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Palace keeps details of EO 79 until Monday
Final day.
Queen Soa of
Spain, on her nal
day of a ve-day
tour of the Philip-
pines, and Univer-
sity of Santo Tomas
Rector Herminio
Dagohoy offer
prayers and ow-
ers to the shrine
of Msgr. Miguel
Benavides, the
3rd Archbishop of
Manila, at the uni-
versity campus.
DANNY PATA
New mining
policy signed
Presidential Communications Secre-
tary Ramon Carandang would not conrm
the signing of the much-awaited policy,
but he acknowledged that the nal draft
that was submitted to the President under-
scored the need to increase the royalties
and the taxes levied on mining rms.
Mr. Aquino earlier said that the taxes
and royalties collected by the government
from mining operations amounted to only
10 percent of their total revenue.
Carandang said the nal draft of the
order upheld the primacy of national laws
over local laws and ordinances.
The primacy of national laws was ear-
lier questioned by some 40 governors in-
cluding Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, an ally
of the President. They threatened to chal-
lenge the administrations mining policy
before the Supreme Court once it was
signed by the President.
Salceda said the order would allow
the national government to override the
By Christine F. Herrera
A CEASE-AND-DESIST order and
notices of violations were served on
Thursday against the coal mountain
stockpiling operations of businessman
Reghis Romero on the orders of Envi-
ronment Secretary Ramon Paje in a bid
to protect Manila Bay and the commu-
nities around it.
The order and notices were issued
after Paje overturned the decision of En-
vironment Management Bureau Director
Roberto Sheen, who last week absolved
Romero of any violation of environmen-
tal laws and rectied and attributed the
mistakes to typographical error.
People should be reminded that Ma-
nila Bay is not a coal playground to be
abused to serve any form of business
interest, said Anna Abad, Greenpeace
climate and energy campaigner.
It is putting peoples health at risk
and endangering the environment of
Manila Bay.
Paje issued the orders even as Interior
By Rey E. Requejo
THE fth most senior justice of the
Supreme Court became the tribunals
representative to the Judicial and Bar
Council Friday, promising lively pro-
ceedings when the panel interviews
22 candidates for chief justice whose
names will be published Monday.
In deference to the four senior
justices I declined the nomination
for chief justice, Associate Justice
Diosdado Peralta said after acting
Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, who is
also in the running, inhibited himself
from the selection process as ex-of-
cio chairman of the council.
We will have lively proceedings,
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PH needs jetghters,
submarines, warships
US THINK-TANK:
Aquino mum on decision
in dealing with shoal row
Justice vows JBC
lively interview
of CJ candidates
Miriam need
not quit now
Comelec
Belmonte
sets move
on Cha-cha
Alert raised over mystery disease
17 ex-Finance ofcials charged for tax scam
Govt stops
harbor coal
operations
Biggest Moro rebels assembly on
Hazard assessment. President Aquino inspects the Marikina
River during the launching of Project NOAH, which will implement
a quicker and an integrated response to oods and other disasters.
He is shown here with Marikina City Mayor Del de Guzman and
Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo.
Air power. The Air Forces Sf-260FH ghter planes execute an
exhibition y-by formation during its 65th anniversary celebra-
tion at Fernando Air Base in Lipa, Batangas. DANNY PATA
By Ben Cal
THE Philippines needs 48 F-16
jet ghters, four to six mini sub-
marines, more armed frigates and
corvette-size combat vessels and
minesweepers if it is to have a
credible military defense capabili-
ty, the Center for a New American
Security said on Friday.
The assessment of the cen-
ter, an independent, non-partisan
and non-prot organization that
develops strong, pragmatic and
principled national security and
defense proposals based in Wash-
ington, DC, came amid the stand-
off between Beijing and Manila
over the Panatag or Scarborough
Shoal, which is within the Phil-
ippines 200-mile exclusive eco-
nomic zone but is being claimed
by China as its own.
The shoal is a coral reef sur-
rounding a lagoon, and it is 124
nautical miles from Zambales and
472 nautical miles from Chinas
Hainan province.
The Philippines Armed Forces
has been struggling to get nanc-
ing for its modernization program
for over two decades, leaving its
Air Force without a single jet
Joyce Pangco Paares and
Sara Susanne Fabunan
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III
has already decided how to deal with
China over the Philippines territorial
dispute with it in the West Philippine
Sea or South China Sea, Malacaang
said Friday.
But the Palace declined to disclose
the Presidents next moves because
Thursdays full Cabinet meeting was
done in executive session.
There was a decision made and
the decision cannot be disclosed,
presidential spokesman Edwin Laci-
erda said.
As to what actions they are I cannot
disclose under pain of imprisonment.
Still, Lacierda conrmed that se-
curity matters were discussed during
the meeting, which lasted for almost
four hours.
He said Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile and Senator Antonio
Trillanes IV, a former Navy ofcer,
were invited to attend the meeting.
It was a healthy discussion. The
President wanted the views and a num-
ber of Cabinet secretaries offered their
views on the matter, Lacierda said.
Earlier, Mr. Aquino said the govern-
ment would be looking for the best
approach to settle its standoff with
China. he said he called for the Cabinet
meeting to come up with a harmonized
policy on the territorial disputes.
There are several schools of
thought on how to deal with the Chi-
nese We want to come up with
what is the best approach to settle this
issue,he said.
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Elections Commission
may just proclaim the candidate
who received the 13th highest
numnber of votes for senator
in next years elections if Sena-
tor Miriam Defensor Santiago
resigns from her post and the
Senate declares a vacancy just
before the elections, commis-
sion Chairman Sixto Brillantes
Jr. said on Friday.
Brillantes had earlier
By Maricel V. Cruz
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Bel-
monte Jr. said Friday he will meet
with Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile this weekend in a last-ditch
effort to pursue the proposal to
amend the Constitutions restric-
tive economic provisions, some-
thing President Benigno Aquino
III is said to be cool to.
Belmonte said his meeting
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
and Eric B. Apolonio
HEALTH ofcials across the globe have
been put on alert following the discovery of
an unidentied respiratory disease that have
killed more than 60 children in several prov-
inces in southern and central Cambodia and
following an outbreak of the bird u virus in
Indonesia and Mexico.
An Associated Press report said the
By Merck Maguddayao
OMBUDSMAN Conchita Morales on
Friday ordered government prosecutors
to le criminal charges against former Fi-
nance Undersecretary Antonio Balicena
and 16 other ofcials who were dismissed
from the service in March for involve-
ment in a tax credit scam amounting to
more than P200 million.
GOVERNMENT forces have tightened
security in Maguindanao in preparation
for the biggest assembly of Moro rebels
that will be held for three days in Camp
Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat starting Sat-
urday.
Von Al Haq, spokesman of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front, said they were
expecting up to 500,000 participants in
the Bangsamoro Leaders Assembly, in-
cluding visitors from abroad.
This is the biggest gathering ever. But
the inconvenience is nothing compared to
the objective of the consultation: to let
Bangsamoro voices be heard, he said.
Ghadzali Jaafar, the MILFs political
affairs chief, said government representa-
tives such as chief peace negotiator Secre-
tary Marvic Leonen and Secretary Teresita
Quintos-Deles of the Ofce of the Presi-
dential Adviser on the Peace Process were
also expected to attend.
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P18.00 SATURDAY, July 7, 2012
By Joyce P. Paares
and Othel V. Campos
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has signed
Executive Order No. 79 spelling out his administra-
tions policy on mining and will present it on Mon-
day, a Palace source said Friday.
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anti- or pro-mining policies of
local executives.
There will always be peo-
ple that would question the EO,
but we believe it will be accept-
able to most of the reasonable
stakeholders, Carandang said.
Mr. Aquino said the 1987
Constitution was very, very
clear that national laws would
always take precedence.
If they [the governors]
feel that their rights are being
trampled upon, by all means
they can go to the appropriate
courts, the President said ear-
lier.
He said the government
would also impose a mining
ban on 78 eco-tourism sites
through the executive order.
Environment Secretary Ra-
mon Paje said the new order
would recoup some P760 mil-
lion in forgone revenues due
to the failure to collect occupa-
tional fees yearly.
Application and occupa-
tional fees are so dated. The
department is planning to hike
the P50,000 application fee and
increase by a thousand-fold the
occupational fees, Paje told
reporters on the sidelines of
the Environment Departments
25th anniversary celebration.
The moment that a particu-
lar area is under a companys
name, that company should
start paying its dues. No more
grace period.
A mining company is re-
quired to pay its occupational
dues once it is granted an ex-
ploration permit, minerals pro-
duction sharing agreement or fi-
nancial and technical assistance
agreement.
The Mining Act actually
mandates the collection of an
annual occupation fee of P5
per hectare for the explora-
tion permit; P50 per hectare
for mineral production shar-
ing agreement and financial
or technical assistance agree-
ment; and P100 per hectare for
mineral reservation.
Mining stocks rose on Fri-
day, bucking the downtrend in
other shares amid speculation
that the President had signed an
executive order on his minerals
policy.
The mining and oil counter,
one of the six sub-sectors in
the Philippine Stock Exchange,
advanced 2.8 percent on Friday
despite the overall decline of the
PSE index. The index dropped
6 points, or 0.1 percent, to close
at 5,362.68.
The stocks of Lepanto Con-
solidated Mining and Manila
Mining Corp. were among
the biggest gainers on Friday.
Lepanto Consolidated Minings
stock price increased 7.3 per-
cent to P1.47.
The stock of Philodrill
Corp., which has stakes in sev-
eral mines, also jumped 5.8 per-
cent to P0.055, while Manila
Mining Corp.s stock rose 5.6
percent to P0.075.
Philex Mining Corp. and
Benguet Corp. also saw their
stocks rise Friday.
Justice...
Peralta said, referring to the oral
interviews set tentatively for July
24 to 26.
Peralta, one of the three mem-
bers of the special division of the
Sandiganbayan that convicted de-
posed President Joseph Estrada
of plunder in September 2007, is
known in the high court for his wit
and sense of humor during the de-
liberation of cases.
The justices appointed Peralta
as their representative to the coun-
cil after Carpio inhibited himself
and accepted his nomination for
chief justice, which was left va-
cant after a Palace-led campaign
to impeach Chief Justice Renato
Corona succeeded.
Since the three next most senior
justicesPresbitero Velasco Jr.,
Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and
Arturo Brionhad also accepted
their nomination, Peralta was the
only senior justice qualified by the
Court to head the council.
Peraltas appointment to the
council was made when the Su-
preme Court dismissed a petition
by taxpayer Famela Dulay, who
said the council should be headed
only by the chief justice sitting as
its ex-officio chairman.
But the Supreme Court ruled
that it would not be deprived of
representation in the selection
process in Carpios absence.
The most senior justice of this
Court who is not an applicant for
the position of chief justice should
participate in the deliberations for
the selection of nominees for the
said vacant post and preside over
the proceedings in the absence of
the constitutionally named ex-offi-
cio chairman, the justices said in
a resolution.
They said it was the duty of the
JBC to recommend appointees to
the Judiciary even in the absence
of an ex-officio chairman.
Apart from Peralta, Associate
Justice Lucas Bersamin will also
sit in the JBC as consultant in place
of Leonard-De Castro, the second
most senior justice who was nomi-
nated to the post. Bersamin also
declined his earlier nomination,
deferring to the more senior jus-
tices.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima,
the councils ex-officio vice chair-
woman, also inhibited herself from
the proceedings after accepting her
nomination for chief justice.
Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., the
representative of the House in the
council, defended his position in
the body on Friday after former
solicitor general Frank Chavez
said the Constitution allowed only
one, not two, representatives from
Congress in the council. The other
representative is Senator Francis
Escudero.
Tupas argued that the framers
of the Constitution committed an
oversight and an error when they
wrote that Congress should send
only one representative.
They forgot to change the
phraseology, Tupas said.
We will defend the one vote
for the House of Representatives...
I have discussed this with members
of the House and they told me it was
really an oversight on the part of the
framers of the Constitution.
Tupas said he would seek a 10-
day extension for his comment on
Chavezs petition before the Su-
preme Court.
Jose Mejia, a council member
representing the academe, said the
JBC would accept comments from
the public in support of or against
any of the candidates whose names
will be published Monday until
July 19.
The council tasked to vet nomi-
nees to judicial post will then set
oral interviews starting July 24
before deliberating and voting on
a shortlist to be submitted to Presi-
dent Benigno Aquino III by the
end of this month.
The council on Friday disquali-
fied two nominees: Manila City
Regional Trial Court Judge Maria
Amelia Tria-Infante and lawyer
Ferdinand Jose Pijao.
Mejia said Infante was disquali-
fied due to an earlier administra-
tive case in which she was fined
P11,000, while Pijao was already
above the mandatory retirement
age of 70 for justices.
The council took note of the
pending complaints against two
other nominees: a disbarment
against De Lima and an adminis-
trative case against Commission
on Elections commissioner Rene
Sarmiento before the Office of the
Ombudsman, but decided not to
disqualify them yet.
Tupas said the two would be
given until July 30 to resolve those
complaints.
If the cases are not dismissed
by then, we will not consider
them, Tupas said.
The council also sustained a de-
cision to disqualify two applicants, a
nurse named Jocelyn Esquivel and
dismissed Malabon regional trial
court Judge Florentino Floro Jr.
Miriam...
asked Santiago to decide once
and for all if she would give up
her senatorial post in favor of a
seat in the International Crimi-
nal Court. He said Santiagos
departure for the ICC would
create a vacancy in the Senate,
making it necessary to elect a
replacement.
Santiago was elected to the
ICC on Dec. 12, 2011. She
is the first Filipino and the
first Asian from a develop-
ing country to sit in the ICC,
which tries cases of geno-
cide, war crimes and crimes
against humanity.
Even if Senator Miriam
does not resign up to January,
we are already discussing the
possibility that we will require
the shading of only 12 for the
12 senators (on the ballot) but
we will proclaim 13, Brillantes
said.
The number 13 we will
proclaim if she resigns after
the configuration of the bal-
lot. We can do that by issuing
a resolution that the number 13
will be the one that will fill up
the vacancy.
But Brillantes said there was
a need for the Senate to declare
a vacancy first before the May
13, 2013 midterm polls.
The Senate should come out
with a resolution that theres a
vacancy because we cannot do
anything, Brillantes said.
Thats the prerogative of
Senator Miriam. She was re-
ally elected for six years. Its her
decision to leave or not to leave
within the six- year period, he
said.
Brillantes said Santiago must
make a decision before Oct. 5,
the deadline for the filing of cer-
tificates of candidacy for next
years elections.
But Santiago has told Bril-
lantes that she regrets not be-
ing able to determine the date
of her resignation from the
Senate to join the ICC, and that
the ICC itself does not know
either.
This is why I cannot resign
from the Senate until the ICC
indicates that I should do so,
Santiago said.
She said she would not resign
from the Senate until the ICC
called her to duty.
PH...
fighter interceptor since 2005
and the Navy with old warships,
some of them of World War II
vintage.
The Philippines Air Force
and Navy were second to none
in Asia except Japan from 1947
up to the 70s, but then it was
slowly overtaken as a result of
the poor financing of the mili-
tarys modernization.
Most of the countrys aircraft
and ships were provided by the
United States when the Ameri-
cans still had their air and naval
bases in the Philippines under the
RP-US Military Bases Agree-
ment, which expired in 1991
when the Philippine Senate did
not extend the agreement.
Air Force records showed
that in 1965 the US provided
the Philippines 30 F-5A/B su-
personic jet fighters, becom-
ing one of the first countries in
the world to acquire US-made
fighter jets.
In 1979 the Air Force bought
25 F-8 Crusader war jets and
some helicopters from the US,
but due to wear and tear and
the lack of spare parts the F-8s
and F-5s were decommissioned
in 1988 and 2005, leaving the
Air Force with no jet fighters to
guard Philippine airspace.
As a result, the countrys air
defense capability became prac-
tically zero, said Col. Raul del
Rosario, commander of the Air
Defense Wing based in Pam-
panga.
Our Air Force is referred to
as a Helicopter Air Force [and]
we have only one operating ra-
dar with very limited capabil-
ity, Del Rosario said.
Whats disheartening is that,
with this token capability, our
nation is faced with enormous
security challenges.
We need to develop facili-
ties for the equipment that will
be acquired such as radar sites,
forward operating bases, hang-
ars and command and control
facilities.
Belmonte...

with Enrile was aimed at har-
monizing the legislative agenda
of both houses of Congress on
Charter change.
He said the meeting indicated
that the proposal on the eco-
nomic provisions was not yet
dead despite the limited time left
in the third regular session of the
15th Congress, which resumes
on July 23.
I am going to meet the Sen-
ate President this weekend to
once and for all settle the issue
of amending some economic
provisions of the Constitution to
further push the countrys bull-
ish economy, Belmonte said in
a phone interview.
Charter change is not yet
dead as of the moment.
The amendments being
pushed are those that restrict
foreign investment in the owner-
ship of land, the operation and
ownership of public utilities,
and the exploitation of natural
resources. Foreigners are now
allowed to invest only up to 40
percent in these areas in partner-
ship with Filipinos, who must
invest at least 60 percent.
Belmonte said he would first
discuss with Enrile their strate-
gies in making the final push for
Cha-cha before making a per-
sonal appeal to President Aquino
to support the initiative.
Well have to meet first and
agree on the strategies, Bel-
monte said.
But we are a very sup-
portive Congress, and we pass
everything to sustain economic
growth and restore business con-
fidence in the country.
Belmonte said the Presidents
support of the Charter change
proposal was crucial because
any push for it would likely fail
without it.
If the President will get on
board on this initiative, we have
better chances, Belmonte said.
Theoretically, the efforts to
amend the Constitution belong
to Congress, but we need all the
support we can getespecially
President Aquinos blessings to
make the initiatives successful.
Still, Belmonte agreed with
the earlier position of House
Majority Leader and Man-
daluyong City Rep. Neptali
Gonzales II that the delibera-
tions on Malacaangs pro-
posed P2.006- trillion national
budget for 2013 and next years
midterm polls may adversely
affect Cha-chas chances of
getting pushed successfully be-
cause of time limitations.
Biggest...
Both peace advocates have
confirmed their participation,
and we are very glad, Jaafar
said.
Maj. Gen. Rey Ardo, head
of the 6th Infantry Division,
said he would be attending
the assembly for two rea-
sons.
I will attend because I was
invited and I would like to
show that the military is sup-
portive of the governments
peace initiatives, the gathering
being part of the peace proc-
ess, Ardo said.
In a statement released Fri-
day, the MILF said it was hop-
ing tha Moro National Lib-
eration Front chairman Nur
Misuari would attend.
The MILFs main camp,
Camp Darapanan, was the
site of the previous consulta-
tions that drew hundreds of
thousands of MILF follow-
ers. A similar gathering in
2005 listened to a progress
report on the rebel groups
peace talks with the govern-
ment.
An estimated 50,000 to
60,000 have been killed in
three decades of the Muslim
insurgency.
Florante S. Solmerin
17...

Morales said the charges
would be filed at the Sandi-
ganbayan anti-graft court
against Belicena, former depu-
ty executive director Uldarico
Andutan, and 15 other officials
for graft and corruption, estafa
and falsification of public doc-
uments.
Belicena, who has retired
from the service, and the 15
others are at large, but Andutan
has been detained at the Que-
zon City Jail since November
2010, an official said.
Balicena and the others are
accused of granting 83 tax
credit certificates amounting
to P202.4 million from 1993
to 1998 to Filipino Way, a
non-existent trading firm. Its
alleged owner, Richard Nori-
egas, is non-existent.
Belicena was the head of the
Finance Departments One Stop
Shop-Inter Agency Tax Credit
and Duty Drawback Center,
which oversees the issuance of
tax incentives to Board of Invest-
ments-registered companies.
Records revealed that out
of the P202.4 million, about
P101.9 million was used by
Filipino Way to pay its own tax
liabilities and transferred about
P90 million worth of tax credits
to other companies, Morales
said in a statement.
Balicena and the others are
facing the same charges for
similar case involving another
company, Integrated Multi-Cot-
ton Mills Inc. The case was filed
against them in March, officials
said.
In addition to Balicena and
Andutan, the other accused
include reviewers Asuncion
Magdaet, Jane Aranas and Ro-
wena Malonzo, evaluators Syl-
vialina Daguimol, Mark Bin-
sol, Annabelle Dino, Merose
Tordesillas, Charmelle Recot-
er, Marife Cabadin, Gemma
Abarra, Emelita Tizon, Grego-
ria Evangelio, Purita Napenas,
Cherry Gomez, and Maria
Cristina Moncada.
Alert...
mystery respiratory disease had
killed 61 of 62 children hospital-
ized since April, but there was no
indication if it was spreading from
person to person.
The patients, who were
brought to the Khanta Bopha
Childrens Hospital in Phnom
Penh, were all under 7 years old.
Health experts say patients
first suffer high fever followed
by rapidly progressing severe
respiratory problems. Some
also experience neurological
symptoms.
Nim Asgari of the World
Health Organization in Phnom
Penh said they were still un-
sure whether the disease was a
mixture of a number of known
diseases.
The WHO had posted an
advisory to Cambodias neigh-
boring countries through its In-
ternational Health Regulations
event information system web-
site on Thursday.
The Philippines health and
airport officials immediately
alerted passengers going to and
from Cambodia to take precau-
tionary measures.
Airport officials said there
was no direct flights coming
to and from the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport to Cam-
bodia, but they were monitor-
ing transit passengers from the
flights coming from Vietnam,
Bangkok and Hong Kong to
make sure that symptoms like
high fever were being attended
to.
Cambodias Health Minister
Man Bung Heng said the health
ministry and the WHO are cur-
rently investigating the cases and
possible causes of the disease
are being considered but definite
identification of the cause and
source may take some time.
The Philippines Health De-
partment, meanwhile, alerted
the Filipinos planning to go to
Cambodia.
Do not go if the travel to
Cambodia is not necessary in
light of this declaration by the
World Health Organization,
Undersecretary Teodoro Her-
bosa told reporters.
But he advised those who
had to go there to wear protec-
tive respiratory masks.
Frequently wash your hands
or use alcogel to protect your
hands, Herbosa said.
He said there was only
one direct flight coming from
Cambodia---the Cebu Pacific
flight.
But not all who goes to
Cambodia ride Cebu Pacific.
There are also those who take
Thai Airways or Philippine
Airlines flights in going to the
said country, he said.
In Indonesia, the bird flu vi-
rus claimed one more victim---
an eight-year old girl from the
West Java district of Karawang.
The Health Ministry said
the girl first developed fever on
June 8 and was later diagnosed
with laryngitis. It said the girl
might have had contact with
slaughtered chickens that she
and her father had bought from
the market.
Bird flu has killed more than
350 people worldwide, with In-
donesia the hardest hit with 158
deaths.
Mexico was likewise hit by
a bird flu outbreak, forcing au-
thorities to destroy or dispose of
almost 2.5 million birds.
Govt...
Secretary Jesse Robredo on Fri-
day said sanctions awaited lo-
cal chief executives who would
defy or fail to comply with Pres-
ident Benigno Aquinos order
banning logging in all natural
and residual forests.
He made the statement a few
days after authorities seized
7,255 pieces of illegally cut logs
worth P16 million in Butuan
City.
Paje had Sheen issue and
serve the twin orders on the
same day that Romero came
out with his denials in another
national newspaper, insisting
that the Manila Standard story
was misleading and inaccurate,
damaging and disparaging.
The orders were stopping
Romero and his consignees and
locators from undertaking coal
storage and handling activities
due to several violations of the
Supreme Courts Writ of Kali-
kasan and environmental laws.
The suspension order would
be lifted only after Romero had
installed safety measures to pro-
tect Manila Bay from degrada-
tion.
If Romero insists that he
had not violated any environ-
mental laws, how come he had
been served notices of viola-
tions and his locators cease and
desist orders? Agham Rep. An-
gelo Palmones said.
Palmones has filed House
Resolution 2526 seeking an in-
vestigation of the coal mountain
operations that pollute Manila
Bay and expose the residents to
pollution and health risks.
Laguna Rep. Danilo Fern-
andez, chairman of the House
committee on ecology would
start the probe shortly after the
sessions resumed on July 23,
when President Benigno Aquino
III delivers his State-of-the-Na-
tion-Address.
We will allow Mr. Romero
to explain why his firms com-
mitted violations of environ-
mental laws. We want to show
to the public that we are serious
in the business of protecting our
environment, Fernandez said.
In Sheens notice of viola-
tion, Romeros 10-hectare Har-
bour Port Centre Terminal Inc.
and Manila Harbour Centre
were found to have insufficient
special handling facilities and
insufficient water discharge fa-
cilities.
Palmones said the investiga-
tions done by his office found
out the same thing.
These coal stockyards are
operated without the required
Environmental Clearance Cer-
tificate and without provisions
for adequate and appropriate
containment measures to con-
trol discharge coal particulates
in run-off to Manila Bay, Pal-
mones said.
He also took exceptions to
Romeros stockyard exposing
the workers to health risk by us-
ing their bare hands in handling
coal and without any protective
mask or suits.
The Manila Standard To-
day recently released photos
of mountains of coal sitting by
Manila Bay exposing the resi-
dents therein, the employees
in the industrial zone and all
the workers in the coal stock-
yard to grave health hazards in
clear violation of the publics
right to a balanced and health-
ful ecology, Palmones says in
HR 2526.
With Jonathan Fernandez
Aquino...

The Foreign Affairs De-
partment, meanwhile, said the
government may employ a
three-track approach in trying
to solve the standoff at Panatag.
Foreign Affairs spokesman
Raul Hernandez said approach
would be political, through the
United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea or through
diplomatic consultations.
But China has said it will try
resolve the sovereignty issue on
the islands only through bilat-
eral talks with the Philippines.
Foreign Affairs Secretary
Albert del Rosario and his
counterpart from China will
likely meet during the 45th As-
sociation of Southeast Asian
Nations Foreign Ministers
Meeting, Post Ministerial Con-
ference, the 19th Asean Re-
gional Forum, and the 2nd East
Asia Summit Foreign Ministers
Meeting in Phnom Penh on July
8 to July 12.
But he said he might not be
able to have discussions with
China and the United States on
the issue.
On Thursday, Foreign Af-
fairs handed a note verbale to
Chinese Ambassador in Manila
Ma Kequing to protest Chinas
establishment of Sansha City on
the disputed islands. The Chinese
said they established the city to
put the disputed islands under
their administrative control.
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Republic of the Philippines
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL
GRID CORPORATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES FOR THE APPROVAL
OF FORCE MAJEURE (FM) EVENT
REGULATED FM PASS THROUGH
FOR FLOODING IN MINDANAO,
TYPHOON BEBENG, LANDSLIDE
IN MINDANAO AND TYPHOON
JUANING IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RULES FOR SETTING
TRANSMISSION WHEELING
RATES, WITH PRAYER FOR
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY
ERC CASE NO. 2012-070 RC
NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION
OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Applicant
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on May 7, 2012, the National Grid Corporation
of the Philippines (NGCP) fled with the Commission an application for the
approval of Force Majeure (FM) event regulated FM pass through for fooding
in Mindanao, Typhoon Bebeng, landslide in Mindanao and Typhoon Juaning in
accordance with the Rules for Setting Transmission Wheeling Rates, with prayer
for provisional authority.
In the said application, NGCP alleged, among others, the following:
1. It is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the Philippines,
with principal offce address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner
BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the corporate vehicle of the
consortium which was awarded the concession to assume the power
transmission functions of the National Transmission Corporation
(TRANSCO) pursuant to Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as
the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or the EPIRA.
2. Under Republic Act No. 9511,
1
it was granted a franchise to construct,
install, fnance, manage, improve, expand, operate, maintain,
rehabilitate, repair and refurbish the present nationwide transmission
system of the Republic of the Philippines.
3. On 15 January 2009, it assumed transmission functions of TRANSCO
including the operation, management and maintenance of the
nationwide electrical grid.
4. Pursuant to Section 10.1.1 of the Rules for Setting Transmission
Wheeling Rates (RTWR), it is allowed to recover the cost incurred for
the restoration, rehabilitation, repair of damage sustained by NGCP
transmission assets and other related facilities as a result of a Force
Majeure Event (FME), as defned in Article I of RTWR.
Allegations on the Flooding in Mindanao as FME
5. During the frst week of January 2011, the Mindanao area suffered
continuous heavy rains causing foods which damaged NGCP
transmission assets and other related facilities.
6. In compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it fled with the Commission a
Force Majeure Event Notice dated 28 March 2011.
7. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice dated 28 March 2011,
Certifcation dated 15 June 2011 issued by the Philippine Atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA),
and Certifcation dated 03 April 2012 issued by the Offce of the Punong
Barangay of Brgy. Tabon, Bislig City, Surigao Del Sur are hereto
attached as Annexes A, A-1, and A-2, respectively.
Allegations for the Typhoon Bebeng as FME
8. On 7-9 May 2011, Typhoon Bebeng packing maximum sustained winds
of 85 kph and gustiness of up to 100 kph caused severe damage to life
and property due to strong winds and heavy downpour over Visayas.
9. Due to its intensity, it caused damage to NGCP transmission facilities
in Visayas area.
10. On 07 July 2011, in compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it fled with
the Commission a Force Majeure Event Notice for Typhoon Bebeng
dated 01 July 2011.
11. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice for Bebeng dated July 1, 2011
and Certifcation dated June 15, 2011 issued by the PAGASA are hereto
attached as Annexes Band B-1, respectively.
Allegations for the Landslide in Mindanao Area as FME
12. On or about the frst week of July 2011, the Mindanao area suffered
continuous rainfall causing landslide which damaged NGCP
transmission assets and other related facilities particularly in the
Bukidnon areas.
13. On 23 September 2011, in compliance with Article X of the RTWR,
NGCP fled with the Commission a Force Majeure Event Notice for
Landslide in Mindanao dated 19 September 2011.
14. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice dated 19 September 2011,
Certifcation dated 14 October 2011 issued by the PAGASA, Certifcation
dated 28 March 2012 issued by the Offce of the Punong Barangay of
Brgy. Tabon, Municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon, and Final Report issued
by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(RDRRMC) dated 08 July 2011 are hereto attached as Annexes C,
C-1, C-2, andC-3, respectively.
Allegations for the Typhoon Juaning as FME
15. On 25 28 July 2011, Typhoon Juaning packing maximum winds of 95
kph and gustiness of up to 120 kph caused severe damage to life and
property due to strong winds and heavy downpour over North Luzon,
South Luzon, and Visayas area.
16. Due to its intensity, it caused damage to NGCP transmission assets and
other related facilities in South Luzon area.
17. On 23 September 2011, in compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it
fled with the Commission a Force Majeure Event Notice for Juaning
dated 19 September 2011.
18. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice for Juaning dated 19
September 2011 and Certifcation dated 14 October 2011 issued by the
PAGASA are hereto attached as Annexes Dand D-1, respectively.
Allegations Common to All Causes of Action
19. Immediately after the wrath of the foods and landslides in Mindanao
area and typhoons Bebeng and Juaning, NGCP started the repair and
rehabilitation of its damaged transmission assets and other related
facilities in order to continue serving its customers. Some activities are
still in progress up to present in some areas.
20. The cost of Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) that NGCP incurred/will incur
in the rehabilitation, repair and restoration of its transmission assets and
other related facilities and that need to complete such are as follows:
1 Republic Act No. 9511 entitled, An Act Granting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines a Franchise to
Engage in the Business of Conveying or Transmitting Electricity Through High Voltage Back-bone System or
Interconnected Transmission Lines, Substations and Related Facilities, and for Other Purposes,
FME Total (PhP)
2
Flooding in Mindanao Area 730,185.63
Bebeng 9,383.77
Landslide in Mindanao Area 4,887,181.00
Juaning 3,844,235.19
Total 9,470,985.58
Copies of the Details of Activities of FMEs Flooding in Mindanao Area,
Typhoon Bebeng, Landslide in Mindanao Area, and Typhoon Juaning
are hereto attached as Annexes E, F, G, and H, respectively.
3
21. Notwithstanding that the damaged transmission assets and other
related facilities are owned by TRANSCO, a co-assured of the Power
Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporations Industrial All
Risk Insurance Policy (IAR) with the Government Service Insurance
System, the cost of the rehabilitation, repair and restoration of the
damaged transmission assets and other related facilities is not covered
by the IAR and therefore not compensable. Copies of the Certifcation
in support of such allegation are hereto attached as Annexes I, J,
K, and L.
22. In view of the foregoing, there is a need to realign NGCPs CAPEX
projects to recover the cost incurred/to be incurred for the restoration,
rehabilitation and repair of the damaged NGCP transmission assets and
other related facilities.
COMPUTATION OF FORCE MAJEURE EVENT PASS-THROUGH
COST
23. It computed the pass-through FME amount as shown in the table below:
FME - Peso/kW 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Luzon 0.0051 0.0069 0.0068 0.0068 0.0256
Visayas 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0005
Mindanao 0.0962 0.0642 0.0639 0.0635 0.2878
24. It proposes the pass-through cost as additional network charges in the
following areas starting the billing period of May 2012 up to December
2015 or until such time that the amount incurred is fully recovered, as
follows:
FME - Peso/kW 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Luzon 0.0051 0.0069 0.0068 0.0068 0.0256
Mindanao 0.0962 0.0642 0.0639 0.0635 0.2878
25. Although this FME claim is not included in NGCPs 3
rd
Regulatory Reset
Application, the same can be recovered during the 3
rd
Regulatory Period
pursuant to Section 10.1.1 of the RTWR where NGCP is allowed to
recover the cost incurred for the restoration, repair and rehabilitation of
damage sustained by its transmission assets and other related facilities
as a result of the FME.
4
26. Further, the FME Claim under this Application does not breach the
FMTA.
5
27. It moves for the issuance of a provisional authority for the immediate
recovery of the FME claim.
6
It needs to immediately recover the actual
expenses incurred for the rehabilitation of the damaged transmission
assets and other related facilities. The occurrence of the aforementioned
FME requires capital infusion, the recovery of which should be allowed
to avoid putting fnancial strain in the transmission provider, and to allow
it to continuously provide the necessary transmission service to the grid
customers.
28. In addition, the timely implementation of the pass-through amount will
allow the equal or even spread of the increases or decreases in tariffs
from the initial implementation of the recovery of the cost.
29. It most prays of the Commission that:
a. Declare the fooding and landslide events in Mindanao area and
Typhoons Bebeng and Juaning as Force Majeure Events;
b. Approve the CAPEX incurred/to be incurred for the restoration/
rehabilitation/repair of the damaged transmission assets and other
related facilities for the following FMEs: fooding and landslide
events in Mindanao area and Typhoons Bebeng and Juaning;
c. Approve the proposed pass-through amount representing return
on and of capital expenditure associated with the emergency
responses and the repair and rehabilitation of facilities damaged
due to the said events, as shown in the table below;
FME - Peso/kW 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Luzon 0.0051 0.0069 0.0068 0.0068 0.0256
Mindanao 0.0962 0.0642 0.0639 0.0635 0.2878
d. Grant provisional authority to implement and bill the FME Pass-
Through Amount to Luzon and Mindanao customers from 26 April
2012 to 25 December 2015 or until such time that the amount
incurred is fully recovered; and
e. Exclude the proposed Pass-Through Amount from the side
constraint calculation.
The Commission has set the application for jurisdictional hearing, expository
presentation, pre-trial conference and evidentiary hearing on August 7, 2012
(Tuesday) at ten oclock in the morning (10:00 A.M.) at the ERC Hearing
Room, 15th Floor, Pacifc 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 ERCs Rules of Practice and Procedure,
a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket number and title of
the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioners name and address; (2) the
nature of petitioners 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 their views known to the Commission
with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding may fle their opposition
to the applications 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 copies of the applications may
request the applicant, prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be furnished
with copies of the applications. The applicant is hereby directed to furnish all
those making such request with copies of the applications and their attachments,
subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs. Likewise, any such
person may examine the applications 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, ALFREDO J.
NON and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-TARUC, Energy Regulatory Commission,
this 25
th
day of June 2012 at Pasig City.


ATTY. FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN
Executive Director III
2 Inclusive of the permit fees;
3 Copies of pictures for FME Flooding in Mindanao Area are attached herewith as Annexes E-1 to E-4.
Copies of pictures for FME Typhoon Bebeng are attached herewith as AnnexesF-1 and F-2.
Copies of pictures for FME Landslide in Mindanao Area are attached herewith as Annexes G-1 and G-2.
Copies of pictures for FME Typhoon Juaning are attached herewith as Annexes H-1 and H-2.
4 A copy of Force Majeure Event Claim Computation is hereto attached as Annex M;
5 A copy of the Force Majeure Threshold Amount (FMTA) Computation is hereto attached as Annex N.
6 A copy of the Judicial Affdavit of Ma. Bernadette R. Gan, Head, Tariff Administration Section Tariff Design and Billing
Management Division, Regulatory Revenue Affairs, in support thereof is hereto attached as Annex O.
MTS July 7 & 14, 2012
A BILL was led in the House of Representatives seeking to
declare as a criminal act the titling of public waterways such as
esteros, creeks, canals,and riverbanks.
House Bill 3436, authored principally by Rizal Rep. Joel
Roy Duavit, imposes a penalty ranging from six months to 12
years in prison for the titling, appropriation, encroachment and
registration of public waterways.
Duavit said some of these waterways have been blocked and
cemented, thus resulting in ooding, pollution and destruction
of roads.
If the titling, appropriation, encroachment, or registration of
such waterway is caused by a public ofcer or acquired with his
assistance, that ofcer will be held liable, he said. Maricel Cruz
Mothers know best. A womens group denounces the plan to sell government-owned
hospitals. EY ACASIO
A WOMENS group on Friday denounced the
Aquino administrations program to privatize
26 public hospitals during a picket infront of
the Department of Health headquarters in Sta.
Cruz, Manila.
Gabriela deputy secretary general Jomes
Salvador accused President Aquino of selling
off hospitals to rich investors, ordering clinics
to charge exorbitant fees on birthing mothers.
However way you look at it, its plain and
simple state abandonment of its duty to ensure
that its citizens are healthy and alive, and that is
terribly wrong, stressed Salvador.
But Health Undersecretary Teodoro Herbosa
said that the privatization plan is not a sell-
out, but a partnership with the private sector
to improve health services. We want to make
health care more efcient, he said.
Salvador also accused the President of taking
the easy way out of the embarrassing 35% spike
in maternal mortality rates from 162 deaths
per 100,000 live births in 2006 to 221 in 2011,
despite infusions of millions of loans and grants.
Ironically, women now have to fork out up
to P5,000 for supplies and use of the delivery
room or be refused admission. Macon Araneta
By Gigi Munoz David
THE militant group Kabataan
Party-list said on Friday that
frequent rain and oodings dur-
ing the months of June, July
and August are not compelling
reasons to move the opening of
classes from June to September.
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Ray-
mond Palatino said that because
of climate change, the country
experiences extreme weather
conditions all year round.
Strong rains, storms, and
oods are also frequently oc-
curring during September. The
storms Ondoy and Pepeng which
generated the most destructive
oods in decades in the National
Capital Region and north Luzon
happened on September 2009,
Rep. Raymond Palatino said.
The activist solon argued that mov-
ing the class opening in September
will not solve anything, adding that
students will still be inconvenienced
by floods and classes will still be dis-
rupted by freak storms and rains. And
since there will be classes during the
hot summer period, the learning abil-
ity of students in cramped and over-
crowded classrooms will likewise
suffer.
Palatino made the statement
in response to earlier calls to
move the June opening. In the
Senate, the main proponent of
the measure was Senator Frank-
lin Drilon, who reasoned out
that the country is often visited
by typhoons during the rst
three months of the schoolyear.
Drilon had led Senate Bill
2407 in 2010 for the same pur-
pose, but the Senate has yet to
act on the proposed bill.
The Education Department,
meanwhile, had said that while
it welcomes any proposal that
will help the learning conditions
of the students, it still has to con-
sider many factors, including the
ever-changing weather conditions
brought about by climate change.
Palatino, meanwhile, asked
the DepEd to identify ood-
prone schools and draft a plan
on how to minimize the negative
impact of oods on the studies
of students.
He added that if a school is
used as evacuation center, there
must be a ready-made system
which will allow students to con-
tinue their classes in other suitable
venues in the community.
The young lawmaker added
that having classes during the
summer may also impact on
the livelihood of families in the
provinces.
Palace OKs
coalition
with Villar
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Villar, who heads
the Nacionalista Party, has been supportive of administration
measures.
Campaigning is campaigning. There were words that were
exchanged during that time but we move on for the sake of the
country, he said.
They (LP and NP) recognize what is good for our countrymen
so they will rise above political differences and see whats good for
the all of us, the spokesman said.
Lacierda noted that party principles transcend individual
differences in so far as the coalition is concerned.
President Aquino earlier said coalition talks between the Liberal
Party, the NP and the Nationalist Peoples Coalition were very,
very successful.
Lacierda said Villar was also never convicted of any wrongdoing
on the controversial C-5 project.
Lacierda said NP members such as Senator Alan Peter Cayetano
have stood for good governance which is also the platform of the
Aquino administration.
The president of the Liberals, Transportation Secretary Manuel
Roxas II said a common platform of government will be crafted as
basis of the coalition.
He said the platform would be anchored on common principles,
such as anti-corruption, judicial reforms and transparency.
By Joyce Panares
MALACAANG sees nothing
wrong in the coalition being worked out
by the Liberal Party with Senator Man-
uel Villar, who was accused of corrupt
practices by the administration during
the 2010 election campaign.
THE Philippines, Germany and 68 other countries have issued
a resolution adopting United Nation Human Rights Council on
addressing human trafcking.
Trafcking in persons remains a major problem of humanity,
Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN Ofces in
Geneva, Ambassador Evan Garcia said.
Based on the resolution, the Philippines and 69 other countries
are encouraged to recognize trafcked people as victims with
specic protection needs.
These countries are required to provide assistance and support
to trafcked victims for them to access remedies such as
restitution, rehabilitation, compensation, and guarantees on non-
repetition of the crime. Sara Fabunan
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JULY 7, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
IN REVIEWING the contract of
the ferry service provider along
the Pasig River, Transportation
Secretary Mar Roxas has to resist
the temptation of junking the project
for being an outlier in the Aquino
administration.
The so-called river bus was
launched in the 1990s during the Cory
presidency. It was operational until the
engines conked out in waters deemed
biologically dead.
Recognizing its predecessors wise
decision to make the waterway useful to
commuters, the Ramos administration
took a step further by reviving the
service with a program to rehabilitate
the river itself.
The costs became prohibitive, but
the reeeting somehow managed to
provide people with an option to road
travel. It also left a consensus that the
Pasig River can be brought back to life.
The Arroyo administration
restored the line in 2007, only to
be bogged down by expenses. The
income from fares was unable to
keep the boats afloat even as more
stations were opened to attract
commuters and tourists.
The vessels were redesigned for
safety and leisure to increase passenger
load. At the same time, it served as a
vehicle to boost the recovery of Metro
Manilas main waterway.
The service was stopped in
January 2010 over the ndings by
the state auditor that the Pasig River
Rehabilitation Commissionto which
the boat operation was attached
had lost P94 million amid reduced
ridership, questionable ticket sales,
canceled trip schedules and a botched
route extension through four stations
that were built for P19.5 million.
The contract to be reviewed must
reckon with opportunity costs, but must
also take into account reviving a river
long derided as the biggest sewer in
this part of the world.
As a key government executive
whose word carries weight, Roxas can
do much to save the ferry system and
give it a fresh start the way the past
administrations had done to ensure the
continuity of a good program.
Big-ticket mass transport in the
league of the Metro Rail Transit on
Edsa, bundled with the Light Rail
Transit on Taft Avenue and Aurora
Boulevard, is designed for maximum
carrying capacity. This means massive
budget outlays as well.
It is worth noting, however, that the
slower water vessels would not only
move people but also make them a part
of the greater goal of saving the Pasig
River.
Make it work
Coee,
water, anyone?
AFTER accusing former Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corp.
chairman Efraim Genuino of
purchasing P1 billion worth of
coffee without public bidding,
current Pagcor chief Cristino
Bong Naguiat is on the carpet
for buying P8.2 million worth of
bottled water for its casinos.
The Commission on Audit
questioned Naguiats purchase
of bottled
water without
the required
p u b l i c
b i d d i n g
the very
same offense
N a g u i a t s
present board
had charged
Genuino with
in July last
year, as soon
they took
over the reins
of Pagcor.
Incidentally, nothing has been
heard of Genuinos plunder case
with the Ombudsman since it was
led. Has there been a settlement?
Who was paid, complainant Pagcor
or just a few of its ofcials? Theres
nothing like a new scandal in the
same house of ill repute to rake up
old sores.
What ever happened to
Malacaangs inquiry into the
impropriety of Naguiats acceptance
of luxury hotel accommodations,
gifts and shopping money in Macau
from a Japanese gambling operator?
The Japanese businessman is
pursuing a license to operate a
casino in the planned leisure,
gaming and entertainment complex
in the reclaimed bay area in Pasay
City.
Naguiat justied the lavish
hospitality as standard in the
gaming industry accorded to hotel
and casino guests. American gaming
tycoon Steve Wynn, however,
does not think so. He has led a
case of impropriety and violation
of Nevadas gaming laws against
Japanese partner Kazuo Okada. The
Japanese businessman had given
a $6,000-a-night suite at the Wynn
Hotel, Casino and Resort in Macau
to Naguiat, his wife, three children
and a nanny. The Naguiats stayed a
total of ve days.
Naguiat and a number of Pagcor
ofcials were in Macau at the
invitation of Okada to observe
gaming operations in the former
Portuguese colony.
Wynn had also accused Okada of
bribing Genuino when the latter was
still head of the state-run gambling
rm. Both Genuino and Naguiat
have denied the bribery allegations
or any act of impropriety.
Wynn was wary he could be
subjected to US Federal charges for
what looked like a case of bribery of
a Philippine ofcial. Naguiat, after
all, is the governments gaming
regulator, aside from his other hat
as operator of Pagcors 13 casinos
nationwide. Aside from dumping
Okada as vice chairman of Wynn
Resort Ltd., Wynn also bought
out his shares of stock to distance
himself from any wrongdoing.
The Pagcor coffee anomaly
was investigated by the Senate
Blue Ribbon Committee headed
by Senator Teosto Guingona III.
During the
inquiry there
was a proposal
by Senator
Panlo Lacson
to privatize
Pagcor. It may
now be timely
to revive that
proposal.
F i l i p i n o
tycoons are tying
up with foreign
investors to
open megabucks
casinos at the Entertainment City
which will rise on l, 976 acres of
reclaimed land from Manila Bay. If
privatized, Pagcor would no longer
operate casinos and its role would
be limited to being a government
agency to regulate gaming.
To say gambling is big business
would be an understatement. Pagcor
casinos generated more than P17
billion in 2011. It grossed an income
of P3.36 billion in January 2012
alone, exceeding by P600 million its
revenue in 2011 for the same month.
We have a gambling economy,
said former Lingayen-Dagupan
Archbishop Oscar Cruz, who
is against all forms of gambling,
particularly jueteng, the illegal
numbers game played by the poor.
Lotto, the lottery operated by
the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Ofce, is another source of huge
revenue for the government. It is the
ticket which the poor and even the
middle-class ride to dream of riches
and a better life.
If the questionable bottled water
purchase were for the consumption
of casino players and Pagcors
hardworking employees, then
the P8.2 million that Naguiat and
company paid can be considered as
pittance when compared to the P17
billion Pagcor earned last year.
Government auditors, nonetheless,
questioned the manner of purchase of
ve-gallon jugs and bottled mineral
water for Pagcor casinos in Paraaque
and at the Heritage and Pavilion
hotels. Because it was made through
shopping and the amount exceeded
the P500,000 threshold, the 2011
COA report said that Pagcor should
have made the purchase through a
public bidding.
EDITORIAL
Invisible workers
LAST Wednesday I went to the House
of Representatives for the Committee
on Labors Technical Working
Group meeting on the Magna Carta
of Workers in Informal Economy
bill. Outside of reproductive health,
MACWIE is my organizations other
major legislative advocacy initiative.
Our general understanding of the
word worker is limited to one who
is formally employed. Someone who
has a denite employer, workplace,
regularity of work, or covered by our
labor laws.
We do not see the 18 to 25
million (according to the Employers
Confederation of the Philippines
and the Department of Labor and
Employment) people who do not
fall under the formal employment
category. Ever wondered how laundry
women, tricycle and other drivers,
vendors, waste-pickers (scavengers),
construction workers, farmers,
sherfolk, on- call domestic workers,
home-based workers, etc. manage to
live?
We see but do not notice them. We
use their products and services but are
disinterested in them. They are the
people we use for our comfort and
needs. They are among us but they
remain invisible.
Even celebrations of workers
day, May rst, exclude these tens of
millions of workers. Ever heard of
any government pronouncement that
recognizes their contributions, makes
their lives easier, or promotes their
rights as workers? Virtually none.
Our labor laws do not cover workers
in the informal economy. Our laws are
skewed toward the protection of rights
of workers in the formal sector, and
have not been signicantly updated to
include WIE despite the size of these
workers.
Estimates have it that workers in
the informal economy make up about
75 percent of the countrys workforce.
Most of the economically active poor
are in informal employment and can
hardly make both ends meet. It is
literally a hand-to-mouth existence
that they have.
Workers in this category do not
have xed salaries to speak of, no
overtime pay, no standard on number
of work hours or days, no paid leaves,
no maternity benets for women, and
without any social protection. They
are largely exploited by the very fact
that they are not subject to existing
regulations.
Moreover, these workers largely
perform their economic activities
under very poor and hazardous working
conditions, making them vulnerable to
health risks and accidents.
Women workers in the informal
economy suffer more. Most of
economically active women are in
informal employment. Many of them
are home-based workers performing
their livelihood activities within
or near their homes. Because they
are poor, they have to perform both
their traditional womens work of
tending the home and family on top
of earning some money. These women
workers are often subject to abuse,
discrimination, and harassment by
virtue of their being women.
Despite these very harsh working
and living conditions, even trade
unions, the so-called vanguards of
workers rights, hardly touch workers
in the informal economy. Organizing
these workers is not among their
priorities, even of the most militant of
them.
This is because these workers are
scattered and, therefore, hard and
expensive to organize. There are no
denite employers that unions can
collectively bargain with. After all,
collective bargaining agreements are
quite important for unions.
Estimates of workers in the
informal economys contributions
to the countrys gross domestic
product range from 30 percent to a
high of 43 percent. Yet, they remain
unrecognized, unvalued. Their rights
remain unprotected.
If the government is serious with
its war against poverty, the welfare
and rights of these workers cannot
be ignored. A signicant number of
the poorest of the poor, though they
are not indigents, are in this group of
workers.
It is in this light that our group,
together with other WIE organizations,
crafted MACWIE. This bill addresses
Theres nothing
like a new scandal
in the same house
of ill repute.
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LOOKING back at that blot on
our judicial history, the decision
to remove the sitting chief justice
of the Supreme Court indeed
highlighted the country as a pariah
in the international legal circle. As
we Filipinos would often consider
ourselves, the impeachment of
Renato Corona put truism in us as
only in the Philippines.
We must bear in mind that the law
used to impeach
the chief justice
was legislated
c o n s e q u e n t
to our lunatic
pretension of
wanting to be
known all over
the world as
democratically
honest. We
recall that
i g n o mi n i o u s
event to
question the idiotic philosophy
that goaded the authors to make it
compulsory to all public officials to
declare their bank deposits in their
Statement of Assets, Liabilities and
Net Worth.
My lawyer-friend who is more
philosophical than legalistic in
his perspective began by putting
forward that individuals are
supposed to be punished if what has
been proven constitutes a crime,
meaning that even if there is no law
declaring such act as offensive or
injurious to society, mankind, by
its desire to have an orderly and
peaceful society, would nonetheless
declare the commission of the act
punishable.
In that infamous case, the chief
justice was punished using a
garbage law that in substance would
not constitute an offense or a crime.
It was the legislative fiat declaring
such act malum prohibitum that
made the act punishable, viz. that
what Corona did was a diligent act
a person in his right mind would
normally do. His act was not mala
in se that he could be punished even
without a law declaring it a crime
as the act is inherently injurious
and contrary to civilized conduct of
man.
So, by any legal extrapolation,
my friend said, no amount of
legislation could transform an act
of any public official not to include
in his SALN his bank account to a
crime. It is for this that the framers
of the Constitution specifically
enumerated the high crimes that
could be made a ground to impeach
some high officials. Yet, we kicked
out a chief justice not for a crime,
but for violation of the capricious
law, and worse, for one that does
not even fall into the category of a
high crime.
Since to make a deposit is
accepted and a normal thing to do,
that act must logically be reinforced
by laws guaranteeing the secrecy of
ones bank deposits, but giving room
to some exception. The exception
is few because that follows the same
logical presumption of innocence to
one who might stand as accused,
and that is for the accuser to prove.
The same has been raised by my
good friend-lawyer in asking why
our mentally deranged lawmakers
opted to pass a law declaring as a
form of violence against women
should a husband refuse to give
financial support to his wife. Up to
now many wonder about that silly
conclusion of equating failure or
refusal to give support as equivalent
to violence. In fact, by any stretch
of ones imagination, violence is the
act of inflicting harm or physical
pain to another, in this case to a wife.
In fact, the
act is already
punished by
existing laws.
There is no
question that
support is an
acknowl edged
legal obligation.
That becomes
mandatory if
there has been
a judgment
of divorce or
legal separation of which the guilty
party is ordered by the court to give
alimony or support to the innocent
spouse. But instead of fine tuning
those laws to re-enforce and
increase the grounds for financial
support, our mentally deranged
solons proceeded to interpret that as
an act of violence, when the guilty
party could simply be punished for
contempt or defiance to a lawful
order.
It is for this reason why many
have been calling the laws recently
passed by our lawmakers as
garbage. They stand as exposition
of their insanity. One could easily
detect they were enacted just to
boost the ego of the author, for want
of anything to do, or to appease
fanatical pressure groups wanting
to highlight their misguided role
in our society. Some of them may
even be funded by foreign non-
governmental organizations out to
weaken our democratic institution
by injecting outlandish rights that
could trigger enmity among our
people.
Yes, there are rights which our
society should accord to women,
but certainly they do not include
rights that would result in the
diminution on the rights of men for
that could mean discrimination, and
in contravention to what society has
declared as co-equal. The same can
be said of other pressure groups.
Each has its own peculiar interest
to elevate as a right. The problem
is nobody has come to think that
those interests could only become
viable as a right for as long as they
would not transgress on the rights
of others.
It is for this reason why many
have become apprehensive in that
decision to remove Corona. Even if
we take it that Corona was convicted
after he waived his right, his waiver
did not result in him violating
the law because they remained
legal. His waiver was not an act
of legislation to enact a new law to
single himself out. But sadly, our
lawmakers failed to see that point.
Interpreting
garbage laws
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
Invisible workers
From A4
Where Faulkner performed a demon-driven task
By Emily Wagster Pettus
OXFORD, MississippiFive decades
after his death, William Faulkner still
draws literary pilgrims to his Mississippi
hometown, the little postage stamp of
native soil he made famous through his
novels.
Oxford inspired the ctional town
of Jefferson that was a frequent setting
for his stories, and it commemorated the
50th anniversary of the Nobel laureates
death Friday with several events that
included a tag-team reading of his
novel, The Reivers, beginning about
daybreak.
Roughly 25,000
people a year
visit Faulkners
antebellum home,
Rowan Oak, which
is now owned by
the University of
Mississippi. The
authors meticulous
handwriting appears
on the walls of his
downstairs ofce.
Using pencil, he
outlined events of
his 1954 novel, A
Fable.
William Grifth,
the Rowan Oak
curator since 1999,
said writing was a demon-driven task
for Faulkner.
Youre going to hear about the agony
and the sweat and the difculty and the
compulsion, Grifth said. Youre not
going to hear anything about how great
it was, how relaxing and beautiful it
was. None of that. He just did what he
had to do to get it done.
Oxfords lure is similar to that of
Key West, Florida, for fans of Ernest
Hemingway and Salinas, California, for
devotees of John Steinbeck.
Ive just always wanted to see this,
Lisa McDanels said as she and her
husband toured Faulkners home. You
think, Oh, he walked here.
The two-story Greek Revival
home was built in 1848, and Faulkner
bought it in 1930. It sits a mile from
the town square, but feels isolated
because its encircled by woods
oaks, magnolias, cedars, dogwoods and
honeysuckle. Grifth said the home
retains its character, with one important
additionclimate control.
Faulkner added central heating in
the 1930s but scorned air conditioning,
despite summer temperatures that reach
the 90s and stiing humidity. In The
Reivers, a character groused, there are
no seasons at all any more, with interiors
articially contrived at sixty degrees in
summer and ninety degrees in winter,
so that mossbacked recidivists like me
must go outside in summer to escape
cold and in winter to escape heat.
The day after Faulkner died,
his wife, Estelle, had a window-
unit air conditioner installed in her
upstairs bedroom.
Ole Miss bought Rowan Oak in
1972 from the Faulkners daughter, Jill.
The house was renovated from 2001 to
2003, and central air conditioning was
added.
Faulkner was known for sitting on
the square to observe Oxfords small-
town comings and goings. In 1997,
to mark the 100th anniversary of his
birth in nearby New Albany, Oxford
dedicated a Faulkner statue in front of
its own City Hall. Now, tourists snap
photos by the life-sized bronze.
Faulkner and his wife are buried
in St. Peters Cemetery, north of the
square, and fans pay tribute by pouring
bourbon on the gravesite.
Donald Kartiganer, professor
emeritus of English who held the
Faulkner studies chair at Ole Miss,
recalled taking Salman Rushdie on
a private tour of Rowan Oak in 2006.
When Rushdie saw Faulkners writing
table and typewriter, his voice fell into
hushed reverence and he asked if he
could sit there. Kartiganer said yes.
He sits down and he puts his
hands, not touching the keys, just sort
of hovering over them, the way you
would if you were in the vicinity of a
holy relic, Kartiganer recalled. Then
he reaches into his pocket and pulls out
the smallest digital camera Ive ever
seen and says, Would you take my
picture?
Mississippi Arts Commission
director Malcolm White compares
Faulkners posthumous fame to that of
another north Mississippi native.
Hes like Elvis, White said. Hes
never been bigger than he is today.
English professor Jay Watson,
Kartiganers successor as Faulkner
specialist, politely disagrees with
Whites assessment. Even during
Faulkners lifetime, he was recognized
as one of the most important literary
gures of the 20th Century. But, Watson
concedes Faulkner is more appreciated
in Oxford these days.
Oxford didnt start coming around
to him until after he won the Nobel
Prize in 1949, Watson said. Before
then, most people in Oxford just thought
he was somebody who was making
Oxford look bad. But after he won the
Nobel, all the sudden, he was kind of
making Oxford look good, because he
was this small-town native son who
won the most distinguished award in
literature.
Locals saw Faulkner as an oddball
whod be so wrapped up in his own
thoughts that hed often walk past
people he knew without exchanging
pleasantries. Faulkner went to Canada
and trained as a Royal Air Force
aviator, but never saw combat because
World War I ended before he completed
training. Nonetheless, Watson said,
Faulkner would walk around Oxford
in a ight ofcers
uniform, complete
with a cane and
sometimes with
a limp, and tell
people hed been
wounded in a plane
crash, which wasnt
true. Because he
acted likeWhere
Faulkner performed
a demon-driven task
a dandy, locals
nicknamed him
Count No-Count.
The local
newspaper, The
Oxford Eagle, is
publishing essays
this year from people who remember
Faulkner. In one, J.W. Jay Mitchell,
who grew up in Oxford, recalled being
on the square with friends and making
fun of the writer.
I remember one day, 1952 or 53,
me and a few friends decided to walk by
Mr. Faulkner, one at a time, and holler,
Good morning, Mr. Faulkner, or How
are you?, knowing that he would not
answer, Mitchell wrote. After we
passed him, we would circle around
and get in front and repeat our taunting
again. He acted as if we were not even
there.
There he washead held high, with
a swagger stick under his arm, wearing
his English riding pants, knee-high
leather boots and tweed jacket.
Move forward over 50 years and
ask me if I feel proud of this, Mitchell
wrote. People, some of us didnt know
what we had in our midst. (I will take
this opportunity to apologize.)
Grifth said he came into the curators
job with a respect for Faulkners prose
but not as a super fan. When he
was growing up in Illinois, an English
teacher assigned him to read As I Lay
Dying, and he protested with an essay
called, As I Die Reading.
I remember arguing, telling her that
Id never thought about Mississippi
and Im quite sure Ill never go to
Mississippi, said Grifth, who has
since re-read the book several times.
Grifth said when the teacher heard
hed been hired at Rowan Oak, she told
one of his relatives: I hope he knows
karma is a real thing. AP
ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
Wrong energy choices
THREE means of electricity generation
are often raised as solutions to our
looming power crisis: fossil fuel-based
(coal and oil most especially), large-
scale hydroelectric (big dams), and
nuclear power. While some look at
them as saviors, I view them with
apprehension, and not just from an
environmental aspect. These options
come with overlooked costs, that fossil
fuels, big hydro, and nuclear power
cannot truly live up to the promise of
cheap and abundant energythat cheap
energy is itself an utopian illusion.
Relative availability of the resource,
and the maturity of combustion and
turbine technologies are the reasons
why fossil fuel power generation is
relatively cheap compared to emerging
RE technologies. Coal and oil plants (and
diesel generators for independent power
producers) are nancially easy to set up
compared to other options, explaining
their appeal as the go-to option for
large-scale and rural electrication. Yet
we know that this cheap attractiveness
doesnt reflect or take into account
greenhouse gas emissions (and prospects
for emission caps) and the supply and
price of fossil fuels, costs that, in the long
run, we will pay dearly for.
Arguably, we have arrived at that
point. We need not mince words about
volatile fuel prices, inuenced by global
supply and demand, politics in the
Middle East, and so on, and now even
coal supplies are facing the crunch. For
example, in an op-ed, Pete Maniego of
the National Renewable Energy Board
and analyst Dennis Posadas noted that
in June 2011, the approved rate for
Panay Energy Development Corporation,
which operates a coal plant, was P7.40/
kwh, when coal was at $53/metric ton.
By January 2012 coal became twice as
expensive, at $116/ton. Electricity costs
in Iloilo in fact rose to as high as P8.30/
kwh in March, before increased power
consumption and reduction in rates
and taxes lowered charges to P7.95a
reduction some fear is only temporary
considering its bases.
All this is on top of the health effects
of coal and oil combustion (localized to
the plants surroundings), greenhouse
gas emissions, and the expense required
to clean up coal oil-red plants with
pollution-mitigating technology. The
last of these increases the costs of
fossil fuel plants themselves, while
the rest are costs absorbed instead by
society and the environment: increased
health expenditures (both in private and
government budgets), climate change,
and other downstream effects.
As for large hydroelectric dams, they
may not emit greenhouse gases like fossil
fuel plants, and are so efcient that their
electricity is practically as cheap as coal,
but they carry just as heavy a cost. Unlike
fossil fuel plants, large dams involve an
equally large investment of resources and
time in their establishment. Further, their
reservoirs, inundating lands upriver from
the dam, displace both environmental and
human habitatsand in the Philippines,
that usually means sensitive ecologies,
and marginalized indigenous peoples
and/or communities who depend on the
river and land for a livingall the more
true in poverty-aficted Mindanao, an
island with vast hydro resources being
eyed for power generation.
Its too easy to rationalize their loss,
the sacrices made by these people as
one made for the good of the many, or
that they will be properly compensated.
(And here, the questions must be asked:
how much electricity do they use, on
average? Are their chances of gainful
employment and a decent income truly
increased by the hydro project, or do
these go to more qualified outsiders/
migrants? Will these people gain more
access to the social services powered
by the dam?) In doing so, however, we
are asking a vulnerable land and people
to pay the price for the benefits of
sufcient electricity and energy security.
In developing countries like ours, too
often this price is paid with little benet
or compensation to those who bear the
cost. We should remember Macliing
Dulag, a Cordillera leader, whose people
opposed the Chico River Dam project
during the Marcos regime. He paid with
his lifewhich also claimed the dam was
for the good of the many.
There are however smaller-scale
hydro projectsmicro and miniwhich
are not as disruptive or destructive as the
Chico Dam could have been, which I am
wholly in favor of, and which I will talk
about in a succeeding column.
However attractive any electrication
project may be, we must remember that
the opportunity costs are not always
measured in dollars and pesos, and
are not always taken at the national
level. National development is too
precious an objective to lose, but so are
environmental health and human security.
We need economically affordable power,
but we must expand our notion of what
affordable means, incorporating the
environmental and human dimensions
as well as the economic.
Next Tuesday, I look at nuclear power
and its risks, concluding that this too, like
coal and big dams, is a wrong energy
choice.
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the needs and rights of the workers in the informal economy, includ-
ing labor standards that should cover them and support for entre-
preneurship. The bill also deals with the question of invisibility of
these workers.
Unfortunately, this is the third Congress under which the bill has been
filed but it only moved in the House fo Representatives. The various bills
are now being consolidated into one by the Committee on Labor secre-
tariat directly working with us.
The four MACWIE bills in the House are authored by Representatives
Sonny Angara, Dan Fernandez, Erin Taada, Emmeline Aglipay, Raymond
Mendoza, and Salvador Escudero III.
At the Senate, there were also four bills filed but since former Senator
Migz Zubiri resigned, only three are left authored by Senators Miriam
Defensor-Santiago, Francis Escudero, and Jinggoy Estrada.
MACWIE at the Senate has not moved. The bills are under Sena-
tor Kiko Pangilinans Committee on Social Justice and Rural Develop-
ment. Advocates have formally written and followed up the committee
requesting for the bills to be discussed but efforts have so far yielded
nothing.
The welfare of the 18-25 million workers rests on MACWIE. These
workers should not remain invisible.
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IN BRIEF
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over 661 manholes
Lawmakers slam Roxas over Lazarus franchise issue
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
National Capital Region
NORTH MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT
Offce of the District Engineer
Nagtahan, Manila
The DPWH North Manila Engineering District, through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) invites contractors to bid for aforementioned projects;
1. Contract I.D. No. 12-OE0056
Contract Name: Construction of City College of Manila, Antonio A.
Villegas St., Manila (former Arroceros, Manila) Phase I
Contract Location: Manila
Scope of Work: Construction of School Bldg.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph P 19,593,879.29)
Contract Duration: 180 cal. days
Bid Documents: PhP 10,000.00
2. Contract LD. No. 12-OE0057
Contract Name: Construction of City College of Manila, Antonio AVillegas
St., Manila (former Arroceros, Manila) Phase II
Contract Location: Manila
Scope of Work: Construction of School Bldg.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph PI9,587,883.70
Contract Duration: 150 cal. days
Bid Documents: PhP1 0,000.00
3. Contract LD. No. 12-OE0058
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Circumferential
Road 2 (C-2) from Imelda Street to Sta. 0+695.95 with
exceptions
Contract Location: Tondo, Manila
Scope of Work: Repair/Rehab/Improvement of Road
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph P9,899,998.98)
Contract Duration: 60 cal. days
Bid Documents: PhP 10,000.00
4. Contract LD. No. 12-OE0059
Contract Name: Constraction/Upgrading of Road Network with Drainage
Improvement, Zone 25 and 26
Contract Location: Binondo, Manila
Scope of Work: Const/Upgrading of Road Network
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph P9,997,875.62)
Contract Duration: 120 cal. days
Bid Documents; PhP10,000.00
5. Contract LD. No. 12-OE0060
Contract Name: Completion of Retaining Wall along R-10 Road, Smokey
Mountain
Contract Location: Tondo, Manila
Scope of Work: Completion of Retaining Wall
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph P5,297,098.13)
Contract Duration: 90 cal. days
Bid Documents: PhP10,5000.00
The BAC will conduct this procurement process in accordance with the Revised
Implementing Rules & Regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act. 9184. Bids in excess of the
Approved Budget for the Contract shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.

To apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed
and submitted by the person authorized in the Contractor's License issued by PCAB.
Upon submission of the LOIs, the interested Contractor must also submit the photo copy
and original (for authentication purposes and issuance of Bid Documents) of the following
documents: 1. Class A Documents (Contained in the Contractors Registration Certifcate)
(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) Department of Trade and Industry Business Name
Registration (DTI) or SEC Registration Certifcate or CDA; b) Valid and Current Mayors
Permit/Municipal License, 1.2) Technical Documents, a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement, in
case of (IV.) and Eligibility Docs for each member; b) Valid PCAB License and Registration
e) Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation and identifcation duly certifed by the
Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO) d) Latest copy of Authorizing Managing Offcer e)
Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from (DOLE) f) Phil-GEPS Order Form (Document
Request List) g) CPEs rating for the 1
st
Quarter, 1.3) Financial Documents; a) Prospective
Bidders Audited Financial Statement for the preceding calendar which should not be
earlier than 2 years from the date of submission; b) Prospective bidders computation of
its NFCC. The LOIs shall be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed in
the Contractors Information (CD). Submission of LOIs by persons with a Special Power
of Attorney shall not be allowed. The contractor must purchase bid documents and must
meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH & PHILGEPS (b)
Filipino citizen of 75 % Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture,
(c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of
a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (c) NET
Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least
equal to 10% of ABC. The contractors submitted proof of required equipments for the
project are subject for inspection. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in
the eligibility cheek and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration,
with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcation of Registration
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
Issuance of Bidding Documents June 26-July 17, 2012
Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A M. July 04, 2012
Deadline of LOI Receipt from Prospective
Bidders
5:00 P.M. July 11. 2012
Deadline of Bid Receipt 10:00 A.M. July 17, 2012
Opening of Bids 10:00 A M. July 17, 2012
Prospective bidders may download the LOI Forms from DPWH website: www.dpwh.gov.ph
(allowing the fling of Letter of Intent free of charge and prescribing fxed costs of bidding
documents as per D.O. No. 52 dated October 2, 2011).
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at North Manila Engineering
District, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above for bid documents.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said
fees on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid conference shall open
only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the NMED - BAC Chairman;, otherwise,
it will be a ground for an outright disqualifcation. The frst envelope shall contain the
technical component of the bid, which shall include a) copy of the CRC; b) if a propose
Key Technical Personnel is an employee of the bidder and working on another project at
the time of the bidding the bidder shall submit a certifcation that (1) the personnel will be
pulled out from the on-going project once the bidder is awarded the contract, and (2) he/
she will be replaced with another person with equal or better qualifcations, as certifed
by the head of the implementing offce and c) The bidder may propose a Key Technical
Personnel who is not its employee provided that the said personnel is required to submit a
certifcation that he/she will work for the bidder if it is awarded the contract under bidding.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and the post-qualifcation.
The North Manila Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid
to annul the bidding process any time prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder/s.
APPROVED:
(Sgd.) HERMINIA L. DIAZ
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) ROGELIO S. CRESPO
District Engineer
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Isabela 4th District Engineering Offce
Quezon, San Isidro, Isabela
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Isabela 4th District
Engineering Offce, through the Calamity Fund, FY2012 GAA, invites contractors
to bid for the following projects:


1 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0041
b Name of Project and : Concreting of Jct ipil-Quirino Boundary Road San
Agustin, Isabela

c Location: : KO369+807-KO370+864, KO374+276-KO375+080
(w/ exceptions)
d Brief Description : RCP - Roads- New Construction - PCCP
e Major Item of Work : Item 311
f Approved Budget for
the Contract : P 17,178,700.00
g Duration, C.D. : 150
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00

2 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0042
b Name of Project and : Concreting of Jct ipil-Quirino Boundary Road San
Agustin, Isabela
c Location : KO371+780-KO374+276 (w/ exceptions) Dappig-
Laoag, Isabela
d Brief Description : RCP - Roads- New Construction - PCCP
e Major Item of Work : Item 311
f Approved Budget for
the Contract : P 17,178,700.00
g Duration, C.D. : 150
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00

3 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0043
b Name of Project and : Construction of Flood Control Structures
c Location: : Dalibubon Flood Control, Sta 000+000 - Sta
000+436, Dalibubon, Jones, Isabela
d Brief Description : FHR - River Control
e Major Item of Work : Gabion Revetment
f Approved Budget for
the Contract : P 19,206,000.00
g Duration, C.D. : 150
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00
4 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0044
b Name of Project and : Construction of Flood Control Structures
c Location: : Masaya Sur Flood Control, Sta 000+000 - Sta
000+532 Masaya Sur, San Agustin, Isabela
d Brief Description : FHR - River Control
e Major Item of Work : Gabion Revetment
f Approved Budget for
the Contract : P 19,109,000.00
g Duration, C.D. : 150
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00

6 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0045
b Name of Project and : Construction of Flood Control Structures
c Location: : Pangal Sur Flood Control, Sta 000+000 - Sta
000+528 Pangal Sur, Echague, Isabela
d Brief Description : FHR - River Control
e Major Item of Work : Gabion Revetment
f Approved Budget for
the Contract : P 19,109,000.00
g Duration, C.D. : 150
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00
7 a Contract ID No. : 12BH 0046
b Name of Project and : Construction of Flood Control Structures
c Location : Ganano Flood Control, Sta 000+000 - Sta 000+196
Ipil, Echague, Isabela
d Brief Description : FHR - River Control
e Major Item of Work : Gabion Revetment
f Approved Budget for
the Contract : P 19,109,000.00
g Duration, C.D. : 150
h Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00
Procurement shall be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.

To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the 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 of at least 10% of ABC. The BAC
will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.

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

Signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1 Deadline of Receipt of LOI July 12, 2012 4:00 P.M.
2 Issuance of Bid Documents July 5 - 26, 2012
3 Pre-bid Conference July 13, 2012 2:00 P.M.
4 Deadline of Receipt of Bids July 26, 2012 9:30 A.M.
5 Opening of Bids July 26, 2012 10:30 A.M.

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

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC chairman.
The frst enveloipe shall contain the technical component of the bid, which
shall include the eligibility regquirements. The second envelope shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest
Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-
qualifcation.
The BAC shall receive Letters of Intent (LOI) only of prospective bidders upon
presenting the copy of duly updated BRS accreditation of their asphalt plant.
(For 12BH0031 only)
The DPWH Isabela 4th DEO reserves the right to accept or reject any or all
bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award, without
incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

(Sgd.) FERNANDO C. SALIM
BAC Chairman
By Vito Barcelo
and Rio N. Araja
ALTHOUGH several bus
operators are disputing
the legality of the govern-
ments proposed reforms
in the bus transport sector,
at least 36 other companies
have already complied with
the Department of Labor
and Employments order to
pay bus drivers and con-
ductors xed salaries and
benets.
But the Land Transportation Franchising
and Regulatory Board suspended on Friday
21 buses of the Don Mariano Transit that
gured in different road mishaps, including
last Wednesdays accident that injured
eight people. The buses are suspended for
30 days.
At the same time, the Metro Manila
Development Authority urged the Land
Transportation Ofce to revoke the licenses
of all city bus drivers and only allow their
renewal after the drivers have passed
psychiatric and drivers safety skills tests.
While concerned agencies are discussing
the stop-gap measure, Baldoz said assured
the public that the government is determined
to implement the reforms and many bus lines
are generally cooperative.
We are proceeding with deliberate
dispatch and determination in carrying out
this reform in the bus transport sector knowing
that it will be the drivers, conductors, and the
bus riding public that will generally benet
from it, Baldoz said.
Of the 49 bus companies that the
department has audited, 36 companies have
been found to be compliant, while nine
are in the process of complying with the
Department Order No. 118-12 that requires
the payment of xed salaries and benets to
drivers and conductors.
She said they have already issued
labor standards compliance certicaters
to Safeway Bus Lines, Franvil Transit,
Astroliner Tourist Bus Co., Victory Liner,
ALRO Transport, Nicholas Albert Bus,
Na Multipurpose Bus and PBT Pitbull
Bus Transport.
She said Shem Transport, Princess
Youhan and Chrisa Transport, Kelly Trans,
and Viofel Trans have also expressed their
willingness to cooperate with the reforms
and will submit their compliance documents
early next week.
By Maricel V. Cruz
AT LEAST two congressmen
slammed Transportation and
Communications Secretary
Manuel Roxas II on Friday for
defying a 1993 Supreme Court
order favoring former workers of
Pantranco and prevented the sale
of 489 expired bus franchises.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy
Casio and Anakpawis Rep. Ra-
fael Mariano said the sale would
have paved the way for the work-
ers to get the back wages and
separation pay that Pantranco
failed to pay them when the rm
bankrupt.
Casio maintained that the
workers are the rightful owners
of the Pantranco franchises be-
cause of the SC ruling and whose
sale was recently approved by
the Land Transportation and
Franchising Board.
Here comes DOTC Secre-
tary Roxas scuttling the solution
to the decades-old problem by
intruding and arrogantly defying
a Supreme Court decision which
declared workers as owners of
the franchise that has been reac-
tivated by the LFTRB, an agency
under Roxas management, and
sold to ve bus companies,
Casio said.
Lord, save us from reckless bus drivers. MMDA Chairman
Francis Tolentino accompanies Rev. Roderick Cruz who rode
from the North Triangle area in Quezon City to the Magallanes
Interchange in Makati City on Friday and blessed the busiest
thoroughfare in the metropolis against accidents.
MANNY PALMERO
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Public Works department
is investigating more than 15
contractors over the reported dis-
appearance of hundreds of man-
holes and inlets in Metro Manila
that caused unusual ooding over
the past few days.
Public Works Undersecretary
Romeo Momo declined to identi-
fy the contractors, but said the de-
partment is looking into records
that will determine those respon-
sible for the missing manholes.
We are in the process of in-
vestigation. Aside from contrac-
tors, we are also investigating
project engineers that may be
involved. But were not saying
they were all involved and thats
why were looking into that. We
have records and we will spare
no one if they are found liable,
said Momo.
Ofcials of the Metropolitan
Manila Development Author-
ity on Tuesday discovered that
661 manholes and some inlets
in road gutters in some parts
of Metro Manila were covered
with asphalt.
Momo ordered National Cap-
ital Region director Reynaldo
Tagudando to inspect the ood-
ed areas and verify the real num-
ber and locations of the covered
manholes and inlets.
We have to be strict on our
stand to punish those who are
found guilty, whether or not
they did it intentionally, he
said, adding that the contractors
will have to do the clearing at no
extra cost to the government.
The ofcial said the contrac-
tors may also be blacklisted de-
pending on the circumstances of
their offenses.
Momo explained that man-
holes and inlets in road gutters
of highways are important for
the easy ow of oodwater. He
added these should be free from
any obstruction, whether gar-
bage or excess asphalt so as not
to clog canals and impede the
ow of oodwater.
Ofcials said private contrac-
tors might have rushed the up-
grading of major thoroughfares in
time for the 2012 meeting of the
Asia Development Bank Board of
Governors and the limited work-
ing days on weekends, but they
said these should not be an excuse
to put the quality and safety of the
roads and drainage at risk.
Fake lawyer wanted for car theft nabbed
THE National Bureau of Investigation nally arrested a fake
lawyer, who has been wanted for a carnapping case, after a
prospective victim discovered his modus operandi.
Agents from the bureaus National Capital Region pounced
on suspect Richard Gitalada Alpapara, 58, at his residence after
victim Ma. Cristina Bernardo of Quezon City complained that a
man, who identied himself as Richard Sarte, persuaded her to
retain him as her lawyer in a real estate matter for an acceptance
fee of P30,000 and court appearance fee of P3000.
But Bernardo suspected Attorney Sartes credentials after
she saw the pleadings he prepared and she later learned that he
was not a member of the Bar. The NBI believes Alpapara has also
victimized other clients in Quezon City and Bulacan.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Nutrition Month unfolds in Marikina
MARIKINA has been chosen pilot city for the national launching
of the Department of Healths 38th Nutrition Month this July.
The said program was launched in Concepcion Elementary
School where the DOH presented different kinds of vegetable
seedlings that residents and students could plant in their own
backyards.
Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman said a Pabasa sa Nutrisyon
was held in six barangays in Marikina includingTaong, Jesus
Dela Pea, Marikina Heights, San Roque, Kalumpang, and
Tumana where 60 pregnant women, and mothers of malnourished
children were taught proper nutrition. Gigi Muoz David
Online applications for police tests start
THE National Police Commission announced Friday that they
will start accepting online applications for the Philippine National
Police entrance and promotional examinations, set for October
14, on July 23.
Napolcom Vice Chairman Eduardo Escueta said the site can
be found at www.napolcom.gov.ph.
The PNP Entrance Examination, which is offered to aspiring
policemen, is open to all Filipino citizens who are not more than
30 years old, a bachelors degree holder, and 1.57 (female) and
1.62 meters (male) in height.
On the other hand, the Promotional Examinations are open
exclusively to all qualied uniformed members of the PNP who
meet the minimum qualication standards for examination in
terms of rank and eligibility. Ferdinand Fabella
JULY 7, 2012 SATURDAY
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Probing the prober
Kidd joins Knicks
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
IT is inconceivable that the Attorney
General of Nevada drew the conclu-
sion that there do not appear to be
any facts or evidence to indicate that
a criminal violation occurred in the
Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley
World Boxing Organization welter-
weight title ght at the MGM Grand
Garden Arena in Las Vegas last June
9 without talking to the three judges
responsible for robbing Pacquiao
blind in a decision that drew the ire of
the entire world.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum,
who very correctly branded the
judges three blind mice after the
decision was announced, had asked
the Attorney General Catherine
Cortez Masto to conduct a complete
inquiry into the circumstances sur-
rounding the scoring, emphasizing
a fundamental tenet that the public
has a right to know and the ghters
have a right to know.
Based on that fundamental prem-
ise, how could the lady have conduct-
ed a complete inquiry without talking
to the two men CJ Ross, who had
Pacquiao the winner, 115-113, and
Duane Ford, who had Bradley the
winner by the same margin, and lady
judge Cathy Ross, whose scorecard
matched that of Ford and helped seal
the split decision in favor of Bradley.
Attorney General Mastos Chief
of Investigations Dale Liebherr cer-
tainly has some explaining to do.
Maybe, its time for the chief inves-
tigator to be investigated for what,
at the very least, appears to be an
appalling lack of common sense if
not competence.
Its as though two people were ac-
cused of committing a robbery and
the police never even bothered to ask
them for their side of the story! Un-
believable.
Why in heavens name did he spend
time interviewing referee Robert
Byrd, when he had absolutely noth-
ing to do with the outcome of the ght
and not talk to the judges? Doesnt
make sense.
There have been muted insinuations
of a x, which clearly demanded
that the Attorney Generals chief in-
vestigator talk to the judges because
if there was even a semblance of a x,
they had to be involved, wittingly or
unwittingly. Talking to them would
have certainly helped clear any suspi-
cions of a Las Vegas shenanigan.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum,
whose name was somehow drawn
into the mire created by the bum deci-
sion, was himself dumbfounded rst
by the scoring of the judges and now
the failure of the Attorney Generals
chief investigator to talk to the judges
involved.
What kind of investigation is
this? asked an incredulous Arum.
And he is right when he maintains
that closure of the case can only hap-
pen if they talk to the judges.
How could the Attorney Generals
Ofce, by any stretch of the imagi-
nation, conclude that a crime was
not committed when they didnt talk
to the judges who, in the eyes of the
whole wide world, committed a high
crime in Las Vegas against one of the
nest, most decent ghters, who has
helped keep boxing alive and in many
ways the lights on and the casinos
rolling along in the face of an eco-
nomic downswing in Vegas?
Truth is, the failure to talk to the
judges further fuels suspicion that
something truly smells. Why talk to
the Nevada State Athletic Commis-
sion executive director Keith Kizer,
who appointed the judges and not talk
to the judges themselves? It doesnt
make sense unless indeed there was
an effort to cover up what to millions
was an unmitigated crime and one
of the worst in the history of boxing,
where such decisions are helping turn
off fans and to kill the sport, which is
indeed, a crying shame.
IN BRIEF
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation
Championship Committee chairman
Lindsey Tucker has conrmed that Fili-
pino Mateo Handig will challenge for-
mer minimum weight world champion
Katsunari Takayama of Japan for the No.
1 spot in the rankings.
The 12-round bout will take place in
the Philippines in September.
Takayama is rated No. 7, while Tucker
informed the Manila Standard that Han-
dig is now ranked No.11.
When told that Handigs last three
ghts which he won were against cer-
tied patsies with a total of 3 wins
against 29 defeats, Tucker said: My
guess is that Handig must have beaten
someone along the way with a good re-
cord in order to be rated. The IBF got
all the way down to No. 11 because
no one would take the ght against
Takayama.
The 22-year-old Handig has a record
of 12-5 with 7 knockouts. His most im-
pressive win was on Oct. 16, 2011 when
he won the vacant WBC Asia Boxing
Council title with a seventh-round TKO
of Bimbo Nacionales, dropping Nacio-
nales twice in the seventh round after
himself being dropped in the rst.
Takayama has a record of 24-5 with 10
knockouts. Ronnie Nathanielsz
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Jason Kidd is leaving the Dal-
las Mavericks to sign with the
Knicks, according to multiple
reports. He could rotate in with
Lin, or inherit the point guard
role full time if the Knicks re-
verse course and decline to
match an offer the Houston
Rockets made to Lin, a restricted
free agent whom they have said
they intend to keep.
Kidds decision was a surprise
in a dizzying stretch of point
guard news. It was believed he
would return to the Mavericks,
especially after they missed out
on Deron Williams. But ESPN.
com reported Thursday that
anonymous sources said that
Kidd had decided instead to join
the Knicks for a three-year deal
worth about $9 million.
The Knicks have been seeking
veteran point guard help but lost
out on Steve Nash a day earlier
when Phoenix traded him to the
Lakers.
Deals cannot be signed until
July 11.
The Knicks didnt comment
on the report and calls to Kidds
agent were not returned.
The 39-year-old Kidd helped
the Mavs to the 2011 NBA title
Power Tour of Subic
fires off Saturday
CLOSE to three hundred cy-
clists and over 30 cycling clubs
from around the nation are all
set to converge at the Subic Bay
Freeportas the two-day second
Aboitiz Power Tour of Subic,
which res off this weekend.
Organized by Bike King, in
cooperation with the Subic Bay
Metropolitan Authority Tour-
ism Department and presented
by Aboitiz Power, the event
features three different stages
of cycling challenges that will
take participants around the
Freeport and as far as Bataan.
Stage 1 (40-kilometer time
trial) and Stage 2 (45-minute
+ 2 laps criterium) will both be
held on Saturday.
For the second day of the event
sponsored by Aboitiz Power,
Unilab Active Health, Pocari
Sweat, Timex, the 3rd District of
Bohol, Crystal Clear Water, Subic
Holiday Villas, Orbea, Corima and
Bike King, the 90-kilometer Stage
3 will begin at 6 a.m.
A high number of competi-
tors, who have listed include
members from the nations
top teams such as PLDT-Bike
King, Aboitiz Power, Fitness
First, Von Dutch and Franzia.
Shortly after the race, the
awarding ceremony will be
held at Subic Holiday Villas.
Medals, specially crafted tro-
phies and gift items will be
awarded to winners belonging
to different categories.
For more inquiries, interested
parties may contact Bike King
by sending email to raulm4@
yahoo.com, by calling 856-
3362 or by visiting their ofcial
Facebook page at https://www.
facebook.com/BikeKingPhil
NEW YORKThe New York
Knicks found their point guard to team
with Jeremy Lin - or perhaps even re-
place him.
Knights
try to
rebound
THE Letran Knights, who are
hurting from a 66-69 upset loss
they absorbed at the hands of the
Perpetu-
al Help
A l t a s
l a s t
w e e k ,
will try
to get
back on their feet today in the
resumption of the 88th National
Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament.
The Knights will clash with
Arellano University Chiefs,
and they hope to pick up their
second win in three games dur-
ing their 4 p.m. showdown at
The Arena in San Juan.
They are currently in fourth
spot, sharing the same 1-1 with the
Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals
and the Mapua Cardinals.
The Generals, who took a 79-
90 beating from the Jose Rizal
University Heavy Bombers last
Friday, ght the Lyceum Philip-
pines University Pirates at 6 p.m.
The Heavy Bombers are now
in the solo lead after they post-
ed their third straight triumph
at the expense of the Generals.
Kevin Alas, the second lead-
ing scorer this season with
his two-game average of 23
points, will try to hold his own
against Chiefs gunners Rocky
Acidre and Levi Hernandez.
Peter Atencio
Rexona Run 2012 listup now ongoing
GET ready to outrun yourself at the Rex-
ona Run 2012 happening on Aug. 12 at
the SM Mall of Asia grounds.
A part of the Runrio Series, this
years edition is bigger, with a new
category, more prizes and exciting
features that will bring running to a
higher level.
Registration is ongoing until July 29
at Riovana stores in Bonifacio Glob-
al City and Katipunan, and Tobys
branches in Trinoma and SM Mall of
Asia. Online registrations are also ac-
cepted at www.runrio.com from now
until 12 midnight of July 22.
Runners can choose to take part in the
5K, 21K Solo or, for the rst time ever,
the 21K Relay race category. The Top
3 nishers in the 21K Solo take home
P7,000, 5,500, and 4,000; while P5,000,
P4,000, and P3,000 will be awarded to
each member of the top nishers in the
21K Relay division. Finally, the top
three nishers in the 5K category bring
home P4,000 for rst, P3,000 for second
and P2,000 for third.
Adding excitement to the event is
Rexonas challenge for runners to beat
the industry standard, wherein com-
memorative key chains will be given to
nishers who end the race on or before
the recommended nishing time. To
qualify, 5K runners must cross the nish
line on or before 6:20 a.m., 30 minutes
from gun start and all 21K runners need
to nish on or before 7 a.m., two hours
after gun start.
For more details, check out the Rex-
ona Men Facebook page, visit www.
runrio.com or call/text the race hotline
at +63927-347-7700 (Globe), +63929-
717-8164 (Smart) or +632-887-6194 .
and also ranks among the top ve
all-time in assists, steals, triple-
doubles and 3-pointers. Even
though hes slowed down from his
perennial All-Star days, he could
provide the veteran leadership the
Knicks need and perhaps be the
player who can maximize the pro-
duction of the Carmelo Anthony-
Amare Stoudemire tandem.
Kidd had some of his best
years in New Jersey, leading the
Nets to a pair of NBA Finals,
and still has children there. The
Nets dominated the rivalry with
the Knicks back then, and now
Kidd will be on the other side of
it as the Nets move into their new
home in Brooklyn.
His loss continues a difcult
summer for the Mavericks, who
needed a point guard after Wil-
liams chose to stay with the Nets
but have now watched Nash and
Kidd get away.
The Knicks have said they
plan to re-sign Lin, so its unclear
what Kidds role will be. Perhaps
they could even play together if
the Knicks lose shooting guard
Landry Fields, who agreed to
an offer sheet with the Toronto
Raptors.
Meanwhile, Brandon Roy is on
his way to Minnesota to start his
comeback in the same place his
career began seven years ago. If
Nicolas Batum has his way, hell
soon join his former Blazers team-
mate with the Timberwolves.
Roy agreed to terms on a
two-year deal worth $10.4 mil-
lion Thursday night, and Min-
nesota also agreed to terms
with Batum on a four-year, $45
million deal with bonuses that
could make the deal worth more
than $50 million. AP
Handig to face Takayama
TEAM skipper Aly Borromeo is getting
ready to see action for the Philippine
Azkals national football team preparing
for the 2012 Asean Football Federation-
Suzuki Cup this November.
The 29-year-old Borromeo, who just
recovered from an anterior cruciate liga-
ment injury he suffered on his right knee
six months ago, discussed his decision to
rejoin the team yesterday.
Im getting stronger everyday. Im
looking forward to the preparations in
the United States, said Borromeo dur-
ing a press conference organized by Su-
zuki Philippines for the Philippine Foot-
ball Federation ofce in Pasig City.
Borromeo, who plays center defender
for the Azkals, was able to get back into
action three weeks ago, with his rst
game with Kaya in the United Football
League lasting only 20 minutes.
The 62 Borromeo was with co-
captain Chieffy Caligdong and Ian
Araneta when Suzuki Philippines
president Satoshi Uchida announced
the Azkals participation in the bien-
nial football tournament, with PFF
officials led by its president Mariano
Araneta Jr. and secretary general Ro-
lando Tulay. Peter Atencio
Aly joining Azkals soon
REGISTRATION in now in full swing
for the 4th National Press Club Presi-
dents Cup Media Invitational Badmin-
ton Championships slated July 21 and
22 at the Rizal Badminton Center in Vito
Cruz, Manila.
NPC President Benny Antiporda in-
vites all club members and afliated
media groups, as well as friends and
stakeholders, to the two-day fellowship
tournament, which is part of a series of
activities leading to the 59th founding
anniversary of the NPC on Oct. 29.
Registration is free. Tournament rules
and regulations are now available at the
NPC Secretariat. Interested parties may
call NPC staff May and Fely at tel. nos.
(02) 301-05-21/22. Participants may
also call Tina Maralit (0917-6658888)
or tournament director Edwin Rol-
lon (0906-4360957). Email entries at
zea19ker@yahoo.com ornationalpress-
club@yahoo.com.
NPC media badminton set
Balls airs UFC 148: Silva-Sonnen
NOT long after the stght of Wanderlei
Silva and Rich Franklin, UFC 148: Silva
vs. Sonnen will be staged by the Ultimate
Fighting Championship.
The ght will take place Saturday at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The bout was originally scheduled for UFC
147 but due to a scheduling conict, it was
moved to UFC 148.
Chael Sonnen, who is currently the no. 2 rank
middleweight in the MMAwebsite Sherdog, chal-
lenged the no. 1 pound-per-pound fighter and cur-
rent middleweight champion, Anderson Silva.
In UFC 148, Silva and Sonnen will face for
the second time. They rst fought each other in
UFC 117 in 2010. Silva seemed to lose during
the rst four rounds of the previous ght until he
used a triangle choke/armbar on the 5
th
round,
making Sonnen submit to his powerful foe.
UFC 148 : Silva vs. Sonnen will be aired
live via satellite on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. only
on Balls. Balls channel is available on Sky-
Cable Platinum, SkyCable Gold, SkyCable
Silver and over 200 quality cable operators
nationwide. For more updates, visit www.
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Book on Talk N Texts
Williams launched.
Talk N Text Tropang Texters
forward Kelly Williams (left)
formally launched his book
Rising Higher in ceremonies
attended by family and
friends at Fully Booked in
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
recently. The autobiography,
now available in bookstores
and online, showcases the
life of Williams on and off
the court, his experiences
following his bout with
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura, a rare blood disorder,
to his journey towards nding
his faith. Head Coach Chot
Reyes who wrote the books
foreword, together with
the Talk N Text team and
support staff attended the
book launch in full support of
teammate cum new author
Williams. Photo shows
Williams with the Talk N Text
Tropang Texters led by Coach
Reyes ( third from left) and
Yvette Ruiz of Smart Sports
(sixth from left).
Games Today
(The Arena in San Juan)
2 p.m. EAC vs LPU (jrs)
4 p.m. Letran vs
Arellano (srs)
6 p.m. EAC vs LPU (srs)
Singhs 63 leads Greenbrier
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.Vijay Singh and Jeff
Maggert sent reminders that theyre still able to compete with the
younger crowd.
Singh had his best round in six months, shooting a 7-under 63
on Thursday in the Greenbrier Classic to take a one-stroke lead
over Maggert, Jonathan Byrd and Martin Floresand leave Tiger
Woods eight shots behind.
Gosh, I dont know where that came from, the 49-year-old
Singh said. Ive been playing pretty good golf for a while, but
just never got any scoring going. But today seemed I hit it close
and drove the ball really well, hit a lot of greens and made some
nice putts.
Last week at the tough layout at Congressional, only seven
players posted rst-round scores in the 60s. AP
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Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
JULY 7, 2012 SATURDAY
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PH students join forces in Eco-marathon
TEAM Philippines combined
forces as they pressed their
respective bids in Day 3
of the Shell Eco-marathon
Challenge at the Sepang
International Circuit in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday.
Composed of young
engineers from various schools,
the six PH teams helped each
other out during the daily
inspection and testing of their
respective elded designs,
making sure their vehicles met
the safety and performance
standards of the event.
They, however, face a tough
competition from the rest of
the 116-team eld from 18
countries across Asia as they
bid for a better performance at
this years SEM.
Team Philippines also
aims for off-track honors
with categories such as
safety, innovation, and
communications at stake in
the event. Each team is given
the chance to have ve runs
through four laps with the
ofcial tallying of scores
and judging to be held today
(Saturday).
Team Philippines is
comprised of six squads from
ve schools, namely Team
Proto and Ice With from De La
Salle University-Manila, Team
University of the Philippines-
Diliman, Team Lahutay from
the University of San Carlos-
Cebu, and Teams Mileage
and Golden Engineers from
Technological Institute of
the Philippines-Manila and
Quezon City.
The Shell Eco Marathon
Asia challenges students to
build, design and test energy-
efcient vehicles that push the
boundaries of fuel-efciency
and energy conservation.
The Golden TIP Engineers
and the UP squad are vying in
the Urban Concept category
while USCs Team Lahutay,
TIPs Team Mileage and
DLSUs Team Proto and Ice
are competing in the Prototype
division.
The Prototype puts premium
on fuel efciency and
streamlined vehicle design while
the Urban Concept emphasizes
on fuel efciency with more
practical vehicle designs.
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Falcons still competitive, says Austria
By Jeric Lopez
THE pattern is nally broken.
Barangay Ginebra registered its rst winning streak at the
most appropriate time with a resounding 89-76 trashing of
Meralco in the rst game of the 2012 Philippine Basketball
Association Governors Cup seminals at the Ynares Center
in Antipolo City last night.
By Peter Atencio
NEW faces will be manning the frontline for
the Adamson Falcons in the coming 88th sea-
son of the University Athletic Association of
the Philippines mens basketball tournament.
But, with veteran sharpshooters Eric Camson
and Rodney Brondial taking on leadership roles
this season, the Falcons are expected to remain as
competitive as they were in the past two seasons.
Mahirap. Pero, Final Four pa rin ang target
namin kahit na wala na iyung dalawang point
guard namin, at iyung ibang veterans ay wala
na rin, said Falcons coach Leo Austria.
Austria believes that the maturity of play-
ers, who used to be in the teams second unit,
will play a big factor in the Falcons fate as
the season progresses.
During the Falcons pre-season tourna-
ments, the 63 Camson averaged 13.5
points and 8.5 rebounds and became the
teams leading performer.
Brondial, a 65 sophomore, normed 11.4
points and 7.8 boards, as he and Camson
helped the Falcons make it to the quarter-
nal round of 18
th
Fr. Martin Summer Cup.
A revelation was six-foot Jericho Cruz, a
Fil-American transferee from the Rizal Tech-
nological University, who proved his worth
with 10.1-point and 2.3-assist averages.
This convinced Austria to install Cruz as one
of his frontliners, along with Alex Nuyles and
San Beda transferee Ryan Monteclaro.
FIVE members of the national
junior team have been given
by board members of the Uni-
versity Athletic Association of
the Philippines the go-signal to
see action in the coming FIBA-
Asia under-18 championships
in Ulan, Bator, Mongolia next
month.
Far Eastern University stand-
out Jerry Pingoy and National
Universitys Hubert Cani will
be able to suit up for the nation-
als when they see action in the
eight-day cagefest from Aug.
17 to 26.
The Samahang Basketbol ng
Pilipinas made the request. So,
I made a representation to the
board and they approved it unan-
imously, said Junel Baculi, of
Season 75 host NU and current
secretary/treasurer of the UAAP.
They will join another team-
mate Jay Alejandro, a transfer-
ee from the Mapua Red Robins,
and is now studying at NU.
Alejandro decided to sit out
his rst year with the NU Bull-
dogs this year so that he will
be able have to more exposure
with the national youth squad.
Also seeing action are Kent
Lao of University of Santo To-
mas and Mark Olayon and RR
de Leon, both of UE .
Following a meeting last
month with SBP executive di-
rector Sonny Barrios, the UAAP
board also decided to cancel all
junior games of the coming sea-
son on the week of the FIBA-
Asia cagefest. Peter Atencio
5 UAAP
cagers get
go signal
WIMBLEDONInstead of counting Serena Williams out at
Wimbledon, it was much easier to count her aces.
About a month after losing in the rst round of a Grand
Slam tournament for the rst time in her career, Williams hit
a tournament-record 24 aces Thursday to reach her seventh
Wimbledon nal.
I honestly didnt feel great on my serve today. I really didnt,
Williams said after beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 7-6
(6) on Centre Court. I thought my serve was off, and apparently
clearly it wasnt, so maybe I should be off a little more.
Williams has won 13 Grand Slam titles, with the last one com-
ing at the All England Club two years ago. Shortly after that vic-
tory, Williams cut her feet on glass at a restaurant, leading to a
series of health problems, including being hospitalized for clots
in her lungs.
I have so much appreciation for every moment on the court,
Williams said. I really take pride in playing, especially playing
such big, amazing tournaments like this.
In Saturdays nal, Williams will face Agnieszka Radwanska.
The third-seeded Radwanska beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 in
the other seminal to become the rst Polish player to reach a
Grand Slam nal since 1939.
Im just going to try to mix it up, said Radwanska, who cut
short her news conference because of a coughing t. Of course,
every match is different, so Ill see after tomorrow how its going
to be.
On Friday in the mens seminals, defending champion Novak
Djokovic will face six-time winner Roger Federer, while Andy
Murray will take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Williams and older sister Venus have been ever-present at
Wimbledon since the turn of the century, with one or both reach-
ing the nal in 11 of the past 13 tournaments. Between them, they
have won nine titles at the All England Club. AP
Serena vs Radwanska
in Wimbledon final
Kings clobber
Bolts in semis
Russell to referee Donaire fight
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Fed-
eration Championship Commit-
tee chairman Lindsey Tucker in-
formed the Manila Standard that
68-year-old Pat Russell of San
Diego, California will be the third
man in the ring when World Box-
ing Organization super bantam-
weight champion Nonito Donaire
battles IBF champion Jeffrey
Mathebula at the Home Depot
Center in Carson, California on
Sunday (Manila time).
Russell has refereed 19 ghts
so far this year, but not any big
ghts or championship bouts, al-
though he was a judge in the Jo-
selito LopezVictor Ortiz battle
Members of Team Ice of La Salle pose with their entry in the Prototype
category, which passed the performance and safety inspection tests and
cleared for a test run at the Sepang International Circuit.
THE ght will be aired on pay-per-view via SKYcable HD (Channel
167) and SD (Channel 135) subscriptions for only P400. Viewers
will be treated to a live blow-by-blow action straight from the
Home Depot Center in Carson, California with no interruption.
This is an exclusive treat of SKYcable Season Pass to its growing
customers, who appreciate the unsurpassed clarity and exciting
detail that High Denition viewing brings, especially during
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for the WBC vacant Silver title.
He was also a judge in the
World Boxing Association super
bantamweight title ght, which
Guillermo Rogondeaux won by
a fth-round technical knockout
over Teon Kennedy last June 9.
The last ght Russell refereed
was the third-round TKO victory
of Gary Russell Jr. over Christo-
pher Perez on June 30 this year.
Tucker said that the judges
would be Steve Morrow and Lou
Morret also from California and
Deon Dwarte of South Africa.
The unication bout will be
telecast in the Philippines and on
The Filipino Channel by ABS-
CBN at 10 a.m. on Sunday with
a replay on Studio 23.
Kerby Raymundo backstopped Ginebra with
probably his best game to date, unleashing a
double-double of 16 points, on 8-of-12 shooting,
and 13 rebounds, plus four assists.
Cedric Bozeman added 13 points to
further help the Kings post a second
straight win. Maganda (the victory), at
least back to back. But that was farthest
from my mind, as my main concern was
get a good start this seminals, said Ginebra coach
Siot Tanquincen.
The Gin Kings moved up to 6-4 and inched
closer to idle second- running B-MEG (6-3).
The main concern was for us to get a good
start here in the seminals. Dikitan, so we need to
get as many wins as we could, said Tanquincen.
Kerby (Raymundo) is getting comfortable with
what were doing.
Allein Maliksi started Ginebras uprising with 10
of his 12 points in the rst few minutes of the game,
while Mark Caguioa added 10 markers off the bench.
The crowd darlings had multiple 25-point
spreads in the second half and led by more than
20 in the closing half as well.
Ginebra started out like a house on re as it
raced to a commanding 25-10 distance at the end
of the rst period.
Unlike their other games, the Kings, this time,
took care of that lead the rest of the way and
were never threatened.
Nag-click yung defense namin, we were able
to limit yung easy points nila, clamp down on their
scorers, said Tanquincen. Concerted effort na we
limited their scorers.
The Bolts, who played their rst seminals game
in franchise history, never had a chance at any point.
They drew 22 points from Mario West and 17
points from Asi Taulava.
Immmediate concern namin mga katabi nam-
ing teams. Anything is possible, bugbugan na kami
kaagad dito, said Tanquincen.
The scores:
GINEBRA 89 -- Raymundo 16, Bozeman 13,
Maliksi 12, Caguioa 10, Cortez 8, W. Wilson 6,
Menk 6, Ababou 5, Villanueva 5, Helterbrand 5,
Maierhofer 2, Hateld 1, Mamaril 0.
MERALCO 76 -- West 22, Taulava 17, Mercado
12, Cardona 12, Hugnatan 9, Ross 2, Artadi 2, Bula-
wan 0, Ballesteros 0, Daa 0, Reyes 0, Macapagal 0.
Quarters: 25-10, 43-30, 73-50, 89-76
Mark
Caguiao (left)
frustrates
the defense
of Meralcos
Mac Cardona
as he scores
inside in a PBA
Governors Cup
game won by
the Gin Kings,
89-76.
Business
Manila Standard TODAY
JULY 7, 2012 SATURDAY
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
IN BRIEF
Melco, Belle sign $1-b venture
Barclays
bullish on
PH, sees
upgrade
Forex reserves rose to $76.3b in June on higher gold value
7-Eleven operator eyes
180 new stores this year
Morgan Stanley says stocks may rally 25% in 2012
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
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OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
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P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
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FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.6890
Japan Yen 0.012516 0.5218
UK Pound 1.552500 64.7222
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128961 5.3763
Switzerland Franc 1.031779 43.0138
Canada Dollar 0.985902 41.1013
Singapore Dollar 0.790952 32.9740
Australia Dollar 1.027116 42.8194
Bahrain Dinar 2.652590 110.5838
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.1171
Brunei Dollar 0.787836 32.8441
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000107 0.0045
Thailand Baht 0.031626 1.3185
UAE Dirham 0.272272 11.3507
Euro Euro 1.239300 51.6652
Korea Won 0.000882 0.0368
China Yuan 0.0157334 6.9427
India Rupee 0.018198 0.7587
Malaysia Ringgit 0.316456 13.1927
NewZealand Dollar 0.802568 33.4583
Taiwan Dollar 0.033468 1.3952
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, July 6, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
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42
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46
48
P41.790
CLOSE
Closing JULY 6, 2012
5,362.68
7.30
VOLUME 908.660M
HIGH P41.760 LOW P41.835 AVERAGE P41.802
5200
4460
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2980
2240
1500
1200
PHILIPPINE stocks, Asias
most expensive equities, may
rise a further 25 percent this
year as the economy grows,
according to Jonathan Garner,
Morgan Stanleys chief Asia and
emerging-market strategist.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange Index rallied 23
percent in 2012 to a record
Thursday, the worlds fth-best
performer, amid government
plans to boost spending while
narrowing the budget decit.
The gauges valuation of 16.5
times estimated earnings is
the highest of 15 Asia-Pacic
markets tracked by Bloomberg
and is approaching the biggest
premium to the MSCI Emerging
Markets Index since November
2006.
Standard & Poors increased the
countrys debt rating on July 4 to
BB+, the highest level since 2003
and one step below investment
grade. The endorsement helps
President Benigno Aquino as he
boosts spending to a record this
year and seeks $16 billion of
investment in roads, bridges and
airports. JG Summit Holdings
Inc. and Ayala Corp. have led
stock advances this year on
speculation the governments
investment plans will boost
consumer demand.
The Philippines has a strong
economic story and considerable
external balance strength, Hong
Kong-based Garner said in an
e-mail. We expect Philippine
equities to continue to perform
well.
Aquino plans to narrow the
budget shortfall to 2 percent of
gross domestic product by 2013
from a target of 2.6 percent this
year. The government has stepped
up efforts to catch tax evaders
and smugglers, and has drawn up
bills aimed at increasing revenue
to narrow the scal decit.
The $200-billion economy
grew 6.4 percent in the rst
quarter, the fastest pace since
2010. Aquino is aiming for
an expansion of as much as 8
percent annually to cut poverty.
Thats more than double the
International Monetary Funds
3.5-percent growth forecast for
the global economy this year.
Bloomberg
MELCO Crown Entertainment
Ltd., a gambling operator in
Macau, China, plans to invest
as much as $580 million
to build a casino and hotel
complex in Aseana Boulevard
in Paraaque City in a venture
with Belle Corp.
Melco Crown signed an agreement with Belle,
Belle unit PremiumLeisure & Amusement Inc.
and SM Group to jointly invest $1 billion in the
project, as required by a provisional license from the
Philippine government, according to a Hong Kong
stock exchange ling.
Belle and PLAI earlier signed an agreement with
Leisure & Resorts World Corp. and AB Leisure
Global Inc. to operate the integrated resort complex.
Belle, partly owned by billionaire Henry Sys SM
Investments Corp., holds one of four licenses the
Philippines awarded in 2008 and 2009 to operate
gambling and entertainment complexes in the capital.
Genting Hong Kong Ltd., port magnate Enrique
Razon Jr. and Japanese slot machine tycoon Kazuo
Okada also have permits.
The expansion will broaden Melco Crowns
presence in Asia, generate earnings and cash, and
provide a larger platform for further expansion and
opportunities to drive shareholder value, Melco said
in the statement.
The state-owned Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp., which issued the license, requires
the Belle-led group to invest at least $650 million at
the start of commercial operations and a total of $1
billion for the entire project.
Melco Crown, a venture between companies
controlled by Australian billionaire James
Packer and Lawrence Ho, a son of Hong Kong
billionaire Stanley Ho, said it plans to finance
its portion of the investment with a $320-million
loan facility. Melco is the owner and operator of
the casino development in Macau called City
of Dreams.
The Manila project would be the companys rst
outside Macau, the worlds most lucrative gambling
market where it operates two casino and is developing
a third. High-rolling Chinese gamblers have powered
Macaus gambling revenue growth. Last year, the
semi-autonomous Chinese region raked in $33.5
billion in casino revenue, up 42 percent over the year
before and more than ve times the amount on the
Las Vegas Strip.
Melco said it wanted to expand in the Philippines
because the country is a popular tourist destination
and close to major sources of tourists including South
Korea, Taiwan, Japan and China.
The company said it wanted to take advantage
of the anticipated growth in the leisure and tourism
industries in the Philippines, which will cater to an
increasingly afuent and growing Asian middle class
who continue to seek new travel destinations and
experiences. Bloomberg, AP and Julito G. Rada
A MAJOR British bank described
the Philippines as a rising star that
is expected to attain an investment
grade rating in the next 12 to 18
months.
We remain constructive on
the medium-term outlook for the
Philippines given its improving
political stability, progress in public
private partnerships, increasing
[foreign direct investment] interest
and structural improvements,
such as passage of sin taxes
by Congress and an anti-money
laundering bill, Barclays Capital
economists Olivier Desbarres,
Avanti Save and Prakriti Sofat said
in a report released Friday.
Our base case is for the
Philippines to receive its rst
investment grade rating in the next
12 to 18 months, they said.
Barclays raised its 2012
economic growth forecast for the
Philippines to 5.5 percent from
4.2 percent, which is within the
governments own forecast of 5
percent to 6 percent.
The bulk of the growth is
likely to come from consumer
spending, though we think
government capex will also be a
key driver, it said.
Dutch nancial giant ING
Bank earlier said the Philippine
capital markets had never been
on a sweeter spot.
ING said many Philippine
banks were gearing up for higher
capital requirements under the
Basel III agreement, companies
were exing their nancial
muscles for expansion to keep
up with the regions growth
momentum and demand from
domestic institutional investors
was rising.
Upgrade. A bulk carrier is moored at the Tsuneishi Holdings Inc. shipyard in Cebu. The Philippines debt rating was raised to the
highest level since 2003 by Standard & Poors, taking President Aquino nearer his goal of attaining investment grade and spurring
gains in bonds and the peso. BLOOMBERG
By Bernadette Lunas
PHILIPPINE Seven Corp.,
operator of convenience store
chain 7-Eleven, plans to open
180 more stores within the year.
PSC president Jose Victor
Paterno said this would bring
to 900 the companys total
number of 7-Eleven stores
nationwide.
The company, which
accounts for about 50
percent of the convenience store
market, signed an agreement
with Chevron Philippines Inc. on
Friday, renewing their partnership
on opening 7-Eleven stores at
Caltex stations.
Some 30 7-Eleven stores were
established at Caltex stations
across Metro Manila, following
the rst agreement signed by the
two rms in 2009.
The 7-Elevens proven track
record in convenience store
operations coupled with the
popularity of the Caltex brand of
fuels and petroleum products is
a compelling value proposition
for our consumers, Chevron
country chairman Jim Meynink
said.
Philippine Seven said its net
income grew 51.9 percent in the
rst quarter, on the back of better
store sales.
The company closed the rst
quarter with a net prot of P56.34
million, up from P37.10 million it
earned in the three-month period
a year ago.
THE countrys gross
international reserves increased
$200 million to $76.3 billion as
of end-June from $76.1 billion
in May, led by higher value
of the Bangko Sentrals gold
holdings.
Data from the Central Bank
also showed the reserves climbed
10.6 percent year-on-year from
$69 billion in June 2011.
The increase in the end-June
2012 GIR level was due mainly
to foreign exchange inows from
the income from investments
abroad of the Bangko Sentral,
foreign currency deposits by
authorized agent banks as well
as revaluation gains on the
central banks gold holdings
arising from the increase in the
price of gold in the international
market, said Tetangco.
Rising dollar reserves indicate
the countrys ability to meet its
external debt obligations and
pay its import requirements.
Standard & Poors Ratings
Services earlier upgraded the
countrys sovereign rating,
citing the countrys improved
external position.
The end-June 2012 GIR
level remains sufcient to
provide the foreign exchange
requirements of the country as
it could adequately cover 11.2
months worth of imports of
goods and payments of services
and income, said Bangko
Sentral Governor Amando
Tetangco Jr.
The GIR eclipsed the $62.9
billion worth of foreign debt as
of March 2012. Specically,
the reserves were equivalent to
10.3 times the countrys short-
term external debt, according to
Tetangco.
Net international reserves,
which include revaluation of
reserve assets, also went up by
$200 million to $76.3 billion as
of end-June 2012. NIR refers to
the difference between the GIR
and total short-term liabilities.
Data showed of the total
reserves, Bangko Sentrals
foreign investment holdings,
mainly in the forms of US
Treasuries, accounted for $64.2
billion as of end-June while
gold holdings reached $10
billion.
Anna Leah G. Estrada
Budget airlines buck rules
BUDGET airlines on Friday asked the
government to revise certain provisions of the
draft Air Passenger Bill of Rights.
The proposed measure contains provisions
on full and clear disclosure of all the terms and
conditions of the contract of carriage, clear and
non-misleading advertisements, refundability
and rebookability of fares, and protection from
denied boarding.
Representatives from four low-cost carriers
said in a public hearing conducted by the
Transportation Department some provisions
of the draft measure needed to be reconsidered
as they would increase the airlines operating
expenses.
This could destroy the low-cost carrier
model that has successfully created this
dramatic increase in our passenger trafc,
said Southeast Asian Airlines president Avelino
Zapanta.
The Civil Aeronautics Board as well as the
Transportation and Trade Departments were
set to jointly issue the proposed Bill of Rights
in August.
Lailany P. Gomez
GMA-7 expands reach
GMA Network Inc. has widened its global
reach with the launching of more international
channels in North America and the Middle
East.
The broadcast rm, which operates Channel
7 in the Philippines, said it launched GMA
Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV
International through channel carriers in North
America and the Middle East.
GMA News TV International, the
international counterpart of news channel
GMA News TV, was launched in the Middle
East via Etisalat in February.
Etisalat became the rst channel carrier
to offer GMA News TV International in the
region.
GMA Pinoy TV, the agship international
channel of GMA Network, also expanded
its presence in North America in March via
Shaw Cablesystems G.P., reaching Filipino
households in Vancouver including Newton,
Fleetwood, Richmond, Cloverdale, and
North Shore. Shaw is one of the largest cable
television providers in Canada.
GMA News TV International was also
launched in Canada in the same month via
MTS Allstream, the leading full-service
communications provider in Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
Lailany P. Gomez
Stocks pull back
from record high
Business
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JULY 7, 2012 SATURDAY
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High Low STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume Trade/Buying
MST BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012
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FINANCIAL
70.00 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.85 64.00 63.00 63.65 (0.31) 2,647,460 1,255,970.50
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 75.05 76.00 75.50 75.95 1.20 1,764,820 88,809,360.00
1.82 0.69 Bankard, Inc. 0.72 0.73 0.71 0.73 1.39 432,000
512.00 370.00 China Bank 493.00 493.00 490.00 490.00 (0.61) 24,190 (10,404,180.00)
23.90 12.50 COL Financial 22.90 22.95 22.15 22.50 (1.75) 1,400 4,430.00
Eastwest Bank 18.74 18.80 18.74 18.78 0.21 124,800 195,492.00
80.00 40.00 First Metro Inv. 80.00 82.80 80.00 82.00 2.50 360
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.76 2.79 2.73 2.78 0.72 489,000 (72,280.00)
775.00 475.20 Manulife Fin. Corp. 462.00 455.00 455.00 455.00 (1.52) 150 68,250.00
29.00 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 38.30 38.55 38.10 38.10 (0.52) 13,600
93.50 60.00 Metrobank 97.00 97.00 95.00 96.00 (1.03) 652,740 (21,556,703.00)
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.98 2.00 1.98 1.98 0.00 54,000 (34,000.00)
126.00 35.00 Phil Bank of Comm 67.00 65.00 65.00 65.00 (2.99) 2,630
16.85 41.00 Phil. National Bank 75.70 76.00 74.90 75.00 (0.92) 539,420 34,355,677.00
85.00 57.70 Phil. Savings Bank 89.00 86.00 85.00 86.00 (3.37) 60
539.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 355.00 365.00 355.00 360.00 1.41 1,210
44.40 25.45 RCBC `A 43.75 43.85 43.75 43.80 0.11 349,300.00 15,291,110.00
151.50 77.00 Security Bank 144.20 144.10 143.00 143.00 (0.83) 867,870 22,822,960.00
1390.00 950.00 Sun Life Financial 939.00 920.00 908.50 908.50 (3.25) 630 9,100.00
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 102.10 102.00 101.00 102.00 (0.10) 22,490 (510,000.00)
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 34.65 34.70 34.55 34.60 (0.14) 2,236,900 41,187,305.00
13.58 7.32 Agrinurture Inc. 8.80 8.83 8.83 8.83 0.34 58,500
23.50 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 15.22 16.00 15.22 16.00 5.12 10,600
1.86 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.48 1.48 1.43 1.45 (2.03) 190,000
54.90 26.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.00 29.20 28.90 29.20 0.69 5,000
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.34 1.34 1.32 1.34 0.00 155,000
Asiabest Group 35.20 36.50 35.25 35.80 1.70 299,400 129,940.00
102.80 3.02 Bloomberry 10.20 10.56 10.26 10.46 2.55 23,942,300 (26,576,874.00)
2.88 2.24 Calapan Venture 2.44 2.35 2.35 2.35 (3.69) 14,000 142,600.00
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.68 2.70 2.68 2.70 0.75 70,000 142,600.00
8.33 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.05 9.05 8.71 8.99 (0.66) 49,600
7.06 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.21 6.24 6.18 6.24 0.48 6,404,900 9,650,954.00
6.28 2.80 EEI 6.60 6.65 6.49 6.65 0.76 5,482,300 33,059,310.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 2.00 2.20 2.10 2.20 10.00 7,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.52 11.16 10.50 11.16 6.08 1,300
15.58 12.50 First Gen Corp. 17.84 17.90 17.78 17.84 0.00 2,088,300 23,960,646.00
67.20 51.50 First Holdings A 77.70 78.00 77.40 77.50 (0.26) 908,310 (612,344.50)
31.50 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 21.00 21.00 21.00 21.00 0.00 1,200
0.10 0.0095 Greenergy 0.0150 0.0140 0.0140 0.0140 (6.67) 6,000,000
13.50 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.60 11.68 11.60 11.68 0.69 77,300 325,960.00
9.00 4.71 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.10 4.10 4.00 4.10 0.00 62,000
2.35 0.95 Ionics Inc 0.760 0.790 0.770 0.790 3.95 103,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 107.80 107.30 105.10 105.10 (2.50) 131,240 2,445,367.00
91.25 25.00 Liberty Flour 51.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 0.00 250
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.72 1.73 1.68 1.70 (1.16) 273,000 53,130.00
1.55 0.99 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.70 1.51 1.50 1.51 (11.18) 44,000
24.70 17.94 Manila Water Co. Inc. 25.50 25.60 25.00 25.35 (0.59) 996,900 1,155,650.00
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 3.20 2.86 2.81 2.81 (12.19) 43,000
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co `A 267.00 267.00 263.80 266.00 (0.37) 141,450 20,897,292.00
11.00 7.00 Pancake House Inc. 10.50 11.36 11.36 11.36 8.19 200
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.79 2.84 2.81 2.82 1.08 4,764,000 3,792,170.00
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.34 10.34 10.20 10.20 (1.35) 2,831,800 (1,905,906.00)
14.00 10.30 Phinma Corporation 10.20 10.60 10.60 10.60 3.92 2,200
15.24 9.01 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.39 8.50 8.39 8.40 0.12 1,071,000 6,926,784.00
9.50 5.25 Republic Cement `A 8.64 8.65 8.20 8.65 0.12 23,300
2.55 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.46 3.44 3.38 3.38 (2.31) 1,754,000 (1,165,310.00)
3.49 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.80 2.85 2.85 2.85 1.79 30,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.70 6.00 5.20 5.26 (7.72) 76,400
33.00 27.70 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 30.00 31.00 30.00 31.00 3.33 133,900
132.60 105.70 San Miguel Corp `A 114.90 115.00 114.70 114.90 0.00 202,860 7,045,039.00
3000.00 800.00 San MiguelPure Foods `B 950.00 950.00 950.00 950.00 0.00 160
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.79 1.79 1.76 1.79 0.00 24,924,000 24,880,000.00
2.50 1.85 Splash Corporation 1.88 1.88 1.88 1.88 0.00 5,000
5.46 2.92 Tanduay Holdings 4.37 4.49 4.38 4.40 0.69 1,074,000 600.00
3.62 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.18 2.12 2.12 2.12 (2.75) 10,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.23 1.24 1.20 1.23 0.00 2,227,000
68.00 36.20 Universal Robina 63.25 63.40 62.80 63.00 (0.40) 681,770 14,341,652.50
Victorias Milling 1.36 1.39 1.36 1.36 0.00 1,534,000 41,400.00
1.12 0.285 Vitarich Corp. 0.630 0.660 0.620 0.660 4.76 882,000
1.22 0.68 Vulcan Indl. 1.01 0.95 0.95 0.95 (5.94) 20,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. `A 0.71 0.72 0.70 0.72 1.41 243,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 49.00 49.90 48.70 49.45 0.92 1,034,500 40,068,280.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 0.0170 0.0170 0.0170 0.00 5,600,000
13.48 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.84 11.92 11.64 11.82 (0.17) 12,310,600 31,013,956.00
2.97 1.67 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 50,000
4.60 3.00 Anscor `A 4.80 4.82 4.82 4.82 0.42 18,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.08 5.10 5.05 5.10 0.39 129,100
437.00 272.00 Ayala Corp `A 481.00 485.20 480.00 480.00 (0.21) 169,440 11,853,268.00
59.45 30.50 DMCI Holdings 59.50 59.60 58.80 59.20 (0.50) 908,020 159,954.50
5.25 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.00 4.08 3.96 3.96 (1.00) 166,000
GT Capital 516.00 515.50 513.00 514.00 (0.39) 183,980 (16,972,880.00)
5.22 2.90 House of Inv. 4.84 4.87 4.80 4.80 (0.83) 516,000 1,034,250.00
34.80 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 34.50 34.75 33.50 34.65 0.43 377,000 (2,110,395.00)
6.95 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 6.07 6.20 6.07 6.10 0.49 2,612,800 (6,737,929.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.27 1.32 1.26 1.29 1.57 15,293,000 (326,760.00)
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings `A 0.430 0.495 0.450 0.495 15.12 20,000
3.82 1.500 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.63 2.66 2.60 2.66 1.14 878,000 (826,720.00)
4.45 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.32 4.34 4.25 4.30 (0.46) 44,054,000 (55,498,770.00)
6.24 2.10 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.68 5.84 5.55 5.68 0.00 343,000 112,800.00
4.72 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 6.69 6.60 6.00 6.60 (1.35) 8,600
0.0770 0.054 Pacica `A 0.0570 0.0590 0.0570 0.0570 0.00 3,070,000
2.20 1.42 Prime Media Hldg 1.480 1.360 1.320 1.320 (10.81) 14,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.345 0.365 0.340 0.340 (1.45) 10,050,000 146,000.00
699.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 742.00 750.00 742.00 745.00 0.40 424,520 4,807,410.00
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.43 1.45 1.42 1.45 1.40 769,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.22 1.21 1.21 1.21 (0.82) 2,000
1100.00 97.50 Transgrid 425.00 450.00 450.00 450.00 5.88 20
0.420 0.099 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2700 0.2900 0.2750 0.2850 5.56 2,900,000
0.620 0.056 Wellex Industries 0.3500 0.3500 0.3400 0.3500 0.00 730,000
1.370 0.178 Zeus Holdings 0.510 0.540 0.510 0.540 5.88 3,360,000
P R O P E R T Y
39.00 11.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 22.00 22.20 22.00 22.00 0.00 1,500 13,295.00
2.82 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.69 2.54 2.50 2.54 (5.58) 36,000
0.75 0.31 Araneta Prop `A 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.00 1,000
22.40 13.36 Ayala Land `B 22.50 22.55 22.30 22.40 (0.44) 5,706,700 (955,200.00)
6.12 3.08 Belle Corp. `A 5.40 5.62 5.14 5.14 (4.81) 66,761,000 7,483,183.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.65 5.80 5.55 5.70 0.88 278,400 111,400.00
5.66 0.26 Century Property 1.43 1.46 1.42 1.42 (0.70) 1,708,000 (7,150.00)
2.85 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.55 2.90 2.50 2.70 5.88 83,000
1.65 1.07 Cityland Dev. `A 1.23 1.20 1.20 1.20 (2.44) 90,000
1.16 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.00 300,000
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.820 0.820 0.800 0.800 (2.44) 8,582,000 507,060.00
3.06 1.76 Global-Estate 2.04 2.06 2.02 2.05 0.49 11,235,000 (4,421,000.00)
1.35 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.30 1.32 1.30 1.31 0.77 10,976,000 9,078,050.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.81 1.80 1.80 1.80 (0.55) 10,000
2.14 0.65 Interport `A 1.14 1.18 1.14 1.14 0.00 336,000 (33,320.00)
4.50 1.50 Keppel Properties 1.95 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.56 9,000
2.48 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.29 2.29 2.25 2.26 (1.31) 70,868,000 7,283,720.00
0.80 0.215 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1740 0.1770 0.1680 0.1680 (3.45) 44,560,000 (850,480.00)
0.990 0.072 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.6900 0.6800 0.6800 0.00 4,888,000 (680,000.00)
0.71 0.41 Phil. Realty `A 0.480 0.500 0.460 0.490 2.08 550,000
3.34 2.08 Primex Corp. 3.45 3.50 3.45 3.50 1.45 176,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 17.96 18.00 17.90 17.90 (0.33) 1,958,400 8,713,694.00
Rockwell 3.14 3.55 3.14 3.55 13.06 1,296,000 822,630.00
2.70 1.74 Shang Properties Inc. 2.58 2.58 2.52 2.58 0.00 246,000
9.47 6.50 SM Development `A 6.26 6.29 6.18 6.25 (0.16) 386,600 (939,000.00)
18.20 10.90 SM Prime Holdings 13.20 13.34 13.18 13.32 0.91 5,045,800 36,710,962.00
1.14 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.70 0.72 0.68 0.69 (1.43) 203,000
Starmalls 4.45 4.35 4.30 4.30 (3.37) 136,000
0.80 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.560 0.550 0.550 0.550 (1.79) 100,000
4.30 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.160 4.190 4.130 4.150 (0.24) 6,245,000 5,480,260.00
S E R V I C E S
2GO Group 1.89 1.90 1.90 1.90 0.53 10,000
43.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 35.30 35.75 35.50 35.75 1.27 6,000
14.76 1.60 Acesite Hotel 3.50 3.75 3.00 3.00 (14.29) 1,556,000 (68,260.00)
0.80 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.700 0.680 0.660 0.660 (5.71) 901,000
9.30 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.10 9.20 9.20 9.20 1.10 700
0.5300 0.0660 Boulevard Holdings 0.1410 0.1420 0.1400 0.1400 (0.71) 14,720,000
Calata Corp. 9.41 10.18 9.32 9.94 5.63 8,521,800 (1,724,006.00)
98.15 62.50 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 68.85 69.00 68.80 68.90 0.07 206,380 652,330.00
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.13 6.10 6.00 6.09 (0.65) 578,000 (1,847,147.00)
1750.00 765.00 FEUI 965.00 1000.00 997.00 1000.00 3.63 2,990
1172.00 11.70 Globalports 26.00 30.00 27.00 27.00 3.85 2,300
1270.00 825.00 Globe Telecom 1164.00 1167.00 1163.00 1164.00 0.00 60,490 18,481,615.00
10.34 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.76 10.76 10.64 10.64 (1.12) 348,800
69.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 74.00 74.30 73.50 74.00 0.00 895,760 5,434,705.00
0.98 0.34 Information Capital Tech. 0.410 0.405 0.405 0.405 (1.22) 50,000
6.00 4.00 IPeople Inc. `A 6.29 6.70 6.40 6.70 6.52 50,000
4.29 2.20 IP Converge 2.53 2.59 2.45 2.53 0.00 4,368,000
34.50 0.123 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.038 0.039 0.036 0.038 0.00 136,200,000 7,400.00
3.87 1.16 IPVG Corp. 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.10 (1.79) 415,000
0.0760 0.040 Island Info 0.0540 0.0510 0.0500 0.0500 (7.41) 1,500,000
5.1900 2.900 ISM Communications 3.0000 3.0000 3.0000 3.0000 0.00 144,000
3.79 1.58 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.60 2.68 2.50 2.50 (3.85) 477,000
11.68 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 9.23 9.29 8.50 8.50 (7.91) 19,676,600 (8,429,256.00)
4.28 2.65 Liberty Telecom 2.85 2.85 2.85 2.85 0.00 2,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.90 2.90 2.80 2.80 (3.45) 55,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.69 0.71 0.71 0.71 2.90 50,000
3.00 1.00 Manila Jockey 2.45 2.45 2.31 2.40 (2.04) 795,000 (1,289,930.00)
21.00 17.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.90 14.90 14.60 14.60 (2.01) 9,500
8.58 4.50 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.50 7.50 7.40 7.40 (1.33) 76,900
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 3.20 3.22 3.06 3.07 (4.06) 2,871,000 95,200.00
10.00 4.60 Phil. Racing Club 9.25 9.50 9.49 9.50 2.70 1,000,500 (9,500,000.00)
60.00 17.02 Phil. Seven Corp. 53.20 58.00 53.50 57.50 8.08 101,490 4,664,640.00
17.18 14.50 Philweb.Com Inc. 12.30 12.30 12.10 12.28 (0.16) 256,100 (1,973,688.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2764.00 2764.00 2744.00 2754.00 (0.36) 81,500 55,828,510.00
0.48 0.23 PremiereHorizon 0.310 0.325 0.320 0.325 4.84 1,470,000 (65,000.00)
23.75 10.68 Puregold 28.70 30.15 28.90 29.50 2.79 2,318,600 8,876,600.00
Touch Solutions 3.70 3.69 3.69 3.69 (0.27) 10,000
3.30 2.40 Transpacic Broadcast 2.73 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.56 1,000
0.79 0.26 Waterfront Phils. 0.420 0.440 0.420 0.440 4.76 140,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0036 Abra Mining 0.0041 0.0042 0.0041 0.0042 2.44 26,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex `A 5.30 5.41 5.25 5.40 1.89 1,333,400
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 5.23 5.40 5.29 5.40 3.25 419,800 (107,900.00)
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. `A 17.80 18.04 17.74 17.98 1.01 866,300
31.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge `A 29.70 29.70 29.30 29.70 0.00 2,200 5,940.00
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.260 0.270 0.260 0.265 1.92 6,210,000
30.35 15.00 Benguet Corp `A 23.80 23.90 23.80 23.90 0.42 1,300
50.85 4.35 Dizon 35.10 36.50 35.30 35.85 2.14 982,900 10,755.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.74 0.74 0.72 0.73 (1.35) 9,205,000 45,260.00
1.82 0.5900 Lepanto `A 1.370 1.470 1.350 1.470 7.30 101,681,000
2.070 0.6700 Lepanto `B 1.480 1.570 1.480 1.570 6.08 58,066,000 4,530,880.00
0.085 0.035 Manila Mining `A 0.0710 0.0750 0.0700 0.0750 5.63 811,820,000
0.087 0.035 Manila Mining `B 0.0710 0.0780 0.0710 0.0780 9.86 218,220,000 (160,240.00)
34.80 15.04 Nickelasia 30.05 30.60 30.05 30.45 1.33 456,900 12,200.00
12.76 2.08 Nihao Mineral Resources 9.92 10.30 9.95 10.14 2.22 3,732,500 (180,030.00)
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.7400 0.7300 0.7000 0.7300 (1.35) 101,000
8.40 2.12 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.400 5.530 5.400 5.480 1.48 1,758,900
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. `A 0.0190 0.0190 0.0180 0.0190 0.00 128,400,000
0.033 0.013 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0210 0.0200 0.0200 0.00 113,500,000 (1,998,000.00)
7.14 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 0.00 7,400
28.95 17.08 Philex `A 23.80 23.90 23.50 23.85 0.21 1,763,900 12,233,315.00
14.18 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 43.90 45.00 43.60 44.15 0.57 759,200 (80,135.00)
0.058 0.013 Philodrill Corp. `A 0.052 0.056 0.053 0.055 5.77 2,806,250,000 2,384,700.00
252.00 161.10 Semirara Corp. 220.60 220.40 217.60 218.00 (1.18) 105,220 689,514.00
0.029 0.013 United Paragon 0.0200 0.0200 0.0180 0.0190 (5.00) 43,500,000
PREFERRED
570.00 520.00 Ayala Corp. Pref `A 542.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 0.37 60
First Gen G 102.00 101.30 101.20 101.20 (0.78) 48,500
109.80 100.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 103.40 103.40 103.40 103.40 0.00 180
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.70 10.70 10.68 10.68 (0.19) 668,900 (5,276,270.00)
116.70 106.20 PCOR-Preferred 109.80 110.00 109.70 110.00 0.18 197,780 22,000.00
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 77.50 76.05 76.05 76.05 (1.87) 6,000
1050.00 990.00 SMPFC Preferred 1020.00 1020.00 1020.00 1020.00 0.00 140 40,800.00
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.35 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.24 1.27 1.25 1.26 1.61 408,000 151,000.00
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 10,988,595 650150128.55
INDUSTRIAL 756,936,714 2986777234.932
HOLDING FIRMS 107,421,520 1065441213.18
PROPERTY 243,200,067 836690435.29
SERVICES 241,265,262 1195174660.85
MINING & OIL 4,335,197,135 696623943.102
GRAND TOTAL 5,695,009,293 7430857615.9
FINANCIAL 1,324.46 (down) 1.76
INDUSTRIAL 7,960.92 (down) 27.46
HOLDING FIRMS 4,572 (up) 10.46
PROPERTY 1,976.72 (down) 9.96
SERVICES 1,812.41 (down) 6.85
MINING & OIL 25,444.66 (up) 700.66
PSEI 5,362.68 (down) 7.3
All Shares Index 3,527.48 (up) 9.18
Gainers: 86; Losers: 81; Unchanged: 35; Total: 202
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Mabuhay Holdings `A' 0.495 15.12
Rockwell 3.55 13.06
Euro-Med Lab. 2.20 10.00
Manila Mining `B' 0.0780 9.86
Pancake House Inc. 11.36 8.19
Phil. Seven Corp. 57.50 8.08
Lepanto `A' 1.470 7.30
IPeople Inc. `A' 6.70 6.52
Federal Chemicals 11.16 6.08
Lepanto `B' 1.570 6.08
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Acesite Hotel 3.00 (14.29)
Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.81 (12.19)
Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.51 (11.18)
Prime Media Hldg 1.320 (10.81)
Leisure & Resorts 8.50 (7.91)
Salcon Power Corp. 5.26 (7.72)
Island Info 0.0500 (7.41)
Greenergy 0.0140 (6.67)
Vulcan Ind'l. 0.95 (5.94)
APC Group, Inc. 0.660 (5.71)
TOP GAI NERS TOP LOSERS
SRA expects flat sugar production
Globe is best managed rm. FinanceAsia, a leading nancial publication, named Globe Telecom as best
managed company in the Philippines during the awarding ceremony at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel on June
21. The telecom rm reaped high marks in terms of corporate governance, investor relations, commitment to a
strong dividend policy and corporate social responsibility. Receiving the awards for Globe Telecom are investor
relations head Jose Mari Fajardo (third from left) and chief nancial ofcer Albert de Larrazabal (fourth from
left). Joining them are (from left) Maybank ATR Kim Eng Securities chairman and president Lorenzo Roxas, May-
bank ATR Kim Eng Capital Partners president Manuel Tordesillas and chairman Ramon Arnaiz.
STOCKS retreated Friday, falling 7
points from a record high registered a day
earlier, as investors succumbed to prot-
taking amid renewed concerns over global
economic slowdown despite the monetary
stimulus measures undertaken by several
countries.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, dropped 0.1 percent
to close at 5,362.68, despite the
2.8-percent gain of the mining
and oil stocks.
The heavier index representing
all shares rose 9 points, or 0.3
percent, to 3,527.48, as gainers
led losers, 86 to 81, with 35
issues unchanged. Value turnover
reached P7.4 billion.
Belle Corp. fell 4.8 percent to
P5.14 while Leisure & Resorts
World Corp. dropped 7.9 percent
to P8.50. A day earlier, Belles
stock climbed to its highest level
since May 31, 2011.
Melco Crown Entertainment
Ltd. will operate Belle Corp.s
Manila casino, taking the place
of a unit of Leisure, Belle vice
chairman Willy Ocier said.
Leisure and its unit will help
Belle raise its share in the casinos
capital in exchange for a share in
Belles earnings from the venture,
a stock-exchange ling showed.
Bloomberry Resorts Corp.,
which is also building a casino
complex, rose 2.5 percent to
P10.46.
Mining and oil companies
were the biggest gainers Friday,
following rumors President
Benigno Aquino III had already
signed an executive order
on mining policy. Lepanto
Consolidated Mining increased
7.3 percent to P1.47. The
Philodrill Corp., which has stakes
in several miners, advanced 5.8
percent to P0.055 while Manila
Mining Corp. rose 5.6 percent
to P0.075. Philex Mining Corp.
and Benguet Corp. also rose
marginally Friday.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks were
lower Friday as investors brushed
off monetary stimulus measures
by China, Europe and Britain as
insufcient to reverse a global
economic slowdown.
An interest rate cut by the
European Central Bank on
Thursday and a pledge by the
Bank of England to boost money
in circulation were in line with
analyst expectations and failed to
jolt investors out of worries about
slowing global growth.
Even a surprise rate cut
Thursday by the Peoples Bank
of China, its second in a month,
didnt spur investor optimism, as
some analysts interpreted the move
as a signal that the worlds second-
largest economy is in worse shape
than previously thought.
The easing could be a sign
that the Chinese authorities are
worried about a hard landing,
said John Higgins, an economist
with Capital Economics in
London. Global equities and most
commodities are likely to struggle
in the face of weak global growth
and an escalation of the euro-zone
crisis.
Japans Nikkei 225 index fell
0.9 percent to 8,998.57 and Hong
Kongs Hang Seng was down 0.4
percent to 19,725.30.
South Koreas Kospi slipped 1.2
percent to 1,852.71. Australias
S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.5 percent
to 4,149.60. Chinas Shanghai
Composite shed 0.5 percent to
2,191.24.
Other analysts say Chinas
looser monetary policy should
spark demand for credit, strengthen
economic growth and bolster
corporate earnings.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Othel V. Campos
SUGAR production in the next
crop year is expected to have
a at growth, amounting to
only 2.244 million metric tons,
according to the Sugar Regulatory
Administration.
SRA administrator Ma. Regina
Martin said the production forecast
for the next crop year, covering the
period August 2012 to July 2013,
would match this years harvest of
2.243 million MT.
There is still one small mill
that is still operating. But output
will amount to small volume
only, Martin said in a telephone
interview.
The SRA also announced
plans to deliver the last tranche
of additional sugar under the US
tariff quota scheme involving
10,442.5 MT.
The shipment would be on top
of the volume under the traditional
quota for the Philippines.
Data from the SRA showed
that as of July 5, the sugar
producers delivered the rst
shipment of 25,031.80 MT under
the additional sugar quota.
The Philippines was given an
additional quota of 72,373.65
MT, on top of the traditional
quota of 138,827 MT, raising the
total volume to 219,901 MT.
The Philippines is one of the
preferred countries that are given
annual sugar export allocation
for the US market. The tariff rate
quota allocation allows countries
to export specied quantities of a
product to the United States at a
relatively low tariff.
Data also showed that as of
July 5, the country had a sugar
inventory of about 448,000
MT, of which 252,000 MT was
raw sugar and 196,000 MT was
rened sugar.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
JULY 7, 2012 SATURDAY
B3 Classifeds
ManilaStandardToday
Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Isabela 4th District Engineering Offce
Quezon, San Isidro, Isabela
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Isabela 4th District
Engineering Offce, through the DAR-ARISP III, invites contractors to bid for
the aforementioned projects:

2 a Contract ID No. :: 12BH 0040
b Name of Project and :: Improvement of San Antonio - Mapalad
- Bautista FTMR
c location: :: San Agustin, Isabela
d Brief Description :: Concreting 15cm thick
e Major Item of Work :: RRP - Road Rehabilitation PCCP
f Approved Budget for
the Contract :: P 30,163,615.42
g Duration, C.D. :: 150
h Cost of Bid Documents :: P 20,000.00

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

To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the 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 of at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.

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

Signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1 Deadline of Receipt of LOI July 9, 2012 4:00 P.M.
2 Issuance of Bid Documents July 3-19, 2012
3 Pre-bid Conference July 6, 2012 10:00 A.M.
4 Deadline of Receipt of Bids July 19, 2012 9:00 A.M.
5 Opening of Bids July 19, 2012 10:00 A.M.

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

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

The DPWH Isabela 4th DEO reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award,
without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:

(Sgd.) FERNANDO C. SALIM
BAC Chairman



Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Isabela 4th District Engineering Offce
Quezon, San Isidro, Isabela
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Isabela 4th District
Engineering Offce, through the DAR-ARISP III, invites contractors to bid
for the aforementioned projects:


2 a Contract ID No. :: 12BH 0039
b Name of Project and :: Repair/Restoration of Flood Control
Sta. 000+000 - 000+220 Rang-ay,
c location: :: San Agustin, Isabela
d Brief Description :: River Training/Rechanneling
e Major Item of Work :: FHR-Flood Control/River Control
f Approved Budget for
the Contract :: P15,480,000.00
g Duration, C.D. :: 150
h Cost of Bid Documents :: P10,000.00

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

To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the 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 of at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.

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

Signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1 Deadline of Receipt of LOI July 11, 2012 4:00 P.M.
2 Issuance of Bid Documents July 4-24, 2012
3 Pre-bid Conference July 12, 2012 10:00 A.M.
4 Deadline of Receipt of Bids July 24, 2012 9:00 A.M.
5 Opening of Bids July 24, 2012 10:00 A.M.

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

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

The DPWH Isabela 4th DEO reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.


(Sgd.) FERNANDO C. SALIM
BAC Chairman
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Zamboanga del Sur 3
rd
District Engineering Offce
Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur
Tel. No. (062) 211-3598
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-3rd District
Engineering Offce, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur, invites contractors to bid for
the following project/s:
Contract ID: 12JG0021
Contract Name:
Concreting of Access Road Leading to
Lakewood Municipal Hall
Contract Location: Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 104 (Embankment), Item 200 (Aggregate
Sub-base Course), Item 311 (1) (Portland
Cement Concrete Pavement (Plain)) and Item
506 (Stone Masonry, Retaining Wall)
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction of 0.15m
thk. x 4.00m PCCP, Selected Borrow for
Embankment and Stone Masonry Retaining
Wall
Appropriation: Php 2,000,000.00
Contract Duration:
To be announce during the Pre-Bid
Conference
Contract ID: 12JG0022
Contract Name:
Concreting of Barangay Road from Brgy.
Sugbay Dos to Brgy. Balong-Balong (Phase II)
Contract Location: Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 104 (Embankment), Item 200 (Aggregates
Sub-Base Course), Item 311 (1) (Portland
Cement Concrete Pavement (Plain))
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction of 0.15m
thk. x 4.00m x 350.0 Ln.m. PCCP with 1.0m
shouldering both sides and additional Cross
Drains with Headwalls and Aprons.
Appropriation: Php 4,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 56 C.D.
Contract ID: 12JG0023
Contract Name:
Concreting of Barangay Road from Upper
Dumalinao to Brgy. Kalingayan (Phase II)
Contract Location: Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 102 (2) Surplus Common Excavation,
Item 104 (Embankment), Item 200 (Aggregates
Sub-base Course), Item 311 (1) (PCCP (Plain))
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction of 0.15m
thk. x 4.00m x 418.0 Ln.m. PCCP with 1.0m
shouldering both sides
Appropriation: Php 4,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 76 C.D.
Contract ID: 12JG0024
Contract Name:
Widening of Jct. Dumalinao Margosatubig
Road, Mati, San Miguel (Section)
Contract Location: San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 102 (2) Surplus Common Excavation,
Item 104 (Embankment), Item 200 (Aggregates
Sub-Base Course), Item 311 (1) (PCCP
(Plain)), Item 704.3 (Concrete Masonry Blocks,
Drainage Canal)
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction/widening
of 0.23m thk. x 3.00m x 312.0 Ln.m. PCCP with
1.5m shouldering at widened portion and the
Construction of Drainage Canal
Appropriation: Php 4,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 75 C.D.
Contract ID: 12JG0025
Contract Name:
Improvement of Multi-Purpose Building at JH
Cerilles State College
Contract Location: Mati, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 404 (Reinforcing Steel), Item 900
(Reinforced Concrete) and SPL 2 (Steel
Railing)
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction of
Concrete Bleacher (Part of Perimeter
Bleacher), Part of Steel Railings and
Completion of Court Slab.
Appropriation: Php 3,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 165 C.D.
Contract ID: 12JG0026
Contract Name: Improvement of Multi-Purpose Building
Contract Location: Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 404 (Reinforcing Steel), Item 900
(Reinforced Concrete), Item 403 (Structural
Truss/Fascia Frame) and Item 1013 (Pre-
painted Metal Roofng Sheet)
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction of 8.0m
Concrete Bleacher, Leftwings of Building with
Roofngs
Appropriation: Php 1,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 78 C.D.
Contract ID: 12JG0027
Contract Name: Construction of River Control
Contract Location: Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 1701 (4) (Channel Excavation), Item
1710 (Grouted Riprap, Class A), Item 404
(Reinforcing Steel) and Item 405 (Concrete)
Brief Description:
The work includes Channel Excavation
and Grouted Riprap (Slope Protection) with
Reinforced Concrete Facing.
Appropriation: Php 2,000,000.00
Contract Duration:
To be announce during the Pre-Bid
Conference
Contract ID: 12JG0028
Contract Name: Repair/Improvement of Multi-Purpose Building
Contract Location: Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur
Major Items of Work:
Item 404 (Reinforcing Steel), Item 900
(Reinforced Concrete)
Brief Description:
The work includes the construction of
Concrete Bleacher
Appropriation: Php 3,000,000.00
Contract Duration:
To be announce during the Pre-Bid
Conference
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-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 12 Aug. 1, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 24, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
August 1, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids August 6, 2012, 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids August 6, 2012, 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-3rd
District Engineering Offce, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of Php 5,000.00 for CID#s 12JG0021; 12JG0022; 12JG0023;
12JG0024; 12JG0025; 12JG0026; 12JG0027; 12JG0028 and Php 1,000.00
for CID#12JG0026. Filing of Letter of Intent (LOI) is free of charge.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH web
site, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the
DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their 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.
The DPWH-3rd District Engineering Offce, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur
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.) INOCENCIO P. SABUGAL
BAC Chairman
adv.mst@gmail.com
Republic of the Philippines
KAGAWARAN NG PAGAWAIN AT LANGSANGANG PAMBAYAN
DAVAO CITY 2
ND
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Tugbok, Lungsod ng Dabaw
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
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The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH), Davao City Sub-District Engineering
Offce, through various infrastructure projects, invites conractors to bid for the
aforementioned project:
1. a) Contract ID : 12LH0019
b) Contract Name : Constructi on of TESDA School Bui l di ng at
Tamayong, Calinan District, D.C.
c) Contract Location : 3
rd
Congressional District, Davao City
d) Scope of Works : Earthworks, Masonry, Concrete, Carpentry, Electrical,
Painting, Plumbing, & Steel Works.
e) Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 4,999,957.66
g Contract Duration : 150 Calendar Days
h Amount of Bid Document: Php 5,000.00
2. a) Contract ID : 12LH0020
b) Contract Name : Construction of Two Storey Two Classroom School
Building at Leon Garcia, Sr. E/S, Agdao, Davao City
c) Contract Location : 3
rd
Congressional District, Davao City
d) Scope of Works : Earthworks, Concrete, Masonry Carpentry &
Electrical Works
e) Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 1,499,891.13
g) Contract Duration : 90 Calendar Days
h) Amount of Bid Document: Php 5,000.00
3. a) Contract ID : 12LH0023
b) Contract Name : Construction of Lipadas Flood Control, Toril District
Davao City
c) Contract Location : 3rd Congressional District, Davao City
d) Scope of works : Structure Excavation, Reinforcing Steelbars,
Structural Concrete, Grouted Riprap, Hand-Laid
Rock Embankment, Steel Sheet Piles, Construction
of Craneway & Cofferdam
e) Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 1,545,938.41
g) Contract Duration : 60 Calendar days
h) Amount of Bid Document: Php 5,000.00
4. a) Contract ID : 12LH0024
b) Contract Name : Construction of Lipadas Flood Control, Toril District,
Davao City
c) Contract Location : 3
rd
Congressional District, Davao City
d) Scope of Works : Structure Excavation, Reinforcing Steelbars,
Structural Concrete, Grouted Riprap, Hand-
Laid Rock Embankment, Steel Sheet Piles,
Contstructure of Craneway & Cofferdam
e) Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 17,973,985.02
g Contract Duration : 150 Calendar Day
h) Amount of Bid Document: Php 10,000.00
5. a) Contract ID : 12LH0026
b) Contract Name : installation of Pedestrian Lane along National Road
c) Contract Location : 3
rd
Congressional District Davao City
d) Scope of Works : Installation of Pavement Markings (Pedestrian
Lanes)
e Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 492,985.49
g) Contract Duration : 30 Calendar Days
h) Amount of Bid Document: Php 1,000.00
6. a) Contract ID : 12LH0027
b) Contract Name : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement (w/ Asphalt
Overlay) along Davao-Bukidnon Road, Km. 1694+(-
018)-Km, 1695+006, Intermittent Section, Tugbok
District, DC.
c) Contract Location : 3
rd
Congressional District, Davao City
d) Scope of Works : Removal of Existing Damaged Asphalt Pavement,
Unsuitable Excavation, Sub-grade Preparation,
Agg. Sub-Base Course, Agg. Base Course, Bit.
Prime Coat, Bit. Tack Coat, Bit. Concrete Surface
Course, Hot Laid (50mm thk), Reflectorized
Thermoplastic Pavement Markings (white & yellow)
e) Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,899,998.99
g) Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days
h) Amount of Bid Document: Php 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9184. Bids received
in excess of the Approved Budget for the Contract (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 must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of ten (10) years (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or Credit Line commitment issued by a reputable
commercial bank at least (ten) 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Letter of intent should be address and submitted to the DPWH- Davao
City Sub-District Engineering Offce, Tugbok District, Davao City, thru the
BAC will only process LOIs with complete requirements. 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 LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
application for registration, with complete requirement, and issue the Contractors
Certifcate of Registration (CRC), Registration Forms may be download at the
DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 06 - 26, 2012
2. Pre-Bid conference July 13, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
July 20, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids July 26, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids July 26, 2012 after receipt of bids
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Davao City 2
nd
District Engineering Office, Tugbok District, Davao City.
Prospective bidders may also download the BD's from DPWH website and 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 accompanied forms as specifed
in the Bid Documents in the two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid,
which shall include the copy of the Contractors Registration Certifcate (CRC).
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract
will be awarded to the the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH - Davao City 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right
to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior Contract
Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MONAROGONG D. AMEROL
OlC-Assistant District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) GENE P. LOZANO
Offcer-ln-Charge
(MST-July 7, 2012)
(MST-July 7, 2012)
The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/manufacturers/
distributors/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder projects:
NO. NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION LOCATION APPROVED BUDGET
1 Information and Communication Technology supplies and
peripherals for the use of various schools of Dep-Ed Makati
DEP-ED P2,498,771.50
Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50% of the
proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations of Bids shall use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualifcation of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding
Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions
of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor July 12, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor July 26, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount of
______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier.
(fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity)
The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for
(Procuring Entity)
any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid.
The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities therein and
to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA
Chairperson

Bids and Awards Committee
J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Tel. No. 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988
www.makati.gov.ph
INVITATION TO BID
REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
LUNGSOD NG MAKATI
ERRORS & OMI SSI ONS
In Classifed Ads section must be brought to our attention the very day the
advertisement is published. We will not be responsible for any incorrect ads
not reported to us immediately.
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Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
REGION III
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
BULACAN 2
nd
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7, 2012)
July 3, 2012
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) of Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through the Fund of
Disaster Related Rehabilitation Project (DRRP) FY 2012, Road Board-MVUC CY
2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12CD0132
Contract Name: Restorati on of Damaged Earthdi kes, Longos,
Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Contract Location: Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Restoration of Earthdikes
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 7,042,257.07
Contract Duration : 150 calendar days
2. Contract ID: 12CD0133
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Meycauayan-
Camal i g Bahay Pare Road Mal hacan Secti on,
Meycauayan, Bulacan km 21+400 to km 22+000 with
exceptions (S01384LZ)
Contract Location: Meycauayan, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Concreting of road
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,899,959.19
Contract Duration : 90 calendar days
3. Contract ID: 12CD0134
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of NCR/Bulacan
Boundary-Bigte-Ipo Dam Road, City of San Jose
del Monte, Bulacan k0029+836 to k0036+297 with
exceptions
Contract Location: City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Asphalting of road
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,899,936.02
Contract Duration : 20 calendar days
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 apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent
(LOI) signed and submitted by the person authorized in the Contractors License
issued by PCAB. Upon submission of the LOIs, interested Contractor must also
submit the photo copy and original (for authentication purpose and issuance of Bid
Documents) of the following documents: 1. Class A Documents (contained in the
Contractor's Registration Certifcate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) DT Business
Name Registration (DTI) or SEC Registration or CDA; b) Valid and Current Mayors
Permit/Municipal License; 1.2. Technical Documents; a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement,
in case of J.V., b) Valid PCAB License and Registration c) Certifcate of Materials
Engineer Accreditation duly certifed by the Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO), d)
Latest copy of AMO course Seminar, e) Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from
DOLE, f) Latest CPES Rating; 1.3. Financial Documents; a) Prospective bidders
Audited Financial Statement for the preceding calendar which should not be earlier
than 2 years from the date of bid submission; b) Prospective bidders computation of
its NFCC. The LO must be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed
in the Contractors Information (CI). Submission of LOI by persons with Special Power
of Attorney shall not be allowed. Contractors who will purchase bid documents and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH & PHILGEPS,
(b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or
joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail
criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The
DPWH-POCW will only process contractors applications for registration with complete
requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Until 10:00 A.M. of July 26, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 6, 2012 July 26, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. of July 13, 2012
4. Submission of Bids Deadline: 10:00 A.M. of July 26, 2012
5. Opening of Bids July 26, 2012 immediately after receipt of
Eligibility Results
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Bulacan
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee for Bidding Documents Ten Thousand Pesos (Php10,000.00).
Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding documents (BDs), from the DPWH
website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bids Documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the 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-Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at anytime prior contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

APPROVED:
(Sgd.) GENE S. LEAO
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) ERELINA B. SANTOS
District Engineer
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cebu 1st District Engineering Ofce
Regional Equipment Services Compound
V. Sotto Street, Cebu City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 7 & 12, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Cebu 1
st
District Engineering Ofce, through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:

Item No. 1
a. Contract ID : 12HD0040
b. Contract Name : Cluster XX Asphalting/Improvement of National Roads:
1. Asphalting of National Roads Antonio
Y De Pio Highway (intermittent
sections) in Tabuelan and San Remegio,
Cebu - Php6,973,851.10
2. Improvement of National Road
(Installation of Pavement Marking
and Asphalt Overlay) along Cebu North
Hagnaya Wharf Road - 8,596,361.22
3. Asphalt Overlay of National Road
along Toledo-Tabuelan-San Remegio
Road - 440,253.77
Total - Php16,010,466.09
c. Contract Location : Toledo, Tabuelan, San Remegio and Cebu North
Hagnaya Wharf Road
d. Scope of Work : Asphalting, Pavement Markings and Asphalt Overlay
e. Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php15,445,423.08
f. Contract Duration : 20 Calendar Days
g. Funding Source : CY 2012 Infra. Savings
h. Bid Document Fee : Php10,000.00
Item No. 2
a. Contract ID : 12HD0042
b. Contract Name : Cluster XXI Upgrading of National Roads:
1. Upgrading of Road (Trafc Benchmark-
Reectorized ThermopIastic Pavement
Markings), along Bogo-Curva-Medellin-
Daanbantayan Road, Kawit Section,
Medellin; Paypay Section, Daanbantayan;
and Don Pedro Dayhagon Section,
Medellin, Cebu - Php4,889,186.55
2. Installation of Pavement Markings
along Bogo-Curva-Medellin-Daanbantayan
Road - 1,179,932.87
3. Installation of Pavement Markings
along Bogo-Polambato Wharf Road
- 106,870.81
Total - Php6,175,990.23
c. Contract Location : Bogo-Curva-Medellin-Daanbantayan Road
d. Scope of Work : Pavement Markings (Reectorized ThermopIastic)
e. Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php6,140,793.36
f. Contract Duration : 16 Calendar Days
g. Funding Source : CY 2011 Infra. Savings
h. Bid Document Fee : Php10,000.00
Item No. 3
a. Contract ID : 12HD0045
b. Contract Name : Repair/RehabiIitation of Cebu 1st Engineering Ofce
c. Contract Location : Medellin, Cebu
d. Scope of Work : Repair/Rehabilitation
e. Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php7,492,326.67
f. Contract Duration : 90 Calendar Days
g. Funding Source : Fund 101
h. Bid Document Fee : Php10,000.00
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 DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing
at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW
Central Offce will only process contractor's applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractor's Registration Certifcate (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 : July 06, 2012 to July 18, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference : July 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders : July 12 2012 to June 16, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids : July 24, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
5. Opening of Bids : July 24, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied 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 evaluation and
the post qualifcation.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu I
st
District Engineering
2IFH reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) RICHEL A. VILLEGAS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) WILFREDO AV. ENCISO, CEO VI
District Engineer
Notice is hereby given that the following companies/employers have with this Regional
Offce Application/s for Alien Employment Permit/s:
Name and Address of
Company/Employer
Name and Citizenship
of Foreign National
Position and Brief
Description of functions
SEA DOG DIVING
SERVICES Brgy. Buena
Suerte, El Nido, Palawan
1. MR. TIMOTHY
IAN
WARBURTON
Scube Diving Instructor
If you have any information/objection to the abovementioned application/s please
communicate with the Regional Director.
For the Regional Director:
(Sgd.) MA. ZENAIDA EUSEBIA A. ANGARA
OIC Regional Director
NOT I CE OF FI L I NG OF APPL I CAT I ON FOR AL I EN
EMPL OYMENT PERMI T ( AEP)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Region IV-B (MIMAROPA)
Oriental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro Marinduque Romblon Palawan
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Manila Standard TODAY
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Hostage-taking linked to mining
Cavite tollway uses
e-card and radar gun
SC: Jalosjos remains
Zambo representative
By Macon Ramos Araneta
IT WILL be a breeze traveling on the Cavite
Expressway but motorists will have to watch
the radar guns of tollway ofcers, minding
the 60 to 100 kilometers per hour speed
limit.
Cavite Infracture Corp. and the Tollway
Regulatory Board have introduced the
electronic payment system, allowing road
users to tap a pre-paid magnetic guard to
gain access to the expressway.
This is expected to enhance the speed
of paying at the toll ways, said CIC
President and General Manager Andrew
Deyto.
The stored value card based on Mifare
technology which is the widely used system
for mass consumer application in transport,
parking and other services.
All they have to do is tap the card on the
card reader and theyre good to go. And the
best part is that the load balance can be seen
real time at the tapping point so the amount
left in the card is tracked easily and reloading
can be done by the teller if needed, Deyto
said.
TRB exective director Edmundo Reyes
said road technology is the way to go.
CAVITEX is a good starting point in
helping us realize the inter-operability of all
toll expressways, he said.
On Thursday, Deyto and Reyes also
unveiled the trafc radar gun which is
designed to lock on vehicles violating
the 60-100 kph limit on the road formerly
known as Manila Cavite Toll Expressway.
They underscored the infrastructures
speed-safety policy b eing enforced at all
times.
Road technology. President Andrew Deyto of Cavite Expressway launches
the prepaid card for faster transaction at the tollbooth at the Manila-Cavite
road joined by Lee Tiam of RTS-SP Technology (left) and lawyer Edmund Reyes,
executive director of the Toll Regulatory Board. Inset shows Reyes aiming a
radar trafc gun to track down a speed violator. MANNY PALMERO
ROMEO M. Jalosjos, Jr. will stay
as Representative of the Second
District of Zamboanga Sibugay.
He won and was declared
winner in the May 2010
elections.
Voting unanimously, the
Supreme Court En Banc
restated the demarcation line
between the jurisdiction of
the Commission
on Elections and
the House of
Repr esent at i ves
E l e c t o r a l
Tribunal) as
it granted the
petition of
Jalosjos (GR .
192474) to reverse
and set aside
the COMELEC
en bancs June
3, 2010 order
that granted
the motion for
r econs i der at i on
of his rival Dan
Erasmo Sr. and
declared Jalosjos ineligible
to seek election in his current
post for failing to satisfy the
residency requirement.
In a decision penned by
Justice Roberto Abad, the
Court also reinstated the
COMELEC Second Divisions
resolution dated Feb. 23, 2010
dismissing Erasmos petition
to cancel Jalosjos Certicate
of Candidacy for insufciency
in form and substance. It
also dismissed for lack of
jurisdiction the petition in GR
192704 and GR 193566 on the
COMELECs failure to annul
Jalosjos proclamation and his
exclusion from the voters list,
respectively.
The Court has already
settled the question of when the
jurisdiction of the COMELEC
ends and when that of the
HRET begins. The proclamation
of a congressional candidate
following the
election divests
COMELEC of
jurisdiction over
disputes relating
to the election,
returns, and
qualications of
the proclaimed
Representative
in favor of the
HRET, ruled
the Court.
The Court
held that when
the COMELEC
en banc issued
its order dated
June 3, 2010,
Jalosjos had already been
proclaimed on May 13, 2010 as
winner in the election.
Thus, the COMELEC acted
without jurisdiction when it
still passed upon the issue of
his qualication and declared
him ineligible for the ofce of
Representative of the 2nd District
of Zamboanga Sibugay. It further
held that the last standing ofcial
action in his case before the
election day was the ruling of the
COMELECs Second Division
that allowed his name to stay on
the voters registration list.
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE alleged hostage-taking of three
executives of VPO Mining in Rosario town
in Agusan del Sur arose from business
rivalry rather than a communist plot, a
source said on Friday.
rebels took Christopher Ocite, VPO
operations manager, his assistant
Gani Altaya and company security
chief Joel Jayuma.
Supt. Martin Gamba,
spokesman of the Caraga police,
said the three were abducted at
the VPO compound in Barangay
Bayugan 3.
But the source expressed
about the alleged P25-million
ransom demanded for their
release, noting that the incident
was meant to divert the logging
controversy to the rebel problem
in the province.
The source said Osias, when
reached through his mobile
phone had admitted a demand for
rearms in which 70 pieces were
taken from the company by the
armed men without any mention
On Thursday, Maj. Eugenio
Julio Osias IV, spokesman of the
4th Infantry Division, said about
30 alleged National Pepoles Army
of money.
Meanwhile, the reported attack
on a police- and military-escorted
group of provincial ofcials on
the way to Katipunan in Veruela
town was likewise trumped up
the source said.
Malacanang last week directed
the Anti-Illegal Logging Task
Force to prosecute all those
involved in illegal logging.
In his June 26 memorandum,
Executive Secretaru Paquito
Ochoa ordered a speedy action
against any ofcial or employee
who have been remiss or
negligent in their duties, or may
have abetted the commission of
illegal logging in their regions.
President Benigno Aquino
III was given a report in May
indicating that local executives
and regional ofcials of the
National Commission on
Indigenous Peoples-Ancestral
Domain Ofce had conspired
with illegal loggersx and
miners to abuse the 51,000-
hectare Manobo Agroforestation
Complex in Agusan del Sur.