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Govt says HK
ship rammed
shing vessel
LP wont get
Arroyo allies
Lawmakers want to limit
power to reappoint execs
Judge a better CJPuno
New oil price
cut set today
PNP clueless on ring behind check scam
US nuke sub
docks at Subic
President clears air on mining policy
amid protest against upcoming EO
Crowned beauties. The Miss World Philippines 2012 winners are
(from left) April Joy Jordan, 3rd runner up; Mary Jane Rose Misa, 1st
runner-up; Queneerich Rehman, Miss World Philippines 2012; Vanessa
Claudine Ammann 2nd runner-up; Brena Cassandra Gamboa, 4th
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Where are the pine trees? La Trinidad, Benguet, is a mountain of houses that
look like a wooden mosaic. This is what President Aquino saw when he ew over the
area to attend the oath-taking of the new members of the Liberal Party. Inset shows
Mr. Aquino with (from left) Benguet Gov. Nestor Fongwan, Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Ba-
guilat, and Transport Secretary Manuel Roxas. Jay Morales
Aquino: Natl laws
override ordinances
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By Hernani Cuare
THE National Police said Mon-
day it had no clue on the syndi-
cate using fake police paychecks
in a multi-million-peso scam
that have victimized supermar-
kets, department stores and
money-lenders in many parts of
the country.
National Police spokesman
Generoso Cerbo cleared the or-
ganizations ofcers and men of
involvement in the production and
distribution of the fake checks.
Police ofcer Allan Aci-
dilla, who has been assigned to
the case, said he had done only
some table investigation since
the case broke in March after a
bank manager complained of re-
ceiving deposits of fake police
checks.
I cannot go out to the eld
because there is no budget for
transportation and subsistence
allowance, Acidilla said .
The fake Land Bank checks
were supposedly issued to some
police personnel who later turned
out to be ctitious. The checks
also did not pass the banks se-
curity measures.
The members of a syndicate
are said to be using the checks to
pay for goods in grocery stores or
exchange them for cash at a huge
discount. The checks are said to
be in various amounts ranging
from P10,000 to P50,000.
Acidilla said Land Bank had
been recovering about 90 fake po-
lice checks every month from vari-
ous parts of the country amounting
to about P1.2 million.
THE oil companies on Mon-
day announced another cut in
pump prices effective Tuesday
as a result of the continuing de-
cline in oil prices abroad.
Shell, Eastern and Phoenix
said the price of premium and
unleaded gasoline will be cut
by P1.80 per liter, regular gas-
oline by P1.40, and kerosene
and diesel by P1.
The total price rollback for
By Joyce Pangco Paares
LA TRINIDADThe Liberal Partys can-
didates for its senatorial slate are now down
to 20 as a result of its policy of not accepting
politicians allied with former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo.
Quezon Rep. Erin Taada, the partys
spokesman, said the slate would likely be
rmed up by July.
That is out of the question, Taada had
said when asked if they were willing to accept
any senatorial candidates allied with Arroyo.
He said he was one of those being considered
for the ruling partys 12-man senatorial ticket.
And it appears that Customs commissioner
By Christine F. Herrera
LAWMAKERS and the mem-
bers of the powerful Commis-
sion on Appointments on Tues-
day asked President Benigno
Aquino III to withdraw the re-
appointments of his Cabinet of-
cials who had been bypassed
three times, saying the commis-
sions members were just being
polite when they did not reject
their nominations outright.
Agham Rep. Angelo Palmo-
nes on Monday led House Bill
6365 seeking to limit the Presi-
dents powers to reappoint any
nominee bypassed by the Ap-
pointments Commission three
times.
FORMER Chief Justice Reynal-
do Puno said Monday that hav-
ing an experience in court as a
judge or as a member of the ju-
diciary would be a good prepa-
ration for someone seeking the
post of chief justice.
Its good to have a court ex-
perience as a judge, Puno said
in an interview with the ANC
news channel.
That trains you to be able to
analyze the relevant facts from
the irrelevant facts. That trains
you to make a judgment on the
credibility of the witnesses, and
of course trains you to apply the
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE government on Monday said the Hong
Kong-registered ship that rammed a shing
boat near Bolinao, Pangasinan, last week did
not stop to rescue the Filipino shermen who
fell into the water.
One of the shermen died and four re-
mained missing.
We hope it was not intentional, but if this
was accidental, the crew of the vessel should
have rescued the victims, said Benito Ramos,
executive director of the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council.
He likened the ramming to a hit-and-run
accident because the Hong Kong-registered
ship, which the Coast Guard had identied as
the MV Peach Mountain, left the eight Filipino
shermen from the AXL John behind.
President Benigno Aquino III said he had
ordered an investigation to get to the bottom of
the collision, which took place on June 20.
Once we have gathered the necessary evi-
denceand we are not accusing anybody at this
pointif there was a ramming incident and you
left people in distress at sea, that is a clear viola-
tion of the laws governing the seas, the Presi-
dent said in an interview in Benguet.
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE United States Los Angeles-
class USS Louisville (SSN 724), a
nuclear-powered fast attack subma-
rine, on Monday docked at Subic Bay,
the second submarine to arrive in the
bay in over a month since the docking
there of the Virginia-class USS North
Carolina (SSN 777).
The submarines arrival again an-
nounced the United States increas-
ing presence in the Pacic following
Chinas exing of its naval muscles
there and the continuing disputes in
the South China Sea among the coun-
tries claiming parts of the area.
The US Embassy in Manila said
the submarine was in the country for
a routine port call, and that part of
its visit was to replenish supplies and
give the crew an opportunity to rest.
Philippine Navy spokesman Col.
Omar Tonsay said the submarine will
stay in the country from June 25 to
June 30.
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Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, a
member of Mr. Aquinos Liberal
Party, said last week he would
oppose the order because it would
allow the national government to
override the policies of local ex-
By Joyce Pangco Paares and Maricel V. Cruz
LA TRINIDADPresident Benigno
Aquino III said Monday the coming execu-
tive order on the countrys mining policy
will uphold the primacy of national laws
over local ordinances despite the threats
from 40 governors who have said they will
challenge the order before the Supreme
Court once it is signed.
ecutives, but the President said
he could not believe the governor
would take such a position.
I would like to talk to him
[Salceda] but I think the premise
of your question is wrong, Mr.
Aquino said.
Where did that happen? I
dont think Joey Salceda would
come up with a statement that
says that a municipal order or
provincial ordinance takes prece-
dence over our national law.
The Constitution is very, very
clear on that. First, the ordinance-
making powers of local governments
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PNP...
He said the checks were
probably being printed in Metro
Manila and then being sent to
the provinces to members of the
syndicate by private courier.
I started my investigation
last March, but up to now I have
not made any eld investigation
because the ofce is yet to re-
lease my budget, Acidilla said.
He said he planned to start his
investigation in Batangas and then
to proceed to Legazpi and Naga
because many spurious checks had
been recovered in these areas.
LP...
Ruffy Biazon is not yet a
shoo-in for the Liberal Party
ticket as his father, former Sen-
ator Rodolfo Biazon, is also be-
ing considered by the party.
Taada said the party was
still open to accepting Senator
Koko Pimentel in case Pimentel
decided to leave the United Na-
tionalist Alliance of Vice Presi-
dent Jejomar Binay.
Among those whom Presi-
dent Benigno Aquino III earlier
said would comprise the senato-
rial ticket were Joel Villanueva
of the Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority,
Aurora Rep. Sonny Angara, and
former Akbayan party-list Rep.
Risa Hontiveros.
Mr. Aquino, during the oath-
taking of the 300 new Liberal
Party members from the Cordil-
lera Administrative Region, ral-
lied his allies to strengthen their
ranks to ensure the reforms
started by his administration
continued beyond 2016.
At least 50 percent of the
municipal mayors in the Cordil-
lera Administrative Region are
members of the ruling Liberal
Party.
How do we ensure these
changes continue and that we
do not go back to the old ways?
We need you to make sure our
efforts toward the straight path
would not be temporary but
permanent, the President said.
He challenged the 300 to up-
hold the partys policy on good
governance, transparency and
accountability to bring back
the trust of the electorate in the
people running the government.
Let us uphold our policy on
good governance, transparency
and accountability and become
vehicles for change in our own
respective places, Mr. Aquino
said.
We will sustain our unre-
lenting efforts to convince our
people to follow our straight
path and by doing so, we will
be able to introduce signicant
changes and reforms in the bu-
reaucracy that will be for the
general welfare of our people.
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US...
The submarine has no mission
or whatsoever in coming to the
Philippines except replenishment
of supplies and may be rest for the
crew, Tonsay said.
The US Navy website says the
Louisville was commissioned on
Nov. 8, 1986, and that it is one of
the most advanced attack subma-
rines in the world. Its mission is to
seek out and destroy enemy ships
and submarines.
The sub is 360 feet long and
weighs 6,900 tons. It is armed with
sophisticated MK48 torpedoes and
Tomahawk cruise missiles.
USS Louisville is the fourth
United States ship to bear the
name in honor of the city of Lou-
isville, Kentucky, the US Em-
bassy said in a statement.
The Louisville has primarily op-
erated out of San Diego, California,
and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
On May 13 the US Pacic Com-
mand sent the USS North Carolina
(SSN 777) to the Philippines and
docked at Subic bay for a ve-day
visit.
The submarine has a total crew
of 133, and is home-ported in
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was
commissioned in 2008.
The submarine is more than 350
feet long and weighs more than 7,800
tons when submerged. It is one of the
stealthiest, most technologically ad-
vanced submarines in the world.
Meanwhile, ofcials in Manila
said Monday that China had with-
drawn its boats from the lagoon of a
tiny South China Sea shoal follow-
ing an agreement with the Philip-
pines that at least temporarily eased
the countries territorial dispute.
The Philippine government
pulled out its two vessels from
Scarborough Shoal on June 15,
and President Benigno Aquino III
last week threatened to send them
back unless China also withdrew.
Foreign Secretary Albert del
Rosario said he had received in-
formation that all boats had left
the shoals lagoon as of Saturday.
He said earlier that China and the
Philippines had reached a verbal
agreement to pull out from the la-
goon but not the wider vicinity of
the shoal, where Chinese vessels
apparently remained.
Both countries claim the shoal.
Tensions ared in April when the
Philippines accused Chinese sh-
ermen of poaching within its ex-
clusive economic zone, which in-
cludes the shoal. China responded
by sending paramilitary vessels to
protect the shermen.
Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hong Lei said at a
regular brieng in Beijing that the
situation at the Huangyan Islands---
the Chinese name for Scarborough
Shoal---is overall toward peace.
He did not comment on the Philip-
pines statement that Chinese vessels
had withdrawn from the lagoon. He
said that Chinese vessels have been
running the ... islands and the nearby
waters and standing on alert.
The horseshoe-shaped shoal, a
popular hunting ground for Filipino
and Chinese shermen, is one of
the hundreds of tiny outcrops and
islands dotting the South China
Sea, one of the worlds busiest ship-
ping lanes and an area believed to
be rich in natural gas and oil.
China, the Philippines, Taiwan,
Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam claim
the nearby Spratly Islands, where
disputes have occasionally triggered
naval clashes. A non-binding 2002
accord discourages aggressive acts
that could spark ghting. With Sara
Susanne D. Fabunan and the AP
Female general. Lina T. Sarmiento, who recently received her two star-rank, is anked by Senator Rodolfo Biazon and Police Supt. Generoso
Cerbo Jr. at the weekly breakfast forum at the Diamond hotel. DANNY PATA
Aquino...
are limited. Second, they have
limited territorial scope. But
more than all of these, there is a
clause that says local ordinances
should be consistent with our na-
tional laws.
Mr. Aquino said that as long as
the Philippines was not a federat-
ed government, the national laws
would always take precedence
over local laws. And it was pre-
mature to criticize the executive
order because he had not signed
it yet.
There is still some language
I am not comfortable with, Mr.
Aquino said.
But if they feel that their
rights are being trampled upon,
by all means they can go to the
appropriate courts. But I am very
condent that he [Salceda] did
not say that [local] ordinances ...
will supplant national laws.
Earlier, Mr. Aquino said the
executive order would impose
more stringent regulations on
small-scale mining operations.
He said the order would also
impose a mining ban on 78 eco-
tourism sites.
Executive Secretary Paquito
Ochoa Jr. said the order would
establish a Mining Council that
will resolve the revenue-sharing
issues.
The taxes and royalties that the
government now collects from
mining operations amount to
only 10 percent of the total rev-
enues of mining rms.
The President on Monday as-
sured communities that they
would enjoy the benets of min-
ing in their areas of jurisdiction,
and that the government would
respect local ordinances in line
with national laws.
Meanwhile, Quezon City Rep.
Winston Castelo, an administra-
tion ally, has led a resolution
seeking an investigation of the
billions of pesos that the national
government supposedly loses as
a result of the small-scale mining
being operated by syndicates.
His House resolution 2326
asks the House committee on
natural resources to look into
the mining operations being
controlled by dishonest people
including Chinese businessmen
who are not paying taxes.
Castelo says the Environment
Department, the Environment
Department, the Mines and Geo-
sciences Bureau and the Bureau
of Internal Revenue must submit
to Congress a comprehensive re-
port on the extent of small-scale
mining in the country to deter-
mine those who are making a
killing but not paying taxes.
The legitimate large-scale
mining industry provides two
million jobs to the Filipino people
and, correspondingly, the taxes
on large-scale mining accrue to
the government under a closely
monitored or regulated arrange-
ment, Castelo says in his resolu-
tion.
By contrast, he says, small-
scale miners deprive the govern-
ment of much-needed revenues.
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Judge...
law appropriately on the facts of
the case.
Puno, a Solicitor General and
Court of Appeals judge before he
was appointed chief justice, said
the magistrates of the Supreme
Court should have an edge over
the so-called outsiders for the top
post because they were deemed
more experienced in administra-
tive matters.
An insider would always have
the advantage of looking into the
existing problems of the judiciary,
and in continuing the solutions that
are found to be good, Puno said.
He described the judiciary as a
world of its own and some sort
of a mini-government that could
best be understood by someone
from within.
Besides, Puno said, appointing
an insider ---and even the most
senior justice---to the top Su-
preme Court post was a long-held
tradition except for two instances.
He cited the year 2005, when
then Associate Justice Artemio
Panganiban bypassed the more
senior magistrate Puno and was
named chief justice.
Puno, however, admitted that
an outsider could also do a good
job as chief justice.
Weve had cases here and
abroad where justices were taken
from the ranks of the academe
and Congress. A lot of these
people did well in the Supreme
Court, he said.
All 14 members of the high
court were nominated for the post
of chief justice after Renato Co-
ronas ouster on May 29.
Two magistrates---Associate
Justices Arturo Brion and Roberto
Abad---accepted their nomina-
tion, while four others---Associate
Justices Mariano del Castillo, Jose
Mendoza, Bienvenido Reyes and
Estela Perlas-Bernabe---declined.
An outsider nominee, Inter-
nal Revenue Commissioner Kim
Henares, had earlier said she had
an edge over the other nominees.
She also insisted that her relative-
ly young age of 51 should not be a
hindrance if ever she accepted the
nomination.
Meanwhile, Senator Senator
Aquilino Pimentel III said a dis-
barment case should not be suf-
cient ground to disqualify a nomi-
nee for Chief Justice.
He cited the case of Justice Sec-
retary Leila de Lima who is facing
a disbarment case for ignoring a
Supreme Court order in November
last year to allow former President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to travel
abroad for medical treatment.
Rey E. Requejo and Macon
Ramos-Araneta
A lot of money. Militants protest in front of the Bangko Sentrals
ofce on East Avenue, Quezon City, to condemn the governments
$1-billion loan to the IMF. MANNY PALMERO
Lawmakers...
But Senator Manny Villar, Cagayan de Oro Rep.
Rufus Rodriguez and Abante Mindanao Rep. Maxi-
mo Rodriguez, who have led Senate Bill 2605 and
HB 1647, respectively, want the nominees declared
ineligible if bypassed by the commission twice.
They wanted the nominees barred from being ap-
pointed for the third time.
How can one be accountable to the people or
serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity,
loyalty and efciency if his nomination cannot even
be upheld by the Commission on Appointments?
Villar said.
In less than two years, President Aquinos
Cabinet officials had been reappointed as
many as eight times, the practice of his pre-
decessor that he had denounced when he was
a senator.
As of June 7, when Congress went on sine die ad-
journment, Mr. Aquino had reappointed Social Wel-
fare Secretary Dinky Soliman and Justice Secretary
Leila de Lima eight times, Interior Secretary Jesse
Robredo four times, Tourism Secretary Ramon Ji-
menez three times, Commission on Audits Heidi
Mendoza four times, and Environment Secretary
Ramon Paje ve times.
The [Appointments Commission] is usually re-
luctant to reject outright the presidential nominees,
Rodriguez said.
As oft repeated, public ofce is a public trust,
and the public ofcers who hold these ofces
should always be accountable to the people, serve
them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty
and efciency, Villar said.
New...
the past 11 weeks has now
reached P10.85 per liter of pre-
mium and unleaded gasoline,
P7.95 per liter of kerosene,
P11.60 per liter of regular gaso-
line, and P8.60 per liter of die-
sel.
Premium and unleaded gaso-
line now retail at P49.12 to
P54.12 per liter, unleaded gaso-
line at P44.15 to P52.36, regular
gasoline at 42.66 to 52.05, diesel
at P38.80 to P42.80, and kero-
sene at P45.60 to P50.65.
As oil prices dropped, Energy
ofcials said they expected the
power supply situation in Luzon
to stabilize in the next few days
as more power plants resumed
operations.
Energy Undersecretary Jose-
na Asirit said Luzons power
reserves had gone up to 450
megawatts, and that the power
generation capacity there was at
7,955 MW as against the peak
demand of 7,612 MW.
Some of the plants that were
off-line before have come on-
line again. One of these is Tiwi,
which had a low steam supply
last week, Asirit said.
She said the Sual coal-red
power plant was also slowly
coming back on-line with around
450 MW from a low of 360 MW
last week.
Asirit said Luzon experienced
a very tight supply in reserves
last week, but there was no roll-
ing blackouts because we im-
mediately addressed the prob-
lem. Alena Mae S. Flores
Govt...
In a statement, the Coast
Guard said the MV Peach
Mountain was en route to China
with 29 crew on board when it
rammed the AXL John.
China denied the incident.
Such media reports remain to
be veried, Chinese Embassy
spokesman Zhang Hua said.
Upon seeing the stories, the
Chinese Embassy immediately
checked with the relevant au-
thorities in China and was told
that, up until now, there have
been no reports of a vessel col-
lision or SOS requests on the
reported date in the reported wa-
ters,
The Coast Guard said it was
coordinating with the Hong
Kong Maritime Rescue Coordi-
nating Center and that it had is-
sued a notice to all commercial
vessels passing the area to be on
the lookout for the missing sh-
ermen.
Lt. Commander Armand Bali-
lo, Coast Guard spokesman, said
the incident occurred around 1
p.m. some 78 nautical miles off
Bolinao.
He dismissed reports linking
the mishap to the Panatag (Scar-
borough) Shoal, where China
and the Philippines are locked in
a territorial stand-off.
The incident took place
78 nautical miles off Bolinao.
Thats 140 nautical miles from
the shoal, he said.
Coast Guard chief Vice Ad-
miral Edmund Tan has sent a
search-and-rescue ship and an
Islander plane from the Navy to
look for the four missing sher-
men.
Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Ce-
leste said they too could not un-
derstand why the ships crew did
not rescue the shermen.
The survivors told us they
were rammed by the ship, Ce-
leste said.
They couldnt tell if the
ship was Chinese or Japanese,
but what was strange was they
didnt even stop to help them.
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Joel Zubano and Sara Susanne
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Republic of the Philippines
Province of Ilocos Norte
Municipality of Bangui
INVITATION TO BID
The Municipality of Bangui, Ilocos Norte through the Municipal Development Fund, Capital Outlay
and Performance Challenge Fund intends to apply the sum of P17,161,704.50 being the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Rehabilitation/Improvement of Bangui
Public Market Dry Goods Section. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at bid opening.

The Municipality of Bangui now invites bids for the Rehabilitation/Improvement of Bangui Public
Market Dry Goods Section, at San Lorenzo, Bangui, Ilocos Norte. SCOPE OF WORKS: (a) Demolition &
Clearing Works 650.00 sq.m; (b) Excavation Works 440.00 cu.m.; (c) Formworks 1.00 lot; (d) Scaffolding
1.00 lot; (e) Steel Works 52115.23 kgs.; (f) Concrete Works 486.00 cum.; (g) Masonry Works 1988.00
sq.m.; (h) Stainless Gutter, Metal Cladding & Parapet 160.00 sq.m.; (i) Extension & Balcony Roofng
& Trusses 196.72 sq.m.; (j) Ceiling Works 1070.00 sq.m (k) Tile Works 3120.00 sq.m.; (l) Doors &
Windows 1.00 lot; (m) Painting Works 6070.00 sq.m; (n) Sanitary & Plumbing Layout 1.00 lot; (o)
Electrtical Works 1.00 lot; (p) Drainage Canal & Top Cover (Steel) 150.00 l.m.; (q) Septic Tank 16.00
cu.m; (r) Skylight & Roofshed 162.50 ln.m.; (s) Handrailings & Ballusters 258.45 ln.m.; (t) glass panel
145.98 sq.m.; and (u) Construction Safety 1.00 lot.

Completion of the Works is required 272 working days Bidders should have completed, within
ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The
description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II.
Instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of Republic Act 9184.

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.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Municipality of Bangui through the BAC
Secretariat and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from Monday through
Friday 8am-12nn; 1pm-5pm.

A complete set of Bidding Documents will be issued to interested Bidders at the address below
and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of P35, 000.00
to the Offce of the Municipal Treasurer. It may also be downloaded from the projects Invitation to Bid
(ITB) posted at website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS)
provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their
bids.
The Municipality of Bangui will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on July 4, 2012, Wednesday at 10:00
AM at BAC Conference Room, Bangui Municipal Hall, which shall be open to all interested parties.
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) Philgeps Registered, (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.

Only contractors and their duly authorized liaison offcers/representatives will be allowed to
transact with the BAC.
Last day of submision of letter of intent shall be on July 20, 2012 8am-5pm; opening of bids shall
be on July 25, 2012 at 10:00am. ANY APPLICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY OR UPDATES SUBMITTED
AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE LETTER OF INTENT SHALL NOT BE
CONSIDERED FOR THE BIDDING AT HAND.(23.4.3, IRR)
Bids must be submitted to the undersigned on July 25, 2012, Wednesday, 9:30 AM at Bangui
Municipal Hall . All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in
the amount stated in Instruction to Bidders.

Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. LATE BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Municipality of Bangui reserves the
right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to
contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

For further information, please refer to: MR. ROGELIO C. ALUPAY, BAC Secretary at Bangui
Municipal Hall, San Lorenzo, Bangui, Ilocos Norte, or contact at 077-676-0711.
(Sgd) FLORDELIZA C. SARIBAY
BAC Chairperson
(MST-JUNE 26, 2012)
Local govts assured of P1.8-b tax share
Manila eases visa rules
for Indias frequent flyers
Working moms. Mothers breastfeed their newborns at the Fabella Hospital on Monday. A labor group has vowed to revive a
provision to allot time for working mothers to feed their babies during work-hours. DANNY PATA
John Hay
developer
draws fire
Arnel Paciano D. Casanova was
accused by lawyer Howard Calleja
of usurpation of authority or ofcial
functions for exercising the powers
of the BCDA president, which un-
der the law, has been bestowed on
the chairman of the agency. Casano-
va also serves as the agencys chief
executive ofcer.
Calleja also asked the Om-
budsman to hold Casanova
criminally liable for violation of
the anti graft and corrupt prac-
tices Act, and administratively,
for dishonesty, grave misconduct
and conduct prejudicial to the
best interest of the service.
Mr. Casanovas acts in assum-
ing the duties and function of the of
chairman of the BCDA despite the
invalid appointment resulted (in)
clear disruption of the ofce and
worst, a disordered situation from
said ofce and worst, a chaotic
situation in the affairs of the govern-
ment as well as the public, Calleja
said. Everyone suffered confusion
as to who is the head of the Ofce.
This actuation of Mr. Casanova
constitutes fraud which in general
SENATOR Loren Legarda on
Monday called on the Department
of Health to strengthen efforts on
disease- -and-health surveillance
and enhance awareness on climate-
sensitive diseases.
Citing the study, Climate
Vulnerability Monitor 2010, Legarda
said it is not disasters but diseases
that cause the most number of deaths.
Climate change, especially
in tropical countries like the
Philippines, creates more rainfall
and warmer temperatures. Coupled
with the worsening solid waste
management problem in our cities,
we have conditions that provide
optimal breeding for disease-carrying
mosquitoes,she explained.
The Department of Health said
there were 32,193 cases of dengue
infection documented between
January and June this year. That was
3.89 percent higher than the 30,989
cases recorded in the same period
last year. Macon Araneta
VARIOUS tourism organizations
today strongly urged former Senator
and Philippine Red Cross Chairman
Richard Gordon to again run for
senator in the May 2013 elections.
Among the tourism groups
appealing to Gordon to run anew are
the Tourism Educators and Movers
Philippines (TEAM Philippines),
League of Tourism Students of
the Philippines (LTSP), Network
of Independent Travel Agencies
(NITAS), and some provincial
chapters of the National Association
of Independent Travel Agencies
(NAITAS).
Robert Lim Joseph, founding
chair of TEAM Philippines and
LTSP, said it would be a loss to
the country if the Senate would
not be able to draw on Gordons
vast experience in governance and
admirable qualications cultivated
over the years as a former Olongapo
City mayor, Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority chairman, Tourism
secretary, and senator from 2004 to
2010.
As mayor of Olongapo City,
Gordon made the city a showcase of
discipline and a well-run and clean
local government unit, Joseph said.
As chairman of the Subic Bay
Metropolitan Authority, Gordon was
able to convert the former wastelands
into an enviable economic zone.
A GROUP of civil society
leaders have started advocating
that Camp John Hay be
brought back to the time
when the people of Baguio
can freely enjoy the facilities.
They also want to rid it of the
private lessee, Camp John Hay
Development Corporation,
which destroyed John Hays
image and environment.
Representatives of civil so-
ciety organizations expressed
disappointment and aversion
over the way CJHDevco oper-
ated John Hay. In a round table
discussion held at Nardas in
Baguio City, the group also la-
mented that CJHDevco turned
Camp John Hay into an elitist
club that is inaccessible to Ba-
guio residents.
You cannot go there any-
more. You have to have money
to go to John Hay, lamented
Glo Abeo of the Cordillera
Global Network, pointing out
that John Hay was originally
made for the troops and the
people of the lowlands to come
heal themselves in Baguio. She
said If were going to look into
John Hay, why cant we turn it
back and make it more open to
the people of Baguio?
If we can only preserve
whats already here in Baguio,
she said, adding that the locals
want to bring back the John
Hay that locals enjoyed for free.
My dream is for us to pre-
serve John Hay with all its histo-
ry, and with all the heritage that
it has. We are not anti-develop-
ment; we all need development
one way or the other. But we
must do this without cleaning up
an entire area or destroying Ba-
guios rich history, Abeo said.
Lawyer Chris Donaal wanted
to preserve John Hays heritage
so that it will be protected. We
should learn from the lesson of
CJHDevco, which promised
these kinds of development, not
only for John Hay but for Ba-
guio City, he said.
The group said CJHDevco
failed to deliver the kind of de-
velopment to Baguio because the
former John Hay lessee refused to
pay its arrears, which now stands
at P3 billion, and even exploited
the environment.
By Eric Apolonio
THE India business community
in Manila lauded the action of Im-
migration Commissioner Ricardo
David Jr. to allow Indian nationals
to enter the Philippines visa-free so
long as they are holders of a valid
visa issued by either of the follow-
ing: US, Canada, Japan, Australia,
Singapore, the UK or the European
Union.
Immigration ofcials said the
new development will speed up
the processing of Indian nationals
who are regular travelers to the
Philippines.
Indian nationals may now enter
the country without a visa and stay
here for 14 days, which may be ex-
tended for an additional seven days,
but only via the three terminals of
the Ninoy Aquino International Air-
port, David said.
But in no case shall the Indians
stay exceed 21 days, which is the
maximum allowable period that he/
she can stay, David said. Those ad-
mitted into the Philippines via this
visa scheme cannot apply for con-
version of their status to other visa
categories.
Previously, Indian tourists must
apply for an entry visa with a Philip-
pine consulate in their port of origin
before coming here.
According to David, the new pol-
icy is based on a Department of For-
eign Affairs (DFA) circular issued
last February which aims to draw
more foreign tourists to the country.
The rules provide that aside
from having any of the seven
mentioned visas, an Indian trav-
elers passport must be valid for
at least six months and he or she
must have a return ticket or an on-
ward ticket to the next country of
destination.
Also, the Indian must have no
derogatory record with the BI, Na-
tional Intelligence and Coordinat-
ing Agency and the International
Police (Interpol), David said.
sense is deemed to comprise any-
thing calculated to deceive, includ-
ing all acts, omissions and conceal-
ment involving a breach of legal or
equitable duty, trust or condence
justly reposed, resulting in damage
to another or by which an undue and
unconscious advantage is taken of
another, Calleja stressed.
Pending the outcome of the in-
vestigation of the case, Ombuds-
man Conchita Carpio-Morales
was asked to place Casanova un-
der preventive suspension.
For falsely representing him-
self as the duly appointed BCDA
president, the complainant
stressed that all acts performed
by Mr. Casanova while acting as
president should not be given due
course and all issuances, orders,
agreements or contracts entered
into by him while sitting as presi-
dent should be rendered void as he
performed acts pertaining to the
Chairman of the BCDA without
being lawfully entitled to do so.
Citing RA 7227, which was
signed into law by the late Presi-
dent Corazon C. Aquino on
March 13, 1992, the complain-
ant noted that the BCDAs board
should be composed of nine di-
rectors, including the chairman
who shall also be the president
of the Conversion Authority.
At present, the BCDA has eight
members of the board of directors
namely: Casanova, Felicito C. Pa-
yumo, Zorayda Amelia C. Alonzo,
Teresita A. Desierto, Ma. Aurora
Geotina-Garcia, retired Vice Admi-
ral Ferdinand S. Golez, Elmar M.
Gomez and Maximo L. Sangil.
Among the directors, Payumo
was appointed as the Chairman of
the board inApril 2011 while Ca-
sanova assumed ofce as president
and CEO the same month.
The appointed chairman and the
president of the conversion author-
ity exercised powers and functions
provided in the by-laws. They both
represented the conversion author-
ity in all dealings with ofces,
agencies and instrumentalities of
the government and with all per-
sons and entities, public or private,
domestic or foreign, according to
the complaint sheet.
The position appears to have been
split with Felicito C. Payumo as the
Chairman of the Board and Ar-
nel Paciano D. Casanova as the
President and Chief Executive Of-
cer, the complainant said.
There is, however, no provi-
sion in the charter of BCDA that
supports the splitting of position
of chairman and president. Thus,
appointing one chairman and one
president for a supposed single po-
sition is contrary to law and should
be declared as void as the law
states that the appointed chairman
shall also serve as the President for
a term of six years, Calleja said.
That being claried, all acts of
the President Casanova from the
time of his appointment should
be declared invalid and without
color of law as his acts stems
from an invalid appointment,
the complainant stressed.
By Rey Requejo
The president of the Bases Conversion
Development Authority is facing
criminal and administrative complaints
before the Ofce of the Ombudsman
for usurpation of authority, dishonesty,
grave misconduct and conduct
prejudicial to the interest of the service.
PRESIDENT Aquino has vowed to
earmark P1.8 billion in the spending
program for next year as payment
for local government units who have
been shortchanged in the remittance
of their two percent share of taxes
paid by locators doing business
with the Philippine Economic Zone
Authority.
The national government
will settle all its obligations to
local governments hosting PEZA
locators so that more funds will be
downloaded to the host communities
to fund the implementation of their
priority projects and enhance the
delivery of basic services to the
people, Mr. Aquino said.
According to the President, the
P1.8- billion allocation represents
the total unpaid tax shares of LGUs.
In the case of Baguio City, Mr.
Aquino said the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and the National Treasury
were able to iron out the conicts
in their respective gures on the
actual amount to be paid by the
national government. The amount
was reduced to P85 million from
the citys original claim of P125
million.
Under the PEZA law of 1995,
local governments hosting economic
zones are entitled to a share of 2
percent out of the 5 percent gross
receipts tax being paid by locators to
the national government.
The Chief Executive explained
that local governments who believe
they have been shortchanged in the
remittance of their tax share must
le their claims with the Ofce of
the President duly supported by
valid certications from the BIR and
the National Treasury. The tax
deciency must be indicated so that
the Department of Finance could
process the release of the amount
chargeable to the fund.
Since his assumption into ofce
as the countrys 15th president, Mr.
Aquino has repeatedly pledged to
facilitate the citys accumulated and
unremitted share of the taxes paid by
PEZA locators.
We want to have a clean slate
with our obligations to the local
governments. Thus, we are working
hard to determine the causes of
the problem of unremitted PEZA
shares so that we can implement
corrective measures, he said.
The timely release of the share of
local governments should also be a
priority that he will address in the
coming months. Dexter A. See
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JUNE 26, 2012 TUESDAY
A4
THE Aquino administration was quick to
react to criticism of its pledge to lend $1
billion to the International Monetary Fund
to help bail out some European economies.
Several groups slammed the
announcement of Bangko Sentral
Governor Amando Tetangco that the
Philippines was responding to the IMFs
call to raise money for the Eurozone. They
think it is unacceptable that the Philippine
government is spending more than P40
billion to prop up rich, albeit troubled,
countrieswhen it could just spend the
money to address poverty, hunger and
unemployment here.
A member of the House of
Representatives says the money could
have been used to improve the quality of
education in the country.
The clear message is that there is
something fundamentally wrong when
a poor country lends money to its rich
neighbor.
Administration allies however insist
that the money has not been earmarked for
any other purpose because it is part of the
countrys gross international reserves. By
lending it to the IMF, they say, the money
would earn interest. Thus, it is a sound
investment.
Another congressman says the
contribution would also help our
migrant workers keep their jobs by
helping their economies survive the
current turmoil.
Its a connection the congressman
has difficulty establishing, because in
the grander scheme of things, $1 billion
will hardly save several economies and
the jobs of migrants living in them.
It would certainly do much,
however, to alleviate local ills
especially if the reserves could be
channeled to economic activities with
multiplier effects instead of being
indiscriminately doled to the poor.
The public will continue
questioning the governments latest act
for as long as there is an ignominious
disconnect between the lives of most
poor citizens here, who remain much
more miserable than those worst off in
countries abroad.
There is no problem with helping out
othersbut common sense dictates you
have to help yourself rst.
Charity
Lies
EDITORIAL
It needs an overhaul
By Val Abelgas
IT IS that time of year again when
Philippine politicians prepare to
position themselves for the coming
political exercise. Instead of helping
strengthen their respective political
parties, these politicians line up to be
accommodated by another party or join
a coalition of political parties that they
deem would have better chances in the
coming elections.
Now we have a multitude of political
parties that are barely distinguishable
from one another in terms of political
platform and agenda. This chaotic
state of political party system became
evident in all the post-Marcos
presidential elections when at least
seven serious candidates belonging to
different parties and coalitions vied
in each poll, resulting in the election
of four minority presidents, national
leaders that were chosen by less than
50 percent of the voters.
Political opportunism has again
surfaced the past few weeks with
politicians positioning themselves for
inclusion in the tickets of major political
coalitions. In this kind of political
environment, it is not surprising that
enemies become friends, and allies
become protagonists, at least for the
coming elections.
Such is the case with the political
coalition that Vice President Jejomar
Binay is forming, the United Nationalist
Alliance, and for that matter, the
coalition that the camp of President
Aquino would soon be forming.
Binays UNA is considering the
following cacophony of personalities:
former Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri,
Zambales Rep. Mitos Magsaysay, Cebu
Gov. Gwen Garcia, all from Gloria
Macapagal Arroyos Lakas-CMD; San
Juan Rep. JV Ejercito of Pwersa ng
Masang Pilipino; businessman Joey de
Venecia and Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile,
both of PDP-Laban; Sen. Gregorio
Honasan, an independent; and possibly,
Sen. Koko Pimentel, of PDP-Laban
who is reluctant to join Zubiri in UNA.
Zubiri, who was the subject of
protest by Pimentel until he resigned
last year, has joined former President
Joseph Estradas Pwersa ng Masang
Pilipino while Magsaysay has joined
the PDP-Laban.
The Liberal Party is trying to woo
Pimentel and some NP members. The
Nacionalista Party, according to Sen.
Alan Peter Cayetano, will eld its own
senatorial slate next year to include
Cayetano, Rep. Cynthia Villar and
Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, who claried
that the NP is willing to enter into a
coalition with other parties.
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad
said LP is going to eld its own
candidates, possibly in coalition with
other parties.
Seeking re-election next year
are Cayetano, Honasan, Pimentel,
Loren Legarda, Francis Escudero and
Antonio Trillanes IV. Cayetano and
Legarda would probably run under
NP, Escudero under LP, and Trillanes,
unknown as of this writing.
The National Unity Party, which was
formed by former Lakas-CMD leaders,
said it would coalesce with other
parties and possibly eld Governor
Gwen Garcia, Pasig City Rep. Roman
Romulo, and Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo
Antonino, the party president.
It will denitely be a clash among
multiple coalitions in 2013, as
evidenced by the wheeling-and-dealing
going on.
But as all coalitions, these are but
temporary alliances. As soon as the
election is over, expect these same
politicians to align themselves with
other political parties and coalitions,
based on their personal agendas
and interests. When the presidential
elections come in 2016, expect at least
seven political parties vying for the
presidential post once again.
The instability of these political
coalitions reects, and contributes
to, the instability of the countrys
political system. Because these parties
were formed primarily for the self-
aggrandizement of its founders and
leaders, they are devoid of ideology
and platform of government.
There lies the problem with not
having parties based on ideals or
principles. Because they are based
on the self-serving agenda of the
leaders, parties tend to change
platforms depending on what can win
them votes at the time, or what can be
advantageous to their own objectives.
The needs of the people that they are
supposed to serve are often overlooked.
And because the members join the
parties not because of the partys ideals
and principles, there is no loyalty on
their part and they become political
Turn to page 5
ALL in the space of the week just
past, the administration of President
Noynoy Aquino told us three big
lies that it must now thoroughly
regret telling. And while the fallout
from being caught passing off such
bald-faced whoppers may not be
immediately felt, the government
is certainly courting a crisis of
credibility and condence that could
soon hound it for the rest of its term.
Lie 1: The Philippines can spare
$1 billion for the International
Monetary Funds bailout program
for Europe. It
doesnt take a
geniusor a
governor of the
Bangko Sentral
ng Pilipinas
to see that the
government needs
what little money
it has (and all the
aid it can beg or
borrow besides) to
improve the local
economy, provide
employment, help the poor, build
needed infrastructure and provide
the most basic of social services.
Lie 2: The Chinese have left
Scarborough Shoal in the disputed
territory of the South China Sea.
In response, the Chinese said they
did no such thing, forcing Manila
to declare that it may have to send
its vessels back to the area that it
supposedly now considers peaceful
after declaring that the tension with
Beijing has subsided.
Lie 3: A foreign journalist who
went missing is in league with
the Abu Sayyaf bandits whom
he voluntarily sought, probably
because he was acting as a courier
of funds for the Al Qaida terror
network. Instead, the Jordanian
foreign ministry has declared Al
Arabiya bureau chief Baker Atyani
a victim of the notorious kidnap-for-
ransom gang in Patikul, Sulu.
How can any government, to say
nothing of one that supposedly trades
in transparency and honesty, make
such major blunders in so short a
time and not expect to get ak? How
can anyone except the most die-
hard of Aquino supporters not see
that this President is grievously ill-
advised, horrendously uninformed
and in all likelihood thoroughly
incompetent to deal with the crises
that have beset it almost from Day
Oneand which will likely plague
it until the end of its days?
* * *
Some things must be made clear:
This country cannot afford to help
IMF bail out Europe, regardless of
how awash with cash we are or how
much we used to owe multilateral
lending agencies in the past.
The Philippines continues
to borrow from international
and domestic banks to fund its
government and its programs. If we
truly could spare a billion dollars,
why would Aquino want to privatize
the government hospital system, to
name just one, and refuse to heed
calls for tax relief to citizens and
entire industries that could use a
break in a stagnant economy and job
market?
Why dont we have enough
teachers and classrooms and why do
health, housing and other benets
keep getting cut back if we had
so much money? Why cant the
excess cash be used to build needed
infrastructure and improve existing
ones, from roads to bridges to
airports?
And why does this government
keep bungling its already-shaky
relations with China, which it
provoked into escalating the
Scarborough crisis by sending
Filipino naval vessels to the disputed
shoal instead
of calling for a
diplomatic and
legal resolution
from the very
beginning? Why
does a government
that did not
hesitate to rattle
its saber now call
for a more prudent
approach, when
our shermen are
being rammed by
Chinese vessels just off the coast of
Pangasinan?
As for the strange case of the
missing Jordanian journalist,
what prompted the authorities
to immediately declare that no
kidnapping had taken place in a lame
attempt to downgrade the crisis?
And then, when the abduction of
the foreigner has been conrmed,
why does Malacaang insist that he
should explain and even be punished
for putting himself in harms way?
In addition to all these questions,
a few more need to be asked: How
long can Aquino and his men lie to
us without shame? And when will
Filipinos wise up to this policy?
Historically, the big lie theory
postulates that people will believe
the most false and outrageous
things, if they are told boldly and
often enough by those in power.
Not surprisingly, the theory was
rst put forth by Adolf Hitler in
his biography Mein Kampf and
expounded by his spinmeister,
Josef Goebbels, the acknowledged
pioneer of government propaganda.
The Ofce of Strategic Services,
the forerunner of the American
Central Intelligence Agency,
traces the roots of the theory to
the psychological makeup of the
German leader. In a psychological
prole of Hitler, the OSS said: His
primary rules were: never allow the
public to cool off; never admit a fault
or wrong; never concede that there
may be some good in your enemy;
never leave room for alternatives;
never accept blame; concentrate
on one enemy at a time and blame
him for everything that goes wrong;
people will believe a big lie sooner
than a little one; and if you repeat
it frequently enough people will
sooner or later believe it.
This is the Philippines under
Aquino, not Germany under
Hitler. But the commonalities are
chilling.
JOJO
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lie to us without
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A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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PRESIDENT Aquino should heed
Senate President Juan Ponce Enriles
advice about the treatment of
former President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo, who is under hospital arrest.
Commission on Elections chairman
Sixto Brillantes, Secretary of Justice
Leila de Lima and other Arroyo
critics want the former President to
be taken to an ordinary jail like an
ordinary criminal.
Enrile says the administration
must not treat Arroyo like a convicted
felon because she is presumed
innocent until proven otherwise.
Moreover, the President will
be blamed if anything untoward
happened to Mrs. Arroyo, whose
bone ailment is worsening.
I cannot understand President
Aquinos lack of compassion for
Mrs. Arroyo. Why, when his late
father Ninoy was allowed to go to the
United States for a heart bypass by
the Marcoses? This despite the fact
that Ninoy had
been convicted
by a military
court.
What has
Gloria done to
the Aquinos
that she should
merit such harsh
treatment? What
President Aquino
is doing is not
only un-Filipino
but un-Christian!
***
I subscribe to
the complaint of
former Solicitor
General Frank Chavez that the
present composition of the Judicial
and Bar Council is anomalous.
Representatives from Congress,
consisting of the Senate Justice
Committee chairman and the House
of Representatives Justice committee
chairman, have one vote apiece in
which there would a total of eight votes
in all including the chairman. What
happens then when theres a tie of 4-4?
Section 8 (1) of Article VIII
of the Constitution provides the
composition of the JBC: the
Chief Justice as ex oficio chairman,
the secretary of justice, and a
representative of Congress as ex
oficio members, and a representative
of the Integrated Bar, a professor
of law a retired member of the
Supreme Court and a representative
of the private sector.
In other words, a representative
of the Congress as ex ofcio
member has only one vote. I recall
that vote was split between the two
members of Congress, at one-half
vote each. But, it seems that at some
time or another, the representatives of
Congress were given one vote each.
This is anomalous.
Another anomaly which I have
been writing about many times is the
fact that nowhere in the Constitution
is it stated that in the absence of a
chief justice, there would be an acting
chief justice, or an acting chairman or
a vice chairman of the JBC.
With the conviction and ouster
of former Chief Justice Renato
Corona, technically, there would be
no JBC chairman. Senior Associate
Justice Antonio Carpio as acting
chief justice? It does not sound right,
too. Carpio can only be an ofcer-
in-charge in the absence of a chief
justice, who is sick, on leave, on
vacation or incapacitated. Obviously,
the framers of the Constitution did
not consider the event of the ouster of
a chief justice.
I dont know how the Supreme
Court will resolve this double
whammy on the JBC, which is now
tasked to submit to the President
a short-list of candidates for chief
justice. My gulay, any eventuality
resulting from this legal quagmire
could result in a constitutional crisis!
***
The public relations department
of the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp. has been working
overtime. Almost immediately after
I wrote an item in my column on the
need to privatize the many gambling
casinos operated by Pagcor, there
was a media blitz that came out,
hailing Pagcor
for generating
more than P3
billion revenues
m o n t h l y ,
supporting so
many charities
and giving the
President a social
fund.
Pagcor is
presently both
a regulator and
casino operator.
As such, Pagcor
ofcials are
given luxury
accommodations
when they go to other gambling
establishments abroad. We can only
recall that furor created here and
abroad when Wynn Resorts accused
Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada
of billeting Pagcor Chairman/CEO
Cristino Naguiat Jr. in a $6,000-a-day
suite in Macau. Naguiats family
his wife, children and a nannywere
included in the package. There were
also reports that Naguiat was given
gifts and pocket money.
Malacaang defended Naguiat,
claiming that it was standard practice
for the industry. Oh yeah? Would
Okada have given that luxury
treatment if Naguiat were not Pagcor
chairmanboth a regulator and a
casino operator?
I agree that Pagcor contributes to
a lot of social and charity projects,
but thats not the point. Rather, the
point is that being a casino regulator
and operator is a prescription for
corruption.
Incidentally, its also standard
practice for Pagcor that when
members of Congress go to casinos,
they are given a least P20,000 in chips
for free. They can then gamble all
they want. I know that this has been
going on with Pagcor especially for
members of games and amusement
committees of Congress. I exposed it
at one time, and I got investigated by
Congress for it.
A double
anomaly
The green economy debate
LAST Saturday, I started a three-part
series on the United Nations Conference
on Sustainable Development, held last
week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the
20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth
Summit.
The rst column focused on the
political wrangling on the common
but differentiated responsibilities
principle and introduced the debate on
the green economy (todays subject).
On Saturday, I will write about the
so-called outcome document of the
Rio+20 Conference, entitled The
Future We Want.
The green economy debate pits
developed countries against each other
and against developing countries,
developing countries against other
poor countries, the private sector
versus environmental and development
activists, environmental activists against
development and human rights activists,
development advocates against each
other with conicting paradigms, and
amidst the noise, local governments,
farmers, indigenous peoples, women
and youth and other voices have also
asserted their voices to get a place on
the negotiating table
Ironically, the green economy
theme was chosen by the United Nations
because it seemed uncontroversial. After
all, who should object to greening
the economy? But because the process
transformed to a more serious discussion
of what is really happening on the
ground and what our options for the
future are, the green economy debate
became ideological. It compelled the
world to look at itself and ask whether
business as usual can in fact deliver
sustainable development. While the
debate is welcome and healthy, from
a terminology point of view however,
the use or mis-use of green in this
discussion has been harmful in that
what has always been considered good
(green parties, green policies, etc.)
have now effectively been demonized.
Critics of the green economy
vision, like the Asian Peasant Coalition,
criticized the draft of the outcome
document for glossing over how
capitalist-driven development has made
sustainable development an even more
remote reality and for hyping green
economy. Defenders of the green
economy vision, on the other hand,
believes that the future of sustainable
development lies in technological
change which can only be supported by
markets and the private sector.
While it is safe to say that most
developed countries and a few
developing countries are sympathetic
to the green economy approach, the
politics are actually more complicated
than one would think. As Professor Peter
Haas (University of Massachusetts at
Amherst) points out, some governments
support the green economy approach
because they anticipate that their
economies may benet from a new
era of green technology. These include
Japan, South Korea, Germany, China,
and possibly Brazil. Haas however
observed that countries like the United
States and Russia are ambivalent
in large part because of the divided
nature of their industrial sector which
continues to rely heavily on fossil
fuels and on manufacturing products
for the older technology. According
to Haas, others also, and that includes
many developing countries, are fearful
that new technologies will be more
competitive than their exports, that
they may not enjoy cheap access to the
new technologies, and that they may
not contribute to job creation in their
societies.
A quick review of the The Future
We Want justied a conclusion that
the governments of the world sought
to paper over their differences on the
green economy. In a way, not a single
paradigm of sustainable development
won, guaranteeing that the debate will
continue for years if not decades to
come.
As for the Philippines, the
National Economic and Development
Authority and the Philippine Council
for Sustainable Development, under
the guidance rst of former Neda
Director General and PCSD Chair
Cayetano Paderanga Jr. and now under
the leadership of Secretary Arsenio
Balisacan, has done a really good job of
preparing for this debate. Our positions
on the green economy are therefore
well developed and quite progressive.
For us, green economy is a tool and
mechanism to achieve sustainable
development and should: (a) Ensure
food security; (b) Promote investments
to bolster its natural capital; (c) Ensure
environmental integrity and ecological
resilience through enhanced and
sustained ecosystem goods and services;
(d) Encourage sustainable consumption
patterns; ((e) Eco-efcient resource use
in the transport, energy, waste and water
sectors; and (f) Create climate-resilient
agriculture and industry sectors. We
envision a green economy approach
that pushes the development of the
country towards inclusive and sustained
growth.
While we have our positions right
in Rio+20, and many of our domestic
policies for sustainable development
are in place, there was also a recognition
in our preparatory process that there
are serious implementation gaps and
institutional failures that need to be
addressed. If Rio+20 enables us to learn
new ideas, nd innovative solutions and
generate resources to address these gaps
and failures, the summit would have
succeeded for us.
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P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
By Christopher Torchia
ATHENSIn Greek mythology,
King Sisyphus pushed a boulder up a
hill, over and over, forever, in a futile
exercise that a few commentators have
compared to international efforts to
revive Greeces dire nances. Homers
Odyssey, whose protagonist endures
years of peril on his way home after the
Trojan War, is seen as another metaphor
for the ordeal of a nation in its fth year
of recession.
Scylla and Charybdis, the sea
monsters anking a strait that forced
ships to brave one side or the other, are
associated today with the expression,
between a rock and a hard place, the
predicament of modern Greeks left with
no good options.
Turning to allegories infused with
one-eyed giants and other fantastical
creatures to explain the Greek crisis,
which threatens to morph into a
nancial crisis worldwide, seems like
an indulgence at a time when the state,
and ordinary citizens, cant pay their
bills.
Yet ancient myths lend context to
the swirl of acrimony and austerity,
bailouts and brinkmanship, coalitions
and currencies, debt and deadlines, that
dene the social and economic ills of
Greece, which is in danger of falling
out of the euro currency. It turns out the
legends have plenty to say about hubris
and ruin, order and chaos, boom and
bust.
Greek mythology is full of examples
of how mortals should nd the middle
way in order to live a happy life, or as
it said on the walls of the Temple of
Apollo at Delphi, Nothing in Excess,
Peter Meineck, associate professor of
classics at New York University, wrote
in an e-mail.
He noted that, according to the Greek
poet Hesiod, the rst divine agent that
caused creation was Erosthe spirit
of erotic drive or the impulse to create
anything.
Icarus paid for his arrogance when
he ew too close to the sun, plummeting
to his death when his wax-and-feather
wings melted. Prometheus stole re
from the gods for the sake of mankind,
and as punishment, he was bound to a
rock, where an eagle daily fed on his
regenerating liver.
Similarly, reckless conduct and the
outing of rules fueled the crisis in
Greece, which gained some political
stability with the formation of a coalition
government this week. Some experts
assign blame beyond Greece as well,
citing structural deciencies in Europes
economic club and the insistence
of Germany and other creditors on
unbending austerity measures that have
sliced into the quality of life.
Many Greeks are frustrated by the
damning perception that their mistakes
brought the global economy close to
a sharp downturn. They share, one
allegation goes, the same destructive
qualities as their mythical monsters.
Rather than attacking the idea, one
Greek rm, Beetroot Design, embraces
the image of Greece as a modied
cyclops of modern Europe.
Its exhibition of images and
sculptures in Athens, The Greek
Monsters, plays on European criticism,
suggesting the beasts of lore are victims
as well as predators, and teaching tools
for a society sorely lacking in direction.
It includes depictions of the Minotaur,
the half-man, half-bull imprisoned in a
labyrinth, and the Medusa, who turned
people to stone with her gaze and lost
her head to the sword of Perseus.
The Graeae are three crones who
share one detachable eye and a tooth,
stolen by Perseus in his quest to kill
Medusa. They are cast as a symbol
of organization because they share
scarce, essential resources. The
cyclops Polyphemus, a single eye in
his forehead, devoured companions
of Odysseus, who blinded him; the
exhibition portrays the one eye as a
tribute to focus and originality.
Here is the Minotaurs perspective,
according to Mexis:
Guys wait: Im a giant, Im
enslaved, Im in a cave, nobody feeds
me and at one time they threw into my
cave, in the labyrinth, seven boys and
seven girls, and I hadnt eaten for, like,
months. So what should I do?
The monster, the designer said, can
be a model: He can never escape, but
he can break walls, and make his own
path. And a designer, or anybody who
produces something, can do the same.
Maybe hes in a spiritual labyrinth.
Should Greeks get in touch with
their inner Minotaur? Sounds like
trouble. But arguably, the Greek crisis
is a psychological one, an epic battle
in which, for now, dependence has
trumped innovation in the national
character.
Greek myths are the cultural property
of Europe, the West and the world,
immortalized in high art as well as
cartoons and movie depictions such as
Clash of the Titans. Greeks are rueful at
how the legacy of their ancient statesmen
and philosophers stacks up against their
reduced circumstances. But mostly they
dont cite old myths, possibly based on
kernels of truth, that helped people make
sense of chaotic times.
Political scientists say modern
Greeks are creating contemporary
myths because the state, stripped of
credibility, does not provide them with
any answers.
Among the conspiracy theories
they cited as prevalent among Greeks:
European bankers and policymakers are
using Greece as an experiment to see
how far they can drive down wages and
pensions before the population snaps.
Another one holds that the government
engineered the deaths of three people in
a bank re during a 2010 demonstration
in an attempt to derail public anger and
protests against austerity policies.
For at least two decades, artist
Yanni Souvatzoglou has displayed his
bronze sculptures in the old Athens
neighborhood of Plaka. He depicts
Dimitra, the goddess of fertility and
agriculture, as a slender gure, like a
stalk of wheat, with a symbolism that
suits hard times.
She told us to use our ingenuity to
survive even if we dont have wheat,
said Souvatzoglou, who cites his main
inuences as the ancient Minoan and
Cycladic eras. She told us, Before
you do something important in your
life, you should apply thinking
shes holding her head But if things
dont work out for some reason, be
exible. Like the wheat is when the
wind is blowing.
When countries undergo hardship,
boosters sometimes pay glowing tribute
to the perceived resilience of their
populations. This hasnt happened much
with Greece, but Meineck, the academic
at New York University, suggested that
maybe it should.
The great single-minded warriors
of the Iliad are all dead Achilles,
Agamemnon, Ajax, etc. It is the wily
Odysseus who survives, Meineck
wrote. Perhaps we should not count
the Greeks out quite so soon? This small
country has been dealing with giants for
a very long time, be it Alexander, Rome,
the Moors, Venice, the Ottomans, the
Nazis or even nowthe market forces
of Europe.
So, as with the phoenix of ancient
mythologies, Greece may yet rise from
the ashes. AP
The Greek crisis and ancient myth
FEATURE
Is it a full vote or
a half vote for each
representative of
Congress in the
Judicial and Bar
Council?
butteries, moving from one party to
another in the same manner that parties
move from one coalition to another.
If the parties and the party members
cannot be loyal to their own ideals or
their own parties, how can they be
expected to be loyal to the people?
To build a more stable political system,
the Philippines political leaders will have
to reassess their stand on important issues
and ideologies, organize strong parties
based on these ideals and principles, and
impose rigid party discipline to strengthen
their political foundation. This is what
Senate Bill 3214, otherwise known as
The Political Party Development Act,
led by Sen. Edgardo Angara, hopes to
achieve. This bill seeks to punish political
butteries (turncoats) and at the same
time establish a state subsidy fund for
accredited political parties. It may not
be the best solution for the problem, but
discussions can start from there.
Hopefully, with parties based on
clear platforms and principles, the
countrys political system will be
stabilized, and the foundation laid for
the building of a truly strong republic,
one that is cognizant of the general
well-being of the people.
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A6
UNA rift insolvable
IN BRIEF
Banker nabbed after court date
Group sues water rms over P6b refund
No vacancy for reinstated Customs ofcial
By Rio N. Araja
A CONSUMERS rights group
has led syndicated estafa
charges against Maynilad Wa-
ter Services chairman Manny
V. Pangilinan and Manila Water
Co. chairman Fernando Zobel de
Ayala over the two water con-
cessionaires supposedly illegal
collection of P6 billion from cus-
tomers in Metro Manila.
The consumers right group,
Water for All Refund Movement,
led by its president Rodolfo Jav-
ellana Jr., along with consumer
Gloria Dalida led the lawsuit
before the Quezon City Pros-
ecutors Ofce and impleaded
several top executives of the two
companies, including Fernando
Zobels brother Jaime Augusto.
Also impleaded were Mayni-
lads president Victorico Vargas,
vice chairman Isidro Consunji
and directors Jose M.K. Lim,
Jorge Consunji, Herbert Consun-
ji, Randolph Estrellado, Augusto
Palisoc and Lourdes Marivic
Punzalan Espiritu.
Also named respondents were
Manila Waters president Gerar-
do Ablaza and directors Deln
Lazaro, Keiichi Asai, John Eric
Francia, Simon Gardiner, Ricar-
do Nicanor Jacinto and Virgilio
Rivera Jr.
Javellana and Dalida also
charged Loida Dino, head of reg-
ulatory affairs and development
department of the Manila Water-
works and Sewerage System.
The suit stemmed from com-
plainants demand for a refund
of P6 billion the two water
concessionaires collected from
their customers supposedly to
nance the P45.3-billion Lai-
ban dam project and the P5.4-
billion Angat Dam reliability or
Angat Dam irrigation replace-
ment.
Javellana said the twin proj-
ects implementation had been
reportedly cancelled, but Mayni-
lad and Manila Water continued
to collect fees in the monthly
water billings of millions of their
consumers for the failed projects
implementation.
He said it was Bagong Hen-
erasyon party-list Rep. Ber-
nadette Herrera-Dy who came
forward to question the alleged
irregularity, demand refunds
and even called for separate
investigations by the Commis-
sion on Audit and Department
of Justice.
In their June 18 complaint,
Javellana and Davida claimed
the MWSS recommendation for
refund was approved by its board
of trustees on Dec. 10, 2010.
An MWSS computer-gen-
erated computation presented
last December showed that the
amount illegally collected had
reached P6 billion, Javellana
said.
Department of Public Works & Highways
DAVAO ORIENTAL FIRST DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Baganga, Davao Oriental
Region XI
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH Davao Oriental First District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following projects:
1. Contract ID : 12LF0013
Contract Name : Repair/Rehab./Imprvt. Of Cateel-Compostela Road
Km. 1553+000 km. 1553+896
Contract Location : Cateel, Davao Oriental
Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay of 896 ln.m. National Road
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : Php9,899,742.33
Contract Duration : 40 Calendar Days
Source of Funds : Special Road Support Fund CY-2012
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 these contract, a contractor or his/her duly authorized representative
as indicated in the CRC 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 at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-
discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of
bids. Letter of Intent (LOIs) sent thru mail or fax will not be accepted.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOIs.
The DPWH POCW Central Offce 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 June 25, 2012 to July 16, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 5, 2012 @ 10:00a.m
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
July 9, 2012 @ 5:00 p.m
4. Receipt of Bids July 16, 2012 until 2:00p.m
5. Opening of Bids July 16, 2012 until 2:15 p.m
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC Secretariat,
DPWH Davao Oriental First District Engineering Offce, Baganga, Davao
Oriental, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee Php10,000.00 (BDs Fee).
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 bids 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,
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. Only the Prospective Bidders or their
duly authorized representatives as indicated in the CRC will submit BDs.
The DPWH Davao Oriental First District Engineering Offce reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved By :
(sgd.) ALBERTO L. CAINGHOG
Asst. District Engineer
Chairman, BAC
(MST-June 26, 2012)
Equipment check. Election Commisioners (from left) Elias Yusoph, Lucenito Tagle and Chairman
Sixto Brillantes inspect the vote-counting machines that will be used in next years elections. The
80,000 machines are stored in the Smartmatic warehouse in Cabuyao, Laguna. DANNY PATA
Anti-dengue solution. Malaysian royal Tunku Naquiyuddin (in dark suit) visits a young
dengue victim at Quezon City General Hospital along with hospital director Edgardo Salud
(in white) and Eugenio S. Ynion Jr., president of Yngentech Inc. which is distributing the new
anti-dengue solution Quiti-Kill.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
FORMER Senate President
Aquilino Nene Pimentel Jr.
described as insolvable the
rift between his son, Senator
Aquilino Koko Pimentel III,
and former Senator Juan Miguel
Zubiri because it is rooted in
fundamental differences in
principles.
The older Pimentel was even a little sarcastic at the
Kapihan sa Diamond Hotel on Monday and said United
Nationalist Alliance chairman, Vice President Jejomar
Binay, is going to the Vatican City to pray that Koko and
Migz will nally settle their differences.
I hope he does. If his prayers are not answered, I hope
he will not blame God for something that people from UNA
did, said Nene, who founded the Partido Demokratiko
Pilipino in 1982, one year before its merger with the Lakas
ng Bayan party, which was founded by deceased former
Senator Benigno Ninoy Aquino Jr. in 1978.
UNA, on the other hand, is a coalition that Binay, in his
capacity as chairman of the PDP-Laban, formed with the
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, founded by former President
Joseph Estrada with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile
as chairman.
Nene said the differences in principles is best shown by
how decisions are reached in UNA and the PDP-Laban.
In UNA, Nene said, the decisions are made by Binay,
Estrada and Enrile. In PDP-Laban, decisions are reached
after consultative meetings among party members.
The rift between Koko and Zubiri emerged after the UNA
leadership decided to include Zubiri in the coalitions Senate
slate despite the objections of Koko, who accused Zubiri of
conniving with the Arroyo administration in purportedly
cheating him during the 2007 elections and preventing him
from sitting as senator for more than four years.
But the older Pimentel claims his son Koko is still
mulling over the implications of running in the same slate
as Zubiri, although Koko has maintained that he will stay
with PDP-Laban, being its current president.
But Nene said the PDP-Laban will likely form another
coalition with another party if Koko decides to leave UNA.
But I believe that my son will leave UNA, he said.
He does not want Migz Zubiri in the same slate, much
less (on) the same stage. The older Pimentel added their
principles cannot be defeated by decisions made out of
convenience.
One thing for sure, Koko cant accept in his conscience
to run in the same ticket despite the split proposal,
said the elder Pimentel, referring to a proposal that Migz
and Koko campaign with separate teams in next years
elections.
LAWMEN arrested a small banker who had
led a lawsuit in a Paraaque court last week,
despite the 23 criminal charges he faced before
different courts in Cagayan province, Abra and
Manila.
Agents of the National Bureau of Investiga-
tion arrested lawyer Alfeo D. Vivas, president
and chairman of the closed Euro Credit Com-
munity Bank Inc. and Rural Bank of Bangued
Inc., outside the Paranaque City Hall of Justice
after he left a court that was hearing a case he
led as complainant.
The NBI agents said they received information
that Vivas was to appear in a hearing of another
case in which he was the private complainant
on June 18, 2012 so they positioned themselves
around the courthouse and arrested the banker as
he was about to leave the premises.
The lawmen said the Ofce of Special In-
vestigation of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
sought their assistance in arresting Vivas, who
was wanted for 23 criminal charges before dif-
ferent courts.
Vivas and a certain Leonicia B. Garduque
were slapped with eight counts of the crime
of estafa through falsication of commercial
documents before the RTC Branch 11 of Tuao,
Cagayan.
He was also accused of ve counts before
the 7th Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Piat,
Cagayan; and four counts of estafa before the
Municipal Trial Court of Bangued.
The NBI said Vivas was also accused of
two counts of in Criminal Case Nos. 466013 to
466014, and two counts of violation of Batas
Pambansa Blg. 22 before Metropolitan Trial
Court Branch XIII of Manila, two counts of
the same offense before the Metropolitan Trial
Court Branch 4 of Manila.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
By Joel E. Zurbano
ALTHOUGH the Civil Service Com-
mission has ordered the reinstatement of
former Customs Deputy Commissioner
Reynaldo Nicolas, there is no vacancy
in the Bureau of Customs that will allow
compliance with the order, according to
Commissioner Ruffy Biazon.
The CSC ordered on May 29 the rein-
statement of Nicolas to his former position
as deputy commissioner for assessment
and operations, but the position has been
lled by Deputy Commissioner Prudencio
Reyes Jr., a presidential appointee.
We claried with the Civil Service
the impact of their decision on the current
situation. The situation is (Nicolas) was
removed and replaced by DepCom (Gre-
gorio) Chavez and it was a presidential ap-
pointment. The appointment was DepCom
Chavez vice Rey Nicolas, then later on
DepCom Chavez was replaced by another
presidential appointee Jun Reyes, said
Biazon.
In a resolution, the CSC ordered the
Customs bureau to implement CSC deci-
sion No. 11-0442, dated August 15, 2011,
reinstating Nicolas to his former position
with payment of back salaries and other
benets from the time of his illegal dis-
missal up to the time of his actual rein-
statement.
If there is no legal impediment, I think
its just fair if there is back wages de to
him. Without any legal impediment, its
okay with us, but when you say he will
comeback as deputy commissioner, that is
the problem, Biazon said.
Nicolas was terminated from the service
two years ago for allegedly lacking the re-
quired career executive service eligibility.
He was also one of two Customs of-
cials who were charged for fraudulently
approving the refund of duties and value-
added taxes and the issuance of tax credit
certicates in favor of an oil importer.
As early as October 27, 2004, Nicolas
held the position of Deputy Commissioner
for Intelligence and Enforcement and was
reappointed as DepCom and designated as
head of the AOCG on June 17, 2009.
The bureau, on October 2010, erased the
name of Nicolas from the agencys payroll
which resulted in the non-payment of his
salary and other benets.
Truck of LPG tanks
catches fire on tollway
A TRUCK carrying liqueed petroleum
gas tanks caught re after it fell on its
side while speeding along the South
Luzon Expressway in Paranaque City
onMonday.
The Skyway O&M Corp. said the
driver of the Isuzu Elf truck, Romulo
Ramos and his companion, escaped
with only minor injuries. The accident
took place at around 6:44 am on the
southbound lane of SLEX near the
Sucat Interchange, according to the
Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority.
Ramos told authorities he lost
control of the truck while approaching
the Sucat Interchange. To avoid further
damage, he said he drove the careening
vehicle to the center island, briey
rotated then fell on its left side. Upon
impact, several LPG cylinders rolled
out of the truck and onto the pavement,
causing it to explode and start a re.
Ferdinand Fabella
Annabelle Rama pleads
not guilty in 14 libel cases
TALENT manager Annabelle Rama on
Monday pleaded not guilty to the 14
counts of libel led by former actress
Nadia Montenegro with the Quezon
City regional trial court.
Branch 92 Judge Eleuterio Bathan
ordered Rama and Montenegro to go
through a mediation process to see if
an amicable settlement can be reached,
but Montenegro said she will pursue
the cases she led against the talent
manager whom she accused of posting
defamatory statements in her Tweeter
account. Apart from the libel suits,
Montenegro and her two daughters
also charged Rama with grave oral
defamation and two counts of unjust
vexation.
Assistant city prosecutor Diovie
Macaraig Calderon, in a 30-page
resolution, earlier, junked the
charges of child abuse, slander by
deed and attempted physical injuries
Montenegros led against Rama for
lack of probable cause.
Former Caloocan City mayor
Macario Boy Asistio, the father
of Montenegros children, also led
charges of four counts and unjust
vexation against Rama with the
Caloocan prosecutors ofce.
Rio N. Araja
IN BRIEF
PH boxer loses in Mexico
Busy PSA Forum today
THE Philippines Ardin Diale was
knocked out in the second round by
Juan Francisco Estrada in a scheduled
10-round bout at the Centro de Usos Mul-
tiples, in Sonora, Mexico.
Diale was knocked out at 2:22 of the
round in what proved to be a mismatch as
Estrada, who improved his record to 22-1
with 17 knockouts, was far too good and
strong for the ghter of Philippine Box-
ing Federation chairman Dante Almario.
With the loss, the 23-year-old Diale,
who was earlier being considered as a
possible challenger to World Boxing
Association champion Hernan Tyson
Marquez, dropped to 18-7-3, with 5
knockouts.
Diale was coming off a seventh-
round technical knockout victory over
Mhar Jhun Macahilig in Bacolod City
last April 14. Ronnie Nathanielsz
SAMAHANG Basketbol ng Pilipinas
executive director Sonny Barrios, along
with British Embassy and Philippine
Sports Association for the Differently
Abled ofcials are todays special
guests in the weekly PSA Forum at
Shakeys UN Avenue.
Barrios will accompany the three
players, led by Rashleigh Paolo Rivero,
who participated in the recent Basketball
Without Borders Asia, in the session
aired live over DZSR Sports Radio 918
and presented by Smart, the Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corporation
and Shakeys.
Charge daffaires Trevor Lewis, head of
strategic communications Colin Glen, press
ofcer Lyn Plata, and Philspada executives
Michael Barredo and Butch Weber,
meanwhile will talk about the Ì Can photo
competition to celebrate the countdown to
the London 2012 Paralympics during the
10:30 a.m. public sports program
Rounding out the guests list, according
to PSA president Rey Bancod of Tempo,
are organizer Jimmy Lopa and race
director Rick Rodriguez to discuss the
`Ride for Cory event on Aug. 3 in Tarlac
to honor the late President Aquino.
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Parker is worried a left eye injury, which
happened during a celebrated nightclub ght,
may keep him from playing in the Olympics
next month, according to international
basketball website Sportando.
The French star had to have surgery after
suffering a lacerated left eye. A piece of glass
penetrated 99 percent of the tissue, he said
in a Q&A on his blog, adding the Spurs are
worried about his long-term career.
Parker sustained the injury early June 15 while
attending a party as guests of musicians Chris
Brown and Drake. A fight began between the
rappers entourages and reportedly Parker was hit
on the eye by a bottle while trying to protect a girl.
Last week, Parker sued the owners of the
nightclub for $20 million for allowing the
incident to escalate.
Eye injury bothers Parker
SAN Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker
reportedly is ying to New York soon to see an
eye specialist.
Olympic triathlon at Subic
I WAS in Subic Bay over the weekend
to cover the Century Tuna 5i50 Triath-
lon. Actually, this was the rst time that
the Olympic distance triathlon of 51.50
was ever held in Southeast Asia.
As expected, the professional triath-
lon athletes dominated the event with
reigning Ironman Cairns champion
David Dellow (with a time of 2 hours,
3 minutes, 3 seconds) of Australia win-
ning over three-time Olympian Csaba
Kuttor (2:03:27) of Hungary.
The 2012 Xterra Asian Triple Crown
rst placer Ben Allen (2:04:43) also of
Australia checked in at third.
The contest turned into an all-Austra-
lian show with Belinda Granger (2:22:35)
winning the womens category.
John Leerams Chicano (2:11:35), of
the local Subic triathlon team of Tri-
Monkeys, was the best local nisher
checking in at fth place behind Cana-
dian Mathieu OHalloran (2:05:23).
The over 600 participants were unan-
imous in praising not just how the event
was organized, but also how the course
was made more challenging.
Swimming was very hard. We had to
hang on in there and swim. Biking was
way more difcult than in other triath-
lons because of the hilly terrain and tra-
versing it was very technical. Most other
races involve heading down the highway
and then turning around. I commend the
organizers for making this a challenging
course. The run is my favorite. I just kept
on pushing hard, said Dellow.
Dellow and OHalloran are members
of the Alaska Triathlon Team TBB.
REUEL VIDAL
SPORTS CENTER
By Peter Atencio
FILIPINO tracksters will be sent to three international
meets within the next three weeks.
Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association presi-
dent Go Teng Kok said national athletes are now prepar-
ing to compete in the Hong Kong Intercity Champion-
ships from June 28 to July 2.
Long jump queen Marestella Torres, on the other hand, is
all set to join the Asian All Stars meet in Akimaty, Kazakh-
stan from June 30 to July 1.
A nal batch of tracksters will be sent to Ho Chi Minh
City International Championships from July 10 to 12 in
Vietnam.
Go said the performance of members of the national pool
in three meets will determine the selection of members of
the national team to the Southeast Asian Games in Myan-
mar next year.
PH tracksters join
3 world tourneys
UNIVERSITY of the
Philippines Marc Nazario
bounced back from a seventh-
round setback with two victories
to capture the boys juniors
crown, while second seed
Judith Pineda took the girls
title in the Shell National Youth
Active Chess Championships-
National Capital Region leg at
SM Megamall.
The fth-ranked Nazario
bowed to No. 16 Jefferson
Mansanero after sweeping his
rst six matches, but toppled
Letrans Ali Guya and Jan
Galan in the last two rounds
to emerge solo champion in
the 20-and-under class with 8
points in the nine-round Swiss
system event kicking off the
20th staging of the ve-leg
nationwide talent-search.
Mansanero, playing out of
National University, settled for
second with 7.5 points, his title
bid spoiled by a nal-round draw
with USTs Steven Dacanay,
who forced a ve-way tie for
third with 7 points, including
Jude Fronda, also of UST, La
Salles Franz Gral and Christian
Nanola and Guya.
Pineda took the solo lead
after winning her rst six
games then went for a draw
with Hiezel Coraje to clinch
the victory with 6.5 points in
the seven-round girls side of
the tournament sponsored by
Pilipinas Shell and sanctioned
by the National Chess
Federation of the Phils.
Roxanne Atayde settled for
second with six points, while
Coraje and Ynna Canape
nished tied for third with 5.5
points.
Earlier, Pilipinas Shell Pe-
troleum Corp. Social Invest-
ment manager Jackie Ampil
and media relations manager
Toby Nebrida made the cer-
emonial moves in elaborate
rites graced by Ron Jabal, Pil-
ipinas Shell Internal Commu-
nications manager and GMs
Eugene Torre and Jayson
Gonzales, executive director
of NCFP, Ronald Suarez, Pili-
pinas Shell NGO and Stake-
holder relations manager and
Fide arbiter Binita Shah.
Nazario, Pineda top Shell chess
Japanese
eye more
judo golds
LONDONThe birthplace of
judo is struggling to stay on top
of the sport.
Judo is a source of national pride
in Japan, where the martial art
originated. But the countrys judo
ego has been bruised in recent years,
and its looking for a comeback at
the London Olympics.
Despite rule changes to the
throwing and grappling sport
that favor the Japanese, bigger
opponents using unorthodox
techniques have gotten a foot-
hold into the sport, often at Ja-
pans expense. The country won
eight of 14 judo gold medals at
the Athens Games, then dropped
to four in Beijing.
This summer, Japan is betting
a new generation of judo players
can restore their supremacy: of the
14 judoka on the team, 12 will be
making their Olympic debut.
For the Japanese, nothing less
than gold will do, said Nicolas
Messner, who is a spokesman for
the International Judo Federation,
the martial arts governing body.
Japan will denitely be the
favorite in the Olympics, though
in some categories, there will be a
lot of surprises.
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar
earned Mongolias rst Olym-
pic medal at the Beijing Games,
and a couple other countries not
known for their sporting prow-
essUzbekistan, Georgia and
Ukraineboast strong medal
contenders for the London
Olympics. AP
He expressed satisfaction at his team
nishing well.
Alaska Team TBB nished rst and
fourth. So thats very gratifying and
made up for all the sacrices we made
when we trained. Its very hot and hu-
mid. I was able to practice. But during
the actual race I was still shocked at
how hot and humid it was out there. Im
glad to have nished well.
The event included a 1.5 kilometer
swim, 40 kilometer bike and 10 kilo-
meter run. It is the triathlon distance in
Olympic competition as opposed to the
full Ironman and the Ironman 70.3.
Fred Uytengsu, President of Sunrise
Events, which organized the race explained
the importance of nally holding an Olym-
pic distance triathlon in the country.
They say that triathlon isnt triathlon
if it isnt an Ironman. But any swim-bike-
run race is a triathlon. This distance is
everyones way of stepping into the sport
and growing in it. This will serve as their
entry point to triathlon and a healthy life-
style. We want to see them at the race.
Thats the vision behind 5i50, said Uy-
tengsu who not just understands but pas-
sionately loves the sport.
The Alaska Milk Corporation presi-
dent and chief executive ofcer is a
two-time Ford Ironman World Champi-
onship nisher.
In the relay category, Wetshop Tri
Team (2:16:27) emerged as champion.
The more interesting result is that the
Wetshop Para-Tri Team (2:31:30) placed
second ahead of Meralco Lightspeed
Team 1 (2:32:35) which nished third.
Members of the Wetshop Para-Tri
team included swimmer Arnel Aba,
whose right leg was amputated six
inches above the knee; cyclist Godfrey
Taberna, who was clubfooted; and one-
armed runner Isidro Vildosola.
The usual t and fabulous celebri-
ties, who have become virtual xtures
in the triathlon events Ive covered also
competed. They included Senator Pia
Cayetano, TV hosts Kim Atienza and
Drew Arellano, actor Matteo Guidi-
celli, news anchor Raffy Tima and food
writer Erwan Heusaff. Alaska Milk is a
co-sponsor of the race.
The Century Tuna 5i50 Triathlon
Race got off to a rousing start with
the open water swim at the All Hands
Beach wharf. The 1.5 kilometer open
water swim culminated with Kuttor
coming out of the water rst to win
Alaska Speed Swimmer Award.
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I see a specialist in New York with
the hope of obtaining the agreement of
competing in the Olympics, Parker wrote
on his blog. The Spurs are very worried.
Based on the results, one can imagine
that any one package. The decision is
no longer mine. It is in the hands of the
physician and San Antonio.
---New York Knicks forward Amare
Stoudemire has been accused of sending a
gay slur to a fan during a Twitter exchange.
The fan, who goes by the Twitter
username @BFerrelli, apparently
criticized Stoudemire for not helping
the Knicks advance further in the NBA
playoffs this season.
Ferrelli posted what is allegedly a direct
message from Stoudemire by using a screen
shot. Stoudemires alleged message read:
(Expletive) you. I dont have to do any
thing (expletive).
Ferrelli soon after followed with another
screen shot that allegedly contained an
apology from Stoudemire.
I apologize for what I said earlier. I
just got off the plane and had time to think
about it. Sorry bro!! No Excuses. Wont
happen again.
Kidney care golfest set
THE 9th Golf for Kidney Care
Tournament is set on Wednesday at
the Philippine Navy Golf Club, Fort
Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and
Health Secretary Enrique Ona will lead
the ceremonial tee off.
For details, call the National Kidney
Foundation at 571-4175 to 76 or email
kidneyfp@gmail.com
Proceeds of the tournament will be
used to subsidize more patients aficted
with End Stage Renal Disease in need
of dialysis treatment and transplant
operation. Part of the proceeds will go to
the information drive on kidney disease
prevention.
Tight battle seen in PH Seniors
PEPOT Inigo will be the marked man,
but a slew of others, including former
ve-time champion Iggy Clavecilla, will
be out to stop his back-to-back title bid,
guaranteeing a spirited battle for top hon-
ors in the Philippine Seniors Amateur Golf
Championship which res off June 27 at
Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club.
Inigo came from behind to beat Mari Hech-
anova at Riviera last year, ending a ve-year
reign by Clavecilla in the centerpiece Open di-
vision of the annual event serving as part of the
National Golf Association of the Philippines
Globe Business Amateur Circuit.
A down-to-the-wire nish is again expected
with former national champions Francis Gas-
ton and Rolly Viray, Dave Hernandez, Lino
Magpantay, Bing Bunye Tony Olives, Jose
Vilchez, Jimmy Tambogon and Hechanova
joining the hunt for the crown.
Meanwhile, former President Fidel V.
Ramos and DND Asec for Comptrollership
Ernesto Boac representing Sec Voltaire Gaz-
min, will hit the ceremonial drive to kick off
the 54-hole NGAP tournament sponsored by
Pancake, Mizuno, Titleist Golf Depot and
Alveo Land Corp.
Joining them in the ceremonials are Chief
of Staff Gen. Jessie Dellosa, NGAP chair
Rod Feliciano and NGAP President Tommy
Manotoc.
Spicing up the event is the rst Mid-Ama-
teur division featuring players from the 30-54
age bracket with the Open category set over 54
holes and the Classes A (handicap 5-10) and B
(10.1-16) to be played over 36 holes.
Also on tap are the age-group competi-
tions set over 36 holes in the rst and third
day, including Category I (55-59), Category
II (60-64), Category III (65-60), Super Se-
nior I (70-74), Super Senior II (75-79) and
Super Senior III (80 and above).
Registration is ongoing. For details, call
NGAP ofce (632) 517-9778, (632) 557-7849
or fax (632) 706-5926 or email ngapgolf@
rocketmail.com or visit www.ngaponline.net.
Victorious chessers. Team Philippines, which won a total of 57 medals in standard, rapid and blitz events during the 13
ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships in Vietnam, makes a courtesy call on Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richie
Garcia. The players were accompanied by National Chess Federation of the Philippines Chairman/President Prospero Butch
Pichay Jr. and Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales. The team collected 12 golds, 36 silvers and 9 bronze medals in the tournament
participated in by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Iran and China.
Run for a scholar.
To send a hundred
disadvantaged
children to school,
the American
Chamber of
Commerce
Foundation recently
organized the Run
for a Scholar charity
run at the Bonifacio
Global City among its
member companies
with Chevron
Philippines Inc.,
marketer of Caltex
fuels and lubricants,
as sponsor. Photo
above shows (right)
Raissa Bautista, CPI
manager for Policy,
Govt and Public
Affairs, awarding
(left) Melbert Kabuag
the rst prize for the
10K run in the
male category.
A8
Clijsters plays for the last time
WIMBLEDON, EnglandAs
a reporter began to formulate a
question about the rst time Kim
Clijsters retired, only to return
to tennis, the four-time major
champion cut off the query with
a smile and a quick response.
No, this is it, she said Sun-
day. If thats where youre go-
ing, this is it.
No doubt at all?
No, no, no,Clijsters repeated.
The Belgian, who turned 29
on June 8, is back at Wimble-
don for only the second time in
the past six years - and, yes, the
absolutely, positively last time.
Clijsters already has announced
that shell be leaving the sport
for good after the U.S. Open in
September.
Why?
Too old. Too old to play the
game that I want to play physi-
cally. Ive put my body through
enough strain and everything.
The whole lifestyle, thats what
Im dealing with now, the lifestyle
Ive had for the last 15, 20 years.
Its been great. I wouldnt change
it for a thing, explained Clijsters,
one of only three mothers to have
won a Grand Slam title. But Im
not going to be the type of player
thats going to change the way I
play or the way that I move.
The daughter of a profession-
al soccer player, Clijsters has de-
rived much of her success on a
court from pure athleticism that
helped her produce punishing
groundstrokes and stretching-
into-the-splits court coverage.
Those abilities allowed her to
win the U.S. Open in 2005, 2009
and 2010, and the Australian
Open in 2011.
I naturally have that strong
movement, powerful shots,
and thats been able to have me
on top of womens tennis and
be, you know, I think on the
highest part of womens tennis,
with Venus (Williams), Serena
(Williams), Justine (Henin), to
be part of that, Clijsters said.
So physically, I need to be
thankful for that, but, yeah, its
normal that thats not going to
last 20 years. AP
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com Riera U. Mallari, Editor
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COMEBACKING Carlo Lastimosa took charge
in the fourth period and converted the crucial
baskets, which carried the College of St. Benilde
Blazers to a 70-61 victory over the Lyceum Pirates
yesterday at the Arena in San Juan.
Lastimosa scored 10 of his total 14
points in the nal period, lifting the
Blazers to their rst win in the 88th
National Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament.
His heroics enabled the Blazers
to move into the early lead with the
defending champion San Beda Red
Lions, the Letran
Knights and the Jose
Rizal University Heavy
Bombers.
Ignoring the pain
he suffered when he
bruised his right palm,
while diving for the
loose ball, Lastimosa
struck in the nal 10
minutes, right after the
Pirates erected a six-
point advantage, 55-49.
His repeated attacks allowed
the Blazers to force the Pirates to
commit six turnovers in the last
2:22 of the match. This touched off
an 18-6 run as the Blazers finally
grabbed the lead, 67-59.
Gusto nilang talunin agad ang
Lyceum sa rst quarter pa lang. I told
them in the dugout at halftime that we
have four quarters to try to win this
game. I had to settle them down. They
were emotional. So, when we locked
them down to eight points, that was
when our defense won it for us, said
Blazers coach Richard del Rosario.
In the junior division,
Robert Bolick red
21 points, while Jose
Mercado made 17 for
the La Salle-Greenhills
Junior Blazers, who
outplayed Lyceum, 122-
41.
Richard David
chipped in 16 points
for the Arellano Baby
Chiefs, who picked up
their rst win in two matches with a 104-
49 demolition of the Emilio Aguinaldo
College High School.
Juan Taha chipped in 11 for the
Blazers, while Luis Sinco had 10 and
Mark Romero contributed nine.
The Pirates got 13 and 11 points from
Chris Cayabyab and Shane Kho.
FILIPINO billiards masters Efren Bata
Reyes, Django Bustamante, Dennis Orcollo,
Ronato Alcano and Lee Vann Corteza won
their opening matches to lead the charge
of the Filipino favorites in the 2012 World
9-ball Championship at the Al Sadd Sports
Club in Doha, Qatar on Monday.
Reyes beat Phillip Stajanovic of Croatia,
9-3, in Group 1; Bustamante edged Lo Li-
wen of China, 9-7, in Group 9; Orcollo
trounced Ali Saeed Alsuwaidi of UAE, 9-6,
in Group 15; Alcano nipped Toh Lian Han of
Singapore in Group 13 and Corteza subdued
Ivica Putnik of Coatia, 9-0, in Group 14.
Other notable cue artists, who also won
their rst-round matches were Ramil Gallego,
who beat Sundee Gulati of the United Arab
Emirates, 9-6, in Group 2; Jundel Mazon,
who turned back Chris Melling of Great
Britain, 9-7, in Group 3; Carlo Biado, who
blasted Rajandra Nair of India, 9-1, in Group
4; Roberto Gomez, who whacked Takht
Zarekani of UAE, 9-6, in Group 10 and
Antonio Gabica, who clobbered Andrea
Klasovic of Croatia, 9-4.
Meanwhile, Elvis Calasang stayed alive in
the losers bracket by whipping Kuo Yi Pe of
Chinese Taipei, 9-8, as well Joven Alba, who
prevailed over Henrique Correia of Portugal,
9-4, and Israel Rota, who smashed Lee Wan
Su of Korea, 9-4.
Oliver Medenilla was booted out after
losing to Lo Li-wen, 9-3, in the losers side.
Some 128 of the best pool players from over
50 countries are vying for $300,000 in prize
money, with $40,000 going to the winner.
WIMBLEDON, EnglandHis practice ses-
sion completed on the eve of Wimbledon,
Rafael Nadal departed the All England Club
on foot, leading a small entourage out the
gate and up a hill, momentum on his side.
He won a record seventh French Open title
two weeks ago. He has three consecutive
victories over top-ranked Novak Djokovic,
the most recent coming in the nal at Roland
Garros. He has won four tournaments this
year, all since mid-April.
But Nadals not about to proclaim himself
the favorite to win Wimbledon for a third
time.
Im very happy the way things went the
last couple of months, he said. But think-
ing about winning another title here in Wim-
bledon is arrogant and crazy. Thats some-
thing I cannot think about, no?
Nadals not one to overlook an opponent,
which in this case means No. 80-ranked
Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the rst round
Tuesday. But fans have the luxury of pro-
jecting Nadal into the nal, and wondering
whether hell then meet Djokovic or six-time
champion Roger Federer.
Either matchup would renew a rivalry.
Nadal is 18-10 against Federer, and theyve
played in a record eight major nals, with
Nadal winning six. AP
Bata, Django lead PH charge in world 9-ball
Nadal starts bid for 3
rd
Wimbledon crown
Tabuena
primed up
vs top guns
WITH two victories in the
rst ve legs of the Interna-
tional Container Terminal
Services Inc. Philippine Golf
Tour, Miguel Tabuena sets out
as the player to beat when the
star-studded ICTSI Manila
Southwoods is red off tomor-
row (Wednesday, June 27) at
Southwoods Masters course
in Carmona, Cavite.
But the 17-year-old whiz
kid has opted to downplay his
chances in the P2.5 million
event, citing the strong eld that
features the cream of the coun-
trys pro crop and his unfamiliar-
ity with the hazard-laden layout
that changes its character in ev-
ery twirl of the wind.
This is my rst time to play
the Masters, I never saw it till
the practice round. The course is
narrow and the greens are rm.
Those are always challenging
conditions plus the wind, said
Tabuena, who along with the
leading pros will sample the
par-72, hazard-laden layout in
todays pro-am tournament of
the event organized by Pilipinas
Golf Tournaments Inc.
With Juvic Pagunsan, Frankie
Minoza, Angelo Que, Elmer
Salvador, Mars Pucay, Jay Bay-
ron and Tony Lascuna leading
the 79-player roster, a wide-
open battle for the top P450,000
is seen in the 72-hole champion-
ship, sponsored by International
Container Terminal Services,
Inc. and one of the ve four-day
tournaments on the 16-leg ICT-
SI PGT calendar.
JAYSON Castro is steadily
getting back his groove and
that could only cause big con-
cern for Talk N Texts oppo-
nents.
The Accel-Philippine Bas-
ketball Associated Player of
the Week for the period June
18 to 25 helped lead the Tro-
pang Texters into back-to-back
wins, stoking their hot streak
and bid for a seminals seat in
the PBA Governors Cup.
In that span and against
quality opposition in Barako
Bull and Barangay Ginebra,
the playmaker came off the
bench to average 20.5 points
and 3.5 assists to beat out
teammate and fellow reliever
Larry Fonacier for the citation.
Not bad for a man, who
missed TNTs rst four games
to recuperate from an ankle sur-
gery he had right after the mid-
season Commissioners Cup.
Hes playing without the
pain thats hampered him the
last three conferences and it
shows, said Texters coach
Chot Reyes.
Obviously, his return has
played a big part in our re-
surgence, added Reyes, who
also cited the quality min-
utes chipped in by Ranidel de
Ocampo, Fonacier and Japeth
Aguilar.
It is clear Castro is the one
taking the lead, however.
TNTs Castro
voted weeks
best player
NCAA SCORES
Arellano U Chiefs vow to give opponents a good fight
THE Arellano University Chiefs are go-
ing for a better nish in the 88th season of
the National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion mens basketball tournament.
New Chiefs coach Koy Banal said this
six months after he took over from Leo
Isaac.
We will work hard and give our oppo-
nents a good game. Our goal is to be in the
Final Four. If it happens, it will happen,
said Banal.
The Chiefs, who were sixth last year
with their 6-10, have enough manpower
to make their goals come true this season.
But Fil-Canadian recruits Adam Serjue
and Patrick Forrester have yet to strut their
stuff for the Chiefs. They were notably ab-
sent when the Chiefs absorbed a 71-81 loss
to the San Beda Red Lions the other day.
During their pre-season campaign,
it was Serjue who spearheaded the
Chiefs with his averages of 11.7 points
and 2.7 rebounds.
But, with him on the injured list due to
ACL, veteran cager Rocky Acidre will
have to pick up the slack with his norms
of 9.1 points and 2.4 rebounds.
Forwards Prince Caperal and Ralph
Salcedo will also try to make a difference
with their output respective of 6.9 points
and eight boards, and six points, 3.3 re-
bounds and one steal per game.
Newcomers like Julis Cadavis, who is
from Ateneo de Cebu, is also expected to
deliver, along with 68 former San Beda
Red Cub Adrian Lunas. They will have to
do the heavy lifting with main men Adrian
Celada and Jerald Lapuz no longer available.
Another Fil-Am, 63 Brandon Espi-
ras of Pinellas County in Florida, is also
expected to make his presence felt as the
season progresses. There are also high ex-
pectations from Teresito Valera Jr., who is
from Ilocos Sur. Peter Atencio
Blazers turn back
Pirates, 70-61
Games Thursday
(The Arena in San Juan)
12 nn LPU vs Perpetual
Help (jrs)
2 p.m. Arellano
vs JRU (jrs)
4 p.m. LPU vs Pepetual
Help (srs)
6 p.m. Arellano
vs JRU (srs)
St. Benilde 70Lastimosa 14, Taha 11,
Sinco 10, Romero 9, Grey 8, Tan 8, Tolen-
tino 6, Ongteco 4, Maconocido 0, Garcia 0,
Bartolo 0, Deles 0, Altamirano 0.
Lyceum 61Cayabyab 13,
Ko 11, Guevarra 8,
Azores 8, Laude 6,
Zamora 5, Ambo-
hot 4, Francisco 4,
Mendoza 2, Marti-
nez 0, Garcia 0,
Mallari 0. Quar-
ters: 12-all, 33-31,
49-53, 70-61.
TNTs Ali Peek (right) and Ranidel De Ocampo try to prevent Barangay Ginebras Zedric Bozeman (left) from scoring in a
PBA Governors Cup game won by the Texters, 113-111.
Clijsters
Business
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Ray S. Eano, Editor mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Bananas break US market
Bloomberry mulls over casinos overseas
Group urges firms to develop complete villages
Banks foreign assets
increase 1.4% to $30b
Closing June 25, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
5,167.20
47.13
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 42.4920
Japan Yen 0.012430 0.5282
UK Pound 1.558200 66.2110
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128853 5.4752
Switzerland Franc 1.046792 44.4803
Canada Dollar 0.976086 41.4758
Singapore Dollar 0.784314 33.3271
Australia Dollar 1.003412 42.6370
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 112.7169
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266645 11.3303
Brunei Dollar 0.781250 33.1969
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000106 0.0045
Thailand Baht 0.031456 1.3366
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.5690
Euro Euro 1.256800 53.4039
Korea Won 0.000865 0.0368
China Yuan 0.157129 6.6767
India Rupee 0.017532 0.7450
Malaysia Ringgit 0.313578 13.3246
NewZealand Dollar 0.789204 33.5349
Taiwan Dollar 0.033406 1.4195
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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By Julito G. Rada
THE Retirement and Healthcare
Coalition, a group working
closely with the European
Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines, urged property
companies to develop complete
communities, and not only
sleeping villages, to attract
more foreign retirees in the
Philippines.
Marc Daubenbuechel, RHC
executive director, said in a
statement most developers were
just offering sleeping villages
with no components for leisure,
entertainment, health and
wellness.
Foreign retirees that leave
their home country do not
want to live in an empty
village. For them, it is very
important to be embraced by
the new community. Those
interested in moving to a senior
citizen residence are usually
very particular about the
community they will be living,
Daubenbuechel said.
He said a residence of a senior
citizen should have amenities
like clubhouse, restaurant,
grocery stores, swimming pools,
activity center and sport and on-
site medical facilities.
He called on developers to
reinvent their marketing strategy,
instead of selling their properties
quickly, without taking efforts to
make meaningful connections
or partnership with tourism or
retirement organizations.
Comparing the already
existing retirement projects in the
Philippines with other retirement
communities worldwide, one
difference can be seen in the
marketing approach of the
projects. Here in the Philippines,
it is mostly focused on the real
estate. They are not using
tourism marketing tools and the
only option in nearly all their
projects is buying a property,
Daubenbuechel said.
He cited a separate hotel or
condotel within a village could
provide accommodation for
visitors of the residents from
abroad or those that would test-
live the facility or choose the
Philippines as their second home
destination.
By Othel V. Campos
PHILIPPINE bananas have nally gained
entry into the discriminating US fresh fruit
market, with Dole Philippines set to ship
out the countrys rst-ever cavendish trial
shipment to the United States.
This has been years in the
making. Initially, were starting out
with one container van per week.
Were expecting demand to spike,
once our produce gets stateside, a
Dole ofcial, who declined to be
named, said in an interview.
Dole said it was prepared to
send the shipment as soon as the
US released permit documents.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso
Alcala conrmed Monday the
successful talks with US banana
importers during the 114th
snniversary of the Agriculture
Department.
After years of discussions,
this is a milestone. Were
relieved that the US has nally
accepted the phytosanitary
report as well as the IRA
[import risk assessment]. They
are now discussing freight
costs. We have to make sure
that our freight is competitive,
Alcala said.
An import risk assessment
is a trade protocol that reviews
existing quarantine policy on
the import of animals, plants
and their products, identies and
classies potential quarantine
risks and develop policies to
manage them.
The Agriculture Department
said that US Department of
Agriculture had already issued
an import risk assessment
allowing the entry of fresh
bananas to the US.
The Philippines rst requested
the US to allow fresh bananas
in the mainland in December
2005. Manila also requested
Washington to allow the entry of
fresh bananas to Hawaii, Guam,
and the Northern Marianas
Islands in September 2007.
Agriculture said the initial
shipments would be in modest
volume but they may increase
depending on demand [from
importers].
The development is good
news for the government and
local growers after the recent
trade dispute with China over
allegedly infested Philippine
bananas.
The government told
exporters to look for new
market destinations to save the
sector.
Bananas are the countrys
second biggest cash-crop
export, next to coconut. Fresh
Cavendish banana exports in
2010 amounted $720 million,
or about P30.2 billion.
The country export Cavendish
bananas to China, Russia,
the Middle East, Korea, New
Zealand and Japan.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
BLOOMBERRY Resorts Corp. is
looking at opportunities in Macau and
other countries to increase its presence
in the gaming and entertainment industry
globally, an ofcial said Monday.
Bloomberry chairman Enrique Razon
Jr. told reporters at the sidelines of the
stockholders meeting in Makati that the
company also planned to expand in the
Philippines.
Bloomberry is not only focused on
Entertainment City. We also have our
sights on other promising locations.
And we will make the brand name
Solaire a class on its own, Razon
said.
Its just a possibility, if the new
countries open up for licensing, or Macau
opens up for the future, we will look at
that. But we will not look at anything
until we nished, up and running, all the
phases of Solaire, Razon said.
Bloomberry is currently constructing
Solaire Manila, envisioned to be the
Philippines rst premium luxury
integrated tourism-hotel and casino
resort in Entertainment City.
Solaire Manila is projected to start
operations in the rst quarter of 2013. The
project is estimated to cost $1 billion, but
the rst phase of development is around
$735 million.
Construction of Solaire Manila is 70
percent complete and on schedule to open
in the rst quarter of 2013, Bloomberry
president and chief operating ofcer
Michael French said at the shareholders
meeting.
First phase of the 8.3-hectare
development will have a gaming oor
of 18,500 square meters, including 6,000
square meters of exclusive VIP gaming
areas, 1,200 slot machines and 300
gaming tables.
Solaire will also have 500 hotel rooms,
suites and bayside villas; specialty
restaurants and food and beverage outlets
including a 240-seat Chinese restaurant,
150 seat American steakhouse, 150-seat
Japanese restaurant, 120-seat Italian
restaurant, 250-seat international buffet
coffee shop, 176-seat noodle shop, 220-
seat food court, 20-seat lobby bar; and a
50 seat lounge area.
It will feature a 1,000-seat grand
ballroom, spa and tness center, and
a bay view promenade. Other features
include a multilevel parking building
with 3,000 parking slots.
The gaming resort is designed, planned
and developed according to world-class
industry standards, and is expected to
compete with integrated resorts and
casinos in Macau and Singapore and
other casinos and resort developments in
Asia. We also expect Solaire Manila to
compete against facilities in the worlds
other major gaming centers, including
Las Vegas, Nevada and Australia,
Razon said.
Property developer Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. marked its fth year listing anniversary on the Philippine Stock Exchange. Shown are
(from left) Alejandro Yu, PSE director; Edgardo Lacson, PSE director; Maribeth Tolentino, director, Vista Land; Cynthia Javarez, controller
and director Vista Land; footbal start James Younghusband; Ricardo Tan Jr., chief nancial ofcer of Vista Land; Manuel Paolo Villar,
director, president and chief executive, Vista Land; Senator Manuel Villar; child cActress Tricia Louise Canete; Congressman Mark Villar
of Las Pias; Hans Sicat, PSE president; and Mary Lee Sadiasa, managing director, Crown Asia.
VISTA Land & Lifescapes
Inc., a company owned by
the family of Senator Manuel
Villar, said Monday it is on
track to achieve a 20-percent
income growth target this
year.
We are on our way to
achieving our targets this
year. All of our projects are
doing well and revenues and
earnings are on track, Manuel
Paolo Villar, Vista Land chief
executive, said at a press
brieng during the fth year
listing anniversary ceremony at
the Philippine Stock Exchange
on Monday.
Earlier, Vista Land said
housing projects under the
name Camella would drive
income by 20 percent to P4.2
billion. Vista Land also sells
housing brands Brittany,
Crown Asia and Vista
Residences.
Villar said the European
debt crisis had not affected
revenues, adding Camellas
reservation sales were
expanding.
Reservation sales are
projected to hit P40.5 billion
this year. The market is strong,
especially in the rst quarter
where the country registered a
strong [economic] growth. That
general level of condence
affected our performance in
the rst quarter, he said.
Net income in the rst
quarter increased 22 percent
to P1.060 billion from P873
million. Revenues exceeded
P4 billion from P3.281 billion
a year ago.
Villar said there was a
huge housing backlog in the
country that needed to be
lled. We are everywhere
in Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao. Recently, we just
opened in Bohol and Puerto
Princesa, he said.
Vista Land launched
nine major subdivision
projects in the first quarter,
including eight in the low
and affordable segment.
These nine projects have
an aggregate value of
approximately P5 billion.
Vista Lands revenues stood
at over P8 billion when entered
the market in 2007. Villar said
we expect to achieve close to
double that amount and breach
the P16-billion mark this
year. Julito G. Rada
BANK units that handle foreign
currency transactions saw their
combined assets increase by
1.4 percent to $30.2 billion in
2011, according to the Bangko
Sentral.
The Bangko Sentral said the
total assets of foreign currency
deposit units jumped by $400
million from $29.7 billion
recorded in 2010.
FCDUs are units of banks
authorized to engage in
foreign currency-denominated
transactions.
Universal and commercial
banks accounted for 95.8 percent
or $28.8 billion of the total FCDU
assets while thrift banks held 4.2
percent or $1.3 billion. Rural and
cooperative banks contributed
just $1 million.
FCDU loans rose 21 percent
to $7.3 billion in 2011 from
$6.1 billion in 2010. Resident
borrowers accounted for 91.6
percent or $6.7 billion of total
loans, while the remaining 8.4
percent or $600 million was lent
to non-resident borrowers.
The biggest borrowers were
the manufacturing sector with
40.2 percent; electricity, gas
and water supply sector with
16.2 percent; and the transport,
storage, and communications
sector with 10.3 percent.
Meanwhile, FCDU deposits
contracted 3.0 percent to $24.2
billion in 2011 from $24.9 billion
in 2010.
Maria Bernadette Lunas
CEB cuts surcharges
BUDGET carrier Cebu Pacic Air
has reduced fuel surcharges on domestic
ights by up to 20 percent to further lower
passenger fares.
Cebu Pacic reduced its Manila to
Visayas, Mindanao and select Luzon routes
by P100; from Manila to select Luzon
routes by P50; from Visayas to Luzon and
Mindanao and within Visayas by P50;
and from Mindanao to Visayas and within
Mindanao by P50.
Fuel surcharges are added to air fares to
help airlines offset the rising cost of fuel, a
major cost component for airlines.
We are committed to offering the public
the lowest all-in fares in all the routes we
operate. Now, CEBs all-in lowest fares will
be even more affordable to business and
leisure travelers in the Philippines, said
Candice Iyog, Cebu Pacic vice president
for marketing and distribution.
CEB will continue to look for ways to
make ying accessible to everyone, with
the expected delivery of three more brand-
new Airbus A320 in the 2nd half of the
year. More aircraft will make a difference
in supporting the growth of Philippine
tourism and trade, she added.
Lailany P. Gomez
Garlic growers appeal
GARLIC growers urged the government
to temporarily stop the issuance of import
permits for the remaining part of the year
amid the current favorable prices of local
garlic in the market.
Representatives from six organizations
of local growers reported in a letter
addressed to Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcala that the combined stocks
of garlic were more than 20,000 metric
tons, or enough to meet the countrys
requirement for 2012.
The volume does not include the stocks
kept by farmers without any afliation or
association, the groups said.
Rogelio Angeles, representative of
garlic growers, said in a statement the
2012 cropping season which ended April
was successful due to favorable weather
conditions in rst half of the year.
The farmers claimed that the present
garlic inventory combined with the volume
of imports covered by permits issued this
year were more than enough to meet the
demand for 2012. Othel V. Campos
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FINANCIAL
70.00 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.50 64.20 62.00 63.00 (0.79) 965,950 (8,994,411.50)
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 73.00 75.55 73.30 73.40 0.55 1,559,630 73,752,937.00
512.00 370.00 China Bank 490.40 495.00 492.20 495.00 0.94 28,280 820,810.00
1.95 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.78 1.72 1.72 1.72 (3.37) 12,000
23.90 12.50 COL Financial 23.00 23.30 23.25 23.30 1.30 10,000
Eastwest Bank 19.00 19.00 18.96 18.96 (0.21) 821,000 (5,076,854.00)
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.57 2.79 2.60 2.78 8.17 1,237,000 (13,890.00)
775.00 475.20 Manulife Fin. Corp. 450.00 460.00 460.00 460.00 2.22 50
29.00 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 38.30 38.35 37.90 38.25 (0.13) 19,600
93.50 60.00 Metrobank 89.70 90.80 89.80 90.15 0.50 2,012,260 (43,128,253.00)
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 2.00 2.00 1.95 2.00 0.00 1,361,000 (2,688,000.00)
16.85 41.00 Phil. National Bank 71.00 72.20 70.50 72.00 1.41 229,890 8,107,504.00
85.00 57.70 Phil. Savings Bank 82.00 82.00 82.00 82.00 0.00 40
80.00 52.00 Philippine Trust Co. 61.00 61.00 61.00 61.00 0.00 300,000
539.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 351.00 355.00 350.00 355.00 1.14 5,220
44.40 25.45 RCBC À 43.40 43.60 43.20 43.40 0.00 1,640,300.00 6,664,750.00
151.50 77.00 Security Bank 138.80 139.00 138.20 138.50 (0.22) 317,120 (69,308.00)
1390.00 950.00 Sun Life Financial 910.00 920.00 900.00 910.00 0.00 250
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 100.00 100.00 99.75 99.90 (0.10) 17,860 (479,578.00)
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.81 1.81 1.81 1.81 0.00 2,200,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.20 33.85 33.40 33.45 0.75 2,583,100 29,961,220.00
13.58 7.32 Agrinurture Inc. 8.86 8.97 8.97 8.97 1.24 100
23.50 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 0.00 100
1.86 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.38 1.39 1.38 1.39 0.72 133,000
54.90 26.00 Alphaland Corp. 28.40 28.50 28.40 28.50 0.35 900
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.31 1.31 1.30 1.30 (0.76) 323,000
Asiabest Group 24.05 25.40 23.00 24.50 1.87 132,100
138.00 45.00 Bogo Medellin 59.95 60.00 60.00 60.00 0.08 10
102.80 3.02 Bloomberry 8.43 9.00 8.50 8.90 5.58 24,307,100 (13,974,848.00)
2.88 2.24 Calapan Venture 2.80 2.82 2.70 2.70 (3.57) 397,000
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.65 2.65 2.65 2.65 0.00 170,000 212,000.00
8.33 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.22 9.45 8.61 9.34 1.30 35,500
7.06 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.97 6.12 5.96 5.96 (0.17) 8,620,500 (24,616,092.00)
6.28 2.80 EEI 6.20 6.29 6.18 6.24 0.65 203,300 325,852.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 0.00 30,000
15.58 12.50 First Gen Corp. 16.90 17.68 17.00 17.40 2.96 9,038,700 42,251,656.00
67.20 51.50 First Holdings A 73.25 74.85 73.25 74.65 1.91 1,649,690 (8,458,126.00)
31.50 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 21.00 21.00 20.00 20.90 (0.48) 38,900
0.10 0.0095 Greenergy 0.0140 0.0140 0.0130 0.0130 (7.14) 438,900,000 (2,087,800.00)
13.50 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.40 11.50 11.40 11.50 0.88 57,100 (38,630.00)
9.00 4.71 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 0.00 10,000
2.35 0.95 Ionics Inc 0.760 0.790 0.780 0.780 2.63 138,000 (6,240.00)
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 104.00 107.40 106.50 107.00 2.88 122,000 11,634,751.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.51 1.68 1.49 1.60 5.96 1,031,000 917,960.00
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 2.20 2.40 2.22 2.26 2.73 182,000
24.70 17.94 Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.20 25.00 24.15 24.50 1.24 3,614,700 (27,920,455.00)
15.30 8.12 Megawide 17.20 17.30 17.18 17.20 0.00 10,000
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 241.00 245.00 240.00 241.80 0.33 309,650 16,977,522.00
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.77 2.77 2.70 2.70 (2.53) 900,000 164,560.00
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.14 10.20 10.14 10.14 0.00 455,700 (461,410.00)
14.00 10.30 Phinma Corporation 10.30 10.30 10.28 10.28 (0.19) 3,100
15.24 9.01 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.20 8.20 8.11 8.13 (0.85) 279,700
9.50 5.25 Republic Cement À 8.20 8.60 8.00 8.20 0.00 119,200 (231,870.00)
2.55 1.01 RFM Corporation 2.92 2.99 2.90 2.92 0.00 5,751,000 (5,045,760.00)
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 1.51 1.51 1.51 1.51 0.00 2,000
3.49 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.52 2.50 2.50 2.50 (0.79) 11,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 4.70 5.50 4.30 5.30 12.77 109,000 (95,000.00)
33.00 27.70 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.00 29.00 29.00 29.00 0.00 1,100
132.60 105.70 San Miguel Corp À 115.60 115.60 114.80 115.50 (0.09) 442,010 (2,178,511.00)
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.77 1.74 1.73 1.73 (2.26) 20,033,000 17,400,000.00
2.50 1.85 Splash Corporation 1.86 1.84 1.84 1.84 (1.08) 15,000
0.250 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.128 0.130 0.129 0.129 0.78 3,410,000 385,700.00
5.46 2.92 Tanduay Holdings 4.41 4.49 4.35 4.43 0.45 1,732,000 844,580.00
3.62 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.10 2.18 2.18 2.18 3.81 1,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.21 1.22 1.20 1.22 0.83 291,000
68.00 36.20 Universal Robina 61.00 62.00 61.00 61.20 0.33 1,005,790 (28,573,120.50)
Victorias Milling 1.49 1.51 1.48 1.49 0.00 2,424,000 32,150.00
1.12 0.285 Vitarich Corp. 0.690 0.700 0.690 0.690 0.00 700,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 12.38 12.32 11.78 12.32 (0.48) 200
1.22 0.68 Vulcan Indl. 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.93 (4.12) 140,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.70 0.00 1,718,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 47.50 48.00 46.30 46.75 (1.58) 4,222,300 (152,857,915.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0150 0.0160 0.0150 0.0160 6.67 1,500,000
13.48 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.92 12.10 11.94 12.00 0.67 24,085,700 35,459,812.00
2.97 1.67 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 105,000
4.60 3.00 Anscor À 4.57 4.57 4.57 4.57 0.00 26,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.26 5.34 5.03 5.11 (2.85) 163,200
3.15 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.87 2.40 1.80 2.39 27.81 1,018,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 2.60 2.55 2.02 2.55 (1.92) 11,000
437.00 272.00 Ayala Corp À 470.00 472.80 467.00 468.00 (0.43) 289,890 (16,975,296.00)
59.45 30.50 DMCI Holdings 55.00 56.00 55.10 55.10 0.18 2,608,120 29,298,548.00
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.48 2.50 2.50 2.50 0.81 51,000
5.25 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 3.95 4.00 3.94 3.94 (0.25) 112,000
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.00 100,000
GT Capital 490.00 494.00 489.00 489.00 (0.20) 7,830 (2,523,500.00)
34.80 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.55 35.00 33.55 34.55 2.98 1,804,600 10,174,620.00
5.17 2.30 Keppel Holdings À 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80 0.00 3,000
6.95 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.77 5.94 5.77 5.90 2.25 3,141,000 3,490,552.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.10 1.12 1.09 1.09 (0.91) 347,000
3.82 1.500 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.57 2.65 2.56 2.56 (0.39) 1,193,000
4.45 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.15 4.23 4.14 4.16 0.24 22,184,000 (37,382,540.00)
6.24 2.10 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.88 4.90 4.82 4.85 (0.61) 31,000 (88,200.00)
4.72 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 5.00 5.35 5.00 5.20 4.00 27,900 535.00
0.0770 0.054 Pacica À 0.0510 0.0520 0.0490 0.0510 0.00 1,490,000
2.20 1.42 Prime Media Hldg 1.380 1.360 1.360 1.360 (1.45) 10,000
2.40 0.91 Seafront À 1.64 1.40 1.32 1.32 (19.51) 32,000 12,060.00
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.320 0.320 0.320 0.00 130,000 (25,600.00)
699.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 702.00 718.00 701.00 710.00 1.14 284,320 63,197,920.00
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.37 1.43 1.37 1.42 3.65 480,000 12,100.00
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.18 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.69 150,000 (180,000.00)
1100.00 97.50 Transgrid 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 0.00 20
0.420 0.099 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2200 0.2200 0.2100 0.2100 (4.55) 150,000
0.620 0.056 Wellex Industries 0.3500 0.3600 0.3450 0.3500 0.00 1,500,000
1.370 0.178 Zeus Holdings 0.510 0.530 0.510 0.530 3.92 790,000
P R O P E R T Y
39.00 11.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 20.00 25.00 18.00 24.00 20.00 15,400 53,200.00
2.82 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.60 2.60 2.60 2.60 0.00 2,000
22.40 13.36 Ayala Land `B 21.50 22.00 21.20 21.45 (0.23) 6,853,200 (85,263,305.00)
6.12 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.77 4.91 4.72 4.81 0.84 2,397,000 1,772,550.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.81 6.00 5.80 5.97 2.75 175,500 180,360.00
5.66 0.26 Century Property 1.44 1.45 1.42 1.43 (0.69) 1,047,000 15,690.00
2.85 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.40 2.43 2.42 2.43 1.25 15,000
0.127 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.076 0.076 0.076 0.076 0.00 4,500,000
1.16 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 0.79 0.77 0.77 (2.53) 290,000
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.750 0.750 0.740 0.750 0.00 5,648,000 975,000.00
3.06 1.76 Global-Estate 1.73 1.78 1.73 1.77 2.31 4,876,000 734,680.00
1.35 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.23 1.27 1.23 1.24 0.81 9,455,000 (223,260.00)
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.82 2.25 1.82 2.19 20.33 268,000 10,300.00
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.15 1.16 1.08 1.08 (6.09) 301,000 10,900.00
2.48 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.10 2.13 2.06 2.09 (0.48) 103,935,000 (42,197,760.00)
0.80 0.215 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1850 0.1870 0.1850 0.1860 0.54 4,340,000 (31,620.00)
0.990 0.072 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.6900 0.6700 0.6900 1.47 1,725,000
4.77 1.80 Polar Property Holdings 4.15 4.18 4.00 4.18 0.72 426,000 (90,950.00)
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 16.96 17.40 16.90 17.00 0.24 1,420,500 6,448,652.00
Rockwell 3.08 3.10 3.07 3.08 0.00 318,000 (179,960.00)
2.70 1.74 Shang Properties Inc. 2.55 2.54 2.48 2.54 (0.39) 51,000
9.47 6.50 SM Development À 6.12 6.15 6.00 6.00 (1.96) 2,010,000 575,146.00
18.20 10.90 SM Prime Holdings 13.00 13.18 12.80 12.90 (0.77) 5,656,500 (15,241,468.00)
1.14 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.69 0.68 0.68 1.49 384,000
4.30 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.110 4.140 4.080 4.140 0.73 10,420,000 2,309,570.00
S E R V I C E S
2GO Group 1.78 1.78 1.76 1.76 (1.12) 2,000
43.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 35.00 35.50 34.50 35.00 0.00 3,500
14.76 1.60 Acesite Hotel 4.85 4.95 4.18 4.68 (3.51) 837,000 627,400.00
0.80 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.680 0.680 0.650 0.650 (4.41) 489,000
0.5300 0.0660 Boulevard Holdings 0.1400 0.1430 0.1400 0.1400 0.00 17,940,000 (2,920.00)
Calata Corp. 9.08 9.98 9.21 9.30 2.42 2,753,100 35,130.00
98.15 62.50 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 67.95 67.95 66.75 67.40 (0.81) 138,350 379,451.50
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.00 10.40 10.40 10.40 4.00 1,000 10,400.00
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.12 6.45 6.19 6.19 1.14 37,500
1270.00 825.00 Globe Telecom 1060.00 1090.00 1060.00 1080.00 1.89 105,715 (7,464,170.00)
10.34 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.10 10.22 10.10 10.18 0.79 752,500
69.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 72.10 73.50 71.00 71.50 (0.83) 2,652,550 (31,361,263.50)
0.98 0.34 Information Capital Tech. 0.410 0.410 0.410 0.410 0.00 170,000
6.00 4.00 IPeople Inc. À 5.60 6.20 5.80 6.20 10.71 44,600
4.29 2.20 IP Converge 2.70 2.50 2.00 2.20 (18.52) 1,649,000 27,120.00
34.50 0.123 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.039 0.040 0.039 0.039 0.00 72,400,000 (39,000.00)
3.87 1.16 IPVG Corp. 1.05 1.05 1.04 1.05 0.00 212,000
5.1900 2.900 ISM Communications 2.5900 2.6500 2.6000 2.6500 2.32 8,000
11.68 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 6.65 6.79 6.60 6.69 0.60 510,300 889,170.00
4.28 2.65 Liberty Telecom 2.78 2.71 2.71 2.71 (2.52) 5,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.85 2.80 2.80 2.80 (1.75) 60,000
3.00 1.00 Manila Jockey 2.24 2.24 2.14 2.20 (1.79) 535,000 268,400.00
21.00 17.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 21.30 21.40 21.30 21.40 0.47 52,000 149,800.00
8.58 4.50 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.22 7.25 7.23 7.23 0.14 49,400
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.88 2.90 2.86 2.88 0.00 577,000
10.00 4.60 Phil. Racing Club 9.20 9.26 9.26 9.26 0.65 10,500 46,300.00
60.00 17.02 Phil. Seven Corp. 42.50 48.95 42.50 43.10 1.41 132,300 43,100.00
17.18 14.50 Philweb.Com Inc. 13.40 13.38 13.00 13.00 (2.99) 189,300 (857,676.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2502.00 2628.00 2510.00 2624.00 4.88 493,410 673,303,760.00
0.48 0.23 PremiereHorizon 0.310 0.330 0.305 0.320 3.23 1,800,000
23.75 10.68 Puregold 26.70 27.10 26.40 26.80 0.37 516,800 (2,477,015.00)
3.30 2.40 Transpacic Broadcast 2.60 2.69 2.50 2.50 (3.85) 41,000
0.79 0.26 Waterfront Phils. 0.450 0.450 0.430 0.450 0.00 110,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0036 Abra Mining 0.0043 0.0044 0.0041 0.0041 (4.65) 98,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 5.25 5.35 5.10 5.25 0.00 120,400
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 5.22 5.30 5.12 5.30 1.53 80,000 (159,000.00)
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.64 18.06 17.70 18.04 2.27 976,000 9,966,306.00
31.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00 300
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.275 0.300 0.275 0.275 0.00 67,130,000 (373,400.00)
30.35 15.00 Benguet Corp À 23.30 24.40 23.00 24.40 4.72 60,500
34.00 14.50 Benguet Corp `B 23.05 23.05 22.20 22.20 (3.69) 12,000
50.85 4.35 Dizon 37.50 39.50 36.50 38.00 1.33 2,286,500 16,209,600.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.73 0.73 0.71 0.73 0.00 944,000
1.82 0.5900 Lepanto À 1.380 1.410 1.380 1.390 0.72 14,709,000
2.070 0.6700 Lepanto `B 1.450 1.480 1.430 1.470 1.38 3,954,000 588,000.00
0.085 0.035 Manila Mining À 0.0650 0.0710 0.0650 0.0690 6.15 622,890,000
0.087 0.035 Manila Mining `B 0.0660 0.0720 0.0650 0.0700 6.06 358,300,000 241,000.00
34.80 15.04 Nickelasia 31.00 31.45 30.45 30.85 (0.48) 263,200 414,125.00
12.76 2.08 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.88 9.34 8.50 8.70 (2.03) 6,537,000 (24,451,934.00)
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.7100 0.7100 0.7100 0.7100 0.00 1,000
8.40 2.12 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.350 5.450 5.280 5.300 (0.93) 1,294,300
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 0.0180 0.00 117,700,000
28.95 17.08 Philex À 23.75 24.20 23.80 23.95 0.84 5,317,600 (16,487,320.00)
14.18 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 39.25 41.40 39.35 40.70 3.69 1,195,100 23,638,825.00
0.058 0.013 Philodrill Corp. À 0.051 0.051 0.049 0.049 (3.92) 353,150,000 (4,721,000.00)
252.00 161.10 Semirara Corp. 211.00 216.00 212.20 215.00 1.90 134,970 3,535,836.00
0.029 0.013 United Paragon 0.0190 0.0200 0.0190 0.0200 5.26 31,700,000
PREFERRED
First Gen G 102.10 103.50 102.00 103.50 1.37 58,360 (4,244,690.00)
109.80 100.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 105.00 105.00 104.80 104.80 (0.19) 5,850
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.02 10.20 10.08 10.20 1.80 1,478,500 1,792,180.00
116.70 106.20 PCOR-Preferred 110.50 110.40 110.00 110.00 (0.45) 360,500
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 75.65 75.85 75.85 75.85 0.26 1,000
1050.00 990.00 SMPFC Preferred 1020.00 1020.00 1018.00 1018.00 (0.20) 1,780
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.35 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.14 0.00 1,000
1.38 0.67 Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 0.00 4,000
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 13,339,254 605,033,051.3
INDUSTRIAL 533,503,735 1,089,741,658.53
HOLDING FIRMS 69,785,272 1,156,358,799.94
PROPERTY 166,556,819 562,977,087.25
SERVICES 106,788,938 1,695,703,805.56
MINING & OIL 1,686,820,314 520,979,689.24
GRAND TOTAL 2,576,794,332 5,630,794,091.82
FINANCIAL 1,286.06 (UP) 2.77
INDUSTRIAL 7,754.93 (UP) 53.35
HOLDING FIRMS 4,410.19 (UP) 18.34
PROPERTY 1,888.51 (DOWN) 3.87
SERVICES 1,728.51 (UP) 51.55
MINING & OIL 24,615.60 (UP) 263.75
PSEI 5,167.20 (UP) 47.13
All Shares Index 3,401.60 (UP) 25
Gainers: 87; Losers: 61; Unchanged:46; Total: 194
CHIN WONG
DIGITAL LIFE
STOCKS rose Monday, driving the
benchmark index to a six-week high, on
speculation economic growth accelerated
in the second quarter after a government
ofcial said state spending increased in
May.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, gained 47 points, or
0.9 percent, to close at 5,167.20.
It was the highest closing since
May 10, when the index nished
at 5,192.10.
The gauge has accumulated 1.2
percent in the second quarter so
far, making it the best-performing
benchmark index in Asia.
The heavier index representing
all shares increased 25 points,
or 0.7 percent, to 3,401.60, as
gainers led losers, 87 to 61, with
46 issues unchanged. Value
turnover hit P5.6 trillion.
Bloomberry Resorts Corp.
advanced 5.6 percent to P8.90, the
sharpest gain since April 20. The
construction of the companys
hotel and casino complex is 70-
percent complete and on track for
its scheduled opening in the rst
quarter of 2013, chief operating
ofcer Michael French said.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co. increased 4.3
percent to P2,610, after chairman
Manuel Pangilinan said core
prot was expected to improve
in 2013 and 2014.
First Gen Corp. increased 3
percent to P17.40, the highest
close since April 2008. The
company plans to build two
hydropower plants with a 600-
megawatt combined capacity,
according to reports.
I-Remit Inc., the nations
biggest non-bank provider of
fund-transfer services, jumped
8.2 percent to P2.78, the highest
close since Aug. 22. The company
said it would pay a record
dividend of P0.19 a share.
Jollibee Foods Corp., the
largest Philippine fast- food
company, increased 2.9 percent to
P107, the rst gain in three days.
Jollibee is looking at two more
acquisitions in China, chairman
Tony Tan Caktiong said. The
companys performance this
year may be better than in 2011,
chief nancial ofcer Ysmael
Baysa said.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks
mostly drifted lower Monday as
investors grew cautious ahead
of a critical European Union
summit later this week where
Greek leaders will attempt to
renegotiate some terms of the
countrys international bailout.
Japans Nikkei 225 index was
0.4 percent lower at 8,765.54
and South Koreas Kospi slid 1.4
percent to 1,822.19. Australias
S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.9
percent at 4,012.00.
But Hong Kongs Hang Seng
rose 0.3 percent to 19,060.11 as
it uctuated between gains and
losses.
Mainland Chinas Shanghai
composite index fell 0.6 percent
to 2,248.23. Benchmarks
in Singapore, Taiwan and
Indonesia also fell.
Investors are plagued by
twin worries over an economic
slowdown in China, the worlds
second biggest economy, and
a debt crisis in Europe that
seemingly has no end.
Bloomberg, AP
YOU can only download so many games, silly
gags and wallpapers before you realize that the
fancy Android phone in your hand isnt living
up to its potential. Not wanting my Samsung
GT-i8150 Galaxy W to suffer this fate, I went
shopping for applications on Google Play, the new
incarnation of the old Android Market. I stayed
away from the games and looked for stuff that
would really extend the usability and usefulness
of my phone. Just to keep things interesting and
to avoid breaking the bank, I kept each purchase
under P100.
One of the rst things I wanted to get was a
utility that would make it easier to transfer les
to and from my phone. Bluetooth is slow and
unpredictable, so I normally have to bring a USB
cable with me to transfer photos I take to my
computers. But on my Linux desktop PC, theres
an extra challenge: getting the computer to
recognize the Galaxy W as a USB storage device.
(For those who need to do it, go to Settings >
Wireless and network > USB utilities then click
the button that says Connect storage to PC
then plug the cable into your PC.) In this age of
ubiquitous Wi-Fi connections, why not ditch the
cable altogether?
This is exactly what Wi-Fi File Transfer
does, letting you easily and quickly upload and
download les to and from your phone over
a wireless connection. The program couldnt
be simpler: click the large Start button to
connect your phone to any PC thats linked to
the same Wi-Fi network. On the computer, re
up a browser and type in the numeric URL that
the program displays. This will open up a le
manager in the browser, from which you can
copy, move or delete les. Theres also an upload
tool to let you transfer les from your computer
to the phone. Wi-Fi Transfer is free, but limits
your uploads to 4 megabytes. Wi-Fi Transfer
Pro (P52.73), which I bought, removes this
restriction. I found the uploads to be surprisingly
speedyI uploaded a 170MB video le from my
PC to my phone in just about half a minute. Now
thats outstanding performance and functionality
at a very reasonable price.
Of course, just because you can upload video
les doesnt mean your phone can play them with
its built-in player. Chances are, it will choke on
an unsupported video codec on encoding format.
Thats why youll want to download MX Player,
probably one of the most capable video players
available on the Android platform. The program
played the sample AVI and MP4 les I uploaded
to the phone without skipping a beat, and the
video quality was superb. Best of all, the program
is free.
Since the early days of smart phones, theres
been a slew of MS Ofce-type suites, but these
were either underpowered or too expensive.
Smart Ofce 2 lets you create, edit and share
MS Ofce documents on your Android phone
or tablet for a great promotional price of only
P33.10. Thats a bargain compared to similar
products that go for between P600 and P800. The
suite works as advertised, letting you view, edit
and save word processing les, spreadsheets and
presentations. You even share your les on the
Internet using Dropbox or Google Drive. Used
in conjunction with Wi-Fi File Transfer, Smart
Ofce 2 transforms your snazzy toy into an
honest-to-goodness tool that extends your ofce
to wherever you and your phone are.
As cameras on smart phones get better, so do
the applications that use them. During my last
shopping spree, I also downloaded four programs
that extend the functionality of my phone by
putting its camera to good use.
The rst of these is ScanBizCards Lite, a free
utility that captures information from a business
card and saves it to your phones address book.
The program is remarkably accurate and when
it gets something wrong, you can always edit the
entry before saving it. The free version limits you
to saving two cards a week. The Premium version
(P169.36) removes this restriction and adds a
few other features. Since I dont normally get a
lot of calling cards these days and the price of
the Premium version was over my self-imposed
budget, I chose to stick with the free version.
Another interesting camera-based application
was Genius Scan (P44.21), which converts your
phone into a pocket scanner. This enables you to
take photos of printed documents with your phone
and save or e-mail them as JPG or PDF les.
The third camera-based application was
NeoReader, a free utility that enables you to scan
and read barcodes and QR codes, which can come
in handy when youre doing some real-world (as
opposed to online) shopping.
Finally, I couldnt resist Paper Camera
(P78.78), which turns your photos into cartoon-
like works of art. Ive seen a lot of these special
effects lters, but this program is among the best
Ive seen.
The grand total for my weekend Android
shopping spree: P208.82or less than $7, proof
positive that you dont have to spend a lot of
money to make your smart phone even smarter.
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Business
ManilaStandardToday mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.comextrastory2000@gmail.com JUNE 26, 2012 TUESDAY
B3
Razon upbeat
on Recto Bank
Toledo Power okays
Cebu plant expansion
Manila Water gets
highest credit rating
MPIC gold. The Institute of Corporate Directors awarded Metro Pacic Investments Corp. a coveted
gold award for corporate governance at the 2011 Corporate Governance Scorecard for publicly-listed
companies. Manila Electric Co., the largest power distribution company and MPICs energy concessionaire,
also bagged a silver award during the event. Shown receiving the gold award from ICD ofcials are
(starting second from left) MPIC vice president for public relations Melody del Rosario, vice president for
legal Jose Jesus Laurel and executive director Ramoncito Fernandez.
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF
THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION
OF ONE (1) 83 MVA POWER
TRANSFORMER FOR THE DILIMAN
SUBSTATION AND TO MAINTAIN AND
INSTALL AN EMERGENCY SPARE
POWER TRANSFORMER
ERC CASE NO. 2012-069 RC
MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY
(MERALCO),
Applicant.
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on May 4, 2012, the Manila Electric
Company (MERALCO) fled an application for approval of the purchase
and installation of one (1) 83 MVA power transformer for the Diliman
Substation and to maintain and install an emergency spare power
transformer.
n the said application, MERALCO alleged, among others, that:
1. t is a private corporation existing under the laws of the Republic
of the Philippines, with principal offce located at Lopez Building,
MERALCO Center, Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City. t may be served
with notices and other processes of the Commission at its
principal address or through its counsel at the address indicated;
2. t has a legislative franchise to operate and maintain a distribution
system in the cities/municipalities of Metro Manila, Bulacan,
Cavite and Rizal and certain cities/municipalities/barangays in
Batangas, Quezon, Pampanga and Laguna pursuant to Republic
Act No. 9209
1
, and is authorized to charge all its customers for
their electric consumption at the rates duly approved by the
Commision.
3. t seeks the approval of the Commission of its urgent purchase
and installation of the following: a) one (1) 83 MVA, 110 kV-34.5
kV-13.8 kV three-phase power transformer with On-Load Tap
Changer (OLTC) to replace the reallocated power transformer
for the Diliman Substation Expansion Project ("Diliman Project),
which is an approved third (3
rd
) Regulatory Period project; and
b) the acquisition and installation of a similar 83 MVA, 110 kV-
34.5 kV-13.8 kV three-phase power transformer with OL TC as
a spare power transformer for use during emergency;
4. There is a need for it to immediately procure the transformer to
replace the power transformer originally allocated for the Diliman
Project due to the breakdown of a similar power transformer in its
Meycauayan Substation. Further, there is a need for it to have a
spare power transformer, and install the same when necessary,
in order to immediately address any possible breakdown of a
similar power transformer serving different load centers within
its franchise area;
5. Under the existing rules, a Distribution Utility (DU) is required
to fle an application for approval of emergency capital project
within sixty (60) days after the start of construction
2
. However, for
purposes of recovering the capital cost of the emergency project
through the DU's rates, the same will go through the process of
evaluation by the Commission during the next regulatory reset of
the DU, unless there is basis for a rate-reopening in the current
regulatory period in accordance with the Rules for the Setting
of Distribution Wheeling Rates (RDWR) for DUs;
6. The instant application seeks the authority of the Commission
to purchase, maintain and subsequently install an emergency
spare power transformer to avoid the necessity to constantly fle
an application for approval of emergency capital project every
time there is a breakdown of a similar power transformer in its
franchise area;
7. n any case, all emergency capital projects it implemented or
to be implemented during the current regulatory period will go
through the process of evaluation by the Commission during the
next regulatory reset in accordance with the RDWR. Hence, the
approval of the application will not have any impact on its rates;
8. On June 19, 2011, the 83 MVA Transformer Bank No. 2 of its
Meycauayan Substation was declared defective after it failed in
the Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA), insulation, exciting current
and winding tests. t was also discovered that the transformer's
phase C petticoat of the primary bushing was broken;
9. Due to the failure of the Meycauayan Substation's Transformer
Bank No. 2 and to avert any widespread power interruption of
the area it serves it immediately shifted its loads to Meycauayan
Substation Transformer Bank No. 1 and the nearby Bocaue and
Bagbaguin Substations to accommodate loads;
10. This load-shifting eventually resulted in the critical loading of
Transformer Bank No.1 of the Meycauayan Substation, the 83
MVA Transformer Bank No. 1 of Bocaue Substation and the
83 MVA Transformer Bank No.1 of Bagbaguin Substation. n
addition, a higher system loss was measured as a result of the
load shifting;
11. Due to the critical loading of the above-mentioned transformers
and to avert prolonged and widespread power interruptions
in the Cities of Valenzuela, Meycauayan and Caloocan and
portions of Marilao, Bulacan, it immediately replace the defective
transformer in the Meycauayan Substation;
12. Unfortunately, there was no available spare 83 MVA power
transformer than can be used to immediately replace the
Meycauayan Substation's Transformer Bank No. 2.
3
The only
compatible and accessible power transformer then was an
83 MVA power transformer originally intended for its Diliman
Substation Expansion Project, an ERC-approved capital
expenditure (CAPEX) in the third regulatory period (3RP)
designated as MER 4. Since it was yet to be installed at the
Diliman Substation at that time in order to address the immediate
situation in the Meycauayan Substation and other areas, it
used the 83 MVA power transformer for the Diliman Project and
replace the old and defective power transformer in Meycauayan
Substation. The replacement was completed on 16 August 2011.
The details of the event at the Meycauayan Substation with the
resulting transformer loading and system loss with and without
the replacement of its Transformer Bank No.2 is attached in the
instant application;
13 lt was extremely important to immediately implement and replace
the defective power transformer of the Meycauayan Substation
in order to adequately promote public interest and welfare as
power interruptions will be avoided, and customers will not be
burdened with higher line losses resulting from emergency load
shifting;
14. The Diliman Project has to be commissioned by December,
2011, or as soon as possible to address the critical loading
of the Balintawak Substation as well as the increasing power
requirements of Quezon City. The Diliman Substation's new 83
MVA power transformer which was reallocated to Meycauayan
Substation and other transformers will also be addressed;
15. Under its Third (3
rd
) Regulatory Reset process
4
, without the
Diliman Project, its Diliman Substation's 83 MVA Transformer
Bank No.1 and Balintawak Substation's transformer banks no. 4,
5 and 6 would continue to be critically loaded. n such condition,
any outage of these power transformer banks would result in
widespread power interruption in Quezon City affecting major
establishments such as Gotesco Properties nc., (GP), National
Kidney Transplant nstitute (NKT), Alto Broadcasting System-
Chronicle Broadcasting Network (ABS-CBN) Broadcasting
Corporation, SM City-North EDSA and the Department of National
Defense (DND). Likewise, with these transformers loaded above
critical level, it would have diffculty in accommodating new
customer connections especially large load applications. This was
of special concern considering the onset of the summer season,
which is expected to increase the power demands, especially of
major establishments;
16. Due to the urgency to complete the Diliman Project, it was
constrained to purchase another 83 MVA power transformer
to replace the power transformer originally intended for the
Diliman Project. This 83 MVA power transformer was installed
and commissioned in the Diliman Substation on March 5, 2012;
17. The cost of the 83 MVA, 110 kV-34.5 kV-13.8 kV three-phase
power transformer with OL TC used for the Diliman Substation
Expansion Project is Sixty Million Six Hundred Seventy Nine
Thousand Seven Hundred Fourteen Pesos and Forty Centavos
(PhP61,679,714.44). The cost includes taxes, duties, brokerage,
and trucking services;
18. ln connection with these events, it now imperative to prepare for
any similar future occurrence involving any of its 83 MVA power
transformers;
19. t has one hundred seven (107) transformers currently installed
in various substations. Each of these transformers serve 50.18
MVA of demand on the average while thirty (30) have been in
service for ffteen (15) years or more. While load-shifting may
be done in case of a breakdown of any of these transformers,
the same is only a temporary solution and would not be able to
address any further contingencies;
20. Failure of any of these 83 MVA transformers should be suffciently
and speedily addressed, otherwise, it would result in sustained
power interruption to the detriment of customers as well as
commerce and vital public service. To be able to readily address
any such situation, it is necessary for it to have at least one (1) 83
MVA power transformer at any given time to readily and quickly
address contingencies requiring the immediate replacement of
any of its commissioned 83 MVA power transformers;
21. lt prays that it be allowed to maintain a spare transformer to
allow it to purchase and replenish its spare transformer once
the same has been installed and used in service. The estimated
cost of this spare power transformer is Sixty Five Million
Nine Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Five Hundred Pesos
(PhP65,975,500.00); and
22. lt respectfully prays to the Commission that its purchase and
installation of one (1) 83 MVA, 110 kV-34.5 kV-13.8 kV three-
phase power transformer with On-Load Tap Changer (OL TC)
used in the Diliman Substation, and authority to purchase,
maintain and install an emergency 83 MVA, 110 kV-34.5 kV-13.8
kV three-phase power transformer with OL TC, every time such
spare is used, be approved.
The Commission has set the instant application for jurisdictional
hearing, expository presentation, pre-trial conference and evidentiary
hearing on July 10, 2012 (Tuesday) at two oclock in the afternoon
(2:00 P.M.) at the ERC Hearing Room, 15
t
h FIoor, Pacic Center
Building, San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City.
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the
proceeding may become a party by fling, at least fve (5) days prior to
the initial hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERC's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, a verifed petition with the Commission giving the
docket number and title of the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioner's
name and address; (2) the nature of petitioner's interest in the subject
matter of the proceeding, and the way and manner in which such interest
is affected by the issues involved in the proceeding; and (3) a statement
of the relief desired.
All other persons who may want theirs views known to the
Commission with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding may
fle their opposition to the application or comment thereon at any stage
of the proceeding before the applicant concludes the presentation of its
evidence. No particular form of opposition or comment is required, but
the document, letter or writing should contain the name and address of
such person and a concise statement of the opposition or comment and
the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may
request the applicant, prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be
furnished with a copy of the application. The applicant is hereby directed
to furnish all those making a request with copies of the application and
its attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying
costs. Likewise, any such person may examine the application and other
pertinent records fled with the Commission during the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT,
and the Honorable Commissioners, MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTAEDA,
JOSE C. REYES, ALFREDO J. NON, and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-
TARUC, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 11
th
day of June 2012 at
Pasig City.
ATTY. FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN
Executive Director
1
An Act Granting the Manila Electric Company a Franchise to Construct, Operate and
Maintain a Distribution System for the Conveyance of Electric Power to the End-Users
in the Cities/Municipalities of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal, and Certain
Cities/Municipalities/Barangays in Batangas, Laguna, Quezon and Pampanga
2
ERC Resolution No. 26, Series of 2009
3
There was an ERC-approved spare 83 MVA power transformer in its Second (2
nd
)
Regulatory Period Final Determination. However, the same was already used
sometime in August 2010
4
ERC Case No. 2010-069-RC
(MST-June 19 & 26, 2012)
MONTE Oro Resources and Energy
Inc., one of the shareholders of service
contract 72 covering the Recto Bank
(formerly Reed Bank), is bullish on the
prospects of the exploration area despite
the dispute between China and the
Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal.
Enrique Razon Jr., Monte Oro
chairman, told reporters that the
Scarborough dispute does not
involve the Recto Bank. Monte
Oro holds a 30 percent stake in
the SC 72 license.
Were not worried because
SC 72 is in Philippine waters.
Spartly and Scarborough are
different entirely. Spartly and
Scarborough are in disputed
waters, SC 72 is well within
Philippine waters, Razon said.
Razon also said it was
the option of the camp of
businessman Manuel Pangilinan
of Philex Mining Corp. to take
in Chinese partners.
Philex Mining, the majority
shareholder of Forum Energy
plc, which holds a 70 percent
stake in SC 72, is in talks
with China National Offshore
Corp. for a possible farm-in
agreement.
Razon said he was merely
voicing his opinion when he
initially opposed to proposed
partnership.
Thats their option, they can
do that, well maintain our 30
[percent], he said. There is
no more issue... as long as they
are genuine partners, whether
Chinese, Japanese or American,
its okay with us. We are not
participating in those talks
anyway.
He said Monte Oro was not
looking for partners but might
need one later when the Recto
Bank would developed for
production.
When it comes to actually
developing the eld, youre
talking huge investment, youll
need partners, he said.
Razon said the Recto Bank
prospect was promising. Forum
Energys consultant Weatherford
Petroleum earlier said SC 72
contained prospective resources
of as much as 16.6 trillion cubic
feet of gas and 416 million
barrels of oil.
He said the shareholders
wanted to start the drilling
program as soon as possible
and that the SC 72 work program
had been submitted to Energy
Department for approval.
TOLEDO Power Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global
Business Power Corp., is expanding an existing coal plant in Cebu
into an 82-megawatt clean coal-red power plant at a cost of $200
million.
Global Business, the power generation arm of the Metrobank
Group, said in a statement Toledo Power signed an agreement
with Carmen Copper Corp. for the supply of up to 60 MW of
electricity beginning Dec. 26, 2014.
Toledo Power will design, engineer, nance and construct the
82-MW coal plant to supply electricity to Carmen Copper whose
mining operations require additional power. Carmen Copper is a
subsidiary of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp.
Global Business said the coal expansion project will be nanced
through 30-percent equity and 70-percent debt through project
nance.
Construction is expected to start in the fourth quarter. The
existing coal plant in Daanlungsod, Toledo City, has a capacity
of 60 MW.
Global Power said it would provide more efcient energy by
replacing the current coal facility with a state-of-the-art power
facility using one of the latest, environment-friendly, clean coal
technologies the circulating uidized bed boiler.
Toledo Power said the signing of the power supply agreement
with Carmen Copper is a homecoming of sorts for Toledo Power,
having come full circle to fulll its primary duty to support mining
operations in Toledo City.
Toledo Power, which has been producing power over the past
43 years, was initially established to serve the power requirements
of the Toledo copper mine complex.
Global Power bought Toledo Power when the mine was closed
in the mid-1990s. Global Power [hen, Mirant Global Corp.] used
the plant to supply electricity to Cebu City, Toledo City and the
Cebu Industrial Park located in Balamban, Cebu.
Global Power is one of the largest power generators in the
Visayas with generating plants such as Panay Power Corp. in
Iloilo and Aklan, Panay Energy Development Corp. in Iloilo City
and Cebu Energy Development Corp. in partnership with the
Abovant Group in Cebu.
By Julito G. Rada
MANILA Water Co. Inc. has
secured the top corporate credit
rating of PRS Aaa from the
Philippine Rating Services Corp.
given its strong capacity to meet
nancial obligations.
Philratings said Manila Water
had met and even surpassed its
regulatory and nancial targets
throughout its operating history.
The companys management
has also been very proactive
in dealing with issues related
to the water industry, such as
the development of new water
sources.
Manila Water reported a net
income of P4.3 billion in 2011,
up by 7 percent from P4.0 billion
in 2010. The trend continued
in the rst quarter when prot
improved by 64 percent to P1.3
billion.
Philratings said the water
concessionaire also kept
comfortable levels of cash and
short-term investments on hand,
reaching P6.5 billion as of the
end-March 2012.
It remains adequately
capitalized, with debt-to-equity
ratio [total liabilities net of service
concession obligations] of 1.23x
as of end of the rst quarter.
Philratings said the ratio
was adequate given the
capital intensive nature of the
companys business.
Manila Water is currently
undergoing its third rate rebasing
period as the concessionaire of
the East Zone. Rate rebasing
occurs every ve years after
1997, when the company was
awarded the concession.
Manila Water is the exclusive
concessionaire of the east zone
of Metro Manila, consisting of
23 cities and municipalities.
The water distributor continues
to expand its market locally and
currently has subsidiaries with
projects in Laguna, Pampanga,
Boracay and Cebu. It also
has international ventures in
Vietnam.
B4
Provinces
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Heirs want payment for airport site
Sariaya school adds building
Energy: Subic plant crucial to Luzon grid
3
SINCE 2010, the students of Gov. Natalio and Susana Enriquez Elementary
School had been going to a basketball court to attend classes in Barangay
Sampaloc, Sariaya, Quezon, until they moved indoors.
Built by SM Prime Holdings through the SM Foundation in time
for the K-12 program, the schoolhouse took in two sections of the
609 enrollees, whom Principal Lyra Catarroja said had endured the
inconvenience plaguing makeshift schools awaiting aid from the
Department of Education.
This is a most welcome donation from SM especially since we
are already adopting the K-12 requirement of the DepEd, she said.
With the new building, we will have one shift from Grades 1 to 6
with a ratio of 43 to 1 while Kindergarten will have two shifts to
accommodate all new enrollees, she said.
Our problem now is the salaries of the kindergarten teacher-
volunteers as the subsidy of the DepEd is minimal.
Catarroja said the parents-teachers association and the local
government are pitching in while donations came in the form of
books and comuputer sets.
Also during the turnover of the SM schoolhouse, SM Foundation
held a medical mission at SM City in Lucena, attending to patients
with the help of Department of Health volunteers and their
counterparts from the Philippine Medical Association, practitioners
and staff from private and government hospitals and the town
government.
The turnover was witnesssed by teachers and students along with
government executives led by Municipal Administrative Ofcer
Allan Loria and Rep. Irvin Alcala, who was instrumental in seeking
SMs help in putting up the school.
They were joined by Schools Division Superintendent Tolentino
Aquino and District Supervisor Carmelita Tinana along with SM
ofcials composed of regional operations manager Jayson Terrenal
of SM Prime, SM City Lucena Mall manager Celia Alquiros and
PR manager Lilibeth Azores, SM Foundation executive director for
Education, Carmen Linda Atayde with Eleanor Lansang, Education
Project manager representing SM Foundation.
Anti-dengue mission.
Isabela Governor Faustino
Dy III welcomes the
assistance of Prince Tunku
Naquiyuddin ibni Tuanku
Jaafar of Malaysia, in his
global mission to combat
dengue fever during a recent
visit to the province. They
agreed on a joint effort to
aid communities in avoiding
an outbreak of the disease
under the REAP strategy
which involves reducing
mosquito population,
educating people on
keeping clean sorroundings,
awareness drive on
symptoms and prevention of
bites. JESSICA M. BACUD
THE Department of Energy has
told the Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority that any delay in putting
up the 600-MW coal plant inside
the freeport may lead to blackouts
in Luzon.
In an interview, Energy Secretary
Jose Rene Almendras said he
discussed the need to increase
capacity in the grid with SBMA
Administrator Roberto Garcia and
other stakeholders.
I met with them to explain how
important it is to build another
power plant, he said. We really
cannot afford not to have a new
power plant by 2015.
Oppositors alleged that the
facility would be detrimental
to Subic residents and the
environment.
Almendras cited the 660-
megawatt Masinloc plant which
had the latest technology to
mitigate emissions.
The question of whether it will
be polluting or not has already been
answered, he said. Masinloc is
one of the cleanest coal plants in
the world.
Almendras told Garciaq that
the Aquino administration has
targetted energy security within
ve years.
Long-time resident Roger
Bound, a founding member of
the Zambales Resort Owners
Association and director of its life-
saving program, said majority of
businesses support the coal plant.
By Eric B. Apolonio
THE owners of a piece of land in Mindoro
have demanded just compensation
from the Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines amounting to P124 million
for using the property that is now the
San Jose airport but which was formerly
known as the McGuire Field in San Jose.
The third-generation heirs
represented by Herminia Robles-
Parales, 72 , a descendant of owners
Mateo Pidacan and Romana Bigo,
said the government used their
22.29-hectare land in 1948, and
developed it into an air terminal.
Newly installed CAAP head
ret. Lt. Gen William Hotchkiss
directed lawyer Leo de Ocampo,
of Enforcement and Legal Service
to discuss with the claimants
that included Lilia Canalita
accompanied by Archbishop
Honorato Belizario Jr.
The group were told that
verication will be made
on whether the former Air
Transportation Ofce now CAAP
or the national government is
charged to do compensation.
Parales cited the Supreme
Court ruling dated Aug. 31, 2010,
penned by Associate Justice
Antonio Nachura ordering the
ATO at the time to pay them
P304.39 per square meter for
the area expropriated or P65,
668,185.43 with 6 percent
interest per annum from Feb. 1,
2001 until the sum is fully paid.
We appeal to Transportation
Secretary Mar Roxas and
to the new CAAP Director
General William Hotchkiss
to act immediately, she said.
We have been deprived of our
property since 1948 and the
property claims have gone up
to P124 million because of the
accumulated yearly interest.
Parales, through Archbishop
Belizario, Presiding Primate, of the
International Council of Evangelical
Bishops and Ministers Inc., wrote
Roxas last May 15, asking him to
take action on the claim.
The third generation owners
claimed that despite the writ of
execution issued on Oct. 28, 2011,
their cause has been overlooked.
In 1948, the government,
through the defunct Civil
Aeronautics Administration
(now CAAP) used a portion of
family estate as an airled. After
the death of the ancestors Mateo
Pidacan on Nov. 27, 1962 and
Romana Bigo on Oct. 10, 1974,
the government built a perimeter
fence and a terminal building.
Consequently, the heirs of
Mateo Pidacan and Romana Bigo,
namely, Pacita Pidacan Vda. de
Zubiri and Adela Pidacan Vda
de Robles led a complaint for
payment for the value of property
taken and rentals for its use
and occupation on Feb.17, 1992
against ATO at the Regional
Trial Court Branch 46 of San Jose
which ruled for compensation.
Dindo on the wet side
AN ACTIVE low-pressure spotted 930 kilometers
east of Borongan, Eastern Samar, is likely to develop
into a tropical depression this week.
Samuel Duran, weather forecaster, said the ALPA
would be named Dindo following the list of the
agency.
Based on mathematical calculations, the tropical
depression was forecast to hit Northern Luzon, he
said.
Based on latest monitoring, Bicol and the Eastern
Visayas were experiencing scattered rainshowers.
Duran said Metro Manila would have moderate
rains and thunderstorms because of wind convergence,
and not due to the southwest monsoon.
Two winds from two directions--southwestern
and westernmerge over the Metro, he told the
Manila Standard. Rio N. Araja
Manila
Standard
TODAY
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Department of Public Works and Highways
National Capital Region
SECOND METRO MANI LA SUB- ENGI NEERI NG DI STRI CT
2nd Street, Port Area, Manila
Tel. Nos: 5264725/5243924
INVITATION TO BID
The Second Metro Manila SUB-Engineering District, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the following contracts.
1. Contract ID : 12O1O083
Contract Name : Construction of roads along Zapote River and its vicinity
of Brgys. Talon 2, Pamplona 1 and Pamplona 2
Contract Location : Las Pias City
Scope of Work : Construction of slope protection, steel sheet piles, pile
cap, structure excavation, reinforce concrete, removal of
existing obstruction
Approved Budget
for the Contract : P18,984,999.99
Contract Duration : 100 CD
Bids Documents Cost : P10,000.00
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 the 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 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
at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their LOIs applications for
registration, to DPWH-POCW-Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of
LO's. The DPWH-POCW-Central Offce will only process contractor's applications
for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Form may be downloaded at the DPWH website
(www.dpwh.gov.ph.)
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Deadine: July 4, 2012 @ 12:00 noon
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents
3. Pre-Bid Conference
Date: June 20 to July 9, 2012
June 27@ 10:00 a.m.
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline until: July 9, 2012 @ 12:00 noon
5. Opening of Bids July 9, 2012, 2:00 PM @ the
Conference room
The Bidding Documents will be sell only to those interested bidders who log on to
the Philgeps website. BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at
Second Metro Manila SUB-Engineering District, 2nd Street, Port Area, Manila,
upon payment of a non-refundable fee (stated above). Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs, if available, form 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.
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
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 Second Metro Manila SUB-Engineering District reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process any time before Contract
Award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) ELENA M. CASTILAN
OIC-Construction Section
Chairman, SMMSED-BAC
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MAGRARA B. DIMALAWANG
District Engineer
(MST-June 26, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH, Regional Offce , invite contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
I. Contract ID. : 12A00016
Contract Name : Rehabilitation/Upgrading/Reconstruction of Damaged Paved Roads along
North Road; 1. Km. 556+063.90-Km. 561+000 w/exceptions, Pagudpud,
Ilocos Norte; 2. Km. 546+000-Km. 551+141.50, Bangui, Ilocos Norte
Contract Location : Bangui & Pagudpud Ilocos Norte
Scope of Work : The scope of work are construction of 302m. PCCP Shoulder with
thickness of 200mm and Construction of 769.57m. Reinforced Concrete
Covered Canal 61 L.M. RCPC with slope protection work. Construction
of Sidewalk Railings and Refective Thermoplastic Pavement Markings.
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : P 8,519,268.05
Contract Duration : 90 calendar days
Cost of Bid Documents : P10,000.00
Fund Source and Year : SR2011-07-004736 dated July 28, 2011 and SR2011-07-004701 dated
July 29, 2011.
II. Contract ID. : 12A00017
Contract Name : Reconstruction of Manila North Road along Bantay-San Ildefonso
Section, Km 409+420 to Km 411+000
Contract Location : Bantay, Ilocos Sur
Scope of Work : The scope of work are Widening 1501 l.m. PCCP and Repair of Existing
Roadway. Removal of Obstructions and Relocation of Guardrails and
Road Signs. Construction of Stone Masonry as Slope Protection Work
and application of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings.
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : P 24,986,871.41
Contract Duration : 210 calendar days
Cost of Bid Documents : P20,000.00
Fund Source and Year : GAA CY 2012
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, 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.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH Central
Procurement Offce (CPO) before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH Central Procurement Offce
(CPO) 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.qpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant time and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
Activities Schedule
1, Issuance of Bidding Documents June 26-July 17, 2012 @ the BAC Secretariat, 1
st
loor, 0Pwl, R0 l,
San Fdo. City, La Union
2. Pre-8ld Corlererce 10 AV or Ju|y 3, 2012 _lre 0Pwl, 2rd
loor, R0 l Corlererce Roor, 3ar Ferrardo C|ly, La ur|or
3. 0ead||re ol Rece|pl ol L0l lror Prospecl|ve 8|dders 10 AM on July 15, 2012 @ the BAC Secretariat, 1
st
loor, 0Pwl, R0 l,
1. Rece|pl ol 8|ds 0r or oelore 10 AV or Ju|y 1Z, 2012 _ lre 2
nd
loor, 0Pwl, R0 l
Corlererce Roor, 3ar Fdo. C|ly, La ur|or
5. 0per|rg ol 8|ds 10 AM on July 17, 2012 @the 2
nd
loor, 0Pwl, R0 l Corlererce Roor,
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the 1
st
foor, BAC Secretariat Offce,
DPWH, RO I, San Fdo. City, La Union, upon presentation of two (2) valid IDs of the Authorized Liaison offcer
as specifed in the Contractors nformation, Presentation of the Original CRC per memorandum dated April 19,
2004 and payment of a non-refundable fee as mentioned above respectively. 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 be accompanied
by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Mailed
intents shall not be entertained.
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 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, Regional Offce 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 bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) CORNELIO G. AMITA
BAC Chairman
(MST-JUNE 26, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Manila
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES
FOR THE DESIGN IMPROVEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DPWH CULTURE
BUILDING PROGRAM: VALUES FORMATION WORKSHOPS,
PHASE II
(RE-BIDDING)
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), through the Engineering and
Administrative Overhead (EAO) 2011 of the Department, intends to apply the sum of
P3,208,800.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract
for the Consultancy Services for the Design Improvement and Implementation of DPWH Culture
Building Program: Values Formation Workshops, Phase II. Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the fnancial proposals.
The DPWH now calls for the submission of Applications for Eligibility and Shortlisting for:
Project: Consultancy Services for the Design Improvement and Implementation of
DPWH Culture Building Program: Values Formation Workshops, Phase II
Location: Baguio City; Baras, Palo, Leyte; Iloilo City; Davao City
Objectives:
The objectives of the VFW are for participants to:
a) Understand the need and importance of values formation and be able
to internalize a shared mission as articulated by the DPWH Secretary;
b) Accept the responsibility for positive things happening in the organization;
c) Develop and sustain the right attitude and work values to achieve
organizational and personal effectiveness; and,
d) Align the employees, through their day-to-day work activities, to the DPWH
vision, mission and core values.
Outputs/
Deliverables
a) Course Design
b) Workshop Reports
> Batches 1 - 15
> Batches 16 - 26
c) VFW Facilitators Handbook
d) Terminal Report
Interested consultants must submit their Applications for Eligibility and Shortlisting on or July
5, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for Consultancy Services, Room
502-B, 5
th
Floor, DPWH Building, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila. Applications for eligibility
will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion. The eligibility forms can be
downloaded from www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Applications
for Eligibility and Shortlisting and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement
Reform Act, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of
fve (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for
short listing are:
Applicable Experience : 35 points
Qualifcation of Personnel : 40 points
Job Capacity : 25 points
100 points
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary
"pass/fail criterion as specifed in the RR of RA 9184.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with
at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the
Philippines.
All bidders who have initially responded to the Invitation to Bid/Request for Expression of Interest
and have been declared eligible or short listed in the previous biddings shall be allowed to submit
new bids.
The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality Based Evaluation (QBE) procedure,
whereby each consultant shall be required to submit technical and fnancial proposals
simultaneously in separate sealed envelopes. After receipt of bids, the technical proposals of
the consultants shall frst be opened, evaluated, and ranked in descending order. Based on the
numerical ratings of their technical proposals, the Highest Rated Bid when technical proposal
must pass the minimum technical requirement of 75%, shall be identifed. After approval by the
Head of the Procuring Entity of the Highest Rated Bid, its fnancial proposal shall then be opened.
The contract shall be completed within six (6) months.
The DPWH reserves the right to reject any and all bids, annul the bidding process, or not award
the contract at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
Undersecretary RAUL C. ASIS
Chairperson, BAC for Consultancy Services
Department of Public Works and Highways
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
Tel. No. (+632) 304-3302
Fax No. (+632) 304-3572
(Sgd.) RAUL C. ASIS
Undersecretary
Chairperson, BAC for Consultancy Services
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(MST-June 26, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Regional Offce
San Fernando City, La Union

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