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VOLUME 5
NUMBER 104
MON - TUE
JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012
CHINESE NEW YEAR
Deklarasyong holiday,
insulto sa mga bayani
NI DINO BALABO
LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS—Umani ng
pagbatiko sa mga historyador ang deklarasyon ng Malakanyang na special
non-working holiday sa Lunes, Enero
23, bilang pagdiriwang ng Chinese New
Year.
Ito ay dahil sa hindi nabigyang
pansin ang ika-113 guning-taon ng
Unang Republika ng bansa na pinasinayaan sa makasaysayang simbahan
ng Barasoain sa lungsod na ito noong
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KUNG HEI FAT CHOI. The Confucius Institute at Angeles University
Foundation opens its Experience China Exhibit with Mayor Edgardo
Pamintuan and AUF President Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles (2nd
right) leading the ribbon-cutting ceremony last January 18 at SM City
Clark. They are joined by (L-R) Assistant Mall Manager Mark Carlo Herrera,
CI-AUF Philippine Director Dr. Lourdes T. Nepomuceno and CI-AUF Chinese
Director Dr. Zhang Shifang. Staged in celebration of the Chinese New Year
and CI-AUF's 2nd anniversary, the exhibit runs until January 23.
CIAC veep faces
harassment raps
Figment of the imagination, says Catacutan
Catacutan presenting “evidence” of cable theft.
FILE PHOTO
BY JOEY PAVIA
A
NGELES CITY –A businesswoman based in Mabalacat town filed
a sworn statement before the City Prosecutor’s office here
against Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) vice president
for operations Reynaldo Catacutan in connection with his alleged
attempts to harass her in her house on January 13.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
PhilHealth seeks clearer,
better benefits for Pinoys
Pampanga, Bulacan top
health insurance in CL
BY JOEY PAVIA
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Pampanga and Bulacan are top in the number
of enrolled beneficiaries of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) among Central Luzon provinces, but officials stressed that all Filipinos should avail themselves of the af-
fordable health care insurance program.
Region III-A Branch Manager Arsenia Torres said President Aquino and
PhilHealth Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Banzon had repeatedly stressed
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – An official of the
Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in
Central Luzon defended
the 100 percent increase
in annual premium pay,
stressing that improvements had been done before its implementation in
July 2012.
In an interview, Region
III-A Branch Manager ArPAGE 6 PLEASE
UP, UP AND AWAY. SM City Clark goes skyhigh this 2012. SM proudly joins the famous
Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta
with the first flight of SM balloon on February
9-12 at Clark Freeport Zone. In photo, the
colorful SM balloon during airworthiness
inflation check in Bristol, England.
Mayor Oscar Rodriguez leads the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new school library of Panipuan Integrated School together with the representative
of Books for the Barrios Inc., Misty Pineda and Nance Harrington. At right: A sight of new hope, as the students gaze on the educational books
donated by the Books for the Barrios, Inc.
Pampanga, Bulacan top health...
FROM PAGE 1
that the 102 million Filipinos should be covered by
the government’s National Health Insurance Program (NHIP).
In the latest PhilHealth
data bulletin, 28.5 million
are registered members
and 79.44 million are enrolled beneficiaries, or
about 80 percent of the
country’s total population.
The members whose children are aged 20 years
and below are covered by
the health insurance.
Bulacan has 813,382
PhilHealth members as of
December, while Pampanga has 736, 484. The
other provinces and their
respective number of PhilHealth members are: Tarlac, 416, 852; Bataan,
244, 427; Zambales, 233,
501; Aurora, 51,735; Nueva Ecija, 423,474.
Earlier, The Department of Health (DOH) said
there are some 4.8 million
non-PhilHealth members
who actually have the
means to sign up with the
agency on their own.
“They can afford the
premium but they are not
yet enrolled. They have to
understand that once they
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
City of San Fernando (P)
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,
Mortgagee,
RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT, INC.
-versus-
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
an last week and he told
us that he will double the
number of PhilHealth
members sponsored by
the city government,”
Torres said.
In the City of San
Fernando, there are reportedly at least 17,000 PhilHealth members sponsored by city government.
Torres said that members of the Pampanga
Mayor’s League (PML)
support Gov. Lilia Pineda’s health care program,
allowing more residents to
avail themselves of the
PhilHealth program.
–Joey Pavia
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
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register themselves, even
their families will be covered by PhilHealth,” the
DOH said in a statement.
The DOH said that 4.8
million individuals mostly
belong to the informal sector that includes drivers,
house helpers, farmers,
fishermen and vendors,
among other self-employed persons.
In Angeles City, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan
shoulder the annual payments for the some 8,000
PhilHealth members as
part of his health care program, said Torres.
“I met Mayor Pamintu-
EF NO. 256-11
PUNTO C.L
SPS. RICO MERCADO
Mortgagor’s
x————————————————————————x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed
by RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT INC., with its principal address at
Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga against Spouses RICO MERCADO and
NANCY M. MERCADO with residence and postal address at Centro
Calulut, Del Carmen, City of San Fernando, Pampanga to satisfy the
mortgage indebtedness which as of November 30, 2010 amounts to
THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY NINE PESOS and 41/100 (P3,468,269.41) excluding
penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the
undersigned Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or his duly authorized Deputy Sheriff
will sell at public auction on February 14, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. or soon
thereafter (from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) at the main entrance of the RTC
Bldg., City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH/
or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the following properties
with all the improvement thereon to, to wit:
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 432898-R
A parcel of land (Lot 3651-B, of the subd. plan Psd-62350,
being a portion of Lot 3651 of the Cad. Survey of San Fdo.,
L.R.C. Cad Rec. No.)Situated in the Bo. of Del Carmen, Mun.
of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. x x x containing an area of ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE (1,563) square
meters.
“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above
stated time and date.”
“In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,
it shall be held on February 21, 2012 without further notice.”
Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein
above described and encumbrances therein, if any there be.
City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 9, 2012.
CARMELITO D. CATAJAN
Sheriff IV
RURAL BANK OF MABALACAT, INC.
Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga
SPS. RICO and NANCY M. MERCADO
Centro Calulut, Del Carmen, CSFP
ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA
Clerk of Court VI
& Ex-Officio Sheriff
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 20, 27 & February 3, 2012
EJF No. 260-11
SPS. ALEX A. RADOVAN AND
ESTELITA O. RADOVAN
Mortgagor/s
x———————————————————————————x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
(Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118)
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed
by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE INC., mortgagee, with principal
address at 24 th Floor, BPI Bldg., Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat
Ave., Makati City, against SPS. ALEX A. RADOVAN AND ESTELITA
O. RADOVAN, mortgagor/s, with residence and postal address at 158
Plaridel, Obando, Bulacan, and/or Lot 7, Blk. 3, 7th Avenue, Villa Julita
Subd., Bo. Saguin, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to satisfy the
mortgage indebtedness which as of January 25, 2010, amounts to
FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY
and 00/100 PESOS (P462,850.00) excluding interest and other charges,
the undersigned Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and / or her duly
authorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on February 14, 2012
from 9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M. at the
main entrance of the Regional Trial Court Building, City of San Fernado
(P), to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in
Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all the improvements
thereon, to wit:
Panipuan
schoolkids
enjoy new
library
THOUSANDS of new
books were donated by the
Books for the Barrios, Inc.
to Panipuan Integrated
School last January 19 in
line with their mission in
strengthening public
school education worldwide.
Since quality education
on top of the priorities of
Mayor Oscar Rodriguez,
he then started to provide
access
to
quality
education for all children,
especially disadvantaged
children in conflict areas
and provided scholarships
through his Scholarship in
Education for Empowerment and Development or
SEED Program.
“When I was elected in
Congress way back in
1987, education has always been my concern. I
filled bills regarding the
construction of libraries for
all schools from national,
local down to the barangay
levels. I am thankful for
meeting people with same
advocacy as mine.” he
said.
In the next six months,
the organization and the
City Government of San
Fernando will ink a Memorandum of Agreement
that will enable the rehabilitation of libraries of all
integrated schools in city.
President and Executive Director of Books for
the Barrios, Mrs. Nancy
Harrington was flattered for
the gratitude expressed by
the students and promised
to send additional books.
She was also amazed because of the importance
Mayor Rodriguez puts on
education. “Mayor Oca is
an amazing and a very visionary person, [making]
sure that not only school
buildings are being established but also sponsorship to our volunteers.”
Students from Panipuan Integrated School
were delighted upon seeing their new and improved
school library. “Masayang
masaya po ako kase marami na po kameng libro
hindi na namen kailangan
manghiraman pa mas
madali ng magaral ng lesson,” Erika Mandap, a
Grade 6 student said.
Books for the Barrios,
Inc. is a non-profit organization which began in
1981 among U.S. Navy
families who were stationed in the Philippines.
They worked closely with
other knowledgeable, motivated volunteers in order
to distribute hundreds to
thousands of books
throughout the Philippines
and to date, they have
sent over 12 million books
overseas.
–Press Release,
PAMPU
TRANSFEER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 341903-R
“ A parcel of land (Lot 7, Blk. 3 of the subd. plan Psd-03004903, being a portion of lot 4171-A, Psd-03-004746, L.R.C.
Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Saguin, Mun. of San Fdo.,
Prov. of Pamp. x x x containing an area of one hundred
twenty (120) SQUARE METERS. x x x”
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above
stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,
it shall be held on February 21, 2012, without further notice.
Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein
above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.
City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 10, 2012.
ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA
Clerk of Court VI
& Ex-Officio Sheriff
cc: BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE INC.,
24th Floor, BPI Bldg., Buendia Center
Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
ARNOLF F. OCAMPO
Sheriff IV
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
SPS. ALEX & ESTELITA RADOVAN
158 Plaridel, Obando, Bulacan- and/or
Lot 7, Blk. 3, 7th Avenue, Villa Julita Subd.
Bo. Saguin, City of San Fernando, Pamp
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 20, 27 & February 3, 2012
Notice is hereby given that a child (female), whose picture appears
herein, was abandoned by her mother and father on December 25, 2011 at
Telabastagan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Interested parties please
call Mrs. Pia Guiao at 961-4158 or CSWD, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
at 961-3646.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 9, 16 & 23, 2012
PROSECUTOR IN ERAP IMPEACHMENT SAYS
‘Only Corona resignation could keep intact SC image’
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - A
prosecutor in the impeachment
trial against former Pres. Estrada has expressed fears that the
pro bono services of topnotch
lawyers now in the defense panel of Supreme Court Justice
Renato Corona would taint the
impartial image of the high court
in case the magistrate is acquitted by the Senate.
This city’s Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, who was member of the
House prosecution team in Estrada’s Senate trial, said such a
situation could have been avoid-
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of his legal team.
The Filipino value of “utang
na loob” would burden Corona in
cases being handled not only by
his defense lawyers but also by
the law firms to which they belong, he said.
Rodriguez said the only alternative to keep intact the image
of impartiality of the Supreme
Court would be for Corona to resign regardless of the outcome
of the impeachment trial.
Rodriguez said that while
Corona could inhibit himself in
cases involving his pro bono lawyers and their law firms, doubts
on the impartiality of the Supreme Court could also extend
to other members of the Supreme Court who publicly manifested their support for Corona
in the impeachment case.
In the case of Hacienda Lu-
isita, the impartiality of Corona
has already been put under
question. The Hacienda Luisita
Inc. has sought his inhibition
from its petition to reconsider the
Supreme Court’s decision last
Nov. 22 ordering the distribution
of lands at the Cojuangco-Aquino estate after the chief justice
claimed the impeach move
against him was motivated by
the verdict.
Rodriguez expressed fears
that similar doubt on the Supreme Court’s impartiality might
reign should Corona be cleared
and opt to stay on as chief justice now personally indebted to
so many prominent lawyers and
law firms.
During the flag-raising ceremony and inter-faith Mass at the
Supreme Court last Monday
before the start of the impeachment trial at the Senate, nine
justices were noted to have been
present along with other court
employees who openly declared
their support for Corona.
The justices included Arturo
Brion, Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Jose Perez, Jose Mendoza,
Roberto Abad, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Lucas Bersamin, Martin
Villarama and Bienvenido
Reyes.
Three of them- Velasco, Abad
and de Castro - even wore black
to show their support for the
embattled chief Justice during
the affair attended by sympathetic judges and court employees
who filed their leaves of absence.
Posters were also put up by
various judges associations during the ceremony, showing partiality to Corona.
Rodriguez said the only alternative for Corona to save the
credibility of the courts is to resign as chief justice, even as he
expressed doubt that the magistrate would be cleared by the
Senate.
BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE
San Jose. This commercial center that will give city coffers P108
million in lease payment for 25
years will link with Galeria Victoria through a hanging bridge.
Acuzar and Aquino are two
successful businessmen from
Balanga City.
These new business establishments are within the perimeter of the Plaza Mayor de Balanga that easily created more
than 700 employment opportunities. The city mayor said the
number is expected to more than
double once these become fully
operational.
Contributing to the growth in
investments in the city are the
renovations of the Center Plaza
Mall, McDonalds, Wanam and
other commercial centers, Garcia said.
Also sharing in the development of the city are the Balanga
City Public Market and the Wetland and Nature Park.
The modern public market
with renovation about to be completed has registered rental in-
comes of P15.5 million in 2010
and P18.2 million in 2011. The
market used to incur P5 million
in annual losses.
Vendors are given zero interest business loans and supply
linkage with wholesalers in
Metro Manila.
The Wetland and Nature
Park in the fishing village of Tortugas has continued to draw
tourists. It observed its “2nd
Ibong Dayo” festival last December 7. Two years ago Balanga
was declared by the Department
of Tourism as one of the birdwatching sites in the country.
Thousands of migratory birds
escaping the cold winter months
from their countries of origin
come to Balanga and nearby
areas first week of September
and stay until last week of
March.
The sangguniang panglungsod the other day approved a
budget of P521 million for 2012
to deliver more basic services to
its inhabitants in 25 barangays,
Garcia said.
Balanga gets P5.95-B
investments in 2011
BALANGA CITY - This city has
registered an investment of
P5.95 billion for year ending
2011, attained mostly under public-private partnership, compared
to P4.78 billion in 2010, Mayor
Jose Enrique Garcia III reported
Friday.
Among the big investors are
New San Jose Builders under
Jerry Acuzar that built Galeria
Victoria and anchor tenant Robinsons among some locators.
These firms poured in more than
P500 million in capitalization.
Robinsons attained “recordbreaking” sales on its first day
of opening last December 15,
reportedly higher by 25% compared to other branches. “Ang
magandang karanasan ng Robinsons ay tiyak na mababalitaan
ng ibang mga negosyante na
hihikayat sa kanilang magtayo
rin dito sa Balanga,” Garcia said.
Another new capitalist is
Engr. Eusebio Aquino who is
building the P50-million Plaza de
SBMA firefighters beat
Estonians in goodwill game
BY MALOU DUNGOG
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Fire Department
showed their impressive basketball moves to visiting Estonian
players during a friendly basketball game aimed at promoting
camaraderie between local players and foreign nationals last
January 10 at the Subic Bay
Freeport Gym.
The Fire Department started
the game with an 8-0 run to stun
the taller Estonian players, and
then maintained the lead all
throughout the game.
In the end, the local dribblers
won against the Estonians, 69-51.
Gina Prohorrov, who arranged
the game, said that this friendly
match can also serve as a way
to promote Subic Bay as a tourist destination.
Prohorrov said that she and her
husband, who owns a travel agency, always bring tourists to Subic.
“We are inviting more people
to come to the Philippines, and
since Palawan is now among the
seven wonders of the world, a
lot of Europeans are coming over
to the Philippines. So we always
make it a point to make them
pass by Subic to promote the
place before they go down to
Palawan,” she said.
“All these people will go back
home and try to sell Subic, and
then we will have more people
coming over,” she added.
The Estonian team consisted of six players who are visiting the country with their wives.
They have traveled all over the
world and have played goodwill
games in other countries.
“This group, they are really
fond of playing with different nationalities, and they said they
really wanted to play with Filipinos,” Prohorrov said. “They
know that Filipinos love basketball and they want to experience
playing with Filipinos.”
The Estonians were the fourth
batch of visiting tourists who had
a friendly match with local players in this free port.
THINK GREEN
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
BY DING CERVANTES
3
Editorial
acaesar.blogspot.com
It’s been two years and
two months since the
Ampatuan Massacre.
And justice has yet
to be served.
In grief, with rage
we remember.
Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
“BEFORE GOD and country, we say: ‘It is high time for us to put
an end to your sitting in that place, which you have dishonored by
your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every
vice, you are an enemy to good government, as you have sold your
country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas Escariot betrayed
your God for a few pieces of gold. Depart I say, and let us have
done with you. In the name of God, go!’”
Thus Iloilo Rep. Niel C. Tupas Jr. made an Oliver Cromwell in
the opening statement for the prosecution at the start of the
impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
“It is God who is in control.”
So Corona said in one Mass preceding the trial. Leading his
lawyer to utter: “Where this will come to he leaves it to God but he
is determined to fight this out and clear his name…”
God is a (re)currency again in the pre-occupation of our time –
the impeachment telenovela. Here’s an antiquated column I wrote
in the long defunct Angeles Sun – dated 7-13 October 1988 – for
all its (ir)relevance.
In God’s name
GOD, NOT patriotism is the last recourse of
scoundrels.
Covenants with the Divine or those perceived
to be divine have consistently accompanied
Man’s laboriously long march from pre-history
to contemporary times, perhaps starting with the
animistic Neanderthal savage cowering in his
cave as he forged a pact with the lord of thunder,
the goddess of rain, and the deities among the
stars.
From the primeval, God-man covenants soared
to the spiritual – the venerated Ark of the Covenant
– then branched out to the political mandate from
heaven as practiced in the era of China’s
dynasties, and apexed in the absolute tyrannical
divine right of kings with France’s Louis XIV, the
“Sun King” himself, as its quintessence.
The celestial mandates to China’s emperors
were by no means absolute and for-life in praxis.
Fortuitous events as pestilence and plagues,
droughts and floods were seen as omens of
heaven’s disapproval of the reign of the emperor
thereby prompting him to abdicate his throne, in
favor of a heavenly-approved new ruler. Such made
the Chinese model of God-given mandates
altogether different and definitely more benevolent
than the autocratic divine right of European
sovereigns.
Vox Dei being vox populi reinforcing, the
Marxist-Leninist precept of power to the proletariat
and later Mao-Tse-Tunged into power of the people
gaining global adherents, the modern rulers’
mandates have shifted from being God-given to
being people-granted. God, being out of the
Marxist equation. Hence, the people’s democratic
republics and people-powered revolutions far
numerous than monopolistic Iran’s theocratic
political fundamentalism.
The charismatic to-Christ-reborning finds
parallel in recent political realities with a number
of leaders claiming God-given mandates once
more as the bases for their rule, no matter their
constant shaking of the Devil’s hand.
“My mandate came from God,” so claim many
a ruler today, conjuring in the mind images of her
or him Moses-like, getting the tablets from Yahweh
Himself, amid the burning bush.
The reign of the same rulers, however,
perpetually betrays either a blasphemous
utterance or a reference to another god –
notwithstanding his/her claim to be of God as his/
her actions are most definitely not God’s.
God is peace. One who rules from a circle of
guns therefore is not of God.
God is mercy. One who is harsh to the
impoverished is undeniably not God’s.
“No man can serve two masters,” said the
Christ, presenting the contradictory options of
God and moolah. It cannot be then of God that
many rulers pocket cash.
If not all those who cry “Lord, Lord” could enter
the kingdom of heaven, as the Christ admonished,
how much more for those frothing mouths that
spew vitriol and venom? No, they can never be
God’s.
Arguably, our current crop of rulers can be of
God in only one thing. As the Christ said “blessed
are the poor for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,”
so they become instruments for that divine
mission, albeit in purely secular way: By making
their people poor.
So many crimes have been committed in
God’s name by the most devilish of rulers – the
genocide of Middle Easterners at the time of the
Crusades; the near annihilation of the Aztecs of
Mexico, the Incas of Peru, the Mayas of Central
America by the Christian conquistadores; the
colonization of the Philippines by the Spanish
cross and sword, etcetera.
May our leaders heed their lessons from there,
and may we all be restrained from uttering the
name of the Lord, our God, in vain.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
TODAY IN HISTORY
4
Toy company Wham-O
produces first Frisbees
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ON THIS DAY in 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of
their aerodynamic plastic discs–
now known to millions of fans all
over the world as Frisbees.
The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
where William Frisbie opened the
Frisbie Pie Company in 1871.
Students from nearby universities
would throw the empty pie tins
to each other, yelling "Frisbie!"
as they let go. In 1948, Walter
Frederick Morrison and his partner Warren Franscioni invented
a plastic version of the disc called
the "Flying Saucer" that could fly
further and more accurately than
the tin pie plates. After splitting
with Franscioni, Morrison made
an improved model in 1955 and
sold it to the new toy company
Wham-O as the "Pluto Platter"--
an attempt to cash in on the public craze over space and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).
In 1958, a year after the toy's
first release, Wham-O--the company behind such top-sellers as
the Hula-Hoop, the Super Ball
and the Water Wiggle--changed
its name to the Frisbee disc,
misspelling the name of the historic pie company. A company
designer, Ed Headrick, patented the design for the modern
Frisbee in December 1967, adding a band of raised ridges on
the disc's surface--called the
Rings--to stabilize flight. By aggressively marketing Frisbeeplaying as a new sport, WhamO sold over 100 million units of
its famous toy by 1977.
High school students in Maplewood, New Jersey, invented
Ultimate Frisbee, a cross be-
tween football, soccer and basketball, in 1967. In the 1970s,
Headrick himself invented Frisbee Golf, in which discs are
tossed into metal baskets; there
are now hundreds of courses in
the U.S., with millions of devotees. There is also Freestyle
Frisbee, with choreographed routines set to music and multiple
discs in play, and various Frisbee competitions for both humans and dogs--the best natural Frisbee players.
Today, at least 60 manufacturers produce the flying discs-generally made out of plastic and
measuring roughly 20-25 centimeters (8-10 inches) in diameter with a curved lip. The official
Frisbee is owned by Mattel Toy
Manufacturers, who bought the
toy from Wham-O in 1994.
Source: www.history.com
Insider’s
Info
by Bong Endona
It can be hard
keeping a straight
face as a court
reporter
ATTORNEY : What was the first thing your husband said to you
that morning?
WITNESS : He said , 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY : And why did that upset you?
WITNESS : My name is Susan!
ATTORNEY : This myasthenia gravis, does it
affect your memory at all?
WITNESS : Yes.
ATTORNEY : And in what ways does it affect
your memory?
WITNESS : I forget..
ATTORNEY : You forget? Can you give us an
example of something you forgot?
ATTORNEY : Is your appearance here this
morning pursuant to a deposition
notice which I sent to your
attorney?
WITNESS : No, this is how I dress when I go
to work.
ATTORNEY : What gear were you in when the
accident occurred?
WITNESS : I was wearing a Fila sweatsuit.
ATTORNEY : Now doctor, isn't it true that when
a person dies in his sleep , he
doesn't know about it until the next
morning?
WITNESS : Did you actually pass the bar
exam?
ATTORNEY : Doctor , how many of your
autopsies have you performed on
dead people?
WITNESS : All of them. The live ones put up
too much of a fight.
ATTORNEY : The youngest son , the 20-yearold, how old is he?
WITNESS : He's 20 , much like your IQ.
ATTORNEY : ALL your responses MUST be oral,
OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS : Oral.
ATTORNEY : Were you present when your
picture was taken?
WITNESS : Are you shitting me?
ATTORNEY : Do you recall the time that you
examined the body?
WITNESS : The autopsy started around 8:30
PM
ATTORNEY : And Mr. Denton was dead at the
time?
WITNESS : If not , he was by the time I
finished.
ATTORNEY : So the date of conception (of the
baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS : Yes.
ATTORNEY : And what were you doing at that
time?
WITNESS : Getting laid
(Another favorite)
ATTORNEY : She had three children , right?
WITNESS : Yes.
ATTORNEY : How many were boys?
WITNESS : None.
ATTORNEY : Were there any girls?
WITNESS : Your Honor, I think I need a different
attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
ATTORNEY : How was your first marriage
terminated?
WITNESS : By death..
ATTORNEY : And by whose death was it
terminated?
WITNESS : Take a guess.
ATTORNEY : Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS : He was about medium height and
had a beard
ATTORNEY : Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS : Unless the Circus was in town I'm
going with male.
And last:
ATTORNEY : Doctor, before you performed the
autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : So, then it is possible that the
patient was alive when you began
the autopsy?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS : Because his brain was sitting on
my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY : I see, but could the patient have
still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS : Yes, it is possible that he could
have been alive and practicing law.
Wait for my next column. I shall publish
portions of the impeachment trial that would make
us laugh, think, grin, and shake our heads in
disbelief.
Ni Felix M. Garcia
Unsolicited
text messages
SINO NGA ba naman ang di mababanas
Sa ‘unsolicited text’ ng Globe at Smart,
Kung saan kahit na alanganing oras
Ay may ‘messages’ kang animo’y TV Ads.
At ang isang bagay na tunay po namang
Maituturing na isang kabalbalan,
Ay dili’t iba ang walang katuturang
Klase ng promo ang itini-‘text’ po niyan.
Sana kapag di ka nag-‘text back’ o ano
Ay huag ka sanang muling i-‘text’ nito;
Kaso, kahit pa man yata murahin mo
Ay ‘recorded voice’ lang ang sasagot sa‘yo!
Ikaw man bang ito ay di mabubwisit
Kung panay ang dating ng ganitong lintik
Na text messages n’yan na aywan kung bakit
Lagi’t lagi na lang at paulit-ulit.
Di na ba naisip man lang ng kung sinong
May idea nito na posible nga pong
Ya’y lilikha lang ng grabeng kunsumisyon
Sa mga subscribers o mga may cell-phones?
Papano nga kasi kung katulad po n’yang
Di kaginsa-ginsa’y may pumapasok kang
Text na di mo naman talagang kailangan,
Natural lamang na mabubwisit ka lang!
Lalo’t nataon pang ika’y natutulog
At saka ka nito biglang binulabog
Sa kung text lang nitong Smart at Globe,
Ano’t di ka nga po naman mababagot?
And’yan ang kung anong pa-contest o promo
Ng kung anong klaseng bagay o produkto,
Na di natin alam kung sadyang totoo
O isang uri lang din ng panloloko.
Pati na kung sinong personalidad minsan
Na di naman natin kilalang personal
Ay pinalalabas na pupuede silang
Itext diumano’t sasagutin ka n’yan.
(Na tunay po namang kalokohan lamang
At napakalayo sa katotohanan,
Pagkat sino namang tanyag na tao riyan
Ang makikipag-text sa kung kanino lang?)
Subuking mag-text back… at sunud-sunod na
Ang dating ng message – magmula umaga –
At hanggang hapon o kinabukasan pa;
Kamukat-mukat mo ay ‘zero load’ ka na!
At anong posibleng kahantungan po niyan
Kundi bawat sagot na i-‘text back’ mo riyan
Ay todo bawas sa ‘prepaid load’ mong tangan
Hanggang sa tuluyan kang ma-‘zero balance’.
At ang isang bagay na baka di natin
Napag-uukulan ng matamang pansin,
Ay ‘yung pati ‘message’ sa kanila galling
Ay ikinakakaltas din pala sa atin!
Papano nga kasi, lalo’t katulad n’yang
Wala naman yatang sumisita po riyan
Eh, ano pa nga bang ang kahihinatnan
Ng hinaing na yan kundi hinagpis lang?
Pagkat kung di rin lang kikilos, kabayan
Ang ahensyang dapat kumastigo po niyan,
Ya’y paka-asahan nating di kailanman
Maitutuwid basta sa batikos lamang;
Dahilan na rin sa kawalan ng ngipin
Ng tamang ahensyang marapat tumingin;
Gaya ng NTC – na aywan lang natin –
Kung bakit di nito magawang sitain!!!
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
NOW THAT all are hooked on Justice Corona Impeachment Trial, I
find it time to share these things people actually said in court,
word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters
that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were
actually taking place. These are from a book called Disorder in the
American Courts:
Napaguusapan
lang
5
CIAC veep faces harassment raps
FROM PAGE 1
In her sworn statement
in Tagalog filed before City
Prosecutor Oliver Garcia
on January 19, Josie Gomez of Barangay Atlu Bola
said that Catacutan, accompanied by armed
bodyguards, had tried to
force her to sign an affidavit-statement implicating
CIAC President and CEO
Victor Jose Luciano in the
reported cable wire theft at
the Clark International Airport (CIA) last year.
Gomez said she was
repeatedly asked by Catacutan to sign the statement-affidavit against Luciano but she refused,
claiming that the contents
of the document were
false. She said Catacutan
shouted at her when she
denied his demands.
Gomez said Catacutan’s bodyguards threw
away chairs at her terrace
before they left disgruntled
over her refusal to sign the
statement. She added that
Catacutan warned her that
he would do everything to
make her sign the documents against Luciano.
In a phone interview on
Friday, Catacutan said
the allegations against
him“are figment of the
imaginations of Gomez
and Luciano.”
He said he was in a
CIAC board meeting in
Clark on January 13, a Friday, contrary to Gomez’s
allegations.
After the CIAC meeting
at about 4 p.m., Catacutan said he proceeded to
Tarlac State University
(TSU) in Barangay Sampu, Tarlac City to attend
the meeting of the university’s alumni association
in preparation for his installation as board regent
last January 17.
Catacutan said he
stayed at the TSU until 6
p.m. that day.
The former Capas mayor said he visited Atlu Bola
on January 4 with intelligence units of the regional Philippine National Police (PNP) to look for the
four alleged suspects in
the cable wire theft, two of
whom are relatives of Gomez. He identified Go-
mez’s relatives as certain
“Paduas.”
“I have to ask help from
the intelligence units because I don’t know the
whereabouts of the four
suspects,” he said.
Catacutan said they
failed to locate the four
suspects and was instead
informed by barangay officials that Gomez was in
their house.
He said he and Gomez
met at the barangay hall
after she was called by the
barangay officials.
Catacutan said he and
Gomez talked “casually
and there was no shouting whatsoever.”
Catacutan said he had
asked Gomez to turn state
witness against Luciano.
Deklarasyong holiday, insulto...
FROM PAGE 1
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
1899.
Gayunapaman, magsisilbing panauhing pandangal si Bise Presidente
Jejomar Binay sa nasaping pagdiriwang na kinikilala ng mga historyador na
kauna-unahang demokratikong republika na iniluwal sa mga kontinente ng
Asya at Africa.
Ayon kay Jimmy Corpuz, pangulo ng Heritage
Conservation Society-Bulacan chapter (HCS-Bulacan), ang kawalan ng
pagkilalal ng pamahalaang
pambansa sa pagpapasinayan sa Unang Republika ay isang insulto sa
mga bayani ng bayan.
“Isang malaking sampal at insulto sa kagitingan
ng ating mga bayani ang
lumimot sa kanilang kabayanihan at ating dakilang kasaysayan,” ani
Corpuz.
Binigyang diin pa niya
na ang mababaw na
pananaw ng pamahalaang
pambansa sa kasaysayan
ng bansa ay katumbas ng
isang paglapastangan sa
kagitingan ng mga bayani
at dalisay na kasaysayan
ng bansa.
Inayunan din ito ni Dr.
Jaime Veneracion, ang
pangunahing historyador
ng lalawigan na nagtuturo
sa University of the Philip-
6
pines. Noong Biyernes, si
Veneracion ay nakipagpulong sa mga guro ng
kasaysayan mula sa sanga ng pamantasang San
Beda sa Alabang.
Ayon kay Veneracion,
maging mga guro ng San
Beda-Alabang ay naniniwala na ang deklarasyong
special non-working holiday ng Malakayang para
sa araw ng Lunes ay bahagi ng akomodasyong
pampulitika.
Binigyang diin niya na
ito ay nagpapakita ng “lack
of sense of history” o kamalayang pangkasaysayan ng mga namumuno sa
bansa.
Inayunan din ito nina
Cesar Villanueva ng Bulacan, at Abogado Edre Olalia, ang secretary General
ng National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL).
“Nakakainsulto sa
alaala ng ating mga bayani ang lack of sense of
history,” ani Villanueva.
Iginiit pa niya na, “mas
nakakabahala ay kung iniiwasan natin ang isyu
dahil nahihiya tayo sa
Amerika na siyang umagaw ng ating kalayaan at
dumurog sa Unang Republika.
Tinangka rin ng
mamamahayag na ito na
kunan ng pahayag si
Abogado Edwin Lacierda,
ang presidential spokes-
person sa pamamagitan
ng pagpapahatid sa kanya ng text message patungkol sa pananaw na
kung ang deklarasyon ng
Malakayang ay bahagi ng
akomodasyong pampulitika o kawalan ng kamalayan sa kasaysayan.
Tumugon naman si
Lacierda sa pamamagitan
ng isang text message
kung saan ay sinabi niyang, “Sorry, I cannot dignify that answering that
question. The question
suggests a lack of understanding of the contribution of the Filipino
Chinese in our commerce,
culture and history.”
Ang tugong ito ay sinundan pa ni Veneracion
ng dagdag na komento
kung saan ay sinabi niya,
“how about the valor, sacrifice and greatness of our
revolutionary heroes?
Kakatawa naman siya.”
Una rito, ipinaliwanag
ni Isagani Giron, ang
president emeritus ng Samahang Pangkasaysayan
ng Bulacan (Sampaka) na
ang Enero 23 ay isa sa
pinakamahalagang araw
sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas bilang isang bansa.
Ayon kay Giron, ang
Enero 23 ay ang pagsilang
ng Unang Republika ng
bansa na kinikilala bilang
kauna-unahang demokratikong republika sa mga
kontinente ng Asya at Africa.
Gayunpaman, sinabi ni
Giron na sa kabila ng kahalagahan ng nasabing
araw, ito ay nakakalimutan
ng mga pinuno ng bansa.
Bilang pagbabalik
tanaw sa kasaysayan, sinabi ni Giron na ang deklarasyon ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo ng kalayaan
sa Kawit, Cavite noong
Hunyo 12, 1898 ay nagluwal sa isang rebolusyunaryong pamahalaan.
Ang deklarasyon ni
Aguinaldo ay nabigyan lamang ng pagkilalang
demokratiko nang ito ay
pagtibayin ng Kongreso ng
Malolos noong Setyembre
29, 1898. Ang Kongreso
ng Malolos ay nagbukas
noong Seytembre 15,
1898.
Iginiit din ni Giron na
ang pinakadakilang kontribusyon ng Kongreso ng
Malolos sa kasaysayan
ng bansa ay ang pagluluwal at at pagpapasinayan
nito sa Unang Republika
ng bansa noong Enero 23,
1899.
Gayunapamn, sinabi
niya na ang nasabig republika ay hindi nabigyan
ng pagkakataon yumabong dahil sa pagsabog ng
digmaan sa pagitan ng
mga Pilipino at Amerikano
matapos ang dalawang
linggo.
PhilHealth seeks clearer, better...
FROM PAGE 1
senia Torres said that the
planned P2,400 annual
pay set for each of the
some 28 million registered members will “greatly benefit them and their
beneficiaries totalling to
79 million.”
Torres said that the
“standardization of benefits” had been implemented since last year. It was
highlighted in PhilHealth
Circular 011-2011 released in August 2011,
also known as “New PhilHealth Case Rates for
Selected Medical Cases
and Surgical Procedures
and the No Balance Billing Policy.”
“The P1,200 annual
premium pay was the rate
for several years already
or since time and memo-
riam. The increase will be
for the good of the members as we improve and
expand our services,” said
Torres, whose office covers Pampanga, Bataan,
Tarlac and Zambales.
Torres cited a simple
case of pneumonia in explaining the circular. She
said the PhilHealth member- beneficiary will get a
fix rate of P15,000.
“Previously, the rate
for pneumonia and other
cases require lots of calculations and are subjected to several conditions
before the amount of benefit is estimated. This confuses several members
and open the doors to possible red tape and corruption in determining the
benefit,” said Torres.
The approved medical
cases and their corre-
sponding rates in the
same circular are: Dengue
I, P8,000; Dengue II,
P16,000; Pneumonia I,
P15,000; Pneumonia II,
P32,000; Essential Hypertension, P9,000; Cerebral
Infarction, P28,000; Cerebro- Vascular Accident,
P38,000; Acute Gastroenteritis, P6,000; Asthma,
P9,000; Typhoid Fever,
P14,000; and Newborn
Care Package, P1,750.
The surgical cases are
as follows: Radiotherapy,
P3,000; Hemodialysis,
P4,000; Maternity Care
Package, P8,000; Caesarean Section, P19,000;
Appendectomy, P24,000;
C h o l e c y s t e c t o m y,
P31,000; Dilation and
Curettage, P11,000; Thyroidectomy, P31,000;
Herniorrhaphy, P21,000;
Mastectomy, P22,000;
Hysterectomy; and Cataract Surgery, P16,000.
In the same circular,
the “No Balance Billing”
(NBB) policy is applied.
“For these purposes,
the NBB policy shall
mean that no other fees
or expenses shall be
charged or paid for by the
patient-member above
and beyond the packaged
rates,” said the circular to
explain the NBB policy.
It was also stressed
in the circular that “outof-pocket spending” on
professional fees, medicines and health facilities
shall be reimbursed to
the PhilHealth members
provided they have the
required documents such
as official receipts. They
are also subjected to
rules set by the PhilHealth.
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of IGMEDIO ESGUERRA and
LYDIA ESGUERRA who died intestate on May 29, 2001 and October 10,
2004, respectively, in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Extrajudicial
Settlement of their estate more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot
17, Block 9 of the subdivision plan Bsd-10196, being a portion of Lot 740 of
the cadastral survey of Mabalacat (G.L.R.O.) L.R.C. cad. Rec. No. 132),
situated in the Barrio of Mamatitang, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of
Pampanga and covered by TCT No. 92754-R of the Registry of Deeds of
Pampanga.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 16, 23 & 30, 2012
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of MA. LISSA J. TIGLAO
MOHAMMAD JAFARI who died intestate on December 28, 2002 in Makati
City executed an Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate more particularly
described as one-eighth share over a parcel of land (Lot 693-B-2 of the
subdivision plan Psd-03-095296, being a portion of Lot 693-B (LRC) Psd206798, L.R.C. Record No.__) situated in the Barrio of Balaba, Mabalacat,
Pampanga and covered by TCT No. 478107-R of the Registry of Deeds for
the Province of Pampanga.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 23, 30 & February 6, 2012
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of BLANCA JULIETA TIGLAO
ANGELES who died intestate on October 30, 2003 in Angeles City executed
an Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate more particularly described as
one-eighth share over a parcel of land (Lot 693-B-2 of the subdivision plan
Psd-03-095296, being a portion of Lot 693-B (LRC) Psd-206798, L.R.C.
Record No.__) situated in the Barrio of Balaba, Mabalacat, Pampanga and
covered by TCT No. 478107-R of the Registry of Deeds for the Province
of Pampanga.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 23, 30 & February 6, 2012
Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of COLETA CASTRO RAMOS
who died intestate on November 3, 2003 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed
an Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate more particularly described as a
parcel of land (Lot 28, Block 5 of the subd. plan Psd10196 sheet 1 being a
portion of Lot 740 of the cad survey of Mabalacat, LRC (G.L.R.O.) Cad
Rec. No. 132) with existing improvements, situated in the Barrio of
Mamatitang, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga and covered
by TCT No. 173299-R of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 9, 16 & 23, 2012
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
ANGELES CITY
ARGEM LOANS, INC.,
(formerly ARGEM FINANCE, INC.,)
Mortgagee,
EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE
-versusOF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
UNDER ACT NO. 3135 AS AMENDED
POMPEIA YU TRINIDAD
Mortgagor.
FC Case No. 2011-771
x———————————————————————x
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended
filed by the Mortgagee, ARGEM LOANS, INC., (formerly ARGEM
FINANCE, INC.,), with principal office at Unit 202 Square, Otek Street,
Baguio City against the Mortgagor, POMPEIA YU TRINIDAD with
residence and postal address at 204-B 2nd Street, Marisol Village, Angeles
City in order to satisfy the outstanding mortgage debt which as of April
20, 2011 amounts to TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND PESOS (Php 2, 170,000.00), Philippine Currency, principal
inclusive interests, penalties, expenses, charges, attorney’s fees but
excluding other charges allowede by law, the undersigned Sheriff IV
hereby gives notice and announces that on January 31, 2012 at 10:00
o’clock in the morning at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial
Court, Angeles City located at 2 nd Floor Hall of Justice, Brgy. Pulung
Maragul, Angeles City will sell at public auction for cash and in Philippine
Currency, the following parcel of land with all existing and future
improvements thereon, to wit:
TCT NO. 125332
A parcel of land (Lot 19, Block 5 of the subdivision plan
Psd-49971, Sheet 1, being a portion of Block 16 described on
plan Psd-464771, L.R.C. Record No. 124), situated in the
municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga. Bounded on
the SE., along line 1-2 by Lot 14, Block 5, on the S., along line
2-3 by Lot 18, Block 5; on the NW., along line 3-4 by Road Lot
4; on the NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 20, Block 5, all of the
subdivision plan. x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDRED
FORTY (240) SQUARE METERS, more or less. x x x
Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the
above-mentioned parcel/s of land for their information and protection.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said
date, it shall be held on February 7, 2012 at the same time and place
without further notiuce.
Angeles City, November 25, 2011.
CARLO ROBERTO C. MEDINA
Sheriff IV
Copy Furnished:
ARGEM LOANS, INC.,
(formerly ARGEM FINANCE, INC.,)
Unit 202 Otek Square, Otek Street
Baguio City
ATTY. NOELLE MINA DIZON-MENESES
Counsel for the Mortgagee
ARGEM LOANS, INC.,
Heritage Place, Cutcut, Angeles City
POMPEIA YU TRINIDAD
204-B 2nd Street, Marisol Village,
Angeles City
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 9, 16 & 23, 2012
Pinakaplastik na Christmas party ever!
The
Gossipmiller
by Cesar Pambid
MARAMI kaming narinig na nasty comments sa late X’ Mas party supposedly ni Sarah Geronimo para sa ilang piling press sa
mismong resto nila na newly acquired pa lang. Sabi ng ilang invited, medyo asiwa raw silang gumalaw dahil mukhang nagamit lang
sila at hindi talaga pa-thank you or X’Mas party ang imbtasyon.
It turned out, promo pala ito ng bagong Sunday show ni Sarah G sa ABS which will replace Vice Ganda’s show. Meaning, ipinopromote si Sarah pero sinibak pala si Vice Ganda.
Bakit kaya?
Iniisip ba ng Dos na mas mabenta pa si Sarah kesa kay Vice Ganda.
Anyway, mag-rate kaya ang program ni Sarah at this point? In pa ba’ng mga tipong gaya ng mga pinagsaawan ng kina Sharon
Cuneta at iba pang kagaya niya?
O baka naman, isang season lang, papatayin na ito?
By the way, talaga raw napaka-plastik ng arrive ng mag-inang Sarah at Divine sa ek na handog nila sa press.
Una na nga yung kilala sa pagiging nuknukang kuri ang mag-ina na di talaga marunong mag-share ng blessings. Lumalabas na
hindi naman pala nila gastos ang thanksgiving party na kunwari handog nila pero sa true, sa PR ito ng ABS-CBN.
Hahaha!
And did you know, walang aksyon sa naturang party, konting interview at ilang pa-raffle, tapos na.
At yung mga topic na pinag-usapan, buong kaplastikang sinagot ni Sarah. Kesyo ganito at ganyan ang regalo sa kanya ni Gerald
Anderson.
Susme, ginamit pa si Gerald gayung wala naman itong kinalaman sa project niya!
Ang masarap abangan ngayon, I-welcvome kaya ng publiko ang bagong show ni Sarah Geronimo at payag na mawala si Vice
Ganda?
Subukan pa mu, para mabalu!
Mga walang hanggang papuri sa teleserye ng Dos!
BAGAY NA BAGAY ang tambalang Coco Martin at Julia Montes sa Walang Hanggan. Kahit sa totoong buhay malayo ang agwat ng edad nina Coco Martin at Julia
Montes kapag magkasama sila sa mga eksena bumabagay sila dahil sa make-up at ilaw, mukha silang magkaedad.
At kahit may edad na kapuwa sina Susan Roces at Helen Gamboa, talaga naming pasok na pasok sila.
Maganda pa rin naman ang dalawang reyna ng Philippine movies. Nakakatindig-balahibo rin ang kanilang confrontation scenes na pinalakpakan ng tao sa special
screening na ginanap sa SM Cinema 6 last week.
Marami rin ang kinikilig sa tambalan nina Dawn Zulueta at Richard Gomez.
Ayon kay Dawn, una pa lang inalok sa kaya ni Deo Endrinal ang proyekto, na-excite na siya. Ang kondisyon lang niya, dapat ay pumayag si Richard na maging
leading man niya para matuloy ang project.
Base sa napanood ng dalawa do’n pa lang sa special screening, proud sila at
masaya na tinanggap nila ang Walang Hanggan.
Kaya walang pagdududang talo na nito sa ratings ang kalabang nagkukunwaring
epiko sa kabilang network.
Alam na nilang sila na ‘yun.
Hehehe!
Rhian Ramos
may babalikan pa bang career?
(Kasing-bilasa na ni Aljur Abrenica)
KESYO tuloy pa raw ang isang movie ni Rhian sa GMA 7 na si Aljur Abrenica
ang leading man. Una, saan papunta’ng project kung ganyang parehong osla
ang bida nila?
Gula-gulanit na si Rhian at tiyak, na wala nang puwng pa.
Sino pa naman kasi ang manonood sa isang
artsitang ginulanit ng kapalaran?
Pangalwa, sikat pa ba si Aljur
Abrenica?
Puro lang promo ang tungkol sa
kanya pero sa katotohanan, wala na
talagang kislap ang lalaking ito.
Kaya sana mag-isip-isip ang GMA
7 kung totoong itutuloy ang My Kontrabida
something na movie nila.
Ayaw, walang manonood, parehong bilasa na’ng mga lead stars nila.
SI JC DE VERA ang bida sa Valiente ng TV5.
Puwede nang sabihin prime star talga ang turing ng Kaptid network kay JC De Vera
dahil sa sunod-sunod niyang starrers.
At ngayon nga, si Joe angan pa ang direkpor niya who also megged him in past
GMA peroject.
"Direk Joel brings out the best in me so I always welcome working with him
again," nakangiti nitong sabi.
Kay JC rin mismo galling na break na sila ni Danita Paner matapos ang
isang taong relasyon.
Their romance started on the set of TV5’s “Basta Driver Sweet Lover”
more than a year ago. Pareho raw nilang ginusto ang paghihiwalay nila.
“Nagkakaroon lang kami ng mga problema, may mga bagay lang na
ang hirap ibalik", kuwento pa ni JC.
"But definitely, no third party. Partly, sa work. Tapos, mayroon
din siyang personal problems. Friends pa rin naman kami.”
Danita herself confirmed this. “We just have very different
personalities, we don’t think alike,” pag-amin naman ni Danita.
“JC is so disciplined, organized, lahat pinaplano niya. He’s not
like me na mas free-wheeling and I just take things one day at a
time. Ine-enjoy ko lang ang mga bagay-bagay.”
JC is glad that they parted ways amicably, unlike other stars
whose relationships ended bitterly like KC and Piolo, DJ Mo
and Rhian. JC adds that the break up wasn’t easy as they had
some very good moments together during the time that they
were on.
“Siyempre, naaalala mo pa rin 'yun. 'Yung first day after ng
breakup iyon ang mahirap lang. Pero, after that okay na, eh.
Nag-uusap naman kasi kami, eh.”
Pangatlong showbiz GF ni JC si Danita, matapos sina
Michelle Madrigal at Rhian Ramos. They still get to work together
in the TV5 Saturday variety show ‘Hey! It’s Saberday’.
Di pa raw niya tinutuldukan ang sa kanila ni Danita. Umaasa
pa rin daw siyang puwede pang maayos ang mga problema nila.
“Hindi pa naman sarado lahat," hirit pa ni JC.
When asked if he will consider dating again, he replies:
“Huwag muna siguro. Rest muna ang puso ko. Trabaho na lang
muna tayo.”
Rhian Ramos
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Iniwan na si Danita Paner...
Gusto ko munang ipahinga ang puso ko!”
–JC DE VERA
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CEB offers PHP 1 seat
sale to all international,
domestic destinations
Uses new DOT campaign
#1 for Fun as inspiration
THE PHILIPPINES’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu
Pacific (PSE:CEB) puts all of its 18 international and
34 domestic destinations on PHP 1 seat sale to promote fun travel to every Juan. The seat sale is from
January 20 to 22, 2012, for travel from June 1 to December 15, 2012.
“It has always been fun for us at Cebu Pacific to
give away seats at PHP 1, because more local and
foreign tourists get the chance to explore the Philippines on our trademark lowest fares. With this unbeatable travel deal, passengers can spend their airfare
savings on more adventures,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.
The airline posted a seat sale teaser with the words
“We’re the #JuanforFun” on its official Cebu Pacific Air
Facebook Fan Page and @cebupacificair Twitter account at noon last January 19. The teaser was inspired
by the Philippines Department of Tourism’s national initiative “#1FORFUN,” with a call to stay tuned for the
seat sale’s launch.
Passengers can book PHP 1 seats to any of CEB’s
international destinations, namely: Bangkok, Beijing,
Brunei, Busan, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong
Kong, Incheon, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur,
Macau, Osaka, Singapore, Shanghai, Taipei or Xiamen.
The airline’s 34 domestic destinations are also up
for grabs for PHP 1. They are: Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Busuanga (Coron), Butuan, Calbayog, Cagayan
de Oro, Catarman, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Clark, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos,
Iloilo, Kalibo, Legaspi, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Ozamiz,
Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Jose (Mindoro), Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tawi-Tawi,
Tuguegarao, Virac and Zamboanga.
The airline first introduced PHP 1 fares in 2007, and
it has become one of its most popular seat sales. The
seat sale fare is exclusive of government tax and fuel
surcharge.
Iyog said, “This 1st quarter, we will celebrate our
maiden Manila-Hanoi, Manila-Xiamen, Cebu-Kalibo and
Kalibo-Hong Kong flights. We are excited to share
CEB’s fun airline culture to more passengers to these
key cities in the Philippines and Asia.”
This promotion is only available via
www.cebupacificair.com or through travel agents using
the Amadeus global distribution system. Travelers can
also select seats in advance and avail of CEB’s free
web check-in service for their travel convenience.
CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 19 Airbus
A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its fleet of 37 aircraft –
with an average age of 3.6 years – is one of the most
modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2012 and
2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 23 Airbus A320
and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders, and 2 Airbus
A320 aircraft on operating lease agreements.
About Cebu Air Inc. (PSE: CEB)
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 23 - 24, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
Cebu Air Inc. is the largest carrier in the Philippine
air transportation industry, offering its low-cost services to more destinations and routes with higher flight
frequency within the Philippines than any other airline.
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LP nagpakita ng
suporta sa kapartido
NI JOHNNY R. REBLANDO
May mahigit sa isang
libong katao na pawang
mga opisyal ng barangay
sa sampung bayan ng
Zambales ang sumapi sa
Liberal Party upang susugan ang pagpapatalsik
kay Supreme Court Justice Corona.
Ang mga bagong recruit na LP members ay
sumailalim sa “Seminar in
Basic Orientation in Liberal Democracy” na ginanap sa bayan ng Iba,
Zambales.
Ang seminar anila ay
bilang pagtaguyod sa
prinsipyo ng pamahalaang Aquino sa pagtahak
ng matuwid na daan.
Sa nasabing pagpupulong ipinakita ng mga
LP members ang ka-
nilang pagsuporta sa kanilang kandidato para kinatawan ng ikalawang
distrito ng Zambales na si
Cheryl Deloso-Montalla.
Kaugnay nito, nagsimula nang manuyo nitong
Enero 19 ang limang kandidato sa puwesto ng nasirang Kinatawan Antonio
Diaz matapos silang
mag-file ng kanilang “Certificate of Candidacy” sa
Comelec Provincial Office.
Naniniwala naman si
Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor, Atty. Elaiza Sabile-David na magiging maayos ang “special election” sa lalawigan
dahil ang lahat ay nakatuon ang paningin sa lugar
na siyang kauna-unahang
political exercise sa ilalim
ng Pinoy Administartion.