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Speaking on condition of anonym-
ity because of diplomatic sensibilities,
the ofcials said the United States had
been unwilling to go beyond general
pronouncements that it will comply
with its obligations under the 61-year-
old Mutual Defense Treaty.
Its an akward question for the
US as it seeks to enhance its Asian
alliances without alarming Beijing,
one of the ofcials said.
The Aquino-Obama meeting was
held against the backdrop of a two-
month stand-off between Philippine
By Rey E. Requejo
and Gigi Muoz-David
ADMINISTRATIVE and criminal
charges may be led against Man-
daluyong City Mayor Benjamin
Abalos Jr. for threatening two pros-
ecutors handling the electoral fraud
case led against his father, former
Commission on Elections Chairman
Benjamin Abalos, during a recent
hearing in a Pasay City court, Justice
Secretary Leila de Lima said Friday.
She said Senior Assistant City Pros-
ecutor Orlando Mariano and prosecu-
tion lawyer Mark Roland Estepa told
her about the incident Thursday after-
noon, prompting her to ask them to le
charges against the mayor.
I told them to ll out a blotter
with the police and then we will le
appropriate charges, an administra-
tive case before the [Interior Depart-
ment] and a formal charge before the
Ombudsman since hes a mayor, De
Lima said.
But Abalos Jr. on Friday denied
he threatened the prosecutors.
What they are accusing me of
are all lies, Abalos told the Manila
Standard in a telephone interview.
I have never threatened anyone
in my whole life.
Abalos said he was 10 to 15 feet away
from the prosecutors who were supposed
to have heard his threats.
By Maricel V. Cruz
WITH at least nine new cases of
HIV infections daily, or one HIV-
infected Filipino every three hours,
lawmakers on Friday warned of a
possible epidemic of the deadly
disease in the Philippines.
If this is true, this is truly alarm-
ing because this rate of infection can
already be considered as epidemic.
said Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento,
head of House committee on na-
tional defense and security.
We need to take drastic mea-
sures to secure the health and safe-
ty of our citizens if HIV has really
gone out of control,
Sarmiento said the data came
from the epidemiology centers
HIV surveillance unit of the Health
Department.
That is one Filipino infected
every three hours! These grim
statistics should already alert our
health authorities to take aggressive
By Christine F. Herrera and Rey E. Requejo
THE left-leaning Anakpawis group on Friday accused
President Benigno Aquino III of attempting to turn the
Supreme Court into a Cojuangco-Aquino Court to retain
ownership of the 4,915-hectare Hacienda Luisita and the
coconut levy funds by securing the top post there for So-
licitor General Francis Jardeleza.
Farmers and activists from the group trooped to the
Supreme Court to protest the Aquino administrations
FOUR distributors announced another rollback in pump
prices on Friday effective today, Saturday, following the
continuing drop in world oil prices as a result of declining
demand from China, the United States and Europe.
Shell, Flying V, Unioil and Filoil cut prices by P2 per liter
of premium gasoline and kerosene and P1.50 per liter of un-
leaded gasoline and diesel.
An Energy Department report said Dubai crude fell below
$100 a barrel on June 1 following the release of weak eco-
nomic data in the United States and China.
The increasing rate of unemployment in the US, the slow-
down in Chinas manufacturing sector, and worries about the
impact of the euro zone crisis on fuel demand added to con-
cerns about the health of the global economy.
THE Supreme Court de-
clared as unconstitutional
the appointment of Reynaldo
Villar as chairman of the Au-
dit Commission for seven
years more than a year after
he resigned his position.
The high court said Vil-
lar, who replaced retired
Commission Chairman
Guillermo Carage, should
have served as chairman
for only three years because he
had already served four years
in the commission. It said no
member of the commission
could serve for more than
seven years.
The high court said then
President Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo could not have
appointed Villar as
chairman for the full
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By Joyce Pangco Paares and Florante Solmerin
PRESIDENTS Barack Obama and Benigno
Aquino met at the White Houses Oval of-
ce on Saturday to discuss ways of enhanc-
ing American presence in the Philippines, but
Filipinos want a clear public statement that
America will come to the aid of Filipinos in
case of external attack, ofcials said.
A message for Aquino. A protester demands the
distribution of Hacienda Luisita to its farmers and the
President leave the Supreme Court alone.
Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao puts his World Boxing Organization welterweight title on the line at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday (Manila time) against undefeated American Timothy Bradley. (Story on A8)
Theyre back. Four
sailn lizards endemic to the
Philippines were returned to
the country from Hong Kong
on Thursday after they
were seized from a Chi-
nese who took them out.
MANNY PALMERO
Leftist group sees
ploy in Jardelezas
nomination as CJ
Washington cant go into defense specifics without alarming Beijing
Mayor Abalos faces raps for threatening prosecutors
Soft world oil prices
reect latest rollback
Ex-audit chiefs position
illegal year after retiring
High incidence of HIV cases alarms solons
and Chinese vessels at the disputed
Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine
Sea. The shoal is within the Philip-
pines 200-nautical-mile exclusive
economic zone.
The US needs to get along with
China to prevent their strategic rival-
ry from spiraling into confrontation.
But Chinas aggressive behavior in
the South China Sea has bolstered
Manilas alliance with Washington
that thrived during the Cold War.
Deputy presidential spokeswom
Longing for the bells. Filipinos
want these Balangiga bells in
Cheyenne, USA, and another one
in South Korea, returned after the
Americans took away more than a
century ago.
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Scientists have sequenced the
DNA of a fetus at 18 weeks of
pregnancy using the technique.
Their analysis found 39 of the ba-
bys 44 brand-new mutations, not
shared with either parent, accord-
ing to the study published today in
Science Translational Medicine.
Scientists compared their method
with a traditional gene sequence
from the umbilical cord once the
baby was born and found the ex-
perimental method was 98 percent
accurate. The results may point to a
new way to scan a fetuss genome
for mutations that can cause illness,
such as Huntingtons disease and
Down syndrome, without inserting
Pre-natal? Blood-saliva test safer
A PRENATAL test that analyzes a
mothers blood and fathers saliva may
one day be all it takes to check a fetus
for genetic illnesses, replacing one that
requires drawing uid from the uterus, a
study suggests.
a needle into a pregnant womans
uterus to draw amniotic uid, the
current practice.
Part of what this study does is
expand thinking about how ge-
nomics can be relevant, said Jay
Shendure, one of the study authors
and an associate professor of ge-
nome sciences at the University of
Washington in Seattle, in a tele-
phone interview. The main ad-
vantage is that its not invasive.
The current testing method,
called amniocentesis, carries a risk
of miscarriage. Even with no ad-
ditional risk, though, most women
probably would want a less-inva-
sive test, Shendure said.
About 10 percent of cell-free
DNA in a pregnant womans blood
comes from her fetus, Shendure
said. He and fellow researchers
compared groups of the mothers
genes that reside on the same chro-
mosome. Using these groupings,
the researchers were able to pick out
which genes were new to the baby.
To determine what role the father
played, the researchers used DNA
from a saliva sample. Anything that
wasnt the same as the mothers was
compared to the fathers.
The fetal plasma DNA is con-
taminated with moms DNA, so
any time we see a variant that cor-
responds to something from dad,
we can infer that was transmitted,
he said.
Additionally, his group was able
to nd so-called de novo mutations,
which didnt occur in either parent.
Those gene variants are important
because they underlie a number of
illnesses where only one variant is
required to sicken a person.
Shendures group showed that
the idea was possible, and he ex-
pects cheaper, better sequencing
will be available in the future, he
said. The project was funded by
the National Human Genome Re-
search Institute and the Washing-
ton Research Foundation.
Bloomberg
Leftist...
vile and desperate attempts
to create a Cojuangco-Aquino
Court by appointing Jardeleza,
a long-time senior vice presi-
dent of San Miguel Corp. and
who they said had very close ties
with Eduardo Cojuangco, Mr.
Aquinos uncle.
Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mari-
ano said Jardelezas nomination
was the handiwork of Mr. Aqui-
nos KKK (Kakampi, Kaklase,
Kabarilan) and Kamag-anak Inc.
He said Jardeleza was nomi-
nated by UP College of Law
dean Danilo Concepcion whose
Sigma Rho fraternity brothers in-
cluded Senators Franklin Drilon
and Edgardo Angara and Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile, all of
whom voted to pronounce Chief
Justice Renato Corona guilty of
violating the Constitution by not
revealing all his assets.
Mr. Aquinos critics claim that
he did everything to get Corona
impeached so he could appoint a
chief justice friendly to Malaca-
ang. His aim, they claim, is ei-
ther to reverse the high courts de-
cision awarding Hacienda Luisita
to the sugar estates farmers or to
make the farmers pay what the
Aquino-Cojuangco family wants
for the estate.
In December, Corona found
himself impeached by the Presi-
dents 188 allies in the House led
by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte
Jr., the Presidents party mate in
the Liberal Party. Six months later,
20 senators found him guilty and
ousted him as chief justice.
Internal Revenue Commis-
sioner was also nominated for the
position of chief justice on Thurs-
day, bringing the total number of
nominees to the post to 11 so far.
The others are former Univer-
sity of the Philippines Law Dean
Raul Pangalangan, lawyer Mari-
anito Sadondoncillo, lawyer and
womens right advocate Katrina
Legarda, Ateneo Law Dean Cesar
Villanueva, Acting Chief Justice
Antonio Carpio and Associate
Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr.,
Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Ar-
turo Brion and Diosdado Peralta.
Anakpawis vowed to block
Jardelezas nomination, however,
citing conict of interest.
The President and his rela-
tives---the Cojuangco-Aquinos--
-are wielding all their power and
inuence to secure the top post[in
the Supreme Court], Mariano
said in a statement.
The Aquinos want control and
strong hold over the [Supreme
Court] to safeguard their vast eco-
nomic and political interests spe-
cically with the controversial coco
levy funds and Hacienda Luisita.
Jardeleza is known for his
close ties with tycoon Eduardo
Danding Cojuangco Jr., the uncle
of President Benigno Aquino III.
Before being appointed by Aquino
as Solicitor General in February,
Jardeleza served as a long-time
senior vice president and corpo-
rate counsel of Cojuangcos food
and beverage giant San Miguel
Corporation.
Mariano said Jardeleza should
decline the nomination out of deli-
cadeza.
Its as clear as daylight, Mari-
ano said.
The President is transform-
ing the high court into an Aquino
Court. Jardelezas nomination to
the chief justice position is the
handiwork of Aquinos KKK (Ka-
kampi, Laklase, Kabarilan) and
the Kamag-anak Inc.
Mariano said the Judicial and
Bar Council should deny Jardele-
zas nomination due to conict of
interest, and in particular because
of the multi-billion-peso coconut
levy funds now locked in Co-
juangcos San Miguel Corp. and
the Hacienda Luisita estate, which
he said the Cojuangco-Aquinos
were refusing to give up.
Ex-audit...
seven years because he had
already served four years at
the commission when he was
tapped to head it.
A shorter term, however, to
comply with said rule would
also be invalid as the corre-
sponding appointment would
effectively breach the clear
purpose of the Constitution of
giving to every appointed . . . a
xed term of ofce of 7 years,
the high court said.
The Court said that a commis-
sioner who resigns after serving
in the Audit Commission for
less than seven years is eligible
for an appointment to the posi-
tion of chairman for the unex-
pired portion of the term of the
departing chair.
Mrs. Arroyo appointed
Carague as Audit Commission
chairman for a term of seven
years on Feb, 15, 2001. On Feb.
7, 2004, Arroyo appointed Villar
as the third member of the agen-
cy for a seven-year term starting
Feb. 2, 2004 until Feb. 2, 2011.
Following Caragues retire-
ment in 2008, Villar was desig-
nated acting commission Chair-
man and on the same year was
nominated and appointed agen-
cy Chairman.
Villar, whose appointment
was conrmed by the Com-
mission on Appointments on
June 11, 2008, was to serve as
commission chief until the ex-
piration of the original term of
his ofce on Feb. 2, 2011, but
he raised the matter to the high
court, arguing that his term of
ofce was up to Feb. 2, 2015, or
seven years reckoned from Feb.
2, 2008, when he was appointed
to that position.
While his petition in the high
court was pending, Villar wrote
President Benigno Aquino III
on Feb. 22, 2011 signifying his
intention to step down once his
replacement was appointed.
Subsequently, he vacated his
post when Maria Gracia Pulido-
Tan was appointed Audit Com-
mission chief. Rey E. Requejo
Panatag...
an Abigail Valte said the
meeting would allow Mr.
Aquino to discuss Philippine
efforts to build a minimum
credible defense posture.
Manila has been amenable
to US troop rotations, more
military exercises and port
visits, which had ebbed after
nationalist political forces
prompted the closure of
American military bases in
1992.
Last month, the US handed
to the Philippines a second
Coast Guard cutter follow-
ing the transfer last year of
a similar 45-year-old vessel
that has since become a flag-
ship in the Philippine Navy.
Patrick Cronin, director
of the Asia-Pacific security
program at the Center for
a New American Security
think tank in Washington,
said Mr. Aquino was serious
about defense moderniza-
tion, but the US and the Phil-
ippines needed a measured
approach in building the
Philippines military capac-
ity and in deterring Chinese
aggression.
The US has sent strong
messages in recent weeks
about its determination to be
viewed as a Pacific power.
Last month, a US stealth
submarine made a rare stop
on Subic Bay, a former
American naval base that
faces the West Philippine
Sea.And last week Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta visit-
ed India and Vietnam, claim-
ants of Scarborough Shoal
and therefore also at odds
with China.
Panetta announced that 60
percent of the US Navys
fleet will be deployed to the
Pacific by 2020, up from
about 50 percent today.
One irritant in the US-
Philippine ties is human
rights.
The Philippines wants
Washington to lift a block
on a small portion of US aid
imposed by Congress since
2008 because of concerns
about the summary killings
by suspected security forces.
Human Rights Watch said
that in the past decade, secu-
rity forces had been impli-
cated in hundreds of cases of
summary killings, torture and
enforced disappearances.
Only seven cases of sum-
mary killings, involving 11
defendants, had been suc-
cessfully prosecuted, and
none since Mr. Aquino took
power and also none involv-
ing active duty military per-
sonnel, it said.
At the West Philippine Sea,
China pulled out three ships
but six surveillance and law
enforcement command ves-
sels remain, while the Phil-
ippines has one Coast Guard
ship and one Bureau of Fish-
eries ship maintaining their
presence in the area.
A senior military official
said the onset of the rainy
season could offer a solution
to the standoff as a strong
typhoon could send the Chi-
nese ships scampering away.
The situation now at the
shoal is very rough, an of-
ficial said.
If a strong typhoon hits
the area, the Philippine ships
are only 123 nautical miles
away from our shore while
the Chinese have to run
more than 800 nautical miles
to reach their shore.
With the AP
Mayor...
I was standing in a place be-
hind the gallery, where some
members of the media were stand-
ing, he said.
They should have been the rst to
hear what I supposedly said.
Abalos said that what he really
had said was that the prosecutors
were ganging up on his father, who
he said had been suffering in jail
for months because the prosecutors
were sitting on his plea to post bail.
De Lima said Abalos could face
administrative charges of gross
misconduct and grave abuse of
authority and a criminal charge of
grave threats.
She said Mariano and Estepa
initially hesitated reporting the
incident to her until they were
convinced by Prosecutor Gener-
al Claro Arellano. They then told
her that the incident took place
during Thursdays hearing of
the older Abalos plea for bail in
connection with his case . Aba-
los Sr. is accused of poll fraud in
North Cotabato during the 2004
national elections.
The people [scals] were just
doing their job, De Lima said.
Why would he [Abalos Jr.] do
that to them? We cant allow that.
No one can ever threaten or intim-
idate our prosecutors. We are not
just going to sit down. We will le
a case against him.
High...
measures to contain and stop
HIV infection from turning into
a full-blown epidemic, he said.
Iloilo Rep. Jerry Trenas said
occupational medicine doctors
had also told him that from three
cases of HIV per day last year,
the number of infection had
risen to nine per day for the past
six months.
Thats a 200-percent jump
in the number of cases in just a
matter of months, Trenas said.
If we do progressive analy-
sis, this number of HIV infec-
tion could even triple in the next
six months if the government
fails to come out with the best
formula to solve this problem.
God forbid, but we are already
seeing an HIV epidemic.
Trenas said the sizable in-
crease in the new cases of HIV
infections had come mostly from
workers in the business process
outsourcing sector, some of
whom were still in their teens.
I was told that there were
recorded infection of girls as
young as 18 and 19 years old
and many of the new recorded
cases are call center agents.
The statistics are truly grim and
alarming, he said.
Lawmakers have urged the
Health Department to take ag-
gressive steps to create a prole
of the people who may have
been exposed to HIV, and to
make a public disclosure on the
true state of the virus infection
in the country.
Soft...
I think there will be more price
cuts because of [declining] world
[oil] prices, Flying V Chairman
Ramon Villavicencio said.
If prices go down further,
expect more price rollbacks due
to the European crisis which has
dampened demand of China,
US and Europe, he said.
The price cuts for the 10th
consecutive week has reduced
the price of regular gasoline by
a total of P8.60 a liter, premium
gasoline by P7.35, diesel by
P6.60, and kerosene by P6.50.
Shell, the second largest oil
rm in the country, says it will
pursue the construction of a liq-
ueed natural gas terminal in
Batangas.
Shell is now looking into
putting up the terminal. We are
conducting a technical study,
said Roberto Kanapi, vice presi-
dent for communications.
Alena Mae S. Flores
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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 09-12, Series of 2012
TO : ALL CONCERNED
FROM : THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
SUBJECT : SUPPLEMENTAL PHILIPPINE AVIATION
REGULATIONS TO PART 2 (PERSONNEL
LICENSING) ON REINSTATEMENT OF
PRIVILEGES OF EXPIRED LICENSE
----------------------------------------------------------------
REFERENCES: 1. Philippine Civil Aviation Regulation
(PCAR) Part 2 (Personnel Licensing
Maintenance;
2. ICAO-Standards and Recommended
Practi ces, Annex 1 (Personnel
Licensing); and
3. Federal Avi ati on Admi ni strati on
Regulations
SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATION TO PART 2 OF PCAR:
PCAR PART 2.2.10.4 R E I N S TAT E ME N T OF
PRIVILEGES OF EXPIRED
PI LOT LI CENSES AND
RATINGS
(a) No person who holds an expired pilot license or
rating shall exercise the privileges of said license
or rating.
(b) The hol der of a Phi l i ppi ne expi red pi l ot
license and rating shall pass the Civil Aviation
Regulations, practical examinations and medical
test required for renewal or reinstatement of the
license.
(c) Flight crewmembers seeking reinstatement of
any license that has expired for more than twenty
four (24) months shall complete an aircraft initial
ground and fight training program, including
instrument rating with additional condition as
follows:
a. For holders of a fight crewmember license
other than an airline transport pilot license,
training on any aircraft type is required;
b. For holders of an airline transport pilot
license and a flight engineer license,
training certifcation on a multi-engine and/
or applicable type of aircraft should be
presented.
c. Except as provided, flight crewmember
seeking reinstatement of an aircraft rating,
other than a rating as part of a license re-
issuance shall complete an initial ground
and flight training program and pass a
knowledge and skill test for that type of
aircraft.
EFFECTIVITY:
This Supplemental Provision shall take effect
immediately after compliance with the requisite single
publication and a copy fled with the U.P. Law Center-
Offce of the National Administrative Register.
So Ordered. Signed this 12th day of March 2012, CAAP,
Pasay City.
RAMON S. GUTIERREZ
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Transportation and Communications
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
1300 MIA Road, Pasay City, Metro Manila
TO : ALL CONCERNED
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
SUBJECT : SUPPLEMENTAL PHILIPPINE AVIATION
REGULATIONS
TO CAAP- RESOL UT I ON AND
ENFORCEMENT MANUAL (REM)
______________________________________
REFERENCES: 1. Phi l i ppi ne Ci vi l Avi at i on
Regulation (PCAR) Part 1 (Table
of PCAR Violations and Schedule
of Penalties)
2. C A A P - R e s o l u t i o n a n d
Enforcement Manual
3. CAAP Board of Di rect ors
Resolution No.2011-38, dated 23
September 2011
SUPPLEMENTAL TO APPENDIX 19-A (Legal Enforcement
Actions)
APPENDIX 19-A
Legal Enforcement Actions
These sample sanction guidance tables provide a
recommended approach to assessment of sanctions
for violation of these Aviation Regulations.
These tables describe monetary penalties as minimum.
moderate, or maximum for a single violation of a
particular regulation, in accordance with Section 81
(penalties) of Republic Act Number 9497.
These terms are defned as in the following tables.
The penalties herein enumerated are without prejudice
to fling of separate criminal case/action before the court
of law.
The range of administrative monetary penalties,
in thousand and in Philippine currency, is hereby
pronounced:
Party Commiting
Violation
Amount of Monetary Penalty/Basis
AOC Holders Maximum :500T Paragraph (4) Sec. 81 of
Moderate :400T Republic Act No. 9497
Minimum :300T
AOC holder Personnel
Maximum :500T Pertinent provisions of
Moderate :260T Sec. 81, R.A. No. 9497
Minimum :20T
General Aviation Owners,
Operators, Mechanics,
and
non-licensed persons
Maximum :500T Pertinent provisions of
Moderate :250T Sec. 81, R.A. No. 9497
Minimum :20T
Approved Maintenance
Organizations
Maximum :500T Paragraph (4) Sec. 81 of
Minimum :300T
Approved Training
Organizations
Maximum :500T Paragraph (4) Sec. 81 of
Minimum :300T
EFFECTIVITY:
This Supplemental Provision shall take effect immediately
after compliance with the requisite single publication and
a copy fled with the U.P. Law Center-Offce of the National
Administrative Register.
So Ordered. Signed this 10
th
day of April 2012, CAAP,
Pasay City.
RAMON S. GUTIERREZ
TO : ALL CONCERNED
CI VI L AVI ATI ON AUTHORl TY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
SUBJECT : SUPPLEMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
ON APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF WET
LEASE ARRANGEMENT AND OPERATION
OF FOREIGN REGISTERED AND OR OWNED
AIRCRAFT
REFERENCES: 1. 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
2. Ci vi l Avi ati on Authori ty Act of the
Philippine (Republic Act Number 9497);
3. Philippine Civil Aviation Regulation
(PCAR) Part 9; and
4. Revi sed Admi ni st rat i ve Code of
Administrative Circular of 1987
RULES AND REGULATIONS ON REGISTRATION OF
LEASE ARRANGEMENT AND OPERATION OF FOREIGN-
REGISTERED AND/OR OWNED AIRCRAFT
1.0.0.0 Defnition of Terms
(a) Aircraft refers to any machine that can derive
support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the
air other than the reactions of the air against the
earths surface. The term aircraft, when used in
these regulations shall refer to civil aircraft only, and
will not include State or public aircraft.
(b) Airman license refers to a written authorization or
permission issued to any person for the exercise
of the privileges of fying, maintaining, controlling,
directing, dispatching, instructing Or any other civil
aviation activity which is regulated and supervised
by the Authority.
(c) Air Operator Certifcate (AOC) refers to a certifcate
authorizing an operator to carry out specified
commercial air transport operations.
(d) CAAP or Authority refers to the Civil Aviation
Authority of the Philippines.
(e) Crew member refers to a person assigned to perform
duties on an aircraft in fight.
(f) Foreign commercial aircraft for purposes of this
regulation means any civilian and commercial aircraft,
not being a Philippine registered aircraft, which
undertakes, whether directly or indirectly or by lease
or any other arrangement, to engage in commercial
air transport operations within borders or airspace of
the Philippines, whether on a scheduled or chartered
basis.
(g) International commercial air transport refers to the
carriage by aircraft of persons, mail or cargo for
remuneration or hire between any two (2) or more
countries.
(h) Lease for purposes of this regulation means a
contractual arrangement calling for the lessee (user)
to pay the lessor (owner) for use or an aircraft.
(i) Philippine registered aircraft for purposes of this
regulation means aircraft with RPC number and tag.
(j) Registration for purposes of this regulation means
the act of registering aircraft including its engines,
propeller, appliances and other aircraft equipment
covered by the lease agreement.
(k) Insurance for purposes of these regulations means
operating an aircraft with a valid insurance covering
aircraft bull, each person, freight and mail on board
aircraft, and third parties liability.
(I) Total Wet Lease is a type of wet lease where the
responsibility over the aircraft, crew, maintenance
and insurance rest with the lessor.
1.5.0.0 Lease of Foreign-Registered Aircraft
In addition to the requirements of PCAR Part 9.2.3.2/Part
9.2.3.4 and Part 9.2.3.2/Part 9.2.3.4 of the Implementing
Standards (IS), the following regulations are hereby
promulgated:
(a) In case of total wet lease, the operational control is
deemed to be with the lessor.
(b) In case of total wet lease, the aircraft and its
registration involved will remain in the nationality
of AOC and OPSPEC of the lessor. Thus, for
the purpose of this regulation, expiration of the
lessors AOC shall automatically suspend the lease
agreement.
(c) In case of any other wet lease, and the parties do not
expressly stipulate who should assume operational
control, the same is presumed to be with the lessee
and Philippine civil aviation regulations (PCAR) shall
be applied.
(d) In case of a wet lease other than a total-wet lease,
and the operational control is with the lessee who is
a holder of a CAAP-AOC, the State of Registry and
the lessee of said aircraft should allow the application
of the provisions of PCAR on airworthiness,
registration and marks of aircraft, fight operations,
and qualifcation of airmen.
(e) Any holder of a Philippine AOC shall apply for an
amendment of its AOC and OPSPEC to refect any
type of wet lease agreement.
(f) Any holder of a CAAP-AOC cannot engage in any
type of wet lease arrangement without a valid and
subsisting insurance coverage. Thus for the purpose
of this regulations, the operation in the Philippines
of the aircraft subject of a wet lease arrangement is
deemed suspended upon termination or expiration
of the insurance coverage.
(g) For the purpose of these regulations, the lessee shall
submit to the Authority an original copy or certifed
original of the portion of the AOC and OPSPEC of
the lessor refecting the lease arrangement.
(h) In case of foreign-AOC bolder who are party to a lease
of commercial aircraft intended to be operated in the
Philippines, the lessee/operator shall comply with the
existing bilateral air agreement with the Philippines
and aviation regulations of CAAP.
(i) Sub-leasing of a foreign-registered aircraft to a
Philippine-AOC holder should comply with legal
requirements on contracts, rules on operational
control, and CAAP aviation rules and regulations.
2.0.0.0 Method of Recording of Foreign Aircraft Covered
by a total wet lease agreement
The Authority shall record the following documents
affecting foreign registered aircraft and all interest therein
evidenced by originals of the documents fled, attaching
the offcial receipt as proof of payment for registration
purposes, in chronological order, in fles kept for that
purpose and indexed to show:
(a) AOC, OPSPEC of the lessor and airworthiness
certifcate in case of total wet lease including its
engines, appliances and equipment;
(b) A valid insurance coverage
The names of the parties to the lease agreement;
(c) The date of the instrument and the date and time it
is recorded;
2.5.0.0 Validity and effectivity of Registration of Lease
Agreement
(a) Registration made pursuant to the provisions of these
regulations shall be valid and binding upon fling of
application thereof and payment of the corresponding
fee.
(b) No document affecting title to or any interest in such
aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, or
spare parts shall be valid except as between the
parties thereto, unless the document is registered
pursuant to these regulations.
EFFECTIVITY:
This Supplemental Regulation shall take effect immediately
after compliance with the requisite single publication and
a copy fled with the U.P. Law Center - Offce of the National
Administrative Register.
So Ordered. Signed this 15th day of May 2012, Pasay
City. Philippines.
RAMON S. GUTIERREZ
(June 9, 2012)
Cagayan De Oro Rep. Rufus Ro-
driguez blasted the House commit-
tee on ways and means chaired by
Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab for
its refusal to include in the approved
version of the sin tax bill a provision
that sought to strengthen the capa-
bilities of the Internal Revenue and
Customs bureaus to improve tax ad-
ministration and stop the illicit trade.
The sin tax measure, under HB
5727, originally sought the re-
vision of the four-tiered tax sys-
tem for tobacco and alcohol to a
single tax rate system. But the
House adopted a two- and three-
tiered tax system for alcohol and
tobacco products.
Ungab said that the approved
measure contained all the safety
nets that would address the con-
cerns of the government and the af-
fected sectors, such as the tobacco
farmers and liquor workers.
Rodriguez, former immigration
commissioner and an administration
ally, said his proposed amendment
was supposed to be in line with the
Aquino administrations demand to
raise revenues by expanding the tax
base, improving tax administration
and plugging the tax loopholes.
AT LEAST 13.9 million Filipinos
are single parents who carry the
burden of raising their family by
themselves.
On This premise, a party-list law-
maker, Rep. Carol Jayne Lopez
has asked President Aquino
to certify as urgent a bill
proposing amendments
to the Solo Parents Wel-
fare Act of 2002.
Lopez of You
Against Corruption
and Poverty, a solo
parent herself, said that
the Presidents support for
the measure is the key to have the
measure enacted.
Under HB 6184, Lopez sought to
grant single parents, guardians or foster
parents wide-ranging benefits because
of their huge responsibility in society.
We must remember that our
People Power icon and former
President Corazon Aquino herself
became virtual solo parent following
the assassination of former Senator
Benigno Aquino in 1983. We can
therefore say her son President Aquino
clearly understands the enormous
challenges facing solo parents
who are raising their families
by themselves, said Lopez,
vice chairman of the
House committee on
government enterprises
and privatization.
G o v e r n m e n t
statistics have shown
that solo parents
constitute about 14 to 15
percent of the estimated 94
million Filipinos, Lopez said.
Last Monday, The House
approved on third and nal reading
the Lopez bill amending the Solo
Parent Welfare Act of 2000.
Zamboanga Rep. Seth Frederick
Jalosjos, Manila Rep. Ma. Theresa
Bonoan-David, Aurora Rep. Juan
Edgardo Angara, and 200 congress-
men co-authored HB 6184.
At the Senate, Senators Edgardo
Angara and Francis Escudero,
another single parent, have led
counterpart bills amending the
Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000.
Under the House version, ex-
panded benets provided for single
parents include housing, compre-
hensive package of social benets,
exible work schedule, parental
leave, educational benets or schol-
arships, among others.
It provided for additional benets
such as 10 percent discount on
childrens clothing materials for all
purchases made within two years
from the birth of the child; 15 percent
discount on babys milk and food
supplements in the rst two years of
a child; and 15 percent discount on
all purchases of medicine and other
medical supplements or supplies.
Maricel Cruz
By Maricel V. Cruz
TWO administration congressmen on
Friday said that a vital amendment to
the sin tax reform bill that would sup-
posedly plug the tax leaks was rejected
by the House of Representatives in
favor of exposing the country to the risk
of illicit trade and destroying the liveli-
hood of tobacco and alcohol workers.
Citing a report by the Federation
of Philippine Industries, Rodriguez
said that smuggling cost the govern-
ment P127 billion a year in foregone
revenues. The World Bank gave the
estimate losses at P240 billion while
the Department of Finance had
P250 billion.
Similarly, Ilocos Sur Rep. Ryan
Singson, a member of the North-
ern Alliance bloc, was disappointed
with the way the House leadership
had failed to include in the approved
version of the measure the individ-
ual amendments provided for by its
members who opposed the version
approved by the ways and means
committee.
Singson said eight million
Filipinos from the tobacco and
alcohol industries would be dis-
placed as a result of the exces-
sive tax rates under the bill.
The House approved a 708
percent increase in the tax rate
of low-priced cigarettes, which
accounted for 60 percent of the
total market in the country, Ro-
driguez in a move that would be
counterproductive.
Lopez
By Macon Araneta
AFTER close to five months of sitting
as an impeachment court, Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile and
Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente
Sotto III were one in saying they
were able to pass bills considered as
priority by Malacaang.
Enrile said that the events that
transpired in the past few months
did not prevent them from doing
their lawmaking duty.
We must take to heart the hard
lessons that we learned and make
sure that our nations needs will
be met this coming 3rd Regular
Session, said Enrile.
The 3rd regular session will
resume on July 23 in time for the
State of the Nation Address of
President Aquino.
He noted that despite the delay
in the legislative work due to
the 44-day impeachment trial
of Renato Corona, Enrile said
at least 13 bills were passed,
including six House bills.
He said the bills approved on
third reading, included SB 3009
amending the Anti-money Laun-
dering Act of 2011 and SB 3127 or
the Terrorism Financing Prevention
and Suppression Act of 2012.
He said the two bills were
certied as urgent by President
Benigno Aquino III.
The other priority bills passed
on third reading were SB 3164,
amending the Armed Forces of
the Philippines Modernization
Act, and the Cybercrime bill.
The other signicant bills
passed on second reading were
the witness condentiality act
and the measure authorizing the
city or municipal civil registrar
of the consul-general to correct
clerical or typographical errors
in the birthday or sec of a person
without need of a judicial order.
Under the witness condenti-
ality act, victims and witnesses
shall be not required to provide
their residence or place of busi-
ness and telephone number un-
less the court determines there is
a clear need for such disclosure
because the information is nec-
essary and relevant to the facts
of the case or the credibility of
the witness.
For his part, Sotto said that as
chairman of the committee on
rules, he was satised with the
production for the entire year,
from July 2011 to June 7, 2012.
If we were able to get this
big number on time, we can
now considered this a ve-star
achievement of the senate for
the entire year, said Sotto.
Customs
beset by
revenue
shortfall
By Joel E. Zurbano
THREE of the four major ports
Manila, Batangas, and Manila
International Container Port
topped the list of collection districts
that failed to meet their revenue
targets in May.
The Port of Limay reversed the
trend and posted a surplus revenue
unlike the other main ports that
posted more than P1 billion in
decits each.
Limay surpassed its P3.05 billon
target by P1.34 billion, collecting
P4.4 billion.
The biggest decit was incurred
by MICP with P1.38 billion decit.
It collected P6.31 billion as against
its P7.7 billion target.
Batangas posted a P1.31 billion
decit with its collection of P4.7
billion as against its P6.01 billion
target for May. Manila followed
Batangas with P1.16 billion decit,
collecting P4.95 billion as against
its P6.11 billion goal.
The Ninoy Aquino International
Airport, where most of the high-
end shipments like electronics
cargoes are being handled, also
incurred a P403 million shortfall
after its collection of P1.81 billion
as against its target of P2.21 billion.
The combined collection of
MICP, PoM, Batangas, Limay and
NAIAaccounted for more than 85
percent of the entire revenues of the
agency.
Other ports that also incurred
shortfall collections were
Cebu, with its decit of P97
million; San Fernando, P30
million; Iloilo, P28 million;
Tacloban, P13 million; Aparri,
P12 million; Clarkeld, P8.6
million; Legaspi, P7.3 million;
and Zamboanga, P3 million.
The Ofce of the Commissioner
also fared dismally.
Enrile Sotto
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JUNE 9, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
IN ITS latest bulletin, the Philippine
National AIDS Council, an agency under
the Department of Health, reported that
233 individuals were found to have HIV
and AIDS for the month of April 2012.
While this is lower than the 313 new cases
recorded in March, the April gure still
represents a 36-percent increase from the
number reported in April 2011. The April
data brings the total number of new cases
in 2012 to 1,032.
Ninety-seven percent of the April
2012 cases are male, with a median age
of 27 years. Sixty-two percent of the
cases come from the 20-29 year-old age
group.
Year to date, the predominant type of
transmission is through sexual intercourse,
covering 90 percent of reported cases.
Nine percent is through sharing needles
among injecting drug users.
Among those who contracted the
virus sexually, 31 percent did through
heterosexual contact, 54 percent through
homosexual contact, and 34 percent
through bisexual contact.
Indeed developments in the Philippines
have been noted by the World Health
Organization. We are one of only
seven countries in the world where
new HIV cases have gone up by more
than 25 percent. The other countries
are Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
WHO Philippines Country Coordinator
Soe Nyunt-U, in a press conference this
week, underlined the importance of
constant tracking and decisive action.
Constant tracking seems to be
taken care of by the PNACs monthly
bulletins on the issue in its Web site,
www.pnac.org.ph. Decisive action
from the government, on the other
hand, is still a question being pondered
by many Filipinos.
Foremost, attention on the rising cases
of HIV and AIDS in the last ve years
has been, at best, sporadic. There are no
sustained campaigns to make majority of
Filipinos aware of the new trends being
observed.
Perhaps it is because the numbers do
not conform with the narrative that the
Philippines is on its way to reform. After
all, the recent gures appear to show
the opposite of development. Instead of
becoming more aware of the consequences
of unprotected sex, it is a pity that young
Filipinos are becoming more vulnerable to
the effects of a disease that rst emerged
three decades ago.
The risky behavior and the pitiful
ignorance can be traced to the penchant
for shying away from taboo subjects
believing these uncharacteristic for a
predominantly Catholic country like
the Philippines.
In fact, this aversion to unsavory
albeit very real topics has caused us to
lag behind in legislating, for instance, the
reproductive health bill. Attention on the
matter by our legislatorsfresh from their
preoccupation with the impeachment of
the former chief justiceon the RH bill
has been encouraging this week, even we
have learned to reserve our congratulations
until the measure is nally passed and
implemented.
We continue to await the succeeding
months numbers. In the meantime,
the administration must do more than
occasionally exhort Health ofcials to step
up its information campaign. The Palace
should instead take the lead in putting
HIV and AIDS problem in perspective:
a threat to the productive segment of our
population that can be prevented if we
squirmed less and talked about it more.
A creeping menace
A network of alliances
A PROPOSED Philippine-Australian
Visiting Forces Agreement together
with the same military arrangement
already existing with the US is the next
best thing to having permanent bases
with foreign troops in the country.
This network of alliances, with
another one being eyed with Japan
which also fears a powerful China,
should be seriously considered as
an option. The Philippines is a small
country bereft of resources to engage
in an arms race in the region.
What we have is political capital
with friendly
countries in the
region. Lets
ignore the leftist
militants and
peace protesters-
for- hire who
are regulars in
front of the US
embassy. Whos
nancing them
anyway?
T h e
D e p a r t m e n t
of National Defense announced an
arrangement for the US Navy to have
its ships make regular ports of call
in Subic for repairs, maintenance
and supplies. This, the DND said,
is allowed under the Visiting Forces
Agreement the Philippines has with
the US
But presidential spokesman Edwin
Lacierda said this runs counter to the
Visiting Forces Agreement and US
ships port of calls are only allowed
during war games .The problem is that
government cannot seem to speak with
one voice even on an issue involving
national interest
Comes now Senator Miriam
Defensor Santiago who described the
proposed visiting forces agreement
with Australia as so vague it will
spawn myriad irritants in Philippine-
Australia relations.
She questioned why Australians
should be training Filipino military
forces as if we are not capable of
training them within our own territory
.
Why not, if there are lessons to
be learned from both sides? Lets
put aside Filipino pride in the greater
national interest.
There was a symbolic signicance
in the recent visit of US Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta in Cam Ranh
Bay, the former American naval
base during the war in Vietnam. The
meaning of Panettas visit was not
lost on the Chinese who backed the
Vietnamese in their war against the
Americans.
Cam Ranh Bay is as strategic a site
as Subic, except ours in Olongapo
is more endowed as a natural harbor,
with its cove providing shelter for big
ships during the typhoon season.
Unfortunately, our patriotic
senators didnt have the prescience to
see history before it unfolds when they
voted to boot out the Americans from
Subic and Clark Air base in December
1991.
Scarborough Shoal was a gunnery
range for US aircraft carriers and
ghter jets and there was nary a pip
from China then. Thats something to
be admired about the Chinese. They
know when to keep quiet and when
to make noise. Filipinos, on the other
hand, are cursed for speaking with
dissonant voices.
The Vietnamese, who fought a
century of wars against the Chinese,
French and then a protracted one
against the
A m e r i c a n s ,
w e l c o m e d
ports of call by
US ships. The
Vietnamese have
the resiliency to
allow increased
US presence in
the region as a
foil to Chinas
e x p a n s i o n i s t
design. Vietnam
knows only too
well what its like to have a powerful
China go unchecked. Vietnam lost
three ships and more than 70 sailors
in a naval battle with China in 1988
while asserting its territorial rights in
the Paracels and the Spratlys.
Im not fomenting sinophobia.
History tells us how the Chinese had
suffered under decades of colonial
abuse by the Western powers. But
thats no reason to bully smaller
countries in the region now that it has
grown powerful.
Former House Speaker Jose de
Venecia read a paper before the
International Conference of Asian
Political Parties entitled We Do Not
Need a New Cold War in Asia wherein
he cited the perils of confrontation
and suggested instead dialogue and
joint exploration of the vast marine
resources in the disputed waters of the
SCS.
I fully subscribe to Joes proposals.
But the Philippines must negotiate
from a position of strength if talks with
Beijing are to be done on a bilateral
basis. In other words, talk peace but go
to the negotiation table with a big stick.
Or spread the word that while dealing
alone, you have powerful unseen
friends behind you.
Meanwhile, the US Senate
unanimously passed a resolution
increasing military aid to its long
time ally and endorsed a major
policy shift to redeploy US forces
to Asia and the Pacic. The Senate
resolution, passed on the eve of
President Benigno Aquino IIIs
visit and meeting with President
Barack Obama in Washington, was
sponsored by Senator Richard Lugar.
EDITORIAL
One nal push
GIVING birth is no joke. Labor pain is
like no other. One will pray to all the
saints for help. Or, swear at, and curse
the husband for her great suffering.
When the baby is almost there,
doctors usually say, isang matinding
iri pa! The mother is often helped by
nurses in the nal push. If things go
right, she will then hear her baby cry.
The struggle for the passage of the
reproductive health bill is similar to
giving birth. The pregnancy is quite
long and problematic. But alas! We
have reached the nal push stage.
Last week was good for the RH
bill. The Senate terminated the period
of interpellation when Senator Juan
Ponce Enrile withdrew his reservation
to further ask questions.
Ensuing pronouncements from the
House of Representatives were quite
encouraging after its long hiatus from
RH debates. Categorically, Speaker
Feliciano Belmonte said that the RH
bill would form part of the Houses
priorities upon resumption of sessions.
As expected, RH advocates were
relieved.
But we should not be carried away.
The struggle is not yet over and very
important things must happen within a
short period of time.
Indeed, the Senate has overtaken
the House in processing the bill.
Moreover, I believe that the Senate
will reach the voting stage.
But the bill will not become a law if
the House will not also pass it.
Everything must happen between
August and September or within
about 24 session days. This is the
remaining window of opportunity.
By August, the HOR will already
start budget deliberations (this is the
most important of all bills), and by
October, all those running for the 2013
elections will le their Certicate of
Candidacies, thus, ofcially bringing
in the election season.
Theres the rub.
For the Senate, next is the period
of amendments where besides the
committee chaired by Sen. Pia
Cayetano, all senators may propose
their individual amendments to the
bill. Then approval on second reading
happens. Then the third and nal
reading when voting is most crucial.
If anti-RH legislators want to create
further delays, discussions during the
amendments period can take long and
this will eat precious time.
The thing is, the authors cannot
afford not to enter discussions
because they would want to protect
the integrity of the measure so the bill
is not watered down.
Advocates also want the important
(though controversial) provisions
intact particularly those on access
to family planning information and
services, age-appropriate RH and
sexuality education, prohibited acts,
and budget. Without any of these,
the law will be significantly less
effective.
At the HOR, they rst have to decide
to terminate the interpellation period
before proceeding to amendments and
other phases.
Unlike the Senate, HOR has close
to 300 members and the anti-RH block
is more rabid. We can expect them to
create trouble every inch of the way. It
is much more complicated there than
the Senate.
I say that the only way by which
the HOR will be able to pass the RH
Bill is if President Noynoy Aquino
exerts his inuence over it. One sure
way is for Malacaang to certify the
bill as urgent. This will set the wheels
rolling fast. The HOR leadership will
surely exert the political will to nish
the business.
We have seen how quickly the
HOR passed Malacaang-backed
bills the latest of which is the sin tax
measure. We need this one final push
Talk peace but go
to the negotiation
table with a big
stick.
Turn to page 5
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IT IS most gratifying to note that the
doctors and medical personnel of the
UP-Philippine General Hospital are the
ones taking the cudgels in resisting the
privatization of government hospitals.
According to Representatives Teddy
Casio of Bayan Muna and Angelo
Palmones of Agham Party List, the
government is seeking the passage
of House Bill No. 6099, authored
by Bacolod City representative
Anthony Golez and Negros Occidental
representative Alfredo Maranon III,
that would allow the 26 government
hospitals to contract loans and grants,
and even seal joint ventures to expand
or build private
rooms for paying
patients so
they all could
be operated
i ndependent l y
like any
money-maki ng
g o v e r n me n t -
o w n e d
c or por a t i ons ,
thereby justifying
the imposition
of more budget cuts in government
subsidies and services to indigent
patients.
Maybe our militant watchdogs in
Congress got it wrong. The bill simply
seeks to eliminate the costly subsidy
by teaching those hospitals how to
sh, and not to beg for funds. The
bill would require them to charge
patients who could afford, while
using those earnings to subsidize who
could only avail of the charity ward.
Representatives Casio and Palmones
denounced the planned withdrawal of
some P4.7 billion in subsidies from
26 of the countrys biggest hospitals
after it was tentatively approved by
the House panel to convert them into
government corporations permitted to
generate their own funds.
At the surface, there appears to
be some sort of wisdom in the logic
advanced by the two congressmen.
After all, subsidy is a residue of the
discredited concept of welfare most
prevalent among socialist and neo-
socialist states. Aside from costing a
heavy burden to the resources of the
government, subsidy has often been the
source of graft and corruption.
Often, patients who could well afford
to pay for their medical bills seek to nd
a compadre to sponsor them, and that
gratuitous accommodation includes not
only their room, the best the hospital could
offer, and sometimes the medicines. This
takes place not only among government
hospitals. The well-to-do are able to avail
of these benets and services because of
their connection, thus depriving the
poorest of the poor of the program for
which it was rightfully legislated.
Instead of scrapping subsidy, that
concept should be modied. One
must bear it in mind that taxation
remains justied, even if at times they
are regressive, because people expect
something in return for their money.
Without that reciprocal obligation, then
we would be having a sitting government
that is plainly engaged in extortion. In
fact, taxes in the name of peoples
protection and defense have never been
fully accepted as valid because that
would be tantamount to legalizing a
protection racketno different from
what the mobsters are doing.
More than that, there are the so-
called poorest of the poor as now
Ilocos Norte representative Imelda R.
Marcos would point it out, who badly
need public assistance. Economic
inequality is always bound to happen
in a system that adheres to free
enterprise, and it is in this gray area
where government subsidy is needed.
Taxation is a sort of indirect equalizer
in a social system that can never attain
the utopia of absolute equality.
When President Marcos issued
decrees creating the Heart Center of
the Philippines,
the Lungsod
Silangan Mental
Health Center,
the Lungsod
ng Kabataan
Hospital, the
Lung Center of
the Philippines
and the National
K i d n e y
Foundation of
the Philippines,
he did not have in mind the idea of
giving everything for free even to those
who could afford such services.
Many of the proponents of welfare
failed because their focus of public
service was based on universalism and
on the egalitarian precepts of socialism.
Although it is not a bad idea to provide
a universal health care and services,
the program tends to escalate, that in
the end the program itself is affected.
As a result, government hospitals
have badly deteriorated. Universal
health has become a bottomless well to
many of our corrupt ofcials manning
subsidized government agencies.
Otherwise, the PGH and the East
Avenue Medical Center would not
have deteriorated that badly.
Our economic planners failed to
anticipate that it is the patient that
determines whether he wants to avail of
the pay ward or just wants to settle for
the charity ward, and people who could
afford would always seek the better
comfort for himself. If Health Secretary
Enrique Ona and the administrators of
big government-owned hospitals simply
observed this elementary rule, there is
no reason why government hospitals
would be scouring for funds to sustain
themselves. The Heart Center, the Lung
Center, the National Kidney Institute are
good models of successful government-
operated hospitals; that it is possible
for them to offer and maintain the same
quality of service as those operated by
private hospitals at a much cheaper cost.
Besides, the decrees exempting them
from the payment of taxes, including
payment of customs duties for their
importation of hospital equipment for
their own use, are more than enough to
allow them to rechannel those funds to
subsidize poor patients.
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but scrapping
of corruption
Aquino and Enrile are right on waiver
THERE are those who propose that Mr.
Renato Corona, the former chief justice,
set a new standard for transparency in
government when he signed a waiver
on his bank accounts. This claim is
preposterous as the waiver came only at
the last minute during the impeachment
trial, after much prodding, cajoling,
threats and public outcry.
Notwithstanding its origins, many
well-meaning Filipinos believe that
such a waiver is a good requirement
and all public ofcials, starting with
President Aquino, must be compelled
to execute the waiver. But Aquino has
refused.
I support the President. While he
needs to explain the decision in the
context of his campaign promise to
sign a similar waiver (the context was
different then), he should not sign such
a document now. The wise statesman
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile has rejected
suggestions to require nominees to the
post of chief justice to submit waivers
on their bank deposits. According to
media reports, he said: Masyado naman
yatang OA yun (That looks over-
acting). Its like telling the nominee we
do not trust him so he needs to waive
his right [to the secrecy of his bank
accounts]. Enrile pointed out the
distinction between this demand for a
waiver and Mr. Coronas act which was
volunteered only after the impeachment
court learned of amounts not listed in
his statement of assets, liabilities and
net worth. According to Enrile, This
is a different situation. Its like telling
would-be public servants we do not
trust them. Maybe it would be better
to just dissolve the republic. There is no
hope if we do not trust our elected and
appointed ofcials occupying powerful
positions.
I strongly endorse this distinction.
Asking for a blanket waiver, without any
pending case, is over-the-top. Obliging
every public ofcial or applicant for
a public position to disclose his/her
bank accounts, peso or dollar, is to
ask that person to make herself or
himself vulnerable. It makes it more
burdensome to join the government,
especially for those from the private
sect or or t hose who are al ready
accomplished professionally. Already
there are so many burdens, including
inadequate compensation, long hours,
and loss of privacy attached to public
service. Why make it even more difcult
to serve especially in a country where
there is a dire need of effective and
ethical leaders?
The better option is to strengthen
the SALN law. What is now required is
public disclosure of assets, liabilities
and net worth which must include the
peso equivalent of ones bank accounts.
There is in fact no need to reveal the
bank account numbers and specific
banks, a rule which is reasonable. For
now, the current waiver attached to the
SALN authorizing the Ombudsman
to seek the help of agencies to secure
information on the financial records
and business interests of a public
official will suffice. But once a prima
facie case is established and the public
official becomes an accused in certain
specific crimes, say, violation of the
Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act,
a waiver of confidentiality could be
imposed. For this to be complied with,
a new law is necessary, one crafted
careful l y t o avoi d const i t ut i onal
infirmity.
An unfortunate fall-out of the Corona
impeachment, particularly its due
process defects and the resort to trial
of publicity (so eloquently condemned
by Senator Enrile in his nal speech
in the trial), is our inability to make
important distinctions. Another example
is the issue of whether an outsider
or insider would make a better chief
justice, with some observers believing
that an outsider would be better for
judicial reforms. But from where I sit,
an incumbent justice, with a sterling
ofcial record, has a decided advantage.
The chief justice, although primus
inter pares, must exercise leadership
over the highest court and the whole
judicial department. An insider with
a long experience as a magistrate is
familiar with the dynamics of the
judicial process and does not need to
undergo a learning curve. In that sense,
Justice Antonio Carpio enjoys an edge
over the other candidates, given his
long government experience in the
executive and judicial departments.
As we have seen in just two weeks of
leadership as acting chief justice, he
has successfully led, without rancor and
division, the Judiciary to new heights of
transparency and accountability. Only
a chief justice who knows his Supreme
Court colleagues and the courts could
do that.
In my next column on Tuesday, I
will explore further this proposition
that we need to make distinctions if
we are to move forward as a nation,
tackling issues again on the impending
chief justice appointment and especially
focusing on matters like a nominees
public record, what should and should
not matter in the appointment, and the
qualities we are looking for.
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Wrong solution to the wrong problem
by Val Abelgas
IN 2004, the Department of Education
tried to add one year to the Philippines
basic education curriculum, but was
stopped by massive protests from
teachers, students and parents. Last
Monday, despite more protests against
the K-12 plan, which adds two years
to basic education in the country, it
went on with the implementation of
the controversial program anyway.
The government said the K to 12
will facilitate an accelerated economic
growth and will facilitate mutual
recognition of Filipino graduates and
professionals in other countries.
If adding two more years to the
curriculum were that important to the
countrys economic growth, why has
the government not done anything in
the last eight years? And now, why the
haste?
We are not yet ready, said a Grade
1 teacher in Quezon City, adding that
she was still confused on how to teach
her subjects. She described a training
program she attended from May 28 to
June 1 as hastily done.
Another teacher said they were
never given textbooks or handouts for
the new curriculum. So my problem
now is to photocopy the instructional
materials for the 200 students. It might
cost a lot, she said.
Members of the Manila Public
School Teachers Association
(MPSTA) said the K-12 was a wrong
solution to a wrong problem.
We are calling on DepEd and PNoy
to stop the K to 12 program because
it is not a solution but an additional
burden. The program has no legislation
and has no fund appropriated for
it. We lack preparation in retooling
and training for teachers, and we
dont have textbooks and teaching
modules, MPSA President Benjie
Valbuena said.
The MPSTA said that the
department lacks 101,612 teachers,
68,000 classrooms, and 135,847
sanitation facilities and the
haphazard implementation of K to
12 will just worsen the situation.
Alliance of Concerned Teachers
(ACT) party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio
warned that this school year will be
more chaotic and disastrous because
the government is not yet ready to go
full-blast with the program.
Tinio gave an even worse number
in shortages for the whole public
school system that he said stands at
132,483 teachers; 97,685 classrooms;
and 153,709 water and sanitation
facilities.
He warned that the inux of around
1.6 million ve-year-old enrollees in
Kindergarten this school year would
result in a shortage of around 20,000
teachers and 25,000 classrooms solely
for the Kindergarten component of
K-to-12.
To solve the teacher problem, the
education department hired 16,000
teachers and volunteers on a one-
year contract for the measly wage
of P3,000 a month, which is lower
than a janitors salary, to teach kids
in their most vulnerable stage in life.
Many of these new hires, according
to the MPSTA, are not even licensed
teachers and may not be properly
equipped to teach 5-year-old kids.
There is no law yet authorizing the
implementation of the full K to 12
education program. The curriculum is
not yet ready; funds are insufcient
to cover the basic inputs such as
shortages on teachers, classrooms,
textbooks, chairs and sanitation
facilities. But our calls and demands
continue to fall on deaf ears, Tinio
said.
Will two extra years for Filipino
students solve the problem? I dont
think so.
The two extra years will only
discourage thousands of parents, who
are already saddled by the high cost
of sending their children to school.
This would be even more disastrous
because it is not just the prociency
rating in math, science and reading
that would suffer, but the very future
of millions of students.
The two extra years will further
aggravate the dismal classroom
situation, and there will be more
students cramped in the already
overcrowded classrooms, making it
even more difcult for both teachers
and students to focus on teaching
and studying. If they are serious in
implementing the two extra years,
they better build more classrooms
rst.
Good teachers, too, are lured
into going abroad, to work as maids
or chambermaids in Hongkong,
Singapore, the Middle East or in
Europe. Secondly, fewer people are
enrolling in education courses and
thus, schools dont have much choice
in selecting teachers.
Inversely, the number of students
in public schools has increased many
folds. Teachers have to teach to a
class that sometimes number more
than 50 students, certainly not an
ideal environment to make students
learn. School facilities are old and
wanting, and many public schools are
in rundown condition. The increasing
number of students has also resulted
in some public schools forced to
having two to three shifts of classes,
thus cramping so many subjects in so
few hours.
The government needs to increase
the budget for education. While a
big chunk of the budget goes to the
military, education, which ultimately
affects a nations future, gets a measly
share.
What the countrys education
system needs at the moment are more
and better teachers, more classrooms,
more textbooks and better learning
environment, not two extra years. When
these needs have been met, the students
probably wouldnt even need those
extra years to have a better education
that is at par with the rest of the world.
Abelgas is a former managing
editor of Manila Standard. He now
lives in the United States.
EVERYMAN
We write as counsel for Pierre Curran Marketing Inc., the manufac-
turer of Caribbean slippers, with respect to the article of Ms. Macon
Ramos Araneta which appeared in the In Brief section of the 29 March
2012 edition of the Manila Standard Today, p. A3.
In that article, Ms. Araneta uncritically and irresponsibly relayed
questionable information furnished by an organization calling itself the
EcoWaste Coalition regarding alleged high levels of lead and antimo-
ny found in the three Caribbean slippers- namely the Jacke, Quentin,
and Madeline brands.
Ms. Araneta published this highly derogatory information in gross
disregard of journalistic standards of accuracy and fair play. Our client
was never asked to comment on the alleged ndings of EcoWaste, much
less given the chance to demonstrate the falsity of said ndings.
No less than the highly reputable Philippine Institute of Pure and
Applied Chemistry (PIPAC), which is based in the Ateneo de Manila
University, issued ndings that directly contradict the information fur-
nished by EcoWaste and relayed by Ms. Araneta. The ndings show
that contrary to the alarming allegations of lead content of 10,900 parts
per million (ppm) and antimony of 4,295 ppm, the lead content of the
slippers merely ranges from less than 0.1 ppm (for the Jack and Mad-
eline brands) to 0.9 ppm (for the Quentin brand), and less than 0.1 ppm
antimony for all brands. These levels are way below the levels enforced
by the EU and United States for similar goodsapproximately 90 ppm
for lead and 60 ppm for antimony.
FREDERICK G. YOUNG
Caribbean slippers lead and
antimony levels are acceptable
to ensure the RH bills passage. After all, the bill has served
more than 15 years of jail time in Congress.
If there is a most crucial time for the pro-RH public to
make the push, this is it. We need to make the clamor for
Congress to vote on and pass the bill so loud that no law-
maker will be able to turn a deaf ear.
Now is the time for mainstream media to focus on RH,
for social media to unrelentingly push lawmakers online,
for bloggers to repeatedly write about the issue, for other
churches to issue strong statements, for personalities to
come out and call for the bills passage, for young people
to make their voices clearly heard, for mothers to exact
accountability from lawmakers, and for us, voters to tell
politicians that we will vote only for pro-RH candidates.
The time has come. Together, let us make our one nal
push for the RH bill to pass. Isang matinding iri pa!
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Malampaya probe eyed

IN BRIEF
Taxi fare
increase
rejected
Pacquiao fever breaks out again
Duh, Digitel tells Joey de Venecia
Pinay forfeits $35,000 + P286,000
Starting them young. Showing symptoms of Pacquaio fever, two boys from Pasay City slug it out as their play-
mates watch. The kids are all excited at the title ght between Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao and American Timothy
Bradley in Las Vegas on Sunday. DANNY PATA
By Eric B. Apolonio
AIRPORT personnel conscated Y3,600,000 ($45,460)
and P296,000 from a Japan-based Filipina who failed to
declare the currencies when she tried to return home.
Customs examiners with the assistance of the Philip-
pine National Police-Aviation Security Group personnel
based at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal 1
seized the currencies from 39-year-old Ronavie Kamata of
Mauban, Quezon, who is married to a Japanese citizen.
BI Customs deputy collector for passengers services
Teresita Roque said Kamata was about to board a Ja-
pan Airlines ight bound for Tokyo around 2:25 p.m. on
Friday when she was intercepted by airport police and
customs agents at the initial X-ray departure area.
Roque said the Japanese yen, worth about P1.96 mil-
lion, and Philippine pesos were found inside a brown
clutch bag inside her Louie Vuitton carry-on bag.
Kamata could not show a currency declaration form
when Customs examiners asked if she declared the mon-
ey when she arrived in the country.
Kamata said she brought the money to pay for her
house in Quezon, but she had to bring it back to Japan
because they were recently burglarized.
I have to bring it with me because we are victims
of a burglar recently and I have no other choice but to
bring it back to Japan, Kamata said.
Roque said that Kamata violated Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas Circular No. 308. Series of 2001 as amended
by BSP Circular No. 507, Series 2006.
The central bank circular states that any person who
is bringing in or taking out of the Philippines foreign
currency or foreign exchange-denominated monetary
instruments in bearer form, such travelers checks, other
checks, drafts, notes, money orders, bonds, deposits,
certicates, securities, commercial papers, trust certi-
cation, deposits substitute instrument, trading orders,
transaction ticket and conrmation sale/investment, in
excess of US$10,000 or its equivalent, must accom-
plish a Currency Declaration form which may be ob-
tained from and submitted to a custom ofcer assigned
at the customs desk.
LAWYERS of Digital Telecommu-
nications Philippines Inc. on Fri-
day sneered at Joey de Venecias
lawsuit asking the Quezon City
Regional Trial Court to order three
telecom providers to reduce the
fees they charge for text messages.
Lawyers Michael Ureta and Juan
Antonio Lopez, who represent the
company which is also known as
Digitel, said De Venecia is barking
up the wrong tree.
The lawyers told Branch 83
Judge Ralph Lee that Digital is
engaged only in landline and data
services, and not in text messaging
services.
Respondent Digital utterly fails
to comprehend why it was ever im-
pleaded in the instant case given that
it is not engaged in cellular mobile
telephone services, and it does not
provide short messaging services to
the public, the lawyes said in their
pleading to have the case dismissed.
In a related development, the law-
yers of Smart Communications also
asked the court to dismiss De Vene-
cias mandamus petition for lack of
legal basis.
De Venecia is also a subscriber of
post-paid service who presently en-
joys an effective rate of 51 centavos
per SMS or text, the Smart lawyers
said, adding that Smart did not com-
mit any violations of the National
Telecommunications Commissions
Memorandum Circular No. 02-10-
2011 issued in October 2011.
Smart has always been charg-
ing reduced or bucket pricing for
its various promos and the service
rates for its regular services, their
pleading read.
The third respondent in the case,
Globe Telecom also said De Venecias
case should be dismissed because he
was only being charged 50 centavos
per text through his post-paid account
and not P1 as he claimed.
De Venecia, through his lawyer
Nathaniel Sauz, sued the three tele-
com companies last May 17 for vio-
lation of NTCs circular, requiring
telecoms rms to reduce their inter-
connection fee from 35 centavos to
15 centavos per text. Rio N. Araja
PACQUIAO fever again surfaced in
various cities all over the country as
local governments offered free view-
ing services for the much-awaited
boxing bout between Manny Pac-
quiao and American boxer Timothy
Bradley on June 10.
In Marikina City, Mayor Del de
Guzman said around 30,000 yer-
tickets were distributed for free
viewing in the three different ven-
ues at the citys Freedom Park and
Liwasang Kalayaan in Marikina
Heights.
In San Juan City, Rep. Joseph
Victor Ejercito said the Arena will
be available for boxing fans while in
Pasig City, the free viewing will take
place at the city halls quadrangle.
In Caloocan City, being the most
populous in the northern ank of the
metropolis, Mayor Enrico Echiverri
coordinated with the Liga ng mga
Barangay for the viewing in 14 dif-
ferent covered courts in the villages
the city.
In Malabon, Mayor Lenlen Oreta
said the Oreta Sports Center near the
city hall is available to around 5,000
boxing fans. She said the tickets
were distributed to all 21 barangays
to have an orderly entry of viewers.
Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiang-
co, for his part, said the Navotas
Sports Complex will be the venue
for the broadcast wherein 1,200
tickets were given out for free to
residents, while the city hall work-
ers need to present their identica-
tion cards to be able to watch.
In Valenzuela City, free viewing
will be offered to at least 5,000 pa-
trons in different covered courts at
Polo in Barangay Poblacion; Arty,
Barangay Lawang Bato; Tanada cov-
ered court and Our Lady of Lourdes
Gymnasium both in Barangay Gen.
T. de Leon. Gigi Muoz David
By Rio N. Araja
THE Land Transportation Franchising and
Regulatory Board on Friday dismissed taxi
operators plea to increase the nationwide
ag-down rate from P40 to P50 for air-con-
ditioned taxicabs due to a series of reduc-
tion in the prices of fuel products.
Board member Manuel Iway said Chair-
man Jaime Jacob and fellow board member
Samuel Julius Garcia have approved a board
decision he penned dismissing the fare hike
petition led by taxican operators.
The taxicab operators are Philippine
National Taxi Operators Association Inc.,
Metro Cebu Taxi Operators Association
Inc., Association of Taxi of Metro Manila,
Association of Taxi Operators of Panay
Inc., JME Transport Inc., R&E Transport
Inc. and EPE Transport Inc.
Despite the manifestation of PNTOA
in a recent public hearing at LTFRB to ar-
chive their petition, Iway said they cannot
defer their action and must rule on the peti-
tion of the various transport groups.
The prices of fuel are expected to further
go down, following a decrease in interna-
tional fuel prices, Iway noted.
It is a public knowledge and a matter of
judicial notice that the prices of fuel the past
month have been dropping continuously,
and shall likely to continue in the weeks to
come due to downside pressure, following
indications by the worlds key oil producers
that they may boost output to bring prices
down to sustainable levels. Thus, negating
the anchor of the pending petitions for fare
increase, the decision read.
In a related development, PNTOA presi-
dent Jesus Bong Suntay, an incumbent
Quezon City Councilor, slammed the Nation-
al Center for Commuter Safety and Protec-
tion Inc. which had earlier asked the LTFRB
to reduce the taxicab ag-down rate to P30.
By Maricel V. Cruz
A party-list
congressman has
sought a probe into
the multibillion-peso
Malampaya-Comago
gas contract.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
declared in a privilege speech that
the plan of the Department of Energy
and the Philippine National Oil Corp.
to push for the 13-year extension of
the contract was unconstitutional
and a sell out in favor of foreign
contractors.
Colmenares demanded that the
Aquino government reject outright
the recommendation made by PNOC
president Antonio Cailao for an
extension of the contract.
Colmenares, in particular,
questioned allegedly onerous terms
and conditions of Service Contract 38,
which covers the extraction of natural
gas in Malampaya.
Under Service Contract 38, the
Philippine government actually gets
a measly 10 percent share for the
production, while its partners, Shell
and Chevron, divides the remaining 90
percent between them, Colmenares said.
This, he said, despite the provision
in the deal that 60 percent of the
proceed should go to the Philippine
government.
Colmenares disclosed that a move
to construct two more well heads in
Malampaya will cost $500 million
each when SC 38 pegged the price at
$5 million.
I am sure Shell and Chevron will
say the $1 billion will cover more than
oil wells, but they can never explain
why the wide disparity between the
initial 5 million to the whooping 1
billion, Colmenares said.
He said ofcials involved in the deal
should be made to explain the apparent
irregularities in the provisions of the
contract.
In his speech, Colmenares also said
slammed the oil companies supposed
sleight of hand because the contract
provides the deduction of recovery
cost that would include the salaries and
wages of the contractors employees,
payment of travel and vacation pay
for them; and expenses for payment of
materials.
Citing a report from the
Congressional Planning and
Budget Department, the think-tank
of the House of Representatives,
Colmenares said the gross proceeds
of the 2002-2009 operations of
Malampaya reached $8.9 billion but
the Philippine government received
only $1.9 billion because the rest of
the funds went to Shell and Chevron
to pay for their corporate income
tax ($1.153 biliion); branch prot
remittance ($326.8 million); direct
contractors share ($2.279 billion) and
cost recovery ($3.22 billion).
For its onerous provisions, it violates
the anti-graft laws of the country, and
therefore, violative of public policy,
Colmenares said.
Service Contract 38 is
unconstitutional and illegal,
Colmenares said. President Aquino
must immediately take action to have
this contract annulled and voided.
Manila
Standard
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Procurement Reform Act. Bids received in excess of the Approved Budget of
the Contract (ABC) shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. LATE BIDS
SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ALTERNATIVE BIDS SHALL BE REJECTED.
Bid bond shall be in form of cash, cashiers check or managers check
equivalent to two percent (2%) of the approved budget of the contract.
This invitation is also advertised with the Government Electronic Procurement
System (G-EPS) at www.procurementservice.org and posted at the VMC BAC
bulletin board.
For inquiry, please call the BAC Secretariat Offce at Telephone No. 294-
4625 and 294-6711 local 104.
VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO 1) REVIEW
ALL THE REQUIREMENTS; 2) REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS; 3) CONFISCATE
THE BID BOND AND/OR PURSUE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION SHOULD
A BIDDER BE FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED R.A. 9184; 4) WAIVE ANY
DEFECTS CONTAINED THEREIN; and/or 5) ACCEPT THE OFFER MOST
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT. ANY DECISION MADE BY THE
VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER IS FINAL AND EXECUTORY.
FURTHER, VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER ASSUMES NO OBLIGATION
WHATSOEVER TO COMPENSATE OR INDEMNIFY THE BIDDER OR WINNING
BIDDER. AS THE CASE MAY BE, FOR ANY EXPENSE OR LOSS THAT SAID
PARTY (IES) MAY INCUR IN ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE PRE-BIDDING AND
BIDDING PROCESS NOR DOES IT GUARANTEE THAT AN AWARD WILL
BE MADE.

(SGD) DONA D. SALMOS, RN, MAN
Chairman, BAC
(MST-June 2, 2012) (MST-June 2, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Cordillera Administrative Region
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Engineers Hill, Baguio City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Cordillera Administra-
tive Region (DPWH-CAR) through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned project/s:
1. Contract ID : 12P00027
Contract Name : Road Upgrading (gravel to paved) of Kalinga-
Abra Road
Contract Location : K0467+688 - K0486+000 (i.s.) Pasil & Balbalan,
Kalinga
Scope of Work : PCCP, Grouted riprap, Stone Masonry, etc.
Approved Budget Cost : Php 11,706,960.05
Contract Duration : 60 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00
2. Contract ID : 12P00029
Contract Name : Road Upgrading (gravel to paved) of Balbalan-
Pinukpuk Road
Contract Location : K0485+000 - K0489+000
Scope of Work : Stone Masonry, Grouted riprap, PCCP, etc.
Approved Budget Cost : Php 21,638,946.42
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 20,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with Revised IRR
of R.A. 9184, Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at
the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use the non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration,
to the DPWH-POCW -Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The
DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registra-
tion, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.
gov.ph. Letter of Intent submitted thru mail will not be accepted. Only Authorized
Liaison Offcer as refected in the Contractors Registration Certifcate (CRC) will be
allowed to transact with the BAC.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From June 2, 2012-June 25, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 14, 2012; 10:00am
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
Deadline: June 21, 2012; 5:00pm
4. Submission/Receipt of Bids Until 10:00am; June 25, 2012
5. Opening of Bids June 25, 2012; 10:00am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-CAR,
BAC-Secretariat, upon payment of non- refundable fee for Bidding Documents as
stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available from the
DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Cordillera Administrative
Region (DPWH-CAR), reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and
to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring
any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:
CONSTANTE R. SARMIENTO
Chief, Maintenance Division
BAC Chairman
DPWH-CAR, Regional Offce
Engineers Hill, Baguio City, 2600
Fax/Tel. No. (074)-444-88-38
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Isabela 4th District Engineering Offce
Quezon, San Isidro, Isabela
(MST-June 2, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Isabela 4th District
Engineering Offce, through the Road Board Fund and Flood Control Savings,
invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:

1 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0031
b Name of Project and : Repair/Rehab/Improvement along Daang
Maharlika
c Location: : Echague, Isabela
d Brief Description : RR-Road Rehabilitiation-Asphalt
e Major Item of Work :: Item 310
f Approved Budget for the Contract : P 9,800,000.00
g Duration, C.D. : 60
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00

b Name of Project and : Construction of Pangal Flood Control
Project
c Location: : Pangal, Echague, Isabela
d Brief Description : FHR - Flood Control/Hydraulics/River
Control
e Major Item of Work : Item 511
f Approved Budget for the Contract : P 630,500.00

b Name of Project and : Construction of Dammang East Flood
Control
c Location: : Dammang East, Echague, Isabela
d Brief Description : FHG-Dredging
e Major Item of Work : 102-Excavation

b Name of Project and : Construction of Laoag Flood Control
c Location: : Laoag, San Agustin, Isabela
Control

b Name of Project and : Construction of Additional Lane of
Santiago-Tuguegarao Road
c Location: : (KO328+039.05 - KO328+087.50),
Santiago City
d Brief Description : RCP-Roads-New Construction - PCCP
e Major Item of Work : Item 311-30cm thk
f Approved Budget for the Contract : P 307,251.69

b Name of Project and : Construction of Disimpit Flood Control
c Location: : Disimpit, Jones, Isabela
Control

b Name of Project and : Construction of Vicente Flood Control
c Location: : San Vicente, Jones, Isabela
d Brief Description : Disimpit, Jones, Isabela
e Major Item of Work : FHR - Flood Control/Hydraulics/River
Control

Procurement shall be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.

To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the followingmajor criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH; (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture; (c) with PCAB license applicable
to the type and cost of this contract; (d) completion of a similar contract
costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years; and (e) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment of at
least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline of receipt
of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's
applications for registration with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractor's Registration Certifcate (CRC). Registration forms may be
downlloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.

Signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1 Deadline of Receipt of LOI June 5, 2012 4:00 P.M.
2 Issuance of Bid Documents May 29 - June 19, 2012
3 Pre-Bid Conference June 5, 2012 2:00 P.M.
4 Deadline of Receipt of Bids June 19, 2012 9:30 A.M.
5 Opening of Bids June 19, 2012 11:00 A.M.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-Isabela
4th DEO, Quezon, Isabela upon payment of non-refundable costs indicated
above. Prospective bidders may also download the BD's if available, from
the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download BD's from the
website shall pay the stated fees on or before the submission of their bid
documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties
who purchased the BD's. Bids must be accompanied bya bid security, in the
amount and acceptable form, as stated in Sec. 27.2 of the Revised IRR.

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC chairman.
The frst enveloipe shall contain the technical component of the bid, which
shall include the eligibility regquirements. The second envelope shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest
Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-
qualifcation.

The BAC shall receive Letters of Intent (LOI) only of prospective bidders upon
presenting the copy of duly updated BRS accreditation of their asphalt plant.
(For 12BH0031 only)
The DPWH Isabela 4th DEO reserves the right to accept or reject any or all
bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award, without
incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

(Sgd.) FERNANDO C. SALIM
BAC Chairman
NOTI CE OF EXTRAJ UDI CI AL
SETTL EMENT OF THE ESTATE OF
MARI A LOURDES S. ANCHETA
Notice is hereby given that
the estate of the late Maria
Lourdes S. Ancheta, who was
a resident of Blk A-6, Lot 5-C,
PH-2, Sta. Lucia, Magalang,
Pampanga and who di ed
on January 12, 2012, was
extrajudicially settled by her
heirs, Christopher A. Jimenez
and Kristine A. Jimenez, by
virtue of a Deed of Extrajudicial
Set t l ement execut ed on
January 30, 2012 in the City
of Makati and entered in the
notarial register of Notary
Public Rafael V. Recto, Jr.
as Doc. No. 142; Page No.
29; Book No. CXXVIII; Series
of 2012.
(MST-June 2, 9 & 16, 2012)
LEGAL NOTI CE
Notice is hereby given that on 31 January
2012, the estate of the late Sps. Antoni o
C. Gan and Rosalina N. Gan consisting of
various real properties situated in Metro Manila
and Baguio City, has been extrajudicially
settled among their surviving heirs in a manner
share and share alike pursuant to the Deed of
Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate executed
before Atty. Tomas F. Dulay Jr. on January
31, 2012 and entered in his notarial books
as Doc. No. 495; Page No. 99; Book No. V,
Series of 2012.
(MST-May 26, June 2, 9 & 16, 2012)
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43,000 jobs offered
on Independence Day
MORE than 43,000 jobs are up for
grabs at the Department of Labor and
Employments 2012 Kalayaan Job Fair
on June 12 at the Rizal Park in Manila.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
said 143 companies will join and partici-
pate in the job fair, 113 of which are lo-
cal employers who will be offering about
33,000 local jobs, while 30 are land-
based and sea-based licensed overseas
recruitment agencies which will bring in
10,000 overseas job opportunities.
The Philippine National Police, which
will also participate in the job fair, is of-
fering 3,000 openings for additional per-
sonnel. Vito Barcelo
Police commission
defers attrition policy
THE National Police Commission has
deferred the implementation of its policy
to dismiss members of the Philippine
National Police who have not been
promoted for a period of 10 years.
Napolcom Chairman Jesse Robredo
said the commission en banc agreed to
freeze the attrition by non-promotion
rule in the PNP because it further reduces
the number of active personnel in the na-
tional police force.
A signicant number of PNP mem-
bers will be affected by this mode of at-
trition due to failure of the PNP person-
nel to satisfy the minimum qualication
standards for promotion, Robredo said
in signing Napolcom Resolution No.
2012-185.
Under Republic Act 8551 that places
PNP under the control of Napolcom,
any PNP personnel who has not been
promoted for a continuous period of 10
years shall be forcibly retired.
The deferment of the attrition by non-
promotion policy will be until August
2014 after the lapse of the effectivity of
Republic Act 9708 passed in 2009, the
new Napolcom resolution stated.
RA 9708 extends for ve years the
reglementary period for complying with
the minimum educational qualication
for appointment to the PNP.
Under this law, PNP members who are
already in the service upon the effectivity
of RA 8551 shall be given ve years to
obtain the minimum educational quali-
cation, preferably in law enforcement-
related courses. Ferdinand Fabella
Agency ready to assess
34,007 technical trainers
THE Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority has spelled out
details of the assessment and certication
of 34,007 trainers in the country to
improve teaching quality in technical-
vocational education and training.
Secretary Joel Villanueva said TES-
DA aims to convert its trainers and asses-
sors into holders of the National TVET
Trainers Certicate as the new standard
for those who will teach technical voca-
tional courses.
Of the 34,007 TESDA trainers nation-
wide, a total of 17,803 have received the
NTTC, while the other 16,204 trainers
have yet to undergo the requirements.
Gigi Munoz David
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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Give Pacquiao a break
Heat win, force Game 7
IT seems such a pity that just as
Fighter of the Decade Manny
Pacquiao has completely
changed his lifestyle and is at
peace with himself and most
importantly with his charming
wife Jinkee, completely
removing the debilitating
distractions and stress that
almost cost him his title in his
third ght against Mexican
legend Juan Manuel Marquez,
other troubles within his camp
have surfaced.
It is indeed distressing
that the very people, who are
supposed to make sure that
Pacquiao is in the best shape
of his life as he defends his
World Boxing Organization
welterweight title against the
much younger, undefeated
and hungry ghter Timothy
Desert Storm Bradley,
are the ones responsible for
the internal squabbling that
could affect Mannys focus
on ght night.
We dont wish to pass
judgment on who is right and
who is wrong, but the facts
weve learned clearly speak
for themselves.
Trainer Freddie Roach,
for instance, wanted strength
and conditioning coach Alex
Ariza out of the corner when
Pacquiao meets Bradley at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena on
Sunday (Manila time). In fact,
it came to a head and needed
Pacquiao no less to sit them
downincluding cutman
Miguel Diazand show in
his own quietly authoritative
way that he is the boss and
he wanted Ariza in his corner.
That settled a testy issue, but
only for a short time.
It seems that Top Rank
promoter Bob Arum,
although he didnt come out
publicly and state he, too,
wanted Ariza out, apparently
shared the views of Roach,
especially after the strength
and conditioning coach left
in the middle of Mannys
training camp in Baguio
City, where former world
champion Amir Khan was
also training.
Roach accused Ariza of
being unprofessional and
getting his priorities all wrong
since he was leaving Manny
to train World Boxing Council
middleweight champion Julio
Cesar Chavez Jr. and virtually
abandoning an eight-division
world champion, as well as
Khan, who was hell-bent on
regaining his world title.
Arizas answer was that he
got Pacquiaos permission
which Manny himself
conrmed. In fact, Pacquiao
used his new-found reliance
on the Bible to admonish those
who were critical of Ariza
when he told themjudge not
lest you be judged.
Ariza didnt travel with the
Team Pacquiao entourage
to Las Vegas last Monday,
but instead took a ight to
Las Vegas to train Chavez
Jr. at Arums Top Rank
Gym, which obviously
peeved Arum and gave him
a chance to get back at Alex
who, in the past, has said
a mouthful about Arum
being the stumbling block
to making the megabuck
Floyd Mayweather Jr. ght
and even accused Arum of
not giving Pacquiao his just
nancial rewards, plus other
issues.
Arum, who must never be
underestimated, barred Ariza
from the Top Rank Gym and
even allegedly instructed
security guards at the gated
subdivision, where Chavez
lives to bar Ariza from visiting
Chavez and putting his name
down on a do not enter list.
Aside from that, Arum,
who promotes Chavez Jr.,
brought in a new strength and
conditioning coach identied
as Luis Cornejo to work
with the WBC middleweight
champion and trainer Freddie
Roach, effectively ring
Ariza.
Now, the strength and
conditioning coach claims he
wont be allowed to ride on
the plane taking Chavez to
El Paso, Texas for his June
16 title defense against Andy
Lee and in addition will not be
given credentials to the ght.
All this is swirling around
just 36 hours before Pacquiao
tries to make a statement in
what may well be a tough
test against the undefeated
Bradley. Perhaps, after the ght,
Pacquiao should make it clear
to all the warring factions to
talk peace and to follow a policy
of live and let live because no
matter what, this type of internal
strife is counter-productive
and certainly not the kind of
behavior you would expect
from supposedly reasonable
men.
For Gods sake, give
Pacquiao a break because he is
the best thing all of you have.
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Ang, Arambulo pull off upset kart wins
NEWCOMER Jacob Ang of San
Miguel and Dylan Arambulo
of SEAOIL Kart Wreckers
stole the spotlight from the top
favorites as they ruled separate
classes recently in the third leg
of the 2012 Philippine National
Karting Series at the Boomland
Kart Track of the CCP Complex
in Pasay City.
Ang uncorked an impressive
debut in winning the Formula
Cadet Novice title, while
Arambulo captured the Formula
Cadet Expert title of this event
sanctioned by the Automobile
Association Philippines and
sponsored by Motorstar and
Aeromed.
Ang emerged the biggest
revelation of the day as he
checked in fth overall behind
four Expert drivers in the
combined 16-lap Final race,
with a total time of nine minutes
and 17.952 seconds -- 4.626
seconds ahead of runner-up Jose
Luigi Lachica of One Racing,
who won the rst two legs.
Like Ang, Eduardo Coseteng
Jr. showed big promise in
following the footsteps of his
father, multi-titled car racing
champion Jody Coseteng, as he
surprisingly bagged third place
on his rst race.
Francis Tanlu of AUTSRacing
took fourth place, while Draeco
Abalajon of SEAOIL-Kart
Wreckers ended fth.
Arambulo, on the other hand,
struggled in the early goings
against Tai Zulberti of City
Kart, who dominated the rst
two rounds as they continuously
diced for the lead. Arambulo
then won both the qualifying
heat and the Pre-Final race.
Gaining condence, he gave
his best in the Final race as he
controlled the tempo coast-to-
coast to complete a sweep of
all three races, clocking nine
minutes and 1.232 seconds,
just 0.650 of a second ahead of
Zulberti.
He wasnt going to let another
season end in Boston. The Eastern
Conference nals, and his chase of an
NBA championship, are headed back
to Miami for a Game 7.
James had 45 points and 15 rebounds,
overwhelming the Celtics and leading
the Heat to a 98-79 victory Thursday
night that forced the decisive game.
He was absolutely fearless tonight,
and it was contagious, Heat coach
Erik Spoelstra said. The way he
approached the last 48 hours, and
not only LeBron, but everybody else.
Nobody likes getting dirt thrown on
your face before youre even dead. He
showed great resolve.
James shot 19 of 26 from the eld
and nished four points shy of his
playoff career-high while playing 45
Prima duo dominant
JOPER Escueta and Peter Gabriel Magnaye of Team Prima ruled
the mens doubles open of three national badminton competitions
this summer, making them the duo to reckon with this year.
The pairing of Escueta and Magnaye netted the fth Ming Ramos
National Open Youth Camp last May 14 to 18 in Manila, the PBaRS
Season 2 fth leg in Cebu City last May 19 to 23 and the Philippine
National Games last May in Dumaguete City.
Its a great feeling that we dominated the three biggest national
badminton tourneys this summer, said Escueta, whose sentiments were
echoed by Magnaye. We would like to thank our benefactor Alex Lim for
the continued support and our coaches in the Philippine team.
Escueta and Magnaye defeated Paul Vivas and Ronel Estanislao,
21-18, 21-17, to cop the Ming Ramos Cup mens open doubles title,
while Team Primas Sonny Boy Montilla and Greg Paz settled for
the third place in that event.
The No. 7 Escueta and Magnaye also beat the top-seeded
Estanislao and Vivas, 21-11, 21-19, to capture the open mens
doubles title and the P70, 000 cash prize of the PBaRS season 2.
Prima players Aries Delos Santos and Gabriel Villanueva settled
for third place.
Escueta and Magnaye then outfought fellow national players
Andrei Babad and Jefferson Vivas, 21-16, 21-8, to win the PNG
mens doubles open trophy.
minutes, not sitting down until the
victory was long secured.
After two days of questions about the
Heats future and his own history, James
provided his response in resounding
fashion in a building where Miami had
lost 15 of its previous 16 games.
In an environment like this,
you want to have a big game, he
said. I wanted to be there for my
teammates, no matter what was going
on throughout the course of the game.
This was a gut check for us, and its
good to see we were able to bounce
back after that loss, after that Game 5
loss at home.
Dwyane Wade added 17 points for
the Heat, who need a victory at home
Saturday night to return to the NBA
nals. And if James plays like this
again, Miami should have no problem
getting it.
He played amazing. He was locked
in from the beginning of the game like
Ive never seen him before, Wade said.
Rajon Rondo had 21 points and 10
assists for Boston. Kevin Garnett and
Brandon Bass each scored 12 points,
but Paul Pierce had only nine on 4-of-
18 shooting. AP
BOSTONLeBron James pushed away
elimination, right along with any defender who
tried to stop him.
Superal nips
Baraquiel for
ladies crown
CEBUPrincess Superal pounced on
Sunshine Baraquiels two wayward shots
on the rst playoff hole, then closed out
with a routine par to rule the 49th Southern
Ladies golf tournament at the Cebu Country
Club here yesterday.
Superal and Baraquiel, who shared the
lead at 112 after the second round in the
Championship Division, still wound up
tied at 166 with identical 54 Molave points
or a pair of even par 72s in stroke play at
the close of the 54-hole championship.
But Superal, 15, reached the par-4 18th,
the rst playoff hole, in two then watched
Baraquiel mishit her drive to the left and
make an errant approach shot that hit a tree
and went out of bounds, enabling the top
ICTSI-backed bet to clinch the victory with
a two-putt par nish.
Baraquiel, who led by one with two
holes to go, holed out with a double-bogey
6 and settled for runner-up honors in the
event that served as part of the NGAP-
Globe Business Circuit and organized by
the National Golf Association of the Phils.
It was Superals third victory this year
after ruling the RSGC 15-under class in
Malaysia and the Montecillo Cup.
Earlier, Superal swooped down on
the Manila Southwoods bets three-
putt bogey on No. 17 to draw level
with both players flubbing their re-
spective birdie-putts on the final hole
to set the stage for sudden death in the
tournament sponsored by the Philippine
Sports Commission, WWWExpress-
DHL Worldwide Express and Directo-
ries Phils. Corp. Yellow Pages.
Joper Escueta and Peter Gabriel Magnaye (center) display their trophy and winnings during the
PBaRS Season 2 mens doubles open awarding ceremonies.
Manila
Standard
TODAY
(MST-June 9, 2012)
REGION III
BULACAN 2
nd
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
June 5, 2012
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) of Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through the
Fund of Pilot Project invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12CD0114
Contract Name: Construction of the First Small-Scale Pilot
Trial on Use of Reinforced Portland Cement
Concrete Pavement Along Norzagaray-Bigte
Road, Minuyan Norzagaray, Bulacan
Contract Location: Norzagaray, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Concreting of road
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 6,503,640.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the
Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW will only process contractors application for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding
Documents
From: June 8, 2012 to June 28, 2012 until
10:00 A.M. only
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 15, 2012 @ 10:00 A.AM.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI
from Prospective Bidders
June 28, 2012 before 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: June 28, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids June 28, 2012 immediately after receipt
of Eligibility Results
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan,
upon payment of a non-refundable fee for Bid Ten Thousand Pesos (Php
10,000.00). Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding documents
(BDs), from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will
download the BDs from DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be
open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be
accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated
in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid,
which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest
Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-
qualifcation.
The DPWH-Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at anytime prior contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

APPROVED:
(Sgd.) GENE S. LEAO
BAC Chairman
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region 7, Central Visayas
Siquijor District Engineering Offce
Larena, Siquijor
DPWH INFRA-07 Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Siquijor District Engineering Offce, Larena, Siquijor, through its Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12HM-0023
Contract Name: CLUSTER VIII projects: 1. Rehabilitation of
Barangay Road at Sitio Cabugnayan, Bogo,
Mari, Sta 0+000-Sta.0+940; 2. Rehabilitation
of Barangay Road at CamaliganNabutay,
maria, Sta. 0+000- Sta.0+660 and Sta.0 + 000
Sta. )+400 (Intermittent Section);
3. Construction of Barangay Road at North
Poblacion, Maria, Sta. 0+000-Sta. 0+700
Contract Location: Siquijor
Scope of Work: Project 1- Surplus Common Excavation;
Surplus Rock Excavation; Embankment;
Subgrade Preparation; Aggregate Base
Course; Bituminous Prime Coat; Bituminous
Surface Treatment, S.T; Aggregate Grading;
Pipe Culverts, 600mm; Mobilization/
Demobilization; Construction Safety and
Health Program
Project2- Surplus Common Excavation;
Embankment; Subgrade Preparation;
Aggregate Subbase Course; Aggregate
Base Course;Bituminous Prime Coat;
Bituminous Seal Coat; Cover Aggregates;
Bituminous Surface Treatment, S.T; Aggregate
Grading;Mobilization/Demobilization;
Construction Safety and Health Program
Project 3- Surplus Common Excavation;
Embankment; Subgrade Preparation;
Aggregate Subbase Course; Aggregate Base
Course; Bituminous Prime Coat; Bituminous
Surface Treatment, S.T. ; Aggregate Grading;
Mobilization/Demobilization; Construction
Safety and Health Program
Approved Budget for
the Contact (ABC): Project 1= Php 1,960,000.00 ; Project2=Php1
960,000.00;Project3=Php1,960,000.00
Grand Total = Php5,880,000.00
Contract Duration: 240 calendar days
Non-refundable payment
for bid forms & plans: Php 10,000.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must
meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DWPH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing
at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the Deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW
Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders June 22, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 8 June 28, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference TimeandDate10:00A.M. June15, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids
Deadline:10:00 A.M.
June 28, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 10:00 A.M. June 28 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Siquijor District
Engineering Offce, Larena, Siquijor , upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Php10,000.00
for Bidding Documents as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if
available, from the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the
DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents.
Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Siquijor District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring
any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.)JERAULD M. VILLAVERDE
Engineer III
BAC - Chairman
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
A8
NBA RESULT
Tabuena humbles Bayron, bags 2
nd
crown
BINANGONAN Young Miguel
Tabuena outgunned veteran Jay
Bayron in a nal round shootout,
ring a two-under 70 and winning
the P1 million ICTSI Eastridge
Classic crown by three for his
second leg win on the ICTSI
Philippine Golf Tour.
Unlike in his come-from-
behind triumph at ICTSI
Splendido last March, Tabuena
seized control in the early going
this time, using a two-shot swing
on No. 3 to move on top then
building a big cushion at the turn
(34) before hanging tough at the
back to beat Bayron and pocket
another P200,000.
He wound up with an eight-
under 208 that included a 70 and
a second round 68 that kept him
in step with Bayron, who hobbled
with a 38 after nine holes and
limped home with a 73 for a 211
in the tournament organized by the
Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.
Three others nished at
ve-under total to tie Bayron,
including ICTSI Sherwood Hills
leg winner Elmer Salvador,
ICTSI Eagle Ridge champion
Tony Lascuna and three-time
Asian Tour winner Angelo Que.
Salvador moved to within three
with a birdie on No. 10 but never
got closer with pars the rest of the
way for a 68 while Lascuna closed
to within two with a birdie on the
17th but settled for par on the last
hole, which Tabuena birdied for the
third straight day, for a 69.
Que rallied with a 33 to save
a 69 and force a four-way tie for
second worth P68,666 each.
His second victory in just
ve legs of the 16-stage ICTSI
PGT is expected to further boost
Tabuenas condence heading to
the next stage at ICTSI Manila
Southwoods on June 27-30 and in
his campaign on the Asian Tour.
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Weiss: Philippine
football on the rise
Manny wants to prove to the
world that hes not washed up. He
wants redemption and to prove he
is the top pound-for-pound ghter
in the world, said Roach, who
was also quoted by Fight News
as saying its going to be easy. I
think well knock him out.
With Ring Magazine dropping
Pacquiao to the no. 2 spot in a tie
with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and
leaving the top spot open, Roach
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
AMERICAN trainer Freddie Roach
believes that Manny Pacquiao is ready
to put on a dominating performance in
his World Boxing Organization welter-
weight title defense against undefeated
Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand on
Sunday morning (Manila time), predict-
ing a knockout win that will hand his
opponent his rst loss.
By Jeric Lopez

RONALD Tubid took the
ball strong to the rack and
scored the go-ahead layup off
a fastbreak with 33.8 seconds
left to lift Barako Bull to a
111-107 come-from-behind
upset win over Petron Blaze in
the 2012 Philippine Basketball
Association Governors Cup at
the Smart Araneta Coliseum
last night.
The Energys come-
backing import Leroy
Hickerson showed no signs
of jetlag as he tallied a game-
high 32 points on top of eight
rebounds and seven assists to
backstop Barako Bull.
With the game knotted at
107-apiece with under a minute
remaining, Jay Washington
missed a wide-open jumper on
top of the key with 40 seconds
left that couldve give the
Boosters (3-2) the lead. The
Energy (2-2), after securing
the long rebound, pitched the
ball right to a streaking Tubid
on the other end for the vital
basket, 109-107.
In the ensuing play off
a timeout, Eddie Basden
drove inside only to see his
potential-tying lay-up go
astray as Hickerson rejected
his shot, giving Barako Bull
the ball back in the process
with only 24.7 ticks left.
Willie Miller, who was the one
responsible for Barako Bulls
comeback bid in the fourth, split
his charities with 13.8 left pushing
it to 110-107, but giving the
Boosters one more chance to send
the game to overtime.
However, Washington once
again misred on his triple also
from the top of the key, allow-
ing the Energy to get back to
the winning column. Hickerson
split his charities with 0.4 re-
maining to settle the nal tally.
Energy
turn back
Gin Kings
PHILIPPINE Azkals German
coach Michael Weiss said
football is moving in the
Philippines and the leaders of
the sport in the country must
see that we continue.
Weiss was extremely pleased
not merely with the 2-2 draw
with Indonesia despite having
lost skipper Chieffy Calidong
and Manuel Ott on red cards
late in the match, but the fact
that the Azkals held a good
Indonesian side with many
Indonesian players from the last
Southeast Asian Games silver
medal winners to a draw.
He said the Philippines is now
a ercely competitive team in
Southeast Asia.
This is a fantastic
achievement, said Weiss.
In the last FIFA world rankings,
the Philippines was No. 148,
Indonesia 151 and Malaysia 153.
The 2-2 draw with Indonesia,
which beat the Philippines by
a solitary goal in both legs of
the last Suzuki Cup seminals
played in Jakarta and the June
1 scoreless draw with Suzuki
Cup champions and South
East Asia Games gold medal
winners Malaysia, provided an
insight into the potential of the
Philippines.
However, Weiss made it
clear we need hard and fast
preparation in the months ahead.
There is no complacency. There
not one day we can sit down and
relax. Ronnie Nathanielsz
THIS Sunday, GMA Network
delivers a comprehensive pre-
view of the eagerly anticipated
match between eight-time world
champion Manny Pacquiao and
American boxer Timothy Brad-
ley, Jr. via Bagong Banta: The
Pacquiao-Bradley Primer.
Hosted by GMA Sports cor-
respondent Chino Trinidad, the
Pacquiao-Bradley primer provides
a thorough recap of the preparations
made by both fighters before squar-
ing off in the ring, where Pacquiao
puts at stake his World Boxing Or-
ganization welterweight title.
This hour-long special offers
exclusive interviews, never-before-
seen footage as well as fearless fore-
casts on the exciting match between
the worlds pound for pound king
and the current WBO light welter-
weight champion Bradley.
Trinidad looks back on Pac-
quiaos intense training under
the tutelage of coach Freddie
Roach before facing Bradley,
who previously ended the win-
ning streaks of Devon Alexander
and Lamont Peterson.
Pacquiao, however, remains
unfazed of his opponents box-
ing history and is reportedly
ready to take him down via a
knock-out win.
Likewise, viewers can also wit-
ness how the 28-year-old Bradley
prepared long and hard for his big-
gest and possibly toughest ght in
hopes of maintaining his unblem-
ished record and beating the best
ghter in the world.
Pacquiao
primer airs
on GMA 7
SAN Miguel Beer shoots for a
seat in the nals in todays lone
Asean Basketball League game
against the
West por t
Malaysian
Dragons at
the Ynares
Sports Arena in Pasig City.
The winner of the 4 p.m.
game to be shown live over
ESPN will go up against the
Indonesian Warriors in the
best-of-three nals.
SMB is also ghting for
national pride as it is the only
Philippine-based team left
in the running for the crown,
following the exit of the
Philippine Patriots.
The series was reduced to a
no-tomorrow match after SMB
sustained a 100-77 setback to
the Dragons, following a 111-
104 overtime win in Game 1.
However, SMB head coach
Bobby Parks is condent that
the team can pull through.
We are carrying the
countrys hopes in this ght
for the nals berth, so I ask all
Filipino basketball fans to go
out and cheer for the team at
the Ynares Arena, Parks said.
Parks admitted they will
have to make adjustments
both in offense and in defense
against the Dragons, who
are carrying the momentum
following the win in Game 2.
SMB imports Duke Crews
and Nick Fazekas were limited
to just a combined 27 points in
Game 2 and will need to come
up with big numbers to ensure
a victory.
SMB eyes
berth in
cage nals
79
98
sees the Bradley ght as Pacquiaos
chance to regain the top spot with a
dominating performance.
While he may have had some
doubts initially about Pacquiaos
commitment to Bible studies and a
change in his previously wild and
wooly lifestyle, Roach has seen
the positive results in his training
camp both in Baguio City over
the rst few weeks and then at the
Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum
expects a near sell-out crowd for
the ght, which will be telecast
in the Philippines by GMA 7 and
Solar Sports beginning at 10 a.m.
Arum told the Manila Standard
that Pacquiaos change in
lifestyle had a positive effect.
Manny is not stressed out as
he has been in the past. He is
much better rested. Hes much
more at peace with himself, so I
believe hes prepared to put on a
tremendous performance, said
Arum. But Bradley is in terric
shape and really very condent.
Arum is hoping the stability in
Pacquiaos personal life, which
was almost in shambles prior
to his third ght against Juan
Manuel Marquez, will make a
difference in the Bradley ght.
I think hes prepared to do a
tremendous performance, said Arum.
Pacquiao and his adviser
Michael Koncz have both made
it clear that the Fighter of the
Decade wants to erase the memory
of his disappointing showing in a
controversial majority decision
win against Marquez.
Its a known fact that he was
mentally distraught and unsettled in the
buildup to the Marquez fight, because
of his marital problems, which also
disrupted his training and rest regimen.
Roach is condent that
Pacquiaos incredible hand speed,
footwork and power will be too
much for Bradley to handle.
Pacquiaos speed will
overwhelm Bradley, said Roach.
The future Hall of Fame trainer,
who will be inducted to the Hall
of Fame after the ght against
Bradley and will spend $20,000
to take a private jet to the site of
the induction ceremonies, thinks
that while Bradley had some speed
at junior lightweight, he will slow
down at the heavier 147 weight.
LEADING wireless services provider Smart Communications,
Inc. is set to make the entire world feel the excitement of Filipino
boxing fans as it empowers thousands of ght-goers to share their
opinions live online during the Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley
outdoor viewing at the Rizal Park in Manila.
Free and open to the public, a Social Feeds Wall which will feature
real time Twitter and Facebook posts will be shown on an LED
screen along with a live telecast of the ght. To enable the viewers
to participate in the online discussions, Smart will provide free
WiFi connectivity to the venue throughout the duration of the bout.
Smart lets you share lifes biggest moments with the entire world,
said Smart Broadband Internet and Data Services Head Lloyd
Manaloto. With a simple post, you can partake in this historic
occasion and show everyone across the planet that it really is more
fun in the Philippines!
Select users with laptops will also be able to try out Smart
Evolution, the Philippines rst and only fourth generation (4G)
service powered by Smarts Long Term Evolution network.
LTE allows for speeds of over 100Mbps and is accepted by critics
and telecommunications companies worldwide as the fastest mobile
Internet connection in existence.
Smart empowers fans
thru Social Feeds Wall
Tabuena
Game today
(Ynares Sports Arena)
4 pm San Miguel
Beer vs. Westport
Malaysian Dragons
Roach sees KO
win for
Pacman
Manny Pacquiao is in for an
easy ght, according to his
trainer Freddie Roach when
the Filipino ring icon battles
Timothy Bradley for the
WBO world welterweight
title on Sunday at the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas. Photo by
sportsmanila.nets Wendell
Alinea/PCSO
East Finals tied at 3-3
Business
B1
IN BRIEF
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing June 8, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P780-P895.00
LPG/11-kg tank
P54.55-P61.02
Unleaded Gasoline
P46.10-P49.90
Diesel
P52.34-P57.85
Kerosene
P38.50-P39.20
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 43.1220
Japan Yen 0.012568 0.5420
UK Pound 1.553200 66.9771
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128903 5.5586
Switzerland Franc 1.045697 45.0925
Canada Dollar 0.972668 41.9434
Singapore Dollar 0.783392 33.7814
Australia Dollar 0.995718 42.9374
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 114.3880
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266645 11.4983
Brunei Dollar 0.780336 33.6496
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000107 0.0046
Thailand Baht 0.031797 1.3712
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.7406
Euro Euro 1.256100 54.1655
Korea Won 0.000856 0.0369
China Yuan 0.157146 6.7764
India Rupee 0.018202 0.7849
Malaysia Ringgit 0.316556 13.6505
NewZealand Dollar 0.772798 33.3246
Taiwan Dollar 0.033495 1.4444
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, June 8, 2012
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Paje: Mining policy
is ready for signing
Ray S. Eano, Editor mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
PSALM eyes higher
Luzon, Visayas rates
US firm
to pursue
Masinloc
expansion
Bank loans increased 19.2% in April
AirAsia launches first international flight to Malaysia today
By Lailany P. Gomez
AIRASIA Inc., the countrys
newest low-cost carrier, will
launch today its rst international
ight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
from Clark International Airport.
Flight PQ 7455 is set to depart
from Clark International Airport
at 3:15 p.m. and arrive in Kuala
Lumpurs at 7 p.m.
The new daily route
complements Malaysia AirAsias
existing Kuala Lumpur-Clark-
Kuala Lumpur morning ights,
which have been in operation
since 2005.
The additional frequency to
Kuala Lumpur enables our guests
especially Filipinos to have access
to Malaysias awesome tourist
destinations but more important,
we want to draw tourists from
Malaysia to our amazing beaches
and natural wonders in Puerto
Princesa, Kalibo, Davao and
here in Central Luzon, AirAsia
Philippines chief executive
Marianne Hontiveros said.
If we are able to draw even
a fraction from Malaysias 24.5
million tourists, this will impact
on our tourist arrival record for
2012, she said.
Data show that tourist arrivals
in Asean reached almost 74
million last year, with Malaysia
getting the biggest share,
or one-third: Thailand, 15.9
million; Singapore, 11.6 million;
Indonesia, 7 million; Vietnam,
5 million; and Philippines, 3.5
million.
About 47 percent of the
tourists who arrived in the Asean
region came from within Asean.
Visitors from European Union
accounted for around 10 percent
of the arrivals, while those from
China shared 7 percent.
AES Corp. of the US will pursue
a $500-million investment to
expand its energy projects in
the Philippines until 2015.
AES said in its May Investor
Information report the 660-
megawatt Masinloc coal-
red power plant, its main
Philippine asset, provides
the company a platform for
growth.
It said the Masinloc facility
could efciently add capacity
in follow-on expansions.
Browneld development
benets from existing
infrastructure [such as
land, coal handling and ash
disposal], AES said.
AES has earlier announced
plans to expand the Masinloc
coal project by adding 600 MW.
It said the Masinloc
expansion had environmental
permit in place and the
company was currently
working on EPC (engineering,
procurement and construction)
and long-term nanceable
contracts.
AES Philippines country
manager Andrew Horrocks
said in an interview last year
AES was committed to pursue
the Masinloc expansion by
putting up an initial 300 MW
with an investment of $500
million.
We are on expansion stage.
We are going through the process,
getting the environmental
clearance certicate and nal
stage of permits, Horrocks told
reporters.
He said while the company
was applying for another
600 MW, it would initially
pursue a 300-MW unit, set for
completion by 2015 at a cost of
$500 million.
The rst 300 MW, roughly
thats around half a billion
dollars. Our permit is for 600
MW but our view is 300 MW
by 2015, the AES ofcial
said.
He said the company may
pursue the additional 300
MW depending on the power
demand situation. He said the
power demand in the country
was expected to grow by 300
MW annually.
The remaining 300 MW,
if feasible, will be on 2018,
Horrocks said, adding that the
entire 600 MW will require
approximately $1 billion.
Alena Mae S. Flores
By Othel V. Campos
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino is set to
sign a new government policy that will
substantially increase the application and
occupational fees of mining companies.
Environment Secretary
Ramon Paje said the President
was expected to sign the new
policy as soon as he arrived
from Washington D.C.
Paje said the increase
in mining fees aimed to
recoup some P760 million in
foregone revenues from the
governments failure to collect
the occupational fees annually.
Application and
occupational fees are so dated.
The department is planning to
hike the P50,000 application
fee and increase by a thousand-
fold the occupational fees, Paje
told reporters at the sidelines of
the Environment Departments
25
th
anniversary celebration.
The moment that a particular
area is under a companys
name, that company should
start paying its dues. No more
grace period, he added.
A mining company is
required to pay its occupational
dues once it is granted an
exploration permit, minerals
production sharing agreement
or nancial and technical
assistance agreement.
The Mining Act actually
mandates the collection of an
annual occupation fee of P5 per
hectare for exploration permit;
P50 per hectare for mineral
production sharing agreement
and nancial or technical
assistance agreement; and
P100 per hectare for mineral
reservation.
Paje said the government
would approve all the non-
contentious issues of the
mining policy but would
reserve the contentious ones for
further review by a council to
be created after the new policy
was signed.
I do not see any reason why
the President will not agree to
optimize the revenues of the
government. In fact, he already
said in a prior interview that he
will sign the policy after his US
state visit, Paje said.
Among the contentious issues
not included in the draft mining
policy is the provision on
revenue-sharing and taxation
issues.
Paje hinted the scal policy
on tax collection would remain
status-quo and would be
thrown to the soon-to-be-formed
council for its own review. The
government also decided to put
on hold a proposal to remove
the income tax holiday, which
is another contentious issue
that the council would have to
decide on.
Paje said the issue of small
miners should be governed
by Republic Act No. 7076 or
the Act Creating a Peoples
Small-Scale Mining Program,
otherwise known as Minahang
Bayan.
Under the Minahang Bayan,
it is the national government
that should issue permits to
small scale miners and not the
local governments, which is the
current practice.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
POWER Sector Assets and
Liabilities Management Corp.
has asked the approval of the
Energy Regulatory Commission
to recover fuel and purchase
power and foreign exchange
related costs incurred by
National Power Corp. from its
Luzon and Visayas consumers.
PSALM in a ling with the
ERC sought the recovery of
P2.199 billion from Luzon and
P1.649 billion from Visayas
customers, or P0.2689 per
kilowatt-hour and P0.1233 per
kWh, respectively.
PSALM said in the same
application it would refund
Mindanao customers P1.736
billion, or equivalent to P0.0448
per kWh, over a ve-year
period.
Customers of Manila Electric
Co., which obtains 50 percent
of its power requirements from
Napocor, will pay an additional
P26.89 for a monthly average
consumption of 200 kWh if
the ERC approved PSALMs
petition.
Customers whose power
distributors obtain 100 percent
of their power requirement from
Napocor will see their monthly
billings go up by P53.78 in Luzon
and P24.66 in the Visayas.
PSALM said it was seeking
the adjustment to improve its
nancial standing and comply
with its mandate under the
Electric Power Industry Reform
Act to liquidate Napocors
nancial obligations and
stranded contract costs.
The government agency
said Epira allows Napocor to
automatically recover monthly
fuel and purchased power and
foreign-exchange related costs.
The application covers the
costs incurred from March 2011
to December 2011. PSALM said
it incurred the fuel costs from
the Malaya thermal power plant
in Luzon, Cebu diesel power
plant, Cebu thermal power plant
1 and 2, Power Barge 101, 102
and 103 in the Visayas and
Power Barge 104, Southern
Philippines Power Corp. and
Western Mindanao Power Corp.
in Mindanao.
By Elaine Ramos Alanguilan
OUTSTANDING loans of universal and
commercial banks grew 19.2 percent
year-on-year at end-April, supported by
the double-digit increase in corporate
and consumer borrowings.
This was faster than the 18.7-percent
increase in loans recorded in March and
the 14.2-percent rise in April 2011, the
Bangko Sentral said Friday.
Given the economys robust growth
in the rst quarter, bank lending could be
expected to remain strong in the months
ahead, thereby providing support to real
sector activity, said Bangko Sentral
Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.
The Bangko Sentral will continue to
ensure that liquidity and credit conditions
keep at pace with overall economic activity
while remaining consistent with its price
stability objective, Tetangco added.
Bank loans have been growing steadily
at double-digit rates since January 2011.
Corporate loans, classied as loans
for production activities, went up by
19.7 percent to P2.6 trillion in April.
Meanwhile, consumer loans rose 17.5
percent to P234.3 billion during the
same period.
The Bangko Sentral cut its borrowing
rate by 50 basis points to 4.0 percent this
year to boost companies and households
demand for low-interest loans.
This helped the economy grow 6.4
percent in the rst quarter, despite
adverse global developments.
A survey by the Bangko Sentral
showed companies continued to plan
expansion this year in anticipation of
strong domestic demand.
The Bangko Sentral said the expansion
in production loans was driven by
increased loans to wholesale and retail
trade (by 57.6 percent); manufacturing
(29.4 percent); real estate, renting, and
business services (25.8 percent); and
nancial intermediation (42 percent).
Electric vehicle venture. The Trade Department, through the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in East Asia, organized
an inbound mission of major electric vehicle makers from South Korea, Japan and Taiwan to establish technical and business
partnership with Filipino fabricators. Shown are (from left) Nicanor Bautista, Philippine commercial attach to South Korea; John
Koo, chairman and chief executive of Korean conglomerate LS Group; Thelma Dumpit-Murillo, director of the DTI-Public Relations
Ofce; and Manuel Pangilinan, chairman of Manila Electric Co.
SM Investments bonds
THE Securities and Exchange Commission
approved the plan of SM Investments Corp. to issue
up to P15 billion worth of retail xed-rate bonds.
The regulator said Friday it gave SM
Investments to oat at least P10 billion worth of
bonds with an oversubscription option of up to
P5 billion. The offering period started June 4 and
will close June 14.
The seven-year Series C bonds will mature in
2019 and carry an indicative interest rate of 6.2115
percent. The 10-year Series D, meanwhile, will
mature in 2022 and have an indicative interest
rate of 6.9750 percent.
SM Investments plans to use the proceeds from
the bond oat to nance expansion projects and
general expenses in the next ve years.
BDO Capital & Investment Corp., BPI Capital
Corp., China Banking Corp. and First Metro Investment
Corp. will act as underwriters of the offering.
The holding company of retail tycoon Henry Sy
reported a net income of P6 billion in the rst quarter,
up 13 percent from P5.3 billion year-on-year.
Consolidated revenues rose 16 percent to P49.7
billion from P42.7 billion on year.
Lailany P. Gomez
Govt debt hits P5.075t
THE total outstanding debt of the government
climbed 7.7 percent in end-April from a year
earlier due to increased local borrowings, data
from Bureau of Treasury showed.
Governments debt stood at P5.075 trillion,
or an increase of P364 billion year-on-year. It
dropped 0.27 percent from the end-March level
of P5.088 trillion.
The gure translates into a debt of P53,991
for every Filipino based on the recent population
gure of 94 million.
Over 40 percent, or P3.019 trillion, of the total
debt is owed to foreign creditors, while P2.056
trillion, or nearly 60 percent, to local lenders.
Domestic debt in April inched up P3.76 billion from
the March gure, and rose P334 billion on year.
The Treasury said in a report that debt from
domestic market increased from end-March
due to the combined effects of the P4.07 billion
in net issuance of government securities by the
national government and the P0.31 billion net
depreciation of the US dollar and euro against the
Philippine peso on multicurrency retail Treasury
bonds. Maria Bernadette Lunas
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FINANCIAL
70.00 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 67.80 63.25 61.00 61.20 (9.73) 2,625,710 (55,586,862.00)
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 68.70 68.75 67.50 68.00 (1.02) 789,420 908,956.50
512.00 370.00 China Bank 550.00 560.00 555.00 555.50 1.00 13,220 2,947,050.00
1.95 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.74 1.72 1.72 1.72 (1.15) 1,000
Eastwest Bank 19.22 19.30 18.84 18.86 (1.87) 1,506,200 2,064,098.00
80.00 40.00 First Metro Inv. 69.00 72.00 72.00 72.00 4.35 10
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.38 2.39 2.26 2.32 (2.52) 328,000 38,080.00
775.00 475.20 Manulife Fin. Corp. 470.00 470.00 470.00 470.00 0.00 100
29.00 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 38.35 38.65 38.35 38.65 0.78 126,500
93.50 60.00 Metrobank 87.00 88.00 86.40 86.40 (0.69) 1,874,500 (53,018,980.00)
16.85 41.00 Phil. National Bank 69.60 69.95 69.50 69.70 0.14 1,201,390 (3,101,023.00)
85.00 57.70 Phil. Savings Bank 82.00 84.00 82.00 82.00 0.00 1,220
539.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 350.00 350.00 347.00 349.00 (0.29) 690
44.40 25.45 RCBC À 43.90 43.50 43.20 43.30 (1.37) 40,900.00 (202,530.00)
151.50 77.00 Security Bank 130.40 130.50 129.30 129.90 (0.38) 323,560 (6,294,164.00)
1390.00 950.00 Sun Life Financial 910.00 970.00 970.00 970.00 6.59 100
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 99.00 101.00 99.10 100.00 1.01 310,730 18,700,482.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.80 1.78 1.78 1.78 (1.11) 35,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 34.05 34.25 33.70 33.80 (0.73) 1,834,600 (24,387,770.00)
13.58 7.32 Agrinurture Inc. 11.08 11.14 11.06 11.14 0.54 131,300
1.86 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.45 1.40 1.38 1.39 (4.14) 178,000 (40,580.00)
54.90 26.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.40 29.40 29.40 29.40 0.00 200
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.31 1.30 1.30 1.30 (0.76) 105,000 65,000.00
Asiabest Group 24.20 24.55 23.35 23.70 (2.07) 81,000
138.00 45.00 Bogo Medellin 52.80 59.95 59.95 59.95 13.54 490 29,375.50
102.80 3.02 Bloomberry 8.70 8.80 8.69 8.74 0.46 2,147,000 (307,891.00)
2.88 2.24 Calapan Venture 2.40 2.31 2.31 2.31 (3.75) 18,000
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.48 2.48 2.48 2.48 0.00 14,400 99,200.00
8.33 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 8.79 9.00 8.65 9.00 2.39 168,500
7.06 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.85 5.86 5.76 5.82 (0.51) 23,388,600 32,059,460.00
6.28 2.80 EEI 6.02 6.14 5.98 6.00 (0.33) 883,900 (12,000.00)
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.84 2.00 1.78 1.84 0.00 40,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.00 10.46 10.02 10.02 0.20 7,600
15.58 12.50 First Gen Corp. 15.98 16.44 15.94 16.00 0.13 1,714,500 6,581,924.00
67.20 51.50 First Holdings A 70.95 71.50 69.80 70.90 (0.07) 402,720 9,272,952.00
31.50 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 20.90 20.90 20.90 20.90 0.00 700
0.10 0.0095 Greenergy 0.0140 0.0140 0.0130 0.0140 0.00 26,400,000
13.50 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.70 11.70 11.40 11.40 (2.56) 122,100 (1,170.00)
9.00 4.71 Integ. Micro-Electronics 3.99 4.01 4.00 4.01 0.50 19,000
2.35 0.95 Ionics Inc 1.730 1.790 1.600 1.660 (4.05) 1,527,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 107.10 109.00 107.20 108.30 1.12 159,480 5,931,002.00
91.25 25.00 Liberty Flour 52.90 52.90 52.90 52.90 0.00 160
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.67 1.67 1.55 1.64 (1.80) 1,250,000
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 1.82 1.76 1.76 1.76 (3.30) 10,000
24.70 17.94 Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.40 25.20 24.35 24.70 1.23 9,079,800 (41,919,105.00)
15.30 8.12 Megawide 17.96 17.96 17.30 17.60 (2.00) 441,600
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 244.00 243.80 240.00 242.00 (0.82) 80,840 4,803,288.00
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.77 2.77 2.75 2.75 (0.72) 235,000 220,000.00
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.36 10.40 10.20 10.20 (1.54) 2,814,800 (10,631,784.00)
14.00 10.30 Phinma Corporation 11.00 10.30 10.26 10.26 (6.73) 5,000
15.24 9.01 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.21 8.30 8.20 8.30 1.10 139,500
9.50 5.25 Republic Cement À 8.80 8.90 8.90 8.90 1.14 1,000
2.55 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.00 3.11 2.92 2.92 (2.67) 1,322,000 815,630.00
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 4.80 4.75 4.65 4.75 (1.04) 7,000
33.00 27.70 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.00 29.00 29.00 29.00 0.00 4,000
132.60 105.70 San Miguel Corp À 113.50 114.00 113.40 114.00 0.44 365,070 25,262,408.00
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.79 1.79 1.74 1.75 (2.23) 742,000
2.50 1.85 Splash Corporation 1.88 1.86 1.85 1.86 (1.06) 52,000
5.46 2.92 Tanduay Holdings 3.85 3.90 3.85 3.89 1.04 840,000
3.62 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.20 2.13 2.12 2.12 (3.64) 85,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.23 1.24 1.23 1.23 0.00 291,000 (60,270.00)
68.00 36.20 Universal Robina 61.50 61.70 61.00 61.50 0.00 907,610 (9,980,496.50)
Victorias Milling 1.80 1.83 1.58 1.63 (9.44) 18,649,000 715,880.00
1.12 0.285 Vitarich Corp. 0.720 0.740 0.700 0.720 0.00 738,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 10.52 12.10 10.14 10.20 (3.04) 8,800
1.22 0.68 Vulcan Indl. 0.91 0.94 0.91 0.92 1.10 125,000 8,230.00
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.00 199,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 50.10 50.15 49.80 50.00 (0.20) 1,084,050 2,235,250.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.00 3,000,000
13.48 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.98 11.98 11.68 11.68 (2.50) 19,053,900 (74,807,374.00)
2.97 1.67 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.05 2.00 2.00 0.00 355,000
4.60 3.00 Anscor À 4.40 4.67 4.32 4.50 2.27 5,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 4.55 5.00 4.50 4.71 3.52 242,000
3.15 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.88 1.87 1.70 1.87 (0.53) 2,000
437.00 272.00 Ayala Corp À 437.00 440.00 436.80 437.00 0.00 223,780 22,260,654.00
59.45 30.50 DMCI Holdings 55.20 56.00 55.00 56.00 1.45 2,609,570 22,391,419.00
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 0.00 50,000
5.25 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.01 4.01 4.00 4.00 (0.25) 276,000 (132,000.00)
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.215 0.215 0.215 0.215 0.00 110,000
GT Capital 479.00 483.00 475.20 481.00 0.42 10,320 (48,300.00)
5.22 2.90 House of Inv. 4.49 4.34 4.33 4.34 (3.34) 11,000
34.80 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 32.50 32.55 32.45 32.50 0.00 1,311,900 3,587,425.00
6.95 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.84 5.91 5.84 5.84 0.00 1,882,400 4,675,739.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.08 1.09 1.07 1.08 0.00 830,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.420 0.430 0.430 0.430 2.38 20,000
3.82 1.500 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.52 2.56 2.42 2.42 (3.97) 3,606,000 (4,563,070.00)
4.45 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.22 4.23 4.10 4.10 (2.84) 226,700 (4,472,810.00)
6.24 2.10 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.65 4.65 4.65 4.65 0.00 1,000
4.72 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 4.40 5.50 4.40 5.47 24.32 34,000
0.0770 0.054 Pacica À 0.0500 0.0520 0.0510 0.0510 2.00 4,240,000
2.20 1.42 Prime Media Hldg 1.550 1.550 1.200 1.320 (14.84) 414,000 325,000.00
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.450 0.460 0.450 0.450 0.00 530,000 (124,200.00)
2.40 0.91 Seafront À 1.37 1.38 1.37 1.38 0.73 94,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.325 0.325 0.325 1.56 1,210,000
699.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 685.00 685.50 683.00 685.00 0.00 574,230 84,500,715.00
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.39 1.39 1.37 1.37 (1.44) 101,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.19 1.26 1.20 1.26 5.88 21,000 60.00
0.420 0.099 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2200 0.2200 0.2200 0.2200 0.00 10,000
0.620 0.056 Wellex Industries 0.3750 0.3750 0.3600 0.3650 (2.67) 1,460,000
1.370 0.178 Zeus Holdings 0.510 0.530 0.500 0.530 3.92 1,678,000
P R O P E R T Y
0.75 0.31 Araneta Prop À 0.670 0.660 0.660 0.660 (1.49) 177,000
22.40 13.36 Ayala Land `B 19.90 20.20 20.00 20.00 0.50 6,728,500 79,812,185.00
6.12 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.72 4.75 4.70 4.71 (0.21) 826,000 (1,116,270.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.98 6.01 5.90 5.90 (1.34) 787,600
5.60 2.00 Cebu Prop. À 4.90 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.04 30,000
5.20 2.20 Cebu Prop. `B 4.90 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.04 15,000
5.66 0.26 Century Property 1.46 1.47 1.45 1.47 0.68 417,000 29,200.00
2.85 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.40 2.40 2.36 2.40 0.00 49,000
1.65 1.07 Cityland Dev. À 1.20 1.26 1.15 1.26 5.00 148,000
0.127 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.080 0.079 0.078 0.078 (2.50) 3,700,000 157,000.00
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.720 0.740 0.700 0.700 (2.78) 6,357,000 (14,400.00)
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.170 0.170 0.170 0.170 0.00 10,000
3.06 1.76 Global-Estate 1.75 1.75 1.73 1.75 0.00 522,000 (98,000.00)
1.35 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.24 1.26 1.20 1.20 (3.23) 53,376,000 (22,658,860.00)
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.75 1.77 1.70 1.77 1.14 29,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.06 (0.93) 350,000
2.48 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 1.94 1.95 1.91 1.91 (1.55) 51,519,000 (5,121,900.00)
0.80 0.215 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1880 0.1920 0.1810 0.1920 2.13 1,340,000
0.990 0.072 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.7100 0.7100 0.6800 0.6900 (2.82) 16,354,000 (695,000.00)
38.10 12.50 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 15.00 14.60 14.60 14.60 (2.67) 100
4.77 1.80 Polar Property Holdings 3.96 3.96 3.80 3.80 (4.04) 152,000 95,000.00
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 16.78 16.78 16.38 16.38 (2.38) 4,277,800 25,394,282.00
Rockwell 3.18 3.16 3.10 3.15 (0.94) 93,000 3,100.00
2.70 1.74 Shang Properties Inc. 2.47 2.50 2.49 2.50 1.21 300,000 749,680.00
9.47 6.50 SM Development À 6.14 6.20 6.13 6.13 (0.16) 70,900 992.00
18.20 10.90 SM Prime Holdings 12.58 12.60 12.22 12.22 (2.86) 4,484,300 (37,263,014.00)
1.14 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.68 0.67 0.68 1.49 13,000
4.30 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.170 4.170 4.080 4.100 (1.68) 1,753,000 (858,330.00)
S E R V I C E S
43.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 36.80 36.00 35.50 35.50 (3.53) 6,500
14.76 1.60 Acesite Hotel 15.00 15.24 14.10 14.94 (0.40) 126,300
0.80 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.650 0.690 0.690 0.690 6.15 1,000
9.30 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 8.61 8.61 8.60 8.60 (0.12) 5,400
0.5300 0.0660 Boulevard Holdings 0.1470 0.1470 0.1420 0.1440 (2.04) 15,940,000 71,500.00
Calata Corp. 11.54 12.50 11.60 12.40 7.45 11,648,800 1,372,534.00
98.15 62.50 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 67.50 67.70 66.70 66.70 (1.19) 39,000 (1,726,083.00)
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.10 6.10 5.95 6.05 (0.82) 124,900
1750.00 765.00 FEUI 965.00 985.00 970.00 985.00 2.07 150
1270.00 825.00 Globe Telecom 1060.00 1066.00 1060.00 1062.00 0.19 91,985 740,900.00
10.34 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.10 10.10 9.96 10.00 (0.99) 522,300
69.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 70.00 70.50 69.10 69.80 (0.29) 335,180 (717,041.00)
6.00 4.00 IPeople Inc. À 5.55 5.50 5.50 5.50 (0.90) 16,000
4.29 2.20 IP Converge 4.13 4.19 4.11 4.12 (0.24) 279,000
34.50 0.123 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.042 0.042 0.040 0.042 0.00 26,200,000 106,600.00
3.87 1.16 IPVG Corp. 1.05 1.08 1.05 1.07 1.90 352,000 106,810.00
0.0760 0.040 Island Info 0.0540 0.0540 0.0480 0.0500 (7.41) 1,690,000
5.1900 2.900 ISM Communications 2.6300 2.6100 2.6000 2.6000 (1.14) 120,000
3.79 1.58 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.40 2.46 2.46 2.46 2.50 100,000
11.68 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 6.60 6.69 6.56 6.56 (0.61) 233,400
4.28 2.65 Liberty Telecom 2.73 2.85 2.75 2.85 4.40 56,000
2.35 0.92 Lorenzo Shipping 1.72 1.60 1.60 1.60 (6.98) 6,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 (1.45) 17,000
3.00 1.00 Manila Jockey 2.13 2.25 2.09 2.20 3.29 1,505,000 (375,800.00)
21.00 17.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 20.00 21.10 20.00 20.00 0.00 33,600
8.58 4.50 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.20 7.35 7.20 7.20 0.00 25,900 (720.00)
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.91 2.94 2.88 2.90 (0.34) 331,000
60.00 17.02 Phil. Seven Corp. 42.00 42.00 41.95 42.00 0.00 200
17.18 14.50 Philweb.Com Inc. 15.46 15.42 15.10 15.40 (0.39) 165,500 (519,768.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2444.00 2444.00 2430.00 2430.00 (0.57) 184,925 50,433,680.00
0.48 0.23 PremiereHorizon 0.330 0.320 0.310 0.310 (6.06) 1,020,000
23.75 10.68 Puregold 24.90 25.00 24.55 24.60 (1.20) 2,417,600 9,102,620.00
3.30 2.40 Transpacic Broadcast 2.60 2.70 2.55 2.55 (1.92) 23,000
0.79 0.26 Waterfront Phils. 0.440 0.440 0.440 0.440 0.00 550,000 22,000.00
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0036 Abra Mining 0.0042 0.0042 0.0040 0.0041 (2.38) 62,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.80 4.79 4.80 4.79 (0.21) 50,000
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.76 17.78 17.46 17.46 (1.69) 951,300 3,705,970.00
31.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 29.90 29.90 28.50 29.90 0.00 2,600
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.247 0.247 0.240 0.240 (2.83) 8,610,000
30.35 15.00 Benguet Corp À 22.95 21.65 21.65 21.65 (5.66) 16,300
34.00 14.50 Benguet Corp `B 22.00 21.85 21.85 21.85 (0.68) 6,100
2.51 1.62 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.46 1.48 1.45 1.45 (0.68) 330,000
50.85 4.35 Dizon 33.95 34.05 31.25 32.50 (4.27) 426,200 120.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.70 0.71 0.69 0.70 0.00 1,644,000
1.82 0.5900 Lepanto À 1.350 1.420 1.320 1.420 5.19 59,132,000
2.070 0.6700 Lepanto `B 1.420 1.520 1.380 1.510 6.34 30,205,000 5,590,460.00
0.085 0.035 Manila Mining À 0.0650 0.0660 0.0630 0.0660 1.54 203,070,000
0.087 0.035 Manila Mining `B 0.0650 0.0660 0.0640 0.0660 1.54 330,390,000 (128,000.00)
34.80 15.04 Nickelasia 29.50 31.50 29.50 30.00 1.69 1,850,600 16,652,225.00
12.76 2.08 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.84 8.98 8.73 8.75 (1.02) 223,700
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6900 0.6900 0.6900 0.6900 0.00 2,000
8.40 2.12 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.120 5.230 5.050 5.120 0.00 1,274,300
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 (5.56) 4,100,000
0.033 0.013 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0180 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 17,900,000
7.14 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 0.00 27,500
28.95 17.08 Philex À 23.95 24.00 23.40 23.70 (1.04) 3,189,400 99,600.00
14.18 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 40.05 40.00 36.85 38.45 (4.00) 1,655,800 (19,381,825.00)
0.058 0.013 Philodrill Corp. À 0.043 0.043 0.041 0.042 (2.33) 83,400,000 12,600.00
252.00 161.10 Semirara Corp. 220.00 220.40 219.00 219.60 (0.18) 264,400 (24,097,628.00)
0.029 0.013 United Paragon 0.0180 0.0180 0.1080 0.0180 0.00 70,300,000
PREFERRED
47.90 27.30 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 37.50 37.45 32.00 37.45 (0.13) 1,800
First Gen G 100.90 101.10 100.80 100.80 (0.10) 114,260
109.80 100.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 105.00 104.10 104.00 104.10 (0.86) 10
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.00 10.00 9.90 10.00 0.00 537,600 (400,000.00)
116.70 106.20 PCOR-Preferred 111.10 111.30 111.00 111.00 (0.09) 39,650
1050.00 990.00 SMPFC Preferred 1020.00 1025.00 1019.00 1019.00 (0.10) 2,210
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.35 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.00 1.04 0.98 0.98 (2.00) 947,000 309,680.00
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 9,679,146 608,860,122.1
INDUSTRIAL 98,774,338 82,622,496.739
HOLDING FIRMS 47,522,590 999,785,322.02
PROPERTY 154,831,406 461,776,443.91
SERVICES 64,772,875 840,482,330.818
MINING & OIL 881,205,682 463,105,741.975
GRAND TOTAL 1,256,782,037 4,176,632,457.557
FINANCIAL 1,233.46 (down) 12.27
INDUSTRIAL 7,729.11 (down) 12.09
HOLDING FIRMS 4,335.18 (down) 16.46
PROPERTY 1,790.82 (down) 17.98
SERVICES 1,639.49 (down) 8.95
MINING & OIL 24,419.14 (up) 321.92
PSEI 4,994.07 (down) 28.88
All Shares Index 3,335.11 (down) 14
Gainers: 53; Losers: 101; Unchanged: 41; Total: 195
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TOP LOSERS TOP GAI NERS
Tampakan risk management key
MANAGING its impact is the
key to the proposed Tampakan
copper gold project, university
professor and geology expert
Carlos Arcilla of the National
Institute on Geological Sciences
said.
The science behind mining,
or the key behind Tampakan, is
managing its impact in the form
of tailings or disturbance of the
environment that may lead to
landslides, Arcilla said.
Arcilla said proper
engineering is also an important,
adding that engineering and
geological considerations also
lead to the choice of mining
methods.
The question is if the project
proponent has the nancial and
technical capacity to absorb the
demands of impact management,
Arcilla said.
He cited the good track record
of Xstrata, the foreign partner
of Sagittarius Mines Inc.,
government contractor for the
Tampakan project. Xstrata has a
pretty good reputation worldwide,
it is known to be very strict with
its corporate culture, he said.
The expert urged critics to
check available data and studies to
weigh the mines management.
You cannot just say that
the Tampakan project will
cause earthquake and volcanic
eruptions without considering
proper engineering and existing
baseline data, Arcilla said.
He said with proper
engineering you can ensure that
the geology of the area will be
able to support mining activities
and its facilities.
Arcilla said he supports the
Tampakan project not just as a
geologist but also someone who
wants progress for Mindanao.
When a single project
increases the gross domestic
product by a whole percentage
point, that is something, he
said. Mindanao is very rich with
mineral deposits, gold, copper,
nickel, chrome, name it you have
it, and the Tampakan project will
trigger growth for a sustainable
mining industry in the region.
KMC MAG Group award. KMC MAG Group managing director Michael McCullough (center)
receives the Asia-Pacic Property Awards that cited his company as the 2012 Highly Commended Real
Estate Agency in the Philippines at a gala presentation at the J. W. Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The KMC MAG Group is one of the major players in the ourishing business process outsourcing
industry in the Philippines by providing prime ofces to various international locators. The awards, in
association with Bloomberg Television and Google, are part of the International Property Awards, the
primary award-giving body that recognizes world-class works in architecture, interior design and real
estate development.
STOCKS retreated Friday, ending a
three-day climb, as investors viewed
the comments by US Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke and Chinas rst
interest-rate cut since 2008 as signs of
slowing global economy.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, lost 28 points, or
0.6 percent, to close at 4,994.07.
Five of the six counters ended in
the red, with only the mining and
oil subsector posting gain.
The heavier index representing
all shares also tumbled 14 points,
or 0.4 percent, to 3,335.11, as
losers overwhelmed gainers, 101
to 53, with 41 issues unchanged.
Miners led gainers, with
Lepanto Consolidated Mining
Co.s Class A shares, which are
reserved for local investors, rising
5.2 percent to P1.42. Lepantos
B shares for foreign investors
also went up 6.3 percent to P1.51.
Nickel Asia Corp. added 1.7
percent to P30.
Atlas Consolidated Mining &
Development Corp., however, fell
1.7 percent to P17.46. The miner
said its copper unit shipped $33.7
million worth of the metal in
May, lower than the $34.7 million
shipped in April.
Paxys Inc. dropped 0.4 percent
to P2.90. The call-center operator
said it completed the sale of a unit
in Australia and received A$74.2
million, or 87 percent, of the total
purchase price.
Cirtek Holdings Philippines
Corp. rose 2.4 percent to P9. The
electronics manufacturer said
it expects revenue to hit $4.2
million this year.
Meanwhile, Asian stock
markets were also lower Friday,
deated after US Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke gave no
hint of immediate action to jump-
start growth in the worlds no. 1
economy.
Bernanke avoided sending
any signals Thursday in an
appearance before members of
the US Congress about what
the Fed might do in response
to a slowdown in hiring. The
69,000 jobs created in May was
the fewest in a year.
Bernanke didnt pledge any
new Fed measures, but he didnt
rule out future actions. He said
Fed ofcials would closely
examine the latest economic
developments when they next
meet on June 19 to 20.
Francis Lun, managing
director of Lyncean Holdings
in Hong Kong, said markets
were slightly disappointed
that Bernanke had not said the
Fed would extend its Treasury
bond-buying program, known as
quantitative easing. The program
injects money into the nancial
system, lowering interest rates to
spur lending and growth.
Japans Nikkei 225 index fell
2 percent to 8,471.04. South
Koreas Kospi dropped 0.6
percent to 1,837.19. Australias
S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.1 percent
to 4,062.90. Hong Kongs Hang
Seng Index fell 0.4 percent to
18,604.18.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAY
Cagayan Third District Engineering Offce
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

June 6, 2012
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Cagayan Third District
Engineering Offce, through Savings from DRRP for FY 2011 Project, invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
Contract ID No. : 12-BD-0053
Contract Name : REHABILITATION OF ITAWES BRIDGE
APPROACH
Contract Location : Piat, Cagayan, KO529+725
(Cagayan-Apayao Road
Scope of Work : Bridges-Rehabilitation-Concrete
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php 7,569,323.95
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the
Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automati-
cally rejected at the opening of bid.
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contract-
ing Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least 10% of
ABC and (f) for projects with bituminous materials, the contractor must own an
accredited asphalt plant. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in
the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for regis-
tration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of
LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications
for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
1.Issuance of Bidding Documents From: June 6, 2012-June 26, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 11, 2012/10:00 AM
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from June 15, 2012/5:00 PM
Prospective Bidders
4. Receipt of Bids June 26, 2012/10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids June 26, 2012/10:00 AM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Cagayan Third District Engineering Offce, Tuguegarao City upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000.00) ONLY for Bid Documents
(BDs). Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH web site, if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website
shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The
Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a
copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the
bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determine
in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Cagayan Third District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid and to annul bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

APPROVED BY:

(Sgd.) CESAR M. BAQUIRAN
BAC-Chairman
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
Sarangani District Engineering Offce
Alabel, Sarangani Province
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Sarangani District Engineering Offce, Alabel, Sarangani Prov-
ince through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid
for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID No.: 12ME0055
Contract Name: Rehab./Improvement of Small Margus River Flood
Control along Sarangani-Davao del Sur Coastal
Road,
Contract Location: Glan, Sarangani Province
Scope of Work: Rehab./Improvement of River Flood Control
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC): Php 7,544,053.30
Contract Duration: 150 Calendar days
Source of Funds: Government of the Philippines (GOP)
2. Contract ID No.: 12ME0056
Contract Name: Rehab./Improvement of Pangyan River Flood
Control along Sarangani-Davao del Sur Coastal
Road,
Contract Location: Glan, Sarangani Province
Scope of Work: Rehab./Improvement of River Flood Control
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): Php 6,613,103.21
Contract Duration: 120 Calendar days
Source of Funds: Government of the Philippines (GOP)
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid
documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b)
Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture
(c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract (d) completion of a
similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of ten (10) years, and (e) Net
Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least
10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to
the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.

1. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 2 -8, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference June 11, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Until June 25, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids June 25, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids June 25, 2012 @ 11;00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Sarangani
District Engineering Offce, Alabel, Sarangani Province, upon payment of a non-refundable
fee of (P 10,000.00) Ten Thousand Pesos Only (per project). Prospective Bidders may
also download the BDs, from the DPWH web site. Prospective Bidders that will download
the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have
purchased BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
The Prospective Bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the copy
of CRC. The second envelope shall contain fnancial component of the bid. Contract
will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

(Sgd.) LUCIANO D. ESCUADRA
BAC Chairman
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
Northern Samar 1
st
Engineering District
Catarman, Northern Samar
Tel. No. (055) 251-8190
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
The DPWH - Northern Samar 1
st
Engineering District, Catarman, Northern
Samar through the Bids & Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to
bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12IH0048
Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Improvement of Enriqueta-Chansvilla FMR
Contract Location: Lavares, N. Samar
Scope of Work: Concreting of Road
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): Php4,975,000.00
Contract Duration: 120 Calendar Days
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules
and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI)
and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b)
Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or
joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit
line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Only contractors duly registered with the DPWH may be allowed to participate
in the eligibility screening. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their
applications for registrations to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the
deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue
the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
Interested contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of
Interest statements upon presentation of their original Contractors Registration
Certifcate in person or through their Authorized Representative as refected in
their CRC to the Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), DPWH-Northern
Samar 1
st
Engineering District, Catarman, Northern Samar not later than 2:00 P.M.
on October 15, 2011.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders June 7-14, 2012 at 2:00 pm
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 7-27, 2012
3. Pre-bid Conference June 15, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids June 27, 2012 at 10:00 am
5. Opening of Bids June 27, 2012 at 10:00 am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-NS1st
Engineering District, Catarman, N. Samar upon payment of a non-refundable fee
of Php 5,000.00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download
the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman.
The frst envelope shall contain the technical components of the bid, which
shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the
fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-NS1st Engineering District reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) LUCAS N. BACSAL
BAC Chairman
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
SOUTH MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT
8
th
Street, Port Area, Manila
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH South Manila Engineering District, through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned project:
1. Contract I.D. NO. 12OH0091
Contract Name: Prop. Repair/ Rehab./Improvement of A. Francisco St.,
San Andres Bukid, Manila
Contract Location: Manila City
Scope of Work: Repair/ Rehab./Improvement of road
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC): (Php5,000,000.00)
Contract Duration: 60 cal. days
Bid Documents: P 5,000.00
The BAC will conduct this procurement process in accordance with the Revised Implementing Rules
& Regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act 9184. Bids in excess of the Approved Budget for the Contract
shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed and
submitted by the person authorized in the Contractors License issued by PCAB. Upon submission of
the LOIs, the interested Contractor must also submit the photo copy and original (for authentication
purposes and issuance of Bid Documents) of the following documents: 1. Class A Documents
(Contained in the Contractors Registration Certifcate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) Department
of Trade and Industry Business Name Registration (DTI) or SEC Registration Certifcate or CD
A; b) Valid and Current Mayors Permit/Municipal License; 1.2) Technical Documents; a) Valid Joint
Venture Agreement, in case of (J.V.) and Eligibility Docs for each member; b) Valid PCAB License
and Registration; 1.3) Financial Documents; a) Prospective Bidders Audited Financial Statement for
the preceding calendar which should not be earlier than 2 years from the date of bid submission; b)
Prospective bidders computation of its NFCC. The LOIs shall be submitted by the Authorized Liaison
Offcer as specifed in the Contractors Iriformation (CI). Submission of LOIs by persons with a Special
Power of Attorney shall not be allowed. The contractor must purchase bid documents and must meet
the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH & PHILGEPS (b) Filipino citizen of 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable
to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC
within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit
line comrnitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The contractors submitted proof of required equipments
for the project are subject for inspection. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-
POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce
will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractors Certifcation of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
Issuance of Bidding Documents June 08-28, 2012
Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. - June 15, 2012
Deadline of LOI Receipt from
Prospective Bidders 12:00 Noon June 22, 2012
Deadline of Bid Receipt 12:00 Noon June 28, 2012
Opening of Bids 02:00 P.M. June 28, 2012
Prospective bidders may download the LOI Forms from DPWH website: www.dpwh.gov.ph.
(allowing the fling of Letter of Intent free of charge and prescribing fxed costs of bidding documents as
per D.O. No. 52 dated October 3, 2011).
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at South Manila Engineering District,
upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above for bid documents. Prospective bidders may
also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids
must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, stated in Section 27.2 of the
Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs in two (2)
separate sealed bid envelope to the SMED-BAC Chairman; otherwise, it will be a ground for an outright
disqualifcation. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a) a copy of the CRC; b) if a propose Key Technical Personnel is an employee of the bidder and working
on another project at the time of the bidding, the bidder shall submit a certifcation that (1) the personnel
will be pulled out from the on-going project once the bidder is awarded the contract, and (2) he/she
will be replaced with another person with equal or better qualifcations, as certifed by the head of the
implementing offce and c) The bidder may propose a Key Technical Personnel who is not its employee
provided that the said personnel is required to submit a certifcation that he/she will work for the bidder
if it is awarded the contract under bidding. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and the post-qualifcation.

The South Manila Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid to annul the
bidding process any time prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder/s.
APPROVED:
(Sgd.) ERNESTO P. LEONES
Chief, Planning & Design Section
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MIKUNUG D. MACUD
District Engineer
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
Cordillera Administrative Region
Abra District Engineering Offce
Bangued, Abra
June 7, 2012
INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bangued, Abra
through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid
for the following contract(s):
Contract ID : 12PA0033
Contract Name : INSTALLATION/APPLICATION/
CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD SAFETY DEVICES
Contract Location : Abra-Cervantes Road, K0433+000-K0 436+000
Scope of Work : Item 603, 612, Spl. [1.Item 1, Spl. Item 2
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php 9,855,855.44
Source of Fund : FY 2012 MVUC, Fund 153

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules
and Regulations.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of
ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt
of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications
for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 8, 2012 to June 28, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 15, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
June 21, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids June 28, 2012 Until 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids June 28, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Abra
Engineering District, Bangued, Abra upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
P10,000.00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may download the BDs
from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation
The DPWH-Abra Engineering District, Bangued, Abra reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before
Contract Award, without incurring any liability to affected Bidders.
APPROVED
(Sgd.)AGNES B. BERNARDEZ
Chief, Construction Section
(BAC-Chairman)
Tel. # 752-8380
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Region III-Central Luzon
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
June 07, 2012
INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Offce No.
III, Sindalan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga through the Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC), invites interested accredited/registered
suppliers/bidders with the Government Electronic Procurement
System (G EPS) and with approved Phil-GEPS Registration Certifcate
to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder contract:
CONTRACT ID: 12C00031
Contract Name : Procurement of Dredge Accessories/
Supplies for the Repair and
Maintenance of Various Dredgers
and their Support Equipments
and Const. of Fuel Barge assigned
at Pampanga Delta River
Location : Pampanga
Approved Budget
for the Contract : P4,151,980.00
Duration : 120 c.d.
Prospective suppliers/bidders should have experience in undertaking
a similar contract within the last fve years with an amount of at least
25% of the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC). The Eligibility
Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids
shall use non discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-qualifcation of the
lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.
All particular relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid
Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference, Evaluation
of Bids, Post-qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by
the pertinent provisions of the revised R.A. 9184 and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bid Documents June 8-27, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference June 15, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
3. Submission of Bids June 27, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the
Training Room, this Offce
4. Opening of Bids June 27, 2012, right after the
submission of bids
Bid documents will be available only to prospective bidders upon
submission of Letters of Intent, Phil-GEPS Certifcate of Registration
and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P5,000.00 to the
DPWH-Region III Cashier.
The DPWH assume no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or
indemnify the bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of
the bid.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ALBIN P. CARREON
BAC-Chairman
(MST-JUNE 9, 2012)
Manila
Standard
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Republika ng Pilipinas
Department of Agriculture
Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Patubig
(National Irrigation Administration)
Urdaneta, Pangasinan
Tel./Fax No. 075-568-2308; 568-8442; 568-4876
INVITATION TO BID
REHAB./RESTO. OF SAN FABIAN RIS
(MST-June 9, 2012)
The National Irrigation Administration through the General Appropriation Act of 2012
now invites bids for the REHAB./RESTO. OF SAN FABIAN RIS under GAA 101. The project
is located in San Fabian, Pangasinan. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at bid opening.
Contract Ref. No.
Approved Budget
for the Contract
(ABC)
Description of
Work
Contract
Duration
Pre-bid
Conference
Opening of
Bids
Location of
Pre-bid & Opening
of Bids
A. PACKAGE 1
R1-PIMO-12-04-122 Php 3,856,179.37
Canal
Structures &
Canal Lining
150 c.d.
June 13, 2012
at 2:00 PM
June 25, 2012
at 10:00 AM
NA-Reg. Offce
Conf. Room,
Urdaneta City,
Pangasinan
B. PACKAGE 2
R1-PIMO-12-04-123 Php 4,457,547.64
Canal
Structures &
Canal Lining
150 c.d.
June 13, 2012
at 2:00 PM
June 25, 2012
at 10:00 AM
NA-Reg. Offce
Conf. Room,
Urdaneta City,
Pangasinan
C. PACKAGE 3
R1-PIMO-12-04-124 Php 4,389,867.19 Canal Lining 150 c.d.
June 13, 2012
at 2:00 PM
June 25, 2012
at 10:00 AM
NA-Reg. Offce
Conf. Room,
Urdaneta City,
Pangasinan
D. PACKAGE 4
R1-PIMO-12-04-125 Php 3,666,685.55
Canal
Structures &
Canal Lining
150 c.d.
June 13, 2012
at 2:00 PM
June 25, 2012
at 10:00 AM
NA-Reg. Offce
Conf. Room,
Urdaneta City,
Pangasinan
E. PACKAGE 5
R1-PIMO-12-04-126 Php 3,392,885.86
Canal
Structures &
Canal Lining
120 c.d.
June 13, 2012
at 2:00 PM
June 25, 2012
at 10:00 AM
NA-Reg. Offce
Conf. Room,
Urdaneta City,
Pangasinan
1. Bidder must have an experience of having completed, within a period ten (10)
years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a single contract that is
similar to the contract to be bid, must be at least 50% of the ABC. The description
of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in
Section II, Instructions to Bidders.
2. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the mplementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/
sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy fve
percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the
Philippines.
3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from National Irrigation
Administration, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan (offce of the Head, BAC Secretariat)
and inspect the Bidding Documents from 8:00 A.M to 5:00 PM:
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the above address and upon payment at the NIA Cashier of a non-refundable
fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of FOUR THOUSAND PESOS
(Php4,000.00) per package .
5. ssuance & Availability of bidding documents is from the frst day of advertisement/
Posting of Invitation to Bid/ Request for Expression of interest until submission
and receipt of bids. Late bids shall not be accepted.
6. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and
in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
7. All bids must be accompanied by a Certifcate of Site nspection issued by the
implementing offce.
8. The National Irrigation Administration reserves the right to reject bids, declare a
failure of bidding, and not to award the contract without incurring any liability if the
funds/allotment for the project to be bid has been withheld or reduced through no
fault of its own.
For further information, please refer to:
ENGR. MYRNA C. MARTINEZ - Head BAC Secretariat
NIA-Regional Offce No. 1
Barangay Bayaoas, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
Telefax No: (075)568-8442
E-mail address: niaengineeing@yahoo.com
(Sgd.) ROBERTO Q. ABULE
BAC Chairman
Department of Public Work and Highways
Cebu 2
nd
District Engineering Ofce
Lawa-an, City of Talisay, Cebu
June 07, 2012
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH, Cebu 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract ID: 12 HE - 0010
Contract Name: Construction of Multi Purpose Building at Sitio San Roque
Contract Location: Carcar City, Cebu
Scope of Work: Construction of Multi Purpose Building
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: Php 1,000.00
Source of Funds: Priority Development Assistance Fund, RA 10147
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement/Asphalt Overlay along Carcar
Barili Road (S000289CB)
Contract Location: km. 44+-570 km. 45+230 w/ exceptions
Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay
Source of Funds: Fund 151 Special Road Support Fund
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement/Asphalt Overlay along Natalio
Bacalso Avenue (S00206CB)
Contract Location: km. 51+333 km. 52+000 w/ exceptions
Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay
Contract Duration: _25 calendar days
Source of Funds: Fund 151 Special Road Support Fund
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for his contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI)
and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b)
Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or
joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit
line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids
.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractor's applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidder
June 08 - 15, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 08 June 25, 2012
3. Pre-bidding Conference June 15, 2012 @ 3:00 pm
4. Receipts of Bids June 25, 2012 @ 8:00 10:00 am
5. Opening of Bids June 25, 2012@ 10:00 am
6. Venue BAC Ofce, Cebu 2
nd
DEO
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at Cebu 2
nd

District Engineering Offce, Lawa-an, Talisay City, Cebu upon payment of a non-
refundable fee. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from
the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents.
Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH Cebu 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award,
without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.)) HELEN GRACE B. YAP
BAC Chairman

Approved by:
(Sgd.) DAISY B. TOLEDO, D.M.
District Engineer
(MST-June 9, 2012)
Department of Public Works & Highways
OFFCE OF THE DSTRCT ENGNEER
Daet, Camarines Norte
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Camarines Norte Engineering District, invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
Contract ID : 12FC0065
Contract Name : REHAB./IMPROVEMENT OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND
SLOPE PROTECTION WORKS ALONG BATOBALANI-
TAWIG-TUGOS PARACALE NATIONAL SECONDARY
ROAD
Contract Location : Paracale, Camarines Norte
Scope of Work : Drainage and Protection Works
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 9,700,000.00
Contract Duration : 180 C.D.
Source of Fund :
Tender Documents : Php 10,000.00
SLOPE PROTECTION WORKS ALONG TALOBATIB-J.
PANGANIBAN NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD
Contract Location : J.Panganiban, Camarines Norte
Source of Fund :
SLOPE PROTECTION WORKS ALONG BAGONG SILANG-
CAPALONGA NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD
Contract Location : Capalonga, Camarines Norte
Source of Fund :

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of
this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within
a period of 10 years, (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC,
or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC, and (f) Prospective Bidders
must submit complete List of Equipment to be used for above Projects. The said List
of Equipment must be owned/leased by the bidder itself, (g) all interested Bidder/s
who wish to participate in this competitive bidding are required to have an Actual Site
Inspection (ASI) on the above mention projects.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The
DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors' applications for registration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.
gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurements activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From JUNE 07 - 26, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference JUNE 14, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
JUNE 14, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids JUNE 26, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids JUNE 26, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the Ofhce of the
BAC, DPWH, Daet, Camarines Norte, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of (see
cost of tender documents above). Prospective bidders may also download the BD's
from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BD's
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who
have purchased the BD's. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Norte Engineering
District reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at
any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidders.
(Sgd.)RICARDO L. PACARDO
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.)SIMON N. ARIAS
OIC-District Engineer
(MST-June 9, 2012)
B4
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.com leoestonilo@gmail.com
Bankrolling peace in the south
4 schools
in a row
Waterfront syndicate busted
SEVEN alleged members of a
smuggling syndicate believed
to operate also at ports in the
provinces have been arrested,
Customs authorities said.
Commissioner Ruffy Biazon
said the suspects yielded
counterfeit Bureau of Customs
identication cards and computer
sets.
The syndicate had been
operating for a long time, he
said. When we traced them,
I immediately ordered their
capture.
Biazon said investigation
is zeroing in on erring bureau
ofcials and employees because
the suspects maintained an ofce
inside the Aduana compound.
The former congressman of
Muntinlupa said the ring leader
is being hunted down even as he
ordered the ling of usurpation
of authority charges.
We are serious in our
campaign against these scalawags
in the BOC based on the order of
President Benigno Aquino III,
he said.
Biazon said he has authorized
the arrest of a certain Peaor,
who was introducing himself as
a BOC broker.
Peaor namedropped
Biazon and the Ofce of the
Commissioner when doing his
illicit activities.
The names of the suspects
are being witheld to avoid
jeopardising the follow-up
operations aimed at unmasking
their protector in the bureau.
Biazon vowed to crush the
waterfront syndicates which
have deprived the government
of billions of pesos in tax and
fees.
By Jocelyn P. Alvarez
ZAMBOANGA CITY
Students here will enjoy going
to class with the completion
on Wednersday of another
building at San Jose Gusu
Elementary School.
Information ofcer Shiela
Covarrubias said the 2-storey
4-classrom building worth
P3.2 million was among the
projects timed for the new
school year.
The newly constructed
school building project is the
fourth to be unveiled in two
weeks as the city administration
hopes to improve the student-
classroom ratio in public
schools, she said.
Covarrubias said the
P10.7-million, 2-storey 10
classroom building at the
Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial
High School was turned over
on Tuesday.
Two buildings2-storey,
8 classrooms eachworth
P16.59 million were
inaugurated last May 1 at
Talon-talon National High
School, she said.
By Elaine Ramos Alanguilan

THE World Bank has extended a
$3-million partnership agreement with the
Bangsamoro Development Agency and two
civil society groups to increase access to
basic services in conicted Mindanao.
The pact under the World
Bank-led Mindanao Trust Fund-
Reconstruction and Development
Program will cover more than
20,000 households in 21 towns
across nine provinces.
Secretary Teresita Deles,
Presidential Adviser on the Peace
Process, who witnessed the
signing lauded the partners for
their support in helping restore
normalcy in the south.
Initiatives like the MTF-RDP
ensure that communities can enjoy
the dividends of development and
peace, she said. The gains from
the program show that partnerships
among different stakeholders
can bring about much good for
the communities, whether this
partnership happens on the ground,
or on the negotiating table.
She said the program has
allowed more communities to learn
about participatory approaches to
development such as the capacity-
building among Bangsamoro
groups.
A strengthened Bangsa
Development Agency is an
important building block for a just
and lasting peace in Mindanao,
said Deles.
Started in 2006, the MTF-RDPs
$16-million multi-donor facility
supports economic and social
recovery and promotes inclusive
and effective governance.
Administered by the World
Bank along with Ofce of the
Presidential Adviser on the
Peace Process and the BDA, the
program serves as a mechanism
to enlist foreign partners.
The program also supports
the capacity of the BDA, the
development arm of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front and
is mandated, under the 2001
Tripoli Agreement between the
government and the MILF.
Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan, BDA
chairman, welcomed the agreement
noting that alleviating the peoples
suffering entails programs beyond
political solutions.
World Bank Country
Director Motoo Konishi said
global experience showed that
any peace initiative required
cooperation and collaboration of
stakeholders.
Ambassador Guy Ledoux of
the European Union, the biggest
contributor, expressed condence
in the process.
Other partners are the Australian
Agency for International
Development, Canadian
International Development Agency,
the New Zealand government,
the Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency
and USAID.
Also signing up are advocates
Mindanao Land Foundation
and the Community and Family
Services International.
Power of 3. Former Batangas 1st district Rep. Eileen Ermita-Buhain (seated left) joins former Senator
Juan Miguel Zubiri and Mayor Larry Alilio and barangay executives on the 150th founding year of Lemery
highlighted by the Sigpawan festival beseeching a bountiful sea harvest. Ermita-Buhain, Zubiri and Alilio
expressed support to Sanggunian Council petition for Lemery towns cityhood. CRIS A. IBON

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