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The nation faced the massive task of cleaning up 95 towns and cities of muck and debris and rehabilitating roads, bridges and other public infrastructure damaged by oods that left 60 dead and displaced more than 2.4 million people, ofcials said on Friday.
The Metro Manila Development Authority elded an army of 500 street sweepers armed with hoses and brooms and backed by re trucks, water pumps, and heavy equipment but volunteers from youth and civic groups have also offered to join the clean up. I have deployed one team for each of the 17 local government units of Metro Manila. We have to start our clean-up early to prevent clogging of our drainage and waterways, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said.
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THE misery caused by the ooding resulting from the non-stop rain this week is deeply etched in the faces of the evacuees in and out of the evacuation centers. The ooding that started on Sunday left at least 60 people dead and submerged more than half of Metro Manila, which is home to 12 million people. About 2.4 million people there and in the nearby provinces were affected, forcing more than 360,000 people to seek
shelter in government-run evacuation centers. We have no more house to go back to, said 56-year-old Ana Ramos whose house on Tumana Street in Marikina was washed out by the raging Marikina River. Septuagenarian Barceliza Cabudbud, a resident of Sunrise Creek in Bagong Silangan village in Quezon City, suffered the same fate: Her house was of
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THE Judicial and Bar Council on Friday postponed its vote on the shortlist of candidates for chief justice of the Supreme Court after failing to agree on a proposal to change a rule that disqualies any aspirant with pending criminal or administrative cases. A change in the rule would enable Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to qualify for a spot on the shortlist despite two pending disbarment cases against her before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., a member of the council representing the House, said Undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Ofce of the President moved to postpone the vote to Monday, Aug. 13, after a deadlock ensued over the rule change proposal. Tupas said councils members were inclined to apply the existing rules to disqualify the three candidates, including De Lima. But Musngi, who is a substitute for De Lima on the council, pleaded for the council to suspend the rule on the basis of equity. Tupas, who had proposed the rule change, seconded Musngis suggestion. One member of the council, however, objected to the proposal that led to a lengthy discussion, Tupas said, without identifying which member had objected. Tupas said the debate came to an impasse when the issue of integrity was raised. Next page
Army of sweepers. Residents came out of their homes to help clean Araneta Avenue in Quezon City of
the muck and debris left by the ood. MANNY PALMERO
Chinas diplomatic blitz Cambodia recalls envoy over remarks leaves out PH, Vietnam By Sara D. Fabunan
CHINAS Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has embarked on a threenation swing in South East Asia where he is expected to discuss the South China Sea issue. In a report by the China Daily, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Yang would pay ofcial visits to Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia on Aug. 9-13 at the invitation of his counterparts from those countries. Curiously, the diplomatic blitz does not include stopovers in Hanoi and Manila, which Beijing has accused of challenging its sovereignty over the South China Sea islands. Chinese experts believe that Yang will seek understanding from the island nations on the territorial issue, including Indonesia
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CAMBODIA has recalled its ambassador to the Philippines, apparently after the envoy accused Manila of playing dirty politics on the South China Sea issue, an ofcial said Friday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said Cambodian Ambassador Hos Sereythonh had been recalled, but refused to give any reason for it. Last month, Del Rosario sum-
moned Sereythonh to explain the comments he made to a Manila daily blaming the Philippines and Vietnam for trying to sabotage and hijack the 45th Foreign Ministerial Meeting held in Phnom Penh. The ambassador, though, failed to appear, pleading sickness. Del Rosario said Cambodias Foreign Minister Hor Namhong sent him a letter announcing that Sereythonh had been recalled and would not be able to complete his
three-year term as an envoy. Sereythonhs term is supposed to end on July 27, 2013. Del Rosario said Namhong had named a new ambassador who would take over from Sereythonh and requested Manila to facilitate the agreement process that will allow the new envoy to immediately take over the vacated post. Theres a process of accepting the new ambassador, so we are doing it now. We call it
AN INDIAN man kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists escaped from them in Sulu on Friday after being held captive for nearly 14 months, an ofcial said. Bijo Kolara Veetil escaped before dawn Friday as his captors were preparing breakfast, said Sulu provincial police chief Antonio Freyra. A heavily bearded Veetil, 37, later told reporters at a hospital that after he slipped out of the militants encampment in the hinterlands of Patikul town, a villager brought him to a provincial ofcial, who handed him to police. He was then taken to Next page the hospital.
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Honor guards salute as the Asean ag was raised during a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of the regional group at Vietnams Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi. Inset is Chinese Foreign Minsiter Yang Jiechi.
INTERIOR Secretary Jesse Robredo on Friday ordered ve mayors of Maguindanao to explain why they should not be charged for abandoning their posts during the simultaneous attacks on their towns by Moro rebels this week. Four soldiers and four civilians were killed after the members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement led by Ameril Umbra Kato. We have received reliable information that said local chief executives were not in their respective towns when Katos men perpetrated the attacks,
Robredo said. Most of them are said to be holding ofces-cumresidences in Cotabato City. The ve are Mayor Bai Zandra Sinsuat Ampatuan of Saydona town, Mayor Bai Reshal Santiago Ampatuan of Datu Unsa, Mayor Bai Bongbong Midtimbang Ampatuan of Datu Hoffer town, Mayor Datu Saudi Sheam II Ampatuan of Saudi Ampatuan, and Vice-Mayor Kanor Ampatuan of Salibo town. Robredo gave the ofcials ve days to comply with his order. Next page
Bijo Kolara Veetil sits on a wheelchair in Jolo, Sulu, after he escaped from 14 months of captivity by the Abu Sayyaf. AP
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was chief legal counsel for then President Fidel Ramos. Vizconde also alleged that Carpio pushed for the impeachment and eventual removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona. The dismissal of the disbarment complaint came as the Judicial and Bar Council failed to vote on the list of candidates for chief justice that it will submit to President Benigno Aquino III. Voting has been deferred to Monday, Aug. 13, as the council considers a proposal to change a rule that automatically disqualies candidates with pending criminal or administrative cases. The rule affects Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Solicitor-General Francis Jardeleza, and Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Teresita Herbosa. Presidential Commission on Good Government chairman Andres Bautista also has a pending case against him. Rey E. Requejo
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He said the southwest monsoon would continue to affect Northern and Central Luzon on Saturday, particularly Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Zambales and Bataan. But good weather would prevail in Metro Manila while Mindanao would be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms, Ordinario said. The weather bureau, meanwhile, said gale-force winds were expected to affect the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon and the western seaboard of Central Luzon. It advised shing boats and other small vessels in these areas not to venture out to sea. Jonathan Fernandez
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which plays a leading mediating role in the talks among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations members. Indonesia mediated on the South China Sea dispute after the foreign ministers of the 10-member Asean last month failed to issue a joint communique at their meeting in Phnom Penh because they could not agree on a paragraph on the territorial disputes. Natalegawa then embarked on a 36-hour shuttle diplomacy tour of the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore that resulted in the Asean member states agreeing on a joint statement outlining Aseans six key principles on the issue. On Wednesday, Natalegawa warned of a risk of further tensions in the South China Sea if a collective and common approach was not soon agreed on. He was referring to a code of conduct on the South China Sea designed to reduce tensions. He said he hoped to compare notes on the South China Sea with Yang during his visit. Qin said Yang would also focus on building better bilateral relations during the trip as Beijing did not want to see its broad ties with the region dominated by the issue. China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei all have claims over some islands and waters in the South China Sea. Yang will also act as cochairman with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on the second meeting of the joint committee for bilateral cooperation between the two governments. Peking Universitys Yang Baoyun said the key point to achieve consensus in any code of conduct was not to challenge Chinas sovereignty. That is the bottom line, he said. Yang said the differences on the South China Sea issue among the Southeast Asian countries had deepened and now dominated their relations with China. But I believe the problem has been played up too much by the media and countries including the US which seek to maximize their own interests. US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said on Aug. 3 that China raised tensions in the region last month by establishing a city and garrison in the South China Sea.
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Kato and his group attacked the military detachments in the ve towns before midnight on Aug. 4. The military later said that two of the soldiers were mutilated. The attacks reportedly were in retaliation for the militarys attack on a Moro enclave in Maguindanao and the death of 10 Moro rebels in Basilan on July 26. There have been sporadic reghts between soldiers and rebels in Mindanao the last ve days. Kato was a former brigade commander of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front who is facing a string of criminal charges for his participation in the 2008 attacks on civilians in Mindanao after the Supreme Court rejected a proposed deal between the government and the MILF awarding territory to the rebel group. The MILF last year expelled Kato for his abuses insubordination. Florante S. Solmerin and Jonathan Fernandez
Free meal. Children line up for the free food being distributed by by govenment agencies and civic groups at the Baseco Compound in Tondo,
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has ordered its regional ofces affected by the oods to submit an assessment of the damage in their respective areas, but in Metro Manila asphalting and concreting work has started on major roads, according to Public Works Undersecretary Alfredo Tolentino. In Quezon City, ofcials elded 200 dump trucks and 700 people to clean up the streets and asked residents to come out and help the city recover from the damage caused by the oods. Frederika Rentory, head of the citys Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department, said she expected to nish the clean up in two weeks because of the thick mounds of mud and debris. Thousands of people have been utilized for the clean up in Metro Manila to restore the streets despite the damages caused by the oods. In Manila, Vice Mayor Isko Moreno warned business establishments against increasing the prices of prime commodities and avoid aggravating the condition of people affected by the oods. We are appealing to businesses not to aim for higher prots at the expense of the people already suffering from the latest calamity, Moreno said. Floods swamped many parts
of Metro Manila, the central and northern Luzon after11 days of continous downpour triggered by the southwest monsoon that ended on Thursday. The sun came out strong and the sky was clear on Friday, but the weather bureau said a low pressure area, which could become a storm, was developing in the Pacic Ocean and it might enter the Philippines by Monday or Tuesday. From rescue and evacuation work, the Bureau of Fire Protection has shifted to clean-up operations and rationing of water to refugees in evacuation centers, BFP chief Ruben Bearis said. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said: After the oodwaters receded another huge problem came up: garbage and mud. We need the BFP to clean up this mess. The Kabataan Partylist and Anakbayan also called on youth groups to join the clean up and help repair damaged classrooms and school furnitures in Manila, Quezon City, Marikina, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela. The ood brouight by 11 days of rain left many of our public elementary and high schools in a state of disrepair, said Vencer Crisostomo, national coordinator of the Balik Eskwela Drive organized by the Tulong Kabataan Volunteer Network. With our public education system receiving insufcient funds for maintenance and operating expenses from the national govern-
ment every year, it is not surprising if affected schools will not be able to mend ood-damaged facilties on their own. In these trying times, the youths should lead in ensuring that schools will be able to continue operations as soon as possible. Let us continue to spread the spirit of volunterism and collective action to make sure that students will return to their classes as soon as possible. President Aquino, who visited an evacuation center in Capas, Tarlac, welcomed the announcement of two major oil rms to hold price increases as a way of helping people recover from the calamity. Prices are going up in the world market, but Petron and Shell have decided on their own to delay the increase in the prices of their products in sympathy to our displaced residents, Aquino said. As Aquino was making the announcement in Tarlac, other oil rmsChevron Philippines, Unioil Petroleum and Seaoilsaid they had also suspended increases in pump prices. But the Department of Energy said supply of liqueed petroleum gas would become scarce in the coming days because supply ships were unable to dock because of the rough seas at Bataan Port. If ooding subsided and good weather will continue, the supply is expected to normalize next week. We warn retailers not to take advantage of the situation. Based on
our monitoring after the August price increase, the retail price for an 11kg LPG tank should be around P700, a spokesman said. Other than Capas, Mr. Aquino also visited Paniqui, Dinalupihan in Bataan, San Fernando City in Pampanga, Obando and Malolos in Bulacan. On the way to Paniqui, the helicopter carrying him and several members of his Cabinet was formed to make an emergency landing near the Luisita exit of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway when it encountered heavy rainfall. The area ... was not occupied by much trafc, so there was no trafc disruption. No one was injured, Presidential Communications Development Secretary Ramon Carandang said. The Department of Health, anticipating a possible outbreak of leptospirosis, a disease caused by rats swimming in oodwaters, distributed doxycycline capsules in evacuation centers. Because we cannot prevent people from wading in ood waters, we are providing prophylaxis for them so they will not be affected by leptospirosis, said Eduardo Janairo, Health regional director for National Capital Region. About 28,000 square meters of roads were damaged in Metro Manila with a total value of about P27 million, according to Public Works chief Reynaldo Tagudando.
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When that question on integrity was raised, we have to be unanimous. Its a veto power. Thats why we were not able to resolve that issue, Tupas said. As a result, the council members moved voting to Monday at 11 a.m. The shortlist of candidates will be forwarded to President Benigno Aquino III on the same day, giving him eight days to select the next chief justice. He has 90 days from May 29, when former Chief Justice Renato Corona was removed from ofce in an impeachment trial, to make the appointment. We decided to do it Monday but we also decided that Monday should be the last resetting considering the deadline for the Chief Executive to appoint the chief justice. It was just a motion duly seconded but there was no voting, Tupas said. He said the council would have to take a vote on his proposal to amend the rule on disqualication of nominees because they failed to arrive at a consensus due to the objection to the proposal on the basis of integrity. Friday was the fth time that the council deferred the voting on the shortlist.
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the more than 50 houses washed away by the oods. Cabudbud used to plant sweet potatoes in her small plot, earning P100 to P200 a day selling the tubers to support her seven-year-old granddaughter. She and her granddaughter are now in an evacuation center, and she needs even more money to buy school supplies for her . Susan Riatasa, 47, a resident of Gasangan in Tondo, is also in an evacuation center with her three children aged nine, 14 and 15 after the floods buried their shanty. There, she has to divide a cup of porridge for the three. We have no choice. This is better than having nothing at all, she said. Meldy Cadel, a mother of two, and Elpisa Yulo, 36, who is pregnant, also complain that they get only a bowl of porridge. Cadel must divide the bowl of porridge among her four children. Jeepney driver Arturo Sante, 37, said Tuesdays downpour made him earn money that wasnt even good enough to buy a meal. All that was left for me was 38 pesos, he said. Manila Standard reporter Florante Solmerin said just the sight of the heavily silted Marikina River swelling was terrifying especially to his wife Amelia and their sevenyear-old daughter Ayesha Zoe. He remembers tropical storm Ondoy that devastated Marikina in 2009. Ondoy cost us dearly in terms of lost possessions, he said. Gigi Muoz-David, Jonathan Fernandez, Macon Ramos-Araneta, Sara Susanne D. Fabunan and Florante S. Solmerin, with The AP
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a process of agreement and hopefully we will be able to do it as soon as possible, Del Rosario said. He said Sereythonhs remarks did not affect the Philippines bilateral relations with Cambodia. I dont think if affects the bilateral relations at all. I like to think that we are looking at a healthy bilateral relations with Cambodia, Del Rosario told reporters at the sidelines of the 45th anniversary
celebration at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said it was Cambodias prerogative to recall its envoy. He did not elaborate. We hope the Cambodian ambassador will help reinforce the friendship that exists between our two countries, Hernandez said in a statement. The Philippines has charged that during the meeting in Cambodia, a close ally of China, Cambodia rejected at least ve
drafts of a joint statement that would have addressed the maritime row with Beijing over the South China Sea. China claims sovereignty over nearly all of the sea, which is believed to sit atop vast gas and oil deposits. But Asean members the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei as well as Taiwan have overlapping claims in the area. Tensions have escalated this year, with Beijing becoming embroiled in diplomatic rows with Manila and Hanoi.
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Veetil, who worked as an operations manager for a garment company in Kuwait, said he was kidnapped in June 2011 while visiting his wifes family in Patikul. The kidnappers demanded about P300,000 in ransom but his family refused to pay. He said he wasnt harmed because he is a Muslim.
The Abu Sayyaf is notorious for kidnappings, beheadings and bombings, and is on the US list of terrorist groups. The group is believed to be holding Australian, Malaysian and Japanese nationals in their jungle hideouts in the south. A veteran Jordanian TV reporter, Baker Atyani, and his two Filipino crew members are still in the custody of the militants they had gone to interview two months ago. AP CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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PRESIDENT Aquino on Friday said two major oil rmsPetron and Pilipinas Shellhave pledged not to increase prices of petroleum products as Metro Manila and several provinces in Luzon recover from the massive ooding caused by the southwest monsoon.
Mr. Aquino obtained the oil rms commitment but not after some of them raised pump prices, thus prompting a congressman to take shots at the industry players for being insensitive to the plight of ood-stricken Filipinos. Prices are going up in the world market, but Petron and Shell have decided on their own to delay the increase in the prices of their products in sympathy to our displaced residents, the President said. They will lose revenues with this move, but they have decided to voluntarily lose a little money to show to all affected residents that you are not alone, he added. Apart from the two major oil rms, Chevron Philippines, Unioil Petroleum Philippines and Seaoil have also decided to defer the pump price hike until next week. Torrential rains in the last few days triggered heavy ooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, displacing some two million people. The President visited several affected areas in Central Luzon yesterday, including Capas and Paniqui in Tarlac; Dinalupihan in Bataan; San Fernando City in Pampanga; and Obando and Malolos in Bulacan. On his way to Paniqui, Mr. Aquinos chopper had to make an emergency landing near the Luisita exit of the Subic-ClarkTarlac expressway at around 9 a.m. yesterday. The President and several Cabinet ofcials with him were unharmed, and they continued their visit by land. They were on their way to visit evacuation centers in the town of Paniqui when the chopper encountered heavy rains and was forced to land at the Luisita exit of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) around 9 a.m. Meanwhile, Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano on Friday denounced the oil companies for inappropriately raising prices early this week while residents of Metro Manila and nearby provinces were suffering severe ooding brought about by torrential rainfall.
Emergency stop. President Aquino makes an emergency landing on the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway near Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac because of poor visibility brought about by heavy rains Friday. He inspected ooded areas and distributed goods to evacuees. JAY MORALES/ MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU
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Like a black hole. After the heavy rains come the potholes such as that on Anda Circle in Intramuros, Manila. LINO SANTOS
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Programme had set procedures for resettlement in a secure and legal manner as noted by Linda Hitchcox in her 1990 book Vietnamese Refugees in Southeast Asian Camps. At the center in Bataan, asylum seekers took up lessons on the English language and on the culture of their destination. About her stay in Palawan, Hitchcox, an anthropologist, said she joined in most daily activities for her study. I was allowed to take a group of Vietnamese friends on a three-day hiking trip into the mountains to visit a nomadic group of forest dwellers, she wrote. The excursion also provided a rare
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THE principle of non-refoulement or non-return under the 1951 Geneva Convention and the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees is instructive in looking back at the former processing center in Morong, now the site of the Bataan Technology Park. Refugees and asylum seekers rst arrived in Palawan and were afterwards sent to Bataan. Retired Commodore Amado Sanglay, BTP president and chief executive, has announced a festival for three days in October lining up a global reunion of Vietnamese asylum seekers along with eco-tourism activities at the towns Mt. Natib forest reserve and West
offered to help secure Philippine maritime borders. Tokyo, although not a claimant in the SCS dispute, has a stake in the regions stability and fears the emergence of a powerful China. Expect China to call the Philippine plan to modernize its military as a hostile act. The Philippines has never been known as an aggressor at any time in its history. It has in fact been a victim of colonizers and invaders. Its recent acquisitions of two secondhand US ships and its plan to buy Italian planes for its depleted air farce is nothing but defensive measures. It is Chinas ambition for hegemony in the region that is really exacerbating the tinderbox situation .The underlying reason for Chinese aggression: the vast potential of oil, gas and minerals below the seabed of the disputed area. A word of warning to the Chinese: Listen to our national anthem and the words at kung may mangaapi, ay handang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo. ( and when there are bullies and aggressors, we are ready to die for the country) . No anthem in the world contains such fervor in the most unequivocal terms. While Filipinos seem to be disparate in so many ways, we are still a people who would rather die on our feet, than live on our knees. We have proven this in our wars with Spain, the US and Japan. While diplomacy is the right track, we must not allow it to lull us to sleep with the enemy and wake up the next morning to discover we have been raped. Meanwhile, the Cambodian Embassy in Manila in a Note Verbale has informed the DFA Ambassador Hos Sereythonh was leaving next week. Hos hasty departure was a result of his indiscreet remarks that dirty politics played by the Philippines and Vietnam was the cause of Asean failure to come up with a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea. The Asean foreign ministerial meeting was hosted by Phnom Penh.and the Chinese hand is widely seen in Cambodias handling of the meeting. Cambodia had no other recourse but to withdraw its ambassador. Hos position, in diplomatic parlance, has become untenable. His failure to heed a summons by the DFA on the pretext he was indisposed was inexcusable. He would have been declared by Manila as persona non grata which prompted Phnom Penh to pull him out early.
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WITH the deluge of disaster images and pleas for rescue during the height of the recent widespread ooding, it did not feel good to be safely stuck at home. I wanted to go out and help but was immobilized, thinking that I might even end up becoming part of the problem. Questions ran through my head. Why should our people suffer? Is this inevitable? If such rains would now form part of our lives because of climate change, what should we do to at least mitigate its effects? It was incredibly absurd that some attributed the disaster to Gods wrath over the House of Representatives vote ending the debates on the reproductive health bill. But then, what can we expect when some legislators perform their duties guided by such beliefs as the number six is the devils number? I do not wish to make fun of peoples religious beliefs but sometimes, they become so extreme that the line between religion and superstition disappears. One ends up chuckling at the stupidity of some remarks. On the contrary, the loss and distress of our people are heartbreaking more than two million affected, tens of thousands needing rescue and evacuation, lives lost, homes and livelihood destroyed. For them, starting anew is a huge challenge. Jen only reached the second grade and was a child laborer in one Negros Occidental hacienda. She worked in our home for some years before marrying a young carpenter. Though unschooled, Jen is trustworthy and possessed an innate intelligence, thus, we employed her. Ondoy destroyed her Marikina house and just as her family was recovering, the recent ooding hit them again. Barely able to escape with nothing saved except the clothes on their backs, she now wonders how to start anew. Jen has one child. Multiply this story by tens of thousands and imagine how more difcult it will be for families with
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many young children. We hail the Filipinos resiliency and never-say-die spirit. We praise our bayanihan tradition. And rightly so. But I say, never again should our people be subjected to such suffering! How? It will not be easy. Earlier similar disasters failed to make us learn the hard lessons. I agree that the culture of preparedness is good. But as in other things, prevention is as, if not more important. There are things that ordinary people can do like putting garbage in bins and not on streets, trash segregation, composting, recycling and reusing things, drastically cutting down on using plastic, politicallycorrect consumerism, planting instead of cutting trees and plants, water and power conservation, etc. Small and simple acts done by many will impact positively on preventing the repeat of disasters. Beyond these, however, we need the government, both local and national, to do difcult, complex, and expensive but strategic solutions and preventive measures. I dont claim expertise on this. My ideas are borne out of self-study, observation, and limited knowledge on how things work, or do not work. Still, I would like to add my voice to those searching for strategic solutions to prevent or mitigate effects of calamities. For one, the :pwede na yan attitude should go. For instance, that asphalted utility holes issue should not have happened. In all government and government-approved projects, extra care should be taken on their possible impact not only on the environment but on people when typhoons, earthquakes, and similar natural calamities occur. I am fully aware that this means ghting the corruption that goes with deals on and in implementing projects. The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, R.A. 10121, is a good law that needs to be STRICTLY and FULLY implemented. Needless to say, environmental degradation must be arrested and efforts to rehabilitate need strengthening. Mother nature is a very good friend but a erce enemy. She punishes everyone, not only those who hurt her.
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Whatever happened to the National Land Use bill thats been in Congress for many years? We need a PLAN on how we use our lands. And this should respect our natural terrain. Areas not t for residential use should be reserved for other things. This is going to be extremely hard because some villages are in some of these areas and still others are occupied by informal settlers. But if we dont do this, more lives will be sacriced and entire communities, destroyed. As a student of Philippine history, I learned that the city of Manila and its environs were and are, NOT solid tracts of land. They are islands separated by natural bodies of water. The 1905 Burnham Manila plan obviously respected our waterways because these would prevent oods. They naturally ow out to the rivers, bays, seas and eventually, the ocean. But what did we do? We covered and built on some. We still have many though. When you go around the Metro, look for the creeks and youll be amazed at how many we have. But be prepared to also be disgusted at how much garbage they carry. A massive clean up is necessary to make them live again and help minimize ooding. Infrastructures such as ood ways, better drainage system, etc. are needed. The Department of Public Works and Highways says it has a ood prevention program plan but it will be expensive and needs ve years to complete. I am all for national government and experts looking into this, and if good, to immediately embark on it. Lastly, Metro Manila is too congested as people from the provinces continue to ock here in search of a better life. The long-term solution is to develop the rural areas. Balance industrialization with modernized agriculture and livelihood will be created. There will be less reasons to go to the metro and those here who are without employment may be encouraged to go back to their provinces. Big dreams, I know. But these are doable. Never again should millions of our people suffer! bethangsioco@gmail.com bethangsioco on Twitter and @
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IT WAS bound to happen: a disaster with no name. But what does this mean? Many things, but most of all, that this is now a regular thing, a frequent event and not a one-off phenomenon. It is the new normal, as Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje described it. But what do we do when we cannot even name what we are facing? Let me be clear. This time around, compared to the Ondoy and Sendong experiences, the government has been more effective in responding to the disaster and should be appreciated for that. From President Aquino to most local ofcials, government presence was seen and felt, a far cry particularly from the Ondoy and Sendong events when the disasters overwhelmed government response. I would like to specically praise Mayor Mon Ilagan of Cainta whom I personally witness taking charge of rescue operations. As his teacher on climate change and disaster risk reduction in the Ateneo School of Government, I am proud of his performance. We should appreciate Executive Director Benito Ramos and his colleagues from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council for constantly being on the job, setting aside fatigue and not sleeping for more than a week, to deal with the situation. Likewise, we should be thankful of the many rescue teams that braved raging waters to save lives. I am also happy with the new Pagas
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The Church could have elevated the debate to a higher and more sensible level.
its followers of their free will. In fact, the concession given by the proponents to make some of the provisions of the bill optional automatically decapitated all the arguments against it. For instance, one cannot argue against the law that relegates to the individual the freedom of choice. The more the Church takes an adamant position in opposing the bill, the more it exposes itself as practically with little or no sympathy because the focus is not on the individual, but in castigating the authors. The Church failed to analyze that ultimately, it is the individual that decides to commit or not to commit a sin. We are saying this not that the Church has run out of valid grounds to oppose the reproductive health bill. Rather, it has simply failed to distinguish the truth from fallacy and myth from reality. If only they managed to grasp that point, the Church could have elevated the debate to a higher and more sensible level. The debate could not have been conned to the individual, but on whether or not increased population is a bane to progress. Surely, the Church would have succeeded in exposing the ignorance of the authors in parroting overpopulation as a hindrance to progress. To make ourselves clear, the issue is on how to make human population most productive. We say this because only human beings can create and produce wealth. The epoch of human civilizations have time and again been proven that where there is population growth, progress cannot be far behind. In fact, no animal below man has ever produced a single wealth for us. We can only cite China as the best example of a country that has harnessed its burgeoning population to maximum productive capacity. Before that, Mao and his dogmatic Marxist followers feared that unless China does something to abate its population growth, the country would continue to sink deeper into the abyss of poverty. The Maoists always made the more than one billion Chinese their favorite whipping boy to justify their capricious policy of imposing the onechild policy for every married couple. The problem is that after Deng Xiao Peng abandoned that policy, China did not sink into the gutter as most feared. Rather, the economy boomed beyond their wildest dream. Although the relaxation in Chinas population growth cannot be pointed as directly responsible for the economic miracle, denitely the enormous manpower they managed to divert to productive use exposed the doomsday fear of overpopulation as both a myth and a fallacy. rodkap@gmail.com
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By Atty. Carlos Mayorico Caliwara
Continued from Friday Phenomenon and herd mentality Hazing is a group phenomenon characterized by a herd mentality. There is peer pressure, and anyone who does not pass through this, can never be a member. This is wrong. It is never a tradition. It will not make a neophyte a better person. It is a means that does not justify the end. To be a neo is a personal but may not be an informed decision. To participate as the so-called master is a deliberate act with awareness of its nature and consequences. Hazing becomes a misleading bond that ties the members together. The organizations principles, doctrines and fraternal values are set aside. Hazing is incapable of being minimized, measured or quantied. A paddle whacked once may already be fatal. Medical attention or monitoring during a hazing activity will only embolden the participants to do more harm. It is not surprising for prospective members to still pursue their determination to belong and become a member - and the reasons are many. It could be due to the organizations objectives, personal (political clout, prestige , nancial or academic solutions) or sinister (connections, protection, ego tripping or pleasure). The list is not exclusive. It does not build loyalty and neither will it train the body to endure pain for future frat wars. There is no brotherhood in hazing. True and genuine brotherhood exists when the members exemplify the noble principles of their organization. Amending the law against hazing Hazing is actually torturing a person - physically, mentally and emotionally which results in physical injuries or even psychological damage or death. Since when can injuring a person or perhaps even murdering him be regulated and not totally banned or outlawed? Hazing is mala in se and inicting injuries or causing death to a person is totally wrong, harmful, immoral and lawless. This is inhumanity in its most condemnable form. It must be completely banned. The new law must explicitly dene hazing as a criminal offense. It should be differentiated from the process of initiation where the dignity and integrity of the person are respected, upheld and enhanced. The penalty should be reviewed. The school authorities must be required to compel the registration of legitimate fraternities, require the submission of the names of student members and its council of advisers composed of its alumni members, monitor the activities and projects of the organization, insure the presence of a school representative in the initiation process or ritual, and such other measures which will insure that the organizations are closely monitored against the commission of hazing to its students. In addition, since the concern is not strictly conned to hazing, in as much as there are also issues, the law shall create a national registry and regulatory body to be headed by the Secretary of Education with research capabilities and investigative functions. All appeals pertaining to administrative cases led in relation with the violation of the new law shall be decided by it. Partners in national development There are probably hundreds, if not thousands of fraternities, sororities, and other organizations or secret societies as well as their chapters in various high schools, colleges and universities, all over the country, and there is no way by which the growth or birth of new ones could be stopped. The concerns are for real, but the potentials of these fraternities and sororities in contributing to national development are great and may be harnessed. Meanwhile, the entire nation can only pray for those who have died because of hazing. They are innocent and helpless victims of the prevailing system. In order that they shall be deemed not to have died in vain, the campaign against hazing, as well as the advocacy espoused by a clear conscience as laid down herein, must be pursued. Atty. Caliwara graduated from the San Beda College of Law. He is a member of and have held national positions in organizations where the rigors of initiation rites were a prerequisite to acceptance. He is an advocate of peace and progress and is staunchly against hazing.
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Republic of the Philippines ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MAXIMUM AVERAGE PRICE (MAP RY2013) AND ITS TRANSLATION INTO DISTRIBUTION RELATED RATES OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CLASSES FOR THE SECOND REGULATORY YEAR OF THE ERC-APPROVED ANNUAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT (ARR) FOR BOHOL LIGHT COMPANY, INCORPORATED (BLCI) UNDER THE PERFORMANCE BASED REGULATION (PBR) FOR THE REGULATORY PERIOD 2012-2015 ERC CASE NO. 2012-088 RC BOHOL LIGHT COMPANY, INCORPORATED (BLCI), Applicant. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x
All together now. Volunteers and residents near Araneta Avenue in Quezon City help government workers clear the
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AT least 28,000 square meters of roads in Metro Manila were damaged by the oods caused by the heavy rain over the past few days and the Public Works Department will prioritize the repair of seven arterial roads, including Epifanio delos Santos Avenue, C5 Road, Roxas Boulevard, Taft Avenue, and Quezon Boulevard.
According to Undersecretary Alfredo Tolentino, the department has already started squaring segments of these major thoroughfares for asphalt-laying, like the segment of EDSA at the corner of Connecticut Street in San Juan City. A portion of the southbound section of EDSA, particularly along Connecticut street in San Juan City, was damaged. We call this shattered concrete pavement, (which) might have been caused by the continuous rainfall that saturated the base, said the departments Metro Manila regional director Reynaldo Tagundando. Tagudando said the department estimated that the cost of repairs has already reached P27 million. This is our initial estimate. We are still conducting further assessment and we will come up with the total worth of damage by Saturday afternoon, he said. Tolentino said the department will need four days to repair a 20-meter portion of the Marcos Highway in Antipolo City which collapsed the pavement. The heavy rains from the nearby mountains scoured what was beneath the roadway thus causing the pavement to collapse. There is a reinforced concrete pipe beneath the road but it was unable to contain the excessive volume of rain, said Tolentino. He said that it would take four days of continued dry weather to put an embankment and ll it up with base and sub-base course until it is already at level with the road. He added they would allow motorists to run through it to make it more compact. We would not immediately put concrete on the top because it might still compact and sink further. So we will temporarily put gravel so that the motorists could use it already, he added. Tolentino earlier said that they need at least two straight weeks of good weather to repair the big potholes along the major thoroughfares in Metro Manila. It will take two weeks to repair because they (potholes) are many. This would be for complete repair. We would start with the arterial roads such as the Roxas Boulevard and EDSA. We would prioritize these roads, said Tolentino.
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The conversion was effected in accordance with the Uniform Filing Requirements (UFR), the RDWR, as amended and the methodology described in Article V of the DSOAR. It used in its calculations the information contained in the aforementioned Final Determination. The Side Constraint Calculation for the Second Regulatory Period approved by the Commission is CWIt + SCt. The value of SC is twelve percent (12%) while CWI2013 was calculated at 3.63%. Thus, SC2013 is 15.63%. It has determined that the resulting MAP2013 and the converted distribution rates from said MAP2013 would result in the breach of the rates for Commercial, Public Buildings/Street Lights and Hospitals/Radio Stations customers. The computation of Side Constraints per Customer Class pursuant to Section 6.4 of the RDWR, as amended, is as follows: (CWIt + SCt) (3.63% + 12%) 15.63% % Increase 7.16 47.90 138.03 147.59 Status Within Side Constraints Side Constraints Breached Side Constraints Breached Side Constraints Breached
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La Mesa still under alert
THE water elevation of the La Mesa Dam in Novaliches, Quezon City has returned to normal but remains on red alert status. Hydrologist Gine Nievares of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said La Mesa Dams water level stood at 80.0 meters or slightly below the spilling level of 80.15 meters, on Friday. With this development, La Mesa Dam has ceased spilling excess water to the nearby Tullahan River, but it is still on red alert, Nievares said.
The breach in the aforementioned rate is attributable to the adjustment of MAP RY2013 as a result of under-recovery (Correction Factor - K) incurred due to late implementation of the Distribution, Supply and Metering Rates for RY2012. Order for the rate translation application for RY2012 was received on June 15, 2012 and will be implemented starting July 2012 billing. It requests the Commission that it be allowed to relax the side constraints for RY2013, specifically, the rates of Commercial, Public Buildings/ Street Lights and Hospitals/Radio Stations customers, in order to avoid the build-up of under-recoveries during the Second Regulatory Period. In support of this application, it submits the following: Schedule A B C D E F G H I J K Information Provided Computation of the MAP for the Regulatory Year Ending September 30, 2013 Computation of the Change in Weighted Index (CWI) Computation of the Actual Weighted Average Tariff (AWAT) Computation of the Differential Amount (DA) Computation of the Correction Factor (K) Computation of the S-Factor (S) Annual Historical and Forecast Data Side Constraint Testing Side Constraint Simulations Proposed Rates Comparison of Proposed and Existing Rates
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The approval of this application will enable it to fulfill its obligations under the PBR to timely implement its capital expenditure program and operating and maintenance programs for the Second Regulatory Period, specifically, for RY and to avoid deterioration of its services to the prejudice of its customers and the public. Thus, it prays that the Commission approve this application and authorize it to adopt and implement the following proposed distribution rate structure: Distribution PhP/kW PhP/kWh 1.0315 69.15 0.5016 0.7608 0.3165 0.7605 0.3064 0.7773 Supply PhP/Cust./Mo. 42.18 42.18 42.18 42.18 41.89 42.18 42.18 Metering PhP/Cust./Mo. PhP/kWh 5.00 0.1996 73.92 53.76 50.84 53.38 80.89 53.76 0.0602
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The Commission has set the application for initial hearing, expository presentation, pre-trial conference and evidentiary hearing on August 29, 2012 (Wednesday) at two oclock in the afternoon (2:00 P.M.) at the Governors Mansion, CPG Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol. All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding may become a party by filing, at least five (5) days prior to the initial hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERCs Rules of Practice and Procedure, a verified petition with the Commission giving the docket number and the 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 file their opposition to the application or comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before the applicant concludes the presentation of its evidence. No particular form of opposition or comment is required, but the document, letter or writing should contain the name and address of such person and a concise statement of the opposition or comment and the grounds relied upon. All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may request the applicant, prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be furnished with a copy of the application. The applicant is hereby directed to furnish all those making such request with copies of the application and its attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs. Likewise, any such person may examine the application and other pertinent records filed with the Commission during the usual office hours. WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT, and the Honorable Commissioners, JOSE C. REYES,and ALFREDO J. NON, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 8th day of August, 2012 at Pasig City.
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In the Matter of the Application for Approval of the Translation Into Distribution Related Rates of Different Customer Classes for the First Regulatory Year of the ERC-Approved Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) for Bohol Light and Power Company, Incorporated (BLCI) Under the Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) for the Regulatory Period 2012-2015, BLCI Applicant In the Matter of the Application for Approval of the Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) and Performance Incentive Scheme (PIS) in Accordance with the Provisions of the Rules for Setting Distribution Wheeling Rates (RDWR), BLCI Applicant
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United States Carli Lloyd, left, and goalkeeper Hope Solo celebrate after winning the womens soccer gold medal match against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. The United States won 2-1. AP
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Postponed NCAA games start Monday
THE last two play dates in the rst round of the 88th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament will be held this coming Monday and Thursday at the Arena in San Juan. Management committee chairman Fr. Vic Calvo of season 88 host Letran said this after league ofcials met on the new schedule yesterday. The tiff between San Sebastian College and San Beda has been moved to Monday after the junior and senior games of Letran and Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers at The Arena in San Juan. The clash between San Beda and Letran is set on Thursday. It was called off because of heavy rains last July 21 and was rescheduled for the second time with the game between Mapua and Arellano. Peter Atencio
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Nietes light yweight title shot against Ramon Garcia Hirales in Bacolod City. It was a close ght and if it had been held in Mexico, Nietes would never have won a second world title. Thats not to mean that he was favored at home but that the hometown crowd was a motivating factor in his performance. Nietes won and richly deserved the decision. IBF light yweight champion Johnriel Casimero who survived a post-ght riot in Mar del Plata, Argentina to win the light yweight interim title with a rousing 10th round TKO over Luis Lazarte was elevated to full champion when Ulises Solis who had his jaw broken in two places after a scufe with the much bigger Saul Canelo Alvarez couldnt make the cutoff date for his mandatory title defense against Casimero. Casimero, as he has often done in the past, had to defend his title in Mexico against the undefeated Pedro Guevara (18-0, 13 KOs) and won a close but well-deserved split decision. Now, ABC 5 which telecast his title defense as well as his ght with Lazarte is studying the
possibility of staging his next title defense in the Philippines. This is an encouraging development because if the TV networks are able to muster the resources to stage world title ghts at home, our fans will get a chance to see their hometown heroes in action and our champions and challengers will enjoy the privilege of riding the crest of Filipino fan support. ABS-CBN has an ambitious and commendable effort in which they are teaming up with ALA Promotions to stage the battle for the vacant WBO bantamweight title between AJ Bazooka Banal and Pungluang Sor Singyu at the Mall of Asia Arena on October 20, one week after WBO/IBF super bantamweight champion Nonito The Filipino Flash Donaire takes on Japans classy WBC super champion Toshiaki Nishioka for what Don Jose Sulaiman told us would be the Diamond Belt, the first of which was won by Pacquiao when he whipped Miguel Cotto. Casimero is a young man, 22 years of age, determined to make a name for himself and ABC 5 obviously believes staging a title defense sometime in November, possibly at
the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu, would put the network in the ght fans consciousness and help build up its commitment to sports through AKTV IBC 13. Mexican TV networks thrive on competition and have at least three top class shows a week backed by big-time sponsors such as Tecate and Corona and others. Philippine television needs to have that same kind of involvement by the big corporate sponsors who spend millions on every Pacquiao ght in the US. We certainly dont begrudge them that right but we would hope that they look to the future and also support, in a smaller fashion at least, the other champions of today and the near future. Let them help build the sport in which Filipinos are unquestionably world class and they will benet from the positive results just as they have beneted from the incredible career of Manny Pacquiao. Promoter Sammy Gello-ani said he took a risk when Casimero defended his title in Mexico. Its time for the major sponsors to prevent our fighters from having to take such risks on a regular basis.
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LONDON Move over, Kerri Strug. America has a new Olympian performing heroically on a broken leg. Runner Manteo Mitchell said he felt and heard his bula breaking midway through his lead-off leg of the 4x400-meter relay in qualifying heats. He kept running, going another 200 meters and handing off the baton to Joshua Mance. The US went on to nish second in the heat, advancing to the nal. America would not have kept its medal hopes alive in the event without the effort of Mitchell.
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slowest pace in three months, missing economists estimates as the global slowdown and a strengthening peso crimped demand for electronics products.
Shipments abroad climbed 4.2 percent from a year earlier to $4.31 billion after a 19.7-percent advance reported earlier for May, the National Statistics Ofce said Friday. The median of 13 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 12-percent gain. Faltering expansions in the US and China are curbing demand for goods from Taiwan to Thailand, with Singapore reporting its economy shrank last quarter. Philippine exports are also damped by the peso, the top gainer against the US dollar this year in a
basket of 11 Asian currencies tracked by Bloomberg, making the countrys goods more expensive. The government expects exports, which accounts two-fths of the countrys economic output in expenditure terms, to grow 10 percent by the end of this year and further improve to 12 percent in 2013. The Semiconductors and Electronics Industries in the Philippines cut its full-year export growth forecast to 5 to 7 percent from 10 to 15 percent due to slowing demand from the countrys main trading partners. The export receipts in June brought total shipments in the rst six months of the year to $26.75 billion, up 7.7 percent from $24.85 billion year-on-year. Signs of a global slowdown are worse than before and exports will be one of the soft spots for the whole year for most Asian nations, Santitarn Sathirathai, a Singapore-based economist at Credit Suisse Group AG, said before the report. The bigger risk is if the strengthening of the peso goes on for a while, as it wil affect companies decisions of how much they want to produce in the Philippines. The peso fell to 41.885 against the US dollar.
The currency has gained about 5 percent this year, outpacing peers including the Malaysian ringgit and the Thai baht. Electronic products, which accounts for 44 percent of the export bill in June, tumbled 14.6 percent to $1.89 billion from $2.21 billion on year. Woodcraft and furniture abroad, the second top export earner in June, expanded 5.9 percent to $158.25 million from $149.49 million. Garments exports, however, dropped 7.1 percent to $148.88 million in June. Metal components were the biggest gainer among the top 10 Philippine exports, jumping 153 percent to $149.49 million. Ignition wiring set and other wiring set used in vehicles, aircraft and ships raked in $121.78 million, up 89 percent. Japan emerged as the countrys top destination, with a share of 16.4 percent of the total export revenue. Exports to Japan hit $704.96 million, down 24.7 percent from $935.85 million on year. Shipments to the US rose 17.1 percent to $674.21 million while exports to China grew 3.2 percent to $534.63 million. With Bloomberg
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc. and Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise signed Friday a sub-concession agreement for a container terminal at a deep water port in the Lagos Free Trade Area at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. The Tolaram Port@Lekki is currently being developed and managed by the Tolaram Group in partnership with the Nigerian Port Authority and the Lagos government. The agreement grants ICTSI, as subconcessionaire, the exclusive right to develop and operate and provide certain handling equipment and container terminal services at the container terminal located within the Tolaram Port@Lekki for 21 years. The strategic location of the container terminal, combined with its state-of-the-art facilities, will enable Tolaram Port@Lekki to establish itself as the preferred port terminal in the region. With a quat of 1,200 meters, the modern facility, which is expected to be fully operational in 2016, will have an annual capacity of 2.5 million total equivalent units, making it the largest single terminal in sub-Saharan Africa. ICTSI is involved in the operations and development of 24 marine terminals and port projects in 17 countries.
THE Court of Appeals afrmed its decision allowing the Thai manufacturer of Red Bull to designate another distributor in the Philippines, when it denied the motion for reconsideration led by a former distributor. The appellate court on July 31 issued a resolution denying for lack of merit the motion for reconsideration led by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a former distributor led by businessman Renato Chua. Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier of the Court of Appeals fourth division earlier issued a decision on Sept. 16, 2011 granting the petition for certiorari led by T.C. Pharmaceutical Industry Co. Ltd. of Thailand and nullied the writ of preliminary injunction issued by a Quezon City regional trial court that stopped the Thai manufacturer from choosing a new distributor of Red Bull products in the Philippines.
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SM Investments awards. SM Investments Corp., one of the Philippines leading conglomerates, received awards from international publication Alpha Southeast Asia. SM Investments executive vice president and chief nance ofcer Jose Sio (right) was awarded the Best CFO in the Philippines while SM Investments received awards in three categories, namely, Most Organized Investor Relations, Strong Adherence to Corporate Governance and Best Strategic CSR during the 2nd Annual Alpha Southeast Asia Institutional Investor Corporate Awards held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City. Receiving the awards from Alpha Southeast Asia publisher Siddiq Bazarwala (second from right) are SM Investments executives (from left) Gil Gonzales, vice president for corporate governance and risk management; Corazon Guidote, senior vice president for investor relations; and Sio.
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Trade/Buying
(50,794,461.00) 498,711.50 (659,090.00) 1,258,482.00
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bank of PI Bankard, Inc. China Bank COL Financial Eastwest Bank First Abacus First Metro Inv. I-Remit Inc. Maybank ATR KE Metrobank Natl Reinsurance Corp. Phil. National Bank PSE Inc. RCBC `A Security Bank Sun Life Financial Union Bank Aboitiz Power Corp. Agrinurture Inc. Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. Alphaland Corp. Alsons Cons. Asiabest Group Calapan Venture Chemrez Technologies Inc. Cirtek Holdings (Chips) Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) EEI Euro-Med Lab. First Gen Corp. First Holdings A Ginebra San Miguel Inc. Greenergy Holcim Philippines Inc. Integ. Micro-Electronics Ionics Inc Jollibee Foods Corp. LMG Chemicals Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. Manchester Intl. A Manchester Intl. B Manila Water Co. Inc. Mariwasa MFG. Inc. Megawide Mla. Elect. Co `A Panasonic Mfg Phil. Corp. Pancake House Inc. Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. Petron Corporation Phinma Corporation Phoenix Petroleum Phils. RFM Corporation Roxas Holdings San Miguel Brewery Inc. San Miguel Corp `A Seacem Splash Corporation Swift Foods, Inc. Tanduay Holdings TKC Steel Corp. Trans-Asia Oil Universal Robina Victorias Milling Vitarich Corp. Vulcan Indl. Abacus Cons. `A Aboitiz Equity Alcorn Gold Res. Alliance Global Inc. Anglo Holdings A Anscor `A Asia Amalgamated A ATN Holdings A ATN Holdings B Ayala Corp `A DMCI Holdings Filinvest Dev. Corp. Forum Pacic GT Capital JG Summit Holdings Jolliville Holdings Keppel Holdings `B Lopez Holdings Corp. Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. Minerales Industrias Corp. MJCI Investments Inc. Pacica `A Prime Media Hldg SM Investments Inc. Solid Group Inc. South China Res. Inc. Transgrid Wellex Industries Zeus Holdings
Anchor Land Holdings Inc. A. Brown Co., Inc. Araneta Prop `A Arthaland Corp. Ayala Land `B Belle Corp. `A Cebu Holdings Cebu Prop. `A Century Property City & Land Dev. Crown Equities Inc. Cyber Bay Corp. Empire East Land Ever Gotesco Global-Estate Filinvest Land,Inc. Interport `A Keppel Properties Megaworld Corp. MRC Allied Ind. Phil. Estates Corp. Phil. Realty `A Primex Corp. Robinsons Land `B Rockwell Shang Properties Inc. SM Development `A SM Prime Holdings Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Starmalls Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. Vista Land & Lifescapes
ABS-CBN Acesite Hotel APC Group, Inc. Asian Terminals Inc. Bloomberry Boulevard Holdings Calata Corp. Cebu Air Inc. (5J) DFNN Inc. Easy Call Common FEUI Globe Telecom GMA Network Inc. Grand Plaza Hotel I.C.T.S.I. IP Converge IP E-Game Ventures Inc. IPVG Corp. ISM Communications JTH Davies Holdings Inc. Leisure & Resorts Liberty Telecom Macroasia Corp. Manila Jockey Pacic Online Sys. Corp. PAL Holdings Inc. Paxys Inc. Phil. Racing Club Phil. Seven Corp. Philweb.Com Inc. PLDT Common PremiereHorizon Puregold Transpacic Broadcast Waterfront Phils.
Abra Mining Apex `A Apex `B Atlas Cons. `A Atok-Big Wedge `A Basic Energy Corp. Benguet Corp `A Benguet Corp `B Century Peak Metals Hldgs Dizon Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. Lepanto `A Lepanto `B Manila Mining `A Manila Mining `B Nickelasia Nihao Mineral Resources Omico Oriental Peninsula Res. Oriental Pet. `A Petroenergy Res. Corp. Philex `A PhilexPetroleum Philodrill Corp. `A PNOC Expls `B Semirara Corp. United Paragon
ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. First Gen G First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. GMA Holdings Inc. PCOR-Preferred SMPFC Preferred
FINANCIAL 62.25 62.80 61.90 76.85 76.50 75.95 0.72 0.71 0.71 470.40 471.40 471.20 21.95 22.00 21.00 19.40 19.70 19.26 0.80 0.74 0.74 71.60 72.00 72.00 2.46 2.50 2.30 36.00 36.00 28.00 97.50 97.50 94.80 2.00 1.98 1.94 75.00 73.50 72.80 375.80 380.00 368.20 44.40 44.75 44.00 143.00 147.00 143.00 890.00 900.00 900.00 101.40 101.40 101.00 INDUSTRIAL 34.65 34.70 34.10 8.53 8.57 8.53 1.43 1.44 1.40 29.50 29.50 29.30 1.40 1.38 1.36 23.45 24.80 21.30 2.35 2.38 2.35 2.52 2.52 2.50 9.71 9.70 9.30 5.70 5.79 5.65 7.70 7.74 7.52 1.91 1.91 1.91 18.18 18.34 18.10 76.55 77.50 76.50 20.95 21.00 21.00 0.0140 0.0150 0.0140 12.80 12.80 12.70 4.25 4.35 4.26 0.620 0.640 0.620 100.00 101.00 99.80 1.92 1.94 1.87 1.51 1.50 1.48 2.70 2.70 2.50 2.57 2.57 2.57 26.55 26.80 26.35 2.82 2.70 2.70 16.40 16.50 16.40 260.00 264.00 260.40 4.50 5.00 5.00 10.20 10.50 10.50 3.39 3.50 3.29 10.10 9.90 9.70 10.36 11.00 10.36 8.44 8.48 8.25 3.96 4.01 3.92 2.80 2.80 2.78 34.10 34.10 34.10 112.50 113.00 112.30 2.30 2.34 2.19 1.76 1.81 1.75 0.140 0.143 0.136 12.40 12.30 11.54 2.18 2.16 2.08 1.18 1.18 1.17 59.45 59.90 59.15 1.45 1.50 1.40 0.580 0.630 0.570 0.97 0.97 0.97 HOLDING FIRMS 0.69 0.71 0.68 48.50 49.00 47.50 0.0170 0.0170 0.0160 11.40 11.38 11.08 2.00 1.98 1.90 4.56 4.62 4.62 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.08 2.16 2.40 3.01 3.06 2.83 425.00 432.00 425.00 57.70 58.70 57.50 4.29 4.29 4.20 0.260 0.260 0.220 548.00 548.00 538.00 33.00 33.20 32.35 2.90 3.15 3.15 4.00 4.00 4.00 5.20 5.30 5.20 1.05 1.06 1.01 2.25 2.32 2.24 4.19 4.28 4.17 5.20 5.20 5.12 6.20 6.99 6.88 0.0540 0.0540 0.0540 1.410 1.520 1.520 730.50 740.00 728.00 1.81 1.85 1.70 1.16 1.17 1.10 450.00 450.00 450.00 0.3500 0.3550 0.3250 0.390 0.395 0.380 PROPERTY 19.90 20.20 18.00 2.60 2.60 2.60 0.550 0.550 0.550 0.171 0.172 0.170 22.65 23.00 22.45 4.80 4.82 4.78 5.53 5.54 5.51 5.00 5.00 4.90 1.38 1.40 1.37 2.59 2.59 2.59 0.079 0.079 0.071 0.82 0.80 0.80 0.840 0.850 0.830 0.190 0.200 0.190 1.94 1.96 1.90 1.33 1.33 1.31 1.28 1.23 1.22 2.55 2.50 2.49 2.26 2.29 2.22 0.1520 0.1570 0.1540 0.7600 0.7700 0.7000 0.440 0.440 0.440 3.50 3.63 3.60 19.56 19.50 19.12 3.98 4.42 4.05 2.83 2.85 2.72 6.17 6.21 6.09 14.06 14.16 13.96 0.72 0.74 0.70 4.08 4.09 4.00 0.530 0.510 0.510 4.390 4.430 4.380 SERVICES 28.50 29.50 28.50 1.68 1.80 1.50 0.600 0.610 0.600 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.85 10.00 9.60 0.1200 0.1490 0.1200 6.40 6.50 6.12 67.50 68.90 67.50 5.70 5.70 5.61 2.35 2.26 2.25 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1120.00 1135.00 1120.00 10.30 10.32 10.20 44.00 45.00 45.00 70.80 71.50 70.90 1.97 1.97 1.83 0.039 0.040 0.039 1.02 1.02 1.00 3.1000 3.1000 2.9200 2.63 2.60 2.55 8.35 8.30 7.99 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.90 2.99 2.74 14.30 14.20 14.08 7.12 7.12 7.00 3.07 3.04 3.00 9.50 9.50 9.50 66.00 70.00 67.00 16.34 16.48 16.36 2728.00 2736.00 2720.00 0.335 0.335 0.330 27.75 28.05 27.60 2.78 2.76 2.52 0.470 0.465 0.435 MINING & OIL 0.0040 0.0041 0.0040 4.70 4.75 4.70 4.75 4.75 4.70 17.00 17.08 16.80 27.35 28.00 27.00 0.250 0.250 0.245 24.95 23.25 23.10 23.70 23.75 23.60 1.16 1.16 1.15 21.00 22.95 17.56 0.56 0.57 0.55 1.110 1.120 1.060 1.180 1.220 1.090 0.0620 0.0610 0.0590 0.0610 0.0610 0.0590 25.90 25.85 25.70 8.28 8.31 7.01 0.6800 0.6800 0.6800 4.420 4.590 4.260 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 6.00 6.00 5.93 19.06 19.30 18.40 38.00 37.90 36.75 0.049 0.050 0.048 50.00 53.00 52.50 228.00 228.40 227.80 0.0160 0.0160 0.0150 PREFERRED 27.50 28.50 26.90 103.00 103.10 103.00 103.00 102.80 102.80 10.42 10.30 10.14 111.30 111.60 110.70 1025.00 1028.00 1025.00 WARRANTS & BONDS 1.27 1.23 1.23
2,992,640 1,350,820 215,000 10,060 85,600 261,500 10,000 120 99,000 77,800 4,248,480 355,000 298,670 4,190 245,400.00 1,267,380 270 28,230
(311,007,309.50)
34.70 8.53 1.40 29.50 1.36 22.90 2.38 2.52 9.70 5.79 7.60 1.91 18.20 76.55 21.00 0.0150 12.80 4.30 0.630 101.00 1.87 1.48 2.70 2.57 26.60 2.70 16.40 264.00 5.00 10.50 3.40 9.80 10.36 8.38 3.99 2.78 34.10 113.00 2.27 1.81 0.136 11.90 2.16 1.18 59.90 1.40 0.630 0.97 0.70 49.00 0.0160 11.14 1.98 4.62 5.00 2.15 3.03 430.00 58.50 4.28 0.260 542.00 33.00 3.15 4.00 5.21 1.03 2.30 4.25 5.19 6.88 0.0540 1.520 740.00 1.82 1.10 450.00 0.3250 0.390 20.20 2.60 0.550 0.171 22.65 4.80 5.52 4.90 1.38 2.59 0.079 0.80 0.840 0.190 1.96 1.33 1.22 2.50 2.26 0.1540 0.7000 0.440 3.63 19.38 4.06 2.72 6.09 14.02 0.70 4.09 0.510 4.410
0.14 0.00 (2.10) 0.00 (2.86) (2.35) 1.28 0.00 (0.10) 1.58 (1.30) 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.24 7.14 0.00 1.18 1.61 1.00 (2.60) (1.99) 0.00 0.00 0.19 (4.26) 0.00 1.54 11.11 2.94 0.29 (2.97) 0.00 (0.71) 0.76 (0.71) 0.00 0.44 (1.30) 2.84 (2.86) (4.03) (0.92) 0.00 0.76 (3.45) 8.62 0.00 1.45 1.03 (5.88) (2.28) (1.00) 1.32 0.00 3.37 0.66 1.18 1.39 (0.23) 0.00 (1.09) 0.00 8.62 0.00 0.19 (1.90) 2.22 1.43 (0.19) 10.97 0.00 7.80 1.30 0.55 (5.17) 0.00 (7.14) 0.00 1.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.18) (2.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (2.44) 0.00 0.00 1.03 0.00 (4.69) (1.96) 0.00 1.32 (7.89) 0.00 3.71 (0.92) 2.01 (3.89) (1.30) (0.28) (2.78) 0.25 (3.77) 0.46
1,257,000 74,400 879,000 2,200 856,000 197,600 78,000 220,000 33,100 12,447,300 541,000 1,000 4,776,800 1,066,700 34,000 257,400,000 2,100 66,000 115,000 751,330 311,000 12,000 33,000 2,000 365,300 19,000 112,900 72,250 2,000 10,000 2,636,000 10,155,300 3,000 39,700 4,611,000 26,000 96,000 403,900 15,508,000 87,000 890,000 13,514,100 23,000 201,000 1,953,530 3,286,000 1,668,000 10,000
3,142,310.00 7,859,422.00
4,229,000 1,467,600 6,800,000 8,603,900 331,000 30,000 45,300 154,000 56,000 481,700 606,550 78,000 220,000 94,400 555,200 1,000 12,000 1,892,300 1,398,000 513,000 27,348,000 192,100 1,300 5,000,000 1,000 179,240 3,092,000 100,000 100 6,180,000 1,600,000
350,000.00 43,578,505.00
(30,894,944.00)
54,289,532.00 (705,188.50) (27,974,260.00) 880,860.00 48,000.00 (6,586,467.00) (1,013,400.00) (137,900.00) (2,262,700.00) 699.00
(13,780,460.00) 29,700.00
132,000.00 40,190.00
2,800 10,000 2,000 2,700,000 7,696,400 1,679,000 8,600 23,000 3,047,000 5,000 350,000 1,346,000 581,700 670,000 5,989,000 11,701,000 69,000 10,000 46,391,000 3,800,000 36,654,000 100,000 20,000 4,571,100 1,556,000 26,000 1,087,000 7,275,400 390,000 50,000 50,000 6,287,000
(2,959,380.00) (470,030.00)
28.60 1.54 0.600 9.00 10.00 0.1460 6.30 68.20 5.61 2.26 1000.00 1130.00 10.30 45.00 71.00 1.94 0.039 1.00 3.1000 2.60 8.30 2.80 2.80 2.81 14.10 7.00 3.00 9.50 70.00 16.48 2724.00 0.330 27.75 2.76 0.460 0.0041 4.75 4.70 16.98 28.00 0.245 23.10 23.60 1.15 22.50 0.57 1.090 1.150 0.0610 0.0600 25.80 8.07 0.6800 4.400 0.0170 5.93 18.94 37.90 0.048 52.50 228.00 0.0150
0.35 (8.33) 0.00 0.00 1.52 21.67 (1.56) 1.04 (1.58) (3.83) 0.00 0.89 0.00 2.27 0.28 (1.52) 0.00 (1.96) 0.00 (1.14) (0.60) 0.00 0.00 (3.10) (1.40) (1.69) (2.28) 0.00 6.06 0.86 (0.15) (1.49) 0.00 (0.72) (2.13)
326,900 5,962,000 650,000 66,200 53,563,900 337,730,000 273,200 69,050 34,100 7,000 360 100,360 985,900 3,000 910,600 316,000 10,600,000 702,000 6,000 258,000 1,732,700 1,000 135,000 5,838,000 43,900 75,000 982,000 1,005,000 317,220 911,100 56,095 2,660,000 452,800 15,000 150,000
2.50 1.06 (1.05) (0.12) 2.38 (2.00) (7.41) (0.42) (0.86) 7.14 1.79 (1.80) (2.54) (1.61) (1.64) (0.39) (2.54) 0.00 (0.45) (5.56) (1.17) (0.63) (0.26) (2.04) 5.00 0.00 (6.25)
106,000,000 94,000 198,000 459,200 2,700 3,160,000 5,900 7,600 90,000 1,637,900 2,377,000 36,381,000 31,472,000 168,800,000 39,910,000 764,300 5,097,900 50,000 948,000 72,800,000 62,000 5,548,900 288,700 398,000,000 2,900 148,840 33,900,000
4,281,400.00
(456,330.00)
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(NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION) Urdaneta, Pangasinan Tel./Fax No. 075-568-2308; 568-8442; 568-4876
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Republika ng Pilipinas
(NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION) Urdaneta, Pangasinan Tel./Fax No. 075-568-2308; 568-8442; 568-4876
Republika ng Pilipinas
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Isabela 4th District Engineering Office, through the DPWH Various/PDAF infrastructure funds, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects: a b c d e f g h Contract ID No. Name of Project and 12BH 0052 Palagao Flood Control Project along Jct. Ipil-Quirino Bdry Rd., Location: : Sta. 0+072-Sta. 0+406; Palagao, Jones, Isabela Brief Description : FHR-Flood Control Major Item of Work : item 511 Approved Budget for the Contract : P 16,975,000.00 Duration, C.D. : 180 c.d. Cost of Bid Documents : P 10,000.00 : :
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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% Filipinoowned 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 Office before the deadline of receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC). Registration forms may be downlloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1 2 3 4 5 Deadline of Receipt of LOI Issuance of Bid Documents Pre-Bid Conference Deadline of Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids August August August August August 14, 2012 4:00 P.M. 7-28, 2012 4:00 P.M. 16, 2012 11:00 A.M. 28, 2012 9:30 A.M. 28, 2012 10:00 A.M.
120 c.d.
1. Bidder must have an experience of having completed, within a period ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a single contract that is similar to the contract to be bid, must be at least 50% of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instructions to Bidders. 2. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 3. Interested bidders may obtain further information from National Irrigation Administration, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan (office of the Head, BAC Secretariat) and inspect the Bidding Documents from 8:00 A.M to 5:00 PM: 4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the above address and upon payment at the NIA Cashier of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of FOUR THOUSAND PESOS (Php4,000.00) per package. 5. Issuance & Availability of bidding documents is from the first day of advertisement/Posting of Invitation to Bid/ Request for Expression of interest until submission and receipt of bids. Late bids shall not be accepted. 6. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. 7. All bids must be accompanied by a Certificate of Site Inspection issued by the implementing office. 8. The National Irrigation Administration reserves the right to reject bids, declare a failure of bidding, and not to award the contract without incurring any liability if the funds/allotment for the project to be bid has been withheld or reduced through no fault of its own. 9. Awarding of Contract shall be held in abeyance prior to receipt of the Agency Budget Matrix (ABM) or Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for the full cost of the project. For further information, please refer to: ENGR. MYRNA C. MARTINEZ - Head BAC Secretariat NIA-Regional Office No. 1 Barangay Bayaoas, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Telefax No: (075)568-8442 E-mail address: niaengineeing@yahoo.com (Sgd.) ROBERTO Q. ABULE BAC Chairman
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The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWHIsabela 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 specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. 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.
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10. All bids must be accompanied by a Certificate of Site Inspection issued by the implementing office. 11. The National Irrigation Administration reserves the right to reject bids, declare a failure of bidding, and not to award the contract without incurring any liability if the funds/allotment for the project to be bid has been withheld or reduced through no fault of its own. 12. Awarding of Contract shall be held in abeyance prior to receipt of the Agency Budget Matrix (ABM) or Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for the full lost of the project. For further information, please refer to: ENGR. MYRNA C. MARTINEZ - Head BAC Secretariat NIA-Regional Office No. 1 Barangay Bayaoas, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Telefax No: (075)568-8442 E-mail address: niaengineeing@yahoo.com (Sgd.) ROBERTO Q. ABULE BAC Chairman
(MST-Aug. 11, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Misamis Oriental First District Engineering Office (DPWH-MOFDEO), invites contractors to bid for the projects as specified below: Contract ID Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work Availability of Fund Approved Budget for The Contract (ABC) Contract Duration Cost of Bid Documents LOI 12KK0051 Repair/Rehab/lmpvt of GCVR, Gingoog City Section (Km 1315+670-Km 1316+461) Asphalt Overlay of Along GCVR -791 Ln.mWith 791 Ln.m Pavement Markings : 151 -MVUC Fund : : : : : : : : Php 9,900,000.00 38 calendar days P 10,000.00 (Free) D.O. No. 52 S. 2011
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Sarangani District Engineering Office, Alabel, Sarangani Province through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s): 1. Contract ID No. Contract Name : 12ME0070 : Improvement of Cambuhan-Seaside Farm to Market Road, Contract Location : Maitum, Sarangani Province Scope o f Work : PCCP Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,700,000.00 Contract Duration : 100 Calendar days Source o f Funds : Government of the Philippines (GOP) : 12ME0071 : Improvement of Kiayap Falls Farm to Market Road, Contract Location : Maitum, Sarangani Province Scope of Work : PCCP Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,700,000.00 Contract Duration : 105 Calendar days Source o f Funds : Government of the Philippines (GOP
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for these contracts, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino- owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of these contracts, (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 Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: Activities Issuance of Bid Documents Pre-bid Conference Deadline for the Submission of LOI Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids Schedule From August 8 to August 28, 2012, 10:00 A.M. August 16, 2012, 10:00 A.M. August 23, 2012, 3:00 P.M. Deadline. 10:00 A.M., August 28, 2012 August 28, 2012, 10:00 A.M
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 ten (10) years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria i n the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance o f Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids August 10 - 29, 2012 Until August 17, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M. Until August 29, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M. August 29, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M. August 29, 2012 @ 11:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Office, Tabuk, Isabela City, Basilan, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee as stated above. 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 PreBid 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 specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded top the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid (LCRB) as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved: (Sgd.) ARACELI S. ALBERTO BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) BENSALI A. KASIM Engineer IV (ADE) OIC-District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 11 & 15, 2012)
The BAC will only receive Contractors LOI/Expression of Interest (NR-003) and issue Bidding Documents upon presentation of the original copies of their PCAB License and Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC) in person or thru their authorized representative as reflected in their CRC; Special Power of Attorney will not be accepted. The BAC will issue hard copies of bidding documents (BDs) at BAC Secretariat, 3rd Floor DPWH Building, Purok 5, Brgy. 26, Gingoog City, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of the amount stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if applicable. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The Pre-bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways-Misamis Oriental First District Engineering Office 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: (SGD) PEDRO M. MERCADO OIC - Asst. District Engineer BAC Chairman Noted: (SGD) OMAR P. DIRON OIC- District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 11, 2012)
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWHSarangani District Engineering Office, Alabel, Sarangani Province, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of: Ten Thousand Pesos (Php 10,000.00). Prospective Bidders may also download the BDs, from the DPWH web site. Prospective Bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased 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. The Prospective Bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the copy of CRC. The second envelope shall contain financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The DPWH - Sarangani District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process any time before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. (Sgd.) LEO L . LABRADOR BAC Vice-Chairman
(MST-Aug. 11, 2012)
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Manila Standard TODAYEdited by Leo A. Estonilo
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FISH losses due to rains and oods beginning July 20 had reached more than P387 million, displacing aquafarm operators and hundreds of shermen in the Ilocos, Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog regions.
In a consolidated report to Director Asis Perez of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, among other provinces, Pampanga posted the highest loss amounting to P262 million. Majority of the shponds were in the harvestable stage, the report said. In Bulacan, production loss is estimated at P84 million; P15 million in Bataan; Cavite, P6.5 million; and Pangasinan, P5.78 million. Damage to infrastructure and other facilities, including bancas and shing gears stood at P10.1 million. In regions 1, 3 and 4A, the hardest hit were shpond and sh cage entrepreneurs who lost to P377 million. In Region 3 alone, some 2,300
sh pond operators faced two typhoons and the Habagat or Southwest Monsoon causing the loss of millions of sh fry and ngerlings and some 205 tons of harvestable stocks of milksh, tilapia, sugpo, mudcrab and vannamei or white shrimps. Perez said 16 percent of the 40,285 hectares of shponds were ooded with damage to facilities reaching P2.9 million. In Region 1, mostly in Pangasinan and La Union, sh loss caused by typhoon Gener and the monsoon rains exceeded more than P6.09 million among 96 shpond operators. The agencys research facility in Dagupan was not spared with damage to facilities for P90,000. In Region 4A, damage totaled P14.9 million with P7.8 million
in aquaculture production loss. Damged facilities include 169 units of boats and banca amounting to close to P6.5 million. At least 293 units of shing gears estimated at P504,000. and 10 units of caretakers hut estimated at P100,000 were also destroyed during the onslaught of typhoon Gener in Cavite and Laguna. The monsoon rains also disrupted the livelihood of seaweed producers in Barangay Uno and Dos at Calatagan with more than 30,000 kilos of seaweeds washed offshore and bamboo rafts wrecked by heavy rain. Some sh pens in Laguna de Bay, especially in Cardona were breeched, reslting in the escape of more than 100,000 pieces of bangus stocks.
Spillway. Ambuklao dam in Bokod, Benguet, releases water amid heavy rain. DANNY PATA
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Food aid. Kasangga Party List Rep. Ted Haresco with his Rolling Kusina brings relief to ood victims as part of his advocacy as member of the Joint Congressional Committee on National Disaster and Relief Management. MANNY PALMERO
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 Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids From: August 11,2012 To: September 3, 2012 10:00am on August 22, 2012 Until 5:00pm on August 28, 2012 Deadline: 12:00 noon on September 3, 2012 2:00pm on September 3, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the DPWH 1st District Engineering Office, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, upon payment of a non-refundable fee scheduled above. 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 bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open to all interested bidders. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall obtain the results of the eligibility check at the DPWH 1st District Engineering Office, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and postqualification. The DPWH 1st District Engineering Office, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without hereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved: (Sgd.) MA. SUSAN M. QUISMUNDO Engineer III BAC Chairperson NOTED:
(MST-Aug. 11, 2012)