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Still, PH hopes China will be receptive to code of conduct

Day of mourning for Dolphy eyed

Pidols deathbrings to forea colorful life

Probe of terminalfee issue pressed Coalition

for nationsinterestBelmonte

Jobs mismatch to intensify global war for talentOrder to stopfixed driverspay recalled

Abu Sayyafambush kills6, wounds 11

Up close and personal. US Sec-retary of State Hillary Clinton greetsForeign Affairs Secretary Albert delRosario during the Asean ministerialmeeting in Phnom Penh.

Tribute to the King. Friends and relatives took turns paying tribute to Comedy King Dolphy during thewake at the Dolphy Theatre inside the ABS-CBN building in Quezon City. DANNY PATA

Comic relief. Dolphy doffs his hat to saygoodbye.

Jampacked world. Overpopulation has unleashed a global com-petition among companies for skilled workers. UN PHOTO

MALACAANG said Wednesday it will studythe proposals to declare a national day of mourn-ing for the late comedian Dolphy, who was bornRodolfo Vera Quizon.

That will have to be discussed with the Presi-dent, deputy presidential spokeswoman AbigailValte said.

Hes already aware of several proposals to thateffect. It will have to undergo discussion.

Valte said President Benigno Aquino III alsointended to visit Dolphys wake to pay his lastrespects.

The meetings, which were supposedto start early Wednesday but were laterheld in the afternoon, were marked byheated discussion among the Aseanmembers, particularly between thePhilippines and Vietnam on one side,and the countries allied with China in-cluding host Cambodia, on the other.

Reports from Cambodia also indi-cated that the foreign ministers werearguing whether to include in the COCspecifics of the disputes between Chinaand the Philippines, and between Chinaand Vietnam.

The discussion was actually a starkdefiance of an earlier statement fromChina, which warned the Asean nationsnot to discuss territorial disputes dur-

ing security meetings.By making the warning, Beijing also

rebuffed US Secretary of State HillaryClintons earlier wish to discuss the issueon the South China Sea (West PhilippinesSea), which she described as critical.

The Asean meetings are not anappropriate venue for discussing theSouth China Sea, Chinas ForeignMinistry spokesman Liu Weimin said.

China has insisted that when thetime is ripe, it will consider adoptinga code of conduct based on buildingmutual trust and deepening coopera-tion, but not one that settles the ter-ritorial disputes, which it wants todiscuss with the concerned countriesseparately.

By Sara Susanne Fabunan

THE worlds population exceed-ed the seven-billion mark thisweek, and the global war fortalent would escalate because ofthe mismatch between job seek-ers and job openings, the Interna-tional Labor Organization said onWednesday.

ILO skills specialist Olga Stri-etska-Lina said the number of jobseekers would swell to 210 mil-lion by the year 2016, but findingthe right skills at the right timewould become increasingly diffi-

cult because of factors such as thedeclining working-age popula-tion, the fast pace of technologi-cal change, and the keen competi-tion in emerging markets.

Even in times of crisis, whenthe pool of available skills islarge, businesses fail to find thetalent they need because of amismatch in skills supply and de-mand, Sstrietska-Lina said.

The United Nations markedthe annual World PopulationDay on July 11 to raise aware-ness of global population issues.It was inspired by public intereston Five Billion Day on July 11,1987, when the worlds popula-

tion reached five billion people.The Manpower Group survey

showed that a third of the employ-ers in 41 countries had difficultyfilling job positions because theycould not find candidates with thenecessary skills. To bridge theskills mismatch, the developingcountries are looking for skilledmanpower from countries like thePhilippines.

Strietska-Lina said the Philip-pines must provide education andtraining to its workers in variousfields. Countries must heed ILOs

call to revise school curricula andstructure training to make skillsrelevant to todays and tomor-rows world of work.

Programs need to be closelylinked to labor market require-ments to ensure that young peoplehave the skills they need to enterthe marketplace, Strietska-Linasaid.

In the Philippines, the unem-ployment rate dropped from anestimated 13.8 million people inthe first quarter this year to 10.9million in the second quarter, ac-cording to press reports quoting theSocial Weather Station. The Philip-pines population was estimated at94 million in 2010.

By Maricel V. Cruz

HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Bel-monte Jr. on Wednesday defend-ed the Liberal Partys decision toally with other political parties inpreparation for next years mid-term polls, saying there are nopermanent enemies, only perma-nent interests.

We cannot be enemies for-ever, Belmonte said, appar-ently referring to the Naciona-lista Party which had agreed tomerge with the LP for a unified

senatorial slate for 2013.The NP is led by Senator

Manny Villar, who lost to thenSenator Benigno Aquino III inthe 2010 presidential elections.

The best interests of thecountry will be served well bythis coalition, Belmonte said.

By Isah V. Red

HIS death wasnt surprising. In fact, it hadbeen anticipated since he was taken to theMakati Medical Center about a month ago forchronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hisphysical condition had deteriorated, but nowand then he would show signs of responding

to medical treatment.But on Tuesday

evening, a dayafter Eric Quizon,one of his 18

children, said

By Christine F. Herrera

LAWMAKERS on Wednesday urged PresidentBenigno Aquino III to compel his Cabinet of-ficials to explain why not one of the needed 692fire trucks had been bought and where the bil-lions collected in airport terminal fees had gonein the last two years.

Agham Rep. Angelo Reyes and AntipoloCity Rep. Romeo Acop joined Bayan MunaRep. Teddy Casio in demanding an explana-tion of why the countrys premier airports re-mained decrepit and lacked firefighting equip-ment when the Civil Aviation Authority hadreported savings of P13.7 billion.

They also wanted Interior Secretary Jesse Ro-bredo to explain why he rushed the approval ofa P1.33-billion loan contract from the Austriangovernment for 76 Mercedes Benz Rosenbuerfire trucks that the previous administration hadrejected as being onerous and anomalous.

The three lawmakers separately filed resolutions

SUSPECTED Muslim mili-tants ambushed a truckload ofrubber plantation laborers in

Sumisip, Basilan, on Wednes-day, killing six and wounding22 following a day of fightingin which eight soldiers werewounded, officials said.

The Army commander on theisland, the militants stronghold,blamed the al-Qaida-linked AbuSayyaf rebels for the violence,which came despite efforts byUS-trained Philippine forces toput an end to decades of bomb-ings and ransom kidnappings bythe extremists.

Col. Arthur Ang said theambush targeted workers froma rubber plantation that refusedto pay the militants extortiondemands.

By Rey E. Requejo

THE Supreme Court onWednesday recalled its order tostop the government from fix-ing the salaries of bus driversand conductors, and just a dayafter announcing the order.

In a special session Wednes-day, the justices voted to takeback the status quo ante order

that they issued on Tuesday tostop the Labor Department andthe Land Transportation Fran-chising and Regulatory Boardfrom implementing a new salaryscheme pending the resolutionof the case. That would have al-lowed bus companies to contin-ue paying their drivers and con-ductors on a commission basis,an arrangement that the govern-ment blames for the high rate ofaccidents involving buses.

Wednesdays decisionwould allow the government tocompel bus companies to paystraight salaries to their driv-ers and conductors, said Court

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She deferred to the National Commission forCulture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of thePhilippines in so far as the proposals to confer theNational Artist Award on Dolphy was concerned.

She said the NCCA and the CCP would defi-nitely take into consideration the strong clamor tohave the award conferred on him.

They dont live under a rock. They know allthese statements of support, Valte said.

Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Cubao Bish-op Honesto Ongtioco, Sorsogon Bishop ArturoBastes, and Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguellessent their condolences.

We thank God for the gift of Dolphy... Lag-dameo said.

Vice President Jejomar Binay, The House of Rep-resentatives, Senators Manuel Villar, Miriam Defen-sor Santiago, Aquilino Pimentel III, Pia Cayetano,Loren Legarda, Bong Revilla, Manila Mayor AlfredoLim and Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, Taguig MayorLani Cayetano, Las Pias Mayor Vergel Aguilar, andformer actress and now Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla also sent their condolences.

Dolphy rose from humble beginnings to be-come one of the pillars not only of the entertain-ment industry but also of Philippine arts and cul-ture, Binay said.

I join the whole country in mourning his pass-ing, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said.

It will take generations before the could be an-other Dolphy, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said.

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DESPITE agreeing on a workable Code of Con-duct that the members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations intend to discuss with China,

tension still pervades over the week-long 45thAsean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh.

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Day...He was loved by many not only because he could make people

laugh but because he connected with them as a person. ZambalesRep. Milagros Magsaysay said.

Dolphy as a national artist must never be considered a debatable is-sue, Bagong Henerasyon party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy said.

Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone filed House Bill 6392 declaringJuly 10 as Dolphying Day, and Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelosaid Dolphy was an outstanding comedian and entertainer. JoycePangco Paares, Vito Barcelo, Sara Susanne D. Fabunan, Maricel

V. Cruz, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Ferdinand Fabella

Order...spokeswoman Maria VictoriaGleoresty Guerra. She said the

justices opted to take back theirorder until they had consideredcomments from the Labor De-partment and the franchisingboard.

Guerra denied the Court wasflip-flopping and said the jus-tices simply wanted to hearboth sides in the case.

She described Wednesdaysaction as a deferment andsaid it was acting Chief JusticeAntonio Carpio who called forthe special session.

Guerra said Tuesday the jus-tices had agreed in a full-court

session that there was a legalbasis and an urgency to grantthe temporary relief sought byseveral bus firms last week.

She said the status quo ante or-der would have the same effect asa temporary restraining order.

The Court also asked the La-bor Department and the fran-chising board to answer thepetition against the new salaryscheme filed by the ProvincialBus Operators Association ofthe Philippines, Southern Lu-zon Bus Operators AssociationInc., Inter-city Bus OperatorsAssociation, and the City of SanJose Del Monte Bus OperatorsAssociation.

In their petition filed July 4,the bus companies said the new

salary scheme violated the Con-stitution by compelling them toabandon practices that had notbeen prohibited by law.

They argued that such ar-rangements had been in placefor a long time. Aside from giv-ing bus drivers and conductorsfixed salaries not lower than theapplicable minimum wage rate,the new government regula-tion also tasked bus operatorsto provide them with 12 regu-lar holidays with pay, one restday a week, overtime pay, nightshift pay and 13-month pay.

Drivers and conductors arealso entitled to the normal eighthours of work a day, the right tosecurity of tenure and self orga-

nization .

Pidols...his father seemed to be gettingbetter, Dolphy died. The hospitaldeclared his death at 8:35 p.m.,saying the cause of death was car-diac arrest due to multiple organfailure. Eric was in Bataan direct-ing a show that was being tapedfor TV5, so he had to rush back toManila to be near his father afterhe heard the news.

Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. left15 days before he turned 84. Hewas born on July 25, 1928 on P.Herrera St. (Calle Padre Herrera)in Tondo, Manila, to MelencioEspinosa-Quizon, a ship me-chanic, and Salud Vera Quizon,a home-based tailor. He was thesecond of 10 children.

He was 13 years when World

War II started. He did odd jobs in-cluding shining shoes, attachingbuttons to pants in a factory, ar-ranging bottles according to size,and driving a one-horse buggy.

At 17 he became a chorus dancerat the Avenue Theater, and then lat-er at the Lyric Theater and OrientTheater. At 19 he was in the mov-ies, first with Fernando Poe Sr. in

Dugo at Bayan (I Remember Bata-an), and later on the radio.

He joined Sampaguita Picturesafter the war. His first movie therewas Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita,with Pancho Magalona and TitaDuran. It was also at Sampaguita

were the comedy duo of Dolphyand Panchito became popular.

Dolphy became famous for play-ing gay roles after he was typecast inJack en Jill with Rogelio de la Rosaand Lolita Rodriguez in 1954. Thiswas followed by movies adaptedfrom the komiks written by MarsRavelo like Silveria, Captain BarbellandFacifica Falayfay.

After leaving Sampaguita, hewas taken in by Geny Lopez toABS-CBN where he starred in

Buhay Artista, which was madeinto a movie with Panchito, SusanRoces and Ronaldo Valdez underRVQ Productions. The companywould be producing many othermovies all starring Dolphy andvarious leading ladies.

But it was in 1971 when hebecame more popular as JohnPuruntong in the sitcom John

en Marsha on RPN Channel 9,which was being written and di-rected by Ading Fernando. Hewould have starred in more com-edy shows despite the decline ofthe genre on local TV, but his fail-ing health became a deterrent tohis comic proclivity.

Dolphy moved to Manny V.Pangilinans TV5 and starred in

Idol si Pidol and Pidols Wonder-land, but his failing health wouldmake him unavailable most of thetime. He was also in Father Jeje-mon in 2010 for the MetroManilaFilm Festival that won for him aBest Actor award.

Dolphy was known to be a leg-endary lothario with a string of

relationships. His known affairstotaled six, starting with EngraciaDominguez and ending with ZsaZsa Padilla. He also cohabited withactresses Alma Moreno and PilarPilapil. No, he never married anyof the women he got tangled with,

but he had children with them ex-cept for Lotis Key, who now livesin the United States.

For over 60 years he pos-sessed the biggest award thiscountry had to offer: the uncon-ditional love of the Filipino peo-ple, Key said.

In November 2010 PresidentBenigno Aquino III conferred theGrand Collar of the Order of theGolden Heart to Dolphythehighest award given to a private cit-izen by the President of the Philip-

pinesfor his contributions to theentertainment industry and for hischaritable and philanthropic work.

It seemed that most peoplecouldnt believe Dolphy wasdead, but the realization hewas gone set in only when EricQuizon talked to reporters around10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hisbody was brought to the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. build-ing Wednesday afternoon for anovernight vigil and public view-ing. He will be brought to theHeritage Memorial Park and thenburied on Sunday. With DinnaChan Vasquez and Rio N. Araja

Abu...The workers were traveling on

a truck when the gunmen openedfire, killing five workers and onegovernment militiaman. Twenty-two others were wounded.

The rubber tappers were onboard their company vehicle andescorted by militiamen on theirway to work when ambushed bythe bandits, said Capt. AlbertCaber, spokesman of the 1st In-fantry Division.

The government-armed mili-tia, which provides security forthe plantation, repulsed the at-tackers.

The ambush came a day af-ter eight soldiers were wounded

when their convoy ran over ahomemade bomb in the samearea near Sumisip town, saidmilitary spokesman Lt. Col. Ran-dolph Cabangbang.

He said troops had been sent to

the guard voters who were regis-

tering for next years elections inthe Autonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanano, which includesBasilan.

Abu Sayyaf militants have tar-geted the Basilan rubber plantationpreviously over ransom demands.

Three militiamen were killedin an ambush in April ,and in2010, the militants abducted andlater killed three workers afterthey failed to collect a ransom.

A decade ago, US troops de-ployed in Mindanao to train Fili-pino soldiers to battle the AbuSayyaf amid several high-profilekidnapping sprees and terroristattacks.

Philippine offensives haveweakened the militants, but they

remain a threat and are still hold-ing at least five foreign hostages,apparently in an attempt to raisefunds for food and weapons intheir jungle hideouts. The AP,with Florante S. Solmerin

Coalition...He made the statement in re-

action to criticisms the LP wasreverting to practicing trapopolitics in forging a coalition withother political parties.

He said wide-ranging con-sultations were now taking placewithin the National Unity Partywhose 34 members now belongto the administration coalition inthe House of Representatives.

The House coalition is com-posed of the Liberal Party, theNationalist Peoples Coalition,

Laban ng Demokratikong Pili-

pino, the Nacionalista Party andseveral party-list groups.

The 34 members of the NUP,formerly known as KAMPI, werestalwarts of the formerly domi-nant Lakas-NUCD of formerPresident and now PampangaRep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The NUP is a big block in theHouse. They should be consult-ed, Belmonte said in explain-ing the Liberal Partys coalitionplans.

He brushed aside criticisms ofthe partys decision to merge withthe NP.

I do not see anything wrong

with the LP coalescing with the

NP for the coming 2013 elec-tions, He said.

There is nothing wrong withit. They were enemies in 2010. Itis different now.

He took the cudgels for Vil-lar, who was implicated in amulti-billion-peso road anomalydubbed as Daang Hari by hiscritics

What happened with that [ac-cusation against Villar]? Noth-ing, Belmonte said.

Belmonte said despite all theaccusations, the LP-led coali-tion would be a powerful force toreckon with in the 2013 mid-term

polls.

Tension...Manila is pushing for a Code

of Conduct that is based on a UNlaw on maritime boundaries in thearea, while Vietnam wants China

to desist from making oil explo-ration with foreign firms on itsboundaries.

The Philippines is actuallymaking its own bid on oil explo-ration contracts in the South Chi-na Sea, off the northwest Palawanbasin.

Energy Undersecretary Jay La-yug said that, since the area wasbelieved to be the most promisingfor oil and gas exploration. Healso identified another potentiallyoil-rich area in the Reed Bank,but this is also being claimed byChina.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minis-ter Albert del Rosario reportedfrom Cambodia that the Aseanwould soon discuss with Chinathe proposed main element ofthe COC.

Del Rosario, though, did not

identify which elements of theCOC the Asean would discusswith China, but emphasized theneed for a more progressive Phil-ippine commerce through mari-time safety in the region.

For archipelagic states likethe Philippines, unimpeded com-merce and maritime safety areimportant given the quarter of theestimated 1.37 million marinersworldwide are Filipinos, DelRosario said in a statement.

He called for the effective im-plementation of the Declarationon the Conduct of Parties in the

South China Sea and insisted thatthe COC must be credible, bind-ing and enforceable.

The Declaration of the Con-duct, which was signed by Chinaand the Asean in 2002, was anon-binding document aimed to

resolve their territorial and ju-risdictional disputes by peacefulmeans, without resorting to thethreat or use of force, throughfriendly consultations and negoti-ations by sovereign states directlyconcerned, in accordance withuniversally recognized principlesof international law, including the1982 United Nation Conventionon the Law of the Sea.

The COC also directed the sig-natories to exercise self-restraintin the conduct of activities thatwould complicate or escalatedisputes and affect peace and sta-

bility including, among others,refraining from action of inhabit-ing on the presently uninhabitedislands, reefs, shoals, cays, andother features and to handle theirdifferences in a constructive man-ner.

But because it was a non-bind-ing agreement, the COC proveduseless against aggression since itcontained no provision that wouldimpose sanctions on misbehavingclaimants.

The Philippines had earlieraccused China of violating theCOC when authorities caughtChinese fishermen poaching inPhilippine waters at ScarboroughShoal, which has sparked a stand-off between Manila and Beijing.Bloomberg, with reports fromSara Susanne Fabunan andJoyce Pangco-Paares

Probe...demanding an investigation,which Speaker Feliciano Bel-monte Jr. said he would support.

Casio, Palmones and Acopsaid they were surprised thatthe government opted for loanswith which to buy fire truckswhen there was enough fundsallocated for their purchase.

Acop noted that the P582.66million from the Fire Code feeshad been earmarked for the

purchase of fire trucks and fire-fighting equipment.

Where did the money go?Palmones said.

Of the 1,496 municipalitiesof the country, 692 have no pro-tection services.

Casio said he was still wait-

ing for Transport SecretaryManuel Roxas II to explain whythe Davao International Airport,the Ninoy Aquino InternationalAirport, the Laoag InternationalAirport and the Palawan Inter-national Airport fell short ofworld standards for firefightingand fire crash capabilities.

I cannot reconcile the factthat the CAAP only allocatedP544 million for the acquisi-tion of 11 fire trucks when it hasmore than P13.7 billion in fund-ing as of Aug. 10, 2011, basedon the report made by the Com-mission on Audit, Casio said.

The Manila Standard triedbut failed to reach Roxas.

Casio said the Ninoy Aqui-

no International Airport alonewas making P8.5 billion in ter-minal fees annually, but the air-port had been described as oneof the worlds worst.

Robredo said there was noth-ing anomalous in the Rosen-

bauer fire trucks deal, addingthe loan was favorable to thegovernment in light of the factthat 70 percent of its componentcame as a grant and 30 percentas a concessional loan.

Robredo said he was able tonegotiate a low price of only P6.5million each or a total of P494million for the 76 units consider-ing that their Mercedes Benz en-gines were of superior quality.

We cannot imagine how aprevious loan contract that wasrejected by then NEDA chiefRomulo Neri for being oner-ous and anomalous suddenlybecame aboveboard under thisadministration, Palmones said.

Robredo said the 76 Rosenbauerfire trucks would be delivered bythe third quarter of this year.

So who would be paying theimport taxes and shipping? Whowould make sure of the after-sales service considering that theMercedes Benz spare parts are fartoo expensive? Palmones said.

And what about the hiddencharges that Neri was talkingabout? They are no longer hidden?Then let Robredo tell us and hebetter make public all the detailsabout the renegotiations made to

obtain that loan contract.


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Govt-MILF peace gab

on the homestretch

Belmontes idea: SenateHQ in Diliman pushed

Coast Guard chiefsacked, faces graft

Appointeesat Sandigan,civil service

No extensionfor ARMMvoters listing

House pressing for Charter change

HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Wednesday urged theSenate to consider moving to Quezon City to enable both houses ofthe legislature to work better and easier.

The Senate is too far and difficult to reach. By moving to Que-zon City we will finally be able to have the Senate and House of

Representatives in a nearby location in the same city, Belmontetold reporters.Since the reopening of Congress in 1988, the House has made

the Batasan Complex in Quezon City its home while the Senate in1988 leased the GSIS building at the reclamation center alongRoxas boulevard in Pasay City.

When asked if the Senate could relocate inside the Batasancomplex, Belmonte said, the Senate needed another one. Alot of people come to them all the time, for meetings andso forth, so they will have to look for a bigger space, Bel-monted said.

Belmonte suggested that the Senate look into the possibility ofsetting up its own complex in the University of the Philippines inDiliman.

UP has 499 hectares. I am sure they can use the Commonwealtharea within UP, Belmonte said.

When told about the downside of being situated near the cen-ter of activism, Belmote quipped: It is okay. Its part of thedemocratic process. Maricel Cruz

By Joyce Pangco Paares

PRESIDENT BenignoAquino III has appointedAssistant Solicitor GeneralAmparo Cabotaje-Tangas associate justice of theSandiganbayan.

The President alsoappointed Robert Martinezas commissioner of the CivilService Commission.

Tang, the most seniorassistant Solicitor Generalprior to her appointment,replaced Francisco Villaruz Jr.

She is also a part-timefaculty member at the SanBeda College of Law and atthe University of Sto. Tomas.

Martinez, who replacedRasol Mitmug and, will havea term expiring on February 2,2018.

Martinez served as deputyadministrator of the Subic BayMetropolitan Authority.

A lawyer by profession,he also served as directorof the Department of Tradeand Industry and chiefof the human resourcesdevelopment division ofthe Center for InternationalTrade Expositions andMissions.

He was an associate lawyerof the Ochoa, Alto andAssociates law office from1986 to 1989.

Mr. Aquino also appointedEnry Santos and AmadoVallejo as SangunniangPanlalawigan membersof the fourth districtsof Bulacan and Isabela,respectively.

SPEAKER Feliciano Belmonte Jr.on Wednesday said the House ofRepresentatives will push to amendobsolete economic provisions of theConstitution, despite the lukewarmresponse from the Palace and warningsthat doing so could open a Pandoras boxof wide-ranging political changes.

When I talk about charter change,I am only talking of [changing] theeconomic provisions because it is notdifficult and complicated, Belmontetold reporters.

The Palace, which has been cool to talkabout constitutional change, said it wouldbe open to amendments as long as they fitthe reform agenda of President BenignoAquino III.

But Belmonte said Congress shouldntbe the only one pushing for constitutionalreforms.

Constitutional change should not beowned by anybody. Nobody can say thisbelongs to us. It should be the property ofeverybody, nothing partisan, he said.

Belmonte said he preferred to amend

the Constitution through a constituentassembly, with the House and theSenate voting separately, rather than aconstitutional convention with electeddelegates.

He added that sweeping politicalreforms were too complicated and thatthe amendments should focus only onobsolete and anachronistic economicprovisions of the Constitution to spurthe economy, encourage more foreigninvestments, and to make the countrymore competitive. Maricel Cruz

THE Sandiganbayan on Wednesday im-posed a 90-day suspension order against

Coast Guard Commandant Vice Adm.Edmund Tan on a graft case filed againsthim three years ago.

Sandiganbayan 4th Division JusticesGregory Ong, Jose Hernandez, and MaCristina Cornejo signed the order.

The case stemmed from the complaintfiled by businessman Reynaldo Chua in2009, when Tan was still a commodore andcommander of Southwestern Mindanao.

In his complaint, Chua said Tan prevented his cargo vessel LCTKapitan from leaving the Pagadian Port in Zamboanga del Surwhere the complainants 3,500 tons of iron ore that time was be-ing transported. He said the delay cost him half a million pesos.

Tan said he would file a motion for reconsideration.I am submitting today a motion for reconsideration to stop the

implementation of the suspension. This is a classic example ofjustice delayed, justice denied, Tan said.

He said the Sandiganbayan has no reason to suspend him or fa-vor the administrative case since the case has been dismissed inthe (Office of the) Ombudsman and the complainant has already

issued an affidavit of desistance in 2011. Tan was suspended fornine months by the Office of the Ombudsman in May, 2011.Tan said he did not violate the anti-graft law because he was only

performing his official duty for holding the departure of the vessel.He (Chua) realized that my action to hold the departure of a barge for

having no anchors was done in the performance of my duty, he said.On the businessmans withdrawal of the case, Tan said the graft

charges against him should be dismissed.The complainant himself even appeared in court last February

20 to attest to that. But I just cant understand why a decision onthis has to take too long to resolve at the Sandiganbayan. already,he said. Joel Zurbano, Merck Maguddayao

Presidential peace adviserTeresita Deles said thegovernment and the MILFare now on the last stretch ofnegotiations.

The government is ready tosign a peace agreement with theMILF within the year, Deles said.The government is committedto resolve differences, and

with the MILF, find win-winsolutions.

Deles said the best way toaddress the MILFs concern fora Bangsamoro substate is thecreation of a new autonomouspolitical entity that will replacethe Autonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao.

This new autonomouspolitical entity is expected to

provide for genuine autonomyfor the Bangsampro, addressingthe root causes of the armedconflict in Mindanao, sheadded.

MILF chairman EbrahimMurad earlier this week said thetalks have reached a make orbreak stage.

Anything can still happen

any moment, Murad said.Both parties last met in

Kuala Lumpur in May wherepower-sharing and wealth-sharing issues proved to be mostcontentious.

The last formal talks endedwithout any joint statementfrom both sides and without aschedule for the next round ofnegotiations in Malaysia.

A source in the governmentpanel said the MILF wasnot comfortable with theadministrations position thatelections in the AutonomousRegion in Muslim Mindanaoshould still push through nextyear.

The MILF felt that if electionspush through, there will be notransition for the envisionednew autonomous political entitybecause the elected officials willserve for another three years.For them, that would delaythe process and the transitionroadmap, the source said.

Both panels signed theDecision Points on Principles(DPP) during the April meetingin Malaysia, which provides forthe creation of the new entitythat would replace the existingARMM.

The DPP would require anew law to amend the ARMMOrganic Act as well as aplebiscite among the residentsin the areas to be coveredby the future autonomous

political entity.Based on the decision points

signed in April, the future politicalentity will have a ministerialform of government.

The powers that wouldbe reserved for the nationalgovernment are as follows:defense and external security;foreign policy; common marketand global trade; coinage andmonetary policy; citizenshipand naturalization; and postalservice.

The power to enter intoeconomic agreements, however,shall be transferred to the newpolitical entity.

Both sides also agreed thatthe future autonomous entitymust be given the power tocreate its own sources ofrevenue and to have a justshare in the revenues generatedthrough the exploration,development or utilization ofnatural resources.

The political entity shall alsohave the powers over the Shariahjustice system.

By Joyce Pangco Paares

THE Aquino administration is optimis-tic it can sign a final peace agreementwith the Moro Islamic Liberation Frontwithin the year.

By Joel E. Zurbano

THE Commission on Elections will notextend the general voters registrationperiod in the Autonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao.

A 10-day period is enough, saidCommissioner Rene Sarmiento.

Sarmiento said that the commissiongathered 75,000 registrants during thefirst day of the registration, and morethan 100,000 on the second day.

So, more or less we got 75,000registrants. If we gathered one millionor 1.1 million registrants, that is goodenough. He said.

The previous voters list tallied 1.7million, a figure that the Comelec saidwas bloated.

Local government Secretary Jesse

Robredo said earlier that there wouldntany extension of the voters listing. Thevoter has to adjust to the process. If you donot want to adjust, dont register, he said.

James Jimenez, Comelec spokesman,said the registration began Mondaywith minor hitches such as the delayedarrival of voting machines and lack ofelectricity in some areas.

On the second day, military and po-lice personnel manning a checkpoint inLanao del Sur foiled an attempt to list200 registrants.

Congress signed a resolutionapproved by President Aquino on June11, calling for the nullification of thevoters list which contained hundreds ofthousands of fictitious names.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III hasordered the inclusion of provisions on theuse of alternative dispute mechanism inall contracts involving Private-Public Part-nership projects, build-operate and trans-fer projects and joint venture agreements.

Executive Order No. 78 covers con-tracts entered into by the national gov-ernment and local government unitswith private entities.

There is a need to provide a more in-viting climate for private investments bymaking the resolution of disputes lessexpensive, tedious, and time-consum-

ing, especially for large-scale, capital-intensive infrastructure and develop-ment contracts, Mr. Aquino said.

The state shall encourage and active-ly promote the use of ADR mechanismsthrough conciliation and negotiation,mediation and arbitration as an efficienttool and an alternative procedure inachieving speedy and impartial justiceand de-clogging court dockets, he said.

He said the Supreme Court, in a deci-sion in 2001, authorized the use of court-annexed mediation as a form of alterna-tive dispute resolution.

The President tasked the NationalEconomic Development Authority asthe implementing agency that wouldissue the implementingrules andregulations of EO 78. Joyce Paares

Alternativesettlementof disputes

Busted. Anti-narcotics agents set fire on a pile of shabu paraphernalia in Valenzuela City during Wednesdays ceremony attended byJose Gutierrez, director general of the Philippine Drug Inforcement Agency, and Persida Acosta, chief of the Public Attorneys Office.MANNY PALMERO

The UP-Diliman campus

Tan


4/12

OpinionAdelle Chua,Editor ManilaStandardToday [email protected] 12, 2012THURSDAYA4

REPORTS of a mysterious illness

afflicting Cambodian children brought

back days of anxiety when the Severe

Acute Respiratory Syndrome and bird

flu first claimed their victims in Asia.

Nearly 70 children have died in

Cambodia as a result of the previously

unknown disease. International media

reports have shown worried parents

falling in line to get their children treated

in hospitals.

The disease, we now know, has been

puzzling Cambodian doctors for at least

four months even as it has only recently

caught global attention.Now CNN reports that the World

Health Organization, working with

the Cambodian Ministry of Health,

will make the announcement that the

disease is caused by a combination

of pathogens including enterovirus

71, streptococcus suis and dengue,

as well as the inappropriate use of

steroids, which can suppress the

immune system.

The symptoms of the illness include

severe fever, encephalitis and breathing

difficulties. It affects its victims so fast

that most of those infected die within

a day or two of admission to hospital.

Immediately before death, childrenexperience a total destruction of the

alveola(e) in the lungs, a Cambodian

doctor tells the network.

That the health body is about to

announce the conclusion of its study

even as its website remained silent on

the issue as of press time Wednesday

should allay fears that the mysterious

illness would spread to the rest of the

country and the region.

In the meantime, our Transportation

and Communication officias say our

airport terminals have the capability to

screen incoming visitors from Cambodia

who may be exhibiting symptoms of the

disease. The Department of Health hasalso come up with an anti-virus plan.

Indeed, Filipinos must not see this as

an event that has occured in a remote

country. Children anywhere in the world

are always vulnerable to diseases both

known and unknown. And while it is

always ideal to consult a doctor when

symptoms are first observed, it is not

always possible.

The release of the research findings

should be communicated as soon and

as effectively as possible. Hysteria

only fuels helplessness. Mysteries are

simply things we can not understand at

present and mass anxietyand in some

instances, discriminationis best curedby credible information .

Cracking the mystery

President Dolphy

WHAT if Dolphy were President,instead of Noynoy Aquino? Will we be

better off than we are today?We will never know, because the

much-loved comedian never attemptedto convert his longtime popularity intovotes. As Dolphy most memorablysaid, the reason he never ran for officewas because he might winand thenwhat on earth would he do?

Because Dolphy is a master of self-deprecating humor, most people haveinterpreted thatstatement to meanthat the comedian

believed holdinghigh politicaloffice was a lotmore difficultthan making

people laugh. Ourown experiencewith the peoplewhom we electto exalted posts

proves otherwiseand whenwe laugh at ourelected officials,they dont evenhave the comedians gift of laughing atthemselves.

My own belief is that Dolphy, whomade an entire country laugh for morethan half a century, was just too niceto speak the truth that his Americancounterpart, the great Charlie Chaplin,once pointed out: I remain just onething, and one thing onlyand that isa clown. It places me on a far higher

plane than any politician.Dolphy did endorse the occasional

politician, even if he never soughtoffice for himself. But even thecountrys foremost comedian failed tomake his friend Fernando Poe Jr. and,later, Manuel Villar, win the presidency,failures that must have cemented his

belief that mere popularity and popularendorsers were not enough to take acandidate all the way to Malacaang.

The success in the political arena ofmany show business personalities witha lot less star power than Dolphy neverconvinced the comedian to take the

plunge. This simply made Dolphy lessopportunistic than nearly all Filipino

politicians, including his office-seekingcolleagues in showbiz, for whom

popularity and winnability were moreimportant than any other value that they

brought to the table when seeking office;it did not make him any less of a Filipinoor a patriot because he insisted that his

job was to be funny.Dolphy, whose deadpan Everyman

endeared him to generations ofFilipinos, simply refused to become

a victim of the Peter Principle andbe promoted beyond his level ofcompetence. On the other hand,Aquino, to cite just one prominentexample, is a devout adherent of theFilipino politicians religion whosemain doctrine states that the ability towin is the most important prerequisitefor public office.

Yes, no one will ever know, nowthat Dolphy is gone, if a comedianwould have made a better president

than an opportunistic politician whoseonly claim to fame is his family name.But I have this sneaking suspicionthat, because of Dolphys innatelove for the common man (whosestruggles he portrayed so well as JohnPuruntong and Kevin Cosme) and hisreluctance to capitalize on his fameand popularity, he would have fared alot better as president.

* * *

I would be really shocked, forexample, if Zsa Zsa Padilla or EricQuizon, surveying the hordes ofFilipinos paying Dolphy a final visit

before he is buried, decide to run foroffice. Given the late comediansaversion to the common practice ofconverting showbiz popularity into

votes, Dolphyslongtime partnerand his mostfamous son wouldnot be honoringhis memory if theydid somethingas obviouslyopportunistic asthat.

And yet,the last time am u c h - a d m i r e d

Filipino died,her countrymendecided that herson should beelected President

in gratitude. And the son, instead ofhumbly refusing to take on a job that hemust have known he was unprepared,unfit and even uninterested to take on,given his own meager accomplishmentsand unfocused lifestyle up to that point,eagerly accepted the challenge.

Noynoy Aquino never had anydoubt that he deserved to be electedPresident simply because his belovedmother Cory had died, even if Coryherself had never imagined that herson would ever go so far in politics. To

Noynoy and his handlers, the death ofCory was not just a sad eventit wasalso a golden opportunity.

Perhaps Dolphy, whose greatestsuccess was in making us laugh whiletugging at our heartstrings, fullyappreciated the power he had over thenation as its preeminent comedian. Butit is a tribute to Dolphys wisdom andhis love for his fellow Filipinos thathe refused to manipulate them intorewarding him with even more powerof the political kind.

Some peopleand their familiesare just more decent, sensitive andproper than others. And that is why Iwould be really disappointed if somemember of the Quizon clan suddenlyran for office because Dolphy diedor even put up a Dolphy party-listorganization supposedly in the latecomedians honor.

Maybe Dolphy would have made aterrible president, perhaps even worsethan Noynoy. But Im glad Dolphy

kept us wondering, instead of simplygrabbing the opportunity when it

presented itself and later confirming toall of us that he was simply not cut outfor the job.

And that is why Dolphy is loved,because winning in politics is easy,if the conditions are right and the

politician is ruthless enough. On theother hand, comedy and decency,in which Dolphy excelled, are trulyhard.

EDITORIAL

JOJOA. ROBLES

LOWDOWN

Winning inpolitics is easy.Comedy anddecency, in whichDolphy excelled, are

hard.

Disappeared

I ACCOMPANIED the wife and twochildren of missing lawyer Joe FranckZuniga to see Justice Secretary LeilaDe Lima last week. The purposeof the meeting was to solicit thesecretarys assistance in determining thewhereabouts of the missing lawyer, the

fourth person to have disappeared thisyear. De Lima did not disappoint. In thesaid meeting, she announced that shewas creating an NBI Task Force to lookinto the case.

According to the lawyers wife,Charito, Zuniga called her on June20, 2012 to say that he had a meetingat Oceanworld Subic. He has not

been heard from nor seen since. Hiscar, a Honda Civic, was recoveredthe following day in a remote part ofZambales. According to sketchy policereports, the vehicle was driven to thespot where it was found by a manwho later boarded a second vehicle.Unfortunately, the witness who reportedthis failed to get a glimpse of the face ofthe driver.

Thus far, the family and authoritiesare facing a blank wall. Charito and the

children related how Zuniga recentlyreceived what they believe to be adeath threat. Apparently, intelligenceauthorities from Subic furnished thelawyer with a flyer bearing his picturetaken in a prayer rally in the vicinityof Central Methodist Church alongTaft and Kalaw, Manila. The leaflet

bore the cellular phone numbers of themissing lawyer, his home address andthe amount of $10,000.00, which theyinterpreted as the price tag for the lifeof the lawyer.

The family could think of no onein particular who would benefit fromthe disappearance of the lawyer. Itis of public knowledge though thatProtestants have been known to be veryvocal in the promotion of social justice,which is why many military operativeshave branded some church membersfrom both the United Church of Christof the Philippines and the Methodists ascommunists.

A second theory has to do with anon-going strife between the break-awayMethodist church headed by Zuniga,AIM Philippines, or the PhilippineMethodist Church from its motherchurch, the United Methodist Church-which until today is supported by theMethodist church of the United States.The family told De Lima that Zunigahad been very critical of what he claimsto be issues of corruption within themainstream Methodist church whichled to the recent breakaway of Zunigasdenomination. I myself refuse to believethat a Christian could conspire against afellow Christian. But Secretary De Limawas correct in noting that this too wouldhave to be investigated by authorities.

Zuniga is not the only victimof enforced disappearance whom Irepresent. Prior to his disappearance,three Muslim scholars bound forSomalia disappeared presumably at

Naia Terminal 3 where their domestic

flight from Zamboanga landed. Thethree never made it to their connectingflight at Terminal 1. The three simplydisappeared and their respectivefamilies only had the chance to claimtheir checked-in luggages one monthafter their disappearance. Like inZunigas case, there has since beenno lead on what happened to the threeMuslims. Recently I wrote a letter toSecretary Mar Roxas of the Departmentof Transportation and Communicationfor him to convene a conference at the

airport for all heads of security forcesthen present at Naia 3 on the date andtime of the disappearance of threemen. I am confident that given thatthe immediate arrival area at the Naiais a secure and sterile area, we couldaccount for all security personnel whowere in the vicinity of the arrival gateof the flight taken by the three missingscholars. Meanwhile, I have receivedunconfirmed reports form sourceswithin the security sector that one of thethree missing may have already beenkilled.

Its ironic that these disappearanceshappened at the heel of the countrysrecent universal peer review at theHuman Rights Council. Almost allcountries that quizzed De Lima on theAquino administrations human rightsrecord expressed concern that thegovernment is in breach of its obligationto promote and protect the right to lifeagainst both extralegal killings andenforced disappearances. The concernswere not that Aquino was behind these,

but that this administration was notdischarging its obligations to investigate,

prosecute and punish the perpetrators ofthese killings and disappearances.

In fairness, I am sure that Aquinohimself has never condoned theseaffronts on the right to life. Unfortunately,

part of wha t international law demandsof him is not just to publicly renounce

these crimes, but also to punish theperpetrators thereof.

While the numbers ofdisappearances has not been as large asin other countries such as Peru, thereis still reason for alarm. If Zuniga,a seasoned litigator, a respectedmember of the legal community inBataan, and a respected church leadercould disappear without a trace, whathappens now to normal mortals whenthey disappear?

I shudder at the thought.

ATTY. HARRYROQUE JR.

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JULY 12, 2012THURSDAY A5

OpinionAdelle Chua,Editor [email protected]

WE FILIPINOS have politics for

breakfast, lunch and dinner. This

is especially true now that the

election season is drawing near.

Politics, after all, is the art of the

possible.

There are already two coalitions

in the making: the United Nationalist

Alliance of Vice President Jejomar

Binay, former President Joseph

Estrada and Senate President Juan

Ponce Enrile, and the administrationLiberal Partys coalition with

Manny Villars Nacionalista Party

and bossman Danding Cojuangcos

Nationalist Peoples Coalition.

It is natural

to think next

about probable

c o m b i n a t i o n s

for the 2016

presidential and

vice presidential

c o n t e s t s .

Since the Vice

P r e s i d e n t

has not been

shy about his

p r e s i d e n t i a lambitions for 2016, the question

foremost in the minds of people is:

Who will be his running mate?

Given that the Vice President has

already coalesced with Estrada, it

is logical to conclude that Senate

President Protempore Jinggoy

Estrada could well be his running

mate in 2016.

By any reckoning, a Binay-

Jinggoy team-up for 2016 is

formidable. Binay showed he

had middle-class and grassroots

support when he won against

President Aquinos running mate,

now Transportation Secretary

Manuel Roxas. Binay also enjoysthe support of the Aquino sisters.

Jinggoy, on the other hand, has

the mass support of his father.

Recall that the elder Estrada could

have been president if not for the

Iglesia ni Cristos endorsement

of President Aquino. Jinggoy has

also been performing well in the

Senate.

On the other hand, there is talk

that a Mar Roxas-Chiz Escudero

tandem is in the making.

But Roxas lost his chance to

become president when he gave way

to President Aquino in 2010. Thats

when the curtains fell in him.

And officials of the Liberal Partyknow only too well that Escudero

campaigned for Aquino and Binay in

2010.

Earlier on, it was mentioned that

Escudero, along with Senator Loren

Legarda, might be joining UNA as

well. Now that they have coalesced

with the administration party, whatdoes it make of them? Political

opportunists?

UNA has, thus far, come out

with some formidable names for its

senatorial slate: Senator Gregorio

Honasan, Jackie Ponce Enrile (son

of Senate President Enrile), San

Juan Rep. JV Ejercito (son of for mer

President Estrada by San Juan Mayor

Guia Gomez), former Senator Migz

Zubiri, among others.

That leaves the Liberal Party with

only five or six slots, and this is why

it is forming a coalition with the NP

and the NPC.

Ive been a journalist for more

than 50 years but this is the first timeI have seen an administration hard

put in forming its own slate.

***

The administrations problem

is that the

o p p o s i t i o n

being formed is

formidable.

While Binay,

Estrada and

Enrile claim

to still support

P r e s i d e n t

Aquino, the fact

that they have

formed their

own coalition isa sign that inevitably, they will have

to part with the latter. This as as

certain as the fact that night follows

day.

In our kind of politics, as in other

countries, there must always be an

opposition. Even the former Arroyo

administration parties, Kampi and

NUCD, will have no choice but to

join the o pposi tion .

***

Senate President Juan Ponce

Enrile and Speaker Sonny Belmonte

are now talking about charter

change. They point out that the 1987

Constitution restricts foreigners

from having more than a 40-percentcontrol of business and industry.

But plans to change the

Constitution will not go far without

the support of President Aquino,

who unfortunately seems cool to the

matter.

It is difficult to comprehend

why President Aquino doesnt want

charter change. Why doesnt he want

to amend a flawed Constitution?

Just because it was made under his

mother?

He must be bull-headed and

unreasonable not to realize that the

40-percent restriction on foreign

ownership has been a major factor

why investments have not beencoming here as much as they have

been coming to Thailand, Malaysia

and Indonesia.

Is he afraid that charter

change would lead to a change in

presidential terms and even the form

of government?

Binay-Jinggoyversus Mar-Chiz?

By Ray Lampano, Jr.

(continued from Sunday)

Curt Smith of Tears for Fears looksevery bit a man satisfied. There is not theslightest trace of the rock star trappingsthat yoked many a lesser musician. Onlya handful of individuals in the pop worldcan ever claim such independenceVan Morrison and Leonard Cohen,among others, come to mindwhereall musical concerns are subsumedunder more domestic circumstances.In Curts case, it is fatherhood and allits attendant emotions. Checking hismodest website and twitter posts one ischarmed by his earnest interaction withhis respectful fans, the photographson the road and that of his family heregularly shares. Curt is comfortablewith his own candor. No, it is not at all

the predigested narcissistic sort foundin the John Mayers or Kim Kardashians(but then she has nothing to do withmusic) of the world.

Meeting Curt for the first time atthe TEDx Hollywood event on June 5,2005, I endeavored to listen to his post-Manila May 2, 2010 concert thoughtsfirsthand. Arlene Wszalek, his graciousand amiable personal managerwhomI met through Curts official websiteserved as our point of contact. I emailedher a series of questions that Curt sogenerously responded. Here they are:

How was your Asian tour? Wherewas the band received most warmly?

The Asian tour went great, it wasnice to visit a few places we had neverbeen before and see some fresh faces.The warmest reception without doubt

was Manila which was just crazy!How does it feel to have 20,000-plusfans in Manila sing along with whatseems to be TFFs entire set? Up towhat extent will screaming or singingbe tolerable for you before it becomesa distraction to the band, or its all just

perfectly fine? Did you really officiallypeak in Manila?

It was quite amazing, althoughduring the set I didnt hear the audiencethat much as I have ear monitors inwhich is probably a good thing. I tookthem out between songs to get a sense ofthe audience and it was quite moving. Ithink we emotionally peaked in Manila

Would you say that TFFs progressionfrom its synth-pop beginnings to a moreorganic and inclusive sound was natural?The Way You Are still sounds as fresh andseems, perhaps, the summit of TFFs

synth-pop powers. What prompted theband to move in that direction ofSongs

from the Big Chair and who initiatedit? Was the momentum already theremidway between it and The Hurting?

I think we were aware of the limitationsof synth-pop and felt the need to

progress after The Hurting. As much aswe love the album, in retrospect it comesover a little insular. We were growing upand felt the need to be more outgoing anddirect on Songs From the Big Chair.

When you have to play an old tunenight after night, do you have a personalzone to make it sound as good as the firsttime or, at least, bearable (even if yourenot singing it)? How do find that happymean that unifies past and present?

We tend to adapt with the times andcome up with a version that we can relate

to now. For instance Shout begins alot more low key than the original aswere not that angry anymore. There arehowever songs that we havent touchedas they just belong in their original

form, Everybody Wants To Rule TheWorld being a prime example.

Is there any TFF tune or, anything,in your solo catalog that you wont dareplay these days?

There are too many to name. The keyis that we have to still relate to a song tomake it believable live.

Do you think your tunes could havebeen done any differently?

They were and we changed themuntil we were happy with the direction.There are a thousand ways to record asong but in the end you have to go bywhat feels right.

What would you constitute as awrap or thats enough in the studio,whereby anything beyond would just be

just diminishing returns?When were going around in circles

for more than a few days I know its timeto completely stop or reevaluate at alater time.

How do you go about this as a soloartist?

Same rules really. Some things neverchange!

Would you sacrifice studioperfection for immediacy? Could youcite an instance?

There are many times when Ivefound a track too perfect, too in timeor just too organized that it leaves me

feeling a little cold. On those occasions Iwill spend time going back to basics and

roughing it up to sound more emotionaland human.

Where are Ian Stanley and MannyElias now? Are you still in touch?

I believe Ian lives in Ireland andManny is in England but we dont keepin touch.

Its hard to imagine Sowing theSeeds of Love played by a small crew,any more than it is for All You Need is

Love. How would that full orchestralcomplement for Sowing at the Nightat the Prom 2006 in Antwerp stand asan approximation of the songs grandvision (if it ever existed)?

I would say that the NOTP version isas close as well get to the record live,

although we did perform it once withDavid Foster leading the orchestra atan Andre Agassi benefit that may havebeen better. It would be great to do awhole show of our music with orchestra.

In Songs from the Big Chair, it wasso sad they had to fade it; in Sowingthe Seeds of Love, it was the boys backin 628 where the ear to the wall was atwist of fate anything of that sortof sendup consigned to posterity in

Everybody Loves a Happy Ending?I dont believe so, although we were

conscious of the fact that every albumweve released has had a song withthe word world in ithence SecretWorld.

Whats your favorite tune in thealbum?

Strangely enoughSecret World

Domesticity seems to have breathednew life to your craft. The satisfactionis palpable in your music. You seem toenjoy being a father to wonderful kids.How has fatherhood changed youroutlook on music, life, and spirituality?

Immeasurably would be the answerto that. Its changed my whole outlook,

particularly towards whats reallyimportant and whats not. Theres a saying

dont sweat the small stuffwhen youhave childreneverything else is the smallstuff. I record and play live because I wantto but I feel no pressure because I havesomething more valuable at home.

You seem to be an enthusiastic adopterof social networking technologies. Ialso noticed how you tweet regularly.

Where would the public side ofyou end and the private side begin in apervasive technology?

As far as my personality goes I dontreally have a private side, I am what Iam. As far as personal privacy goes Ihave a gate

How has it affected your music?Have you formed any musical allianceswith anybody youve met through yourwebsite?

Ive done two tracks so far withpeople Ive met thru social media.One with the cellist Zoe Keating and

one with Melissa R. Kaplan who has aband called Universal Hall Pass. Bothhave been eye opening and have turnedout great, so for my solo work Imcontinuing on recording a project basedaround Social Media.

Would you have any plans, if not ofthe supersize sort, to just put out a CDof collaborations with other artists?

As mentioned, its what Im in themiddle of with various artists right now.

What led you to the CreativeCommons? How do you assess itsfuture?

My manager told me about CreativeCommons initially and it just made sense.

A way to copyright your music whilstsetting the parameters of how other

people are able to use it in a simple formwithout lawyerswhats not to love? As

more people become aware of it I believemore people will use it.Ive also read that youve recently

been naturalized.Would you say the British reserve

has already given way to Americancircumstance?

Im certainly a lot more open than Iwas in the UK and less worried aboutembracing new things. Although Iwould probably put that down to myten years in New York rather than anoverall American thing.

Have you experienced anything herethat made you feel quite American or,conversely, quite British?

I still feel British at heart eventhough I have no intention of movingback. Theres certainly a British senseof humor than can be lost in the US.When Im in the UK and hear my kids

speak I feel very confused!Have you ever experienced a Spinal

Tap moment, either with TFF or solo,worthy of a Derek Smalls? Or doesyour amp just go up to 11?

Yes, I once had a record companypublicist utter the words wheresmy photographer and she hadntseen Spinal Tap. I also complained ofthe meat not fitting the bread on theSowing The Seeds Of Love videoshoot and someone actually went offand trimmed it to fit.

What would be fitting soundtrack/sto your life TFF or otherwise? Whatson your iPod now?

It seems obv ious that all my music,with TFF and solo, would be thesoundtrack to my life. Currently Imlistening to Carina Round on my iPod.

How do the next 5 years look forTFF and your personal efforts? Is theband working on a new album?

Who knows? Theres a saying manplans and God laughs. All I know isthat Im touring this year with TFF,doing solo recordings and shows inbetween, and starting a web show calledStripped Down Liveits enough tokeep me busy for now.

An interview with Curt SmithFEATURE

EMIL

P. JURADO

TOTHEPOINT

The Higgs boson

THE announcement by Geneva-basedCERN (European Organization forNuclear Research) last July 4 aboutits latest accomplishment in its searchfor the elusive Higgs boson spawnedsearches and queries on what exactlythis thing is.

Also called the God particlebecause physicists theorized that theuniverse would not exist without it, theHiggs boson is a proposed elementaryparticle in the Standard Model ofparticle physics.

A particle is, according toWikipedia, a small localized objectto which can be ascribed severalphysical properties such as volume ormass, while particle physics studiesthe existence and interactions of

particles that are the constituents of

what is usually referred to as matteror radiation. Elementary particlesare the basic building blocks ofthe universe from which all otherparticles are made.

CERN itself is cautious in thewording of its announcement, sayingon its Web site that its ATLASand CMS experiments see strongindications for the presence of a newparticle which could be the Higgsboson.

The experiments found hints ofthe new particle by analyzing trillionsof proton-proton collisions from theLarge Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2011and 2012.

The Standard Model of physicspredicted that a Higgs boson woulddecay into different particleswhichthe LHC experiments then detect.The experiments gave a 5 sigma levelof significance, which is counted as adiscovery in terms of certainty.

The Higgs boson is named after

British theoretical physicist Peter

Higgs who with five others postulatedits existence in 1964. If it and itsassociated Higgs field existed, thetheory goes, it would explain whysome elementary particles have mass,also giving an insight into how mattercame into being. In other words, itgives other particles mass.

And as we know from elementaryscience, all thingsliving and non-living are made of matter.

Knowing whether the Higgsboson exists or not helps scientistsgain a better understanding of theorigin of the universewhichcould lead to more technologicaladvancements that could benefithumankind. Warp drive, anyone?Terraforming? The conquest andoccupation of space?

The CERN announcement spawnedjokes on social media:

The Higgs boson is my co-pilot.(Clarke Kant, Twitter)

Did you hear about the dyslexic

physicist who wasted his career

searching for the Dog boson? (alsoTwitter)

What does the Philippines have todo with the Higgs boson?

On the Internet theres a world mapdated 10 July 2012 of countries whosescientists work for, collaborate with, orhave linkages to CERN and its projects.This map presents the Philippines asone of 19 countries with which CERNhas scientific contacts.

Perhaps, eventually, given moreemphasis on the development andpromotion of science in the country,we might even join the roster of 20member states of CERN and directlyparticipate in its groundbreakingprojects.

Its an exciting time to be alive, towitness the expansion and advancementof human knowledge in fashions thatwere only dreamt of before in sciencefiction, now coming to pass as reality.

This reality is somethingreconcilable with our mindsets.

Adapting to scientific changes is

a phenomenon we are used toinjust a few short decades, we haveseen the birth of the portable musicplayer, mobile telephone, and laptopcomputer, gadgets once only seen onStar Trek and other SF shows but thatwe have absorbed into our daily liveswith surprising ease.

Not everyone was optimistic aboutfinding the Higgs boson. PhysicistStephen Hawking lost a $100 bet withMichigan Universitys Gordon Kane,having insisted that the particle wouldnot be found.

According to The Economist, ittook five decades, billions of dollars,and millions of man-hours to findthe Higgs boson; all worth it in thequest for knowledge for knowledgessake.

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6/12

News ManilaStandardToday [email protected] 12, 2012THURSDAYA6

Foundation hits

facilitys seizure

IN BRIEFFemale inmates rockjailhouse study program

Importers registration reviewedBy Joel E. Zurbano

CUSTOMS Commissioner RuffyBiazon ordered a review of the ac-creditation of 14,000 registered im-porters to determine their legitimacyafter 20 of them were found to befictitious and their registrations weresuspended.

Biazon ordered lawyer RheaGregorio, head of the bureaus In-terim Customs Accreditation Reg-istration, to form a team and con-duct the review.

The review of accreditation iscontinuous. We just want to know

the capacity and the company pro-file to verify the authenticity of theimporters, said Gregorio. Werenot singling out any particular trader.Were doing it at random.

Three of the suspended import-ers were meat and chicken importersidentified as Batoy Trading, Red HotTrading and Sacrecoure Commer-cial. Batoy Trading belonged to top10 importers of fats, offal, skin orrind and other meat products.

Gregorio, however, declined togive the names of the other compa-nies that were suspended becausethey had not received Biazons per-

mission to do so, but she said someof the importers were suspended fornot complying with requirementswhile orthers failed to submit theirprevious importations to an audit.

She explained that aside fromcleansing the list of importers, the

bureau also intensified its Post EntryAudit Group to recover unliquidatedduties and taxes of previous impor-tations for its revenue collectiondrive.

If the bureau discovers fraud, itmay impose up to eight times themaximum penalty on the importer inaddition to the disputed amount.

(MST-July 12, 2012)

Ofce o the PresidentO the Philippines

Malacaang

The Ofce of the President[OP], through the General Appropriation Act [GAA] FY 2012 intends to applythe sum of Three Million One Hundred Ten Pesos (Php 3,110,000.00) being the Approved Budgetfor the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Procurement of Consulting Services fortheStructural Investigation and Detailed Engineering for the Repair and Strengthening/Retrotting of theMabiniHallBuilding in Malacaang.Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at theopening of the nancial proposals.

The OP-BAC now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for Consulting Services for theStructural Investigation and Detailed Engineering for the Repair and Strengthening/Retrotting of theMabiniHallBuilding in Malacaang. Interested consultants must submit their eligibility documents onor before 10:00AM,July 19, 2012, Thursday at the OP-BAC Secretariat Ofce,RM 118 Ground FloorMezzanine, Mabini Hall Building, J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Malacaang, Manila.

Late submission of Eligibility Documents shall not be accepted. The opening of Eligibility Documents will beheld on the same day at 1PM, July 19, 2012, Thursday at the Executive Secretaries Hall and Gallery, 4th/FMabini Hall Bldg., Malacanang, Manila.

Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion. EligibilityDocuments will be available starting on July 11, 2012 to July 19, 2012 from 8:00AM to 12:00N and 1:00PMto 5:00PM, Monday to Friday.

The OP-BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Expressions ofInterest and other required documents, and have been determined as eligible in accordance with theprovisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement ReformAct, and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of three (3)prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing areas follows:

Criteria Weighted Percentage

Manpower Capacity/Qualications 40.0 %

Current workload relative to job capacity 25.0 %

Applicable experiences of Consult ing Organization (past 10 years) 35.0 %

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/failcriterion as specied in the RIRR of RA 9184.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixtypercent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

The OP-BAC shall evaluate bids using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation (QCBE) procedure where thenancial and technical proposals are given the corresponding weights:

Financial Proposal _____________ 25.0%Technical Proposal _____________75.0%

The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

The contract shall be completed within one hundred fty (150) calendar days.

The Ofce of the President-Bids and Awards Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, toannul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurringany liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

For further information, please refer to:Engr. William A. Enriquez orTWG-OPBACRM. G-107, Engineering OfceGround Floor, MabiniHallBuildingJ. P. Laurel St. San MiguelMalacaang, ManilaTel No.(02) 784-4286 loc. 4007 & 4190Telefax No. (02) 784-4286 loc. 4770

(Sgd.) MICHAEL G. AGUINALDOChairman, Bids and Awards Committee

BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

Request for Expression of Interest for theProcurement of Consulting Services for the

Structural Investigation and Detailed Engineering for theRepair and Strengthening/Retrotting of the

MabiniHallBuilding in Malacaang

Engr. Edgardo L. TorresDirector IVEngineering OfceJ. P. Laurel St. San MiguelMalacaang, ManilaTel. No. (02) 784-4286 Loc 4007

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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Education

REGION IV A (CALABARZON)Gate 2-Karangalan Drive

Cainta Rizal

July 5, 2012

INVITATION TO BID

The Department of Education Regional Ofce IV A (CALABARZON), through its Bids and AwardsCommittee (BAC) invites contractors registered with and classied by the Philippine Contractors AccreditationBoard (PCAB) to bid for the following projects at DepEd Regional Ofce IV A (CALABARZON), Gate 2-KarangalanDrive, Cainta, Rizal:

ClusterName of Proj ect Recipient Schools Locat ion

ContractDuration

Amount(Php)

IConstruction of Pre-School

Buildings with CR andFurniture

Pantay ES, DacanlaoG. Agoncillo MES,

Calaca, Batangas 60 cd. 1,667,160.00

IIConstruction of Pre-School


Tanagan ES&Binubusan ES

Calatagan&Lian,Batangas

60 cd. 1,667,160.00

IIIConstruction of Pre-School


San Roque ES, DonLeon Martinez MES

&Payapa ES

Bauan,Balayan&Lemery,

Batangas60 cd. 2,504,529.00

IVConstruction of Pre-School


Gulod ES, Julian A.Pastor MES &Libjo ES Batangas City 60 cd. 2,504,529.00

VConstruction of Pre-School


Teodoro M. KalawMS, G.B. Lontok MS&Tanauan North CS

Lipa City &Tanauan City 60 cd. 2,504,529.00

VIConstruction of Pre-School


Tagaytay ES&Amadeo ES

Tagaytay City&Amadeo,Cavite

60 cd. 1,681,584.00

VIIConstruction of Pre-School


San Garbiel ES,Bancal ES

GMA, Carmona & Cavite 60 cd. 1,681,584.00

VIIIConstruction of Pre-School


LadislaoDiwa ES &Sta. Cruz ES

Cavite City 60 cd. 1,681,584.00

IXConstruction of Pre-School


Mamatid ES&Southville I ES Cabuyao, Laguna 60 cd. 1,610,196.00

XConstruction of Pre-School


Oscar M. Lopez ES-Dayap&Landayan ES

Calauan& San Pedro,Laguna 60 cd. 1,610,196.00

XI Construction of Pre-SchoolBuildings with CR andFurniture

Lecherria ES &Post ES

Calamba City 60 cd. 1,610,196.00

XIIConstruction of Pre-School


Labas ES &Macabling Sta. Rosa City 60 cd. 1,610,196.00

XIIIConstruction of Pre-School


Sta. Maria ES &Stmo.Rosario ES

Ambray, San Pablo City 60 cd. 1,610,196.00

XIVConstruction of Pre-School


C.M. Recto ES,Infanta CS & Real

CES

Tiaong, Infanta& Real,Quezon

60 cd. 2,391,498.00