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PRESIDENTIABLES DARED TO PROVE INDEPENDENCE FROM BIG BUSINESS INTERESTS Advocacy group Water for the People Network (WPN) today challenged presidential candidates to prove that they are not beholden to big business interests and issue a categorical statement that they will not allow the privatization of the Angat Dam and undermine people’s access to water.   The group issued the statement as the deadline for the submission of bids for the 246-megawatt (MW) Angat Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) ends today.   The WPN noted that among the interested buyers of the Angat HEPP are some of the most politically influential business groups in the country and perceived backers of some presidentiables including Danding Cojuangco’s San Miguel Corp., the Lopez family’s First Gen Corp., the Ayala Group, Manny Pangilinan’s Metro Pacific Corp., Aboitiz Power Corp., and the Consunjis’s DMCI Power Corp.   “We need an assurance , especially from the leading presidential c...

by Rev. James Reuter, S.J. By her own admission, GMA ( Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ) rightfully assessed that over the last decades; our republic has become one of the weakest, steadily left behind by its more progressive neighbors.' Forty years ago, we were only second to Japan in economic stature, and way ahead of Singapore , Hong Kong , Malaysia , and Thailand . Today, at our present growth rate, it will take us 30 years to get to where Thailand is. 1.. A population of 160 Million; 2. Of those, 70 to 90 million (equivalent to our current population) will live below the poverty line; 3. Our national debt is estimated to be at US$200B (compared to US$28B when Marcos fled, and US$53B today); 4. We will be competing, not against Thailand or even Vietnam , but against Bangladesh ; 5. We will be the most corrupt nation in Asia , if not in the world (we're already ranked 11th most corrupt nation by Transparency International ) ... The signs are clear. O...

Marisol “Sol” Castillo Aragones, a young broadcast journalist working for ABS-CBN Broadcast Network, is among the recipients of this year's The Outstanding San Pableños Award. The formal awarding ceremony well be held at the Palmera Garden Resort and Restaurant at Barangay San Rafael, on May 7, 2010 during the commemoration of the city’s 70 th Charter Anniversary.      Several years ago, as a young reporter, along with Anthony Taberna and Atom Araullo, Sol Aragones brave the streets and immerse in the lives of people they meet to unveil the many faces of the society on “Kalye: Mga Kuwento ng Lansangan” on ABS-CBN Channel 2. The program is set to expose the realities of life. Kalye is set to expose more realities of life. To produce an episode, they have to do lot of research works, and she have to experience pressure and tension in order to project the realities of life.      Sol Aragones singled out the episode she did on the devotee...

     City Schools Division Superintendent Enric T. Sanchez, as chairman of this year “Selection Committee of The Outstanding San Pableño” to commemorate the 70 th Charter Anniversary of San Pablo City, announces that “ The Outstanding San Pablenos 2010 ”   are (1) Court of Appeal Justice Danton Q. Bueser for Government Services;     (2) Mrs. Esperanza S. Conducto for Business;         (3) Mr. Ariston T. Mitra for Accountancy, (4) Ms. Marisol “Sol” Aragones-Sampelo for Broadcast Media;       (5) Dr.Virginia Briones Reyes-Estrada for Medicine;        (6) Rotarian Palermo A. Bañagale for Civic Activities; and Dr. Elma O. Paraiso for Humanitarian Activities;     (7) Dr. Ester C. Lozada for Education;     (8) Mr. Carleto T. Ortega for Bronze Sculpture and Mr. Doroteo Gerardo N. Alanguilan Jr., for Visual Arts ;     (...