Commuter Express 07-29-2010

THURSDAY, July 29, 2010

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CONGRESSMEN NOT EXEMPTED FROM NUMBER CODING–MMDA
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AFP FREES RENEGADE MARINE COL. QUERUBIN
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METROBANK IS BEST BANK The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company has been named Best Bank in the Philippines by the world’s leading financial markets magazine Euromoney. From L to R: Euromoney Asia Editor Lawrence White, Metrobank Vice Chairman Francisco Sebastian, Metrobank President Arthur Ty,Metrobank Executive Vice President and Controller Joshua E. Naing and Euromoney Magazine Editor Clive Horwood.

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Ang unang SONA ni P.Noy

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OONG Lunes ay ginanap ang kauna-unahang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Benigno “ Noynoy” Aquino III kung saan ay tahasan nitong ibinulgar ang mga katiwalian sa nakalipas na administrasyon. Bagama’t alam na ng nakakarami ang mga naganap na katiwalian sa nagdaang administrasyon ay nakasilip naman ng pag-asa ang sambayanang Pilipino dahil na rin sa mga sinabi ni Pangulong Aquino. Sa nilalaman kasi ng SONA ng pangulo, lumalabas na lalabanan nito ang mga katiwalian at hindi na nito papayagan na muling may maganap na korapsiyon sa ilalim ng kanyang pamamahala. Dahil dito ay nakasilip ng pag-asa ang mga Pilipino. Umaasa ang mga Pinoy na sa panunungkulan ni Pangulong Aquino, tiyak na mapupunta sa mga totoo at magagandang proyekto ang pera sa kaban ng bayan hindi sa

bulsa ng iilan lamang. Ang hinihintay na lamang ng taumbayan ngayon ay ang mapatunayang nagkasala ang mga taong may kinalaman sa naganap na katiwalian.Bukod pa sa umaasa rin ang mga Pilipino na makulong ang mga may kagagawan sa nakalipas na pagnanakaw. Umaasa rin ang mga Pilipino na sa pagkakatatag ng Truth Commission na pinamumunuan ni dating Supreme Court (SC) Justice Hilario Davide, Jr., may patutunguhan ang mga gaganaping imbestigasyon sa naganap na katiwalian. Kapag tuluyang naipakulong ang mga taong may kinalaman sa umano’y

katiwalian, malamang na hindi na tularan ang mga ito dahil magkakaroon na ng takot ang mga manunungkulan sa pamahalaan at hindi na ang mga ito gagawa ng kalokohan habang nasa posisyon. Hanggang hindi kasi naipakukulong ang mga taong may alam sa umano’y naganap na katiwalian ay tiyak na pamamarisan pa rin ang mga ito. Sana lang ay walang sinuhin ang Truth Commission nang sa gayon ay tuluyang maparusahan ang mga nagnasamantala at nagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan. Siguradong aabangan ng taumbayan ang gagawing imbestigasyon ni Davide at umaasa rin ang mga ito na maparusahan ang mga nagnakaw na naging dahilan kung bakit lalong nalugmok sa kumunoy ng kahirapan ang ating Inang Bayan. Pwede po kau mag email sa [email protected]

The people’s demands
(fourth part)
“WE reiterate our call for a just and lasting peace. The Aquino government should address the root causes of armed conflict and resume peace talks,” said Sr. Mau Catabyan of Ecumenical Voice. National Sovereignty and Protection of the Environment Given the “total sell-out of the country’s patrimony under the Arroyo regime,” the progressive groups called for the review and abrogation of bilateral agreements signed by the previous administrations such as the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership (JPEPA). According to Reyes, it is now a big challenge for Aquino to review or abrogate these bilateral deals which he himself as a senator had rejected. Last year, the Senate also unanimously signed a resolution seeking to review or abrogate VFA. “We call on the Aquino government to investigate the mysterious deaths of Gregan Cardeno and Capt. Javier Ignacio, who were probably killed by American soldiers deployed in Mindanao,” Reyes added. Cardeno died allegedly due to suicide. His body was found inside Camp Ranao of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Marawi City. About two months later, Ignacio, a police and family friend who helped Cardeno get the job and later helped his relatives with the case, was himself gunned down. To protect the environment, the progressive groups sought the cancellation of the Bio-fuels Act of 2007 and Mining Revitalization Program. They pressed the Aquino government to honor local government laws against largescale mining like those in Rapu-Rapu in Albay and Oceana Golds in Nueva Ecija. “These projects greatly affect the environment as well as the people who live within the vicinity,” said Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment (PNE) national coordinator Clemente Bautista, Jr. He asked the government to nullify the midnight deals such as that covering the right to mine in Mt. Diwalwal in Davao Oriental and instead,develop and nationalize the country’s natural resources such as geothermal and hydro-energy. Bautista suggested having a comprehensive plan on climate change and on mitigating disasters brought about by natural calamities. Kalikasan-PNE pressed for justice for 27 environmental activists killed under the Arroyo regime. The National Federation of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines, meanwhile, asked Aquino to put a stop to the plunder of their ancestral lands, which has been causing the displacement of indigenous peoples. The group also asked Aquino to stop the constructions of mega-dams like Laiban dam and nullify the commercialization of ancestral lands. To be continued 10. Ang eksaktong lagay ng negosyo sa Pilipinas. 11. At marami pang iba. Mga ginigiliw kong mambabasa, sasabihin ninyong tila detalyado. Hindi naman po. Inilagay lamang po na natin iyong mga tampok na punto para makita nating parepareho kung ano talaga ang tunay na kalagayan ng Pilipinas. Ang mga nabanggit ko ay mga mahahalagang sangkap sa pagbabalangkas ng administrayong Aquino ng plano nito sa loob ng anim na taon. Ang kailangan po ay estratehikong solusyon ang laman ng isang estratehikong plano para magkaroon talaga ng pagbabago.

UNG ako ang tatanungin, hindi tunay na kalagayan ng Pilipinas ang laman ng State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III nitong Hulyo 26, 2010. Ang laman ng SONA ay dalawa: 1) listahan kung paano nilustay ng dating mga opisyal ang pondo ng ilang piling ahensiya ng pamahalaan tulad ng Office of the President, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, National Food Authority, at National Power Corporation, at 2)

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sahod, allowance, bonus at iba pang natatanggap ng mga ito. Sa gayon malalalaman ng publiko kung sinu-sino ang nagpapasasa at hindi mula sa pera ng mamamayan. 2. Ilan lahat ang eksaktong bilang ng mga empleyado ng iba’t ibang ahensiya ng pamahalaan na permanente, casual at contractual at magkano ang eksaktong sinasahod, allowance, bonus ng mga ito. Sa gayon malalaman ng publiko kung sinu-sino ang nagpapasasa at hindi mula sa pera ng mamamayan. 3. Anu-ano ang mga proyekto ng pamahalaan na tuluy-tuloy pa rin hanggang ngayon kahit na tapos na ang termino ni Pangulong Gloria MacapagalArroyo at magkano ang ginastos ng pamahalaan sa bawat proyekto. Ito ay upang alam ng publiko kung malaki o hindi ang perang ipinangtutustos sa mga proyekto. 4. Dapat binanggit kahit ang pang-ekonomiyang kalagayan ng bawat lalawigan para malaman ng publiko kung alin ang maunlad at hinid sa mga ito. 5. Dapat binanggit kung ilang Pilipino ang may

trabaho at wala. Magkano ang kinikita ng bawat Pilipinong maytrabaho? Magkano ang ibinabayad na buwis kada taon ng bawat may trabahong Pilipino? Ito ay upang alam ng publiko ang istatus ng ating human capital. 6. Ilan ang eksaktong bilang ng mga Pilipinong nasa ilalim ng guhit ng kahirapan? Anu-ano ang batayan ng pagiging mahirap nila? 7. Ilan ang eksaktong bilang ng mga Pilipinong nagugutom araw-araw (literal na hindi kumakain araw-araw)? 8. Ilan ang mga batang nasa edad 6 hanggang 12 ang wala sa elementarya, edad 13 hanggang 16 ang wala sa high school, at edad 17 hanggang 21 ang hindi na pumapasok sa kolehiyo. Sa mga kabataang wala sa kolehiyo, ilan ang nagtatrabaho at ilan ang hindi. Kung nagtatrabaho, anong klaseng trabaho at magkano ang sweldo? 9. Ang eksaktong lagay ng ekonomiya ng Pilipinas (Gross National Product at Gross Domestic Product) na ang paliwanag ay iyong nauunawaan ng mga ordinaryong tao.

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Meanwhile, boxing icon turned Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, who was once accused using enhancing drugs before his fight, also expressed willingness to lead the drug testing among his colleagues. “Walang problema sa akin sa pag-drug test. Mas maganda para sa lahat. Ako naman dati na akong mini-medical dahil boksingero ako,” Pacquiao said. Other solons like Valenzuela Rep. Rex Gatchalian, Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron and Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, Jr. were also willing to undergo drug testing. Earlier, Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III proposed that all national and local officials should be tested for drugs following the arrest of Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson, son of Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson in Hong Kong for possession of 26.1 of cocaine and two tablets of Valium. Meanwhile, Gatchalian appealed to the public to let Singson and his lawyer to resolve the case and that he is entitle to judicial process. “Let’s wait for the outcome of the judicial process Rep. Singson is undergoing before we pass judgment on his character,” Gatchalian added. Annette Vergel

EMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed support to a proposal that all lawmakers and other national and local officials undergo drug tests. Neophyte Pangasinan Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil said he is very much willing to be the first congressman to take the test. “When I was in the Philippine National Police, ako pa ang nanguna sa drug test because it was our campaign to clean our ranks from drug issue,” Bataoil stressed. He said that undergoing a drug test is a way of showing transparency to public service.

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Oral argument on Luisita case reset
THE oral arguments on the land dispute case on the Aquino family’s ancestral sugar estate in Tarlac have been rescheduled on August 18, according to the Supreme Court (SC). SC administrator Jose Midas Marquez said resetting the oral arguments was reached during the full-court session last Tuesday. According to Marquez, the oral argument was reset to August 18 subject to the submission of the list of current stockholders. “Hopefully the court will be able to receive the list from petitioners before the oral arguments,” he said. He added that the guidelines on what issues would be discussed by the parties during the oral arguments as well as the time allotted the counsels to argue their cases would be released by the High Tribunal before August 18. Last week, a resolution was issued by the SC requiring petitioner Hacienda Luisita, Inc. to submit within 15 days its list of shareholders and their corresponding shares of stock in the sugar estate. The new requirement to submit the list prompted the Court to temporarily defer the oral arguments on the case originally scheduled on August 3.
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Makati seniors to receive mid-year cash gifts
THOUSANDS of senior citizens registered as BLU Card members from June 2002 to May 30 will receive their mid-year cash gifts amounting to P45,001,000. Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, Jr. said the city continues to prioritize giving the said allowance to BLU Card holders twice a year to help them cope with the rising costs of consumer goods, especially food and medicine. “Through the mid-year and year-end cash gifts amounting to P2,000, we hope to somehow provide relief to the beneficiaries especially since they are greatly affected by the rising costs of medicines,” Binay said. The total amount released for the mid-year bonus–P44,197,000–was given last June to the first batch of senior citizens whose applications for the BLU Card program were filed on or before March 30, 2010. He said the distribution of the remaining P804,000 is ongoing for those who belong to the second batch who filed their applications for BLU Card membership from April 1 to May 30, 2010. He said the rest of eligible senior citizens, particularly those who applied after the cutoff date of May 30, 2010 shall be entitled only to the year-end cash gift this December. The city has allocated a total of P90 million to cover the cash gift for the entire year. Meanwhile, Marjorie De Veyra, chief of the Makati Social Welfare Department, said that a total of 5,785 senior citizens have failed to claim their cash gift on the first scheduled distribution. “We have given them reasonably ample time–that is five weeks–to claim their cash gift, but still they failed to do so. Our policy now is to no longer apply for a repayroll for them, rather, we will return the money to the city coffers,” de Veyra said. Anthony Munoz

RECOGNITION

Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon and another officer Willie Ng Cha confer to Rosa Rosal a special award for her 60 years of service as volunteer to the Red Cross. Also recognized during the Blood Donors Month Celebration held at the Edsa Shangrila Hotel in Mandaluyong City were the voluntary blood donors. MICHAEL SUPERALES

Solons not exempted from number coding–MMDA
NEWLY appointed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino yesterday bared that vehicles owned by lawmakers with vanity plates 7 and 8 are not exempted from the number coding scheme. Tolentino said the vanity plates showed the position of the owners of the vehicles but the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has issued official registered plates which will be used for the purpose of number coding requirement. According to Tolentino, he has ordered MMDA traffic enforcers to disregard the vanity plates and instead check the registered license plates which should be attached at the back of the lawmakers’ vehicles. The former mayor of Tagaytay said instead of the usual flagging down of vehicles, the MMDA will impose camera ticketing system which includes “non-contact traffic apprehension” scheme, where traffic enforcers will take pictures of the traffic violators. The traffic violation fine will be applied when the violators register his or her vehicle with the LTO. The “apprehension” of lawmakers who will be violating the number coding scheme is in line with President Aquino’s inaugural promise that the road-bullying days of public officials are over. The MMDA chair added that private vehicles of medical practitioners confirmed by the Philippine Medical Association, and media practitioners, are the only ones exempted from the number coding scheme.

Court junks Sen. Lacson’s plea for bail
A MANILA Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to find and bring back Senator Panfilo Lacson to the country after his motion for reconsideration seeking to cancel the warrant of arrest issued against him for two counts of murder was denied. Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina, of the Manila RTC, junked the senator’s motion to cancel the warrant of arrest and threw the ball to the Department of Foreign Affairs whether to cancel or not the beleaguered lawAngelie Escandor maker’s passport.

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Eugene Domingo: ‘Ako ang pambansang mananamantal
ko ang pambansang mananamantala!” Ito ang bulalas ni Eugene Domingo sa kanyang press conference nitong July 26, sa Imperial Palace Suites, Quezon City. Sinabi ni Eugene na may sinasamantala siyang pelikula for the 50th anniversary of Regal Films. Sa ulat ng Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP), the comedienne will topbill the family comedy titled Mamarazzi, which will open in cinemas starting August 25. In her launching film Kimmy Dora: kambal sa kiyeme, Uge (Eugene's nickname) was able to have a passionate kissing scene with Dingdong Dantes while in the film Here Comes the Bride, she had the chance to shoot a tender love scene with newcomer Tom Rodriguez. Given the number of hunks that she has had intimate scenes with in the past, Uge jokingly pleaded, “Hayaan n'yo na akong mahalikan ng hunk kasi sa shooting ko lang naman ‘yun nararanasan...sa ngayon. Ayoko naman magsalita ng tapos.” When asked about her intense kiss-

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ing scene with Diether ocampo here in Mamarazzi, she pointed out: “Kailangan naman kasi sa script. Mas maganda na sibasibin mo na kasi harmless naman ako. Pagkatapos ng pagsibasib, hanggan dun na lang ‘yun.” She later explained the motivation of her character for suddenly kissing Diether's character so fiercely. “Sabi kasi ni Direk [Joel Lamangan] na ang character ni Violy napakatagal na siyang diyeta kaya [nung nagkaroon ng pagkakataon], hindi ko na siya dineyeta—buffet na! In Mamarazzi, Uge plays Violy, a woman who desperately wants to have

her own children. Her gay best friend (played by John "Sweet" Lapus) allows his boyfriend (played by Diether) to become her sperm donor. She later has triplets, portrayed by Andi Eigenmann (who plays dual roles) and AJ Perez. How would she differentiate Diet's kissing scene with Dingdong Dantes? “kay Dingdong, umabot ako hanggang sa ngipin. kasi si kimmy [her character in kimmy Dora], talagang nagsisinungaling siya at yun na lang ang only chance niya. Dito kay, Diet, medyo sweet. Napakaliit pala ng labi ni Diet. Cute na cute naman ang kiss namin ni Diet at parang laro lang na

may sweetness. “Nagulat si Diet, e, pero hindi naman siya nawala. Yun naman ang mahusay sa kanya. Nakisabay siya sa daloy ng eksena,” she recalled. When asked to pick the guys whom she would like to have a kissing scene with in the future, Uge immediately answered that she would like to be given the chance to be paired with Piolo Pascual, Derek Ramsay, and any one of these three Brazilian hunks: Akihiro Sato, Fabio Ide, or Daniel Matsunaga. ON TURNING 40 At the start of the press con, Uge received a birthday cake from her Regal family. Mother Lily Monteverde and her daughter Roselle Monteverde-Teo were both present that night at the mezzanine of Imperial Palace Suites. As she blew out the candles, Uge told the matriarch of Regal: “Nag-wish ako for you, Mother, not for me.” The comedienne wished that Regal will be able to last for another 50 years in showbiz.

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Seth revives ‘The Green Hornet’ in Comic-Con
HOllYWOOD actor Seth Rogen is a superhero who wields a blowtorch and has a Chrysler equipped with hood-mounted machine guns in “The green Hornet.” The film doesn’t open until next year, but Rogen showed a brief clip Friday to about 6,000 fans at ComicCon. The writer-actor said it was important to debut the footage at San Diego’s annual pop culture convention because “the people who are in this room are probably the biggest movie and comic book fans on the planet.” “We are excited for you specifically to like this movie,” he said. The clip showed Rogen as Britt Reid–who becomes the green Hornet–out for an adventure with his sidekick Kato, a masterful fighter and mechanic played by Jay Chou. It also offered viewers a look at the Black Beauty, their 1965 Chrysler Imperial armed with guns, rockets and other secret weapons. kato himself is also a weapon: When a street fight erupts, he defends his pal in a scene that plays with timing and perspective, revealing director Michel Gondry’s experimental touch. The director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” said he was excited to take on a superhero story — especially in 3-D. “I have developed some techniques that I never had the opportunity to use in a big scale movie,” Gondry said, adding that he found the relationship between Britt and Kato particularly alluring. Both director and star said they always hoped to do their film in 3-D and designed its visual concepts with dimension in mind, but they still had to persuade the studio to spend the time and money to convert it. That process delayed its release until January, producer Neal Moritz said. Rogen and co-writer Evan Goldberg said they drew from the green Hornet’s radio, television and comic-book histories to create their modern-day version of the vigilante superhero. Their story focuses on the hero-sidekick relationship between Britt and Kato. “Me and Evan, we’re lifelong comic book fans. We’ve always wanted to make a movie like this,” Rogen said. “Specifically as writers, what attracts us is movies that explore relationships, usually between two dudes, as lame as that sounds.”

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‘Cats’ donates P2.3M to Red Cross
FRoM felinity to charity. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) was awarded a P 2,380,000-million check donation from the ticket sales of the Broadway-hit musical “Cats.” For every ticket purchase of “Cats” from November 4 to December 31, 2009, P 250 went to the blood program of PRC. PRC Governor Rosa Rosal received the check donation during the press preview of “Cats” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on July 23. Lunchbox Theatrical Productions CEo James Cundall, along with All Youth Channels President Francis lumen, TicketWorld President Bob Sewell and Concertus President Bambi Verzo, handed down the P 2.3-million check. Rosal, who marked her 60th year as a Red Cross volunteer on July 4, is also the chair of PRC Blood Services Committee. “This check is a wonderful gift for my 60th anniversary with the Red Cross. I am grateful to all the people behind ‘Cats’ for choosing Red Cross as the beneficiary of the musical production,” said Rosal. “I maybe 78 years old already but as long as I can still walk, I will not stop helping the Red Cross.” The check donation will be used to purchase two commuter vans which will be utilized in blood letting drives, added the PRC governor. “Cats” is a critically acclaimed Broadway musical based from T.S. Eliot’s poems, “old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” Featuring Lea Salonga, the musical will be performed in Manila from July 24 to August 22.

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DILG to strengthen lGU-NGO partnership
IN line with President Aquino’s call for partnerships with the private sector to pursue government development efforts, Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) yesterday said that the DILG is coming up with a scheme that would institutionalize partnerships among local government units, civil society organizations and the private sector at the local level in undertaking development projects. Robredo said that one of his top priorities as DILG secretary is to tap the active involvement and participation of non-government organizations (NGOs) and the private sector in order to implement responsive development projects at the local level. “We should continuously harness the role that the people and the different sectors can play in governance,” he stressed, during a speech at a conference on leadership development held at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City. Saying that leadership is a shared responsibility, the DILG Chief cited his experience as mayor in Naga City where there is a strong public-private partnership with the establishment of the Naga City People’s Council. He also said that under his leadership, the Naga City Governance Institute was also created to share the city’s experiences in leadership and governance and to sustain excellent local government innovations. He said that the Constitution and the local Government Code has long recognized and pushed for the participation of NGOs as partners of the local government in the pursuit of local autonomy.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

PALAISIPAN

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PABABA 1. -----k; Mali 2. Angkinin 3. Paraan ng pagtuklas 4. ---- Mindorensis 5. Panig 6. Espiya 7. Kabaong 8. Pagiging mapagkunwari 9. Lira 10. Tanong ng lugar 16. Kuwatro 20. Relos 23. Maghahabol sa korte 24. Grupo ng sundalo 25. Ibuka ang mga kamay 26. Ani 27. Lugar sa Japan 28. Tanong 30. Aguhilya

Complete the grid so every row, column and 3 x 3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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PAHALANG 1. Tulo 6. Talilis 11. Lugar ng labanan 12. Ilista 13. Ilak 14. Letrang Griyego 15. Tinatanggap ang hamon 17. Ha 18. Ihanay 19. Ingkong pag inulit 21. Huni ng malaking ibon 22. Isda pag inulit 25. Mamamayan sa Mt. Province 28. Bulol

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HE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday gave provisional liberty to Marine Col. Ariel Querubin, one of the leaders of the alleged plan to overthrow the administration of former President Arroyo four years ago. Querubin was released from his detention cell at the Intelligence Service of the AFP in Camp Aguinaldo noontime and was subsequently placed under the custodial care of Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Ordońez, chief of the AFP’s Philippine Defense Reform office. The release of Querubin, a recipient of the highest military decoration Medal of Valor, came 59 days after former Scout Ranger chief Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, another leader of the plot, was released to Ordonez. Lim was released from detention after he wrote a letter-request to then AFP chief Gen. Delfin Bangit. More than a week later, nine Scout Ranger officers were also released from detention after making a similar request to Bangit. In a phone interview, Querubin said his release was on the initiative of the

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WAS excited about going to the baseball park to watch the Detroit Tigers play the Chicago White Sox. I proudly put on my Tigers T-shirt that morning before going to the opposing team’s stadium. But I had to wear a sweatshirt over my team’s shirt because it was cool outside. So I was disappointed that no one at U.S. Cellular Field could see which team I was there to cheer for. No one knew I was a Tigers’ fan. After a threehour rain delay, the game finally started and I could cheer for my team and get my loyalty out in the open. The apostle Paul had a loyalty that was most definitely out in the open—a loyalty to Jesus Christ. He wrote to the believers in Rome, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ” (Rom. 1:16). He knew that the gospel was “the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes” because Jesus had dramatically changed his life and its direction. In his preaching and witnessing, he proclaimed Jesus, the One to whom he had given his whole life (Acts 9). The believers in Rome were also known for their allegiance to Christ. Paul said of them: “Your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world” (Rom. 1:8). Is your loyalty to Jesus out in the open? God put us in this darkened world To shine as sons of light, So, let us always teach the truth And keep our colors bright.—D. De Haan

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AFP frees renegade Marine Col. Querubin
Armed Forces leadership, specifically David. Nevertheless, he said that this is a “welcome move,” adding “it’s a step closer to the justice that we are all wanting.” Querubin revealed that last July 17, the military was supposed to release him from detention on the premise that he requested for it. “The other Saturday, they gave a release order. But I did not accept it because it was stated there that I requested for it,” said Querubin. He also revealed that during Bangit’s term as AFP chief, the military had sent words to him, through Ordońez, that he would be released provided that he will submit a letter-request to Bangit. Querubin said he rejected it, adding he would rather wait for the resolution of his case. “The only thing left with me is my dignity and pride. I don’t want to write (the request), I don’t want to beg. If you believe that I have not committed a crime, then release me...This is a good development because they are open to reconciliation and my meeting with the chief of staff last Thursday was very cordial,” added Querubin. Meanwhile, AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta announced that former Marine commandant Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, another leader of the plot, was already given a provisional liberty during the later period of the Arroyo administration. “(General) Danny Lim and general Miranda have requested that they be given provisional liberty but in the case of Col. Querubin, this was the own initiative of the Armed Forces of the Philippines,” said Mabanta, adding that the release order of Querubin was signed by David on Tuesday night. A handful of Marine officers remain in detention while on trial, specifically Medal of Valor awardee Lt. Col. Custodio Parcon, Col. Orlando de Leon, Lt. Col. Achilles Segumalian, and 1Lt. Belinda Ferrer. Asked why the military initiative did not include the remaining detained officers, Mabanta said: “This will be the start of further study, it may start with Col. Querubin and it will continue and we will look into the cases of other officers involved.” Ronnie Santos

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Fuel prices rise by P0.50/liter
NEARLY all of the oil players in the country have increased their pump prices by as much as P0.50 a liter, which is their second price increase in as many weeks. Oil giants Petron Corp. and Chevron Philippines (formerly Caltex) at 6 a.m. Wednesday jacked up their prices of premium gas by P0.25 a liter and prices of regular gasoline, diesel and kerosene by P0.50 a liter. The small players composed of Seaoil Philippines raised theirs also at 6 a.m.. Seaoil spokesperson Rey Jimenez, who was the first among the oil firm executives to announce an adjustment late Tuesday night, said the fuel hike was made to reflect movements in the world market. Fernando Martinez, Eastern Petroleum Philippines president, said that the independent firm would match its rivals’ price adjustment. “Eastern will adjust prices with the same rate at midnight (12 a.m. Thursday),” said Martinez, who is also chairman of the Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association.

MMDA chairman to go after corrupt agency officials
CHAIRMAN Francis Tolentino of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday told reporters that he will not tolerate abuses and anomalies by personnel under his administration in line with President Aquino’s call for a corrupt-free government. Tolentino specifically cited the information he received about some officials who receive grease money from colorum bus operators for unhampered operations along the metropolis’ major thoroughfares. He said that he will have them investigated. Aside from this, information about the quota imposed on traffic enforcers who collect protection money from vendors and traffic violators. Although Tolentino said that he has no plan of reshuffling the current set of officers occupying sensitive positions in the agency, time will come they will be replaced once the evidence on their corruption were established.

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CPP ready to talk peace with government
THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) yesterday said it was willing to return to the negotiating table with the new administration under President Aquino but this should not be premised on a ceasefire agreement. In a statement, the CPP said there should be no preconditions on the resumption of the stalled talks, referring to the statement of Aquino in his State of the Nation Address that his administration will resume talks if the communists agree to a long-term ceasefire. The CPP asked Aquino to commence the negotiations within the Hague Joint Declaration of 1992 which details the framework, principles, agenda and sequence of the peace talks. The party urged Aquino to “clear the hurdles to the resumption of formal negotiations” and “let the matter of ceasefire fall in its proper place--that is, in the process of solid gains in agreements in the remaining substantive agenda.” Peace talks between the two sides bogged down in 2004 after the communist pulled out from the talks in protest of the inclusion of the CPP and the New People’s Army in the United States’ list of foreign terrorist organizations. “For the armed revolutionary forces, engaging in peace talks while their weapons are tied up, is violative of revolutionary principles and virtually holds us hostage... It would be foolish for us to expect to talk on fair and equal terms regarding lifeand-death questions with the other side, when we have our arms dropped while the forces on other side have the barrels of their guns pointed at our heads.” The CPP said Aquino should know better for insisting that there should be a ceasefire first prior to the resumption of the talks, noting that during the time of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino, a threemonth truce was forged but this went unsuccessful.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Wesley So falters in Biel chess
ana of Italy with 5 FILIPInO grandpoints each. master (gM) WesVachier-Laley So lost to Dutch grave won after gM Anish giri in 54 moves of neotheir 8th round gruenfeld Defense match that foiled while Caruana sethis bid to top the tled a truce with 43rd Biel Interna- WESlEY SO rodshtein after 55 tional Chess Festival young grandmasters moves of Sicilian Defense. Andreikin now has 4.5 tournament in Biel, Switzerpoints, the same output of land on Tuesday. The 16-year-old So yield- gM nguyen ngoc Truong ed to giri after 44 moves of Son of Vietnam, who brought English Opening and lost his downed Tomashevsky after bid for the crown. Interest- 45 moves of another Engingly, giri also beat So dur- lish Opening.gM David ing the 72nd Corus interna- Howell of England crushed tional chess championship gM Parimarjan negi of in Wijk Aan Zee, nether- India after 52 moves of Sicilian Defense for 3 points lands this year. The loss kept So stuck and climbed at ninth spot. with 4 points. He is current- negi remains at 2 points at ly tied at 5th place with giri, the cellar-dweller. In the ninth round on gM Evgeny Tomashevsky and gM Dmitry Andreikin Wednesday, So will play of russia and gM Maxim white against Andreikin. In case of tie, there will be tierodshtein of Israel. gM Maxime Vachier- break to declare the first. Lagrave of France, mean- The format is two rapid time defeated rodshtein games (10 minutes, with to create a two-way tie for 10’’/move). If the result is first place with overnight 1-1, then two blitz will be orsolo leader gM Fabio Caru- ganized.

Mapua demolishes Arellano
MAPUA walloped Arellano U, 3.5-.5, to seize the solo lead in the senior division of the 86th nCAA chess tournament at the Cyberzone of the SM City Manila. Carlo Ballesteros, Engin nigel Palayo and Francis Ligon delivered the wins to power the Cardinals to the top with nine points, half a point ahead of Emilio Aguinaldo College. The Chiefs, now coached by national Master rudy Ibanez, averted a shutout after John de Leon salvaged a draw with Anthony noche on fourth board. The generals zoomed to second spot with an equally emphatic 3.5-.5 triumph over Jose rizal. The Stags could not sustain their pair of shutout wins over the weekend after absorbing a painful 0-4 beating at the hands of the Letran Knights, the reigning champions. The Blazers drew a bye but remained in the magic four with a six-point aggregate.

RISING TO THE OCCASION

Emilio Aguinaldo College stalwart Argel Mendoza does a fade-away shot to outmaneuver Anton Sevilla of College of St. Benilde for the NCAA match yesterday at the Arena in San Juan. TUNYING PENAREDONDO

Hoopsters clash with PBA Legends Sunday
IT will be another great treat to the local basketball fanatics when the star-studded Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Legends go up against the Daniel razon-led Hoopsters team in a charity match on Sunday at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City. The PBA Legends is bannered by Bogs Adornado, Atoy Co, Philip Cezar, Freddie Hubalde, Orly Bauzon, Paul Alvarez, Jerry Codinera, Kenneth Duremdes, Jun Limpot and Vergel Meneses while the Daniel razon-led Hoopsters team is composed of Cyril Santiago, Jon Jon Apuya, Jeff Versoza, Julius Casaysayan, Anton Tolentino, Jeffrey Sanders, Mark Tyer, Michael Balang, Kheem Camba, glen Labung, Jan Ewald Santiago, rainier Cabrera and Jong Egea. The event is dubbed as “Hoopsters meet the Legends Kahit Isang Araw Lamang” to generate funds for the scholarship program of razon. The Hoopsters versus Legends game is a Sports 37 Productions’ follow-up event to a fun run last January 31.

Pacman in Congress
MANNY PACQUIAO attended P.Noy’s Sona in Congress. He was dashing in his outfit. But of course, he caught the attention of a lot of people. Being a first timer in Congress, many are watching what Pacman will do and can do as a congressman. But like a winner that he has always been, I think Pacman will be able to survive his stint in Congress. He will be far better than some of his fellow congressmen. I am sure he’ll be able to deliver. At least for his constituents in Sarangani. nnn SOMe people were watching on Jinkee Pacquiao, Manny’s wife. What she’ll wear, what jewelry she’ll carry, etc. Sikat na din siya! nnn At least, Congressman Manny does not need the pork barrel. Hindi na rin siya magnanakaw. Marami na siyang masyadong pera to even think of that. nnn ROACH says Pacquiao will knock out Margarito. He has been making noise, with the match still four months away. It’s his style. Expect the next releases to be coming out from Margarito’s camp. With the same noise, Margarito will destroy Pacman. Hoy, matagal pa ang show nyo! nnn BArAngAy ginebra is on a vacation while sister teams San Miguel and Derby Ace fight for one final slot. Derby Ace and SMB can’t bring in as much crowd as ginebra does. This is despite James yap, Dondon Hontiveros and Arwind Santos. Iba pa rin ang hatak ng ginebra! nnn It’S going to be UP vs. UE next. We will know who’ll be the ultimate cellar dweller in the UAAP. nnn All hype, but not much this college player can produce for his team. He has been getting a lot of pre-tournament hypes but look, he has failed miserably.

Pinoy cue champs vie for guinness
FOrMEr 9-ball and 8-ball world champion ronato Alcano, newly crowned World Pool Masters ruler Dennis Orcullo, two-time national open champion Lee Vann Corteza and another ex-World 9-ball ruler Alex Pagulayan will head the crack Filipino contingent who will see action in the 2010 guinness World Series of Pool 10-Ball Challenge grand Finale in Jakarta, Indonesia. The pool matches are slated today until August 1 at the Mall Taman Anggrek in Jakarta, Indonesia. Alcano, Orcullo, Corteza and Pagulayan will be joined by fellow Billiard Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP) cue artists Antonio Lining, Jundel Mazon and Carlo Biado in the tournament proper. Also included are former Asian games 9-ball silver medalist Jeffrey de Luna and Southeast Asian games 9-ball gold medalist Victor Arpilleda, current World no.1 and 2009 World 10-Ball Champion Mika Immonen of Finland, current World no. 3 ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of germany. US Open 9-ball Champion Shane Van Boening and Stevie Moore of the United States, current World no. 5 Darren Appleton of great Britain and local ace ricky yang are also vying in the event which offers $40,000 to the champion in the $95,000 total pot prize tournament. John galvin, marketing manager of the guinness pool tilt, said the 2010 guinness World Series of Pool 10-Ball Challenge demonstrates guinness’ commitment towards the development of the sport in Indonesia to hone local talents and showcase it against the world’s best professional pool masters. Hence, it is a proud moment for us to stage this series of landmark pool events, culminating in the grand finals in Jakarta. Harvey Davis, vice president of ESPn Star Sports Event Management group, said: “We are delighted to partner with guinness again for this event and we’re committed to offer our expertise to showcase the best cue sport action and ensure that the event will be held at the highest international standards for the competitors and spectators.