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Aim for 1 college graduate per Filipino family -- Angarawww.headlinegl.comNEWS PagE 3VOLUME I • NO. 149APRIL 15, 2013MONDAYTHe MOST WidelY diSTRiBUTed lOCal neWSPaPeR in CenTRal lUZOnGov to boostPampangaeconomy withagricultureBY JOEY PAVIAOCULARINSPECTION.Gov. Lilia G. Pineda inspectsthe new operating roomof the Jose Songco LapidDistrict Hospital in Poractown. With her are HospitalChief Romulo Lacson, BoardMembers Fritzie Dizon andJun Dimson, councilorbet Maynard Lapid, MayorCarling dela Cruz, and ViceMayor Dexter David.--Photo by GVJJR3 Kapampanganswin technologyinventions contestKrissy,di iiwan angshowbiz?Page 8Rescuersrecoverbodies ofdrownedgirlscLaRK FReePoRt--A teamof Kapampangan inventors receiveda P500,000 funding todevelop an affordable water purificationsystem after winning atechnology development competition.INVENTORS PagE 7aPaLIt, PaMPanga--Thebodies of thetwo girls who drownedon Wednesday in BarangaySulipan here werewere found by the rescueteams on Thursday.The victims wereidentified as Lolita Man-DROWNED PagE 7BY CHARLENE A. CAYABYAB AND MARNA DAGUMBOY-DEL ROSARIOCl farmers assured irrigation water enoughsan sIMon, PaMPanga--Gov.Lilia Pineda vowedto improve Pampanga’s economyby the distribution of thelocal produce of farmers andfishermen within the province.Pineda said the yearlybountiful yield of the farmersshould be primarily distributedin the province and itwill make its cost affordablebenefiting the some two mil-agRI BOOST PagE 7cIty oF san FeRnan-Do-- The Pampanga RiverBasin Flood Forecasting& Warning Center (PRB-FFWC) said there is sufficientwater stored in majordams in Central Luzon tosupply the irrigation needsof the agricultural lands inthe region.Hilton Hernandez, PRB-FFWC head, said there is noneed for farmers to worrydespite the decline in thewater elevation in Angat,Ipo and Pantabangan dams.“At present, we cansay that the water level inthose dams is still normaland there is no need to getalarmed, particularly ourfarmers,” Hernandez said.He, however, urged thepublic to conserve waterduring the summer months.“There is still enough wa-IRRIgaTION PagE 7Isundu tamu pu,ing Mayap a PamagbayuAGYUTAMUMAYORED PAMINTUAN • VICE-MAYORVICKY VEGA25COUNCILORS 1 AGUAS 4 GANZON 5 INDIONGCO 6 LACSON 8 MANIAGO9 MORALES 11 PAMINTUAN 12 RIVERA 15 SULLER 16 TARUC

2NEWSHeadlineGitnang luzonAPRIL 15, 2013HON. OSCAR S. RODRIGUEZMR. BRILLANTE MENDOZAOutstanding cabalens honoredcIty oF san FeRnan-Do--The Aguman KapampanganInternational Association,Inc., (AKIAI), anorganization of Kapampangansaround the world, honoredOutstanding Cabalenfor 2013 from the differentfields of endeavor on April6, 2013 at the Shanghai PalaceRestaurant in BalibagoAngeles City.As a socio-civic organization,AKIAI undertakesannual dental mission projectsin the different partsof the province especiallyin aboriginal communities,through their “PROJECT:OK (OPLAN KATUTUBO)”where it distributes schooluniforms, books and builttwo comfort rooms at theKatutubo ElementarySchool in Barangay Planas,Porac, PampangaIt also undertakesmiscellaneous missionslike Dental Education andMELANIE BRIONESFR. PAUL T. VELASCOculiminating relief missionactivities; OplanOrphanage and gift givingactivities for nochebuena and media noche.In its 2nd awarding ceremonies,officers and membersof AKIAI coming fromthe different parts of theglobe welcomed the awardeeswho constituted a who’swho in the province.Among those awardedwere Angeles City MayorEdgardo Pamintuan, OutstandingCabalen for GovernmentService; MabalacatVice Mayor Noelito B.Castro, Outstanding Cabalenfor Public Service;Poet Laureate Romeo S.Rodriguez (Prinsipe ningParnasong Kapampangan),Outstanding Cabalen forCulture; Michael Quilala,Outstanding Cabalen forYouth Service; Police InspectorGrace T. Alejo, OutstandingCabalen for Sports;HON. ED PAMINTUANMR. MICHAEL QUILALAHON. NOELITO B. CASTROARA MUNAMelanie Briones, OutstandingCabalen for Mass Media;Brillante Mendoza,Outstanding Cabalen forArts & Film; Rev. Fr. PaulT. Velasco, Outstanding Cabalenfor Religious; Jojit S.Villareal (a.k.a. Ara Muna),Outstanding Cabalen forKapampangan Artist; andPampanga’s Best, OutstandingCabalen for Business &Entrepreneurship.Topping the list ofawardees as the Most OutstandingCabalen for 2013was Oscar S. Rodriguez,City Mayor of San Fernando,Pampanga. Rodriguezhas been tagged as a worldclass mayor.Aside from awardingthe abovesaid OutstandingKapampangans, AKIAIalso awarded its outstandingofficers and memberswho showed exemplaryleadership in their respectivechapters. •PL ROMEO S. RODRIGUEZP/INSP. GRACE T. ALEJOZambaleswantedman fallsBY FROILAN E. MAGTOTOcaMP oLIvas, PaMPanga--Police arrested recently a 37-year oldman wanted for murder and listed asthe number one most wanted person inPalauig, Zambales.Arrested was Gedeon Edora a residentof Purok 4, Barangay Lipay, Palauig,Zambales.Police said Edora was arrested inhis residence at about 6 p.m. by virtueof a warrant of arrest issued by JudgeConsuela Amog-Bocar of the RegionalTrial Court, Third Judicial RegionBranch of Iba, Zambales.Police said no bail was recommendedfor Edora’s temporary liberty.The accused was brought to the policestation for proper disposition.The arrest is part of the projectman hunt operation against wantedpersons in Zambales. •AC inmates graduateelementary, high schoolangeLes cIty--Twentyeightinmates of the Angeles CityDistrict Jail will soon don whitetogas after successfully finishingelementary and high school viaDepartment of Education’s AlternativeLearning System (ALS).ALS Supervisor Josefina Davidsaid the first batch of graduatesfrom the jail is composedof three females and two maleswho finished elementary and 14females and nine males who finishedhigh school.“All of the graduates passedthe Accreditation & Equivalencyexam which qualifies them toenroll to the next level,” Davidadded.For ten months, mobileteachers held classes inside thecity jail.In relation to this, SystemsPlus Marketing Head AlmarioLayug announced that theywill soon sign a memorandumof agreement with Warden NeilSubibi of the City Jail whichstipulates that among the graduates,10males and six females willavail ofthe trainingonhousekeepingto be heldi n s i d ethe jail. •SM San Fernando conducts first medical missionBY CHARLENE A. CAYABYABcIty oF san FeRnanDo--Ashoppingmall here conducted itsfirst medical mission overthe weekend serving morethan a thousand indigents.SM San FernandoDowntown (SMSFD),BY FROILAN E. MAGTOTOthrough the SM Foundation,offered free medicaland dental consultation,chest X-ray and ECG services,urinalysis test andheart check up, amongothers, during their firstmedical mission on Friday.Basic medicines forcoughs, colds and fever,and multi-vitamins werealso given to patients.The medical missionserved about 1,500 indigentsranging from infantsto senior citizensfrom the city’s urban poorsector.The indigents wereidentified by the city’sMEDICaL MISSION... PagE 7Driver arrested for bribe try in ArayatcaMP oLIvas, PaMPanga--A 31-year old driver was arrested after tryingto bribe a police officer for a traffic violationin Arayat, Pampanga on Wednesday.Police identified the bribery suspectas Dennis Gombio, a resident of PurokMaligaya, Barangay San Fernando, NuevaVizcaya.Police said Gombio was driving anisuzu Giga ten-wheeler truck and cruisingalong the Olongapo-Gapan Road towardsCabiao, Nueva Ecija at BarangaySan Agustin Norte, Arayat, Pampanga at11:45 p.m. when flagged down by PO1 JojoItona, a police beat patrol/mobile crew ofthe Arayat Municipal Police Station.Itona, who is on night shift, said thatGombio handed him a P100 to exemptthe latter from a traffic violation.The police officer refused the bribemoney and instead arrested the suspect.•CONSULTATION. A native of City of San Fernando consults a doctor from SM Foundationduring the first medical mission at SM San Fernando Downtown over the weekend. Themedical mission served more 1, 000 indigent patients from the city. --PHOTO BY CHARLENE CAYABYAB

HeadlineGitnang luzonAPRIL 15, 20133aim for 1 college graduateper Filipino family -- angaracIty oF san FeRnan-Do--The state programs foreducation should transcend“the tragedy of timid expectations“and aim for one thattargets one college graduateper family, including thoseliving in poverty, Team PNoysenatorial candidate Edgardo“Sonny” Angara saidyesterday.Angara said that the victoryof the Team PNoy inthe May senatorial electionwould result in the writingof the “most comprehensiveEdPamto renew8-pointagendaand most ambitious“ legislativeagenda on education.He said the P40 billiona-yearconditional cashtransfer program shouldbe reformatted to includethe funding of one collegescholarship per family of thefamilies enrolled in the CCTprogram.Education and healthcare are the primary mandatesof the CCT, said Angara,and raising the bar ofthe programs to include onecollege scholarship per familywould not even alter thebasic agenda of the CCT program.Angara said that the lowincomegroups outside of theCCT can be funded by an ExpandedStudy-Now-Pay-LaterProgram, which will putup a money pool that will beloaned out to poor studentsat cheap interest rates and ateasy repayment terms.Angara has filed onesuch bill with Congress, andhe hopes that the legislatureaNgaRa PagE 7aNgaRaCHEERS! Liberal Party senatorial bet Koko Pimentel (second from left) offers a ceremonial toast with Mabalacat City Mayor Boking Morales,Angeles City Mayor Ed Pamintuan, Clark Development Corporation president and CEO Arthur Tugade, and businessmen Tony Huang and JackYang during the groundbreaking rites of Hotel Midori in Clark. -- PHOTO BY DENG PANGILINANCapitol helps San Simon farmersget water from Pampanga riverBY JOEY PAVIAPineda said the farmersPampanga Agriculturesan sIMon, PaM- need water supply toensure “a bountiful palayFishery Council (PAFC).PAFC is the umbrella organizationPanga--The some 3,000farmers here heaved asigh relief when Gov. LiliaPineda promised to givean irrigation pump designedharvest three times ayear.”Among the major producersof rice in San Simonis Barangay Concepcion,of farmers andfishermen in all of the 18towns of Pampanga.He made the commentafter being asked ifBY CHARLENE A. CAYABYABto get water fromwhich has some 800the Pampanga river. hectares of land for ricethe governor had helped“enough” the more thancLaRK FReePoRt-Pineda said the farmersand their leaders askedproduction. The village isone of the five villages belonging32,000 farmers of Pampanga.-Re-electionist Mayor her to help in irrigatingto “Pampanga’s Macapagal said PinedaEdgardo Pamintuan saidhe will renew his 8-point of which are for rice production.their farmlands, most of“The governor is help-rice granary.”ment to their membershad given various equip-She met them in ing a lot the Pampanga and other support.agenda, his platform ofgovernance, once he wins a meeting in Barangay Sta. farmers,” said Nestor Macapagal,chairman of theFaRMERS PagE 7San Simon Mayor LecItythe midterm polls.Monica, here on Friday.“We plan to renew our8-point agenda and addmore projects if we get reelected,”Zubiri bats for nationwide free immunization day, every yearoF san FeR-health department to erase He noted that this kindPamintuan saidduring an interview herenanDo--To reduce sicknessand death among tion,” Zubiri explained. fully implemented duringa backlog on immuniza-of program was success-on Thursday.Pamintuan’s 8-point children from the most “As a commitment to the time of then Secretaryagenda include affordable common but vaccine-preventablediseases, UNA the government through tor Juan Flavier, where heprovide health care to all, of Health and former Sena-education, good governance,clean environment, senatorial candidate Migz the Department of Health took the lead, set targetseconomic development, Zubiri today urged the (DOH) should make sure and standards and communicatedefficiently thehealth care, improved government to implement local government unitspublic market conditions,peace and order and developmentof village facilities.every year a mandatoryand free immunization daynationwide for babies and(LGU) pick a day and helpsupply the needs of LGUsas they draw up the mechanicsprogram down to the ordinaryfolks living in remoteareas.These agendas were children up to 10 years old.of yearly mandato-Most childhood ail-embodied in an agreement“That very special day, ry and free immunization ments like diphtheria,called “Contract withthe Angelenos” which waswhen all that mothers needto do is bring their kidsday in all health centers,barangay health stationscholera, German measlesand hepatitis are highly infectiousand rapidly spreadsigned by Pamintuan, Vice to the barangay health and government hospitals8-POINT agENDa PagE 7 stations, will enable the nationwide,” Zubiri said.ZUBIRI PagE 7Courtesy of Clark International Airport CorporationFLIGHT SCHEDULEClark International AirportMONDAYOPERATOR FLIGHT NO. 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HeadlineGitnang LuzonAPRIL 15, 20135I was watching last weekthe speech of former Senator LeticiaRamos Shahani, the sister offormer President Fidel V. Ramoson the internet when news brokeout that another drowning incidentoccurred at the PampangaRiver where two morelives were claimed bydeath.***The former Senator’sspeech tells thatdespite the fact that weFilipinos live in an archipelago,we are notquite knowledgeable inswimming. We are surroundedby vast coastalwaters and have lots ofinland tributaries yet,we often witness deathsby drowning.***Filipinos have a number ofgreat drivers of road vehicles includingtricycles and motorcyclesyet have not much drivers of boatsand other water crafts. While wehave lots of cars on the road, thereare not much bancas or rafts onour waters that are sometimesmake a better mode of transportationthan road transports.Making Filipinos learn how to swimiWritetomas m. garcia***Many of us have wide rangeof skills in many fields and sometimeseven excel in water sportslike swimming, yet many of us donot know how to swim or have noteven learn the basic skill on waters,more so on basic water emergencyrescue.***Only last week, two separatedrowning incidents at the PampangaRiver happened in two consecutivedays, claiming,all in all, seven lives. Inthe first incident, twosurvived while five mettheir tragic deaths.***The Araw ng Kagitinganlast April 9 becamean “Araw ngPagluluksa” for thefamilies of the couple,a son and their nephewswho drowned atthe Pampanga River inSan Luis town when thefiberglass boat they were ridingwas filled with water and capsized.The boat’s occupants submergedand drowned in the river. Five outof the seven died. The supposedhappy boat ride became tragicpuffing out a great summer activityin a rural countryside town.***I have been told that the fatherof the children was a great swimmerwho spent some of his yearsgrowing up in rivers and streamin the said town. I guess he diedwhile saving others from drowning.Oftentimes, those who attemptto save lives from drowningare the ones who drown. Aperson who is drowning wouldgrip anyone or anything whilein panic. The one who is savingsomeone who drowning is usuallyrestrained and made helpless untilboth drown in the waters.***The next day, after the SanLuis tragedy, two young womenalso met death when the boatthey are riding also capsized thistime at the adjacent town of Apalitwhere the Pampanga River alsotraverses. As per early reports, thevictims were about to cross theriver to get into the opposite sidewhen the boat they were into wassuddenly filled with water.***It was a new day of grief for thefamilies of other drowning victimswho senselessly died at thePampanga River. I surmise thatthe latest victims have no swimmingskills or if otherwise, wereenveloped with panic.***According to Shahani, it’squite ironic that while we have lotsof bodies of water in and aroundour communities, we have nowater survival skills or just evenbasic swimming skills to cope upwith our fluvial environments.Many Filipinos drown even inmere floodwaters, in swimmingpools and in beach resorts. Perhapsthe Philippine Navy can conducttraining to us Filipinos withbasic swimming skills while ourlocal disaster and risk-reductioncouncils can teach everyone withIWRITE Page 7Ditak Mung AmanuKa Dencio PachecoAting kandidatuAtin kung metung kakilalang kandidatuAla ne mang agawa minunang terminuNgeni tatagal ne naman pu kanuPara panatilyan kayang ikwang puwestuNung keng bulsa sadya yang makapalMakanyan mu naman lupa ng pasosyalBakit mo wari bakit ya kanu miyalalMemudmud kwalta nya yang tatagalDakal ya pengaku karing botantiAtlung banwa ala mang milyariGilutan na la gewang alang silbiSusuyuan na no man panaun ta ngeniMakasukal mang lub ing kayang paninapBotanti na ngeni ya namang dakap-dakapKaybat nang pepaysira ngeni ya gaganapPapabotung pasibayu tsaka ya mamarapMagloku ne naman aliwang tauMekad ngeni ene lukluk pasibayuNung e nya manyali karen kayang botuKaybat na nita mikawakawani na kayuKareng mikibalu kareng kayang sistiAsisiguradu ku maybug kang maririEmu ne ibotu abalu mu ngan man itiNung ena ing botu mu kaya ipisaliMAILI TA PA!Romeo S. RodriguezPutut a TaliriKalwal-alwal na pang Atu king sukulanInya ala ya pang perang atatalanLalu’t malyap kaya ing kapanintunanUling ex-convict ya ngening mituringan.King patitingapun ala yang gagawanNune makakera saka bibilanganDing anggang lupisak kayang abatyawanKeta nang kisaming pane tatalangan.Inya ing asawa ya ing manintunanKilub ning palengki magtinda yang asanIng anak nang bugtung mangalakal nemanDyaryu ampong boting kayang titipunan.Misan uling dakal na itang atipunMagboti garapa inaus neng layunention to warnings.ght of Sunday, April 14, other ships in the area regsby radio, but their messages were not delivered tothe captain of the Titanic. The iceberg that struck thetted at 11:40 p.m. Although a dead-on collision wasitanic’s starboard side violently scraped the iceberg,ix compartments. The ship’s design could withstandpartments flooding.ter, the crew radioed for help, sending out an SOS sigethe new type of help signal was used. Ten minutes, the order for passengers to head for the lifeboats wasnately, there were only lifeboats for about half of therd. Additionally, there had been no instruction or drillsh a procedure and general panic broke out on deck.vors--those who successfully made it onto the lifeargelywomen who were traveling first class. In fact,s passengers were not even allowed onto the deckKabang tutulak ne ing kayang garitunKekaban ning dalan, mamaus, luluyun.Kalub na king solar niting mangalakalMamamanintun yang boti ampong bakalDapot ding pepakit ning anak a samalBoti la at dyaryung misna na karakal.Inya itang dyaryu agad nang semasanBan sanang malagwa akwa nang asukdanKaring taliri nang mangakaba namanKaybat nang ding boti akwa kabilangan.Dapot kinontra ya mamisaling anakNgana ya ing dapat king dyaryu manyukadIng manyali naman e bisang pumayagE la mikasundu king pareung kapad.Migising ya yng Tata magpaynawangganapBabo ning marimlang lande nitang papag.Linwal yang piragli king bang atalastasNanu itang gulung king lwal mararapat.Inyang abalu na nung nanu ing sangkanYa nang migprisinta, adwa payag no manIta nang manyali inyang masukad ngan,King taliring putut, lupa na miglulam.until the first-class female passengers had abandoned the ship.White Star President Bruce Ismay jumped onto the last lifeboatthough there were women and children still waiting to board.At 2:20 a.m., the Titanic finally sank. Breaking in half, it plungeddownward to the sea floor. Captain Edward Smith went down withthe ship. The Carpathia arrived about an hour later and rescued the705 people who made it onto the lifeboats. The people who wereforced into the cold waters all perished.Official blame for the tragedy was placed on the captain andbridge crew, all of whom had died. In the wake of the accident,significant safety-improvement measures were established, includinga requirement that the number of lifeboats on board a shipreflect the entire number of passengers. The sinking of the Titanichas become a legendary story about the dangers of hubris.In 1985, after many attempts over many years, divers werefinally able to locate the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of theNorth Atlantic.-HISTORYRight time, wrong companyHave you ever beenwith people who makeyou feel little less of aperson? You, yourself,don’t even know whyyou’re with them. Youdevelop insecuritiesand self pity. You loseall the confidence inyou, you feel ugly andfat. You feel unwanted.There’s nothingwrong with you, neitherwith them. Butif you feel like everything’sgoing againstyour way, perhapsyou’re in the wronglane or should I sayyou’re with the wrongpeople.It is in high schoolthat pretty boys andhot girls rule the campus.Yung mga dipansinin, wala, di talaganapansin hanggangmag graduate,minsan nga di ka mannila natandaan na kabatchka nila. Backthen, all of my friendswere popular and I wasa little left out so all ofthose dream jobs youthink of in high schoollike being a flight attendant,bank telleror those in the broadcastingor advertisingindustry, I neverdreamed of them. Iconfined myself withthe dream of just workingin a descent officewith my own computer.When I went tocollege, I met new setof friends; the kindof friends I grew somuch comfortablewith. They love music,they play billiards andthey’re all humurous.They were the kind offriends I can be myselfwith. I can laugh sohard and pig out withthem without beingself-conscious. Forthe first time in my life,I felt wanted. I felt thatmy presence mattered,my opinions wereheard, my suggestionswere considered.There was a hundredeighty-degreeturn ofevents. I don’t rememberI changed anythingabout myself, but therewere changes in myenvironment, therewere changes with thepeople I was hangingout with.Then I started tobelieve that the peoplewe surround ourselveshave a great impact onwhat we can becomeand where we’re going.We really have to findpeople whom we sharesame interest with:those who understandour feelings and cancontribute to our success,whether it be personalor career growth.They are also thosewho would be genuinelyhappy for all thedecisions we make inour lives, whether theyare part of it or not.We have to keep findingthose people whocan boost our self confidencejust when weblew everything away.Pen TalksAubrey F. Sembrano“For the firsttime in my life,I felt wanted.”People who are interestedwith our ideas,see our efforts and appreciatethem.You’ll be amazedwith how wonderful itis to feel yourself, withoutbeing suppressed.Everything falls intoplace, you rhyme togetherand there’s aperfect harmony. Angsarap sa pakiramdamna nagagawa mo yunggusto mo, nae-expressmo yung sarili mowithout having theneed to abide by thenorms.“Birds of the samefeathers flock together”they say but the challengehere is to findthese people and you’llbe surprised with howsmooth your sailswould be. Life becomesless complicated.Life is a choice,choose the right peopleyou put in your life andlet’s see how far you’llgo.•

HeadlineGitnang luzonAPRIL 15, 20137inVenTORS FROM PAGE 1Armtech, a team based inAngeles City, won the recentlyconcluded IdeaSpace NationalCompetition, where 10 uniquetechnology inventions weregranted funding for further researchand future production.IdeaSpace Foundation Inc.,is the business incubator backedby industry leaders from companiesunder First Pacific CompanyLtd., Metro Pacific Investmentsand the PLDT group.Armtech is composed ofReinell Cunanan, Alvin Layvaand Moses Guevarra.Cunanan, an undergraduateof Bachelor of Physics and Guevarra,a web developer, both hailsfrom Angeles City while Layva, acomputer technician, is a nativeof Mabalacat City.Cunanan said their purifiercould kill 99 percent of bacteriain water as certified by the Departmentof Science and Technology(DOST). The purifier, Cunanansaid, can be placed in faucetsand water pumps.During the competition,the three developed a compact,lightweight and low-cost waterpurification machine which usesa technology that kills harmfulmicroorganisms without thecomplexities of conventional puri fi e r s .The three Kapampangan’saGRi BOOST FROM PAGE 1lion residents of Pampanga.Pineda cited the Clark Freeport where there are some600 locators, some of which “feed and entertain thousandsof foreign and local tourists daily.” She also mentionedthe Clark International Airport (CIA) where thereare more than two million passengers expected to use itin 2013.“With the food we produce in Pampanga, we will notgo hungry and can provide the needs of households andbusinesses,” she added in the dialect.Pineda said that they will push for the establishmentof farmers’ trading posts in strategic locations, includingat the capital City of San Fernando, to ensure the steadyincome of farmers and fishermen.“Over the years, the farmers and fisher folk complainedthat ‘middle men’ earned more than them whichshould not be the case. The farmers should be the first toiRRiGaTiOn FROM PAGE 1dROWned FROM PAGE 1invention was chosen out of 700entries from all over the Philippines.They were awarded, alongwith other nine other teams,at the First Pacific LeadershipAcademy in Antipolo City onApril 5.The panel of judges for thefinal leg included Manuel Pangilinan,managing director andchief executive officer of FirstPacific; Jose Ma. Lim, presidentand CEO of Metro Pacific; RicardoBlancaflor, director generalof the Intellectual Property Officeof the Philippines; OrlandoVea, president and CEO of DigitelCommunications Philippines andchief wireless advisor at SmartCommunications, Inc.; JohanHellstam Segergen, Philippinesand Thailand country managerof Google Enterprise; LawrenceGoh, chief information adviserfor PLDT and Smart.Meanwhile, Edward Tortorici,executive director at FirstPacific and executive advisor atMetro Pacific, joined the judgingpanel online.“All the finalists are impressivebut these 10 teams emergedas winners. We’re excited for ourfirst batch of incubatees. Our jobnow is to help them become investablebusinesses at par with globalstandards,” Earl Martin Valencia,IdeaSpace president, said.next levelAfter being chosen, Armtechwill undergo six monthsbusiness incubation where theycan continue their researchabout their inventions andalso receive mentoring, support,services and grants fromIdeaSpace partners worth P2million to scale up their business.Also, the team can get additionalinvestments of up to P5million each while IdeaSpacelinks them to potential investorsin the Philippines, SiliconValley in America and otherparts of the world.Some of the partners ofIdeaSpace are Amazon, AsianInstitute of Management, Freelancer.com,Ionics, IPO Philippines,Microsoft Philippines,Adamson University and theUniversity of the PhilippinesOpen University.The other winners are fromMetro Manila, Mindanao andthe Bicol region.Their unique inventionsor business startups include amix of hardware, mobile andsoftware solutions for variousindustries such as agriculture,energy, information and communicationstechnology (ICT),healthcare, media, telecommunicationsand transportation. •be protected,” said Pineda.“We are not removing the opportunities of otherstakeholders to earn in farming and fishing. But the producersof the food should earn more from their yield,” sheadded in the dialect.Pineda said she will also work for the creation of a coldstorage facility due to the huge amount of fish production,including tilapia.Pampanga is regarded as the “tilapia capital of thePhilippines,” producing some 95,000 metric tons of thefish variety in recent data of the government. There areat least 36,000 fish ponds in the province.Pineda she will aggressively support the province’s32,697 rice farmers and 5,433 corn farmers and disclosedthey will prioritize agriculture for this year.At least 54,000 hectares are allotted for rice productionin Pampanga. •ter supply but we are in the period that we need to conserve water,” he said.As 6 a.m. Friday, the level of Angat reservoir that supplies 97 percent of Metro Manila’s drinking water was at204.37 meters against its normal water high level of 210 meters.Ipo dam had a water level of 99.93 meters as against its normal water high level of 100.20 meters.Pantanbangan dam’s elevation dipped to 189.12 meters from its normal water high level of 221 meters. (PNA)dap, 13, and Khaela Rufino, 12.This is the second incident ofdrowning along Pampanga river ina span of two days.Last Tuesday, five personsdrowned when their boat capsizedin the river in the vicinity of SanLuis.Apalit police Chief Supt. HomerPenecilla said that based on initialinvestigation, the two girls wereconvinced by two other male teenagersto take a swimming lesson.Upon reaching the deep end ofthe river, the male teenagers alleg-MediCal MiSSiOn FROM PAGE 2social welfare and developmentoffice.The City Health Office(CHO) assisted SM Foundationduring their mission by providingdoctors and about 30 nursesfrom the OCA-NARS program.CHO chief Eloisa Aquino saidedly panicked and let go of the twofemales who both did not knowhow to swim.The two male teenagers survivedby swimming back to shore.Mandap’s father went hystericalupon seeing the body of his daughterbeing recovered from the riverat around 8 a.m. The girl’s mother,Cecilia, said she was not aware thather daughter went out to swim withfriends.The lifeless body of Rufino, onthe other hand, was recovered bythe rescue teams almost in thesame area where Mandap’s bodywas found at past 12 noon.Rufino’s mother, Emily, likewisesaid had no knowledge that herdaughter went swimming.With this development, thePampanga Provincial Disaster andRisk Reduction Management Office(PDRRMO) is planning to callfor an emergency meeting with localofficials covering the stretch ofPampanga River to discuss and implementmeasures that would preventsimilar drowning incidents.(PNA)they partnered with SM Foundationas part of the nationalgovernment’s public-privatepartnership (PPP) program.Aquino added that the CHOwill conduct the follow up checkups of the medical mission patients.SM Foundation is the sociocivicarm of the SM Supermalls,created by founder Henry Sy Sr., ina bid to give back to local communitieswhere his malls are established.Similar medical missions areheld annually in all SM mallsincluding SM City Clark and SMCity Pampanga. •8-POinT aGenda FROM PAGE 3Mayor Ma. Vicenta Vega-Cabigting, councilors and representativesfrom the different sectors of the city.The contract is more than 90 percent completed andis expected to be fully completed before Pamintuan’s firstterm lapses in June.Aside from renewing this contract, Pamintuan saidhe will also widen narrow roads, beautify Fields Avenuein Barangay Balibago and develop the city’s heritage district.Pamintuan has earlier revealed plans of changing thelandscape of Fields Avenue from a red light district to anentertainment center for the whole family.For the heritage district, the rehabilitation and preservationof the Pamintuan Mansion have already started.During Pamintuan’s first term, he led the constructionof the City College of Angeles, thecity’s first dialysis center and theimprovement of medical services atthe Rafael Lazatin Memorial MedicalCenter, formerly known as OspitalNing Angeles, among others.Pamintuan is running underhis local political party PartidoAbe Kapampangan (PAK). ●iWRiTe FROM PAGE 5water emergency and rescueknow-how.***We perennially experiencefloods and we havelots of bodies of water inthe country, perhaps itsabout time that we learnhow to swim and how torescue and save those whoare drowning.FaRMeRS FROM PAGE 3ZUBiRi FROM PAGE 3***My gratitude andgreetings goes to Mr. JPManalang, this paper’slayout artist for the littlefavor he extended me.***For other opinions, comments,suggestions or adversereactions, you may reachiWrite at 0918-4899920. ●onora Wong commended Pineda saying, “she is setting agood example and helped all sectors of our province.”San Pedro Barangay Captain Emilio Pangan said theywelcomed the plan of Pineda to prioritize agriculture thisyear.“We understand why governor Pineda had first takencare of health and education,” said Pangan in the dialect.“We should first be healthy and educated. Now, we focusin boosting the agriculture sector,” he added.Apalit Mayor Oscar “Jun” Tetangco, Board MembersOlga Frances David-Dizon and Ric Yabut and formerMayor Rodrigo Canlas also attended the early morningmeeting with farmers. •around the community.“As parents, we want to do everything possible to makesure that our children are healthy and protected from preventablediseases. However, most parents especially thoseliving in the rural areas often forego vaccinations becausevaccines are expensive. Likewise, free vaccination is notavailable all the time,” Zubiri said.“Government agencies should act in sync with oneanother. Time and precious life are wasted when agenciesprevent the regular free vaccination that is recommendedby health institutions such as the Health Department andeven international ones like the World health Organization(WHO)At the same time, Zubiri said, the government “mustset a goal of at least 90 percent of children across thecountry receive each vaccine recommended to protectthem from diseases. This should be increased periodically.”Zubiri added that reaching this goal involves morethan giving vaccine--it requires public health activitiessuch as tracking children who are in need of vaccination,educational outreach, and promoting public awareness ofthe continued importance of vaccination across lifetime.“Parallel to instituting mandatory free immunization,the Health Department should likewise empower theover-burdened barangay health workers and add morepersonnel to visit the most inaccessible communities toassess children’s medical needs especially an active file ofthe immunization history individually and per community,”Zubiri said. •Want to broaden your business horizon?LET US HELP YOU!CALL US: (045)455-0938 • 455-1576EMAIL US: headlinegitnangluzon@gmail.comVISIT US: 2nd Floor U2 Bldg., MacArthur Hiway, Dolores, City of San Fernando (P)

SHOWBIZVOLUME I • NO. 149 • APRIL 15, 2013 • MONDAYJack enrile malapit sa showbizhInDI man naging artista si CagayanCong. Jack Enrile, who’srunning for senatorsa ilalim ng partidongUNA, pero malapit angpuso niya sa mga tagashowbiz.Tita niya siArmida Siguion-Reyna(Tita Midz to many ofus) who’s very muchrespected in this industryfor the longest time,na kapatid ng kanyangbutihing amang si SenatePresident JuanPonce Enrile.In many occasions ay maramina rin siyang nakasalamuhangmga taga-industriya natin pero dahilsa likas na mahiyain during hisyounger years, hindi siya masyadongnakihalubilo sa kanila.Iba ang mundo ni Manong Jackas we fondly call Cong. JackEnrile--he loved cars andbikes during his youngeryears. Naging kapitbahayniya before si now BatangasGov. Vilma Santos.“Nakikita ko siya before,bata pa kami noon. Magkapitbahaykami sa Dasmayata. Cute na cute ako sakanya noon. Kasi nga, maliitlang si Vilma pero napakagandang mukha.“Ngayon, ang crush ko ay si BeaAlonzo. Marami na akong napanoodna movies ni Bea. Alam ngwife ko iyan pero hanggang ganoonlang naman ako--humahanga saganda at husay niya as an artist.“Kasi nga, nu’ng bata pa ako,mas gusto ko pang magpaharurotng kotse o motor kaysa isipingmag-artista. I don’t think namakakapasa ako as an actor duringthose years. Mahiyain kasi akomasyado,” say ni Manong Jack.Dahil mahal din niya ang showbizindustry, kapag naging Senadorsiya ay gusto rin daw niyang makatulongsa mga showbiz people.“Let’s pass a law upang matugunannatin ang mga needs ng mgataga-showbiz industry. I-outlineninyo ang mga pangangailangannatin sa showbiz and ipapasa ko.We’ll work on it. Napakalaking bahaging buhay natin ang entertainmentkaya we shouldn’t take thisfor granted,” pahayag ng Senatorialcandidate.JACKENRILEMARIANRIVERAMarian Rivera movieitinengga na ni Mother LilynaKa-set na ang mind niMother Lily na sa June na i-releaseang pelikula niyang MyLady Boss starring RichardGutierrez at Marian Rivera.Nakatakda sana ang pelikulangipalabas sa April 10.Pero ayon nga kay MotherLily, kusa niyang ipinagpalibanang release ng movie dahilsobra nga daw ang lakas satakilya ng pelikula nina JohnLloyd at Sarah Geronimo naIt Takes A Man and A Womankaya mahirap nga namanitong “sabayan.”Well, ang nakakatuwa sa ItTakes..., ayon sa mga nakapanoodna ng movie, napakagandaraw nito at nakakaaliwpanoorin.No wonder na ilan sa mganakapanood na ang umulitpang panoorin ang pelikula.Well, congratulations ’dilang kina John Lloyd at Sarah,kungdi sa director ng moviena si Cathy Garcia-Molina, nainspiradong-inspirado nga dahilin love.It Takes A Man... is co-producedng Star Cinema at VivaFilms. •Kris Aquino di na iiwan ang showbiz?Last Sunday naman ay nag-tapingsi Kris Aquino for Kris TV na inerenu’ng Monday at live airing ulit ngPilipinas Got Talent.Last Monday naman ay nag-resumena siya ng taping ng KailanganKo’y Ikaw at kahapon naman, tapingulit for Kris TV. Today, may tapingsiya ulit ng KKI.Actually, this week ay punumpunong schedule si Kris para sa kanyangtatlong TV shows kaya naman fornow, malinaw na malinaw na hindipa maisasakatuparan ng Queen ofAll Media ang kanyang pagbibitiw satrabaho.Nauna nang nagpahayag ang ABS-CBN na hindi naman talaga bastabastapuwedeng makapag-resign siKris dahil nga may mga commitmentsitong dapat tuparin at bakamademanda pa ang network pag biglaitong nagbitiw.Halatang nakabuti kay Kris angdalawang linggo niyang bakasyondahil maganda at masaya na angkanyang aura unlike when she left naparang pasan niya ang daigdig dulotnga ng problema nila ni James Yap.Still on Kris, sa Kris TV aired lastMonday ay ibinalita niya na may nameetdaw siyang guy sa France.“Alam mo may na meet ako saFrance,” kuwento niya sa co-host nasi Melissa Cantiveros.“Pero ’yun nga kaedad na siya ngpapa mo, a little more. Sobrang successfulna negosyante at darating siyadito sa Pilipinas sa June dahil gustoniyang bumili ng island. Hindi basosyal?” say pa niya.At take note, pasado raw sa bunso niyanganak na si Baby James ang lalaki.“Pumasa kay Bimby, kaya tingnanna lang natin. Let’s pray. Let’s praydahil gusto niyang mag-build ng mgabuildings sa Philippines. So ipagdarasalko ’yan dahil mas maraming trabahopara sa maraming Pilipino. Praywith me, okay?” sabi pa ng Queen ofAll Media.