VOLUME 3NUMBER 77WED - THUAUGUST 5 - 6, 2009

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BY JOEY PAVIA

MANILA – “These are myremembrance and mydaughter told me to bring

them home.”

BOKING, OCA HONOR CORY

‘Spirit of giving alive’Thus said City of San

Fernando Mayor Oscar“Oca” Rodriguez as hecame out of the ManilaCathedral to pay his lastrespect to the late formerPresident Corazan “Cory”Aquino on Monday night.He was given a bottle of

mineral water and a hardboiled egg just like the oth-ers who came to visit Aqui-no at her wake.

“The spirit of giving isvery much alive here atCory’s wake,” added Rod-riguez, who was with

STEAMING hot off the press is abook on Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio.

Reverend Governor – achronicle of irreverence records– in critical ink, so to speak – thestill-unfolding saga of Panlilio fromhis campaign for the governorshipin 2007 as “The Moral Alternative”to his presidential ambitions as“The Omen” today.

The book – covering 375 pag-es – is a compilation of the shortessays on Panlilio by Bong Z. Lac-son that appeared in his Free Zone

Book on Panlilio outcolumn in the now defunct Pampan-ga News, and in Zona Libre in Pun-to! Central Luzon.

A slew of editorials and features,also written by Lacson, and photo-graphs of the events and personali-ties written about are included in thebook.

For those interested, copies of thebook are available at the Punto ed-itorial offices at Unit B, Essel Com-mercial Complex, MacArthur High-way, Telabastagan, City of SanFernando, Pampanga. Tel. 636-6327.

BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY – The Blessed Virgin Mary is believedto have held in her hands during one of her later appari-tions to Sister Lucia, one of the three visionaries ofFatima, the same rosary the nun had made and later

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Virgin Mary heldsame rosary SisterLucia gave to Cory

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gave to former Pres. CoryAquino.

And it was through Sis-ter Lucia that Mrs. Aquinoknew, even before thecoup d’etats her adminis-tration survived and anysign of colon cancer man-ifested in her, that she hada lot to suffer.

These are among theinteresting details that Fr.Catalino Arevalo, S.J., of

THE ICON. Mayor Rodriguez (4th from left) is welcomed by Sen. MarRoxas and Karina David during the wake of former President Aquino atthe Manila Cathedral on Monday night. With the mayor are DottieLacson, Eddie Lingat, Councilors Halili, Dumlao and Patio and AmyCatacutan. Mayor Morales (right photo) leads the concelebrated Massfor Aquino in Xevera-Mabalacat North yesterday. PHOTOS BY JOEY PAVIA

“CORY AQUINO gave her all for the Filipino nationand so we should celebrate her life as we mournher passing away.”

This was declared by Pampanga GovernorEddie T. Panlilio in Monday’s flag ceremony ashe enjoined every Kapampangan to live up to thevalues and principles that the former Presidentstood for.

Panlilio said that Aquino’s death was a big loss

NI ROMMEL RAMOS

MALOLOS CITY—Habang ipinaglu-luksa ng kanyang mga kaanak angpagpanaw ni dating Pangulong Cora-zon Aquino, nagtungo sa Bulacan siPangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangconoong Lunes at ipinaliwanag ang bene-

HABANG NAGLULUKSA KAY CORY

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Rehab ng BNPP isinusulongpisyo ng plantang nukleyar.

Sa panayam kay Cojuangco, sina-bi niya na wala siyang sama ng loobsa kanyang tiyahin na naging Pangulonoong 1986 at nagpatigil sa planongoperasyon ng Bataan Nuclear PowerPlant (BNPP) noon.

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Kapampangansmourn Cory’s death

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Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Province of PampangaMunicipality of Mabalacat

NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby

served to the public that ARCHIE JOHN LOUIE ELACION YU has filedwith this Office a petition for change of first name from ARCHIE JOHNLOUIE YU to ARCHIE JOHN LOUIE in the birth certificate of ARCHIEJOHN LOUIE YU ELACION YU who was born on November 27, 1977at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are Arthur Yu and LouisianaElacion.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/herwritten opposition with this Office not later than July 31, 2009

VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINA Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: August 5 & 12, 2009

“Wala akong sama ngloob sa kanya,” aniya pa-tungkol kay dating Pangu-long Aquino at iginiit pa na,“naiintindihan ko at kayakong respetuhin ang desi-syon niya na huwag ituloyang BNPP noong 1986.”

Ipinaliwanag ni Cojua-ngco na isa sa mga da-hilan kung bakit ipinatigilng kanyang tiyahin angBNPP ay dahil sa insi-dente sa Chernobyl nucle-ar power plant sa Russianoong panahong iyon.

“May sapat siyang da-hilan noon. Tama ang de-sisyon niya noon,” ani Co-juangco sa isang panayammatapos magpaliwanag saSangguniang Panglalawi-gan ng Bulacan na noongnakaraang buwan ay nag-patibay ng isang resolusy-ong nagpapahayag ng pag-tututol sa panukalang reha-bilitasyon ng BNPP.

Sinabi pa ng kinatawanng ika-limang distrito ngPangasinan na “I am nowsticking to the benefit ofhindsight.”

Sa kanyang pananaw,“hindi na tama ngayon angdesisyon ni Cory noon,dahil nahaharap tayo saenergy crisis by 2012.”

Hinggil naman sa pag-panaw ng kanyang tiyahin,sinabi niya na nakikiramaysiya sa buong pamilyaAquino, at bumisita naraw siya sa burol nito.

“I empathize with thewhole family, pero sa to-too lang hindi ko silamasyadong kilala, si Sen-ator Noynoy lang ang me-dyo kilala ko dahilnagkasama kami sa Con-gress,” ani ng kinatawanna ang amang si Eduardo“Danding” Cojuangco aypinsang buo ni dating Pan-gulong Aquino.

Nang tanungin kungbakit isinabay niya sa bu-

rol ng kanyang tiyahin angpagpapaliwanag sa Sang-guniang Panglalawigan ngBulacan hinggil sa BNPP,sinabi niya na dapat aynoong pang nakaraanglinggo siya nagpunta salalawigan ngunit nagkasa-kit siya ng Influenza AH1N1.

Sa kanya namang pre-sentasyon sa Sanggu-niang Panglalawigan, nili-naw ni Cojuangco ang mgamaling pananaw hinggil sapaggamit ng plantang nuk-leyar.

Sinabi niya na ang ban-sa ay nahaharap sa krisisng kakulangan sa kury-ente, at binigyang diin naang enerhiya mula sa nuk-leyar ay ligtas at murakumpara sa mga planta ngkuryente na ginagatunganng uling at langis.

Nagbabala rin si Cojua-ngco na maaantala angkaunlaran ng bansa samga susunod na taon da-

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Rehab ng BNPP isinusulonghil sa krisis sa kuryentekung hindi magagamit angBNPP.

“Economic develop-ment of our country will bedelayed, thousands willlose jobs along with invest-ment opportunities that wewill miss,” aniya.

Pinabulanan din niyaang mga ispekulasyon naposibleng sumabog angBNPP kung puputok angnatutulog na bulkan saMt. Natib.

Gayunpaman, hindi parin kumbinsido ang mgakasapi ng SangguniangPanglalawigan ng Bulacanat sinabing patuloy silangnaninindigan sa resolusy-ong tumututol sa rehabili-tasyon ng BNPP na ka-nilang pinagtibay.

“Our resolution reject-ing proposed rehabilitationof the BNPP because thatis the sentiment of theBulakenyos,” ani ViceGovernor Willy Alvarado.

to the nation as she wasthe leading pillar of democ-racy in the country, “con-tinuing to fight for cleanand honest governanceeven in her capacity as aprivate citizen”.

Her example of “givingher all for the welfare of thenation” is something thatall of those in governmentservice should emulatebecause “it is what thecountry needs especiallyin these critical times”, headded.

As part of the provin-cial government’s tributeto the first woman presi-dent not only of the Philip-pines but also in South-east Asia, her portrait iscurrently placed at the lob-by of the provincial capitolwhile the flag is placed athalf mast.

Yellow ribbons aroundthe capitol premises havebeen placed as early as aweek ago even before theformer president passedaway. They are displayedprominently at the BenignoAquino, Jr. Memorial Hall

which was named after herlate husband, the nationalhero and martyr Ninoy.

Relative to this, themonument of Ninoy in frontof the capitol has been re-habilitated and transferredto the front of the BenignoAquino hall named in hismemory.

At the San FernandoCity Hall and its environs,yellow ribbons adorn thefaçade and concrete fencearound the MetropolitanCathedral.

This is true as well forthe other municipal hallswhile some business es-tablishments have on dis-play streamers thankingthe late President.

The governor invited theemployees to join the pro-vincial delegation thatwould attend the formerPresident’s funeral onWednesday, August 5.

Yellow ribbons werelikewise given to capitolemployees to display ontheir persons as part of theprovincial government’sefforts to honor what manyFilipinos fondly call “TitaCory”. –Pampanga PIO

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Kapampangans...

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY, Bataan– The Division of Schoolshere under the Depart-ment of Education(DepEd) concluded on

City schools hold 3-day Division Press ConferenceMonday its three-dayschools press confer-ence held at the historicBataan Integrated School(formerly Balanga Ele-mentary School) in Tal-isay, in this city.

The annual press con-ference aims to enhancejournalistic competenceof a selected group of stu-dents from public and pri-vate elementary and sec-ondary schools here.

“Aside from enhanc-ing proficiencies of stu-dents in various journal-ism fields through friend-ly individual and groupcompetitions, the confer-ence also serves as a

form of communicatingthrough a variety of jour-nalistic approaches theobjective of promotingawareness and under-standing of cl imatechange to ward off itsnegative effects,” saidJessie D. Ferrer, officer-in-charge of the City Di-vision.

English Supervisor Fe-licidad Oria said profes-sionals and resource per-sons from local press or-ganizations and the aca-deme shared their exper-tise in newswriting, radioscriptwriting and broad-casting, feature writing,copyreading and headlinewriting, photojournalism,editorial cartooning andphoto layouting,”

Actual competitionstarts after the lecture.The judge chooses topthree in each category torepresent the CitySchools Division in theRegional Schools PressConference, Oria said.

According to FilipinoSupervisor Dr. CorazonLopez, more than 250students from various el-ementary and secondaryschools in Balanga at-tended the competition.

She said that privateschools like the BataanMontessori and Tomas

Del Rosario College senttheir representatives.

In newswriting alone,about 60 students joinedthe two-hour lecture withshort exercises onstraight news reporting.

Before the lectures, ashort program was heldwhere Balanga City May-or Jose Enrique Garcia IIItold pupils, students,teachers and guests ofthe importance of goodcommunication.

“Napapadali ang pag-papatupad ng mga regu-lasyon ng cityhall sakaalaman ng mgamamamayan kung maay-os ang information dis-semination,” the mayorsaid.

Dr. Leonardo Zapanta,assistant schools divi-sion superintendent, ad-vised participants in thepress conference to stickto integrity and to writeonly what is true.

He also told partici-pants to make use of thecomputer programs insti-tuted by the city govern-ment for the schools.

“I have visited manyschools in other provinc-es but I found out that Ba-langa has enough com-puter sets complete withinternet connections andstaff,” Zapanta said.

BY JOHNNY R. REBLANDO

BOTOLAN, Zambales – Policearrested on Monday a rape sus-pect who was tagged as one ofthe most wanted person here.

Sr. Supt. Rolando Felix, di-rector of the Zambales PoliceProvincial Office (ZPPO), identi-fied the suspect as Gilbert Ti-burcio, aka “Mulagat,” 23 andresident of said Barangay Magu-isguis.

Rape suspect nabbed

LIMAY, Bataan – A chief matedied while two seamen were in-jured when hit by a pressurizedliquid hose.

Police Officer 2 Melchor Ase-bias, Limay police investigator,said chief mate Edilberto Belt-ran, 57, of Catbalogan, NorthernSamar died of severe head andbody injuries at dawn Saturdaywhile being treated at the St.Joseph Hospital in Balanga City.

His remains from the St. Pe-ter mortuary in Balanga werebrought to Catbalogan.

Wounded were AB seamenRenato Gaa, 31 and Leo Dulce-ro, 35; both crews of cargo car-rier tanker owned by ShogunShip Co., Inc., reportedly a Fili-pino-owned vessel.

“Biglang naglabas ng mala-kas na pressure ang liquid hoseat nag-ran wild na parang ahasat tinamaan ang tatlong tauhanng tanker,” PO2 Asebias said.

1 dead, 2 injuredin Petron BataanRefinery accident

“Ang chief mate ay tumilaponat tumama ang ulo sa mga pipe-lines,” he added.

The hose is being used totransfer Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) from the Petron BataanRefinery (PBR) pier to their car-go carrier tanker.

The two crews reportedlyloosened three of the four boltsof the blind flange preparatory toloading LPG at the S-3 PBR pierFriday night when the liquid hosecover snapped due to the sud-den strong pressure. It struck theleg of the chief mate who wassupervising, police said.

Police investigator also saidthat based on their preliminaryinvestigation, no deadly chemi-cals were emitted and that therewas no gas poisoning.

Local journalists tried butfailed to get the side of oil refin-ery officials.

–Ernie B. Esconde

Report said at about 9:00o’clock in the morning, suspectwas arrested at their residenceby virtue of a Warrant of Arrestissued by Judge Clodualdo Mon-ta of Regional Trial Court Branch70 of Iba, Zambales for rape withno bail recommended.

Records from the police showthat the suspect was listed No.2 most wanted person here.

Suspect is now under thecustody of the Botolan police.

MOURNING.Flags fly athalf mastwhile ayellow ribbonadorns aWorld War IIcannon infront of theBulacanprovincialcapitolbuilding asthe provincejoins thenation inmourning thepassing offormerPresidentCorazonCojuangcoAquino onSaturday.PHOTO BYROMMELRAMOS

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Northville 15‘contactors’

NOW THEY want to move in.The Kapitbisig ng Samahan ng Taga Riles

Homeowners Association, Inc. (Kapitbisig) through aboard resolution is requesting the Angeles City Councilto “immediately” effect the relocation of residents alongthe riles to the Northville 15 site in Barangay Cacutud.

These are the residents affected by the North Railproject.

Only last May, the same Kabisig deplored what it called“inhuman” conditions obtaining at the Northville 15deterring them to move in.

In a Kabisig-guided tour of the area, Councilors JaySangil and Ruben Maniago were so moved at the trulysorry condition of the houses that Sangil uttered: “It’slike a deplorable evacuation center for Mount Pinatubovictims all over again.”

The pictures that were taken to the media were morethan enough to affirm Sangil’s observation, as we wrotethen: “Tin roofs so thin as to be dented by a cat’s paw,and leak in a drizzle. Beams and posts patterned afterPisa’s tower – leaning in all directions. Walls crochetedwith cracks, in various stages of collapse. Unreinforcedfloors upon uncompacted soil made uneven by cracks.Drainage systems that act as catch basin for rain water.Flooded roads.”

“It’s as if families were rushed to be evacuated in anarea ill-prepared, just like in the days of the MountPinatubo eruptions, where more people died fromailments at evacuation centers than from the directeffects of the eruptions.” So Sangil said.

One beneficiary named William David lamented:“Perhaps the government did not really mind what kindof houses we are to live in because we are merelysquatters.”

In a later inspection, Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigtingclarified that the council was not against the Northville15 project but “just wants the place to be truly liveablefor humans.”

Hence, the city council request for the NationalHousing Authority to suspend the relocation of thesettlers, pending the repair of the houses and facilitiesand the improvement of the site.

So Kabisig now wants the council to lift whateverrestriction for them to relocate.

So have the contractors – denounced in May-Junefor sloppy, deplorable work – made the necessarycontrition and improved on their construction?

Better call on Super Sangil to make one wide sweepof the area and hear his recommendations.

Already we are hearing some insinuations that theKabisig “change of heart” had little to do with theconstructing but everything about “contacting.” Whateverthat means.

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Megisan nong’mibual bayu

dintang yMadrigal

SALAMAT, bistaman matauli nang bina,Ining Jamby mekatagal ya pang bagyaKarening akasyang pepapate kusaDening ala na’tang masabal bitasa;

King ikakayap na ning kapaligiranAmpon katutubu tamung pilisunan,Nung inyasa’t y Senadora MadrigalDeti penikuanan na la pang atagal!

Mupin baket rugu nung kapilan alusMigit lang mepitna king kalunus-lunusA kabilian deti karin ya pu linsutY Senadora ban kekata sumaup,

King pamipatuknang karening kriminalNing likas tang’ bandi at kapaligiran,Keng pamangutud da karening tanamanA e sukat basta kabud namu ibual!

Kimut la rin pala obat e pa inyangBayu mipatupad ing kapaintulutanA binye ning Kalihim ning DENR,King DPWH ban mesagka yan?

Oyan ing e ustu karing aliwa kenA sukat aligan tang’ opisyal balen,Nung kapilan ta’la rugu kailangan denKarin la e lalsut nanan mo’mang lawen.

Maklak la karas keng problema ning masaAt e mo’akapkap ding dakal karela;Pero neng panahun ning pamangampanyaSumawa ka karen keng kapupunta ra.

Oneng antimo pin ning milyaring itiA nung kapilan pin digpan no’ning pistiAt alus megisan ding akasyang detiKarin ya sakoru y Senator Jamby,

Pilan la pa kayang kalulung pundutungDing dasan nang mabie, at e na palumpungIng atyu gilid ning dalan, lele kulkulA nung nu’ro binual deti balang metung?

Makanian man, anti ning yan milyari naAt e ta’na akuang ibalik ing bie ra,Pasalamatan ta’na king SenadoraIng intensyon na niting makasaup ya!

Mupin, sana e mu kabud kapangakuanIng sinabi niting ipasisyasat na yanAt pigilan iting alang pakundanganA pamangatud da karening tanaman;

A makasaup ban luminis ing anginAt makabawas king ngeni ‘global warming;’Inyasa’t nung iti e ta’ dinan pansin,Ing sumisi bandang tauli ita’murin!

Nanung ulaga na nanu mang progresuA nasang isulung ken ding gugubyernu,Nung sumangid niti ing bie tamu mismuIng makayambi king tiak a peligru?

Bisa ta’t e bisa kabud yang mekalbuKareting pundutung ing karinan tamu,Puera mu king e Na itulut ning Ginu,Keti pa misalab ta’na king impyernu!

CastigadorJohnny Reblando

MULA ng muling i-recall ang mga deputation order at ID’s ng mgaLTO deputize agents, aba eh, namamayagpag ang mga colorumat hindi mga rehistradong sasakyan sa ibat-ibang lugar sa CentalLuzon.

Alam po ninyo, ang dahilan libre na sila sa kalsada at walangnanghuhuli sa mga ito. Kaya maging ang ilang kapulisan natin aypikit din ang kanilang mata dahil wala silang kakayahan para sitahinat hulihin ang mga ito.

Maging yung mga taga LTO deputize agents’ ay ganun na lamangang kanilang pagkadismaya. Sa kabilang banda naman ay tuwang-tuwa naman ang mga tsuper sa kalsada dahil wala na daw mgaBUWAYANG naglipana na siyang malimit na kanilang iniilagan saaraw-araw na pamamasada dahil ang ilan sa kanila na malimitmahuli ay may paglapag naman sa pinaiiral na batas ng LTO.

Mga colorumnaglipana sa CL

Nitong nakalalipas na buwan, nagpalabas ngisang memorandum si PHILIPPINE NationalPolice Highway Patrol Group director Chief Supt.Orlando M. Mabutas at kanyang hinihiling angpubliko na makipagtulungan sa kanilangkampanya laban sa mga “car theft syndicates atmga criminal gangs” na siyang gumagamit ngfake license plates o di kaya mga expiredcommemorative plates para lamang makaiwas samga tumutugis na awtoridad.

Ang HPG daw ang LTO-deputized agents nainatasan para mangumpiska sa mga expiredcommemorative plates tulad ng ‘LTO, MAYOR,COUNCILOR, LAWYER, PLEB’ na siyangnaglipana sa kalsada.

At sa mga unauthorized/improvised plateay may kaukulang mulatang P300, samatalangsa expired commemorative plates may P2,000.00multa.

Kabilang naman sa mga valid commemorativeplates na ipinalabas ng LTO at kung kalian itomag-expire ay ang mga sumusunod — PMAAlumni Association Inc., Aug. 31, 2009;Philippine Trial Lawyers Association, Inc., Sept. 30, 2009; Philippine Dental Association, Nov. 2, 2009; Araw Lodge #18 (100thFoundation Anniversary), Nov. 15, 2009;Diocese of Bacolod (75th FoundationAnniversary) , Nov. 30, 2009; Manuel S.Enverga University Foundation- Dec. 31, 2009;Ateneo de Manila (150th FoundationAnniversary)- Dec. 31, 2009; Department ofLabor and Employment (75th Anniversary),Dec. 31, 2009; The Kiwanis Club of St. John -

March 31, 2010; Christian Missionary AllianceChurches of the Philippines 50th GeneralAssembly, April 30, 2010; Association of Chiefsof Police of the Philippines, Inc.- May 4, 2010;University of the Philippines Los Baños 100thAnniversary (Centennial), May 15, 2010; PNPAcademy Alumni Association, June 30, 2010;Helicopter Pilot Association of thePhilippines, June 30, 2010; Asian Institute ofManagement, July 30, 2010; and Chief PNPCup National Shooting Championship, Aug.30, 2010.

Aba! Wala naman daw ibinababang kautusanang HPG at LTO sa kanilang mga provincial officeskung kaya hindi sila makakilos at maipatupad ngtama sa nasabing kautusan.

Ang tanong ng mga deputize agents, kaya basilang sanggain ng kanilang mga Director?Karamihan sa mga masasagasaan sa nasabingkautusan ay pawang mga PULITIKO na pilosopona may malakas na kapit na kayang-kayangmgapa-relieved ng sinuman.

Kapag nagkataon, kawawa naman angnaatasan manghuli sa mga ito. Dapat sigurongkayong mga DIRECTOR ang dapat na mangunapara ipakita ninyo sa taumbayan na sincere kayosa inyong trabaho, madali ang mag-utos, peroang kawawa bandang huli ang inyong mga agents.Di ba mga sir?

Tama na sir ang pa-pogi, trabaho muna parapaniwalaan kayo ng taumbayan at ipakita ninyona walang sasantuhin maging sinuman angtamaan, kung talagang TAPAT kayo sa pinaiiralna batas ng walang BUTAS.

NGINIG ANG aking mga tuhod ay tinungo ko ang rostrum sareviewing stage ng Pampanga Sports Complex.

Lalong tumindi ang aking nerbiyos sa libu-libong taong nasaaking harapan, daan-daan naman ang nasa aking likuran na nakauposa grandstand ng noo’y pinakamodernong lunan ng palakasan saGitnang Luzon, kundi man sa buong Pilipinas.

Pilit na pinipigil ang panginginig ng aking mga kamay, inilabasko ang isang pirasong papel kung saan naka-makinilya ang maiksikong talumpati.

Buntong hininga, at ako’y tumingin na sa mga pinagpipitagangmga nilalang na nakahilera sa aking kanan.

Paglapat ng aking mga mata sa panauhing pandangal, lahat ngkaba ko’t nerbiyos ay napawi, kapayapaan ng kalooban ang saaki’y naghari sa munting sandaling pagsulyap lamang sa maamongmukha, sa ngiting wari’y nagmumula sa kaibuturan ng kanyangpuso. Ramdam ko, ako’y nasa banal na presensiya.

At kalmado kong naibahagi ang aking talumpati:

Tanging ala-ala

Ang ating pinakamamahal, at sa ati’ynagmamahal na pangulo ng Republika ngPilipinas, Ginang Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, angmabunying arsobispo ng San Fernando, ApuCeto; ang pinagpipitagang ama ng lalawiganKapampangan, Bren Z. Guiao; mga namiminunosa mga pamahalaang lokal, mga kababayan:

Kaisang-diwa ng mamamayang Pilipino anghanay ng mga malaya at mulat na mamamahayagng Pampanga sa taimtim na dalangin para sakapayapaan, lalung-lalo na sa mga pamayananghanggang ngayo’y nananatiling naglalagablab nalarangan ng labanan ng mga nagngangalit napaniniwalang taliwas sa mithiin ng bayan.

Kaisang-puso ninyo kami sa adhikain tungosa ganap na katahimikan upang ang nilalayonnating kaunlaran ay atin nang makamtan.

Kaisang-bisig ninyo kami sa pagtatanggol saating Saligang Batas laban sa sinumangnaghahangad na ibalik ang bayan sa pusikit nakadiliman.

Hinding-hindi namin mapapayagan anganumang lupon, hukbo o kawan na mulingpiringan ang mata ng panulat; na muling busalan

ang bibig ng pamamahayag; na muling ibilanggoang malayang diwa ng bawa’t mamamayangPilipino.

Kaisa po ninyo kami mahal naming Pangulosa inyong layuning higit pang mapalawak angpambansang demokrasya, at mailuklok angbawa’t Pilipino sa tugatog ng kaunlaran.

Kami pong mga mamamahayag ay nananaligna sa pagkakapit-bisig at pagbubuklod-diwa ngbayan, ng panguluhan at ng iba’t ibang sektor nglipunan, kalakip ng pinag-isang pananaw namakabayan, paninindigang makatao atpamamaraang makadiyos ay atin pongmakakamtan ang biyaya ng Maykapal na tanginglaan sa Inang Pilipinas.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas. Marami pong salamat.Pagkabigkas nito’y tumungo ako sa kanya.

Muli, ang masuyong ngiti at sa pagdadaop ngaming mga palad, matamis na tinig ang sa mgalabi niya’y namutawi: “Maraming salamat, Bong.”

Ika-25 ng Setyembre, 1990 sa Prayer Rallyfor Peace and the Constitution, ang pinakatatangikong ala-ala kay Pangulong Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino.

ON AUGUST 5, 1962, movieactress Marilyn Monroe isfound dead in her home in LosAngeles. She was discoveredlying nude on her bed, facedown, with a telephone in onehand. Empty bottles of pills,prescribed to treat her depres-sion, were littered around theroom. After a brief investigation,Los Angeles police concludedthat her death was "caused bya self-administered overdose ofsedative drugs and that themode of death is probable sui-cide."

Marilyn Monroe was bornNorma Jean Mortenson in LosAngeles on June 1, 1926. Hermother was emotionally unsta-ble and frequently confined toan asylum, so Norma Jean wasreared by a succession of fos-ter parents and in an orphan-

Marilyn Monroe is found deadage. At the age of 16, she mar-ried a fellow worker in an aircraftfactory, but they divorced a fewyears later. She took up model-ing in 1944 and in 1946 signeda short-term contract with 20thCentury Fox, taking as herscreen name Marilyn Monroe.She had a few bit parts and thenreturned to modeling, famouslyposing nude for a calendar in1949.

She began to attract atten-tion as an actress in 1950 afterappearing in minor roles in theThe Asphalt Jungle and All AboutEve. Although she was onscreenonly briefly playing a mistressin both films, audiences tooknote of the blonde bombshell,and she won a new contract fromFox. Her acting career took offin the early 1950s with perfor-mances in Love Nest (1951),

Monkey Business (1952), andNiagara (1953). Celebrated forher voluptuousness and wide-eyed charm, she won interna-tional fame for her sex-symbolroles in Gentlemen PreferBlondes (1953), How to Marrya Millionaire (1953), and There'sNo Business Like Show Busi-ness (1954). The Seven-YearItch (1955) showcased her co-medic talents and features theclassic scene where shestands over a subway gratingand has her white skirt billowedup by the wind from a passingtrain. In 1954, she marriedbaseball great Joe DiMaggio,attracting further publicity, butthey divorced eight months lat-er.

In 1955, she studied withLee Strasberg at the Actors Stu-dio in New York City and sub-

sequently gave a strong performanceas a hapless entertainer in Bus Stop(1956). In 1956, she married play-wright Arthur Miller. She made ThePrince and the Showgirl--a critical andcommercial failure--with LaurenceOlivier in 1957 but in 1959 gave anacclaimed performance in the hitcomedy Some Like It Hot. Her lastrole, in The Misfits (1961), was di-rected by John Huston and writtenby Miller, whom she divorced just oneweek before the film's opening.

By 1961, Monroe, beset by de-pression, was under the constantcare of a psychiatrist. Increasinglyerratic in the last months of her life,she lived as a virtual recluse in herBrentwood, Los Angeles, home. Af-ter midnight on August 5, 1962, her

maid, Eunice Murray, noticed Mon-roe's bedroom light on. When Mur-ray found the door locked and Mari-lyn unresponsive to her calls, shecalled Monroe's psychiatrist, Dr. Ral-ph Greenson, who gained access tothe room by breaking a window. En-tering, he found Marilyn dead, andthe police were called sometime af-ter. An autopsy found a fatal amountof sedatives in her system, and herdeath was ruled probable suicide.

In recent decades, there havebeen a number of conspiracy theo-ries about her death, most of whichcontend that she was murdered byJohn and/or Robert Kennedy, withwhom she allegedly had love affairs.These theories claim that theKennedys killed her (or had her killed)

because they feared she wouldmake public their love affairs andother government secrets she wasgathering. On August 4, 1962, Rob-ert Kennedy, then attorney generalin his older brother's cabinet, wasin fact in Los Angeles. Two decadesafter the fact, Monroe's housekeep-er, Eunice Murray, announced for thefirst time that the attorney generalhad visited Marilyn on the night ofher death and quarreled with her, butthe reliability of these and otherstatements made by Murray arequestionable.

Four decades after her death,Marilyn Monroe remains a major cul-tural icon. The unknown details ofher final performance only add to hermystique.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

SI MARIAN daw ang woman of the hour ngayong mga panahong ito. Maraming papuri ang pinatutungkol sa kanya dahil nga malapit nasiyang lumipad bilang Darna ng kasalukuyang henerasyon. Ilang tulog na lang, ipalalabas na kasi sa GMA 7 ang pinabagong fantaseryena magtatampok nga kay Marian bilang Darna.

Did you know, ikinukumpara ngayon kay Star For All Seasons Vilma Santos ang career pattern ni Marian Rivera?Ito ay matapos lumabas sa Dyesebel si Marian at napunta rin sa young actress ang Darna.“Siyempre, honored ako dahil parehong napunta sa akin ang Dyesebel at Darna. Idol ko rin si Gov. Vi kaya talagang training-to-the-

max ako para mapantayan ko ang acting niya sa Darna,” sabi ni Marian.Sabagay, hindi naman sila nagkakalayo ni Ate Vi kung ganda ng mukha, hugis ng katawan at galing sa acting ang pag-uusapan.Bukod sa paglipad niya sa Darna tinatataya ring puwedeng maging drama queen din si Marian dahil nga nabigyan din naman siya

paminsan-minsan ng mga acting vehicles. Naipakita niya sa Ang Babaing Hinugot sa aking tadyang na kaya niyang umakting nangtodo. Medyo hilaw pa siya’t malayo sa arnge si Ate Vi, but in due time, basta lagging mabibigyan ng tamang proyekto, Marian will makeit as a drama actress.

Kaya ngayon, she stars along with Dennis Trillo in Tarot, isang Regal project at dahil dito excited si Mother Lily. Kulang na langtalaga, sambahin ni Mother si Marian.

On August 12, Marian Rivera turns 25 years old, kaya isang bonggang party ang balak ng Regal matriarch na iregalo sa kanya. Angselebrasyon siyempre ay para sa publicity ng bagong starrer ni Marian. Kilala naman natin si Mother sa pagiging flamboyant pagdatingsa publicity gimmicks ng mga past movies niya.

Tarot is not Marian’s first fright flick with Regal. She also starred in Pamahiin three years ago, where she played the role of a ghost

Marian Rivera sumusunod daw sayapak ni Gov. Vilma Santos

in love with Dennis Trillo. Sila na naman ni Dennis sa pagkakataong ito.At dahil nga magsisimula na rin yung Darna niya sa GMA 7, damay na rin iyo sa malaking publicity stunt ng

birthday party ni Marian na gagwin sa Agosto 8.Siyempre, di puwedeng di pumuri si Mother but in the end, itong Tarot niya starring Marian ang kanyang

totoong concern.“It’s very scary,” sabi pa ni Mother Lily. “When we watched it, nakatatakot talaga. Mas

gumaling ang pagdidirek ni Jun Lana. Tiyak na sisigaw ang viewers sa loob ngtheaters. And Marian has improved so much as an actress. Ang galingniya! I’m really proud of Tarot.”

Si Marian naman, thankful for all the blessings now com-ing her way. “May bago na akong movie na Tarot, may bago pa akong show na ‘Darna,’ so what morecan I wish for on my birthday kundi sana, tangkil-ikin ng viewers ang Tarot sa sinehan at ang Darnasa TV,” panghuli pa niyang salita.

Flop daw silani Ogie Alcasid…Judy Ann Santoskinakapitan na ng

kamalasan kaya nawalanng takilya power?

BIGLANG TUMAHIMIK ang sitwasyon ng Oh MyGirl na bida sina Judy Ann Santos at Ogie Al-casid. Paano kasi, kabi-kabila’ng mga write upna sobrang flop sa mga sinehan ang project ngdalawa. Kumbaga, hindi binagayan ng chemistryang dalawa at tiyak, ito na’ng huling team up nila.

Ayon nga sa ilang naglibot sa mga sinehan,wala raw tao ang movie at sa isang mall nalabindalawa’ng sinehan, isa lang ang pinaglabasanng movie. “:This goes to show na flop talaga angmovie,”sabi pa ng isang reporter na nakausapnamin.

Kunsabagay, kami dito, alam na namingganito ang mangyayari sa movie. Una, dinaman kasi nakatatawa si Ogie sa mgaroles na babae siya. Hindi siya lovablebilang character at talagang napaka-try-ing hard ng dating niya bilang komedy-ante.

Ogie should just sing dahil yun angforte niya. Bilang tv at film star, zero tala-ga siya. Pilit na pilit ang ipinakikita niyangskills kaya mahirap niyang mapagtagump-ayan ang linyang ito. But like we say as asinger, puwede mo na talagang dasalan naparang santo si Ogie Alcasid.

At si Juday, ayon sa isang malapit sakanya, tila raw kinapitan ng malas, kaya bu-lilyaso ang kanyang takilya power. Hindi na-man masabi kung sino yung malas sa kan-yang buhay ngayon. We don’t like to think nasi Ryan Agoncillo ang pinatutungkulan ng ka-close niyang reporter. Kami nga kasi, we be-lieve na perfect si Ryan para kay Juday kayawe could never imagine na malas nga ito sakanya.

Isa apang factor kung bakit di kinagatang movie ng dalawa ay dahil daw sa pan-git ito. At diyan, yung direktor na kaibiganni Juday ang dapat sisihin.

True pala na nakialam ang direktor sascript ng pelikula kaya palpak ang kau-na-unahan niyang major project.

Sobrang pakikialam daw ang ginawani direk partikular na sa script na umabotsa puntong hindi alam pati ng staff, na ibana pala ang takbo ng kuwento ng pelikulanilang ginagawa.

Kaya ang ending, malamang hindi naraw masundan ang launching movie ni direksa ipinakita niyang ugali sa shooting ngkanyang kauna-unahang mainstream mov-ie na sana ay tsansa na niyang ipakitangmay ibubuga siya sa pagdidirek.

Sabi nga ng isang nakapanood ng peliku-la, parang ibinase niya sa kanyang buhay angnasabing pelikula na nasayang lang ang biga-ting cast.

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some 25 delegates at thewake, including Council-ors Alex Patio, Reden Ha-lili and Ruping Dumlao.

“The spirit of giving isalive at Cory’s wake,” saidRodriguez, who was of-fered a glass of mineralwater just before he board-ed his car at the parkinglot of the area.

He said “Cory’s legacyis bringing back the Dem-ocratic institutions in thecountry.” He describedAquino “as a committed,sincere, honest and kindleader.”

Rodriguez disclosedthat he and the first wom-an president in SouthEast Asia had been closesince the late 80’s whenhe was provincial admin-istrator.

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‘Spirit of giving alive’The mayor met Kris

Aquino after passing bythe coffin of the late presi-dent. He also met Sen.Mar Roxas, who is closeto the Aquino family.

GREAT PRESIDENTMeanwhile, Mayor

Marino “Boking” Moralesdescribed the late formerPresident Corazon “Cory”Aquino as a “great leader”following the concelebrat-ed Mass at the church inXevera-Mabalacat Northon Tuesday.

“This Mass is for her.She is a deeply religiousperson more than anythingelse,” said Morales. Heasked Fathers Ed Laxam-ana, Chito Carlos andRoel Dizon to celebrate theMass for Aquino.

“An upright person,both in her private life and

during her tenure as pres-ident, Tita Cory signifiedan enduring symbol oftruth, justice and compas-sion, even in the face ofseemingly insurmountableodds and challenges andemerged triumphant overall of these,” said Moralesin his speech.

He added that she wasan “icon of democracy notonly in the Philippines butalso for the world.”

Morales said Aquinohad frequently visited thistown when she was presi-dent. He added that Aqui-no had supported his con-stituents all-out after theeruption of Mt. Pinatubo in1991.

Joining Morales in theMass were Vice MayorPros Lagman, formerCouncilor Liza Pineda andother municipal officials.

the Loyola School of The-ology wrote about Mrs.Aquino’s devotion to theBlessed Virgin Mary.

The article, writtenwhen Mrs. Aquino was stillhealthy, can be found inthe websitemariansolidarity.com un-der the topic Ave Maria.

Arevalo recalled that inSeptember of 1986, JaimeCardinal Sin and thenAmbassador to the Vati-can Howard Dee orga-nized at Fatima in Portu-gal an International Theo-logical Symposium on“the Alliance of the Heartsof Jesus and Mary.”

He said that Sin andFr. Socrates Villegas tooktime out from the sympo-sium to visit Sr. Lucia dosSantos, one of the threevisionaries of Fatima in1918, in her Carmeliteconvent in Coimbra, Por-tugal. The visit was madepossible with the help ofthen Cardinal JosephRatzinger, now PopeBenedict XVI.

“Sister Lucia…was re-ally happy to talk with theCardinal. She had beentold of the People Powerevents, and she assuredthe Cardinal that she andthe other Sisters hadprayed—prayed much—for our people’s peacefulliberation from the dictator-ship. She seemed to bewell informed about EDSAUNO,” Arevalo wrote.

He recalled that “Sis-ter Lucia did something theCardinal did not expect.She took out a rosarywhich (she said) she her-self made, bead by bead.She wanted Cardinal Sinto give it as her personalgift to Mrs. Aquino.”

“Tell her (Mrs. Aquino)to take good care of it,”Sister Lucia told Sin. “Itwas a promise of Our La-dy’s blessing on PresidentCory during her presiden-cy and beyond,” Arevalonoted.

Arevalo said that “OurLady had held it (the rosa-ry) in her own hands.” Herecalled that CardinalTarcisio Bertone, SDB,

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Virgin Mary held same rosary...who was then VaticanSecretary of State and hadofficially interviewed SisterLucia more than once be-fore her death on Feb. 13,2005 once said that thenun continued to be visit-ed by the Blessed Virginafter the initially appari-tions in Fatima.

“Some of the Sisters(in Sister Lucia’s convent)believe that Our Lady, dur-ing one of her visits, heldthe rosary in her ownhands and blessed it forMrs. Aquino, promisingher presence and strengthto her in times specially ofsuffering and need. That iswhy Sr. Lucia remindedTita Cory to take goodcare of the rosary. OurLady had held it in her ownhands,” Arevalo said.

He quoted Mrs. Aqui-no as later saying” “SisterLucia sent me this rosarywhich she herself made,with the message that Iwould be supported andprotected in my presiden-cy.

She added, however,that more suffering wouldcome my way. I now knowthat it was a propheticmessage, as I had to fightback seven coup attemptsto save my administrationfrom power-grabbers inuniform.

With Our Lady’s pro-tection, I stood my groundand never left Malacañang,even when it was beingattacked.”

What Arevalo did notknow at the time he wrotethe article was that Mrs.Aquino was to suffer thepain of colon cancer beforeher peaceful death lastAug. 1, the first Saturdayof August, which com-memorates on the 15ththe assumption of theBlessed Virgin Mary intoheaven.

Mrs. Aquino wasknown to have also fulfilledthe so-called First Satur-day devotion sought bythe Blessed Virgin at Fa-tima as assurance of sal-vation for one.

Arevalo also recalledthat after her presidency in1992, Mrs. Aquino, togeth-er with her daughter Kris,

went to Fatima to join the75th anniversary of theFatima apparitions. Shewas able to personally talkto Sister |Lucia, with theformer Father General ofthe Comboni Fathers, Fr.Manuel Lopes

Again, Arevalo quotedMrs. Aquino as later relat-ing: “When I visited SisterLucia in 1992, the firstquestion she asked mewas, ‘Do you still have therosary I sent you?’ I re-plied, ‘Yes, but right nowa niece who lives in Bos-ton and is hoping to havea baby is borrowing it.’ –Ifeel so blessed and privi-leged to have this bond withFatima and so I sharedthis rosary with relativesand friends.”

The remains of Mrs.Aquino holds a rosary, butit is reportedly not thesame rosary gifted her bySister Lucia. She was re-ported to have lent the ro-sary to many other peopleseeking favors from theBlessed Virgin, amongthem the late Star colum-nist Teddy Benigno.

Arevalo also quotedMrs. Aquino as naming“three secrets” of Fatimathat she and her late hus-band, national hero NinoyAquino had once discov-ered.

He quoted Mrs. Aqui-no naming the secretsthus:

-“First is the power ofprayer, especially the dai-ly praying of the rosary ofOur Lady.

-“Second is the accep-tance in faith of God’s planin our own lives, and theentrustment of our lives toMary.

-“Third is the spirit ofsacrifice to carry outGod’s designs, after theexample of Mary, offeringpersonal sacrifice for agreater good toward God’spurposes.

Sister Lucia dos San-tos died in Coimbra on 13February 2005. She hadearlier witnessed the be-atification of the two otherFatima visionaries, her twocousins, Francisco andGiacinta Marto, May 13,2000 in Fatima.

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CLARK FREEPORT – A repre-sentative and member of theKuwait Ruling and Royal Fami-ly has cited the country’s sta-ble economy saying the Philip-pines “is a great country for in-vestments.”

Sheikh Ahmad Dawood Sal-man Al Sabah, a member of theKuwait Ruling and Royal Fami-ly and the representative of theState of Kuwait, said he was, atfirst, “doubtful” in investing in thecountry but however changedhis mind when he came to thecountry.

“But I saw something reallydifferent…we saw stability anda lot spending money and pur-chasing power…then I becamea believer,” said Al Sabah duringan interview with veteran broad-caster Angelo “Sonny” Lopez, Jr.in his cable program AksyonCentral Luzon Special Editionaired over PEP TV Channel 3.

Al Sabah said he was im-pressed with other Clark com-panies like Texas Instrumentsciting its huge compound andemployment generation and alsoSingapore Airlines.

“There’s a mini boom inClark,” Al Sabah said citing theincrease in flights at the Dios-dado Macapagal InternationalAirport (DMIA).

Al Sabah said had alreadyadvised other Kuwaiti investors“to look seriously” at Clark and“consider it as a prime invest-ment area.”

“They didn’t miss the boatbut my advice to them is to real-ly look at this area seriously,” AlSabah said.

Al Sabah also commendedthe “transparent business trans-actions” inside the Clark Free-

Kuwaiti royal cites RP’s stable economy

port saying “It’s a good deal foreverybody to be here.”

“I am a very big believer ofthe Philippines and its poten-tials… Everybody’s putting[their] money here,” noted AlSabah.

Aside from identifying thecountry as “a great country forinvestments,” Al Sabah stressedthat investors and governmentofficials should be “straightfor-ward” when transacting businessto build a positive reputation.

“You have to be straightfor-ward in these kinds of [business]transactions. That’s how youbuild a reputation. That’s my ad-vice for everybody to do,” Al Sa-bah said, adding that “KGL is a

success story in Kuwait. Andeverybody wants to be a part ofit.”

Dennis Wright, president ofPeregrine Development Interna-tional – the site developer, saidhe agrees with Al Sabah.

Wright said “One of the at-tractive features of the Philip-pines is that it’s a relativelystraightforward business envi-ronment to operate in.”

He also said companies in-side and outside the Clark Free-port attest that “they operate fineand they’re making money.”

In August 2008, PresidentGloria Macapagal-Arroyo led thegroundbreaking ceremony of the$1.025 billion Global Gateway

Logistics City at the 2,500-hect-are Clark Civil Aviation Complex,a single investment that is ex-pected to generate 70,000 jobs.

The KGL project will be anaviation-related and dependentbusinesses including but not lim-ited to warehousing, distribution,multi-nodal logistics, light man-ufacturing alongside comple-mentary business operationsand facilities to support aviation-related activities within the CivilAviation Complex of the airport.

KGL will occupy at least 167hectares of land within the civilaviation complex for the devel-opment of a combined use lo-gistics hub and techno park.

The project is located at the

Industrial Estate Five near theYokohama Tire Philippines andother Japanese firms in the area.KGL investment company is aninternational alternative invest-ment firm engaged in privateequity; venture capital and in-vestment banking.

KGL is a global leader withover 50 years of experience intransportation, logistics, steve-doring, passenger transport,warehousing, supply chain man-agement and port operations.KGL’s current operations includeKuwait, United Arab Emirates,Jordan, Tunisia, Oman, Namib-ia, Morroco, Pakistan, Germa-ny, Ireland, Cayman, Mauritiusand Egypt.

INVESTMENT HAVEN. Sheikh Ahmad Dawood Salman Al Sabah (right), a member of the Kuwait Ruling and RoyalFamily and the representative of the State of Kuwait gestures during an interview with veteran broadcaster Angelo“Sonny” Lopez, Jr. (center) while Dennis Wright, president of Peregrine Development International, listens.

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