VOLUME 3NUMBER 221WED - THUAPRIL 14 - 15, 2010

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BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY – A lawyer has filed a petition before theCommission on Elections (Comelec) to probeNacionalista Party (NP) presidential candidate Sen.

Manny Villar for funding his political campaigns from allegedlyillegal contributions worth P6.7 billion from privatecorporations allied with the latter’s realty firm.

‘Illegal contributions’for Villar’s campaign

LAWYER ASKS COMELEC

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Lawyer Ernesto Francisco furnished Puntoyesterday a copy of his complaint filed last Mon-day, asking the Comelec to “immediately orderthe conduct of an investigation to determinewhether election laws have been violated and

whether the funds that have been used and/orare being used by Sen. Villar in his presidentialcampaign” are sourced from at least 12 privatecorporations, contrary to law.

BY DINO BALABO

NORZAGARAY, Bulacan—Waterelevation at the Angat Damdropped below the critical 180meters yesterday leading to the

STINKING ISSUE. Pollution caused by poultry and piggery farms in Porac and Angeles City, as well as its danger to human life are raised as anelection issue in these streamers strung around an open space at the Circumferential Road in Angeles City. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON

Angat water dropsbelow critical level

But Metro’s water supplyassured

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BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — TheAutonomous Region in MuslimMindanao (ARMM) has sought theassistance of the Subic Bay Met-ropolitan Authority (SBMA) as itprepares to establish a freeport at PAGE 6 PLEASE

ARMM turns to Subic Bayfor port conversion project

Parang town in the province of Magu-indanao.

Last week, a 20-man delegationheaded by ARMM acting regionalGovernor Ansaruddin Alonto Adiongvisited this premier freeport to learnabout the “Subic miracle” — thesuccessful conversion of this former

military base into a special eco-nomic zone.

“We were overwhelmed—interms of the organization and thedevelopment,” said David Ali, ex-ecutive director of the ARMM Offi-cial Development Assistance Of-

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RODOLFO I. VELASQUEZ

who died intestate on November 10, 2009 in Dau, Mabalacat, Pampangaexecuted an Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate more particularly describedas Philippine Peso Time Deposit Account No. 045-1-04503242-2, PhilippinePeso Time Savings Account No. 3045-188907, and a parcel of landcovered by TCT No. 462193 situated in Duquit, Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 14, 21 & 28, 2010

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of LAUDERICO S. OCAMPOwho died intestate on August 28, 2007 in Angeles City executed anExtrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of his estate more particularlydescribed as one-third undivided share of a parcel of land (Lot 2, Block 30,of the cons. and subd. plan, (LRC) Pcs-5423, being a portion of the cons.Lot 12 Block 8, described on plan Psd-2017, LRC (GIRO) Cad. Record No.124), situated in the Barrios of Pampang, San Nicolas and Lourdes, City ofAngeles and covered by TCT No. 118938-R of the Registry of Deeds ofAngeles City.

Punto! Central Luzon: March 31, April 7 & 14, 2010

ANGELES CITY – DonellAtienza of Holy Angel Uni-versity (HAU) won theMen’s Open finals of the1st Edgardo D. Pamintu-an Invitational Table TennisTournament on April 10, fin-ishing a 4-1 lead againsthis former teammate.

Atienza dominated thegame against JonasCortez of System’s PlusCollege Foundation withhis powerful forehand top-spin and defense.

“My friend Jonasplayed well, pero nakitako lang siguro agad yungkahinaan niya kaya na-

Atienza wins EdPam table tennis tourney

ANGELES CITY – MayorFrancis “Blueboy” Nepo-muceno has deplored thebotched black propagan-da being waged by shad-owy figures.

This after some150,000 “poison letters”that intend to destroy thereputation of Nepomucenohad been seized at theAngeles City Post Officeon Monday. Post Officeofficials noted that someP1.5 million had beenspent for the dubious let-ters intended to all resi-dents of Angeles City.

In a meeting with

Mayor deplores botched ‘black propaganda’Pampanga-based mediaon Tuesday at the Shang-hai Restaurant, Nepo-muceno said that his po-litical nemesis are nowresorting to black propa-ganda because they havea poor showing in theelectorate.

The City Governmentwas alerted of the boxesof letters which has no re-turn addresses. A tipsterrevealed that the letterscontained black propa-ganda materials againstthe mayor.

Nepomuceno hasasked Regional Director

Love Joy M. Matias of thePhilippine Postal Corpo-ration in Region III to stopthe delivery of the “poisonletters.”

In a letter to Matias,Nepomuceno indicatedthat “in accordance withSec. 397 (h) of the Philip-pine Postal Manual, thementioned letters areclassified as unmailablematter. Thus, Section 398of the same manual ab-solutely prohibits the de-posit in or carrying bymails of the Philippines,or delivery to the address-ee by any other officer or

vices of the Post Officewhich is a governmententity for the accomplish-ment of these illegal actsand advancement of theirpersonal interests. ThePost Office is being madea tool for the furtheranceof these shameful andbastardly acts.”

“This obviously areblack propagandas in-tended to mislead thepeople of Angeles in ordernot to vote for me in theupcoming elections andwhich for all intents andpurposes are violations ofexisting laws and regula-

tions specifically our elec-tion laws,” said Nepo-muceno.

“Nais po naming itaasang antas ng eleksiyondito sa Angeles City,” ac-cording to Nepomuceno.

He said all the charg-es in the black propagan-da had already been an-swered in various inter-views.

The two letters wereattributed to the Nagkakai-sang Mamamayan ng An-geles (NMAC) and theConcerned Citizens of An-geles City (CCAC).

–Arnel San Pedro

employee of the Bureau ofPosts the aforesaid let-ters.”

It also noted that “itshall likewise be unlawfulto publish, print or distrib-ute said campaign mate-rials unless they bear,and are identified by, thereasonably legible, or au-dible words “political ad-vertisement paid by,” fol-lowed by the true and cor-rect name and address ofthe payor.”

Nepomuceno said that“the mastermind of thisblack propaganda is un-wittingly utilizing the ser-

AGYU TAMU NGAN. Winners of the 1st Edgardo D. Pamintuan Table Tennis tournament pose with officiating officials and other participants duringthe awarding rites on April 10 at the Event Center in SM City Clark. Most of the players and coaches who joined the competition vowed to supportPamintuan’s mayoralty bid.

Arnel San Pedro

control ko yung laro hang-gang sa fifth set,” he said.

Some 86 table tennisplayers from differentschools, barangays, townsand sports clubs joined theevent. Government andnon-government workersalso joined the tournamentheld at the Event Center ofSM City Clark.

Atienza defeated Uni-versity of the Assumption(UA-Pampanga) coachRey Reg before reachingthe finals while Cortez de-feated his former team-mate, Timothy Perez inthe semi-finals.

In the Boy’s Open cat-egory, Mhelkhie Gautaneof barangay Virgen DelosRemedios this city usedhis powerful forehand at-tack to win the champion-ship against Faizal Man-mod. Carl Aguilar, a firstyear high school studentof HAU, placed third.

In the Women’s Open,Angelica Casem of Bam-ban, Tarlac bagged thechampionship againstMaricris Ayson, also ofHAU. Carmina Sengson ofUA-Pampanga defeatedChinie Angeles to bag thethird place.

“Una sa lahat, nagpa-pasalamat kami kay Atty.Ed Pamintuan sa kanyangwalang kupas na pagsupor-ta sa mga atleta,” said agroup of Angeles players.

“We are hoping thatmore tournaments will beorganized here. Playerslike us excel and prepare ifwe know that there arecompetitions,” they added.

They also urged An-geleños to vote for compe-tent leaders especiallythose who “have the heartfor athletes at hindi yungpinagkakakitaan langkami.” –Joey Aguilar Atienza (left) receives championship trophy

TARLAC CITY – NationalCapital Region (NCR) el-ementary boys playersMelwyn Kenneth Baltaz-ar and Giovanni “Gio” Me-jia defeated Cagayan Val-ley led by Jerico Cacaland Alder Baldwin Jallori-na, respectively to remainon top after the secondround of the PalarongPambansa chess compe-tition here on Tuesday.

Baltazar, a student ofF.G. Calderon IntegratedSchool in Manila downedCacal after 30 moves ofEnglish Opening usingthe black pieces on board1. Mejia, the pride of LaSalle Greenhills in Man-daluyong, prevailed overJallorina after 29 moves of

PALARONG PAMBANSA 2010

CL, NCR lead in chess eventCenter Counter Gameshandling the white pieceson board 2.

The twin victories ofBaltazar and Mejia gavethem a total of 4 points inthe elementary boys’competition here at theAquino Center, HaciendaLuisita, here.

The duo (Baltazar andMejia) also defeated LanzRenuel Otero and JohnKenneth Bayot of West-ern Visayas in the firstround on Monday.

Rey Yaon of the Ca-lamba Chess Club said atotal of 136 chess playersfrom 17 regions joined theprestigious annual com-petition.

After the second

round, Central Luzon Re-gional Athletic Associa-tion (CLRAA) takes thelead with 4 points followedby Calabarzon, 3.5points, and NCR, 3points.

Loraine Salinas andJudith Pineda of CentralLuzon defeated JanelleMae Frayna and LoradelDematera of Bicol in thefirst round then toppledBrena Mae and MerleneMembrere of Ilocos Re-gion in the second round.

In the elementarygirls’ division, Maria Ysa-belle Joyce Semillanoclustered his secondstraight win after beatingHannah Joyce Amoncio ofDavao.

However, team-mateJesca Docena lost to EllaGrace Moulic.

Semillano bested An-gela Camano while Doce-na downed Gwen Atayrato complete shut-out vic-tory of NCR against BicolRegion in the first round.

After two rounds ofplay, both NCR and Cala-barzon tallied a total 3points apiece.

Calabarzon top gunnerMarie Antoinette San Di-ego defeated RenaisanMamac of Central Visa-yas while team mateChristina Medenil labowed to Gleneth Duny-en Calacar.

Calabarzon blankedCAR (Cordillera Adminis-

trative Region) in theopening round. San Diegonipped Love Joy Taguinayon board 1 while Medenil-la outplayed Kaissa An-cheta on board 2.

In the high school

boys’ division, NCR’s Ah-vix Alfonso and Franz Rob-ert Grafil defeated RomarkRamones and ReynaldJoseph Navarrete of Ca-gayan Valley, respective-ly. –Marlon Bernardino

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Zona LibreBong Z. Lacson

E d i t o r i a l O p i n i o nO p i n i o n

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Sir:I am writing you, in behalf of the Clark Devel-

opment Corp. management, to clarify the pointsthat were raised in your editorial article entitled“A question of fairness” which came out in yourApril 9, 2010 issue.

In its 17 years of existence, the CDC has al-ways made paramount the desire to uplift the livesof every Filipino by transforming a once devastat-ed U.S. military air base into a bastion of eco-nomic development.

In Clark, we do not only build in order to at-tract investors. We reach out to people, particu-larly the steadfast and determined workforce ofthe Freeport – our small way of extending grati-tude for the dedication they have displayed to-wards their jobs.

A recent example to this was the conclusionof the negotiations between the CDC manage-ment and the Association of CDC SupervisoryPersonnel (ACSP).

The conclusion of the negotiations wasreached after both parties agreed on certain eco-nomic benefits that included utility, housing, andcommunication allowances, as well as a good-will grant in the form of cash. Though not thatmuch, the latter could be a source of envy byother government workers.

These benefits are being granted by the CDCeffective December 2009 as agreed upon in theground rules that were laid at the start of the ne-gotiations.

The CDC management did not only follow theground rules that were agreed upon by both par-ties prior to the review, but also offered other eco-nomic benefits which should have been part ofthe negotiations in 2011. In turn, these benefitswere acknowledged and accepted in principle byboth parties.

On the matter of CDC’s budget of P620 mil-lion for infrastructure projects, the outlay is nec-essary to lure more investors into the Freeport.

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Puesto sagobyerno,magkano?

PAGPITADA PA lamang ng campaign periodAy dumagsa na ang mga nag-iikotAt nakatutulig na ingay ng showboatNitong sa gobyerno ay gustong maluklok.

At kung saan kahit alanganing orasAy di nangingiming mangampanya’t sukat,Kaya’t tunay namang nakababanasAng paulit-ulit nilang patalastas;

Partikular na sa gustong mamahinga,Makapananghali at oras ng siesta;Na talaga namang nakasasawa naAt nakabubwisit sa taynga ng masa.

At maging ang pinaka-liblib mang lugarAy nararating ng karamihan po n’yan,Kung saan ang lahat na’y isinusugalUpang mangibabaw lamang sa kalaban.

At ultimong laman ng bulsa ng ibaAy itinataya sa pangangampanya,Kaya anong maasahan sa kanilaKundi ang posibleng ya’y bawiin nila?

At ang kahantungan ng panunungkulanAy tiyakang walang buting kahinatnan,Pagkat imbes maging haligi ng bayanAy baka sila pa ang magsilbing anay!

At saan posibleng mabawi po nilaAng napakalaking sinunog na pera,Kung di sa pagiging corrupt n’yan kumbagaKapag sa gobyerno ay naipuesto na?

Tulad na lang nitong mga kandidatongPampanguluhan d’yan o Presidentiables,Sa akala n’yo ba’y kakasya ang milyonsNina Noynoy, Villar, Estrada at Gordon?

Tama’t may limit ang pag-gastos umanoNg kahit sino pa sa anumang puesto,Pero kailan na ba nangyaring totooAng expenditures na sinumite nito?

Gaya na lamang ng tayo ay humabolO kumandidato sa pagka-councilor,Di man nagkasya ang sampung libo noonPero yan ang report sa ‘ting expenditures.

Papano nga po ay limitado kasiAng report na dapat nating isumite,Kung kaya kahit na lubhang imposibleAy siyang inilagay namin na nangyari.

At taga Comelec mismo ang nag-warningNa ang expenditures o naging gastusinAy di nga po dapat nating palampasinSa isinasaad ng kanilang ruling.

Pero kakasya ba sa PresidentiableAng kahit doblihin n’yan ang daang milyon,Kung presyo ng bawat poster o sampolAy di bababa sa tatlong piso ngayon?

Kaya nga’t marahil ang marami nitoAy nandaraya na sa naturang punto,Upang makaiwas sa kung anong kasoNa posibleng kaharapin ‘pag nanalo.

Kaya nga’t sa ngayon anong naging isyuSa nakararami nating pulitiko,Kundi ang ika nga ay natin ay magkanoAng mapuesto kaya sa ating gobyerno?

Gaya na lang nitong di pa man ay milyonsNa ang pinuhunan ng Presidentiables,Na tulad ni Villar, Gibo, Noynoy, Gordon,At ng iba pang nasa higher positions!

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A statement of the ACSP said that CDC isonly willing to allocate P1.4 million for the eco-nomic benefits of its members.

In a business enterprise such as the Free-port, the budget is necessary to construct therequired infrastructure, renovate existing facilities,upgrade utilities and all other aspects required toconduct business.

By doing so, investors are more likely to de-cide in favor of the Clark Freeport Zone rather thanconstruct their businesses in undeveloped sites.

Comparison of benefits should be made withemployees of other government agencies whereCDC’s pay schemes and benefits are at par with,if not greater than, private entities in Central andNorthern Luzon.

Also, the housing benefits requested for bythe ACSP continues to be reviewed in as muchas previous offers from private companies, throughPag-Ibig, require intensive capital outlay on thepart of CDC.

Until more favorable terms can be found, CDCmanagement offered an additional housing allow-ance which was acceptable to the ACSP.

The management also belies the ACSP’s con-tention that CDC continues to neglect the welfareof employees.

It is a well known fact that more and moreworkers are looking for employment at CDC notonly because of its compensation package whichis well above the industry standard, but also be-cause of the numerous benefits that an employ-ee can avail of.

With no prescriptive period for the resumptionof negotiations, The Corporation hopes that theACSP will reconsider management’s offers in or-der to resolve the impasse.

Thank you and more power to Punto!

Sincerely,Noel G. TulabutOIC, Public Relations Department

High brow“TIGER, TIGER, burning bright

In the forest of the night,What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry...”No, Lakas-CMD-Kampi standard bearer Gilbert

Teodoro did not have to quote William Blake toadvance the cause of his candidate for the mayorshipof the City of San Fernando.

“Tell [Mayor] Oca [Rodriguez] that it is the Year ofthe Tiger and he better watch out.” So Gibo playfullyteased during a recent sortie in the city.

So what had Oca to say?“Baka nagbibiro lang si Gibo. Year of the Tiger

nga ngayon pero may kasabihan tayo saKapampangan: Kung keng leon at tigre eku tatakut,keka pa? (Gibo might have been joking. Year of theTiger, it may indeed be, but we have an adage inCapampangan: Neither lions nor tiger scare me, sowhy should I be scared of you?”

Yes, it is this light, and good natured banter, thatshould provide the welcome respite to an otherwisepretty tense and all-too-partisan campaign. It showssome high level of maturity among our candidates.

Low blowMEANWHILE, IN Angeles City, supporters of MayorFrancis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno were reported tohave “discovered and apprehended” some 150,000anonymous “poison letters” at the city post office.

A tipster is said to have informed the mayor’s staffthat the letters contained “libelous and derogatorymaterials” against the city mayor and hisadministration.

One Imelda Lansangan, 26, of Barangay VirgenDe Los Remedios, a letter recipient, said she wasshocked upon opening the anonymous letter which,she opined, were “harmful and can cause bad publicityfor the mayor.”

Two statements, one attributed to a “ConcernedCitizens of Angeles City” and the other to a“Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Angeles City” werein the letters.

PhilPost Regional Director Love Joy Matias wasquoted as saying the 150,000 letters would, at theleast, amount to some P1.5 million in the cost ofstamps, envelopes and printing.

So much cost for so much vitriol. It is thisunderhanded and dastardly misdeed that shows towhat lows election campaign can sink.

THE MACEBEBES are back. Betraying yet another Philippinepresident.

That was my good friend and minor seminary underclassmanBoiti shoving me a copy of the Philippine Star yesterday with thestory of the erudite Ding Cervantes titled NP to field GMA’scabalen for speaker. It read:

A Pampanga congresswoman perceived to be an ally ofPresident Arroyo is seriously eyeing the speakership of the 15thCongress, leading to a possible showdown with the outgoingpresident for the post.

Mrs. Arroyo’s “cabalen,” 4th district re-electionist Rep. AnnaYork Bondoc, said yesterday she plans to pursue the Housespeakership regardless of reports that the President is alsointerested in it.

Bondoc, of the Nacionalista Party (NP), is a granddaughter ofthe late former Senate president Gil Puyat and daughter of the lateRep. Emigdio Bondoc.

Yet anotherMacabebe

Mrs. Arroyo is running for Congress in thesecond district of this province and local voterssay she is expected to win. NP standard-bearerSen. Manny Villar was at the Bondoc familyresidence here last Sunday to attend the 41stbirthday party of Bondoc’s elder brother Rimpy,who had served three terms (For the record: Rimpyserved only two terms, 1998-2004,running forgovernor in 2004)as congressman in the fourthdistrict.

She said Villar “took note” of her plans to seekthe speakership.

“Anna, Rimpy and I are family. We woulddiscuss and consider Anna’s plans. It would thenbe discussed by the members of the House butdefinitely the NP would field its candidate and wewill see,” Villar said.

Bondoc made no reservations about herintentions regardless of reports that if Mrs. Arroyowins a congressional seat, which in mostlikelihood she will, the outgoing president plansto seek the House speakership.

“The President and I are friends. We belongto different political parties. I am with NP and sheis with the Lakas-Kampi-CMD. Besides, she(Arroyo) has not made any statement she wouldlike to be speaker,” Bondoc said.

She stressed that she has always beenindependent from the dominant political party inthe President’s home province. She ran under theNationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) in 2004, andthen under the NP in 2007…

Bondoc said she was egged on by somesectors to seek the speakership, although shedid not identify who they were.

“They are fed up with a Congress whose imageis such that it does not fare well in surveys. It’s aCongress that has lost touch with the people,”she said.

Bondoc said she believed she is “eminentlyqualified” to become speaker as she could also

represent the youth that comprise a majority ofFilipinos.

So what’s this racket about Macabebes?So have you, of all people, who fed on history

morning, noon and night at the seminary,forgotten?

What is it I should remember?The capture of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo,

President of the Philippines, in 1901 in Palanan,Isabela by American troops led by Gen. FrederickFunston with the “able and willing” assistance ofMacabebe Scouts…

I see, so Anna York Bondoc-Sagum ofMacabebe is in effect doing to GMA what hertownmates of a century ago did to Aguinaldo?

Yes, and the similarities only start there. InAguinaldo’s capture, Funston and a handful of hismen pretended to be captives of the Macabebes,who were dressed in rayadillos, the PhilippineArmy uniform. They were supposed to bepresented to Aguinaldo, but once they got intothe encampment, they immediately subduedAguinaldo’s guards and captured him.

So how does that tally with your idea ofBondoc-Sagum’s so-called betrayal of GMA?

Bondoc-Sagum was an almost-permanentfixture in GMA’s foreign trips. In practically allpresidential visits to the province – at least beforethe idea of her running for the House germinated– Bondoc-Sagum was there too, a la dama depresidentita. If I am not mistaken, GMA even stoodas godmother to Bondoc-Sagum’s grand weddingto that mayor of San Luis town.

So?Dummy, can’t you see the lady solon’s feigned

captivity to GMA as no more a foil than Funston’s“captivity” by the Macabebes in order to strike atthe President? Yeah, the Macabebes live on!

I’m a dummy, dumb as any dummy can everbe. I wonder how the congresswoman-wanting-to-be-Speaker-too will take this.

ON APRIL 14, 1865, JohnWilkes Booth, an actor and Con-federate sympathizer, fatallyshoots President Abraham Lin-coln at a play at Ford's Theaterin Washington, D.C.

The attack came only fivedays after Confederate GeneralRobert E. Lee surrendered hismassive army at AppomattoxCourt House, Virginia, effective-ly ending the American Civil War.

Booth, a Maryland nativeborn in 1838, who remained inthe North during the war despitehis Confederate sympathies, ini-tially plotted to capture Presi-dent Lincoln and take him toRichmond, the Confederate cap-ital.

However, on March 20, 1865,the day of the planned kidnap-ping, the president failed to ap-pear at the spot where Boothand his six fellow conspiratorslay in wait. Two weeks later,Richmond fell to Union forces.

In April, with Confederatearmies near collapse acrossthe South, Booth hatched a

desperate plan to save theConfederacy. Learning that Lin-coln was to attend a perfor-mance of "Our American Cous-in" at Ford's Theater on April14, Booth masterminded thesimultaneous assassination ofLincoln, Vice President AndrewJohnson and Secretary ofState William H. Seward. Bymurdering the president andtwo of his possible successors,Booth and his conspiratorshoped to throw the U.S. gov-ernment into disarray.

On the evening of April 14,conspirator Lewis T. Powellburst into Secretary of StateSeward's home, seriouslywounding him and three others,while George A. Atzerodt, as-signed to Vice PresidentJohnson, lost his nerve and fled.

Meanwhile, just after 10p.m., Booth entered Lincoln'sprivate theater box unnoticedand shot the president with asingle bullet in the back of hishead. Slashing an army officerwho rushed at him, Booth leapt

to the stage and shouted "Sicsemper tyrannis! [Thus alwaysto tyrants]--the South isavenged!"

Although Booth broke his legjumping from Lincoln's box, hemanaged to escape Washing-ton on horseback. The presi-dent, mortally wounded, wascarried to a lodging house op-posite Ford's Theater.

About 7:22 a.m. the nextmorning, Lincoln, age 56, died--the first U.S. president to beassassinated.

Booth, pursued by the armyand other secret forces, was fi-nally cornered in a barn nearBowling Green, Virginia, anddied from a possibly self-inflict-ed bullet wound as the barn wasburned to the ground.

Of the eight other peopleeventually charged with the con-spiracy, four were hanged andfour were jailed.

Lincoln, the 16th U.S. presi-dent, was buried on May 4,1865, in Springfield, Illinois.

Source: www.history.com

Fairness becomes CDC

Lincoln is shotTODAY IN HISTORY

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

BASTA SI Rochelle ang bida sa Daisy Siete humihirit ang rating nito.Sa bagong season ng Daisy Siete, ang Adam or Eve, si Rochelle muli ang bida katambal ang baguhang si Geoff Taylor.Bukod kay Tisoy, ay bagong child stars na namang na-discover through audition ang Focus E., ito ay sina Roland at Rovince

Monterajo, twins na taga-Las Piñas na parehong magaling umarte at kumanta.Sa presscon ng Adam Or Eve, muli silang pinakanta ng mga press dahil sa magandang tinig nila. Bihira ang pinababalik sa

stage, lalo’t hindi naman kilala. Posibleng magkaroon din ng career ang kambal tulad ni Julian Trono na discovery din ni Joy atrumarampa ngayon sa Panday Kids with Buboy Villar.

Bukod sa kambal, binigyan din ng break ng Focus E ang singer na si Malu Barry. Matagal-tagal ding hindi s’ya napapanood. SiLito Calzado, kilalang musical direktor ay mapapanood din dito sa teleseryeng ito. Malaki nga ang pasasalamat niya kay Joy dahil35 years ding hindi s’ya nakaarte sa harap ng TV. Kasamahan s’ya ni Joy noong araw sa pagsasayaw at siya ang ama ni IzaCalzado.

Kasalakuyng humahataw ngayon sa rating ang Adam Or Eve ni Rochelle Pangilinan.Dual ang role ng paboritong alaga ni Joy Cancio rito. From being a choir member, she assumes another character, her twin

brother, Andrew Cuevas, with whom she was separated from years back. Rochelle thought of a plan to save the musical career of theband known as Adams after Andrew met an accident.

Oh by the way, malapit nang malaman ang misteryo sa tunay na hitsura ng Daisies na pawing nakamaskara sa kanilangperformances, maging ditto sa Adam Or Eve.

Sabi ni Joy tungkol sa grupo. “What better way to unmask their true identities via a popular teleserye. Excited na ang publiko

Basta si Rochelle ang bida…Daisy Siyete top-rater!

makita ang kanilang mga itinatagong kagandahan and I guarantee you one thing: People will not be disap-pointed. As the plot goes, Rochelle will fall in love with Jeff, another vocalist ng Adams. Ang problema, Jeff isin love with the lead singer of Daisies who in turn has a crush on Andrew (na actually ay si Rochelle). O di bamagulo, pero ang saya-saya?”

We could hardly wait to see (and admire) the faces behind Daisy Green, Blue, Pink, Yellow and La-vander. We can’t wait, girls: Take those masks off.

Karylle ineskandalo sa internetMARAMI ANG naaawa kay Karylle dahil unti-unting kumalat sa Internet ang isang e-mail na pinamagatang“Karyle’s unaware moment.”

Alam naming di sanay sa mga esakandalo si Karylle kaya talagang di nararapat ang ginawang pagtratokay Karylle ng mga mapang-abuso sa internet.

Ano ang laman ng nasabing e-mail? Isang picture ni Karylle na labas ang kanang dibdib at supposedly aykuha rin sa kontrobersyal na two-part ASAP XV episode sa Boracay.

May date pa at oras na nakalagay sa picture, “2010/03/21, 12:05 p.m.”Matatandaang sa taped as live second part ng summer special din nangyari ang tinawag na “wardrobe

malfunction” ni Anne Curtis habang sumasayaw sa isang production number kasama si Sam Milby.Dahil maraming cellphone camera ang nakatutok noon kay Anne, mabilis na kumalat sa Net ang eksena

ng pag-hello ng kanang boobsie nito.Ngayon, si Karylle naman ang biktima ng sinasabing “nip slip,” halimbawang true nga, ha.Kasa-kasama pa niya sa picture sina Vina Morales at Sheryn Regis habang kumakanta.Hindi kami computer expert o kaya’y bihasa sa photoshop, kaya hindi namin masabi kung fake o tam-

pered ba ang nasabing litrato ni Karylle.Pero authentic man o hindi ang picture ay beside the point. Hindi tama ang ginawa nila.Ang ipinagtataka pa namin, kung totoong lumuwa rin ang kanang dibdib ng anak ng singer na si Zsa Zsa

Padilla sa nasabing ASAP XV episode sa Bora, bakit ngayon lang ito lumabas?Sa dami ng tao ru’n that time, imposible namang nakalusot iyon gaya ng nangyari kay Anne.Ano kaya ang motibo ng mga taong nagpasimula ng e-mail na ito bukod sa mambastos ng isang kaawa-

awa at walang kamalay-malay na nilalang?Sinubukan naming kunan ng reaksyon si Karylle via text message, pero as of presstime, nanatili itong

tahimik.Hindi kami sure kung nagpalit na siya ng cellphone number o baka naman mas type na dedmahin na lang

ang isyu, lalo na nga kung gawa-gawa lamang ito ng mga taong walang magawa sa buhay.Tsinek din namin ang Facebook at Twitter accounts ng singer-actress for pos-

sible reaction, pero wala kaming nabasa sa wall niya habang tinitipa ang itemna ito.

Ang nakitaan lang namin ng posibleng pahayag ukol sa pangyayari ayang ina niyang si Zsa Zsa, na nag-emote sa tweet na, “My heart is bleed-ing. How can people be so heartless?”

Ang tweet na ito ni Zsa Zsa ay sinagot ni Anne ng “I super under-stand you, Ms. Z.”

Siguro, makatutulong kung may isang taga-ASAP XV na mag-sasalita para linawin ang issue na ito. Dapat lang nilang protektahano tulungan si Karylle, lalupa’t mainstay nila ito, ’no.

“Di kami insecure sa Paparazzing TV5!”- - BOY ABUNDA

ACTUALLY, sa ganda ng Paparazzi, yung bagong Sunday show-biz talkshow ng TV5, may katuwiran naman talagang ma-insecureang mga kalaban nila sa magkabilang network. When asked ngakung walang balak ang team ng Paparazzi na sabayan ang oras ngThe Buzz at Showbiz Central, someone in the know said na bakaraw ang dalawang kalaban ang agahan ang slot para sila masabay-an.

Anyway, sa darating na Linggo, aalamin natin kung ano pangsignificant content ang makikita natin sa bagong talkshow na ito niInay Cristy Fermin.

Did you know na noong Sabado, very glaring ang maraing changesna ginawa ng The Buzz?

Si Boy na ang nagsabing walang kinalaman ang pagdating ngPaparazzi sa bagong set ng The Buzz, pagkuha nila kay KC asadded host at pag-i-introduce ng new segments.

Noon pa raw plinano ang bagong hi-tech na set ng show com-plete with LED display.

“Kahit ’di lumipat si Ruffa (Gutierrez), magre-reformat na talagakami, nagkataon lang talaga. Wala sa amin ang ma-threaten dahilwe can accommodate four to five showbiz talk shows, ang dami nanaming nakatapat, pero andito pa rin kami.

“More shows mean more jobs at naniniwala akong everybody hasthe right to work and I think 94 million Filipinos can accommodate fiveshowbiz talk shows,” paliwanag pa ni Boy.

Binigyan ni Boy ng 12 DVDs nina Oprah Winfrey at Barbara Walterssi KC para panoorin at kumuha ng tips kung paano mag-host at sanakita niya nang interbyuhin nito si Andi Eigenmann, alam ni Boy namalayo pa ang mararating ni KC bilang host.

Dagdag na segments ng The Buzz ang KCX ni KC, may Imbuzztigasy-on, ICU at ang new set ang panlaban nila sa Paparazzi.

Ano naman kaya ang panlaban ng Showbiz Central sa tagline ng TheBuzz na “Braver, Bolder & Bigger?”

Take note, hindi insecure si Boy Abunda sa Paparazzi.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 56ANGELES CITY

ROSALINA M. ROMEROPetitioner,

-versus- SP. PROC. NO. (09) 8370

CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERALRespondent.

x———————————————————————xORDER

A verified petition having been filed by Rosalina M. Romero prayingthat after due notice, publication and hearing judgment be rendereddirecting the Office of the Civil Registrar General, Manila to correct theentry in the Report of Marriage of the petitioner pertaining her date of birthfrom JANUARY 24, 1958 to JANUARY 24, 1957, which appears to besufficient in form and substance, set the hearing of said petition on June21, 2010 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning on which date and time, allpersons interested may appear and show cause, should they haveany, why the petition should not be granted.

Let copies of this Order be published once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the provinceof Pampanga and Angeles City at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copies of this Order and Petition be furnished theOffice of the Civil Registrar of Angeles City the Civil Registrar Generaland the Office of the Solicitor General.

SO ORDEREDAngeles City, March 18, 2010.

IRIN ZENAIDA S. BUAN Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: March 31, April 7 and 14, 2010

Karylle

He also asked theComelec to disqualify Vil-lar from running for presi-dent if he is found guilty.

In 2009, Francisco alsoexposed the “redundantP200-million appropriationin the 2008 national bud-get, as well as the allegedirregularities in the roadright-of-way acquisitionsfor the C-5 road extensionproject that also implicat-ed Villar.

In his complaint filedMonday, Francisco notedthat in his Statement ofAssets and Liabilities(SALN) as of Dec. 31,2008, Villar declared thathe had only P29,212,803“cash in the bank.”

He noted, however, that“starting 2009 up to thepresent”, Villar’s campaignexpenses run into billionsof pesos. He cited a reportof the AGB Nielsen firmwhich estimated that Vil-lar had spent some P1.2billion for his radio andtelevision political ads fromNov. 1 last year to lastFeb. 8.

Francisco said that“even if he (Villar) had liq-uidated and/or sold all ofhis other declared assetsin his sworn statement ofassets and liabilities,namely, the ‘real proper-ties’, ‘investment items’,and ‘receivables and oth-er personal and reap prop-erties,’ to finance his cam-paign expenses to date,

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‘Illegal contributions’ for Villar’s campaignwhich obviously he has notdone, the proceeds wouldstill be insufficient and in-adequate to fund such ex-penses.”

“In order to defray thebillions of pesos in ex-penses needed for hispresidential bid, Sen. Vil-lar must have billions ofpesos in cash,” he said.

Francisco noted thatwhen Sen. Villar is askedabout the source of hisfunds for election expens-es, he has been empha-sizing that he has beenspending his own moneyand “that he is not behold-en to anyone.”

“However, if Sen. Villaronly had P29,212,803cash in bank as of Dec.31, 2008 based on his ownsworn statement of assetsand liabilities, where is hegetting the money that heis spending in his presi-dential campaign?” heasked.

Francisco asked theComelec to probe reportsthat Villar’s funds havealso been sourced fromsome P6.7 billion fundsfrom at least 12 privatecorporations which arestockholders of the sena-tor’s Vista Land and Lifes-capes Inc. (Vista Land).

“Reports have attribut-ed Sen. Villar’s abun-dance of campaign fundsto his real estate business-es, including the success-ful initial public offering ofhis publicly listed compa-ny, Vista Land, which took

place at about the sametime that he signified hisintention to run for presi-dent,” Francisco said inhis complaint.

Records from the Phil-ippine Stock Exchange(PSE) showed that onMay 24, 2007, it approvedthe listing of 6,388,042,152shares of Vista Land andon June 25 of the sameyear, the shares were list-ed with the PSE.

After the listing wasapproved, Vista Land ap-plies for public offering of3,105,994,207 shares atP6.85 per share. The of-fering consisted of2,120,000,000 new sharesof Vista Land and985,994,207 existingshares owned by othershareholders.

On July 26, 2007, thePSE approved the sale ofthe new and existingshares. The new shareswere sold at P6.85 pershare for a total ofP14,522,000,000, theamoung supposedly goingto the coffers of VistaLand.

The existing sharesalso owned by other VistaLand shareholders weresold at the same price pershare for a total ofP6,754,050,317.

In his complaint, Fran-cisco identified the share-holders as Polar PropertyHoldings Corp., CalvestonInvestments Corp., AlthorpHoldings Inc., CameronGlobal Ltd., Golden Haven

Memorial Park, Inc., Cam-bridge Group, Inc., PolarProperty Holdings Corp.,Fine Properties, Inc., Adel-fa Properties, Inc., C andP Homes, Inc. Crown Asia,Inc., Communities Philip-pines, Inc. Household De-velopment Corp., and Vis-ta Britanny Corp.

“While Sen. Villar is themajor or principal stock-holder of the aforemen-tioned local corporations,the funds and assets of thesaid corporations do notbelong to him but, rather,to the said corporations.They are all prohibited bylaw from giving contribu-tions to Sen. Villar or toany other candidate in theMay 10 elections,” Fran-cisco said.

Francisco also citedSec. 95 of the OmnibusElection Code, asamended, which saysthat corporations whichhave been “granted fran-chises, incentives, ex-emptions, allocations orsimilar privileges or con-cessions by the govern-ment or any of its divi-sions, subdivisions or in-strumentalities, includinggovernment-owned orcontrolled corporations”are prohibited from givingfinancial aid to any can-didate.

He noted that the cor-porations identified in hiscomplaint are engaged in“highly regulated real es-tate business” whichmight be covered by those

total cut of allocation forirrigation while assuringsufficient water supply forMetro Manila.

This came as Green-peace environment advo-cates began their eightday exploration at the damthat supplies 97 percent ofpotable water requirementfor the metropolis’ 14-mil-lion residents. This is tocall the attention of presi-dential candidates on is-sues concerning waterconservation.

Mendel Garcia, head ofthe Angat Watershed AreaTeam (Awat) told PuntoCentral Luzon that waterelevation at the damdropped to 179.94 metersabove sea level at 9 a.m.yesterday. This is lower

Angat water drops below critical levelFROM PAGE 1 than the 180.19 meters

recorded 24-hours earlier.Garcia said that water

elevation at the dam dropsby an average of one cen-timeter every hour as itcontinue to supply 36 cu-bic meters per second(CMS) to MetropolitanWaterworks and Sewer-age System’s (MWSS)concessionaires.

MWSS distributes po-table water to residents ofMetro Manila and the prov-inces of Rizal and Cavite.

Even residents of Bu-lacan, especially thosewho are living in the citiesof Meycauayan and SanJose Del Monte, and thecoastal town of Obandoare depending on potablewater supplied by May-nilad Water Services Inc.,(MWSI).

Dennis Gana, spokes-person of the National Pow-er Corporation (Napocor)that manages that dam,said that they will totallycut allocation for irrigationof Bulacan and Pampangafarms starting today.

He said that since April8, the Angat Dam hasbeen supplying eight cmsto local farmers throughthe National Irrigation Ad-ministration (NIA).

Water supplied to localfarmers in the first twoweeks of April was meantto sustain standing crops.However, many farmerscomplained that as earlyas mid-March, water allo-cation for them was notenough leaving their ricecrops drying and fruitless.

Gana said cutting allo-cation for irrigation was

also meant to maintainenough potable water sup-ply for Metro Manila.

This is aside from thefact that when water ele-vation at the dam drop tocritical 180 meters, theycan no longer let water flowthrough their water outlettunnel.

“This is because theinlet of the water outlet tun-nel is above the surface ofwater. Besides, the Na-tional Water ResourcesBoard (NWRB) has direct-ed us to cut water alloca-tion for irrigation when wa-ter elevation dropped to thesaid level,” Gana said

He added that whileAngat Dam serves as aflood control for Bulacan,its main purpose is to pro-vide potable water forMetro Manila.

fice.“Before we came here,

we had zero knowledge onhow to establish our ownfreeport. We came here togather information on howto start the process, andyet we now have someknowledge on long-termoperations,” he added.

Ali said ARMM officialshave agreed to make Sub-ic the model for the Pollocport in Parang in terms ofmanagement and struc-ture. This came after Adi-ong declared on March 15the development of the portof Polloc as a freeport, andof the host village of Pol-

loc as a special econom-ic zone.

SBMA officials led byChairman Feliciano Salon-ga and Administrator Ar-mand Arreza, meanwhile,were in full force in assist-ing the visitors—briefingthe ARMM officials on theadministrative and techni-cal requirements in theoperation and manage-ment of a free port, the cre-ation and establishment ofa one-stop shop center, aswell as marketing strate-gies.

“Of course, we’ve hadour ups and downs in run-ning the Subic Bay Free-port, but then again, wemanaged to bounce back

each time and regain ourmomentum,” Arreza toldthe ARMM officials.

“And I’m glad that peo-ple continue to look up toSubic whenever they needto hear some successstory,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ali admit-ted some doubt whetherthe ARMM team would beable to adopt all that theylearned in Subic, where”enormous development”has taken place since itsestablishment in 1992.

“But we always keep inmind what Gov. Adiongtells us — if we don’t startto move, we will not ac-complish anything,” saidAli. “Fortunately for us, we

don’t have to fumble in thedark, because we haveSubic as our template,” headded.

Ali said the ARMM freeport project would basical-ly focus on starting up eco-nomic activities in Polloc,and then marketing thearea in both the nationaland the BIMP-EAGA (Bru-nei Darussalam, Indone-sia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asian Growth Area)levels.

He also said that aftertheir exposure trip, themembers of the ARMMmanagement and techni-cal group will meet as amanagement committeeto plot out activities for the

FROM PAGE 1 project launch set tenta-tively on April 19.

Polloc is one of the 24barangays in Parang, afirst-calss municipality inMaguindanao. The area’smain access to trade isthe Port of Polloc, whichwas built by the Koreanfirm Nam Kwang Construc-tion, Ltd. in the 70’sthrough a P150-millionfunding from the AsianDevelopment Bank.

The port of Polloc wasthen described by thePhilippine Ports Authorityas the “most modern facil-ity outside Metro Manila”because it was equippedwith a main wharf, lighterdocks, transit sheds, and

wide back-up areas fit formedium industries andprocessing plants.

The ARMM is amongthe country’s top produc-ers of fish and marine re-sources, particularly sea-weed, which is used inmanufacturing toothpaste,cosmetics and paints. Italso has large mineral de-posits, including copperand gold.

Before the ARMM del-egation, several foreigngroups have visited Subicto learn about its conver-sion process. These in-cluded groups from Pana-ma, South Korea, Viet-nam, Laos, and just re-cently, Brunei.

cited in the Omnibus Elec-tion Code section. This, hebased on Vista Land’s ownprospectus dated July 13,2007, saying that it offers“incentives, exemptions,allocations or similar privi-leges or concessions bythe government.”

In his complaint, Fran-cisco asked the Comelecto find out whether fundsfrom the shareholderswere contributed for thecampaign funds of Villar

and other candidates of theNP. If so, he also petitionedthe Comelec to order thestop in the use of suchfunds and “order the filingof the appropriate criminalcharges for election of-fenses against those in-volved, including erringcorporations and their offi-cials.”

He also asked theComelec to disqualify Vil-lar as candidate for presi-dent in the May polls.

Based on the Philip-pine Water Code, supply-ing potable water is thepriority of the Angat Dam,while allocation for irriga-tion and power generationcomes in second and thirdrespectively.

As this developed,members of the Green-peace Water Patrol hasestablish camps withinthe 63,000 hectares Angatwatershed for their eightday Water Watch Project.

The said project aims tocall the attention of the peo-ple and presidential candi-dates to be aware of theneed to conserve water.

Mark Dia, GreenpeaceSoutheast Asia Deputycampaigns director, saidthat the water project istimely as it came at thetime when the country is

experiencing extremeweather events.

He said that in lateSeptember, typhoon On-doy dumped heavy rainsthat spawned flooding inMetro Manila and Bulacan.

But months later, thecountry is faced with pos-sible water shortage withthe onset of summerwhich is impacted by theEl Nino phenomenon.

Dia said the country ishighly vulnerable to effectsof climate change andleast prepared to face itsconsequences.

He also warned that ifglobal average tempera-ture climbed by 2 degreescentigrade, the country willexperience more extremeweather events like strongtyphoons and the currentdry spell.

ARMM turns to Subic Bay for port conversion project

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MarQuee Mall now offers aFREE Shuttle Service!

10am to 9pmRoutes:

MarQuee – Sto. Domingo v.v.(in front of Sto. Domingo Market)

MarQuee – BPI v.v.(Angeles - Balibago Branch)

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY – Thecity government hereon Monday launchedtwo motorized bancasto be known as “Float-ing Bahay-Kubo” foruse by both local andforeign tourists invisiting the birdwatch-ing site in barangay

Tortugas.It will cruise the

Sta. Rosa River fromthe Barangay Pobla-cion River Deckpassing throughfishing villages to theWetland Park inTortugas, one of theseaside villages ofBalanga.

Tortugas and other

birdwatching sites inBalanga could bereached through landtransportation. “But wedecided to launch the“bangkang pang-turista” to expose tothe eyes of visitors thepicturesque view alongthe river free of traffic,”Mayor Jose EnriqueGarcia III said.

The Wetland Parkis still in the processof development. Astunning viewing decksits at the middle ofthe park where thesurroundings includingthe Manila Bay are infull view. Some openhuts are also availablefor those who want tohave picnic.

Balanga launches floating bahay-kubo