushes counterfeit goods during a ceremonial destruction yesterday in Camp Crame, Quezon City. (Photo by Mark Balmores)
Woman loses R5M to con artist A woman allegedly lost close to R5 million in cash and valuables to a suspected member of the DugoDugo Gang in Quezon City last Thursday. Initial reports reaching the Quezon City Police District-Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU) in Camp Karingal identified the victim as Virgina Wee. Police said the victim allegedly lost R4,720,000 in cash, pieces of jewelry, and documents in the alleged swindling incident that transpired between 12:15 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. Police said the woman was represented by her daughter, lawyer
Sonia Bea Wee-Lozada, 33, married, of Unit D, 15 Acacia St., Barangay Mariana, Quezon City, in filing a complaint before the police. Investigation disclosed that the victim’s househelp, Joan Magsayo, was inside their house when she allegedly received a call from an unidentified female who said that Virginia and her employer Felip were involved in a vehicular accident and were in dire need of cash money to settle the incident. Police said that according to Magsayo, the caller was instructed by Virginia to call her and look for money and pieces of jewelry inside the victim’s closet inside her bedroom.
Believing that her employer was the one who instructed the caller, Magsayo gathered the money and pieces of jewelry and proceeded to the 7-11 convenience store on EDSA corner Quezon Ave. Upon arrival, Magsayo was met by the caller and handed the items to her. She was instructed by the caller to wait for employer who will fetch her. However, after one hour of waiting, her employer failed to appear, promoting Magsayo to call the female. She was then instructed to go home instead and look for additional money. (Francis T. Wakefield with Svetlana Sidro, trainee)
Cebu mayor, 7 others convicted for fraud The Sandiganbayan convicted Aloguinsan, Cebu Mayor Cynthia Moreno and seven other officials for Graft and Corrupt Practices in connection with the procurement of construction materials in 2007, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) announced yesterday. In a 27-page resolution, the anti-graft court’s First Division also convicted members of the town’s bids and awards committee composed of municipal civil registrar Pepito Manguilimotan,
budget officer Nonela Villegas, municipal agricultural officer Marilyn Flordeliza, utility worker Gertrudes Ababon, assessor John Lim, utility worker Emilia Luz Celis and the town engineer Orven Nengasca. The OMB said the accused were sentenced up to 10 years in jail with additional penalty of perpetual disqualification from holding public office. Evidence presented during the trial proved that no public bidding was conducted for the
purchase of 311 sheets of composite aluminum panels and other construction materials worth more than R1.1 million from Diamond Interior Industries Corporation (DIIC). The anti-graft court ruled that the accused gave unwarranted benefits to the supplier through manifest partiality, evident bad faith and inexcusable neglect when “the panels were already purchased prior to the supposed August 25, 2007 public bidding.” (Jun Ramirez)
SAN ISIDRO, Isabela – A local government worker was killed after he shot dead a policeman and wounded another cop who were trying to arrest him for terrorizing his neighbors in Barangay Nagbukel, here, late Thursday night. Senior Supt. Sotero Ramos Jr., Isabela police director, identified the slain suspect as Emelito San Jose, 47. Ramos said police operatives were forced to shoot San Jose when the latter shot their fellow cops SPO1 Dominador Ponce, Jr., an investigator; and SPO4
Deocorozo Ruiz, team leader of the Mobile Patrol Group of San Isidro Police. Ponce died on the spot while Ruiz was critically wounded. Senior Inspector Ruby Capinpin, San Isidro Police chief, said Ruiz’s group was dispatched to Barangay Nagbukel at about 11:45 p.m. after receiving complaints from villagers that the suspect was indiscriminately firing his gun. Upon the arriving in the suspect’s house, the cops talked to San Jose’s wife who complained that she was being threatened
by her husband. At this juncture, the suspect entered his house through the kitchen door and fired shots at the lawmen, hitting SPO1 Ponce and SPO4 Ruiz. The other cops retaliated, killing the suspect. “Nagkaroon ng away ang mag-asawa at madalas n’ya kasi itong saktan, base ito sa imbestigasyon. Umuwi sa magulang ang babae at sinundan ng suspect na nooy lasing bitbit ang cal. 45 na ginamit sa indiscriminate firing,” Capinpin said. (Liezle Basa Inigo)
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A WORKER fills a large hole with sandbags to prevent accidents during the rainy season at the DPWH drainage system rehabilitation project site at the corner of Hermosa and Juan Luna Streets in Tondo, Manila, yesterday. (Photo by Jacqueline Hernandez)
School principal robbed, Man killed after shooting cops receives text from suspect
Samar mayor, 2 execs face raps A Samar mayor and two other key officials are facing criminal and administrative charges for allegedly not remitting the monthly Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) premiums from 2008 to 2012 of town officials and employees. In a 14-page resolution, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales declared that there was sufficient evidence to indict San Sebastian Mayor Arnold Abalos, municipal treasurer Virgina Uy and municipal accountant Pepita Mabini. The respondents were charged with 40 counts of violation of the Section 5 of the the GSIS Act of 1997 (RA 8291). Based on the statement of account issued by GSIS, the municipality did not remit the GSIS premiums covering the months of April 2008 to December 2009, May to September 2010, February to July 2011, September to December 2011, and January to April 2012.
The GSIS collection notice indicated outstanding liabilities
amounting to P7.6 million. (Jun Ramirez)
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – A school principal lost cash, cellphones and other valuables to a thief who later sent her a text message informing her that he committed the crime to save his sick mother. Mrs. Leonila de Guzman Timbol, 61, principal of Belen Homesite Elementary School, told police that the robbery took place in her school office last Thursday. She narrated that at 1:30 p.m., she went out of her room to clarify something with her co-teachers. When she returned, she saw an unidentified man standing in front of her office. “I asked him, bakit nandyan ka?, and he replied, nakipaghugas lang po,’’ Timbol was quoted as saying. Timbol said that when the man left, she saw important papers
scattered inside her room and that her bag she left on the table was missing. She said among the items taken by the suspect were R12,000 cash, an iPhone worth R30, 000, and a Samsung cell phone worth R6, 000. She said the robber later sent her a text message: “Kelangan ko ito dahil may sakit ang nanay kong si Anna Tuazon na nasa Jose B. Lingad (JBL) hospital.” Responding lawmen learned from bystanders in the area that the suspect, clad in orange T-shirt and maong pants, fled on board a tricycle towards McArthur Hi-way, this city. The principal appealed for the swift arrest of the suspect, adding the incident might happen again to other teachers and in other schools. (Franco G. Regala)
Miner gunned down BISLIG CITY – A gold miner was shot dead the other night by unidentified gunmen inside a shanty house in Canugas area, Sitio Agutay, Barangay Tambis, Barobo, Surigao del Sur. Supt. Romaldo G. Bayting, public information officer of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13), said the
victim, Oscar B. Samosino, 27, of Barangay Tapia, Montevista, Compostela Valley province, was drinking coffee when he was killed. The victim succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds. Police have yet to establish the motive behind the killing. (Mike U. Crismundo)
Not connected with Sarangani gov’t SEN. Cynthia A. Villar leads over 300 volunteers, including students from Las Piñas and Parañaque schools, in cleaning the coastline of Manila Bay at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area (LPPCHEA), the last remaining beach and mangrove area in Metro Manila in observation of the World Environment Day and Philippine Arbor Day. She also led the planting of Bani, a medical tree, yesterday. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)
The public information office (PIO) of the provincial government of Sarangani clarified yesterday that former board member Hanafi Abdullatip Ibrahim, who is facing criminal charges for alleged failure to liquidate cash advances amounting to R340,000, is no longer connected with the governor’s office. “For purposes of clarification,
Ibrahim was a former executive assistant during the term of the previous governor. Ibrahim had thus ceased to be connected with the Office of the Provincial Governor when the last term of the previous administration ended in 2013,” according to the advisory sent to Tempo by the Sarangani government PIO.
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Jullie Y. Daza
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Noranians, pray
AKE it or leave it, I have a theory to explain why President Aquino withheld the National Artist award from Superstar Nora Aunor. There’s no mystery behind the curtain, the reason simply being that he’s not a Noranian, he’s a Vilmanian. Of course I had no chance to confirm this at the Philippine Bar Association’s 123rd anniversary dinner at Manila Polo Club last Thursday, where Mr. Aquino thanked his hosts for supporting his stand to have the then Chief Justice impeached and convicted by Congress. The President left his palace at 6 p.m. and arrived at the club at 7:30, one hour later than stipulated in the formal invitations. Being late is not usual with the President, but even if he had a wang-wang escort, which he did not, what could he do? Traffic was so bad – even without floods, reblocking, bus-versus-truck accident, pay day gimmicks – that he arrived ahead of his advance party! Immediately after his speech – there was no open forum – the President took his leave, eager to do battle with the traffic waiting outside the gates of the club. As dinner was being served, Lor-
na Kapunan, a member of PBA who once served on the board of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, walked nonlawyers Lin Bildner and myself through the vetting process for National Artists. The first list of candidates is submitted by an artist’s peers in his or her field of discipline, then it goes to CCP and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and from there to Malacañang’s Honors Committee before it finally reaches the President, for his eyes only. By then, that last stage has become purely a “ministerial” function, to quote Atty. Kapunan. She stressed, “There’s no morality clause.” Lorna believes that if Noranians pray hard enough, the President might be moved to change his mind. (Knowing the President, do you think he would?) Barring that, the case could be elevated to the Supreme Court, as what happened to President GMA’s pre-2010 nominees. The high court ruled against Carlos Caparas and company, but Bobby Manosa could have made the cut for inclusion in batch 2014, except that his nomination was caught in paper traffic, it came too late.
A message from Pope Francis W
HEN Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina was elected at the Vatican consistory on March 13, 2013, he quickly showed the world that he was a different kind of pope. He chose the name Pope Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, a poor man. He retained his simple vestments and kept his iron pectoral cross. He asked the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to pray for him and his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI. He took the bus back to his hotel with the other cardinals, then chose to live in the Vatican guest house instead of the official papal residence in the Apostolic Palace. He proceeded, in the following months, to show how different he was from previous popes. On Holy Thursday, he washed the feet of 10 male and two female young offenders, from one of Rome’s prisons. He abolished bonuses paid to cardinals on the Board of Supervisors of the Vatican Bank, then proceeded to reform it. He named a group of eight cardinals to study a plan to revise the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia. He declined the use of the Popemobile, preferring to mix with the crowds, even in his visit to the Middle East. While he maintained the church’s teachings on abortion, contraception, and homosexuality, he said gay people should not be marginalized. He was committed to interfaith dialogue and joined with leaders of the Jewish, Muslim, and the Evangelical and Orthodox Christian faiths to pray for peace in the Middle East and the rest of the world. On January 15, 2015, Pope Francis will be coming to Manila after a visit to Sri Lanka. Vatican officials had earlier said the Pope wanted to visit the victims of super-typhoon “Yolanda” in the Visayas. Palo (Leyte) Archbishop John Du said the papal visit would be a tremendous boost to the morale of the typhoon survivors as they struggle to rebuild their lives. Philippine lawmakers led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. have announced their desire to invite the Pope, who is Sovereign of the Vatican City State, to address Congress. The Pope might not be inclined to meet with political leaders as much as with ordinary people, especially the poor. Last May, in a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, he urged the leaders of the world to “prevent excessive monetary ambitions.” In his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, he spoke against “an economy of exclusion and inequality.” He added: “To all this we can add widespread corruption and self-serving tax evasion, which has taken on worldwide dimensions. The thirst for power and possessions knows no limits.” He might want to give our leaders a similar reminder, a similar message.
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Dear Manay Gina Gina de Venecia
Changing my religion Dear Manay Gina, I am going through the process of changing my religion in order to marry the man I love, whose family wishes us to be married in their church. While it doesn’t bother me, I feel that my parents are concerned because we practice a different religion. How do I reconcile this separation between me and my parents? I am very confused and concerned about the future of our relationship. Josie Dear Josie, Your motives for conversion should be based on your attachment to this belief, and not solely based on appeasing your boyfriend or his family. After all, religion will be a part of you and something that you
will acknowledge and celebrate throughout your life. I think it is vital that you talk to your parents about how you see your future, what is important t o y o u a n d w h y. B e c a u s e , ultimately, when it comes to these fundamental aspects of your life, you need to have a mutual respect and understanding. I think you also need to really ask yourself if you would continue with the conversion if it were not for him. If you were to break up, would you still want to convert? Because if the answer is no, then you need to be honest with yourself and recognize that being deceitful about something like this is not a great way to start a marriage. Affectionately, Manay Gina *** “Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.” – Flavius Josephus *** Send questions to manaygina@hotmail.com
Aquino signs free mobile disaster act Mobile phone users would soon receive free alerts on imminent threats from natural disasters and other calamities as part of a new national public safety system. President Aquino has signed Republic Act (RA) No. 10639 mandating the country’s telecommunications service providers to send free mobile notifications related to disaster preparedness and response. Under RA 10639, also known as “The Free Mobile Disaster Act,” the government seeks to inform and protect the people in case of natural or man-made disasters and calamities to prevent injuries, destruction, and loss of lives and property. “In the event of an impending tropical storm, typhoon, tsunami, or other calamities, mobile phone service providers are mandated
to send out alerts at regular intervals as required by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), and other relevant agencies,” the law read. The free alerts will consist of up-to-date information from the relevant agencies and will be sent directly to mobile phone subscribers located within affected areas. The alerts will also include contact information of local government units and other agencies involved in disaster response as well as relevant information such as evacuation centers, relief sites, and pick-up points. (Genalyn D. Kabiling)
Special Report Erik Espina
‘Hello Garci’
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HILE national attention is on the telenovela like pace of the “pork barrel scam”, with the arrest of alleged high profile perpetrators, few however sense the political legerdemain proceeding from what has been viewed by e.g. close a million trooping Rizal Park in protest and express indignation over the profligate stewardship of multi-billion public funds directly funneled to the pockets of an appropriation/ budgetary process captured by thievery. The sheer volume alone of the 52,000-53,000 page documents submitted
Reflections Today
The boy Jesus in the temple Gospel Reading: Lk 2:41-51 ACH year [Jesus’] parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and all
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by the prosecution, testimonies, cross examinations, objections etc. legal eagles predict given the time-motion of Philippine court trial, said cases may drag beyond 2016. While members of the Church have pitched their asseveration to ferret justice in what is “organized confusion” over the loss of people’s money. There may be a creative conductor of this “organized confusion”, to deflect people resurrecting the more substantive albeit dormant issue of “Hello Garci”? Absconding the peoples will must occupy the greatest value in a democracy. And over a multi-million, multi-billion peso scandal. The salient questions festering: 1) Fraud existing in our national elections? 2) Can Senate & Presidential Results
be manipulated – as in 2004? 3) Was Fernando Poe Jr. the legitimately elected President of the country then? 4) Why has investigations into this unrivaled question hibernated? 5) Why are the Comelec suspects – including GMA – not investigated and cases filed against them? 6) Why are “Garci’s” people promoted under this Administration? 7) Why the Senate skirted probing the 2004 Presidential Elections, given the new regime of “tuwid na daan”, to correct history? Or express via Resolution re the massive fraud; the robbing of the people’s will? 8) Is it because the 2010 “Hocus-Pcos results may be highlighted? The Yellow title and 2013 tenuous? Hence better to explode the PDAF Scam instead.
who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said to them. He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. Reflections WITH GREAT ANXIETY. In popular iconography, while the Sacred Heart of Jesus bears a crown of thorns, the Immaculate Heart of Mary is pierced by a sword, inspired by the prophecy of Simeon (cf Lk 2:34-35). The Gospel—the only boyhood narrative in the gospels—tells of Jesus’ Passover pilgrimage to the Jerusalem temple in the company of his parents. At 12 years, the boy is at the threshold of
manhood. And the first act of the “adult” Jesus is his declaration of total availability to God: he must be in his Father’s house or do his Father’s work. Jesus’ obedience to the Father’s will has precedence over human family ties. Mary does not remain untouched by Jesus’ choice. She suffers when she momentarily loses Jesus. Her heart will be pierced when Jesus leaves her behind in Nazareth to begin his public ministry. She will suffer even more when Jesus will be contradicted by his adversaries and later crucified. But her heart is faithful to the end and beyond. *** What sorrow have you caused your loved ones because you gave priority to God’s will? *** SOURCE: “366 Days with the Lord,” ST PAULS, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 895-9701; Fax 895-7328; E-mail: publishing@stpauls.ph; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.
‘Free kidnapped girls’ Thousands of students from a Roman Catholic-run school for girls have joined a global campaign to free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic
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extremists in Nigeria, chanting “bring them back” and urging motorists in the Philippine capital to honk their cars in solidarity.
About 4,000 students and nuns of St. Scholastica’s College spilled out of their campus in Manila yesterday, lining a busy street carrying placards that read “Bring Back Our Girls.” (AP)
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12. Cesar Ramirez and Alicia Vergel 13. Mario Montenegro & Letty Alonzo 14. Rita Gomez & Ric Rodrigo 15. Lolita Rodriguez & Eddie Arenas 16. Zaldy Zshornack & Shirley Gorospe 17. Eddie Mesa & Rosemarie Gil 18. Ronald Remy & Lily Marquez 19. Gloria Sevilla & Mat Ranillo, Jr. 20. Amalia Fuentes & Romeo Vasquez 21. Gloria Romero & Juancho Gutierrez 22 . Barbara Perez & Robert Arevalo 23. Leopoldo Salcedo & Merle Tuazon 24. Robert Campos & Luz Valdez 25. Mila Ocampo & Von Serna 26. Jun Aristorenas & Virginia Gaerlan 27. Fernando Poe, Jr. & Susan Roces 28. Rosemarie Sonora & Ricky
Paul McCartne better, ready t LONDON (AP) - Paul McCartney says he's feeling fab and ready to rock and roll. The 72-year-old former Beatie posted a brief YouTube video Tuesday night saying he's recovered from a virus that forced him to cancel shows in Japan and South Korea, and delay the opening of a US tour. He said the first US show is set for July 5 in Albany, New York. The canceled US dates have been rescheduled for September and October. The singer seemed fit and in good spirits as he thanked fans for their concern about his health.
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Belmonte 29 . Nora Aunor & Christopher de Leon 30. Eddie Gutierrez & Annabelle Rama 31. Jay Ilagan & Hilda Koronel 32. Vilma Santos & Edu Manzano 33. Perla Adea & Romy Mallari 34. Eddie Peregrina & Lyn Salazar 35. Gina Alajar & Michael de Mesa 36. Christopher de Leon & Sandy Andolong 37 . Johnny Delgado & Laurice Guillen 38 . Sharon Till the end of Cuneta & Gabby Concepcion 39. Loma Tolentino & Rudy Fernandez 40. Maricel Soriano & Edu Manzano 41. Dina Bonnevie & Vic Sotto 42 . Lotlot de Leon & Ramon Christopher Gutierrez 43. Ronnie Ricketts & Mariz 44. Bong Revilla & Lani Mercado 45. Alma Moreno & Joey Marquez 46 . Pops Fernandez & Martin Nievera 47. Snooky Serna & Ricardo Cepeda 48. Albert Martinez & Anna Lisa (Liezl) Sumilang 49. Ricky Davao & Jackie Lou Blanco ... and directors who married their actors: 50. Gerardo de Leon & Fely Vallejo 51. Susana C. de Guzman & Tony Arnaldo 52. Jose Climaco & Lillian Velez 53. Pablo Santiago & Cielito del Mundo.
Jennylyn make Trailer Nestor Cuartero UST A THOUGHT: The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke
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introduced a new service by Belo Medical Grop called Laser Lipo Arms that promises to get rid of unwanted fats that gather around the arms. Dr. Vicki Belo said that women today face two
*** I CONFESS: Name it, she's had it. Liposuction, noselift, lipo arm . What else? Actress-comedian Kitkat says she has even thought of availing of another latest Belo procedure, the Femmelift, also jokingly referred to by Lolit Solis as pussykip. Then again, she hasn't become a mother, so maybe she doesn't need it just yet. Kitkat hosted a media event, called Belo Confessions, on June 24 that
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ang sabi ni Chynna Ortaleza nang hingan namin siva ng komento tungkol sa hindi pagkasali ni Nora Aunor sa listahan ng National Artists ngayong taong ito. Magkasama sina Chynna at La Aunor sa indie films na "Hustisya" at "Dementia" at ani Chynna, isang mala king karangalan na katrabaho niya ang nag-iisang superstar. Noong nabasa niyang wala ang pangalan ni La Aunor sa listahan ng National Artists, nalungkot siya at nadismaya. Tulad ni Robin Padilla, ani Chynna, gusto niya ring malaman ang tunay na dahilan kung bakit hindi nakasama ang superstar. "Pero kita ko naman kay ate Guy na hindi siya bothered kung hindi siya kasama sa listahan ng National Artists. Pag nasa set kami ng ginagawa naming pelikula, parang wala lang 'yun sa kanya. Focused lang siya sa trabaho," pahayag ni Chynna sa presscon ng GMA Artist Center para sa mga young female kontrabidas ng Kapuso Network. Bad girl ang role ni Chynna sa "Dading" bilang Celine Villanca, pero aniya, hindi naman super bad. "Balanse lang. Iba na ang atakeng ginagawa ngayon ng GMA sa mga kontrabida role na ibinibigay sa amin oI really don't mind. It's just a job and I just do my best." Sa love department, single pa rin
Chynn, para si Chynna matapos silang mag-break ni Railey Valeroso almost two years ago. Almost ten years ang naging relasyon nila. Railey was 17 years old then, 19 naman si Chynna at aniya, sobrang nag-focus sila pareho sa kanilang relasyon noon. "Ngayon, iba na ang thinking ko na hindi pala dapat puro romantic side lang ang focus. You have to grow individually. "
Break na rin Break na rin sina Vaness del Moral at Biboy Ramirez . Kabilang si Vaness sa mga young female kontrabida ng GMA Artist Center na nakausap namin noong presscon . Huling napanood si Vaness sa "Rhodora X" at naghihintay pa siya ng kasunod na project. Aniya, okey lang kahit kontrabida role forever ang ibigay sa kanya. June last year pa sila nag-break ni Biboy at ayon kay Vaness, pinagusapan nilang huwag 'yun ipaalam sa press. Respeto na lang daw nila sa isa't isa dahil maganda naman ang
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!s a confession basic problem areas, on their tummies and in their arms. Jennylyn Mercado, who has been signed by Belo as endorser of the Ii po-arm service, admitted that she has gone through the procedure to enhance her sexy look. Arm slimming is often a crisis point for women, she said, which diet pills and exercise can't solve. Dr. Belo proudly stated that her clinic has operated on at least 15,000 cases of arm liposuctions. Career-
Jennylyn has just wrapped Rhodora X. She's preparing for a new soap even as she's contemplating on taking up a culinary course.
*** BY THE WAY... Julia Barretto shall cease being a Baldivia (her dad, Dennis Padilla's surname) if the court grants Marjorie Barretto's petition to change the 'Mirabella' actress' legal name. The cast members of "My BFF" bannered by Jillian Ward, Mona Louise Rey, Janno Gibbs, Manilyn Reynes, Hiro Peralta, and Mariel Pamintuan perform in a free show tomorrow, Sunday, at Magic Mall in Urdaneta, Pangasinan. at 3 p.m. On July 2, "The Half Sisters" Thea Tolentino, Derrick Monasterio, and Andre Paras will be in Nepo Mall in Alaminos, Pangasinan for a Kapuso mall show.
a disappointed kay La Aunor pinagsamahan nila sa four years nila together. Walang third party sa hiwalayan nila, pero pareho nilang iniyakan 'yun, avon kay Vaness. Para madali siyang
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lumipat si Vaness ng tirahan. D a t i s i I an 9 magkapitbahay ni Biboy sa Proj. 4, QC. Sa isang studio type condo sa West Avenue, QC nakatira ngayon si Vaness. By the way, mapapanood si
Vaness ngayong Sabado sa "Magpakailanman." Sa episode na pinamagatang Lenylyn at "Lito: Pinutol na Kaligayahan,"tampokdin sina Mark Anthony Fernandez (as Lito), Sunshine Dizon, Kiko Estrada at Rap Fernandez. Babaero si Lito. Hindi siva kuntento sa kanyang misis kava naghanap pa siva ng ibang babaeng magpapaligaya sa kanya. Sa galit ng kanyang asawa at para makaganti, pinutulan siva nito ng kanyang ari. Alamin kung paano ito tinanggap ni Lito. Tutok lang sa "Magpakailanman" pagkatapos ng "Marian" sa GMA7.
Kasalna Natuloy din kagabi ang (asal nina Anthony (Dingdong Dantes) at Shiela (Lovi Poe) sa "Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real." Hindi dumalo si Sonia (Coney Reyes) sa hiya niya kay Millet (Maricel Soriano). Ang daddy (Jimmy Fabregas) at kapatid (Rodjun Cruz) lang ni Anthony ang dumalo. Sabi ni Lovi, maraming dapat abangan sa mga susunod na episodes ng ADMR ngayong kasal na sina Anthony at Shiela. Paano niya haharapin ang buhay may asawa sa piling ng isang lalaking may ibang pamilya?
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Phil Collins to donate Alamo collection to museum in Texas GRAM MY-award winning pop star Phil Collins said on Thursday his music wealth helped him satisfy a boyhood fascination with the Alamo and he would donate his extensive collection of artifacts from the 1836 battle for a museum at the Texas shrine. Collins, 63, said he became fascinated with the Alamo story when he was growing up in the 1950s watching the television series "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" starring Fess Parker. The series chronicled the frontier legend of Crockett, who eventually died as one of the defenders of the Alamo. Collins went on to amass the largest known private collection of memorabilia from the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo. "Some people would buy FerrariS, some people would buy houses, I bought old bits of metal and old
PHIL Collins (AP Photo) bits of paper," the former Genesis drummer and vocalist for hits including "Against All Odds" and "Another Day in Paradise" told reporters in front of the famed structure in San AntoniO, Texas.
He kept the items at his home in Switzerland. The collection includes rare items such as a rifle owned by Crockett, as well as one of the original Bowie knives, made famous by Alamo defender Jim Bowie, said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, whose office runs the Alamo. "I was like a dog with two tails as they say in England," Collins said. "The exact place where my collection should be housed is the place where it came from." The collection will be placed on a rotating-basis display at the Alamo, where the version of the battle often taught in the U.S. schools holds that Crockett and the rest of the 160 men fighting in the battle for Texas independence were killed in combat. The collection will begin arriving in Texas in the next few months. (Reuters)
Career surge overwhelms Tom HINDI pa rin nagsi-sink in kay Tom Rodriguez ang magagandang nangyayari sa career niya ngayon. Sunud-sunod ang blessings na dumarating sa kanya. Aniya, hindi pa rin siva makapaniwalang marami na ang nakakakilala sa kanya ngayon since ginawa niya ang "My Husband's Lover" sa GMA7. Matapos ang naturang teleserye, naiba na ang takbo ng career ni Tom. Maraming oportunidad ang dumating sa kanya. "Ang sarap ng feeling. Overwhelming," ani Tom sa presscon ng "My Destiny," bago niyang project sa Kapuso Network. Aniya, hindi pa rin siva sanay na iniinterbyu ng maraming miyembro ng press. Aniya pa, maraming beses nang gusto na sana niyang sumuko sa rami ng mga pinagdaanan niya noon sa buhay. Eighteen years old pa lang siva noong umalis siva sa bahay nila sa US dahil gusto niyang maging independent. Nagpunta siva sa Pilipinas para makipagsapalaran. Sumali siva sa "Pinoy Big Brother" (PBB) at naging stepping stone niya 'yun para
makapasok sa showbiz. Grateful si Tom sa ABS-CBN sa pagkakataong ibinigay sa kanya. Nang lumipat siva sa GMA, bumongga na ang career ni Tom. "Proud akong maging Kapuso," saad niTom. Sa pangalawang big project niya, "My Destiny" kung saan kasama niyang muli si Carla Abellana, aminado si Tom na kabado siva dahil silang dalawa lang ni Carla ang ibebenta sa primetime series na ito. Wala na si Dennis Trillo na kasama nila sa "My Husband's Lover" na bonggangbonggang tinangkilik ng televiewers ang Tom Den "love team." May tsikang diumano'y sa MHL nagkahulugan ng loob sina Tom at Carla, kahit pa at that time ay"taken" na sila. May Geoff Eigenmann si Carla, may K-La Rivera naman si Tom. Matapos ang MHL, pumutok ang balitang nag-break sina Carla at Geoff, sina Tom at K-La. Ngayong pareho silang single at magkasama na naman sa isang project, hindi kava tuluyan nang magkadebelopan at magka-in-Iove-an
TOM Rodriguez sila ni Carla? "I really don't know. It's hard to tell kung ano'ng mangyayari. Maybe, may possibility," wika ni Tom na nakangiti. Nagdi-date na ba sila? "No! Never pa outside of work. We only see each other sa taping," sambit ni Tom. Happy ba siva ngayon? "I'm happily married to my career (laughs)," pagtatapos ni Tom. (Rowena Agilada)
Celebs share beauty secrets on 'Ricky' show GMA News TV lifestyle show "Gandang Ricky Reyes Todo Na Toh" (GRRTNT) produced by Scriptovision features the most beautiful actresses of their generation and reveals their beauty secrets. GRR TNT conducted its own survey on who are hot and sexy among 10-
cal celebrities. The Top 10 will be featured today on the show at 9 a.m. Beauty guru Ricky Reyes also interviews Ms. Philippines Earth 2014 Jamie Herrel and her court - Divine Camele Querrer (Ms. Philippines Air), Kimberly Covert (Ms. Philippines Water), and Bianca Paz (Ms Philippines
Fire). Also guesting on the show is Dance Diva Regine Tolentino who shares easy-to-Iearn dance steps to keep you fit. Reyes invited some students to model in the segment "Make-over Magic."
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‘Pag nalulungkot ako, iniisip ko si Lord,’ says Coney By NITZ MIRALLES
DUMALAW kami sa taping ng “Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real” at nadatnan sina Maricel Soriano at Coney Reyes. Maayos ang takbo ng taping, wala ’yung mga naririnig naming hassle at problema sa taping. Mabilis ang trabaho nina Maricel at Coney at hindi rin sila matagal mag-ayos, kaya noong nasa taping kami, tuluy-tuloy ang taping. Habang nagmimake-up si Maricel, nagrereading din siya ng script, kaya pagkatapos niyang make-upan, take na agad. Inalam namin kay Coney kung totoo ang isyung nag-a-adlib sila ng cast ng kanilang lines sa “Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real,” kaya mas natural ang dating na mas nagugustuhan ng viewers. “Hindi naman totoo ’yan! May respeto kami sa mga writer at director namin. Pero ’pag hindi namin gusto ang lines at kung alam naming hindi maiintindihan ng viewers, pinapapalitan namin. Pumapayag naman si direk Andoy at ang writers, kaya mas magandang nade-deliver at akala’y ad lib,” sagot ni Coney, Pero may time na nag-a-adlib sila, hindi nga lang madalas at hindi buong script. Sinusunod pa rin nila ang script at patuloy ni Coney, magaganda ang lines nila, hindi na kailangang palitan. Nag-i-enjoy si Coney sa role niyang si Sonia na ina ni Anthony (Dingdong Dantes) at motherin-law ni Millet (Maricel Soriano). Kinuwento ni Coney ang mga susunod pang eksena, bawal lang
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isulat para hindi ma-preempt ang show. Pinansin naming pumayat si Coney at dahil daw ito sa nabawasan ang food intake niya. Kapag nasa taping, hindi siya kumakain dahil nahihirapan siyang umarte nang busog. Pag-uwi na niya ng bahay siya kumakain. Dahil madalas madaling-araw siya nakakauwi, hindi na rin siya nakakakain. Nasusunod din ang cut-off ni Coney na between 1 a.m. to 2 a.m., at kung nale-late man siyang umuwi, bumabawi siya ng tulog. Binawasan na rin niya ang activities niya para handa siya for the next day taping. “I make it a point na dumating
nang maaga sa taping dahil ayaw kong hinihintay ako. Gusto ko, ako ang maghihintay. Ayaw kong nauunahan ako sa set ng iba at nale-late lang ako ’pag super traffic. I’m on the set before I’m needed,” sabi ni Coney. Gustong kunin ng ibang press members ang reaction ni Coney sa sinabi ni Dina Bonnevie tungkol kina Pia Guanio at Pauleen Luna, pero hindi na ito sumagot. “Tahimik na ang buhay ko. Ayaw ko nang magulo at ’pag nagsalita ako, baka gumulo pa. Out na ako sa isyung ’yan, ’wag na lang akong magsalita,” pakiusap ni Coney. Masaya na si Coney sa buhay niya na nagtatrabaho ’pag gusto ang offer sa piling ng mga anak at dalawang apo na puro lalake. Gusto niyang magka-apo ng babae na buhay pa siya para ’pag nag-artista, mapayuhan niya. Kinumusta namin si Vico na anak nila ni Vic Sotto. Sa Quezon City Hall ito nagtatrabaho bilang consultant. Hindi raw siya, kundi si Vic ang dapat tanungin kung papasok ng pulitika ang anak nila. Mag-aasawa pa ba siya? “I’m open to all God’s plan at kung may plano si Lord for me to get married and to have a partner, it’s okay for me. As it is, happy and contented na ako sa buhay ko. I’m blessed. I can travel. I can eat what I want and I can do anything I want. Hindi ko sinasabing hindi ako nalulungkot dahil kahit ang may asawa, nalulungkot din at tao lang ako. ’Pag nalulungkot ako, iniisip ko si Lord,” pagtatapos ni Coney.
Angara, Cayabyab collaborate on Baler arts & music fest A SUMMIT for artistic exchange to promote tradition and innovation in arts will be spearheaded by former Sen. Edgardo J. Angara and Maestro Ryan Cayabyab on June 28 to 29 in Baler, Aurora. The summit titled “Tareptepan Arts and Music Festival,” will showcase the skills of Baler’s MAESTRO Ryan Cayabyab and former Sen. Edlocal artists as gardo Angara well as inspire At the two-day festival, Maethe youth to continue engaging stro Cayabyab is set to facilitate in the arts. workshops such as the “Elements The festival name was origi- Presentation and Workshop”, nated from the local word “Akapella Open Presentation and “tareptep” which means ripples Workshop” and Philpop Presenthat are created with the slight- tation and Workshop. est touch of fingers upon contact A paper cut art and visual arts on water. This concept encapsu- workshop will be facilitated by lates the festival where the local Sinag de Leon while painting artists are bound to create their workshops will be headlined by ripples and let their arts radiate the Dimadimalangat Artists in for the world to see. the same occasion.
World PH sets screening anew THE Ms. Tourism World Philippines Foundation Inc. (TMTWPFI) is set to hold another screening today at the LG Plaza Luckygold in Rosario, Pasig City. “The Ms. Tourism World 2014” aims to prove to the world that the Philippines can set a world record by the Recordsetter as the First International Beauty Pageant with the title “Most Number Of Candidates” representing
their City or Municipality and duly endorsed in writing by their respective mayors. The Ms. Tourism World 2014 is to be held on September 23, 2014 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City. This pageant is intended to help Filipino women participants not only to win, but find stable career directions, and get employment while in the competition.
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Imelda laments Nora’s non-inclusion Former First Lady now Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda R. Marcos lamented Malacañang’s rejection of the proposal to name Nora Aunor as a National Artist, saying that until now, Aunor remains one of the best actresses in the country. Aunor’s alleged closeness to the former First Lady and her being hooked to drugs have been aired as among the possible reasons for President Aquino’s decision not to honor the actress, despite strong recommendations from the country’s top artists.
“I’m very sad about that because Nora is a unique artist. She just came and crew and became a start in the world from humble beginnings because of her talent,” said Marcos. An art and culture enthusiast, Marcos cited Aunor for being consistent as one of the best in her chosen field. “Even as she retired for a while, she came back and she’s still one of our best artists, I think beauty is forever and must be recognized,” the Ilocos Norte solon added.
Marcos is among the lawmakers who protested the Palace decision on the multiawarded actress. Rep. Elmer Panotes (NP, Camarines Norte) and Ako Bicol solons joined non-Bicolano colleagues in assailing Malacanang’s snub of Aunor. Earlier, Reps. Juliet Cortuna (A-Teachers party-list) and Jonathan de la Cruz (Abakada party-list) said they believe Aunor has more than satisfactorily met the criteria to be named a national artist. (Ben R. Rosario)
1,000 Las Piñas folk graduate from center The Las Piñas City government said that the 1,000 residents who recently graduated from various vocational and technical courses in the city’s manpower and training center now have better opportunities to apply for work locally or abroad and can even start their own business. According to Mayor Vergel Aguilar, the free training on various courses is aimed at helping the residents find gainful employment or start their own homebased or backyard business to augment their family’s meager
income. Aguilar said that the Manpower Training Center offers automotive servicing, commercial cooking, consumer electronics, food and beverages services, hairdressing, massage therapy, personal computer operations, refrigeration and aircon servicing, shielded metal arc welding, industrial electricity, cell phone repair, housekeeping, and travel services. He said that the center offers these training services to out-ofschool youths and unemployed adults.
The mayor explained that the graduates in the center were molded and trained for various courses and specializations. These graduates are now ready to give quality and world-class service in all parts of the globe, he added. To lessen the unemployment rate in the city, Aguilar encouraged out-of-school youths and those unemployed to avail themselves of the free training program to further enhance their skills and capabilities to gain employment. (Jean Fernando)
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Kid Molave wins anew
ID Molave scored a convincing two-length victory over nearest rival 3rd pick and come-from-behind Kaiserlautern in last Sunday’s “2nd Leg Triple Crown” Stakes Race at the Santa Ana Saddle & Clubs Leisure Park in Naic, Cavite. The outstanding 1st Leg winner Kid Molave negotiated the Philracomsponsore 1,800-Meter Race in 1 minute and 54.4 seconds (13-23’-24’-2528’) to earn another R1.8-Million for proud owner Mr. E.A. Santos. Now he is assured of being listed in the record books as the 9th, correct me if I’m wrong, two-leg winner alongside past two-leg winners Native Gift, Paris Match, Vixen, French Affair, Grand Party, Family Affair, Mushi Mushi and Fight With Honor since the Series begun way back in 1978. It’s been 13 years since Patrick Uy’s Silver Story became the 8th Triple Crown Champion and the racing fans - specially the younger ones - are aching to see another Triple Crown champion in action. Come the third and final Leg of the Series next month, the bayang karerista may yet see another Triple Crown Champion in action in a horse so named Kid Molave. Back to the 2nd Leg of the Series, runnerup Kaiserlautern received R675,000 for L.M. Javier, Jr. while 3rd and 4th placers Low Profile and Kanlaon settled for R375,000 and R150,000, respectively. Once again - it feels good to memorize - the past Triple Crown Champions are Fair And Square (1981), Skywalker (1983), Time Master (1987), Magic Showtime (1988), Sun Dancer (1989), Strong Material (1996), Real Top (1999) and last but not the least, I hope, Silver Story (2001). Ang iba’t-ibang events last Sunday at Naic, Cavite ay nagsipagbunga nang malalaking dibidendo. Ang 1st set ng WTA covering Races 2 to 8 ay nagbigay ng R57,605.20, para sa 52 winning tickets at ang 2nd set (R7-13) naman na may three winners lamang ay may gantimpalang R489,086.00. Ang Pick-6 naman (R4-9) na may four winners lamang ay R120,725.00, ang 1st set ng Pick-5 (R3-7) ay R4,747.20 at ang 2nd set nito (R8-12) ay R3,671.80 at ang 1st Pick-4 (R5-8) ay R4,747.00 at ang 2nd set nito covering the last 4 Races ay R1,382.60. Ang Super Six sa last ay nagbigay nang malaking premyong − probably a solo-winner - R91,786.80 kung saan nagtambalan ang Temptress, Panamera, Emergency Call, Apo Express, Damansuria at Easter Beauty or combinations 2-7-11-5-8-4. Congrats to all the winners especially to Mr. E.A. Santos, owner ng Kid Molave...Sana’y makatatlo ang iyong kabayo sa 3rd and final Leg ng popular na serye... Good Luck and see you guys at our usual Samsons Billiard and/or at Obet dela Paz OTB at Marick, Cainta!!
Games today (Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay) 11:30 a.m.- Opening Ceremony 1 p.m.- Jose Rizal vs San Beda 3 p.m.- SSC vs Letran The 90th NCAA basketball tournament unfolds today with reigning titlist San Beda taking on host Jose Rizal and last year’s second placer Letran battling San Sebastian before an expected fullhouse crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The Lions are looking to win their first game outright against the Bombers in their 1 p.m. duel and set in motion their bid to become the second seniors team to win a fifth straight championship after the San Sebastian Stags accomplished the feat in the 1993-97 seasons. Another championship will also extend San Beda’s reign as a dynasty as it will give it not only a fifth title in row but also eighth in the last nine seasons. San Beda coach Boyet Fernandez knows the pressure is immense. “If you’re a team that won four straight championships and seven of the last eight, all teams will really want to beat you so we expect this season the be toughest of all,” said Fernandez, whose charges are coming off a second place finish behind La Salle in the Filoil Flying V event last summer. “In fairness also, all the teams have improved making it tougher for us,” he added. Of course, the Lions’ campaign will hinge on Nigerian giant Ola Adeogun, who this early was touted to win the MVP award with his size and heft and a support cast of Baser Amer, Arthur
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dela Cruz and Anthony Semerad who are expected to come out with breakout seasons. Adeogun though was quick to downplay their chances. “As always, its going to be hard, if not harder. The pressure to win again is big. We just have to play harder,” said the 6-7 Adeogun. The Lions though will have their hands full against the Bombers, who have pulled off a surprising quarterfinal finish in the Filoil Flying V tilt including a sensational upset win over La Salle along the way. Michael Mabulac, Philip Paniamogan and Jaycee Asuncion, a rookie transferee from Perpetual Help, and Ghanan reinforcement Abdul Razal Abdul Wahab will be the bright spots for Jose Rizal. Count their defense too. “Since I took over, I always say our defense is our offense. Nothing is different this year,” said Jose Rizal mentor Vergel Meneses. The Knights and the Stags, for their part, collide at 3 p.m. in a re-match of last year’s Final Four duel with the former creaming the latter, 85-58, to advance to the finals where they forced the Lions to a third game before eventually losing. Letran will be without Raymond Almazan and Jonathan Belorio though, making it an underdog against the San Sebastian, which got two talented rookies from its high school team−Michael Calisaan and Rhanzelle Yong−in place for doit-all Fil-Am Leo De Vera, who played his first and only season last year.
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No big man for Altas Without an import and a big man, University of Perpetual Help (UPH) would be hard pressed to duplicate its Final Four appearance last season in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Season 90. “We have no import this year, unlike the other teams. The only problem is we don’t have that ‘big man’ out in the court. It will be difficult, but there is still a chance for us to win,” said Altas coach Aric del Rosario. Action gets under way today at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Last season, the Altas finished with a 10-8 win-loss card, but lost to defending champion San Beda in the Final Four. This year, the Altas will rely on the so-called ‘Fab Four’ of Juneric Baloria, skipper Harold Miguel Arboleda, Earl Scottie Thompson and Justine Alano. The Las Piñas City based squad will showcase rookies Gabriel Dagangon (6’2) from Davao City, Ric Gallardo (6’4), Melvin Rodriguez and Flash Sadiwa. The Altas will miss the services of Nigerian import Nousa Omorogbe who is now a member of the coaching staff. The other members of the team are Justine Alano, Miguel Arboleda, Juneric Baloria, Earl Scottie Thompson, Nestor Bantayan Jr, Kervin Lucente, Kevin Oliveria, will Mark Bitoy, Gerald Dizon, JG Ylagan, Joel Jolangcob and Anton Tamayo.
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Revenge for Nadal; breeze for Federer
LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Nadal avenged his shock 2012 Wimbledon defeat to Lukas Rosol on Thursday with a tense and hard-fought 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-4 win over the big-hitting Czech. World number one Nadal did it the hard way, however, dropping the first set and then trailing 2-4 in the second before then having to save a set point in the tiebreaker. But the 2008 and 2010 champion, who lost in the first round to Steve Darcis in 2013, wrapped up a place in the third round for the first time since 2011 on a third match point. His mighty roar and extravagant fist pump at the moment of victory, which shook Centre Court to the core, spoke volumes as the hurt and humiliation of two years ago was finally vanquished. “I tried to keep fighting and waited for my moment,’’ said Nadal, after dropping the first set for the second time in two matches at this year’s Wimbledon.
Nadal, who next faces Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan, finished with 35 winners to Rosol’s carefree hammering of 50, but crucially the Spanish winner of 14 Grand Slam titles gave up just nine unforced errors in the 2hr 44min encounter. Seven-time champion Roger Federer breezed into the third round with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win over Luxembourg qualifier Gilles Muller and next faces either 30thseeded Marcel Granollers of Spain or Santiago Giraldo of Colombia. F e d e r e r, s e e d e d f o u r t h , completed his match under the Centre Court roof after rain brought an early halt to play on the outside courts. Canadian eighth seed Milos Raonic reached the third round for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Jack Sock of the United States and goes on to face 2013 quarter-finalist Lukasz Kubot of Poland. Japanese 10th seed Kei Nishikori
Chalmers on top; Tiger 8 behind BETHESDA, United States (AFP) – Australian Greg Chalmers made the most of a new driver Thursday by shooting a five-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the US PGA National. The $6.5 million event at Congressional Country Club is best known for being the site of 14-time major winner Tiger Woods making his comeback following three months off after back surgery to relieve a pinched nerve. But while Woods languished at 74, Chalmers birdied his last three holes to stand one stroke ahead of American Ricky Barnes and Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson and two shots ahead of South African Tyrone van Aswegan and Americans Erik Compton, Patrick Reed and Bill Haas, the defending champion. “I put in a new driver this week. It’s going really well,’’ Chalmers said. “I really drove the ball the best I’ve driven it all year. That was exciting and that set up the
rest of the round. “I’m really pleased. That gave me a lot of confidence and I fed off that. Finishing with three straight birdies is always nice.’’ Chalmers, who started off the 10th tee, ended with birdies of six feet at the seventh and three feet at eight and nine, dropping his approaches with precision on the challenging 7,569-yard layout.
also moved into the third round with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 thrashing of American qualifier Denis Kudla courtesy of 40 winners. The 24-year-old will next play Italian lucky loser Simone Bolelli, who put out German 22nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-4, 63, 2-6, 7-5. Czech 20-year-old Jiri Vesely stunned France’s Gael Monfils 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 and now faces Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios who saved nine match points in a 3-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-5, 10-8 win over French 13th seed Richard Gasquet, a 2007 semi-finalist. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rescued French pride by defeating Sam Querrey 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 14-12 in a match held over from Wednesday when the American had squandered a match point. Swiss fifth seed and Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka also went into the last 32, beating 2010 quarter-finalist Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Five-time women’s champion Serena Williams handed South Africa’s Chanelle Scheepers a 49minute thrashing to race into the third round with a 6-1, 6-1 victory and next meets French 25th seed Alize Cornet. The 32-year-old American overwhelmed Scheepers with 26 winners and eight aces. The 2004 champion Maria Sharapova booked her place in the third round with a crushing 62, 6-1 win against Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky. The 27-year-old will face Alison Riske, the American world number 44, for a place in the last 16.
RAFAEL Nadal of Spain celebrates as he defeated Lukas Rosol of Czech Republic in their men’s singles match on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London. (AP)
Global routs Stallion Global FC capped off its titlewinning campaign with a smashing 9-0 rout of deposed champion Stallion as the United Football League came to a close Thursday night at the Emperador Stadium in McKinley Hill. Sudanese striker Izo El-Habbib scored a hat trick, while Golden Boot winner Mark Hartmann and Milan Behgandom had two apiece as Global completed the recordsetting season with its fifth ninegoal game. The impressive romp gave Global 62 points after the league’s first-ever triple-round, 24-game season while posting the biggest winning margin in UFL history with a 13-point edge over the runnerup Loyola Meralco Sparks. Earlier, Loyola leaned on Joaco Canas’ goal in extra time to beat Kaya, 3-2, to secure a runner-up
finish. Canas struck three minutes into injury time, prompting the Sparks to finish the season on a high with 49 points. Kaya, which came up short after rallying from a 2-0 deficit late in the second half, settled for third place with 46 points. But the night belonged to Global, which was formally crowned with its second title in three seasons, and several of its players copping the league’s individual honors. The biggest award was given to Global’s Jason de Jong, who received the Golden Ball award or the UFL’s equivalent to the Most Valuable Player plum. Hartmann was the Golden Boot awardee for scoring the most goals this season, while Roland Sadia bagged the Golden Gloves honor for being the best goalkeeper.
Century triathlon draws field of 1,200 The Century Tuna 5150 Triathlon fires off tomorrow with a crack international field numbering to 1,200, including world class triathletes, bracing for a fierce battle for top honors in Subic Bay. Headlining the aspirants in the men’s pro category are topnotch Australians Casey Munro, fifth-placer in the Ironman 70.3 Busselton and Geelong competitions; Eric Watson, ninthplacer in Challenge Taiwan and
Challenge Philippines; Justin Granger, runner-up in Challenge Taiwan and fifth-placer in last year’s Century Tuna 5150; and Michael Murphy, runner-up in the2014 Challenge Philippines and third-placer in 2013 Century Tuna 5150. Last year’s winner Luke McKenzie begged off from defending his crown in the event sponsored by Century Tuna, making it a wide-open battle with Slovakian Michael Bucek, the champion
of the Bizent Bali International Olympic Distance Triathlon and 2013 70.3 Challenge Taiwan, and Hungarian Simon Agoston, fourthplacer of the 2014 Golden Triangle International Triathlon and winner of the 2013 Hua-hin and Bangkok Triathlon meets, also joining the title hunt. B a c k- t o - b a c k d e f e n d i n g champion Belinda Granger of Australia, meanwhile, is seeking to complete a three-peat in the distaff side of the event considered
as biggest global Olympic distance triathlon series. The Australian ace has enjoyed a streak over the last three years, having ruled this year’s Challenge Taiwan and the Ironman 70.3 Hawaii in 2013, in addition to her back-to-back wins in the Century Tuna 5150. Swiss Caroline Steffen, fondly known in the triathlon world as “Xena,” is also in the fold, making the chase for the crown a lot more interesting and competitive.
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KO: Aces vs ROS
Game Today (Smart Araneta) 5 p.m. – Alaska vs Rain or Shine (Game 5) Maybe the Alaska Aces could provide the Smart Araneta Coliseum with extra mop men for Game 5 this afternoon – just to be sure. That would be less strenuous than trying to restrain the hottempered Henry Walker. Or keeping Rain or Shine center Beau Belga from getting too close to the basket. Tied at 2-2 in the PBA PLDT Home Telpad Governors’ Cup semifinals, with Game 4 decided under bizarre circumstances Friday, the Aces and the Elasto Painters clash in a do-or-die in the best-of-5 series at 5 p.m., the winner advancing to the championship against whichever team emerged from Friday’s sudden death between San Mig Super Coffee and Talk ‘N Text. Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao knows how close they got to getting shut out in the cold.
Torre leads GM chess Grandmaster Eugene Torre remained in the hunt for one of two available slots for the Philippine team bound for World Chess Olympiad in Norway after drawing with rising star and IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia in 30 moves of their English Opening Game after the ninth round in the 2014 Battle of Grandmasters tournament. With the draw, Torre, 62, who has seen action in 21 Olympiads dating back to the early 1970s, now has 18.5 points and is priming up for a strong finish with three more rounds remaining in the event staged by the National Chess Federation (NCFP) at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Super-GM Wesley So, Julio Sadorra and Oliver Barbosa, both topnotch GMs, have already been seeded to the squad, according to the NCFP. In hot pursuit of Torre are GM John Paul Gomez (18 points), IM Paulo Bersamina (16.5), Garcia (16.5), women IM Janelle Mae Frayna (15), GM Darwin Laylo (13.5), GM Oliver Dimakiling (13), GM Joey Antonio (13.5), GM Rogelio Barcenilla (12), GM Richard Bitoon (10), NM Roel Abelgas (7.5) and IM Joel Pimentel (7). (Nick Giongco)
“We got lucky,” he said. “We didn’t imagine it’s gonna be this difficult. We got a bit of a lifeline. I think we just have to win in different ways.” The E-Painters won despite failing to put away the import-less Aces in regulation, and after nearly letting victory slip from their fingers in overtime, 123-121. Walker was banished with six minutes remaining after being assessed a flagrant 2 foul for hitting Paul Lee on the nape with his elbow, sending the RoS point guard to the floor clutching the back of his head. Guiao felt the ejection was long in coming. “That import deserved the ejection long ago,” Guiao said. “Dapat nung binangga niya si Beau [early in the series], that also deserved an ejection. Kung ibabato mo ang katawan mo sa isang tao…it’s good Beau was also a 200 pounder. What if it was [Raymond] Almazan, or [TY] Tang or [Paul] Lee? I don’t think there’s a weight class here. If your throw your whole weight to a person who has his back to you, I think he’s a menace to the league and he’s a big bully.” It’s unknown at presstime whether the PBA will throw the book at the volatile Walker (16 points). But if he dodges a suspension, he will be back to pick up from where left off – battling RoS’ Arizona Reid (32 points, 15 rebounds) on equal terms this
time in Game 5. Keeping him on a short leash will be Aces coach Alex Compton main concern, other than putting a defender in the face of Lee (21 points, 5 of 9 3-point shots) and Jeff Chan (3 of 6 triples) at all times and a wide body between Belga (21 points, 10 rebounds) and the goal, especially in the closing seconds. Belga’s twisting banked shot from up close provided the marginal points in overtime after Alaska playmaker Jayvee Casio, breaking home for an unconstested layup in the preceding play, slipped in frightening fashion as he was about to take off. The venue mop man, when accosted by the Aces coaching staff, insisted he had wiped dry the area where Calvin Abueva had gone down a few seconds ago. Apparently he had missed a spot. At any rate, Casio’s knee condition, as well as that of Gabby Espinas, who twisted an ankle, will be critical for the Aces as they seek to finally slay the ghost of a 51-point loss to Rain or Shine in the elimination. But Alaska may have had its best chance Friday. Game 5 today could be Rain or Shine all the way. Unless the Aces could slow down AZ Reid and Paul Lee, while staying away, as well, from wet spots on the floor. (Tito S. Talao)
JAYVIE Agojo shows off her trophy after topping the ICTSI Riviera Ladies Classic at the Riviera Golf Club in Silang, Cavite. (Photo by Bob Dungo Jr.)
Agojo wins by 3 SILANG, Cavite – Jayvie Agojo pounced on Chihiro Ikeda’s disastrous quintuple bogey on No. 11 to wrest control then birdied No. 16 and parred the last two holes to pound out a three-stroke victory in the R500,000 ICTSI Riviera Ladies Classic despite a closing one-over 73 at the Couples course here yesterday. Ignoring her rival’s misfortune on the 11th, Agojo went from twodown to two-up despite a bogey on the par-5 hole, then went on an attack mode to hit two birdies against a bogey in the last seven to clinch the win, snapping a long
Cavaliers pick Wiggins NEW YORK (AP) – With Andrew Wiggins at No. 1, it was a big night for Canada and the University of Kansas. And it better be the right one for the Cavaliers. Cleveland went north of the border to open the NBA draft for the second straight year Thursday night, hoping Wiggins works out better than Anthony Bennett. Thrilled to go first and even happier when Jayhawks teammate Joel Embiid went two picks later, Wiggins beamed in his black tuxedo jacket with a white floral pattern. “A thousand thoughts are going through my head right now,’’ Wiggins said. “It’s a dream come true.’’ Bennett was injured last summer, came into the season out of shape and made no impact,
one of the reasons the Cavs were back in this spot again. But Wiggins seems a much more ready product after averaging a Kansas freshman-record 17.1 points. He might have ended up as the top pick anyway, but became the best option for the Cavs when Embiid suffered a stress fracture in his right foot shortly before the draft. After making Canada the only country besides the U.S. to have consecutive No. 1 picks, Wiggins slipped on a maroon Cleveland hat, hugged his supporters and went on stage to shake hands with Commissioner Adam Silver, who was calling the first round for the first time since replacing David Stern. Milwaukee followed with another freshman, Duke forward
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Jabari Parker, who on Wednesday disputed that he was out of shape for his workout with Cleveland and performed poorly. Some consider him the more NBA-ready player after an All-American season for the Blue Devils, and getting to play in Milwaukee puts him near his family in Chicago. “I’m just very optimistic,’’ Parker said. “If it was 1, 2, put me at 60, just getting that opportunity, getting that chance of being in the NBA.’’ Embiid went third to Philadelphia, drawing loud cheers from the many red-and-blue dressed 76ers fans who made the trip to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, as well as from Philadelphia guard Michael Carter-Williams, last season’s Rookie of the Year who was sitting on the arena floor level.
spell on the ICTSI Ladies Philippine Golf Tour after a string of runner-up finishes last year. “I really did not pay attention on the scores but kept focus on how to score birdies,” said Agojo, who ended up with the lone under-par total of 215 through the 54-hole tournament which served as the second leg of this year’s circuit sponsored by International Container Terminal Services, Inc. “Even if I was in the lead after what happened to Chihiro, I still went on an aggressive mode,” added Agojo as she heeded the advice caddie pro Erwin Vinluan, who took over from Tonton Asistio, to go for the kill. Agojo, who actually nailed her maiden pro win in Thailand last year but went on a spell in last year’s inaugurals of the country’s first-ever ladies pro circuit, pocketed the top purse of R100,000. Ikeda, who took the lead from Agojo with a 71 Thursday, also went all-out after that 10 but just couldn’t hit birdies and settled for pars the rest of the way. She wound up with a 77 for a 218. “It was unfortunate on what happened on No. 11,” rued Ikeda, who hit a butterfly off the tee, needed two shots to get out of the greenside bunker and reached the green in 6. Worse, she fourputted for that 10. Korean amateur Hwang Min Jeong cracked when ranged against Agojo and Ikeda, hobbling with a 38 at the front and finishing with a 75. She, however, still took third place at 218 in the event organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.
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Nadal advances
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Assistant Editor: TITO S. TALAO
US, Algeria make it
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – As Luis Suarez prepared to leave the World Cup in disgrace, Americans and Algerians were celebrating their places in the knockout rounds on a dramatic final day of the group stage on Thursday. While some form of suspension for Suarez was guaranteed after the Uruguay striker bit Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder, few would have predicted one of the longest bans in the tournament’s history – nine international matches and four months from all football. It was his third ban for biting after previous incidents in England and the Netherlands, and given the comments made by FIFA, it’s hard to see the Uruguayan football federation making much headway with its appeal. “Such behavior cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field,” Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA disciplinary committee, said in a statement. Several hundred Uruguayans, including President Jose Mujica, gathered at Montevideo’s airport to wait for Suarez’s return. While he may no longer be in Brazil, his peers in Neymar of Brazil and Argentina’s Lionel Messi are still very much in the tournament – as are the United States and Algeria, which has finally reached the last 16 for the first time in its history. The US lost 1-0 to Germany on Thursday in its last match in Group G, but it still managed to qualify and line up a secondround game against Belgium on Tuesday in Salvador. Ghana, which had a more realistic chance of beating the US to second place behind the already-qualified German, missed its chance in a 2-1 defeat to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Ronaldo scored the winner in a pyrrhic victory for what the world player of the year has accurately described as “probably just an average team.” He now joins England’s Wayne Rooney and Italy’s Mario Balotelli as the star also-rans in a tourna-
ALGERIA’S Islam Slimani scores his side’s first goal during the group H World Cup soccer match between Algeria and Russia at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP) ment that has sprung plenty of surprises. Germany will play Algeria in Porto Alegre on Monday, a match that comes with some emotional baggage. At the 1982 World Cup, Germany denied Algeria a place in the second round by playing out an infamous match with Austria that finished 1-0 to the Germans. The result, achieved by just knocking the ball around after the goal had been scored, qualified the European neighbors and sent the Algerians home. Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Rus-
sia has not only helped Algeria turn the page on one of the tournament’s darkest moments, it has also offered a chance to rip the page out completely with an unlikely revenge victory on Monday. The end of the group stage has, meanwhile, underlined just how well the tournament has gone for teams from the Americas – which have filled half of the last 16 slots – and how big the disappointment has been for Europe and Asia. For a second World Cup running, only six European teams have advanced – Netherlands,
Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Greece – the jointlowest figure since this format was introduced in 1986. Africa has two representatives, Algeria and Nigeria, while a debacle for Asia has seen all four teams fall at the first hurdle. After a rest day on Friday, the action restarts on Saturday with two matches – when host Brazil takes on Chile in Belo Horizonte and Colombia faces Uruguay in Rio. Neymar will be at the heart of the action in the Belo Horizonte, while Suarez will only be a spectator.
Uruguay rages vs Suarez ban MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) – Soccer-crazy Uruguayans raged Thursday at FIFA’s decision to kick their star player out of the World Cup for his third biting incident, fearing it could deal a death blow to their bid to win the sport’s greatest tournament. Uruguay’s soccer federation said it planned to appeal the ban, which prohibits striker Luis Suarez from all soccer activities for four months. The ban also covers Uruguay’s next nine international games, which rules him out of next year’s Copa America. It will likely carry over to qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. Uruguayans of all stripes were nearly unanimous in their support of Suarez, calling the punishment excessive for what they felt was an act of immaturity. “It feels like Uruguay has been thrown out of the World Cup,” Uruguayan soccer federation president Wilmar Valdez said in Rio. Diego Suarez, the striker’s youngest brother who is also a soccer player, called the sanction an “unbelievable” decision that has saddened him. Juan Jose Monzillo, a fruit and vegetable vendor in Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo, saw conspiracy behind the decision by soccer’s governing body. “They clearly wanted to kick Suarez out of the World Cup. Uruguay is a small country that eliminated two big nations like Italy and England and it doesn’t benefit FIFA to let Uruguay continue playing,” said Monzillo, 48, who listened to the news about Suarez on headphones as he tended his stand. A crowd of fans, including President Jose Mujica at one point, gathered at Montevideo’s international airport Thursday night expecting Suarez to fly home. But the Uruguayan Football Federation later announced that Suarez was still in Brazil, adding that he thanked the fans but giving no explanation for why he had not left for home. Suarez bit the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s 1-0 win in the group stage on Tuesday, but escaped unpunished in the game itself as the referee did not see the incident. “Such behavior cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field,” said FIFA disciplinary committee chairman Claudio Sulser,.