www.punto.com.ph P 8.00 Central VOLUME 8 NUMBER 47 Punto! MON - WED JANUARY 12 - 14, 2015 PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! Luzon Latest model of fire trucks only at Clark. CIAC-CCO PHOTO WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART FIRE TRUCKS CIA’s rating up to Category 10 BY ASHLEY MANABAT Boarding bridge, travellers’ lounge inaugurated LARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – Two Rosenbauer Cfire trucks worth P115 million were delivered and the new P92- million two-finger passenger boarding bridge was inaugurated at this airport on Monday in time for the birthday celebration of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President-CEO Atty. Emigdio “Dino” Tanjuatco III. The inauguration of der fire trucks raised the the Clark International CIA to Category 10 from Airport Travelers’ Loungeits previous Category 9 was also held later at the status. Bayanihan Park of the Category 10 is the SM City Clark following highest rating set by the the Clark airport event. International Civil Avia- The acquisition of two tion Organization (ICAO) SM’S GOT IT. CIAC President-CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III and his wife Tetet do ribbon-cutting units of 6x6 3,000-gal- which means that the honors with (L-R) Angeles City Transport Federation President Dan Yumul, CIAC veeps Darwin lon major tender with a CIA can now handle Cunanan and Rey Catacutan, Tourism Director Ronnie Tiotuico, SM Regional Manager for high reach extendable emergency disasters in- Operations Junias Eusebio and SM Clark Mall Manager Ana Datu opening the Travellers’ Lounge. turret (HRET) and a 6x6volving wider aircrafts PHOTO BY BONG LACSON 2,250-gallon major ten- PAGE 8 PLEASE VM Lazatin awards TCTs to 7 families CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – of ownership for the houses Seven families that were relo- which were built by the corpo- cated in Barangay San Jose ration on their relocation site were finally given their land- ti last August 11, 2014. tles in a simple ceremony at Last Wednesday, Transfer the vice mayor’s office here Certificates of Titles (TCTs) last week. for their lots were awarded to The seven families were them by Lazatin assisted by the beneficiaries of the- La LFC legal counsel Atty. Gener har Free Corp. (LFC) ownedC. Endona and San Jose Ba- by the family of Vice Mayor rangay Captain Loreto “Boy” Jaime “Jimmy” T. Lazatin that Tumang. were initially given certificates PAGE 8 PLEASE HAPPY HOMEOWNERS. Beneficiaries proudly hold their TCTs with benefactor Vice Mayor Jimmy Lazatin, Barangay San Jose Chairman Loreto Tumang, and LFC counsel Gener Endona.P HOTO BY BONG LACSON Village chiefs deny support to Lapid’s mayoral bid ANGELES CITY. - Five (5) barangay chairmen of An- geles City denied news reports that they are sup- porting the mayoralty bid of movie actor and former Pampanga governor Lito Lapid, saying that they were invited to attend a Christ- mas gathering but were sur- prised to see Lapid and for - mer Rep. Carmelo Lazatin in attendance. In a joint statement, Ba- rangay Chairmen Reynaldo TODA MAX. Grateful trike drivers pose with their patron Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano with Vice Mayor Vicky Vega- Malig of Barangay Salapun- Cabigting joining in the fun. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO gan, Marino Banola of Ba- rangay Sta. Teresita, Edu- ardo Badong of Barangay Ninoy Aquino, Angelito Ca- paras of Barangay Sto. Do- mingo, and Harry Roque of Cayetano fetes TODA Barangay San Jose, said that they were upset with BY ASHLEY MANABAT hand over a total of P200,000 say that the government has jobs, and increase people’s in- the news reports stating to serve as seed fund that will an opportunity to fill this gap. come. that they are supporting ANGELES CITY -- Senate assist tricycle drivers in start- Thus, the senator pro- The project now has a to- Lapid’s candidacy. Majority Leader Alan Peter ing their own small business- posed to allocate P1 billion tal of 68 beneficiaries all over “Ito po ay walang kato- “Companero” S. Cayetano es and wean them away from worth of funds per region to the country, providing liveli- tohanan at kathang isip la- once again turned over funds loan sharks that charge usuri- establish a nationwide micro- hood loans amounting from mang ng sinumang guma- to a public transport associ- ous interest rates. finance program that will pro- P50,000 to P250,000 to small wa ng ‘press release’ na ation in the city to start a mi- The senator lamented that vide small businesses wider business organizations and iyon,” the 5 village chiefs cro-finance program that -of although small businesses are access to loans. associations that cater to dif- said. fers small loans to its mem- proven to be a huge factor in “Kung meron tayong P64 ferent sectors of society. The “Kami ay nagtungo sa bers at low interest and easy the country’s economic devel- billion para sa 4Ps (Pantawid members of the Sto. Domingo Angeles Fried Chicken payment schemes. opment, most of them do not Pamilyang Pilipino Program) TODA are the program’s latest Restaurant noong Disyem- “At the beginning of 2015, have enough capital to sustain ng gobyerno, siguro naman beneficiaries. bre 29, 2014 sa paanyaya let us give Filipino families in their operations. pwede tayong maglagay ng “This program was de- ni dating Konsehal Willy Angeles City an opportunity to He noted that in 2011, small kahit isang bilyon per region signed to be easy, simple and Rivera para sa pagtitipong start the year right. Despite the businesses were responsi- para magkaroon ang bawat sustainable. By developing pang-Kapaskuhan. Hin- recent corruption anomalies ble for the generation of some region ng sarili nilang anti 5-6 cooperatives with the capaci- di kami inabisuhan na ang and price hike issues hound- 3.872 million jobs, contributing program,” he said. ty to lend capital to its mem- okasyong ito ay gagami- ing the country, we should re- 61 percent of the total number The proposal is similar to bers, we are enabling more tin ni Ginoong Lapid upang main committed to our goal of of jobs created by all types of Cayetano’s “Kontra 5-6 Pro- Filipinos to establish their own ihayag ang kanyang kandi- helping the people win against business establishments. gram,” which was launched small businesses and eventu- datura,” they said. poverty,” the senator said. However, citing a Bang- during his campaign for ally provide more employment The senator and former On Thursday, Cayetano ko Sentral ng Pilipinas state- re-election in 2013 as part opportunities for other Filipi- governor from Porac, Pam- met with the members of the ment, he said only around 20 of his Presyo, Trabaho, Kita nos,” Cayetano said. panga will challenge Mayor Santo Domingo Tricycle Op- percent of small businesses (PTK) platform aimed at pro- Joining the senator at the Edgardo Pamintuan, who is erators and Drivers’ Associ- are granted loans by the bank- moting projects that lower the L&S covered court was was presently serving his sec- ation (TODA) to personally ing sectors and continued to prices of goods, create more actress Shaina Magdayao. ond term as Angeles city mayor. Pamintuan, who served as member of the Cabinet of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is a lawyer by profession. Indie films face bright prospects He defeated two (2) former mayors and congressmen, ANGELES CITY -- In a de- pects facing the fledgling sec- day, Laxamana also said the Laxamana and his team as Francis “Blueboy” Nepomu- cade or so, the lines that sep- tion of the movie-making in- quiet shift in audience prefer- exponents of spreading global ceno in 2010 and Carmelo arate commercial and inde- dustry given the noticeable ence for usually low-budgeted awareness of the Philippines, “Tarzan” Lazatin in 2013. pendent-made films or- “in growing public patronage of and experimental indie movies its people, culture and tradi- Initial results of ongoing die films” would no longer indiebe films here and abroad. became more perceptible in tion via indie films. surveys show that Pamintu- as distinguishable in terms of During the media forum 2014 as indicated by the grow- Laxamana said his an leads Lapid and Vice budget size, theme and scope dubbed “Batirulan” at the Café ing number of mainstream per- award-winning film has been Mayor Vicky Cabigting by and even featured actors as Juan of the Holy Angel Univer- formers crossing-over to indie invited to this year’s film festi- very big margin. Cabigting they are now. sity (HAU) here organized by films as well as financiers/in- vals in Pune, India; Cleveland, has also indicated her de- This was how multi-award- the Capampangan in Media, vestors in such projects. Ohio; and Cairo in Egypt. sire to seek the mayoralty of ed indie filmmaker Jason Paul Inc. (CAMI) in cooperation with He said he also noticed the His “Magkakabaong” team the city but has yet to make Laxamana described what he the university and the Social rising demand for this kind of is also set to churn out this a formal public pronounce- considered as the bright pros- Security System (SSS) last Fri- movies in film festivals abroad year a new Kapampangan film ment. - Press Release including rising local viewer- revolving on the annual Jan- ship. uary 1st festival in Minalin, Laxamana copped last Pampanga, called “Aguman year, in a number of Asian filmSandok,” where the all-male fests such as those in Viet- participants in a parade dress nam and Korea, a number as females in honor of wom- of director’s awards for the en, traditionally considered as Kapampangan-language film the real power in every Filipino “Magkakabaong” (coffin mak- family. er) which his team churned Laxamana also said “Mag- out for a measly budget of kakabaong” and his earli- P1.8 million as compared to er Kapampangan films, likeTHINK the normal minimum of P40 “Babagwa” (spider) and others million budget for mainstream could be distributed interna- films.