Gwen forges ‘win-win’ solution on Tañon Strait
Vol 1 • No. 3
July 24-30, 2019
Php 8.00
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52 Customs officers namumurong masibak Page 8
For collecting P585-Billion in 2018
DU30 PRAISES CUSTOMS
LUXURY VEHICLES ‘SMUGGLERS’ IN CEBU Page 8 CHARGED!
ERAP to run again in 2022 Page 3
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VICO SOTTO VOWS TRANSPARENCY Page 3 P30-M ‘pork barrel’ sa Lapu-Lapu City nahanaw? Page 3
Area 51: Where ‘Aliens’ Are Kept? Page 5
Mandaue City Mayor Cortes assures hike in Senior Citizens’ pension Page 7
BOC Comm Jagger Guerrero Croc Skink, ‘survivor’ ang buwayang ba talaga? mamahalin nyo! Page 5 Page 4
2 NATIONAL
July 24-30, 2019
Pass Rights of Nature bill, Congress urged
AN ENVIROMENTAL GROUP has lobbied Congress for the immediate passage of the Rights of Nature (RON) bill that will ensure the right of the ecosystems and natural communities to exist and flourish and the people, communities and governments will also have the authority to defend those rights on behalf of those ecosystems and communities. “If corporations were given rights by our legal system, why not give rights to the ecosystem? Corporations did not exist naturally; they were created by humans. Unlike corporations, environment and human persons are of the same stature, both human and nature came from the same source. They exist and coexist to fulfill their roles in the whole web of life. It is just but fitting to accord rights to nature too, just like humans,” said Yolanda R. Esguerra, national coordinator of the Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI). At the same time, the PPMPI has asked President Duterte to uphold the constitutional mandate to protect natural patrimony and stop destructive development, foremost of which is the multibillionpeso Kaliwa Dam project and various land-reclamation projects in coastal areas. The PMPI revealed that the China-funded Kaliwa Dam to be built in Infanta, Quezon, would displace and further uproot the indigenous Dumagats from their ancestral land in the Sierra Madre mountains.
DU30 HAILS CUSTOMS FOR INCREASED COLLECTION By ACTion News Team
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on his 4th State of the Nation Address praised the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for collecting P585 billion in 2018 despite the continuing corruption in the agency. On Monday, July 22 during his 4th SONA delivered before the Joint Session of Congress , the President reiterated his zero tolerance for corruption. “I have fired or caused the resignation of more than a hundred officials and appointees of gov-
ernment,” Duterte said. “Without regard to relationship and friendship and alliance, there is no sacred cow as the same goes in my administration.” Dutertehad earlier placed 64 personnel of Bureau of Customs (BOC) under floating status because of their supposed link to corruption. However, only 52 were “invited for audience” with Duterte last July 18 in Malacañan Palace. The President also directed the filing of administrative charges against the allegedly corrupt BOC
officials before the Office of the Ombudsman. It was gathered that in April this year the BOC exceeded its collection target by 3.3 percent or a surplus of PHP1.7 billion. The BOC–Financial Service, last month’s collection exceeded its target of PHP51.604 billion when they collected some PHP53.33 billion. “The Bureau was expected to collect PHP51.604 billion in April, but because of our stringent monitoring and continuing efforts to enhance our revenue collection capabilities, we were able
to collect PHP53.33 billion which is higher than the target revenue,” Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said. Based on the preliminary report, 12 of the 17 collection districts were able to hit their respective targets -- the Manila International Container Port (MICP), Port of Limay, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Port of Cagayan de Oro, Port of Subic, Port of Cebu, Port of Davao, Port of San Fernando La Union, Port of Iloilo, Port of Tacloban, Port of Zamboanga and Port of Legaspi.
Gordon ‘sad’ over Duterte’s stand on WPS SENATOR Richard Gordon said he was disappointed with the President’s pronouncements on the West Philippine Sea. “We have to show our backbone... I’m saying it is ours, so we have to enforce it,” Gordon said. Deploying the Coast Guard to the WPS does not mean the country will go to war, he stressed. “Let me assure you, that national honor and territorial integrity shall be foremost in our mind,
and when we may take the next steps in this smoldering controversy over the lines of the arbitral ruling, the West Philippine Sea is ours,” Duterte said in his fourth State of the Nation Address. “There is no ifs and buts. It is ours. But we have been acting, along with that legal truth and line. But we have to temper it with the times and the realities that we face today,” he added. Dutertesaid he cannot send the country’s naval forces to drive the
Chinese fishermen away in the WPS, because “no one will come home alive” should they push through. “If I send my marines to drive away from the
Chinese fishermen. I guarantee you, not one of them will come home alive. They will be finished because there are already guided missiles in the island,” he said.“And the fastest that they have installed there can reach Manila in seven minutes. You want war?” Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri and Senator Grace Poe said they were pleased with the President’s clear statement about the country’s claim on the WPS.
Vis-Min News
July 24-30, 2019
VICO SOTTO VOWS TRANSPARENCY AS HE PROMISED to be transparent, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has ordered a physical count of the local government’s supplies after the Commission on Audit (COA) discovered that it cannot account for P1.464 billion in 2018. The COA cited inconsistencies in recording acquisitions and issuances of materials, and non-reconciliation of balances “due to improperly maintained records.” They also said the report on the physical count of inventories shows a total balance of P26.55 milllion “only.” Sotto, who defeated the Eusebio political dynasty in the 2019 elec-
tions, admitted that he did not think about the COA report too much, fearing that people will think this is just politicized. “Ngunit pinangako ko sa inyo na magiging transparent tayo. Pampublikong impormasyon ito,” he said. “Baka sa akin ‘nyo hanapin ang mga ito pagkatapos ng term ko.” Sotto’s decision followed the 2018 COA Annual Audit Report, which states that “the physical existence and validity of inventories aggregating P1.464 billion cannot be ascertained.” “As recommended by COA, we are now conducting a physical count of supplies and materi-
Erap to run again in 2022 NEVER SAY DIE could be the mantra of former Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada as he bared that he will run again for mayor in the 2022 elections. Estrada said he will run again for mayor because he “does not like the way” his succesor, Mayor Isko Moreno, handled the vendors in clearing the city’s streets. “He should not have rushed in removing the vendors. He should have given them time to look for an alternative place where they can sell their
products. Many poor people lost their incomes and they, along with their families, are going hungry,” he said. But late last month, Estrada declared that he was signing off on 50 years of public service during his farewell party with relatives, friends and former Cabinet members. “I was hocused-PCOS. I lead all the surveys, but I was defeated by the machines,” Estrada said in disbelief. “I owe everything to them (poor). Erap will not
be in his place right now had it not been for the poor. I cannot repay the poor in life or in death. As the Lord said what you do to the least of my brethren, you also do it unto
P30-M ‘pork barrel’sa Lapu-Lapu City nahanaw? Ni KHALID Q. DORONIO GIPAHINUMDUMAN sa Commission on Audit (COA) ang kagamhanan sa Lapu-Lapu City sa pag-uli sa kapin P30 milyones nga pundo nga gikan sa Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) kon “pork barrel” sa nagkadaiyang mga kongresista. Gitaho nga si kanhi kongresista Arturo “Boy” Radaza maoy adunay labing dako nga pundo nga natampo alang sa Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu nga moabot og P24.7 milyo-
nes atol sa iyang termino niadtong 2010 – 2013. Samtang si Congresswoman Nerissa SoonRuiz, 6th District, nibubo sab og pundo sa LapuLapu nga mokabat sa P344,881.44. “Unexpended balances of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) totalling P30.1 million were not returned to the National Government through the Bureau of the Treasury contrary to COA Memorandum dated March 26, 2014 and as provided in the Supreme Court (SC) decision, de-
claring the PDAF unconstitutional,” tipik sa natala sa COA report sa 2018. Apan ang buhatan sa City Treasurer niingon nga ila nang giuli ang P23.2 milyones nga kabahin sa gipaningil nga pundo niadtong Marso 26, 2019. Matud pa ni City Accountant Helen Dungog, niadtong Marso ning tuiga, giuli na ngadto sa Bureau of Treasury ang P23.3M samtang ang nahibiling balanse nga P7 milyones kasamtangang gigamit sa mga beneficiary sa scholarship program sa Dakbayan.
me,” Estrada said. Meanwhile, starting July 22, business permits in Manila will be processed within a day through a one-stop shop at City Hall.
als,” Sotto said in a Facebook post. “Pending submission per department, they will not be able to get new supplies.” Aside from a physical count, the COA urged the Pasig City government to maintain documentation in relation to procurement and supply count. It also recommended a system to properly record acquisitions and issuances. This was the latest in a series of reforms Sotto had introduced upon taking office. He previously ordered traffic enforcers to stop apprehending violators of the odd-even scheme, and formed a task force for the city’s overall traffic situation. Moreno has signed Executive Order No. 8 which established the Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) to reduce the processing time for business permits. BOSS aims to complete business permit applications within a day in just 3 steps. During Estrada’s term, the processing of applications took 8 days to as long as one month as it involved 11 steps. “Dati, maghihintayka pa nangpagkatagal-tagalbagomakuhaang permit. Minsan, mga 8 araw o humigit pa. Ngayon, isangarawnalangmakukuhamonaang permit ‘nyo,” Moreno said.
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Beware of 23 food products! AT LEAST 23 food products and supplements are being sold in the market without certificates of registration. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public that the consumption of unregistered food products and supplements may pose health risks to consumers. “Since these food supplements have not gone through evaluation process, the agency cannot guarantee their quality and safety,” the FDA noted. Among the unregistered supplements are Rapidcell Therapy Vitamin E, Rapidcell Calcium and Vitamin D strawberry flavor, Rapidcell Therapy multi vitamins for kids, Thyronol Dietary Supplement and Rapidcell Therapy Magnesium orange flavor. The FDA further asked enforcement agencies and local government officials to ensure that unregistered food products are not sold in their areas.
4 OPINION
July 24-30, 2019
Tagumpay ang 3rd Triple Crown A federal-parliamentary system Stakes Race sa Metro Turf Club for unity, peace and progress APO AKSYON AGAD NI LAPU-LAPU
TAGUMPAY sa pagtatapos ang ikatlo at huling yugto ng Triple Crown series sa karerahan ng Metro Turf Club sa Malvar, Batangas City. Talagang sinuporthan ng Bayang Karerista ang nasabing karera dahil halos mapuno ang loob ng karerahan na gustong masaksihan ang paghaharap ng dalawang kabayo. Nanalo sa unang yugto ay ang Real Gold at ikalawang yugto ang Boss Emong. Sa paghaharap ng dalawa sa huling yugto ay ipanakita ng Real Gold ang kanyang galing at tinalo niya ang Boss Emong na malayo sa finish line. Isang magandang Tropeo at tumataginting na P1,800,00 ang tinanggap ng C&H Ent mula sa sponsor ng Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom). Ang mga kalahok na tinalo pa ng Real Gold
Freddie Mañalac ang Sir Joaquin, My Dad Bogart, My Jopay, Shanghaigrey. Nagpapasalamat ang pamunuan ng Metro Turt Club dahil sa mainit na suporta na ginagawa ng Bayang Karerista. Kahit pagod na pagod na ang makikita sa hitsura ng Racing Manager ng Metro Turf Club na si Mr. Rondy Prado ay nadoon pa ang kasiyahan na makikta sa kanya dahil sa tagumpay ng huling yugto ng Triple Crown.
Ang kasalukuyang Pit Manager ng PAGCOR na si Dr. Edward Q Perez, ay PANGULO NG KATIPUNAN NG MAMAMAYANG MAY OBLIGASYON SA BAYAN (KAMAO), isang batikan na mamamayag at Propesor, Sadyang hind inatin masisisi ang mga tao at organisasyon na patuloy na sa kanya ay nag-eendorso para mailuklok sa mas mataas pa na posisiyon sa PAGCOR. Aking tinatawagan ang pansin ng ating Mahal na Pangulong RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE at PAGCOR Chairman / CEO Madam Didi Domingo na inyo nang ipwesto sa mataas na posisiyon sa PAGCOR ang hinahangaan ng madlang people, ang napakahusay at super-kwalipikadong DR. EDWARD Q. PEREZ. MARAMING SALAMAT PO!
FOR YEARS, the Philippines has adopted the presidential form of government badly copied from the former colonial master, the United States of America. And for so many years, the Philippines has remained underdeveloped and corruption has been mastered by political dynasties. It is now high time to bite the proverbial bullet to speed up modernization and uplift the quality of lives of our people through the establishment of a federal-parliamentary system of government. For me, for a federalparliamentary system to be successful in achieving unity, peace and progress for our archipelagic country and multicultural people, the political dynasties MUST be dismantled. This should be non-negotiable. Federalism would mean that the local government units (LGUs) will now have a bigger share in their Internal Revenue Allotment like receiving 80 percent while the 20
Junex Doronio percent goes to the federal government. I think it is more practical to have only five states, namely Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas, Mindanao, and Bangsamoro. On the other hand, under a parliamentary system there is no more need for two houses of legislature that only cause gridlocks in passing important bills into laws. The Members of the Parliament (MPs) will be voted upon based on their platform and program of action (not on sheer popularity) in their respective districts just like our present congressmen or representatives.
This means that even an MP from a smaller political party can be elected as PM by his peers based on his or her leadership qualities and not on popularity. Throughout the world, the most effective way of electing MPs is through a party-list proportional representational system. Voters select from a list of political parties and whichever party gets the most votes, gets the most number of MPs after the election. This system is designed to give all parties, including small parties, a proportional share of seats in the Parliament. In turn, the MPs will vote from among themselves the Prime Minister (PM) who will be the one running the government and the bureaucracy. The PM is the “primus inter pares” or the first among equals and he or she will be accountable to the people, through the Parliament which may – in case of corruption or betrayal of people’s trust -- vote him or her out through a motion of no-confidence.
Commissioner Jagger, ‘survivor’ ba talaga?
WAGI! Nagpakuha ng larawan ang connections ng nanalong kabayo, Real Gold sa huling yugto ng Triple Crown Stakes Race sa Metro Turf Club. Mula sa kaliwa, sina Horse trainer Rey Henson, Commissioner Reli De Leon, Jing Javier, Butch Mamon, Alex Mamon, Jockey JP Guce, Commissioner Niles at Racing Manager Rondy Prado. (Photo: FREDDIE M. MAÑALAC) JUNEX Q. DORONIO Publisher and Editor-in-Chief • FIDEL P. ORATE Managing Editor • JERRY BARCELO News Editor • FREDDIE M. MAÑALAC Metro Manila Bureau Chief • GENE ANTHONY VALENZUELA Visayas Bureau Chief • REY B. CABARABAN Mindanao Bureau Chief • XANDREX A. DORONIO Online Editor • NANIE GONZALES Layout Artist • NARCISO LLoyd CASTILLO Circulation Officer for Metro Manila • EDU ALINDAJAO Circulation Officer for Visayas-Mindanao • CHE B. PESTAÑO Advertising Manager • ATTY. SETH INFANTE Legal Counsel ACTion, Abtik sa Balita • Patas sa Komentaryo, is a weekly tabloid published every Wednesday by DORONIO PUBLISHING VENTURES, with address at M.L. Quezon National Highway, Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City, and mobile no. 0932-786-3587, and e-mail address doroniojunex777@gmail,com. In consonance with the freedom of expression and responsible journalism, all news articles and opinions featured herein are those of the writers and do not reflect the stance of the Publisher, Editors, staff and advertisers and the management of DORONIO PUBLISHING VENTURES.
MULING PINAGPIPYESTAHAN na naman ngayon sa Senado ang isyu sa BoC, ukol sa pagkakadiskobre na naman ng mga shabu na sinasabing nai-auction diyan sa MICP, kung saan ilang mga matatas na opisyal ng nasabing Port ay naiharap na diyan sa Senado at tiyak na gigisahin din ang mga ito sa mababang kapulungan ng Kongreso. At usap-usapan na rin sa pali-paligid ng BoC, kung maaapektuhan din daw ba dito si Comm. Rey Leonardo ‘Jagger’ Guerrero, na kahalintulad nina dating BoC Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon at Isidro Lapeña, na kinalaunan ay sinibak sa puwesto ni Pangulong Rody Duterte, nang malusutan
puna
Ed Bausa ng bilyon-bilyong halaga ng shabu ang BoC. Sa ngayon kampanti pa itong si Commissioner Jagger Guerrero, napamunuan ang BoC, dahil may kumpiyansa pa sa kanya si Pangulong DU30. Matatandaan na ipinahayag ni President Duterte, kamakailan sa
MEDIA, na may 65 daw na empleyado ng BoC ang nakatakda niyang sibakin sa puwesto dahil sa ilang mga katiwalian subalit ayon sa pangulo mananatiling Commissioner ng byuru itong si Comm. Guerrero. Subalit di natin alam baka magbago ang ihip ng hangin at matulad din ito sa nangyari kina Faeldon at Lapeña, na makalipas ang ilang buwan ng malusutan ang mga ito ng tone-toneladang Shabu diyan sa MICP, ay inalis din ang mga ito diyan sa Bureau of Customs. Abangan!!! Sa ngayon aminado itong si bagong MICP District Collector Jay Francia, na hirap syang Sundan sa pahina 6
opinion
July 24-30, 2019
The price of modernization MORE THAN 18 million Filipino workers will lose their jobs in the next five to six years due to factories and establishments resorting to robotics, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in selling products. That’s the price of modernization. Only the capitalists will gain, while millions of hard working Pinoys will starve to death. This is according to labor group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines. But this corner still doubts that this would happen in the Philippines in the next five years as we are behind ten years from being an industrialized and modern country. ALU-TUCP National
Executive Vice President Gerard Seno made the statement after Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Rafaelita Aldaba claimed that around 18.2 million workers could lose their jobs over the period of the next 5 to 6 years as enterprises shifts to automation, robotics and AI to create efficient service and more products to be competitive. Aldaba said workers, particularly in the agriculture, retail and manufacturing are now being impacted with only 1 employee left operating a machine in a production line that used to be manned by 5-10 workers. They are
noted
Jerry Barcelo concerned that affected or displaced workers might have difficulty to cope and acquire new skills needed to cope with the innovation if government will not be able to provide adequate and inexpensive up-skilling sessions for them.
Because of this, the TUCP is appealing to government to provide unemployment insurance schemes or programs specially to help displaced workers mitigate the impact caused by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The DTI said around 6 million workers from the agriculture sector, 3.4 million in retail and 2.4 million in manufacturing sectors could lose jobs by 2024 with more and more transition to automation and AI. But we hope that this would not happen. We Welcome modernization but not at the expense of people losing their jobs.
Ang SONA ni Duterte Ang State of the Nation Address kon SONA, usa ka taho ngadto sa katawhan sa mga programa ug kalamboan sa usa ka nasod. Kini pagahimoon sulod sa hawanan sa Kongreso diin ang duha ka gamhanan nga balaybalauranan nga mao ang Senado ug Kongreso mag usa sa ilang sesyon kon (joint session) aron paminawon ang taho kon report sa pamuno nasod sa agi sa iyang administrasyon matag tuig. Ug sama sa naandan, kagahapong adlawa Hulyo 22, 2019 mitaho ang pamuno nasod Rodrigo
mata sa masa
Rey Balagot Cabaraban Roa Duterte ngadto sa minilyong katawhang Pilipino sa mga nahimong agi sa iyang administrasyon niining tuiga sa gitawag niining build, build,
build programa nga maoy iyang gibida sa iyang SONA. Apan sa wala pa moabot ang pamuno nasod, nagpahigayon pag eleksyon ang mga sakop sa kongreso aron magpili sa ilang mamahimong pangulo kon speaker of the house diin mayoriya sa mga sakop niini mipabor kang Taguig Pateros Representative former DFA secretary Allan Peter Cayetano nga maoy ilang mamahimong pangulo sa Kongreso. Samtang sa Senado nagpabilin nga gihuptan ni Senate President Vi-
cente Sotto III ang iyang pagka pangulo sa senado dihang walay mibabag sa iyang 22 ka mga kaubang senador nga mitunga sa ilang unang session sa 18 th Congress kagahapong adlawa Hulyo 22. Sumala pa ni kanhi Special Assistant to the President ug karon senador Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go nga daan na nga nagpahibawo kaniya si Duterte nga kon wala pa gihapoy mapili nga speaker ang kongreso dili na kini motunga pa sa SONA ug magpuyo na lamang sa iyang balay suSundan sa Pahina 6
of Nevada in the western United States has continued to generate intense and crazy curiosity to know what is really in there at Area 51. In 1942, the government had restricted public access to Area 51 for
War Department use. The areas surrounding the Groom Lake had been permanently off-limits to both civilian and normal military air traffic. Cameras and guns were not allowed into the facility and even up to Sundan sa Pahina 6
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Area 51 – Where aliens are kept? By Romy Morales WE WERE on the USHighway 95 nearing the Amargosa rest area on our way to a ghost town when I spotted a military drone flying over the desert of Nevada. The very recent downing of unmanned aerial vehicle by Iran in June when it reportedly violated the Iranian airspace was still fresh in my mind that I easily rec-
ognized one as it flew over the highly classified remote area in Nevada popularly known as Area 51. The name itself—Area 51—has evoked some conspiracy theories about the place as where captured aliens that ventured into earth and alien spacecraft are being kept and studied. Coupled with strict secrecy of the strip of wasteland in the southern portion
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Mamahalin n’yo ang croc skink! MAGANDANG ARAW mga lodi! Pasintabi po sa ating magigiting na mambabatas sa Kongreso, hindi po kayo ang pinatatamaan ng aking column tungko sa pagaalaga ng ibang klaseng buwaya na walang iba kundi ang tinatawag na Philippine crocodile skink (latin word Tropidophorus grayi). Ang crocodile skink ay matatagpuan lamang dito sa Pilipinas sa bandang bahagi ng Visayas region. Alam nyo ba na ang balat ng croc skink ay halos kaparehas ng malalaking crocodile pero ang croc skink ay maliit lamang. Ang size ng female croc skink ay nasa 8 - 11 inches ang haba at ang male croc skink naman ay nasa 5 – 9 inches lamang. Sila ay maliksi at mahirap hulihin. Mailap sila sa tao. Sa mga balak magalaga ng croc skink, ang pinakamurang legal na mabibili n’yo ay 3k pesos bawat isa at meron nang DENR papers. May mga nagsasabi na meron din daw sa halagang P1.200 ang isang pares. Ang croc skink ay madalas nakatago sa mga bato o sa ilalim ng tubig. Alam nyo ba na may katangian silang mag- play dead pag na-threaten sila. Ang kinakain naman nila ay mga insekto katulad ng mealworm, crickets, dubia (cockroach) at maliit na isda. Katulad ng ibang lizard, kapag naputol ang
petmalu!
Tong Rosete kanilang buntot ay babalik ulit yun pero hindi na sya ganun ka haba katulad ng una nyang buntot. Tumatagal ang croc skink ng 5 hanggang 10 taon. Importante lang sa pag aalaga ng croc skink ang magandang lalagyanan nito. Sa pares na iyong aalagaan, puwede na ang 20 galons para ma set up mo nang maayos kasama ng taguan nila at paliguan nila na maayos. Madalas nagbababad sila sa tubig dahil mas gusto nila ng malamig na lugar. Paalala sa mga nagbabalak mag alaga ng croc skink. Kelangan mo din sila bigyan ng atensyon at pakainin ng maayos araw araw para sila ay mabuhay nang matagal. Kung may mga katanungan at gustong bumili ng croc skink, kontakin n’yo lamang ako at meron na akong DENR clearance upang legal kayong magalaga. Maaari kayo mag text or mag-inquire sa aking partner sa exotic pet, 0915-241-2703.
6 news PUNA
July 24-30, 2019
Galing sa Pahina 4
makuha ang weekly target sa MICP, kaya ang ginagawa n’ya sa ngayon ay minomonitor niya ang bawat section at pinaalalahanan ang mga Examiner at Appraiser
mata sa ... lod sa malacañan palace aron makapahulay. Dihang napili na ang speaker nga si Cayetano nga mao usab gusto ni Duterte miabot kini alas 5 pasado sa kongreso. Dinhi gibida ni Duterte ang iyang mga agi niining tuiga. Daghan sa mga gibuksan nga mga proyekto iyang gitaho ngadto sa katawhan sa Pilipinas. Sumala pa ni Duterte nga “believe me, I will end my term fighting,” nga sa ato pa hangtod mauman ang iyang termino, suklan gayod ni Duterte ang kahiwian sa gobyerno. Ingon pa ni presidente Duterte nga “there is no sacred cow in my administration,” ipasabot nga
area 51
dito na ipatupad ang tamang Duties & Taxes sa lahat na pumapasok na mga commodities sa bawat section upang makolekta ang buwanang Target Collection
Galing sa Pahina 5 wala siyay gipalabi sa iyang administrasyon. Aron masabtan sa tanan, akong isulat dinhi ang mga puntos nga angayang masayran sa tanan sa SONA ni Duterte kagahapong adlawa Hulyo 22, 2019 ug kamo na unya ang motimbangtimbang kon kining tanan niyang gisulti haum ba sa iyang gitrabaho niining tuiga. Points you need to know for SONA 2019 • Believe me; I will end my term Fighting • There is no sacred cows in my administration • We talk too much act to little • If hiningan kayo ng more than what is
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this date. The government had declared the area as top secret and/or sensitive compartmentalized information. Area 51 as being totally isolated from the public and with a dry lake bed had been found to be an ideal place for military training and testing. It became known as Nevada Test Site and Nellis Air Force Range, later to be renamed as Nevada Test and Training Range. When the area was subdivided into smaller numbered areas for management range installations, the name came up referring to the Groom Lake Field as Area 51. But initially, the site had been known as Paradise Ranch when a select group of people were recruited to work at the Ranch for a very special project. The Ranch would also be known as Watertown, a reference to the place of birth of CIA Director Allen Dulles. Later during the Vietnam War, Paradise Ranch
or Watertown was referred to as Area 51 when it appeared in some of the CIA documents. To date, the place is called Area 51 or popularly known as the Alien Center. It was where the first reconnaissance plane (Lockheed U-2) was tested in high secrecy. The spy plane was to fly over the Soviet Union to photograph two major intercontinental ballistic missile test sites but was shot down in 1960. The pilot was arrested after he ejected himself from the aircraft. Other military aircraft were also tested like the Archangel-12, SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. Aircraft testing would be flying at a very high speed and altitudes that sometimes or oftentimes people mistook them for alien spacecraft. The remoteness of the military facility and the high secrecy surrounding it, only fueled the heightened
na umaabot sa Php 15 bilyon every month. Magugunitang hirap na hirap din ang mga naging MICP District Collector na ma-meet ang target Collection sa puertong ito dahil mataas daw ang naka-assigned na Target Collection dito na
mismong Department of Finance (DoF) ang nagpatupad nito. Malay natin galingan lalo ni Coll. Jay, ang kanyang panunungkulan at masungkit niya ang buwanan at taunang Traget Collection diyan sa BoC. ‘di ba kaibigang Mike?
needed, sampalin nyo. • Pinamigay ko sa mga Aeta ang lupa (Boracay) para hindi sabihin kung kanino ko lang binigay • Unahin ko na ang Ibang airport, ihuli ko na ang Davao para wala silang masabi • Pag ipadala ko ang Marines to drive chinese vessels away no one of them will return • Philippines Sea is OURS no if's and buts • Pass salary standardization law, it includes increase of salary for nurses and teachers • All clearences, permits within 3 days • Marami tayong pera for the Masses kung
di ma-corrupt ang pera • If you think you can run the country better than me, go ahead • As president I cannot put blame to anybody, I assume responsibility • I will not stop until I reach the Finish Line Kini ang unod sa iyang SONA, ug kita na katawhan ang maantigo nga motimbang sa gantangan kon kining iyang ika-upat nga state of the nation address kon SONA nakahatag ba kini ug dakong kaayuhan kanatong tanan nga mga Pilipino. Reaksyon ug opinyon sa atong lindog ipadala kana sa atong email matasamasa@ gmail.com aron ato kining tukion sa sunod tang gula. Daghang Salamat!
curiosity of the people that Area 51 could be the storage of highly advanced military aircraft and weapons and the existence of aliens being studied and stored could also be among them. The spacecraft that crashed at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, wherein witnesses had propelled some testimonies (crazy or weird, no one can tell) of having seen human beings with oversized bald heads in proportion to their body and extremities, and with large slanted eyes has continue up to this date fascinating the interest of conspiracy theorists that the government is hiding something away from the public. As of this writing more than a million curiosityseekers have signed up for a Facebook post calling alien hunter wannabees to storm Area 51 despite such attempt is highly being discouraged by the government. So if anyone is entertaining the idea of going deeper into Area 51, you
might just as well forget it. The place is highly restricted, guarded, monitored under heavy surveillance cameras and anyone caught or arrested violating the secrecy of Area 51 might find the trouble they may be facing not worth the trip of their inquisitiveness. There is really nothing to see around the inhospitable perimeter of Area 51 except sagebrush, Joshua trees, the other desert cacti scattered everywhere under the scorching heat of the sun. Unless they are able to penetrate the military facility. Alien seekers might just as well contend themselves with what the rest area at the Alien Center offers or the Alien Brothel next to it as they stretch their legs after one and a half hour drive from Las Vegas to that Extraterrestrial roadside stops. Editor’s note: Romy Morales, former ace reporter of People’s Journal, is now based in Alaska, USA.)
portwatch HAS COME... CHANGE TO NEW SMUGGLING PLAYERS AND JUNK TO OLD!
May pera sa basura? Many mayors especially in highly urbanized cities and first or second class municipalities having been contending with thousands of tons of garbages in their areas and proper garbage collection and disposal are being called for. PORTWATCH remembered a post-1986 EDSA revolution seminar dubbed as “MAY PERA SA BASURA.” And this saying has indeed been TRUE not 33 years ago but even now. In Cebu City alone, the issue on who to collect and dispose of the 600-800 tons of wastes daily.....is now a heavy “HEADACHE” of the new Mayor Ed Labella. During the time of former Mayor Tommy Osmeña, his administration contracted Jomara Konstruck Incorporated as the city’s hauling service provider while it contracted ARN Central Waste Management Inc., the operator of the landfill in Barangay Binaliw in Cebu City as thedisposing areas for the wastes. However, since there is this new Labella administration, it is their prerogative to look for a new hauling service provider and landfill. Jomara’s contract with the city has expired on June 30, 2019 but reportedly Labella extended it until July 20 without an extension contract?. The city has allocated P63 million monthly for the hauling services alone. And that’s big money, and there is indeed “ MAY PERA SA BASURA.” With this big money and suspicions that Jomara and ARN Central Waste Management Inc. are cohorts of former Mayor Tommy Osmena. Labella boys now started to implement “OPLAN PAKILALA” meaning introducing,,, that there is a
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new administration. Very reliable sources disclosed that it is not only Labella’s group that are very much interested in joining the “MAY PERA SA BASURA” fray but even the groups of Vice Mayor Mike Rama and Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino. PATAY ? PAY B A C K TIME? Hehehe! Remember that Labella when he run for mayor had no political organization which Rama had and the financial capabilities which Dino had. Labella’s link of interest to “MAY PERA SA BASURA” is his appointed City Administrator Atty. Floro Casas... is this Atty. Casas the same lawyer as defending the Aloguinsan landfill operator San Rafael Corp. owned by Rafael Moreno,the son of former Aloguinsan Mayor Chonsi Moreno? Will there be possible “conflict of interest”? Reports said that Labella’s group is pushing for the Aloguinsan landfill instead of the city’s Binaliw? MAY PERA TALAGA... SA BASURA!
More than 100 Customs Officials and Personnel... Fired or resigned? President Rodrigo Dutertehas summoned to Malacanang last week at least 52 customs officials and personnel for their alleged involvements in anomalies in the bureau. They were warned that it’s better for them to resign or cases will be filed against them. PORTWATCH had documents on these 91 officials and personnel on their cases, they committed during their stint with the bureau. At least, half of these officials and personnel had a media encounter with PORTWATCH, meaning they were news sources and even apprehending officers on smuggling Continued on page 7
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July 24-30, 2019
RATSADOR Sano, Esmael A. Umpa, Loth M. Ubay-Ubay, Jose J. Tagarda, Janefa D. Dianalan, Pedro E. Amante Jr., Abdulcader S. Guro, Nafisah M. Baguinda, Golfredo T. Cahulogan, Cao D. Malic, Mangingin D. Macawadib, Lomontod D. Macabando, Ramon J. Anguilan, Michael Vincent A. Intong, Gerardo A. Macatangay, Alfonso S. Reyes, Pandi D. Hadji Nasser, Engr. Ramon O. Hernandez, Raymund P. Cabigon, Gil Senen E. Gamil, Vicente M. Gamboa, Antonio Meliton T. Pascual, Gina A. Atendido, Ma. Corazon N. Andal, Maria Dyan Sofia P. Balite, Datu Samson R. Pacasum, Ma. Rosario V. Acosta, Rhodora D. De Gracia, Leah J. Aquino, Dante A. Baleva Jr., Joseph Jason M. Dimayuga, Atty. Liceo C. Martinez, Lt. Filomeno S. Salazar, Vicente Eduardo S. Torres, Oscar G. Farin, Jury S. Jalani, Renly P. Tiñana, Mimosa E. Maghanoy, Jorge M. Bacani, Florante P. Ricarte, Jaybee Raul U. Cometa, , and Dolores N. Domingo. Wow ha special pa sila dahil hatid at sundo ang 52 Career Customs Officials na ito papunta ng Palasyo.....Hehehe.. ganyan si Pang. Digong Duterte. Opz hindi ko lang alam kong dumating lahat ang 52 Carrer Customs Official. Ito na, Masaya ba o Malungkot dahil kinabukasan July 19, ang mga naglabasan isyu sa Newspaper....na may titulong, RODY meets with BOC personnel TAGGED in
Galing sa pahina 8 CORRUPTION CASES, Pres. Duterte meet last nignt with about 52 personnel from the Bureau of Customs [BoC] who were summoned upon his order over alleged CORRUPTION activities in the Agency; DUTERTE Fires 52 Customs Employees, Pres. Duterte has relieved 52 Bureau of Customs employees over allegations of CORRUPTION at DUTERTE meets with Erring Customs Personnel, Pres. Duterte reiterated his directive to ERRING Bureau of Customs personnel allegedly INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION to hand in their resignation during meeting in Malacanang on Thursday. Sa madaling sabi, sa mga naglabasan titulo ng balita, ‘LAGLAG’ na ang 52 Customs Officials/Officer na ito. Ang 52 Career Customs Officials/Officer.. meet with Pres.Digong Duterte na kong saan guest sa nasabing special na okasyon sina Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senator Bong Go, Commissioner Rey ‘Jagger’ Leonardo B. Guerrero at Communication Secretary Martin Andanar. Sila ang buhay na saksi ng makaharap ni Pang. Duterte ang 52 Career Customs Officials sa makasaysayang okasyon.... Sey mo Sir, Com. Jagger Guerrero? Abangan... Sa inyong reklamo mag-email sa del.orate @yahoo.com
portwatch incidents in the different ports. Will President Duterte succeed in his endeavor to cleanse the Bureau of Customs? Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero vowed to cleanse the bureau but this is just the same “fatherhood” statements of previous Commisioners, eventually, they will be eaten up by the system.
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The details of the news story especially the cases against these erring customs officials and personnel will be exposed by this newspaper. For comments, suggestions, complaints, advises and feedback, please email at rico.osmena@ yahoo.com or rico.osmena@gmail.com, or text @ 0927-378-8432 (Globe) or 0943-51-56876 (Sun).
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CORTES ASSURES HIKE IN SENIOR CITIZENS’ PENSION By RICO M. OSMEÑA
MANDAUE CITY -- While the City of Cebu is still looking for additional funds for its Senior Citizens(SCs), Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has assured that the financial aid for the city’smore than 18,000 SCs will have its increase by Php2,000 which will be released within this year. “I have promised our Senior Citizens in Mandaue that they will have an increase from Php 8,000 yearly to Php 10,000 and this Php2,000 will be released by December this yearin time for the Christmas season,”
Mayor Jonas Cortes Cortes bared. For his part, Vice Mayor Glenn Bercede said that the 12-member City Council (including the ABC and SKF ex-officio) agreed to increase the financial aid for the SCs and the Com-
mittee on Senior Citizens is preparing amendments to the SC ordinance on financial assistance. “I feel that the general sentiments of the members of the city council are for the increase as this
was promised even during the campaign period,” Bercede said. “After the amendment,we will coming with a Supplement Budget for the increase.” Lawyer Ed Ybañez, Mandaue City Executive Secretary and concurrent Public Information Officer(PIO), said that the validation on the list of SCs in the city has started and will be completed in all 27 Barangays this week. It was gathered that the annual budget pegged for the SCs financial aid was Php144 million and with the increase of Php2,000,this will amount to Php180 million annually.
Shocking revelation
16 municipal police stations are squatters! By RICO M. OSMEÑA AT LEAST 16 out of 44 municipal police station in the Province of Cebu are considered “squatters and dilapidated” and the mayors apparently have less concern that this may affect the enforcement of peace and order and the drive against criminality. In a resolution authored by 6h District Provincial Board MemberThadeoJovitoOuano, chairman of the Committee on Public Safety,Peace and Order and Dangerous Drugs Abuse Prevention, revealed that 16 police stations in Cebu Province “are reportedly squatting on the properties of local government units. In fact,mostof
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them are found occupying the offices in the municipal halls.” Ouano identified these police stations in the municipalities of Alcoy,Alegria,Badian,Bo ljoon, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon,Consolacion, Dalaguete,Dumanjug,Gin atilan,Malabuyoc,Ronda, Samboan, Santander and Tabogon. Cebu Provincial Police Office(CPPO) Director Colonel Roderick Mariano admitted as having such “squatter” police stations in theprovince. “We are requesting our mayors of support, especially on lot donations,where our police stations in these towns are situated,” he said.
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kita ug korapsiyon? Nganong sila man gyud ang sagad nga pasanginlan kung may mga kawat kuno nga mahitabo? Tuod man matud pa ni Duterte nga nakakolekta ug dakung kantidad ang BOC niadtong milabayng tuig sa kantidad nga P585,000,000,000.00 pero ingon siya nga mas daku pa unta ang maong kantidad kung wala kawati sa mga taga
customs… unya unsa man mga higala, sige pa ta ani? Sa habig usab sa mga taga opposition o mga kontra partido ni Digong matud pa, walay bag-o sa gipanulti ni Digong sa iyang mga nanglabay nga SONA kay matud pa nga nagbalikbalik lang daw nga mga isyu. Pero di ba walay hisgot bahin sa Federalism last Monday SONA?
Mariano added that the funding for the construction of police stations
may come from the Philippine National Police or the LGUs or even from
SPEEDY ACTION. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan (right) personally conducts a ‘surprise’ check with the members of the PNP and CTMS in Barangay Pajac to catch the tricycle drivers who are driving without a franchise. More than 34 ‘kolorum’ tricycle units have been impounded in the CTMS impounding area across Hoopsdome in Barangay Gun-ob and part of the operation is the towing of the vehicles that are parked illegally on the streets. Usa pa pud nga nahisgutan mao ang postponement sa barangay election ug “Magna Carta” sa Barangays kun diin silang mga mga nagalagad sa kabarangayan mamahimong kawani na usab sa gobyerno nga adunay fixed salaries, allowance, insurance ug medical benefits ug automatic releases sa mga Barangay shares gikan sa mga buwis. Para sa PUNTO KO, kung matuman man gani ni, well mao na ni ang tinud-anay
nga devolution of local governance kung diin tunhay ng maangkon sa kabarangayan ang gahum sa pagduma sa ilang barangay. Aduna pay laing kapin sa duha ka tuig si Presidente Duterte para ipatuman ang iyang mag plano, maayo segurong ato kining npagabantayan ug maayo ug kanunay natong pukawon ang ilang attensiyon para dili nila hikalimtan ang ilang mga panaaad.
Tuluyan kayang ipatanggal sa serbisyo ni Pang. Digong Duterte ang 52 Career Customs Officers na kanyang ipinatawag sa Palasyo?! Vol 1 • No. 3
July 24-30, 2019
For Philippine Coast Guard, small fisherfolk on Tañon Strait
GWEN FORGES ‘WIN-WIN’ SOLUTION By RICO M. OSMEÑA
CEBU GOVERNOR Gwendolyn Garcia has managed to come up with a “win-win” solution on the Tañon Strait controversy involving more than 30,000 fisherfolk who had complained of being arrested and their catch seized by the Philippine Coast Guard. The fisherfolk of Toledo City and 23 municipalities in Cebu province were relieved after the PCG agreed on a moratorium on arrest and seizure operation along the Tañon Strait after a dialogue called by Garcia. “I requested all the agencies involved especially those enforcement groups arresting and seizing motorboats of our small fisherfolk to this dialogue as complaints of this marginalized sector have reached my office and we
have to resolve this as this serves as livelihood for our small fisherfolk and their families,” Garcia said in her opening statement in a four-hour dialogue last week. The Tañon Strait is a body of water separating the islands of Cebu and Negros. Dario Ricaplaza, president of the Cebu Fishermen Federation, relayed the concerns of the local fishermen to Garcia. During the dialogue, Garcia raised the allegation about the proliferation of illegal fishing in some parts of northern Cebu, particularly in San Remigio town. San Remigio Mayor Mariano Martinez vehemently denied the allegation and assured that his administration will not tolerate such illegal activity. Commodore Ronnie Gil Gavan, PCG-Central
Visayas chief and concurrent director of the National Coast Watch Center, also stressed that the PCG is relentless in going after illegal fishing activities in the area. Apparently moved bythe governor’s plea, Gavan has declared a moratorium on arrest and seizure operation. “There will be moratorium on arrests and seizures among small and medium scale commercial fishing along the Tañon Strait,” Gavan vowed in front of the fisherfolk and local government executives. “But please, we just wanted to make sure that these small and medium scale commercial fishers have their licenses from Maritime Industry Authority, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the local government units,” he stressed. The fisherfolk agreed.
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payatakon sulod sa ilang mga buhatan o ipaabolish ang ilang mga plantilla position ug kun dili gani pa reporton sa ubos balay balauranan ug motabang sa mga paperworks ngadto. Bueno sakit nga kasinatian alang niadtong mga kawani sa Bureau of Customs pero bilib lang sab ko ni president nga buot gyud niya nga ipasubay sa batakang balaud ang proseso para niiining mga naapektuhan nga Customs Personnel, pero taymsa sa gud, ngano kaha nga permanente man nga matumbok kining Bureaqu of Customs sa higayon nga mohisgot Sundan sa pahina 7
Panugon sa Presidente
HUGOT GYUD ang panugon ni Presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa iyang ikaupat nga State of the Nation ddress kun SONA nga ipadayon ang iyang kampanya sa pakigbatok sa ginadiling droga nga usa sa mga hinungdan kung nganong buot niyang mabalik ang Death Penalty, hinungdan nga iyang gipanawagan ang mga magbabalaod nga mohimo ug lakang para ibalik ang maong silot para sa mga heinous crimes, Nahisgutan usab sa SONA ang pakigbatok sa korapsiyon ug matud pa nga usa sa mga hinungdan nga daghang mga kaalyado sa administra-
Gene Anthony Valenzuela syon ang mga nagresign gawas pa niadtong iyang mga gipalagpot sa sirbisyo, ug usa na niini mao ang mga empleyado sa Bureau of Customs nga buot niya nga kung itugot lang nga dili na niya
TINATAPOS na nga ba ni Pangulong Rodrigo ‘Digong’ Roa Duterte ang matagal ng isyu sa Bureau of Customs [BoC] particular sa mga Customs Officials/Officer na diumano’y SANGKOT sa malawakang SMUGGLING-CORRUPTION makaraang sila’y ipatawag sa palasyo nitong nakaraang Thursday July 18? Base sa ‘Travel Order’ per Customs Personnel Order No.204-2019 [if hindi ako nagkamali] dated July 17, 2019 na pirmado ni Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero, lumalabas na 52 Customs Officials/Of-
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Fidel P. Orate ficer ang nakipagkita kay Pang. Digong Duterte. Opz teka, ito maganda may ‘Travel Order’ pa ang 52 Customs Officials/Officer na ito na pirmado mismo ni Commissioner Rey ‘Jagger’ Leonardo B. Guerrero, Pursuant to the
instructions from the Office of the President, you are hereby invited for an audience with the President himself, His Excellency Rodrigo R. Duterte, to be held on July 18, 2019,Thursday, at 4:00 P.M.at the Malacanan Palace., Manila. Ang mga na-invite mamasyal sa Palasyo ay ang sumusunod: Vanzadt T. Remonde, Atty. Aliya M. Malawani, Ma. Chona S. Sarte, Moctar B. Ibrahim, Zacaria R. Ali, Rolando L. Garcia, Erwin Xander A. Bautista, Salem D. Gani, Helen Grace C. Sevidal, Alladin G. Adig, Evan A. Sundan sa pahina 6
Luxury vehicles ‘smugglers’ in Cebu charged! Millions of pesos worth of luxury vehicles have been smuggled in the Port of Cebu for the past few months while the politikos were very busy campaigning. And those involved in these illegal activity were reportedly from the Office of the President (OP) and the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Central Visayas. At this point, PORTWATCH withholds the names of these government officials and businessmen until we get their side of the story. However,the Bureau of Customs this July 19,2019 filed the charges against MELANIE YASON SERRANO, the sole proprietress of KYLEMAN GENERAL MERCHAN-
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Rico M. Osmeña DISE, the consignee and her licensed Customs broker ERWIN ROY VITO ROJAS. The misdeclared importation violated Section 1401 in relation to Sections 1400, 405 and 412 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) as well as Article 172 in relation to Article 171 of
the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended. The shipment was declared as car accessories but yielded one(1) unit of RANGE ROVER, one (1) unit of MERCEDES BENZ, one (1) unit PORSCHE 911, and one (1) unit of ALPHA ROMEO. The consignee was supposed to pay Php 35 million in customs duties and taxes but because they misdeclared it, they only paid Php 119,000. This is just the tip of the iceberg... and there were millions worth of luxury vehicles which has been smuggled by the “powers that be” connected and using the name of President Rodrigo Duterte. Indeed, CHANGE Continued on page 6
POSE FOR POSTERITY. The Visayas United Truckers Asso. Inc. (VUTAI) induction of officers at Bayfront hotel in Cebu City with President Jun Cubarol and Vice President Israel Alin. and Inducting and guest speaker Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Regional Director Colonel Eduardo Montealto (ret.) RICO M. OSMEÑA