www.punto.com.ph P8-B Capas-Botolan 00 P 10. Central Road fi nished in 2022 V 12 P N 80 unto! Other CL road projects M - W also up for completion J+ 15 - 17, 2019 PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! Luzon B+ A4S#&+ M).'.< This was the an- nouncement made by CITY OF SAN FERNAN- DPWH assistant region- DO – The completion of al director Loreta Malalu- the P8.33 billion project an during the fi rst leg 68.845-kilometer Ca- of Dagyaw 2019: Open pas-Botolan Road is be- Government and Partic- ing eyed for completion ipatory Governance Re- by the Department of gional Dialogues held at Public Works and High- the Bren Z. Guiao Con- ways (DPWH) in 2022. P./& 6 3#&.4& P1.6-B Subic expressway widening project underway B+ M#"$ D$)/"/ itan Authority (SBMA) chairman and admin- SUBIC BAY FREEPORT istrator Wilma T. Eis- — The P1.6-billion Subic ma said the North Lu- Freeport Expressway zon Expressway Corp. (SFEx) Capacity Ex- (NLEx), which operates pansion Project is now the SFEx, is undertak- on-going to further ease ing the expansion project CHAMPIONING IP CAUSES. Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda dialogs with Aeta leaders on the motoring in and out of designed to improve traf- tribes’ concerns ranging from relocation for those aff ected by the April 2019 earthquake to this growing business fi c fl ow in the area and livelihood and education needs during a call Monday at the Capitol. and leisure hub. promote road safety. P!"#" $"%&#'( "* J%+ J,("/ PIO P,-0,+1, Subic Bay Metropol- P./& 6 3#&.4& $1.3-B fi rst tranche signed for Malolos-Clark railway B+ D:)/ C&(;.)<&4 LARK FREEPORT – Pres. Duterte was witness recently Cas the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed $1.3 billion for the fi rst tranche of the $2.75-billion loan for the Malolos-Clark Railway Project (MCRP). P./& 6 3#&.4& 2 Clark Customs men tagged in P100-M SEALED. DOTr Sec. Arthur P. Tugade (6th from right) shake hands with Sumitomo Corp. GM Hiroshi Karashima after signing contract with (L-R) DOTr Usec. Reiner Paul Yebra, Usec. Garry De Guzman, PNR chair Roberto Lastimosa, DOTr Usec. Timothy John Batan, JTREC president Takao Nishiyama, Sumitomo Corp. president Seiji Takano, Embassy of Japan Sadaharu Hori, and JICA chief representative Yoshio Wada. P!"#" $"%&#'( "* CDC-CD phone smuggling CLARK FREEPORT ued at P100 million. -- Two employees of In a report, the task the Bureau of Customs force said the trucks DOTr, Japanese partners (BOC) have been impli- were apparently head- cated in the smuggling ed to Manila. They were of P100-million worth initially misdeclared and of Chinese phones and undervalued, the task watches fl own into this force said. ink P12-B supply contract freeport via UPS. The task force said Agents of Task Force the contraband items Aguila of the Clark Devel- named one Marvin Mag- Rolling stock of PNR Clark Phase 1 opment Corp. (CDC) in- alicar as consignee who tercepted at a checkpoint turned out to be the driv- CLARK FREEPORT – The De- (J-TREC), signed the contract for The P12.1-billion supply con- at the Subic-Clark-Tar- er of one of the trucks. partment of Transportation the manufacture of train coaches tract was signed by Transporta- lac Expressway here last Magalicar, however, (DOTr) and its Japanese part- for Package 3: Rolling stock of the tion Secretary Arthur P. Tugade Friday two trucks load- later passed on the cul- ners, the joint venture of Sum- PNR Clark Phase 1 Tutuban-Ma- and PNR chair Roberto Lasti- ed with boxes containing pability to his boss whom itomo Corp. and Japan Trans- lolos at the Marriott Hotel here on moso for the government, and close to 7,000 units of he named as one Jeff er- port Engineering Company Tuesday. P./& 2 3#&.4& Vivo, Xiaomi and Huawei son Gan whom he identi- phones and watches val- P./& 6 3#&.4& AYON SA 7ID COMMANDER Walang militarisasyon sa Nueva Ecija N A M. G mang paglabag ng sinumang wanagan na ng gobyerno ang mga taga-suporta ay ginag- ang Alyansa ng Magbubukid sundalo sa karapatang pantao mga grupong tumutulong sa amit ang kanilang donasyon sa Gitnang Luzon-Nueva Eci- FORT RAMON MAGSAYSAY, ng mga mamamayan. mga ito. sa pagpapaunlad ng mga ma- ja kay Pangulong Duterte at sa Palayan City - Tahasang iti- Matagal na rin, aniya, na “Napakaganda ng ginaga- hihirap sa kanayunan. Commission on Human Rights nanggi ng 7th Infantry Divi- wala silang naitatala na gani- wa ngayon ng ating gobyer- Hindi rin daw sila ang tu- na imbestigahan ang anito’y sion Philippine Army ang aku- tong reklamo. no,” pagtukoy ng heneral sa matawag o nag-tag sa mga red tagging, militarisasyonn at sasyon ng militanteng grupo Pahayag ni Agustin na na- hakbang ng pamahalaan kung militanteng grupo na komu- labis na pakikialam ng militar na di-umano’y malawakang hihirapan na raw kasi ang mga saan ay ipinararating sa mga nista o terorista. Mismong si sa Nueva Ecija. militarisasyon ngayon sa ilang makakaliwang grupo maging taga-suporta ng mga tinaguri- Communist Party of the Philip- Samantala, nitong Lunes bayan ng Nueva Ecija. sa aspetong pinansyal dahil ang makakaliwang mga organ- pines founding chair Jose Ma- ay nagkakaisang pinagti- Sa isang panayam, sinabi sa mga hakbang ng pamaha- isasyon kung paano ginagamit ria Sison ang nagsabi ng mga bay ng Sangguniang Bayan ni Major Gen. Lenard Agustin, laan. ang pera na kanilang ipinag- organisasyon sa ilalim nito, ng Guimba, Nueva Ecija ang commander ng 7ID, na hindi Maging ang European kakaloob. sabi pa ni Agustin. deklarasyon sa CPP-NPA bil- niya kukunsintihin ang anu- Union daw kasi ay napagpali- Aniya, ang alam kasi ng Nauna nang nanawagan ang persona non grata. DOTr, Japanese... F 1 quarter of 2021, then I cannot operate the trains Sumitomo Corp. gen- before the end of 2021,” eral manager Hiroshi he reasoned. Karashima and J-TREC “So, today the fi rst president Takao Nishiya- agenda that we have ma. talked about prior to our Tugade said the plan coming here is to come is to have eight trains per into eff ect an agreement set that will be manufac- in principle that we will tured by their Japanese strive to work togeth- partners. er so that the trains will “So that if we have be delivered on the third 13 sets, we have around quarter of 2021 so that 104 trains similar to we will come to the re- those and the capaci- alization that the par- ty is 2,200. These trains tial operability of the Tu- will be travelling from Tu- tuban-Clark-Calamba tuban to Clark to Calam- route will be operational ba,” Tugade explained. by the end of 2021,” Tu- “This is the reason gade said. why we are all here to- The PNR Clark day to sign an agree- Phase 1 (Tutuban-Ma- ment where the proto- lolos) broke ground on types you see will come February 15, 2019. The into fruition by 2021,” Tu- 37.6-kilometer, elevat- gade said, pointing to the ed mass railway system miniature prototype dis- will connect Malolos to played at the venue. Manila and will entail 10 He said the contract stations. that was signed indicat- The trains can run ed that the trains shall up to 120 kilometers per be delivered in full by the hour, and reduce the Subic’s fi rst Tower awardee Roberto Duran (left) with SBMA offi cial Ramon Agregado. end of the last quarter of travel time between Ma- P!"#" 3 M,4"% D%+1"1 2021. nila and Bulacan from He hastened that he over one hour and 30 prodded their Japanese minutes to 35 minutes partners to deliver the once the system is fully trains by the third quar- operational by 2022. Mechanic is Subic’s fi rst ter of 2021 instead of the The project is funded last quarter so that the by the Japan Internation- Tutuban-Clark-Calamba al Cooperation Agency route can be realized at under a ¥241.991-billion the end of the year 2021. or P93.457-billion loan ‘Worker of the Republic’ awardee “Let me tell you that agreement signed in No- this morning, prior to en- vember 2015. B) M'*+ D+%(*( now in charge of the maintenance come part of the maintenance tering this room, I have The PNR Tu- and repair of assets such as pipe- team, and later got promoted talked to Mr. Nishiyama tuban-Malolos line will be SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A lines, valves, meters, and pumps. to become industrial mechanic,” in the presence of JICA integrated with the PNR mechanic from one of the loca- “Being away from my family Stewart said. (Japan International Co- Malolos-Clark project tor-companies in this freeport is hard to bear. But I really thank She added that in the 19 operation Agency) and and the PNR South Com- has been honored as one of The this company for the trust and con- years that Duran had been with we have agreed to do a muter—Manila to Calam- Outstanding Workers of the Re- tinuous training they provide for PCSPC, he had not only shown fast track mechanism so ba, Laguna project—to public (Tower) for 2019, the fi rst their employees which I used to devotion to duty and enthusiasm that the trains committed form an integrated com- Subic Bay Freeport employee to reached where I am today,” Duran for work, but also ingenuity that to be delivered on the muter railway system receive the award.