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Nation stunned by loss

FILIPINOS were stunned Sunday after their idol Manny Pacquiao was knocked out by his Mexican rival in the sixth round of their fourth encounter in Las Vegas, but later rallied behind him on social media and said he was still their idol despite his loss. In Paraaque City, the Filipinos watching the ght during a live satellite broadcast could not believe their eyes as Pacquiao came crashing down following a right hook from Marquez, dampening the spirit of a nation battered recently by Typhoon Pablo. Pacquiaos fans in Bacolod City packed shopping malls and gymnasiums, but were shocked when they saw Marquez knock him down. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said no one could discount the pride that Manny had brought to the country despite his loss Again, he showed strength of will and dedication to ght for our countrymen and for the ag, Lacierda said. Manny has accepted his loss with as much humility and the dignity he has shown during the times he won. Vice President Jejomar Binay said Pacquiao had trained hard and fought hard in Next page the ring.
Juan Manuel Marquez celebrates his KO win. AP

Referee Kenny Bayless didnt even bother to count after Manny Pacquiao lay motionless on the ring oor, giving a sixth-round KO win to Juan Manuel Marquez. AP

Marquez KOs Pacquiao

Pablo melts; more woes unfolding
By Francisco Tuyay
THE residents of the coastal towns in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, breathed more easily on Sunday after Typhoon Pablo weakened into a tropical depression and spared the area including Pagudpud town, where the storm was expected to make landfall following its return. Weathermen said Pablointernational name Bophawould likely dissipate because of a strong cold front in the north, and that would bring about better weather in the next ve days. They said Pablo, which lashed Eastern Mindanao on Tuesday and killed 540 people and caused 827 others to disappear, could just break up and melt, although disaster ofcials said they expected the number of casualties to climb further as search and retrieval operations continued in the devastated areas. Next page

Brutal shot ends fight in 6th round

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FIGHTER of the Decade and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao suffered a brutal, sixth-round knockout in his fourth showdown with Mexican legend and fourdivision champion Juan Manuel Marquez before a sellout crowd of over 16,348 ght fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday (Manila time).
The painful fact, however, was that Pacquiao had bloodied and battered Marquez and was on the verge of nishing him off when the Mexican caught him with a short, wicked right straight with a second remaining in the sixth round. The Filipino walked straight into Marquezs lucky punch as he tried to keep his pre-ght prediction of ending it early and decisively after three previous ghts, two of which he won by decision in 2008 and 2011, which were all controversial. Next page

Pro-sin tax pols warned of backlash

By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday warned that there would be a backlash in the northern provinces during the 2013 elections against politicians who supported putting a heavier burden on the tobacco industry in the sin tax bill. The people from the North know what they will do in the 2013 elections, Enrile said. Thats our character because our industry is hurting. The Senate version of the bill had split the tax burden 60-40
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Palace sees House vote on RH bill

By Joyce Pangco Paares and Christine F. Herrera
THE Palace on Sunday said it expects the House to end debates on the reproductive health bill this week to pave the way for a vote. The members of the House have agreed to vote on the measure on second reading on Dec. 12, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said. The President has said that he is pro-responsible parenthood. All that he is asking is for the debates to end one way or the other. It has been one of the very divisive issues that has confronted us... We cannot leave it hanging. Next page

Juan Manuel Marquez delivers the perfectly timed right that sent Manny Pacquiao, face rst, to the canvas with a second remaining in Round 6 of their 147-lb bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. AP

Militants slam govts human rights record

ON THE eve of International Human Rights Day, militant groups condemned the execution of a farmer-leader in Zamboanga del Sur last Friday, saying it brought the total number of victims under the Aquino administration to 145. Human rights group Karapatan also deplored what it called the Aquino governments recent arrests of union organizers and community leaders, days before International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said Rolando Quijano, a farmer and active member of Alliance of Farmers Union in Zamboanga Del Sur was shot to death at around noon Friday at
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his hand in pushing for the passage of the widely opposed reproductive health bill through the use of presidential power and pork barrel funds. Many are outraged by this continued coercion and corruption of Congress and do not believe Aquino should be allowed to get away with it. That could change the situation overnight.
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By Francisco Tatad

Is Aquino ready to persecute Filipino Christians?

Guards sacked over jail escape of gang leader

By Rey E. Requejo
THE Justice Department has ordered the relief of two prison guards in the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City following the escape from there of the alleged leader of the Ozamis robbery gang on Saturday. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ordered administrative
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Still struggling. Residents in New Bataan in Compostela Valley reach out for relief Sunday as they contin-

ued to struggle from the devastation brought by Typhoon Pablo. The number of missing people following the storm jumped to nearly 900 after families and shing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 shermen. BULLIT MARQUEZ, AP

FOR the past two and a half years, President Benigno S. Aquino III has managed to exercise power with no apparent effort to check his own excesses nor a visible opposition party or a militant free press to render him accountable to the public. But he may have overplayed

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think this is the end of Manny Pacquiao. I talked to him before he went to the hospital. He knows he made a mistake. He knows he got careless and walked into one. Roach believes that should Pacquiao continue fighting, he should take an easier fight first, before considering a fifth fight with Marquez, which the trainer also welcomed. If Manny comes into the gym and trains hard, sure I would welcome another fight, but it might be better to take an easier fight first, Roach said. For his part, Marquez said he had waited four-and-a-half months for this. I saw he was going to throw the 1-2 and I knocked him down, said Marquez. After he was dropped in the fifth round, Marquez added: I knew I had to be calm because he could knock me out with one punch. He caught me with a good punch. He was very quick, but I knew I could win. Ringside punching stats underscored the ferocity of the bout, showing Pacquiao landing 94 of 256 punches to 52 of 246 for Marquez. But it was the one big right hand from Marquez that counted more than anything, knocking Pacquiao out for the first time in a career that goes back 17 years. He (Pacquiao) was in charge, While House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II were bent on pushing for its passage, their Senate counterparts, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III were equally aggressive in blocking its passage, Palatino said. Palatino said he would not be surprised if Enrile and Sotto would elect themselves to be members of the bicameral conference committee to ensure a deadlock in reconciling the two versions. Enrile said even if his amendments had been carried, he would still vote no to the RH bill because he said he believed the measure was not meant to promote medical health care for women and children but to control the population. ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio and other authors disagreed with Palatino and said the House leadership and even the Cabinet members were in constant dialogue with the anti-RH camp and party leaders to support the bill. The President is not playing both sides. As far as we are concerned, his wish to have the bill approved had been made very clear, Tinio said. Without naming names, Tinio also said Cabinet members had been calling on both the pro- and anti-RH lawmakers, particularly the members of the ruling Liberal Party, to push for the passage of the bill. But Tinio admitted he would have preferred the President to have the bill certified as urgent to overcome the time constraints. Gonzales also called on the President to certify the bill as a Pacquiao did his best but Marquez turned out to be the better boxer, Army spokesman Arnulfo Burgos Jr. said. He said the entire military still supported Pacquiao, who holds the reserve rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army. We wish him the best in his future undertakings in the service of the Filipino people. Boxing fan Charlie Austria, 48, said Marquez looked well prepared against Pacquiao. efforts to churn out fabricated charges against activists, members of progressive organizations and unions, peace consultants and leaders of the revolutionary movement, and ordinary citizens, said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general. Such a dirty ploy is reminiscent of former President Arroyos tactics to silence the opposition during her rule. These are underhanded, malicious and desperate tactics that are direct attacks against the organizers and leaders and against the peoples right to organize, Palabay said. Karapatan said the trumped-up charges against Vegas and Camposano are the latest among the series of cases filed against rights defenders, peace consultants and ordinary individuals. The rights group said it has documented 467 victims of illegal arrests under the Aquino administration, with 127 political prisonRoach said. He just got a little too careless and got hit with a punch he didnt see. Pacquiao weighed the class limit of 147 pounds, but it was Marquez who looked like the stronger fighter entering the ring after having bulked up with the help of a strength conditioner, though he weighed in at 143 pounds. In their earlier fights, Pacquiao had been the bigger puncher, knocking Marquez down a total of four times, but on this night it was Marquez who had the biggest punch. The stunning knockout was the first real loss by Pacquiao in seven years. He lost a close decision to Bradley in his last fight, but most ringside observers believed he had won it fairly convincingly. Marquez improved to 55-6-1 with 40 knockouts, while Pacquiao fell to 54-5-2. Meanwhile, Pacquiaos mother Dionisia said she has accepted her sons loss after she watched the fight on a delayed basis. I didnt want him to abandon making the sign of the cross because thats what made him rich before and he won many fights, but he lost because Jesus Christ fought him, said Dionisia, a deeply religious Catholic, in Filipino. If I will just have my way, I want him to quit and concentrate on serving his people as a politician. With AP priority to save the three session days required between second and third reading. There were only five session days left, minus Mondays session, before Congress goes on Christmas recess on Dec. 21. As of Wednesday last week, the plenary was stuck discussing amendments to page 4 of the 27page RH bill. Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, principal author of the RH bill, said he expected a few individual amendments to be tackled because the House leadership already consolidated the concerns raised by the anti-RH lawmakers that had been incorporated in the plenaryapproved substitute bill. On Sunday, the Catholic bishops stepped up their campaign against the RH bill and lobbied Congress to junk the bill because it promotes promiscuity, extramarital affairs and threatens the unborn child. They asked the lawmakers to vote No or abstain from voting. Some of them even texted Akbayan Rep. Arlene Kaka Bag-ao, a vocal author of the bill. Hon. Bag-ao, we pray you vote Yes to life, yes to God as author of life in all its stages from the womb to the tomb in natural conception. Please vote in conscience and not allow a dictator to impose his will on us, against our Catholic values, our Godfearing families and nation. Please vote No to RH bill, or Abstain. It is a very great poverty to decide than an unborn child, a fetus, must die that you might live as you wish, the text said. Earlier, the bishops also organized a text campaign to bolster the ranks of the anti-RH lawmakers. Now Marquez can retire, and Pacquiao should start a new career, he said. Pacquiaos mother Dionisia said she had accepted her sons loss but blamed his change of religion for it. I didnt want him to abandon making the sign of the cross because thats what made him rich before and he won many fights, but he lost because Jesus Christ fought him, Dionisia said. I want him to quit and conceners arrested and detained also under Aquinos two and a half years. Meanwhile, a march organized by the labor coalition Nagkaisa, will be organized at the San Miguel Corp. headquarters in Pasig City to lend support to Philippine Airlines Employees Associations battle for reinstatement and labor justice. The labor and human rights movements support to PALEA will never end until the walls of Jericho, which were preventing their reinstatement crumble, said Partido ng Manggagawa chairman and one of Nagkaisa convenors Renato Magtubo. Aside from labor, the human rights community lead by the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates is joining the protest. Both argued that PALs outsourcing of regular jobs was in gross violation of the workers constitutional right to security of tenure.

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As Pacquiao was out cold lying flat on his face, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who was celebrating his 81st birthday, had to rush to Pacquiaos wife Jinkee, who was near hysterical after seeing her husband motionless on the canvas. Pacquiao was immediately rushed to the hospital for the routine medical check up, which Arum said would include a CAT Scan, because the Filipino ring icon appeared to have suffered a concussion. The brutal nature of the fight was also evidenced by the fact that Marquez also suffered a concussion besides a broken nose. Pacquiao, who had abandoned his strength and conditioning regimen under Alex Ariza, which Marquez adopted during his fourth months of training under conditioning coach Angel Heredia, appeared to have a bigger, muscular and stronger upper body. Pacquiao, however, still demonstrated his hand-speed, quick in-and-out movements, accurate punches and his old punching power, despite being dropped in the third round by an overhand right by Marquez. After taking the first two rounds, the third-round knock-

down evened the score, with Mexican fans who outnumbered the large contingent of Filipinos jumping to their feet. Pacquiao recovered well from the knockdown and stood toe-totoe with Marquez in the fourth round in an effort to try and even things out as they continued to go after each other at the bell. Pacquiao continued to connect with rapid-fire combinations, but Marquez found his counter-punching instincts and ended the round with a flurry of punches. For fight fans, who had followed their three previous fights, both men appeared to be at their best and looking for a definitive ending and taking the decision away from the hands of the three judges. It was an epic fifth round, with Pacquiao nailing Marquez with a right straight, followed by a cracking left that dropped the Mexican, whose glove touched the canvas, with referee Kenny Bayless correctly calling it a knockdown. Marquez retaliated with a big right hand, but he couldnt stall Pacquiao, who came charging back and hurt his foe again and went for the kill, with both fighters trading vicious punches with the Filipino getting the better of the exchanges. Pacquiao wrecked Marquezs nose and bloodied his face as he We are asking for immediate assistance from the government, said Roger Navarro, president of the Philippine Maize Federation. We need as much as P3 billion to start over again, and we are also asking the [Agriculture Department] to provide geneticallymodified seeds to the farmers affected by the typhoon. Navarro said the seeds would be used for quick turn-around planting to replace the damaged crop. His group sent feelers to the government after Pablo ravaged 30,000 hectares of farmland planted to corn and destroyed 210,000 metric tons of the crop. The Mindanao Banana Farmers and Exporters Association, meanwhile, is asking the government for P3.5 billion in assistance after Pablo devastated an estimated 13,230 hectares of banana plantations in Davao del Norte alone. A bigger group, the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association, said P11.61 billion would be needed to rehabilitate the 23,230 hectares of farmland planted to bananas wiped out by the typhoon and to help 93,000 displaced banana farm workers. The Japanese government has donated P22 million in assistance to the typhoon victims in the form of relief including tents, sleeping pads and plastic sheets. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda earlier sent his condolences to President Aquino. The Red Cross Society of China has donated $30,000 to its Philippine counterpart, while Washington has released $100,000 to help the typhoon victims. The United States Agency for International Development will be sending teams to asses which areas in the Philippines need more assistance. With Joyce Pangco Paares, Jonathan Fernandez, Ferdinand Fabella and Othel V. Campos

continued to connect with devastating combinations that had the Mexican retreating early in the sixth. As Pacquiao sensed he had Marquez, where he wanted him, he appeared to step on the Mexicans foot and missed with a 1-2 combination. This was the opportune time Marquez was waiting for as he nailed him with a short, crunching right flush on the face, dropping Pacquiao flat on his face and was counted out, as doctors rushed to attend to him. At the time of the knockout, Pacquiao was leading on the scorecards of all three judges by one point, 47-46. I got overconfident and never expected that punch. He got in a good shot, thats boxing, said Pacquiao in a post-fight interview. Arum, who was by his side, said he expects that after a few months, Manny will get back to training and back to fight. Asked about a possible fifth fight, Arum said: Why not? The fight was a ring classic. Pacquiao himself said a fifth fight wouldnt be a problem, attributing his shocking knockout to being part of the game. Trainer Freddie Roach, whose fighters aside from Pacquiao have suffered a succession of setbacks, told boxingscene.com: I dont think he should retire. I dont

Pro-sin...
between tobacco and alcohol, but some members of the bicameral conference committee want to increase tobaccos share to 70 percent. Enrile and Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the additional tax burden would hurt tobacco farmers and workers and their family members. He also warned those who supported the unreasonable hike in the excise tax on tobacco would hear from voters in the tobacco-producing North. Farmers from the countrys tobacco-producing provinces on Sunday vowed to make good their threat to campaign for the defeat of re-electionists who railroaded the approval of an excise tax that would effectively kill the local cigarette industry. The Philtobacco Growers Association said they will campaign not only on the streets but also online via the Internet and social networking sites to ensure that anti-farmer, anti-labor lawmakers get zero votes not only in the vote-rich provinces of Northern Luzon, but also in other regions in the country. Saturnino Distor, president of the 20,000 strong association, said re-electionists who ignored their appeal stand to lose 4.5 million votes from the major tobacco-producing provinces of Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Cagayan, Isabela, and Mindoro. Distor noted that they will mobilize their forces in preparation for the campaign against lawmakers who voted to leave 2.5 million workers and dependents in the tobacco sector and its related industries jobless. They hit us with a 1,000 percent tax hike, we will hit them back on May 13, he said, referring to next years election. Distor said the PTGA and its allied organizations will campaign not only within the tobacco industry, but also among consumers already fed up with rising commodity prices. Our organization will brand senators who voted to kill the tobacco industry as members of the 1,000% Tax Hike Club, he said. Enrile and Marcos, both from the Ilocos, said they were protecting the interests of tobacco farmers in their home province. We are Ilocanos. The job of our constituents in Ilocos is working in the tobacco companies, planting tobacco. We dont want them to go hungry, Enrile said. The bicameral conference committee, which seeks to reconcile two different versions of the bill, on Thursday agreed on a target of P35 billion in new sin taxes, and a 1,000 percent increase in the tax on low-priced cigarettes over the 2013-2017 period. Enrile and Marcos said the industry would not be able to bear this increase considering these brands make up 65 percent of the domestic market. trate on serving his people as a politician. In an interview with DZMM, boxing analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz said Pacquiaos rituals before a fight in the past brought meaning to it. In the past, he put a rosary around his neck and prayed in one corner, he said. The rosary was missing on Sunday. Joyce Pangco Paares, Gigi Muoz-David and Ferdinand Fabella San Miguel President Ramon Ang took control of the Philippine Airlines in April this year after the beer giant infused at least $500 million of fresh equity into the ailing flag carrier. And upon his takeover, Ang declared that one of his top priorities was to resolve the lingering labor dispute in PAL. Another militant group, Anakbayan, blamed the Aquino administration of human rights abuses since it came to power. Aquino just proves that he is the worst disaster to hit this country, with the number of human rights violations under his regime, said Anakbayan chairperson Vencer Crisostomo. Extrajudicial killings went up by thirteen from July this year, and massacres in communities affected by large-scale mining have become a trend under the Aquino administration, he said. Christine F. Herrera

Pablo...
Domingo Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, said the storm damage to infrastructure, agriculture and property had so far reached P6 billion. He said Pablo had affected 1,096,067 families in 30 provinces. Typhoon signal no. 2 remained up in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and La Union, while signal no. 1 was still up in Cagayan Valley, the Babuyan group of islands, Abra, Kalinga Apayao, Mountain Province, Benguet and Pangasinan. Typhoon Pablo has weakened into a tropical depression, Ramos said. The people may not worry too much anymore, but must still be extra careful. Malacaang said Sunday the allegations of illegal mining in Compostela Valley would be included in the investigation of the factors that led to the high death toll from Typhoon Pablo ordered by President Benigno Aquino III. It may be one of the contributory factors, deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said. We will find out after the agencies are done with their assessment. Valte said Mr. Aquino also ordered the National Police to look into the reports of the looting of shops and warehouses in Cateel, Davao Oriental, by hungry people as a result of the slow delivery of relief there. Our problem is that some areas remain inaccessible, Valte said. We need to do two things: open access to those areas to speed up the delivery of relief and make sure the looting does not happen again. An official said Sunday Typhoon Pablo damaged P3.04 billion worth of corn crops.

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President Benigno Aquino III met with close to 200 lawmakers last week at the Palace to seek an end to the long-drawn debates. During the meeting, he told lawmakers not to be like ostriches who bury their heads in the sand when they are threatened when voting for or against the RH bill. The presidential push, however, was not enough for Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino, who accused Mr. Aquino of playing both sides by handing out vague executive persuasion. Palatino said there was little hope of the RH bill becoming a law starting Jan. 1, 2013 unless the President certified it as urgent. The President is playing both sides. He did not want to antagonize the Catholic bishops because of elections, Palatino told the Manila Standard. Palatino said the President should have made categorical his instruction to push for the immediate passage of the RH bill that seeks to establish a national policy on RH, responsible parenthood, population and development. The executive persuasion is not enough. The President should have been categorical in asking Congress to pass the bill and certifying the bill as urgent is as categorical as he can get, Palatino said. Even if the bill is passed on third reading, Palatino said, Congress has no more time to reconcile the House and Senate versions in the bicameral conference committee. I am not as positive anymore that the RH bill will ever become a law, especially now that the campaign period is fast approaching. and glory. Rear Adm. Danilo Cabalde said Pacquiao was overconfident and very aggressive, which wasnt right. He wanted to finish Marquez early, but unfortunately he was the one who was knocked out. It is time for him to take some rest. The Armed Forces said did his best despite his loss and was still the idol of millions of his countrymen. for Quijanos death. We hold Aquino as commander-in-chief of the armed forces responsible for the death of Quijano and all other farmers killed under his administration, Flores said. Karapatan, on the other hand, said Randy Vegas and Raul Camposano, both long-time union organizers and staff of the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees, were arrested last Dec. 3 for fabricated charges of murder, theft, and frustrated murder filed at the Regional Trial Court Branch 64 in Labo, Camarines Norte. Vegas and Camposano were implicated due to their alleged participation in the New Peoples Armys ambush of soldiers in Camarines Norte on April 29, 2012. Aquinos institution of judicial reforms for the respect for human rights means the renewal of (his)

Guards...
proceedings against Prison Guards 1 Ernesto Aquino and Nio Aquino, who were said to be manning the West Gate of the Reception and Diagnostic Center when the incident happened. Three armed men posing as visitors were said to have pointed their guns at the guards and then snatched inmate Ricky Cadavero alias Kambal around 9 a.m. A prison report said the three men and Cadavero then fled aboard two motorcycles. Upon learning about the incident, I immediately went there and did my own investigation, De Lima said in a text message. It was very clear to me that serious lapses were committed by the guards on duty. Recently, officials of the National Bilibid Prison and Bureau of Corrections were replaced following a grenade explosion and the discovery of contraband at the maximum security compound last month. The Ozamis robbery group is said to be behind the robberies in the malls in Metro Manila including Alabang Town Center, Robinsons Metro East, Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Novaliches, Robinsons Dasmarias, and a Landbank branch in Quezon City.

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He has shown that he has the true heart of a champion and made us all proud to be Filipinos. San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito said it was painful to see Pacquiao lose that way. It is more painful for me because Pacquiao is my friend, he said. But I am still proud of him for giving our country so much pride

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Purok 4, Barangay Ocapan, San Miguel Town in the province of Zamboanga Del Sur by Army soldiers. The peasant group said the 53rd Infantry Battalion has long been camped in Barangay Ocapan and has built a military detachment inside the village. The extrajudicial killing of Quijano by suspected state security forces clearly shows that the culture of impunity prevails under the Aquino administration, KMP spokesperson Antonio Flores said. Flores said Quijanos relatives and colleagues believe his death was due to his active opposition to large-scale mining and illegal logging in Zamboanga Del Sur. The KMP also blamed the counter-insurgency program Bayanihan of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III

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can buy and sell shares of stock of the listed banks. Ty said the PSE-listed companies were under tough regulations such as ling of regular reports, which non-listed companies were not required to accomplish. We expect the listing of foreign banks here to build up the local stock market. The increase in listed rms and the availability of more equities will make the local bourse even more attractive to both foreign and local investors, he said. Ty said both management and employees will benet from the share-listing because once listed, the banks concerned can use their shares as currency to provide extra incentives to ofcers and staff by way of stock options and it help lessen potential attrition. The foreign banks that operate in the country in-

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Foreign banks to be listed in PSE

By Christine Herrera

THE Bangko Sentral requirement for foreign banks in the country to be listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange and to sell 10 percent of their equity to the public implements a 1994 law that sought to liberalize and foster competition in the banking industry, a lawmaker said on Sunday.

LPG-MA Rep. Arnel Ty said public listing of foreign banks, which was provided for under Republic Act 7721 of 1994, would mean greater transparency in management and operations of banks with at least 60 percent owned by foreigners. They will be open to increased scrutiny by public shareholders, and subject to highly rigorous reportorial requirements, said Ty, a member of the House Committee on banks and Financial Intermediaries. Republic Act 7721 gave foreign banks reasonable period of time to be listed in the local stock market. BSP issued a circular on November 18 to implement the law 18 years after it was passed. At least 12 Filipino-owned banks are listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). It means investors

clude Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp, Bank of America N.A., Bank of China Ltd. And Citibank, N.A.,ANZ Banking Group, Deutsche Bank AG, Internationale Nederlanden Groep Bank N.V., Mizuho Corporate Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Chinatrust Commercial Bank Corp., Maybank Philipines Inc., Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd and Bank of China LTD. The 12 Filipino banks listed in the PSE are Bank of the Philippine Islands, Banco de Oro Universal Bank, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., Security Bank Corp., Union Bank of the Philippines, China Banking Corp., Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., Philippine National Bank, Philippine Trust Co., East West Banking Corp., Philippine Savings Bank, and Philippine Bank of Communications.

DOJ in fund misuseCOA

By Rey Requejo
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima contradicted on Sunday a report by the Commission on Audit (COA) of alleged misuse by her department of P500,000 intended to pay the claims of victims of various crimes. She said the COA report was incorrect because the amount was used for salaries of personnel, purchase of a computer, and ofce supplies and other purposes and there were no irregularities. I say that the word misuse is not accurate. It connotes a wrongful act, which does not hold here, De Lima said. The Victims Compensation Fund should have been remitted to the National Treasury, if it was not used for other purposes, together with the balance totaling P73.4 million, according to the COA. Management has no reason to maintain/hold the collections or to use it for other purposes, considering that the allotment received by the Department of Justice for BOC Services has still an unexpdended balance of P3,744,346 as of the year-end, the auditors said. De Lima said Department of Justice ofcials have justied the expenses based on board resolutions and circular of the Deparment of Budget and Management. Our nance guys are discussing this matter with COA ofcials, De Lima said.

Protective cover. A biker pedals under

the protective cover of Mt. Mayon in Legazpi, Albay despite warnings of bad weather brought by Typhoon Pablo. DANNY PATA

PH, Malaysia hold security meet

By Florante Solmerin
MALAYSIAS armed forces chief Gen. Tan Sri Dato Seri Zulkifeli Bin Mohd Zin arrived in the Manila last week for talks with Philippine defense and military ofcials on various issues, including bilateral security, ofcials said on Sunday. Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Jessie Dellosa said a visit by Malyasias highest military ofcial would strengthen cooperation between the two counties amid the tension caused by territorial conict with China over the West Philippine Sea. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is committed towards promoting and enhancing regional peace and security which is why we are undertaking these high-level visits aimed at further strengthening our bilateral relationship with other countries, Dellosa said. During his four-day visit that ended yesterday, Zulkifeli visited various military commands in the country, including the 6th Infantry Division in Mindanao and the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio. The two countries signed a military and defense pact in 1994. The Philippines and Malaysia have claimed some areas in the disputed West Philippine Sea that China claims as entirely its territory. Other claimants include Vietnam, Taiwan and Brunei. No details were released regarding Zulkifelis talks with defense and military ofcials but Dellosa said the visit could result to better cooperation between the two countries. We are condent that with a stronger bilateral relationship with our Malaysian counterpart and other neighboring countries, more opportunities for security cooperation and peace and development programs will emerge to benet the people in the region, Dellosa said. Last October, Malaysia brokered the peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front that resulted in a Framework Agreement, which ofcials hoped could end the decades-old armed rebillion in Mindanao.

Malaysian armed forces chief. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin (right)assisted by Armed

Forces Chief Gen. Jessie Dellosa confer a medal on Malaysian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Tan Sri Dato Seri Zulkifeli Bin Mohd Zin. FLORANTE SOLMERIN

Metro stores sell toxic whitening products

By Ferdinand Fabella
COSMETICS stores in various parts of Metro Manila have been selling skin whitening products containing high levels of mercury, a highly toxic chemical, an environmental watchdog group Eco Waste Coalition reported on Sunday. Eco Waste spokesman Aileen Lucero said laboratory tests they conducted on the products showed outrageous amounts of mercury, which were above the governments allowable limit of one part per million or PPM. We have promptly alerted the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) about our ndings. We urged the agency to take immediate action to warn consusmers and decisively halt the illegal sale of these cosmetics to protect public health and the environment, Lucero said. She identied the products as Natural Orange Whitening and Anti-Aging Package, Spring Return Ginseng and Pearl Natural Pure Plants Whitening Cream, TVC spot Remover, Yudantang Green Olive and Papaya Natural Essence 6 Days Specic Eliminating Freckle Whitening Sun Block Cream, and Fruit & Lovely Quickacting Whitener & Speckle Remover Package. The Natural Orange Whitening and Anti-Aging Package has mercury content of 26,700 PPM and its lable identied the manufacturer as GLDJB (Harbin) Cosmetics Co., Ltd, but it does not mention the country where it was manufactured, Lucero said. She said Spring Return Ginseng and Pearl Natural Pure Plants Whitening Cream contained 10,900 PPM of mercury, but the packaging provided no details about the place of manufacture. Waste bought on December 8 samples of the products, which have prices ranging from P70 to P250 each, from Chinese medicine stores and health and beauty shops in Baclaran, Cubao and Guadalupe. The FDA banned last year the sale and distribution of 71 cosmetic products that contained high concentrations of mercury, lead, and other harmful chemicals, Lat week, FDA warned consumers against direct exposure to cosmetic products containing more than one PPM of mercury.

Aquino names new ambassadors, ofcials

By Joyce Pangco Panares
PRESIDENT Aquino has named new ambassadors to Pakistan, Bahrain and Myanmar as part of new appointments to various government posts released by Malacanang on Sunday. Ofcials said named to new diplomatic posts were Sahid Glang as Ambassador to Bahrain, Alex Chua as Ambassador to Myanmar, and Domingo Lucenario as Ambassador to Pakistan with concurrent jurisdiction over Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Lawyer Vicente Gengos Jr was also appointed commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government to replace Gerard Mosquerra,and Amador Pabuscan as Acting Deputy Executive Director for Adminisstration of the Dangerous Drugs Board with rank of Assistant Secretary, Malacanang said. Other appointments include Geraldine Berberabe-Martinez as chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Family Bank, a post she held since 2010. Other appointments to the GSIS Family Bank include Emmanuel Benetiz as President and Chief Executive Ofcer and Mario Aguja, Francisco Varona, Melinda Mando, Victor Lim Jr and Gracita Bocanegra as board directors.

Mine safety parade. Miners hold a parade in Baguio City during

the week-long 59th Annual National Mine Safety and Environemnt Conference in the city. Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association President Louie Sarmiento (center, top photo) welcomed the participants.

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the priest will likely be able to answer: Why would a just and all-powerful God punish the innocent poor whom the Church professes to protect from the evils of the Reproductive Health bill? When the death toll mounts to the hundreds, the truism that God works in mysterious ways seems completely inadequate. Under such circumstances, it is more logical to conclude that the bishop and the priest spoke out of turn, and that they were mistaken about the true message that Typhoon Pablo brought. Here are some more reasonable conclusions we can draw from the most powerful typhoon this year. First, we are woefully unprepared for the kind of extreme weather disturbances that have become sadly commonplace. The Aquino administration knew of Pablos strength and its coming one week before it entered the countrys area of responsibility, and even spoke of a zero-casualty target. Yet, some 540 people are now dead and 827 more are missing, with a nal death toll expected beyond 1,000. If there is any message here, it is that we need to improve our ood control measures and our emergency response. Second, the damage wrought by these storms will have a tremendous impact on our abil-

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Typhoon Pablos real message

Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Melvin Castro, also hinted that the heavy monsoon rain that inundated parts of the county were connected to the RH bill debates, saying nothing happens by accident. Although we would not give other meaning to it, nonetheless God speaks through his creation as well. Nature tells us to respect the natural course of things, Castro said at the time. That such remarks add nothing to the discourse over the RH bill is apparent. In fact, among the discerning faithful, these warnings raise a pointed question that neither the bishop nor ity to provide food security. On the supply side, although the administration brags about no longer having to import rice by 2013, the crop damage wrought by storms and the amount of the commodity in storage indicate otherwise. On the demand side, rice consumption will almost certainly outpace our ability to produce the staple, given our uncontrolled population growth. The nal message is this: With a national calamity on our hands and hard decisions to make, we have no time to waste on scaremongers who threaten with the wrath of God those daring to threaten their dogmatic agenda.

FOR the second time this year, a Catholic prelate suggested that a vengeful God punished the Philippines because lawmakers had the temerity to consider the passage of the Reproductive Health bill. In remarks made in Filipino to the Church-owned Radio Veritas, Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said tragedies such as the death and destruction wrought by Typhoon Pablo occurred whenever lawmakers pushed to pass the bill, and that this might be a message from God. In August, the executive secretary of the Episcopal Commission on Family Life of the

The judicial afdavit rule

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UNDER present rules governing pretrial, parties are supposed to inform the court, and each other, about the witnesses they are to present, what they are to testify on and the time it will take for each witness to testify. That is the rule; it is hardly ever the practice. For fear of allowing the stringency of procedure to defeat the merits of substance, almost all rules that impose limits provide for some kind of escape route -- and what was meant as a diversion road soon becomes the highway, because lawyers are never wanting for reasons by which to support their pleas for the admission of unannounced testimony. Come January 2013, the freshly minted Judicial Afdavit Rule of the Supreme Court -- yet one more exercise of its rulemaking power -- takes effect. To be sure, it is not all that new. As a proposal, it was mulled repeatedly by the research and consultants groups of the Philippine Judicial Academy, committees of which I was a member. It is also the rule in summary proceedings. But this is the rst time that the rule is made to apply to all actions, proceedings and incidents, requiring the reception of evidence before all courts, including the Supreme Court in those matters that require that it admit evidence. Its applicability to criminal proceedings is still limited, though. In essence, the rule directs that parties submit before pre-trial the afdavits of the witnesses that will take the place of direct testimony. Direct examination is what happens when a partys lawyer presents the party himself, or a witness favorable to the party and examines him to allow his testimony to form part of the evidence before the court. Unlike the usual afdavit, however, the judicial afdavit will take the form of a deposition -- in question and answer form. The witness-afant must nevertheless still take the stand to afrm what he averred in his testimony and to subject himself to cross-examination, on which the traditions of the legal profession and judicial procedure seem to have repose trust as the ultimate sieve of the veridical! O And as Judge Jet Aquino, my RTC judge and brother points out, the preparation of the judicial afdavit can be demanding on the part of the witness lawyer who must be certain not to omit anything that he will be foreclosed from introducing at a later time. Sticking points remain, however. One of them is a non-issue for my father, Justice Hilarion Aquino, a lecturer and a Bar Examiner in remedial law. It is, for me, perhaps because I do

Men and women of goodwill are willing to give this rule a chance.

not know as much procedure. When is the formal offer made? Under the ordinary rules of procedure, testimonial evidence is formally offered before the witness commences testimony, so that even before direct examination starts, the adverse party has the opportunity to object to the very offer, and the court, the duty to rule on whether the witness should even get into the witness box or not. Under the new Rule, the offer is made at the start of the presentation of the witness, but the afdavit has already been submitted to the court! If the afdavit takes the place of the live testimony of the witness, then when the afdavit is submitted, the testimony of the witness is already before the court! Is the submission prior to pre-trial also formal offer? If not, then is the formal offer made when the witness is summoned for crossexamination? And if the court should nd merit in the objection to the offer and refuse him leave to testify, then my sympathy goes to his lawyer who had to labor over formulating what I can only presume is an exhaustively written afdavit only to be made short shrift of. Since the adverse party is served a copy of the judicial afdavit prior to pre-trial, would it not have been the more expedient procedure to require opposing counsel to interpose his objection to the proposed testimony of the witness, or to parts thereof, to give the court a chance to rule even before the witness is summoned to take the stand for cross-examination, if this is not waived? More testy for me is the matter of the hostile witness. One is allowed to cross-examine ones own hostile witness, something you are not allowed to do to a friendly witness. So, is the judicial afdavit of a hostile witness to include a cross-examination of the witness as well? The spirit of the rule seems to be: No judicial afdavit, no testimony. Unfortunately, that is not what the rule says. A party who fails to submit the required judicial afdavits and exhibits on time shall be deemed to have waived their submission. What is waived is not the right to testify, not even the testimony, but the submission of the afdavit. Will the court then still be open to the testimony of the witness? But I think men and women of goodwill are willing to give the rule a chance. It will help the public, the Bench and the Bar, however, to clarify the issuesnot only mine, but others as wellwith respect to the rule. And, for Gods sake, let us be sure that the judicial afdavits are crafted in tolerably compehensible English. rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph rannie_aquino@yahoo.com

Disinformation versus election machines

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ONE would have to admired the bulldoggedness of the bashers of the automated election system and the precinct count optical scan machines used in the highly successful and internationally praised rst-ever computerized national elections held in 2010. Their obstinacy in claiming that there was a grand conspiracy to rig the 2010 national elections through the AES and the PCOS machines must already be jarring the nerves of some people in Malacaang who realize that the bashing in effect is also questioning the legitimacy of the 2010 win of Pres. Benigno Aquino III. Its no wonder therefore that one of the leaders of the AES/PCOS bashers, former acting Comelec Commissioner Gus Lagman, was not reappointed by Malacaang after he was bypassed by the Commission on Appointments. The dilemma of Malacaang about Lagman is understandable. How can the Aquino administration support Lagman when he has not stopped raising issues against AES/PCOS, which in turn reanimates the lingering doubts on the victory of President Aquino in the 2010 automated elections? The problem of the AES/PCOS bashers is that people have realized that they are not only misinforming the public on AES/PCOS; they are also engaged in disinformation. Wikipedia is helpful in making the distinction between misinformation and disinformation. The free online encyclopedia says misinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread unintentionally. On the other hand disinformation, in contrast, is intended

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to mislead. If you look at all the efforts the critics of the AES/PCOS it would look like they are not only committing misinformation they are actually engaged in disinformation. Undeterred by the Supreme Courts June 2012 decision declaring Comelecs purchase of the PCOS machines from Smartmatic/TIM valid (this decision was afrmed by the high court last October), the AES/PCOS bashers continue to make media rounds and hold press conferences to warn people about the looming disaster in the 2013 elections. Their warning, however, sounds like the end-of-the-world Mayan prediction which is more imagined than real. The present mantra of the AES/PCOS bashers is source code. The source code, in IT parlance, is the set of instructions that allows a program to run on a computer or a computing machine. Citing the business dispute in the United States between Smartmatic and its licensing company, Dominion Voting Systems International, AES/PCOS bashers are now claiming that no source code for the 2010 election was ever deposited by Smartmatic with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as required by law. In response to the source code issue, Comelec spokesman Director James Jimenez wrote in his Nov. 28 column in a business daily that the licensing agreement between Smartmatic and Dominion included a provision that obligates Dominion to place all its source codes in escrow. Jimenez said that there is a safety clause in the contract that allows Smartmatic to take the codes out of escrow and use them to x any problems arising from Dominions violation of their licensing agreement, if any. This provision is the center of the legal feud between Smartmatic and Dominion. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes
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has repeatedly assured the public that the business dispute between Smartmatic and Dominion does not affect in any way the technological aspect of the Comelec contract with Smartmatic. He has also made clear that the dispute would have no effect on the use of the PCOS for the 2013 elections. Brillantes, one of the countrys leading election lawyers before his appointment to chair the Comelec and who is also a certied public accountant, said that what contributes to the confusion on the Smartmatic and Dominion legal tussle is when non-lawyers interpret complicated legal issues and when the comments are based not on source documents but on third party accounts. Jimenez also explained that the Dominion-Smartmatic legal feud does not in any way imply that Smartmatic never got the source code for the 2010 elections. In fact he said that the source code was submitted by Smartmatic and Comelec for a third-party review. After the review was completed, the source code was used to create a nal version of the software that was used in the 2010 elections. It is strange that former acting Comelec Commissioner Lagman now raises the issue of whether there is a source code when he has lashed out against Comelec before against the poll bodys bias against local IT experts when it awarded a P70-million contract to SysTest Labs to perform he mandatory review instead of making the source code available for review by Filipino IT professionals. Jimenez said that Comelec even invited the very same groups now claiming the non-existence of the source code to examine it in the presence of representatives from Smartmatic and Dominion. Unfortunately, the review process was boycotted by the very same people who now claim that the code never actually existed.

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Continued from page 1 Aquinos directive to his Congress allies to dispose of the controversial measure before Congress adjourns for Christmas, despite the inability of its authors and sponsors to refute the various constitutional, moral and scientic objections to its passage, could provide a turning point. It could provoke a restorm and create an active, organized opposition on the ground, which no political party elding candidates in the May 2013 elections has so far been willing or able to provide. Opposition to Aquino could be led by those who regard the bill as a naked attack on religious liberty and a deliberate attempt to destroy the Filipino family and society, and are ready to accuse him of abuse of power. This could revive the situation in the seventies, although probably not in all its details. In the seventies, the principal organized opposition to the abuses committed during martial law came from the Catholic Church. The most active then were the religious and the clergy. In the nal push for regime change in 1986, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) statement of Feb. 13, 1986, on the conduct of the Feb. 7, 1986 elections, provided the moral basis for the civilian-backed military uprising that brought down Marcos. It was the powerful voice of Jaime Cardinal Sin, the archbishop of Manila, that drew entire families out into EDSA to support the military. In 2000-2001, the same voice was heard again to call for the resignation of then-President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. A similar statement from the CBCP at this time denouncing the grave immorality of Aquinos action vis-vis the RH bill could produce the same moral convulsion. It could provoke a clamor for regime change. So far no Catholic Filipino prelate has replaced the charismatic and politically active Jaime Cardinal Sin, who retired as Manilas archbishop in 2003 and died in 2005. There may be no high churchman around to lead the call for Aquinos resignation. But where the laity had tended to give way to the political initiative of the clergy and the religious in the seventies, they seem prepared to assume a more active and pronounced political role today. They are likely to lead any political resistance to Aquino. Resistance could be either passive or active, both of which are permitted under moral law. It could take the form of civil disobedience at the very least and armed resistance in the extreme, depending on the injustice or injury that needs to be addressed. In either case, Aquino would not nd it easy to govern, assuming he has been governing at all. The irony is that whereas in 1986, Mrs. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, the Presidents late mother, was the beneciary of active Church intervention in the nations politics, this time her son, whom many of the Churchs faithful mistakenly supported when he sought the presidency in 2010, would be the adversary. What they seem to resent is not so much his apparent inability to understand even the most fundamental issues or his inability to recognize his enormous limitationshis countrymen seem prepared to overlook or forgive theseas his apparent eagerness to use the powers of the presidency to carry out the dictate of foreign population controllers who are out to destroy the Filipino family and society for their own ends.

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The strides in womens rights

OUT OF THE BOX
TODAY is Human Rights Day. It is also the day women celebrate the strides in womens rights while reminding themselves that the struggle is not over. Discrimination against women and the many forms of violence committed against them persist. The trafcking of women into the sex trade and the use of rape and sexual assault on women in war-torn nations to destroy a nations dignity and integrity still thrive despite efforts by the international community to eradicate them. In the labor force, male workers are still preferred and women are avoided on account of maternity benets and other privileges exclusive to female employees. Despite all these, I prefer to look at a half-empty cup as half-full. Not only does it give me a sense of hope but also a sense of having gone far enough at something. Although there is yet much to be done to attain complete gender equality, a signicant degree of success has somehow been attained by women, especially in the Philippines. What the Filipina enjoys now, many of her counterparts in India, China, the African nations and the Islam world can only dream of having. Filipino women were given the right to vote when the 1935 Constitution came into force. Following the constitutional mandate President Manuel L. Quezon signed into law the Women Suffrage Bill, giving Filipino women the distinction of being the rst women in Asia to be granted the right to vote and be voted upon. Since then, they have been actively participating in politics and public governance. In the national election of 14 December 1937, no less than 24 women were elected to various positions. Two Filipino women have become presidents of the country while no woman has ever been elected president of the United States of America despite its having gained independence three centuries ahead of the Philippines. Recently, the Philippines had its rst woman chief justice of the Supreme Court, making her only the third female Chief Justice in the entire world. Filipino women are now in the Legislature, the Judiciary, the Executive branch of government, top rungs of the corporate ladder and business. Historically, women were not allowed to own property and to have a share in the conjugal assets. Even when they inherited property, their husbands had the right to control or even squander it as they pleased. In fact, to this day, there are nations which give nothing to a wife when a divorce is granted. Women also did not use to have authority over their children. Their husbands could bring their children to live anywhere and the women did not have the right to object. Under the Philippine Family Code, a wife has equal rights as her husband in the conjugal or community property. If she inherits or receives property by way of donation while already married, the property remains hers alone. She too has equal parental authority with her husband over their children. In fact, in

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And he does not even try to hide it. In the 1974 U.S. National Security Study Memorandum 200, which provides the template for the population control policy for poor countries, foreign government leaders are advised never to make it appear that they are taking directions from the imperial powers, after they have agreed to do so. Both Aquino and the global powers appear to have violated this prescription when ofcials of the British government, the UN Fund for Population Activities, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation came to Manila, and through their corporate proxies, openly called for the passage of the RH bill, and when Aquino rolled out the pork barrel to direct congressmen to railroad the bill. To many, the country is being recolonized through the RH offensive, and Aquino has allowed himself to become the unabashed instrument of that recolonization. In war, that used to be known as treason, or collaborating with the enemya term that was once attached to many illustrious names in Philippine history some of whom must be known to Aquino. The war on population being waged by the global controllers does not use the usual weapons of war, but rather condoms, contraceptives, sterilization agents, and a lot of money. At the Family Planning Summit in London last July, Melinda Gates raised $4.6 billion to fund RH programs for 220 million women in at least six countries. Britain alone was said to have pledged $800 million to that fund, despite the precarious condition of its own nances, which has recently led its Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to announce that Britains austerity measures would be extended until 2018. It is not known how much of this fund has been appropriated for the Philippines, but it is no secret that pork barrel funds have been dangled to the members of Congress in exchange for their support of the abominable bill. The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has been reported as saying an extra P100 million could be made available to every senator, while some members of the House of Representatives have been heard to say that supporters of the RH bill have been promised at least P280 million each. Aquino is apparently determined to use the same tactic he used when he bamboozled the congressmen last year to sign an impeachment complaint they had not read against then Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. The chief magistrate was subsequently impeached and removed after the Senate impeachment court found him guilty of what so many reputable lawyers until now consider a non-impeachable offense. In an election year, many congressmen who are running again in the May elections could be particularly vulnerable to any bribe money from the highest source. But Malacaang cannot afford to discount any surprises. There could be any number of congressmen who would not be prepared to trade their moral convictions and religious beliefs for Malacaangs favors. For what does it prot a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? This is what some congressmen are saying. To many such congressmen, the RH bill is a moral evil that cannot be allowed to prosper. From the purely secular perspective, it is an attempt to destroy the countrys real source of economic, social and political strength. They recognize that leading authorities from all over the world, notably those from countries that are now facing the socalled demographic winter, consider the Philippines young, dynamic population as its primary resource. This, however, is precisely what the RH bill seeks to extinguish. To the same congressmen, it is a patently unconstitutional bill which no legislator who can read the alphabet can possibly misread. The Philippine Constitution cannot be read to provide any legal leg or cover for the RH bill. The Constitution does not allow the State to dictate to private individuals, couples and families how they are to live their lives in the intimacy of the bedroom. It provides no room for the State to be the protector of the life of the unborn and, ipso facto, of the process of conception, and at the same time be the source, provider, agent or channel of contraception. It is absolutely clear to all that it is not the business of Congress or the State to determine the validity or even rationality of a particular religious belief. The only duty of the State under the Constitution is to recognize that belief and respect it. Congress cannot pretend not to know that the Catholic Church condemns contraception and sterilization as intrinsically evil. It cannot purchase all those crooked surveys to show that so many Catholics do not follow what the Church teaches, and that it is completely in order for Congress to enact a law that attacks such teaching. Congress cannot simply enact a law that requires Catholics to practice birth control. In the same manner the State cannot enact a law or prescribe a policy that would violate the rights of those who believe contraception is good for their health. The absence of a law that prohibits contraception is in full accord with that principle. Nothing more is needed. To make sure that the rights of one religious group are not sacriced to serve the rights of another, the only correct policy is for the State neither to prescribe nor to prohibit contraception. This makes the RH bill completely unnecessary and superuous. Although Aquino has painted himself into a corner, he still can get out of it if he so wishes. All he has to do is to tell his foreign patrons that while they may have succeeded in having their way everywhere else, there is no way this can be done in the Philippines. Why? Because the Philippines is determined to remain strongly Catholic, and because the Constitution, which the Presidents late mother had a personal hand in drafting and promulgating, is unalterably pro-life and pro-family. Moreover, it is simply the wrong time to propose anything like it. It is the Year of Faith, as declared by Pope Benedict XVI for Catholics around the world, and it is the year when Filipino Catholics are celebrating the gift of a new sainta 17th century teenage catechist who chose to die as a martyr rather than renounce his faith. Aquino was in Cebu when about a million devotees sang hymns of thanksgiving in honor of St. Pedro Calungsod. How many young men and women in that crowd or elsewhere may want to follow the path of the new martyr in case religious persecution comes through the RH bill, nobody knows. But the more important question for Aquino, who says he is still Catholic, is this: Is he ready to be known as a mini-Nero, Trajan, Decius, or Diocletian and persecute his own people, whom he once called his real bosses, for merely wanting to live according to their Faith? fstatad@gmail.com

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Let us look at the cup as half full.

custody battles between husband and wife, a mother cannot be separated from her child who is seven years of age or below. Many other laws have been passed to benet Filipino women. Where before, a wife had no right to refuse to have sex with her husband for any reason, now, under the Anti-Rape Law passed in 1997, married women who are forced to have sex by their husbands may sue for rape. An Anti-Sexual Harassment Law was passed in 1994 giving women in the workforce and in schools and learning environments the right to sue men who, with the use of their ascendancy or position, seek sexual favors from women or girls in exchange for a promotion, keeping a job, getting better grades or not being given a failing mark. In 1995, the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act was passed, giving women the right to enter into contracts without having to seek their husbands consent. In the same year, Congress also enacted the Women in Small Business Enterprises Act, empowering women to engage in trade or industry as participants in nation building. The most signicant among laws passed protecting women is the Anti Violence against Women and their Children Act (RA 9262) passed in 2004. Under this law, women are given the right to seek protection from courts to prevent or stop the commission of violence and abuse against them. This law penalizes domestic violence or violence in intimate relationships. It denes violence against women and their children as any act or a series of acts committed by a man against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or with whom he has or had a sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has a common child. The prohibited acts consist of battery, assault, coercion, harassment, arbitrary deprivation of liberty and the withdrawal of, or refusal to support, including threatening to commit any or all of these acts. Even if the act is directed by a man against a womans child alone, whether legitimate or illegitimate, inside or outside the family home, as long as it results, or is likely to result, in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse to her or her child, a man may be penalized under this law Violence against women is a worldwide curse. The World Health Organization has reported that half of all women who die from homicide are killed by their current or former husbands and partners. Data from the Philippine National Police indicate that eight years before the enactment of the law, an average of 7,383 cases of violence against women were reported. The highest number was in 2001 where 10, 343 cases of violence against women were posted. Although great strides have been taken by Filipino women through legislation, they need to continue their vigilance for gender equality, not only in laws but in reality. Filipino women may be better off than their counterparts in many parts of the globe but remnants of the colonial and ancient concept that women are chattel and are not equal to men still exist. Email: ritalindaj@gmail.com www.jimenolaw.com.ph Visit:

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ethons that will look for scapegoats. For one, such stunts will draw away the nations focus from victims into a hunt for fall guys. The order of the day, may we remind them, is to lay the bricks of recovery, not to throw brickbats of recrimination. The chief executive may have said this many times in the past but this one resonates with freshness and urgency. By ying to Ground Zero of the disaster, the President made the rst act of compassion for the typhoon victims. For those who have lost everything including possibly hope, nothing is more reassuring than be told that help is on the way. Undoubtedly, the enormity of the response expected from the national government is overwhelming that it could use some help from the private sector and NGOs. Families, corporations, organizations, friends and politicians who were fortunate to be in a safer place while Pablo pounded Mindanao should return this blessing by helping the victims. Instead of joining the national ngerpointing, the rest of us should do what is expected of us. Go out and help. As this is being written, one-third of a million people are still marooned in 569 evacuation centers. If we think Christmas is for children, let us remember the young ones who were orphaned and rendered homeless because of typhoon Pablo. *** As senators ponder how to add fat to their pork, the government could do better by dipping its hands into the accumulated national reserves and use it for the massive rehabilitation needed in Pablos wake. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has estimated Pablos damage at a little over P4 billion, including P630.9 million in infrastructure, P3.4 billion in agriculture, and P5.4 million in private property. The government may have to re-draw its spending blueprint in the coming months, particularly in the rst quarter 2013, to address the damage in infrastructure and agriculture. The rebuilding effort would also require internal funds that were saved in the previous quarters, either due to a strong peso and lower interest rates or budget impounding. The fruits of parsimony should now be transformed into aid. If we have been saving for the rainy season, then this is it. Savings from the 2012 budget and early releases from the P2 trillion 2013 outlay could be gift-wrapped as Christmas presents for the devastated areas. Timing and speed are crucial. *** The United Nations may be right in attributing the reduction in lives lost to typhoons to the enhanced weather forecasting and ood warning systems of government. But there are still areas in our disaster response capability that need some retrotting. The harrowing accounts of the Pablo survivors are most telling with the common complaint about the surprising speed that ood waters have risen to inundate their homes. Compostela Valley was initially not identied as a Pablo-risk area, which indicates some anomaly in the precision department of the forecasting bureau. The government, thankfully, plans to address this by acquiring advance technology for weather forecasting. In previous disasters, news reports on how devastated areas have remained isolated for so many days likewise point to a calamity response weakness. But the recurring scene in every postcalamity rescue and relief operation is the inability of rescue teams and volunteers to reach with quick speed devastated areas and evacuation centers. Theres always an endless lack of vehicles, machine and equipment to quicken response and reach areas rendered isolated hours or even days after disaster strikes. The announcement of government to procure modern sensors for water levels and rain volume and acquire more weather information equipment and systems is most welcome. On the rescue and relief side, the government may have to invest more in strengthening its air transport capability by buying heavy duty choppers that could reach disaster without hassles. Heavy duty equipment like lifting and bulldozing machines may also be needed to immediately clear key bridges and roads with typhoon debris and allow the unhampered delivery of relief goods and services.

MANNY Pacquiao and the victims of Pablo should embrace the same ghting faith. Get up, ght back, defy the odds and turn defeat into a powerful incentive to do better. *** President Aquino issued two bugle calls in the wake of Pablos rampage in Mindanao. He called for a stop in pinning blame on each other for the high death toll. His other appeal is for everyone to help the victims. I agree. You cant point ngers and extend a helping hand at the same time. This is not the time for nitpicking but for packaging aid. Justice can be served later. In the meantime, let aid roll down like water and compassion like an ever-owing stream. National legislators should resist the temptation of staging investigative tel-

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for essential hypertension; P9,000 for asthma; P8,000 for dengue fever or simple DHF; and P6,000 for acute gastroenteritis. The payments cover the full cost of treatment, hospitalization and professional fees. Philhealth has enlisted as members some 5.2 million of the countrys poorest families listed under the Department of Social Welfare Departments National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. The number includes all families receiving conditional cash transfers. They have been enrolled under Philhealths Sponsored Program, with their premiums paid for by the national government. Philhealth has taken in another group of ve million disadvantaged families not covered by the NHTS-PR. Their premiums have been subsidized by their local governments. Those under the sponsored program, considered the most nancially vulnerable, are entitled to Philhealths No Balance Billing Policy.

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By Macon Ramos Araneta

IN BRIEF
Safeguard Your Heart!
VICTORIA, LagunaJehovahs Witnesses here will hold starting Friday their annual district convention with a fresh examination of Bibilical references to the human heart. The three-day gatherings will be held on Dec. 14 to 16, Dec. 21 to 23 and Dec. 28 to 30, 2012 around the theme, Safeguard Your Heart! based on Proverbs 4:23. Through lively discourses, Bible readings and presentations, and even a stage play, the program content will emphasize how to protect the heart to enhance spiritual well-being, family life, and happiness. The rst session at 8 a.m. will reect on passages of Scripture, including Samuel 16:7, 1 Chronicles 28:9 and Mathew 12:34. Throughout the Philippines, 115 conventions are lined up in 49 cities. Worldwide, there are over 7,600,000 Witnesses in more than 109,000 congregations. Ariel U. Glorioso

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. expects to post P47 billion in benet payments to members and dependents this year.
President and chief executive Dr. Eduardo Banzon made the disclosure noting that Philhealth has disbursed P32 billion from January to September this year, up by P8 billion, or 33 percent, versus the P24 billion paid out in the same nine-month period last year. Were on track to delivering between P44 billion to P47 billion worth of benets this year, or 30 percent greater than the P34 billion we paid in 2011, he said.Since August this year, weve already averaged nearly P1 billion in benet payments every week. The Philhealth board led by Health Secretary

Enrique Ona has approved the launch of large benet packs for catastrophic ailments amid a growing number of members and dependents, including P600,000 for low-risk, end-stage renal disease requiring a kidney transplant; P210,000 for standard-risk childhood leukemia; P100,000 for early stage breast cancer; and P100,000 for low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Philhealth also introduced an P11,000-case rate payment for leptospirosis, the most common disease transmitted to people from animals, mainly rats; and a P3,000-Animal Bite Pack for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis. According to Ona, these are on top of existing case rate payments for several medical conditions, including P38,000 for cerebro-vascular accident with hemorrhage; P32,000 for highrisk pneumonia; P28,000 for cerebral infraction; P16,000 for dengue hemorrhagic fever with presence of shock; P15,000 for moderate-risk pneumonia; P14,000 for typhoid fever; P9,000

Triangle sign for safety is back

By Rio N. Araja
A MARTIAL law issuance in 1974 will again make the triangular accessory for vehicles visible after the Land Transportation Ofce underscored its use for trafc safety. LTO Chief Virginia Torres ordered the enforcement of the Early Warning Device law, or Letter of Instruction 229, requiring the placement of the sign for stalled motor vehicles. Efren de Luna, president of the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations, along with other transport groups, urged Torres and Chairman Francis Tolentino of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to ensure strict compliance with the EWD mandate. He said 5,021 road mishaps have been reported in the National Capital Region alone from January to June this year which makes the safety device imperative to minimize if not prevent road accidents. According to Torres, a motorist who cannot present such device during inspection will be ned P500, or his or her drivers license conscated in case of another trafc violation. To protect vehicle owners, she has told agency ofcials and employees not to sell or endorse EWDs.

Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista switches at the QC Hall complex Christmas lights along with Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte and ofcials. Lower panel shows Administrator Victor Endriga and Chiba Chairman Toshiyuki Ogawa mark the 40th year of sisterhood with the Japanese city signed in 1972. Endriga was joined by PESO chief Carlo Magno Abella and youth development ofcer Rogelio Reyes.

Bright holidays.

Atomic Energy Week set

NUCLEAR science and technology applications in food and agriculture, health and medicine, industry, energy and the environment will be featured during the 40th Atomic Energy Week on Dec. 10 to 14 led by Department of Science and Technology and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute. Dr. Alumanda dela Rosa, institute director, said the theme Nuclear Science, Technology and Innovation: Engine for Growth and Development will be taken up in exhibits, technical sessions, guided tours of facilities and laboratories, and video showing at the DOST-PNRI in Diliman, Quezon City. The National Nuclear Science quiz for high school students in partnership with DOST Regional Ofces and Nido Fortied Science Discovery Center wsill be held at Mall of Asia in Pasay City. For details, contact Victoria Fe Medina, chief of PNRIs Technology Diffusion Division and 2012 AEW Executive Committee chairwoman at (02)929 6010 to 19 local 255. Call AEW Secretariat at (02)920 8787 and (02)929 6010 to 19 local 286 to book tours.

Taiwan holds outreach

Tribal folk hail economic zone

DUMAGAT chieftains from four of ve communities of Casiguran, Aurora, along with local leaders and residents commended the Aurora Pacic Economic Zone and Freeport Authority. The group included Hempok Prado of the Depontian Settlement; Joel Katol Guerra from Dumagipo; Tersing Bitagan, Dalugan; and Gemma Flores, Calabgan; all invited to Manila by the Ateneo School of Development Studies. Lawyer Malcolm Sarmient Jr., Apeco president, welcomed their support to attract investors and locators in a project to benet indigenous people and perk up the development of Region III and part of Region II covering Qurino, Nueva Vizcaya, South Isabela, and Southern Cagayan Valley. Apeco deputy administrator Kent Avestruz said the ancestral rights of the the settlers are respected even as tourism is expected to boom with the opening of a P202-million, 50-room hotel for the inux of visitors. He said the Nayon Kalikasan program has reserved a 500-housing section for residents in the zone, a cultural center and training hall for manpower development. Some 50,000 ngerlings were released at a one-hectare lagoon for mariculture with seeweed raising for added income to families.

TAIWAN Root Medical Peace Corps, a private non-prot organization whose mission is to provide free services and health education all over the world, held a 9-day outreach in at aleast six sites accross the country from Dec. 1 to 9. The 22 delegates held free eye and dental check-ups, and medicine distribution in Cavite City, Intramuros and Binondo in Manila, Olongapo City, Cagayan de Oro City, and Iligan City. The Root mission came at a time when victims of Typhoon Pablo required immediate medical attention following its destructive wake with at least 540 reported dead and more than a thousand injured.

Corruption ght taps advocates

A MILLION-SIGNATURE drive was launched Sunday to mark AntiCorruption Day, asking Malacaang to lead the ght to clean the air while the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority vows to support the Aquino administrations good governance cause. Philippine Medical Association president Leo Olarte signied solidarity with Kaisa sa Kalikasan at Kalusugan to promote wellness in Metro Manila. We are hoping that if our President can join our ght, then we can make possible what many perceive as impossible, he said. It is important that our people should know that the major factor blocking the efforts to clean Metro Manilas life threatening air pollution is basically the rampant corruption happening in the enforcement of the Clean Act of 1999 which is the law that was enacted to safeguard air quality in the country. Olarte said nonappearance motor vehicle testing and kotong among some anti-smoke belching units have weakened the measure. Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA head, said the agency has always been in the frontline of the governments drive to get rid of misfits. We are open for public scrutiny 24 hours a day, he said, noting transparency in all transactions. Before his appointment to TESDA, Villanueva served for three terms in the House of Representatives as representative of the Citizens Battle Against Corruption. Transparency International last week released its 2012 Corruption Index with the Philippines at 105th place, up from its 129th rank last year. Ambassador Rsalinda Tiron, president of TI-Philippines, released the results in a function at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus. There is still much to be done, she said, noting the importance of the Freedom of Information measure. I hope that the bill will be passed soon. The proposed law requires government offices to disclose information on tranactions and other matters of public interest. Macon Araneta, Gigi David and Jonathan Fernandez

Wellness drive. Paraaque City Councilor Benjo Bernabe opens ZUMBA For A Cause: Dance
Against HIV at SM City Suc at in Barangay Dionisio. Organized by the Social Hygiene Clinic led by Dr. Karen Galvan under the supervision of the City Health Ofce headed by Dr. Olga Virtusio and the Ofce of Councilor Bernabe, the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program is a key thrust of the administration of Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr.

Foundation backs education in Cavite

GEN. TRIAS-SM Development Corp. turned over to Mayor Luis Ferrer IV and Cavite 6th district Rep. Antonio Ferrer a schoolbuilding through SM Foundation. SMDC vice president Jose Gabionza, Lynn Sy of Summerhills Homes Development and Debbie Sy, SM Foundation executive director, presented the 2-classroom building in Pasong Kawayan I in rites attended by Department of Education, Principal Alicia Cupino and other ofcials. The additional classrooms to house 622 elementary pupils from K-6 means that Grade 2 pupils will no longer go on twoshifts, Cupino said. The foundation and Children International donated computers and textbooks, respectively, to complement the schools full facilities. The Manggahan Elementary School, also in Gen. Trias, is the second schoolhouse put up by SM Developmnent and the foundation. At least 105 Special Education pupils are being handled among the schools 1,400 students by ve special teachers along with Principal Dr. Helen Mendoza PhD, following SPED upgrade programs in Davao and other venues. She lauded the donation as timely as the enrollment has grown by leaps and bounds, growing from a satellite school of the Buenavista Elementary School, servicing the educational needs of the entire barangay. Another schoolhouse at Pasong Kawayan 11 Elementary School in Pamayanang Maliksi has 793 pupils in eight and 89 in kindergarten.

Protest. Rallyists
marching to the US Embassy face a police barrier during a demonstration against Oplan Bayanihan which the demonstrations claim is being used to silence critics of the administration. DANNY PATA

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podium in this annual competition. On the other hand, Matikas completed a turnaround at the longer Camp John Hay course as it shot a nal round 122 and 464 aggregate to beat Royal Northwoods by seven shots. I feel honored to be nally part of a champion team in the prestigious Fil-Am golf tournament. I will treasure this for the rest of my life, said the retired general Alex Ignacio, who counted with 27. The team was led by Jung Soo Park, who scored 33 for Matikas, Thirdy Escano and Erwin Temena had a pair of 31. Allan Pasion, Matikas rookie team captain said: I credit our victory to

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Filipino athletes win Forest Hills bags Fil-Champ; Matikas is Am king tennis, sepak openers
GENERAL Santos CityThe Philippines kicked off its promising campaign in the 7th BIMPEaga Friendship Games yesterday with opening-day victories in tennis and sepak takraw. Mindanaos Precean Rivera and Jenni Celine Dizon set up an all-Filipino nale in girls singles, while Puerto Princesas Mil Joseph Apdon, Jeferd Rugay and Kaiko Ravina toppled Team Mindanao, 3-1, in the preliminary round of the mens regu competition. Rivera, a 16-year-old campaigner from Tupi, South Cotabato, was in full control against Joanne Chong of Sabah, Malaysia for a 6-2, 6-1 triumph in the seminals, just moments after the 15-year-old Dizon from Ateneo de Davao registered an equally easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Janice Chong of Sabah. ``Maganda ang chance ko sa nals. Medyo kulang pa kasi sa skill at stamina ang kalaban, said Rivera, who made it to the semis after pulling off a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Khrizzele Rivera of Puerto Princesa in the second round. In the boys singles, Rubylito Saga of Mindanao demolished Bruneis Ak Md Rauddudin Izzul Islam, 6-1, 6-1, under intense heat at the GenSan City Court. Stefan Walter Alex later defeated Sarawaks Mohamad Zaki Pauzi, 6-4, 7-6 to set up a seminal clash with Saga in the fournation event backed by Dunlop/ Slazenger tennis balls, Marathon Sepak Takraw Equipment, Pacman Pambansang Tubig and SM City General Santos. Competition in all venues temporarily ceased by midday, allowing athletes and ofcials to witness the Manny PacquiaoJuan Manuel Marquez ght on television, which was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The trio of Apdon, Rugay and Ravina seized the rst two sets, 17-16, 16-4, but allowed Mindanaos Romel Moriones, Bille Villanueva and Alfred Erecito to steal the third, 15-12, before Puerto Princesa nished it off, 15-12, in the next set. BAGUIO CITYForest Hills won the Fil-Championship title, even as Matikas stunned the eld with its breakthrough victory in the Am Championship Division of the 63rd Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament at the Baguio Country Club and Camp John Hay golf courses, respectively. With the pair of 30s from Jin Ho Kim and Edsel Tan, Forest Hills saved the best for last as it had the days best score of 114 for the teams 479 and a two-shot victory over the deposed champion. In Jae Kim and Edgar Lee added 29 and 25 for the team, which had been in the sidelights for several years and nally made it to the top team work. Everybody contributed his own share in this momentous triumph. I am so blessed because this is my rst time to captain a team in the famous Fil-Am Golf championship. I thank God for this gift. Forest Hills started nal round at third, ve points behind three-day leader AAV-Ventureslink-Robros and two off the Mizuno Superstars. But the erstwhile leader faltered against Forest Hills and Mizuno. The former pro Raymund Sangil had a 28, to back Vince Lauron and King Stehmeiers 29, while Rodel Mangulabnan added 27 for the teams supposed 113 points and 479 total. But the penalty cost the team two points when Sangil putted af-

ter a bogey at the fth hole after their nal score went down to 472. It could even be a more exciting nale as the fth men, Raffy Garcia for Forest Hills and Ace Stehmeier for Mizuno, both scored 22 points. The winner will be determined by the nal scores of the two tied teams. Forest Hills, however, will still win with its higher nal- day score of 114 against the 113 of Mizuno, said tournament co-chairman Shin Paul Chan. But it was the second mistake of Sangil after failing to recheck his score the third day when he registered a 24 instead of 25 that could have cut the lead of AAV-Ventureslink to only three and a two-point lead on Forest Hills.

Hagdang Bato takes Presidential Gold Cup

NAIC, CaviteLiving up to his lofty billing, Hagdang Bato ruled the 40th Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce Presidential Gold Cup over six others yesterday to become only the fth horse to win the prestigious event and the Triple Crown in the same year.
Handled by veteran Jonathan Hernandez, trained by Ruben Tupaz and owned by Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos, Hagdang Bato took the lead from the Jesse Guce-ridden Magna Carta after only 250 meters and went on to win pulling away at the Santa Ana Park here. The 3-year-old son of Quaker Ridge and Fire Down Under clocked 2 minutes and 9 seconds for the 2000-meter race, nishing some ve lengths in front of Tensile Strength who rallied in the last 150 meters to salvage runnerup honors over Magna Carta. The win was worth P4 million, including a P1-m bonus from the PCSO for Hagdang Bato, whose another big claim to fame came in July when he swept the Triple Crown to become only the ninth galloper to do so. In winning this one, Hagdang Bato joined Fair and Square (1981), Skywalker (1983), Time Master (1987) and Sun Dancer (1989) in the ranks of horses to capture the Triple Crown and the Gold Cup at the same year. We were condent that he had a good shot at the title, but we didnt expect him to win this easily,said an elated Abalos, who watched the action inside the track. Hagdang Bato clinched his seventh stakes win in the season thats coming to an end in a highly-successful campaign that assured him of the horse of the year award from the Philippine Sportswriters Association. With the P4-m windfall, Hagdang Bato raised his earnings this year alone to almost P15 million as he became the rst horse to earn that much in a single year. It was a trouble-free race for Hagdang Bato, who left Magna Carta struggling in his wake as they left the far turn.By the time he turned for home, the champion horse was already about three lengths in front of Magna Carta and ve ahead of the rallying Tensile Strength. Cinderella Kid (Fernando Racquel) nished fourth, Chevrome (John Alvin Guce) fth, Steel Creation (Mark Alvarez) sixth and Pleasantly Perfect (Pattie Dilema) seventh and last in the race that was launched in 1973.

Bulls end NY Knicks 5-game win streak

CHICAGOLeave it to Tom Thibodeaus vaunted defense to crash the Knicks 3-point party. Marco Belinelli and Luol Deng scored 22 points apiece as the Chicago Bulls beat the Knicks 93-85 on Saturday night, snapping New Yorks ve-game winning streak. Belinelli matched a career high by playing 45 minutes and sparked the Bulls at the outset with 15 points in the rst quarter. Deng led the way at the end, getting 10 points in the fourth. I played a lot of minutes, Belinelli said. We played great on offense and defense. ... Thats the way weve got to play. Deng played 46:34 in the game, helping the Bulls (11-8) to their rst three-game winning streak of the season. You just keep focusing in on getting a win, Deng said. While the game is going on, you do not feel fatigue. Raymond Felton led the Knicks with 27 points, matching his season high set on Thursday in a victory at Miami. However, Felton was just 9 for 30 from the eld, exceeding his career high for eld-goal attempts by six shots. They took the 3s away, took my 3s away off the screen-androll, then they attacked the big (men), Felton said. Thats why I took so many shots today. I normally dont take that many shots. Probably havent taken 30 since high school. Tyson Chandler had 14 points and 18 rebounds for the Knicks, who shot a season-low 32.1 percent from the oor and matched a season high with 15 turnovers. It was also a seasonlow point total for New York (14-5). You have to give them credit, they played great defense coming down the stretch run, Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. I thought they made the hustle plays that they needed to make in order to win the game, and we didnt. New York, which averaged 13 makes and 33 attempts on 3s during its win streak, was held to 8 for 21 against Chicago, which has allowed the fewest 3-pointers in the league. Aint nothing they did that was so special, they just took away the 3s, Felton said. I got inside the paint like I wanted to, but at the same time, they took away the 3s and didnt let us get good shots. Carlos Boozer had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago. One night after putting up career highs of 30 points and 23 rebounds in a win at Detroit, Noah just missed an odd tripledouble, getting 10 points and 11 rebounds and committing a career-worst nine turnovers. AP

Free practice day. Riders participate during the free practice a day offered by the 9th Yamaha ASEAN Cup Race, participated in by 43 riders from the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Malaysia at the SM Sta. Rosa parking lot. EY ACASIO

Jackes seeks Asian karting title to complete Triple Crown feat

TUASON Racing School protg Flynn Jackes seeks a successful nale to his quest for the Triple Crown as he joins the Philippine Karting delegation ying to Indonesia to vie for the titles in the last two rounds of the 2012 Asian Karting Open Championships set Dec. 15 and 16 at the Sentul International Racetrack. The nine-year-old Fil-Aussie, who emerged the Mini-ROK champion in both the 2012 CocaCola Karting Super Series and the three-leg Mini-ROK Cup, needs the Asian Karting MiniROK crown to complete his Triple Crown journey for Tuason Racing-Castrol Team powered by Castrol, Bridgestone, Standard Insurance, C!Magazine, OMP, Coke Zero, Oakley, Aguila and Toptul. If he makes it, he will not just bring back the Asian Mini-ROK crown, which the Philippines last won in 2009, he will also go down in Philippine motorsports history as the rst karter to achieve a Triple Crown by winning three karting titles in three separate series all in one season. But this could be the toughest battle for Flynn since the Indonesians have the home-court advantage in these last two rounds. He currently leads the point standings for the Asian Mini-ROK crown with a total of 97 points, a precarious three-point lead over secondrunning Indonesian rival Keanon Santoso who had 94 points. Moreover, two other Indonesians Barichello Noor and Darryl Wenas are just right behind with 85 and 84 points, respectively, and may gang up on him to spoil his title bid. But with his extensive training under the Tuason Racing School Race Career Management Program, TRS Founder and President JP Tuason believes that Jackes could survive all odds to win. We saw that distinct dedication and determination from Flynn, who immediately went back to training after the nale of the local series. And I dont think that he will just let his dream for a Triple Crown go down the drain as he already invested a lot of hard work and sacrice in capturing his back-to-back Mini-ROK titles this season, said Tuason. We told Flynn to just focus on winning the Asian MiniROK plum against the Indonesians as well make sure that no stone will be left unturned in the preparations for his machine, he added.

Watson keen to captain US Ryder team in 2014

SYDNEYTom Watson says hed consider captaining the U.S. team at the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland, 21 years after his rst successful effort. The 63-year-old Watson said Sunday at the Australian Open that he hadnt been approached, but that it would be a privilege to take over from Davis Love III. Watson says It would be a great honor if I got tapped on the shoulder ... 93 was the last time Ive been to a Ryder Cup. Id like to go back as captain. That would be cool. Watson played on Ryder Cup teams in 1977, 1981, 1983 and 1989 and successfully captained the Americans to victory over Europe at The Belfry in England in 1993. Europe won the Ryder Cup this year at Medinah with an improbable last-day comeback. AP

When defense is as alien as E.T.

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IT came with the suddenness of an earthquake. That, simply, was what happened to Manny Pacquiao yesterday in Las Vegas. I was not surprised. Whenever two boxers engage in a toe-to-toe combat, chances are big that either one of them will fall. Knockout. Unfortunately, it was Pacquiao who fell. Knockout. Not Juan Manuel Marquez. It is universal in boxing that every ghter has a knockout punch. When it will come, though, is oftentimes the most elusive thing to predict. Marquezs KO shot came exactly when it wasnt expected; mostly, it happens through a lucky punch. This is not to belittle Marquezs sixth-round KO victory yesterday

over Pacquiao. Like Pacquiao, Marquez packs power. How to land that killer punch has always been also the universal question each time both great, durable ghters meet. Now, as I said, when two powerful combatants decide to mix it up a la telephone booth brawl, one of them will surely be hit by a haymaker. In short, when all offense dictates a ght, defense is as alien as E.T. Pacquiao had no defense in the last 10 seconds of Round 6 yesterday. So with Marquez. One lucky enough could land the haymaker that will win it as proven by Marquez when his overhead right hit and attacking Pacquiao smack in the face. So powerfully exact on the dot was the Mexican Dynamites blast that PacMan fell like a chopped log, the impact of the blow creating a thud so loud everybody at

ringside watched in horror at the bizarre result. Anxiety was written all over the faces of those who saw Pacquiao fall face rst; as he lay almost motionless on the canvas, people panicked. Jinkee, Pacquiaos wife, wept unabashedly at the sight, desperately trying to climb up the ring herself and check on her hubbys condition. Thank, God, Pacquiao would soon regain his bearings and assured everybody, I am all right. Still, he was taken to the hospital for precautionary tests. Immediately, the nation described Pacquiaos knockout loss as the second tragedy to strike us in two successive weeks, adding the loss of hundreds of lives caused by typhoon Pablo last week in Mindanaonot to mention more than 500 more listed as missing in the Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and Surigao. But even as Pacquiao absorbed

his only knockout loss since 1998, a fth ght with Marquez was quickly oated after the ght with no less than chief PacquiaoMarquez promoter Bob Arum not discounting the possibility. When it happens, it could be dull, boring, and not worth watching anymore, you might say? Uh-oh. Think again, fellers. Suckers teem in boxing. Besides, ask the dude seated next to you. Hed tell you Pacquiao merely lost on a lucky punch. * * * ALL IN. Top guns at the Baguio Country Club, led by GM Anthony de Leon, Resident Manager Shin Paul Chan and Assistant Recreations Manager Roanne G. Galicia wish to thank the following for their invaluable services during the 63rd Fil-Am Invitational Golf: OJTs Julie Ann N. De Guzman, Jojie M. De Guzman and Donabel R. Oribado (Hospitality and Tourism Management

at Panpacic University North PhilippinesUrdaneta City, Pangasinan); Marvin C. Rivera and Domingo Q. Rico (University of Baguios School of International Hospitality and Tourism Management); Anne Jerimae D. Estacio, Mark Lester B. Guevarra and Racel Rose C. Romero (University of Sto. Tomass College of Tourism and Hospitality Management); and audio technical expert Wilzor Chino L. Cortes of Baguio Citys famous Audio EnhanceCongrats to Matikas for its stunning victory in the Am championship of the Fil-Am Golf. Team work did it, said Allan Pasion, the cheerful captain in his rookie stint in the fabled event. My feeling is indescribable right now. This is Gods gift to us. Pasions victorious wards included Erwin Temena, Jung Soo Park, Rading Decepida, Gen. Alex Ignacio and Nike/Everlast owner Thirdy Escano. Cheers!

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SOUTHPAW Michael Farenas survived knockdowns in Rounds 2 and 7 against undefeated Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa in a World Boxing Association super featherweight interim title on the Manny PacquiaoJuan Manuel Marquez undercard, but undefeated Mercito Gesta was a bitter disappointment, losing a lopsided 12-round decision to International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez of Mexico. Filipinos gained some consolation when Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. pulverized Mexicos Jesus Lule Raya and dropped him with a devastating counter right hook, with the referee not even bothering to count.

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Fareas gives Gamboa a scare

The son of former two-division world champion Dodie Boy Penalosa Sr. remained unbeaten with his 10th straight knockout in the same number of ghts, while in another eight-round featherweight bout, Ernie Sanchez scored a unanimous decision over Coy Evans by margins of 78-73, 78-74 and 78-73 after rebounding from a near nish in Round 2. Former featherweight champion Gamboa, who was coming back after a long 15-month layoff, out-boxed the game Farenas using his hand-speed and quick footwork to befuddle the protg of former two-division world champion Penalosa. But Farenas kept pressing forward and was rewarded when he cracked and dropped Gamboa with a stunning counter left hook in the midst of a urry of punches from the Cuban in Round 9. Despite hurting Gamboa on a couple of other occasions, Farenas couldnt put him away as he was hampered by a deep cut on his left eyelid and a cut on his right eyebrow caused by accidental head-butts by Gamboa, who used every trick in the book and got away with it from referee Tony Weeks. The lopsided scorecards didnt do justice to Farenas, who won the respect of ght fans and the attention of Gamboa, who prevailed by scores of 117-109, 118-108 and 117-108. Gesta was slow, hardly connected with telling blows and appeared more intent on looking at the giant TV screens rather than on his opponent.

The Philippines Phil Younghusband controls the ball against Singapores Daniel Bennett during the 1st leg of their ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup 2012 seminal match at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The game ended with scoreless draw. AP

Bolts fight Aces in quarterfinals

By Jeric Lopez
MERALCO secured the fourth seeding going into the quarternals after it pulled off an 87-77 mastery of secondseeded San Mig Coffee in the 2013 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena yesterday.
Reynel Hugnatan showed his veteran presence as he was steady all game-long with a near double-double of 15 points and nine rebounds, while Mac Cardona had the same scoring output to spearhead the Bolts. The quarternals will start on Wednesday and the Bolts already have a scheduled game against Alaska, the fth seed, as they play the rst game of their best-of-three affair. The Mixers will play Petron Blaze in the quarternals enjoying a twice-to-beat advantage they earned for being the second seed. The result of this game also completed the nal placings of all the teams. Top seed Talk N Text will goals over the two legs, the team which scores more away goals qualies for the next stage. If this procedure does not produce a result, if both teams score the same number of goals at home and away, two 15-minutes periods of extra time will be played at the end of the second leg. If, during the extra- time, both teams score the same number of goals, away goals count double, the visiting team qualies. If no goals are scored during extra time, the winner shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark. Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic vowed to settle this under more favorable conditions this time around. In general, it was a good game. Rhythm and concentration was missing in the rst half. Because in that period, we should have scored at least one goal, said Avramovic, who together with Azkals coach Hans Michael Weiss talked about their encounter during the post-game press conference at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. By Peter Atencio have its own twice-to-beat incentive against eighthseed Air21, while No. 3 Rain or Shine will be in for a ery best-of-three encounter against No. 6 Barangay Ginebra, also starting on Wednesday. We really wanted to put our spirit to the test. This is the best nish to our young franchise. We really wanted to break barriers and were now ready for the quarternals against Alaska, said Meralco coach Ryan Gregorio. Meralco controlled the game in the second period, where it established multiple eight-point leads, before the Mixers evened things up at 60-apiece at the 2:51 mark of the third frame. However, the Bolts kept their poise and replied with a key 14-3 blast to grab a 74-63 advantage late in the third. Sol Mercado, who is Meralcos leader in points and assists, sprained his right ankle after landing on Jonas Villanuevas foot with just 23.4 seconds left before halftime. However, Mercado was able to gather himself and returned at the start the third period. He continued his solid play by adding 12 points, 10 in the rst half, of his own.

Azkals can advance with just a draw

THE Philippine Azkals can make it to the nals even with just a draw (except a scoreless draw) against the Singapore White Lions. The Azkals played the Lions to a scoreless draw Saturday evening in the opening leg of AFF Suzuki Cup seminals at the Rizal Memorial Stadium pitch in Vito Cruz, Manila. The White Lions will meet the Azkals in the return leg on Wednesday at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore. If the two teams involved in a tied score, the same number of

FEU eleven rips reigning champ UP

JESUS Melliza sent Far Eastern University to a 3-0 win over defending champion University of the Philippines yesterday to stay on the top spot of University Athletic Association of the Philippines mens football competition at the Erenchun eld inside the Ateneo campus. The striker Melliza made two goals in the 19th and 63rd minute, while Eric Giganto added a goal in the 42nd minute mark to deliver the Tamaraw booters to their second win after two games for a leading 6 points. We prepared a lot for this win because were expecting the defending champion to play tougher, said Melliza. Our defense and patience kept us in the game. We are hoping these two victories will inspire us to win this seasons title. In the opener last Dec. 2, FEU routed De La Salle University with a similar 3-0 win. UP, on the other hand, dropped to a 1-1-0 win-lossdraw log with 4 four points. University of Santo Tomas nipped University of the East, 1-0, in the other match to bounce back from a Wednesday (0-1) loss against host Ateneo De Manila University. Returning Patrick ONeal, who was suspended last Wednesday for committing two yellow cards, hit a goal in the 65th minute to improve USTs win-loss-draw card to 2-1-0 for 6 points.

Requiem for a ring icon

By Alejandro del Rosario
THE golden era of Philippine boxing and the seven-year undefeated reign of Manny Pacquiao came to a sudden end last Saturday night. Juan Manuel Marquez shocked the boxing world with a stunning knockout of Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao in the dying second of the sixth round in their quartet at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Marquez also ended Pacquiaos domination of Mexican ghters that earned him the sobriquet, Mexicutioner. Among Pacquiaos Mexican victims were Mexicans Oscar Larios, Barrera, Erik Morales and Antonio Margarito A trip to the canvas is not unfamiliar to Pacquiao. He had been there before when he suffered knockouts early in his career against countryman Rustico Torrecampo and Thai Medgeo Singsuwat. Portents of a shock ending came as early in the third round when Marquez surprised Pacquiao with ramrod right straight to the jaw that sent the Filipino sprawling to the oor. Manny managed to get up and even came back strong in the fourth and fth rounds to bloody the Mexicans mouth and nose. Marquezs face near the end of the sixth round was a crimson mask and Manny looked well on the way to making it a short ght as he wanted. Only it didnt end his way. He got too cocky near the ropes and ran straight into a Marquez right that had all the force of a speeding train. The impact of the collision between Marquezs st and the face of Pacquiao was so forceful. The Filipino lay at on his belly and motionless that referee Ken Bayless didnt bother counting and just waved the ght over in 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Who knows whether the ght would have ended differently if Manny, smelling blood, did not throw caution to the wind. A mere second was the difference between surviving and the Mexican warrior separating Pacquiao from his senses. Lets not dwell on how the ght evolved round by round. The sportswriters and millions of ght fans, who saw it live on pay-per-view TV know that already. Whats in store for Manny Pacquiao? He said at post-ght interviews hes not ready to retire. Will there be a MarquezPacquiao 5? Why not? promoter Bob Arum was quick to answer. The prospects for a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather bout is now even more bleak than before. Even Timothy Bradley, who beat Manny in an upset decision last June at the same venue might want to go against Marquez, instead of giving Pacquiao a return bout. With the Marquez win, the megabuck match-up between Manny and Floyd ew out the window. Floyd waited too long and had too many excuses in dodging Manny. With Mayweather thrashing Marquez completely when they met, the pair wont attract as much interest. It would have the makings of a duel with swords at 10 paces. The Mexican might not want another boxing lesson from Floyd. A Bradley-Marquez bout now looks like a possibility. While Filipinos mourn their ring idols defeat, Marquez will surely return to Mexico as a national hero. They will probably build him a monument bigger that Juarez or Zapata.

Tallam, De Los Santos crowned marathon champs

By Peter Atencio
KENYAN James Tallam and Filipina runner Mary Grace de los Santos came up with excellent nishes and even went beyond their own personal expectations as they retained their titles in the 36th National Milo Marathon on Sunday. The 34-year-old Tallam, who said he spent six months preparing for his title defense back in Kenya, reached the SM Mall of Asia Seaside Drive finish line of the mens open 42-kilometer run in two hours, 26 minutes and 34 seconds. His clocking was one minute and 37 seconds slower than his 2:028.07 last year. He was two minutes and 18 seconds faster than teammate Josphat Too, who settled for second place in 2:28.52, and 2:32 ahead of third placer Alex Melly. I prepared for this race. I only joined two races in Kenya so I expected to do well here, said Tallam, who received the top purse of P300,000, the same purse won by De los Santos. National record holder and multi-titled runner Eduardo Buenavista added a fourth trophy to his name despite nishing fourth overall in this footrace, which reported an overall turnout of 21,388 runners. Buenavista, who lost steam in the last ve kilometers and was overtaken by Too is in the nal two kilometers at the Diosdado Macapagal Ave., settled for local honors in 2:29.45 and earned the P150,000 purse for his effort. Organizers decided to introduce the local category to accommodate foreign participants, who are now joining the annual footrace. The 25-year-old De los Santos got little opposition from both local and foreign runners as she easily took the womens 42-km open title in 2:55.56. De los Santos, who was closely monitored by his coach and Olympian Roy Vence, almost shattered the womens course record and was two minutes and 13 seconds closer, when reached the nish line ahead of twotime champion Jho-an Banayag (2:55:56) and Kenyan Everline Atancha (3:03:39). Banayag holds the best time in the womens division in 2006 in 2:48.16, and De los Santos vows to break it next year.

Participants of the 36th National Milo Marathon answer the starting gun at dawn on Sunday. ZIGFREID PROSPERO

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Ray S. Eano, Editor business@mst.ph Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor; extrastory2000@gmail.com revocation of the casino license granted by state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Go declined to provide additional details on the negotiations. He also did not comment when asked about the nature of the talks and if the Gokongwei Group would be interested in taking over Okadas license if the government decided to cancel it. Share prices of both Robinsons Land and JG Summit Holdings Inc. recently surged on speculations the Gokongwei group would bid for the casino license held by Okada if the Japanese billionaires permit was revoked. Lawmakers are conducting a investigation against Okada on allegations his group bribed Pagcor ofcials to obtain a casino license in the country. Okadas Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc. is one of the four groups that received a license to operate a casino in Pagcors Entertainment City. Okada plans to build a $2-billion world-class, resort-casino complex in Entertainment City. The three others are Travellers International Holdings Inc., a joint venture between Alliance Global Group Inc. and Genting Hong Kong; Bloomberry Resorts Corp. of businessman Enrique Razon Jr.; and Premium Leisure and Amusement Inc. of Belle Corp. Go, meanwhile, said the company would continue to expand its budget hotel business in the country with the opening of three units next year. Robinsons Land currently runs ve hotels under the Go-Hotels brands, all located near the companys shopping malls. Go cited a a big market for the MELCO Crown Entertainment Ltd., a casino venture between billionaire James Packer and a son of gambling tycoon Stanley Ho, will buy a Philippines-listed company as a vehicle for its operations there. Melco Crown, which now has most of its assets in the Chinese city of Macau, will pay P1.26 billion ($30.8 million) for a 93.1 percent stake in Manchester International Holdings Unlimited Corp., according to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange ling Friday. Melco Crown, based in Hong Kong, said it would sell Manchesters operating units back to the existing shareholders, and use the target company to manage and operate its Philippine operations, including the previously announced casino, hotel, retail and

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Gokongwei-Okada talks still on

By Jenniffer B. Austria

ROBINSONS Land Corp., the prop-

Robinsons Land president Frederick Go said negotiations were on despite bribery allegations against Okada that could possibly lead to a

erty unit of the Gokongwei Group, is still in talks with Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada over a casino development project in Pasay City.

hotel business in the Philippines due to increased tourist arrivals. In addition, more local tourists are traveling in several key cities in the country. Go said reservation for the companys residential projects grew 80 percent in the rst two months of its scal year ending September, after the company reorganized the marketing department. Robinsons Land scal year starts October and ends September.

Hos Melco Crown buying Manchester

entertainment project. The American depositary receipts of Melco Crown gained 3.7 percent to $15.35 at 10:42 a.m. in New York on Dec. 7, after rising as much as 4.1 percent following the announcement. Each ADR represents three underlying common shares. The company plans to invest $600 million prior to opening in the Philippine project, which it will build in a joint venture with local companies SM Investments Corp., Belle Corp. and Premium Leisure & Amusement Inc., according to an Oct. 25 ling to Hong Kongs stock exchange. Belle Corp. said in October it nalized an agreement with Melco to jointly develop a $1.3billion casino and entertainment complex in Entertainment City in Pasay City. Bloomberg

Calata-Siembra deal. SiembraDirecta Corp., the local partner of Argentina-based Fimaco SA and JMG SA, signed a P1.6-billion contract

to supply the farm inputs of Calata Corp. Shown (seated, from left) are Octavio Forni, renowned Argentinian agronomist-engineer and Siembra consultant for Philippine projects; Nico Bolzico, Siembra president and founder of agriculture technology rm LM10 Corp. in the country; Joseph Calata, Calata chairman and chief executive; and Vergel Formaran, Calata head for agro-chemical sales. Calata generated gross sales of P2.07 billion in the rst nine months of 2012, up nearly 100 percent from P1.2 billion a year ago.

Globe: BayanTel tender offer 98% complete

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FDC to meet oat
FILINVEST Development Corp., a conglomerate owned by tycoon Andrew Gotianun Sr., will remain listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange, FDC president Josephine Gotianun-Yap said over the weekend. Gotianun-Yap said the company would sell some shares through a private placement before the end of the year to meet the 10-percent public oat requirement of the stock exchange Yes, we will comply, she said. Filinvest, the listed holding company of the Gotianun family, has a public oat of 3.35 percent of end-October. The conglomerate has investments in real estate, banking and sugar businesses. Yap said the company plans a bigger share sale next year to fund expansion into the power sector. Filinvest in 2011 said it would conduct a share sale to widen its public oat as well as to raise funds to increase its unit banks capitalization and nance investment in the infrastructure and utilities, and debt repayment. Jenniffer B. Austria

By Lailany P. Gomez
GLOBE Telecom Inc. said over the weekend it is nearing completion of a tender offer to purchase the restructured debt of Bayan Telecommunications Inc. and unit Radio Communications of the Philippines Inc. Globe chief nancial ofcer Alberto de Larrazabal said preliminary results of the tender offer showed at least 98.2 percent of the aggregate remaining principal of BTI loans had been tendered. About 85.1 percent of the remaining principal of RCPI loans were also tendered and not withdrawn in the offering period. De Larrazabal said of the original outstanding principal of $200 million, the remaining principal amount stood at $184.5 million or $922.391 per $1,000 original principal amount

of the notes. He said despite the overall acceptance level of 94.1 percent, all tenders remained subject to validation by Globe. Globe is very pleased with the preliminary results of its tender offers for the restructured debt of BayanTel and RCPI. Creditors of BayanTel and RCPI have demonstrated overwhelming support for Globes tender offers, De Larrazabal said. He said the terms and conditions provided that if the acceptance level was less than 75 percent, Globe would pay each holder an amount equal to $280 for each $1,000 remaining principal amount of notes. Globe would pay $290 if the acceptance level was equal to or greater than 75 percent but less than 80 percent; $300 if the acceptance level was equal to or greater than 80 percent but less than 85 percent; and $310 if the

acceptance level was equal to or greater than 85 percent. Globe said it would not pay any accrued interest to holders whose notes were accepted in the tender offer. Globe expects the settlement date of both tender offers to take place not later than Dec. 21 this year. Bayan has been covered by a court-supervised rehabilitation since 2003. The current rehabilitation plan anticipates that Bayan and RCPI will remain in rehabilitation until 2023. In the event that the debt offers are completed, Globe intends to apply with the rehabilitation court to amend the terms of the rehabilitation plan in the interest of assuring Bayans long-term sustainability. Globe expects that the debt will remain subject to the jurisdiction of the rehabilitation court after the completion of the debt offers, Globe assistant corporate secretary Marisalve Ciocson-Co said earlier.

Isabela ethanol plant begins output

By Alena Mae S. Flores
GREEN Future Innovations Inc. led by Itochu Corp. and JGC Corp. of Japan is rushing the full operation of the $120-million ethanol and cogeneration facility at the Isabela Ecofuel AgroIndustrial Ecozone, company ofcials said. We are ramping up to full operations, Green Future president and chief executive Reynaldo Bantug told reporters. Bantug said the company started operations on Nov. 15, although the bioethanol plant should be ready to fully operate only by January next year. He said the bioethanol plants production was constrained by the availability of feedstock. What we want to do in the rst year is to extend our season. Our limitation... is our feedstock. We are not yet in our optimum level of sugarcane plantation so we stretch our available feedstock to operate at an efcient level of around 80 percent, which means an operating period for us this crop year to about seven months instead of the projected nine months, Bantug said. He said the bioethanol plant has a rated capacity of 200,000 liters per day but so far production was only around 80 percent of capacity at only seven months of operation. Green Future earlier signed sugarcane growership contracts with 4,000 farmer families in Isabela province. Green Future also developed 11,000 hectares of agricultural lands in at least eight adjoining towns in Isabela including San Mariano, Benito Soliven, and Ilagan for its sugarcane supply requirement. We are focused in getting this operation. Our present plant started and operating at an efcient level. We are greeneld so everything is new even the knowledge of the farmers to sugarcane culture in our area, Bantug said. He said the company could also utilize molasses to increase our capacity utilization. Green Future chief administrative ofcer Alexander Uy, meanwhile, said the company was in talks with the oil companies for a possible supply contract but for now they are selling bioethanol on a spot basis.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Friday December 7, 2012
Indonesia Thailand UAE Euro Korea China India Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan Rupiah Baht Dirham Euro Won Yuan Rupee Ringgit Dollar Dollar 0.000104 0.032637 0.272264 1.297000 0.000923 0.160560 0.018472 0.328299 0.833125 0.034388 0.0043 1.3353 11.1397 53.0668 0.0378 6.5693 0.7558 13.4324 34.0873 1.4070
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BDO Leasing paper

THE Securities and Exchange Commission approved the application of BDO Leasing and Finance Inc. to issue P15 billion worth of short-term commercial paper. BDO Leasing is the nancing and leasing unit of BDO Unibank Inc., the largest lender that is owned by the family of retail tycoon Henry Sy. Documents led with the SEC showed that the paper would mature in one year and carry an interest based on prevailing rates. The commercial paper will be available to the public for a minimum purchase of P300,000. BDO Leasing tapped BDO Capital and Investment Corp. as the exclusive selling agent of the paper. The company plans to use gross proceeds from the paper to repay maturing obligations and for relending purposes. Ratings agency Philippine Ratings Corp. earlier assigned a rating of PRS 2 Minus to the P15billion paper. The rating means the issuer has a strong capability to pay both the principal and interest on the commercial paper. Jenniffer B. Austria

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P584-P695 LPG/11-kg tank

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WITH only three weeks to go before the end of 2012, the local equities market is poised to sustain a record run as investors continue to focus on positive developments in the domestic market, rather than the negative news overseas.
The market has sustained a rally due to lack of negative news and despite warnings by analysts that stocks were ripe for technical correction. If a year-end rally is to materialize, the long-waited for correction may be brief and sudden, if at all, Accord Capital Equities trader Justino Calaycay said. Calaycay said the market should have made a correction after the Philippine Stock Exchange index hit the 5,600point level, the year-end target of most analysts. But the PSEi retreated only once over the last seven trading days, when it posted an 18-point decline Thursday. The stock market expects more positive developments in the local front in the coming weeks, especially on the possible rate cut by the Monetary Board on Dec. 13. The PSEi last week rose 153 points to close at 5,794.20 on Friday, with the daily volume turnover averaging at 3.43 billion shares and the daily value hitting P9.64 billion. AB Capital Securities said gains were seen across the board with noteworthy performances

from some banks, properties and holdings companies. Banking issues continued to soar despite valuations surpassing historical values while property companies are beneting from strong residential and retail sales. We have already seen how fundamental valuations did not hold inuence over the market this past week as share prices have continued to soar. While technical indicators likewise pointed to reaching overbought levels for stocks and the index alike, the current bullish sentiment might continue to propel the PSEi higher, AB Capital said. Analysts, however, do not discount a momentary rest or consolidation after the stock market rose too fast. The PSEi level that we are seeing right now came a few weeks early from the usual month or year-end window dressing, AB Capital said.

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BYOD
WE see it everywhere. The ubiquitous tablet, smart phone, and phablet (phone plus tablet) are now part of the workplace artifact. Employees bring these personally-owned mobile devices REYNALDO C. to their places of work, and using such devices LUGTU JR. to access privileged company resources such as e-mail, databases and other company les, as well as their personal applications such as games and social networking; hence, the term information from being accessed anywhere and BYOD or bring your own device. anytime by employees, as well as to maintain productivity. Opportunities and challenges Left unchecked, BYOD can result to This phenomenon presents vast opportunities data breaches such as an employee losing a for workplace productivity as well as challenges smartphone with condential data stored in the for managing it. One challenge stems from the mobile device that can be retrieved by others. fact that the employee brings his or her life Thats why companies should adopt policies and and play into the workplace, such as social technologies, such as mobile device management networking and games, which may bring down systems, that allow the organization to secure, productivity. monitor, and manage the mobile devices that This is interesting because this is the opposite employees bring in the workplace. of whats happening just a few years back when employees bought their work into their Benets of BYOD homes and personal lives. With the growth of But BYOD presents huge benets to the BlackBerry use among organizations in recent company as well as to the employee themselves. years, employees still work at home and during Companies can realize savings by allowing their personal time by checking and responding these high-priced devices that it would normally to company e-mails, and sending and responding be required to purchase for their employees. to work-related messages twenty-four-byEmployees, moreover, take better care of their seven. personally-owned devices, resulting to its longer Social scientists, in fact, were alarmed with this useful life. trend. In the 2007 study of Catherine Middleton BYOD can also increase productivity within of Ryerson University published in Mobility and the ofce. With employees no longer tied to their Technology in the Workplace, bringing mobile desks, they can enjoy a more exible working work into ones personal time can become the environment, with more collaboration between center of attention when used outside the ofce, individuals and teams. and provide a focal point for discontent among On the personal side, employees can friends and family members. communicate with their family members The author further adds that rather than anytime through their mobile devices. They appreciating the workers presence in the noncan also engage in spurts of play and social work environment, attention is focused on the networking in between work, which, according absences created when the worker engages to studies, can enhance creativity, and more with his or her job through a mobile device. productive work. The conclusion of pundits during these times These are the times when work, life and play was that bringing work into ones personal life fuses with each other and blurs boundaries affects work-life balance; hence, detrimental to among them. That is why BYOD is here to ones well-being. stay.

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Growing acceptance But nowadays, mobile-work at home is an accepted arrangement by employees and their family members, as it has become the norm for many organizations and companies to stay competitive in the marketplace. Family members of employees have learned to cope with the demands of mobile work. Now, with the growing adoption and acceptance of BYOD in the workplace, the concern has shifted to company executives and managers who need to protect sensitive company

Reynaldo C. Lugtu Jr. teaches strategy, management, and marketing courses in the MBA Program of De La Salle Universitys Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business. He may be e-mailed at rlugtu2002@yahoo. com, or visit his blog at http://rlugtu.blogspot. com. The views expressed above are the authors and do not necessarily reect the ofcial position of De La Salle University, its faculty, and administrators.

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WEEKLY MOST TRADED

STOCKS PLDT Common SM Prime Holdings Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Metrobank Ayala Land `B Megaworld Corp. Ayala Corp `A Mla. Elect. Co `A SM Investments Inc. Alliance Global Inc.

VALUE 3,400,385,860.00 3,012,157,642.00 2,274,366,822.00 2,135,414,726.00 2,031,466,555.00 1,779,927,920.00 1,544,823,979.00 1,458,624,190.00 1,409,480,755.00 1,335,218,786.00

Abra Mining Apex `A Apex `B Atlas Cons. `A Atok-Big Wedge `A Basic Energy Corp. Benguet Corp `A Benguet Corp `B Century Peak Metals Hldgs Coal Asia Dizon Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. Lepanto `A Lepanto `B Manila Mining `A Manila Mining `B Nickelasia Nihao Mineral Resources Omico Oriental Peninsula Res. Oriental Pet. `A Oriental Pet. `B Petroenergy Res. Corp. Philex `A PhilexPetroleum Philodrill Corp. `A Semirara Corp. United Paragon 2GO Group P ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. Ayala Corp. Pref `A First Gen F First Gen G First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. GMA Holdings Inc. PCOR-Preferred SMC Preferred A SMC Preferred B SMC Preferred C SMPFC Preferred Swift Pref

Megaworld Corp. Warrants Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 Makati Fin. Corp.

M S T
DECEMBER 3-7, 2012 CLOSE VOLUME
76.75 95.25 0.70 55.80 1.93 19.00 20.05 28.25 10.78 0.75 89 2.65 480.00 21.4 101.50 1.71 74.00 88.00 88.95 412 57.45 165.2 990.00 114.00 2.26 37.1 6.85 2.12 27.8 1.30 18.1 69.80 4.8 103 65.00 3.06 17.3 6.85 9.70 1.81 9.90 23 91.95 17.20 0.0240 13.26 3.93 0.650 109.20 10.48 48.00 1.82 12.88 1.57 16.46 16.46 32.6 3.9 16.320 262.40 7.80 5.76 10.40 11.80 9.24 4.14 3.3 2.6 4.84 34.10 108.60 240 1.50 1.8 0.152 1.80 1.11 81.45 1.29 1.05 8.00 1.57

EEKLY

STOCKS REVIEW
VALUE
FINANCIAL
2,274,366,822.00 1,046,714,325.00 247,500.00 33,519,731.50 623,680.00 161,500.00 6,171,015.00 305,761,980.00 49,798 73,320.00 278,400.00 791,620.00 523,960.00 303,635.00 2,135,414,726.00 2,659,690.00 3,700.00 645,336,025.50 21,938.00 82,051,196.00 182,011,818.00 460,954,532.00 1,580,550.00 55,147,790.00 2,148,310.00 1,035,078,200.00 1,888,004.00 45,579,390.00 8,340.00 3,317,290.00 1,412,244.00 67,781.00 4,800.00 1,030.00 72,794.00 6,731,330.00 6,814,242.00 1,105,230,946.00 57,842,608.00 178,680.00 103,220.00 311,380,835.00 209,666,031.50 709,044.00 62,254,700.00 50,407,054.00 233,100.00 80,440.00 283,501,384.00 291,107,900.00 207,200.00 568,280.00 57,689,760.00 18,840.00 19,180,732.00 43,224,594.00 309,102,965.00 179,040.00 13,073,172.00 1,458,624,190.00 243,041.00 120,387,949.00 290,285,418.00 40,680.00 11,587,058.00 15,853,590.00 508,420.00 7,800.00 393,861,248.00 8,451,410.00 287,852,478.00 65,589,424.00 2,525,670.00 390,080.00 2,521,980.00 941,570.00 20,254,890.00 712,389,071.00 35,130,070.00 11,328,540.00 551,220.00 14,137,920.00 71.45 89.00 0.70 55.30 2.00 20.15 26.9 18,981,610 7,747,480 580,000 409,590 25,000 665,000 7,321,700

NOVEMBER 26-29, 2012 CLOSE VOLUME VALUE

1,340,814,361.00 723,805,849.00 406,200.00 22,424,775.00 50,020.00 13,340,305.00 200,332,695.00

30,955,660 11,044,030 350,000 602,210 314,000 8,500 307,100 10,973,200 2,530 96,000 3,210 289,000 1,090 14,200 21,422,730 1,560,000 50 7,423,650 250 202,070 3,246,120.00 2,809,230 1,590 484,120 953,000

0.82 85 2.78 485.00 21.35 99.80 1.7 72.00 88.50 88.90 389 55.4 163.9 995.00 111.90 2.23 35.45 6.99 2.18 27.9 1.30 19 4.08

194,000 340 34,000 830 42,400 8,500,200 606,000 2,000 9,349,760 1,230 41,330 2,428,510.00 2,876,590 3,775 1,463,540 1,812,000 15,808,000 517,600 23,586,000 3,800 4,349,000 58,400 92,000 80 2,072,000 458,300 77,973,900 8,673,600 30,000

158,790.00 28,934.00 91,730.00 400,350.00 904,440.00 838,188,874.50 1,030,800.00 144,000.00 815,763,095.50 105,171.00 16,078,942.00 134,075,605.50 469,430,555.00 3,785,005.00 163,961,451.00 3,988,480.00 555,240,300.00 3,573,512.00 51,456,810.00 101,160.00 5,733,780.00 1,082,467.00 401,230.00 4,000.00 6,327,210.00 6,986,828.00 551,035,375.00 79,002,425.00 53,990.00 256,877,485.00 411,323,975.50 275,718.00 27,363,200.00 13,013,016.00 864,810.00 789,080.00 216,972,440.00 55,515,382.00 40,830.00 1,192,930.00 95,157,676.00 3,220.00 3,024,159.00 1,405,201.00 631,213,040.00 48,110.00 45,019,122.00 3,405,203,660.00 381,055.00 48,779,627.00 418,628,946.00 245,210.00 8,507,091.00 32,144,750.00 31,000.00 478,900.00 6,409,750.00 169,381,632.00 14,683,916.00 1,414,570.00 96,260.00 1,617,180.00 879,590.00 36,160,280.00 365,466,781.00 10,105,960.00 8,567,990.00 259,780.00 40,531,440.00

28,267,700 283,600 21,510,000 300 2,551,000 78,400 1,010 1,000 10 1,120 2,192,000 402,600 159,612,700 6,128,800 99,000 11,300 13,580,300 2,277,750 40,800 2,628,400,000 3,772,300 59,000 123,000 2,644,590 28,438,700 4,700 305,000 4,449,000 12,000 3,858,600 3,606,300 9,605,200 45,000 796,500 5,485,650 30,800 21,090,900 27,850,700 3,500 4,571,634 3,850,000 155,000 3,000 82,906,600 248,400 2,649,910 272,610 1,721,000 219,000 16,170,000 526,000 18,117,000 8,938,670 27,052,000 10,321,000 68,500 8,653,000

INDUSTRIAL

50.00 3.08 15.28 7.06 9.35 1.80

23 92 17.50 0.0240 13.48 3.93 0.640 104.50 9.8 46.00 1.91 13.06 1.61 5.48 5.88 32.75 3.2 16.100 262.00 8.20 5.37 10.60 10.70 9.01 4.12 2.5 4.78 34.00 109.00 243 1.61 1.75 0.155 1.85 1.12 77.00 1.25 1.1 8.10 1.67

10,911,800 4,383,540 15,800 1,187,800,000 967,100 220,000 1,271,000 2,059,980 5,878,900 900 616,000 7,186,800 2,000 522,400 239,600 19,594,000 15,000 2,904,300 13,024,810 45,900 9,047,400 39,680,200 22,700 941,400 7,871,000 12,000 100,000 188,400 1,554,750 60,020 867,000 55,000 10,390,000 466,000 32,658,000 4,646,790 8,232,000 7,634,000 32,200 23,679,000

0.67 51.80 0.1420 16.26 2.07 5.70 4.00 1 1.1 520 53.95 2.9 3 4.82 650 6.42 37.50 6.85 6.38 0.97 0.400 1.73 4.54 6.16 6.05 0.0460 1.300 0.550 2.6 1.85 0.305 868.00 2.00 1.12 0.2500 0.3150 0.330

20,253,000 12,515,620 1,809,040,000 82,791,600 459,000 4,280,400 539,000 732,000 515,000 3,080,010 9,497,410 262,000 13,000 5,921,000 1,398,080 742,200 10,299,000 90,700 14,099,300 12,309,000 2,380,000 4,241,100 166,194,000 7,342,800 23,500 8,800,000 168,000 4,547,000 19,000 56,000 17,170,000 1,650,110 3,366,000 269,000 560,000 10,700,000 10,140,000

HOLDING FIRMS

13,407,470.00 645,490,444.00 259,735,780.00 1,335,218,786.00 939,100.00 23,632,111.00 2,184,690.00 736,510.00 553,460.00 1,544,823,979.00 516,033,477.00 736,150.00 37,800.00 28,710,680.00 842,706,930.00 4,764,069.00 375,594,930.00 704,241.00 89,916,800.00 12,110,540.00 950,500.00 9,342,820.00 744,603,540.00 45,942,128.00 133,745.00 397,400.00 186,670.00 2,522,120.00 46,900.00 100,630.00 5,390,650.00 1,409,480,755.00 6,630,530.00 291,620.00 141,550.00 3,312,250.00 3,443,900.00

0.68 49.30 0.1400 16.30 2.06 5.10 4.19 1.06 1.19 481.2 54.80 2.8

15,727,000 5,691,500 3,174,290,000 51,137,300 510,000 271,800 283,000 914,000 618,000 2,793,340 14,019,820 28,000 10,416,000 2,170,210 614,300 8,579,400 19,000 28,902,600 25,732,000 100,000 2,464,000 156,100,000 6,116,600 25,600 12,700,000 58,000 616,000 58,000 112,000 12,280,000 1,937,300 2,770,000 833,000 1,780,000 8,020,000 3,030,000

10,648,690.00 279,212,225.00 439,099,130.00 832,355,268.00 1,048,870.00 1,357,199.00 1,212,390.00 941,930.00 662,800.00 1,350,606,060.00 760,924,422.00 77,400.00 47,977,180.00 1,301,803,045.00 3,673,241.00 314,208,490.00 133,097.00 187,530,182.00 26,012,570.00 40,000.00 4,535,010.00 686,677,340.00 37,131,143.00 144,724.00 571,300.00 68,360.00 341,520.00 136,750.00 200,640.00 3,824,000.00 1,644,252,080.00 5,225,640.00 923,970.00 462,500.00 2,482,350.00 1,048,550.00

4.60 596 6.20 35.90 6.95 6.25 1.01 0.400 1.84 4.36 6.35 5.66 0.0460 1.200 0.550 2.4 1.78 0.310 877.00 1.88 1.09 0.2550 0.3000 0.340

17.02 3.00 0.730 0.177 24.50 5 4.18 1.43 2.30 1.13 0.067 0.80 1.090 2.85 0.355 2.00 1.58 2.00 1.19 2.79 0.1610 0.7700 0.450 25.00 2.99 20.90 2.85 2.95 6.00 15.76 0.7 3.98 0.550 5.100

50,400 1,384,000 1,256,000 30,000 84,189,100 46,447,900 832,000 17,328,000 472,000 654,000 560,000 8,261,000 1,022,928,000 3,957,000 36,370,000 140,442,000 272,811,000 2,000 7,263,000 657,144,000 7,330,000 43,031,000 770,000 9,900 20,000 28,960,900 1,417,000 1,470,000 6,885,200 186,413,800 1,903,000 174,000 12,462,000 66,745,100

PROPERTY

858,616.00 4,188,650.00 911,310.00 5,310.00 2,031,466,555.00 233,256,119.00 3,491,370.00 24,590,360.00 1,067,430.00 719,260.00 36,640.00 6,589,380.00 1,058,696,500.00 11,856,930.00 10,500,150.00 280,337,510.00 434,319,870.00 4,000.00 8,458,460.00 1,779,927,920.00 1,159,740.00 33,879,470.00 344,900.00 247,500.00 49,920.00 580,753,543.00 4,081,360.00 4,404,640.00 40,787,773.00 3,012,157,642.00 1,316,050.00 656,770.00 7,312,010.00 338,611,921.00

17.00 3.08 0.690 0.177 24.00 5.09 4.45 1.38 2.29 1.09 0.061 0.81 0.970 2.90 0.340 1.83 1.51 1.80 1.11 2.51 0.1580 0.7400 0.455 2.90 19.00 2.92 2.90 5.79 15.56 0.66 3.64 0.540 5.000

6,200 13,137,000 1,651,000 100,000 44,419,400 10,377,700 179,000 95,557,000 51,000 2,000 9,280,000 7,981,000 93,489,000 179,000 21,640,000 8,114,000 114,083,000 10,000 872,000 200,534,000 12,820,000 71,411,000 980,000 1,000 8,646,400 1,237,000 372,100 12,492,500 115,963,400 1,087,000 144,000 1,670,000 40,051,300

104,464.00 39,534,350.00 1,163,410.00 17,700.00 1,036,476,250.00 52,854,500.00 803,120.00 133,897,970.00 109,030.00 2,180.00 634,490.00 6,426,020.00 91,063,400.00 519,640.00 7,652,250.00 14,944,760.00 177,263,350.00 18,500.00 979,140.00 497,486,550.00 2,056,150.00 55,358,810.00 473,850.00 2,900.00 163,422,076.00 3,663,940.00 1,122,780.00 73,274,910.00 1,706,230,616.00 708,100.00 524,310.00 901,800.00 201,982,430.00 352,770.00 62,358,310.00 701,990.00 8,894,110.00 301,920.00 25,200.00 275,462,370.00 27,806,350.00 31,094,878.00 86,034,652.00 170,330.00 2,226,109.00 1,991,350.00 323,613,435.00 24,658,884.00 570,975,430.00 204,000.00 153,127,918.00 3,362,780.00 10,315,000.00 42,809,870.00 9,600.00 102,080.00 17,366,687.00 628,760.00 1,680.00 305,940.00 20,400.00 5,562,790.00 44,460.00 2,430,740.00 1,810,184 69,704,710.00 23,824,485.00 943,840.00 534,244,824.00 1,918,018,410.00 1,530,000.00 518,370,655.00 376,537,110.00 458,611.00 278,610.00 543,500.00 290,370.00

1.81 33.8 1.26 0.670 9.6 28 13.50 0.1500 5.84 62.80 12.4 4.60 1080 19 1142.00 8.74 71.2 0.380 5.10 32.5 8.5 2.75 0.028 0.6 0.0460 2.3300 7.89 2.45 1.31 2.71 0.64 2.67 6.00 13.9 5.00 3.1 9.5 76.10 13.14 2648.00 0.330 32.60 1.13 4.01 2.09 0.410 1.180 0.0058 4.51 4.45 17.50 24.00 0.275 19 19 0.91 1.06 14.86 0.51 0.940 0.990 0.0600 0.0590 16.08 4.8 0.5900 3.120 0.0200 0.0210 5.90 13.30 26.95 0.039 220.20 0.0180

109,000 1,212,600 403,000 35,577,000 373,000 400 41,280,700 148,920,000 5,615,800 2,009,810 45,900 1,946,500 335 8,400 386,820 3,386,200 7,408,320 270,000 1,900 1,000 5,097,100 1,344,000 3,038,000,000 35,902,000 200,000 143,000 5,992,700 7,000 2,000 13,000 1,180,000 1,405,000 7,100 68,250 422,100 12,280,000 110,200 10,258,300 15,768,100 1,308,010 3,620,000 9,759,800 403,772,000 32,000 59,500 2,170,000 404,000

SERVICES

211,710.00 39,826,210.00 505,680.00 24,037,060.00 3,599,560.00 11,200.00 574,577,000.00 22,736,290.00 33,332,726.00 126,264,828.50 529,934.00 9,151,291.00 352,950.00 159,590.00 437,289,425.00 29,795,442.00 526,248,033.00 103,950.00 9,690 32,500 43,533,011.00 3,552,650.00 92,339,900.00 22,891,790.00 9,200.00 340,780.00 48,507,106.00 16,910.00 2,980.00 35,230.00 772,140.00 3,768,650.00 42,600.00 2,827,080.00 2,113,553 38,900,440.00 9,596,512.00 750,263,000.00 211,195,200.00 3,400,385,860.00 1,167,600.00 320,094,940.00 457,300,280.00 127,940.00 130,280.00 888,400.00 483,970.00

1.95 31.25 1.26 0.630 9.2 28 13.46 0.1580 6.2 63.00 11 5.30 1080

182,000 1,947,000 548,000 13,944,000 32,700 900 19,974,700 178,370,000 4,555,600 1,368,060 15,800 426,800 1,895 286,085 2,904,300 8,143,000 510,000

1125.00 8.60 71 0.395

9.7 2.69 0.025 0.68 0.0480 2.4500 8.68 2.48 1.68 2.65 0.68 2.73 6.00 13.96 5.00 3.14 9.5 81.00 13.90 2586.00 0.310 32.20 1.07 4.01 2.1 0.430 1.260

20,332,100 1,256,000 405,100,000 57,844,000 200,000 42,000 2,028,400 273,000 1,000 114,000 30,000 2,046,000 7,400 174,200 360,300 22,231,000 2,501,000 11,410 38,229,600 872,160 4,860,000 16,456,400 345,370,000 113,400 135,000 1,290,000 248,000

321,000,000 254,000 204,000 4,822,800 5,000 9,700,000 86,800 60,200 1,152,000 23,127,000 450,700 10,478,000 128,375,000 60,407,000 896,920,000 178,920,000 3,869,500 1,526,800 1,155,000 2,909,000 600,400,000 104,600,000 924,800 16,572,200 893,900 1,953,300,000 658,820 368,500,000 8,749,000 5,270 10 12,520 98,860 3,885,800 79,800 5,956,790 8,070 276,530 16,080 1,000

MINING & OIL

1,846,600.00 1,148,340.00 915,620.00 83,837,392.00 116,600.00 2,633,800.00 1,652,790.00 1,138,200.00 1,064,820.00 24,719,380.00 6,869,504.00 5,190,650.00 115,320,620.00 59,388,520.00 53,381,600.00 10,650,310.00 96,621,780.00 7,466,023.00 676,420.00 9,029,180.00 11,567,700.00 2,092,100.00 5,387,575.00 215,760,152.00 23,955,060.00 77,450,000.00 145,575,018.00 6,628,300.00

0.0058 4.55 4.52 17.32 25.00 0.270 20.2 19 0.94 1.1 16.30 0.51 0.890 1.000 0.0600 0.0600 15.96 5 0.5800 3.090 0.0190 0.0200 5.82 13.00 27 0.039 220.00 0.0180

517,000,000 80,000 110,000 2,389,500 900 6,570,000 122,500 73,600 7,544,000 52,178,000 152,300 31,873,000 123,290,000 45,793,000 1,143,480,000 482,050,000 1,451,500 1,228,900 2,122,000 4,352,000 355,700,000 286,600,000 174,000 13,287,900 349,300 1,583,700,000 264,460 344,900,000 10,732,800 1,020 520 83,950 4,354,600 377,890 4,262,890 7,350 180,860 22,630 644,000

3,019,800.00 363,710.00 501,200.00 41,559,178.00 22,405.00 1,807,750.00 2,382,483.00 1,436,800.00 7,513,310.00 57,544,650.00 2,484,922.00 16,522,840.00 114,030,010.00 45,537,510.00 69,649,250.00 29,642,270.00 23,740,752.00 6,370,208.00 1,253,640.00 14,190,400.00 6,737,900.00 5,660,300.00 1,017,644.00 174,629,248.00 9,364,680.00 62,571,200.00 58,162,818.00 6,237,100.00 337,559,360.00 530,940.00 54,350.00 8,533,210.00 37,510,145.00 40,801,046.00 319,716,055.50 554,925.00 13,626,314.00 22,904,000.00 875,600.00

PREFERRED

33.8 520 107 105 102 8.75 107.4 75 76 76 1010 1.36

285,889,820.00 2,740,660.00 1,070.00 1,314,600.00 10,075,479.00 33,742,536.00 8,610,628.00 446,757,925.00 612,585.00 20,947,519.00 16,249,795.00 1,360.00 23,795,030.00 1,600.00 36,000.00

30.45 522

105 101.6 8.58 108.5 74.95 75.5 75.5 1008 1.4

1.71 1.6 3

14,362,000 1,000 12,000

WARRANTS & BONDS SME

1.47 3

3,725,000 10,000

5,503,440.00 30,000.00

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in Region 4-A. In exchange, the government will make annual lease payments of P532 million for Region 3 classrooms and P760 million for Region 4-A classrooms over the next 10 years. The two contracts form part of the governments plan to build around 9,300 three- and two-story classrooms. PNB Capital was the lead arranger and sole bookrunner for the notes facility while Development Bank of the Philippines and Land Bank of the Philippines were

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Megawide notes raise P6.5b

By Jenniffer B. Austria

CITICORE-MEGAWIDE Corp., a

joint venture between listed construction company Megawide Corp. and parent Citicore Holdings Investment Inc., raised P6.5 billion from the issuance of xed rate notes, which it will use to nance the building of schools for the Education Department.

Megawide chief finance year fixed rate notes were officer Oliver Tan said during oversubscribed, with total the signing ceremony the 10- demand reaching P8.1 billion.

The P6.5 billion, together with the equity of P2 billion for a total of P8.5 billion, will be sufficient to meet funding for the phase 1 of the two packages, Tan said. The Megawide-Citicore partnership in August won a bidding for the contract to build school infrastructure projects of the DepEd under the so-called Public-PrivatePartnership scheme of the government. Megawide under the buildlease-transfer agreement will construct 2,885 classrooms in Region 3 and 4,259 classrooms

co-lead arrangers. The noteholders include Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., Bank of the Philippine Islands, PNB, LandBank, DBP and Bank of Makati. Tan, meanwhile, said the company expects to achieve a net income of P900 million this year and post revenues of P8 billion to P8.5 billion. Tan said the company was slowly diversifying its construction portfolio with its foray in the PPP project. Megawide has generated the bulk of construction revenues from the residential projects of

SM Development Corp., owned by retail magnate Henry Sy. The Sy family holds a minority interest in Megawide. Tan said SM Development now only accounted for 50 percent of the companys revenues from a high of 73 percent. Megawide also started to book revenues from office buildings and hotels. Moving forward we are looking to book more on social infrastructure projects like schools and hospitals. That would somehow give us a more balance and diversified book order, Tan said.

Italian trade.

Trade Undersecretary Cristino Panlilio (left, second row) joins Italian Ambassador to the Philippines Luca Fornari (center, second row) and Philippine Ambassador to Italy Virgil Reyes in witnessing the signing of an agreement to strengthen economic and trade ties between the Philippines and Italy during the recent conclusion of an Italian business mission to the Philippines. Signing the agreement are Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Miguel Varela (right) and Confederation of Italian Industries president for international affairs Paolo Zegna.

Aussie firm eyes hydro and wind power in Quezon

By Alena Mae S. Flores
ENERGY World International Ltd. of Australia is expanding its portfolio of projects in the Philippines to include a hydropower plant with a capacity of up to 140 megawatts and a 200-MW wind farm, a company ofcial said over the weekend. Eduardo Rodriguez, Energy World country manager and former Quezon governor, told reporters aside from a liqueed natural gas terminal now under construction, the company was looking into hydro and wind projects in Quezon province. We want to go to Kanan hydro, thats 120 to 140 MW and also for a wind farm, our target is 200 MW in General Nakar, Quezon, Rodriguez said. The ofcial said investment for the Kanan hydro project would likely reach $400 million while the estimate for wind farm was being reviewed due to the reduction in wind turbine cost. Rodriguez, meanwhile, said preparations were being made for the companys LNG terminal, the rst to be established in the country once completed by January 2014. Standard Chartered Bank will nance the LNG project in Barangay Ibabang Polo, Grande Island, Pagbilao, Quezon. The LNG terminal will be built in phases. The rst phase of the project will include a 130,000 cubic meter LNG storage tank, regasication facility, jetty, and supporting infrastructure. The second phase will include an additional 130,000 cubic-meter LNG storage tank. We are now going to start our work for the 130,000 cubic-meter LNG tank. Next year, we will start our jetty, Rodriguez said. He said the rst phase of the LNG terminal would be completed by January 2014 while the 150-MW power plant could be ready by 2016. Rodriguez said the construction of another 150-MW power plant would depend on the demand for natural gas and power. He said the company would initially build one terminal hub costing $100 million and a power plant estimated at $150 million. Rodriguez said the company would sell the electricity generated from the LNG plant directly to the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market.

Prices ease as red onion imports begin arriving

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IMPORTED red onions started arriving in time for the Yuletide season, easing the shortage in the market that signicantly pushed prices in the previous weeks. The Vegetable Importers and Exporters Association said imported onions from China and India provided a relief to supply shortage that worried consumers in the last two months. The importation is only good for 20 days. Just so that consumers will have something to go by until the early [onion] harvest starts coming in, group president Leah Cruz said in an interview Sunday. The Bureau of Plant Industry gave the go-signal for red onion importation in late October, but shipments started to arrive only in late November. The agency allowed the entry of 8,500 metric tons of imported Chinese and Indian red creole onions, representing about 65 percent of the estimated shortage of 12,400 MT. Local harvest of shallots in December must ll in the remaining 35-percent shortage, according to the BPI. The entry of imported red onion stabilized prices at P50 to P60 per kilo, from a high of P130 per kilo in October and November. The price of white onion also eased to a range of P35 to P45 per kilo while local shallots now sell at P30 to P50 a kilo. Local shallots from the Ilocos region started coming in as early as the rst week of December, as a result of the early harvest program of the Agriculture Department. However, the government said the December output of local shallots might not be enough to cover the shortage. About 240,000 kilos of shallots are expected to be produced in Ilocos provinces, General Santos City, Sarangani and Siquijor. The country consumes an average of 7,000 to 8,000 MT of mixed red and white onions in a month. Farmers expect 2012 production to decline by 12 percent to 2.77 million bags from 3.15 bags in 2011. Harvest season for red onion is expected in January 2013.

Napocors watershed program approved

THE Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. to release P100.55 million to fund the ve watershed programs of National Power Corp. ERC said in a ruling the approved watershed budget should be used based on the rules and procedures governing the utilization and disbursement of the universal chargeenvironmental charge. PSALM is mandated under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 to manage the assets and liabilities of Napocor. The petition for the availment of the environmental charge/share from the universal charge for the rehabilitation and management of watershed areas led by National Power Corp. is hereby approved with modications, the ERC said. Napocor earlier led a petition with the ERC to avail of the environmental charge/share from the universal charge to rehabilitate and manage watershed areas. Napocors charter gave the state company control over watersheds surrounding the reservoirs of power plants and future projects. Napocor said it had the right to avail of the universal charge of the environmernal share of P0.0025 per kilowatthour for the rehabilitation and management of watershed areas. Alena Mae S. Flores

Mapuans meet.

The board of trustee of the Foundation Of Outstanding Mapuans Inc. recently held its annual homecoming at the Manila Ballroom of the Makati ShangriLa, Manila hotel in Makati City. Shown (from left) are trustees Rod Silvestre, Don Pile and Jimmy Biglang-Awa; rst vice president Jaime Cancio; trustee Lettie Guevarra; treasurer Jo Bago; secretary Belen Ceniza; public relations ofcer Rudy de Torres; president Wilson Tieng; trustee Glecy Estrella; auditor Domeng Lagman; and trustees Rogelio Villarosa and Mario Marasigan.

Insular Life says managed funds post triple-digit growth rates

LEADING insurer Insular Life said its peso denominated Wealth Series funds attained triple growth rates at their closing on Dec. 3. The variable unit-linked insurance Wealth Series products attained all-time high net asset value per unit rates, Insular Life said in a statement. The Equity Fund recorded a 272.15-percent yield, the Fixed Income Fund posted a 74.85-percent return while the Balanced Fund reached a 148.32-percent return since their inception in March 2005. The Growth Fund, which is a little over a year and eight months since inception, realized a 39.15-percent return. This performance is another indication of the value that our policyholders get from a company with more than 100 years of experience in nancial protection and investments, and which seriously upholds its duciary role of providing prudent and competent fund management, Insular Life chairman and chief executive Vicente Ayllon said. The notable performance of the funds benets Insular Lifes Wealth Builder, Variable Returns Asset and Wealth Secure policyholders. Wealth Builder and Variable Returns Asset are peso-denominated, investment-linked insurance products requiring a single premium payment. Their yields depend on the growth of the policyholders chosen fund. Part of the investment amount covers insurance protection embedded in the product so that if anything unforeseen happens to the insured, the beneciaries will get 125 percent of the premium or the fund value, whichever is higher. Wealth Secure, meanwhile, is a regular pay peso-denominated, investment-linked insurance product. Similar to Wealth Builder, yields depend on the chosen fund elected by the policyholder. Wealth Secure offers more exible terms to policyholders, including the options to increase or decrease insurance coverage and premium over time. The need to preserve the real value of ones funds against ination is a matter that each individual should seriously consider. With the historical returns of our Wealth Series funds, policyholders can have peace of mind that their moneys worth is not losing value, Ayllon said.

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Egypt president rescinds decree

CAIROA national dialogue committee said a referendum on a disputed draft constitution will be held on schedule, but President Mohammed Morsi has agreed to rescind the near-absolute power he had granted himself.
The statement came after a meeting that was boycotted by the main opposition leaders who are calling for the Dec. 15 vote to be canceled. Morsi had called for the dialogue to try to defuse a spiraling crisis, but the decision appeared unlikely to appease the opposition since it recommends the referendum go ahead as scheduled. Morsis initial declaration was to be rendered ineffective anyway after the referendum. Gamal Eid, a human rights lawyer, said the recommendations to rescind some powers were a play on words since Morsi had already achieved the desired aim of nalizing the draft constitution and protecting it from a judicial challenge. The charter, which would enshrine Islamic law and was drafted despite a boycott by secular and Christian members of the assembly, is at the heart of a political crisis that began Nov. 22 when Morsi granted himself authority without judicial oversight. Opposition activists are camping outside the presidential palace and are calling for more protests on Sunday. Several rallies on both sides have drawn tens of thousands of people into the streets and sparked erce bouts of street battles that have left at least six people dead. Several ofces of the presidents Muslim Brotherhood also have been torched in the unrest. Selim al-Awa, an Islamist at the meeting, said the committee found it would be a violation of earlier decisions to change the date of the referendum. However, the committee recommended removing articles that granted Morsi powers to declare emergency laws and shield him from judicial oversight. Members of the committee said Morsi had agreed to the recommendations, but there was no conrmation from the Islamist leader. Bassem Sabry, a writer and activist, called the changes a stunt that would embarrass the opposition by making it look like Morsi was willing to compromise but not solve the problem. In the end, Morsi got everything he wanted, he said, pointing out the referendum would be held without the consensus Morsi had promised to seek and without giving people sufcient time to study the document. The majority of the 54 members of the committee were Islamists, as well as members of the constitutional panel that drafted the disputed charter. But the main opponents were not present at the meeting, which lasted over 10 hours. AP

An Egyptian protester takes a picture with his mobile of his children on top of an Egyptian army tank outside the presidential palace, background, in Cairo on Dec. 8. Egypts military warned of disastrous consequences if the crisis that sent tens of thousands of protesters back into the streets is not resolved, signaling the armys return to an increasingly polarized and violent political scene. AP

North Korea plans to delay rocket launch

SEOULNorth Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensied. Scientists have been pushing forward with nal preparations for the launch from a west coast site, slated to take place as early as Monday, but are considering readjusting the timing, an unidentied spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology told North Koreas state-run Korean Central News Agency. It was unclear whether diplomatic intervention or technical glitches were behind the delay. A brief KCNA dispatch said scientists and technicians were discussing whether to set new launch dates but did not elaborate. Word of a possible delay comes just days after satellite photos indicated that snow may have slowed launch preparations, and as ofcials in Washington, Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow and elsewhere urged North Korea to cancel a liftoff widely seen as a violation of bans against missile activity. Commercial satellite imagery taken by GeoEye on Dec. 4 and shared Friday with The Associated Press by the 38 North and North Korea Tech websites showed the Sohae site northwest of Pyongyang covered with snow. The road from the main assembly building to the launch pad showed no fresh tracks, indicating that the snowfall may have stalled the preparations. However, analysts believed rocket preparations would have been completed on time for liftoff as early as Monday. In Seoul, ofcials at the Defense Ministry, Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Foreign Ministry said Sunday they were looking into what might be behind the possible delay. North Korea announced earlier this month that it would launch a three-stage rocket mounted with a satellite from its Sohae station southeast of Sinuiju sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22. Pyongyang calls it a peaceful bid to send an observational satellite into space, its second attempt this year. AP

UN members agree to extend Kyoto deal

DOHASeeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries, but will only cover about 15 percent of global emissions. The extension was adopted by a UN climate conference after hard-fought sessions and despite objections from Russia. The package of decisions also included vague promises of nancing to help poor countries cope with climate change, and an afrmation of a previous decision to adopt a new global climate pact by 2015. Though expectations were low for the two-week conference in Doha, many developing countries rejected the deal as insufcient to put the world on track to ght the rising temperatures that are shifting weather patterns, melting glaciers and raising sea levels. Some Pacic island nations see this as a threat to their existence. This is not where we wanted to be at the end of the meeting, I assure you, said Nauru Foreign Minister Kieren Keke, who leads an alliance of small island states. It certainly isnt where we need to be in order to prevent islands from going under and other unimaginable impacts. AP

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Local and international activists demonstrate inside a conferences center to demand urgent action to address climate change at the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar on Dec.8. After all-night wrangling, the latest draft agreements Saturday lacked the strong commitments on climate action and nancing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for. But they did include a text on loss and damage, a relatively new concept which relates to damages from climate-related disasters. AP

Venezuelas Chavez names successor Syrian rebels get new

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez, preparing to travel to Cuba for further cancer surgery, named Vice President Nicolas Maduro to carry out his legacy if he is unable to remain in ofce. Chavez, who spoke in a national television and radio address, said he requires more surgery after malignant cells were detected in the same area as his previous cancer during health exams held over the past month in Cuba. He asked the National Assembly for permission to travel to Havana. There is risk in this process that you cant deny, said Chavez, happens that disables me some who won reelection to a third six- way, my irrevocable opinion is that year term on Oct. 7. If something you should elect Nicolas Maduro as the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Under Venezuelan law, if Chavez is too ill to carry out his duties, the vice president would take over until the beginning of the new presidential term on Jan. 10. If Chavez is unable to attend the inauguration scheduled on that date, the president of the National Assembly would assume power while elections are arranged within 30 days. If he does take ofce and then becomes too ill within the rst four years of the term, the vice president takes over the presidency for 30 days while elections are held. Bloomberg
BEIRUTRebel commanders from across Syria have joined forces under a united command they hope will increase coordination between diverse ghting groups and streamline the pathway for arms essential to their struggle against President Bashar Assad. While many of the brigades involved in the ghting are decidedly Islamist in outlook and some have boasted about executing captured soldiers, two of the most extreme groups ghting in Syria were not invited to the rebel meeting in Turkey or included in the new councila move that could

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encourage Western support. Disorganization has bedeviled Syrias rebel movement since its birth late last year, when some protesters gave up on peaceful means to bring down Assads regime and took up arms, forming the base of what became the Free Syrian Army. But the movement has never actually been an army. Scores of rebel groups battle Assads forces across the country, many coordinating with no one outside of their own area. While some say they want a civil, democratic government, others advocate an Islamic state. AP

ROMEPremier Mario Monti told the Italian president Saturday he is resigning soon, saying he can no longer govern after Silvio Berlusconis party withdrew crucial support. It paves the way for early elections a year after the unelected economist helped pull the country back from the brink of nancial disaster. Only hours earlier, Berlusconi announced he would run for a fourth term as premier, aiming for a dramatic comeback, considering the billionaire media baron quit in disgrace in November 2011. The ofce of President Giorgio Napolitano, who met for nearly two hours with Monti at the presidential palace, said the premier told the head of state that without the support of Berlusconis party, he cannot further carry out his mandate, and consequently made clear his intention to resign once Parliament passes a crucial budget bill soon. Political turmoil in Italy, mired in recession and trying to escape the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, could spook nancial markets, which, with Monti at the helm, had steadily regained faith in the countrys ability to honor its debts. AP

Anger over royal hoax

Law on same-sex marriage takes effect in Washington state

OLYMPIA, WashingtonTwo retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this week as Washington states voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took effect. Former Air Force ight nurse Maj. Margaret Witt, of Spokane, and retired nurse, Army Col. Grethe Cammermeyer, of Whidbey Island, both successfully challenged the militarys ban on open service by gays and lesbians. They were rst in line on Thursday in their home counties to receive their licenses with their partners. First, to be able to serve their country openly was in and of itself historical, and a signicant step forward for our nation. And now to be able to legally wed the person they love is yet another historical milestone, said Anne Levinson, a gay rights activist who worked on the campaign to approve same-sex marriage. Theyre remarkable women. Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certied the election on Wednesday afternoon, and the law took effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, when couples in Seattle lined up to pick up their licenses just after midnight. Because the state has a three-day waiting period, the earliest that weddings can take place is Sunday. It will be an amazing energetic, joyous experience, said Witt, who will marry her partner of nine years, Laurie Johnson, on Dec. 15 in Spokane. Witt, 48, was discharged from the Air Force Reserve because the military learned she was a lesbian, but a federal judge found her dismissal unconstitutional in 2010, and Witt retired with a full military pension last year. She is currently a physical therapist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spokane. AP

LONDONIt started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince Williams pregnant wife Kate has shocked Britain and Australia, and sparked an angry backlash Saturday from some who argue the DJs who carried out the hoax should be held responsible. At rst, the call by two irreverent Australian DJs posing as royals was picked up by news outlets around the world as an amusing anecdote about the royal pregnancy. Some complained about the invasion of privacy, the hospital was embarrassed, and the radio presenters sheepishly apologized. But the prank took a dark twist Friday with the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, a 46-year-old mother of two, three days after she took the hoax call. Police have not yet determined Saldanhas cause of death, but people from London to Sydney have been making the assumption that she died because of stress from the call. AP

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The 2012 Assumption College Jubilee Mascot is anked by the early comers. ACHS62 Class Valedictorian Ching Escaler is 3rd from left front row while Class Salutatorian Wennie Montano Santos stading, extreme right, and Nini SantosValdez is kneeling 2nd from right.

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The Ruby Lite Gems were the alumnae from abroad.

The petite members of the class were the Precious Torquoise Gems.

Holding a giant Facsimile of the Check representing ACHS62s Donation to the Assumption Pie are from left, Nini Santos-Valdez, Nena Vargas-Tantoco, Tessang Hocson-Jalandoni, RosieMarcelo-Papa and Entang del Prado-Carballo.

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TAKING a look at pictures of Assumptions yearly velada (literally means California Pizza Kitchen senior cocktail party) sparked operations director Luisa del Rosario, my inner desire to switch special guest Maria Paz Arreza and on to an Iberian mood, Harbor Point Mall operations manager thus my Spanish title for Derrick Manuel this column, which simply means variety, certainly appropriate to describe the couple of events herein. Golden Assumptionistas Led by ExCom Co-Chairs Nini Santos-Valdez and LaCoring Relova, Assumption Convents HS62 trailblazed the Jubilarian performers at their velada Global Restaurant Concepts Inc. not too long ago, with the able support of (GRCI) CFO Grifth Go, former SBMA Entang del Prado-Carballo (Treasury), Administrator Armand Arreza and GRCI Maricar Mirasol-Flores (Secretariat), vice chairman Manuel Zubiri Levy Garcia-Sanz (Ways and Means), and Mercy AngelesPadilla (Membership). Garbed in stylish frocks with colors of precious gems, accessorized with uniform multi-strand gold chains and matching dangling earrings, the Morellis Gelato managing director Jasper Wight, Ana 2012 Golden Girls Zubiri, Global Restaurant Concepts Inc. (GRCI) vice chairman wowed the cheering Manuel Zubiri, GRCI president and chief executive ofcer audience as they grooved Archie Rodriguez and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority to the music of their (SBMA) board director Anne Marie Gordon generation. Special mention goes to Cora Relova, Omang Quirino-Palanca and Loury Urtula-Lacson who outdid themselves with their exciting Dance Medley. More than a years preparations went into this meticulously planned event which included production of memorabilia, lunch sessions, monthly meetings, weekly rehearsals and a commemorative Yearbook conceptualized by Ching de LeonEscaler, with the help of Lulu ComcomMalvar, Marichi Gana-Picazo, and Tali Revilla-Liongson. The batchmates also designed a unique Century Calendar which tells with amazing accuracy what day within 100 years a date would fall. The group even had spiritual immersions, including a Healing Mass and a one-day Recollection facilitated by the gracious Nena Tantoco with Fr. Dennis Paez as Spiritual Director. There was also a contingent from abroadBengget Jison-Santamaria, Wennie Montano-Santos, Dr. Enggot Bautista-Dionisio, Josie MelencioPickard, Carina Sto. Domingo-Garcia, Mary Salman Sherris, Coco PerezRelova, Aida Reyes-Valencia, Regina

These Orange Topaze Gems donned orange tops for their dance presentation.

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Internationally-acclaimed Filipino designer Lesley Mobo showcased his stunning new collection that wowed guests in a formal gala presented by Cignal.

Pleno-Kee, and Mille Lopez Jones 5. Premier craftsman and furniture maker who chimed in with their display of elan Niccolo Jose presents Wonderland as and rhythm under the tutelage of Jeremy his rst solo exhibit, with the items on Vallejo, choreographer par excellence. All display inspired by the elements of the in all, many think that it will be difcult ctional piece by Lewis Carroll. The for any of the succeeding Jubilarians to venue, Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea, match what this group did. was transformed into a fantasy land with CPK in Subic organic functional sculptures and accent California Pizza Kitchen, celebrating art pieces resembling the elements in the its 15th year in the business, opened its novel. Joining the artist in the ribbon9th outlet, this time, at the Ground Level cutting ceremony were Minerva Tanseco, Promenade of the Harbor Point Mall Susan Cocuaco, Dennis Lagdameo and in Subic, introducing its new dishes Deanna Ongpin-Recto. and new interiors. Global Restaurant Armed with a degree in Environmental Concepts, Inc (GRCI), the owner of Studies and Art from Lewis and Clark California Pizza Kitchen, opened a CPK College in Portland, Oregon, Jose creates outlet at the 3rd level of Lucky Chinatown art pieces not only for aesthetics but also Mall in Binondo immediately before the to promote awareness in sustaining our Subic opening. GRCI, which expects natural resources. More information on to open another outlet this month, is the his work is available at (02) 822-6976 or local partner of PF Changs, at Alabang www.s10-10.com Town Center, and Morellis Gelato, at ----------O---------the Power Plant Mall. YOUR WEEKEND CHUCKLE: Seen at the Subic event were SENIOR CITIZENS BUMPER GRCI vice-chairman Manuel Zubiri, STICKERYoung at heartslightly president and chief executive ofcer older in other places. Archie Rodriguez, CFO Grifth Go, ----------O---------Olongapo Mayor Bong Gordon, Subic For feedback, Im at bobzozobrado@ Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) gmail.com board director Anne Marie Gordon, former SBMA administrator Armand Arreza and wife, Maria Paz, CPK vice president for International Brand Development Gabe Sinohuiz, senior operations director Luisa del Rosario, Harbor Point Mall operations manager Derrick Manuel, Morellis managing director Jasper Wright, and Architect The Jose family (from left) Jojo, resident artist Niccolo, Geng and Abel with Altro Jun Benito. Mondo Arte Contemporanea chairman and Bulletin Board artistic director Regino David Alice In Wonderland at Greenbelt CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK

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LESLEY Mobo, the acclaimed Londonbased Filipino designer, showcased his stunning new collection to Manilas 500 in a formal gala presented by Cignal, the countrys premier direct-to-home/satellite Pay TV provider, and its living magazine channel, Colours.
Set at the impressive Mall of Asia Arena, Mobos rstever gala show in Manila featured his Spring/Collection for 2013. Inspired by the famous orchestral work The Rite of Spring by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, this latest collection is composed mainly of womens wear with a fresh, fun and luxurious look. As the spring season is about construction and quality, the collection explores easier shapes with a classic look but incorporates a contemporary edge to it. It also focuses on neutral color palettes such as sugar white, charcoal black and wheat and biscuit nude, said Mobo. Guests were wowed as models walked down the one-of-a-kind stage showcasing an evolution of elegant pieces from classic crocheted white dresses to a burst of pastel colored sheer gowns. An artistically prepared symbolic fashion video opened the show, setting the standards for the elaborate collection. An exclusive sit-down dinner and topnotch entertainment from British band Blake completed the world-class event. The fashion event hosted by Tessa Prieto-Valdes was a collaborative work of Philippine fashion advocate Kaye Tinga and ace fashion director Ariel Lozada. Leading the crowd who supported the world-class Filipino talent was Manuel V. Pangilinan, PLDTs Chairman of the Board. Although the current creative director of the London-based fashion label Ghost, Mobo originally started his career in fashion in the Philippines when an unpleasant episode urged him to leave the country and start anew. In London, he found his path towards success. He studied at the prestigious Central Saint Martins where he earned his B.A. and M.A. in Fashion and managed to complete both with distinction. Then, he worked for global clothing brand Jasmine di Milo as head designer. His undeniable talent, mastered technical skills, and ingenious designs garnered numerous awards and were featured in
From left: Annie Palacios Naval, chief operating ofcer and managing director of Mediascape, Inc; acclaimed fashion designer Lesley Mobo and Philippine fashion advocate Kaye Tinga

UKs respected newspapers and fashion magazines. Mobos creations have also been worn by international celebrities such as Anne Hathaway, Cristina Ricci, Kelly Osbourne, Zoe Saldana, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. Picking up from Mobos life story, the gala show not only inspired aspiring Filipino designers, but also benetted the underprivileged. A silent auction took place before the start of the fashion show and part of the proceeds went to the LIGHTOMORROW Project with Save the Children Foundation, which is a non-prot organization that aims to make quality education accessible and affordable to the less fortunate. By bringing technology and values education to communities, the organization aims to provide them with the essential skills that will prepare them for future jobs.

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Backstage at the biggest runway show on Earth

By Ed Biado
EVERY modelizer in the city was probably at Glorietta on Nov. 29 to get an eyeful of the densest concentration of beautiful people per square foot. The re-energized mall, in celebration of the opening of its renovated wing, held an outdoor fashion show to showcase the new Palm Drive entrance and facade. But it was no ordinary runway presentation by the end of the night, the event ofcially entered the Guinness World Records for having The Most People Walking on the Catwalk. The one to beat was a show in Turkey, which featured 1,967 people. The Glorietta gig, titled Move to the Vibe of Glorietta, easily topped that by tallying an unprecedented total of 2,255 walkers aged 18 to 45, including professional models, personalities and aspiring/amateur models. The record was conrmed by GWR representative Kirstie Bennett, who also took note of the quality of the walk, aside from the quantity. (For this reason, 47 models were disqualied.) The record-breaking feat was a gigantic stunt. Backstage (also known as the mall itself) was a mess, albeit a hot one. The whole of the old activity center was a model holding area with hundreds of unglamorous plastic chairs in rows for the runway participants to sit on while waiting for their cue, as well as dozens of hair and makeup stations. So was the entire ground oor of the new wing. The frenzy extended until the third oor, where another makeshift holding area was erected. Outside of these sacred model grounds were their handlers, friends, family, fans and random mall-goers taking a peek at the commotion. This writer even saw one celebrity squeezing through the crowd of bystanders to get in. All the while, the walking mannequins, dressed by over 40 participating apparel brands and tenants of the mall, were being escorted to either one of the ve ramps at the show proper for their runway moment. Some of them had no idea where they were going and were just following the line; around the halls of the mall, down the escalator and so on. It was a little bit funny that a couple of groups had improvised stanchions pieces of strings that were falling apartthat they themselves held as they navigated through the invisible labyrinth. But, it seems that modeling 101 proved handy as, upon reaching the catwalk, most of them delivered. And thats considering that a majority of these models were amateurs and havent walked a runway in their lives. When it was announced that a new world record was set, nothing but cheers and applause could be heard in and around the stage grounds and the green room. It was indeed a proud and gratifying moment for all. Congratulations to everyone who was a part of the accomplishment, especially to the people of Ayala Malls for daring to mount an event as huge as this. (And by the way, that person who thought of the crazy idea in the rst place deserves a big fat Christmas bonus. Just saying.)

The most desired gifts

THIS season, Fruits & Passion will be the destination of choice for holiday gift-giving. Fruits & Passions -unique gift ideas coupled with their continued commitment to giving back to charity make it the perfect destination for holiday shopping. Delight family and friends with sure-to-please presents and the nest fragrances. Fruits & Passion offers truly inspired stocking stuffers for the kidsand grownups. A wide selection of foaming baths and bath salts that come in delightful holiday-themed containers shaped like Christmas trees, holiday ornaments and decorative bulbs. These petite sizes are also perfect for hanging on the tree! In the Philippines, Fruits & Passion is distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) located at Greenbelt 3, Bonifacio High Street, Alabang Town Center, Rustans Tower Shangri-La Plaza Mall and TriNoma.

Love comes in all shades

HAVE you shopped for all your loved ones yet? Gap makes ticking off everyone on your gift list easy with its season-appropriate offerings, all in-stores now. Get inspired with itsarray of easy gifting solutions, sure to make your holidays bright with its range of shades and colors. Pick out a cozy scarf or layering cardigan in blue to warm your loved ones chilly nights, or add a dash of excitement to their everyday outts by adding punchy accessories in neon yellow. For the younger ones on your list, theres always Gaps softwash tees and its favorite denims in sweet pink and cool green. Show your love in all shades this season through these favorites at Gap! Join them at facebook.com/GapPhilippines for details on selections or visit their stores today. Gap is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Casual Clothing Specialists, Inc. (CCSI), a subsidiary of Stores Specialists, Inc. and is available at SM Mall of Asia, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, TriNoMa Mall, Glorietta 4, Bonifacio High Street, Alabang Town Center, SM Megamall and Robinsons Magnolia. of St. Lukes Medical Center, speaks of the uniqueness of this algorithm compared to those implemented in other countries: This is not just an algorithm, but rather a list of recommendations that are locally adapted to address local issues in nutrition. It is unique in that it targets nutrition issues specic to the Philippines, such as the management of cardiovascular diseases that is the most common cause of mortality in the country. Adapting this algorithm to the local setting means that management is tailored t for the diabetic Filipino. Abbott has provided an unrestricted educational grant to support the development of the Philippines Diabetes Nutrition Algorithm.

SEVEN key diabetes societies announced a Philippine-specic nutrition algorithm for pre-diabetes and diabetes management that aims to aid healthcare professionals in the successful incorporation of nutrition therapy. A task force of local diabetes and nutrition experts was created from seven societies: Philippine Society of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Diabetes Philippines, Philippine Center for Diabetes Education Foundation Inc., Institute for the Study of Diabetes Foundation, Philippine Association for the Study of the Overweight and Obesity, Philippine Society of Diabetes Educators and the Nutritionist Dietitians Association of the Philippines. This task force of experts created the nutrition

Diabetes societies launch PH-specic nutrition algorithm

algorithm based upon extensive review of current clinical practice guidelines, medical literature and expert opinion. Scientic evidence shows that nutrition therapy improves glycemic control and reduces the risk of diabetes and its complications. The algorithm is a nite list of steps that can be taken to incorporate diabetes-specic nutrition into patient management programs. The nutrition algorithm aims to systematize and standardize the way healthcare professionals treat and advise patients on proper diabetes management. While speaking on the benets of this initiative, Dr. Cecilia Jimeno, co-chairman of the Patient Algorithm Therapy (PATh) and vice-president of the Philippine Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, said, The majority of diabetic patients are overweight or obese, and some of the medications that are given to control their diabetes may cause weight gain. Patients have difculty losing weight, and there is currently only one type of drug that facilitates weight loss. The benet of the new algorithm is that it will systematize the way we doctors advise our patients on how to lose weight by an overall lifestyle change including exercise and physical activity. Diabetes has emerged as one of the leading diseases in the Philippines, with 4.5 million Filipinos diagnosed with this illness. An equal number remains undiagnosed. Poor diabetes management can lead to cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, lower-limb amputations and death. In the Philippines, diabetes is typically managed with the use of medical treatments. Representatives from the various organizations involved in diabetes care agree that treatment focused on nutrition is an effective method of managing diabetes. Dr. Roberto Mirasol, PATh ambassador of the Philippines and head of the Diabetes, Endocrine & Thyroid Center

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a specialty of Nokias, a highquality 8.7- megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. It also runs over AT&Ts ultrafast 4G LTE network, if youre lucky enough to live in one of the 100 or so markets where the service has been rolled out. Neat Extras Then there are the extras. One is the ability to charge the phone wirelessly simply by laying it on top of an optional $49 charging pad. (AT&T is including the pad for a limited time at no extra cost.) And theres an excellent maps application. (Nokia owns Navteq, one of the worlds major providers of geographic data.) While the Lumia 920 is so far available only on AT&T, HTCs 8X is appearing on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless, where it can access LTE, as well as on T-Mobile, whose non-LTE 4G network generally provides slower speeds. The Verizon version also supports wireless charging, though I wasnt able to try it out since my test unit was from AT&T. The 8X has the same processor as the Lumia 920 but costs twice as much for half the storage: $200 for 16 gigabytes. (AT&T is also offering an eightgigabyte model for $100.) It also has a less-beefy battery (though both should get you through a full day of normal use) and an eight-megapixel camera thats OK, but that I didnt like as much as the Lumias. On the other hand, the 8X is a far more compact package, both lighter -- 4.6 ouncesand thinner.

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Nokia, HTC gamble on Microsoft

HOW should we think about the Nokia
Lumia 920 and HTC 8X? Should we view them as the twin agships of Microsofts new Windows Phone 8 operating system? By that standard, theyre impressive: two polished, highly capable new devices that show off Microsofts colorful, innovative software to great effect.
screens than Windows Phone 7 could handle. The ip side is that apps written for the new software wont run on WinPhone 7 hardware. As for the new phones, if you put the Lumia 920 to tell them apart. The Lumia has a marginally larger screen -- 4.5 inches, versus 4.3 inches for the 8Xbut both displays are beautiful, with bright colors, deep blacks and even more pixels per square inch than the iPhone 5s 4-inch Retina display. The glass is also rounded at the corners and framed by very thin bezels. Both phones have polycarbonate bodies and are available in a selection of colors. Pick them up, though, and a big difference becomes apparent: The Lumia is a brick. Heavy Duty At 6.5 ounces, its one of the heaviest current-model smartphones -65 percent heavier than Apples iPhone 5 and 39 percent heavier than the Samsung Galaxy S III, which has a larger screen. Its even heavier than Samsungs Galaxy Note II, which, with its enormous 5.5-inch screen, is almost more tablet than phone. And speaking of tablets, the Lumia is almost 50 percent thicker than an iPad mini. In short, this is one big hunk of hardware. There are, however, offsetting benets. Start with the price: In the U.S., the Lumia costs only $100 on a twoyear contract with AT&T. For that, you get a generous 32 gigabytes of storage, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and,

Or do we take into account external issues, like the business struggles of both companies and the fact that WinPhone 8 versions of such critical applications as Spotify, Instagram and Pinterest are missing in action? In that case, these look more like desperate efforts by two alsorans in hardware to hitch their fates to an also-ran in mobiledevice software. I prefer to think the former. But a little caution is in order. On the surface, Windows Phone 8 looks a lot like its predecessor, Windows Phone 7. It preserves the same distinctive, tile-based interface, albeit with a few tweaks. You can now, for instance, choose from three sizes of tiles, giving you additional control over your start screen. New Kids Corner parental controls let you lock down certain features and content before you hand the phone over to Junior to play with. While the visible changes are few, things are vastly different beneath the hood. Essentially, Microsoft pulled out the engine and rebuilt it from scratch. Powerful Processors The operating system now supports more powerful processors and higher-resolution

and 8X side by side, it isnt easy

And HTC has put some extra effort into the audio, including Beats technology and an amplier for cranking up the volume. So thats your choice: value, power and camera versus

comfort, elegance and sound. With just a little question mark about what the future holds for all three companies. Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg

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Smart offers rst LTE handset

SMART Communications, Inc. is set to bring into the country two of todays most hotly anticipated smartphones. Starting December 7, 2012, all who want to be among the rst to have the countrys rst LTE (Long Term Evolution) handsetsthe Sony Xperia V and the ZTE T82 may preorder via www.smart.com.ph/ LTE. Dubbed the fastest wireless technology in the world today, LTE is a telecommunication standard capable of extremely high-speed data transfers, and is several times faster than presentday 3G and HSPA+ speeds. Powered by LTE and designed for sophisticated, alwaysconnected mobile users, the Sony Xperia V (Sony Xperia V is free at LTE Plan 1500 only until January 15, 2013) or the ZTE T82 will come free at LTE Plan 1500, bundled with unlimited data (until January 31, 2013), 120 SMS and 60 call minutes. Set to be the rst LTE handset in the country, the Sony Xperia V makes its Southeast Asian debut in the Philippines and will be exclusively available to Smart subscribers. It is also considered the cherry on top of a series which marks Sony Mobile Communications strong return this year to the intensely competitive smartphone market. Powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core p r o c e s s o r, loaded with Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich, and sporting a 4.3-inch HD display and a 13-megapixel camera, the Sony Xperia V is built for productivity, multitasking, and multimedia capture. The ZTE T82 is just as full-featured, with its 1.5 GHz dualcore processor, 4.3inch HD display and capacitive screen, and 8-megapixel camera supporting more than 20 shooting modes, the Chinese-made handset is designed for high performance and low power consumption. As two of the most advanced handsets today, the Sony Xperia

Globe unveils own mobile apps

KEEPING up with the growing demand for a better and richer mobile experience with the use of smartphones, Globe Telecom recently unveiled its own suite of apps that will address the needs of mobile phone users. The Globe Mobile Apps are GSERVICES, GCASH, GMOVIES and GMESSAGE, all designed to suit the interests and lifestyle of todays smartphone owners, which includes account management and personalized services, nancial services, movies, and instant messaging. GSERVICES is the complete account management app available for free for Globe subscribers. With GSERVICES, subscribers can check their prepaid load or outstanding postpaid balance, register to promos, share load to family and friends, check rewards points and redeem rewards, and view postpaid bills and have them sent to their home or e-mail address. The GCASH app empowers subscribers to buy prepaid load anytime and anywhere with a 10% rebate, pay bills, send money to family and friends via their mobile, Facebook or e-mail accounts, and send donations without having to memorize keywords or access numbers. On top of the full color user-friendly interface, the GCASH app gives subscribers access to their contact list and even Facebook friends without having to switch applications. GMOVIES is a one-stop mobile application for checking movie schedules and reviews, booking and reserving seats, and buying movie tickets initially available in Ayala Cinemas, and soon in SM Cinemas. The rst of its kind in the Philippines, the GMOVIES app provides users the convenience of e-movie tickets by letting them view movie schedules, choose seats, and pay for ticket purchases minus the hassle of long queues in theaters, especially during preview of blockbuster movies. Finally, GMESSAGE is a mobile messaging application that enables users to send and receive free and unlimited messages with other GMESSAGE users anywhere in the world. The app also allows users to send and receive messages with non-GMESSAGE users for only P0.15 per message. With the GMESSAGE app, users can also share photos, videos and audio les. The app also incorporates an innovative technology called Magic Words, which can detect the context of a sentence and provide a link to what the user is talking about. Globe is the rst operator in Asia to launch GMESSAGE, a new tool perfect for Filipinos who have led the world in text messaging over the last few years. Once again, Globe leads in innovation with the launch of our mobile applications, thanks to our genius Globe developers and experts who designed, conceptualized, and produced the apps with such compelling functionalities and features, said Peter Bithos, Senior Advisor for Consumer Business at Globe. With Globe Mobile Apps, we provide subscribers with unique, relevant and delightful content that will add value to todays fastpaced lifestyle whether movies, instant messaging, or nancial and personalized services. Access to the apps is also easy and hasslefree, further empowering our subscribers to enjoy Globe apps, their way. GMOVIES and GMESSAGE are initially offered to Android users via Google Play, and soon to iPhone users via the App Store. The GSERVICES app is available on App Store and soon on Google Play. Finally, the GCASH app is available on the App Store, Google Play and BlackBerry App World. To download the apps, type glb.ph/ GMOVIES, glb.ph/GMESSAGE, glb.ph/GSERVICES, or glb.ph/ GCASH on the phone browser, or send APPS to 8888. Standard mobile browsing rates apply. The development of the new Globe apps is on the back of the increasing smartphone penetration in the country, giving more Filipinos access to the World Wide Web and the opportunity to take their mobile experience to the next level, beyond call and text. According to Ericssons Mobility Report, Filipinos are the worlds fourth fastest growing mobile internet users with 5 million new users during the third quarter of 2012, trailing behind China with 38 million subscriptions, followed by Brazil with 9 million, and Indonesia with 7 million.

V and the ZTE T82 add even more excitement to a lineup of power handsets exclusively available to Smart subscribers, said Mellissa Limcaoco, head of Marketing for Smart brands. To fully enjoy the features of these two devices, as with other smartphones, subscribers must use them with a strong and reliable network. And Smart is the only telco in the country with a world-class data network capable of providing the best connectivity to the worlds most advanced devices, Limcaoco added. The Philippines rst and most experienced LTE operator, Smart launched its LTE service on August 25, offering highspeed data services of up to 42Mbps on dongles or pocket WiFis.

A month later, the wireless leader successfully made the Philippines rst LTE voice call and SMS on its super-charged mobile network, a move that was called a major step forward for Smart and the Philippine mobile industry in general, according to Rolando Pea, head of technology at Smart and parent rm PLDT. The Sony Xperia V and ZTE T82 will soon be available in Smart Stores nationwide, free at Smart LTE Plan 1500. Interested subscribers can pre-order their unit now, via www.smart.com. ph/LTE. Interested individuals can also try out the devices now on display at the Jump Experience Center in SM Megamall Cyberzone.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2012 Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com

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FOR a busy actor like Piolo Pascual, its hard to imagine how he fulls his many roles. However, after the lights are shut and the cameras stop rolling, there are many other facets that make up the versatile man.
Whats Ayens secret about her awless skin?

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Piolos multiple roles

through the ups and downs of his career and personal life. The assurance he needed took the form of an uncomplicated investment. I have always believed in the value of insurance and investment. Through Sun Life Financials Its Time advocacy and my Sun Life advisor, (who also happens to be my sister), I learned that nancial freedom is actually a lifestyle. Doing away with the preconceived notion of investment hassles and trickiness, Piolo realized the possibility of a simple, long-term arrangement when he acquired some products that his Sun Life Financial advisor has tailor t for him. You never know what will happen, Piolo admits. With that, he looks for certainty. He wanted products that would give him guaranteed cash benets and he found this in Sun Lifes Sun Peso Provider. Also, because he wanted to ensure that he would be able to sustainably provide for his family and continually give back, he needs products that would give him higher potential returns, terms he found in the Sun FlexiLink/Sun MaxiLink. Since he has found provisions that are appropriate to his lifestyle, he knew that he wouldnt have to worry about the proverbial rainy day. Through SLF, he knows that he is doing everything to protect the future. Because of all the considerations months after Ronnie joined the Viva Artist Agencys stable of artists. T h e 12-track album features six remakes of OPM classics personally handpicked by Ronnie himself.

Ayens Zen lifestyle

WOMEN who say and believe that beauty is more of what is inside and translates what is within and that when you feel good about yourself, you feel beautiful are women of substance. Actress-singer Ayen Laurel of the Kapuso network is among them. Her concept of beauty ts to a T the philosophy that Zen Institute espouses. This actress currently appearing in GMA7s Koreanovela adaptation Temptation of Wife (she was also part of the Amaya cast) does not only resonate the very philosophy of Zen; she lives it out. According to Zen founding president, Dr. Mary Jane MJ Torres, Zens guiding philosophy is: Elegance in simplicity and true beauty rising from the inner wellbeing. She adds, Thus, what we prescribe our clients at Zen Institute is a lifestyle protocol and not just a specic service. Dr. MJ expounds on Zens philosophy: The Zen Institute believes perfection is a journey, not just a destination. There are no shortcuts to achieving true beauty. Like art, beauty must resonate from within and shine out. A real, deep, total and longlasting resplendence. It is perfection carried within. Zens clients like Ayen Laurel get to love and embrace the Zen lifestyle throughout their lifetime. Sensible women easily see that patchwork approach towards achieving ones beauty and weight and contour objectives is at best temporarily effective and the clients earned benet tends to slide down with time as the clients unt lifestyle erodes the values attained. With Zens way, one easily gets to internalize and seriously address bodily concerns, not just during the hours actually spent enjoying the serenity of Zens ambience, but 24/7 or close to it. Asked what Ayen considers sexy, she quipped, Sabi ng asawa ko sexy ako....but it may be that some people would think na when you are physically in proportion sexy na, but for me, it is more of how you carry your own selfwhen you exude that condence... thats being sexy... no matter whether you are fat or slim it is how you carry yourself, if you exude that self-condenceyou feel sexy... Ayen is so sexy and young-looking people get surprised to learn that she already has kids: a 21 year old daughter, a 17 year old son and another 10 year old daughter. For inquiries and consultations, visit The Zen Institute (A Medical Spa) at Scout Rallos branch, Quezon City (441-1712 or 412-2528), Bonifacio Global City branch, (856-2027 to 28), Hotel Sotel (Philippine Plaza branch), 832-6957 and a new branch in the province of Batangas located at St. Frances Cabrini Medical Center, Maharlika Hi- way, Brgy. 2, Sto. Tomas, Batangas, this is the rst ever Zen branch outside the metro. Visit its website at www. thezeninstitute.com.

Parent. For Piolo, family always comes rst. With his son Iigo growing up, the actor sees the pressing need to give him the best life possible. Piolos hard work is to no avail if he provides him with any less. Now that hes becoming an adolescent, his needs are changing and I have to be prepared to fulll them, he optimistically asserts. Producer. Piolos venture from star to being the brains behind the scenes was no easy transition. That requires a 24/7 commitment as the thinker and the nancier of the production. For somebody like Piolo Pascual, late hours are essential and the thinking process continues long after everyone calls it a day. As a producer, Piolos hard work is seen through his P100M box ofce hits, like the two Kimmy Dora movies. Servant. Even with his popularity, Piolos feet are still on the ground. The success he has achieved has inspired him to give back to the people who have helped him realize his dreams. He pays forward to society not only by entertaining his fans, but also through giving to several foundations and charities he supports. Piolo Pascual founded Hebreo 12:1 Foundation with his siblings that helps give hope to terminally ill children to make their wishes come true through Make A Wish Foundation. The foundation also supports volunteers in Gawad Kalinga by being an Organ Donor Cardholder under the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, among others. Athlete. Staying in shape is no easy feat. Even with all the pending work and the non-stop demands of his personal, professional and social lives, Piolo makes it a point to still have time for one of the things he is most passionate about sports. He loves badminton and running, among others. One of the challenges for athletes like him is knowing when to keep training and when to stop. In Piolos case, he tries his hardest to nd the compromise between being a dedicated

Ronnie Liang has a new album

Piolo has to juggle, the fusion of being a provider, a professional and a person for others is made possible through wise management of his time and resources. Moving forward, even with the knowledge that the limelight doesnt last forever, Piolo wants to ensure that the future of his family will not be compromised and that he would be able to continually give to others. Despite the great heights he has reached, Piolo Pascual has many more roles he wishes to pursue, albums to be recorded, movies to produce and dreams to achieve. The future is uncertain in the industry he has chosen to commit himself to, but nding an ally in Sun Life Finacial has given him the opportunity to invest in the promise of a stable tomorrow. This makes Piolo hopeful of what is to come. You build on your dreams because thats the only way you can fulll them, he says. Piolo Pascual believes that its never too athlete and not abusing his body to the point of early or too late to protect ones future and the straining it. Businessman. Piolo has learned the basics of future of the people who matter to him. investing. Regardless of the rst-class treatment Back with new album thats given to him and the privileged lifestyle he Ronnie Liang is back with a new album in has grown accustomed to, he has learned not to splurge his hard-earned income all at once. With a new home. After a two-year hiatus, the hitmaker behind the transient nature of show business, he has also Ngiti re-enters the music scene with a brand begun to see the importance of investment. With all these roles to play, it is imperative new album entitled May Minamahal released to have a reliable partner that would see him by his new label Viva Records. It comes a few

It includes carrier single Akala Mo, originally by Aiza Siguerra, which has been given a more upbeat pop sound. The other highlights in the album include the title track which was rst made popular by Hajji Alejandro in the 70s and then by Rachel Alejandro in the 90s, the anthemic Afterimage original Mangarap Ka, which Ronnie says evokes a deep personal message about aiming high and reaching for ones dream. May Minamahal is special to Ronnie for another reason. It marks his rst time as album producer, which meant he oversaw the entire project starting from the selection of the songs to the conceptualization and production of the music video for Akala Mo. I am really very happy with this album, he says. It bears my heart and soul and Im proud with what I have achieved. He is excited for the people to rediscover him and his music via the album and promises to work hard to meet the audiences expectations, especially since he has been given the title Prince of Ballad. May Minamahal is now available at record and video stores nationwide. Ronnie is in the middle of a promotional tour in support of the album with stops on Dec. 14, Ayala Mall Cebu; Dec. 16, Alabang Town Center; Dec. 22, Ayala Cagayan De Oro.

BOTH Angel Locsin and Angelica Panganiban consider their latest potboiler One More Try as the most challenging screen portrayal theyve done so far. The movie is one of Star Cinemas ofcial entries to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival. For one, the roles are very mature, says Angel. Ive never done something like this before, that of a sacricing mother who will do everything for her dying son. The lm tries to raise the question: Is there really right or wrong when it comes to saving the life of someone

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Angel, Angelica in acting showdown

dear to you? or Will you still think of morality when you are confronted with such dilemma? It will denitely make the viewers see things in a different light. The project is simply challenging to do. Its brave in the sense that it would really question your conscience when it comes to making a delicate choice. The concept of the story is something fresh, plus the combination of the lead stars. Like my role here as a successful woman trying to build a family, its new to me. Im pretty sure the public will like our offering, avers Angelica. The movie is as an acting showdown for the two of them. Angel sheds light on the report that she was the one who calmed Zanjoe when their love scene was shot. Well, it was our rst time to work together. He jokingly told me to take care of him in that particular scene. It was like breaking the ice, so to speak. So as his leading lady, I felt that it was my responsibility to make him comfortable in order for the scene to come out natural and effective. Even though I was also nervous deep inside, I think we were able to deliver, she states. Asked about her intimate scene with Dingdong, Angelica has only good words for the Kapuso actor. He is every inch a gentleman! Hes so protective that he would cover me during the scene since inevitably there are other guys on the set. I think it also holds true in his scenes with Angel. Before thinking of his own self the welfare of his leading lady is his topmost concern. I can say that among the actors Ive worked with, hes one of the best when it comes to handling love scenes. He never takes advantage, she explains. Asked if she and boyfriend Geoff Eigenmann have wedding plans already considering that theyre on for three years now, Carla Abellana says: As of now, we havent considered that yet. Personally, before we could even touch on that topic, I would rather prepare for it rst. The pretty actress reveals that on her part, she has already started. I save a lot. I put my earnings in good investments. And of course, the welfare of my family is on top of my list at this point. I want to give them

Not saying I do soon

only the best. After the highly successful Makapiling Kang Muli opposite Richard Gutierrez, the be-dimpled star is waiting for her next big project. From what I heard, well start taping this December and the airing will be on February of 2013. Im excited because its also a huge production. I just cant reveal right now. But its a fantasy-drama. Any hint as to her screen partner this time? That I dont have any idea about. I heard two names but theyre not nal yet. Lets just wait for GMAs ofcial announcement, Carla states.

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The DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, through the FY 2013 DPWH Infrastructure Program, intends to apply the sum for Contract No. 12GK0060 - P 18,817,499.98; Contract No. 12GK0061 - P 6,947,999.95 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract. Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, now invites bid for the 1. Contract No. 12GK0060 - Construction of Substructure (Abutments A and B, Pier 1) and furnishing of 5 pcs. Precast Concrete Piles, etc.; 2. Contract No. 12GK0061 Construction of Substructure, etc.;. Completion of the works required is 1) Contract No. 12GK0060 - One Hundred Fifty (150) C.D.; 2) Contract No. 12GK0061 - One Hundred (100) C.D 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 specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184) otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM 5:00PM. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below, upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00). Payments will be accepted only from the bidders authorized representatives upon presentation of the original of the contractors CRC (Contractors Registration Certificate) and PCAB License. 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 Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental will hold a Pre Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. LOIs and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids. Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives in the address given below on or before December 28, 2012 until 9:00 A.M. only and will be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at the BAC Office, The DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental . 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. The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental 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 : NORMITA A. NOBLE OIC Assistant District Engineer DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental Tel. No. (034) 495-1299 Fax No. (034) 441-0016 (Sgd.) LYDIA D. TUPAS Engineer III BAC Chairman
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INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bangued, Abra through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s): Contract ID : Contract Name : Contract Location : Scopes of Work : Approved Budget for the: Contract (ABC) : Contract Duration : Source of Fund : Contract ID Contract Name Contract Location Scopes of Work Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Contract Duration Source of Fund : : : : : : : : 12PA0080 Drainage/Protection Works Along National Roads/Bridges Abra-Ilocos Sur Road, K0 404 + 000 K0 388 + 000 (V.S.) Item 601 Php 5,123,545.61 60 calendar days FY 2013 Drainage/ Protection Works Along National Roads/Bridges 12PA0081 Drainage/Protection Works Along National Roads/Bridges Abra-Kalinga Road, K0 408 + 335 K0 426 + 000 (V.S.) Item 103, 404 Php 6,835,549.72 84 calendar days FY 2013 Drainage/ Protection Works Along National Roads/Bridges 12PA0082 Drainage/Protection Works Along National Roads/Bridges Abra-Ilocos Norte Road, K0 408 + 335 K0 425 + 000 (V.S.) Item 103, 404, 600 Php 12,979,925.03 80 calendar days FY 2013 Drainage /Protection Works Along National Roads/Bridges

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OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cebu 6th District Engineering Office A.C. Cortes Avenue, Mandaue City, Cebu Tel. No. 5-2020-44 Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works & Highways

REMINDER

Contract ID : Contract Name : Contract Location : Scopes of Work : Approved Budget for the: Contract (ABC) : Contract Duration : Source of Fund :

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 the 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, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids December 7 - 27, 2012 December 14, 2012 December 7 27, 2012 December 27, 2012, until 10:00 A.M. December 27, 2012, @ 2:00 P.M.

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, Cebu 6th District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects: Item No. 1 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d. e. f. Item No. 2 a. b. c. d. e. f. Item No. 3 a. b. c. d. e. f. Item No. 4 a. b. c. d. e. f. Item No. 5 a. b. 12HN0076 Construction of School Building (Classroom) at Babag Elementary School, Babag,Lapu Lapu City Contract Location : Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Scope of Work : Construction of 1 Storey, 1 Classroom School Building Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php485, 000.00 Contract Duration : 30 Calendar Days Contract ID Contract Name : : 12HN0075 Cluster XII Construction of Flood Control Structures at A) Ibabao-Estancia, Mandaue City B) Sapangdaku, Alangalang, Mandaue City Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu Scope of Work : A) RCPC and Manhole Installation including Sidewalk, Curb and Gutter B) Construction of Concrete Catch Basin Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php2, 300, 000.00 Contract Duration : 48 Calendar Days Contract ID Contract Name : : Contract ID Contract Name : : 12HN0074 Construction of Multi-purpose Building at Pusok, Lapu Lapu City Contract ID Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work : : : : 12HN0073 Construction of Multi-purpose Building at Caohagan, Lapu Lapu City Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Const. of Mini Gym including Stage, Comfort Room & Water Tank 12HN0072 Construction of Drainage Facilities along Mactan Circumferential Road, Cordova Section, including Curb & Gutter with Sidewalk (K0025+770 K00126+125) Contract Location : Cordova, Cebu Scope of Work : RCPC and Manholes installation including Sidewalk, Curb & Gutter Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php6, 122, 500.00 Contract Duration : 150 Calendar Days : :

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Abra Engineering District, Bangued, Abra upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P10,000.00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may 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 bids Documents. 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 specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification The DPWH-Abra Engineering District, Bangued, Abra reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to affected Bidders. APPROVED (Sgd.) EDWIN T. BRINGAS Chief, Maintenance Section BAC-Chairman Tel. # 752-8507

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php4, 850, 000.00 Contract Duration : 75 Calendar Days

Contract Location : Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Scope of Work : Const. of a Sports Complex Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php12, 740, 000.00 Contract Duration : 150 Calendar Days

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Pampanga 1st District Engineering Office Sindalan City of San Fernando (P)

Department of Public Works and Highways

Batangas 1st District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Region IV-A

Republic of the Philippines

c. d. e. f. Item No. 6 a. b. c. d. e. f. Item No. 7 a. b.

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways - Pampanga 1st District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the following contract/s:
1. a. Contract ID b. Name of Project : : 12CG0185 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Road (Intermittent Section) Baliwag-Candaba-Sta. Ana Road Candaba Pampanga Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Road Php 11,232,758.91 80 calendar days Regular Infra NEP 2013 Php10,000.00

Batangas City Tel. No. (043) 402-5900 and Fax No. 043-723-7934

Contract ID Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work Contract Duration Contract ID Contract Name

: : : : : : :

12HN0077 Construction of School Building (Classroom) at Cubacub Elementary School, Cubacub Mandaue City Mandaue City, Cebu Const. of 1 Storey, 1 Classroom Schoo Building 30 Calendar Days 12HN0078 Cluster XIII A) Repair/Rehabilitation of DPWH, Cebu 6th District Engineering Office (Phase II) Building, A. C. Cortes Ave., Mandaue City B) Repair/Maintenance of DENR 7 Information Center Building, Mandaue City Mandaue City, Cebu A) Partitioning/renovation of existing building, const. of toilets B) Repair of DENR Information Center Building 50 Calendar Days

Invitation to Bid
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I District Engineering Office, Batangas City through the FY 2013 General Appropriations Act 10155 and MVUC Fund intends to apply the sum of various amount of Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) being the payment under the contract listed below. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I District Engineering Office, Batangas City now invites bids for: Contract ID No.: 12DB0195 Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation of Palico-Balayan-Batangas Road Contract Location: K0113+965 K0115+225 with exception Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,900,000.00 Contract Duration: 42 c.d. Amount of Bid Document: Php 10,000.00 Contract ID No.: 12DB0196 Contract Name: Widening along Palico-Balayan-Batangas City Road Contract Location: K0104+000 K0106+346 (w/ exceptions) Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay/Drainage System Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 29,400,000.00 Contract Duration: 300 c.d. Amount of Bid Document: Php 25,000.00 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. Instruction to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I District Engineering Office, Batangas City, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M., Monday to Friday. Receipt of LOI from prospective bidders with Credit Line Commitment or NFCC and Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC) is from December 4, 2012 to 2:00 p.m. of December 17, 2012. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on December 5, 2012 up to 9:00 A.M. of December 26, 2012 upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents. Interested bidders are also required to present to the BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Batangas 1 District Engineering Office, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City original copies of the following documents for authentication and issuance of Bid Documents: a) PCAB License; b) Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC); c) Certificate of Materials Engineer Accreditation; d) Latest of Authorizing Officer together with machine copy of two (2) Valid IDs; e) Certificate of Safety Officer Seminar of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (Philgeps Order Form) Document Request List: g) CY 2011 CPES Rating and h) Income Tax Return (ITR) with payment slip. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Department of Public Works and Highways, if available, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I Engineering District, Batangas City will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 at the Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I Engineering District, Batangas City , which shall be open only to all interested parties. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 A.M. on December 26, 2012 at Batangas I Engineering District, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bid opening shall be on December 26, 2012, 2:00 oclock, p.m. at Batangas I Engineering District, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City. 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 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. The DPWH Batangas 1 Engineering District, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City likewise assume no obligation whatsoever to compensate or indemnify any bidder or winning bidders, as the case may be, for any expenses or loss that said party(ies) may incur in its participation in the pre-bidding and bidding process nor does it guarantee that an award will be made. For further information, please refer to: GODOFREDO C. DE VILLA BAC Chairman Batangas 1st District Engineering Office Department of Public Works and Highways Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City, 4200 Tel. 043-723-7934 Attn.: BAC Secretariat (Sgd.) GODOFREDO C., DE VILLA Chief Construction Section BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) ROSAURO A. ADAPON District Engineer

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php485, 000.00

c. Location d. Brief Description e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) f. Duration g. Source of Fund

: : : : :

c. d. e. f. Item No. 8 a. b. c. d. e. f. Item No. 9 a. b.

Contract Location Scope of Work

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Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php1, 700, 000.00 Contract Duration :

h. Cost of Bid Documents :

Contract ID Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work

: : : :

12HN0079 Cluster XIV- Repair/ Maintenance of A) Philippine Postal Office Building, Region VII, Mandaue City B) Bureau of Immigration Building, P. Burgos Street, Mandaue City Mandaue City, Cebu A) Concreting of Flooring including Backfilling, Repair of Roofing B) Repair of Bureau of Immigration Building 42 Calendar Days 12HN0080 Cluster XV Repair/Maintenance of A) Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Post Harvest Research and Extension Office, Natl. Highway, Mandaue City B) Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Post Harvest Bodega and Guard House, Natl. Highway, Mandaue City Mandaue City, Cebu A) Repair of Budget and Finance Office B) Repair of Guardhouse and extension of Bodega 40 Calendar Days

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/these contract/s, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 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 period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids, evaluation of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors application for registration with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bid Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 2. Receipt and Opening of Bids December 5 26, 2012 December 14, 2012 December 26, 2012 until 10:00AM only; Opening of Bids at 10:00 AM

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php1, 400, 000.00 Contract Duration Contract ID Contract Name : : :

c. d. e. f.

Contract Location Scope of Work

: :

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php1, 500, 000.00 Contract Duration :

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids : : : : : December 4, 2012 to December 19, 2012 December 12, 2012 at 1:00pm December 17, 2012 at 12:00pm December 19, 2012 at 9:00am 12:00pm December 19, 2012 at 2:00pm

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. Prospective bidders may download the Registration from the DPWHwebsite www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of Letter of Intent Documents (LOIS) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH-Pampanga 1st District Engineering Office, Sindalan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Prospective bidders can download the LOI Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security in any form in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website. The BAC will also issue hard copies of the BDs at the same address to eligible bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee. Bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees upon the submission of their bids. The Department of Public Works and Highways - Pampanga 1st District Engineering Office 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 by: (Sgd.) NOMER ABEL P . CANLAS BAC Chairman
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Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the evaluation and the post qualification. LOI Form and Bidding Document Fees are shown below: ABC of Project Php500, 000.00 and below Php500, 000.01 - Php1,000, 000.00 Php1,000,000.01-Php5,000,000.00 Php5,000,000.01-Php10,000,000.00 Php10,000,000.01-Php50,000,000.00 Php50,000,000.01-Php500,000,000.00 Bidding Document Fee Php500.00 Php1,000.00 Php5,000.00 Php10,000.00 Php25,000.00 Php50,000.00

The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu 6th District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) MYRNA A. DELA SERNA BAC Chairman NOTED: (Sgd.) SUZETTE C. NWANAKA OIC, District Engineer
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Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways Region X OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Lanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District
Seminary Drive. Pala-o, Iligan City Tel.: (063)221-5703 Fax Nos.: (063)223-0217, 2214648 E-mail address: dpwh.lned2@yahoo.com
INVITATION TO BID
The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City , through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contracts: 1. Contract ID: Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description: Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: 2. Contract ID: Contract Name: Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): a) Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description: 12KF0050 Construction of Revetment (J. Gerona Section), Hinaplanon, Iligan City Iligan City Facilities for the Engineers, Other General Requirements, Drainage and Slope Protection Php16,675,955.33 170 calendar days 12KF0051 CY-2013 School Building Program Priority (Cluster 1), Iligan City Php5,350,597.16 Construction of 1-CL School Building at Iligan City East NHS, Kiwalan Annex, Brgy. Kiwalan, Iligan City Brgy. Kiwalan, Iligan City Construction of 7m x 9m 1-CL School Building with complete structural concrete members; Steel Works; Roofing Works; Masonry Works; Carpentry Works (Black Board, Jambs & Fascia Board, interior ceiling); Doors & Windows; Painting Works and Electrical Works. But without C.R. Php 639,989.60 45_calendar days Construction of 1-Storey, 2-Classroom Bldg. at Northeast II-A CS, Brgy. Dalipuga, Iligan City Brgy. Dalipuga, Iligan City Construction of 7m x 18m 2-CL School Building with complete structural concrete members; Steel Works; Roofing Works; Masonry Works; Carpentry Works (ceiling works interior and exterior, Black Board/Frame & Fascia Board); Doors & Windows; Painting Works; Electrical Works (Provision only). But without C.R. Php 1,142,640.00 90_calendar days Construction of 2-Storey, 2-CL School Building at Luinab Elementary School, Brgy. Luinab, Iligan City Brgy. Luinab, Iligan City Construction of 7m x 9m 2-CL, 2-Storey School Building with complete structural concrete members; Steel Works; Roofing Works; Masonry Works; Carpentry Works (Black Board, Jambs interior ceiling); Doors & Windows; Painting Works and Electrical Works. Php 2,287,988.36 90_calendar days Construction of 1-CL School Building at Bulalang Elementary School, Brgy. Dalipuga, Iligan City Brgy. Dalipuga, Iligan City Construction of 7m x 9m 1-CL School Building with complete Structural concrete members; Steel Works; Roofing Works; Masonry Works; Carpentry Works (Black Board, Jambs & Fascia Board, interior ceiling); Doors & Windows; Painting Works and Electrical Works. But without C.R. Php 639,989.60 45_calendar days Construction of 1-CL School Building at Pugaan Elementary School, Brgy. Pugaan, Iligan City Brgy. Pugaan, Iligan City Construction of 7m x 9m 1-CL School Building with complete Structural concrete members; Steel Works; Roofing Works; Masonry Works; Carpentry Works (Black Board, Jambs & Fascia Board, interior ceiling); Doors & Windows; Painting Works and Electrical Works. But without C.R. Php 639,989.60 45_calendar days

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The DPWH DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE, J. Rosales Avenue,Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, through its Bids and Awards Committee ( BAC ), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s): Contract ID: Contract 12NA0047 (cluster) Const. of MPB Sto. Rosario, Magallanes, Agusan del Norte and Improvement of MultiPurpose Building Buhang Elementary School, Buhang, Magallanes Agusan del Norte Php P5,445,000.00 90 calendar days

Contract Location: Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration:

The Department of Public Works & Highways (DPWH) Regional Office No. 10, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following projects funded from Savings under CY 2011 Regular Infrastructure Program, to wit: 1. Contract ID: 12K00170 Contract Name: Rehab/Reconst/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Road along Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro City-Iligan City Road (BCIR), Talisay, Gingoog City Section, Misamis Oriental a) Km 1301+412 Km 1302+742 Contract Location: Misamis Oriental Brief Description: Repair/Rehab of Damaged National Road Appropriation: P 28,329,420.00 Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): To be announced on Pre-bid Conference Contract Duration: To be discussed on Pre-bid Conference Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 25,000.00 Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and regulations. To bid for these contracts, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with 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, 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 nondiscretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration, to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the scheduled date of bidding. The DPWH-POCW, Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids 2:00 PM on December 7, 2012 to December 27, 2012 @ 12 noon December 12, 2012 @ 2:00PM December 27, 2012 @12:00 noon December 27, 2012 from 8:00AM-12:00 noon December 27, 2012

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent ( LOI ) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LOI Prospective Bidders 3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Receipts of Bids 5. Opening of Bids from December 20, 2012 10:00 a.m. December 04, 2012 to Dec. 26, 2012 December 14, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. December 26, 2012 at 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. December 26, 2012 10:15 a.m.

2. Issuance of Bid Documents

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of (P10,000.00). Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their 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 IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplishment forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelop shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the Bid evaluation and the postqualification. The DPWH DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE, J. Rosales Avenue, Agusan del Norte, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) CLARO S. COMILING Chief MQC Section BAC Chairman
(MST-DEC. 10,2012)

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Regional Office No. X, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC). The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and postqualification. The DPWH-Regional Office No. 10 reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) EFREN A. BERBA, CEO VI OIC, Assistant Regional Director BAC-Chairman

NOTED:

(Sgd.) EVELYN T. BARROSO, Ph.D. Regional Director

(MST-DEC.10, 2012)

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: b) Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description:

Department of Public Works and Highways Region IV-A Batangas 1st District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Batangas City Tel. No. (043) 402-5900 and Fax No. 043-723-7934

Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS ILOILO CITY DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City Region VI Western Visayas

Republic of the Philippines

Invitation to Bid
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I District Engineering Office, Batangas City through the FY 2012 General Appropriations Act 10155 intends to apply the sum of various amount of Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) being the payment under the contract listed below. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I District Engineering Office, Batangas City now invites bids for: Contract ID No.: Contract Name: Contract Location: Scope of Work: Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: Amount of Bid Document: Contract ID No.: Contract Name: Contract Location: Scope of Work: Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: Amount of Bid Document: 12DB0208 Construction of 2 Storey 4 Classroom, 3 Storey 6 Classroom at Lucsuhin NHS Calatagan, Batangas Construction of 2 Storey 4 Classroom, 2 Storey 6 Classroom Php 12,447,270.00 220 c.d. Php 25,000.00 12DB0209 Construction of 2 Storey 4 Classroom, 3 Storey-6 Classroom at Dacanlao G. Agoncillo NHS Calaca, Batangas Construction of 2 Storey 4 Classroom, 2 Storey-6 Classroom Php 12,447,270.00 220 c.d. Php 25,000.00

INVITATION TO BID for

Contract ID:12GJ0104- Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/ Retrofitting of Jaro Bridge, Jaro, Iloilo City
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Iloilo City District Engineering Office, through the FY 2013 Regualr Infra intends to apply the sum of THIRTY-ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT PESOS AND 72/100 (P 31,733,848.72) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Contract ID:12GJ0104- Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/ Retrofitting of Jaro Bridge, Jaro, Iloilo City. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Iloilo City District Engineering Office, now invites bids Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/ Retrofitting of Jaro Bridge, Jaro, Iloilo City. Completion of Works is required ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (160) 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, Instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations(IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy-five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to the citizens of the Philippines. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public Works and Highways, Iloilo City District Engineering Office, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 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-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 25,000.00). Contract ID:12GJ0104- Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Retrofitting of Jaro Bridge, Jaro, Iloilo City 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 Department of Public Works and Highways, Iloilo City District Engineering Office will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the Office of the BAC, Iloilo City District Engineering Office, Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City which shall be open to all interested parties. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 27, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. Department of Public Works and Highways, Iloilo City District Engineering Office, Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City. 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 on December 27, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. LOIs and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant Documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids. The Head of the Procuring Entity, DPWH-Iloilo City District Engineering Office, Iloilo 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 the contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders. For further information, please refer to: FEMA G. GUADALUPE Department of Public Works and Highways Iloilo City District Engineering Office Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City Tel No. : 033-3373263 Fax : 033-3378387 (Sgd.) FEMA G. GUADALUPE BAC Chairman

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: c) Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description:

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: d) Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description:

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: e) Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description:

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. Instruction to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I District Engineering Office, Batangas City, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M., Monday to Friday. Receipt of LOI from prospective bidders with Credit Line Commitment of NFCC and Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC) is from December 6, 2012 to 2:00 p.m. of December 17, 2012. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on December 6, 2012 up to 9:00 A.M. of December 28, 2012 upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents. Interested bidders are also required to present to the BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Batangas 1 District Engineering Office, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City original copies of the following documents for authentication and issuance of Bid Documents: a) PCAB License; b) Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC); c) Certificate of Materials Engineer Accreditation; d) Latest of Authorizing Officer together with machine copy of two (2) Valid IDs; e) Certificate of Safety Officer Seminar of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (Philgeps Order Form) Document Request List: g) CY 2011 CPES Rating and h) Income Tax Return (ITR) with payment slip. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Department of Public Works and Highways, if available, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I Engineering District, Batangas City will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December14, 2012 at the Department of Public Works and Highways, Batangas I Engineering District, Batangas City , which shall be open only to all interested parties. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 A.M. on December 28, 2012 at Batangas I Engineering District, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bid opening shall be on December 27, 2012, 2:00 oclock, p.m. at Batangas I Engineering District, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City. 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 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. The DPWH Batangas 1 Engineering District, Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City likewise assume no obligation whatsoever to compensate or indemnify any bidder or winning bidders, as the case may be, for any expenses or loss that said party(ies) may incur in its participation in the pre-bidding and bidding process nor does it guarantee that an award will be made. For further information, please refer to: GODOFREDO C. DE VILLA BAC Chairman Batangas 1st District Engineering Office Department of Public Works and Highways Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City, 4200 Tel. 043-723-7934 Attn.: BAC Secretariat (Sgd.) GODOFREDO C., DE VILLA Chief Construction Section BAC Chairman

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration:

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 the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipinoowned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the Deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCWCentral Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
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Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-Bid Conference Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids

Deadline: 5:00 P.M./December 12, 2012 December 6, 2012 to December 26, 2012 2:00 P.M. /December 13, 2012 Deadline: 9:00 A.M./December 26, 2012 2:00 P.M. /December 26, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2 Engineering District Office, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City), upon payment of a nonrefundable fees of P10,000.00 each project for Bid Documents. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, 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. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable form in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which will include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City) reserves the right to accept or reject any all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved:

(Sgd.) MOCAMADALI P. PUNDOGAR Administrative Officer V BAC Chairman

(MST-DEC. 10, 2012)

Noted: (Sgd.) ROSAURO A. ADAPON District Engineer

(MST-DEC. 10, 2012

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Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets Catarman, Northern Samar Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254 Republic of the Philippines

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Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets Catarman, Northern Samar Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets Catarman, Northern Samar Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254

Republic of the Philippines

INVITATION TO BID
I. Contract ID : Contract Name : 12II0091 Construction of School under cluster SB-2013-01@ 2 Storey-4CL @ Catubig Valley NHS, -P4,914,846.65 2 Storey-4CL @ Catubig Valley NHS, -P4,914,846.65 2 Storey-2CL @ Catubig Valley NHS, -P2,199,304.41 1 Storey-3CL Type I, Osang PS -P1,894,899.98 Contract Location : All of Catubig, Northern Samar Brief Description/Scope of Work : Construction of School Building Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 13,923,897.69 Contract Duration : 180 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00 I. Contract ID : Contract Name :

INVITATION TO BID
12II0092 Construction of School under cluster SB-2013-02@ 2 Storey-2CL @ Giadgawan PS, -P5,342,696.04 1 Storey-3CL @ Type I, Inanahawan ES -P1,894,899.97 1 Storey-3CL @ Type I, Onay ES -P1,894,900.00 2 Storey-2CL @ Cagbigajo PS, -P2,546,497.55 2 Storey-2CL @ Cababtoan ES, -P2,314,997.85 Contract Location : Pambujan & Laoang both of Northern Samar Brief Description/Scope of Work : Construction of School Building Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 13,993,991.41 Contract Duration : 180 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00 I. Contract ID : Contract Name :

INVITATION TO BID
12II0093 Construction of School under cluster SB-2013-03@ 1 Storey-3CL Type I Yabyaban ES -P1,894,900.00 2 Storey-2CL @ Bantayan ES, -P2,314,997.85 2 Storey-2CL @ Gibatangan PS, -P2,430,748.14 2 Storey-2CL @ Brgy. Uno PS, -P2,430,748.14 2 Storey-2CL @ Don Sixto Balanquit PS, -P2,546,497.55 2 Storey-2CL @ Gapasgapas ES, -P2,546,497.55 Contract Location : Pambujan & Laoang both of Northern Samar Brief Description/Scope of Work : Construction of School Building Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 14,164,389.23 Contract Duration : 180 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00

1. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, through the Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. 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. Instructions to Bidders. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 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 nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00) will be on December 13-27, 2012. 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 that the submission of their bids. 6. The DPWH Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 @ 2:00 pm-DPWH-NS 2nd DEO, Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 27, 2012 - 8:30 Am.-9:00 Am NS 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar. 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 on December 27, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. 8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liason Officer only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI). LOIs and/o. applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids 9. The DPWH NS 2nd DEO, reserves the right to accept of 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 or obligation to the affected bidders. 10. For further information, please refer to: Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar (Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES BAC Chairman
(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

1. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, through the Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. 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. Instructions to Bidders. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 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 nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00) will be on December 13-27, 2012. 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 that the submission of their bids. 6. The DPWH Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 @ 2:00 pm-DPWH-NS 2nd DEO, Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis Laoang, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 27, 2012 - 8:30 Am.-9:00 Am NS 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar. 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 on December 27, 2012 at 2:00 P.M 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar, in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. 8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liason Officer only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI). LOIs and/o. applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids 9. The DPWH NS 2nd DEO, reserves the right to accept of 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 or obligation to the affected bidders. 10. For further information, please refer to: Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar (Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES BAC Chairman
(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

1. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, through the Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. 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. Instructions to Bidders. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 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 nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00) will be on December 13-27, 2012. 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 that the submission of their bids. 6. The DPWH Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 @ 2:00 pm-DPWH-NS 2nd DEO, Sub Office, Rawis Laoang, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 27, 2012 - 8:30 Am.-9:00 Am NS 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar. 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 on December 27, 2012 at 2:00 P.M 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis Laong, N. Samar in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. 8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liason Officer only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI). LOIs and/o. applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids 9. The DPWH NS 2nd DEO, reserves the right to accept of 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 or obligation to the affected bidders. 10. For further information, please refer to: Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar (Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES BAC Chairman
(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets Catarman, Northern Samar Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Public Works and Highways OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER

Catarman, Northern Samar Telefax No.: (055) 251-8190/055) 500-9165

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets Catarman, Northern Samar Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254

Republic of the Philippines

INVITATION TO BID
I. Contract ID : Contract Name : 12II0094 Construction of School under cluster SB-2013-04@ 2 Storey-4CL @ Laoang Technical School HS -P5,099,845.46 2 Storey-4CL @ Sumomoy AIS -P5,342,694.60 1 Storey-3CL Type I Bugtusan PS -P1,894,900.01 1 Storey-3CL Type I Laoangan PS -P1,896,949.96 Contract Location : San Roque, Laoang & Palapag all of Northern Samar Brief Description/Scope of Work : Construction of School Building Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 14,144,390.03 Contract Duration : 180 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00
1. Contract ID: Contract Name: Contract Location: Brief Description/ Scope of Work:

INVITATION TO BID
13IH0038 Construction of 2-units 2-Storey 8-Classroom and 1-unit 2-storey 8-Classroom School Building, Catarman National High School, Catarman(Capital) Catarman, N. Samar Corrugated Metal Roofing, Carpentry & Joinery works, Plain & Reinforced Concrete, Masonry Works, Aluminum Glass Windows, Wooden Doors and Plumbing Php 20,799,024.65 360 Calendar Days Php 20,000.00

INVITATION TO BID
I. Contract ID : Contract Name : 12II0089 Rehab./Improvement of Brgy. Cagamutan-Bato-Bangon Farm to Market Road Contract Location : Gamay, Northern Samar Brief Description/Scope of Work : Concreting of 660 meters Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 6,789,661.89 Contract Duration : 90 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00

1. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, through the Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. 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. Instructions to Bidders. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 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 nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00) will be on December 13-27, 2012. 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 that the submission of their bids. 6. The DPWH Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 @ 10:00 Am-DPWH-NS 2nd DEO, Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 27, 2012 - 8:30 Am. - 9:00 Am NS 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar. 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 on December 27, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. 8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liason Officer only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI). LOIS and/o. applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids 9. The DPWH NS 2nd DEO, reserves the right to accept of 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 or obligation to the affected bidders. 10. For further information, please refer to: Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar (Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES BAC Chairman
(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Contract Duration: Cost of Bidding Documents:

1. The DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, through the SB FY-2013 intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. The DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. 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. Instructions to Bidders. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 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 nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount stated above. Bidders can make payment for the purchase of the Bidding Documents at any DPWH field offices. 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 that the submission of their bids. The significant date and time of procurement activities are shown below:

1. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, through the Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 2. The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above stated contract duration. 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. Instructions to Bidders. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint venture with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profile Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualification. Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH NS 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 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 nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00) will be on December 13-27, 2012. 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 that the submission of their bids. 6. The DPWH Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 @ 2:00 pm DPWH-NS 2nd DEO, Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 27, 2012 8:30 Am.-9:00 Am NS 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar. 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 on December 27, 2012 at 2:00 P.M 2nd DEO Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. 8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liason Officer only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI). LOIs and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids 9. The DPWH NS 2nd DEO, reserves the right to accept of 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 or obligation to the affected bidders. 10. For further information, please refer to: Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office Sub Office, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar (Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES BAC Chairman
(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline Receipt of LOIs and Receipt/ Submission of Bids 4. Opening of Bids

DATE / TIME December 7, 2012 -January 3, 2013 December 21, 2012 @ 3:00 pm January 3, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m. January 3, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

6. Pre-bid Conference will be held at BAC Office, DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. 7. Bids must be delivered at BAC Office, DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18, or a Bid Securing Declaration in lieu of a bid security as an additional form, pursuant to GPPB 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. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit the following: 1) DPWH Standard Form of Letter of Intent (LOI) on or before the deadline for submission of bids (per Department Memorandum dated November 15, 2012 with Subject: Deferment in the Implementation of Section C.3 of D.O. No. 64, Series of 2012); 2) Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC and 3) Original Receipt (OR) for payment of bidding documents before submission/dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liaison Officer only as specified in the Contractors Information (CI) of the Contractor Registration Certificate (CRC). 9. The DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office, Catarman, N. Samar 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 or obligation to the affected bidder or bidders. 10. For further information, please refer to: Attention: Head, BAC Secretariat BAC Office, DPWH Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Office Catarman, N. Samar Telefax No.: (055) 251-8190/(055) 500-9165 Noted: (Sgd.) SANDY T. PUA OIC, District Engineer (Sgd.) RAULITO F. YANGZON Asst. District Engineer (BAC Chairman)

(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

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Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental Tel. No. (034) 495-1299 Fax No. (034) 441-0016

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INVITATION TO BID FOR THE

1. 12GK0062 REHABILITATION OF BRGY. 18-A BRGY. 10 FARM TO MARKET ROAD (FMR), VICTORIAS CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

The DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, through the FY 2011 General Appropriations Act, RA 10147, intends to apply the sum for Contract No. 12GK0062 - P9,637,689.05 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract. Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, now invites bid for the 1. Contract No. 12GK0062 - Concrete paving of road with 3.00m. width and 0.23m. thickness, including: base preparation, etc.; Completion of the works required is 1) Contract No. 12GK0062 - Seventy Four (74) C.D. 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 specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184) otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM 5:00PM. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below, upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00). Payments will be accepted only from the bidders authorized representatives upon presentation of the original of the contractors CRC (Contractors Registration Certificate) and PCAB License. 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 Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental will hold a Pre Bid Conference on December 14, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. LOIs and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of Bids. Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives in the address given below on or before December 28, 2012 until 9:00 A.M. only and will be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at the BAC Office, The DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental . 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. The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental 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 : NORMITA A. NOBLE OIC Assistant District Engineer DPWH Negros Occidental 1st District Engineering Office, Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental Tel. No. (034) 495-1299 Fax No. (034) 441-0016 (Sgd.) LYDIA D. TUPAS Engineer III BAC Chairman

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Republic of the Philippines

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INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Office, through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s); 1) Contract I.D.: Contract Name: 12LB-0124, re-advertise Repair/Maintenance of National Roads and Bridges, Spot patching of National Roads along Fatima-Malabog Road , Km. 1516+976-Km. 1518+500 intermittent section, Davao City Contract Location: Davao City Scope of Works: Spot patching of unpaved shoulder Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 215,186.35 Duration: Ten (10) calendar days Source of Fund: SR2012-02-002120 dated February 27, 2012

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR IMPROVING COST ESTIMATION IN THE DPWH (LCS-IC-07)
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), through the National Roads Improvement and Management Program, Phase II (NRIMP-2) intends to apply the sum of twenty five million nineteen thousand three hundred thirty eight pesos and fifty centavos (PhP 25,019,338.50) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Consultancy Services for Improving Cost Estimation in the DPWH (LCS-IC-07). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of the financial proposals. 2. The DPWH now calls for the submission of eligibility documents for: Project: Location: Objective: Consultancy Services for Improving Cost Estimation in the DPWH (LCS-IC-07). DPWH, A. Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila The purpose of the Project is to establish in DPWH: Quantity and Cost Estimating Methodology o Recommend and implement a quantity and cost estimating methodology. Cost Estimation Procedures and Applications o Review and redesign, as deemed necessary, the cost estimation processes for civil works (roads, bridges, and flood control). o Implementation of improved cost estimation processes for civil works (roads, bridges, and flood control). o Pilot and implementation of a cost estimation application that will be used in preparing systematic and accurate cost estimates for use in planning and budgeting; as well as the Agency Estimate. Outputs/ Deliverables: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Expected Outputs Cost Estimation Process Improvement Report Custom developed Cost Estimation Application (CEA) CEA Design Report CEA System Documentations Cost Estimation Manual Cost Estimation Trainer Guide Final Report

2) Contract I.D.: Contract Name:

(MST-DEC. 10,2012)

12LB-0198 Completion of MPB for Package T a) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. Bago Aplaya, Davao City b) Comp. ofMPB, Brgy. Bago Gallera, Davao City c) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. Catalunan Pequeno, Davao City d) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. Ma a, Davao City Contract Location: Davao City Scope of Works: Excavation, Concrete & Masonry Works, Roofing & Safety & Health Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 7,840,000.00 Duration: One Hundred Fifty (150) calendar days Source of Fund: SARO BMB-A-12-T000005396 dated Oct. 17, 2012 12LB-0199 Completion of MPB for Package U a) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. 6-A, Davao City b) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. 19-B, Davao City c) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. 22-C, Davao City d) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. 26-C, Davao City e) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. 40-D, Davao City f) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. Matina Crossing, Davao City g) Comp. of MPB, Brgy. Baliok, Davao City h) Contract Location: Davao City Scope of Works: Excavation, Concrete & Masonry Works, Roofing & Safety & Health Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 9,212,000.00 Duration: One Hundred Fifty (150) calendar days Source of Fund: SARO BMB-A-12-T000005396 dated Oct. 17, 2012 12LB-0200 Const. of road Multi-Purpose Pavement for Package V a) Const. of road, Brgy. Ma a, Davao City b) Const. of road, Brgy. Baliok, Davao City c) Const. of road, Brgy. Bago Gallera, Davao City d) Const. of road, Brgy. Catalunan Grande, Davao City e) Const. of road, Brgy. Matina Pangi, Davao City f) Const. of road, Brgy. Langub, Davao City g) Const. of MPP, Brgy. 6-A, Davao City h) Const. of MPP, Brgy. 20-B, Davao City Contract Location: Davao City Scope of Works: Portland Cement Concrete Pavement & Safety & Health Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 2,548,000.00 Duration: Twenty (20 ) calendar days Source of Fund: SARO BMB-A-12-T000005396 dated Oct. 17, 2012 Contract I.D.: Contract Name: Contract I.D.: Contract Name:

Department of Public Works and Highways

Office of the District Engineer Capiz 1st Engineering District Roxas City

Republic of the Philippines

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INVITATION TO BID
The Capiz 1st Engineering District through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s): 1. Contract ID Contract Name : 12GD0015 : Construction/Widening/Upgrading/ Rehabilitation of Access Roads to Declared Tourism Destinations Road from National Highway to Balisong Hills Location : Pilar, Capiz, Brief Description : Concreting of 2 kilometers with PCCP, Road thickness=0.30m, Approved Budget for the Contract : Php 38,600,500.00 Source of Fund Duration : 150 Calendar Days
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Key Staff

The assignment is expected to be completed within 24 months. Within this period, it is anticipated that the consultants will render 131 professional manmonths. The anticipated Key Staffing positions include: 1) Project Manager/Estimating Expert 2) Cost Engineer 3) Highway Quantity Estimator 4) Bridge Quantity Estimator 5) Business/Systems Analyst 6) Analyst/Programmer

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, purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 75% Filipino owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture, ( c ) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 25% of ABC within a period of 5 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 nondiscretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of Bids. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: BAC Activities 1 Issuance of Bidding Documents 2 Pre-Bid Conference 3 Deadline of Downloading of Plans and Bid Documents 4 Receipt of Bids and Deadline of LOI 5 Opening of Bids Schedule December 10 to 27, 2012 December 18,2012, @ 9:00 a.m. December 21,2012 @ 3:00 p.m. December 27,2012 @ 9:00 a.m. December 27, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m.

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Interested consultants must submit their Application for Eligibility and Shortlisting on or before January 10, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the address below: Attention: Undersecretary Raul C. Asis Chairman, Special BAC for Consultancy Services & Goods, NRIMP-2 Address: c/o Carlos G. Mutuc Office of the Director, NRIM-PMO Building, Department of Public Works and Highways 2nd Street, Port Area, Manila, Philippines

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 the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria; (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for the registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website. www.dpwh.gov.ph The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below; 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: Dec. 10-27, 2012 2. Pre-Bid Conference Time and Date : Dec. 13, 2012 3. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders @ 12;00 P.M. Dec. 21, 2012 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids Deadline: 2;00 P.M.., Dec. 27, 2012 @ 2:00 PM. Dec. 27, 2012

Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion.The eligibility forms can be downloaded from www.dpwh.gov.ph, under Doing Business. 4. The SBAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted Application for Eligibility and Shortlisting and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of six (6) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing are:
Applicable Experience Qualification of Personnel Job Capacity TOTAL: 35 points 40 points 25 points 100 points

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Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the IRR of RA 9184. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Capiz 1st Engineering District, Km. I, Roxas City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P 20,000.00 for Bidding Documents per project. 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 bids 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. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the copy of e CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Response Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualification. Capiz 1st Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid Contract Award without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. (Sgd.) ETHEL B. MORALES OIC-Asst. District Engineer BAC-Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) SANNY BOY O. OROPEL, CESE District Engineer

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Office, Leon Ma. Guerrero Street, Davao City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee for Bidding Documents for item no. 1, Five Hundred Pesos Only (Php 500.00) , item no. 2 & 3, Ten Thousand Pesos Only (Php 10,000.00) and Item No. 4 Five Thousand Pesos Only (Php 5,000.00) . Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DWPH 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 bids documents. 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 specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the lowest calculated responsive bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved: (Sgd.) GREGORIO C. YEE Engineer III Chief, Matls. Testing &Qlty. Control Section (BAC Chairman) Noted By: (Sgd.) LORNA T. RICARDO District Engineer
(MST-Dec. 10, 2012)

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All bidders who have initially responded to the Invitation to Bid/Request for Expression of Interest and have been declared eligible or short listed in the previous biddings shall be allowed to submit new bids. The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation/ Selection (QCBE/QCBS) procedure.Bids whose technical proposals pass the minimum technical requirement of seventy-five percent (75%) shall have its financial proposals opened and evaluated. The technical proposal shall carry eighty percent (80%) weight in the evaluation. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instructions to Bidders. The contract shall be completed within twenty-four (24) months. The DPWH reserves the right to reject any and all bids, annul the bidding process, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: Undersecretary Raul C. Asis Chairman, Special BAC for Consultancy Services & Goods, NRIMP-2 NRIM-PMO Building, Department of Public Works and Highways 2nd Street, Port Area, Manila, Philippines Tel Nos. (632) 304-3779

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(Sgd.) RAUL C. ASIS Undersecretary Chairman, SBAC for Consultancy Services & Goods, NRIMP-2
(MST-DEC. 10, 2012)

(MST-Dec. 10 & 16, 2012)

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