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OBAMA
LEGEND:
22 more party-lists barred from mid-term polls
Senate orders arrest
of 20 rice traders
PH, world
leaders hail
re-election
WASHINGTONPresi-
dent Barack Obamas vic-
tory means that everything
he campaigned upon is
alive and about to drive the
political conversation with
his adversaries. Every leg-
acy of his rst term is safe
and enshrined to history.
Yet big honeymoons
dont come twice and Re-
publicans wont swoon. If
Obama cannot end gridlock,
his second term will be re-
duced to veto threats, empty
promises, end runs around
Congress and legacy-sealing
forays into foreign lands.
Obama will push for high-
er taxes on the wealthy as a
way to shrinking a choking
debt and to steer money to-
ward the programs he wants.
He will try to land a massive
nancial decit-cutting deal
with Congress in the coming
months and then move on
to an immigration overhaul,
tax reform and other biparti-
san dreams.
He will not have to worry
that his health care law will
be repealed, or that his Wall
Street reforms will be gutted,
or that his name will be con-
signed to the list of one-term
presidents who got red be-
fore they could nish. Voters
stuck with him because they
trusted him more to solve
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Commission on Elections
has rejected 22 more party-list
organizations, bringing to 50 the
total number of party-list organi-
zations it has barred from joining
next years mid-term elections.
Disqualied were the Philippine
Coconut Producers Federation Inc.
(Cocofed), Alliance of Advocates
in Mining Advancement for Na-
tional Progress (Aama), Bayani
Partylist, Abang-Lingkod, Ang
Agrikulture Natin Isulong, Agapay
ng Indigenous Peoples Rights Al-
liance Inc. (A-Ipra), Alliance for
Mindanao Elders (Ame), Green-
force, Firm 24-K Association Inc.
(Firm 24-K), Action League of
Indigenous Masses (Alim), Alma
sa Pagkahikahos at Ignoransiya
(Alma), Kaunlaran ng Agrikultu-
ra, Asensadong Probinsya, Angat
ng Bayan (Kaagapay), Alliance
for Nationalism and Democracy
(Anad), Smart-Social Movement
for Active Reform and Transpar-
ency, Kalikasan Green Party of the
Philippines, A-Seamariners, and
Education Development Services
for the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao.
Of the disqualied groups, only
Anad has an incumbent representa-
tive in Congress: Pastor Alcover Jr.
Elections Commission chair-
man Sixto Brillantes Jr. said his
agency rejected the groups for fail-
ing to meet all the requirements
relative to the party-list system.
Both marginalized and underprivi-
leged people are the target bene-
ciaries of the party-list system that
Republic Act 7941 provides for.
The commissions rst division
also canceled the accreditation of the
party-list groups Kabalikat ng Bayan
sa Kaunlaran (Kabaka) and Alliance
of Bicolnon Party (ABP), but it reg-
istered them as political parties.
The commission also denied
the petition of the Black and White
Political Party to join the elections
for its failure to prove through its
articles of incorporation, by-law,
history and track record that it rep-
resents and seeks to uplift the
marginalized sectors of wom-
en, youth and urban poor.
The Black and White
group is allied with Presi-
dent Benigno Aquino III,
but the watchdog Kontra-
Daya said groups like the
Black and White Move-
ment were already over-
represented in the gov-
ernment. Social Welfare
Secretary Corazon
Soliman and peace
process adviser
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III
said Wednesday he looks for-
ward to deepening the coop-
eration between the Philip-
pines and America with the
re-election of US President
Barack Obama.
In a letter of congratu-
lations sent to the White
House, Mr. Aquino reaf-
rmed the Philippines
position as a treaty ally
and strategic partner of
America.
The President also
wrote that in their encoun-
ters, it has been easy for
the presidents of both na-
tions to understand each
other given the common
set of aspirations they
have for their respective
peoplesinclusive
growth and renewed pros-
perity, said presidential
spokesman Edwin Laci-
erda added.
Following the news that
Obama had won re-election,
the American embassy in
Manila said the US govern-
ment would continue its long
and strong relationship with
the Philippines.
In an interview, US Am-
bassador Harry Thomas Jr.
Tonight, in this election,
you, the American people re-
minded us that, while our road
has been hard, while our journey
has been long, we have picked
Bartolome
to quit if
necessary
Maceda: Ochoas powers clipped
7 make it
to shortlist
for SC post
ROMNEY WINS OBAMA WINS
ELECTORAL
POPULAR
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Judicial and Bar Council
on Wednesday shortlisted seven
nominees for the position of as-
sociate justice of the Supreme
Court, after a vacancy opened
up with the promotion of Maria
Lourdes Sereno to chief justice
in August.
In a closed-door session, the
eight-member council voted on
the list from which President
Benigno Aquino III will ap-
point the 15th justice of the
Supreme Court.
Chief government peace
negotiator and former Uni-
versity of the Philippines
College of Law dean Mar-
vic Leonen led the short
By Gigi Muoz
David
IN the power play shuf-
ing of posts in Mala-
canang, Executive Sec-
retary Paquito Ochoa
becomes literally little
president, but Cabinet
Secretary Rene Almen-
dras is now deputy
president, a former ex-
ecutive secretary and ex-
Senate president said on
Wednesday.
Veteran politician
Ernesto Maceda, who
served as Executive
Secretary under presi-
dent Ferdinand Marcos,
said Ochoa might be-
come less relevant after
the power shift because
some of his responsi-
bilities have been trans-
ferred to Almendras.
Maceda, who was Sen-
ate President in 1996 and
Philippine Ambassador
to the United States from
1998 to 2001, slapped
on the wrist presiden-
tial spokesperson Abe-
gail Valte, who claimed
Ochoas powers will not
be clipped.
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NATIONAL Police Chief Ni-
canor Bartolome on Wednes-
day said he was willing to step
down for a smooth transition in
the police leadership following
President Benigno Aquino IIIs
announced preference for him
to retire early.
I serve at the pleasure of the
president, Bartolome said after
emerging from a conference in
Camp Crame.
He said he would not be an
obstacle to any plans by the
President to institute procedures
in the police force.
I should not be a problem,
I should be part of a solution,
Bartolome said.
Mr. Aquino wants Bartolome
to retire early because his retire-
ment on March 16, his 56th birth-
day and the mandatory age of
retirement for policemen, will fall
right into the middle of the cam-
paign for next years elections,
when a replacement for him may
not be announced because of the
Hard job
ahead on
2
nd
term
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By Macon R. Araneta
THE senators on Wednesday or-
dered 20 rice traders to be cited
for contempt, arrested and inves-
tigated for their failure to attend
Wednesdays hearing on rice
smuggling.
Senate committee on agriculture
and food chairman Senator Francis
Kiko Pangilinan, which led the
inquiry, said the 20 belonged to the
26 individuals subpoenaed by his
committee and the committees on
ways and means, trade and com-
merce and blue ribbon.
The subpoena to appear is a
lawful order of the Senate. If we
will not impose, our job in the
Senate will be futile. They will
no longer respect our rules, said
Pangilinan.
Pangilinan said they issued
subpoenas to 26 individuals but
only 21 of the subpoenas were
served.
BARACK Obama,
the post-partisan
candidate of hope
four years ago who
became the rst
black U.S. president,
and the countrys
44th, won re-election
by overcoming four
years of economic
discontent with a
mix of political
populism and elec-
toral math.
ourselves up, we have fought our
way back, Obama said in his
victory speech in Chicago. We
know in our hearts that for the
United States of America, the best
is yet to come.
Obama defeated Republi-
can Mitt Romney with a com-
manding electoral
mandate - winning
at least 303 elec-
toral votes to 206
for Romney - and
had a near-sweep
of the nine most
hotly contested battle-
ground states.
But the close breakdown
in the popular vote showed
Americans differences over
how best to meet the nations
challenges. With more than 90
percent of precincts reporting,
the popular vote went 50 per-
cent for Obama to 48.4 percent.
The president faces a partisan
divide in Congress, with Republi-
cans retaining their House major-
ity while Democrats kept control
of the Senate, and a looming
Romney
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Obama 303
Romney 206
Total: 538
Obama 58,855,477 50.2%
Romney 56,549,422 48.2%
(Excluding Floridas 29)
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Bartolome...
ban on appointments 45 days before and after an election.
The President announced the non-duty status option for Bar-
tolome Monday night in Laos, where he was attending the 9th
Asia-Europe meeting, following reports that Bartolome was re-
fusing to retire early.
Bartolome made his statement even as the chairman of the House
Committee on National Defense and Security on Wednesday ad-
vised National Police chief Nicanor Bartolome to retire early in-
stead of being placed in a non-duty status until his retirement.
Director General Nicanor Bartolome will be better advised
to go for early retirement rather than being oated all the way up
to March, said Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon, the head of
the Armed Forces during the term of President Corazon Aquino.
The best move is to support the Presidents [Benigno Aquino
IIIs] decision, which is [for Bartolome] to retire early.
Antipolo City Rep. Romeo Acop, vice chairman of the House
Committee on Public Order and Safety, said President Aquinos
decision for Bartolome was an old practice in the National Police.
Acop, a former police deputy director, said there was nothing
wrong with Mr. Aquinos decision.
It has been a regular practice in the PNP, and a non-duty
status will give PNP Chief Bartolome ample time to prepare an
orderly transfer of his leadership in time for next years elec-
tions, Acop said.
If I were in his shoes, I [would] give the President a free hand
by packing up. When the President made a hint for his early
retirement, that [was] the time to go.
Biazon said leaving the police leadership vacant ahead of
Bartolomes retirement would help the next chief prepare for
next years elections. Maricel V. Cruz and Francisco Tuyay
7...
list of nominees after receiving
seven votes from the council.
Three other aspirants -- former
Energy secretary Raphael Lo-
tilla, Court of Appeals Presiding
Justice Andres Reyes Jr. and Jus-
tice Rosmari Carandang also
received seven votes.
Appeals court Justices Jose
Reyes Jr. and Noel Tijam both
placed second with six votes
each, while De La Salle Uni-
versity Law Dean Jose Manu-
el Diokno closed the list with
five votes.
The shortlist, which was drawn
up from 15 nal candidates, was
submitted immediately to the Pal-
ace. President Aquino has until
Nov. 22 to make the appointment.
A Palace spokesman said the
President would interview all
seven nominees to give each of
them a fair chance.
The President is going to give
everyone an even chance by in-
terviewing all of the nominees
for the vacancy, presidential
spokesman Edwin Lacierda said,
amid speculation that Leonen
was a shoo-in for the post.
Justice Secretary Leila de
Lima, an ex-ofcio member of
the Judicial and Bar Council,
said they decided to include all
candidates who received at least
ve votes.
A proposed point system that
would disqualify nominees who
do not meet the physical and
mental tness standards was not
used, she said.
The point system is still under
study, so it was not applied yet.
Each of us went over the proles,
the credentials and, of course, the
results of the interview. Its an
overall evaluation of the tness
and qualications of each nomi-
nee, De Lima said.
She also said all seven in the
shortlist had met all the councils
requirements, including a full
disclosure of their assets.
Earlier, all 15 candidates had
submitted statements of assets,
liabilities and net worth and a
waiver for disclosure of bank
assets.
This new requirement was ad-
opted by the council during their
selection process for the chief
justice post last June as an ad-
ditional test of the integrity and
tness of nominees following the
ouster of former Chief Justice
Renato Corona last May over un-
declared assets.
Sereno chairs the council.
Other members who took part in
the deliberations were De Lima,
Senate justice committee chair
and Senator Francis Escudero,
House justice committee chair
and Iloilo
Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., Milagros
Fernan-Cayosa from the Inte-
grated Bar of the Philippines,
Jose Mejia from the academe,
retired Supreme Court Justice
Regino Hermosisima from re-
tired justices and retired Court of
Appeals Justice Aurora Lagman
from the private sector.
Leonen was reportedly a top
contender for the latest vacancy.
The Palace earlier said President
Aquino has not decided yet on
whether to keep him in the peace
panel or appoint him to the Su-
preme Court.
With Joyce Pangco Paares
and Macon Ramos-Araneta
PH...
told reporters that the Philip-
pines will remain an impor-
tant treaty ally of the United
States.
I am overwhelmed by the
interest of the Filipino peo-
ple in American democracy,
and I am looking forward to
Philippine democracy as you
move to your elections in
2013, Thomas said.
Vice President Jejomar Bi-
nay said he looked forward
to the continuing warm and
productive relations between
the Philippines and the United
States with Obamas election.
The Foreign Affairs Depart-
ment issued a statement wel-
coming the successful holding
of the 2012 US elections.
The Philippines and the
United States share common
and deep democratic values,
particularly the right of the peo-
ple to freely choose their lead-
ers, the statement said.
It also added that the Phil-
ippines was pleased with the
higher voter turnout of Filipi-
no-Americans.
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile said the countrys rela-
tions with the United States
would not change regardless of
who won the 2012 elections.
The House of Represen-
tatives welcomed Obamas
victory.
Its good for us, said
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte.
Chinas Foreign Ministry
said President Hu Jintao and
Premier Wen Jiaobao phoned
Obama to congratulate him.
Vice President Xi Jinping, who
is to begin taking over this
week in Chinas once-a-decade
leadership transition, phoned
Vice President Joe Biden to
congratulate him.
British Prime Minister David
Cameron posted his regards on
Twitter: Warm congratulations
to my friend (at)BarackObama.
Look forward to continuing to
work together.
Israeli Prime Minister Ben-
jamin Netanyahu, who has
had a strained relationship
with the American president
over his policies on Iran and
the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict, congratulated the presi-
dent in a text message to re-
porters. I will continue to
work with President Obama to
preserve the strategic interests
of Israels citizens, he said.
From MST eld reporters
and AP
Maceda...
She does not know what shes
talking about, Maceda said.
He said the main job of Almen-
dras was to oversee the imple-
mentation of the presidents proj-
ects and in that role he becomes
the deputy president.
Almendras will hold ofce in
Malacanang and will report di-
rectly to the president. With his
reduced responsibilities, Execu-
tive Secretary Ochoa becomes
literally only the little president,
Maceda said.
Almendras, who is Aquinos
friend since their college days at
the Ateneo de Manila University,
was former Secretary of Energy
before his appointment as Cabi-
net Secretary. Aquino swore him
into ofce at the Ninoy Aquino
airport before the president left
for an ofcial trip to Laos last
November 5.
Ochoa, one of the original
advisers of Aquino when he as-
sumed the presidency, has been
the rst among equals in the
Cabinet. Aquino signed Execu-
tive Order 99 last October 31
transferring some of his powers
to Almendras.
Maceda said Almendras ap-
pointment would lead to faster
decision-making because of the
Cabinet Secretarys closeness
to Aquino ... and on a personal
basis, Almendras is closer to the
President than Ochoa.
With his closeness to the Pres-
ident, Almendras can expand his
powers easily. Hopefully, with
Almendras as facilitator, deci-
sions in Malacanang will move
faster, Maceda said.
He said the job of Executive
Secretary was too big for one
man and he used to work at least
18 hours a day, staying in his of-
ce in Malacanang past midnight
because of the heavy workload.
Maceda said Almendras was
more qualied than Ochoa to be
the senior adviser to the president
and has the advantage of being
an experienced corporate man-
ager with a wider perspective.
Under his new position, Al-
mendras will be a member of all
the Cabinet clusters.
22...
Teresita Deles are members of the
Black and White Movement.
Meanwhile, the commission has
approved the application of Pilipino
With Disabilities (PWD) to join next
years elections, saying the groups
members and nominees were com-
posed of people with disability.
Last month, the commission dis-
qualied the party-list group be-
ing represented by presidential son
Juan Miguel Arroyo and rejected
the motion for reconsideration
of media party list group Alab ng
Mamamahayag.
The commission also disquali-
ed Ang Galing Pinoy, a group of
tricycle drivers and security guards,
for its failure to appear during the
hearings for party-list accreditation.
It also rejected the Alam Party List
due to its lack of track record.
A total of 289 groups submitted
their intent to join the May 13, 2013
elections, and of those, 124 are still
registered with the poll body. Only
groups that obtained 2 percent of the
votes in two preceding elections are
still accredited.
Senate...
The addresses of ve others
have yet to be served because the
addresses are ctitious. We are
still trying to determine if there
are other addresses, he said.
Of the 21 who were given sub-
poena, Pangilinan said 11 have
written the Senate committee to
say that they will not be able to at-
tend, four sent their lawyers, ve
did not respond and only one, a
Jane Artuz, appeared.
Artuz is the general manager
of Port Area Cargo Services
with an address at Room 216,
2/F CHAMP Building, Bonifa-
cio Drive, Port Area, Manila.
Please dont beat around the
bush. Face and respect subpoe-
na. You do not waste the time of
the Senate, said Pangilinan.
Look at this in its entirety.
Theres one in jail (right now)
who refused to answer. Another
gives us a crooked answer. So,
theres a clear pattern of non-
cooperation and refusal to hon-
or our subpoena, he said.
In the same hearing on the
smuggling of P500 million worth
of Indian rice at Subic Freeport
Zone on April 4, Pangilinan re-
ported that rice trader Magdangal
Diego Maralit Bayani III, of St.
Andrews Field Grains and Cere-
als Trading, is currently locked
up at the Senates detention room.
Pangilinan said Bayani re-
fused to answer questions from
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile, who asked him to iden-
tify his nanciers.
Bayani said he was still await-
ing orders from his nanciers
if he can divulge the extent of
their participation in the smug-
gling, prompting the Senate to
detain him until he decides to
answer the senators questions.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Obama...
scal crisis of automatic spend-
ing cuts and tax increases set to
begin next year unless a com-
promise is reached.
This is a time for great chal-
lenges for America, and I pray
that the president will be success-
ful in guiding our nation, Rom-
ney said in a concession speech in
Boston, where he had watched re-
turns with family and friends. He
called Obama to concede and of-
fer congratulations shortly before
his remarks.
At a time like this, we cant
risk partisan bickering, Romney,
65, said in a speech that lasted less
than ve minutes. We have given
our all to this campaign.
Obama, 51, said he looks for-
ward to sitting down with Rom-
ney to discuss ways they can work
together to move the country for-
ward.
We may have battled ercely,
but its only because we love this
country deeply, and we care so
strongly about its future, Obama
said in his victory speech to a
crowd that roared its approval.
Obama won the battleground
states of Ohio, Virginia, Iowa,
New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Ne-
vada and Colorado. He also car-
ried Pennsylvania, where Rom-
ney made an 11th-hour bid for
support to try to derail the presi-
dents drive for re-election. North
Carolina was the only battle-
ground Romney won.
Votes were still being tallied in
Florida, with Obama in the lead
for its 29 electoral votes as the
state remained too close to call.
Beginning more than a year
ago, Obama and his advisers cast
the president as a champion of
middle-class opportunity pitted
against an opposition party more
determined to protect preferences
for the wealthy.
I want you to know that this
wasnt fate, and it wasnt an ac-
cident. You made this happen,
Obama said in an e-mail to sup-
porters after television network
projections late last night put him
past the 270 threshold. I will
spend the rest of my presidency
honoring your support.
Obama said the victory is the
clearest proof yet that, against
the odds, ordinary Americans can
overcome powerful interests.
States the president won in-
cluded Michigan, where Rom-
neys father served as governor
and where the president ben-
eted from his support of the
governments bailout of the auto
industry. Obama also easily car-
ried Massachusetts, Romneys
home state where he served a
term as governor.
With Obamas win in Wiscon-
sin, the home state of Romney
running mate Paul Ryan, it was
the rst time since 1972 that both
members of a presidential ticket
lost in their home states.
Throughout a volatile Republi-
can nominating contest, Obamas
political team never wavered from
the view that its eventual oppo-
nent would be Romney, a former
private equity executive whom
they would portray as an out-of-
touch embodiment of moneyed
privilege and heartless capitalism.
Even before the Republican
primary contest ended, as the pub-
lic was still forming impressions
of Romney, Obama and his allies
began a campaign to dene their
opponent.
By summer, they inundated
battleground states with com-
mercials featuring layoffs at com-
panies purchased by Romneys
former rm, Bain Capital LLC, as
well as his Swiss banks accounts
and tax returns showing how
he took advantage of breaks not
available to most middle-income
taxpayers.
Romney didnt counter with
his own aggressive effort to
establish an identity with vot-
ers as he focused his campaign
on turning the election into a
referendum on persistent high
joblessness. The unemployment
rate under Obama exceeded 8
percent for 43 months, the lon-
gest period of such high jobless-
ness since the start of monthly
records in 1948.
The negative tone of the cam-
paign on both sides was reected
in their advertising. Between
April, when Romney clinched
his primary victory, and Oct. 28,
nearly nine in 10 of all campaign
ads -- 87 percent -- were negative,
according to New York based
Kantar Medias CMAG.
Obama started the campaign
with an advantage on the electoral
map. The ethnic composition of
eligible voters shifted in his favor
in many critical states since his
2008 election.
The portion of adult citizens
who are members of racial or
ethnic minority groups grew by
four percentage points in Nevada,
three points in Virginia, two in
Florida and by one point in Ohio
and Iowa between 2008 and 2011,
according to an analysis of Census
data by William Frey, a demogra-
pher at the Brookings Institution
in Washington.
Obamas team took advantage
by organizing to motivate support-
ers in the remaining states consid-
ered electoral battlegrounds. In
some cases, Obamas campaign
never disbanded its 2008 efforts
and early in the 2012 contest it
built more eld ofces and hired
professional staff.
By Election Day, the Obama
team claimed to have registered
1.8 million new voters in the
battleground states, almost dou-
ble the number of new voters the
campaign registered four years
earlier. By last weekend, 28 per-
cent of those new voters had cast
ballots through early voting, the
campaign said.
Dont wait to vote, Obama
urged a mostly black crowd of
13,500 voters packed into Cincin-
natis Fifth Third Arena on Nov. 4.
Who do you trust? the president
asked the crowd, which shouted
back You! Saying he knows
what real change is, Obama
added: I delivered it; Ive got the
scars to prove it.
The geography of the economic
recovery also favored the presi-
dent in the eight swing states that
received the most attention from
the two campaigns: Colorado,
Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Virginia and
Wisconsin.
In ve of those states, jobless-
ness was lower than the national
average by September, the most
recent month for which state-level
unemployment data is available.
Pivotal Ohio
In Ohio, a state won by every
Republican who has ever won
the White House, unemploy-
ment dropped to 7 percent by
September. The Obama cam-
paign promoted the comeback
of the auto industry, which was
boosted by a government bail-
out the president backed. One in
eight Ohio jobs is directly or in-
directly tied to the auto industry,
according to a 2010 report by
the Center for Automotive Re-
search in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
While Romney took a trip to
Europe in July designed in part to
heighten his prole on the foreign
stage, $1.2 million worth of ads
attacking him played 1,947 times
on Ohio TV stations.
The Obama campaign ham-
mered relentlessly at Romneys
opposition to the federal bailout,
memorialized in a November
2008 New York Times opinion
article the Republican candidate
authored entitled Let Detroit
Go Bankrupt.
A tough stance on illegal immi-
gration that Romney took in the
Republican primaries also con-
tributed to lopsided support for
Obama among Latino voters.
As the national economy im-
proved during the election year,
it weakened the central theme
of Romneys campaign. A slow-
down in job growth in the last
spring and early summer kept
Romney close; hiring accelerated
again as the election approached.
The 7.9 percent October un-
employment rate was a full per-
centage point lower than a year
earlier, the biggest 12-month im-
provement in joblessness over the
period during any election year
since 1948 except President Ron-
ald Reagans 1984 re- election,
when unemployment dropped 1.4
percentage points.
The Conference Boards Con-
sumer Condence Index surged
from 61.3 in August to 72.2 in
October, showing consumers in
the most optimistic mood since
February 2008. Through Nov.
5, the benchmark Standard &
Poors 500 stock index was up
more than 12 percent for the
year and more than 66 percent
since Obama took ofce in Jan-
uary, 2009. Bloomberg
Hard...
the struggles of their lifetime.
America may not be lled with
hope anymore, but it told Mitt
Romney to keep his change. And
voters sure didnt shake up the
rest of Washington, either.
They put back all the political
players who have made the capi-
tal dysfunctional to the point of
nearly sending the United States
of America into default.
Progress will come in ts and
starts, the president cautioned in
his victory speech. The recogni-
tion that we have common hopes
and dreams wont end all the
gridlock ... or substitute for the
painstaking work of building con-
sensus. But that common bond is
where we must begin.
The president likely will be
dealing again with a Republican-
run House, whose leader, Speaker
John Boehner, declared on elec-
tion night that his party has orders
from voters, too: no higher taxes.
Obama will still have his re-
wall in the Senate, with Demo-
crats likely to hang onto their nar-
row majority. But they dont have
enough to keep Republicans from
bottling up any major legislation
with delaying tactics.
So the burden falls on the presi-
dent to nd compromise, not just
demand it from the other side.
He won the electoral vote com-
fortably, but the popular vote
showed the nation he leads - split
right in half.
Senate Republican Leader
Mitch McConnell welcomed
Obama with both arms folded.
The voters have not endorsed
the failures or excesses of the
presidents rst term, McCon-
nell said. They have simply giv-
en him more time to nish the job
they asked him to do together
with a balanced Congress.
The vanquished Republican,
Romney, tried to set the tone on
the way off the stage.
At a time like this, we cant risk
partisan bickering, Romney said
after a campaign lled with it. Our
leaders have to reach across the
aisle to do the peoples work.
For now, Obama can revel in
knowing what he pulled off.
Obama won despite an econ-
omy that sucked away much of
the nations spirit. He won with
the highest unemployment rate
for any incumbent since the Great
Depression. He won even though
voters said they thought Romney
would be the better choice to end
stalemate in Washington.
He won even though a huge
majority of voters said they were
not better off than they were four
years ago - a huge test of survival
for a president.
The reason is that voters wanted
the president they knew. They be-
lieved convincingly that Obama,
not Romney, understood their woes
of college costs and insurance bills
and sleepless nights. Exit polls
shows that voters thought far more
of them viewed Obama as the voice
of the poor and the middle class,
and Romney the guy tilting toward
the rich.
The suspense was over early
because Obama won all over the
battleground map, and most cru-
cially in Ohio. Thats where he
rode his bailout support for the
auto industry to a victory that
crushed Romneys chances.
The voice of the voter came
through from 42-year-old Ber-
nadette Hatcher in Indianapolis,
who voted after nishing an over-
night shift at a warehouse.
Its all about what hes doing,
she said. No one can correct ev-
erything in four years. Especially
the economy.
Formidable and seasoned by life,
Romney had in his pocket corpo-
rate success and a Massachusetts
governors term and the lessons of
a rst failed presidential bid.
But he never broke through as
the man who would secure peo-
ples security and their dreams.
He was close the whole time.
I mean, I looked, said Tamara
Johnson of Apex, N.C., a 35-year-
old mother of two young chil-
dren. I didnt feel I got the an-
swers I wanted or needed to hear.
And thats why I didnt sway that
way. AP
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 THURSDAY
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Recto vs Drilon on sin tax
IN BRIEF
Two Energy ofcials quit,
are told to stay put
Two Army men cleared
Opposition
sees failure
of elections
30 Fil-Ams
joined the
fray in US
Bishops out of sync with Soul Sisters on RH
Tribal chief denounces illegal mining in Zambo del Sur
A SUBANEN tribal leader whose
son was killed in an assassina-
tion attempt on him has nally
surfaced to conrm his original
statement that he is not anti-min-
ing but against the activities of
illegal miners in his province of
Zamboanga del Sur.
Timuay Lucenio Mandas ap-
pearance in a media forum hap-
pened shortly after a series of
raids were conducted on illegal
mining operations spearheaded
by the National Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Criminal Inves-
tigation and Detection Group in
coordination with the provincial
government and its governor An-
tonio Cerilles.
Manda, who came from a meeting of the Zam-
boanga del Sur Provincial Peace and Order Coun-
cil appealed to the media to stop labeling him as
anti-mining supporter. I am against all forms of
illegal activities and that include illegal mining es-
pecially if a mining company operates illegally in
my ancestral domain, Manda stressed. As tribal
leader I will oppose it.
Speaking in his native Visayan, Manda also
pointed to two mining companies that are operat-
ing illegally in Bayog, Zaboanga del Sur. I only
knew of two mining companies
operating illegally in my town
these are the Lupa Pigetatawan
which is using fellow Subanons
in its illegal mining operation,
and Monte de Oro Small Scale
Mining Association, Manda said.
These two are illegal because
they were issued with Cease and
Desist Orders by the Mines and
Geosciences Bureau. Those are
the mining companies that are
operating illegally in Bayog.
Apart from the two, there are
no other mining companies that
I know of which are operating il-
legally in my town, he added.
He also denied telling some
members of the press that TVI Resource Develop-
ment (Phils.) Inc. is an illegal company.
Manda also viewed the recent implementa-
tion of the CDO against MOSSMA as a good
development.
MOSSMA has been operating illegally in Bala-
bag. Its mining operation is destructive to the peo-
ple especially those living downstream.I am happy
that it was stopped by the government, he said.
Manda, whose son Jordan was killed when
they were attacked by men later identified as se-
curity personnel hired by illegal mining operator
Lupa Pigigegetawan, was branded by the local
chapter of Amnesty International as an anti-
mining leader which was subsequently carried
in some news reports.
Shortly after the assassination try, Manda signed
and released a statement that he was anti-mining.
However, a later unsigned statement purport-
edly by Manda was again used in an AI forum and
released through the Catholic Chirch heirarchy
in Zamboanga del Sur disclaiming the original
signed statement.
To combat what they
believed as an disinforma-
tion campaign, Manda and
his lawyer Atty. Redelosa
recently held a press con-
ference to settle the issue
of being branded as anti
mining.
The NBI and CIDG have
been raiding the operations
of MOSSMA, Lupa Pigge-
gatawan and other illegal
miners in Bayog, Balabag
Zamboanga del Sur for
the past weeks. The raids
yielded illegal substances
such as cyanide, mercury
and TNT plus armories of
high-powered weapons.
SIX days after he was sacked, Energy
Undersecretary Jose Layug Jr. submit-
ted his resignation letter to Energy Sec-
retary Jericho Petilla to give the latter a
free hand to choose his own team.
Layug, together with Energy Under-
secretary Josena Asirit, resigned on
Tuesday, presidential spokesman Edwin
Lacierda said yesterday.
But both Layug and Asirit were asked
to stay on for another 30 days in the De-
partment of Energy to assist Petilla dur-
ing the transition period, Lacierda said.
Layugs replacement, Ramon Oca,
was appointed by President Benigno
Aquino III on October 31, way before
the undersecretary submitted his cour-
tesy resignation.
Reports on Layugs possible relief
came out as early as June when the en-
ergy ofcial himself said that he will not
resign and will instead wait for his ter-
mination papers. Joyce Pangco Paares
US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas makes an announcement on the re-election victory of President Barack Obama.
MANNY PALMERO
TWO of the four Army Special Forces of-
cers who were placed under General Court
Martial over the 2011 Basilan clash that
killed 19 soldiers and injured 14 others in
a day-long reght with Moro rebels and
Abu Sayyaf Group members were acquitted,
GCM law member Col. Jose Feliciano Loy
said on Wednesday.
He said Col. Alexander Macario, former
commander of the Special Force Task
Force-Basilan, was found not to have vio-
lated Articles of War 96 (Conduct Unbe-
coming an Ofcer and Gentleman) and 97
(Disorders and Neglects to the Prejudice of
Good Order and Military Discipline).
Lt. Col. Orlando Edralin, former com-
mandant of the Special Forces School,
was also acquitted from alleged violation
of AW 97. Florante S. Solmerin
By Maricel V. Cruz
THE political opposition on Wednesday
warned of failure of elections in May
2013 following the decision of the National
Printing Ofce to award the P784-million
contract to supply and print ofcial Com-
mission on Elections paper ballots to Holy
Family Inc., a printing contractor.
In submitting its bid to the NPO, the
HFI said it had a good track record in the
printing of government documents, as they
were the one which printed the Seafarers
Identication and Record Books. The HFI
said that it secured the contract worth P120
million with the Maritime Industry Author-
ity or Marina.
But House Minority Leader and Quezon
Rep. Danilo Suarez, who issued the warn-
ing in a press conference on Wednesday,
said the HFIs claim was denied by Marina
ofcer-in-charge Roberto Arceo.
Suarez added that one of the require-
ments or conditions for a printing contrac-
tor to secure a contract with the govern-
ment is that the contractor should be able to
establish a good track record, and should
be registered with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission for at least six years at
the time of its bid.
Suarez, however, claried that the NPO
reported that there were other bidders, but
all of them failed to pass the requirement
that all bidders should have been registered
with the SEC at the time of their bid.
I would say that the worst thing that
could happen is a failure of elections (if this
matter is not properly and immediately ad-
dressed). Why did the Comelec decided to
farm out the very heart of our elections-the
ballots, Suarez said.
Napakahalaga sa elections ng mga ba-
lota. It should be handled by competent
hands, Suarez added, as he urged Come-
lec chairman Sixto Brillantes to look into
the matter and investigate the HFI.
Suarez said the Comelec should be able
to take charge on and on top of the printing
of ballot boxes.
There would be job losses and I
think it would be signicant, Recto
said as he insisted there were no new
assumptions in the substitute bill.
So we will ask what assumptions
did they use like elasticities. I have new
data about the alcohol industry and the
elasticities in that industry seem to be
higher than what is being presented,
said Recto. He said elasticity meant
the volume or consumption tended to
decline as prices increased.
By Monday, he said he can give an
accurate number of potential job losses
emanating from the restructured excise
tax on alcohol and tobacco products.
Remember its a P210 billion indus-
try and it has a multiplier effect. Alco-
hol comes from sugar so sugar farmers
would be affected, like tobacco farm-
ers. There are manufacturing jobs in
between. Retailers and sari-sari stores.
In between that are logistic providers-
distributors and dealers, he said.
Recto shared the sentiment of tobac-
co farmers about livelihood loss. To-
By Macon Araneta
SENATOR Ralph Recto, former chairman of
the Senate ways and committee, on Wednesday
fought off the substitute bill sponsored by Sena-
tor Franklin Drilon despite claims that the new
version would come as an improvement on the
old version and raise as much as P45 billion.
bacco growers from Northern Luzon
opposed the steep tax rates on ciga-
rettes, saying the measure would wipe
out their means of livelihood as low-
priced brands would have to shoulder
most of the revenue burden in the pro-
posed tax increases.
The Philippine Tobacco Growers
Association pointed out that the low-
priced brands, which uses local tobac-
co, will bear the highest tax increase
ranging from 341 percent in the rst
year to almost 1000 percent in the third
year under Drilons substitute bill.
PTGA president Saturnino Distor
noted that even one of the proponents of
the excise tax increase on tobacco and
alcohol product, Sen. Panlo Lacson has
aired his concern over the negative im-
pact of the bill on raising additional rev-
enues for the government because low-
priced and hand-rolled cigarettes take up
65 percent of the local market share.
How about if we limit it to the low
priced-cigarettes? This is my concern be-
cause this is where the low income group
will be affected, Lacson said in yester-
days continuation of the oor debates on
Drilon-sponsored substitute bill.
Under Drilons bill, low-priced brands
will have to take most of the tax burden
to raise the additional P40 billion under
his proposal. From P2.72, low-priced
brands will be taxed P12 per pack.
If this happens, then the market for
low-priced cigarettes will disappear,
so who will buy our tobacco, consider-
ing that a big portion of what we sell
are bought by makers of low-priced
brands? asked Distor.
Drilons substitute bill, which repla-
ceed that of Rectos, intended to col-
lect P26.8 billion from cigarettes, P7.1
billion from distilled spirits and P12.5
billion from fermented liquor products
such as beer. Drilon is the acting chair-
man of the Senate ways and means
committee.
By Vito Barcelo, Maricel V.
Cruz and Rio N. Araja
THE Roman Catholic church has de-
clared the Reproductive Health Bill
non-negotiable even as advocates
press for the measures passage, invok-
ing womens health amid the increasing
cases of maternal mortality and teenage
pregnancy.
Antipolo bishop Gabriel Reyes, chair-
man of the Episcopal Commission on
Family and Life in a pastoral state-
ment, found no redeeming value in the
proposed substitute of House Bill 4244
sponsored by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman.
Despite some good amendments, the
latest version remains harmful because
the bad provisions are still there, the
statement read.
Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan was joined
by fellow Soul Sisterspay, Bagong
Henerasyon party-list Rep. Bernadette
Herrera-Dy and Pangasinan Rep. Kimi
Cojuangcopressing the chamber to
get the bill done and over with once
and for all.
We are calling on the House lead-
ership to put it to a vote already and
for for our colleagues to ensure quo-
rum whether they are not supporting
the RHB or not, Herrera-Dy told the
Manila Standard.
Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines vice president Lingayen-
Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas
said the church stood rm on the core
principle of Catholic ethics upholding
the sanctity of life.
Pope Paul VIs Humanae Vitae bans
articial family planning methods,
which supposedly interfere with the
bodys natural rhythms, he said.
Bishop Reyes said the promotion
of contraception or artificial methods
of birth control made the bill made
no improvement of the original ver-
sion, remaining as worse in targetting
the marginalized.
We remain steadfast in our position:
the poor do not stand to gain anything
from contraceptive us, he said. Pov-
erty cannot be solvedneither fully nor
partiallyby contraceptive use and its
promotion, the bishop said.
Aglipay cited the urgency of the bill
in the present 15th Congress provide the
services for care of women, citing the
2011 United Nations Population Fund
report noting the rise in teenage preg-
nancy in the country to 70 percent in the
past decade.
Ilagan said the maternal mortality rate
jumped from 162 for every 100,000 live
births in 2006 to 221 in 2010.
Cojuangco said the House leadership
had to reckon with the womens bloc.
I know the numbers, and we have the
numbers, she said.
The Lower House ended debates to set
the stage for second reading which had
been stalled.
By Sara D. Fabunan
OUT of 30 Filipino-American
aspirants, half of this number
won national and local seats
in the 2012 United States elec-
tions.
Based on ofcial tally hours
after the closing of the voting
period at 7 p.m., (American
time), most of the successful
candidates came from the state
of Hawaii.
But US Ambassador Harry
Thomas on Wednesday made
special mention of Democrat
candidate and Fil-American
Robert Scott, who won a con-
gressional seat in Virginia.
Clearly the demonstration
of democracy, the importance
of democracy, how democracy
is better than any forms of gov-
ernment, and the Philippines is
right to have a democracy, and
that you have nearly 30 Fili-
pino-Americans running for
ofce, thats not happening in
any other countries, Thomas
said, adding that he felt over-
whelmed by the interest of the
Filipino people in American
democracy.
Scott was seeking an 11th
term as congressman in the
third district of Virginia. Ac-
cording to Thomas, the Fil-
American was way ahead in
votes against his Republican
rival.
Scott drew 242,264 or 80.95
percent of the votes in the en-
tire district over his rival, Re-
publican Dean Longo who had
56,395 votes or a mere 18.84
percent.
Another Filipino-American
who was eyeing a seat in the
US House of Representatives,
Republican candidate Dr.
Marisha Agana of the 13th Dis-
trict of Ohio, lost to Democrat
Tim Ryan who got 74 percent.
Agana only received 26 per-
cent of the votes.
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Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
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mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com NOVEMBER 8, 2012 THURSDAY
A4
PRESIDENTIAL candidates deliver
speeches all the time, but perhaps the most
remarkable are those spoken just after
election results are tallied and proclaimed.
The jubilation or disappointment that the
candidates feel while speaking, long after the
exhausting campaign, substantive debates
and acrimonious exchanges, gives us a
glimpse into these politicians character.
The defeated Republican nominee, Mitt
Romney, did not need any prodding to
come up on stage and concede to the re-
elected President, Barack Obama. He told
the crowd he had called his opponent and
congratulated him and his supporters. He
then thanked his vice-presidential bet, Paul
Ryan, his family and his campaign team.
He did not attempt to hide his
disappointment. I so wish that I had been
able to fulll your hopes to lead the country
in a different direction. But the nation
chose another leader, Romney said.
He stopped there. The nation...is at
a critical point. At a time like this, we
cant risk partisan bickering and political
posturing.
Obama talked along the same lines.
Whether you held an Obama sign or
a Romney sign, you made your voice
heard and you made a difference, he
said in a rousing speech that brought back
memories of his 2008 speech even as his
victory was spurred by entirely different
circumstances.
The re-elected President is as pragmatic
as he is eloquent. We will disagree,
sometimes ercely, about how to get
there....progress will come in ts and
starts. Its not always a straight line. Its
not always a smooth path. And so begins
his second term.
Filipinos can only look on at how these
things just dont happen here in our part of
the world.
Defeated candidates rarely make
concession speeches; they troop to
the courts instead, claiming they were
cheated and demanding a recount. Our
President, elected two years ago when he
also promised change, attempts to portray
the Philippine situation as a linear story:
Things were bad under his evil predecessor,
but with the straight and narrow path, all
will be well.
Alas, Mr. Aquino frowns on critics and
just about anybody who dares disagree
with him, even for constructive purposes.
He chastises the media for reporting bad
news alongside the good, and continues
to demonize his political enemies even
though they are already supposed to be
under the fold of the courts.
Change is more than a catchy word on
a campaign poster. It is not achieved in a
single term, much less by a single person.
Our own leaders have to learn to concede
that the demands of their jobs are bigger
than their egos, and they must be humble
enough to acceptin fact, celebrate
disagreements and contrary views as the
starting point for all the good they intend
to do.
Concessions
Noynoy is no Obama
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SOME Noynoy Aquino diehards
insist that their idol is very much
like reelected US President Barack
Obama. Four years into Obamas
administration and two and a half
years into Aquinos, I still fail to see
why.
Apart from the smoking habit,
there is little else that the two have
in common. And when you get down
to more substantial matters, there is a
whole world of difference between the
two.
Probably the most telling difference
between Obama and Aquino is their
contrasting beliefs about unifying the
nation by working with the political
opposition. One
believes that the
people across
the aisle should
always be consulted
and respected; the
other, well, not so
much.
O b a m a s
unagging respect
for bipartisanship
nearly jettisoned
the programs
that he wanted
i m p l e m e n t e d
during his rst term, notably the
national health program now
nicknamed Obamacare. Every
White House initiative that needed
Congress approval was scrutinized
and, whenever possible, blocked by
the Republicans, much to the surprise
of a President who never expected
such partisanshipbut who could
do nothing but respect the way a
representative democracy works.
Here, Aquino has decided that he
will brook no opposition, not only
in Congress (whose members he
blackmails with pork) but also in the
Judiciary, which he forced to fear
him by cutting off the head of Chief
Justice Renato Corona. With Congress
always being kept on a short leash,
every lawmaker knows that toeing the
Palace line opens the cash register;
and every justice or judge understands
that when Aquino declares someone
guilty (like Gloria Macapagal Arroyo)
or innocent (like Grace Padaca), they
have no choice but to agree.
Obama may not like how the
Republicans, who retain control of
Congress after this election, seem
to be hell-bent on preventing him
from doing what he believes is right;
but he knows that he must woo the
opposition to get things done. Here,
Aquino thinks of Congress as his pork-
starved rubber stamp and his answer
to inclusive politics is his yellow-
ribbon lapel pinimagine Obama
wearing the Democratic donkey on his
lapel whenever he appears in public as
POTUS, and you get the picture.
Speaking of Arroyo, Aquinos
bloodthirsty pursuit of his predecessor
is something that Obama never really
got into, even if, when Mitt Romney
pressed him on his supposed failings
of creating jobs and growing the
economy, Obama had to point to
George W. Bushs failed policiesa
strategy Obama never used before the
campaign. Here, of course, everyone
knows how Aquino has no problem
with blaming his predecessor for
everything that has gone wrong and
publicly declaring, long before the
courts have so decided, that he wants
to see her in jail.
* * *
And while were talking about
the economy, its actually true that
Obama inherited a bad situation that
a lot of commentators on both sides
admit may not be within his power to
x, even in two terms. The difference
between Obama and Aquino is that
the former rst offered hope that
things will turn around and is now
talking about moving forward, in
realistic terms, given the amount of
work needed; the latter likes to talk
about how eliminating corruption will
almost magically eliminate poverty
even if nearly all impartial and
international observers say that no
real headway is being made in either
department.
(By the way,
Americans have
always equated
the creation
of jobs as the
foremost indicator
of economic
growth, something
Obama gets
unc omf or t a bl e
d i s c u s s i n g ,
given the at
e m p l o y m e n t
numbers in
the US. Hereabouts, the Aquino
administration wants usall too
desperatelyto believe that hot
money inows into the stock market
and credit-agency upgrades should be
the important indicators of economic
growth, even if neither translate into
real investments and actual jobs.)
Then theres the small matter of
foreign relations, where Obama has
proven to be a quick study and a rm
POTUS, especially when it came to
giving the order to pull the trigger on
Osama bin Laden and staring down
China with his Asian pivot policy.
Aquino has lately been shying away
from aping Obamas tough anti-China
stance; his foreign policy now seems
to consist of donating money to rich
countries and using his foreign trips to
make jokes about the inrmities and
calculators of his predecessor.
They say that super-hurricane
Sandy and Obamas handling of
the disaster could have clinched his
victory. And everyone knows how
Aquinos masterful handling of a
personal tragedythe death of his
mothergave him his victory in 2010.
Overall, its truly hard to see how
a mixed-race, poor, eloquent former
community organizer was able to
become President of the United States
for two terms. Just like it surprises no
one that a rich, pedigreed, untalented
person who never worked a day in his
life would become President of the
Philippines.
Its easy to say that Aquino has
really more in common with Obamas
defeated rival, Mitt Romney. And
Noynoy and the Mittster do have a
lot in commonexcept perhaps that
Romney actually worked to grow his
already-sizable family fortune, while
Aquino did not.
Oh, and heres one similarity that
perhaps people who are neither Aquino
not Obama fans will be relieved to
note: Both of their terms will end in
2016.
Philippine interest in the US President
MARLON C. MAGTIRA Online Editor/Tech Section Editor
SO, PRESIDENT Barack Obama has
defeated his challenger, Governor Mitt
Romney.
Outside the sheer excitement over
the neck-and-neck race, what exactly
is at stake for us Filipinos in this US
electoral exercise?
I say plenty. To begin with, its the fact
that the US elections are taking place.
We have patterned our representative
democracy after the US. We see that
the system works. Perhaps, we could
learn more from this latest exercise in
terms of how the elections were actually
conducted. While it has been bitterly
fought, note that both parties stuck it out
on the basis of issues.
There was no personal mudslinging
and no vote buying as well. Note, too,
how the political parties operate. For
many Americans, they are often born
into their political party. They may
cross-political lines later in their lives
- but the point is that they have strong
political parties owing to the fact that
politics in the US is still issue-based.
How I wish our politicians could learn
from this.
Then, there are the few issues that
divide the two presidential candidates.
Here, I disagree with columnist Billie
Esposo who emphatically wrote that
there is a divide between Obama
and Romney on the issue of Iran.
Truth to tell, on the basis of public
pronouncements, both candidates said
the same thing about Iran they would
heighten efforts to isolate Iran in order
to compel it to drop its ambitions to
be a nuclear state. BOTH, though,
have declared that a military strike is
still an option. If there will be the use
of force against Iran that could drag the
world into a third world war, it is not
because of differences between the two
candidates but because of the consistent
American policy that the US will not
hesitate to resort to unilateral force
against what it perceives as threats to
international peace. Unfortunately, the
folly in this policy is that it goes against
the UN Charter which provides that use
of force can only be resorted to by way
of self-defense or when authorized by
the UN Security Council.
Where the few policy differences
relevant to us here in the Philippines lie
are in the elds of immigration, human
rights, reproductive health, and yes,
China.
President Obama has already
issued an executive order halting
the deportation of children of illegal
aliens who have not been convicted
of any crimes and have not attained
the age of 30. Romney has pledged to
make life hell for illegal aliens. Full
stop. Obviously, this is the single most
important issue for us because we are
today the second largest ethnic group
in the US, with presumably the second
largest number of illegal aliens in the
US. Here, a Romney presidency would
have caused sleepless nights to many
Filipinos in the US and here. Now we
can all sleep soundly.
Next is the role of human rights in
US foreign policy. Here, President
Obama has denied us American military
assistance until such time that the
Aquino administration has addressed
the culture of impunity brought about by
thousands of cases of extralegal killings
and enforced disappearances. Here, Im
sure the PNoy administration would
prefer a Romney presidency because
either way you look at it, Aquino needs
the military assistance divorced from
the issue of human rights. Aquino has
referred to the issue of human rights
violations as left propaganda.
Then theres reproductive health.
Here, the Philippine Catholic Church
and their devotees would like to see a
Romney presidency since he has vowed
to put an end to all federal funding
to articial birth control, including
abortions. In fact, he has gone on to
state that he would want the US Supreme
Court to overturn Roe vs, Wade, the
landmark case that legitimized abortions
in the US. Here, I am so sure that the
CBCP, Tita De Villa and Jo Imbong are
still praying for a miracle to bring about
a Romney victory.
Finally, there is the issue of China.
Obama has consistently said that the
US interest in the West Philippine Sea
is to safeguard freedom of navigation
in area. This is why he has frustrated
PNoy since he has said that he will not
get involved with our intramurals with
China. Romney, on the other hand,
would probably be the friend that PNoy
wants against China. The latter views
Chinas recent economic and military
rise as a threat to the United States.
A Romney presidency would have
been more aggressive against China.
Let us hope now that a more aggressive
stance is unnecessary with a new
Chinese leader, as well.
ATTY. HARRY
ROQUE JR.
VIEW FROM MALCOLM
Apart from the
smoking habit,
there is little else
that the two have
in common.
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
AFTER more than two years in
Malacaang, President Aquino is still on
campaign mode.
The President has made his
predecessor, former President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo, the butt of his sick,
un-Christian and un-Filipino jokes.
The President obviously wants
Filipinos abroad to support him in his
effort to go after Arroyo.
In effect, he only shows us his
immaturity and pettiness.
And he does all these amid so many
problems confronting our country!
For example, foreign investments in
the Philippines pale in comparison to
inows to our neighbors in Asia.
Obviously, the President and his
economic managers
still dont get it. The
Philippines has slipped
in its ranking in the
Ease of Doing Business
Survey conducted by
the World Bank. This
is because Mr. Aquino
continues to foster
a restrictive, even a
repressive economy
that is Jurassic in terms
of global standards.
While our neighbors open their economies
to the world, we content ourselves with
crumbs.
An example of this is the expanded
list of investment areas and business
activities reserved only for Filipinos.
This newspapers editorial yesterday
said this betrayed our worst xenophobic
tendencies.
Santa Banana, why are we
banning foreigners from practicing
their profession in psychological and
respiratory therapy, real estate services,
small-scale ming as well as in retail
trading, private security agencies,
marine resources, manufacture of
recrackers, and pyrotechnic devices?
Are we that insecure? Do we not
realize that technology transfer is good
for our economy?
Last year, no less than Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile and
House Speaker Sonny Belmonte
proposed amendments to the economic
provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
Specically, they wanted to do away
with the 60-40 ratio restricting the
equity of foreigners. President Aquino
however thumbed down these initiatives
because they would only show the
aws of the Constitution his late mother
and her conscripted members of the
Constitutional Convention had framed.
Mr. Aquino must be living in an
ivory tower. Economic restrictions do
more harm than good. Nationalism is a
thing of the past.
Foreigners are not stupid. They very
well know that it is so much easier to do
business elsewhere!
***
Criminality is rising and worsening
especially here in Metro Manila. Killers,
rapists, thieves and trafckers operate
with impunity, sometimes in cahoots
with the people supposed to protect the
citizenry.
But where closed
circuit television
cameras are in place,
it does not take
too much effort to
apprehend criminals.
This is why I
commend Quezon
City for enacting
an ordinance
requiring business
establishments to
put in place CCTV
cameras. Other cities and municipalities
in Metro Manila and key provinces should
follow suit. CCTV cameras should be
treated as a business expense.
***
I still cant see why President Aquino
is so generous with Filipinos money
that he keeps on donating to countries
hit by calamities.
Does he forget that we need all that
money for the poor who can hardly keep
body and soul together?
When Japan was hit by a tsunami,
the President gave to the Japanese $1
million, or the equivalent of P42 million.
He did the same, donating $200,000,
when China was hit by an earthquake.
More recently, the President gave
$250,000 to the American Red Cross to
help those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Is it because he expects something in
return?
Still on campaign
mode
Giving peace a chance
FLORENCIO
FIANZA
DUTY CALLS
THE Jesuit Father Joaquin Bernas is
quite right. The 13-page framework
agreement negotiated between the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front and
the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines is vague.
Unless the negotiators write
books detailing how they arrived at
the signed agreement, we are left
with divining what went on in their
minds while they were crafting the
agreement. The members of the
government panel should speak to the
public more to explain what went on
during the negotiations.
Maybe it was intended to be vague
from the beginning to give each side
room for maneuver in the coming
final negotiations. Much has been
said about the agreement being just
a framework and how much work
still needs to be done. Nonetheless,
the government negotiator Marvic
Leonen being a lawyer. One would
think that he could have argued for
the use of more precise terminology
to avoid ambiguities. As it is, each
side could interprete the meaning of
each phrase or sentence to suit its
own positions.
I am reminded of the way the Israeli-
Egyptian agreement was reached in
the 1970s. Menachem Begin, then-
Prime Minister of Israel, was a lawyer
and he insisted on the use of precise
terminology, including punctuation
marks, to avoid any misunderstanding
of each word or sentence.
Egypts President Anwar Sadat, on
the other hand, was a soldier was thus
more focused on the essence of the
peace agreement.
These were two contrasting styles
but in the end, they produced an
agreement that has held up to this day.
I hope we can do the same.
Another historical incident that
illustrates the danger and difculty
of vagueness was of course the
famous charge of the Light Brigade
in Balaclava during the Crimean
War which was immortalized by
Tennyson. The Brigade Commander
misinterpreted his instructions and
it resulted in the destruction of his
Command.
So after going over the framework
agreement, I, too have some issues
and these are some of them:
Why does the MILF need to have
a ministerial form of government?
I know legal experts say that there
is nothing illegal about it but it
complicates the political system
especially the electoral process
and seems to be emphasizing
its difference from the regional
government.
The negotiators could also have
used a more common term in place of
the word asymmetric. The denition
and explanation of territory that will
comprise the autonomous region is
disturbing. The air, space and the sea
are theirs? How are we to interpret
this?
Section III speaks of exclusive
powers. How could an autonomous
regional government be granted
exclusive powers? Does this mean
that the central government is willing
to relinquish certain powers whatever
they are to the regional government?
What could the phrase alternative
dispute resolution mean? I have
always thought that disputes are
settled in accordance with law. I hope
that this will be explicitly dened in
the nal agreement.
Does the government panel
realize the problems that will be
created by including certain towns in
provinces that are not included in the
Bangsamoro government?
Why should all the 15 members of
the transition commission all come
from the Bangsamoro? Why the
government panel agreed to this, I
do not know. They should explain
this.
I cannot also understand why the
government panel found it necessary
to agree to include Paragraph 12 of
Section VIII. Is this an admission
on the part of the government panel
that the government is guilty of these
acts? If so, I think they should read
their history a little more in order
to understand better the roots and
origins of the conict. It is a lot more
complicated than the often simplistic
pronouncements that the Muslims
in Mindanao have always been the
victims of injustice.
Senator Lacson also raises the valid
issue of policing. Although both sides
are busy preparing their positions
which are not yet publicity known,
Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Section VIII
seem to suggest that the government
will not object too strongly to a police
system controlled by the regional
government.
Like many others, I have
misgivings about the agreement.
I cannot help but think that the
government side gave a lot more
than what it should have. This is
not necessarily bad. After all, if one
negotiates, one must be prepared to
give and take in order to achieve the
greater good which is peace. But it
must be peace achieved through fair
and objective negotiation. I have that
uneasy feeling that the formation of
the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity is
not going to be the end of the process.
It would simply be a step to further
objectives. But that is another story.
In the meantime, the fact that there
was an agreement at all is already
quite an accomplishment. Let us
hope that it will end up being good
for the country.
***
Why the hurry to retire PNP
Director-General Nicanor Bartolome?
I do not see the need for it at all. He
should be allowed to retire gracefully
upon reaching the age of 56 in March
next year.
Bartolome has done a good job
and deserves it. Replacing him early
without any compelling reason other
than to give the next PNP chief time
to learn and adjust to be ready for
election duties is not a good enough
reason and will simply set a bad
precedent.
In fact, the designation of General
Alan Purisima instead of the PNP Deputy
for Operations to head the task force
to oversee the election is already a bad
precedent. Election duties to the police
is nothing new especially to ofcers with
more than 30 years of service.
Any police ofcer who attains a
high rank should be able to hit the
ground running the day after being
appointed to a position. I am condent
that General Purisima, if indeed he
would be the next PNP chief, can do
the job even if he is appointment in
March. If he still needs time for on-
the-job training, then perhaps he does
not deserve to be PNP chief.
AS I write this, the exterior lighting of the
Empire State Building in New York City
turned a brilliant blue to signal the election
victory of President Barack Hussein Obama.
It was a unique form of
communicationcall it architectural.
The usual denition of the term is to nd
meaning in physical buildings, in their
bulk and their spaces, landscaping and lack
thereof, and so on, applying hermeneutic
approaches to a building as to a text.
But turning an entire building blue to
announce an Obama winred would
have been used for Romney- and an iconic
structure in one of Americas greatest
cities at that, shows how technology +
innovation = a good idea to further share
information.
Using signals, in any case, is nothing
new, from the smoke signals used by native
Americans to the lighted Batsignal in popular
culture; all are ways to communicate simple
concepts over long distances.
This is an example of how certain
channels enable the fast and efcient
dissemination of Information, key to the
zeitgeist aptly called the information age.
This US election provided many other
instances that illustrated how pivotal the
role of communication is to all human
activity nowadays, especially with todays
technology that provides instantaneous
feedback and real-time discussion online.
It was a concretization of the power
of mass communication when placed
in the hands of many, rather than few as
formerly, when the only media outlets
were the tri-mediatelevision, radio, and
printwhich were in the hands of a few
networks that performed agenda-setting to
varying degrees.
With power now in the hands of the people
to inform and persuade, came also the power
to move to action, the classic AKAP theory
come to life awareness leads to knowledge to
attitude change to practice.
More often than not, it is the jump to
that last element where a snag usually
occurs. People have been bombarded with
anti-smoking information for decades, yet
this has not made a dent in the number of
smokers worldwide, which in Asia is in
fact rising.
In the case of politics, though, with
a concrete action easy to performgo
out and votethe call to action is often
heeded.
Within minutes of media reporting
that he had won more than the required
number of electoral votes, this email from
President re-elect Obama was sent to his
supporters:
Im about to go speak to the crowd
here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you
rst.
I want you to know that this wasnt
fate, and it wasnt an accident. You made
this happen.
You organized yourselves block
by block. You took ownership of this
campaign ve and ten dollars at a time.
And when it wasnt easy, you pressed
forward.
I will spend the rest of my presidency
honoring your support, and doing what I
can to nish what we started.
But I want you to take real pride, as I
do, in how we got the chance in the rst
place.
Today is the clearest proof yet that,
against the odds, ordinary Americans can
overcome powerful interests.
Theres a lot more work to do.
But for right now: Thank you.
Barack
The message here is: you found out
what needed to be done, and you made it
happen.
It can be the same in the Philippines.
For instance, given information that there
are such things as epal politicians and who
they are (awareness and knowledge), the
logical thing would be to have an attitude
change or reinforcement (either you agree
or not that such behavior is appropriate)
leading to practice (in other words, action
vote for them or not).
The thing is, we Filipinos tend not to be
discerning about what kind of information
we use to make decisions on such important
things as elections. Many of us are content
with knowing whether or not the candidate
can belt out a passable rendition of My
Way or dance Gangnam Style on the
campaign platform.
Being showbiz or rather being a good
sport should not be our main criterion for
electing public ofcials. Let us take a leaf
from American democracy, the model of
our own, and hinge the results of elections
on things that matterstands on issues
and proposed solutions to challenges
with candidates communicating this to the
people via debates and forums.
If this were what the public expected
from its election procedure, there would
be a change in the system.
Because if intellect, integrity, and a
genuine desire to serve were to be what
we require from our candidates, a lot of
candidates would drop out of the running,
and perhaps then we would nally have
the leaders we need and deserve.
But given the cultural dimension we
operate in, is this likely to happen?
Pessimists will say, there is no hope
for the Philippine political situation to
improve. Is this true forever? Or can we
at least try to make the AKAP journey to
heed what we already know and practice
what we believe is right?
But as John F. Kennedy said in his 1960
inaugural address, All this will not be
nished in the rst one hundred days. Nor
will it be nished in the rst one thousand
days, nor in the life of this administration, nor
even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
But let us begin.
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Communicating democracy
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
President Aquino
only shows us how
petty and immature
he is.
By David Crary
MAINE and Maryland became the rst
states to approve same-sex marriage
by popular vote, while Washington
state and Colorado set up a showdown
with federal authorities by legalizing
recreational use of marijuana.
The outcomes for those ballot
measures Tuesday were a milestone for
persistent but often thwarted advocacy
groups and activists who for decades
have pressed the causes of gay rights
and drug decriminalization.
Today the state of Washington looked
at 70 years of marijuana prohibition
and said its time for a new approach,
said Alison Holcomb, manager of the
campaign that won passage of Initiative
502 in Washington state.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper,
a Democrat who opposed legalization,
was less enthused. Federal law still
says marijuana is an illegal drug, so
dont break out the Cheetos or gold sh
too quickly, he said.
The results in Maine and Maryland
broke a 32-state streak, dating to 1998,
in which gay marriage had been rebuffed
by every state that voted on it. They will
become the seventh and eighth states to
allow same-sex couples to marry.
In another gay-rights victory,
Minnesota voters defeated a
conservative-backed amendment that
would have placed a ban on same-
sex marriage in the state constitution.
Similar measures have been approved
in 30 other states, most recently in
North Carolina in May. Even though
the amendment was defeated, same-sex
marriage remains illegal in Minnesota
under statute.
The tide has turnedwhen voters
have the opportunity to really hear
directly from loving, committed same-
sex couples and their families, they voted
for fairness, said Rick Jacobs of the
Courage Campaign, a California-based
gay rights group. Those who oppose
the freedom to marry for committed
couples are clearly on the wrong side of
history.
Washington state also voted on a
measure to legalize same-sex marriage,
though results were not expected until
Wednesday at the soonest.
The outcomes of the marriage votes
could inuence the US Supreme Court,
which will soon consider whether to
take up cases challenging the law that
denies federal recognition to same-sex
marriages.
The gay-rights victories come on
the heels of numerous national polls
that, for the rst time, show a majority
of Americans supporting same-sex
marriage. President Barack Obama
declared his support for legal recognition
of same-sex marriage earlier this year.
Maines referendum marked the
rst time that gay-rights supporters put
same-sex marriage to a popular vote.
They collected enough signatures to
schedule the vote, hoping to reverse
a 2009 referendum that quashed a
gay-marriage law enacted by the
Legislature.
In Maryland and Washington,
gay-marriage laws were approved by
lawmakers and signed by the governors
this year, but opponents gathered enough
signatures to challenge the laws.
Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley,
who campaigned vigorously for the
marriage measure, spoke to a jubilant
crowd in Baltimore. Christopher Wold,
31, danced with his partner of four years
after the result became clear. He said
they would like to marry now that its
legal in Maryland.
It feels so good to be accepted
by so many people of all different
backgrounds, he said. It just feels
wonderful.
The president of the most active
advocacy group opposing same-sex
marriage, Brian Brown of the National
Organization for Marriage, insisted
Tuesdays results did not mark a
watershed moment.
At the end of the day, were still at
32 victories, he said. Just because two
extreme blue states vote for gay marriage
doesnt mean the Supreme Court will
create a constitutional right for it out of
thin air. Blue states is a term used to
refer to Democratic-leaning states.
Heading into the election, gay
marriage was legal in six states and the
District of Columbiain each case the
result of legislation or court orders, not
by a vote of the people.
The marijuana measures in Colorado
and Washington will likely pose a
headache for the US Justice Department
and the Drug Enforcement
Administration, which consider pot
an illegal drug. The DOJ has declined
to say how it would respond if the
measures were approved.
Colorados Amendment 64 will allow
adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce
(28 grams) of marijuana, though using
the drug publicly would be banned.
The amendment would allow people
to grow up to six marijuana plants in a
private, secure area.
Washington statess measure
establishes a system of state-licensed
marijuana growers, processors and
stores, where adults can buy up to an
ounce. It also establishes a standard
blood test limit for driving under the
inuence.
The Washington measure was
notable for its sponsors and supporters,
who ranged from public health experts
and wealthy high-tech executives to
two former top Justice Departments
ofcials in Seattle, US Attorneys John
McKay and Kate Paumer.
Marijuana policy reform remains
an issue where the people lead and
the politicians follow, said Ethan
Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance,
which opposes the co-called war on
drugs. But Washington state shows
that many politicians are beginning to
catch up. AP
Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
CYAN MAGENTAYELLOW BLACK
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Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Surigao del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Bislig City
Telefax (086) 853 4308
INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Surigao del Sur
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Bislig City, invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
Contract ID : 12NI0035
Contract Name : NRJ- Dugmanon- Enchanted River- Baculin Road
Talisay, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur 2
nd
L.D.
km 1+720 km 3+785
Contract Location : Surigao del Sur
Scope of Work : RCP- Roads-New Construction-PCCP
Contract Duration : 179 CD
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 48,500,000.00
Contract ID : 12NI0036
Contract Name : Road Slip/Protection along Surigao- Davao Coastal Road
Mahayahay, Lingig, Surigao del Sur
k 1477+546 k 1477+599 (km 1478+146 km 1478+244.5)
Contract Location : Surigao del Sur
Scope of Work : MRB-Maintenance Roads and Bridges
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 20,915,433.00
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 to10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 8- 27, 2012(2:00 P.M.)
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 16, 2012 (10:00 A.M.)
3. Receipt of Bids November 27, 2012 (8:00 A.M.- 2:00 P.M.)
5. Opening of Bids November 27, 2012 (2:00 P.M.)
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) in the amount
of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (25,000.00) per project at DPWH, Surigao
del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Bislig City. Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs from the DPWH Website, if available. Prospective bidders that
will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only
to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised
IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Surigao del Sur 2
nd
Engineering District, Bislig City reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime prior
contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by
(Sgd.) ANASTACIA C. SALAS
Chief, Construction Section
Chairman, BAC
Noted:
(Sgd) EULOGIO D. MILLA
OIC District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Camarines Sur 3
rd
Caraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
Tel.Fax#452-3430/3411
INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur 3
rd
Engineering District,
Caraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, through its Bids and Award Committee, (BAC), invites
contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID# PROJECT ID#12FF0051
Contract Name Concreting of Lagonoy Presentacion Road
Contract Location (Panagan Kinahulugan Section), Lagonoy, Camarines Sur
K0506+097.30 K0507+298.83
Scope of Works Road Concreting
Approved Budget for
Contract (ABC)
Php.29,929,775.00
Contract Duration 108 C.D.
Cost of Tender Documents Php.25,000.00
Contract Name CONTRACT PACKAGE NO.02 (Regular Infrastructure CY-2013)
Lagonoy-Presentacion Road, Camarines Sur
Contract Location a.) Conc. of Lagonoy-Presentacion Road Php.20,975,235.62
(Kinahulugan-Umalo-Cabotonan Section)
K0507+362 K0508+214.09
b.) Conc. of Lagonoy-Presentacion Road Php. 7,445,100.23
(Cabotonan Section),
K0508+260.92 K0508+565.92
c.) Conc. of Lagonoy-Presentacion Road Php.17,296,226.57
(Patrocinio-Bagong Sirang Section),
K0513+007.25 K0513+737.25
Approved Budget for
Contract (ABC)
Php.46,296,226.57
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revi sed Impl ementi ng Rul es and Regul ati ons,
DPWH-Department Order No.064 series of 2012 and other Applicable DPWH-D.O.
and Memorandum.
To bid for this contract, interested contractors must download the Bid documents
including the plans at the DPWH Website and must pay the non-refundable amount of stated
above for tender documents at the cashier of any DPWH Offce on or before the deadline,
and the contractor must meet the following major criteria; (a) prior registration with DPWH,
(b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint
venture with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion
of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net
Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for a least
10% of ABC. The BAC of the DPWH-Regional Offce No. V will conduct the eligibility
checking using the Civil Works Registry (CWR) system.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to
the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of payment for tender
documents. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors application
for registration, with complete requirements, and issued the Contractors Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be download at the DPWH website,
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Pre-Bid Conference November 15, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
2. Receipt of Payment of Bid Documents
(Deadline for Presentation of OR.)
November 27, 2012 Until 10:00 A.M.
3. Submission and Opening of Bids November 27, 2012
a. Dropping of Bids Until 10:00 A.M.
b. Opening of Bids @ 2:00 P.M.
This Offce will verify from Accounting Section thru Electronic National government
Accounting System (E-NGAS) the names of contractor who made payment at the other
DPWH-Offce, however, contractor that made payment on other DPWH may also email their
receipt at dpwhcamsur3@yahoo.com or may present the original receipt at the BAC of
this Offce for inclusion to the list of contractor that will be submitted to the Regional Offce
for Eligibility Screening.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished form as specifed in the
BDs in two (2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Camarines Sur 3
rd
Engineering District Offce, Tigaon, Camarines Sur,
reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime
before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ALICE B. MAGISTRADO
ENGINEER III
(BAC Chairman)
NOTED:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO S. NIETO
District Engineer
Region VI Western Visayas
AKLAN DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Kalibo, Aklan
Invitation to Bid for: Construction/Rehabilitation of Tambak
Revet ment Wal l Al ong Car di nal Si n
Avenue, New Washington, Aklan
The Depart ment of Publ i c Works and Hi ghways (DPWH), Akl an
District Engineering Offce, Kalibo, Aklan, through the FY 2012 RA 10155
Regul ar 2012 Current SA-SR2012-08-006564 intends to apply the sum
of Php14,530,600.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to
payments under the contract for Construction/Rehabilitation of Tambak Revetment
Wall Along Cardinal Sin Avenue, New Washington, Aklan-12GA0119. Bids received
in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Aklan District Engineering
Offce, Kalibo, Aklan, now invites bid for the Construction/Rehabilitation of 50
L.m. Seawall & 513.20 L.m Damaged Defector. Completion of the Works is
required 160 CD. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the
date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project costing at
least 50% of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding
Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed 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 fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, Aklan
District Engineering Offce, Kalibo, Aklan and inspect the Bidding Documents at
the address given below from 8:00-12:00 am and from 1:00 5:00 pm.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders from the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for
the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php 10,000.00.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the
procuring entity, provided the bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later than the submission of their bids.
The Depart ment of Publ i c Works and Hi ghways, Akl an Di st ri ct
Engineering Offce, Kalibo, Aklan will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November
15, 2012-10:00 am at DPWH BAC Offce, Kalibo, Aklan, which shall be open
to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 9:00 am-November
26, 2012 at DPWH BAC Offce, Kalibo, Aklan . All bids must be accompanied
by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in
ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
Offce, Kalibo, Aklan reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the
bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to :
DENNIS C. FUENTES
DPWH-Aklan District Engineering Offce
Toting Reyes Street, Kalibo, Aklan
Tel No. 268-1692
Fax No. 262-4845/268-3014
(Sgd,) DENNIS C. FUENTES
BAC Chairman
Region VI Western Visayas
AKLAN DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Kalibo, Aklan
Invitation to Bid for: Construction of Revetment Wall Along
Aklan River, Taba-ao, Banga, Aklan
The Depart ment of Publ i c Works and Hi ghways (DPWH), Akl an
District Engineering Offce, Kalibo, Aklan, through the FY 2012 RA 10155
Regul ar 2012 Current SA-SR2012-07-006301 intends to apply the sum
of Php16,542,549.37 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to
payments under the contract for Construction of Revetment Wall Along Aklan
River, Taba-ao, Banga, Aklan-12GA0120. Bids received in excess of ABC shall
be automatically rejected at bid opening.
Offce, Kalibo, Aklan, now invites bid for the 1. Construction of 165.89m
Reinforced Concrete Revetment Wall with Bern, Top Slab, Parapet Wall, Cut off
Wall & Stairs. 2. Furnishing/Driving of Structural Steel Piles (0.13 x 0.60m), 6m
in length. 3. Embankment & Application of Coconet with vegetation (vetiver
grass system). Completion of the Works is required 150 CD. Bidders should have
completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a
contract similar to the Project costing at least 50% of the ABC. The description of
an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II,
Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed 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 fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, Aklan
District Engineering Offce, Kalibo, Aklan and inspect the Bidding Documents at
the address given below from 8:00-12:00 am and from 1:00 5:00 pm.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders from the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for
the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php 10,000.00.
procuring entity, provided the bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
The Depart ment of Publ i c Works and Hi ghways, Akl an Di st ri ct
Engineering Offce, Kalibo, Aklan will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November
15, 2012-10:00 am at DPWH BAC Offce, Kalibo, Aklan, which shall be open
to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 9:00 am-November
26, 2012 at DPWH BAC Offce, Kalibo, Aklan . All bids must be accompanied
by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in
ITB Clause 18.
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
Offce, Kalibo, Aklan reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the
For further information, please refer to :
DENNIS C. FUENTES
DPWH-Aklan District Engineering Offce
Toting Reyes Street, Kalibo, Aklan
Tel No. 268-1692
Fax No. 262-4845/268-3014
(Sgd,) DENNIS C. FUENTES
BAC Chairman
(MST-Nov 8, 2012) (MST-Nov 8, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Isabela 3
rd
Tagaran, Cauayan City, Isabela
Tel. No. 652-10-59
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Isabela 3
rd
District Engineering Offce, through its bids and
Awards Committee (BAC) invites contractors to apply and to bid for the following
contract:
1. Contract ID : 12-B-G-0065
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance Along Daang Maharlika (LZ)
Contract Location: K0370+840-K0373+178 (GAA), K0370+840
-K0372+933.77 (POW), Tagaran, Cauayan City, Isabela
Scope of Work: Bituminous Tack Coat (Emulsified Asphalt),
Bituminous Concrete Surface Course (Hot Laid)
80mm, Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Marking (white), Reflectorized Thermoplastic
Pavement Marking (Yellow), Crack and Joint
Sealant, Warning & Traffc Signages and Devices,
Progress Photographs, Health and Safety
Programs, Mobilization/Demobilization
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): Php. 26,771,992.62
Contract Duration: 139 CD
Cost of Bidding Documents: Php. 20,000.00
Source of Fund: DPWH Regular Infra CY 2013
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance Along Daang Maharlika (LZ)
Contract Location: K0361+820-K0363+899 (GAA), K0361+793
-K0363+667.12 (POW), Nungnungan II, Cauayan
City, Isabela
Scope of Work: Bituminous Tack Coat (Emulsified Asphalt),
Bituminous Concrete Surface Course (Hot Laid)
80mm, Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Marking (white), Refectorized Pavement Markings
(Yellow),Crack and Joint Sealant, Warning/traffc
Signages and Devices, Progress Photographs,
Health and Safety Programs, Mobilization/
Demobilization
Approved Budget for
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance Along Santiago-Tuguegarao
Road)
Contract Location: K0352+000-K0353+000 (GAA), K0357 +000
-K0359+780 (GAA),K0352+000-K0352+663.20
(POW), K0357+000-K0360+375.65 (POW)
Scope of Work: Removal of exi st i ng PCCP (0. 23m t hk. ),
Aggregat e Sub-Base Course, Aggregat e
Surface Course (Uncrushed), Bituminous Tack
Coat (Emulisifed Asphalt), PCCP, Bituminous
Concrete Surface Course (Hot Laid) 50mm,
Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Marking
(white), Crack and Joint Sealant, Warning/traffc
Signages and Devices, Progress Photographs,
Health and Safety Programs, Facilities for the
Engineer,Mobilization/Demobilization
Approved Budget for
to the DPWH-POCW central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The
DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors application for registration,
with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.
gov.ph
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 8- 29, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM
3. Deadline of receipt of LOI from prospective bidder November 23, 2012 until 5:00 PM
3. Receipt of Bids Deadline: November 29, 2012 at 10:00 AM
4.Opening of Bids
Time and Date : November 29, 2012 at
10:30 AM
The BAC will issue hard copies of bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Isabela 3
rd
District Engineering Offce, Cauayan City. Prospective bidders may
also downloads the BDs, from the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will
download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open
only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied
by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2
of the Revised IRR.
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of
the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Isabela 3
rd
District Engineering Offce, Cauayan City reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior
to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) OSCAR G. GUMIRAN
Chief, Construction Section
BAC Chai r man

(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
Camilmil, Calapan City 5200, Oriental Mindoro
BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
INVITATION TO BID
ITB NO. GS-2012-170 and ITB No. CW-2012-127
The Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro invites PhilGeps registered suppliers to Apply for Eligibility and
to Bid for the hereunder list of item/s.
Item/Description Approved Budget
for the Contract
(ABC)
Bid Document
Fee
Source of
Funding
1. Supply and Delivery of 10,344 bags
of Cement for use in the Provision of
Cement-Provincewide
2. Concreting of Puting Cacao FMR at
Pola, Oriental Mindoro
Php 2,999,760.00
Php 9,565,347.79
Php 14,998.80
Php 1,500,00
20%
Development
Fund
Trust Fund
The schedule of bidding activities is as follows:
1. Pre-procurement Conference : November 07, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at BACOffce
2. Advertisement/Posting of ITB
- Bulletin Board of the PGOM : November08,2012
- PGOMWebsite : November 08, 2012
- PhilGEPSWebsite : November 08, 2012
- Newspaper of General Nationwide Circulation : November 08, 2012
3. Receipt of Letter of Intent (LOI) and Eligibility Requirements : November 14, 2012
3. Issuance of Bidding Documents : November 16, 2012 -December 04, 2012
4. Pre-Bid Conference : November 22,2012 at 10:00 a.m. at BACOffce
5. Deadline of Submission of Bids : December 04, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. at BACOffce
6. Opening of Bid in sealed envelope
a) Eligibility Requirements and Technical Proposal : December 04, 2012 at10:00 a.m. at BACOffce
b) Financial Proposal : December 04, 2012 at10:00 a.m. at BACOffce
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-ciiscretionary pass fail criterion
as specifed in R.A. 9184 and its IRR otherwise known as the Government Procurement ReformAct.
The complete set of bidding documents may be purchased at the BACSecretariat upon payment of non refundable price
of bid documents indicated above.
Pre-Bid Conference shall be opened to all interested parties, however only those who purchased the Bidding Documents
may participate in the discussion at said conference.
All particularsrelativetoeligibilitystatement andscreening, BidSecurity, PerformanceSecurity, Pre-BiddingConferences, Evaluationof
Bids, Post QualificationandAwardof Contract shall begovernedbytheprovisionsof RepublicAct 9184anditsIRR.
The PGOM reserves the right to accept or reject bid to annul bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time
prior to contract award without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
MR. JULIO R. ICAL
Head BAC Secretariat
Provincial Capitol, Camilmil, Calapan City
Tel No. (043) 286-7120
(043) 286-7447
(Sgd.) ENGR. ELMER V. DILAY
Provincial Engineer
BAC Chairman
(MST-NOV. 8, 2012)
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
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REGION IV-B MIMAROPA
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
EDSA, Quezon City
INVITATION TO BID
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Region IV-B, intends to apply
the enumerated sums being the Approved Budget for the Contracts (ABC) to
payments the following contracts:

Contract ID No. : 13E00004
Name of Project : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) Tagbac-Lubang Looc
Looc Road (K0001+724 to K0002+589; K0010+896 to
K0011+939; K0012+107 to K0012+287),
Location : Lubang Island, Occ. Mindoro
(ABC) Amount : Php 46,968,105.90
Brief Description Concreting and road upgrading of Lubang-Looc located at
of Work Lubang Island, Occidental Mindoro
Contract Duration : 124 calendar days
Date of Pre-Bidding
Conference: Nov. 15, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.
Date of Submission/Nov. 27, 2012
Opening of Bids: Deadline of Submission: 10:00 a.m Opening : 2:00 p.m.
Name of Project : Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of El Nido
Circumferential Road),
Location : EL Nido, Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 97,000,900.00
Brief Description Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of El Nido
of Work Circumferential Road located at El Nido, Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Access Road
to
Estrella Falls,
Location : Narra, Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 97,000,900.00
Brief Description Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Access Road
of Work to Estrella Falls located at Narra, Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Taytay
Bantulan Port,
Location : Taytay, Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 111,551,035.00
Brief Description Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Taytay
of Work Bantulan Port located at Taytay, Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Maquinit
Hotspring,
Location : Coron, Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 77,600,720.00
Brief Description Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Maquinit
of Work Hotspring located at Coron, Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved Quezon Aramaywan
Road
(K0147+363 to K0148+(-)517; K0152+206 to
K0154+614),
Location : Quezon, Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 49,785,71192
Brief Description Concreting and road upgrading od Quezon Aramaywan
Road
of Work located at Quezon, Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Taytay (Pan-
col) El
Nido Section,
Location : El Nido, Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 145,501,350.00
Brief Description Const/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Taytay
of Work (Pancol) El Nido Section located at El Nido, Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) Puerto Princesa
South Road (K0147+568 to K0149+800; K0150+350 to
K0150+850; K0151+035 to K0151+660 and K0151+672
to K0158+360),
Location : Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 96,255,933.09
Brief Description Concreting and road upgrading of Puerto Princesa South
of Work Road located at Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Rehab/Reconst/Upgrading of Puerto Princesa South
Road (K0153+
876 to K0155+100; K0155+454 to K0156+030; K0156+280
to K0157
+360; K0159+000 to K0160+050; K0160+901 to
K0161+220),
Location : Palawan
(ABC) Amount : P 80,636,848.17
Brief Description Rehab/ Reconstruction and Upgrading of Puerto Princesa
of Work South Road located at Palawan
Date of Pre-Bidding
Name of Project : Contract Package II
a)Road Upgrading / Concreting of Tagbac-Lubang-Looc
Road
(K0036+871.70 to K0037+279) (intermittent section)
b) Road Upgrading / Concreting of Tagbac-Lubang-Looc
Road (K0037+532 to K0038+436) (intermittent section),
Location : Lubang Island, Occidental Mindoro
(ABC) Amount : P 38,612,000.00
Brief Description Concreting
of Work
Date of Pre-Bidding
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Region IV-B, now invites bids
for the above-mentioned projects. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10)
years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the
Projects. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Docu-
ments, particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed 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 orga-
nizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Region IV-B and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bid-
ding Documents in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P 25,000.00)
for Contract ID No. 13E00004 , Contract ID No. 13E00009 and Contract ID No.
13E00025 and Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 50,000.00) per project for all the rest.
Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the bidding documents
6. The DPWH Region IV-B will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on the date specifed at
10:00 a.m. at BAC Offce, DPWH Region IV-B, EDSA, Quezon City, which shall
be open only to all interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before the date specifed above
until 10:00 a.m. only. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the
acceptable forms and in the amount states in ITB Clause 18, or a Bid Securing
Declaration in a duly accomplished form issued by the GPPB per Resolution No.
03-2012.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late Bids shall not be accepted,
8. The DPWH Region IV-B Reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the
9. For further information, please refer to:

RENATO L. ESCUADRO
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
DPWH Region IV-B
EDSA, Quezon
Tel No. 481-0360

(Sgd.) RENATO L. ESCUADRO
BAC Chairman
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
November 7, 2012
Cotabato First District Engineering Offce
Lanao, Kidapawan City
Invitation to Bid
1.) Contract Id No. 13MC0010 - Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) along
National Secondary Road K1630+803-K1632+470 along
Kidapawan-Magpet-Pangao-an Road, Magpet, Cotabato
2.) Contract Id No. 13MC0011- Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) National
Secondary Road K1660+100-K1661+750 along Matalam-
Lampayan- Antipas Road, Matalam, Cotabato
3.) Contract Id No. 13MC0012- Replacement/Rehabilitation/Strengthening of
Tinanan Permanent Bridges Generated from BMS along
Paco-Roxas-Arakan Valley-Davao-Bukidnon Road, Arakan,
Cotabato
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Cotabato 1
st
District Engineering Offce,
Lanao, Kidapawan City through the CY 2013 Regular Infrastructure Projects intends to apply
the following:
A.) Contract Id No.: 13MC0010
Name of Project: Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) along National Secondary
K1630+803 K1632+470 along Kidapawan Magpet-Pangao-an
Road, Magpet, Cotabato
Scopes of Work: Individual Removal of Trees, (Small A, 150 to 300mm dia.);
Individual Removal of Trees, (Small B, 301 to 500mm dia.);Individual
Removal of Trees, (Large A, 501 to 750mm dia.); Roadway
Excavation (Surplus Common); Foundation Fill; Pipe Culverts &
Drain Excavation; Embankment (From Cut Section); Subgrade
Preparation; Aggregate Subbase Course; Aggregate Surface
Course; PCCP (0.23m thick, Conventional); Pipe Culverts and
Storm Drains, 910mm; Manhole, Inlets and Catch Basin, 36;
Grouted Riprap; Stone Masonry; Gabions; Mattresses; Filter Cloth;
Bio-Engineered Coco Fiber Erosion Control Net (CGN400); Bio-
Engineered Coco Fascines Erosion Control System Bio-Engineered
Coco Erosion Control System Vegetation; Metal Guardrails (Metal
Beam) including Post; Metal Beam End Piece; Reflectorized
Pavement Studs (Cats eye); Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Marking (White); Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Marking
(Yellow); Construction Health and Safety; Rentals of Field Offce;
Mobilization/Demobilization; Project Billboard
ABC: Php48,023,145.33
Contract Duration: 118 calendar days
B.) Contract Id No. : 13MC0011
Name of Project : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) National Secondary Road
along Matalam-Lampayan-Antipas Road, Matalam, Cotabato
Scopes of Work: Individual Removal of Trees, (Small A, 150 to 300mm dia.);
Individual Removal of Trees, (Small B, 301 to 500mm dia.);
Individual Removal of Trees, (Large A, 501 to 750mm dia.);
Roadway Excavation (Surplus Common); Foundation Fill; Pipe
Culverts and Drain Excavation; Embankment (From Cut Section);
Subgrade Preparation; Aggregate Subbase Course; Aggregate
Surface Course; PCCP (0.23m thick, Conventional); Pipe Culverts
and Storm Drains, 36; Grouted Riprap (Road Drainage); Stone
Masonry; Filter Cloth; Gabions; Mattresses; Bio-Engineered
Coco Fiber Erosion Control Net (CGN400); Bio-Bio-Engineered
Fascines Erosion Control System; Bio-Engineered Coco Erosion
Control System Vegetation; Metal Guardrails (Metal Beam)
Including Post; Metal Beam End Piece; Refectorized Pavement
Studs (Cats eye); Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Marking
(White); Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Marking (Yellow);
Construction Health and Safety; Rentals of Field Offce; Mobilization/
Demobilization; Project Billboard
ABC: Php48,109,237.57
C.) Contract Id No. : 13MC0012
Name of Project: Repl acement /Rehabi l i t at i on/St r engt heni ng of Ti nanan
Permanent Bridges Generated from BMS along Paco-Roxas-
Arakan Valley-Davao-Bukidnon Road, Arakan, Cotabato
Scopes of Work : Structure Excavation for Concrete Pavement; Stone Masonry;
Construction Health and Safety; Rentals of Field Offce; Mobilization/
Demobilization; Heavy Duty CFRP for Bridge Girder Tensile
Strengthening System; Carbon Fiber Fabric for Bridge Girder
Shear Strengthening System; Bridge Girders and Slab Epoxy Crack
Injection Repair; Surface Preparation including Grinding, Filling
and Resurfacing Works; Bridge Pier Honeycomb Repair; Workers
Temporary Under Bridge Accessibility Works
ABC: Php20,384,372.11
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Cotabato 1
st
District Engineering
Offce, Lanao, Kidapawan City now invites bids for the above-mentioned projects. Bidders
should have completed within (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a
contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding
Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary
pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act
9184 (RA9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations
with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to
citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Civil Works are required to
register prior to the set schedule of submission of bid while those already registered shall
keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the projects will be
determined using the DPWH Contractor Profle Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to
further post-qualifcation. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH Cotabato 1
st

District Engineering Offce, Lanao, Kidapawan City from 8:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M.
5. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Cotabato 1
st
Offce, Lanao, Kidapawan City and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below
from 8:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M.
6. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the
address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the
amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos Php20,000.00 only per project.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall
pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
st
Lanao, Kidapawan City will hold a Pre-bid Conference on November 9, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
which shall be open to all interested parties.
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 26, 2012 at 8:30
A.M. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in
the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.1.
Bi ds wi l l be opened at 2:00 P.M. on the same day in the presence of the bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
9. Deadline of submission of eligibility documents specifcally the Credit Line Commitment, Joint
Venture Agreement will be on or before November 26, 2012 at 8:30 A.M.
st
Lanao, Kidapawan City reserves the right to accept or reject any bid to annul the bidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
11. For further information, please refer to:
MARILYN G. VERSOLA, MPS
Engineer II
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH Cotabato 1
st
Lanao, Kidapawan City
Telephone No. (064)288-1633, Fax No. (064)278-3315
(Sgd.) EMEDIO C. ONTAL, MPA
OIC-Assistant District Engineer
(MST-NOV. 8, 2012)
Region IV-A
Laguna II

Los Baos, Laguna
ITB No. 2012-21
INVITATION TO BID/REQUESTS FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Laguna II District Engineering Offce ,
Los Banos, Laguna invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. a. Contract ID : 12DI0113
b. Contract Name:
Preventive Maintenance (MFO-1) (Intermittent
Section), Overlay 80 mm of Mt. Makiling Eco.
Garden Road K0062+000 K0064+491
c. Contract Location: Los Banos, Laguna
d. Scope of Work :
Preventive Maintenance (MFO-1) (Intermittent
Section), overlay of road
e. Approved Budget for Contract (ABC): P 20,021,400.00
f. Contract Duration : 75 c.d.
g. Cost. Of Bidding Documents: P 20,000.00
h. Source of Fund: CY 2013 DPWH Regular Infrastructure Program
2. a. Contract ID : 12DI0114
b. Contract Name:
Widening of Sta. Rosa Ulat-Tagaytay Road
K0041+500 K0045+000 (with exception)
c. Contract Location: Sta. Rosa City, Laguna
d. Scope of Work : Widening of road
e. Approved Budget for Contract (ABC): P 46,550,000.00
f. Contract Duration : 180 c.d.
g. Cost. Of Bidding Documents: P 20,000.00
h. Source of Fund: CY 2013 DPWH Regular Infrastructure Program
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 the DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or
75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the
type and cot of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of the 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, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration, to the
DPWH POCW Central Offce before the deadline set below for the receipt of LOIs. The DPWH
POCW-Central will only process contractors application for registration with complete requirements
and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded
at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 08-28,2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 am November 15 , 2012
3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders
November 08-22, 2012
up to 2:00 P.M. only
4. Receipt /Submission/Dropping of Bids:
Before 10:00 A.M.
November 28, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. November 28, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDS) at Dpwh-Laguna II District
Engineering Offce, Brgy. Bambang, Los Banos, Laguna upon payment of a non-refundable fee.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said
fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open
only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security
in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain
the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope
shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their PCAB License and
updated Contractors Registration Certifcate, Tax Clearance, Mayors Permit and other pertinent
documents to the BAC for authentication.
The DPWH-Laguna II District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any
bid and to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any
liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) RAUL S. ARCETA
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Laguna II DistrictEngineering Offce
Brgy. Bambang, Los Banos, Laguna
Telefax.No. (049)536-3714
E-mail address : laguna2deo&@yahoo.com
NOTED :
(Sgd.) JOEL F. LIMPENGCO
OIC-District Engineer
(MST-NOV. 8, 2012)
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Quezon 4
th
Lucena City
INVITATION TO BID

ITB No. 12-19
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Quezon 4
th
Offce, Lucena City, through its Bids & Awards Committee (BAC) invites contractors to bid for the
following contract(s):
1. Contract ID : 12-DL-0082
Contract Name : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved)
Quezon-Alabat-Perez Road
a. KO016+312 KO016+570 -P 6,321,000.00
b. KO016+674 KO016+863 -P 4,725,000.00
c. KO017+792 KO018+428 -P14,700,000.00
d. KO019+200 KO019+781 -P12,519,500.00
Contract Location : Alabat, Quezon
Scope of Work : concreting of road
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 38,265,500.00
Source of Fund : FY 2013 - GAA
Cost of Bidding Documents: P25,000.00
a. KO032+196 KO032+762 -P 8,654,380.00
b. KO036+000 KO037+000 -P20,241,900.00
Contract Location : Perez, Quezon
KO009+584 KO010+368
Contract Location : Quezon, Quezon
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with the
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act. No. 9184. Bids received in
excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit Original Receipt (OR) for payment of bidding
documents issued by the Procuring Entity together with their eligibility documents on or before the
date and time stated hereunder and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or
joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a
similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of ten (10) years, and (d) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least equal 10% of the
ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fall criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-
POCW Central Offce before the deadline set herein. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only
process contractors applications, with complete requirements, for registration and to be issued the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents to : November 07 - 27, 2012
Registered contractors

2. Deadline for Submission of : November 22, 2012
Eligibility Documents

3. Pre-Bid Conference : November 14, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.

4. Receipt of Bids : November 27, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.

5. Opening of Bids : November 27, 2012 after 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents at DPWH-Quezon 4
th
Lucena City, upon payment. Prospective bidders may download the BDs from the DPWH Website,
if available. Bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on
or before the submission of bids. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable
forms in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their Contractors Registration
Certifcate (CRC) to the BAC for authentication, together with the printed copy of the Philgeps Order
Form (Documents Request List DRL).
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the Bidding Documents
(BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The First envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, including the eligibility requirements. The second envelope
shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualifcation.
The DPWH-Quezon 4
th
District Engineering Offce, Lucena City reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders.

(Sgd.) RICARDO V. DE GUIO
Chairman, BAC
Tel. and Fax No. (042) 373-5626
N O T E D:
(Sgd.) JOSE E. ALMERO
OIC District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Region IX
Zamboanga Del Norte, 1
st
Engineering District
Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City
BID BULLETIN NO. 26
Series of 2012
ATTENTION : TO ALL PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS / BIDDERS
SUBJECT : CANCELLATION OF THE PROJECTS

DATE : NOVEMBER 6, 2012
THIS BID BULLETIN IS ISSUED TO INFORM THE PROSPECTIVE
CONTRACTORS/BIDDERS FOR FOLLOWING PROJECTS LISTED BELOW
IS HEREBY CANCELLED , VIZ:
1. CONTRACT ID 12JB0019 Reh ab . / Rec o n s t . / Rep l ac emen t /
Retroftting of Existing Bridge at Nipaan
Bridge along Dipolog-Sindangan-Liloy
Road
2. CONTRACT ID12JB0020 Reh ab . / Rec o n s t . / Rep l ac emen t /
Retroftting of Existing Bridge at Pasanan
Bridge along Dipolog-Sindangan-Liloy
Bridge
3. CONTRACT 12JB0025 Rehab./Reconst . Of Dr ai nage al ong
Nat i onal Road, Zambo. Del Nort e 2
nd

District
This cancellation is being done due to the modifcation of projects in the
proposed FY 2013 Infrastructure Program .

For guidance and information of all concerned.
(Sgd.) FEDERICO M. MOBO, JR.
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC- Chairperson
NOTI CE OF LOSS
Notice is hereby given
of the loss of TIMES
TRADING CO., INC.
Offcial Receipts No.
64636 and 77024.
Any transaction
entered thereof will
not be honored and is
considered void and
cancelled effective
January 03, 2012
and July 24, 2012
respectively.
(MST- NOV. 8,15 & 22, 2012)
For f ast ad r esul t s, pl ease
c al l 659-4803 or 6594830
l oc 303
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH CXXXIX (139)
MAKATI CITY
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC.
Plaintiff,
-versus- CIVIL CASE NO. 08-690
For Damages
ROD HENRICH A. DE LARA,
Defendant.
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ORDER
For resolution by this Court is the Motion for
Leave of Court for Publication of Summons fled by
plaintiff through counsel on 20 April 2012.
In the said motion, plaintiff prays for leave of court
to effect service of summons upon the defendant by
publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
It alleged that it had exerted further investigatioin
through its paralegal, Mr. Claro Rapatalo to ascertain
the whereabouts of the defendant bu to no avail.
Finding the grounds relied upon in the said
motion to be impressed with merit and in accordance
with Section 14, Rule 14 of the 1997 Rules of Civil
Procedure, the said motion is hereby GRANTED.
Accordingly, let the service of summons upon
the defendant Rod Henrich A. De Lara be effected
through publication in a newspaper of general
circulation to be determined by raffe, three (3) times
in three (3) consecutive weeks at plaintiffs expense.
Defendant is given a period of sixty (60) days
from the last publication within which to fle answer
or responsive pleading. Likewise, let copy of the
summons and this Order be sent by registered mail
to the last known address of the defendant.
Furnish copies of this Order to the plaintiff and
its counsel.
SO ORDERED.
Given to Chambers this 4
th
day of September
2012 at Makati City.
(Sgd.) BENJAMIN T. POZON
Presiding Judge
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH CXXXIX (139)
MAKATI CITY
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC.,
Plaintiff,
-versus - CIVIL CASE NO. 08-690
FOR: Damages
ROD HENRICH A. DE LARA,
Defendant.
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ALIAS -
S U M M O N S
TO: ROD HENRICH A. DE LARA -No. 313 Abbey
Street, Goodwill 3 Subdivision, Paranaque City
You are hereby required, within sixty (60) days
after service of this Summons upon you, to fle with
this Court and serve on the plaintiff your Answer to
the complaint, copy of which is attached, together with
annexes. If you fail to answer within the time fxed,
the plaintiff will take judgment by default and may
be be granted the relief applied for in the Complaint.
Moreover, pursuant to the IBP-OCA Memorandum
on Policy Guidelines, dated March 12, 2002, you are
expected not to fle a Motion to Dismiss but instead,
you are requested to allege the grounds of such
Motion as defenses in your answer. Likewise, you
are expected to utilize the deposition discovery
measures under Rules 23, 25, 26, 27 & 28 of the
1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.Failure to resort to
deposition by written interrogatories under Rule 25
and the request for admission of facts under Rule 27
may be prejudicial to your interest
WITNESS my hand under the seal of the Court,
this 4
th
day of September 2012 at-Makati City.
(Sgd.) ATTY. ROWENA M. SIMBAHAN
Branch Clerk of Court
(MST-Nov. 8, 15 & 22, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORkS AND HIGHWAYS
Region IV-B, MIMAROPA
DPWH-Palawan II District Engineering Offce
Narra, Palawan
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Annex A
INvITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Palawan II District Engineering Offce, Narra, Palawan, through the FY 2013
Regular Infrastructure Projects intends to apply the hereunder Approved Budget for the
Contract to payments of the corresponding contracts listed below. Bids received in excess
of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
1. a. Contract ID : 13EF0005
b. Contract Name : Road Upgrading of Quezon-Punta Baja Road,
k0157+000-k0158+170
c. Contract Location : Quezon, Palawan
d. Scope of Work : Pipe Culvert & Drain Excavation, Selected Borrow
for Topping, Aggregate Sub-base Course, PCCP,
RCPC, Grouted Riprap, Stone Masonry and Road
Safety Devices
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php24,473,165.45
f. Contract Duration : 101 cal. days
2. a. Contract ID : 13EF0006
b. Contract Name : Road Upgr adi ng of Puer t o Pr i ncesa
Sout h Road, k0130+043-k0130+493. 50,
k0130+654-k0130+934.2, k0131+826-k0132+084
c. Contract Location : Quezon, Palawan
d. Scope of Work : Roadway Excavat i on, Foundat i on Fi l l ,
Embankment, Pipe Culvert & Drain Excavation,
Subgrade Preparation, Aggregate Sub-base
Course, PCCP, RCPC, Grouted Riprap, Stone
Masonry and Road Safety Devices
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php23,153,035.31
f. Contract Duration : 97 cal. days
The DPWH-Palawan II District Engineering Offce, now invites bids for the above named
projects. Bidders should have completed a single largest completed contract (SLCC)
equivalent to twenty fve (25%) of a contract similar to the project. The description of an eligible
bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed 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 citizen/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock
belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Palawan II District Engineering
Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00am-5:00pm.
A complete set of Bidding Documents (BDs) may be purchased by the interested Bidders
from the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents
in the amount of Php17,000.00 for contract ID 13EF0005 and Php17,000.00 for contract
ID 13EF0006. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring
Entity provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the
submission of their bids.
The Pre-Bid Conference to be held at the Offce of the BAC, DPWH-Palawan II District
Engineering Offce, Narre, Palawan at 2:00pm, November 16, 2012 shall be open to all
interested parties. Bids must be delivered to the address below. All bids must be accompanied
by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at
the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 8-29, 2012
2. Deadline for payment of Bid Docs, Receipts
and Submission of Bids
10:00 a.m., November 29, 2012
3. Opening of Bids 02:00,p.m., November 29, 2012
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, including the eligibility requirements. The second
envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Palawan II District Engineering Offce, Narra, Palawan reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process and to reject all bids at any time prior
to Contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
KALIKOZAMAN T. TAHA
DPWH-Palawan II DEO
5303 Antipuluan, Narra, Palawan
09198108431
bac_dpwhnarra@yahoo.com
Approved by:
(Sgd.) EDDIE R. UY
Engineer-III
BAC Chairman
IN BRIEF
News
ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com NOVEMBER 8, 2012 THURSDAY
A8
Convicted ex-banker arrested
High Court ruling on Angat
power privatization assailed
Pedestrian hits
trafc constable
2 killed after bus
slams fuel tanker
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court has been
asked to revisit its ruling last month
approving the sale of the 218-
megawatt hydroelectric power plant
of the Angat dam in Bulacan to a
South Korean rm, saying the wrong
law was applied.
In a partial motion for
reconsideration, the Initiatives for
Dialogue and Empowerment through
Alternative Legal Services Inc.
and Freedom from Debt Coalition
insisted that the bidding and award
of operation of the Angat power
plant to Korea Water Resources
Development Corp. was invalid and
illegal.
The deal violated Article XII,
Section 2 of the constitution, which
mandated that the exploration,
development, and utilization of
natural resources shall be under the
full control and supervision of the
State, they said.
Petitioners fear that, if traversed
to its logical conclusion, the decision
effectively allows wholly foreign-
owned corporations to engage
in the exploration, development
and utilization of State-owned
water and other natural resources
notwithstanding the clear nationality
restrictions prescribed.
They said the SC erred in applying
the Amended Build-Operate-
Transfer Law, which does not
prohibit foreign ownership of a
hydropower plant.
The groups claimed that the SC
should have applied the Electric
Power Industry Reform Act under
which privatization is illegal.
While it is true that under the
Amended BOT Law, wholly-owned
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
THE former president of the defunct Rural
Bank of San Miguel, Bulacan, who was
convicted of estafa through falsication
of documents, was arrested on Monday
afternoon by Manila policemen in his
Makati home, lawmen said on Wednesday.
Former RBSM president
Hilario Pabalan Soriano, 51,
was hauled to the warrant
section of the Manila Police
District after policemen arrested
him inside his residence at 22-C
Lotus Garden Tower on Pasong
Tamo Street and Gil Puyat
Avenue around 2 p.m. Monday.
In a telephone interview,
Warrant and Subpoena Section
chief Inspector Elias Dimatera
Jr. told Manila Standar d Today
that Soriano initially denied he
was the same Hilario Soriano
named in the warrant of arrest.
But the policemen insisted
since they were carrying
his picture and his physical
appearance matched the
description provided by his
brother, Antonio Hilario, related
Dimatera, adding that Antonio
personally appeared at their
ofce and informed them about
the accuseds whereabouts.
Hilario was arrested by SPO3
Abraham Baltazar, SPO1 Manuel
Ferrer and PO2 Raul Alfaro.
Soriano was arrested on the
order of Manila Regional Trial
Court Judge Silvino Pampilo
of Branch 26, who issued the
warrant after the Supreme Court
afrmed on Oct. 16 his decision
convicting Hilario.
The warrant was for the
execution of judgment after the
Supreme Court afrmed the
conviction which it declared as
nal and executory, Pampilo
said in a separate interview.
Hilario was charged by his
brother Antonio for estafa
through falsication of
documents involving RBSM
before the Manila court on Sept.
29,1997, according to Pampilos
aide, lawyer Ann Pascual.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission, in Case No. 4313,
directed Hilario to reconvey to
Antonio 1,531 common shares
of RBSM, but he failed to do so.
Meantime, Dimatera said the
accused will remain at the MPD
detention cell while awaiting the
commitment order for his transfer
to the New Bilibid Prisons in
Muntilupa City where he will
start serving his sentence.
After ruling on the guilt of
the accused, Pampilo sentenced
him to 4 months and 1 day to a
maximum 2 years in jail.
On appeal, the Court of
Appeals sustained the guilt and
the jail term imposed on the
accused, but this was modied
by the Supreme Court which
rendered a prison term of up to 4
years in jail.
The accused is also facing
charges in several courts in
Bulacan and other nearby
provinces.
foreign corporations are
allowed to undertake
construction, rehabilitation
and development of
hydropower plants, the
glaring fact ignored by the
decision is that the instant
case had nothing to do with
the Amended BOT Law,
the motion said.
The privatization of
Angat Hydro-Electrical
Power Plant was made pursuant
to the EPIRA and not under the
Amended BOT Law.
Besides, they said the high court
erred when it found that power
generation did not amount to the
utilization of water resources.
In the power generation
process, water-a natural resource
specically mentioned in Sec. 2,
Art. 12 --is indispensable. The
operation of the AHEPP (Angat
Hydro-electric Power Plant) cannot
be separated from the Dam Complex
from which it draws its source of
power. It is unthinkable to operate
AHEPP without water. How else
can a hydro-electric power plant
operate without water? the petiuon
noted.
The appeal of IDEALS and FDC
was only partial since the SC, in
the same ruling, had granted their
petition seeking declaration of
controlling power of National Power
Corporation over the hydropower
generation in the dam subject to
rules and regulations of the National
Water Resources Board.
In the assailed decision penned by
Associate Justice Martin Villarama
Jr., the high court ruled that the deal
was valid and legal, and that the
bidding process was trasnparent and
objective.
Miss Tourism World bets. Miss Tourism World Philippines candidates (from left)
Margarita Francesca Cruz, Akila Rairata and Elizabeth Alindogan (left to right) endorse food
supplement Malunggai Life Oil, one of the supporters this years Miss Tourism World Philip-
pines pageant whose grand coronation will be held on Nov. 11. One of the 25 winners will
be Miss Life Oil, principal endorser of the supplements maker Manila Natures Link Inc. The
world nal for Miss Tourism World 2012 will be staged in Thailand on Dec. 15, the rst time
the Miss Tourism World nal will be held in Asia.
By Jonathan Fernandez
AN employee of the Department of Interior and Local
Government has been suspended for allegedly attacking
a trafc constable of the Metro Manila Development
Authority who accosted him for jaywalking.
This developed as DILG Secretary Mar Roxas has
ordered the ling of administrative charges against
Arvin Vinluan, a local government operations ofcer for
the Calabarzon region, who allegedly attacked MMDA
trafc constable Jonard Jeramil last Monday.
This is a matter that will not be tolerated at the
DILG, Roxas said. Our investigators will interview
witnesses to determine if he indeed tried to show off his
position with the DILG. If our investigation conrms
this, then I believe administrative charges are in order.
Witness Conrado Asprer, another MMDA
constable assigned, said Jeramil accosted Vinluan
for jaywalking on Espaa Boulevard in Manila, but
the DILG ignored the trafc ofcer and proceeded to
board a commuter van.
Vinluan, however, signaled the driver to stop and
Vinluan alighted from the van and engaged Jeramil in
an argument. Asprer claimed Vinluan punched Jeramil
in the face, as shown by footage from closed circuit
television cameras installed at the busy thoroughfare.
The video also showed Vinluan shoving Jeramil who
almost hit the pavement with his head.
This would not be the rst time an MMDA trafc
constable was attacked. Last Aug. 11, motorist Robert
Blair Carabuena verbally abused and hit trafc constable
Saturnino Fabros who tried to cite him for running
through a red light.
Carabuena has been charged with assaulting a person
in authority and a Quezon City judge ordered his arrest
last Oct. 12.
By Ferdinand Fabella
A SPEEDING passenger bus rammed a fuel-laden tanker
along the South Luzon Expressway in Muntinlupa early
Wednesday morning, resulting in the death of the bus
conductor and one of the passengers.
Skyway Vice President for Operations Ed
Nepomuceno said ve others were injured in the
collision that took place at 5:15 a.m. on the southbound
lane of SLEX near the Alabang Exit.
Citing reports from the Highway Patrol Group,
Nepomuceno said the Lippad Transit bus (PXP 822),
bound for Alabang from Fairview, hit the tanker of V Serve
Trading (WEV 149) from behind as both vehicles neared
the Alabang Exit. The tanker was carrying diesel fuel.
Pinned in the wreckage were bus passenger Alejandro
Limbo, 46; and bus conductor Omer Garcia, 33. The
ve other injured passengers were sent to the Ospital
ng Muntinlupa.
Joselito Caday, the driver of the oil tanker, recounted
that he was about to shift to another lane when he felt a
loud crashing sound from behind. He said he nearly lost
control of the truck because of the impact.
One of the injured passengers later told police that the
bus driver and conductor were arguing moments before
the bus slammed onto the tanker. The driver, apparently
in anger, added more speed until he hit the tanker in front.
The Lippad Transit management subsequently surrendered
the bus driver, Roel Villareal, to the police and assured that
they will give proper compensation to the victims.
Paco Catholic
School turns 100
MANILA Archbishop Luis
Antonio Tagle will lead the
100th anniversary celebration
of the Paco Catholic School,
one of the oldest parochial
school in Manila.
The celebration will give
tribute to founders of the
school, the Congregation of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
the ICM Sisters.
Tagle will preside celebrate
the centennial Mass at 5 p.m.
today at the San Fernando
de Dilao parish church, the
schools rst home. The Mass
is the highlight of week-long
centennial activities involving
students, teachers, administra-
tors, staff, parents of students
and alumni of the school be-
ginning Nov. 5 and culminat-
ing on Nov. 10 with the Alum-
ni Night.
Fr. Raymond Esquenet,
the first CICM parish priest
of Paco Parish started a
small school for about 50
children in a small chapel in
Peafrancia which was the
foundation for Paco Catho-
lic School in 1912.
The management of the
school was completely turned
over to the Archdiocese of Ma-
nila in 1984 with then Manila
Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro C.
Bacani Jr. as its rst Filipino
director.
Election law book
out ahead of polls
With the 2013 election just
around the corner, politicians
are preparing their bids for
public ofce and the docket of
the Commision on Elections is
also expeced to overow with
election cases.
The book Effective Litiga-
tion and Adjudication of Elec-
tion Contests will give an ad-
vantage to both the politicians
and lawyers.
The authors are expert in
election contests. Retired Su-
preme Court Senior Justice
Josue N. Bellosillo was for-
mer Chairperson of the Senate
Electoral Tribunal and House
of Representatives Electoral
Tribunal; Supreme Court Ad-
ministrator Jose Midas P. Mar-
quez was Deputy Secretary of
the Senate Electoral Tribunal;
and Atty. Emmanuel LJ. Mapi-
li is a Hearing Commissioner
of the House Representatives
Electoral Tribunal.
The book is available in all
Central Books stores and is
available for purchase online
at www.central.com.ph.
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Saavedra displayed air and
spunk before a cheering home-
town crowd to defeat Steve Cen-
tennial Maghanoy of Zamboanga
Sibugay, 8-3, and progress to the
next round of the boys singles.
Amorez took a bye in the rst
round before dumping Kyla
Kiezl Diaz of Zamboanga City,
8-4, to barge into the girls sin-
gles seminals. The victory was
sweet revenge over Diaz who
downed Amores younger sister
Jazzy Mae, 8-4, in the opening
round.
``We are matched because he
was tall, but Im faster, said
Saavedra in Filipino.
His coach Leonido Tabilon
said he started playing at age
8 on the same courts inside the
Rizal Memorial State University.
Bidding the Grand
DAPITAN CITYTwelve-year-old Ja-
son Saavedra and Jelza Maey Amores put
a bright note on the host citys campaign
when they cruised to victory in lawn ten-
nis singles competitions as the Philippine
Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports
Commission Batang Pinoy 2012 Mind-
anao leg got going Wednesday here.
IN BIDDING slams, it is well to restate
this guideline: However, you should be
more cautious about bidding slams; if you
go down, you are losing the large game
bonus. As a guideline, you should bid a
small slam if the odds are signicantly in
your favor (67% or more e.g. needing a
3-2 break or 1 of 2 nesse). You should
bid a grand slam only if you are virtually
certain you will make it (e.g. no worse
than a 3-1 break). Google.
Linda Lee in particular said: It is not
worth bidding grand slams at teams unless
you can count 13 tricks.
I feature a hand from Bridge Base On-
line. My partner was Golfermike from
England and how he decided to bid the
grand slam was amazing:
Board 8 Nor th
Sylgen 1
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1032
J9653
AJ
West East
W mig Wald 21
J8 1074
AKQ974 J865
7 82
8654 Q972
South
Golfermike
AKQ96

AKQ104
K103
West Nor th East South
1 PASS PASS DBL
PASS 2 2 4NT
PASS 5 PASS 7
PASS PASS PASS
After West opened one heart which I
passed and his partner also passed, Golf-
ermike made a takeout double. I bid my
diamond suit while East raised to two hearts.
When Golfermike heard our t in diamonds,
he took immediate steps to make the Black-
wood inquiry. His two suiters are so pow-
erful that he would not settle for a game
contract. Imagine my amazement when Gol-
fermike made the ace inquiry and nding me
IN BRIEF
Skywalkers cage clinic set
THE Samboy Lim Personalized Train-
ing will hold its last cage clinic for the
year starting this weekend with two
morning sessions on Nov. 10 at Home-
court gym and on Nov. 11 at Dumlao
gym in Mandaluyong City.
Registration is ongoing. For details
call 531-7554 or 0916-6989489 or add
us on facebook: samboylimacademy@
yahoo.com.
The clinics will run through four week-
ends from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. or 10 a.m.-12
noon. The Saturday classes will be held
at the Homecourt gym while the Sunday
training will be at Dumlao gym.
To maximize the training and give
each participant a personal touch, the
Skywalker has limited each batch to
12 enrollees.
Banal lifts Steel Trust
JONATHAN Banal of Steel Trust Con-
struction scored 22 points, including the
game-winning three-point shot that lead
his team to a 92-90 victory over Durings
BBQ in the second DELeague Open In-
vitational Basketball Cup Tuesday night
at the Marikina Sports Park Gym.
Ex-Mapua Cardinal player Banal
keyed the win with his four triples, all in
the fourth quarter.
Luis Palaganas had 17 points, six re-
bounds and ve assists, while Chester
Tolomia scored 13 points to help Steel
Trust Construction to the win.
In the second match of the league
organized by Marikina Mayor Del De
Guzman, with sponsors OLOPS Col-
lege, Jekasa Sportswear, Hobe Bihon,
Mckies Video, Simply Delicious, and
Luyong Panciteria, Skyforce Team de-
feated Globe Telecom, 112-91.
SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
TOP international wakeboarders
and waterskaters competing for top
honors in the 2012 Cable Wake-
board Championship will see nal
action at The Deca Wakeboard
Park in Clark, Pampanga on Nov.
6 to 11 for the 2012 Cable Wake-
board Championship.
Expected to make waves are our
very own Samantha Bermudez, Car-
lo Dela Torre and Mark Grifn, who
will be competing in the open wom-
ens and mens wakeboard, as well
as Moe Gomez in the open mens
wakeskate. They will be competing
against Australias Angelika Ange
Schriber, Germanys Dominik
Ghrs, Steffen Vollert and Frdric
Freddy von Osten, Great Britains
Nick Davies, Israels Lior Sofer, and
NetherlandsDenise de Haan.
The championship will have two
eventswakeboarding and wakes-
kating. The wakeboarding event
is categorized into Boys and Girls
division, as well as Mens and La-
dies in Junior, Open, Masters and
Veterans levels. Wakeskating, on
the other hand, is classied into
Mens and Ladies sections in the
Junior and Open levels.
Organized by the International
Waterski and Wakeboard Federation,
in collaboration with the Wakeboard
and Waterski Association of the Phil-
ippines, the 2012 Cable Wakeboard
World Championship have over 300
wakeboarders and wakeskaters from
over 10 countries competing for the
honor of being the worlds best.
Being held for the rst time in
the Philippines, the 2012 Cable
Wakeboard World Championship
will not only foster sportsmanship
and camaraderie among interna-
tional riders, it will also help boost
tourism for the country and put the
newly opened Deca Wake Park in
Clark on the map of the interna-
tional wakeboarding circuit.
Cable wakeboard championships lure worlds best
Saavedra, eldest of a brood
of ve and a Grade 7 student at
the Dapitan City National High
School, bagged the silver medal
in boys elementary doubles dur-
ing last years Palarong Pamban-
sa held here.
His victory made up for the
early exit of teammates Rolly
Elopre, Jerry Bagabuyo and
Arnelo Gallemit, who dropped
their rst-round matches to Paul
Chyrel Dandado of Siocon (8-2),
Jeff Balatero of Tangub City (8-
2) and Junel Canal of Agusan del
Sur (8-0), respectively.
Also making the semis in girls
singles were Alliah Elline Ra-
gunton of Cotabato, who pulled
off an upset over top seed Mary
Rose Bael of Dapitan City, 8-1.
Ragunton will face Rosuel Anne
Binondo of Davao del Norte,
who trounced Jed Vallie Rayne
Aquino of Davao del Norte, 8-6.
Amores will take on in the
semis Diadem Sasota of Cota-
bato, an 8-3 winner over Fran-
chette Faye Helar of Zamboanga
Sibugay.
Badminton events also started
with Art Villanueva of Zam-
boanga Sibugay advancing to the
second round with a 21-11, 21-
17 victory over Dapitan Citys
Paul Tacbayan.
Action shifts to high gear
Thursday with the start of swim-
ming competitions and eld
events in athletics.
Batang Pinoy project director
Jay Alano announced that they
will no longer stage the track
events because the RMSU sports
complex oval is unt for use due
to damages brought by weather.
Warriors,
Gems eye
2
nd
wins
Dapitan netters prevail
By Ronnie Nathanielsz

THE announced shot of Filipino
super bantamweight Drian Fran-
cisco against World Boxing As-
sociation champion Guillermo
Rigondeaux has fallen through.
Boxingscene.com reported
that Gary Hyde, the manager
of the two-time Cuban Olym-
pic gold medalist, who has a
record of 11-0 with 8 knock-
outs, informed them that a deal
was reached to ght Thailands
rugged former champion Poon-
sawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2,
33KOs) on Dec. 15 at the Toyo-
ta Center in Houston, Texas.
Hyde said there was some dis-
cussions about a ght with Fili-
pino contender Francisco (23-1-1,
18KOs), but he added that it wont
happen as Rigondeaux has already
signed a contract for Poonsawat.
Meantime, all efforts to con-
tact Franciscos manager Elmer
Anuran by both mobile phone
and email have proved fruitless.
It was Anuran, who called Ma-
nila Standard to break the news of
the Francisco-Rigondeaux ght,
saying both Francisco and his
trainer Justin Fortune were eager
to accept the challenge and he
was only waiting for the contracts
which obviously never came.
In the main event, World Box-
ing Organization super bantam-
weight champion Nonito Donaire
will defend titles, which includes
the coveted World Boxing Coun-
cil Diamond Belt he won with a
ninth-round TKO over Japans
super champion Toshiaki Nish-
ioka last October. He takes on
Mexican warrior Jorge Arce.
No fight between
Drian, Rigondeaux
GENERAL TRIASThe 2012 Philip-
pine Airlines Mabuhay Miles Elite In-
vitational golf tournament tees off Nov.
14 at the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country
Club here with a eld of over 250 indus-
try leaders, corporate chief executives
and top professionals.
Dubbed A Day on the Green, this
years event marks the 10th edition of
the 18-hole tournament for Elite and Pre-
mier Elite members of Mabuhay Miles,
the frequent-yer program of PAL and
the 20th anniversary of the tournament
itself. It was then known as the Mabu-
hay Club Invitational.
We expect another fun-lled, friendly,
but intense competition given the quality
of the eld, said Ria Carrion-Domingo,
PAL Assistant Vice President for Prod-
uct Loyalty Marketing. Its always our
privilege to recognize the loyalty of our
Mabuhay Milers with a round of golf.
Shotgun tee-off starts at 7:30 a.m. at
Eagle Ridgesthe tourneys traditional
host with its three championship courses
designed by golf legends Greg Norman,
Nick Faldo and Isao Aoki.
As in past stagings, the mens division
will be made up of Classes A, B, C, D
based on the participants handicap/in-
dex, with the winners in each category
receiving two round-trip Mabuhay Class
tickets to Shanghai.
A round-trip Mabuhay Class ticket for two
to Los Angeles and Beijing await the lowest
gross titlist and the overall net champion.
The Ladies Division champion earns
two round-trip tickets to Shanghai.
Also at stake is a Toyota Camry 2.5V
from Toyota Motor Philippines and two
Mabuhay Miles tickets to Los Angeles
for the player who scores a hole-in-one.
The winners and runners-up also get to
take home trophies, premium gift items and
vacation stays at top hotels, resorts and spas.
Organized by PAL, the tournaments
major sponsors are Airbus, Allied Bank,
Boeing, MasterCard International Phil-
ippines, Metrobank Card, Petron and
People Asia Magazine.
Corporate sponsors include Chartis
Philippines Insurance, Lufthansa Technik
Philippines and Panasonic Avionics Sys-
tems Corp, while the minor backers are
BDO Unibank, GE Aviation, Pacic Paints
(Boysen) Philippines, Union Bank and
Victorinox Travel Gear/World Traveller.
Mabuhay Miles invitational golf tees off
AS expected, former world bowling
champion Biboy Rivera of TBAM-Pri-
ma made his mark in his debut in the
41st PBC-Philippine Olympic Com-
mittee-Philippine Sports Commission
Open championships Tuesday, but
unexpectedly, he was overshadowed
by three other campaignersPoland-
bound World Cupper Krizziah Tabora
and little-known Ceasar Muere and Ra-
mil Cisnerosat the SM lanes in Mall
of Asia, Pasay City.
Rivera, 2006 world titlist and sil-
ver medalist in the last Southeast
Asian Games in Jakarta, put together
games of 631 and 564 for 1199 to pace
TBAM-PSBs George Ongkeko (1170)
and TBAM-Primas Mar Serac (1167)
in Class O mens singles.
But Tabora, Muere and ATBAs Cis-
neros produced better scores in their
respective singles campaigns in the
two-week kegfest sponsored by the
Philippine Sports Commission, Phil-
ippine Olympic Committee, Boysen,
PCSO, Team Prima, F. R. Sevilla Con-
struction and HCG.
Tabora, also of TBAM-Prima, rolled
1201 (612-589) in the Open ladies event
to pace upcoming Asian Youth girls
Masters champion Alexis Sy (1142) and
Muere posted 1212 (613-599) in the
Class A mens competition to nose out
Cisneros, who submitted 1211.
PTBA-PSBs Willy Lim nished be-
hind Muere and Cisneros with 1165.
Another TBAM-Prima bet, tourna-
ment deputy chair Girlie Solis, also
turned in a good showing, rolling 1165
(525-640) to pull away from QCBA-
Eagle Ridges Andrea Laureano (1077)
and TBAMs Rochelle Munsayac
(1068) in ladies Class A singles.
SLETBAs Ted Victorino and
BALPs Nida Lagrisola showed the
way in Class B mens and ladies sin-
gles, respectively.
Victorino tallied 1146 to move ahead
of ATBAs Rene Rodelas (1121) and
MTBAs Phaul Perez (1118), while
Lagriola scored 1123 to edge PTBAs
Jojie Cabacungan (1080) and TBAM-
Primas Ira Oyco (1055).
Laureano and Oyco carded 1077 and
1055, respectively, to emerge 1-1 in the
Youth girls qualifying round.
Rivera, 2 others show way in national bowling tourney
THE NLEX Road Warriors and
Cebuana Lhuillier Gems aim for
their second straight win and a
piece of
the lead
in the
Phi l i p-
p i n e
Basket-
ball As-
sociation D-League Aspirants
Cup when they take on separate
opponents today at the Trinity
University of Asia gym.
The defending champion Road
Warriors are 18-0 dating back to
the seminals of this conference
last Jan 31 and they intend to keep
the streak going against the strug-
gling Boracay Rum Waves in their
2 p.m. encounter.
While most of the teams im-
proved on their rosters during the
off season, Boracay Rum made
no signicant recruitment, in the
process losing its rst two games
in the conference against Cagayan
Valley and Cebuana Lhuillier.
But NLEX coach Boyet Fer-
nandez believes Boracay Rum is
still a potent team and dangerous
if treated lightly.
Personally, Im worried (with
Boracay). Their rst two games
is not an indication of this team.
Knowing Coach Lawrence
(Chongson), Im sure well have
a tough game, Fernandez said.
For the second game, the Road
Warriors will be without seven-
footer Greg Slaughter, who went
to the States to personally work
on the papers he needs to be eli-
gible to play in the league.
Sentinels, United Spirit win
SENTINELS rallied from a 24-point
deficit before pulling off a come-
from-behind 91-85 win over the erst-
while unbeaten William Hill on Tues-
day night in the La Liga MYPBA at
the SGS gym.
It was the second win in four matches
for Sentinels. William Hill absorbed its
rst loss in the tournament and dropped
to third spot.
Sentinels upset win completely
overshadowed United Spirits one-
sided victory over Team Fireballers,
104-55.
All but one who saw action for United
Spirit nished in double gures with Jun
Borja leading the way with 21 points.
Ethan Tiu tallied 18 markers while PBA
photographer Nuki Sabio and Bernie
Bernal each had 17 markers.
Womens open wakeskate participant Susan Larsson (left) and mens open bet Moe Gomez (second
from left) are shown with (starting third from left) POC secretary general Steve Hontiveros, Deca Homes
marketing manager Hazelle Corpuz, womens wakeboard overall champion Sam Bermudez, WWASP
president JV Borromeo and mens open wakeboard overall champion Carlo dela Torre.
with an ace went on to bid the grand slam.
Golfermike said that with opponents bidding
hearts he was certain that they had the heart
ace while my ace was in clubs.
The next deal illustrates that my partner
ruso on Bridge Base Online had overbid
after my opening of one diamond and with
22HCP and a ve card suit ruso bid seven
notrump. Even if I had a full opening bid of
13HCP with his 22HCP, there is only 35HCP
by 37HCP is required for seven notrump
contract. It was lucky that the contract made
because the heart king was onside.
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1087
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J742
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Sylgen 1 E ruso
KJ53 AQ2
5432 AQJ
AKJ 106
86 AKQ53
South
Yomd
964
108
987543
109
1 PASS 7NT PASS
PASS PASS
The next deal illustrates the exchange of
information between the partners before bid-
ding the grand:
Board 6 (Seven Spades)
Nor th
Strider 63
J93
Q1064
J7
10962
West East
Kriss 27b Rometti
K1075 AQ82
A5 J97
K65 AQ108
AKQ8 J5
South
Sylgen 1
64
K832
9432
743
1 PASS
1 PASS 2 PASS
3 PASS 3 PASS
4 PASS 4 PASS
4NT PASS 5 PASS
7 PASS PASS
Comments to: sylvia01@globelines.com.ph
Games Today
(Trinity University Gym)
2p.m. Boracay
Rum vs NLEX
4p.m. Fruitas vs
Cebuana Lhuillier
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Jeff Chan unloaded 12 of his
game-high 22 points and seven re-
bounds in the nal 12 minutes of
play to spearhead the Elasto Paint-
ers charge to another victory.
JR Quinahan likewise had a
splendid night with 20 points and
seven rebounds.
The win was vital for Rain or
Shine as it moved to solo second
place at 6-2, a full game ahead of
the Aces, who saw their ve-game
winning streak snapped.
They fell to 5-3, still good
for third place.
We had to grind it out.
I didnt put pressure on
Jeff (Chan), but I asked the
team to get him his touch-
es for him to get going,
said Rain or Shine coach Yeng
Guiao. Alaskas the hottest team
and that streak has to end some-
where. Its the law of averages and
were lucky we got them.
The Elasto Painters trailed for
most of the game and at 71-77 head-
ing the payoff period before Chan
decided to take over.
The streak-shooting spitre led an
18-7 blast to start the fourth to give
Rain or Shine an 89-84 lead, its rst
in the game and which it did not re-
linquish the rest of the way.
Meanwhile, Mike Cortez is reunit-
ing with his former collegiate men-
tor Franz Pumaren.
In a deal that was nalized Tues-
day night, struggling Barangay
Ginebra decided to send the veteran
point guard to Air21 in exchange for
promising rookie big man Yousef
Taha to get a badly needed center.
The one-on-one deal reached the
Commissioners ofce yesterday
before lunch time and was immedi-
ately approved by Philippine Bas-
ketball Association commissioner
Chito Salud.
Cortez and Taha will already play
in their new teams next games.
The move was aimed to address
the Gin Kings problems upfront as
they only have one legitimate center
in Billy Mamaril, prior to this deal.
The entry of the energetic 67
Taha will denitely add a lot of ceil-
ing for the ailing Barangay Ginebra,
which needs all the help it can get at
this point as it has lost ve straight.
With Wynne Arboleda and Simon
Atkins hampered by minor injuries,
the Express also got a nice pick that
will deal with its necessity in the
quarterback position.
Cortez, who played for Pumaren
over at La Salle from 1998 to 2002
in the University Athletic Associa-
tion of the Philippines where they
teamed up for four straight titles, is
expected to take over the main role
of point guard for the team.
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 THURSDAY A10
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Jeric Lopez

AN impeccable payoff period propelled Rain or Shine to a huge 101-93
beating of Alaska to regain its ground in the 2013 Philippine Basketball
Association Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FIGHTER of the Decade Manny Pac-
quiao showed he still has the re to ght
when he sparred eight rounds at the Wild
Card Gym of Freddie Roach without a
break in-between.
Strength and conditioning coach
Alex Ariza was elated over Pac-
quiaos performance and told the
Manila St andar d he was very im-
pressive. It went really good. Pac-
quiao looked very sharp with a lot of
good movements, he didnt take any
break, throwing punches, lots of vol-
ume punches and pretty sharp.
Ariza indicated Pacquiao was sticking
to his game-plan.
He looked good, he looked strong, he
looked focused, said Ariza, who how-
ever, cautioned that this is only the sec-
ond week, although as of right now he
looks very good.
Ariza, who teamed up with trainer
Freddie Roach some two weeks be-
fore Pacquiao hammered David Diaz
to win the World Boxing Council
lightwaeight title with a ninth-round
TKO, said he plans to continue
along this path and do some things
like working on the track, doing his
isometric exercises, work on his
physical.
He said that should Pacquiao stick to
the little things that he plans on doing in
the next couple of weeks, we should see
some big, big changes.
Ariza said Pacquiao sparred two
rounds with longtime sparring partner
Raymund Beltran and some Russian
young guys, whose names he couldnt
recall.
Mexican legend Marco Antonio Bar-
rera showed up at the gym and comple-
mented what Ariza said.
Its been a while since Ive seen
Manny like that. I looked at his physi-
cal body, the way hes holding his
weight and he looks good physically
right now.
Meantime, Mexican promoter Fer-
nando Beltran said that based on what
hes seen of both Pacquiao and Juan
Manuel Marquez, who will clash for
the fourth time at the MGM Grand
Garden Arena on Dec. 8, their three
previous ghts were so controversial
but this is going to be the exception. I
think someone is getting knocked out,
I dont know who.
Pacquiao looks sharp in 8 rounds of sparring
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HEGEDUS Akos of Hungary dominated
the boys division, while Sanne Meijer
of the Netherlands reigned in the girls
side of the World Cable Wakeboard
Championships 2012 at the Deca Clark
Wakeboard Park in Angeles City, Pam-
panga yesterday.
Akos piled up 64.67 points in Run1
and went on to beat Great Britains Har-
ry Eames, who had 57.67 while another
Briton Ryan Peacock came in third with
55.00. (See related stor y on A9)
The 15-year-old Akos nished second
to Eames in the semis, but saved his best
for last to notch the victory in the event,
which gathered the leading riders and ris-
ing stars from 32 countries.
Meijer, on the other hand, outclassed the
eld in their side of the event, amassing
74.33 points in Run1 and nishing with a
whopping 90-point output in the next.
Vanessa Weinhauer of Germany placed
second with 66 points while Lottie Harbottle
of Great Britain had 60.33 points to claim
third place in the event backed by Rixen Ca-
bleways, IWWF Wakeboard 2020 Vision,
Smart, Gatorade, Deca Homes, Stoked Inc,
RipCurl, Monster Energy Drink, Devant
LED TV, Bacardi, Department of Tourism
Region 3, Aktion Parks, Plus Event Market-
ing and organized by Eventking Corp. in co-
operation with WWAP.
The event also features the mens and
womens competitions in the Open, veter-
ans and masters categories as well as the
highly technical Wake Skate discipline.
On tap for today are the LCQ WS
junior men, LCQ WB junior ladies,
Qualication WB Open Men Qualica-
tion WS Open Ladies, Qualication WS
Open Men while LCQ WS Open Ladies,
LCQ WB Open Ladies, LCQ WB Open
Men seminals WB Junior Men will be
held tomorrow.
Hungary, Netherlands lead wakeboard winners
TAIPEIErlinda Lavandia
became the most bemedalled
Philippine entry in the 17th
Asia Masters Athletics Cham-
pionships when she won her
third gold medal in hammer
throw on Wednesday at the
Taipei City Sports Park.
The 60-year-old Lavandia,
the most veteran among the 24
Filipino athletes here, claimed
her third mint in the hammer
throw competition for women
60 to 64 years old. She swept
all her events after winning
the gold medals in the javelin
throw and the shot put events
of her age category.
Lavandia threw an easy 24
meters in her fourth try, beating
Seki Meriko (19.16 m) and Sato
Hiroko (17.71 m) of Japan.
Lavandias performance jacked
up the Philippines total medal
haul to eight golds, seven silvers
and ve bronzes for the team sup-
ported by the Philippine Sports
Commission, Mizuno, Score
(SportsCore Event Management
and Consultancy), Sen. Chiz Es-
cudero, Rexona, and the Philip-
pine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce.
Two Philippine womens
relay teams also contributed
bronze medals in the nal day
of competitions. The Philip-
pines 4x400 relay team for
men 45 to 49 years old are still
on deck at press time late yes-
terday with hopes of adding
another medal to the haul.
Lavandia
wins her
3
rd
gold
THE Philippine Azkals national football team, which rose in
the world rankings yesterday, will be a stronger and better
squad when they meet Singapore in another international
friendly on Nov. 15 at the Cebu City Sports Center.
National team manager Dan Palami promised this after
the Azkals FIFA world rankings moved up from no. 147
to 143.
The improvement in the Azkals ranking is their highest
ever, putting them in 20th position in the Asian level.
The Azkals are now a notch ahead of Thailand in the world
level (148) and ve behind Vietnam (138). Vietnam ranks
19th in Asia, while Thailand is 21st at the Asian level.
We are happy with the rankings. It shows that the team is
improving. Our efforts are paying off, said Palami a week
before the team clashes with Singapore.
He added that the changes in the Azkals roster also show
that they now have a stronger team.
Now we have a lot of offensive options, unlike in 2010
when we had to really concentrate on defense, just counterat-
tacking, said Palami.
This time around, Palami added the team had made ef-
forts to strengthen its ability to build and set itself up for
scoring opportunities.
The return of Fil-Icelandic defender Ray Jonsson and Fil-
German Patrick Reichelt will enhance the Azkals bid against
the Singaporeans, along with Fil-British booter Rob Gier and
Chris Greatwich. Peter Atencio
Azkals climb to no. 143
THE countrys best karters
gear up to settle their unn-
ished business as the 2012 Co-
ca-Coca Karting Super Series
stages the last two legs of the
ROK races on Nov. 10 and 11,
at the Carmona Racetrack.
Top contenders in the ROK
Clubman, ROK Juniors, ROK
Seniors and ROK Overall gun
for crucial wins in Round 7 set
Nov. 10 and Round 8 on Nov. 11
to determine the overall cham-
pions in this event sanctioned
by the Automobile Association
Philippines and sponsored by
Coca-Cola, Yokohama Tires,
Motorstar and Aeromed.
Likewise, the last two legs
will determine, who will be
the deserving recipients of this
years prestigious Karter of the
Year and Junior Karter of the
Year awards.
FERN-C Racing brothers
Milo and Estefano Rivera al-
ready have the edge after re-
cently capturing the KF2 and
KF3 titles respectively.
But Milo Rivera faces a
tough grind for the Karter of
the Year plum against VJ Suba
of Eagle Cement and CJ Tsui
of Formula-E Racing, who cur-
rently hold the top two spots in
the ROK Senior class.
Suba leads the race for the
ROK Senior crown with 389
points, while Tsui is second
overall with 334. Milo Rivera,
whos on a winning streak after
winning the last race at Clark
and clinching the KF2 title, is
third with 304.
With 125 points at stake for
the last two races, Rivera has to
sweep all races, particularly in
Round 8 where points will be
multiplied by 1.5, to secure the
prestigious plum.
Karting
titles on
the line
CHICAGO 99 Orlando 93
OKLAHOMA CITY 108 Toronto 88
DENVER 109 Detroit 97
WORLD Boxing Organization
yweight champion Brian Viloria
has predicted an action-packed
ght when he battles World Box-
ing Association champion Hernan
Tyson Marquez in a unication
title ght at the LA Sports Arena
on Nov. 18 (Manila time).
Viloria told the Manila Stan-
dar d: Its going to be a good
ght with lots of action with two
ghters going to be in the middle
of the ring and it will be exciting
for the ght fans.
Marquez, in an exclusive inter-
view, agreed with Viloria and said
its going to be a great ght. This
will be a very strong war and I am
ready to ght with all my heart
and soul.
He added: Filipinos will enjoy
the ght but they will lose.
Marquez said he had beneted
from training under former world
champion Robert Garcia, who
also trains WBO super bantam-
weight champion Nonito Donaire,
pointing out that Garcia is expe-
rienced and has a good name.
Viloria noted at a recent news
conference announcing the ght
that he thought Marquez was
a lot bigger than he was, but I
looked down at him and I will
have a little bit of a height advan-
tage and I noticed he had short
arms too and he doesnt have
reach and I can use this in my
game plan.
Viloria said the two postpone-
ments of the unication title ght
didnt affect me much pointing
out that he was used to it after ghts
against Giovanni Segura, Omar
Nino Romero and Ulises Solis,
all of which he won convincingly,
were pushed back from the original
ght date.
Viloria said these things come
wioth the territory. You just taper
down a little but it helps you keep
in shape. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Viloria predicts exciting
showdown with Tyson
Mac Baracael (center) of Alaska barrels his way against Rain or Shines Jervy Cruz (left) in a PBA
Philippine Cup game won by the Painters, 101-93, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. LINO SANTOS
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New GMA sale talks
still possibleGozon
STI falls
24% after
follow-on
offering
Filinvest to open 345-room Crimson Hotel in Alabang this month
Foreign reserves climb to record $82.1b
SHARE price of STI Education
Systems Holdings Inc. dropped
24 percent Wednesday after the
company completed a follow-on
offering that raised P2.36 billion
in proceeds.
STI closed at P0.94, down
from Tuesdays P1.24 apiece.
STI chairman Eusebio Tanco
said in an interview at the
sidelines of the listing ceremony
that he was not concerned about
the performance of the stock.
I like it that way. There
should be a shakedown on the
rst day. Let the weaker hands
go and the stronger hands stay.
You want to weak hands to sell
down, Tanco said.
He said the offering was over
two times oversubscribed due to
strong demand from local and
foreign investors.
The company offered 2.627
billion primary shares, including
105.2 million secondary shares
owned by Korea Merchant Banking
Corp. STI set aside another 273
million optional common shares to
cover overallotments.
It sold the shares at P0.90
apiece.
STI chief executive Monico
Jacob said the company would
use proceeds from the fund
raising to nance the upgrade
of nine schools in different
plants of the country and
acquisitions of new properties
for expansion.
The schools are located in
Caloocan, Cubao, Quezon City,
Cainta, Rizal, Calamba, Laguna,
Lucena City, Cebu and Davao.
Jacob said the company
was also looking to acquire
properties in Las Pias and
Cagayan de Oro.
At present, we own 85
schools. We will always be on
the lookout for opportunities to
grow geographically, although
we are in practically all the urban
centers already. We continue to
be interested in other schools,
Jacob said.
Jenniffer B. Austria
Eusebio Tanco (second from left), chairman of STI Education Systems Holdings Inc., rings the bell in a ceremony at the Philippine Stock
Exchange in Makati to mark the follow-on listing of 2.627 billion primary shares. With him (from left) are Monico Jacob, president
of STI; commissioner Juanita Cueto of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Jose Pardo, chairman of PSE; and Jesli Lapus, former
Education secretary. MANNY PALMERO
By Jenniffer B. Austria
PROPERTY giant Ayala Land
Inc. said Wednesday net income
in the rst nine months grew 27
percent to P6.6 billion from P5.2
billion a year ago, on the back
of the strong performance of the
companys major business units.
Ayala Land said in a statement
consolidated revenues in the
nine-month period also increased
20 percent to P39 billion, with
sales from real estate and hotels
business accounting for the bulk
of revenues.
Average monthly sales take-up
remains very robust and margin
improvement is steady for all
business lines. Weve spent 94
percent of our programmed capital
expenditures for projects this
year and we are looking forward
to upcoming launches before the
yearend, Ayala Land chief nance
ofcer Jaime Ysmael said.
Property development, which
consists of the sale of residential
units, as well as the sale of
commercial and industrial lots,
posted revenues of P23.9 billion
in the rst nine months, up
27 percent from P18.8 billion
reported during the same period
in 2011.
Residential sales grossed P22.3
billion, or 27 percent higher than
the same period last year, driven
by strong sales and continued
construction of projects across
all residential brands.
Reservation sales in the rst
nine months amounted to P57.8
billion, equivalent to an average
monthly sales takeup of P6.43
billion. This was 49 percent higher
than the P4.31-billion average
monthly sales take-up achieved
in the same period last year.
Ayala Land launched four
residential brands with a total
of 13,057 units in the rst nine
months.
Revenues from the sale of
commercial and industrial lots
reached P1.6 billion, up by 26
percent year-on-year while total
revenues for commercial leasing
amounted to P6.3 billion, or 19
percent higher than the P5.3
billion recorded in same period
last year.
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
FOREIGN exchange reserves hit a new
record, exceeding $82 billion as of end-
October, as the Bangko Sentral partly
absorbed the strong inows of dollars
and other international currencies that
exert upward pressure on the peso.
Bangko Sentral deputy governor
Juan de Zuiga Jr. said the reserves
ended October at $82.1 billion, higher
by $100 million from $82 billion in
September.
It also climbed $6.3 billion or 8.3
percent from $75.8 billion recorded in
October 2011. The latest gure also
eclipsed the Bangko Sentrals year-end
target of just $78 billion.
The peso closed at a new four-year high
of 41.06 against the dollar Wednesday,
even as the Bangko Sentral said it would
intervene in the currency market in case
of excessive volatilities. Its participation
in the foreign exchange pushed the
reserves to all-time high.
The modest increase in the end-
October 2012 GIR level was due
mainly to inflows from the foreign
exchange operations and investment
income of the Bangko Sentral, De
Zuniga said.
These inows were offset, however,
by foreign exchange outows for the
payments by the national government of
its maturing foreign exchange obligations,
as well as revaluation losses on the BSPs
gold holdings resulting from the decrease
in the price of gold in the international
market, De Zuiga added.
The reserves, which represent the
countrys external strength and the ability
to pay for imports and foreign debt, were
enough to cover almost one year worth
of imports, exceeding the international
benchmark of just three months.
It also surpassed the countrys total
foreign debt of just $62 billion by as
much as $20 billion.
De Zuiga said the end-October
reserves were enough to cover 11.9
months worth of imports of goods and
payments of services and income.
It was also equivalent to 11.7 times the
countrys short-term external debt.
By Julito G. Rada
FILINVEST Alabang Inc., a
unit of the Gotianun familys
Filiinvest Land Inc., is set to open
this month a ve-star hotel which
forms part of the four-tower
Entrata Urban Complex beside
Festival Supermall in Alabang.
Filinvest Alabang president
and chief executive Josephine
Gotianun-Yap said in a press
brieng the Crimson Hotel would
have 345 rooms, six meeting
rooms, a 564-square meter
grand ballroom, ve food and
beverage outlets and concierge,
a swimming pool, gym, spa and
business center.
Yap said the hotel which was
built at a cost of more than P1
billion would employ between
300 and 400 workers once full
operations began.
We are very proud of this
project and it is the Manila
version of Crimson Hotel in
Mactan, Cebu, she said.
The company said aside from
the hotel, a high-end shopping
center at the ground and second
oors of Entratas rst tower,
which offers 400 small ofce/
home ofce units, would open by
the rst quarter of 2013.
The Entrata Shopping Center
will have more than 50 retail
outlets, specialty shops, services,
wellness centers, international
restaurants and a 4,000-square
meter entertainment facility.
She said the mall would
complement the Festival
Supermall, which was also
being expanded to add 57,000
square meters of leasable space
for retail and dining outlets.
Currently, more than 700 retail
outlets occupy 135,000 square
meters of leasable oor area.
Yap said some 110,000 square
meters of oor area would also
be added to the 20-hectare mall,
keeping it the largest lifestyle
center in southern Metro Manila.
A River Park featuring al
fresco dining will be built by the
living creek. A Water Garden
along the River Park will house
an amphitheater for live outdoor
concerts.
MetroPac earns P5b
INFRASTRUCTURE conglomerate Metro
Pacic Investments Corp. said Wednesday net
income in the rst nine months increased 45
percent to P5 billion from P3.4 billion posted
in the same period last year on higher prot
contributions from four operating units.
Metro Pacic has investments in power
generation, tollways, hospitals and water
utility.
Metro Pacic president Jose Lim said in a
press brieng core net income grew 27 percent
to P5 billion from P3.95 billion in 2011 while
operating revenues rose 27 percent to P20.5
billion from P16 billion in the same period last
year.
Lim said core net income rose on the back
of higher proceeds from its shares in Manila
Electric Co., Maynilad Water Services Inc.,
Metro Pacic Tollways Corp. and its hospitals.
Metro Pacic has interests in Makati Medical
Center, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Our
Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Asian Hospital,
Riverside Medical Center in Bacolod and
Davao Doctors Hospital in Davao.
Maynilad accounted for P2.7 billion or 44
percent of the total while Meralco contributed
P1.9 billion or 32 percent. The tollways units
also delivered P1.1 billion while the hospital
group added P46 million.
The company said given the strong nine-
month nancial performance, it would keep its
P6.3-billion full-year core net income target.
Jenniffer B. Austria
Wind power projects okayed
THE Energy Department approved two wind
power projects of First Gen Renewables Inc., a
unit of Lopez-controlled First Gen Corp.
The department cleared First Gens Burgos
2 wind power project in Ilocos Norte and the
Mercedes and Daet wind power project in
Camarines Norte.
The company, however, has not yet received
the green light for its Palanan-Ilagan wind
power project in Isabela, Basud wind power
project in Camarines Norte and Pandan wind
project in Catanduanes.
First Gen Renewables did not identify the
capacity of its planned wind projects. The
company seeks to develop greeneld prospects
in the renewable energy market, including wind,
solar and small hydro projects.
The company, through subsidiary FG
Bukidnon Power Corp., owns and operates the
1.6-MW Agusan mini-hydro power plant in
Damilag, Manolo Fortrich, Bukidnon.
Alena Mae S. Flores
By Lailany P. Gomez
EXECUTIVES of GMA Network
Inc. and Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co. said they are willing to
revive negotiations on the sale of the
broadcasting company to the countrys
largest telecommunications rm.
GMA chairman and chief
executive Felipe Gozon claried
that his company would not
initiate revival of the talks,
stressing the owners were not
selling it.
[Manuel V. Pangilinan] is
OK. Hes easy to talk to. Any
revival will not come from us,
because were not looking for
buyers. Theres no reason for us
to sell the company, but were
not arrogant, Gozon said.
If somebody comes and
makes a good offer, we will
entertain that. If tomorrow MVP
comes back and offer a better
price, we will entertain that,
Gozon said.
PLDT chairman Manuel
Pangilinan, who is also known as
MVP, in a separate interview, his
relationship with the owners of
the broadcast network remained
intact even after the failed
negotiations.
Our relationship with Gozon
and Jimenez families is quite
good and cordial. So, yeah, why
not?, Pangilinan said, when
asked if he was willing to resume
negotiations with GMA.
Talks between GMA and
PLDT broke down in October
following a disagreement over
the sharing of regulatory risks.
The two camps said the talks
did not collapse because of
pricing issues.
Rumors about the new talks
between Pangilinan and GMA
Network resurfaced late last year,
but both camps initially denied
the reports.
GMA Network, however, said
at that time it was willing to sell
at the right price. The families
of Gozon, Duavit and Jimenez
own a combined 79 percent of
the broadcast company.
GMA Network Inc.,
meanwhile, said net income in
the rst nine months of the year
grew 4 percent to P1.587 billion
on the back of higher advertising
sales across its major revenue
platforms.
Consolidated revenues
during the nine-month period
increased 5 percent to P10.612
billion from P10.109 billion
year-on-year, driven mainly
by the growth in airtime sales,
which grew 14 percent to
P3.537 billion. The network
expects at least a net income of
P2.3 billion this year.
Consolidated revenues in the
July-to-September period rose
13 percent to P3.822 billion from
P3.384 billion on year, while
net income climbed 9 percent to
P573 million from P525 million
on year.
Gozon said revenues from
other sources for the nine-month
period rose 2 percent to P873
million.
Ayala Lands profit
jumps 27% to P6.6b
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Scope of Work: Repair/Rehab. and Development of Estero
Approved Budget for
Procurement will be conducted through Open Competitive Bidding procedures in
accordance with the IRR of R.A. 9184, as amended. Bids in excess of the Approved Budget
for the Contract shall automatically be rejected at the opening of the bid.
Prospective Bidders must submit the Original Receipt (OR) for payments of bidding
documents together with the certifed true copies of the following documents and present
their original for authentication purposes:
1. Legal Documents:
a) DTI Business Name Registrationor SEC Registration Certifcate or CDA;
b) Valid and Current Mayors Permit/Municipal License;
2. Technical Documents:
a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement, in case of joint venture and Eligibility
Docs of each member;
b) Valid PCAB License and Registration
c) Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation and Identifcation duly
certifedby the Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO)
d) Certifcate of Attendance of the Authorized Managing Offcer with the List
of Attendees to the AMO seminar to validate attendance
e) Certifcate of Attendance of Safety Offcer in DOLE Seminar
f) Phil-GEPS Order Form (Document Request List)
g) CPEs rating for the 1
st
Quarter;
3. Financial Documents:
a) Prospective Bidders Audited Financial Statement for the preceding
calendar year which should not be earlier than 2 years from the date of
submission;
b) Prospective bidders computation of its NFCC.
The deadline for submission of the above documents will be at exactly 10:00 a.m. on
November 27, 2012. Late submission will not be accepted.
The contractor must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH
& PHILGEPS (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of the contract, and (d)
NET Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least
equal to 10% of ABC. Bidders shall state a complete technical description of their pledged
equipment, whether owned or leased, such as but not limited to the engine number, year model
chassis number, plate number, production capacity and load capacity. In addition, the bidder is
also required to state the particular place or site where the equipment is located for inspection
purposes,pursuant to D.O. 58, s, 2012 and to comply with the requirement of D.O. # 9, s, 2012.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce which will only process contractors applications for registration,
with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcation of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph .
Issuance of Bidding Documents November 6, 2012-November 27, 2012
Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. November 13, 2012
Deadline of Bid Receipt 10:00 A.M. November 27, 2012
Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. November 27, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the North Manila
Engineering District, upon payment of a non-refundable fees, i.e. For Items 1 to 10: For
Item 11 to 14 P25,000.00. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from
the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the
DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid documents.
The Pre-Bid conference shall open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security in the amount and acceptable form,
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184 or Bid Securing Declaration per GPPB
Resolution # 03-2012 dated 2/24/12, adopting the required format.
The North Manila Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all
bid to annul the bidding process any time prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder/s.

APPROVAL:

(Sgd.) JULIET M. FAJARDO
BAC Chairman
A P P R O V E D:
(Sgd.) ROGELIO S. CRESPO
District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 8 , 2012)
Cordillera Administrative Region
Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce
Aguinaldo, Ifugao
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
The DPWH Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce, through CY
2013 -Regular Infrastructure project intends to apply the sum of Forty
Ei ght Mi l l i on Two Hundred Fi fty Si x Thousand One Hundred Ei ghty
Five Pesos and 38/100 (Php. 48,256,185.38) being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for 12PJ0058: Road
Upgrading (gravel to paved) along Alfonso Lista-Aurora Boundary Road
K0442+124.5-K0445+540, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao. Bids received in excess of
the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The DPWH Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce now invites bids
for the Road Concreti ng al ong Al fonso Li sta-Aurora Boundary Road
K0442+124.5-K0445+540, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao (please see plans for the
Bill of Quantities). Completion of the Works is required within 210 Calendar
Days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of
submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description
of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in
Section II. Instruction to Bidders.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Ifugao
Second District Engineering Offce, Aguinaldo, Ifugao and inspect the
Bidding Documents at the address given below from November 7-27, 2012
8:00am 5:00pm.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the
Bidding Documents in the amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos Php.20,000.00.
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of
the Procuring Entity. Provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding
Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
The DPWH-Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce, Aguinaldo, Ifugao
will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 14, 2012; 10:00am at the Offce
of the BAC Chairman which shall be open only to all interested parties who
have purchased the Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00am of November
27, 2012 at DPWH-Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce Aguinaldo,
Ifugao Offce of the BAC Chairman. All bids must be accompanied by a
bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB
Clause 18.
Bids will be opened at 2:00pm, November 27, 2012 in the presence of bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall
not be accepted.
The DPWH-Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce Aguinaldo, Ifugao
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid to annul the bidding process, and
to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
ELIAMOR F. ANTONIO
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Ifugao 2nd DEO
Cel. No. 09057374690
Email Ad: aeliamor@yahoo.com.ph
(Sgd.) LEONARDO B. HUMIWAT
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Ifugao 2nd DEO
Aguinaldo, Ifugao
Annex A
INVITATION TO BID for Road Upgradi ng (gravel to
paved) al ong Al fonso Li sta-Aurora Boundary Road
K0442+124.5-K0445+540, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce
Aguinaldo, Ifugao
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Annex A
The DPWH Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce, through CY 2013
-Regular Infrastructure project intends to apply the sum of Forty One Million
Four Hundred Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Eight Pesos and 19/100
(Php. 41,460,958.19) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to
payments under the contract for 12PJ0059: Road Upgradi ng (gravel to
paved) along Banaue-Hungduan-Benguet Boundary Road K0348+380-
353+205(with Exceptions) Banaue, Ifugao. Bids received in excess of the
ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The DPWH Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce now invites bids
for the Road Widening and Concreting along Banaue-Hungduan-Benguet
Boundary Road, K0348+380-353+205(with Exceptions) Banaue, Ifugao
(please see plans for the Bill of Quantities). Completion of the Works is
required within 175 Calendar Days. Bidders should have completed, within ten
(10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar
to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding
Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and
Government Procurement Act.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Ifugao Second
District Engineering Offce, Aguinaldo, Ifugao and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from November 7-27, 2012 8:00am
5:00pm.
Bidding Documents in the amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos Php.20,000.00.
the Procuring Entity. Provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding
The DPWH-Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce, Aguinaldo, Ifugao
will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 14, 2012; 10:00am at the Offce
of the BAC Chairman which shall be open only to all interested parties who
have purchased the Bidding Documents.
27, 2012 at DPWH-Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce Aguinaldo,
Ifugao Offce of the BAC Chairman. All bids must be accompanied by a bid
security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened at 2:00pm, November 27, 2012 in the presence of bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not
be accepted.
The DPWH-Ifugao Second District Engineering Offce Aguinaldo, Ifugao
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid to annul the bidding process, and
to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
ELIAMOR F. ANTONIO
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Ifugao 2nd DEO
Cel. No. 09057374690
Email Ad: aeliamor@yahoo.com.ph
(Sgd.) LEONARDO B. HUMIWAT
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Ifugao 2
nd
DEO
Aguinaldo, Ifugao
INVITATION TO BID for Road Upgradi ng (gravel to
paved) along Banaue-Hungduan-Benguet Boundary
Road K0348+380-353+205(with Exceptions) Banaue,
Ifugao
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Region XIII
Surigao del Norte 1
st
Engineering District
Surigao City
Invitation to Bid for
1. 12NF0090/REHAB./STRENGTHENING OF MABUHAY BRIDGE ALONG DAANG MAHARLIKA
(SURIGAO-AGUSAN SECTION)/BRGY. MABUHAY, SISON, SURIGAO DEL NORTE
The DPWH-Surigao del Norte 1st Engineering District through the REGULAR INFRA FY 2013
intends to apply the sum of P 16,296,000.00 being the Approved Budget Contract (ABC) to payments
under the contract for 12NF0090/REHAB./STRENGTHENING OF MABUHAY BRIDGE ALONG DAANG
MAHARLIKA ( SURIGAO-AGUSAN SECTION)/BRGY. MABUHAY, SISON, SURIGAO DEL NORTE .
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected in the bid opening.
The DPWH-Surigao del Norte 1st Engineering District now invites for:
1. 12NF0090/REHAB./STRENGTHENING OF MABUHAY BRIDGE ALONG DAANG MAHARLIKA
(SURIGAO-AGUSAN SECTION)/BRGY. MABUHAY, SISON, SURIGAO DEL NORTE
Cost of Bidding Documents : P 10,000.00
ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
103(1) Structure Excavation 50.91 Cu.m.
103(3) Foundation Fill 39.84 Cu.m.
104 Embankment ( From Borrow) 536.81 Cu.m.
302(2) Bituminous Tack Coat SS-1 1.44 m.t.
303 Bituminous Seal coat Pen. Grade 60/70 0.76 m.t.
310 Bituminous Concrete Surface Coarse 2,740.40 Sq.m.
400(4) R.C. Sheet Piles 250mm x 650mm
(Furnished)
690.00 Ln.m.
400(13) R.C. Sheet Piles 250mm x 650mm (Driven) 634.80 Ln.m.
404 Reinforcing Steel (Grade 40) 14,485.00 Kgs
405(1) Structural Concrete, Class A 99.27 Cu.m.
407 Lean Concrete 6.63 Cu.m.
416-A Carbon Fiber (Girder Warp) 157.44 Sq.m.
416-B Carbon Fiber (Bottom Girder) 28.80 Sq.m.
505(5) Grouted Riprap, Class A 40.91 Cu.m.
508 Handlaid Rock Embankment 85.58 Cu.m.
511(1) Gabions 444.00 Cu..m
511(2) Matresses 374.40 Cu..m
606(2) Pavement Markings ( Thermoplastic) 183.01 Sq.m.
SPL-I Facilities for Engineers
Field Offce /Quarter ( Area =
5.00mx5.00m= 25.00 sq.m. ) w/ provision
of electricity & water
Offce Table w/ chair
1.00 l.s.
SPL-II Construction Safety and Health Program
Safety Shoes Safety Gloves
Helmet ( Hard Hats ) Eye Googles
First Aid Kit w/ Medicines
1.00 l.s.

Completion of the Work is Required 120 calendar days
Bidders should have completed, within 10 years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a
contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents
particularly, in Section V. Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary
pass/fail criterion as specifed 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 citizen/sole proprietorships, partnership, or organizations with at least
seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizen of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Surigao del Norte 1st Engineering District
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below for 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00
p.m. to 5:00 pm. Monday to Friday during the issuance of bidding documents stated below.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by the interested Bidders from the address
below and upon payment of nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents stated above on each project.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System( PhilGEPS) and the website of DPWH, provided that the bidders shall pay the
fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of DPWH-Surigao del Norte 1st Engineering District will hold
a Pre-Bid Conference on November 14, 2012 @10:00 a.m. @ Conference Room. All bids must be
accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who chose to attend at the address
below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
1. Issuance of bidding documents November 6, 2012 to November 26, 2012 until 10:00 a.m.
2. Pre-bid Conference November 14 , 2012 @10:00 a.m
3. Submission/Receipt of bids November 26, 2012 until 12:00 noon
4. Opening of Bids November 26, 2012 @2:00 p.m.
The DPWH -Surigao del Norte 1st Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any bid,
to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further Information, please refer to:
BEN ALDEN R. SERNA
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Surigao del Norte 1st Engineering District
Capitol Road, Surigao City
(085) 231-5068
dpwh_sdn1bac@yahoo.com
(SGD) BEN ALDEN R. SERNA
Engineer III
BAC-Chairman
Surigao del Sur 1
st
Tandag City, Surigao del Sur
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Surigao del Sur 1
st

District Engineering Offce, Tandag City through the SARO No. , invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
Contract ID : 12NH 0064
Contact Name : Rehabi l i t at i on/Reconst r uct i on/Repl acement /
Ret r of i t t i ng of Exi st i ng Per manent Br i dges,
Bi taugan Bri dge al ong Suri gao-Davao Coastal
Road, Surigao del Sur, 1st LD
Contract Location : Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
Scope of Work : Removal of Existing Structures, Concrete Works,
Reinforcing Steel Bars, Superstructure, & Other
provisions
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 5,126,513.45
Contract Duration : 27 C.D.
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00
Contract ID : 12NH 0065
Contact Name : Rehabi l i t at i on/Reconst r uct i on/Repl acement /
Ret r of i t t i ng of Exi st i ng Per manent Br i dges,
Hinogbakan Bridge along Surigao-Davao Coastal
Road, Surigao del Sur, 1st LD
Contract Location : Marihatag, Surigao del Sur
Scope of Work : Removal of Exi st i ng St ruct ures, Eart hworks,
Concr et e Wor ks, Rei nf or ci ng St eel Bar s,
Super st r uct ur e, Sl ope Pr ot ect i on, Pavement
Markings & Other provisions
Approved Budget for the Contract(ABC): Php 25,619,766.51
Contract Duration : 131 C.D.
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 20,000.00
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
bidding 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 similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within period of 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 in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The
DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 06 - November 27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 15, 2012@ 10:00 a.m.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
November 26, 2012@ 10:00 a.m.
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: November 27, 2012@ 8:45 a.m.
5. Opening of Bids November 27, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH Surigao
del Sur 1
st
Engineering District Offce. Prospective bidders may also download the
BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties
who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the
amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH Surigao del Sur 1
st
Engineering District Offce reserves the right
to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to award of
contract, without thereby incurring any liability to affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(SGD) AGUSTIN R. ESTAL, MPA
Engineer III
(BAC-Chairman)
INVITATION TO BID
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TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 40,090,022 2,913,213,216.70
INDUSTRIAL 2,294,602,436 1,330,412,988.28
HOLDING FIRMS 1,564,228,321 1,982,734,520.74
PROPERTY 244,138,696 1,044,901,237.75
SERVICES 997,531,861 1,514,271,690.53
MINING & OIL 874,209,629 228,829,898.22
GRAND TOTAL 6,014,800,965 9,014,363,552.22
FINANCIAL 1,416.31 (down) 0.29
INDUSTRIAL 8,624.36 (down) 62.34
HOLDING FIRMS 4,688.16 (up) 11.04
PROPERTY 2,067.32 (down) 24.60
SERVICES 1,723.80 (down) 30.81
MINING & OIL 19,790.38 (down) 129.01
PSEI 5,437.29 (down) 36.32
All Shares Index 3,581.58 (down) 13.89
Gainers: 51; Losers: 114; Unchanged: 47; Total: 212
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Keppel Holdings À' 4.58 14.79
ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 32.45 8.89
Calapan Venture 4.31 7.75
Lopez Holdings Corp. 6.38 7.59
Ever Gotesco 0.295 7.27
San Miguel'Pure Foods `B' 750.00 7.14
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Benguet Corp À' 21.25 (10.71)
Salcon Power Corp. 4.50 (10.00)
Oriental Pet. À' 0.0180 (10.00)
Seafront À' 1.60 (9.09)
Centro Esc. Univ. 10.10 (8.01)
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 65.00 65.00 64.80 65.00 0.00 25,953,900 1,034,969,691.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 85.00 85.80 84.95 85.50 0.59 1,394,420 23,781,199.50
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.74 0.72 0.72 0.72 (2.70) 23,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 52.90 53.00 52.90 53.00 0.19 65,110 (1,286,840.00)
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 18.32 18.50 18.30 18.50 0.98 283,500 (1,471,514.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 24.70 24.85 24.25 24.25 (1.82) 607,500 29,640.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.22 10.30 10.26 10.30 0.78 1,600
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.80 2.95 2.73 2.95 5.36 203,000
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 490.00 470.00 470.00 470.00 (4.08) 70
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 21.00 20.15 20.00 20.00 (4.76) 30,500
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 99.30 99.30 98.00 98.40 (0.91) 9,634,060 20,411,679.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.90 1.90 1.89 1.90 0.00 202,000 (205,200.00)
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.90 71.50 70.50 70.50 (0.56) 464,120 (10,117,501.00)
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 86.95 87.00 85.05 85.05 (2.19) 2,090
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 370.00 370.00 370.00 370.00 0.00 3,660 170,200.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 46.95 46.50 46.20 46.20 (1.60) 600.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 166.00 167.00 166.00 166.00 0.00 558,600 (12,864,575.00)
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 950.50 950.50 950.50 950.50 0.00 80
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 111.00 114.00 110.80 112.80 1.62 54,110 3,157,630.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 2.17 2.17 2.16 2.16 (0.46) 608,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.80 33.85 33.50 33.80 0.00 1,280,700 19,762,575.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.10 8.09 8.09 8.09 (0.12) 200
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 2.05 2.09 2.02 2.07 0.98 10,370,000 (1,186,210.00)
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 27.70 27.70 27.65 27.70 0.00 1,300
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.41 1.41 1.40 1.40 (0.71) 734,000
Asiabest Group 18.20 18.90 18.18 18.22 0.11 40,300
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 4.00 4.99 4.00 4.31 7.75 238,000
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 3.09 3.09 3.05 3.06 (0.97) 247,000 244,000.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.92 11.94 11.54 11.94 0.17 25,000
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.69 6.70 6.58 6.69 0.00 12,016,500 1,367,078.00
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.80 8.85 8.72 8.74 (0.68) 651,100 (4,135,154.00)
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 9.92 10.00 10.00 10.00 0.81 1,400
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 22.60 22.80 22.30 22.40 (0.88) 927,000 (9,493,400.00)
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 88.75 90.50 89.20 89.65 1.01 1,738,570 40,329,391.50
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 18.18 18.20 17.60 18.20 0.11 8,700
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0230 0.0240 0.0220 0.0220 (4.35) 2,150,400,000 22,733,900.00
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 13.60 13.60 13.40 13.60 0.00 739,100 2,808,290.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 3.86 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.63 2,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.670 0.640 0.630 0.640 (4.48) 91,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 105.50 105.50 103.00 105.50 0.00 454,480 3,871,355.00
Lafarge Rep 9.40 9.48 9.32 9.32 (0.85) 2,296,000 94,000.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.09 2.09 2.02 2.09 0.00 3,000
1.90 1.11 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.53 1.52 1.52 1.52 (0.65) 12,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 5.06 6.29 4.25 5.99 18.38 749,900
3.19 1.08 Manchester Intl. B 5.02 6.22 4.00 5.90 17.53 301,300 111,312.00
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 29.95 29.95 29.55 29.90 (0.17) 3,802,500 5,789,405.00
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 3.81 3.90 3.60 3.60 (5.51) 19,000
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.280 16.280 16.280 16.280 0.00 2,800
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 274.20 275.00 266.00 268.00 (2.26) 649,480 (75,553,212.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 5.68 5.70 5.51 5.60 (1.41) 7,946,400 108,007.00
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.82 10.86 10.74 10.80 (0.18) 3,155,500 9,055,200.00
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.25 8.30 8.14 8.30 0.61 95,400
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.02 4.05 4.00 4.02 0.00 1,193,000 3,322,230.00
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.54 2.57 2.54 2.54 0.00 20,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.00 4.50 4.50 4.50 (10.00) 8,000
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 0.00 70,600
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 109.50 109.50 108.60 109.50 0.00 350,330 (2,095,893.00)
3000.00 800.00 San MiguelPure Foods `B 700.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 7.14 200
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.57 2.57 2.48 2.50 (2.72) 1,154,000 1,494,740.00
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.84 1.82 1.80 1.80 (2.17) 39,000
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.168 0.168 0.162 0.162 (3.57) 2,330,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.72 11.76 11.66 11.66 (0.51) 884,500
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.00 2.00 1.91 2.00 0.00 8,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.18 1.18 1.14 1.15 (2.54) 5,934,000 (46,800.00)
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 77.15 77.05 75.00 75.00 (2.79) 1,492,220 2,093,015.00
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.19 1.20 1.13 1.19 0.00 1,025,000
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 1.480 1.600 1.430 1.440 (2.70) 16,830,000 (1,185,800.00)
1.22 0.77 Vulcan Indl. 2.08 2.20 1.60 1.70 (18.27) 61,950,000 255,890.00
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.72 0.72 0.70 0.71 (1.39) 3,616,000 71,000.00
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 49.35 49.30 48.70 49.00 (0.71) 868,600 13,462,090.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.1110 0.1160 0.1020 0.1030 (7.21) 1,428,260,000 12,354,070.00
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 15.26 15.32 15.06 15.26 0.00 11,992,100 14,985,620.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.20 2.19 2.10 2.10 (4.55) 4,679,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.90 4.90 4.90 4.90 0.00 6,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.30 5.20 5.15 5.15 (2.83) 423,100
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.35 1.37 1.28 1.35 0.00 156,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.41 1.41 1.34 1.40 (0.71) 11,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 449.60 450.00 447.40 449.60 0.00 1,051,240 71,260,864.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 52.75 53.20 52.40 52.70 (0.09) 2,654,870 (47,225,547.50)
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.60 2.62 2.60 2.60 0.00 32,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.56 4.56 4.46 4.46 (2.19) 192,000 8,980.00
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.230 0.232 0.220 0.232 0.87 130,000
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 542.00 544.00 539.00 541.00 (0.18) 162,060 19,297,570.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.85 5.90 5.85 5.90 0.85 87,000 383,500.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.50 35.00 33.55 34.70 3.58 3,871,900 (19,484,545.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 8.00 8.00 7.90 7.90 (1.25) 20,000
5.17 2.30 Keppel Holdings À 3.99 4.58 4.56 4.58 14.79 8,000
5.70 2.30 Keppel Holdings `B 4.00 4.60 4.44 4.60 15.00 39,000
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.93 6.40 5.90 6.38 7.59 48,613,300 (42,716,981.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.10 1.11 1.07 1.09 (0.91) 3,274,000 10,900.00
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.09 2.13 2.08 2.13 1.91 282,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.18 4.20 4.12 4.19 0.24 26,218,000 (50,236,410.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.90 4.85 4.85 4.85 (1.02) 45,000
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 5.72 6.02 5.75 6.00 4.90 19,600
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0490 0.0490 0.0490 0.0490 0.00 2,500,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.310 1.350 1.350 1.350 3.05 5,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.630 0.650 0.540 0.550 (12.70) 19,466,000 64,900.00
2.40 1.01 Seafront À 1.76 1.60 1.60 1.60 (9.09) 2,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.325 0.320 0.320 0.320 (1.54) 1,840,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 803.00 803.00 795.50 799.00 (0.50) 407,020 17,887,090.00
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 1.92 1.93 1.87 1.87 (2.60) 593,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.18 1.14 1.12 1.12 (5.08) 305,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2600 0.2750 0.2600 0.2750 5.77 1,470,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3000 0.3100 0.3000 0.3050 1.67 690,000
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.405 0.400 0.395 0.395 (2.47) 210,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 16.80 16.50 16.50 16.50 (1.79) 5,000
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.18 3.17 3.06 3.15 (0.94) 351,000
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.600 0.560 0.530 0.560 (6.67) 9,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.176 0.176 0.176 0.176 0.00 110,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 22.65 22.65 21.90 22.25 (1.77) 22,495,500 (147,619,755.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.23 5.30 5.15 5.21 (0.38) 2,620,700 (1,149,767.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 4.84 4.80 4.60 4.60 (4.96) 98,000
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.45 1.45 1.43 1.43 (1.38) 1,514,000 (245,980.00)
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.30 2.37 2.25 2.35 2.17 46,000 23,100.00
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.08 1.13 1.12 1.13 4.63 50,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.83 0.86 0.84 0.84 1.20 4,621,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.990 0.990 0.950 0.950 (4.04) 36,256,000 1,592,600.00
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 2.95 2.95 2.91 2.92 (1.02) 137,000 5,740.00
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.275 0.330 0.280 0.295 7.27 19,150,000 (93,200.00)
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.92 1.92 1.89 1.90 (1.04) 965,000 171,000.00
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.63 1.63 1.58 1.58 (3.07) 88,217,000 25,132,860.00
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.18 1.20 1.15 1.15 (2.54) 499,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.54 2.54 2.47 2.49 (1.97) 30,890,000 43,864,050.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1780 0.1800 0.1760 0.1760 (1.12) 4,090,000 (52,800.00)
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6400 0.6600 0.6400 0.6400 0.00 1,050,000 (64,000.00)
4.33 2.10 Primex Corp. 3.47 3.44 3.43 3.44 (0.86) 9,000
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.74 18.96 18.46 18.50 (1.28) 4,762,900 (47,153,722.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.11 3.11 3.08 3.09 (0.64) 70,000
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.85 2.99 2.77 2.90 1.75 46,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.28 6.31 6.26 6.30 0.32 3,940,100 4,740,465.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.58 14.70 14.56 14.60 0.14 4,093,100 16,128,568.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.68 0.69 0.67 0.67 (1.47) 520,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.67 3.65 3.65 3.65 (0.54) 90,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.540 0.540 0.540 0.540 0.00 87,000 46,980.00
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 5.200 5.200 5.090 5.170 (0.58) 12,569,000 22,151,290.00
S E R V I C E S
4.72 1.20 2GO Group 2.50 2.60 2.50 2.50 0.00 40,000
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 30.40 32.00 30.40 32.00 5.26 346,400
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.33 1.33 1.30 1.30 (2.26) 203,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.630 0.640 0.620 0.620 (1.59) 257,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.20 9.20 9.10 9.20 0.00 27,900 255,890.00
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 14.60 14.80 14.00 14.36 (1.64) 10,755,700 (16,732,244.00)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1520 0.1550 0.1510 0.1510 (0.66) 24,790,000 38,000.00
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.83 5.87 5.79 5.79 (0.69) 433,400 (17,400.00)
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 58.00 58.60 58.20 58.60 1.03 551,520 2,682,830.00
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.98 10.10 10.10 10.10 (8.01) 1,100
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.42 5.42 5.36 5.36 (1.11) 71,500
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1060.00 1080.00 1030.00 1080.00 1.89 230
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1149.00 1156.00 1150.00 1153.00 0.35 51,705 2,147,195.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 8.50 8.50 8.34 8.50 0.00 173,100
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 70.00 69.85 69.20 69.20 (1.14) 774,990 26,810,150.00
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 5.01 5.20 5.00 5.00 (0.20) 2,400
6.80 4.30 IPeople Inc. À 7.60 8.00 8.00 8.00 5.26 3,400
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.55 2.54 2.52 2.52 (1.18) 6,000
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.033 0.035 0.031 0.032 (3.03) 491,200,000 (9,762,900.00)
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.00 (0.99) 1,849,000 202,000.00
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0450 0.0440 0.0440 0.0440 (2.22) 1,000,000
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.6100 2.6000 2.5500 2.5600 (1.92) 65,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 9.18 9.18 8.85 9.10 (0.87) 1,902,400 (3,652,118.00)
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.38 2.38 2.34 2.38 0.00 124,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.70 2.70 2.70 2.70 0.00 181,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 (1.45) 53,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.96 2.91 2.85 2.88 (2.70) 765,000 142,500.00
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.28 6.49 6.49 6.49 3.34 1,400
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.00 14.02 14.00 14.02 0.14 181,000
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 5.10 5.10 5.10 5.10 0.00 23,200
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.90 2.92 2.90 2.90 0.00 691,000
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 78.00 81.00 78.50 81.00 3.85 16,720 750,540.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 14.38 14.38 14.22 14.24 (0.97) 306,700 (477,640.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2650.00 2628.00 2580.00 2582.00 (2.57) 226,345 (350,735,630.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.320 0.325 0.320 0.325 1.56 4,320,000 32,000.00
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.95 30.10 29.30 29.30 (2.17) 1,973,900 (24,347,905.00)
STI Holdings 1.24 0.99 0.92 0.94 (24.19) 345,066,000 (61,755,100.00)
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.44 2.44 2.30 2.44 0.00 41,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.440 0.435 0.415 0.435 (1.14) 560,000
Yehey 1.760 1.740 1.400 1.630 (7.39) 813,000 22,500.00
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0064 0.0064 0.0063 0.0063 (1.56) 96,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.64 4.65 4.64 4.64 0.00 63,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.72 17.68 17.54 17.60 (0.68) 464,600 1,230,420.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 24.50 25.70 25.70 25.70 4.90 1,000 25,700.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.265 0.265 0.260 0.260 (1.89) 3,100,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 23.80 21.80 21.05 21.25 (10.71) 55,600
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 21.80 21.85 21.00 21.20 (2.75) 40,800 (848,160.00)
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.01 (0.98) 35,000
Coal Asia 1.12 1.14 1.04 1.08 (3.57) 36,124,000 2,728,410.00
61.80 6.96 Dizon 17.48 17.70 17.38 17.38 (0.57) 32,800 35,280.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.57 (1.72) 1,598,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.130 1.120 1.110 1.120 (0.88) 7,697,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.200 1.200 1.170 1.200 0.00 5,174,000 1,099,760.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0610 0.0610 0.0600 0.0610 0.00 29,260,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0610 0.0620 0.0610 0.0610 0.00 18,830,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.20 17.20 17.08 17.08 (0.70) 1,442,300 (6,421,008.00)
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 6.18 6.30 6.08 6.10 (1.29) 324,600 12,360.00
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6400 0.6400 0.6400 0.6400 0.00 35,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.000 4.000 3.900 3.970 (0.75) 252,000 (3,980.00)
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0200 0.0200 0.0180 0.0180 (10.00) 123,500,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0200 0.0200 0.0200 0.00 1,800,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.91 5.92 5.89 5.89 (0.34) 79,000
28.25 18.40 Philex À 14.86 14.90 14.74 14.80 (0.40) 574,100 (233,948.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 26.35 26.25 25.10 26.25 (0.38) 153,900 1,391,150.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.041 0.043 0.041 0.041 0.00 541,300,000 41,000.00
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 220.00 225.00 219.40 220.00 0.00 421,620 (64,434,986.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0170 0.0170 0.0160 0.0160 (5.88) 5,700,000
PREFERRED
2GO Group P 2.12 3.18 3.18 3.18 50.00 1000.00
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 29.80 32.45 29.60 32.45 8.89 2,338,800 (40,963,940.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 520.00 520.00 520.00 520.00 0.00 500
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 104.10 104.00 104.00 104.00 (0.10) 2,100
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 8.40 8.40 8.30 8.40 0.00 111,500 (166,669.00)
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 109.60 110.00 110.00 110.00 0.36 23,510
SMC Preferred A 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 0.00 2,230,030 (76,005,000.00)
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred B 75.25 75.50 75.00 75.50 0.33 44,830
SMC Preferred C 75.35 75.35 75.30 75.35 0.00 1,030
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.49 1.46 1.45 1.45 (2.68) 750,000 363,500.00
RAY S. EANO
Failed real estate bid prompts
Jack Ng to shift focus to power
FILIPINO-CHINESE businessman Jacinto
Jack Ng parlayed a small biscuit factory in
1953 into Republic Biscuit Corp. (Rebisco), which
became a major player in the snack food industry.
Jacks initial success in the snack food sector led
him to expand into the nuts and seeds market in
1989 through JBC Foods Corp., and later the cake
snacks industry. He manufactured his own chips
and curls products and by 2003, Jack purchased 60
percent of Storck Products Inc., the company that
owns the license to produce the popular eucalyptus
menthol candy, Storck, from Germanys Storck
Durchbeisserand Riesen Schoko.
The Rebisco Group was soon producing popular
snack brands that include Rebisco Sandwich,
Chokies, Hansel, Marie, King Flakes, Bravo
and Buddy. The snack business gave Jack a lot
of disposable wealth, which he used in 1997 to
acquire a 40-percent stake in Asia United Bank,
one of the few banks in the Philippines that offer
the Chinese yuan.
Jacks expansion did not stop there. He was
also slowly building a property company to take
advantage of the Philippine construction boom.
Property debacle
He teamed up with the Lin family of the Hong
Kuo Group and the Lee family from Kaoshiung
in 1983 to form Extraordinary Development Corp.
In 2000, Jack founded Earth+Style Corp., which
offered stylishly creative homes to middle-
income families in Mega Manila, the so-called
emerging towns of Cavite and Bian, Laguna.
His son, Jacinto Jr., widened the familys
landbank and created property subsidiaries that
included Earth Prosper Corp. and Earth Aspire
Corp., offering Italian-inspired residential
communities and American country-inspired
villages in the provinces south of Metro Manila.
A company insider, however, said Jacks real
estate venture did not produce the desired results.
Construction of housing projects, under the
management of his son and namesake, slowed
down. Some staff blamed Jack Jr. for his immature
decisions in the property companies, saying he
lacked managerial skills.
Their projects did not prosper and the group is
now saddled with a fairly large landbank in Cavite
and Laguna. The property venture is mismanaged,
the insider said.
Disappointed with his property experiment, the
elder Jack turned to the power sector, where he
hopes to recoup his losses in the demanding real
estate industry.
Ayala partnership
Jack Ng has emerged as the third partner of Ayala
Corp. and the A Brown Group of businessman
Walter Brown in a 135-megawatt coal power
project in Iloilo province.
His Rebisco Group, through newly-formed
Jin Navitas Resource Inc., bought into Browns
Palm Concepcion Power Corp., which signed a
shareholders agreement with Ayala Corp. unit AC
Energy Holdings Inc. to build the P12.5-billion,
coal-red thermal plant in Iloilo.
Palm Concepcions original principal stakeholder
is Palm Thermal Consolidated Holdings Corp., a
subsidiary of the A Brown Group. The Rebisco
Groups entry in the coal power plant project
resulted in the Ayala Group owning 40 percent of
the joint venture. A Brown and the Rebisco Group
split the balance at 30 percent each.
A Brown acquired Palm Concepcion in
November 2010 from DMCI Power Corp., marking
its rst major venture in power generation.
The Iloilo plant is expected to ll the anticipated
tight power supply situation in Panay and the
Visayas grids by 2015, as economic activity
continues to expand in the area. The project
may include a second 135-MW plant for future
development.
Jacks partnerhip with the Ayala Group,
meanwhile, could give him an opportunity to
revive his stalled property projects. But thats
another story.
E-mail: rayenano@yahoo.com or
extrastory2000@gmail.com or business@mst.ph
THE stock market retreated Wednesday
after investors cashed in on recent gains
that sent the Philippine Stock Exchange
index to a record high Tuesday.
The Phisix fell 36.32 points, or
0.7 percent, to 5,437.29. Losers
overwhelmed gainers, 114 to 51,
with 47 issues unchanged.
The rest of Asian stock markets,
meanwhile, reversed early losses
to move higher Wednesday after
President Barack Obama won
a ercely contested race for re-
election.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., the biggest
telecommunications company,
declined 1.8 percent to P2,582
after reporting a lower income in
the rst nine months of the year.
PLDT said Tuesday net
income in the rst nine months
fell 6 percent to P28.7 billion
from P30.6 billion a year
ago, after taking over Digital
Telecommunications Philippines
Inc. in October last year.
It said consolidated core
net income, which excludes
exceptional items, also declined
8 percent to P28 billion in the
January-September period,
despite a slight improvement in
the third quarter.
STI Education Systems
Holdings Inc. dropped 24.2
percent to P0.94 after listing
additional shares in a follow-on
offering.
Filinvest Land Inc., the third-
biggest builder, retreated 3
percent to P1.58 on prot-taking.
Vulcan Industrial and Mining
Corp. fell 18.3 percent to P1.70
also on prot-taking.
Shares of Vulcan had jumped
after trading of the companys
stock resumed Monday
following a 10-day voluntary
trading suspension. The board of
Vulcan, controlled by the family
of businessman Alfredo Ramos,
earlier approved an increase in
the companys authorized capital
stock to P4 billion from P600
million.
Asian stock markets had been
in a state of suspended animation
throughout the week as investors
waited for the US cliffhanger
election to end. Now, with the
Republican challenger Mitt
Romney defeated, politicians in
the worlds biggest economy can
refocus on issues other than the
campaign.
One of the most pressing issues
facing the US is the looming
scal cliff, a combination of
higher taxes and government
spending cuts that automatically
takes effect unless Congress acts
by Jan. 1.
Economists have warned that
if this so-called scal cliff is
not avoided, the adverse effects
could push the US economy
back into recession. Deciding
the election is the rst step
toward a resolution.
Japans Nikkei 225 index,
bobbling between gains and
losses, rose less than 0.1 percent
to 8,976.40. Hong Kongs
Hang Seng added 0.3 percent
to 22,010.27. South Koreas
Kospi gained 0.2 percent to
1,933.52. Australias S&P/
ASX 200 rose 0.7 percent to
4,516.50. Benchmarks in New
Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore,
mainland China and Taiwan
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APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS
UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF CONSULTANTS

E
Z
Date: July 16, 2012
Name of the Organization: Confederation of Filipino
Consulting Organizations, Inc.
Business Address: Unit 211 2
nd
Floor Grand
Emerald Tower Don F. Ortigas
Jr. Road Corner Garnet Rd.
Ortigas Center Pasig City
Contact Numbers: 310-4931 to 33 local 214
Please indicate sectors or felds:
1. Advisory/ Review
2. Pre-investment & feasibility studies
3. Design services
4. Construction Supervision
5. Management & Related Services
6. Other Technical Services or Special Studies
In support of this application, the following documents are
hereby submitted:
A. Organization and its Coverage (15%)
9 Registration certifcate (e.g. SEC, DT or CDA) or any
document showing existence of juridical personality
9 Articles of Incorporation including amendments thereto,
if any
9 By-Laws including amendments thereto, if any
9 Organization's profle, vision, mission and objectives
9 Statement explaining why the organization should be
recognized as UOC for the sectors being applied for
9 List of registered offcers and provide for resume or
curriculum vitae
9 List of registered members, whether individual or
associations, with respective contact numbers,
addresses, professions and/or disciplines, and track
record
9 Commitment of the organization to cooperate with the
actively participate in the development of one UOC (e.g.
Board resolution or any valid form of offcial statement
of the organization)
B. Accreditation Process (30%)
9 Accreditation guidelines and other relevant documents
describing in detail its registration and accreditation
system for both individual consultants and associations
9 Composition of accreditation board/committee in
charge of the evaluation of members
C. Capacity Building Program (25%)
9 Capacity building program/s adopted by the
organization
D. Regulation/Policing Process (25%)
9 Guidelines refecting the procedure on regulation/
policing by the organization of its members, including
sanctions for erring members
9 Proposed mechanism for dispute resolution of its
members
E. Liaison (5%)
_____ List of offcers and employees authorized by the
organization as liaison offcers, including their respective
position, addresses and contact details I hereby declare
that I am granted full power and authority to do, execute,
and perform any and all acts necessary to represent the
organization in its application under the Government
Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Guidelines on the
Recognition of Umbrella Organization of Consultants,
as shown in the attached document showing proof of
authorization (e.g. duly notarized Secretary's Certifcate
issued by the corporation).
I hereby certify that the attached documents are authentic
copies of the original, complete, and all statements/information
provided therein are, to the best of my knowledge, true
and correct. Any misrepresentation of a fact is a ground for
disapproval of my application or termination of the recognition
as an Umbrella Organization of Consultants. I shall notify
GPPB of any changes affecting any of the information
contained herein.
MR. ERIC A. CRUZ
Signature over Printed Name of
Organization's Authorized Signatory
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this 16
th
day
of JUL, 2012 in QUEZON CITY, affant is personally known
to me and was known by me through competent evidence
of identity as defned in the 2004 Rules of Notarial Practice.
Affant has exhibited to me his/her government issued
identifcation card with picture 0006 to expire on
as well as his/her Community Tax Certifcate No. 14300440
issued on January 6, 2012 at Manila.
APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS UMBRELLA
ORGANIZATION OF CONSULTANTS
In line with Republic Act 9184, its Implementing Rules and
Regulations, and the Government Procurement Policy Board
Resolution 02-2011,
Confederation of Filipino consulting Organizations, Inc.
Unit 211 2
nd
Floor Grand Emerald Tower Don F. Ortigas Jr.
Road Corner Garnet Road Ortigas Center Pasig City
hereby applies for recognition as the Umbrella Organization of
consutlants for the following sector/s of the consulting industry:
Advisory / Review
Pre-investment & Feasibility Studies
Design Services
construction Supervision
Management & Related Services
Other Technical Services or Special Studies
This serves as notice to all concerned to submit to the
Government Procurement Policy Board Technical Support
Offce any questions on and/or oppositions to the foregoing
application not later than ffteen calendar days from the
publication of this application.
MR. ERIC A. CRUZ
Organization's Authorized Signatory
(MST-Oct. 27-Nov. 8, 2012)
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
The public is hereby notifed that TOPA
Education Philippines, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under Philippine laws
with address at the 16
th
foor of Robinsons
Summit Building 6783 Ayala Avenue, Makati
City, Philippines will be DISSOLVED through the
shortening of its corporate term in accordance
with Section 120 of the Corporation Code. The
dissolution will take effect upon approval by the
Securities and Exchange Commission of the
amendment made on the corporations Articles
of Incorporation.
(MST-Nov. 8,15 & 22, 2012)
NOTICE OF LOSS
of First Metro Investment
Corp. (FMC) stock
certifcates of Romanita G
Arao:
Cert No. No of Shares
100008721 470
100014438 940
300004169 20
300004602 10
300007213 10
300008997 20
300010781 10
300012591 20
300014548 10
300016960 50
300018090 60
300021592 90
300023092 70
300028487 100
(MST-Nov. 8,15 & 22, 2012
NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
General Tinio St., Cabanatuan City, Philippines, 3100
Telefax No. (044) 463-0226
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology through the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) invites Contractors registered with and classifed by the Philippine
Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) to apply for eligibility and if found eligible,
to bid for hereunder contract

1. Name of Project: CONSTRUCTION OF GRAND STAND AND OFFICES, PHASE I
Location: NEUSTSUMACAB CAMPUS, SUMACAB ESTE, CABANATUAN CITY
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): P 6,382,000.00
Contract Duration: 150 CALENDAR DAYS
Fund Source: General Fund, National Expenditure Program 2013
2. Name of Project: HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGY AS ALTERNATIVE
SOURCE OF POWER
Location: NEUSTSUMACAB CAMPUS, SUMACAB ESTE, CABANATUAN CITY
Approved Budget for
Fund Source: General Fund, National Expenditure Program 2013
3. Name of Project: PROPOSED UNIVERSITY AMPHITHEATER
Location: NEUSTSUMACABCAMPUS, SUMACABESTE, CABANATUANCITY
Approved Budget for
Fund Source: CHEDs HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND
Prospective bidder should possess a valid PCAB license applicable to the
contract, have completed a similar contract with the value of at least 50 % of the
ABC, and have key personnel and equipment (Listed in the Eligibility Forms) avail-
able for the prosecution of the contract. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examina-
tion of Bids. The BAC will conduct post qualifcation of the lowest calculated bid.

All particulars to the Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Perfor-
mance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference, Evaluation of bids, Post Qualifcation and
Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and
its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).

Schedule of Activities Date
1. Receipt from prospective bidders Letter of Intent
(LO) including application for eligibility
November 7-13, 2012
2. Eligibility check November 14, 2012
3. Issuance and availability of bidding documents November 15-20, 2012
4. Pre-bid Conference November 21, 2012
5. Submission, Receipt and Opening of Bids December 14, 2012

The BAC will issue to prospective bidders Eligibility Forms at the Offce of the
BAC Chairman, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Cabanatuan
City upon their submission of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Nueva Ecija University
of Science and Technology. Prospective bidders shall submit the Eligibility Require-
ments to the BAC at the said address. They may also obtain the results of the
Eligibility Check by the BAC at the same address.

The BAC will issue bidding documents only to bidders declared by the BAC to
be eligible for the bidding upon payment of the non-refundable amount of:
P 3,000.00 - CONSTRUCTION OF GRAND STAND AND OFFICES, PHASE I
P 2,000.00 - HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGY AS ALTERNATIVE
SOURCE OF POWER
P 3,000.00 - PROPOSED UNIVERSITY AMPHITHEATER
to the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology Cashier's Offce.
The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology reserves the right to
accept or reject any Bid to annul the bidding process, and to reject all Bids at any
time prior to contract award, whether thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder or bidders.

Approved by:
(SGD) ANGEL A. PANGILINAN, PH.D.
BAC Chairman
Email : neustmain@yahoo.com
NEUST Gen. Tinio Street, Cabanatuan City 3100
TeleFax no. 044-6003594
044-4630226
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
Province of Romblon
Municipality of Magdiwang
Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP 2)
ADB Loan No. 2465 & OFID Loan No. 1225P
INVITATION TO BID
CONSTRUCTION OF TAMPAYAN/JAO-ASAN POTABLE WATER SUPPLY LEVEL II
November 8, 2012
The Republic of the Philippines has received a Loan fromthe Asian Development Bank and OPECFund for International
Development (OFID) toward the cost of Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP 2), and it intends to apply part
of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the contract for the Construction of Tampayan/Jao-asan PotableWater
Supply Level II under the Contract No. PWS2-060712-N110-04-TAJ-ROM-R04B.
The Municipality of Magdiwang now invites bids for Construction of Tampayan/Jao-asan PotableWater Supply Level
under the Contract No. PWS2-060712-N110-04-TAJ-ROM-R04B. Completion of the Works is required within 240
calendar days from the date of the offcial start of the subproject. Bidders should have completed in the last ten
(10) years a contract for works that are similar to the works that are to be undertaken under the Contract that is the
subject of this bid invitation. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly,
in Section II, Instructions to Bidders.
Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) : Php 32,729,444.30
Project Duration : 240 Calendar Days
MinimumBid Security : Php 654,588.89 Bank Guarantee only
Bid Closing Date : December 6, 2012; Time: 1:00 P.M.
Description of Works
Item
No.
Scope of Work Quantity Unit
I. Civil/Structural Works
Catchment 1 & 2
30 Structure Excavation 221.00 cu.m.
30.2.4 Structure Backfll 80.00 cu.m.
70 Structural Concrete
70.1 Column/Footing 10.19 cu.m.
70.2 Roof Beam 2.20 cu.m.
70.3 Slab on Fill 6.34 cu.m.
70.4 Wall 15.44 cu.m.
70.5 Concrete Cover 4.85 cu.m.
70.6 Tie Beam 2.50 cu.m.
SPL-1 RC Pipes and Gabions 30.00 pcs.
409 Welded Structural Steel
10 Site Clearing and Lay Out 100.00 cu.m.
30 Structure Excavation 145.00 sq.m.
30.2.4 Structure Backfll 80.00 cu.m.
70 Structural Concrete 30.00 cu.m.
SPL-2 Neoprane with Aggregate Base Course 93.00 sq.m.
SPL-3 Steel Fabrication and Installation 46,116.00 kgs.
SPL-4 Field Works 610.00 cu.m.
SPL-5 Forms and Scaffoldings 18.00 ln.m.
30 Structural Excavation (Valve Box A) 4.32 cu.m.
70 Concrete Works (Valve Box A) 4.20 cu.m.
30 Structural Excavation (Valve Box B) 4.32 cu.m.
70 Concrete Works (Valve Box B) 4.20 cu.m.
30 Structural Excavation (Valve Box C) 4.50 cu.m.
70 Concrete Works (Valve Box C) 2.20 cu.m.
II Mechanical Works
(Transmission Lines)
From Proposed Catchment 2 to Treated Water Tank
40 Trench Excavation 1,261.00 cu.m.
50 Trench Backflling 1,200.00 cu.m.
60 Installation and Laying of Water Pipeline 1,940.00 ln.m.
From Proposed Treated Water Tank to Tampayan Brgy.
Hall
From Tampayan Brgy. Hall to Highway Crossing
40 Trench Excavation 205.00 cu.m.
50 Trench Backflling 195.00 cu.m.
60 Installation and Laying of Water Pipeline 310.00 ln.m.
Communal Faucet from Main Pipe to Tapstand (Tampayan)
100
Installation, Laying of Water Pipeline and Concreting of
Tapstand
37.00 units
From Highway Crossing to Magdiwang Bridge
From Magdiwang Bridge to Provincial Road Corner
From Magdiwang Provincial Road Corner to Jao-asan
Communal Faucet from Main Pipe to Tapstand (Jao-asan)
100
Installation, Laying of Water Pipeline and Concreting of
Tapstand
19.00 units
MinimumEquipment Required: Cement Mixer, Pipe Threader, Diesel Driven Genset, Welding Machine.
Bidding will be conducted in accordance with National Competitive procedures, and is open to bidders from eligible
source countries of the Asian Development Bank.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the LGU-BAC of Magdiwang, Province of Romblon and inspect
the Bidding Documents on November 8, 2012 at the address given below from8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by the interested bidders on November 8, 2012 from the
address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the bidding documents in the amount Php 5,000.00
t may also be downloaded free of charge fromthe Government Procurement Website (www.philgeps.gov.ph) provided
that bidders shall pay the non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
The bidder may request that the Bid Documents be sent to themby mail or courier, and for this, the bidder shall pay the
amount in Philippine Peso to cover the cost of mail or courier delivery. The fee for obtaining a copy of the Bid Documents
and the cost of mail or courier shall be paid by the bidder thru Cashiers Check, Cash or Managers Check issued in
favor of the Municipality of Magdiwang.
The Municipality of Magdiwang will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 22, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Sangguniang
Bayan Session Hall, Municipality of Magdiwang, Province of Romblon, which shall be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 1:00 P.M. of December 6, 2012at the Sangguniang Bayan
Session Hall, Municipality of Magdiwang, Province of Romblon. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the
formof Bank Guarantee and in the amount of Php 654,588.89.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids
shall not be accepted. The deadline for the submission of bids must not be later than 1:00 P.M. of December 6, 2012.
The opening of bids will proceed immediately after the time set for the deadline of submission of bids as indicated above.
The Municipality of Magdiwang reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and
to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or
bidders. The Invitation to Bid is not an integral part of the bidding document.
Engr. SHEILAH SOFIAP. RANCE
ARCP2-LGU-BAC Chairperson (Sgd.) Engr. SHEILAH SOFIA P. RANCE
Telephone No. 0999-8891510 ARCP2-LGU-BAC Chairperson
(MST-NOV. 8, 2012)
HSBC appoints first
Filipino chief executive
Business
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B4
Potato
retailer
expands
in the US
Shell group ends Palawan survey
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
BRITISH bank HSBC announced
Wednesday the appointment of Jose
Arnulfo Veloso as chief executive of its
Philippine operations.
Veloso, the current head
of HSBC Philippines Global
Markets, will be the rst
Filipino chief executive of
HSBC Philippines in its 137
years of operations in the
country. He will assume the
post on Dec. 24, in place of
Tony Cripps, who was assigned
as chief executive of HSBC
Bank Australia.
While there is a huge
responsibility in being the rst
appointed Filipino to take on
the chief executive ofcer role
for HSBC in the Philippines, I
am excited at being able to lead
an exceptionally dedicated and
talented team to take the Groups
Philippine business forward,
Veloso said.
Veloso has 26 years of
experience in the treasury and
markets business, including 18
years with HSBC, where he
worked as the head of Asian
local currency debt trading and
head of credit derivatives for
Asia Pacic.
He has also undertaken a
number of overseas attachments
in HSBC ofces in London, New
York, Tokyo, Singapore, Korea
and Pakistan. He is currently
vice chairman of the open
market committee of the Bankers
Association of the Philippines
and a past president of the
Money Market Association of
the Philippines.
Veloso also sits on the
market governance board of
the Philippine Dealing and
Exchange Corp., and a member
of Assosacion Cambiste
Internationale Philippines, where
he served as its 2006 World
Congress organizing committee
chairman.
I am delighted with Tonys
and Wicks appointments and
the fact that the Group has such
depth of talent, we can make
appointments of this quality from
within, said Stuart Gulliver,
group chief executive of HSBC
Holdings.
HSBC said Dondi Baltazar,
currently senior vice president
and head of trading in the
Philippines, will become
head of global markets for the
Philippines, effective Dec. 24.
Baltazar has over 20 years
of experience in the Treasury
eld.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
A CONSORTIUM composed
of South China Resources Inc.,
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Co.
and Shell Philippines Exploration
B.V. relinquished its right over
an exploration area in northeast
Palawan after electromagnetic
surveys showed dismal
results.
South China together with
Spex and Kufpec deemed it
prudent to relinquish Service
Contract 60 in light of the dismal
results of the wildcat well drilled
and CSEM [Controlled Source
Electro-Magnetics] survey.
Setting aside this development,
South China will continue to
search for energy through other
avenues, South China said in a
report.
Energy ofcials conrmed
the Spex consortiums gave up
SC 60. Shell holds 55 percent
of the contract; Kuwait Foreign
Petroleum, 30 percent; and South
China, 15 percent.
After a thorough review of
the results of all studies done
on the area, a decision based on
the unsubstantial ndings of the
Silangan well and the CSEM
survey, the JV through the
operator decided not to proceed
with the third sub-phase, South
China said.
The consortium announced
two years ago it would
conduct an electromagnetic
survey in northeast Sulu Sea
to determine the areas oil and
gas potential.
The survey employs
electromagnetic remote-
sensing technology to
determine the presence and
extent of hydrocarbon below
the seabed.
By Othel V. Campos
FILIPINO-OWNED avored
French fries retailer Potato
Corner plans to expand its
US operations to 1,000 stores
within the next ve to seven
years after ending 2012 with
12 outlets in the mainland and
one franchise in Hawaii.
We foresee that US expan-
sion will outrun Philippine op-
erations in the medium term,
chief executive Jose Magsay-
say Jr. said.
Magsaysay said revenues
from US operations could soon
exceed consolidated
income of the Philip-
pines and other coun-
tries where the com-
pany has presence.
He said the com-
pany set in motion an
aggressive plan in the
US and at the present
trajectory, this target
is highly achievable.
Magsaysay said in
2013, the homegrown
brand would beef up
its US operations by
putting up 87 more
additional stores.
Our US-based
company is on target
to reach 100 stores by
end-2013, and more
than 3,000 stores
in 20 years. This is
where most of the ac-
tion will be seen in
the coming years,
said Magsaysay.
Magsaysay said the
company was negoti-
ating for master fran-
chises in Vietnam,
China, South Korea,
Taiwan, Japan, Aus-
tralia and New Zea-
land.
The company cur-
rently has a network
of 307 stores in the
Philippines, the US,
Panama, Indonesia
and Malaysia.
Potato Corner is
evolving into a multi-
brand venture with
three more brands be-
ing planned in 2013
as part of its expan-
sion and diversica-
tion program.
The company
searches for a strate-
gic partner who can
partly fund the com-
panys expansion and
diversication plans.
We can either go
public to raise funds
or get a strategic part-
ner who is willing to
cough up capital for
our expansion program
in the next two years,
said Magsaysay.
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Regi onal Of f i ce I
City of San Fernando, La Union
Invitation to Bid for the Construction/Widening/Upgrading/
Rehabilitation of Access Roads to Declared Tourism
Destinations, Bangrin Mangrove Road,
Sta. 0+000 to Sta. 4+940, Bani, Pangasinan
1. The DPWH-Regional Offce I, through the GAA CY 2013 intends to
apply the sum of Sixty Seven Million Eight Hundred Ninety Nine Five
Hundred Seventy Three and Sixty Eight Centavos (P 67,899,573.68)
beingtheApprovedBudgetfortheContract(ABC)topaymentsunderthe
contract for the Construction/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of
Access Roads to declared Tourism Destinations, Bangrin Mangrove
Road, Sta. 0+000 to Sta. 4+940, Bani, Pangasinan with contract ID
No. 13A00005.BidreceivedinexcessoftheABCshallbeautomatically
rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH-Regional Offce I now invites bids for the Concrete paving
of4,940L.M.lengthofcarriagewayand120metersofPCCPShoulder.
Construction of box & pipe culverts as drainage structure, slope
protection works, concrete guardrails, road signages, sidewalk, gutter
andrefectorizedthermoplasticpavementmarkings.Completionofthe
Works is One Hundred Ninety Five (195) cal. days.Biddersshouldhave
completed,withinten(10)yearsfromthedateofsubmissionandreceipt
of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible
bidderiscontainedintheBiddingDocuments,particularly,inSectionII.
InstructiontoBidders.
3. Biddingwillbeconductedthroughopencompetitivebiddingprocedures
usingnon-discretionarypass/failcriterionasspecifedintheImplementing
RulesandRegulations(IRR)ofRepublicAct9184(RA9184),otherwise
knownastheGovernmentProcurementReformAct.

BiddingisrestrictedtoFilipinocitizens/soleproprietorships,partnerships,
or organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or
outstandingcapitalstockbelongingtocitizensofthePhilippines.
4. InterestedbiddersmayobtainfurtherinformationfromDPWH-Reg.Iandinspectthe
BiddingDocumentsattheaddressgivenbelowfrom8:00A.M.to5:00P.M.
5. AcompletesetofBiddingDocumentsmaybepurchasedbyinterested
Biddersfromtheaddressbelowanduponpaymentofanon-refundable
feefortheBiddingDocumentsintheamountofPhp50,000.00.

ItmayalsobedownloadedfreeofchargefromthewebsiteofthePhilippine
GovernmentElectronicProcurementSystem(PhilGEPS)andthewebsite
of the DPWH, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding
6. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceIwillholdaPre-BidConferenceonNovember
16, 2012, 10:00 A.M.attheDPWH,2ndfoor,ROIConferenceRoom,
San Fernando City, La Union, which shall be open only to all interested
parties.
7. BidsmustbedeliveredonorbeforeNovember 29, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the
DPWH,2ndfoor,ROIConferenceRoom,SanFernandoCity,LaUnion.
Allbidsmustbeaccompaniedbyabidsecurityinanyoftheacceptable
formsandintheamountstatedinITBClause18.

Bidswillbeopenedinthepresenceofthebiddersrepresentativeswho
choose to attend at the aforesaid address. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The DPWH reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the
bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
9. Forfurtherinformation,pleasereferto:
BAC SECRETARIAT
DPWH-RegionalOffceI
Aguila Road, San Fernando City, La Union
Telefax: (072) 242-9351
(Sgd.) CORNELIO G. AMITA
BAC Chairman
Regi onal Of f i ce I
Invitation to Bid for the Assets Preservation of
National Roads, Generated from PMS/HDM 4,
Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Section)
along Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang-Malasiqui-Sta.
Barbara-Malasique Section, K0180+320 - K0181+720
Section (with exception); K0184+000-K0186+165;
K0186+165-K0187+106, Pangasinan
1. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceI,throughtheGAACY2013intendstoapplythesum
ofFiftyTwoMillionThreeHundredSeventyTwoThousandNineHundredEighty
FivePesosandTwentyOneCentavos(P52,372,985.21)beingtheApproved
BudgetfortheContract(ABC)topaymentsunderthecontractfortheAssets
Preservation of National Roads, Generated from PMS/HDM 4, Preventive
Maintenance (Intermittent Section) along Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang-
Malasiqui-Sta. Barbara-Malasique Section, K0180+320 - K0181+720
Section( with exception); K0184+000-K0186+165; K0186+165-K0187+106,
Pangasinan withcontractIDNo.13A00006.BidreceivedinexcessoftheABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceInowinvitesbidsfortheAsphaltOverlayof4.246
Kms. Existing Roadway with the application of Refectorized Thermoplastic
Pavement Markings. Completion of the Works is Eighty One (81) cal. days.
Biddersshouldhavecompleted,withinten(10)yearsfromthedateofsubmission
and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an
eligiblebidderiscontainedintheBiddingDocuments,particularly,inSectionII.
InstructiontoBidders.
3. Biddingwillbeconductedthroughopencompetitivebiddingproceduresusing
non-discretionarypass/failcriterionasspecifedintheImplementingRulesand
GovernmentProcurementReformAct.
capitalstockbelongingtocitizensofthePhilippines.
4. InterestedbiddersmayobtainfurtherinformationfromDPWH-Reg.Iandinspect
theBiddingDocumentsattheaddressgivenbelowfrom8:00A.M.to5:00P.M.
5. AcompletesetofBiddingDocumentsmaybepurchasedbyinterestedBidders
fromtheaddressbelowanduponpaymentofanon-refundablefeefortheBidding
DocumentsintheamountofPhp50,000.00.
GovernmentElectronicProcurementSystem(PhilGEPS)andthewebsiteofthe
DPWH,providedthatbiddersshallpaythefeefortheBiddingDocumentsnot
later than the submission of their bids.
6. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceIwillholdaPre-BidConferenceonNovember16,
2012,10:00A.M.attheDPWH,2ndfoor,ROIConferenceRoom,SanFernando
City, La Union, which shall be open only to all interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered on or before November 29, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the
DPWH, 2nd foor, RO I Conference Room, San Fernando City, La Union. All
bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and
intheamountstatedinITBClause18.
Bidswillbeopenedinthepresenceofthebiddersrepresentativeswhochoose
to attend at the aforesaid address. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. TheDPWHreservestherighttoacceptorrejectanybid,toannulthebidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
BACSECRETARIAT
DPWH-RegionalOffceI
Telefax: (072) 242-9351
(Sgd. ) CORNELIO G. AMITA
BAC Chairman
RegionalOffceI
Invitation to Bid for the Construction/Widening/
Upgrading/ Rehabilitation of Access Roads to Declared
Tourism Destinations Napudot Road, Sta. 0+000 to
Sta. 4+610 (Section 1) and Sta. 3+885.65 to Sta. 4+070
(Section 2), Balungao, Pangasinan
1. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceI,throughtheGAACY2013intendstoapplythe
sumofNinetyTwoMillionSixHundredNinetyThreeThousandSixHundred
Forty Two Pesos and Fifty Nine Centavos (P 92,693,642.59) being the
ApprovedBudgetfortheContract(ABC)topaymentsunderthecontractfor
the Construction/Widening/Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Access Roads
to Declared Tourism Destinations Napudot Road, Sta. 0+000 to Sta.
4+610 (Section 1) and Sta. 3+885.65 to Sta. 4+070 (Section 2), Balungao,
Pangasinan with contract ID No. 13A00004. Bid received in excess of the
ABCshallbeautomaticallyrejectedatbidopening.
2. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceInowinvitesbidsfortheConcretepavingof
863.37meterscarriageway,ConcreteWideningof3.73Kms.lengthand
1.55meterswidth(B/S),Concretereblockingof365.85meters,PCCP
Shoulderof661.94metersandAsphaltoverlayof3.93Kms.ofexisting
roadway ; Construction of Drainage and Slope Protection Structures
and other Miscellaneous Structures.. Completion of the Works is One
Hundred Fifty (150)cal.days.Biddersshouldhavecompleted,within
ten(10)yearsfromthedateofsubmissionandreceiptofbids,acontract
similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in
theBiddingDocuments,particularly,inSectionII.InstructiontoBidders.
3. Biddingwillbeconductedthroughopencompetitivebiddingprocedures
usingnon-discretionarypass/failcriterionasspecifedintheImplementing
RulesandRegulations(IRR)ofRepublicAct9184(RA9184),otherwise
knownastheGovernmentProcurementReformAct.
BiddingisrestrictedtoFilipinocitizens/soleproprietorships,partnerships,
or organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or
outstandingcapitalstockbelongingtocitizensofthePhilippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Reg. I
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from
8:00A.M.to5:00P.M.
5. AcompletesetofBiddingDocumentsmaybepurchasedbyinterested
Biddersfromtheaddressbelowanduponpaymentofanon-refundable
feefortheBiddingDocumentsintheamountofPhp50,000.00.
ItmayalsobedownloadedfreeofchargefromthewebsiteofthePhilippine
GovernmentElectronicProcurementSystem(PhilGEPS)andthewebsite
of the DPWH, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding
6. TheDPWH-RegionalOffceIwillholdaPre-BidConferenceonNovember
16,2012,10:00A.M.attheDPWH,2ndfoor,ROIConferenceRoom,San
Fernando City, La Union, which shall be open only to all interested parties.
7. BidsmustbedeliveredonorbeforeNovember29,2012,10:00A.M.atthe
DPWH,2ndfoor,ROIConferenceRoom,SanFernandoCity,LaUnion.
Allbidsmustbeaccompaniedbyabidsecurityinanyoftheacceptable
formsandintheamountstatedinITBClause18.
choose to attend at the aforesaid address. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. TheDPWHreservestherighttoacceptorrejectanybid,toannulthe
bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
BACSECRETARIAT
DPWH-RegionalOffceI
Telefax: (072) 242-9351
(Sgd.)CORNELIO G. AMITA
BAC Chairman
(MST-NOV.8,2012)
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
CATANDUANES ENGINEERING DISTRICT
Virac, Catanduanes
INVITATION TO BID
TheBidsandAwardsCommittee(BAC)oftheDepartment of Public Works and Highways,
CatanduanesEngineeringDistrict,invitescontractorstobidfortheaforementionedprojects:
Contract ID 12FH0047
Contract Name 1.COMPLETIONOFBRIDGES(INCLUDINGAPPROACHES)
ALONG CATANDUANES CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD,
INALMASINANBRIDGE,CARAMORAN,CATANDUANES
Contract Location CARAMORAN,CATANDUANES
Scope of Work COMPLETION OF 80 L.M. PSCG TYPE IV BRIDGEAS PER
PLAN&SPECS.
Approve Budget for the Contract (ABC)P36,260,000.00
Contract Duration 210CD
Source of Fund CY2013REGULARINFRA.
Amount of Bid DocumentsP25,000.00
Contract Name 2.REHABILITATION/RECONSTRUCTION /STRENGTHENING
OF BRIDGES ALONG CATANDUANES CIRCUMFERENTIAL
ROAD,KANPARELBRIDGE,PANGANIBAN,CATANDUANES
(K0056+470)
Contract Location PANGAINBAN,CATANDUANES
Scope of Work REHABILITATION/RECONSTRUCTION/STRENGTHENINGOF
46l.m.RCDGBRIDGEASPERPLAN&SPECS.
Approve Budget for the Contract (ABC)P32,571,280.00
Contract Duration 196 CD
Contract Name 3. ROAD UPGRADING (GRAVEL TO PAVED) BASED ON
GRAVEL ROAD STRATEGIES, TRAFFIC BENCHMARK
FOR UPGRADING TO PAVED ROAD STANDARD (HDM-4
PROJECT ANALYSIS), BARAS-GIGMOTO-VIGA ROAD,
DORORI AN SECTI ON, GI GMOTO, CATANDUANES
(K0044+000-K0045+000)
Contract Location GIGMOTO,CATANDUANES
Scope of Work CONCRETINGOF1,000L.M.X0.23MX6.70MW/SHOULDER
ASPERPLAN&SPECS.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) P22,214,640.00
Contact Duration 119 CD
Contract Name 4. ROAD UPGRADING (GRAVEL TO PAVED) BASED ON
GRAVEL ROAD STRATEGIES, TRAFFIC BENCHMARK
FOR UPGRADING TO PAVED ROAD STANDARD (HDM-4
PROJECTANALYSIS),CATANDUANESCIRCUMFERENTIAL
ROAD, SALVACION SECTION (K0152+294-K0152+984) &
LUBAS SECTION ( K0155+000-K0155+240), CARAMORAN,
CATANDUANES
Contract Location CARAMORAN,CATANDUANES
Scope of Work CONCRETINGOF920L.M.X0.23MX6.70MW/SHOULDER
ASPERPLAN&SPECS.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)P22,968,260.00
Contract Duration 126CD
Source of fund CY2013REGULARINFRA.
TheBACwillconducttheprocurementprocessinaccordancewiththeRevisedIRRofR.A.
9184.BidsreceivedinexcessoftheABCshallbeautomaticallyrejectedattheopeningofbid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid
documentsandmustmeetthefollowingmajorcriteria:(a)priorregistrationwithDPWH,
(b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint
venture,(c)withPCABlicenseapplicabletothetypeandcostofthiscontract,(d)completion
ofasimilarcontractcostingatleast50%ofABCwithinaperiodof10years,and(e)Net
Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal toABC, or credit line commitment at least
equalto10%ofABC.TheBACwillusenon-discretionarypass/failcriteriaintheeligibility
checkandpreliminaryexaminationofbids.
Unregisteredcontractors,however,shallsubmittheirapplicationsforregistrationtotheDPWH
Central Procurement Offce (CPO) before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.The DPWH
CentralProcurementOffce(CPO)willonlyprocesscontractorsapplicationsforregistration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
RegistrationFormsmaybedownloadedattheDPWHwebsitewww.dpwh.gov.ph.Interested
contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of Interest statements upon
presentationoftheirContractorRegistrationCertifcate(CRCwiththeContractorsInformation),
buyTenderDocumentsanddroptheirbidsinpersonorthroughtheirAuthorizedRepresentative
asrefectedintheirCRCwiththeContractorsInformationtotheChairman,Bids&Awards
Committee(BAC),DPWH,CatanduanesEngineeringDistrict.(PleasebringvalidI.D.)
Thesignifcanttimesanddeadlinesofprocurementactivitiesareshownbelow:
1.IssuanceofBiddingDocuments From:NOVEMBER8-29,2012
2.Pre-BidConference NOVEMBER16,2012
4.ReceiptofBids Deadline:UPTO10:00A.M.,NOVEMBER29,2012
5.OpeningofBids 2:00P.M.,NOVEMBER29,2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Catanduanes
EngineeringDistrict,Virac,Catanduanes_,uponpaymentofanon-refundablefeeof(Fee
for BDs). 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
paythesaidfeesatDPWH,CatanduanesEngineeringDistrict,Virac,Catanduanesonor
before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open
onlytointerestedpartieswhohavepurchasedtheBDs.Bidsmustaccompaniedbyabid
security,intheamountandacceptableform,asstatedinSection27.2oftheRevisedIRR.
ProspectivebiddersshallsubmittheirdulyaccomplishedformsasspecifedintheBDsin
two(2)separatesealedbidenvelopestotheBACChairman.Thefrstenvelopeshallcontain
the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second
envelopeshallcontainthefnancialcomponentofthebid.Contractwillbeawardedtothe
LowestCalculatedResponsiveBidasdeterminedinthebidevaluationandpost-qualifcation.
TheDepartmentofPublicWorksandHighways,CatanduanesEngineeringDistrictreserves
the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process any time prior
contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approvedby:
(Sgd.) MARIA ALMA A. RUBIO
AdministrativeOffcerIV
BAC Vice Chairman
Albay1stEngineeringDistrict
AirportSite,LegazpiCity
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Albay 1
st

EngineeringDistrict,AirportSite,LegazpiCity,invitescontractorstobidtorthe
aforementionedproject(s):
Contract ID #13-F-A-004
ContractName Const.,/Rehab./Impvt.ofRiverControl,TabacoCity
alongTagasRiver(SanRoque-ComunSection)
Contract Location Tabaco City
ScopeofWork Const./Rehab./Impvt.ofRiverControl
ApprovedBudgetfortheContract(ABC)P29,399,756.39
ContractDuration 176CD
CostofTenderDocumentsP25,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with
the Revised IRR of RA 9184. Bids received in excess of theABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must, purchase bid documents and pay
thenon-refundableamountstatedaboveatthecashierofanyDPWHOffce
onorbeforethedeadlineandmustmeetthefollowingmajorcriteria:(a)prior
registrationwithDPWH,(b)Filipinocitizenor75%Filipino-ownedpartnership,
corporation,cooperative,orjointventure,(c)withPCABlicenseapplicableto
thetypeandcostofthiscontract,(d)Completionofasimilarcontractcostingat
least50%ofABCwithinaperiodof10yearsand,(e)NetFinancialContracting
CapacityatleastequaltoABC,orcreditlinecommitmentforatleastequalto
10%ofABC.TheBACwillusenon.discretionarypass/failcriteriaintheeligibility
checkandpreliminaryexaminationofbids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for
the receipt of payments for bid documents. The DPWH-POCW-Central
Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with
completerequirementsandissuetheContractorsCertifcateofRegistration
(CRC) Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DP\07H website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
Thesignifcanttimesanddeadlinesofprocurementactivitiesareshown
below:
Pre-BidConference November19,201710:00am
DeadlineforpaymentsofBidDocuments November28,2012until10:00am
Receipt/Submission /Opening of Bids November29,2012until2:00pm
ProspectiveBiddersshallpresenttheirORIGINAL OFFICIAL RECEIPT
OF PAYMENTforBidDocumentsprojectspecifc,totheBACSecretariatof
thisoffcebeforethedeadlinestatedaboveforinclusioninthelistofcontractors
thatwillbesubmittedtotheRegionalOffceforEligibilityprocessing.
TheBACwillissuehardcopiesofBiddingDocumentsatDPWH-BACOffce,
DPWHAlbay1EngineeringDistrictAirportSite,LegazpiCity,uponpaymentofa
non-refundablefeeasstatedabove.Prospectivebiddersmayalsodownloadthe
BiddingDocuments,fromtheDPITHWebsite,ifavailable.Prospectivebidders
thatwilldownloadtheBiddingDocumentsfromtheDPwHwebsiteshallpay
thesaidfeesonorbeforethesubmissionoftheirbiddocuments.ThePre-Bid
Conferenceshallbeopenonlytointerestedparrieswhohavepurchasedthe
BiddingDocuments.Bidsmustaccompaniedbyabidsecurity,intheamount
andacceptableform,asstatedinSection27.2oftheRevisedIRR.
Prospectivebiddersshallsubmittheirdulyaccomplishedformsasspecifed
intheBiddingDocuments(BDs)inTwo(2)separatesealedbidenvelopesto
theBACChairman.Thefrstenvelopeshallcontainthetechnicalcomponent
ofthebid,whichshallincludeacopyoftheCRC.Thesecondenvelopeshall
contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
thepost-qualifcation.
The DPWH. Albay 1
st
Engineering District, Airport Site, Legazpi City
reserves the right to accept any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
anytime prior Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.)RAFAEL B. PRESBITERO
OIC, Assistant District Engineer
Chairman, BAC
APPROVED:
(Sgd.)ROBERTO M. RITO
Schedule of Activities:
Pre-bid Conference November14,2012 @10:00A.M.
Cafeteria,LRTA Line2-Depot,
Santolan, Pasig City
Submission and Opening of Bids November28,2012@9:00A.M.
Cafeteria,LRTA Line2-Depot,
Santolan, Pasig City
STATION LOCATION
Recto Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
Pureza Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
Legarda Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
V.Mapa Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
J.Ruiz Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
Gilmore Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
Betty-GoBelmonte Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
Cubao Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
Anonas Platforms1&2(West&EastBound)
TheLightRailTransitAuthority(LRTA),throughitsCorporate Budget for the Calendar Year 2012, intends
toapplythesumofNINEMILLIONEIGHT HUNDREDFIFTY EIGHT THOUSANDSIXTY SIXand79/100
PESOSonly (PhP9, 858,066.79) beingtheApprovedBudgetfortheContract(ABC)topaymentsunderthe
afore-mentionedcontract.BidsreceivedinexcessoftheABCshallbeautomaticallyrejectedatbidopening.
AllworksprovidedundertheContractshouldbecompletedwithinOneHundredTwenty(120)CalendarDays
upon receipt of the Notice to Proceed.
LRTA nowinvitesbidsfromProspective/InterestedBidderswiththefollowingdetails:
Description
Approved Budget for the
Contract
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/ guarantee
or ILC
(2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
Water Proofngof Platform
Roof Decks of Nine (9)
LRT2 Stations under ITB
No. 1210-338-09
PhP9, 858,066.79 PhP197,161.33 PhP492,903.33 PhP8,500.00
*Only those issued by universal or commercial banks
** In lieu of a Bid Security, a bidder may submit a Bid Securing Declaration pursuant to Section 27.5
oftheR-IRRofR.A.No.9184Sixth(6
th
) Edition 2012
Biddingwillbeconductedthroughopencompetitivebiddingproceduresusinganon-discretionarypass/fail
criterionasspecifedintheRevisedImplementingRulesandRegulations(R-IRR)ofRepublicAct(RA)9184,
otherwiseknownastheGovernmentProcurementReformAct.
BiddingisrestrictedtoFilipinocitizens/soleproprietorships,partnerships,ororganizationswithatleastsixty
percent(60%)interestoroutstandingcapitalstockbelongingtocitizensofthePhilippines.
A completesetofBiddingDocumentsmaybepurchasedbyinterestedBidderscommencingonNovember
08, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids at the address below
anduponpaymentofanon-refundablefeefortheBiddingDocumentsintheamountofPhP8,500.00 only.
Pre Bid Conference shall be open to all interested Bidders. Bidders who have not purchase the Bidding
Documents shall be allowed to participate and may raise their queries or clarifcations therein. However,
onlythosewhohavepurchasedtheBiddingDocumentsshallbeallowedtoraiseorsubmitwrittenqueries/
clarifcationsafterthePreBidConference.
SubmissionandOpeningofBids willpubliclybeopenedinthepresenceoftheBidders authorizedrepresentatives
whochoosetoattend.Latebidsshallnotbeaccepted.AllBidsmustbeaccompaniedbyabidsecurityin
any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the InstructionstoBidders andtheBidDataSheet.
LRTA reservestherighttoacceptorrejectanyandallbids,toannulthebiddingprocess,andtorejectallbids
at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
Forfurtherinformation,pleasereferto:
Mr.EduardoA.Abiva
Head,BACSecretariat
AdministrationBldg.,LRTA Cmpd.,AuroraBlvd.Tramo,PasayCity
Tel.No.853-004150loc.8314
EmailAddress:bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
FacsimileNo.855-7796
(Sgd.) Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO
Chairman - Bids & Awards Committee
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
InvItatIon to BId
FortheWaterProofngofPlatformRoofDecksofNine(9)LRT2Stations
under ITB No. 1210-338-09
(MST-NOV.8,2012) (MST-NOV.8,2012)
IN BRIEF
B6
WORLD
Maine, Maryland vote to legalize same-sex marriage
Strike hits Greece to protest austerity measures
Chinas Hu Jintao is leaving power with legacy
Syria may
turn into
Somalia
envoy
Lawmaker
suspended
after joining
reality TV
Reelected Obama faces
huge economic challenge
President Barack
Obama acknowledges
the crowd at his
election night party
Wednesday, Nov. 7
in Chicago. President
Obama defeated
Republican challenger
former Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney. AP
And, oh yes, an economy that
risks sinking into another reces-
sion if Congress cant reach a
budget deal to avert tax increas-
es and deep spending cuts start-
ing in January.
Yet the outlook isnt all grim.
Signs suggest that the next four
years will coincide with a vastly
healthier economy than the pre-
vious four, which overlapped
the Great Recession.
Obama has said he would help
create jobs by preserving low in-
come tax rates for all except high-
income Americans, spending
more on public works and giving
targeted tax breaks to businesses.
The jobs picture has already
been improving gradually. Em-
ployers added a solid 171,000
jobs in October. Hiring was also
stronger in August and Septem-
ber than rst thought.
Cheaper gas and rising home
prices have given Americans the
condence to spend slightly more.
Retailers, auto dealers and manu-
facturers have been beneting.
That said, most economists pre-
dict the improvement will remain
steady but slow. The unemploy-
ment rate is 7.9 percent. Obama
was reelected Tuesday night with
the highest unemployment rate
for any incumbent president since
Franklin Roosevelt.
Few think the rate will return
to a normal level of 6 percent
within the next two years. The
Federal Reserve expects unem-
ployment to be 7.6 percent or
higher throughout 2013.
Economists surveyed last
month by The Associated Press
said they expected the economy to
grow a lackluster 2.3 percent next
year, too slight to generate strong
job growth. From July through
September, the economy grew at a
meager 2 percent annual rate. AP
HERES the assign-
ment President Ba-
rack Obama has won
with his reelection:
Improve an economy
burdened by high
unemployment, stag-
nant pay, a European
nancial crisis, slow-
ing global growth
and US companies
still too anxious to
expand much.
BEIJINGAs Hu Jintao steps down
as head of Chinas Communist Party
after 10 years in power, hes hear-
ing something unusual for a Chinese
leader: sharp criticism.
In media commentaries, think-
tank position papers and the less
censored blogosphere, Hus reign
is being portrayed as a missed op-
portunity to tackle longstanding
problems grown more deep-seated,
from a yawning rich-poor gulf and
worsening environmental degrada-
tion to stify authoritarian politics.
One commentary has referred to the
period as a lost decade.
We didnt realize Hu would turn
out to be so conservative, said Wu
Jiaxiang, a former party researcher-
turned-businessman and avid blog-
ger, summing up the disappointment
of many in Chinas chattering class-
es. He dates his own disappointment
with Hu to the closing of liberal-
minded websites in 2005.
Some of the criticisms are de-
signed to inuence Xi Jinping, who
will begin taking over from the tech-
nocratic, ultra-reserved 69-year-old
Hu at a party congress that opens
Thursday.
Mainstream state media, which
answer to the party and dominate
what most Chinese see, read and
hear, have been praising the Hu era,
calling it a Glorious Decade.
Its not complete hype. Hu has
presided over a run-up in domestic
prosperity and global clout unseen
by Chinese for centuries. When he
took ofce, Chinas economy was a
bit larger than Italys; now its No.
2 in the world. It boasts the larg-
est numbers of Internet and mobile
phone users worldwide and is the
strongest magnet for foreign direct
investment. Per capita income has
quintupled to $5,400. AP
Chinese President Hu Jintao inspects Peoples Liberation Army soldiers
at a camp in Hong Kong in this June 29, 2012 le photo. As Hu steps
down as head of Chinas Communist Party after 10 years in power, hes
hearing something unusual for a Chinese leader: sharp criticism. AP
BEIRUTThe UN-Arab
League envoy for Syria warned
Tuesday that the country could
become another Somalia
where al-Qaida-linked militants
and warlords battled for decades
after the ouster of a dictatorif
the civil war is not ended soon.
Battles between regime forces
and Syrian rebels left more than
140 people dead across Syria on
Tuesday, while the brother of
Syrias parliament speaker was
gunned down in Damascus
the latest victim of a wave of
assassinations targeting high-
ranking supporters of President
Bashar Assads regime.
Among the dead were at least
13 people who died in a series of
explosions in the capital Damas-
cus, targeting impoverished dis-
tricts of the capital. Dozens others
were wounded, activists said.
The violence aroused new con-
cern about the faltering diplomat-
ic efforts to try to end the conict,
with the UN political chief warn-
ing that the Syria crisis risks ex-
ploding outward into Lebanon,
Turkey and Israel.
Britains prime minister offered
the latest long shotthat Assad
could be allowed safe passage out
of the country if that would guar-
antee an end to the ghting.
But there has been no sign
the embattled Syrian leader is
willing to step down as part of
a peaceful transition to save the
country. Assad has vowed to
militarily crush the nearly 20-
month old rebellion against his
rule, and aides say a new presi-
dent will only be chosen in elec-
tions scheduled for 2014.
UN-Arab League envoy Lakh-
dar Brahimi, who, like his prede-
cessor Ko Annan has been un-
able to put an end to the conict,
warned the civil war could spiral
into new levels of chaos. AP
VOTERS a continent apart made
history Tuesday on two divisive
social issues, with Maine and Mary-
land becoming the rst states to ap-
prove same-sex marriage by popu-
lar vote while Washington state and
Colorado legalized recreational use
of marijuana.
The outcomes in Maine and Mary-
land broke a 32-state streak, dating
back to 1998, in which gay marriage
had been rebuffed by every state that
held a vote on it. They will become
the seventh and eighth states to allow
same-sex couples to marry.
For the rst time, voters in Maine
and Maryland voted to allow loving
couples to make lifelong commit-
ments through marriageforever
taking away the right-wing talking
point that marriage equality couldnt
win on the ballot, said Chad Grifn
of the Human Rights Campaign, a
national gay-rights group.
Washington state also was voting
on a measure to legalize same-sex
marriage, though results were not
expected until Wednesday at the
soonest. Minnesota voters were di-
vided almost 50/50 on a conserva-
tive-backed amendment that would
place a ban on same-sex marriage in
the state constitution.
The outcomes in the four states
could possibly inuence the US Su-
preme Court, which will soon be
considering whether to take up cases
challenging the law that denies federal
recognition to same-sex marriages.
The marijuana measures in Colo-
rado and Washington set up a show-
down with the federal government,
which outlaws the drug.
Colorados Amendment 64 will al-
low adults over 21 to possess up to an
ounce of marijuana, though using the
drug publicly would still be banned.
The amendment would also allow
people to grow up to six marijuana
plants in a private, secure area.
Washingtons measure estab-
lishes a system of state-licensed
marijuana growers, processors and
retail stores, where adults can buy
up to an ounce. It also establishes a
standard blood test limit for driving
under the inuence.
The Washington measure was
notable for its sponsors and sup-
porters, who ranged from public
health experts and wealthy high-
tech executives to two of the Justice
Departments top former ofcials in
Seattle, US Attorneys John McKay
and Kate Paumer. AP
ATHENSGreek trade unions
launched a general strike and
nationwide protests on Tuesday
against a new package of auster-
ity measures, to be voted on this
week, which would condemn
Greece to more years of hardship
in exchange for rescue loans.
Flights to and from the coun-
try stopped for three hours at the
start of a 48-hour strike that closed
schools, halted train and ferry ser-
vices, and left Athens without
public transport or taxis while
state hospitals ran on emergency
staff.
More than 35,000 people marched
in two separate demonstrations in
Athens organized by labor unions.
Another 20,000 gathered to protest
in the countrys second largest city
of Thessaloniki.
Police were on alert for po-
tential violence, as most major
anti-austerity protests over the
past three years have degener-
ated into riots.
The demonstrations will culmi-
nate Wednesday, when lawmak-
ers vote on a 13.5 billion ($17.3
billion) package of spending cuts
and tax increases over the next
two years.
The outcome of the vote is far
from certain due to disagreements
in the ve-month-old coalition gov-
ernment and a reluctance among
center-left lawmakers to approve
yet more austerity measures. But
the rejection of the savings pack-
age would leave Greece facing the
threat of a default on its mountain
of debt that could force it to even-
tually exit the euro bloc. AP
SAN JUANPuerto Ricans faced
a fundamental question on Election
Day: Should they change their ties
with the United States?
Citizens in the US island territory
cannot vote in the US presidential
election, but many were excited
to participate in a referendum on
whether to push the territory toward
statehood, greater autonomy or in-
dependence.
Car horns blared and party ags
waved after polling stations closed
following what election ofcials
said was a high voter turnout. Dur-
ing the day, many voters carried
umbrellas against the blistering
tropical sun as temperatures neared
90 degrees Fahrenheit (31 degrees
Celsius).
The two-part referendum rst
asked voters if they wanted to
change Puerto Ricos 114-year re-
lationship with the United States.
A second question gave voters
three alternatives if they wanted a
change: become a US state, gain
independence, or have a sovereign
free association, a designation that
would give more autonomy for the
territory of 4 million people.
With 243 of 1,643 precincts
reporting late Tuesday, 75,188
voters, or 53 percent, said they
did not want to continue under
the current political status. Forty-
seven percent, or 67,304 voters,
supported the status quo.
On the second question, 65 per-
cent favored statehood, followed
by 31 percent for sovereign free
association and 4 percent for inde-
pendence.
Puerto Rico has to be a state.
There is no other option, said
25-year-old Jerome Lefebre, who
picked up his grandfather before
driving to the polls. Were doing
OK, but we could do better. We
would receive more benets, a lot
more nancial help. AP
Puerto Rico votes on US relations
LONDONA British lawmak-
er was suspended by her party
Tuesday after she swapped the
political jungle for the Aus-
tralian rainforest and became
a contestant on a reality TV
show.
Conservative legislator Na-
dine Dorries was under re for
taking part in Im a Celebrity
... Get Me Out of Here. The
show strands C-list celebrities
in the Australian wilderness,
subjects them to trials involv-
ing assorted creepy-crawlies
and lets viewers vote them off
one by one.
The Conservatives, who lead
Britains coalition government,
said Dorries was being suspend-
ed from the partys parliamentary
caucus until she could return and
meet with Chief Whip George
Young, who is responsible for
party discipline.
Dorries was criticized by fel-
low Conservatives for taking up
to a month off from her duties
to appear on the show. Former
Conservative member of Par-
liament Harry Greenway called
the decision outrageous, and
Home Secretary Theresa May
said a lawmakers job is in
their constituency and in the
House of Commons. AP
China arrests protesters
BEIJINGDuring her 30-
hour train journey to Beijing,
Wang Xiulan ducked into bath-
rooms whenever the conductors
checked IDs. Later, as she lay
low in the outskirts of the capital,
unidentied men caught her in a
nighttime raid and hauled her to
a police station. She assumed a
fake identity to get away, and is
now in hiding again.
Wangs not a criminal. Shes
a petitioner.
Shes among many people
attempting to bring local com-
plaints directly to the central
government in an age-old Chi-
nese tradition that has continued
during the Communist Party era.
But police never make that easy,
and this week, as an all-impor-
tant leadership transition begins,
a dragnet is aimed at keeping
anyone perceived as a threat or a
troublemaker out of Beijing.
There is no law in China,
especially for us petitioners and
ordinary folk, Wang, 50, said
in an interview with The As-
sociated Press. Even common
gangsters and hoodlums get to
leave after they serve time for
crimes, but for us, if we get
locked up, we never know
when we might be freed. AP
Bolivia returns mummy
LIMAThe mummied tod-
dler seized from antiquities
trafckers is at least 700 years
old and sits, spine curved for-
ward, only about a foot tall.
It was welcomed back to Peru
on Tuesday as a sort of celebrity,
a symbol of the nations effort to
protect its cultural heritage.
This small package, Culture
Minister Luis Peirano told report-
ers, is just a sample of the sacking,
of the violation of our patrimony
and all our inheritance.
Police in neighboring Bo-
livia seized it two years ago as
a Bolivian citizen tried to ship
it to an address in Compiegne,
France, in a cardboard box. AP
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2012
INSPIRED BY GIRLS
Ruffas daughters Lorin and
Venice are the inspirations
behind Love Collection.
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Spanish wine and food pairings
SAVOR choice wines from Spain with a 5-course dinner drawn up by InterCon-
tinental Manila executive chef Alisdair Bletcher specially for the occasion at the
Prince Albert Rotisserie on Tuesday, November 13, starting at 7PM.
Organized together with BestWorld Beverage Inc., the wine and food event will
be graced by Zamora International wine expert, Jose Luis Gomez. He will discuss
the merits of the featured wines with dinner.
The pairings will be Ramon Bilbao Monte Blanco 2012 with terrine of herbed
lobster mousse and tuna sashimi with pickled ginger, wasabi and salmon caviar
dressing; Albaos Mar de Frades 2011 with fennel and haricot bean soup with
seared white trufe oil; Ramon Bilbao Gran Reserva 1999 with llet of beef with
roasted asparagus spears, caramelized shallot tart and cepe jus; and Cuarenta y Tres
(Licor 43) with pumpkin and pine nut torte with hazelnut ice cream.
Priced at P 2,900++ per person, attendance will be limited to just fifty
persons.
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Exclusive privileges also include express check-
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breakfast venue at Dusit Club Lounge or Tosca
Restaurant; all-day fresh fruit juices, soda, tea and
coffee, evening cocktails and snacks at the Club
Lounge; local calls to city landline; use of Club
Boardroom for two hours; discounts on all dining
venues, amongst others.
The Dusit Executive Stay Room Package is
priced at P8,500++ for single and double occupan-
cy. Valid until the 31st of December 2012.
Ice cream for all seasons
WHEN the day feels like longer than it actually is, stress and exhaustion usually
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introducing a delicious alternative to help you relax and indulge a bit, whether its
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To celebrate our love affair with everyones saccharine favorite, chef Fil Afable
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cream selections featuring eight sensational avors that are guaranteed to bring
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Bring back old memories or indulge in a delectable ice cream treats including
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By Dinna Chan Vasquez
This piece is
called Rocking
Kalesa
Niccolo Jose and Abel Jose
VISUAL artist Niccolo Jose does what is called
functional art fashioned out of receycled wood col-
lected by his father.
We have wood to last us for years,said Niccolo, who stud-
ied at Lewis & Clarke College in Portland Oregon, where he
focused on environmental art.
As an artist, Niccolo said his goal aim is to bring back the
emotion and appreciation for furniture as a freestanding art form.
Aged wood carries with it a historyfrom branches col-
lected from the aftermath of Ondoy to kamagong, narra, ipil and
kalantas collected from ancestral houses, each piece offers a nar-
rative that ties in with the skill, craftsmanship and process that
goes into shaping an individual piece of furniture, said the artist
in his blog.
Niccolo lives and works out of a sprawling farm owned by his
family in Lipa, Batangas. He is assisted by workers and budding
artists.
I normally begin my day, very early, at about 6:30, he said,
adding that his pieces are not just furniture.
They marry Philippine history and marries Filipino crafts-
manship with the heightened awareness of human form and
anatomy. Every chair, bench and lamp holds a story that cannot
be replicatednarratives that are passed on from one generation
to the next.
Niccolos trademark of blending traditional craftsmanship
with modern design is the inspiration behind the family-owned
Studio 10.10s new collection dubbed Contrapposto. The pieces,
which have names like The Martius Chair and The Leviathan,
were inspired by mythological beings. The chairs resemble
wooden skeletons but were actually designed to t the human
body (Niccolo is fascinated with the human anatomy) and are
very comfortable to sit on.
Our pieces are not stained or colored. My brother works
with the wood so that it moves naturally when it is completed,
explains Abel Jose, who heads the business side of things at Stu-
dio 10.10.
True enough, each piece in the new collection conforms to a
persons measurements and movements. The chairs arent just
meant to be sat on. They also double as day beds for those after-
noon siestas during weekends.
You try them all and see which one is the most comfortable
for you, said Abel at Studio 10.10s gallery located at LRI De-
sign Plaza on N. Garcia Street (formerly Reposo).
Studio 10.10 specializes in wooden furniture and accent piec-
esfrom doors to beds. The company is named thus because it
was founded on October 10, 2010. Oct. 10 also happens to be
Niccolos bithday.
Our pieces are never mass-produced, said Abel.
Studio 10.10 also offers other services like interior design,
furniture customizations and commissioned eco-artworks.
For information, contact (632) 8226976/ (+63) 9175573109
or e-mail studio1010.ph@gmail.com
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YABANG Pinoy, the pioneering Filipino
Pride movement known for fun, creative,
and contemporary projects and events
will hold its 8th Global Pinoy Bazaar on
November 10-11 at the Rockwell Tent,
Makati City.
In keeping with the movements mis-
sion to promote the Pinoy lifestyle, the
biggest ever Global Pinoy Bazaar will fea-
ture products made with 100 percent Filipino
love and pride, showcasing womens, mens, and childrens
fashion, footwear, and accessories; travel, tropical, art and de-
sign; wellness, home, and food and beverage brands.
One of Vestis imperatives is to show off our heritage of
weaving through our hand-woven indigenous fabrics from Min-
danao, says Mar t ha Rodr iguez, designer and founder of Vesti.
Promoting local goods, inspiring creative minds to create more
products, the Global Pinoy Bazaar will
help us showcase these fabrics. Yabang
Mindanao, Yabang Pinoy!
Shoe brand Renegade Folks Regina
Sambalido said: We believe that Pinoy
talent is world-class. We just need the
opportunity for everyone to see that.
I am a firm believer in the Filipino
skill, creativity, and talent. Having been
in the export business for three years, I have
seen the competitiveness of Filipinos handiwork. The bags
that we produce are made by PWDs (People with Disabili-
ties) from DSWD. Aside from helping enrich their lives in
our little way, we also amaze our customers with our story,
shared Sar a Mendoza of The One One Shop.
For information, go to www.yabangpinoy.com, email bazaar.glo-
balpinoy@gmail.com, or call 0917-815-1513.
Promoting the Pinoy lifestyle
FASHION designer Rajo Lau-
rel took inspiration from Ruffa
Gutier rez daughters, Lor in
and Venice Gutier rez-Bektas,
artworks and drawings to come
up with "Love Collection," Lau-
rels new childrens collection
under the House of Laurel.
Laurels capsule kiddie chic
collection consists of ten dainty
party dresses named after Lo-
rin and Venices best friends
in school: Martha, a two-tone
taffeta bias dress; Mariella,
patchwork dress with panels;
Ysabella, sleeveless two-tone
dropwaist dress; Yasmeen,
sleeveless blouson top with
a vest detail and mini A-line
skirt; Trixie, two panel fully
pleated A-line Dress; Iya, two-
tone sleeveless dropwaist party
dress with crystal pleated skirt;
Annika, mini dress with pock-
ets and bow; Rocio, two-tone
party dress with pleated hem;
Louise, sleeveless A-line dress;
and Ylisse, a party dress with
multi layered organza skirt.
The collection is fundamen-
tally stylish ready-to-wear cloth-
ing that works for children and
that are made well from good
materials. The materials used for
the dresses are silk taffeta, silk
organza, silk stretch crepe and
tulle, while the colors featured are
jewel shades of turquoise, purple,
fuchsia, aqua and a vibrant orange
basically colors that are very
festive and joyous. The collection
also boasts of lovely details and
kid-friendly embellishments such
as: ower cut outs, beadworks,
pleats and patchwork.
The Love Collection will be
launched on November 10 at The
House of Laurel.
Ruffa's daughters provide
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND RAJO'S LINE
ONE Mega Group brings back Mega Fashion Crew, the reality show
that shows you what it takes to be in fashion. The reality TV show
counterpart of Mega, Philippines best fashion magazine, takes it to
the extreme this seasonthe stakes are higher and the challenges are
tougher. The search for the best photographer, fashion stylist, make-
up artist, hair stylist and model continues as Mega Fashion Crew 2,
Extreme Edition begins this November.
Catch its premiere on November 12, 2012 at 7PM only on ETC.
Original episodes air every Monday at 7 p.m. and replays every
Sunday at 10 a.m.
THE process of learning has
changed with the advent of the
Internet: there is now an unprec-
edented explosion of information
and knowledge available to more
people. Are our educational institu-
tions able to maximize this opportu-
nity to use information technology
to benet their students?
With so much information
accessible to students through
the Internet, there is an opportu-
nity for schools to train students
to better understand and make
sense of the information that is
coming to them.
Students are preparing to
face a world that is increasingly
dependent on, and dened by,
the quality and quantity of in-
formation used to be more pro-
ductive, and to acquire more
knowledge and skills. Schools
can better prepare them for the
future using IT and telecoms
technology, said Blue Avelino,
Small and Medium Business
Segments head, Globe Business,
Avelino said Globe Business
has a range of products and ser-
vices that do more than just help
schools and educators get Internet
accessthey also help schools
operate more efciently at less
cost on a day-to-day basis.
Information portal
Direct Internet from Globe
Business provides high-speed,
broadband Internet access for
schools at up to 10,000 Mbps.
This allows schools to gain fast,
reliable access to the information
they need; to communicate with
students, parents, teachers and
personnel through email and so-
cial networking sites; and to get
the schools website online.
Another option is Globe Tattoo
Broadband that gives mobile ac-
cess to the Internet anytime, any-
where. This is especially useful to
schools that are located in remote
areas, where wireline infrastruc-
ture is unavailable.
Unli Business Loop,
calls and texts
Globe Business offers Business
Loop, which are post-paid plans
that provide affordable calls with-
in a team, staff or business circles
for as low as P100 per month per
line. Theres also Globe Business
Plus, which offers unlimited talk
and texting features (to Globe
and TM subscribers) for as low as
P500 per month.
Then theres AutoloadMAX
Corporate Edition, which helps
manage, schedule, and automati-
cally reload Prepaid credits di-
rectly to the cell phones of school
administrators.
Another package is Business
Capped Plans, which set a exible
cost ceiling for a schools mobile
lines. Educational institutions may
avail of packaged unlimited talk
and/or texting features that can save
as much as 70 percent per month on
their mobile phone bills
For important announcements
and alerts, especially urgent ones
related to cancelled classes due to
typhoons and other emergencies,
schools may avail of reliable and
cost-effective call and text servic-
es from Globe Business.
One of these services is the easy
and affordable TxtConnect from
Globe Business, which sends
high-volume text campaigns that
schools send out to teachers, stu-
dents and parents.
Being Web-based also makes
TxtConnect easier to manage
and messages may be sent ac-
cording to a pre-set schedule or
in real time. Security for data
Educational institutions can
now secure vital data and ICT
resources the Globe Business
Data Centera technologically
advanced, highly secured facil-
ity built for data storage.
Data Center offers a wide range
of services including co-location,
dedicated service hosting, LAN-
based Internet, media storage, di-
saster recovery seats, recovery ser-
vices, and email hosting.
A WebEye on safety
WebEye, a Web-based remote
monitoring system that keeps
watch on school entrances, hall-
ways, school grounds, and of-
ces. Using WebEye, school ad-
ministrators may monitor whats
happening in various areas of the
school premises even from remote
locations, in real time.
Video images captured by We-
bEye may be viewed by school
administrators through a desktop
computer, laptop, mobile phone
or tablet device at any place where
there is an Internet connection.
If you were a teenager or a young adult
before the digital age, youre fully aware
that mating habits have drastically changed
in the last decade and a half. Back then,
meeting someone new was accomplished
in person at work, school, bars and other
public places. Today, the whole connected
world is your dating pool, thanks to the
World Wide Web, specically social net-
working and dating websites.
As if we havent learned by now that In-
ternet facades are deceiving. Everyone online
behaves differently from their ofine selves.
We put up our best (photoshopped) pictures,
post the wittiest things and share the most
interesting videos and news items. Were all
opinionated on our Twitter pages and were
all outgoing on our Facebook proles. But are
we really all like that?
Anecdotal evidencehorror stories shared
among friends, that iswill suggest that online
relationships rarely work out and progress into
real meaningful ofine connections. Alot of ro-
mantic prospects you will meet over the Internet
misrepresent themselves at best, or worst case
scenario, turn out to be complete psychos.
Sure, theres that story of this friends
cousins sorority sisters coworker who
found love on the Internetand were hap-
py for thembut it really doesnt happen
that often. So if youve had enough awk-
ward/disappointing/creepy/scary rst dates
or if you simply feel like the whole Internet
dating landscape is not for you, maybe its
time to step away from the keyboard and
take a more traditional approach.
Match.com recommends 10 places to
meet more dates for a generous supply of
like-minded individuals. Your options include
joining a charity, signing up for cooking and
yoga classes, running a marathon, attending
book-signing events, and shopping at high-
end department stores. Ladies, check out
shooting ranges for a male-to-female ratio
that works in your favor and go to church to
meet real nice guys. And gents, the cosmetics
counter is a great place to chat up a girl whos
more than willing to help you choose the right
lipstick as a birthday gift for your mom.
Going out there in the real world can be
quite daunting if your comfort zone is in
front of a monitor, but at least, if you hit
it off with someone, youre really hitting
it off and not falling in love with their
virtual representation (which may or may
not be three dress sizes smaller and/or
ve years younger than reality).
By Ed Biado
WHEN was the last time you were
out on a rst date without initially
being acquainted online? Or how about the last
time you introduced yourself to someone without stalk-
ing them on social networks rst? Have you actually ever
said yes to being set up with a friend of a friend without
doing a preliminary virtual background check on them? No date is ever
blind anymore because, prior to going out with someone, chances are
youve already seen at least a jpeg of them.
Mega reality show on ETC
Empowering educational institutions
Eden pays tribute to Mom
FOR the past 30 years, Eden Cheese
has been the ally of moms in making
Christmas dishes more special. In-
deed, no Christmas table is complete
without the creamy ulam and pang-
himagas made delicious by Eden.
Only Eden has that creamy
and delicious taste that enhances
moms familiar Christmas dishes
and makes them even more spe-
cial. Ordinary spaghetti comes
alive with the cheesiness and lin-
amnam from Eden.
As a permanent xture during
the holidays, Eden knows that
theres one special person who re-
ally pulls the season together. The
brands Christmas campaign is
therefore aimed towards thanking,
paying tribute and helping Moms
do their roles this season.
Eden Sarap ng Pasko: Dahil
sa Iyo, Ma. The campaign tagline
best summarizes what Eden wants
to give moms. It starts with the
heart-warming Eden TV commer-
cial that illustrates the many things
Moms go through, all to make
family celebrations more memo-
rable. It ends aptly with the line,
Para sa lahat ng paskong pinag-
sisikapan mo, salamat ma.
These days, we share stories
not by the re or by reading from
books. We tell them through video
and sharing on the internet. Eden
wanted to perpetuate the Filipino
tradition of sharing stories through
a video competition among
college students. The video that
will be decided as most inspiring
and will able to capture a heart
warming story of how Moms
make Christmas special will be
unveiled on the brands Web
page www.sarapngpasko.com this
coming November.
Everyone is either a mom or
has a mom, so Eden is presenting
the opportunity to give praise to
all moms via its site. Watch out
for a special application on the
brands site to let you share how
your own Mom makes Christmas
special. Just by sharing, you can
be part of an upcoming promo to
win amazing prizes.
Moms and everyone else
can also add fresh and excit-
ing touches to Noche Buena by
watching special Eden recipes
featured on TV. Eden will partner
with cooking shows MasterChef
Pinoy Edition on ABS-CBN and
Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master
on GMA for viewers to see Eden
in action and learn how to cook
familiar dishes made special by
the brand. So you can create your
own Merry Christmas!
Daily recipe tips, sharing ses-
sions and inspiring moments with
Moms are also available, just by
visiting www.sarapngpasko.com.
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Apayao 1st Engineering District
Conner, Apayao
INVITATION TO BID
November 5, 2012
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Apayao First District
Engineering Offce, Conner Apayao, through its Bids and Awards Committee
( BAC ), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract (s) :
1. Contract ID 13PB0001
Name of Projects Road Upgrading ( Gravel to Concrete) along
Kabugao, Apayao-Solsona Ilocos Norte Road,
Apayao Side, K0606+(-378)-K0607+376 w/
exception
Contract Location Kabugao, Apayao
Major Category of Work Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
Approved Budget for the Contract(ABC) 48,986,096.28
Contract Duration 170 CD
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures in accordance with R. A 9184 and its Revised Implementing
Rules and Regulations.
TO bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
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
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
registrations to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for
the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractors Certifcate of Registration with complete requirements and issue
the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC ).Registration Forms may
be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurements activities are shown
below
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 5, 2012-November 23, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 9, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
November 13, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids November 27, 2012
5. Opening of Bids November 27, 2012 : Time 10:00 A. M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents ( BDs) at Apayao 1st
Engineering District, Conner, Apayao upon payment of a non-refundable
fee of Php 30,000.00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may
also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH Website shall pay the
said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. Bids must
be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
in the BDs in two ( 2 ) separate sealed envelope to the BAC Chairman . The
frst envelop shall contain the technical component of the Bid, which shall
include a copy of the CRC . The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the Bid Evaluation and Post Qualifcation.
The DPWH-Apayao First District Engineering District Offce reserves the
right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime
before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved:
(Sgd.) DOMINGO A. ENCISO
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) JAIME G. LUMIQUED
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
APAYAO SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Luna, Apayao
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
"Annex A"
The DPWH-Apayao Second District Engineering Offce , through the CY 2012
Various Infra intends to apply the sum of Nine Million Six Hundred Ninety
Thousand Pesos . (P 9,690,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for 12PC0040: Concreting
of Sta Filomena FMR Road, Calanasan, Apayao. Bids received in excess
The DPWH-Apayao Second District Engineering Offce now invites bids for
the: Improvement/ Concreting of FMR Roads . Completion of the Works is
required within 120 Calendar Days. Bidders should have completed, within
ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract
similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the
Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as
the Governments Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorship, partnership, or
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Apayao Second
District Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address
given below from November 6, 2012-November 27, 2012; (8:00am-5pm).
Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos ( P 10, 000.00).
the Procuring entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding
The DPWH-Apayao Second District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid
Conference on November 15, 2012; 10:00am at Offce of BAC Chairman
which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the
Bidding Documents.
27, 2012 at DPWH-APAYAO 2
ND
DEO- Offce of the BAC Chairman ( Assistant
District Engineer). All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of
the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened at 2:00pm, November 27, 2012 in the presence of
bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late
bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH-Apayao Second District Engineering Offce reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids
at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to
the affected bidder or bidders.
CHERRY JOY A. CALARAMO
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Apayao 2
nd
DEO
Cel No. 09084558785
Email Ad: enjoy_calaramo@ yahoo.com.ph

(Sgd.) RUSTOM A. MARTINEZ
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Apayao 2
nd
DEO
Luna, Apayao
INVITATION TO BID for 12PC0040: Concreting of Sta
Filomena FMR Road, Calanasan, Apayao
Luna, Apayao
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
"Annex A"
The DPWH-Apayao Second District Engineering Offce, through the CY
2012 ARISP intends to apply the sum of Twenty Three Million Seven
Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Three Pesos and
16/100. (P 23,735,863.16) being the Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC) to payments under the contract for 12PC0038: Improvement of Dona
Loreta-Poblacion-Alem Road, Pudtol . Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
Bidding Documents in the amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos ( P 20, 000.00).
Bidding Documents.
27, 2012 at DPWH-APAYAO 2
ND
DEO- Offce of the BAC Chairman ( Assistant
District Engineer). All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of
the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Apayao 2
nd
DEO
Cel No. 09084558785
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Apayao 2
nd
DEO
Luna, Apayao
INVITATION TO BID for 12PC0038: Improvement of Dona
Loreta-Poblacion Alem Road FMR, Pudtol, Apayao
Luna, Apayao
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
"Annex A"
The DPWH-Apayao Second District Engineering Offce, through the CY
2012 ARISP intends to apply the sum of Thirty Three Million Four
Hundred Eight Thousand Seven Hudred Twenty Eight Pesos and 61/100.
(P 33,408,728.61) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to
payments under the contract for 12PC0039: Improvement of San Carlos-
Marcela ( Bacut) Road, FMR, Sta Marcela , Apayao. Bids received in excess
Bidding Documents in the amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos ( P 20, 000.00).
Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 9:00am of
November 27, 2012 at DPWH-APAYAO 2
ND
DEO- Offce of the BAC Chairman
( Assistant District Engineer). All bids must be accompanied by a bid security
in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Apayao 2
nd
DEO
Cel No. 09084558785

BAC Chairman
DPWH-Apayao 2
nd
DEO
Luna, Apayao
INVITATION TO BID for 12PC0039: Improvement of San
Carlos-Marcela ( Bacut) Road, FMR, Sta Marcela, Apayao
Camarines Sur 3
rd
Caraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
Tel.Fax#452-3430/3411
INVITATION TO BID
(MST-Nov. 8, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur 3
rd
Caraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, through its Bids and Award Committee, (BAC), invites contractors
to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract Name 1. CONTRACT PACKAGE NO.01 (REGULAR INFRA. CY-2013)
Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from Pavement
Management System/Highway Development and Management
(HDM-4) Rehab./Reconstruction of damaged paved National Road
(Intermittent Section) Goa, Camarines Sur.

a.) Conc. of Goa-Digdigon-San Isidro Road, Php.20,282,611.06
(Pinaglabanan Section), Goa, Camarines Sur
K0492+160 K0492+497.73
K0492+512.67 K0493+230.94
b.) Conc. of Goa-Digdigon-San Isidro Road, Php. 7,076,135.98
(Hiwacloy Section), Goa, Camarines Sur
K0493+602.03 K0493+934.90
K0493+969.01 K0494+000.05
c.) Conc. of Jct. Digdigon (GOA) Tinambac Road, Php.2,886,992.04
(Digdigon Section), Goa, Camarines Sur
K0496+448 K0496+254
Contract Location Goa, Camarines Sur
Approved Budget for
Contract (ABC) Php.30,245,739.08
Cost of Tender Documents
Php.25,000.00
Contract Name Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) Based on the Gravel Road Strategies,
Traffc Benchmark for upgrading to Paved Road Standard (HDM-4 PROJECT
ANALYSIS)
Concreting/Improvement of Goa-Digdigon-San Isidro Road
(Abucayan-Pinaglabanan-Hiwacloy Road),

Contract Location Goa, Camarines Sur
K0490+250 K0490+896.96
K0490+921.56 K0491+974.24
K0493+230.94 K0493+506.64
K0494+000.05 K0494+124.71
Approved Budget for
ANALYSIS)
Concreting of Teres-Garchitorena Road,
(San Vicente Section),
Contract Location Garchitorena, Camarines Sur
K0545+613 K0545+200.30
K0545+041.80 K0546+039
K0546+142.10 K0546+565.20
K0546+683.20 K0546+990.60
Approved Budget for
Traffc Benchmark for upgrading to Paved Road Standard (HDM-4
PROJECT ANALYSIS)
Concreting of Tinambac-Siruma Road,
(Salvacion-San Roque Section),
Contract Location Tinambac, Camarines Sur
K0517+438.10 K0517+682.10
K0517+724.50 - K0519+580.50
Approved Budget for
ANALYSIS)
Concreting of Tinambac-Siruma Road
(San Roque Section)
K0522+227 K0522+428
K0522+448.80 - K0523+201.80
K0523+223.10 K0523+829.10
Approved Budget for
Contract (ABC)
Php.33,354,942.80
PROJECT ANALYSIS)
Concreting of Tinambac- Siruma Road,
(Sagrada Section)
K0527+000 K0527+472.70
K0527+479.60 K0528+290
K0528+352.70 K0528+879.60
Approved Budget for
Contract Name CONTRACT PACKAGE NO.02 (REGULAR INFRA. CY-2013)
Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) Based on the Gravel Road Strategies,
ANALYSIS)
a.) Conc. of Tinambac-Siruma Road Php.11,384,602.47
(La Medalla Section), Tinambac, Camarines Sur
K0531+907.50 K0532+301.20
K0532+443.70 K0532+550
b.) Conc. of Tinambac Siruma Road, Php.28,485,442.04
(Magsaysay Section), Tinambac, Camarines Sur
K0538+000 K0538+246
K0538+449.60 K0538+607
K0538+771.20 K0538+771.60
K0538+853.80 K0539+735
Approved Budget for
Contract (ABC)
Php.39,870,044.51
PROJECT ANALYSIS)
Concreting of Presentacion Maligaya Road
(Bicalen Section)
Contract Location Presentacion, Camarines Sur
K0536+991.85 K0537+200
K0537+269.50 K0537+445.10
K0537+526 K0537+639.60
K0537+863.20 K0537+881.20
K0537+881.20 K0537+943.70
K0537+988.50 K0538+598.25
K0538+794.90 K0539+608
Approved Budget for
Contract Name Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) Based on the Gravel Road
Strategies, Traffc Benchmark for upgrading to Paved Road
Standard (HDM-4 PROJECT ANALYSIS)
Concreting of Caramoan Guijalo Road,
(Tabiguian Section)
Contract Location Caramoan, Camarines Sur
K0558+000 K0558+787.80
K0558+793.50 K0560+005.70
Approved Budget for
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with
R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations, DPWH-Department Order No.064
series of 2012 and other Applicable DPWH-D.O. and Memorandum.
To bid for this contract, interested contractors must download the Bid documents including the plans
at the DPWH Website and must pay the non-refundable amount of stated above for tender documents
at the cashier of any DPWH Offce on or before the deadline, and the contractor must meet the following
major criteria; (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this
contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years,
and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for a least
10% of ABC. The BAC of the DPWH-Regional Offce No. V will conduct the eligibility checking using
the Civil Works Registry (CWR) system.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to the DPWH-
POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of payment for tender documents. The
DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors application for registration, with complete
requirements, and issued the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may
be download at the DPWH website, www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Pre-Bid Conference November 15, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
2. Receipt of Payment of Bid Documents
(Deadline for Presentation of OR.)
November 27, 2012 Until 10:00 A.M.
3. Submission and Opening of Bids November 27, 2012
3. Dropping of Bids Until 10:00 A.M.
4. Opening of Bids @ 2:00 P.M.
This Offce will verify from Accounting Section thru Electronic National government Accounting System
(E-NGAS) the names of contractor who made payment at the other DPWH-Offce, however, contractor that
made payment on other DPWH may also email their receipt at dpwhcamsur3@yahoo.com or may present
the original receipt at the BAC of this Offce for inclusion to the list of contractor that will be submitted to the
Regional Offce for Eligibility Screening.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished form as specifed in the BDs in two
(2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical
component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid
as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Camarines Sur 3
rd
Engineering District Offce, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract Award,
without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ALICE B. MAGISTRADO
ENGINEER III
(BAC Chairman)
NOTED:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO S. NIETO
District Engineer
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Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com
showbitz
ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
IT SEEMS shes been
around forever, because
after the likes of Kuh
Ledesma, Joey Albert,
Verni Varga et al, she is
the only one who came
after them that has stayed
this long in the business.
She may not have pleased all music lov-
ers, much less convinced to like her style
of singing, which some critics say uncat-
egorizable, yet it seems she is the only
one capable of doing either destroying the
melodic progression of a song, and put-
ting it on a different rhythm and beat, or
creating a new melodic phrase out of an
old song and making it something pleas-
ant to listen to.
Now, a mother to Nate who turns
one year old today by husband singer-
songwriter-comedian Ogie Alcasid,
Regine carries her husbands surname
proudly, telling all and sundry that she
is nally married with child.
This year, she also cel-
ebrates 25 years as a singer
(that doesnt include though
those years she struggled in
amateur singing contests in and
around barrios in Bulacan and
nearby provincias during estas
and other small village festivities)
in a concert she aptly calls Silver
(it is self explanatory to those who
follow annual celebrations) in which
she plans to pour out all that she has
gone through, good or bad, happy and
sad, for everyone to understand the
kind of person that showbusiness has
molded her into.
The girl from Meycauayan has come
a long way, indeed. And not even her own
household imagined where and what shed
be after winning the grand prize in a tele-
vised singing contest.
The concert will be in Metro Manilas
newest entertainment hub, the Mall of Asia Are-
na in Pasay, on the 16
th
of this month.
Of course, her better half is one of the shows
guests. And Ogie will come with Nate. Thats a
given, after all Regine, Ogie and Nate are consid-
ered the rst (not holy yet) family of the music
and television industries.
At a presscon recently, Regine said Janno
Gibbs and Lani Misalucha will also be in the
show. Can you imagine if all four of them would
be on stage and singing? Are we ready for this?
Well, I hope Ryan Cayabyab could make
a vocal arrangement for the four that wouldnt
sound like theyre screaming at each other or at
the audience and also at the Manila Symphony
Orchestra, which by the way will be accompa-
nying Regine and her guests during the concert.
Regines brother-in-law Raul Mitra will be
the shows musical director along with Cayaby-
ab, and Rowell Santiago is the concert director.
Its Regines silver year, the concert must
really be good. Why dont we all go and nd
out if its worth the trip. Or if you think its not,
stop by the mall and hope thered be a mid-
night sale that night.
Kapuso personalities top survey
GMA Networks News and Public Affairs and
Entertainment personalities are among todays most
popular and most trusted names on television. That
is according to a study by AGB Nielsen.
The study, which aimed to establish viewers
level of awareness and reception of TV person-
alities from major free-to-air (FTA) channels, had
2,000 male and female respondents aged 13 to 50
years old from the national urban and rural areas.
From a scale of one to ve (with ve being
the highest), the respondents were asked to rate
News and Public Affairs and Entertainment per-
sonalities based on different attributes relating to
their image and competencies.
Based on the ndings, news/public affairs
personalities consistently earned the highest
scores across all attributes among
respondents in national urban
Philippines and in the viewer-
rich areas of Urban Luzon and
Mega Manila.
Mike Enriquez and Mel
Tiangco are the two most
popular and top-of-mind
Filipino anchors, each gar-
nering a mean score of 4.7
points in the popularity
category in national urban.
Tiangco and Jessica
Soho had the highest mean
scores ranging from 4.5 to 4.7
pertaining to overall image and
hosting skills.
Tiangco, Enriquez and Soho
also occupied the top spots in
terms of credibility, competence
in news reporting, and ability to
capture the interest of viewers,
with mean scores likewise ranging
from 4.5 to 4.7.
Soho also had the highest com-
petence score at 4.7 followed close-
ly by Tiangco (4.6) and Enriquez
(4.6) along with other reporters and
anchors like Vicky Morales, Ar-
nold Clavio, Kara David, Su-
san Enriquez, Howie Severino,
among others.
Also, Drew Arellano, Love
Aover and Suzie Entrata were
the highest rated hosts in infotain-
ment programs across all areas based averaged
scores from 3.9 to 4.
In entertainment, Marian emerged as the
top-of-mind entertainment personality among re-
spondents in the national urban areas.
Meanwhile, Senator Bong Revilla Jr. was
among the top personalities that respondents were
most aware of garnering an awareness rating of
97 percent. On the other hand, Manny Pacquiao
was among the top-rated talents in terms of popu-
larity with a 4.6 mean score.
Revilla and veteran actress Gloria Romero
also among the most credible with mean scores
of 4.4 and 4.5 respectively. Among those who
also got high scores in this category were Gina
Alajar, Jean Garcia and Nova Villa.
They also gured prominently in the
acting and versatility met-
rics along with three of
GMAs biggest prime-
time stars Richard
Gutierrez, Ding-
dong Dantes and
Rivera across all
urban markets.
A separate
qualitative
s t u d y
c o n -
ducted by Added Value Saffron Hill, a mul-
tinational research group that specializes in
qualitative methods, ascertained that GMAs
quality programming and pool of reputable
news and entertainment personali-
ties are the main drivers for the
Networks ability to maintain its
loyal viewers. This study made
use of focus group, discussions
among habitual television view-
ers from key cities all over the
country.
The Networks loyal view-
ers attributed their continued
patronage for the Kapuso
Station to their strong afn-
ity towards GMAs shows and
artists. Based on the ndings,
the Kapuso stars are more re-
latable than their counterparts
from other stations, which
make them more endearing in
the eyes of viewers.
Lastly, the research study
afrmed that the credibility of
GMAs News and Public Affairs
team is another factor that gives
GMA a clear edge over its com-
petitors.
Indeed, GMA is home to
televisions most engaging dra-
mas, the most credible news
gures, and most appealing en-
tertainment personalities. This
success is reected in the Net-
works countless achievements,
and sustained nationwide ratings
supremacy making it truly wor-
thy of being called number one.
AS the no.1 Filipino network in
the world, The Filipino Channel
(TFC) continues to bring the best
of homegrown content across the
globe. In addition to bringing Asap
Rocks Live in Singapore, TFC is now
sharing its award-winning and top-
rated content via TFC on StarHub TV
on Mobile .
Through TFC via StarHub TV on
Mobile , Filipinos in Singapore can now
enjoy ABS-CBNs widely-followed
shows from drama to comedy; reality
to fantasy; variety to current affairs
anywhere in Singapore.
TFCs top-rated shows include
Princess and I, Walang Hanggan,
Be Careful with My Heart and Ina,
Kapatid, Anak; long-running shows
like TV Patrol,Maalaala Mo Kaya,
The Buzz and Asap as well as award-
winning shows like Toda Max (Catholic
Mass Media awardee for Comedy)
and Banana Split (2011 Golden Dove
awardee for Best Comedy); Umagang
Kay Ganda and Kris TV; Patrol ng
Pilipino and The Bottomline (2011
Asian Television awards Best Talk
Show awardee). Starting from $0.50
per channel per day, Filipinos in
Singapore can enjoy all these top-rated
content plus more fan favorites via
TFC on StarHub TV on Mobile.
According to Irene Acosta,
Regional Marketing Head for
TFC in Australia and Asia-Pacic,
Singapore-based Filipinos can enjoy
TFC through StarHub TV and now,
through StarHub TV on Mobile. TFC
on StarHub TV on Mobile is a result
of our continued partnership with
StarHub and it brings us closer to our
goal of bringing world-class content to
Filipinos wherever they may be.
Iris Wee, StarHubs vice president
of Home Solutions and Content
expressed, The landing of TFC
on StarHub TV on Mobile on not
only allows our Filipino viewers
in Singapore to catch up with
content from their homeland across
geographical boundaries, it now offers
on-the-go entertainment for them as
well. Through StarHubs established
mobile network, entertainment no
longer needs to be conned to the
living room, and our customers
can be assured of watching quality
content delivered through a reliable
platform.
NICKELODEON launches an all-new,
CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur-
tles series on Friday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in a
special 30-minute television event, bring-
ing the turtles up from the sewers with the
mythology and comedic sensibility for a
new generation of fans.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is set in
present day New York City, from the glitter-
ing towers of Manhattan to the dark depths
of the sewers, and follows the adventures
of four humanoid turtles and a six-foot-tall
rat, Master Splinter. One day, while living
a life in seclusion with his four pet turtles,
the once human Splinter encountered mys-
terious green ooze that covered him and
his pets. Overcome by the mutagen, he
was transformed into a rat and his four pets
became humanoid turtles. Fearing persecu-
tion from humans, he brought the Turtles
underground and raised them, training them
to become ninjas. Years have passed since
that point and the four turtlesLeonardo,
Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo
are now headstrong teenagers, lled with
the condence of youth and a burning de-
sire to see the world.
In the 30-minute premiere, Master
Splinter allows his teenaged sons to visit
the surface for the rst time, with strict in-
structions to remain unseen. But when they
spy a group of thugs attempting to kidnap a
teenage girl (April ONeil) and her father,
the Turtles must leap into action. The ac-
tion comedy explores the camaraderie of
four teenage brothers learning to rely on
one another as they unravel the mystery of
their existence and train to become the he-
roes theyre destined to be. The half-hour
weekly series is layered with action, fanta-
sy and comedy and draws inspiration from
both American and Japanese animation,
showcasing a stylistic effect of a printed
comic. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will
air on Fridays at 6 p.m. Exclusive behind
the scenes spots will be launched on tur-
tles.nick.com on Nov. 26. The series stars
Jason Biggs (American Pie) as Leon-
ardo, Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) as
Raphael, Rob Paulsen (Planet Sheen) as
Donatello and Greg Cipes (Teen Titans)
as Michelangelo. Additional cast mem-
bers rounding out this iconic hit franchise
include Mae Whitman (Parenthood) as
April ONeil, Hoon Lee (Royal Pains)
as Master Splinter and Kevin Michael
Richardson (Penguins of Madagascar) as
Shredder.
Considered one of the most popular
kids television programs of the 1980s,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a classic,
global property created in 1984 by Kevin
Eastman and Peter Laird. It rst debuted
as a successful comic book series and then
became a hit animated TV show, a live-
action television series and later spawned
four blockbuster theatrical releases. The
property also has translated into a signi-
cant consumer products businesswith
DVDs, video games, toys and morethat
has generated billions of dollars at retail.
We are eagerly awaiting the premiere
of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Nov.
16 in Southeast Asia, and introducing the
heroes in a half shell to a brand new au-
dience, said Elaine Tan, Vice President,
Nickelodeon Brand, Asia. Regardless of
whether they are long-time fans or rst-
time viewers, audiences will have a great
time watching Leonardo, Donatello, Ra-
phael and Michelangelo battle enemies
with their ninjutsu skills, strike up new
friendships and feast on pizzas every
week. Following its launch success, Nick-
elodeon has ordered 26 additional episodes
of the series, which will begin airing next
year. Additionally, the reintroduction of
this storied franchise has already ignited
excitement in the licensing community,
with the new line of Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles consumer products from Playmates
Toys being named Hot Toys for the Holi-
days on the prestigious Toys R Us and
Time to Play lists.
Kapamilya shows on StarHub TV
Teenage
Mutant Ninja
Turtles on TV in
Southeast Asia
turns SILVER REGINE
Velasquez in concert at the Mall of Asia Arena
Most credible newscasters
Mel Tiangco and Mike
Enriquez
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