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VOL. 13 NO. 151 • FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014 The best things in life are Libre TRAPIK AT BAHA KAHAPON pagkatapos ng ulan, lumubog sa baha ang maraming kalye sa Metro Manila tulad nitong sa Magallanes Interchange sa Makati City. REM ZAMORA War games sa West PH Sea —Basahin sa page 2

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VOL. 13 NO. 151 • FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014

The best things in life are Libre

TRAPIKAT BAHAKAHAPONpagkataposng ulan,lumubog sabaha angmaramingkalye saMetro Manilatulad nitongsaMagallanesInterchangesa MakatiCity.

REM ZAMORA

War games sa West PH Sea—Basahin sa page 2

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2 NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014

Editor in ChiefChito dF. dela Vega

Desk editorsRomel M. LalataDennis U. EroaArmin P. AdinaCenon B. Bibe

Graphic artistRitche S. Sabado

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MALAPIT SA WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

PH-US war games namarino, “not in res-ponse to currentevents.”

Lalahok ang USSJohn S. McCain atUSS Hasley, mga Ar-leigh Burke-class guid-ed-missile destroyer.

Dumating na ritoang barko ng Pilipinasna BRP Ramon Al-caraz, isang datingbarko ng US, para sapagsasanay.

“Carat has streng-thened the ties thatbind both our coun-tries,” ani Rear Adm.Jaime Bernardino, pi-nuno ng Philippinefleet. Tonette Orejas

Ni Allan Macatuno, Inquirer Central Luzon

SUBIC Bay Freeport—Naglunsad ka-hapon ang mga puwersang pandagatng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos ngpinagsamang pagsasanay na mag-dadala sa kanila sa West PhilippineSea.

Agad na binalewalang mga opisyal angpaniniwalang may ka-ugnayan ang taunangCooperation AfloatReadiness and Train-ing (Carat) sa agawanng Pilipinas at Tsinang teritoryo, lalo pa atilan sa pagsasanay aygagawin may 240kilometro mula sa

Panatag Shoal, nakapwa inaangkin ngMaynila at Beijing.

Sinabi ng Embaha-da ng US sa Maynilana gagawin ang Caratsa karagatan sa inter-national waters sa kan-luran ng Subic Bay.Anang embahada, la-yunin ng Carat na pa-laguin ang ugnayang

INQUIRER reporter Journalist of the YearDAHIL sa pagbubu-nyag sa pandaram-bong ng pork barrel“by a conspiracy ofunscrupulous individ-uals,” hinirang si IN-QUIRER reporter NancyC . Carva ja l b i l angm o s t o u t s t a n d i n gjournalist of 2013.

Ginawad sa Jaime

V. Ongpin (JVO) Jour-nalism seminar ka-hapon sa Asian Insti-tute of Managementang bagong taunangparangal, ang unanghinandog ng Center forMedia Freedom andResponsibility (CMFR).

Tinukoy ni CMFRexecut ive d i rec tor

Melinda Quintos deJesus ang “relevance,significance and im-pact” ng serye ni Car-vajal ng mga artikulosa harap ng mga mag-aaral ng peryodismoat mga nagtratraba-hong mamamahayag.

Pinuri ang reporter“for providing the in-formation the citizenryneeds to hold govern-ment officials and oth-er individuals account-able through her inves-tigative series on thediversion of the Priori-ty Development Assis-tant Fund (PDAF).”

Tinukoy din nitongnagmula sa “both theprivate and public sec-tor” ang “conspiracyof unscrupulous indi-viduals.”

B i n u o n g C M F Rand bagong parangalpara sa ika-25 aniber-saryo nito.

G inawad d in ngCMFR sa beteranangbroadcast journalistna si Cheche Lazarong Probe Productionsang 2014 Marshal lMcLuhan fellow, sa su-porta ng embahada ngCanada. John Nery

Bagong mapang Tsina aydrowing langS I N A B I n g M a l a-cañang kahapon na“drawing” ang bagongopisyal na mapa ngTsina kung saan kasalina ang mga pinag-aa-gawang teritoryo saSouth China Sea.

Sinabi ni Commu-nications SecretaryHerminio Coloma na“superseded” ng 1982United Nations Con-vention on the Law ofthe Sea (Unclos) angmga dibuho, tulad ngnilathala ng NationalAdministration of Sur-veying, Mapping andGeoinformation ngTsina.

S i n a b i n i y a n gn a n i n i n d i g a n a n gpamahalaan ng Pili-pinas sa mapayapangpaglutas sa agawanng teritoryo. CVE

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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014 3NEWS

SI Ate Guy kasama si Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. sa San Francisco noong 1982.Nasa kanan si Baby K. Jimenez, ang namahagi ng photo. BABY K. JIMENEZ

Umpisa nang paglilitisni RevillaTUMANGGING sagu-tin kahapon ni Sen.Bong Revilla ang mgasakdal ng pandaram-bong at katiwalian la-ban sa kanya kahaponsa Sand iganbayantungkol sa P10-bilyongpork scam.

Sa bintang na pan-darambong at 16 nabilang ng katiwalianna binasa sa kanya ngclerk of court, tugonni Revilla, “No plea,your Honors.”

Si Associate JusticeEfren de la Cruz, chairng SandiganbayanFirst Division, ang siyana mismong nagtalang plea na not guiltypara kay Revilla.

Itinakda ng korteang unang pagdinigng kaso sa Hulyo 6.Dona Z. Pazzibugan

Guy ‘close’ kay NinoyMarcos, may mgakaugnayan pa rin siAunor sa mga Aquino.

Noong 1982, bidasi Aunor sa Himala niIshmael Bernal, pro-ducer ang Experimen-tal Cinema of thePhilippines na pina-munuan ni Imee Mar-cos, anak ng diktador.

Samantala, si Kashi-wahara ang direktorng dalawang mahaha-lagang pelikula niAunor noong 1976,ang Magandang Gabisa Inyong Lahat at Min-sa’y Isang Gamu-gamo.Siya rin ang direktorng pelikula ni Aunorna Babae noong 1997.

Ni Bayani San Diego Jr.

ISANG birong nakapaskil sa isangwebsite ang nagsabing isang dahilankung bakit hindi hinirang ni Pangu-long Aquino si Nora Aunor bilangpambansang alagad ng sining ay angpagiging “Marcos loyalist” ng aktres.

Ngunit taliwas ditoang isang tila ordi-naryong Flashback Fri-day photo sa Face-book. Makikita rito siAunor na dumalawkay Sen. Benigno “Ni-noy” Aquino Jr., noonay mahigpit na karibalsa politika ng diktadorna si Ferdinand Mar-cos, sa Estados Unidos.

Kinunan ang

larawan noong 1982,sa tahanan sa SanFrancisco ng kapatidng senador, ang direk-tor na si LupitaAquino-Kashiwahara,ayon kay Baby K.Jimenez, isang enter-tainment journalist saCanada at kaibigan niAunor.

Kahit pa kilalangtaga-suporta ng mga

4 na ‘Filipinophilanthropists’APAT na negosyantemula sa Pilipinas, ka-sama na ang port atgaming tycoon na siEnrique Razon at tunamagnate na si RicardoPo Sr., ang pumasoksa listahan ng Forbesmagazine ng 48 “no-table” na pilantroposa Asya Pasipiko.

Maliban sa 54-an-yos na si Razon at 83-anyos na si Po, kasa-ma na sa listahan ngmatutulunging tao si-na Mari Albert, 64, atA n g e l o K i n g , 8 7 .Doris C. Dumlao

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SHOWBUZZ FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 20144ROMEL M. LALATA, Editor

Iwa Moto hindi pamaaaring ikasal uli

“Malabo pa... I’ve found outthat it’s a long and tough pro-

cess; we’ve had only two hear-ings so far,” sabi ni sa isang

pangkat ng mga reporter saisang pagtitipon ka-

makailan para sa Celebri-ty Dance Battle ng TV5

kung saan kabilangsiya sa limang final-

ists. “I hope it’s onits way.”

“Mickey and Ihave our own lives

now, and I think we de-serve to be happy,” dagdag

pa ng 25-taon-gulang na Fil-ipino-Japanese celeb, na iki-nasal noon pang 2009. Naghi-walay din ang dalawa isangtaon na ang nakararaan dahil sa“personal problems.”

Ayon sa grapevine, ang kasalni Pampi kay Jodi Sta. Maria ayna-annul na. Habang nananatil-

ing tahimik ang talento ng ABS-CBN hinggil sa isyu, nakuhanang kumpirmahin ni Iwa ito,“’Yung sa kanya (annulment niPampi), oo.”

Sa ngayon, sabi ni Iwa namasaya siya at si Pampi sa kunganong mayroon sila ngayon.“While all relationships experi-ence problems, it’s all abouthow you handle it.” May siyanna buwang gulang anak nababae sina Pampi at Iwa, si Hi-romi Eve; may anak din siPampi kay Jodi, ang walongtaong gulang na si Thirdy.

Natutuwa naman si Iwa atkasundo ni Thirdy ang kanyangkapatid na babae. “Thirdy lovesMimi (Hiromi Eve’s nickname)so much. He looks after herwhen he’s around; he carries herand makes her laugh,” aniya.“Mimi doesn’t forget Thirdy andalways gives him a hug.”

“Magkahawig sila—malakasang dugo nina Pampi,” pabironi Iwa sabay sabing maayos na-man silang dalawa ni Jodi.

Tingin ba ni Iwa si Pampi naang “the one” para sa kanya? “ Ireally hope so,” sabi ni Iwa,“because I don’t want mydaughter to have a broken fami-ly.” Aniya malapit na siyang tu-mungong Japan upang i-applyng Japanese citizenship si Mimi.

Samantala, sabi ni Iwa naang pagsali niya sa CelebrityDance Battle— eere na anggrand finals bukas nang 9p.m.— ay maiging paraan up-ang makabawas ng timbang. “Idelivered my baby via C-sec-tion, so I can’t lift weights or dointense workouts,” sabi ni Iwa.“Dancing has been a perfect al-ternative. My friends said I’velost some weight.”

Kasama ni Iwa na sasabakpara sa titulo at P1 million cashprize ay ang basketbolistang siGary David, Brazilian modelPriscilla Meirelles, singer-actressCiara Sotto at aktor na si RafaSiguion-Reyna. Host ng dancecompetition si Lucy Torres-Gomez kasama ang mga atle-tang magkapatid na sina Davidat Anthony Semerad.

Ni Allan Policarpio

I NAMIN ng aktres na si Iwa Moto, nang tanunginkung nakikinita niyang pakakasalan niya angkanyang boyfriend na si Pampi Lacson sa lalong

madaling panahon, na malamang hindi pa, lalo na’tsumasailalim pa sa proseso ng annulment ang kasalnila ng asawa niyang mixed martial artist na si MickeyAblan.

‘Manny’ pasok sa top 12ng kritiko sa ArkansasGENERAL Santos City—Isang “beautiful, almost epic” napelikula ang paglalarawan ng tagasuri ng pelikula na siTim Basham sa Manny, ang documentary tungkol sa kam-peon ng world eight-division boxing at kinatawan ngSarangani na si Manny Pacquiao.

Ang halos dalwang oras na docu sa direksyon ninaRyan Moore at Leon Gast at pagsasalaysay ng AcademyAward-nominated na aktor na si Liam Neeson, aylumanding sa ika-12 na puwesto ng 15 pinakamagandangmga pelikula na ipinalabas sa 2014 Little Rock Film Fes-tival (LRFF) na tumagal mula May 12 hanggang 18 saArkansas, Estados Unidos.

“It’s a story that plays like a feature film, with a rolethat Pacquiao himself would probably want to play,” sulatni sa music and entertainment online magazine na PASTE.

Mukhang natuwa pa ang manunuri sa “embarrassing”na tangkang pag-awit ng pambansang kamao. AquilesZonio, Inquirer Mindanao

World PremieresFilm Fest at SMTHE Film Development Councilof the Philippines is set tolaunch the World PremieresFilm Festival on Sunday with ared-carpet opening ceremony atOne Esplanade in SM Complex,Pasay City.

From July 2 to 8, 40 festivalfilms from 27 countries will bescreened at select SM Cinemasaround Metro Manila.

The main competition willfeature movies from Brazil,Ecuador, Iran, Spain, Turkey,and the Philippines. A CineVerde or “Green Cinema” sec-tion is dedicated to films tack-ling environmental concerns.

Other aspects of the festivalare: the Euroview Section, fea-turing films from Europeancountries; the Ibero-AmericaSection, featuring films fromLatin states; and the AseanSkies Section, featuring filmsfrom Asean member states.

Gala premieres for the maincompetition films are scheduledon Monday and Tuesday at SMMegamall. The directors of thefilms will be present for shortQ&A sessions after the screen-ings. The premieres are open tothe public.

The full festival run is fromJuly 2 until July 8 at SM Mega-mall, SM Mall of Asia, SMNorth Edsa, SM Sta. Mesa, andSM Manila. All screenings willbe presented at regular mall ad-mission prices. Students withvalid IDs, will get discounts. Fordetails, visit www.wpff.ph.

IWA Moto

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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014 5FEATURESAng lihim ni Nanay

dahil siya rin daw aymay nagugustuhan naka-opisina niya dito.Ang ikinatatakot ko aykung malaman niyana ako pala ang nai-ibigan ng lalaking ito.

Inang May Lihim

SA BILIS ng ikot ngmundo natin ngayon,at mga panibagongmalalawak na kaisi-pan, hindi na nakaka-pagtaka na mapaibigka sa kaibigan nganak mo.

Ma-lalaki man oma-babae, wala nangayong bata o matan-da sa larangan ng pag-ibig. Lahat ay maykarapatang sundin angmga loobin nila.

Hindi ba anak mona ang nangsabingpareho sila ng lalakingito na malaya hang-gang ano man angihain sa kanila ng ka-palaran? Tama langang ganitong kaisipandahil malayo sila sa

isa’t isa at hin-di nila maaar-ing sakalin angkanilang mgapuso sa mgapangakonghindi nilamatutupad.

Kung sakalimang mala-

man ng anak mongikaw pala ang naibi-gan ng kanyang kaibi-gan, sa una siguro aymasasaktan siya. Perokung maligaya na rinnaman siya sakanyang bagong kaki-lala, bakit ka namannya pagkakaitan ngsarili mong kalikaga-han?

Mahaba pa anglalakarin ng panahon.Huwag ka munangmag-isip ng mgaikalulungkot mobalang araw. Sa totoolang, baka wala na-mang mangyaringsamaan ng loob. Kungmakita mong masayasiya, tiyak na matu-tuwa rin ang anakmong makita kangmaligaya.

Magpadala ng e-mail sa [email protected] [email protected]

DEAR Emily,Naging ina nang ako’y 15 years old atnasa high school pa lamang. Kinup-kop na ng mga magulang ko ang ak-ing anak na babae mula nang ipan-ganank ko siya para ako makapagpat-uloy ng nursing sa Maynila.

Halos hindi konaalagaan ito dahilgusto ng magulangkong magkaroon akong sarili kong buhay.

Nang ako ay mag-OFW bilang isangnurse, lalo kaminghindi nakapagsama nganak ko. Sa e-maillang kami nagkakabal-itaan ng aming mgabuhay-buhay. Taposna siya ng collegengayon at may maga-nda na ring trabaho.

Limang taon naako sa ibang bansanang isinulat sa akinng anak kong maynanliligaw sa kanyangisang nurse na lalakiat nakakuha ito ngtrabaho sa malapit naospital sa akin. Sinabiniya dito na bisitahimako para magka-ki-lalanan kami.

Ganoon nga angginawa ng lalakingito. Nalaman ko nahindi naman pala silamag-boyfriend pa.Nagsusulatan lang

daw silang madalas atkung gustuhin daw ngkapalaran, baka mag-ing sila ring dalawa.

Napag-isahan ni-lang malaya silangmakipagkaibigan pasa iba.

Sa katatawag atpakikipagkita sa akin nglalaking ito, ang nang-yari ay kami angnagkaroon ng unawanat naging mag-boyfriend. Mabait siyaat maalalahanin atkung day-off namin,kaming dalawa ang na-mamasyal atmagkasama maghapon.

Sampung taonlang ang tanda ko sakanya. Walang alamang anak ko sanangyayari sa amin.Unti-unti nang ku-malas sa kanya anglalaking ito at sinabiniya sa aking anak nanahulog ang loobniya sa isa niyangkasamang nurse din.

Hindi naman na-galit ang anak ko

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ANG 7-anyos nalalaking AsiaticCheetah na si ‘Koushki’ay isa sa 100 na langkauri niya saMiandasht WildlifeRefuge sa Jajarm, Iran.Todo bantay ang Iransa mga Asiatic Cheetahna nauubos na sa datinilang pinagtitirhan sasouth at centralAsia. INQUIRER WIRES

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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014 7SPORTSDENNIS U. EROA, Editor

Messi weaves pitch magic anewP O R T O A L E G R E ,Brazil—Lionel Messilit up the World Cupagain Wednesday toinspire Argentina asFrance and Switzer-land both booked theirplaces in the last 16.

Argentina captainMessi bagged his thirdconsecutive man-of-the-match award afterscoring twice as the

South American gi-ants beat Nigeria, 3-2,to top Group F.

Nigeria advancedto the second roundfor the first time since1998 despite the lossafter Bosnia defeatedIran, 3-1, in Salvador.

F r a n c e , m e a n-while, was held to as c o r e l e s s d r a w b yEcuador.

Argentina will nowplay Group E runners-up Switzerland in SaoPaulo next Tuesday.

So breaches 2750,climbs to No. 14

14th in the world, hishighest ever, displac-ing super GM AnishGiri, who dropped to15th at 2750.

Ivanchuk, seededsecond to So with hisE l o o f 2 7 3 8 , b e a tCanadian VladimirPechenkin.

The 20-year-old So,named as coach ofTeam USA to the com-ing Chess Olympiad inTr o m s o , N o r w a y,dreams of barging intothe world’s top 10 and

eventually challengefor the world title.

So was also in thelineup submitted bythe National ChessFe d e r a t i o n o f t h ePh i l i pp ine s to theOlympiad Secretariat.

It’s now up to Soon which federationhe will choose, but ac-cording to NCFP exec-u t i v e d i r e c to r GMJayson Gonzales hecan play for the coun-try and still coach theUS. Roy Luarca

F ILIPINO super GrandmasterWesley So beat Canadian FideMaster Alex Yam Wednesday

night to keep his share of the lead andachieve two more milestones in the9th Edmonton Chess Festival in Alber-ta, Canada.

So, who handledblack, raised his totalto 4.5 points after fiverounds, the same out-put as fellow superGM Vassily Ivanchukof Ukraine in the 10-player, round-robin

tournament.More importantly,

the win raised So’slive ratings to a per-sonal best 2750.5,surpassing his goal of2750 for the year.

So also climbed to

Texters, Mixers in KO tiff for Finals berthTALK ‘N Text and SanMig Coffee, fagged outafter figuring in a clas-sic game that high-lighted this series to re-member, go at it one fi-nal time today for theright to play in the PBAGovernors’ Cup Finals.

Game 5 of what hasbeen a series for theages is slated at 8 p.m.at Smart Araneta Coli-seum in Cubao, with

the stats of the past tobe th rown out thewindow since this willall boil down to whowants it more and towho has more to give.

Two o f the f i r s tfour games went intoextension, includingan 84-81 Game 4 vic-tory by the TropangTexters on Wednesdaynight that paved theway for tonight’s do-

or-die encounter.A lot is riding on

this game for bothteams, more so for theMixers, whose GrandSlam bid now seemsin peril by a resurgentTalk ‘N Text crew thathas the chance to be-come just the fourthteam in 39 years toerase a 0-2 deficit in abest-of-five series.

“For us, this is it.

We wanted to take thisto a Game 5 and nowwe are here,” Talk ‘NText coach NormanBlack said in a textmessage. “What’s leftis to finish the job andleave all our energy onthe floor.”

B l a c k d e p a r t e dfrom his usual strate-gy and is maximizingthe use of his entireroster. MRCastillo

BAL ASIA, INC.A manufacturing and trading company of Food Ingredients.

Website: www.bsfiltechnologies.com

URGENT HIRING!!� TRAILER TRUCK DRIVER

- With at least 5 years experience in Trailer Truck Driving

- With valid driver’s license; restriction code: 1238

- Willing to work at Calauan, Laguna

� FORWARD TRUCK DRIVER- With at least 5 years experience in driving Forward Truck

- With valid driver’s license; restriction code: 123

- Willing to work at Calauan, Laguna

Competitive compensation package as well as an excellent

opportunity for career growth awaits successful candidates!

Please send your resumé at:

[email protected]

HIRING (URGENT)

(2) SECRETARYAT LEAST 22-28 Y/O

WILLING TO WORK IN

QUIAPO, MANILA

TEL: 734-9195

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