www.punto.com.ph P 10.00 Central V 13 P N 46 unto! M - S+ J, 6 - 11, 2020 PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! Luzon 2,136 face mask FACE MASKS FROM SM. Some 22,000 face masks from SM Supermalls were donated to the senior citizens of Mabalacat and Angeles Cities, Bahay Pag-ibig home for the aged, violators nabbed orphans of Duyan ni Maria, children with special needs of Munting Tahanan, and Aeta B, B")/ Z. L*97") Tribal Association in Mabalacat, Pampanga. The face masks were part of the proceeds of the turn-over of used lead acid batteries that ITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A total of 2,136 have been arrested in were collected from the mall’s monthly Trash Pampanga for not wearing face masks since the imposition of the to Cash recycling market. Leading the hand enhanced community quarantine last March 17. over is SM City Clark’s Mall Manager, Jerwin C Jalandoni and Mabalacat City Councilor Rubilyn P*/& 6 5#&*7& Margarito. P !"! ,!/%"(0 !* SMCK SBMA extends grace period for rents, business fees B, M#"$ D$)/"/ SUBIC BAY FREE- PORT — Business lo- cators in this Freeport received yet another re- lief from the eff ects of the Covid-19 lockdown when the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority extended the suspen- sion of rentals and other payments due since the P !"! $%&''( *%!+ F&,('!!-. start of the enhanced community quarantine in March. SBMA chair and ad- Eisma ministrator Wilma T. Eis- services area fees, port ma said the SBMA board charges, garbage col- Cong Dong: Paskuhan issue ain’t over of directors passed a res- lection fees, sublease olution on June 30 that shares, and gross reve- CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – a 5,000-square meter land area of cility and an amphitheater to be gave a 119-day grace nue shares. “This ownership issue will not the Paskuhan property between built by PCI free of charge within period for the collec- Eisma said the mea- rest here. We have started it and the City Government of San Fer- the donated property. tion of all due accounts, sure took off from Memo- we will see it through. Paskuhan nando and Premier Central Inc. This signing was a continu- thereby moving the pay- randum Circular 20-29 of Village is part of the cultural leg- (PCI). ation of the compromise agree- ment date for such col- the Department of Trade acy of Pampanga.” Aside from the piece of land, ment between the two par- lectibles to Oct. 28. and Industry, which pro- Thus, declared Pampanga 3rd the deed of donation signed by ties approved by Regional Trial The extended sus- vided for a minimum 30- District Rep. Aurelio “Dong” D. Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago Court Branch 42 of San Fernan- pension period covered day grace period for the Gonzales, Jr. in the wake of the and PCI president Jeff rey Lim do last January, a press state- the March to September cumulative amount of signing of a deed of donation for on July 2 included a two-storey fa- P*/& 6 5#&*7& 2020 billings for lease residential and commer- rentals, common use P*/& 6 5#&*7& Lazatin orders seizure of smuggled meat in AC ANGELES CITY – Mayor Carmelo will be charged for violation of Re- ‘Pogi’ Lazatin, Jr. has seized smug- public Acts 9296 and 10536, also gled Peking duck meat and pork known as The Meat Inspection Code meat, equivalent to 2 container of Philippines, Executive Assis- vans, along Don Juico Avenue, Ba- tant IV Reina Manuel, also the City rangay Anunas on July 8. Meat Inspection Division (CMID) of- Lazatin will fi le charges against fi cer-in-charge, says. an illegal importer of Peking duck Manuel furthered that Mayor meat and pork meat and to the Lazatin immediately ordered to bury warehouse owner where the alleged the confi scated meat at the Material contaminated meat were found. Recovery Facility (MRF) in Baran- After an inspection, the city gov- gay Pampang since reports say the ernment also discovered that the alleged meat is contaminated. meat dealer operated without the Mayor Lazatin assured his con- CONTRABAND. Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. inspects necessary business permits. They P*/& 6 5#&*7& smuggled Peking duck meat and pork meat. P !"! ,!/%"(0 !* ACIO Pope Francis names 3 Bataan priests as missionaries of mercy B• E•#$ E&'••$ BALANGA CITY -- Bishop Ruperto C. Santos of the Diocese of Balanga on Wednesday announced the appointment by Pope Francis of the fi rst three priests from Bataan as missionaries of mercy. The newly-named priests to the Catholic Church’s roster of missionaries of mercy are Fr. Jhoen Buenaventura, Fr. Joseph Quicho, and Fr. Jesus Navoa, all from the Diocese of Balanga. Buenaventura is parish priest of Santa Gemma Church in Barangay Mountain View in Mariveles, Quicho is spiritual director of Our Virgen Milagro- sa Del Rosario College Seminary in Balanga City, and Navoa is parish priest of Holy Family in Balsik, Hermosa. “We are very grateful and this is for the good of all. It is a grace from God and a gift of the Pope to the diocese and the Philippine church in general,” Santos said. The Bataan prelate is also Divine Mercy Episco- pal Coordinator for Asia. He said that the pope has selected priests from every continent to act as his special ambassadors of mercy in the world. The appointed priests are giv- en the faculties to absolve certain sins reserved to the Holy See. The three Bataan priests were named to the post with two other priests from Bulacan. The missionaries are tasked to preach, lead spiritual retreats, and hear confessions in their re- spective dioceses and may be invited by bishops to Fr. John Buenaventura, Fr. Joseph Quicho, and Fr. Jesus Navoa. P !"! ,!/%"(0 CBCP N(20 other dioceses as well. TO KEEP ECONOMY MOVING Expand testing for employees, non-medical frontliners AS BUSINESSES resume, to save our economy,” Dizon are privately-owned, including Chief Implementer Secretary National Action Plan Against said. San Miguel’s laboratory. Carlito Galvez, Jr. who earlier COVID-19 Deputy Chief Im- The National Task Force “We laud San Miguel and called for everyone to work to- plementer Vince Dizon on (NTF) cited the San Miguel Mr. Ramon Ang for their in- gether to reduce the transmis- Wednesday underscored the Corporation as a pioneer in valuable contributions to the sion of the disease. importance of testing for em- the move to open its own fi ght against COVID-19. The Galvez and Dizon said that ployees, including non-med- COVID-19 laboratory to initial- government continues to call as the country opens up more, ical frontliners, to keep the ly test all of its 70,000 employ- on everyone’s participation every Filipino must take more economy open. ees. in this whole-of-nation ap- responsibility and be very dis- “We need to be more ag- San Miguel’s testing facility proach—from the local gov- ciplined in observing basic gressive in safeguarding the can process up to 4,000 tests ernment units to private fi rms, health measures. health of all citizens while we per day. to have their employees test- They also called on both keep our economy moving. As of July 4, the country ed and help in the Test, Trace, local governments and private And testing for employees es- now has 75 testing laborato- Treat strategy to prevent the companies to strictly enforce pecially non-medical frontlin- ries with a turnaround time of spread of the disease,” said the wearing of masks, frequent ers, remains crucial to this. 72 hours. Of the said number, Dizon. hand washing, and physical Our goal is to save lives and 49 are public labs while 26 Dizon Dizon echoed the call of distancing. –BCDA-PA COVID-19 IN NE 4 cases up total to 85 Popcom invites youth to join B• A••••• M. G•!••" ‘Selfi e Kabataan, Sali na Kabayan CABANATUAN CITY - Four people in their 40s brought to 85 the positive cases of coronavirus disease in Nueva Ecija, the CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – of young social media account comr3selfi ekabataan2020. provincial inter-agency task force reported on Tuesday. The Commission on Popula- users through enticing them They should take a “self- This, even as two of the previously 81 reported cases tion and Development is invit- to fi nd out more about WPD, ie” (a photograph that one has have recovered, said the NE-IATF. They were Patient 66, a ing the youth of Central Luzon the population issues directly taken of oneself, typically one 78-year-old man from Lawang Kupang, San Antonio and Pa- to join its Selfi e Kabataan, Sali aff ecting the youth specifi cal- taken with a smartphone or tient 68, a 21-year-old seaman from Sta. Clara, Quezon. na Kabayan (SK2) campaign. ly teenage girls, and the ways webcam) and answer the WPD A 46-year-old woman from this city who is currently un- “The campaign’s objective how the young people can question found upon their reg- dergoing treatment at St. Luke’s Global City is Nueva Ecija’s is to promote the World Popu- help in nation building,” De La istration. They should likewise Patient 82 while a 43-year-old blue guard from Cuyapo is Pa- lation Day (WPD) which will be Torre furthered. use the following hashtags in tient 83. celebrated on July 11. WPD in Currently, with the commu- their post #WPD2020, #sel- Based on record from the Department of Health, the IATF the Philippines was introduced nity quarantine in eff ect, sex- fi ekabataan2020, and #pop- noted, the blue guard might have been exposed to a Covid-19 to heighten the awareness of ual and reproductive health comregion3.