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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - The so-called Hacienda Binay in Rosario, Batangas is yet

another “evidence” of the failure of the expired Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

FARMERS SAY

Hacienda Binay another evidence of CARP failure

KEEPSAKES. Mayor Ed Pamintuan and Councilor Amos Rivera preview to media refrigerator magnets depicting icons of Angeles City -- sizzling sisig, the Holy Rosary Parish Church and the Pamintuan Mansion -- crafted by local artist Chok Sotto. The souvenir items are on sale at the Museo ning Angeles. Photo by bong Lacson

by ashley maNabat

ANGELES CITY – “I don’t need any heritage declaration from the city council or even from the Na-tional Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP).”

Thus, said Mayor Edgardo

EdPam adamant on heritage districtPamintuan as he stood firm to make the former city hall building, now the Museo ning Angeles, his-toric Pamintuan Mansion, the Holy Rosary Parish Church and their immediate environs as a “Heritage District” in Barangay Sto. Rosario here.

Pamintuan said he is not precluded from developing and beautifying the area for the ben-efit of the people as chief execu-tive of the city.

A building being constructed by businessman Dennis Uy was

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In a statement yester-day, the Kilusang Magbu-bukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) also accused business-man Antonio Tiu of being “a local conduit in global land-grabbing.” Tiu has been claiming owner-ship of the hacienda, but some senators probing the hacienda case have

insisted he was merely the dummy of Vice Pres. Jejomar Binay.

“The agribusiness park in Rosario, Batan-gas allegedly owned by the Binays is a clas-sic example of the sham CARP’s failure to break landlords’ monopoly of

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MABALACAT CITY, - Over 9,700 Facebook users have expressed “like” for the Facebook account of jailed Globe Asiatique President Del-fin Lee who is challeng-ing Vice President Je-jomar Binay to “face me in the Senate” to let out

Delfin Lee’s FB account daringBinay to debate gains 9,787 ‘likes’

Lee’s challenge to Binay on Facebook. Photo by Ding cervantes

the truth on his alleged syndicated estafa case.

Lee’s account, titled Globe Asiatique, Know the Truth, said the de-bate would expose who between him and Binay is lying. As of yesterday, the account reflected 9,787 likes.

Only recently, Binay challenge Sen. Antonio Trillanes for a debate on the so-called Hacienda Binay and other anoma-lies under investigation by the Senate.

“Vice President Binay, face me in the Senate. Ilabas po natin

and katotohanan at mag-kaalaman na tayo kung sino po ang sinungaling sa atin,” Lee said in his account.

“You (Binay) have al-ways complained of be-ing a victim of politics. I am not a politician but

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PANIQUI, Tarlac – The chief of police of this town was finally re-lieved from his post af-ter leading an assault on the municipal hall Wednesday last week to allow RTC-declared mayor Rommel David to occupy the said build-ing.

Supt. Carlito Grijaldo was officially relieved from his post and quick-ly replaced by Supt. Salvador Destura upon the order of Central Lu-zon police director Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta

Police chief sacked, town still paralyzed

reportedly “to ease the tension in the town.”

It was also reported that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will come out with a perma-nent injunction dismiss-ing all election protests of David, a defeated mayoralty candidate.

Acting Mayor Gene-vieve “Gin” Linsao said administrative, civil and criminal charges against all persons involved in the raid of the town hall will be pursued as in-cumbent Mayor Miguel

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TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija – The public cemetery in Ba-rangay Poblacion here has been the launch pad of the municipality’s biggest nutri-tion program, anchoring on organic vegetable farming.

Mayor Nerivi Santos-Mar-tinez said that while organic farming is widespread in his town as every village here has its huge gardens in ba-rangay hall compounds, road shoulders, schools and households, this has not stopped it to from expanding to n vacant lots of Himlayan ng Bayan over a year ago.

“Nagsimula ang lahat ng ito sa Himlayan ng Bayan kung saan natin nakita ang mga simpleng hakbang para maging mabunga ang mga halaman sa paraang organ-ic,” Martinez said.

he vegetable garden in “Himalayan” is being over-seen by her father, municipal administrator Nerito Santos.

“We found out that our soil is fertile enough to pro-duce quality vegetables as string beans, eggplants, to-matoes and papaya,” she added.

Santos has since enter-tained visitors, particularly village and educations of-ficials, at a rest place in a corner of the cemetery to demonstrate the farming program.

Santos would also pre-pare lunch from the harvests for visitors. Visitors can also take out tomato candies pro-duced from the garden.

This gave birth to the Gu-layan sa Barangay, Paaralan at Bakuran Program which is now in full swing.

Dante Al Fernandez, head of the outermost village of Bulac, said eating without viand is never a scene in the

Cemetery showcases organic gardening

Vegetables grow in vacant lots at the Himlayan ng Bayan cemetery. Photo by armanD gaLang

neighborhood.“Kung tutuusin, bawal ang

magutom dito sa amin dahil sobra-sobra na ang gulay at may inaani namang palay,” he said, noting that every house-hold has its own garden on top of the free spaces such as road shoulders, edges of irri-gation dikes and unattended lots that served as common planting areas.

Bulac residents plant egg-plants, okra, tomato, bottle gourd (upo), loofah (patola), onion and string beans among others. Malunggay trees are also planted along barangay roads.

Churchgoers in an adja-cent chapel would walk down the aisle of vegetables at both sides of its compound planted now to fruiting tomatoes, egg-plants and beans, leaving only about two meters of concrete pathway.

An 800-square meter lot in Barangay San Pascual has been a wealthy source of food for families affected by recent typhoons as barangay officials prepared food for the evacu-ees in a nearby gymnasium.

Mixed with noodles, pato-la and upo harvested from the village’s gulayan had been enough for them, said Baran-gay Chair Gerlad Fermin.

In Barangay Pulong San Miguel, the 400-square-me-ter backyard of resident Glo-ria Domingo would not be left behind as at least 21 kinds of trees and vegetables are grown using, like all of them, organic fertilizer in their own small vermicomposting facili-ties.

“Talagang kami na ang gu-magawa na pataba,” she said. They use animal manure, earthworms and leaves.

Aside from vegetables planted in plastic containers and sacks, her backyard is also planted with chico, ba-

nana, pomelo, rambutan, lemon, guyabano, guava, calamansi, and alibangbang.

The same scenes can be found at the compound of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology –Municipal Government of Ta-lavera (NEUST-MGT).

Earlier this year, Rodrigo Del Prado and his wife had their terrace on the second floor of their house in Baran-gay Sierra fully tiled, com-plete with decorative stones. But he decided to have it full of vegetables in used cans, sacks and plastic contain-ers.

“Ngayon ay nagpapa-migay na kami ng gulay sa mga kapitbahay,” he said. His family, he said, has en-joyed the sight of fruiting vegetables a few steps from the door.

The village officials and ordinary residents admitted having initiated the wide-spread planting of vegeta-bles when Gulayan sa Ba-rangay, Paaralan, at Bak-uran was launched by the municipal government led by Martinez last August.

But while the program embraces only three partic-ular places (barangay hall, schools and backyards), they themselves decided to further it even “without the prospect of winning any price.”

Martinez said the town government created the pro-gram to instil in the people, including the youth, the val-ue of using resources and health. To make it sustain-able, a continuous evalu-ation of the project is be-ing scheduled from Sept. 1, 2014 to Jan. 4, 2015.

The ultimate goal of the program, she added, is to have all households planting on their own.

AN INTERNATIONAL ExPO being organized by the De-partment of Tourism is seen to boost the rise of North Philip-pines as a global tourism hub centered on Clark with its air-port’s ever-increasing pas-senger volume and huge, yet highly expandable, capacity for both international and do-mestic air traffic.

DOT Central Luzon Direc-tor Ronnie P. Tiotuico said the forthcoming NorthPhil Expo 2014 would further highlight the inevitability of the Clark International Airport emerging as a premier global gateway even by mere capacity alone.

“The current and poten-tial capacity of our airport (Clark) can complement, ab-sorb and conveniently accom-modate any spillover airlines from NAIA (Ninoy Aquino In-ternational Airport), prompting foreign carriers to give Clark some serious considerations.

“Now add this looming sce-nario to the consistent rise in Clark’s passenger volume of 1.3 million in 2012 alone, plus the quality road infrastructure in Luzon north of Metro Manila and its mall of landbased at-tractions and destinations, and you have a great recipe for a tourism boom in your hands,” Tiotuico explained.

He said Clark’s 1.3-mil-lion passenger volume was a 73-percent increase from 2011, which could continue to provide the momentum for NorthPhil tourism’s exponen-tial growth.

“Aptly, we are adopting this year’s World Tourism Day’s theme Tourism and Communi-ty Development for the North-Phil Expo 2014 to underscore the urgent need for product development to make the lo-cal industry keep up with the continued surge of visitor ar-rivals in the region,” Tiotuico stressed.

Slated at the Event Cen-ter of the SM City Clark in the Clark Freeport Zone in Pam-panga on November 14-16, the NorthPhil Expo is a project of the DOT offices in Central Luzon, Cagayan Valley, Ilo-cos Region and the Cordille-

DOT expo in Clark seen to set NorthPhil as int’l tourism hub

ras, and supported by the As-sociation of Tourism Officers of Central Luzon.

The exhibits showcase tourism and travel destina-tions, products and services, provincial pavilions, corporate booths offering affordable and excellent tour packages, and traders’ booths selling arts and crafts, souvenirs and regional delicacies.

Also constituting the expo are It’s More Fun @ NorthPhil Expo Quiz Bee Challenge, Flairtending Competition (pro-fessional and amateur cate-gories), corporate gameshows and raffle draws, cultural pre-sentations, arts and crafts demonstration.

There are also business and social functions that in-clude networking reception for exhibitors, all comprising the tourism industry sectors such as agri- and eco-tourism and leisure properties, airlines and air alliances, cruise lines, ho-tels and resorts, medical tour-ism hospitals and wellness and fitness centers, national and local government agen-cies and tourism boards, re-tirement villages, restaurants, spa resorts and destinations, themeparks and amusement centers, time share properties, tour and transport operators, and travel and tourism asso-ciations

Expected to come to the event are business, trade and tourism organizations, MICE organizers and planners, ed-ucational institutions, interna-tional and domestic travellers, local, foreign and corporate buyers, tour organizers, plan-ners and holiday specialists, travel agents and tour oper-ators, travel enthusiasts, and the general public.

More information can be obtained from event man-ager Philippine Exhibits and Themeparks Corporation (tel: 632 8329303 to 05; fax: 632 5562723; email: northphilex-po@gmail.com; or visit: www.northphilexpo.com.

The expo will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is touted to be the biggest in NorthPhil Expo’s nine-year history. –PR

OLONGAPO CITY--Bumagsak sa kamay ng mga tauhan ng Provincial Highway Patrol Team (PHPT)-Zambales ang isang carnapper na may iba’t-ibang warrant of arrest sa Municipal Cir-cuit Trial Court at Regional Trail Court sa Zambales.

Kinilala ni PHPT Zambales provincial officer Senior Inspec-tor Isabelo Ganao ang suspek na si Lito Mendoza, 31, residente ng Barangay Camara, Botolan, Zambales.

Ang suspek ay dinakip ng team na pinamunuan nina SPO4 Marlon Agno at SPO3 Urfendo Abadilla sa bisa ng warrants of arrest na ipinalabas nina Judge Consuelo Amog-Bocar ng RTC Branch 71 at Judge Marifi Chua ng RTC Branch 70 sa kasong paglabag sa RA 6539 (Carnapping) na may piyansang tig P180,000; kasong grave coersion na ipinalabas ni Judge Jaquelin Suing ng MCTC Botolan, Zambales na may piyansang P12,000; at kasong paglabag sa Batas Pambansa Bilang 6 na ipinalabas ni Judge Vicente Lamug ng MTC Iba, Zambales na may piyansang P2,000.

Batay sa rekord ng pulisya ang suspek ay pang walo sa ta-laan ng Most Wanted Person sa lalawigan ng Zambales at siya rin ang lider ng Tolitz Group na sangkot sa motor carnapping at robbery sa lalawigan ng Zambales. Ang suspek ay detinido na sa Zambales Provincial Jail sa Iba. –Johnny R. Reblando

Carnapper huli

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by elmo roque

CABANATUAN CITY - In case of accidents or emergencies,

Trike drivers trained as first aidersespecially on the streets, trust the tricycle drivers who may come rushing in a hurry. They may be your life’s saviour.

This was the advice issued out by officials of the City Di-saster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRR-MO) as they announced that 7,000 tricycle drivers here have been trained to give first aid treatment.

“They were commissioned as front-liners in times of emergencies like accidents and in times of big calamities. In simple terms, they are the first-aiders in the first few min-utes in critical needs of the vic-tims of accidents or calami-ties,” said Eugene Mintu, coor-dinator of the CDRRMO here.

He said in the last few months, CDRRMO personnel trained the tricycle drivers to be capable of providing stan-dard first-aid and basic life support. They are equipped with the knowledge on how to handle burn management, treatment of wound, insect and animal bites, sprain, and poison as standard first-aid procedures, he added.

“They were also trained to perform cardiopulmonary re-suscitation (CPR) and rescue breathing as basic life sup-port,” Mintu said.

Mintu revealed in their con-sultations with officials of the National Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Management Office suggested to him to consider involving the tricycle drivers in the program since this city has lots of them. He said the city

has more than 17,000 regis-tered tricycle drivers and offi-cials here love to call this city as “tricycle capital of the Phil-ippines”.

“We now consider them as our big assets in our con-tinuing efforts to strengthen our city’s disaster and risk re-duction preparedness,” Mintu said. “We dubbed them as TODA Rescue Campaign vol-unteers’”, he added.

TODA stands for tricycle operators and drivers associ-ation.

The tricycles of the trained drivers are posted with stick-ers bearing emergency hot line numbers. The list of emer-gency hotline numbers in-cludes the Philippine Nation-al Police, Cabanatuan City Fire Station, Cabanatuan City General Hospital, Philippine National Red Cross-Cabanat-uan City, and many others.

The “TODA Rescue Cam-paign” is just one of the many projects of CDRRMO in beef-ing up its capabilities. The oth-ers listed by the CDRRMO as its rescuers include registered nurses and emergency medi-cal technicians, among others.

The CDRRMO, according to Mintu, is now fully function-al as Mayor Julius Cesar Ver-gara equipped it with various life saving devices, gadgets and tools needed in times of calamities, accidents, fire and other kinds of emergencies

even that which happened in the July 16, 1990 earthquake that roared through Luzon.

In that tremor, the lack of needed equipment, tools and gadgets to save the lives of the victims trapped in the rub-ble was most felt. More than 130 people died in the top-pled six-storey Christian Col-leges of the Philippines build-ing here.

Mintu said that in conso-nance with the provisions of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, Vergara put up the CDRRMO and hired on a permanent ba-sis people to carry out the pin-pointed responsibilities of the office on a 24/7 basis.

More importantly, he said, the mayor provided funds for the purchase of equipment and tools needed for search and rescue operations.

Named officer-in-charge of the CDRRMO is Ronnie Pun-zal. The office is soon planned to be a regular department un-der the city government orga-nizational structure.

“We now have lifting bags that can move 85 tons of de-bris, hydraulic equipment, forcible entry tools, medical equipment, resuscitators and other state of the art pieces of gadgets for search and rescue operations not only for calam-ities like earthquake, but also typhoons and others,” Mintu said.

NEw RulES. Stakeholders hold Joint Memorandum Order No. 001-2014, amending JMO No. 001-2009: Rules and Procedures on Alien Employment Permits, Work Permits & Visas for the Subic-Clark Economic Corridor. (From left) EVP Bienvenido O. Manga, Clark International Airport Corp.; Ana C. Dione, regional director, DOLE; Atty. Siegfred B. Mison, commissioner, Bureau of Immigration; Clark Development Corporation Pres./CEO Atty. Arthur P. Tugade; Roberto V. Garcia, chair and administrator, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority; and Rolando P. Gosiengfiao, chairman, Subic-Clark Alliance for Development and Bases Conversion Development Authority. Photo courtesy of cDc-eaD

ANGELES CITY – The new-ly-opened People’s Park here was the venue of a five-day community theater play by the Teatro Angeleno (TA) with the support of the city government led by the City Tourism Office.

John Jurado, the organizer of the event, said this is their contribution to the “bayani-han spirit” which has led to the beautification of the old PNR Station and their way of showing their gratitude to the city government “for sheltering their organization,” and giving them an “artists’ hub” at the City Library.

With the aim of encourag-ing the dreams of little Angele-nos, TA taught local kids sing-er-composer Joey Ayala’s in-spirational song “Kung Kaya Mong Isipin, Kaya Mong Gaw-

People’s Park hosts community theater play

in (If you can think about it, you can do it),” underscoring the lines: “isa-isang hakbang, tayo’y makakarating tulad ng puno na galing sa binhi ang mga dakilang gawa’y nagmu-mula sa guni-guni (one step at a time, we can arrive to our destination, like the tree that came from a seed, good deeds come from our dreams).“

Ayala’s inspirational song was memorized by some 100 children that attended the said play.

John Montances, head of the CTO’s operations divi-sion said: “In line with Mayor Ed’s advocacy to bring culture and arts to the people, we are helping these artists to prac-tice in order to preserve and promote their talents. This is part of the intangible heritage

of the Angelenos. We are very glad that the private sector is now initiating these activities. Our local government sup-ports this event because we all share the same advocacy.”

The play is composed of two acts. The first act gave life to one of the “monuments of Angeles” which is the old PNR station or Estacion de Ange-les. The second act was from the play “Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio.”

Montances said this is part of the series of activities that will happen at People’s Park. “We will be coming up with a series of shows which will ca-ter to other talents of Ange-lenos, specially this coming yuletide season,” he added.

– Rovy Ruth Galang – SPCF/OJT

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Gov’s edifice complexIN ALL her public incarnations, successively as mayor, board member, and governor, as much as in her private persona, motherhood has become the common definition of Lilia Garcia Pineda.

The full meaning of the word finding perfect expression in her singular efforts to promote the health and well-being of her people. The endearing sobriquet “Nanay Baby” as much a manifestation of the reciprocal respect and esteem her people hold her in, as a testament to the nurturing care she unceasingly provides them.

So went the introduction of a feature on the governor as this paper’s Woman of the Year in our maiden issue for 2011, a capping recognition to her ascendancy to the Pampanga governorship in 2010, hailed as the “Year of the Mother.”

Even as homemaker is another word for mother, yet another synonym – rather uncharacteristic of womanhood, from a male chauvinistic perspective – has been appropriated for our Nanay – builder.

Governor Pineda upon assuming her seat has embarked on what can only be deemed as a building frenzy unseen in all the previous occupants of the Capitol – from the “usual” roads, bridges, pavements, irrigation canals and embankments, to the school buildings she upgraded with their own electric fans and toilets.

Why, in the first 10 months of this year alone, the provincial government has already spent some P200 million in infra development.

And then the provincial hospital and the 10 district hospitals receiving complete make-overs – repair and rehabilitation of dilapidated buildings, construction of new ones – not to mention the provision of new facilities and equipment, from x-rays to dialysis machines.

It was magic that Governor Pineda wielded with the transformation of the old, dank and dingy provincial jail into a hotel-like edifice that reportedly caught the imagination of no less than Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

The old structure has been restored to new glory and planned to be a museum of justice and penology. Behind it is a spanking new facility with ample areas for dormitories, recreation and assemblies, even livelihood trainings.

Impressive as the infrastructural accomplishments of Governor Pineda maybe, they are well within her territory: literally, in Pampanga; figuratively within the ambit of her

duties and responsibilities. So Governor Pineda not only pushed but

broke through those limits of her mandate when the provincial government took upon itself to construct action centers – concrete buildings, not kiosk-type shelters – for combined Philippine National Police and Philippine Army contingents at major points of ingress-egress in the province.

As conscious of the security needs of her constituency is Governor Pineda concerned with the highest standards of justice in the country.

Early last month, CJ Sereno inaugurated the new RTC building at the Capitol grounds which the provincial government funded and constructed at a cost of P43 million.

“Befitting the nobility and integrity of the judiciary,” said the governor of the two-storey building that houses fully-furnished and air-conditioned eight courtrooms and 24 offices with 22 restrooms.

Just last week, yet another inauguration of a new building at the Capitol grounds was held. This time it was the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Driver’s Licensing Office that cost the provincial government over P10 million, with the construction undertaken by the Provincial Engineering Office anew.

Constructing buildings for line agencies of the national government. Isn’t there some obtrusive encroachment in alien territory by the provincial government there?

Governor Pineda had this to say: “LGUs should not only be at the receiving end of benefits from the national level. Where they can, they must share resources, even serve as the giving end, for the greater good of the people.”

“This is just an application of the Filipino value of malasakit most manifest in the bayanihan tradition. Or, as some others see it, in the so-called bibingka principle. Action from both the top and bottom to make things work.”

An edifice complex, the governor of Pampanga most certainly has. But far from some malignant affliction, hers is a benign, indeed, positively constructive and most beneficent one.

ON NOVEMBER 4, 1896, Car-los P. Garcia, eighth President of the Philippines, was born in Talibon, Bohol, to Policronio García and Ambrosia Polísti-co, who were both natives of Bangued, Abra.

García grew up with pol-itics, with his father serving as a municipal mayor for four terms. He acquired his primary education in his native Talibon, then took his secondary edu-cation in Cebu Provincial High School. Initially, he pursued his college education at Silli-man University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, and later studied at the Philippine Law School where he earned his law degree in 1923.

Known as the “Father of First Filipino Policy”, Garcia put the rights of Filipinos above those of foreigners, favoring Filipino businessmen over for-eign investors, although allow-ing foreigners to invest capital up to 40 percent in business or industry.

Garcia was among the top

Carlos P. Garcia born in Bohol10 in the Bar examinations in 1923. Garcia entered politics in 1925, scoring an impressive victory to become Represen-tative of the Third District of Bohol. He was elected for an-other term in 1928 and served until 1931. He was elected Governor of Bohol in 1933, but served only until 1941 when he successfully ran for Senate, but he was unable to serve due to the Japanese occupa-tion of the Philippines during the Second World War. He as-sumed the office when Con-gress re-convened in 1945 af-ter the end of the war.

Garcia was the running mate of Ramon Magsaysay in the 1953 presidential elec-tion in which both men won. He was appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs by Presi-dent Magsaysay, and for four years served concurrently as Vice-President.

The presidency landed on his lap when President Ramon Magsaysay died in an airplane accident in Cebu on March 17,

1957.After finishing Magsay-

say’s term, Garcia was elect-ed as president in the election in November 1957. His admin-istration was characterized by its austerity program and its in-sistence on a comprehensive nationalist policy.

He retired to private life af-ter failing in his reelection bid in 1961, defeated by Diosda-do Macapagal, living as a pri-vate citizen in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.

On June 1, 1971, García was elected delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Conven-tion (Con-con).

However, just days after his election as Con-con pres-ident, Garcia suffered a fatal heart attack on June 14, 1971. He was succeeded as presi-dent of the Convention by his former vice president, Diosda-do Macapagal.

García was interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, to-gether with his wife Leonila, who died in 1994.

Day to End ImpunityNOVEMBER 2 has been observed, with sorrow and rage, as the first United Nations Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, with sorrow and rage.

That the UN has to declare such a day, just as IFEx in 2011 declared November 23, the date the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre happened, the International Day to End Impunity, says much of how freedom of the press and of expression, and those who not only wish, but whose duty it is, to exercise these freedoms have come under increasing attack.

Thus far this year, the International Federation of Journalists has recorded close to 100 media killings worldwide.

Ironically, the assaults have increasingly come not only from parties traditionally seen as hostile to a free press -- autocratic and corrupt governments, terrorist organizations, crime groups -- but also from those that justify repression as part of their professed intention to protect basic rights and freedoms, particularly governments engaged in the so-called “war on terror.”

These two days -- November 2 and 23 -- strike a deep chord within the community of independent journalists in the Philippines, who have lost 171 of their number since 1986 as government apathy and even hostility continue to feed the impunity with which assaults on the press are committed.

It has not helped that President Benigno Aquino III has not only broken all his promises of justice and good governance, presenting lame excuses for taking back his vow to enact the Freedom of Information Law and even bungling the number of media victims -- 32 -- of the single deadliest attack on the press in history but, worse, time and again making the media a whipping boy for fulfilling its duties of informing the people of what his administration is doing or not doing for them.

Indeed, under Mr. Aquino’s watch, 33 of our colleagues have lost their lives, one of the worst records of any sitting president. Yet, instead of ordering an end to the killings, he has again and again offered what amounts to a justification for the murders, hinting without providing any evidence that the victims were either not killed for their work or were engaged in less than ethical undertakings.

From this day until the 23rd, and way beyond that, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, together with other media organizations and freedom of expression advocates, will remind BS Aquino III of how badly he has failed to fulfil his pledge to protect our rights and freedoms and, because of this, how his hands are stained with the blood of our fallen colleagues.(Statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on the first UN Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists)

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Kumpirmado na ng kaalyado

KUMPIRMADO na raw ayon sa kasanggani Senador Lapid ang pagtakbo niya‘comes year 2016,’ kaya lang ay di pamasabi kung anong posisyon talaga

Bagama’t dalawa lang bale ang targetni Lapid sa pagbili n’yan sa Angelesng mansion… para siya ay maging residentng naturang lungsod ‘in its lawful effect’

At ya’y para nga lang siya makahabolsa Angeles bilang isang city mayoro Congressman para sa 1st District nitongPampanga ang ating butihing Senador.

Pero kung totoong ang target talaga nitong ating laos ng Bida ng Masaay ang ‘seat of office’ ng siyudad – ay bakamatulad lamang nang unang magtangka siya

Na maging Alkalde rin ng isang siyudad,sa pag-aakalang ang pagiging sikatna artista’y lubhang makarisma’t lahat;Ano’t natalo siya’t tila nangulelat?

Ang pagiging isang sikat na artistaay di na nga kasi mabili sa masasa panahong ito nang dahil na rin sasubok na natin ang iba sa kanila.

Tulad halimbawa ng mag-amang Lapidna naging Governor ng Pampanga province;Yan ba nang sila ang nasa ‘seat of office’bilang mga pinaka- ‘chief executive’

Ay may nagawa bang napaka-halagana di malilimot ng taga Pampanga?(Liban sa nag-ala sirkero ang amasa helicopter nang sagipin yata niya

ang isang matanda sa bingit ng tiyakna kamatayan kung hindi nailigtasni Lito sa taglay nitong abilidad,bilang ‘stuntman’ na kakaiba ang gilas?)

Tama’t wala silang ginawang masama,pero may nagawa bang mabuti kaya,itong wala namang inatupag kusakundi ang sarili nilang ‘career’ yata?

Kasi animo ay naging pasyalan langnitong mag-ama ang kanilang tanggapan,dala nitong kapag sila ay lumibanng Lunes, malamang hanggang Biernes na yan

Na ni anino nga nila ay di natinmakapa sa opis kung kakailanganin;Kaya papaanong ang ganitong klasengopisyal ay maasahan sa tungkulin?

Di ako kalaban ng mag-amang Lapidsa anumang bagay lalo sa ‘politics,’pagkat si Lito ay aking tinangkilikdin naman nang siya’y humabol sa Senate

Bilang kababayan upang ang Pampanga ay magkarun naman maliban kay Gloriang isang Senador, (maliban pa kinaGil Puyat at iba pang namayapa na).

Pero para siya’y maging city mayoro Congressman, kaya’t naisipan nitongmagparehistro sa ika nga’y distritongnakasasakop sa target na posisyon

Ay mahihirapan si Leon Guerreropagkat alin sa mga nakapuestona sina EdPam at Cong Yeng Guiao mismoay di basta ordinaryong pulitiko

Na kung saan-saan humabol kumbagapara di mawala sa ‘limelight’ anila;Dala na rin nitong kung saan talagaang ‘place of domicile’ niyan doon sila.

(May karugtong)

ShAKEy’S PIZZA. Gov Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda and Mayor Ed Pamintuan cut the ribbon officially opening Shakey’s Pizza Parlor Angeles City branch. Joining them are Restaurant Manager Edna C. Silos, Area Business Manager Jerome P. David, North RBU Operations Manager Carlos S. Robles, QSCH Department Head Roland H. Bonifacio and North RBU Marketing Mike Villarama. Photo by ning corDero

by ashley maNabat

ANGELES CITY – The num-ber one pizza parlor is level-ling up. This time, Shakey’s moved a notch higher with its newly opened store along the MacArthur Highway in Baran-gay Sto. Cristo here.

Shakey’s inaugurated its newest restaurant here on Thursday with its “new con-cept” unveiled for the first time in the region.

The new Shakey’s concept now signifies it as a “family ca-sual dining restaurant” mov-ing up from its old concept of a casual dining and fast food outlet. With its new concept also comes a new logo.

Shakey’s GM Jorge Ma. Q. Concepcion said, “two years ago, we started renovat-ing Shakey’s from mere 150 square-meter stores to 1,000 square-meter restaurants to accommodate more people and provide spacious parking for customers.

Shakey’s opens new concept resto in AC

“It’s not only the food, fun and the experience that we want to share to our custom-ers but also the good memo-ries,” he said.

Concepcion also assured that the new concept, which has elevated the status of Shakey’s, has maintained its affordable prices in the menu. He said another restaurant will soon open on December 3 under the new Shakey’s con-cept.

Leading the inauguration were Gov. Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda and Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.

For her part, Pineda com-mended the Shakey’s man-agement by providing over-seas Filipino workers (OFWs) another venue to stay in touch with their families here.

Earlier, Concepcion said under the new concept, OFWs or any Filipinos who want to take part in birthdays, anni-versaries or any other occa-sion in the Philippines can

simply log on to the Shakey’s website (www.shakeyspiz-za.ph) and order pizzas or anything in the menu online which can then be delivered to their loved ones here. He added that a new application for smart phones will soon be available for IOS and Android that will even simplify online ordering wherever you are in the world.

Pineda said Pampanga has the third largest OFW population in the country at over 100,000 that provides additional revenues to the province. She also encour-aged Shakey’s to join in the upcoming Pampanga Day cel-ebration from Dec. 1 to 11.

Meanwhile, Concepcion announced that Shakey’s Phil-ippines has acquired Shakey’s International which means that the restaurant founded by Sherwood “Shakey” John-son and Ed Plummer in Sac-ramento, California in 1954 is now Filipino owned.

by george hubierNa

GERONA, Tarlac—One of the four suspects charged recent-ly in the killing of PO2 Ritchel Criste was shot to death by a still unidentified perpetrator at about 12:30 a.m. of All Saints’ Day.

Town chief of police Supt. Ariel Red identified the fatality as Masturah Abdul Azis a.k.a. Alex Muslim, 38, married, na-tive of MSU Rapusan, Marawi City and presently residing in Barangay Pinasling this town.

Investigation disclosed that Azis and his wife Fatima Samontanes a.k.a. Eden, to-gether with Angelita Taruc, 25, of Villa Elyza Subd., Ca-pas, Tarlac, Ruel Cresencia of Barangay Pinasling and Maureen Joy Gacusan, 27, single of Barangay Matayum-tayum, La Paz town were having a drinking spree in a nipa hut in the evening of Oc-tober 31, 2014.

Suspect in cop killing gunned downAt about 10 p.m., Taruc

and Gacusan went inside the house, followed by Cresen-cia at 12midnight to get a bot-tle of milk for his child. Azis and Samontanes were left at the nipa hut.

At about 12:30 a.m. of No-vember 1, the three inside the house heard three to four consecutive gun shots, with Fatima shouting her husband had been shot.

The assailant, described as a man wearing a black bonnet, yellow-green shirt and maong pants, sudden-ly appeared from behind the victim, shot him, and fled on foot towards unknown direc-tion.

Scene of the crime oper-atives led by Supt. Ronald Yusi recovered three pieces of fired cartridges of .45 pis-tol and one deformed slug. The team also recovered the Norinco .9mm pistol with seri-al number 8105469 owned by

Azis with three pieces of live ammunitions.

Azis was one of four sus-pects charged with murder by the Tarlac Criminal Investiga-tion and Detection Group last October 29, 2014 for the kill-ing of Criste.

The three others were identified as Alwin Azis, Jovan Nasser and Bashet Matud .

Nasser and Matud were earlier apprehended through a buy-bust operation with Criste as poseur buyer but they managed to escape from jail on May 17, 2014 and plot-ted vengeance against Criste according to an intelligence report.

Criste, 35, a member of Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Operation Task Force was killed in broad daylight at around 1 p.m. on October 10, 2014, by four suspects on board two motorcycles along MacArthur Highway in Baran-gay Paraiso, Tarlac City.

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From Page 1

NOTICE OF ExTRAjuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ROWENA LAGMAN MENDOzA

who died intestate on February 24, 2012 executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 2, Block 12 of the subdivision plan LRC Psd-29512, being a portion of Lot 3900-B described on plan Psd-5599, LRC Cad Record 146) situated in the Bo. of Calulut, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 288495-R, Register of Deeds of City of San Fernando, Pampanga, before Notary Public Jackson Visda Yabut as per Doc No. 4289, Page No. 17, Book No. LxxxI, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 5, 12 & 19, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAjuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MARTIN M. GARING and

LORENzA P. GARING who died intestate on October 6, 2014 and January 15, 1970, respectively, both in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of their estate, more particularly described as parcels of land (Lot 22, Block 6 and Lot 23-A) with existing improvements and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title Nos. 28039 and 28038 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 37, Page No. 09, Book No. VII, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: October 29, November 5 & 12, 2014

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& Ex-OFFICIO SHERIFFGUAGUA, PAMPANGA

RURAL BANK OF SAN LUIS (PAMP) INC., Mortgagee, -versus- FREM CASE NO. G-14-2242

PLACIDO L. MALLARI, JR. &NANCY L. MALLARI, Mortgagor,

x------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF ExTRA-juDICIAL SALE

WHEREAS, upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filed by Rural Bank of San Luis (Pamp) Inc., mortgagee, represented by Rodolfo N. Reyes, Vice President/Gen. Manager, with address at San Nicolas, Guagua, Pampanga, against mortgagors, Placido L. Mallari and Nancy L. Mallari, residents of L-123 Lozano St., Valdez, Floridablanca, Pampanga/ Sta. Monica, Floridablanca, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 8, 2014, amounts to FOuR HuNDRED THOuSAND PESOS (P400,000.00) Philippine currency, as principal, plus the stipulated interest, penalty charges and attorney’s fees plus the cost of foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga, thru Sheriff Rodelito B. Mercado will sell at public auction on the 17th day of November, 2014 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the entrance of the Municipal Trial Court, Floridablanca, Pampanga, to the highest bidder in cash and in Philippine currency the here-in-below described real property with all existing improvements thereon, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 042-2010001034A parcel of land (Lot 123-A of the subd. plan PSD-03-

177885, being a portion of Lot 123, PSD-03-044289 (OLT) LRC. Rec. No.), situated in the Barrio of Carmen-Valdez, Municipality of Floridablanca, Province of Pampanga. Bounded on the SE., along line 1-2 by Lot 122; on the SE., & SW., along line 2-3-4 by Lot 112; on the SW., along line 4-5 by lot 106; on the NW., along line 5-6-7 by Lot 87 (Road) all of PSD-03-044289 (OLT); on the NE., along line 7-1 by Lot 123-B of the subd. plan x x x x x x Containing an area of SIX HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (632) Square Meters.

The Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga and Angeles City, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks and will be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places prior to the date of sale for the information of the public in general and of the interested parties in particular.

Prospective bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property and the encumbrances existing thereon if any there be.

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 November 24, 2014 also at 10:00 o’clock in the morning and at the same place mentioned above without further notice.

Guagua, Pampanga, October 16, 2014.

RODELITO B. MERCADO Sheriff IV Copy furnished:

Rodolfo N. ReyesSan Nicolas, Guagua, Pampanga

Placido L. Mallari and Nancy L. MallariL-123 Lozano St., Valdez, Floridablanca, Pampanga/Sta. Monica, Floridablanca, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 22, 29 & November 5, 2014

lands. It is among the numerous haciendas like Pres. Aquino’s Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac, Haci-enda Roxas in Nasugbu also in Batangas, Arane-ta Estate in Bulacan, Ha-cienda Dolores in Pam-panga, and Danding Co-juangco’s haciendas in Negros and Mindanao, among others, that the CARP failed to distrib-ute,” KMP Chair Rafael Mariano said.

Mariano said the CARP, enacted during the time of the late Pres-ident Corazon Cojuang-co-Aquino and expired last June 30 “was pur-posely designed by the

Hacienda Binay another evidence of CARP failureCojuangco family to evade land distribution and strengthen the con-trol of big landlords and agribusiness corpora-tions over vast tracts of lands.”

“The bogus CARP and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) allowed the widespread land-grabbing, land-use conversion, re-concen-tration of vast tracts of lands, and land reform reversals, like in the case of the so-called Hacien-da Binay,” Mariano said.

He noted that “only a genuine agrarian reform program that will na-tionalize all agricultural lands and subsequently distribute lands to the til-

lers will put an end to the monopoly of lands of big landlords.”

The KMP also ac-cused Tiu, owner and chief executive officer of AgriNurture Inc. (ANI), as behind “big tick-et land-grabbing in the country.”

It cited GRAIN, a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for com-munity-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems, as describing Tiu as “a local conduit in global land-grabbing.”

KMP noted a docu-mentation by GRAIN not-ing Tiu’s ANI firm part-

nered in 2012 with the Chinese firm Beidahuang in search for 10,000 hectares for hybrid rice production and that Tiu’s firm has also forged ties with other Chinese firms for some 50,000 hect-ares of land for the pro-duction of fruits and cere-als in Mindanao.

It also quoted GRAIN as reporting that “With more and more land un-der its control, ANI has itself become a target of overseas farmland investors. In 2011, Car-gill’s hedge fund, Black-River, which is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the acquisition of farms in Latin Ameri-ca and Asia, bought a 28

percent stake in AgriNur-ture.”

The KMP also said that “land-grabbing by big agribusinesses transnational proliferated under the bogus CARP” as it noted a study stat-ing that “some 1.2 mil-lion hectares are un-der agribusiness con-tracts and that leasehold farmers have increased from 555,232 in 1988 to 1,216,430 in 2012.”

“Lands under lease-hold arrangements in-creased from 582,476 hectares in 1988 to 1,740,345 hectares in 2012. Millions of farmers are still under contract agreements with plan-tation owners and agri-business corporations, many of which contracts are disadvantageous to the interests of farmers and farm workers,” the KMP said.

“Dors” Rivilla remained suspended while his motion for reconsider-ation has not been act-ed upon by the Sanggu-niang Panlalawigan SP of Tarlac.

Meanwhile, the town hall remained closed;

Police chief sacked, town still paralyzedFrom Page 1 including the treasury,

budget and accounting offices.

Linsao said she had signed the employees’ checks but she claimed David blocked the trans-action with the banks and as a result local government employees have yet to receive their

salaries.This town is the

hometown of the late President Cory Aqui-no, mother of President Noynoy Aquino.

Earlier, Rivilla, a second cousin of the President, has been or-dered suspended by the SP which imposed a

60-day preventive sus-pension over his order to release the delayed salaries of “job order for nurses” and “contract of service for doctors” in the municipal hospital.

The case was filed by David’s wife Evelyn, a municipal councilor.

–Ashley Manabat

the subject of an earlier complaint because it is allegedly not in tune with the heritage theme of the area as it will reported-ly house a popular fast food restaurant.

Councilor Max San-gil, a member of the mi-nority bloc in the city council, has also decried the naming of the heri-tage district sans at least a city council resolution.

During a press con-ference last week, San-gil said Pamintuan should have sought an ordinance or a resolu-tion from the city coun-cil to put things in prop-er perspective and to give property owners in the area a semblance of government assurance for their properties.

But Pamintuan said there is “no mention of any city council ordi-nance or resolution“ in the naming of a heritage

EdPam adamant on heritage districtFrom Page 1 district or heritage zone

since it is only the NHCP and the National Muse-um that have the man-date to do so.

He cited the decla-ration of the old town of Dapitan in Mindanao as a Heritage Zone and Historic Center by the NHCP.

Local government units may apply with the NHCP or National Muse-um for the declaration of a heritage site in its ju-risdiction but that takes time, said Pamintuan.

The mayor asked: “Obat ika ing didikta? Ninu ikayu? (Why are you the one dictating? Who are you?)”

“Aku ginawa na ku. Malwat ing prosesu (I al-ready did it. The process takes a long time),” Pa-mintuan said.

The mayor said the Land Bank building in the area made some-thing that was not in ac-cordance with the theme

and quickly changed its design as soon as their attention was called.

“I only make my move in accordance with exist-ing laws. I can do beau-tiful things for my city as the city executive even without the National His-torical Commission or the national heritage body to tell me what to do. I don’t even have to get an approval from anybody provided all the funds shall have been passed for approval,” the mayor said.

“I created, together with volunteers from the different sectors of Ange-les, a park for the peo-ple from crossing ni Aling Lucing up to the tunnel that encompasses four barangays - Claro M. Rector, Agapito Del Ro-sario, Lourdes Sur, and Lourdes Sur East,” he said.

Angelenos are enti-tled to prompt action from their leaders, he added.

Meanwhile, the 750 square-meter proper-ty where Uy’s commer-cial building will rise is owned by Atty. Cristina Teoseco, a classmate of Sen. Allan Peter Cay-etano at the Ateneo and best friend of Aileen, the sister of Dennis which explains why she only wanted Dennis to devel-op it, Pamintuan said.

Teoseco inherited the property and during a meeting with Bish-op Pablo David, she re-fused offers by Carmen McTavish and Ely Narci-so to swap the property, the mayor said.

Pamintuan explained that Uy leased the whole area of 750 square me-ters and offered half to the city for the park.

But he said some councilors want that only one third should be oc-cupied by Uy’s commer-cial building and the two thirds is for the park. Uy, however, refused.

isn’t it true that what you are doing to me is the same thing you complain about?” he asked.

Lee has been under detention at the Pam-panga provincial jail in the capital city of San Fernando since his ar-rest last March.

Lee and four others faced syndicated estafa charges filed by the De-partment of Justice over the alleged use of ghost borrowers to obtain P6.6 billion loans from Pag-IBIG Fund in 2009 for his xevera housing proj-ects here and in Bacolor, Pampanga.

In November last year, however, the Court of Appeals dismissed

Delfin Lee’s FB account daring Binay...From Page 1 the charges against Lee

and barred authorities from arresting him. In a 29-page decision, the appellate court nullified an order issued by the Pampanga Regional Tri-al Court (RTC) that found probable cause to order Lee’s arrest.

The CA said Lee could no longer be pros-ecuted for syndicat-ed estafa, which “must be committed by five or more persons” as it also noted that one of Lee’s co-accused had been absolved by the CA.

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima however insisted that the arrest warrant against Lee re-mained valid because the CA’s decision was not final and could still be

appealed. The Supreme Court has yet to decide on the appeal.

Lee’s lawyer Willie Ri-vera said he suspected politics behind the case against Lee, who insist-ed he “never borrowed a single cent” from the Pag-IBIG Fund nor did he award any housing units to anyone who had not obtained clearance slip from Pag-IBIG Fund.

Rivera had failed to inhibit RTC Judge Am-ifaith Fider-Reyes from Lee’s case. He noted that the judge is also as-signed in the RTC which is perceived as a turf of Binay.

The judge barred Lee from attending a Senate hearing on his case last May. Lee had planned

to “expose” Binay on the charges against him during the hearing.

Rivera said that Lee’s problem with Pag-IBIG started when Binay as-sumed post as head of the Housing and Urban Land Regulatory Board (HULRB). He also noted that Lee was reported to have supported the vice presidential bid of Inte-rior and Local Govern-ments Sec. Mar Roxas in the 2010 elections.

In his Facebook ac-count, Lee asked for a face-to-face debate at the Senate. “If you are true to the people, you should attend the debate and face me at the Sen-ate and there, prove your accusations against me.

–Ding Cervantes

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The GossipmillerCesar Pambid

Joyce Bernal direktor na may kalidadANG ‘PRINSESA’ episode ng My Big Bossing ay pinamahalaan ni Direk Joyce Bernal na napaka-cool at mabilis kung magdirek.

Ang advantage kay Direk Joyce, nagsimula siya sa pagiging editor kaya alam na niya ang mga eksena na kailangan niyang kunan.Sa bakuran ng Viva Films nagsimula si Direk Joyce bilang editor in 1994. Four years later ay binigyan siya ng break ni

Boss Vic del Rosario ng Viva na magdirek sa pelikulang “I’m Sorry My Love” na pinagtambalan nina Judy Ann Santos at Onemig Bondoc in 1998. Ito’y sinundan ng “Dahil May Isang Ikaw” also under Viva Films na pinagtambalan naman nina Aga Muhlach at Regine Velasquez in 1999. Also in the same year, kinuha naman siya ng Star Cinema sa kanyang directorial job sa nasabing film outfit sa pamamagitan ng “Hey, Babe” na pinagtambalan noon ng magka-loveteam na sina Jolina Magdangal at Marvin Agustin na sinundan in 2000 sa tambalan nina Robin Padilla at Jolina Magdangal, ang “Tunay Na Tunay: Gets Mo? Gets Ko!”

Pawang hit movies ang dinirek ni Direk Joyce kaya hindi ito nawawalan ng movie assignment between Viva Films and Star Cinema at naidirek niya halos ang lahat ng malalaking stars mula kay Sharon Cuneta, Robin Padilla, Kris Aquino, Aga Muhlach, Lorna Tolentino, Alice Dixson, Christopher de Leon, Regine Velaquez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Piolo Pascual, Judy Ann Santos, Richard Gomez, Aga Muhlach, Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro, Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes, Luis Manzano, Carla Abellana, Tom Rodriguez at iba pa.

Taong 2002 nang bigyan ng break sa telebisyon si Direk Joyce sa pamamagitan ng “ Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw” ng GMA na tinampukan nina Christopher de Leon, Lani Mercado, Richard Gomez at Alice Dixson na nagkaroon ng sequel in 2013 at ito ang “Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw Pa Rin” also under GMA.

Naging sobrang in-demand ang 46-year-old at single mom na si Direk Joyce sa pagdidirek ng pelikula at sa telebisyon na may mga time na siya na mismo ang tumatanggi.

Si Direk Joyce dapat ang director ng “My Little Bossings” noong isang taon pero kailangan niyang tumanggi dahil siya rin ang director ng award-winning movie ni Robin Padilla na “10,000 Hours” na isa rin sa mga kalahok ng 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Dahil hindi natuloy si Direk Joyce sa pagdidirek ng “My Little Bossings,” siya’y pinalitan ng baguhang direktor na si Marlon Rivera na siya ring director ngayon ng isa sa tatlong episode ng “My Big Bossing,” ang “Taktak” kung saan din tampok sina Vic Sotto, Ryzza Mae Dizon at Marian Rivera.

Ang “Prinsesa” episode ng “My Big Bossing” ay pangatlong MMFF movie bale ni Direk Joyce. Nauna rito ang “Segunda Mano” in 2011 na pinagtambalan nina Kris Aquino at Dingdong

Dantes at noong isang taon (2013), ang “10,000 Hours” ni Robin Padilla na siyang humakot ng majority of the awards at kasama na rito ang “Best Director” for Direk Joyce.

Ngayong nagtapos na sa ere ang “My Destiny” na pinagbidahan nina Carla Abellana, Tom Rodriguez, Rhian Ramos at Lorna Tolentino, may bagong sisimulang TV project si Direk Joyce pero magmi-meeting pa umano sila ng GMA.

Still on Direk Joyce, walang kagatul-gatol na sinabi nitong kung bata-bata lamang daw siya ay gusto niyang magkaroon ng anak kay Paolo Ballesteros (ng “Eat Bulaga”).

“Ang ganda kaya ng anak niya,” natatawang pahayag ni Direk Joyce.

Anak ni Nino Muhlach maging wonder childdin kaya gaya niya?

NATUTUWA ang dating Child Wonder na si Niño Muhlach sa attention na nakukuha ngayon ng kanyang four-year-old son na si Alonzo Muhlach.

Nakikita ni Onin ang kanyang sarili kay Alonzo – ang pagiging bibo at makulit nito.“Ngayon ko lamang lubos na nauunawaan ang ginawa sa akin noon ng Papa (Alex Muhlach) ko kaya gagawin

ko rin ay Alonzo” pag-amin niya.“Lahat ng perang kikitain niya (Alonzo) ay diretso sa trust fund for his future,” pahayag pa ni Onin na aktibo rin

sa kanyang acting and directorial job at pagiging isang negosyante.“Siyempre nung kabataan ko, iba pa naman ang mind-set ko noon. Puro gimik. Kung nagkataoong hindi masinop si Papa, hindi siguro stable ang tayo namin ngayon,” dagdag pa niya.Magkasama ang mag-amang Niño at Alonzo sa “Prinsesa” episode ng “My Big Bossing.”

Barbie Forteza, Miguel Tanfelix may itinatagong relasyon?

TINANONG si Miguel Tanfelix kung bakit nali-link sila ni Barbie Forteza.“Hindi naman po kami nagkakasama so parang bakit po kami?” bungad niya nang makatsikahan siya. Nagkikita kayo sa ‘Sunday All Stars’?“SAS lang po pero ..kami ni Bianca (Umali) halos araw-araw kaming magkasama. kami ni Barbie halos

isang araw lang (magkasama).”.Pero bakit kay Barbie siya nali-link?“’Yun nga po, hindi ko alam ang sinasabi nila,” pagdi-deny ng bagets actor.Nanligaw ba siya kay Barbie?“Dati po sa ‘Paroa,’ sweet-sweetan. Parang nagkaroon kami ng sweet-sweetan sa Twitter. Hi, good

morning parang ganoon,” pagtatapat niya.Ang sabi ni Barbie, meron siyang inspirasyon ngayon pero hindi pa umaabot sa seryosohang relasyon,

siya ba ‘yun?“Hindi ko po alam kung ako ba ‘yun?” tanggi niya“Basta ako, laging inspired. Katulad po nu’ng sinabi ko sa presscon ng Nino. na kaya ko binigyan ng flower si

Bianca dahil ini-inspire niya ako araw-araw.”Kung bibigyan siya ng pagkakataon, sino ang liligawan niya, si Barbie o si Bianca?“Siguro si Bianca, dahil feeling ko mas makakabuti ‘yun sa love team namin.”sagot niyaKung puso ang paiiralin niya at hindi ‘yung dahil loveteam sila ni Bianca, sino talaga ang liligawan niya?“Ewan ko kasi nga po busy ako sa work, di ba? So, ‘yung konting time na ibibigay ko sa sarili ko, sa family ko ba’t

ko pa iaano sa… Basta ngayon, hindi pa ako ready,” sey pa niya.Ano ang statement niya na binabawalan lang daw silang umamin ni Barbie dahil nakakaapekto sa kani-kanilang

love team?“Ewan ko po. Wala naman po akong aaminin kung wala talaga,”mabilis niyang sagot.Samantala. very vocal si Miguel sa pagsasabing crush niya si Marian Rivera. Sa isa sa mga episodes ng Marian, na

guest siya ay ang sweet nito sa kanya. Mukhang kinilig ito sa kanya..“Siyempre, kinikilig po dahil crush ko rin po si Marian,” sambit niyaAno ang feeling nu’ng malaman niyang crush din siya ni Marian?“Nu’ng una, hindi po ako makapaniwala. Kinilig ako. Grabe, siyempre nakakatuwa, nakaka-inspire dahil hinahangaan

ka ng isang big star so, pupursigihin mo pa ‘yung best mo,” sey pa niya.Pero mag-aasawa na si Marian, magbabago ba ang crush niya?“Hindi naman po. Wala namang masama sa paghanga. Hinahangaan ko lang naman siya,” tugon pa niya.Okey lang din ba sa kanya kung paglihian siya ni Marian? Payag ba siya kung pagsamahin sila ni Marian sa isang

project na ‘May-December love affair” ang istorya?“Para sa akin okey lang po dahil crush ko nga. Mai-inspire ka na ka-love team mo ‘yung crush mo,” tugon niya.Pero depende raw sa management kung papayag sila na may kissing scene sila.“Para sa akin, kung hindi naman makakasira sa image ko, e di go lang,” deklara niya.Ano naman ang ginagawa niya para makalimutan na ang acting niya sa ‘Nino’ (mentally-challenged role)?“Ah, simula pa nu’ng mag-start ‘yung ‘Nino’ parang inisip ko siya agad kung paano siya tatanggalin. So, para sa akin,

hindi na po siya naging mahirap na tanggalin sa sarili ko si Nino“Kaya ngayon, hindi na po masyadong nag-struggle na matanggal ‘yung pagkabulol ko. Una pa lang inisip ko na dapat

matanggal ito kaagad dahil hindi naman ako si Nino,”pagwawakas ng young actor.

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