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Pope Francis Declares Orani Church As 'Minor Basilica' Volume IV No. 27 December 15-21, 2019 Php 8.00 www.tarlacweekender.com [email protected] tarlac weekender BCDA gives Aetas in Capas “Notice to Vacate” arlac City – While the (dated November 29) to pagmamay-ari ng pamaha- upang makipag-ugnayan sa ng nasabing proyekto ng who are affected have no- whole nation is en- the Aetas, which they say laan na nasa ilalim ng pan- aming opisina at isumete sa gobyerno.” where to go. Tgrossed with the recent- was received December 2. gagasiwa ng [BCDA] ayon BCDA ang mga nararapat In the report by Philstar. On December 5, the NCIP ly-concluded 30th SEA Sandugo, in their Facebook sa Batas Republika Bilang na dokumento at gayundin com, Casamira Maniego, in its Facebook page, posted Games, the Aetas in Baran- page posted the said notice. 7227,” it reads. ay boluntaryo o kusang-loob head of the Asosyason ng a statement as follows: gay Aranguren in Capas, “Nais po naming ipabatid “Dahil po dito at bilang na lisanin ang nasabing lu- Katutubong Mahawang in Statement on the Sev- Tarlac are in the brink of sa inyo na ang lupain na makataong pakikitungo, gar at baklasin ang anumang Capas, a representative of en-Day Notice to Evacuate being evicted from their kasalukuyang kinatitirikan kayo po ay binibigyan ng istruktura na itinayo ninyo the affected Aeta communi- by BCDA homeland. ng inyong bahay/istruktura pitong (7) araw na paglug- dito, kung meron man, upa- ty said that they rejected the 1. There is no forcible This comes as the BCDA o sinasaka niyo sa Barangay it, simula sa araw ng pag- ng magbigay daan sa gagaw- eviction. It was also stated demolition in the New Clark issued a Notice to Vacate Aranguren, Capas, Tarlac ay katanggap ng liham na ito, in at agarang pagpapatupad that the 500 Aeta families Cont. on page 8 THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS YOUR HELP! This is a restroom for 21 families at Purok Rosas, Barangay Cacamilingan Sur, Camiling Tarlac. It is their Christmas wish that it will be fixed up. You can reach their barangay leaders through their Facebook page @brgy.cacamilingan.sur. Why are Electricity Rates in Sitel bolsters country- Residents threaten to the Philippines the highest side operations in Asia? with new stop poultry operation (read on Hoy, NCIP! page 8) erona, Tarlac - - “Kung who requested to be anony- ing. Ipapasara talaga namin expansion Gpatuloy ang na pame- mous for fear of reprisal. ang poultry kung muling Umayos ka! Ang tingnan mo meste ng mga langaw, gagaw- In an interview, Eclar re- lalabas ang mga langaw”, dapat ang kapakanan ng mga creating 1,500 in namin ang lahat para vealed that, to control the said the same source. katutubo, ‘yan ang trabaho mo, tumigil ang operasyon ng flies, the poultry owner was It was gathered that the ka ng BCDA! new jobs in poultry”. requested to construct “ful- poultry farm has no road ‘di yung para maging spokesman (read on Thus, said residents living ly screened entry doors in right of way and is only us- Central Luzon page 2) near a large poultry farm in all the doors and ventilation ing a portion of a private Purok Mauplas, Barangay fans of each poultry build- land to go in and out of the Pinasling. ing. farm. The residents made this Chan’s poultry farm in In the same interview, Pope Francis declares Orani threat when the farm owned this barangay has 6 poultry Eclar confided that the Ba- by Alvin Chan again caused buildings which produces rangay Council has no com- the reappearance of “pester- more than 200,000 chicken plaint on the poultry opera- Church(read as on‘Minor page 6) Basilica’ ing flies” in their neighbor- heads per harvest. tion. hood during the poultry’s However, according to the “Hindi tulad ng ibang ba- last harvest last November. residents, swarm of flies re- rangay, ang barangay dyan FDA OKs DOT celebrates PH’s Mayor Eloy Eclar closed surfaced again during the (Pinasling) mga tao lang ang down the poultry opera- last harvest despite the re- nagrereklamo, walang com- redistri- Leading Dive Destina- tion last October due to the pairs made. plaint ang (barangay) coun- complaint of the residents “Mahigit 20 years na ka- bution of tion citation cil”, said Eclar. (read on page 3) but allowed its re-operation ming pine-peste ng mga The mayor also said he Mekeni after the owner allegedly langaw ng poltring yan. Sila had ordered the closure of made “corrective engineer- kumikita ng milyon-mily- other poultry farms in other pork-based DENR awards 30 ing works”. on pero kami naman ang barangays also due to com- residential patents in “Pinagbigyan namin si pinapahirapan. Hindi na plaints of residents over the products Mayor (Eclar) na muling pa- kami papayag na pahirapan issue of “pestering flies”./ (read on (read on page 7) Zambales hintulutan ang operation ng pa kami pati mga apo nam- Nelson Bolos page 3) poultry dahil ayon sa kanya gumawa ng ‘corrective engi- SPIN UP MAGKASANGGA TAYO HATAW NA KAIBIGAN neering works’ ang may-ari. Pero mukhang hindi effec- Mayor Eloy Eclar The Best talaga ang tive ang ginawang repairs Hulaan!! Sino sila? ng Gerona, ANO PA page 5 TARELCO 1 (Part 6) page 5 page 4 • kaya’t muling dumami ang • • INAANTAY MO?!?! mga langaw nitong last na By: Nelson Bolos By: Nestor Castro By: Roldan Ramos harvest nila”, said a resident December 15-21, 2019 2 tarlacweekender Local/Regional News Sitel bolsters countryside operations with new expansion creating 1,500 new jobs in Central Luzon arlac,City - Sitel, a leading “We are very excited to ex- Officer. We established part- Tglobal customer care pro- pand our operations in Tarlac,” nership with local schools and vider, today announced the Ravi Iyengar, Sitel Chief Op- universities, providing OJT and opening of its 14th custom- erating Officer-APAC, shared. immersion opportunities for er experience center in Tarlac “Since opening our doors their graduating students. Early that will create additional jobs here in 2016, we have experi- for roughly 1,500 talents in the enced tremendous growth in this year, we also established a region. Philippine Government the region and have been able Sitel Academy Hub in our Tar- officials, Sitel executives, and to recruit highly skilled local lac location, which provided industry partners announced talents with strong customer free training to near-hire can- the opening of the new site this service skills and aptitude for didates and this year alone, we morning at the Robinsons Luis- complex outsourcing process- were able to hire more than 300 ita Complex. es and emerging technologies. from our Sitel Academy train- With the official inaugu- From three (3) clients in 2016, ing graduates. Our Sitel Tarlac ration of their latest center – we now have eight (8) global Sitel cuts the ribbon on their brand new Tarlac 3 expansion (L-R) Genaro M. Men- their 3rd in Tarlac and 14th in and local logos being serviced associates also actively partici- doza, Vice Mayor, Tarlac; Haidee Enriquez, Chief People Officer, Sitel PH-ANZ; Ravi the country – Sitel sustains its out of our Tarlac facilities.” pated in initiatives like Brigada Iyengar, Chief Operating Officer, Sitel Asia Pacific; Olivier Camino, Global Chief steady growth trajectory in the Since entering the Philippine Eskwela, Dugong Bayani, and Operating Officer, Sitel; Zameer Basha, Vice President and CFO, Sitel; Jason Skaria, Philippines and reiterates its BPO market in the Philippines outreach activities to the Aeta Global Chief Information Officer, Sitel; Satish Vijayakumar, Vice President Strategic commitment to bringing jobs in 2000, Sitel has enjoyed community.” Accounts, Sitel; Geoff Domigpe, Vice President Operations, Sitel Tarlac; Allan Da- to the countryside. growth due to the country’s tahan, OIC Deputy Zone Administrator; Philippine Economic Zone Authority The new Sitel Tarlac 3 high- business-friendly climate, lights the latest innovations in large pool of readily available workspace technology, design New Clark City secures hosting rights to Asian Aquatics meet and trainable talents, reliable infrastructure, and cost com- aesthetic, and amenities. “We NEW CLARK CITY, ming, diving, water polo, the AASF for confidently President and CEO Viven- petitiveness. Currently, Sitel know our associates spend so Tarlac - The Best Aquatics artistic swimming and entrusting our country to cio Dizon emphasized the employs over 23,000 passion- much of their time in the of- athletes in the continent open water swimming. host this mega event de- readiness of NCC and its ate and talented associates fice and we wanted to be sure will converge in 2020 as It will be held from No- spite the interest shown by facilities to host the event. across centers in Metro Ma- New Clark City (NCC) se- vember 7 to 17, 2020 at the our experienced regional “Thank you for offering we created a space conducive nila, Baguio, Tarlac, and Pala- cures the hosting rights of 2,000-seater NCC Aquat- neighbors to do the same. us this opportunity to be to productivity and growth. A wan. the 11th Asian Swimming ics Center. We see this as an opportu- part of a big project. We workplace that they can call “We don’t just do business Championships (ASC). Aside from the actu- nity to not only maximize agree that this is a great their second home,” explained in Tarlac, we also make sure In a press conference, al competition, AASF the use of the world-class occasion for us to inspire Cher Retirado, Sitel Asia Pacific that we work with the local Philippine Swimming Inc. will also hold a General facilities at NCC but also the next generation of elite government, the academe, and Project Management Office Di- President Lailani Velasco Congress on Nov 8 that to strengthen the local athletes as well as project a the socio-civic society, actively rector.
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