DA Gets Praises for P40-M Projects in Pampanga

www.headlinegl.com Gov, Philhealth distribute 4,028 MDRs in Bacolor, CSF By LIEZEL CAYANAN 4,028 indigent residents from Bacolor town and CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Northville Calulut in this Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda city. VOLUME IV • NO. 172 and Philippine Health The distribution is MARCH 03, 2016 Insurance Corporation aimed at providing help THURSDAY (PhilHealth) officials dis- for the poorest of the poor tributed members’ data which is being carried out records (MDRs) to some GOV, PHILHEALTH...page 7 CIAC: Airlines to look

at Clark Int’lBy Marna Dagumb oy-Airportdel Rosario CLARK FREEPORT – Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III announced yesterday that seven airlines have expressed their intentions “to look” at the Clark International Airport (CRK).

The seven airlines, mostly facilities and infrastructure in laysia; Express Air of Indo- low-cost carriers, are part of the a bid to lure more flights at the nesia; Air India; and Airline 17 airlines who will attend the 2,367 hectare Civil Aviation 4.0, which is a new carrier in Asian Routes to be held at Mall Complex. the United States. of Asia SMX Convention in Ma- The seven airlines are V- “At the very most, these nila on March 6 to 9, 2016. Air, a Taiwanese low-cost car- airlines can now see Clark Air- The participants are set to rier; Jet Star of Singa- port on paper and hopefully visit Clark International Air- pore; Thai Smile, a regional we can lure some of them to port on March 5, wherein CIAC carrier in Thailand; Rayani try Clark as well as to increase will showcase Clark Airport’s Air, a full service airline in Ma- CIAC...page 7 DA gets praises for P40-M projects in Pampanga

By Angelique Tuazon-Eliseo several municipalities of this Pineda said. province yesterday. Some 3,200 agriculture CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Gov- “We are very fortunate stakeholders such as farmers, ernor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda and grateful for the funds livestock owners, fishpond has lauded Agriculture Sec- provided by the national gov- operators, irrigators’ associ- INTERNATIONAL INTEREST. Clark International Airport Corporation retary Proceso Alcala for ernment through the leader- ation officers, municipal and (CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio P. Tanjuatco III stresses a point during his update the more than P40 million ship of President Aquino for city agriculturists and tech- of developments at the Clark International Airport at the monthly Pampanga Press worth of projects awarded to the Kapampangan farmers,” DA GETS...page 7 Club (PPC) Talk Widus kapihan at the Widus Hotel and Casino. --CIAC-CCO PHOTO NPC endorsement boosts voters’ preference for Poe

By JESS MALABANAN

ANGELES CITY – The voters’ preference for presidential frontrunner Sen. Grace Poe is expected to soar further because of the endorsement of the top leadership of the Nationalist People’s Coali- tion (NPC) for her bid in the May 2016 elections, her partymates from the Par- tido Galing ng Puso (PGP) said. Sen. Chiz Escudero, PGP vice presidential candidate, and Sen. Tito Sotto, one of the candidates running for Sena- tor under the PGP ticket, said Poe’s popularity in the coming surveys would skyrocket because of the endorsement. For her part, Poe said she is very much elated by the NPC endorsement as this is expected to create a bandwag- on effect among local independents as well as NPC candidates. BUB FUNDS. Macabebe Mayor Annette Balgan receives a check under the Bottom-up Budgeting Program from Governor Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda and DA “Dati noong wala pa kaming NPC Sec. Proceso Alcala. Also in photo are DA regional director Andrew Villacorta, Butil Partylist Rep. Agapito Guanlao, 3rd District Rep. Oscar Rodriguez, and NPC ENDORSEMENT...page 7 Broadcaster Korina Sanchez-Roxas, spouse of Presidential Aspirant Mar Roxas. --JUN JASO 2NEWS Headline Gitnang Luzon • march 03, 2016 CL police nets 36 hoods in One Time Bigtime ops

By JESS MALABANAN nals on the streets, not because it is our man- CAMP OLIVAS – A total date but because of the of 36 persons, most- active involvement of ly engaged in illegal communities against drugs peddling, were criminality,” said Laca- arrested by authorities din over the phone. in separate One Time Citing statistics, Big Time police op- Lacadin said Central erations in Bataan and Luzon police recorded Nueva Ecija Tuesday, a 50-percent decrease police said yesterday. in crimes for the past Chief Supt. Rudy two months, as com- Lacadin, Director of pared to previous the Police Regional years of the same pe- Office 3 (PRO3), said riod. He attributed the the suspects’ arrest achievement to various came in the wake of the anti-crime strategies, higher headquarters including Lambat Si- directive to hit hard on bat and One Time Big criminals, including il- Time operations. legal drugs personali- “If we have reduced ties in the region. the crime volume, it’s SOLAR FARM. Citicore Power President Oliver Tan, former senator Migz Zubiri, Gov. Abet Garcia and Mariveles Councilor and mayoral can- Lacadin said he because of aggressive didate Atty. AJ Concepcion share insights during the inauguration of the 18 MW solar farm in Mariveles. Butch Gunio . --CIAC-CCO PHOTO earlier directed all po- efforts by our police- lice units in the region men in running after to be more aggressive criminals through the in combating lawless Lambat Sibat and One elements especially Time Big Time,” said those involved in the Lacadin, adding more illegal drugs trade. criminals would be Mayor: ‘Our town has no dump site’ On Monday alone, brought behind bars in one suspected robbery the coming days. By Froilan Magtoto as the Ecological Solid Waste tion is a private property. Quezon Road at pagdating sa hold-up suspect was Meanwhile, Supt. Management Act. “The people who dump area, tatapon na lang doon killed during a shoot- Julius Mana, newly SAN SIMON – This town’s “What we have here are the garbage mistakenly ang kanilang basura. Ito ay out in City of San Fer- designated director of mayor Leonora Wong clari- Material Recovery Fasci- thought that area was a ayon po sa report na pinada- nando, while 18 sus- the PNP Regional An- fied that her municipality lities (MRF) in the different dumpsite. They saw garbage la sa akin,” Wong said. pected traffickers of ti-Illegal Drugs Task has no dump site, following barangays,” Wong said. piled up in the area,” the lady “What we did was to unlawful substances Force (RAID-TF), of- reports that this town was The EMB earlier mayor said. secure the place to prevent were rounded-up in ficially assumed Mon- among those charged by the said that aside from filing These people are even these people from dumping different areas in Bu- day as support unit Environmental Manage- charges, the government im- not from our town, she add- their garbage,” Wong said, lacan. head of PRO3 in the ment Bureau (EMB) before plemented the forced closure ed. as she warned them that “You will notice campaign against the the Environment Ombuds- of dumpsite of the town. “Ang mga nagtatapon na they will be arrested once that your PNP is more unlawful substance in man for violation of Republic Wong, however, insisted mga basura na to ay nagku- caught throwing garbage in aggressive nowadays the region. Act 9003 otherwise known that the dump site in ques- kunwaring dadaan lang sa the area.• in stamping out crimi- BIGTIME OPS... Page 7 1 dead, 5 others nabbed Tapang reiterates to Dela Cruz: Show in Bulacan buy-bust ops detailed reports of 2015 expenditures By Froilan Magtoto bu by firing at the au- Sanguyo, 25, of Ba- thorities, prompting the rangay Camias, San CAMP OLIVAS – A sus- cops to fire back which Miguel, Bulacan; BY jess malabanan aside from the bloated pro- its solid waste management pected drug dealer was resulted in the suspect’s and Roselyn Peñaflor, posed 2016 budget appar- program, but in truth it is killed while five others death. 26, of Tunsuya, Mala- CLARK FREEPORT – Porac ently intended for various only paying P500,000 only were arrested yester- Meanwhile, those bon City. town mayoralty candidate services of the town’s local for every year. day morning in a drug arrested were identi- C o n f i s c a t e d and concurrent councilor government. Tapang said Dela Cruz’s bust operation in San fied as Gerald Peñaflor from the suspects Mike Tapang yesterday The ex-officio Board SOMA must be interactive Miguel, Bulacan. of Barangay Tunsuya, were six plastic sachets dared Mayor Carlito “Car- Member mentioned some of where audience can freely Killed was Ferdi- Malabon City; John of suspected Metham- ling” dela Cruz to explain the budget allocations which raise questions on issues nand Sanguyo Jr., alias Oliver Gonzales, 22, of phetamine Hydrochlo- before the Sangguniang he finds highly questionable, relative to their welfare and “Camote”. Barangay Partida, San ride, also known as Bayan or through the State including the P14-million government fund expendi- Police said San- Miguel, Bulacan; Den- shabu; (1) caliber .38 of the Municipality Address donations and grant; P41- tures. guyo tried to escape nis Salvador, 27, of Ba- revolver with ammos, (SOMA) the P250-million million development fund; Dela Cruz and local bud- after selling a plastic rangay Sta. Ines, San and (4) assorted shabu expenditures for last year’s calamity fund amounting get officers have approved sachet containing sha- Miguel, Bulacan; Ryan paraphernalia.• budget. to P13.5 million; solid waste the 2016 budget amounting “De la Cruz is account- management funds, P3 mil- to P270 million but it has to able to the people of Porac lion; non-office, P170 mil- pass the Sangguniang Bayan PHLPost invites studes to join and he should submit a de- lion; mayor’s office, P25 before it will be enacted. tailed report on the 2015 million; and P3 million for Tapang said he is not expenditures, specifically the non-operational satellite questioning the increase of UPU int’l letter writing contest funds allocated to non-office campus of Don Honorio Ven- budget as long as it served and the mayors’ office,” Ta- tura State University (DH- the purpose and went down By Charlene ing Competition for your 45 year old self”. pang told reporters during VSU). to the greater majority in A. Cayabyab Young People. Children around the the March edition of Talk “DHVSU satellite cam- terms of basic services. To select the world are encouraged Widus, a regular monthly fo- pus is non-operational but it “However, if Dela Cruz ANGELES CITY – The country’s official en- to take a flight into rum held at the Widus Hotel has an annual budget of P3 failed to explain satisfacto- Philippine Postal try to the internation- their imagination, and Casino in this Freeport. million since last year,” Ta- rily the expenditures, we’re Corporation (PHL- al competition, PHL- while writing a letter Tapang said Dela Cruz pang pointed out. going to give him zero bud- Post) is inviting stu- Post has organized to themselves in the has a lot of explaining to do A check with the Metro get for selected operating dents 15 years old a nationwide letter future. The competi- to the people of Porac, espe- Clark Sanitary Land Fill in expenditures such as miscel- and below to join the writing contest invit- tion also coincides cially on the appropriation Kalangitan, Capas, Tarlac, laneous, travel allowances, 45th Universal Postal ing young people to with the 45th edition of funds for a non-existing Tapang said that the Porac representation and dona- Union (UPU) Inter- focus on the theme” of the international and non-operational project LGU funded P3 million for tapang... Page 7 national Letter Writ- “Write a letter to PHLPOST... Page 7 BUSI-

march 03, 2016 • Headline Gitnang Luzon BUSINESS 3 SBMA earnings increased by 12% to P1.7B in 2015

By Dante M. Salvana ings last year represented an billion in operating rev- Meanwhile, the agen- in net profit, along with the increase of 11.89 percent over enue, less the P1.05 billion cy incurred operating ex- highest gross revenue of P2.1 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —The Subic the P1.5 billion record in 2014. total in operating expenses. penses of P266.4 million in billion and the highest EBITDA Bay Metropolitan Authority “This positive inflow per- He attributed the increase manpower; and P784.3 mil- of P992 million in the 21-year (SBMA) has posted a total of mitted us to undertake sev- to the 12.8 percent increase in lion in maintenance and history of the Subic institution. P1.7 billion in earnings before eral infrastructure projects operating revenues despite the other operating expenses. The present SBMA admin- interest, tax, depreciation and that were designed to improve 14.4 percent increase in total ex- As of December 31, 2015, istration headed by Garcia has amortization (EBITDA) in the the attractiveness of the Free- penditures in the same period. the agency’s net income af- been largely credited for turn- previous year, thereby allow- port to investors,” Garcia said. According to a year-end re- ter depreciation and FOREX ing around the agency’s finan- ing the Subic agency not only to “The more we improve port from the SBMA Finance stood at P1.6 billion. How- cial standing from several years sustain its operations but also the Freeport, the more we Group, the SBMA posted op- ever, a 109 percent loss on of non-profitability to attaining to fund more development proj- earn; and the more we earn, erating revenues of P1.34 bil- foreign exchange pulled the record earnings starting 2012. ects in the Subic Bay Freeport. the more we can afford fur- lion derived from leases; P933 income before tax down to Garcia said the SBMA con- SBMA Chairman Roberto ther developments,” he added. million from port services; P1.1 billion, Garcia explained. tinues to equal, if not surpass, Garcia, comparing the agency’s Garcia said that the 2015 P12.6 million from tourism In 2013, the SBMA under its previous financial condi- EBITDA in the last two years, earnings of P1.7 billion was services; and P466.2 million Garcia shattered its all-time tion by attracting more in- said that the P1.7-billion earn- derived from a total of P2.75 from other operating incomes. record by posting P1.2 billion vestments into the Freeport.• 2 BPSU campuses to get info-rich kiosks from DOST By Butch Gunio

BALANGA CITY – Two campuses of the Bataan Peninsula State Uni- versity (BPSU) will get standalone, info-rich kiosks from the Department of Science and Tech- nology (DoST). The DoST recently forged a memorandum of agreement with BPSU to digitize the library of the university’s campuses via Science and Technology Academ- ic and Research-Based Openly- Operated Kiosks (STARBOOKS) Technology. BPSU President Greg Rodis expressed gratitude to the DoST, saying the project will provide their students in the two cam- VIETNAM CONFERENCE. Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) Vice President for Research, Extension, and Auxiliary Services Prof. Rudy puses access to information they Flores (L) and BPSU Director for Extension Services Dr. Hermogenes Paguia (C) attend as paper presenters in the International Conference on Environment need in broadening their knowl- and Renewable Energy at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. --CONTRIBUTED PHOTO edge. The kiosks will be installed in the libraries of BPSU Bagac and Abucay campuses. The university has six campuses. Bataan Freeport up 29% in workforce Operating without the use of internet, the STARBOOKS is a user-friendly, standalone kiosk by Jose Mari M. Garcia ment contributes hugely to the Custodio said. when AFAB took operations of growth of local economy with Adding to the employment the Freeport from then Bataan which serves as a compendium MARIVELES, BATAAN – The Free- people having more to spend, boom, international and local Export Processing Zone. of science and technology infor- port Area of Bataan (FAB) cre- and with establishments get- companies in FAB are still in Among the locators hir- mation gathered from all over ated over 5,000 jobs in 2015, ting more revenues, Authority need of over 2,600 employees ing are Mitsumi Phils, Inc., the world. with more companies opening of the Freeport Area of Bataan as new companies start opera- Perpetual Prime Mfg., Inc., DoST Bataan Director Rosa- up and spawning thousands of (AFAB) Administrator Deogra- tions and existing locators ex- Essilor Mfg. Phils., Inc. and lie Ona said STARBOOKS con- employment inside the Free- cias Custodio said. pand bases. Dong-In Group of Companies’ tains hundreds of thousands of port, touted as the country’s “The investments pledged AFAB stated that the newly Mountaineering Instruments digitized science resources such emerging economic dragon. by the locators are felt by the registered locators in 2015 are Corp. and Edge Soft Good So- as journals, serial publications, The number of FAB em- people on the ground through expected to open at least 4,900 lutions, Inc. reference materials, annual re- ployees hired by registered lo- the opening of more job op- jobs in the next three years. There are 114 registered lo- ports, theses and dissertations, cators and manpower agencies portunities. We assure the “Since 2010, the adminis- cators in the FAB as of Decem- and technical and project re- last year increased to 25,803 national government and the tration has been working hard ber last year. The enterprises ports. or 28.91% higher compared to people that we will continue to to bring more investors and include Korean, Taiwanese, The university is the third the 20,017 workers recorded in work hard and bring more in- big manufacturing corpora- Chinese, American, Japanese, academic institution in Bataan 2014. vestments to contribute to the tions to the Freeport,” Custo- British, Bahrainese, French to receive STARBOOKS.• This surge in employ- growth of the local economy,” dio said, referring to the year and German businesses. • Bataan PHO asks folk: Destroy mosquito sites, stop dengue rise By Jose Mari M. Garcia fice (PHO) reported that 443 counting for the most number quito-borne disease as they Emergency meetings were dengue cases were recorded in with 77, followed by Limay with conducted preventive fogging staged in rural health units in BALANGA CITY – Bataeños are Bataan from January 1 to Feb- 70, and Balanga City with 60. operations in Bagac and Dina- barangays and district hospi- urged to step up their efforts ruary 6, or 50% higher com- One fatality was recorded lupihan. tals to scale up monitoring and in crushing mosquito breed- pared to the same period last coming from mountainous An immediate investigation active surveillance of cases, ing sites both in and out their year that tallied 222 cases. Bagac town. was carried out on areas with health education for municipal- homes as dengue cases doubled All of the 11 municipalities With this surge in dengue impending clustering of dengue ities, and house-to-house cam- this start of the year. and one city of Bataan recorded cases, PHO has been on high cases, hotspots, outbreaks and paign on search and destroy The Provincial Health Of- dengue cases, with Bagac ac- alert to curb the deadly mos- dengue death. BATAAN PHO... Page 7

BIRD WATCHERS. The city government of Bal- anga along with DENR, Wild Bird Club of the Philippines and other agencies conduct a yearly bird census, 4OPINION Headline Gitnang Luzon • march 03, 2016 EDITORIAL Elusive Peace

HE PHILIPPINE Embassy in plar unsheathed the sword of God thermore unless the military pow- Women power Riyadh has downplayed the under the command of Pope Urban ers stop them. If the ISIS continued THE month of March marks the Tdrumbeat of war between the II and tainted them with the blood of its campaign successfully, it could Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Muslims and Jews. For 88 years, the take its war in Saudi Arabia and Is- Women’s Week (first week) and Shiite Iran that was already being Crusaders held the Kingdom of Je- rael but that is unlikely because the National Women’s Day on March played out in war-torn Syria – land rusalem in relative peace until 1187 Christiandom will never surrender 8, with both celebrations seeking of the Ottomans and last refuge of when the Muslims – both the Holy Land back to the Knights Templar. Sunnis and Shiites united the Muslims. It was to emphasize gender equality and In an advisory issued by the Phil- under the leadership of Sala- already 99 years since the importance of women’s role in ippines Embassy, it said there is no din, a Kurdish sultan who Gen. Allenby made a society. cause for concern urging “Filipinos brought the Ayyubid Cali- triumphant arrival at to remain calm.” It further noted that phate, took it back from the the Gates of Jaffa in Je- “There is currently no reason to be remaining Knights Templar. rusalem and only his- This year’s theme “Kapakanan ni concerned about the safety and secu- Back in Muslim hands, tory will tell us if the Juana, Isama sa Agenda!” calls Holy Land will capitu- for gender-balance in leadership “Perhaps when the last drop of oil had late to another power. and decision making positions Check and In the Phillippines, been taken out of the ground, peace will the Philippine military both in public and private sector; Balance has renewed the war inclusion of women’s concerns in finally reign.” Arnel San Pedro against our Muslim leadership platforms and the gov- brothers in the South after the failure of the ernment’s development agenda; rity of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia. The the Crusaders were not able to wres- Bangsamoro Basic Law. The death of and capacitating and preparing Embassy shall provide regular up- tle control of the Holy Land until 1917 the 44 members of the PNP Special women and girls to reach their dates on the situation in Saudi Ara- during World War 1 when the victori- Action Force has put the final nail to ambitions. bia as the need arises.” Given so, it ous British General Edmund Allenby the coffin derailing the peace accord. should protect the interests of some entered the old City on foot and in- The appalling incident had been 5,000 OFWs in war-torn Najran in advertently reclaimed the Holy Land played out in the Holy Land when With 2016 as an election year, the KSA. for the Christiandom. Raynald of Châtillon, the capricious theme is but apt in giving due rec- The animosity between and Sunni Peace will remain elusive in the Lord of Trans-Jordan, attacked the tribe and the Shiite tribe was omi- Holy Land and throughout the Mid- caravan of Muslim Saracens killing ognition to the rights of Filipino nous and deeply embedded in time dle East. In modern times, the ani- all travelers effectively ending the women in today’s society. This year immemorial when the diatribe that mosity of the past was prevalent four-year truce with Saladin. also creates an avenue for women- divided the Muslims caused the First between warring Muslims, between Saladin personally beheaded leaders to show their worth. It can Crusade of European nobles to set Muslims and Christians and between Raynald after the Battle of Hat- their sights toward the Holy Land non-Middle Eastern powers who tin with countless Knights Templar be noted that two women – Sena- and wrestled it from the Fatimid Ca- seek to implant their personal inter- warrior-monks having suffered the tors Grace Poe and Miriam Defen- liphate. Absolution in the service of ests in the war-torn region. Syria as same fate – and the barbaric behead- sor-Santiago – are running for the Christiandom pushed the Knights an example was a complete mess and ings in modern-day Iraq and Syria highest position in the land, while Templar to wade in crimson blood – thousands of innocent lives had al- already graced the TV networks and from Syria’s Edessa, Tripoli and to ready been lost in the ongoing war. the Internet as hostility continues another, Leny Robredo, is seeking Antioch and then on to the final ob- The Muslim Caliphates of the old, up to this day with no end in sight. the vice presidential post. jective -- Jerusalem. at one time or another, had their Perhaps when the last drop of oil had Non nobis Domine, non nobis, firmed grip on Syria, Israel, Egypt been taken out of the ground, peace sed nomini tuo da gloriam (Not unto and Saudi Arabia. The dreaded ISIS will finally reign. The Pyrrhic victo- For years, we have been trying to us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy has declared a similar caliphate from ries achieved by the belligerents sim- close the gender gap by prioritiz- Name give glory) – the Knights Tem- Iraq to Syria – and could expand fur- ply serve no purpose.• ing programs for women and by women, as well as women empowerment. There are still women’s Ing Kapakanan nang Juana, Iyabe ya king Adyenda! issues that need to be addressed, especially when it comes to do- HE YEARLY observances of ebrate the gains of the current ad- to be “grossly underrepresented in mestic abuse, because there are the Women’s Role in History ministration with regards to closing the realm of politics.” She pointed still women out there who choose T Month mandated by Proc- gender gap, as well as to call on the out that in the Philippines, there are lamation No. 227 s. 1988, the first next administration to continue sup- only six women out of 24 members in to keep quiet despite the personal week of March as Women’s Week porting the advocacy and prioritize the Senate, or 25 percent, and 79 out turmoil they are experiencing. and March 8 as Women’s Rights and women’s issues in various agenda; of 289 members in the House of Rep- International Peace Day mandated presenting the achievements of the resentatives, or 27 percent. The voice of the women-leaders by Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988, Aquino administration in promot- Cayetano added that at the local and March 8 of every year as Nation- ing gender equality and women’s level, women’s representation is even should be heard, which has been al Women’s Day man- empowerment, through the lower with women occupying only a long time coming. dated by Republic Act Report on the State of the Fili- 22 percent of gubernatorial posts, 18 (RA) 6949 s. 1990, pino Women; gathering public percent of vice-gubernatorial posts, seek to emphasize perception on what women’s 18 percent of provincial board seats,

www.headlinegl.com gender equality and issues should be prioritized 21 percent of mayoralty posts, 20 further bring to fore the significant and “As a woman, I join the plea in strength- indispensable role of the women in the so- ening the inclusion of women as leaders ciety. HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon is a Daily Regional Newspaper According to the and decision makers in our nation. It is Philippine Commis- General Manager: MARLO a. franco Brainwaves most probably the right time to consider Editor: RIA DE FIESTA sion on Women or Michelle Catap- Layout Artist/Photographer: JP Manalang PCW, the theme of Lacson Reporters: CHARLENE CAYABYAB the 2016 National this call and give it a shot.” Marna dagumboy - Del rosario Women’s Month Cel- Administrative Staff: sherylin l. rivera Publisher: hgl publishing ebration “Kapakanan ni Juana, Isa- by the next administration through percent of city council seats and 20 ma sa Agenda!” reiterates “the call crowdsourcing of “agenda ni Juana”; percent of municipal council seats. Email: [email protected] for gender-balance in leadership and and strengthening public advocacy She stressed that on the average, Website: www.headlinegl.com decision making positions both in on National Women’s Month, with “only one in five elected local execu- DISCLAIMER: Views expressed by columnists are their public and private sector; inclusion emphasis on women’s issues that still tives is a woman.” own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of of women’s concerns in leadership need to be addressed. As a woman, I join the plea in HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon or its internet website: www.headlinegl. platforms and the government’s de- On a more personal point of view, strengthening the inclusion of wom- com. The publisher does not knowingly publish false information and may not be held liable for the views of its columnists exercising velopment agenda; and capacitating the call to intensify women’s partici- en as leaders and decision makers in their right to free expression. and preparing women and girls to pation, more so their credible quali- our nation. It is most probably the reach their ambitions.” fications to occupy crucial roles as right time to consider this call and All rights reserved. Subject to the conditions provided for by law, no This year’s celebration of the Na- leaders, policy makers, and imple- give it a shot. Who knows, when we article or photograph published by HEADLINE GITNANG LUZON may be reprinted or reproduced, in whole or in part, without its prior consent. tional Women’s month aims to give menters should be given emphasis have more women in the govern- due recognition to the contributions in this coming election. Senator Pia ment, we will be able to gradually Office Address: 2nd Floor, U2 Building, MacArthur of Filipino women in our society by Cayetano, Chair of the Senate com- eradicate the various problems and Highway, Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, 2000 Tel. Nos. (045) 455.0781 specifically creating an avenue for mittee on women, gender and family issues that make our lives seemingly women and women advocates to cel- relations, noted that women remain miserable and hopeless. •

march 03, 2016 • Headline Gitnang Luzon OPINION 5 Danao at Daya

INDANAO at Magindanao, ning Luzon ngeni) karing mekipag- keng amlat niti, i Sultan Kudarat nanu mo ing pamitayid kalakalan na kng matwang labwad ing metung karing tawling manga- Parnasong Mdang ibatan? Parewu lang ning Tsina agpang na murin kar- tapang a datu keti ing linaban kar- makiyamut amanung “danao” o ing lumang tala dng Isik na misu- ing pwersang Español-Kpampangan Kapampangan “lake” keng amanung Inglis. Iti ati lat ketang panaun dng dinastiyang a ikwa dang asambut at ikwa gabun. Neng Capa M. Pangan ya naman keng matwang salitang Sung at Ming. Iti misuportan ya Keng kontemporaryung amlat ta Kapampangan – ing danao o lawa. pang lalu karing datus ibat karing ngeni, ing labwad ning Mindanao Anya naman keng Kapampangan, report da ring arkiolojis. Iti anyang megin yang sakit buntuk karing Pangasinensi at Ilokanu antindyan akulkul dong mitukituki miyaliwang adminis- deng antindyan iti karing peka-am- deng tagan da ring mat- trasyun o gubyernung nasyunal. Ing dating Presidenti Ramon Mag- Ing pamagtawu “Anya matulid mung mayawus saysay alimbawa ing mikaprograma kani- neng Fiesta ya ping “danao” ing lugal uling tang managkat karing Ing pamagtawu neng daratang ing fiesta, magmistula yang lawa ing da- Kristianung Pilipinu E ra balung sabian maging ding makatua ning Luzon na ma- Nung ninu at kenu iti megumpisa, nuknangan kng Mind- Subali king ngara ing Santa Iglesia kal a dake niti ning Mindanao – anao ban makanyan At nu’t e aliwa ing bansang Espanya, deng a-neutralize ing magin danao ya potang panaun A pigmulan niting makabusbus bulsa. Magbalawe maka-muslim a kimu- ning pamanuran!” Aleesus Manarang tang pangkultura at pulitika. Panaun nang Tabalu nung baket dela ra pa keti Presidenti Marcos ma- Ing anti kaniting ritual a mesabi. ut nang ibatan – ing “danum”. wang balanghai o barangay – deng kanyan dong binulus detang aman- Natural mu agiang manutang ka ngeni Bakit ya meyawus a Mindanao, metung karing minunang bangka wan dang “red army” ba mung laba- E mu papaliarian ing e maki-anti; o Magindanao ing dake na niti ning kanita. Katunayan kaniti, ing pe- nan deng mibansagang “ribelding Burian mu mo waring ikang bukud dili kadwang pekamaragul a pulutung ka-matwa karing bangkang adis- muslim” etcetera etcetera. Itang e magtawu, lunto mainang klasi? dng kapulwan keti Pinas? Iti pauli kubri da ring dalubasa atin yang Ing labanan keng lugal a iti ning pakauyat ya iti keng kabilyang petsang radiocarbon a 320 AD. tutu nang malambat at makapagal. Iting pamag-tawu a meging piugalian pang-topograpiya na niti lalu na Maknayan munaman anyang akwa Makapanikal karing tau a keti ma- King kalulung tau pasakit nung misan; ketang mumunang aldo. Ing Mind- de munaman akulkul itang awsan nuknangan. Ing labwad a iti iyang Makanano agiang misan ya manutang, anao metung yang lugal a mababa at dang “golden tara” metung yang meging ugsyanan da ring bayung Ulining dine na kimut ya’t kimut yan; dakal mu naman kapatagan. Anya malating Buddha nap aka-displey o gradweyt a PMAer o bayung sun- At keta, kaibat ning tawu na megisan makanyan ya iting sensitibu keng pakabuntalag keng metung a museo dalus. At maging deng bayung pulis, Atin pang mamintas karing mekipangan! pamanalbug. Lalu na at ing kad- kng Chicago. marinu, etcetera deng keti da babal- wang pekamakabang kailugan keti Nanupata, atin yang dapat ipag- ugse ban ilang marap karing ma- Uling gawan mu man ing anggang agiu mu, Pinas ati keti – ing Ilug Agusan. maragul ing mesabing kapulwang gribelding tau ning Mindanao. Makarandam ka pang matsurang amanu; Iti maragul yang tutu anya adwang Mindanao. Ketang tawling panaun Ing kutang? Masosolusyunan ya Kesyo, e maniaman ngara’yng kekang tawu, lalawigan keti deng mipalagwan ning pang-19 a dilanwa, ing Mindan- ba ing malalam na pangayamut ning At magadtu pati nasing inapag mu. mu naman pakatuki keng maragul ao mibansagan yang “Labwad ning prublema keti? Ing kanser a sasyo da (Mekad mu, e me man kakilala’yng loku, a ilug a iti, ing Agusan del Norte at Pangaku”. Bakit kaya? Metung kar- ring pilan nang sapin ning salindaya Akayagnan diamu retang bisita mu). Agusan del Sur. ing sangkan ing lugal a iti tutu yang keti meyakit ne ba ing panulung mal- Balang kauran at karing mipa- mabandi keng pibandiang natural yaring itapal? Metung ya ba ing su- Nung supisyenti ka’t katalaksan a beer paliling bagyu keti, makanyan yang ning kalikasan at ating mangalapad sulung dangBangsamoro Basic Law daragul ing ilug keti. Maragul a pa- a gabun a malyaring pitamnanan at o BBL karing magsilbing solusyon? Atilu ngan keka ding anggang kalasing; manalbug ing daranasan da ring tau pituknangan dng tau. Panaun na naman ning pamangam- King anti kaniti ing masulit mupin, keti. Keti ya kakabye ing maragul a Mupin, ing labwad ning pangaku panya, ninu mo kaya karing kakan- Potang kargadu no’t papase keng lasing, kapinakan na mayayaus Pinak Agu- balamu melili ya kabaldugan. Iti didatu ing atin tututu at siryosung Atyu na rugu ken itang e masanting man. Anya matulid mung mayawus megin kabaligtaran ya kabilyan. Uli apag a plataporma na atin mayap a A pamangawan ding makasnuk lalasing. ya ping “danao” ing lugal uling mag- ning deng pangaku keti mipalipit ya parikil ning pamanyolusyun keng mistula yang lawa ing dakal a dake keng paninanapan da ring tau keti mesabing prublema ning Mindanao? (Atin yang kasuglung) niti ning Mindanao – magin danao lalu na reng etnolingwistikung gru- Masyadu neng magusut ing sit- ya potang panaun ning pamanuran! pu a tubu keti. Mula ketang panaun wasyun keti. Metung mu ing siguradu, Ing leparan ning pinak a iti tutu da ring Español, keti ne megumpisa mas maralas tamung daramdaman yang makasalesayan. E mu uling ing dakal a pamakipamuk, pamip- ing panig ning gubyernu, ing panig keti la magdatun deng metung ka- ate, pamanyakup karing gabun da da ring Pinoy a darayu mu kng Mind- ring katakutan dang mangaragul ring katutubu. Iti megsilbi nang anao. Dapot ing daing, ing sumbung, a dapu anti itang arakap da kani- “karaniwan” a mitsa ning kagul- ing kabilyan, ing gugulisak, ing rir- tang dapung i Lolong. Keng pinak wan keti. Ing labwad ning pangaku ibeldi da ring taung tubu tagana kng Be heard! Send us a iti ya pakasantung ing metung megin yang labwad a mepaku at ma- labwad a iti ning Mindanao ing e pa karing pekamatwang kabalayan da paku. Dakal nong paku deng mikut- tutung meramdam. Anya ing labwad your comments & opinions ring minunang menuknangan ning kut keti. Keta mung panaun da ring a madanum neng kauran e mu magin mail US: Michael kapulwan anti deng keng matwang Español, bista man e re agad asakup danao, nunge magkule ya pang malutu 2nd Floor, U2 Building, Dolores, McArthur, Hi-way, balen ning Butuan. Katunayan keti, ing lugal a iti, e la pinatugut deti ban iti mangga na ngeni – magindaya ya City of San Fe