Vol. 4 No. 69 • 8 pages www.commuterexpress.phWEDNESDay, September 8, 2010

HAIL TO THE CHIEFPresident Aquino administers the oath to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo David, Jr., during the oath-taking ceremony at Malacanang’s Rizal Ceremonial Hall.

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Mga sumbong sa text0928221xxxx- Sir, irereklamo ko lang

po sana ang tungkol sa sahod namin dito sa MMDA. Wala po kasi sa minimum ang sahod, P274 a day lang po at kahit mga 3 to 8 years na ang tagal ng serbisyo ng iba dito sa amin ay hindi pa rin po kami nabibigyan ng increase. Delayed pa po ang sahod namin ng 5 to 7 days.

0916608xxxx- Sir idol, may saklaan na naman po dito sa lugar namin. Nag-text po ako kasi nag-ooperate na naman po sila. Dito po ito sa Brgy.157 Apelo Cruz St. Malibay, Pasay City. Ang nakakasakop po dito ay presinto 7 at ang brgy. Chairman po ay si Rene Flores. Sana po ay maaksyunan ito idol. Maraming salamat po.

0910817xxxx- Good day sir, hihingi lang po ako ng tulong tungkol po sa eskwelahan ng anak ko. Wala raw po silang kuryente dahil may utang daw po yung dating principal nila.

0928423xxx Paki-check lang po yung mga bus sa Taft sa may MRT, biyaheng Trece Martires, Taft vice versa. Hindi po sila nagbibigay ng ticket sa mga pasa-hero. Thanks po.

0907748xxxx- Sir Raffy Tulfo isa po akong concerned citizen at taxi driver

ng R.Villegas taxi. May kargahan po ng LPG or autogas yung operator namin pero wala po silang permit at di sila nag-i-issue ng O.R. Ang mga driver po ang inoobliga nila na markarga sa kanila araw-araw ng fulltank.

0927943xxx- Good PM po sir Raffy, sana po maipaabot ninyo sa secretary ng NFA na buwagin na ang association na nagpapahirap sa mga maliliit na magsasaka. Hindi po kasi pwedeng mag-benta ng NFA kung hindi ka miyembro. Salamat po!

0922491xxxx- Magandang araw po, gusto ko lang po sanang maaksyunan ng city government ng Malabon ang tungkol sa maputik na daan sa Salmon St. na malapit sa Letre kahit hindi naman umuulan. Ta-lamak din po ang holdapan dito dahil sa madilim sa nasabing lugar. Salamat po.

0939832xxxx- Good PM po Mr. Raffy

Tulfo, nais ko lang pong magreklamo sa patakaran ng isang commercial shipping company. Kasi po nag-aapply po kami ng promo nila para kami makatipid sa tiket pero pagdating naman sa departure so-bra naman sila maningil sa mga bagahe namin. Limang bagahe lang, sinisingil kami ng P490, samantalang ang promo po nila sa tiket ay mas mura tapos mas mahal pa ang bagahe namin?

0909215xxxx- Sir Raffy, concerned citizen lang po. Gusto ko po sanang humingi ng tulong sa inyo na makapag-paliwanag ang Quezon City government tungkol sa P18.5 milyon na pondo na para sa NGC-EDP Housing Project. Sana po mailahad nila kung saan at anu-ano po ang pag-gagamitan ng pondong ito.

0929478xxxx- Sir, isusumbong ko lang po itong Barangay Batasan, sa likod po ng Barangay Hall halos lahat ay naka-jumper ang kuryente. Wala pong ginagawang aksyon ang kapitan.

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sa 0917-7-962833. Ang WANTED SA RADYO ay mapapakinggan mula Lunes hanggang Biyernes 2 – 4 pm sa 558 khz DZXL

Kailan nakakahiyaang suweldo mo

NAKAKA-shock para sa ilan na ang sahod daw

ng Pangulo ng Singa-pore ay mahigit $2 Mil-lion US dollars sa isang taon samantalang ang sahod ni Barack Obama ay $400,000 a year.

Ang Pangulo ng bansang Indonesia ay sumasahod ng US$124,171 kada taon. Si Pangulong Aquino kamakailan ay proud na ipinakita sa media ang kanyang kauna-unahang pay check bilang Presidente na P65,000 (pesos) kada buwan.

Kung simpleng kwenta ang gagawin natin – P65 X 12 – ay P780,000 isang taon kung hindi pa kakaltasin ang tax. Kung iko-convert natin sa US dollars (P45 to a dollar), parang US$17,333 lang bawat taon ang sweldo ng Pangulong Noynoy.

Kumpara sa sweldo ng tatlong Presidenteng nabanggit, dapat bang proud tayo o nakakahiya ang sobrang baba ng sweldo ng ating Presidente? Sa itsura ni PNoy sa press release photo niya na hawak ang kanyang unang sweldo ay para namang proud na proud pa si Aquino.

Napapag-usapan ang sweldo ng mga public servants dahil sa imbestisgasyon ngayon sa Senado tungkol sa sobra-sobrang sahod at extra perks pa daw ng mga opi-syal ng Philippine Government-Owned and-Controlled Corporations (GOCCs).

Matatandaan na si Pangulong Aquino mismo ang unang nagbulgar ng mga nagtatabaang mga benepisyong ito ng mga GOCC heads.

Suportado ng mga Pinoy ang isinasagawang imbesti-gasyon ngayon tungkol sa mga sobrang sweldo ng ilan sa ating mga government officials.

Pero tingnan natin ulit ang Singapore, ang laki ng sweldo ng Pangulo nila pero pag tinanong mo ang mga tao doon kung sa palagay nila ay corrupt at magnanakaw ang kanilang Pangulo ang malamang na sagot ay hindi.

Siguro sa isang bansang progresibo, mayaman, maganda ang buhay at tahimik ay pwedeng sumweldo ng malaki ang Pangulo dahil siguro deserving siya dito.

Dito sa atin, alam natin na hindi lang naman P65,000 ang inuuwing sahod o mga benepisyo ng isang Pangulo. Ang mga GOCC heads na iniimbestigahan ngayon ay iginigiit pa rin na hindi naman talaga kalakihan ang ka-nilang mga sweldo. Pero alam natin na hindi lang sweldo ang kanilang benepisyo gaya na nga ng mga nabulgar na mga dagdag bonuses at kung anu-ano pa.

Kung baga, iba ang press release na sweldo pero iba at di-hamak na mas malaki ang totoong kinakabig nila mula sa kaban ng bayan. Dito pumapasok ang problema. Greed o pagiging gahaman. Sabi sa pelikulang Wall Street – Greed is legal.

Kaya ba matapang ang mga GOCC heads dahil ginawa nang ligal ang pagiging gahaman? Hindi lang mga taga GOCC kundi kahit mga mambabatas. Ang sabi ay P35,000 lang kada buwan ang sahod ng isang Kongresista pero naniniwala ba ang mga tao na ito nga lang ang benepisyo ni Cong?

Ang punto lang dito ay ang dapat na kapalit na serbisyo ng sweldo. Kung maganda ang performance ng bansa, ng isang korporasyon, okay lang siguro na malaki ang sweldo ng mga opisyal nito. Pero naman, naghihirap ang bayan, halos kalahati ng populasyong Pinoy ay gutom, bangkar-ote ang mga ahensya ng gobyerno, at may gana pa silang kumabig ng malaking sweldo. Nakakahiya diba.

Mag-text po kayo sa akin tungkol sa usaping ito sa 09215186724. O kaya ay email sa: ariel.inton@gmail.com.

Mayroon pang mga kailangang sangkap upang matiyak na tataas ang kalidad ng edukasyon.

Ang pagtatanggol natin sa kawastuhan ng dalawang dagdag ay sa konteksto ng internasyonal na pamantayan ng kalidad na higit sampung taon ang ginugugol ng mga bata sa ibang bansa bago makatuntong sa kolehiyo.

Inuulit ko, sa kontekstong iyan ko ipinagtatanggol ang dagdag na dalawang taon, kaya binira ko nang binira ang mga ideya nina Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle Climaco ng Zamboanga City at Rep. Simeon Datumanong ng ika-2 distrito ng Maguindanao dahil kumbinsido akong pulpol ang kanilang ideya kahit saang anggulo natin silipin.

Ngunit bilang propesor sa kolehiyo, kumbinsido ako na ang dagdag na dalawang taon ay magiging walang saysay kung walang pokus sa pamamaraan ng pagtuturo ng mga guro (teaching), pag-aaral (studying), at pagkatuto (learning) ng mga mag-aaral.

Kapag sinabi nating pokus, ang ibig sabihin ay tutok, konsentrasyon, at buong atensiyon.

Kung mayroong pokus, nabibigyan nang diin ang mga paksang nararapat lamang ituro sa isang asignatura. Hindi iyong napakaraming subpaksa, sekondaryong paksa, o kaugnay na mga paksa. Nagiging “napakahabang” oras ang isa o isa’t kalahating oras na pag-tuturo sa mga paksang nararapat lamang ituro sa mga mag-aaral.

Hindi iyong tambak ang mga paksang tingin natin ay magkakaugnay o maagkakasama ang ituturo sa mga mag-aaral kaya dahil sa rami ng mga paksa ay minamadali natin iyong oras na itinakda para sa isang asignatura.

Ang epekto, ‘nalito’ o ‘nahilo’ na ang mga mag-aaral sa mga paksang itinuro ng mga guro dahil sa ‘sobrang dami’ ng mga paksa. Kaya kaunti ang naiintindihang punto. Kakaunti rin ang pumasok na mda ideya sa isipan ng mga mag-aaral. Itutuloy

TApoS na nating maipagtanggol ang kawastuhan ng dalawang taong dagdag sa umiiral na sampung taong primera at sekondarya sa konteksto ng internasyo-

nal na pamantayan ng sistema ng edukasyon at laban sa kahirapan bilang dahilan para pigilan ang pag-angat ng kalidad ng edukasyon sa pilipinas.

Susugan natin ito ng mga mahahalagang rekisito upang matiyak ang pag-angat ng kalidad ng batayang edukasyon sa ating bansa. Ito’y dahil ang dalawang taong dagdag sa batayang edukasyon ay hindi sapat at matibay na batayan upang tumaas ang kalidad ng edukasyon. Ang idagdag na mga taon ay bahagi lamang ng pagpapaunlad ng edu-kasyon. Hindi ito ang puno’t dulo ng pagbabago. Simula pa lamang ang karagdagang dalawang taon.

ISYU 101Ni Nelson S. Badilla, M.P.A.

Pokus sa pagtuturo

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THE Sandiganbayan has formally sum-moned former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to testify in the $329-million national broadband deal that the Philippine government has entered into with China’s Zhong Xing Telecommu-nications Equipment (ZTE) Corp.

Danilo Kempis of the Sandiganbayan security and sheriff services office person-ally delivered the subpoena to the office of House Secretary General Marilyn Barua-Yap before noon yesterday.

Earlier, Assistant Special Prosecutor III John Turalba said the Sandiganbayan

included Arroyo and her husband lawyer Mike Arroyo in the list of witnesses to take the witness stand against former National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Romulo Neri.

Based on the subpoena, Arroyo was requested to appear on October 13, 18 and November 11 hearings.

Turalba said Arroyo will be asked about Neri’s authority with regard to the broadband deal, which the critics claimed to be overpriced.

Meanwhile, Arroyo’s spokesperson Ma. Elena Bautista-Horn said they have yet to

receive a copy of summon before giving their comment.

Neri is facing graft charges before the Sandiganbayan Fifth division because of his alleged involvement in the contro-versial deal.

Aside from Neri, former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Benjamin Abalos was also charged with graft.

Earlier, the Office of the Ombudsman exonerated the Arroyo couple saying there is no sufficient evidence presented to prove that they have influence or involvement in the case. Annette Vergel

GMA to stand as witness in broadband deal

HELPING HANDCrewmen of USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy's 7th Fleet, paint chairs, tables and walls of the hallway at the Calderon Integrated School in Hermosa corner Limay Sts., Tondo, Manila, along with some members of the Philippine Marines. The USS George Washington with its crew is in the Philippines for a four-day goodwill visit. MICHAEL SUPERALES

THE National Bureau of Investi-gation (NBI) will get the testimonies of the Hongkong-based survivors in the bloody hostage-taking incident in Manila.

This developed as ballistic exami-nation will also be done in Hongkong, which has more sophisticated equip-ment. It would only take three days to get the results of the ballistics in Hongkong.

The Hongkong sophisticated equip-ment also gives very accurate result.

The two NBI teams will stay in

Hongkong until Friday.The Department of Justice (DoJ)

said the joint efforts of the Philippines and Hongkong in the conduct of the probe is getting better.

The Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IICR) sent two teams to Hongkong on Monday.

In an authority to travel, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima directed As-sistant State Prosecutor Cielito C. Celi, of the Office of the Prosecutor General, National Prosecution Service, DOJ to fly to Hongkong.

WITH the feast of Ramadan ending this Friday and the constitution of the government panel negotiating peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front now being rushed, President Aquino said he is optimistic the peace process will start soon.

In an ambush interview after the mass oath tak-ing of newly appointed government officials at the Rizal Hall of Malacanang, the President said he had just appointed and sworn in the last member of the government negotiating panel, Luisito Montalbo.

Montalbo is a newly appointed Undersecretary at the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.

The President said he was to meet Secretary Ging Deles, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, later in the day.

In an interview over Radyo ng Bayan last Sat-urday, Deles said the panel will take off from the agreements and discussions arrived at by previous negotiating panels with MILF.

“We are also involving not just the President and the Security Council in the course of the negotiations but advisers from the advisory body,” she said.

She reported the formation of an advisory body composed of members of both Houses of Congress, retired justices of the Supreme Court, members of the 1987 Constitutional Commission, local governments in strife-affected areas, non government organizations involved in peace efforts and the former chairmen of previous peace panels.

She said she had asked House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to designate their representatives to the advisory body that will be dealing with the negotiating panel headed by chief peace negotiator Marvic Leonen.

Aquino optimistic peace talks with MILF to start soon

THE British embassy in Manila will no longer accept British passport renewal applications from September 16 next week, the embassy announced yesterday.

The Embasy also added that the same should instead be sent directly to the Regional Processing Centre in Hongkong.

“This is part of the British Government’s global initiative to streamline its overseas passport op-eration, which includes the establishment of an emergency travel document (ETD) now available to any British national who needs to travel urgently, said British Consul Joanne Finnamore-Crorkin.

The consul also said that this week the embassy issued its first emergency travel document for United Kingdom citizens.

Changes in UK passport application announced

PRESIDENT Aquino said yesterday he does not plan to replace Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo over the tragic hostage-taking incident two weeks ago, reiterating that the DILG acting chief was just tasked to focus on local government units.

The President stressed that Robredo's appointment is in an acting capacity only, along with Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje and La-bor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.

“It does no good to get him (Robredo) through the whole process of the Commission on Appoint-ments only to find out at the end of the day there might be difficulties in our working style, among other things our core philosophy, so we did agree in his being appointed in an acting capacity along with Paje and Baldoz,” Aquino said.

But for Baldoz, he said, “she was very hesitant to take the position (at DOLE). She would have preferred one of the agencies attached (to DOLE) but I prevailed upon her. (So far) she has really been performing so well so I might discard our agreement that we will no longer insist on her replacement to join the government. I might ask Baldoz to just continue with what she is doing.”

Asked if he would change his mind on Robredo with what happened two weeks ago, the President said “I don't think that has a bearing at this point in time, as I explained, he had other functions other than just the police aspect.”

As to whether he would keep Paje, the Presi-dent hinted that there were two other people in his mind for the DENR portfolio but they were not available. So “Secretary Paje is aware of that. One year is a significant amount of time, depending on performance.

Aquino to retain Sec. Robredo

NBI to take testimonies of survivors

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Ingredients1 can San Marino Chili Corned Tuna12-15 mussels, blanched and top shell taken off1 cup grated cheese½ cup coarse breadcrumbs1 small green bell pepper diced1 piece pimiento (from can), diced½ cup cream2 tbsps mayonnaise1 lemon6 shallots, mincedSalt and pepper to taste

Procedure:1. Mix all the ingredients except for the mussels

and lemon in a small bowl.2. Arrange mixture on top of mussels and top

with additional cheese.3. Bake in 325°F oven for 10-15 minutes or until

cheese melts.4. Squeeze lemon on top of mussels.

San Marino Chili Corned Tuna Stuffed MusselsKUNG hindi pa

dahil kay Alma C o n c e p c i o n

ay hindi namin mala-laman na may bagong boyfriend na pala itong si Cristina Decena.

Ibinuking kasi ni Alma sa launch ni Cristi-na ang kanyang bagong business venture – ang Cristina Place Tagaytay – na may bago na itong dyowa.

Special guest kasi si Alma noong launching at ang kaibigan nam-ing si Obette Serrano ang nakabuking na may bago na ngang nag-papatibok sa puso ni Cristina. Ang bagong boyfriend ni Cristina ay ang Australian de-veloper na si Kristijan Krstic.

Ayun, napilitang magkuwento si Cris-tina kung paano sila nagkakilala ng kanyang dyowa na guwapo na-man in fairness.

“Nag-joint venture ako sa business niya na ni-launch sa Clark Pam-panga,” the business-woman shared. “Parang ang saya-saya ko noon. Parang ang feeling ko, ito ang wedding day ko,” kuwento ni Cristina sa amin.

After nilang mag-meet, napadalas na ang pagkikita ng dalawa.

“We couldn’t live without each other,” sabi ni Cristina.

Napansin namin pareho sila ng ring ni Kristijan. Nag-propose na ba ang Australian

businessman?“It’s still a work in

progress. We’re not rushing things,” esplika ni Kristijan.

Para kay Cristina, si Kristijan ay isang sagot sa kanyang mga pana-langin.

“Sa status ko ma-hirap makahanap ng partner in life. Kailan-gan achiever din at saka successful. Gift of God siya sa akin,” sabi ng businesswoman.

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12-15 mussels, blanched

½ cup coarse breadcrumbs1 small green bell pepper

KUNG hindi pa dahil kay Alma

Ayun, napilitang magkuwento si Cris-

Cristina Decena may bagong bf

By Alex Brosas

Parami na nang parami ang alaga ni Ogie Diaz.

Ngayon, may ka-join na si Vice Ganda sa stable ni Ogie. Ito’y sina Marissa Sanchez, Lloyd Zaragoza at Boom Labr-usca.

Seryoso na this time si Lloyd Zaragosa sa kanyang pag-aartista. In fact, kinuha niyang manager si Ogie Diaz at bilang panimula ay may project na kaagad ang binatang kapatid ng singer na si Jessa Zaragoza.

Paalis-alis ng bansa si Lloyd dahil naging viocalist siya ng isang banda na naka-base sa Hong Kong.

Actually, nag-start si Lloyd bilang Star Circle Batch 9 member ka-sabayan nina Rafael Rosell at Heart Evan-gelista.

Muling nabuhay ang career ng actor nang mapasama siya sa Greenwich commercial ni John Lloyd Cruz. Ikinuwento ni Lloyd sa amin kung paano siyang napasama sa na-sabing commercial.

“Nag-audition ako. Ang dami naming nag-audition hanggang sa mapili na ang Top 5, then down to three. Suwerte naman na nap-ili ako. Ang hinahanap kasi nila ay isang guy na maraming tattoo sa katawan,” tsika ni Lloyd.

Grabe ang mga tat-too ni Lloyd. Buong likod niya ay nakatattoo ang larawan ni Mama Mary. Sa braso naman niya ay ang larawan ng kanyang ina ang makikita.

“Dati ‘pag nagpa-

patattoo ako out of despression. Ngayon nagpapatattoo ako kapag may achieve-ment ako,” say ni Lloyd na host din pala ng Yamaha Yey!, isang motorcycle show sa Studio 23. Sa tulong ng kanyang bagong man-ager na si Ogie Diaz

MARISSA BOOM

LLOYD

OGIE DIAZ

ay kasama si Lloyd sa Wansapanataym ng ABS-CBN bilang isang dance instructor na gold digger.

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itong isang aktres.Two days ang shoot

ng aktres kasama pa ang ibang celebrity endorser ng isang

produkto at may sarili itong kuwarto.

Nainip siguro ang hitad at naisipan nitong maglinis ng comfort room ng kanyang ku-warto. May baon palang detergent ang hitad at nilinis niya maging ang floor mat ng kanyang CR. Linis siya nang linis hanggang dumating ang iba pa niyang kasa-mang artista sa kanyang kuwarto.

Nalaman ng kasa-mahang celebrity en-dorser ng aktres na nilinis niya ang kanyang comfort room. Mang-hang-mangha sila dahil hindi nila in-expect na gagawin ito ng hitad.

Da who ang aktres? Kontrobesiyal siya ngayon. ‘Yun na!

HOLLYWOOD TATTLE

ACTRESS Jennifer Aniston has a new reason to smile after she was spotted on a romantic dinner date with her ‘Cougar Town’ co-star Josh Hopkins.

The former ‘Friends’ star is believed to have first met Hopkins after agreeing to take on a guest starring role in her pal Courteney Cox's sitcom.

And the actress seems to be hitting it off with Hopkins -- the pair shared an intimate conversa-tion over a two-hour dinner at Italian restaurant Madeo in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

A source tells People.com, “She seemed very excited about her date. She and Josh sat at a more private table and they seemed to get along great. It was obvious that they don't know each other well, but there was a flirty energy

between them and Jen looked very happy... Jen has been in the best mood lately. She is trying to do whatever makes her happy, which includes going on fun dates with interesting men.”

Aniston has previously been linked to rocker John Mayer and funnyman Vince Vaughn since divorcing Brad Pitt in 2005.

* * *Phil Collins is proud his daughter Lily has

landed a role opposite ‘Twilight’ hunk Taylor Lautner in the forthcoming thriller ‘Abduction.’

He explained, “Her success is incredible. Soon, she'll be making a movie with the guys from ‘Twilight’. I'm not really familiar with ‘Twilight’ myself, I just see those young stal-lions in the magazines. One of them is always naked.”

Jennifer Aniston’s new man

U M U G O N G ang balita na mapupunta

na sa TV5 ang dating host ng Wowowee na si Willie Revillame at magkakaroon daw siya ng sariling game show dito.

Ngayon, dalawa na-man ang bagong show ng veteran comedian and TV host Joey de Leon sa TV5 at ito ay ‘House or Not’ at ang gag show na ‘Wow, Me-ganon?!’

Dahil sa iisang ba-kuran na sila, pwede kaya o possible kaya na magsama sila sa iisang show?

Iyan ay malalaman sa susunod na kabana-ta. Remember nagbatu-han ng maaanghang na salita ang dalawa last year at umabot pa sa MTRCB ang kanilang bangayan on air.

Pero past is past, let’s keep out sight in the coming days kung totoo nga na magka-karoon sila ng show together.

Bukod kasi sa shows

ni Joey sa TV5, napa-panood din si Joey sa apat na programa ng GMA-7: Eat Bulaga!, Startalk, Mel & Joey, at Spin It! Win It!.

Ipinaliwanag ni Joey na wala siyang kontrata sa Kapuso network kaya naman malaya siyang nakatatangap ng shows sa TV5.

“Alam ninyo sa to-too, hindi ko itinatago, wala akong kontrata sa kahit anong network,” sabi ni Joey sa ulat ng PEP (Philippine Enter-tainment Portal).

Sinabi ng PEP mata-pos ang presscon ng Wow Megonon?! kung matutuloy ang lipat ni Willie ay iisang bakuran na sila ni Joey.

Dagdag pa ni Joey: “Ang kontrata ko lang ay sa Startalk. Hindi ko pa yata naibabalik yung contract, e! Basta ang kontrata ko lang dun ay hindi ako puwedeng gumawa ng isang chis-mis show din. At hindi ko alam kung nakasulat din dun na hindi ako puwedeng lumabas sa

U M U G O N G ang balita na

ni Joey sa TV5, napa-panood din si Joey sa

Joey de Leon at Willie magsasama sa TV5

ganoong klase rin ng show. Hindi ko maalala. Yun lang siguro.

“Hindi ako kumu-kontrata. Hindi kami sanay mula pa noon ni Vic [Sotto] na nagpa-pakontrata. Dalawang bagay ang hindi namin ginagawa ni Vic—ang mag-makeup saka mag-pakontrata!” natatawa niyang biro.

Napabalita noon na kukunin at bibigyan ng show ng GMA-7 si Willie Revillame pag-katapos mawala sa ere ang noontime variety show nitong Wowowee sa ABS-CBN.

Nang makarating daw ito kay Joey ay sumama ang loob niya sa Kapuso network. Kaya nagbalak daw si-yang mag-resign dito. Iiwan na raw niya ang mga shows niya rito. Sa isang episode nga ng Startalk ay hindi rin siya sumipot.

Pinabulaanan na-man ni Joey na magre-resign siya sa kanyang shows kapag pumasok si Willie sa Kapuso net-work.

Paliwanag niya, “Natiyempo lang na wala ako sa Startalk. ‘Yun yung time na na-

gloloko ang tiyan ko for two weeks. Wala akong balak na mag-resign sa mga shows ko. Ang sarap-sarap magtra-baho.”

Hindi rin naman nat-uloy na magkaroon ng show si Willie sa GMA 7. Pero sa TV5 ay tu-loy na tuloy na raw ang pagkakaroon niya rito ng isang variety show, ang Wiling-Wili Kami, na mapapanood na raw simula sa October.

Okey lang naman daw kay Joey na makakasa-ma niya na sa iisang network si Willie.

“Wala akong maga-

gawa. Desisyon 'yan ng management. Wala akong power para pigi-lan... Saka hindi ko na-man pipigilan, trabaho 'yan, e. Siya [Willie] lang naman ang nagpapaalis ng tao, hindi naman ako!” biro ni Joey.

Pero kung sakaling bigyan sila ng show to-gether ni Willie sa TV5, tatanggapin ba niya?

“Malabo s iguro ngayon kasi ang dami ko nang ginagawa na, e,” sagot niya. “May mga radyo pa nga akong iniisip ngayon, e. Baka mawalan na ako ng time sa ibang bagay. Bumalik muna siya. Mahirap, e, hindi pa nga siya bumabalik, e. Basta walang problema sa akin. Hindi naman

ako ganung tao, e.”Out of curiosity, if

ever magkakaroon sila ng show ni Willie, ano sa tingin niya ang ma-giging format o title ng show nila?

“Siguro yun ano.. Night and Day ang title. Ako dun sa Day, siya yung tipong sa show ni German Moreno sa Night!” tawa ni Joey.

“Hindi, joke lang yun, huh!” bawi niya. “Saka hindi naman ako yung kaaway niya, e, si Jobert [Sucaldito]. Ta-nungin ninyo si Jobert, sila ang ‘pag ginawan ng show, kung tatanggapin ba niya.”

* * *Sa September 9, ang

unang shooting day ng kauna-unahang indie movie ni Regine Ve-lasquez na pinamaga-tang ‘Mrs. Recto’. Ito ay sa direksiyon ni Dante Nico Garcia, na siya ring nagdirek ng ‘Plon-ing’ na kinatampukan naman ni Judy Ann Santos.

Nitong Lunes nag-ikot sina Regine at Direk Ga, palayaw ni Dante, sa vicinity ng Recto, Manila, kung saan sila magsu-shoot-ing hanggang October. Ginawa ang pag-iikot sa Recto para maging pamilyar si Regine sa lugar na gagalawan ha-bang ginagawa niya ang pelikula. Kasama rin nila sa pag-iikot sina Connie Reyes at Jayson Gainza na part ng cast ng pelikula.

Kuwento ni Regine tungkol sa kanyang role, “It’s about Recto, yung buhay ng mga tao doon. My character is named Clara. Parang siya yung nakakakita ng mga buhay ng iba't ibang tao.

“Ang problema lang ng character ko is yung anak ko lang na ayaw mag-aral. E, di ba, yung Recto, nandoon lahat ng mga school. Ang weird na yung anak ko, ayaw mag-aral. Yung tinitirhan namin is puro eskwelahan. Yun yung irony ng istorya. And along the way, I will meet people and learn lessons from them and that will make me a stronger mom.”

JOEY DE LEONWIL

LIE

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LA

ME

REGINE VELASQUEZ

4 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 5

Ingredients1 can San Marino Chili Corned Tuna12-15 mussels, blanched and top shell taken off1 cup grated cheese½ cup coarse breadcrumbs1 small green bell pepper diced1 piece pimiento (from can), diced½ cup cream2 tbsps mayonnaise1 lemon6 shallots, mincedSalt and pepper to taste

Procedure:1. Mix all the ingredients except for the mussels

and lemon in a small bowl.2. Arrange mixture on top of mussels and top

with additional cheese.3. Bake in 325°F oven for 10-15 minutes or until

cheese melts.4. Squeeze lemon on top of mussels.

San Marino Chili Corned Tuna Stuffed MusselsKUNG hindi pa

dahil kay Alma C o n c e p c i o n

ay hindi namin mala-laman na may bagong boyfriend na pala itong si Cristina Decena.

Ibinuking kasi ni Alma sa launch ni Cristi-na ang kanyang bagong business venture – ang Cristina Place Tagaytay – na may bago na itong dyowa.

Special guest kasi si Alma noong launching at ang kaibigan nam-ing si Obette Serrano ang nakabuking na may bago na ngang nag-papatibok sa puso ni Cristina. Ang bagong boyfriend ni Cristina ay ang Australian de-veloper na si Kristijan Krstic.

Ayun, napilitang magkuwento si Cris-tina kung paano sila nagkakilala ng kanyang dyowa na guwapo na-man in fairness.

“Nag-joint venture ako sa business niya na ni-launch sa Clark Pam-panga,” the business-woman shared. “Parang ang saya-saya ko noon. Parang ang feeling ko, ito ang wedding day ko,” kuwento ni Cristina sa amin.

After nilang mag-meet, napadalas na ang pagkikita ng dalawa.

“We couldn’t live without each other,” sabi ni Cristina.

Napansin namin pareho sila ng ring ni Kristijan. Nag-propose na ba ang Australian

businessman?“It’s still a work in

progress. We’re not rushing things,” esplika ni Kristijan.

Para kay Cristina, si Kristijan ay isang sagot sa kanyang mga pana-langin.

“Sa status ko ma-hirap makahanap ng partner in life. Kailan-gan achiever din at saka successful. Gift of God siya sa akin,” sabi ng businesswoman.

* * *

12-15 mussels, blanched

½ cup coarse breadcrumbs1 small green bell pepper

KUNG hindi pa dahil kay Alma

Ayun, napilitang magkuwento si Cris-

Cristina Decena may bagong bf

By Alex Brosas

Parami na nang parami ang alaga ni Ogie Diaz.

Ngayon, may ka-join na si Vice Ganda sa stable ni Ogie. Ito’y sina Marissa Sanchez, Lloyd Zaragoza at Boom Labr-usca.

Seryoso na this time si Lloyd Zaragosa sa kanyang pag-aartista. In fact, kinuha niyang manager si Ogie Diaz at bilang panimula ay may project na kaagad ang binatang kapatid ng singer na si Jessa Zaragoza.

Paalis-alis ng bansa si Lloyd dahil naging viocalist siya ng isang banda na naka-base sa Hong Kong.

Actually, nag-start si Lloyd bilang Star Circle Batch 9 member ka-sabayan nina Rafael Rosell at Heart Evan-gelista.

Muling nabuhay ang career ng actor nang mapasama siya sa Greenwich commercial ni John Lloyd Cruz. Ikinuwento ni Lloyd sa amin kung paano siyang napasama sa na-sabing commercial.

“Nag-audition ako. Ang dami naming nag-audition hanggang sa mapili na ang Top 5, then down to three. Suwerte naman na nap-ili ako. Ang hinahanap kasi nila ay isang guy na maraming tattoo sa katawan,” tsika ni Lloyd.

Grabe ang mga tat-too ni Lloyd. Buong likod niya ay nakatattoo ang larawan ni Mama Mary. Sa braso naman niya ay ang larawan ng kanyang ina ang makikita.

“Dati ‘pag nagpa-

patattoo ako out of despression. Ngayon nagpapatattoo ako kapag may achieve-ment ako,” say ni Lloyd na host din pala ng Yamaha Yey!, isang motorcycle show sa Studio 23. Sa tulong ng kanyang bagong man-ager na si Ogie Diaz

MARISSA BOOM

LLOYD

OGIE DIAZ

ay kasama si Lloyd sa Wansapanataym ng ABS-CBN bilang isang dance instructor na gold digger.

* * *Iba pala mag-trip

itong isang aktres.Two days ang shoot

ng aktres kasama pa ang ibang celebrity endorser ng isang

produkto at may sarili itong kuwarto.

Nainip siguro ang hitad at naisipan nitong maglinis ng comfort room ng kanyang ku-warto. May baon palang detergent ang hitad at nilinis niya maging ang floor mat ng kanyang CR. Linis siya nang linis hanggang dumating ang iba pa niyang kasa-mang artista sa kanyang kuwarto.

Nalaman ng kasa-mahang celebrity en-dorser ng aktres na nilinis niya ang kanyang comfort room. Mang-hang-mangha sila dahil hindi nila in-expect na gagawin ito ng hitad.

Da who ang aktres? Kontrobesiyal siya ngayon. ‘Yun na!

HOLLYWOOD TATTLE

ACTRESS Jennifer Aniston has a new reason to smile after she was spotted on a romantic dinner date with her ‘Cougar Town’ co-star Josh Hopkins.

The former ‘Friends’ star is believed to have first met Hopkins after agreeing to take on a guest starring role in her pal Courteney Cox's sitcom.

And the actress seems to be hitting it off with Hopkins -- the pair shared an intimate conversa-tion over a two-hour dinner at Italian restaurant Madeo in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

A source tells People.com, “She seemed very excited about her date. She and Josh sat at a more private table and they seemed to get along great. It was obvious that they don't know each other well, but there was a flirty energy

between them and Jen looked very happy... Jen has been in the best mood lately. She is trying to do whatever makes her happy, which includes going on fun dates with interesting men.”

Aniston has previously been linked to rocker John Mayer and funnyman Vince Vaughn since divorcing Brad Pitt in 2005.

* * *Phil Collins is proud his daughter Lily has

landed a role opposite ‘Twilight’ hunk Taylor Lautner in the forthcoming thriller ‘Abduction.’

He explained, “Her success is incredible. Soon, she'll be making a movie with the guys from ‘Twilight’. I'm not really familiar with ‘Twilight’ myself, I just see those young stal-lions in the magazines. One of them is always naked.”

Jennifer Aniston’s new man

U M U G O N G ang balita na mapupunta

na sa TV5 ang dating host ng Wowowee na si Willie Revillame at magkakaroon daw siya ng sariling game show dito.

Ngayon, dalawa na-man ang bagong show ng veteran comedian and TV host Joey de Leon sa TV5 at ito ay ‘House or Not’ at ang gag show na ‘Wow, Me-ganon?!’

Dahil sa iisang ba-kuran na sila, pwede kaya o possible kaya na magsama sila sa iisang show?

Iyan ay malalaman sa susunod na kabana-ta. Remember nagbatu-han ng maaanghang na salita ang dalawa last year at umabot pa sa MTRCB ang kanilang bangayan on air.

Pero past is past, let’s keep out sight in the coming days kung totoo nga na magka-karoon sila ng show together.

Bukod kasi sa shows

ni Joey sa TV5, napa-panood din si Joey sa apat na programa ng GMA-7: Eat Bulaga!, Startalk, Mel & Joey, at Spin It! Win It!.

Ipinaliwanag ni Joey na wala siyang kontrata sa Kapuso network kaya naman malaya siyang nakatatangap ng shows sa TV5.

“Alam ninyo sa to-too, hindi ko itinatago, wala akong kontrata sa kahit anong network,” sabi ni Joey sa ulat ng PEP (Philippine Enter-tainment Portal).

Sinabi ng PEP mata-pos ang presscon ng Wow Megonon?! kung matutuloy ang lipat ni Willie ay iisang bakuran na sila ni Joey.

Dagdag pa ni Joey: “Ang kontrata ko lang ay sa Startalk. Hindi ko pa yata naibabalik yung contract, e! Basta ang kontrata ko lang dun ay hindi ako puwedeng gumawa ng isang chis-mis show din. At hindi ko alam kung nakasulat din dun na hindi ako puwedeng lumabas sa

U M U G O N G ang balita na

ni Joey sa TV5, napa-panood din si Joey sa

Joey de Leon at Willie magsasama sa TV5

ganoong klase rin ng show. Hindi ko maalala. Yun lang siguro.

“Hindi ako kumu-kontrata. Hindi kami sanay mula pa noon ni Vic [Sotto] na nagpa-pakontrata. Dalawang bagay ang hindi namin ginagawa ni Vic—ang mag-makeup saka mag-pakontrata!” natatawa niyang biro.

Napabalita noon na kukunin at bibigyan ng show ng GMA-7 si Willie Revillame pag-katapos mawala sa ere ang noontime variety show nitong Wowowee sa ABS-CBN.

Nang makarating daw ito kay Joey ay sumama ang loob niya sa Kapuso network. Kaya nagbalak daw si-yang mag-resign dito. Iiwan na raw niya ang mga shows niya rito. Sa isang episode nga ng Startalk ay hindi rin siya sumipot.

Pinabulaanan na-man ni Joey na magre-resign siya sa kanyang shows kapag pumasok si Willie sa Kapuso net-work.

Paliwanag niya, “Natiyempo lang na wala ako sa Startalk. ‘Yun yung time na na-

gloloko ang tiyan ko for two weeks. Wala akong balak na mag-resign sa mga shows ko. Ang sarap-sarap magtra-baho.”

Hindi rin naman nat-uloy na magkaroon ng show si Willie sa GMA 7. Pero sa TV5 ay tu-loy na tuloy na raw ang pagkakaroon niya rito ng isang variety show, ang Wiling-Wili Kami, na mapapanood na raw simula sa October.

Okey lang naman daw kay Joey na makakasa-ma niya na sa iisang network si Willie.

“Wala akong maga-

gawa. Desisyon 'yan ng management. Wala akong power para pigi-lan... Saka hindi ko na-man pipigilan, trabaho 'yan, e. Siya [Willie] lang naman ang nagpapaalis ng tao, hindi naman ako!” biro ni Joey.

Pero kung sakaling bigyan sila ng show to-gether ni Willie sa TV5, tatanggapin ba niya?

“Malabo s iguro ngayon kasi ang dami ko nang ginagawa na, e,” sagot niya. “May mga radyo pa nga akong iniisip ngayon, e. Baka mawalan na ako ng time sa ibang bagay. Bumalik muna siya. Mahirap, e, hindi pa nga siya bumabalik, e. Basta walang problema sa akin. Hindi naman

ako ganung tao, e.”Out of curiosity, if

ever magkakaroon sila ng show ni Willie, ano sa tingin niya ang ma-giging format o title ng show nila?

“Siguro yun ano.. Night and Day ang title. Ako dun sa Day, siya yung tipong sa show ni German Moreno sa Night!” tawa ni Joey.

“Hindi, joke lang yun, huh!” bawi niya. “Saka hindi naman ako yung kaaway niya, e, si Jobert [Sucaldito]. Ta-nungin ninyo si Jobert, sila ang ‘pag ginawan ng show, kung tatanggapin ba niya.”

* * *Sa September 9, ang

unang shooting day ng kauna-unahang indie movie ni Regine Ve-lasquez na pinamaga-tang ‘Mrs. Recto’. Ito ay sa direksiyon ni Dante Nico Garcia, na siya ring nagdirek ng ‘Plon-ing’ na kinatampukan naman ni Judy Ann Santos.

Nitong Lunes nag-ikot sina Regine at Direk Ga, palayaw ni Dante, sa vicinity ng Recto, Manila, kung saan sila magsu-shoot-ing hanggang October. Ginawa ang pag-iikot sa Recto para maging pamilyar si Regine sa lugar na gagalawan ha-bang ginagawa niya ang pelikula. Kasama rin nila sa pag-iikot sina Connie Reyes at Jayson Gainza na part ng cast ng pelikula.

Kuwento ni Regine tungkol sa kanyang role, “It’s about Recto, yung buhay ng mga tao doon. My character is named Clara. Parang siya yung nakakakita ng mga buhay ng iba't ibang tao.

“Ang problema lang ng character ko is yung anak ko lang na ayaw mag-aral. E, di ba, yung Recto, nandoon lahat ng mga school. Ang weird na yung anak ko, ayaw mag-aral. Yung tinitirhan namin is puro eskwelahan. Yun yung irony ng istorya. And along the way, I will meet people and learn lessons from them and that will make me a stronger mom.”

JOEY DE LEONWIL

LIE

RE

VIL

LA

ME

REGINE VELASQUEZ

Wednesday, September 8, 20106

Complete the grid so every row, column and 3 x 3 box contains every digit

from 1 to 9 inclusively.

Previous puzzle solution

Ni McJoe PALAISIPAN Thelma Onego

sagot sa nakaraan

PAHALANG 1. Halikan; Pabalbal 7. Kaban ng yaman11. Marumi ang mukha12. Sakit sa balat13. Suwapang14. Sakit ng kamote15. Porma16. Idugtong17. Disenterya18. Libang19. Simbolo ng sodium20. Nagulo

24. Baluktot25. Unlapi28. Ginawa muli30. Bolang apoy31. Tanto32. Kabiyak33. Lungsod sa Camarines Sur34. Mataas ang presyo35. Ulirat36. Ruweda

PABABA

1. Ulusin 2. Pumorma

3. Makahulugang pananalita 4. Kontinente sa silangan 5. Tulong; Ingles 6. Nancy Navalta 7. Pasyal 8. Paghuhugas ng bigas 9. Lipat 10. Igrado14. Para16. Ialipusta18. Gregorio ng isang sekta21. Ikandili22. Ininis23. Paradahan26. Grupo27. Iwaglit28. Black29. Kahoy32. Tatay

CalooCan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri has stepped up the local government’s anti-rabies campaign by ordering the capture of stray dogs or those that have been left to wander the streets by their owners.

Echiverri said some 3,175 stray dogs have been caught on the streets between January and June of this year. The animals are now temporarily held at an impounding area.

Meanwhile, some 14,250 dogs have been given shots against rabies—with 9,513 of the canines com-ing from district I and 4,737 coming from district II—during the period of July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

according to Echiverri, the local government is intensifying its campaign in making the city rabies-free to ensure the safety of residents.

The mayor likewise thanked barangay officials for their continued support of the local government’s programs, particularly those aimed at lessening the incidence of rabies in Caloocan.

He added that his administration would continue to spearhead useful programs that would help further the economic progress of the city.

In an attempt to promote a safe road environment for all motorists, especially for motorcycle users, a neophyte councilor has vowed to push for the passage of an ordinance that will designate motorcycles lanes in Quezon City’s primary and second-ary roads.

Councilor Jose Mario Don S. De leon of District III said the increas-ing number of road mishaps involving mostly motorcycles would greatly drop if major thoroughfares in the city would have lanes separated by yellow painted lines from those designated for the four-wheeled motor vehicles.

De leon explained that the move is important to put in place the motor-cycle lanes the soonest possible time since QC is one of the places in Metro Manila which have frequent motorcycle accidents that could be attributed to its huge land area and the fact that three of the Metro’s seven major thor-oughfares like EDSa, Commonwealth avenue and Quezon avenue are found in Quezon City.

Based on data of national Electronic

Injury Surveillance System (nEISS), a total of 1,802 vehicular accidents were registered from august to December of 2009 alone. From the figure, 30.3 percent of the cases were collision ac-cidents mostly involving motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles.

Metro Manila Development author-ity (MMDa) records, on the other hand, show a constant drop in the number of motorcycle accidents in the first five months of 2010.

However, Councilor De leon said that a concrete action such as desig-nating a motorcycle lane is the right thing to do to further prevent the ris-ing incidence of motorcycle and other two wheeled vehicle accident in the city’s roads.

Under the proposed ordinance, the Engineering Department and the Department of Public order and Safety (DPoS) shall be the partner agencies in implementing the ordinance if approved by the city council and signed into law by the Mayor.

A P500 fine will be slapped on viola-tors of the ordinance.

GRaDUaTInG students and fresh graduates were called in to participate in the “Job Fest and Career Fair 2010,” which will be held on September 16 at 17, at the Function Room 4 of the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of asia, Pasay City.

The jobfest is an employment search for people wishing to have a job whether in office service, administrative, clerical, marketing, accounting, customer service, engineering, retail and others.

There will be psychological experts who will conduct assessment for job seek-ers.

Participating sponsors in the jobfest include Suyen Corporation (Bench), Factset, E-Performax, aspire Solutions, TRG Philippines, Convergys, Startek, IBM Daksh Business Processing Services, and Mary Kay Cosmetics.

The jobfest is a co-located event of the Manila International Book Fair, which will be held on Sept. 15-19 at the SMX Convention Center. For more informa-tion call 890-0661 or 896-0682, or e-mail info@primetradeasia.com.

QC motorcycle lanes proposed Job opportunity at SMX’s Jobfest 2010

THE PSBank yesterday issued its statement regarding the fake P1,000 bill that allegedly came out of their automated teller machine.

We have received a complaint about a fake P1,000 bill that allegedly came out of a PSBank aTM in Robinsons Big R Cainta but the complainant did not give important details that would allow us to make a thorough investigation to establish the veracity of her complaint.

Here are the details of the complaint based on her narration to our New Accounts Officer, Branch Cashier and the aTM Cash Servicing Head on au-gust 12, 2010:

on august 10, the complainant withdrew P3,700 from the said aTM and immediately proceeded to a telco payment center to pay her bills using some of the money she withdrew.

She then went to a fast food restaurant and used a P1,000 bill from the remaining amount to pay for her meal. The fast food restaurant cashier returned the said bill to her while she was about to take her meal, saying that it was fake.

on august 12 or two days after she withdrew the amount, she went to the PSBank Taytay branch to complain about the matter.

It must be noted that from the very start, the branch was willing to initiate an investigation. Since the complainant is not a PSBank depositor, the branch requested the complainant to fill out a Bancnet Customer Complaints Form which includes her name and the details of the card that she used. However, she refused to fill out the said form. She also refused to surrender the said fake bill.

Every year, PSBank processes over 20 million aTM transactions composed of over 100 million pieces of bills in over 350 in-branch and offsite PS-Bank aTMs nationwide. on august 10 alone when the complainant allegedly withdrew a fake P1,000 bill, the said PSBank aTM in Robinsons Big R Cainta served 402 other customers and released 2,301 bills, all of which were valid and authentic contrary to some published media reports.

PSBank clarifies reports on fake bill

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A friend told me about his church’s leadership retreat. For 2 days, church leaders pulled away for a time of prayer, planning, and worship. My friend was not only refreshed but also energized. He told me, “This retreat is really going to help us move forward as a church ministry.”

It sounded funny to me—this notion of re-treating in order to move forward. But it is true. Sometimes you have to pull back and regroup before you can make meaningful forward prog-ress. This is particularly true in our relationship with God.

Jesus Himself practiced “retreating forward.” After a busy day of ministry in the region of the Sea of Galilee, He retreated. Matthew 14:23 tells us that “when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.” Alone in the presence of the Father.

In this fast-paced, get-ahead world, it’s easy to wear ourselves down—pressing ahead and mov-ing forward at all costs. But even in our desire to be effective Christians, we must consistently be willing to retreat into God’s presence. Only in the refreshing of His strength can we find the resources to move forward in our service for Him. Retreat in Jesus before moving forward.

To face life’s many challenges And overcome each test,

The Lord tells us to take the time To stop. To pray. To rest. —Sper

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Palace poised to stop perks, bonuses of GOCCsMALACANANG is ready to

hold the generous perks and bonuses being given to execu-tives of government-owned and controlled corporations in line with the austerity measures of President Aquino.

In a news briefing, Presidential Communications Operations Of-fice Secretary Herminio Coloma said the implementation will take effect once the salaries, bonuses and perks of the GOCC officials have been rationalized.

Coloma said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is now working on how to tighten up existing Admin-istrative Order No. 103 of 2001 adopting austerity measures in government. He said it will be

included in the draft Executive Order (EO) that Aquino will soon issue.

The President had earlier divulged that he will issue an EO to prevent the excessive pay benefit packages of some GOCC ex-ecutives which have reached scandalous levels.

He said the EO will be all-encompassing, and will rationalize, put a cap and limit the pay packages for government nominees.

The EO will also reiterate the cap contained in an existing order of the previous administration

but which was not enforced.

Meantime, Co-loma said Mala-canang is ready to dissolve around 15 non-per forming GOCCs once they fail to demonstrate their capacity for vi-able operations.

“I think the di-rection is towards ensuring that all the

GOCCs are operating viably or able to sustain their operations. And, if they cannot demonstrate the capacity for viable operations, then it is imperative that due consideration be given to phasing them out,” Coloma said.

Abu Sayyafmember arrested

A MEMBER of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf was arrested by Air Force intelligence operatives at the vicinity of a police camp in Jolo town in Sulu, a military spokesman reported yesterday.

Jul Ahmad Ahaadi, alias Jul Puti, 33, was nabbed by elements of the 300th Air Intelligence and Secu-rity Group at the vicinity of Camp Asturias, headquar-ters of the Sulu PNP, around 2:50 p.m. last Friday.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol said the arrest of Ahaadi, who is also serv-ing as a tricycle driver, was made in coordination with elements of the PNP-Special Action Force and with the troops of AFP Joint Task Force Comet.

Okol said Ahaadi was lured into going to the vicinity of the police camp. “That was part of the operation. He was lured into that area. An asset gained his confidence to go outside the police camp and he was subsequently arrested,” said Okol.

Okol said an “opera-tive” rode the tricycle of Ahaadi and told the suspect to take him to the vicinity of the police camp. “The operative asked the suspect to drop him off at the area and there he was arrested,” he said.

The official neverthe-less said that Puti was nabbed by the security forces after a “long period” of intelligence buildup.

Okol said Ahaadi was arrested by virtue of a warrant in connection with the kidnapping of six members of the religious group Jehova’s Witnesses and a Muslim guide some-time in August 2002.

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THE bus driver of the hijacked tourist bus where eight Hongkong tourists were killed said yesterday the dismissed police officer, Chief Insp. Rolando Mendoza, was on a killing spree inside the bus when he escaped the carnage.

Bus driver Alberto Lubang also divulged that Mendoza shot first the Chinese tourist guide who was handcuffed to the bus' door.

Testifying for the first time before a committee probing the Luneta bloodbath, Lubang continued that after killing the tourist guide, Mendoza started killing the hostages from the last row at the back towards the first row in the front.

Lubang's testimony gave credence to the testi-mony of Lourdes Amansec’s, assistant manager of the travel agency that owns the bus.

Lubang added that he witnessed the carnage while peeking at the rearview mirror in front of the bus.

However, Lubang bared that successive shots inside the bus had caused him partial hearing loss and could no longer hear the screams and moans of the wounded hostages.

He also said an exhausted Mendoza, after shoot-ing the hostages, sat at the middle row of the bus and ordered him to slowly drive the bus towards its right.

But he said that he could no longer move the bus because police from the outside already shot the bus’ front tires.

Lubang disclosed that while Mendoza was shoot-ing the hostages, he was freeing himself from the handcuffs using the nail pile of his nail cutter. It took him two minutes to unlock the cuffs.

Driver reveals Mendoza’s killing spree inside the bus

PRESIDENT Aquino is set to name the next chief of the Philippine National Police on September 14, the eve of the early retirement of Director General Jesus Verzosa.

Aquino told reporters that Verzosa him-self requested to retire early not because of the August 23 hostage crisis at the Quirino Grandstand that left eight tourists from HongKong dead and a strained relations with China and HongKong.

“He can serve until December 25 but

he was asking if he can get optional retire-ment,” Aquino said.

A member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1976, Verzosa said it was agreed upon by their class that they will retire ahead of their actual retirement date.

He will retire September 15.On Sunday, Verzosa clarified that his

decision was made long ago but just the same, accepted full responsibility for the bungled rescue operations during the

hostage crisis.“My decision to render an early retire-

ment was announced more than a month ago. More than ever, it is imperative to take responsibility, especially with regards to what has transpired in the past week,” Verzosa said.

“In this regard, as chief of the National Police, I take responsibility and account-ability of all the PNP units and all police personnel in everything they do and failed to do,” he added.

New PNP chief by September 14

AQUINO

Wednesday, September 8, 20108

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MANILA Southwoods, draw-ing another superb round from Regine de Guzman, put in a second straight 244 as it repulsed a rally-ing Del Monte side, 729-726, for a three-point victory and a three-peat in the WGAP-Luzvimin golf tournament at the Del Monte Golf Club in Bukidnon Monday.

De Guzman hardly slowed down from an earlier 59-point burst as she closed out with 58 Molave points, equivalent to four-under par in stroke play, to power the Carmona-based squad to the victory. It is their third straight win that underscored the team’s domination of the annual event among the top golfing ladies from

the country’s leading clubs.Southwoods, which trailed Del

Monte by one point in the first round, totaled 729 in the 54-hole championship with De Guzman also matching her team’s three straight title romp with her own three-peat feat in the individual competition.

She had a 168 and beat Agui-naldo’s Matet Salivio, who had a 54 and a 159, by nine points.

First day leader Geleen Handog of Alabang finished third with a 156 after a 52.

Meanwhile, Josie Untal of Aguinaldo, playing alongside Southwoods' Claire Ong, Chris-tine Naidoo of Alabang and Del

Monte's Pamela Mariano, scored a hole-in-one on 136-yard No. 3, using a Callaway X14 7-iron and Titleist 3 Pro V1 ball.

Other scorers for Southwoods were Lora Roberto (51), Beachie Abiera (47), Kat Gonzalez (44) and Claire Ong (44) while Claudine Garcia (41) and Sandy Velhagen (39) did not count in the seven-to-play, five-to-count format event.

Del Monte drew three 50 points from Pamela Mariano, Apple Fu-dolin and Eva Minoza, and two 48s from Kristine Leonen and Kaye Tabanas in a solid final round charge. But the host’s 246 total in the day proved short as they settled for second with a 726.

POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao said he has the advantage against Antonio Margarito if the Mexican goes toe-to-toe with him in November.

“If he (Margarito) throws a lot of punches and goes toe-to-toe it is to my advantage,” said Pacquiao at the Dallas press conference. “But I will never pre-dict how a fight will end,” he added.

“I'm not looking for that (Floyd Mayweather, Jr.) fight. A couple of more fights and that's it. I don't care as long as the fans are happy,” he said.

Trainer Freddie Roach chimed in soon after with, “We'll see what works during sparring.”

After a random question, Pacquiao came back with: “Of course I know if a foreign substance is in my hand wrap.”

Pacquiao believes Margarito knew of the illegal plaster of Paris substance in his wraps but has forgiven him to the

point of letting him enjoy the biggest payday of his career even though many believe Margarito should have been banned for life by every commission.

Margarito, five inches taller and with a large reach advantage, could be a dangerous opponent for Pacquiao because he has absolutely nothing to lose and everything to win in their November 13 fight at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

“We want all the fans to be happy with our performances. Antonio Margarito will work hard for sure,” said Pacquiao. “I will maximize my advantages during the fight.”

In perfect Spanish, Pacquiao said: “It was not my intention to fight another Mexican but these things happen.”

Margarito said: “I'm going to put Mexico back on a winning streak against Pacquiao. This is for Mexico. I'm bringing back the title.”

Pacquiao: My punching power is still the best

NAG-birthday kamakailan ang isang magandang TV host. Dati siyang athlete.

Marami siyang bisitang mga kaibigan niya.

Pero ang kanyang pinaka-special na guest?

Ang sikat at guwapong college player na si JM.

* * *May nakapagbulong sa amin: Nasa US

si Jayjay Helterbrand at ang kasama ay ang TV host na si RR? Totoo ba?

Baka nga nakabalik na sila rito sa Pi-nas.

* * *Tatlo na ang kumpirmadong nasa NCAA

Final 4.San Beda, San Sebastian College at JRU.

Isa na lang ang hinihintay.Malamang, Mapua na iyan.

* * *Sa UAAP, wala ng duda sino na ang

nasa Final 4.Ateneo, FEU, Adamson at La Salle.Puwestuhan na lang ang pinaglalabanan

diyan.Posible kaya ang Ateneo La Salle sa

finals?Pag ang naging kumbinasyon sa Final

Four ay Ateneo vs. FEU, at La Salle vs. Adamson, puwedeng mangyari ang Ateneo vs. La Salle sa finals.

Pwede pa ang AteneoLa Salle sa finals

San Beda guns for 12th win vs Mapua

SAN Beda seeks to stretch its amazing run to 12 as it takes on a dangerous Mapua today in what could be sneak preview of the Final Four in the 86th NCAA basketball tour-nament at The Arena in San Juan City.

The Lions are the hottest team to date having racked up 11 victories in a row including a 92-61 bashing of the winless Perpetual Help Altas last week.

But against the Cardinals, who are ahead of the pack in the race for the fourth and final semifinal berth with a 7-4 (win-loss) slate, San Beda coach Frankie Lim is expecting another tough grind.

“Mapua has great defense, they have the size to match up with us,” said Lim. “This is the reason why we had a hard time beat-ing them in the first round.

“They have good shooters we have to cover and worry about. We want to continue our roll and we cannot afford to be complacent,” he added.

SAN Mateo Spurs hang tough amid a furious retaliation unleashed by Say Chiz Smileys as it garnered a nail-biting 81-80 win Monday night to seize a share of the lead in the 1st PGBL Willie Caballes Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

J.K. Tigerscribes, for its part, barged into the win column with a come-from-behind 58-56 deci-sion over Charlie’s Dy-mons to climb back to contention in this meet supported by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, San Miguel Corp. and Burlington.

Joel Orellana of the Business Mirror unloaded a league-high six booming triples to finish with 20 points while rookie website writer AJ Bolando came back from a previ-ous lethargic game with 16 points and 10 rebounds to help propel the Spurs, making a 2-1 (win-loss) card along with the Smileys.

Pre-season MVP Eric Uy came through with 14 points, a league-high 10 assists, five boards and three steals while Jerome Lagunzad of Malaya had 11 points, seven assists and two steals to help the cause for the team backed by www.teamprcinc.com.

Ferdie Rubio had a monster effort with 20 points, nine boards, seven assists, five steals and five blocks but ended up in the losing end after missing the second of two charities with no time left that would have knotted the count and forced overtime.

San Mateo edges Chiz

Smileys in PGBL

S’woods holds off Del Monte, completes 3-peat

Pacquiao and margarito