PRRD to Issue Building, Tree-Cutting Moratorium in Baguio AGUIO CITY-- President of Baguio

VOL. XXII NO. 16 Treated unfairly by newspapers Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 ISSN 0119-7487 that refuse to publish your Notice To The Public response? Write us. Want to know more about the PPI cult – Jehowah’s Witness? Visit www.carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses Philippine Press Council c/o Philippine Press Institute This advertisement is paid for Rm. 206 BF Cond. Bldg. by Pastor Jules Samaniego of A. Soriano Ave. WEEKEND the Good Samaritan Everlasting Intramuros, Manila Christian Ministry Email : Tel. No. 5279632 or 5274478 Fax 527-3390 [email protected] Email - [email protected] MABUHAY ANG PILIPINO!!! BAGUIO CITY AND BENGUET LONG LIVE THE FILIPINO!!! PRRD to issue building, tree-cutting moratorium in Baguio AGUIO CITY-- President of Baguio. BRodrigo Duterte will He said for the city to “heal”, soon be issuing an Executive several infrastructure projects Order (EO) imposing a mor- must stop. atorium on the construction Magalong said the building of big commercial buildings moratorium will initially be and tree-cutting here, Mayor for one year and will cover Benjamin Magalong said on only commercial buildings, Tuesday. excluding residential struc- “I spoke to the President tures. two weeks ago and he has Several sectors have sought already approved the building for the stop in the develop- moratorium and tree cutting,” ment of Baguio, which has Magalong said. led to several other problems He also expressed hope that like garbage, sewerage, traffic the issuance of the EO will and the lack of public services. coincide with the approval The moratorium will also of the PHP500 million fund lead to the implementation component for the implemen- of the policy in the National tation of the moratorium. Building Code for the On the second day in office, provision of parking inside UNITED IN PRAYER - Baguio City Benjamin Magalong and his wife Arlene,are Magalong told the media that existing buildings, to ease prayed over by the different religious groups in the city of Baguio during the Ecumeni- he has talked to President the congestion due to illegal cal Prayer Rally for the protection of the Mayor following his testimony in the Senate Duterte about the issuance of parking. against ‘ninja cops’ recycling drugs./(RMC PIA-CAR) an EO for the rehabilitation T h e Cont. on page 3 • Magsaysay Building page 8 7 cadets, 5 soldiers face raps vendors ask more time over PMA cadet's death •page 2 Mayor’s search for truth amid notice to vacate gets support •page 7 City no longer entertaining proposals ‘Unmet needs’ still hound on Asin hydro plants •page 3 •page 3

Cordillera mothers • Firm offers tech to turn plastic Tree-farming instead of page 2 waste into chairs, desks •page 8 tree-planting encouraged Business as usual at city hall Build as many car parks as •page 2 possible to ease traffic woes mayor •page 2 KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS Theamid Junction threats: News Magalong – What if we called it birth Rich Pinoys have an control instead? explaining to do on Chinese page 4

•page 5 • influx into RP www.junctionnews.com By: Ana P. Santos (www.rappler.com) By: Atty. Batas Mauricio The JUNCTION Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 2 WEEKEND NEWS

7AGUIO cadets, CITY-- The David5 soldiers John D. Volante, court face that will issueraps a have anyover idea.” PMA cadet's death family of fourth class and John Vincent M. warrant of arrest upon "Yung officers po Bcadet Darwin Dormito- Manalo. judicial findings of naman, they will be made rio formally filed criminal Also charged were Capt. probable cause to issue to answer yung cases nga cases before the City Pros- Flor Apply A. Apostol, such warrant. po (they will be made to ecutor's Office against Maj. Maria Ofelia R. “[When there is already answer the cases) and if seven Philippine Military Beloy, Col. Cesar Can- a warrant of arrest] that’s prosecutor finds merit Academy (PMA) cadets delaria, Maj. Rex Bolo and the time na papasok and the case will push and five soldiers over his Capt. Jeffrey Batistiana. po tayo ulit to take into through, baka magkaroon death on September 18. “It's now up to the pros- custody itong mga kadete din po sila ng (there could Dexter Dormitorio, ecutors, sila ang mag- (we will come in to take also be) warrant of arrest Darwin's brother, filed de-determine ng probable custody of the cadets),” and the same thing goes cases for violation of the cause (they will determine he said. for them,” Co said. CHARGED. Dexter Dormitorio takes his oath before anti-hazing, anti-tor- the probable cause). We Co said the seven cadets On September 18, a Baguio City prosecutor during the formal filing of the ture laws and for murder are hoping of course that are currently inside the Darwin was found inside case against seven cadets of the Philippine Military against cadet 1st class they will find merit in the PMA holding center, his room at the PMA Academy and five soldiers formerly assigned at the Axl Rey I. Sanopao, cadet cases we filed and they some are in the stockade unconscious by fellow academy early evening on Tuesday, for the death of 2nd class Christian M. will be filing the cases and physically isolated cadets and was brought to fourth class cadet Darwin Dormitorio inside the PMA Zacarias, cadets 3rd class ultimately,” Police Col. from the other cadets. the hospital where he was on September 18. Three cases for violation of the anti- Shalimar G. Imperial Allen Rae Co, Baguio City He, however, said for declared dead on arrival./ hazing and anti-torture laws and murder were filed Junior, Felix M. Lumbag, police director, said. the whereabouts of the Liza Agoot and Dionisio against the respondents. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) Julius Carlos Tadena, Rey Co said it will be the five officers, “we do not Dennis, Jr. (PNA) Business as usual at city hall Build as many car parks as possible site of the City amid threats: Magalong Hall Annex at AGUIO CITY – to ease traffic woes – mayor myself.” Senate inquiry while BAGUIO CITY – Mayor least ten sites on which to the Baguio Fire Station Mayor Benjamin On October 3, city taking his time, does not Benjamin Magalong said build car parks. where the city plans to put BMagalong assured on administrator Bonifacio affect his work as mayor the city needs to build as “We need to build up an eight-story building Tuesday residents here dela Peña ordered of Baguio. many parking buildings enough (of these parking with parking facility with that it is "business as security personnel of the Magalong, a former as possible as one of the facilities) to accommodate 450-500 slots; usual” for him at the city city to implement stricter head of the Criminal solutions to easing the if possible all the 64,000 The old library site hall despite threats on his measures at city hall, for Investigation and city’s worsening traffic vehicles plying the city’s which upon development life. the safety of the public. Detection Group, is one problem. roads daily based on the will devote two basement “My brand of public Of the eight entrances of the resource persons In the meeting of the 2018 survey and that car parks; the Athletic service will not change and egress at the city hall in the ongoing legislative mayor-led City Develop- does not include the Bowl where a modular and my goal to implement building, only three were investigation on the Good ment Council attended 2019 vehicles vis-a-vis the parking facility will also changes in the city will left open and are being Conduct Time Allowance by the punong barangays city’s total road capacity of be built; the BIBAK lot continue and will not be used by the people trans- law. and civil society groups only 15,000 vehicles,” the along Harrison Road; the affected by the ongoing acting at the offices inside “I come back home in the city, the mayor said mayor said. Wright Park (modular); development in my life,” the establishment. every after hearing and I the city is looking into at The areas eyed for car at the back of the Baguio Magalong said in a phone Everybody who passes do my job,” he said. parks are the Jadewell Convention Center where interview with the Philip- on the entrances is On Monday, the mayor site at the back of the a multi-level parking pine News Agency. attending public functions required to undergo the attended the flag-rais- Ganza Restaurant to building will rise with He said when he ran outside city hall like bag-check and inspection. ing ceremony at the city accommodate 550 cars, 800 slots; the Govern- for mayor, he committed meetings with the group Several policemen hall grounds before he the private lot along ment Service Insurance to serve Baguio and the of market vendors in belonging to the city presided over the exec- Abanao St., the owner System (GSIS) property threats will not prevent relation to the proposed mobile force have been utive-legislative meeting of which already agreed near Victory Liner; and at him from doing his duties. development at the city deployed at city hall aside held every Monday. to construct a modular the Bayan Park at Bayan “Whatever is happening market./Liza Agoot from the presence of a K-9 He had also been parking structure, the Park Village. right now is my personal (PNA) dog. The mayor said he will concern. I just divulged Magalong said his continue to negotiate the truth," said Magalong, Tree-farming instead of appearance before a with concerned groups noting that "I am securing and individuals as well as The The Junction is printed and published tree-planting encouraged lobby for funding for the JUNCTION by Farco Trimedia Ventures, Inc. (FTV, Inc.) every AGUIO CITY - Mayor tree seedlings in water- capacity and therefore parking plans to materi- Bing Dawang-Farres: Editor (on leave) weekend, with office address c/o Valeros Law Office, Benjamin Magalong sheds and protected would make our refor- alize./Aileen P. Refuerzo Freddie J. Farres: Consultant No. 27 Engineer’s Hill, Baguio City; Bis encouraging groups areas because of the estation program more Mobile Phone No. (0917) 506-9123 Support Staff: Regular Columnists: to undertake tree-farm- low survival rate of the effective,” he added. the environment and for Nelson Tuaño Atty. James S. Tel. No. (074) 444 - 7025 the love of Baguio,” he E-mail Address: [email protected] ing or the planting and seedlings and instead He called on private Gerry P. Binwagan Valeros said. John T. Bagayan Atty. Batas Mauricio Mailing Address P.O. Box 1588, 2600 Baguio City rearing of tree seeds on let us build tree farms individuals who have idle Annabelle Pedronio Emilio Liwanen Entered as Second Class Mail at the Baguio City Central vacant private and public in vacant lots where we lots that they do not plan Interested individu- Bradenburg Sawac Nestor A. Castro Post Office PCC-CAR 01-04-99 lots in lieu of conducting can nurture seedlings for to use for the next two to als may contact the City Kevin Villena Press Foundation of Asia Mayor’s Office at 442-8920 Levis Member: tree-planting in forest two to three years before three years to volunteer Philippine Press Institute reservations to ensure replanting them into our their properties to the city or the City Environment Beyond Borders Reporting Website:www.junctionnews.com high survival rate of the forest reservations,” the government for conver- and Parks Management Opinions expressed by the opinion writers are their own and do not Office at 443-3511 or necessarily reflect the position of this paper. seedlings planted. mayor announced Oct. 7. sion into tree farms and *Our articles and stories (news/features) are ready to go for printing without the “I am now discour- “This way, the seedlings nurseries. 300-6535. involvement of the editor and publisher who happen to be on leave. aging the planting of will have higher survival “This is for the love of The mayor earlier Cont. on page 3 The Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 JUNCTION NEWS WEEKEND 3 Proposed waste to energy plant to produce 3MW of renewable energy AGUIO CITY conduit for the realization Magalong last Thursday – City Adminis- of the noble project which B afternoon that the waste trator Bonifacio dela had been started way to energy plant is envi- Pena disclosed that the back during the previous ronmental-friendly proposed waste to energy administration. because its emission is plant that will be estab- Dela Pena said that not hazardous contrary lished in the city will be the power that will be to the perception of envi- capable of producing at generated by the eventual ronmentalists on the least 3.4 megawatts of operation of the waste to operation of such plant. renewable energy from energy plant that will be According to him, the prevailing volume established in the city will what they saw in Japan is of biodegradable waste be sold to the Benguet a smaller version of the generated by the house- electric Cooperative BARANGAY SEAL OF GOOD GOVERNANCE - The Municipality of La Trinidad proposed waste to energy holds in the city daily. (BENECO) which will recently awarded (with plaques and cash incentives) several barangays for seal of plant that will be estab- The city administra- in turn be blended with good local governance as follows: Alapang, Balili, Lubas, Bahong, Alno. These lished in the city because tor, together with other its existing power supply barangays received plaques and cash incentives. it was converting some technical personnel of being purchased from 70 tons of biodegrad- the local government competent power gen- able waste to around 1.4 ‘Unmet needs’ still hound and some local legisla- erators for the benefit of and Family Planning megawatts of power. tors, recently visited Japan maximizing the use of the (NPPFP) to lead The city department to personally observe city’s biodegradable waste Cordillera mothers in the profiling of head asserted that what aguio City – Referred until September this year, WRA, facilitate referral the operating waste to for productive purposes. the local government is to as ‘unmet needs,’ quoting PopCom’s online for family planning energy plant that is being The city’s WACS is waiting the results of the Bwomen or couples who data. service, and disseminate proposed to be estab- expected to be completed ongoing Waste Analysis want to limit or space Of the number, 251 the Responsible Parent- lished in the city to help supposedly by April next and Characterization their children but are not women have accepted hood and Family Planning address the local govern- year but local officials Study (WACS) to update using any modern method modern family planning (RPFP) program. ment’s prevailing garbage persisted in pressuring the the data of a similar study of contraception remain methods while the rest The coordinators will disposal woes. company that was com- in 215 so that it will be a social, health, and were already linked to work closely with barangay He admitted that when missioned to do the study ascertained on what will development challenge health service providers, population volunteers in he and the members of the to make the same available be the volume of bio- in the Cordillera region Abellera said. partnering with families, team brought with them by the end of November so degradable waste that according to the head of “We will continue to couples, and individuals at least 100 questions that the local government needs to be processed the Commission on Pop- follow them up until we towards better access to that will be asked from could start working on the by the plant considering ulation and Development zero the number of unmet effective family planning the operator of the waste pertinent details of the that what will be put up (PopCom) – Cordillera on met needs because even information and services. to energy plant using bio- technical description of in the city will tailor-fit Friday. one life is significant,” she According to Abellera, degradable waste and that the waste to energy plant the volume of biodegrad- Regional Director added. the RPFP program deals when they came back, that is being proposed able waste produced by Magdalena Abellera said To facilitate this goal, with issues related to almost all the questions to be established in the the households and com- monitoring revealed that Popcom – CAR deployed sexual and reproductive had been answered, thus, city that will convert the mercial establishments. there are 1,798 identi- 24 field coordinators health, including fertility they were convinced generated biodegradable He explained that the fied unmet needs from across the region last and family planning that the bio-mass waste waste to quality renewable put up of the waste to the 12,288 women of September under the concerns. to energy plant will be energy where the city energy plant will be on reproductive age (WRA) Intensified National It is also a development feasible in the city. could also earn a decent a government to gov- profiled from January Program on Population strategy to achieve demo- The city administrator income./Dexter A. See informed the members of ernment transaction graphic dividend, she the City Advisory Council with the State-owned added. during their first meeting Philippine National Oil City no longer entertaining proposals Abellera said it aims company (PNOC) serving with Mayor Benjamin B. town that allegedly overlap to help couples realize as the local government’s with the city-owned Asin their desired timing, on Asin hydro plants hydroelectric plants. spacing, and number of AGUIO CITY – The Tree-farming instead... operation of its Asin hydro In an order dated March children in accordance City Council approved facility may experience 27, 2018, the energy with their socioeconom- from page 2 Ba resolution expressing further delay with Goldlink department, through a ic, emotional, psycholog- the strong support of the directed the CEPMO under Officer-in-Charge Engr. endeavoring to look after its committee created under city government’s official- ical capacity, and religious Moises Lozano and Asst. Department Head Rhenan own interest at the expense Special Order No. 2016- dom to the stand of Mayor beliefs. Diwas to develop available lots into farms to tend tree of the city government, 06-0029, declared the case Benjamin B. Magalong Related to this, Abellera seedlings of different endemic species. the Mayor, in a motion to submitted for resolution, for the city to no longer said among the key activ- Two lots are now being planned for development resolve the aforesaid case, without prejudice to the entertain any proposals ities this last quarter is decided not to entertain parties submission of a into botanical rearing facilities located at the Tiptop from Goldlink Global anymore proposals from compromise agreement the conduct of Family Ambuclao Road and another at Irisan barangay. Energy Corp. in so far as it Goldlink. Planning Caravans in all The city’s two tree nurseries located at Busol affects the operation of the Earlier, the city gov- Cont. on page 6 Cont. on page 6 watershed and the Botanical Garden are also pro- city-owned Asin hydroelec- ernment filed on June grammed for upgrading into modern propagation tric plants in Tuba, Benguet 18, 2015, a complaint for PRRD to issue building... to fastrack the resolution facilities soon. revocation, cancellation of of the case filed by the city from page 1 The mayor said plans are also afoot to saturate appro- renewable energy contracts before the energy depart- priate areas like Quezon Hill with bamboo nurseries. issued to Goldlink Global mayor said the building moratorium will ease addi- ment. “Bamboos have been found to have carbon dioxide Energy Corp. by the energy tional use of the sewerage and use of water while the Resolution No. 337, sequestration capacity three times higher than any department that pertain to tree-cutting moratorium will also help in the inventory series of 2019, states the proposed hydroelec- adult tree so we should also delve on bamboo propa- that seeing that the city of the actual number of trees in the city./Liza Agoot gation,” the mayor said./Aileen P. Refuerzo tric power facilities in Tuba (PNA) The JUNCTION Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 4 WEEKEND OPINIONS Carlos, the Prompter By: Jeffrey P. Yap (www.rappler.com) he exact date was August 13, 2005, a Saturday, and it was the first time TI met Carlos Celdran. I wanted to walk the streets of downtown Manila at the time, and a friend who knew Carlos said I could sign up for his tour of Escolta. Tours devoted to this specific district of the capital’s core were rare, as other guides wouldn’t brave its inner streets. It piqued my interest that someone was actually conducting a thorough tour of the area. On the day of the meetup, I was the only one who showed up. Carlos was expecting a dozen participants who backed out at the last minute. “What the heck,” he said. “On with the tour.” We started with Calvo Building, a late 1930s structure that witnessed Escolta’s golden days when it was dubbed the “Queen of All Manila Streets” until its decline in the 1990s. Carlos brought with him a portable KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS speaker and played “Moonlight Serenade.” He said that he wasn’t merely Rich Pinoys have an explaining to banking on nostalgia, that playing the song would help me imagine the do on Chinese influx into RP heydays of Manila. We entered the building’s community museum. Surrounded by news By: Atty. Batas Mauricio clippings, old soda bottles, and photos of prewar structures in the area, I suddenly felt a strong connection to the street. It was as if I had lived or LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… The Lord will bring a nation against you worked there. It felt uncanny to be drawn into this particular place, yet I from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, also felt grounded and secure as I stood there. a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation I was too embarrassed to tell Carlos what happened while he was busy without respect for the old or pity for the young. They will devour the young tinkering with his speaker. He went on and told me how Escolta transformed of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They from a sleepy Spanish street to a bustling will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds district of Manila during the American or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined…” (Deuteronomy 28:49-51, EDITORIAL Period. It was obvious that he knew the the Holy Bible). place well. Carlos recounted how Escolta had all the firsts – the first elevator, the first ice cream parlor, the first cinema -ooo- in the country, among others. His knowledge of Manila was second nature, and he said that one needn’t be an old-timer to love the city; all it takes is CHINA’S INVASION OF RP HAS BEGUN IN ILOCOS NRTE? commitment to know more about it, how it came to be, to understand its Here’s a question posted on Twitter.com on October 11, 2019 by one Engr. Ferris Tangco III: has the China invasion of the Philippines begun, present and even its future. as shown by a compound in Ilocos Norte which is alleged to be filled with With only the two of us in the tour, it occurred to me that he seemed to warehouse materials belonging to, and which contains flags of, the People’s have veered away from the script. But I don’t think he ever had a script to Republic of China (PROC)? start with. He was no-holds-barred about the current state of Manila. He Or, as one other question from Engr. Tangco intoned, was the compound lamented that it was going to the dogs, because of the city government’s merely given to China by the Marcoses, who have been in undisputed lack of care and conscious effort to actually do something about Manila’s power in Ilocos Norte for several decades now? Tangco’s Twitter post remaining heritage. The tour became a discussion on how building owners featured four photographs depicting two satellite discs, and flags of the could actually benefit from tax breaks and the need for support from the PROC inside that Ilocos Norte compound. community to promote cleanliness, peace, and order. I told him that we Let’s hope the Marcoses can explain this, as Engr. Tangco’s Twitter post needed to talk to the right people, and proposed a reinvention of the street. directly mentioned them. Or, perhaps, the provincial government of Ilocos We walked further towards Plaza Sta Cruz. He said we just had to enter Norte, and even the Ilocos Norte Philippine National Police, can help the Monte de Piedad, the old building that stood at the end of Escolta. clarify the matter. Are we permitting the flags of other countries, especially When he described it as formidable, I asked what made it so. “The guards the flags of China, to publicly fly, in the full view of all the public, in our already know I bring in people who have no business to be there.” It had provinces, cities, and municipalities? been converted to a grocery store at the time, and so I thought that maybe we could buy something. We entered the building and went straight to -ooo- the beverage section. Inside, Carlos talked about Arsenio Lacson, whose statue stood across the street in the middle of the plaza named after him. RICH FILIPINOS HAVE AN EXPLAINING TO DO ON THE The guards looked at us with suspicion so we paid for our drinks and left. CHINESE INFLUX INTO RP: If we think about this seriously enough, His tour cost around P150 for students then. I felt compelled to make up we can indeed say that China’s invasion and occupation of the Philippines for the students who didn’t show up so I handed him a 500. He wouldn’t are already happening and taking place, unimpeded. One proof of this are accept it and he gave me my change. We went our ways at the foot of the thousands and thousands of Chinese men and women who are now Quiapo Bridge. It would be 10 years before I meet him again, right across literally spread out in Metro Manila’s commercial centers (particularly the river, in Intramuros. along Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City and Paranaque City, and even in I was already working for the Intramuros Administration when I met him nearby suburbs), residing at high rise condominium units in the metropolis again. I was new at IA, and we were preparing activities commemorating and the provinces in its peripheries. the Battle of Manila. I had just left a job in corporate Makati for a This is also shown by the presence of a military station belonging to China government job in old Manila. After years of volunteering in the heritage at the open seas located west of the Philippines, whose name among many conservation scene, I was finally working full-time in promoting Manila’s Filipinos early on was South China Sea, but which came to be called later history and conserving its built heritage. The meeting with Carlos proved Cont. on page 5 to be the beginning of regular collaboration with him and other Contact Nos. (0917) 5069123, (074) 444-7025 artists and advocates. Tired of Graft & Corruption? or you can write to P.O. Box 1588, 2600 Baguio In the decade that transpired, Escolta had once again come Linis Gobyerno is an anti-graft, City e-mail: [email protected] website: alive. It had become a thriving community of artists and corruption prevention and detection office. www.linisgobyerno.org merchants, and his tours played no small part Cont. on page 5 Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 The COMMENTARIES JUNCTIONWEEKEND 5 Editorial mothers. A growing number have more than one What if we called it birth con- child before the age of 20. Teen pregnancy – a life from page 4 trol instead? event that is 100% avoidable – has been declared in making that possible. Carlos’ tours weren’t just a national public health emergency. tours; they were also an awareness campaign that By: Ana P. Santos (www.rappler.com) On the one hand, there is no scarcity of sex. reintroduced Manila to throngs of tourists and Jeremy, a 16-year-old from Malabon, sat There’s internet porn. Green jokes and sexually- to a new generation of movers and advocates. quietly on the clinic bed beside the baby she loaded innuendo are casually tossed into casual During one of our conversations, I kidded him had just given birth to. I asked her if she was conversations. Sex is paraded around on noontime for not remembering me. “Of course, I do,” he considering family planning to give her space till TV by scantily-clothed women shimmying to the said. “You paid for my Coke and you saved me her next pregnancy. She gave me a blank look. latest pop song. from the guards!” “Family planning? Hindi ba pang-mag-asawa We giggle and cover our mouths with our hands The tours, too, had grown bigger, grander, and lang ‘yun?” even as we demurely refer to a penis as a bird ever popular. Many days I would hear Carlos and a vagina as a flower. The more daring will herding his curious flock across Fort Santiago. That was back in 2008. outdo each other with vulgar sex jokes – the more There’s no mistaking when he was there. Carlos A few weeks ago, in Cavite, I met 20-year-old scandalous, the better. at the head of the line, decked from head to Marilyn Masinog, who is pregnant for the 4th On the other hand, when it comes down to foot in colonial-inspired clothing and finery, his time. She first got pregnant at 13 and became discussing the risks associated with having voice booming and animated by the rise and fall a mother at 14. Her friends, Jay-Ann and Jessa unprotected sex, we clamp down. Just say no to of his narratives; dozens of tourists behind him, May, are all teen mothers. Jessa May, 22, has two sex. Close your legs. Pray the temptation away. attention captured by this man giving them a tour children. They had heard about “family planning” Even as the science tells us that condoms, pills, and a lesson and a performance. – condoms, pills and other birth control methods and implants are all more effective than the most What I never told him, and I regret not telling – but thought that as single young women who ardent and sincere of prayers. him, though, was on that day in 2005, as we had not yet gotten pregnant, they could not avail walked the streets of Manila, his tour helped themselves of those options. We’re giving out mixed and muddled messages. me discover what I wanted to do. He was the Grace, Nikka, Jaycel, Clarisse, Roselyn, and This matters a great deal when you’re 17, the push that I needed to begin my own advocacy in Daisy live in Tondo, Manila. They all first became age when, research tells us, about 23% of Filipino protecting the built heritage of Manila. I could pregnant as teenagers. Some of them have more youth first start to have sex. tell him this now – perhaps the message would than one child. I met them in September when As teens, they want or are considering having make its way to him somehow, but I could also they came in for an interview for our Teen Mom sex but don’t want to be parents yet. All the almost hear him say: “Enough of this drama, my Scholarship Program. All 6 of the young women messaging around them tells them that sex is dear. Just get on with it.” – Rappler.com talked about sex and avoiding pregnancy with hot, it feels good, it’s pleasurable – but stops Jeffrey P. Yap is currently the senior their friends, but they heard about pills, implants, there. Avoiding unplanned pregnancy, sexually- tourism operations officer of the Intramuros and IUDs from their mothers and titas. Those transmitted infections, and even the emotional Administration and is part of a team that methods, they said, were family planning and pitfalls of having sex are restricted topics, meant supported and coordinated the events and were for the women who were married (also only for married people – the people who are seen activities of Carlos Celdran in the Walled City. meaning living with their partner) and already as “allowed” to have sex. had children. The sex that young people know is cloaked Kakampi mo ang batas This illustrates the paradox of the Philippines’ in myths and misconceptions and none of the from page 4 sex problem: we have sex, but we don’t talk enough science of protection and prevention. About 78% as the West Philippine Sea by the government about how to prevent unplanned pregnancies. To of first sexual encounters among young people of then President Noynoy Aquino soon after it be more specific, our current framing of birth are unprotected. According to a recent report, filed a case against China before the international control as “family planning and responsible about 30 to 50 pregnancies per year are among arbitral tribunal. parenthood” creates a psychological barrier that 10-year-olds. In an interview at a maternity teen No one can deny any longer the truth: there keeps out young people who are sexually active clinic, the doctor said that most of their cases is a rampaging flood of Chinese entrants into but do not yet want to become parents. that involve a child as young as 10 are cases of the different cities and municipalities in the incest or rape. Philippines, who have come not merely as Skyrocketing teen pregnancy tourists but as residents and workers out to The power of words earn a living here. In all these, I am convinced The Philippines has one of the highest teen Referring to birth control as “family planning that rich Filipino businessmen must be made to pregnancy rates in the southeast Asian region. methods” carries all the connotations of how explain why they seem to have anticipated, and Every day, an estimated 500 teenage girls become couples can plan how many children they want even prepared to profit from, the influx of these and can afford. Chinese immigrants. who were pushing all they’ve got to put up Words have the power to frame concepts. condominium projects had Filipinos in mind as Words tell us what things are for, who they are for, -ooo- the buyers of their product, but foreigners who and who they are not for. And the term “family have the capacity to buy with their wallets or bank planning” sends the signal that these methods are CONDO UNITS IN RP WERE MEANT accounts filled with dollars. I have been asking only for people who are presumably married and FOR FOREIGNERS ALONE? For quite some for an explanation on this construction boom Cont. on page 7 time now, I have been repeatedly asking here repeatedly, but no one was listening (or wanted to of foreign sounding names, especially Chinese in this column (Kakampi Mo Ang Batas) one listen), no one wanted to act, one way or the other. names, as the buyers and the occupants of the nagging question: why have the rich Filipino- At this point, we should now come up with posh residential units. Chinese in our midst been trying to outdo one the truth: there is a need for an inspection and another in putting up expensive and expansive investigation of all condominium projects in the -ooo- condominium projects in many places (in Metro country by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory REACTIONS? Call 0977 805 9058, 0918 574 Manila and even in far-flung cities of the country) Board, Bureau of Immigration, Philippine 0193, 0933 8251308, or my Messenger account when it cannot be denied, then as now, that National Police, and the Armed Forces of the in Facebook, Melanio Lazo Mauricio Jr. Or majority of our countrymen could ill-afford to Philippines, to find out who have purchased units you could email me at batasmauricio@yahoo. buy whatever were built by them? from them or who have been occupying those com, [email protected], or send your I have been harping on the fact that, even units since then. I am willing to bet that this comments or queries at www.facebook.com/ then, it was already very clear that those investigation would yield a treasure trove attybatas. The JUNCTION Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 6 WEEKEND LEGAL/JUDICIAL NOTICES Republic of the -Mortgagors. Republic of the MUNICIPALITY La Trinidad, Benguet. All Philippines Philippines OF LA TRINIDAD, interested persons may appear and show cause, FIRST JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REGIONAL TRIAL BENGUET, AND 600 runners to join The if any, why this petition REGION CASE NO. COURT, THE NATIONAL should not be granted. REGIONAL TRIAL 19-EJF-2151 BRANCH 9 STATISTICS Let this ORDER be COURT (FAMILY COURT OFFICE, published at the expense of the petitioners in THE OFFICE OF THE x------x FOR BENGUET -Respondents. North Face 100 marathon JUNCTION, a newspaper BAGUIO CITY – Some six hundred local and CLERK OF PROVINCE) of general circulation in foreign runners are expected to join this year’s COURT SHERIFF’S NOTICE FIRST JUDICIAL SPECIAL Baguio City and Benguet edition of The North Face 100 trail running event Justice Hill, Justice OF PUBLIC AUCTION REGION PROCEEDINGS Province and the Cor- which will be held in Baguio City passing through SALE dillera Administrative the trails of Itogon and Tuba towns. Hall La Trinidad, CASE NO. Region, once a week, for The annual trail running event has been divided La Trinidad, Upon extra-petition Benguet 19-SP-1995 three (3) consecutive into 4 categories, the 100-kilometer trail run, the Benguet for extra-judicial fore- weeks, the first publica- 50-kilometer run, the 22-kilometer race and the closure of mortgage IN THE MATTER X------X tion to be made not later 11-kilometer race. under Act No. 3135, as than October 13, 2019. FOR: Extra-judicial amended, filed by Home OF CORRECTION Furnish copies of this This year’s trail running event is the 6th that will ORDER be conducted in Baguio City and its neighboring Foreclosure of Real Development Mutual OF ENTRY IN ORDER, together with Fund, for the satisfac- copies of the Petition towns of Benguet after having been absent in the Estate Mortgage THE CERTIFICATE Petitioner, through tion of the loan obliga- and its annexes, to the city over the past 2 years considering that organiz- Under Act 3135 OF LIVE BIRTH counsel, filed this verified tion of BLIST-GECHA, Office of the Solicitor ers opted to hold the same in other trail running Petition praying that Amended INC. (awardee Matias OF MINOR LEE General; the Office of the areas like Camarines Sur in 2017 and Laguna in after due notice, pub- B. Sagorsor), that as KUAN BAOIDANG Provincial Prosecutor of 2018. lication and hearing, per demand letters, the Benguet; the Local Civil HOME DEVELOP- MENCION AS TO decision be rendered Organizers were convinced to go back to Baguio mortgagor is indebted Registrar of La Trinidad, MENT MUTUAL HIS MIDDLE NAME directing the Local Civil City for this year’s edition of the event because to the mortgagee Benguet; and the Philip- Registrar of La Trinidad, running enthusiasts have been clamouring for FUND (otherwise amounting to SEVEN FROM “SUBADAY pine Statistics Authority, Benguet and the Philip- new and more challenging routes that will also known as Pag-ibig HUNDRED EIGHTY TO BAOIDANG” Quezon City. Likewise, pines Statistics Authority allow them to be able to view untapped and unex- THREE THOUSAND SIX furnish copies of this Fund) AND HIS to correct the name of plored tourist destinations within the routes of the HUNDRED EIGHTEEN ORDER to The Junction -Mortgagee, SURNAME FROM LEE KUAN SUBADAY different categories. PESOS AND TWENTY and the petitioner and BAOIDANG to “LEE Cut of time for runners who will be joining THREE CENTAVOS “BAOIDANG TO counsel. KUAN BAOIDANG the 100-kilometer trail run will be 30 hours while -versus- (Php783,618.73) Phil- MENCION”. SO ORDERED. runners joining the 50-kilometer run will be given ippine Currency, as of MENCION’ in his Cer- tificate of Live Birth. a maximum of 18 hours to complete the said August 15, 2019. The This 27th day of BLIST-GECHA, INC. JULIET S. BAOID- WHEREFORE, finding category or else they will be declared as unable to undersigned will sell September 2019 at La the Petition to be suf- (awardee Matias B. at public auction on ANG-MENCION, Trinidad, Benguet, Phil- finish the races. ficient in form and Runners, especially those joining the two cate- Sagorsor) October 22, 2019 at 10:30 -Petitioner, ippines. o’clock in the morning substance, this Court set gories of the trail run, are required to bring with it for initial hearing on at the main entrance of (SGD) MARIETTA S. them their utensils and personal items that they Further, communi- -VERSUS- November 27, 2019 at 9:00 Bulwagan ng Katarungan BRAWNER-CUALING will use to recharge in the different aid stations ties in the areas that o’clock in the morning for them to be able to continue their journey to building, Justice Hill, La Presiding Judge will be traversed by Trinidad, Benguet to the THE LOCAL CIVIL before the session hall of the finish line. the runners were also this Court, Justice Hall, Part of the commitment of the organizers to the highest bidder, the parcel REGISTRY OF THE October 5, 12 & 19, 2019 tapped by the organiz- of land together with the host local governments include the planting of tree ers to help in providing improvements existing ‘Unmet needs’... national program. seedlings by the runners who will be joining the the adequate supply of thereon, to wit: 100-kilometer trail run apart from the donation of The memorandum native delicacies and from page 3 emphasizes the critical some 50 percent of the seedlings that were planted potable water for the TRANSFER CERTIF- provinces where individuals and couples role of local government to the concerned government agencies and local runners apart from ICATE OF TITLE NO. governments for their environmental preservation can be provided with counseling and units in ensuring the ensuring the safety and T-65921 family planning services. and protection campaign. security of the runners “A parcel of land (Lot delivery of the full range Registration fee for the 100-kilometer run was who will be coming 47, Block 4, of the con- “We can cut down unmet needs as they of family planning infor- pegged at P9,000, 50-kilometer run – P7,000, from the different parts solidated subdivision emerge by empowering our communities mation and services espe- 22-kilometer race – P4,000 and 11-kilometer run of the world. plan, Pcs-CAR-001180, with proper information and linking them cially among the margin- – P3,000 that will include a complete race kit for The North Face 100 containing an area of 101 to services,” Abellera stated. alized and underserved the runners. marathon is one of square meters, located The regional director likewise enjoined population. Appropriate directional signs that are environ- at Barangay Tadiangan, the most awaited trail barangay officials to comply with Depart- The memo circular mentally-friendly will be installed by the organizers running events that will Municipality of Tuba, ment of the Interior and Local Govern- Province of Benguet.” is in compliance to EO along the route of the races so that runners will be be conducted in the city ment (DILG) Memorandum Circular guided accordingly when traversing the established considering the offering Prospective bidders/ 12-s2017 which mandates routes aside from the presence of aid stations that buyers may investigate 2019-100, issued last July, which mandates the DOH, PopCom, of new and challenging the appointment or designation of Local will be equip with food and water for the hydration routes every time that the above-described real DILG, and other agencies, of the participating runners. property regarding the Population Officers. including LGUs, to attain encumbrances thereof, Republic of the Philippines the event will be The memorandum also mandates the and sustain zero unmet Department of Transportation and Communications if any. LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD conducted and mobilization of barangay and community need for Family Planning./ Cordillera Administrative Region All sealed bids must officials and volunteers to support the said Baguio City that the new be submitted to the under- POPCOM Cordillera ELCANOR MANG-USAN offering for this signed on or before the Applicant year will be the CASE No. 2015-CAR-316 above-stated time and City no longer... num when the same could NOTICE OF HEARING Mount Ugo in date. have already contributed This is an application filed on October 1, 2019 for the approval of EXTENSION nearby Itogon In the event the public from page 3 precious renewable energy of VALIDITY of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ Service for the town which has auction should not to the grid. transportation of passengers and freights on the line: BAGUIO CITY - DENGSI and been the site of prior to promulgation of the decision or res- vice versa with the use of one (1) unit. take place on the said In 2006, the city govern- numerous trail olution in the aforesaid case. NOTICE is hereby given that this Board shall hear this application on October 30, date, it shall be held on The resolution noted that over a year after ment took over the 2019 at 9:00 AM the LTFRB Office, Pacdal Baguio City in which date and time applicant running cents November 12, 2019 same operation of the Asin shall formally submit his/her/their evidences. the issuance of the said order, however, the At least ten (10) days prior to the above date, the applicant/s shall publish the over the past time, without further minihydro power plants several years notice and publication. NOTICE once in one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in the Cordillera BENGUET energy depart- from the Aboitiz-owned Administrative Region. that enticed ment has yet to Hydroelectric Development Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written oppositions La Trinidad, Benguet, supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date, furnishing a copy of numerous BY: (SGD) DANIEL D. resolve the said Corporation (HEDCOR) Philippines, this 19th day the same to the appliant/s and if they so desire, appear during the hearing. domestic CELINO issues rendering after the expiration of the This application shall be acted upon the Board on the basis of its records and the and foreign of September 2019. the city-owned documentary evidences submitted by the parties, unless the Board deem necessary SHERIFF IV 25-year lease agreement to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence. runners to join Asin minihydro when it operated the same FOR THE PROVINCIAL WITNESS, the Honorable Engr. LALAINE E. SOBREMONTE, OIC-Regional Director, such activities./ Sept. 28, Oct. 5 & 12, power plants inop- until October 2012. this 2nd day of October 2019, Baguio City. SHERIFF ATTY. LAIRD DIONEL N. URBANOZO Dexter A. See 2019 erable interreg- Ironically, the Energy Hearing Officer EX-OFFICIO OF

Cont. on page 7 Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 The NEWS JUNCTIONWEEKEND 7 Mayor’s search for truth gets support on the ‘Agaw Bato” issue numerous Philippine AGUIO CITY – The gal drug campaign. ities for them to be able to officials and those in the and other related issues National Police (PNP) pursue the distribution of City Council passed that have cropped up as a officers were implicated or Right after his assump- law enforcement agencies. Ba resolution expressing tion in office on July 1, the various illegal drugs in The justice department result of the investigation. mentioned on the alleged the different parts of the the city’s officialdom and The resolution stipu- corrupt practices of 2016, President Rodrigo is now investigating the citizens’ strong support Duterte launched an country. involvement of ranking lates the constituents of alleged “Agaw Bato.” per- Amidst the campaign to Mayor Benjamin B. Baguio have explicitly petrated by the so-called aggressive anti-ille- PNP officials in the Magalong in his quest gal drug campaign that against illegal drugs in the various corrupt activities conveyed their support ninja cops. country, the fact remains for truth and standing on through social media and Despite the alleged resulted to the surrender that were exposed thus the what is right and good, of hundreds of thousands that illegal drugs continue drug problem continues by staging a prayer rally death threats he report- to be traded and distribut- especially during the for the safety and security edly received after his of individuals involved in to be one of the major ongoing inquiry on the the drug trade and the ed because of the alleged problems of the country./ of the city mayor. revelation in the Senate, protection provided to ‘Agaw Bato’ issue. Earlier, the mayor Mayor Magalong insisted untimely demise of those Dexter A. See Resolution no. 336, drug suspects who opted the drug suspects by appeared at the hearing that testifying before the suspected corrupt public series of 2019, states the called by the Senate Senate was worth it, that to fight it out with author- officialdom of the city and blue-ribbon and justice it is a fight between good Magsaysay building... be undertaken along other its citizens wholehearted- committees on the illegal and evil and of what is national highways like ly support the City Mayor drug situation in the right and good. from page 8 Naguilian Road, Kennon in his quest for truth and country, among other The resolution was tion orders resulted to the Dela Pena instructed Road and Loakan Road. standing on what is right related issues. approved by the members removal of ten shanties concerned department The mayor said separate and good, especially in the During the conduct of the city legislative body and partial demolition heads to work out the funds for the widening ongoing Senate inquiry of the Senate inquiry, in a quick session that was of five two-to-three story funding requirement to of these roads are being called for the said purpose buildings. ensure continuous and worked out for implemen- Magsaysay building... prior to the session by Ten were voluntari- speedy operations. tation next year. the designated Senior ly torn down by the Imson said that upon The operations were in from page 8 Citizens Officials for A mayor gives in to their request, the vendors shall sign owners; seven were put completion of the first compliance with the DILG Day (SCOFAD), an insti- an undertaking that if they will take full responsibil- on hold after their owners batch, they will move on Memorandum Circular tutionalized event of the ity of any untoward incident that may happen within presented new documents to the next 67 structures 121-2019 issued in line local government every the building. while two three-sto- lined up for demolition. with the President’s order first week of October. Even the Upper Magsaysay Barangay Hall located ry buildings were left A total of 267 structures for the clearing of roads Last Sunday, different within the structure will be affected. Punong Barangay untouched after the CEO were identified to have nationwide issued on religious groups in the city Precilla Dacanay said if the demolition pushes through, ran out of funds. encroached into RROWs July 29, 2019./Aileen P. converged at the Peoples they will transfer to the BCMA office at the market. The mayor and City along the highway. Refuerzo Park for a prayer rally for The notice to vacate will lapse on October 13, 2019. Administrator Bonifacio Similar operations will the safety and security of dum of agreement for the The city government is set to demolish the building and said endeavour. the mayor in his quest the open space will be temporarily utilized as parking City no longer... Because of the failure for the truth in his rev- area. Under the annual budget of the city government of Kaltimex to execute the elations in the series of from page 6 for this year that was prepared during the previous Regulatory Commis- contract with the city, the Senate inquiries on the cate of compliance from the administration, some P20 million was earmarked to sion (ERC) issued a cease city government decided to alleged involvement of regulatory agency pursuant file a judicial restitution of renovate the already dilapidated structure. and desist order to the ranking PNP officers in to the provisions of the contract that will free Dela Peña said no one is being singled out in the city government to stop the corrupt activities that Republic Act (RA) 9136 or the city from its obligations issuance of demolition orders since the city govern- the operation of the city- the Electric Power Industry tend to derail the govern- owned Asin minihydro stipulated in the previous ment is inspecting all structures in the city to correct Reform Act (EPIRA). agreement but Kaltimex, ment’s aggressive anti-ille- power plants because of its The city government hazardous buildings putting emphasis on safety. /Jessa inability to secure a certifi- under a new management, Mardy Samidan eventually awarded the proposed for the amicable What if we called it for what it is? Birth control. maintenance and operation settlement of the dispute. What if we called it... of the city-owned Asin On the other hand, An option to plan and control when you get hydro power plants to pregnant and how often. An option that is viable Goldlink secured the from page 5 Kaltimex Energy Phil- consent of the indigenous want to start a family or already have one. for anyone who is sexually active. ippines which was the peoples of Tuba for the put The country is scrambling to address our Would it empower our young people to think declared lone complying up of separate power plants runaway teen pregnancy rates. In our desperation, about birth control as an option of a reponsible and responsive bidder, but along the same river system it took the City Council that will have an impact we pitch baseless solutions, like having separate individual? more than a year to Teen pregnancy is a complex problem that will on the city-owned power classrooms for boys and girls. confirm the memoran- plants./Dexter A. See But what if we expanded the current need layered solutions. One obvious barrier is the conversation to be more inclusive and attuned clause in the current Reproductive Health Law Firm offers tech to turn... to the needs of our young people who are sexually that restricts minors from availing themselves of birth control at public health clinics without from page 8 active but want to avoid unplanned pregnancies? non-biodegradable waste is being transferred daily to They have the same right to this information parental consent. Comprehensive sex education a sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac by a private hauler as married or older couples do, and yet we keep that covers everything from abstinence to IUDs commissioned by the city government. this from them. Ironically enough, birth control and vasectomy, knowledge about having healthy Buyucan also suggests that the proponent look into information is made available once you are romantic relationships, access to contraception the waste analysis and characterization study (WACS) methods, as well as the guidance of parents or of the city to ensure return of investment both for the pregnant and already have a child. For many company and the city. teenage girls, this is an intervention that is too trusted adults are also interventions that must be Buyucan said the Envirotech proposal can be incorpo- little, too late. included. rated in the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) program Let’s try to reimagine having a different It will be a long and continuous dialogue, but but said this should be set-up outside the city. pregnancy prevention conversation – one that what if we started by having honest and open Meanwhile, Patricio Evangelista who served as Senior conversations about pregnancy prevention, one Citizen Officer for a Day (SCOFAD) Mayor suggests that considers what our young people want and what the city officials visit the existing projects of Envirotech they need, according to them, not according to that is more inclusive than “family planning”? in Las Piñas City and Candelaria, Zambales to see the what we adults might think is right for them. What if we started calling it birth control instead? environment of the plant before approving the proposal./ – Rappler.com Jessa Mardy Samidan The JUNCTION Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2019 8 WEEKEND NEWS Magsaysay Building vendors ask more time amid notice to vacate ighteen vendors orated over the years. repair stalls outside the occupying the Pursuant to Section 214 of structure. EMagsaysay Building at the Presidential Decree (PD) Dela Peña said there is Baguio Public Market are No. 1096, or the National no relocation site for the asking the city govern- Building Code, the City vendors but the city gov- ment to hold in abeyance Buildings and Archi- ernment has to enforce the implementation of tecture Office (CBAO) the eviction and demoli- the Notice to Vacate issued a Notice to Vacate tion for safety reasons. issued earlier due to the to the vendors and recom- “My suggestion is for building’s dangerous and mended demolition of the the vendors to continue FREE LECHON 2.0 | Eat Pinoy Pork Lechon Tasting was held today, 5 Octo- hazardous status. structure. their business until ber 2019 at the Baguio City Public Market. This program was spearheaded by In a dialogue with City At the same time, the December only as human- the Baguio City Market Authority and Baguio City Meat Vendors Association Administrator Bonifacio Bureau of Fire Protection itarian consideration. But with the theme: "Protect the Philippine Hog Industry, Let's fight against African Dela Peña on Thursday, 10 in Baguio declared the the vendors are asking Swine Flu (ASF)"./@pio.baguio October 2019, the vendors building is fire hazard if they could stay until plead for them to continue repeatedly due to damaged the city has finalized its operating their business- electrical wirings. market redevelopment es while the city is yet to However, the vendors plan,” Dela Peña said. Firm offers tech to turn plastic finalize its plan for the claim that they have not While not giving a management. redevelopment of the received a copy of the guarantee, the city admin- waste into chairs, desks Martin said the market. CBAO and BFP reports. istrator said he will bring AGUIO CITY - A no trace of mercury, Martin technology costs Php12 The Magsaysay building Per records of the Baguio the request of the vendors Davao-based company said. She added that Enviro- million and can be acquired Bis offering its services to the tech can buy back the end by the city through direct in the market is one of the City Market Authority, to the mayor. city government to lessen product if requested. purchase or in a Pri- oldest structures owned there are 50 lessees He made a verbal the volume of plastic Five different machines vate-Public-Partnership by the city government occupying the building agreement with the wastes being hauled out to will compose a set of (PPP) scheme. thereat and has deteri- aside from the 38 watch vendors that should the a sanitary landfill outside the technology with the General Services Officer Baguio. capacity to process 60 to Eugene Buyucan said a During the executive and 90 tons of plastic waste in feasibility study is needed Mayor issues fresh road clearing legislative meeting of the a month. Martin said the to ensure viability of the city officials on Monday, 7 technology can process proposed venture consid- October 2019, Envirotech around two tons of plastic ering that the city is now order as campaign continues Waste Recycling firm was in a day. enforcing a plastic ban AGUIO CITY – He ordered concerned city and barangays roads introduced by its represen- To set-up the machines, among shopping centers. BMayor Benjamin agencies to confiscate and 118 had been cleared tative Janet Martin. a land area of at least 2,000 “We have 180 tons of Magalong warned anew all materials and goods in cooperation with the Envirotech collects square meters is needed residual waste on a daily business owners and owned by businessmen barangay officials and plastic waste and converts and will be ready in three basis but only 30 percent residents here to refrain and residents that will be residents. these into school chairs months including the or less of this is plastic,” from using and obstruct- found stored along road Of the total, 138 roads and desks. Martin said training of city personnel Buyucan explained. This to handle the operation and amount of ing roads near their prop- right-of-ways. were found to have Cont. on page 7 erties to avoid the penalty encroachments and 118 the firm has “Seize every item you introduced of continuously ignoring will see and we will crush had been cleared while the the national and local gov- rest had none though are the technol- them. Even if the owners ogy to the ernment orders on road are my friends, I will do still being validated. local govern- clearing operations. it just to send a strong All the roads will also ment units of In the Management message that we mean be subjected to continu- Candelaria Committee meeting Oct. business,” the mayor ous monitoring to ensure in Zambales 8, the mayor said the city directed City Engineer that they will remain and in Las can also be nasty in imple- Edgar Victorio Olpindo. obstruction-free. Piñas City menting the law just to Olpindo reported that The demolition of illegal which were show headstrong busi- structures along the road later adopted. 25 percent of the city’s Thirty nessmen and residents roads had been cleared right-of-ways of Marcos especially along the Highway also resumed kilos of soft of encroachments as of plastic is central business district Oct. 8. last Friday to continue equivalent that it is bent on imposing He said the city has the dismantling of the to one sing the law. a total of 306 national, five two-story buildings school chair with desk, Ad Rates The partially torn Martin said. JUNCTION down in the last Each chair 1 page : P19,000.00 www.junctionnews.com operations last costs about 1/2 page: 9,500.00 Paper/Page Size: 10” x 13” (25 cm x 33 cm) Sept. 25. P1,700 with 1/4 page: 4,750.00 1 column length: 29.75 cm Asst. City a 20-year 1/8 page: 2,375.00 @ 7 columns per page for Engr. Constan- warranty 1 col. cm. 85.00 judicial ads cio Imson Jr. with free Above rates are for black and white. For colored Ads, add 30%. reported that the replaceable Generous rate discounts available depending on volume of ad two operations parts. The placements. chairs and Judicial Publication Rates: 80% of commercial advertising rates as per undertaken last desks were PD 1079 and SC A.M. No. 01 1-07. Sept. 19 and Sept. All Baguio and Benguet Judicial Publication Rates are standard as tested and agreed with the IBP and RTC as follows: Baguio City – P180/column inch; 25 on 34 struc- found to have Benguet – P160/ column inch. tures that were 42 PPM led Published every weekend except during election season when issued demoli- content but publication is on a bi-weekly basis. Cont. on page 7