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NEWS OCTOBER2HeadlineGitnang Luzon30, 2013Salvage victim foundin Pampanga riverBy Rudy J. AbularCAMP OLIVAS -- A man believedto be a victim of salvagingwas found floating on theshoreline of Pampanga Riverin Barangay Bebe Anac, Masantol,Pampanga on Monday.Senior Supt. Oscar Albayalde,director of the PampangaCapitol, DOHhost adolescenthealth forumBy Angelique TuazonLUBAO, Pampanga – The provincialgovernment and the Center forHealth Development 3 of the Departmentof Health hosted an adolescenthealth forum at the gymnasium of thistown participated by teens and youngadults from the province’s second districtmunicipalities on Tuesday.The event dubbed, “Iligtas angKabataan para sa Kinabukasan ngBayan,” was participated by some 700teenage girls who are also the provincialgovernment’s scholars, beneficiariesof Special Program for theEmployment of Students (SPES) andother youngsters selected by barangayhealth workers (BHWs) and barangayPublic Employment Services Office(PESO) coordinators.Said activity was personally requestedby Governor Lilia “Nanay” G.Pineda from the health department toaddress the rising number of teenagepregnancies and maternal deaths onsaid age bracket in the province.Provincial Social Welfare and DevelopmentOfficer Elizabeth Baybayandiscussed the rights of children, sincethe participants were still consideredchildren or minors.Baybayan said the basic rights ofthe children include survival, developmental,protection and participation.HEALTH FORUM... Page 9BY JENNA LUMBANGProvincial Police Office, saidresponding policemen fromMasantol Municipal PoliceStation fished out the lifelessbody of a male person fromthe river at around 7 a.m.Albayalde said both handsof the victim were tied behindhis back, a standard proceduredone to a person beforehis execution.Based on initial investigationconducted by a Scene ofthe Crime Operatives team,the victim sustained multiplegunshot wounds in the body.Police said the victim standsat 5’4” and wears a yellow shirtand black maong pants whenfound by residents.The PNP-Regional CrimeLaboratory Office 3 conductedan autopsy on the bodyof the victim to establish hisidentity.Police investigators theorizedthat the victim waskilled somewhere else anddumped his body on the riverto mislead authorities. •RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE. Aeta women, including a senior citizen, wait for their turn to vote in BarangayBatiawan, Subic, Zambales on Monday. --Photo by Leo VillacarlosOutgoing village execs urgedto create transition teamsCITY OF SAN FER-NANDO – The Departmentof Interior and LocalGovernment (DILG) Pampangareminded all outgoingbarangay officials toform a transition team forthe inventory and turnoverof financial records andproperties.DILG Pampanga DirectorMyrvi Fabia said DILGMemorandum Circular2013-115 mandates all outgoingPunong Barangaysto create a transition teamthat will ensure smooth localgovernance turnoverto the newly-elected or reelectedbarangay officials.“The transition team istasked to conduct or updateall properties, finances anddocuments of the barangaybeginning October 1, 2013until November 15 of thisyear,” Fabia said.Fabia reminded outgoingvillage officials to makesure that all financial recordsand transactions areintact, all officials entrustedwith the custody of suppliesand properties are held accountable,and documents,such as the legislative andadministrative records,transcripts of Lupon meetingsand cases, registry ofbarangay inhabitants andlist of members of barangayassembly, are assembled.She added that the circularauthorized the transitionteam to organize aturnover ceremony on thestate of barangay governance,financial performanceand key challengesto the incoming set of officials.The director also saidall outgoing officials are requiredto secure clearancefrom the barangay treasurer.All records will be filedand submitted to the Commissionon Audit. In caseof loss of barangay propertiesand the concerned officialscannot justify these,a case will be filed againstthem. ●Macabebemost wantedarrestedBY JENNA LUMBANGCITY OF SAN FERNANDO – After sixmonths in hiding, the most wanted personin Macabebe was arrested by the police in amanhunt operation.Jomar Cunanan y Simbulan, 18, singleand a resident of Brgy. Caduang Tete of thesaid town, was arrested by virtue of a warrantof arrest for the crimes of attemptedmurder and three counts of rape.The Municipal Police Station headed byChief Inspector John Clark conducted theintelligence operation on the activities of thesuspect till he was apprehended on October24 at around 4 p.m. in his relatives’ house inBrgy. Saplad David of the same town.Clark said the suspect was caught by surprisewhen they arrived and did not resistMOST WANTED... Page 9Rookie copnabbed indrug bustBy Rudy AbularCAMP OLIVAS – Policearrested on Monday a rookiecop during a drug bust infront of a bakeshop in BarangayWest Bajac-Bajac, OlongapoCity.Chief Supt. Raul D. Petrasanta,Police RegionalOffice 3 director, identifiedthe erring cop as PO1 LouieOsmond Ballon of BarangayMatain, Subic, Zambales andcurrently detailed at the CityPublic Safety Company ofOlongapo City Police Office(OCPO).Senior Supt. Rodolfo Recomono,OCPO director, saidBallon was ranked numberone in the list of notoriousdrug dealers in OlongapoCity.Recomono said the rookiecop was nabbed in an entrapmentoperation conductedby the City Anti-Illegal DrugSpecial Operation Team(CAIDSOT) in front of King’sBakeshop located along Ulong-ApoRotonda in BarangayWest Bajac-Bajac at around11 a.m.He said his men were ableto entrap Ballon after he wastipped off by a street pusherwho was earlier arrested byCAIDSOT operatives in abuy-bust operation in front ofBaloy Beach Resort in BarangayBarretto, Olongapo City.Renato Andres Oliva alias“Atong” of Crisostomo St. inBarangay Matain, Subic, pinpointedBallon as his sourceof illegal drugs.According to Recomono,Oliva was put under heavysurveillance after he wasidentified by a police asset asthe person involved in streetpushing in the said area.Three grams of suspectedshabu and P5,000 markedmoney were seized by the policefrom both suspects afterthe drug sting. •FOR SMARTPHONES& TABLETS!You can grab our DigitalEdition Copy viawww.headlinegl.com& click Cover Today
HeadlineNEWS 3Gitnang LuzonOCTOBER 30, 2013US hospital supervisor eyes Bagac mayoral seatBAGAC, Bataan -- A supervisingclinical laboratory scientistin a US government hospitalis eyeing this town mayoral seatcome 2016.Alex Bantugan disclosed toHeadline Gitnang Luzon thathe will be running for mayor ofBagac in 2016.“Every time I’m here inBagac, I see my kababayanssuffering from poverty and neglect.The very reason why I willbe throwing my hat in the politicalarena. I want to improvethe plight of my kababayans,”he said.“I will be running not forpower and prestige but becauseof my sincerest desire toserve the people of Bagac,” hestressed.Bantugan is one of the twolargest clans in this town. Theother one is Nojadera.As early as 2008, Bantugan’sname was already circulatingto run mayor for here.In the late ‘80s, he wasa high school teacher at nowclosed Santa Catalina Institutein this town.Incumbent Mayor RamilDel Rosario is currently in histhird and final term. •PROCLAIMED. Barangay chairman-elect John Eric Tumang (6th from right) of San Antonio, Mexico, Pampanga is proclaimed as winner in the election in their barangay, along with winning kagawadcandidates Henry “Dobal” Bondoc, Greta “Gretchen” Pineda, Adonis Salas, Ronald Manalo, Rene “Denic” Canda, Fernando “Pey” Esguerra and Randy “Botong” Santos.With them are Tumang’s parents, Board Member Teddy Tumang and Febby. --Contributed photoTwo robbers fall in OraniBy Michael CigaralORANI, BATAAN -- Twomen were arrested after a 16-year old victim complainedto the police that he had beenrobbed by the suspects the otherday.Chief Inspector Arnel Dial,chief of police here, identifiedthe arrested suspects as EdwardMark Tolentino, 18, and a16-year old boy and resident ofBarangay Pacar, Orani.The victim, also a 16-yearMARIVELES, Bataan-- The president of the Associationof Barangay Captains(ABC) in Bataan expressedsupport to Vice Mayor TuringIsip’s purported plan to run formayor here in 2016.“This is my mayor in 2016.If you do not run, I will,” ABCBataan President Joey Carandangtold Isip in the vernacularas they shook hands in a casualmeeting in a local restauranthere.The informal meeting ofthe two local officials was witnessedby Municipal CouncilorAngel Sunga and this writer.As early as now, the dominantpolitical group in thisold man from Abucay townsaid he was then walking alongthis town’s plaza when he wasapproached by the suspectsand took his cellular phone andcash money at knife point.The victim asked for policehelp and, in a follow up operation,the suspects were arrested.Recovered from the suspectswere the knife used in thecrime and the victim’s moneyand cellphone.The suspects were chargedwith a case of Robbery. ●Mariveles ABC presidentbacks mayoral wannabetown already floated Isip astheir possible bet for mayor in2016.A political leader here notedthat if the vice mayor would bethe mayoral bet in 2016, theother aspirants in the groupwill for sure give way to him.The political leader addedthat to keep the group intactand dominant, it would be bestthat Isip be the mayoral bet.Last-term Mayor Jesse Concepcionand Isip are allies supportedby the same politicalgroup in this town.Isip earlier said that withthe full backing of the group,he is more than ready to run asmayor. • (Butch Gunio)‘Climb For The Environment’project launched soonBy Michael R. CigaralBy Michael R. CigaralBALANGA CITY -- Donations for the victimsof 7.2-magnitude Bohol earthquake given to theDiocese of Balanga reached P592,845.50, BishopRuperto Santos reported to newsmen here.In a press statement, Santos said that theamount was sent and channeled through socialaction ministries of the Archdiocese of Cebu andORANI, BATAAN --“Climb for the environment:3 advocates, 3 highest mountains,1 environmental goal.”This will be the theme fora nationwide reforestationproject being conceptualizedby a group of environmentalistsand partners inthe government and privatesectors.Dennis Cuarto, one of thedirectors of a group of environmentadvocates, “MgaBayani ng Kalikasan” (heroesfor the environment)revealed in an exclusive interviewwith Headline GitnangLuzon that they arenow in final negotiationswith key personalities thatwill lead this grand environmentalevent that is set to belaunched early next year.Former Bataan CongressmanFelicito Payumo willlead the Luzon team, GinaLopez of ABS CBN and theLopez Group for the Visayasand Presidential Adviser forEnvironmental Concerns,Secretary Neric Acosta forMindanao area.The country’s three majormountains are the maintarget of the project, namely:Mt. Pulag in Luzon, Mt.Kanlaon in the Visayas andthe Philippines’ highestpeak, Mt. Apo for Mindanao.February, next year, isscheduled for Mt. Pulag,April will be for Mt. Canlaonand June is for Mt. Apo.Cuarto added that asidefrom reforestation of thesaid mountains they will alsoconduct clean-up drives, treeplanting and fund raising onselected environmental projectsnationwide.PTT Philippines Corporation,Bases Conversionand Development Authority(BCDA) and the ManilaNorth Luzon Tollways Corporationare among the majorsponsors of the event. •Balanga clergy raises P.6-Mfor Bohol earthquake victimsthe Dioceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon in Bohol.The chief clergyman added that these “gracioushelp were accompanied by the prayers ofhope and healing to all.”‘’God grants them strength and may God alwaysbless our services. My gratitude and appreciationfor the support and solidarity of Bataenyos.God saves and sanctifies Bataan,’’ Santossaid. •
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