How Pacquaio fares after Mayweather's 4-round dominance of Ortiz

Holly Molly, what a fight! WBC Super-welterweight champ Victor Ortiz headbutted challenger Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The latter used sly by hugging him at the remaining seconds of the 4th Round by unleashing a flushing left hook and a staggering straight right to the chin of the unwary Mexican descent warrior who caused his knocked out. But Victor is a lucky guy, Mayweather said he would give him a rematch. If Ortiz earns $2.6 Million in this freakin' tussle, he'll be earnin' a windfall in the second rumble. But before that the juiciest mega-million of dollars fight between Floyd and Pound-for-Pound king Manny Pacquiao should take the center stage first. The Ortiz rematch could wait in the sideline for the meantime. Business strategy dictates that a win or loss of Floyd to Manny could not affect much the stocks of the former to Ortiz. Unlike the financial backlash it gives to the coffer of the Mayweather-Pacquaio tussle if promoters insist for a Mayweather-Ortiz rematch soon.
Moreover, Mayweather's verbal exchanged with HBO's anchor Larry Merchant about the propriety of Floyd actions helps hype his tiff with Manny.
Top Rank and ABC TV are smiling these days.
The spoiler here, anyway, is when the Camp of Ortiz will question the victory of Mayweather at the Nevada Athletic Commission. Remember, referee Joe Cortez did not ask both fighters "to box" or to start fighting in that remaining seconds of the round. The ref did not even see Mayweather hits Ortiz. He just saw Ortiz fell on the canvas.
But to those who scored that short four-round fight, probably just like me, you gave all the rounds to Money May.
Jesus Christ, the Nevada resident exudes superiority. He stands tall by bobbling, and weaving in front of a dangerous but seemingly surprised knock-out artist Ortiz in the entirety of the rounds.
Mayweather's chutzpah before the KO makes a lot of Pacquaio watchers reevaluate the chance of the former to defeat the latter.
If they thought Mayweather would be annihilated by Pacquaio, the first four rounds of the Mayweather - Ortiz fight could probably give them some answers.
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BIR officials lament difficulty to tax motel owners

Asst. Revenue District -6 chief Badeth Mangaoang

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

URDANETA CITY – Two top tax honchos of the Bureau of Internal Revenue shared the view of Atty. Beverly Milo of the difficulty in imposing taxes to owners of motels in Pangasinan.

Assistant Revenue District Officers (ARDO) Ma. Bernadette Mangaoang and Charmaine C. dela Torres said that a lot of measures have been implemented already to evaluate how much revenue the BIR can collect to these perennial and nagging problems the motel businesses poised to them.

Dela Torre said that the problem that beset the BIR vis-à-vis the motel is lack of manpower to man a regular surveillance how much a certain motel owner exacts from customers that patronize it.

Atty Milo, who heads the BIR office here that supervised Eastern Pangasinan, recently distinguished hotel and motel in terms of tax compliance with the BIR.

“Ang hotel regulated because of the O.R (Official Receipt). Sa motel exclusive ang pumupunta doon. Ayaw mag request ng O.R (the customers because) identify ka. Kung baga iyong situation is more on not requesting an O.R . So nobody requesting an O.R,” Atty. Milo said with a chuckle.

One of the formulas Mangaoang said before to assess the number of couples who patronized these lucrative tryst businesses was the national tax office’s strategy where a BIR personnel lists how many cars entered the motel everyday.

She said usually the lists are recorded on the logbook of the motel security personnel who man its gate.

“Hindi naman everyday may BIR. Kaya nga e kukunin na lang nila iyong average,” she stressed.

In an earlier interview with this paper, Mr. Fred Quinto, the president of Hotel and Motel Associations in Pangasinan said that the BIR could use as basis the number of bed sheets and towels used by love birds. He said that the tax man could ask the laundry shops how many bed sheets and towels are consumed by this tryst hide-away business everyday.

But some tax observers who asked anonymity doubts the reliability of this measure as owners of laundry shops and motels could collude with each other by declaring a lower number of dirty, wet, and crumpled bed clothes and towels for the BIR to assess how much income tax to bill.

Mangaoang said that her office could count on the soap consumed by the customer in a particular period.

She argued that this can be checked by the government issued official receipts (O.R) used by the suppliers of soap to the motel owners

Sindikato ng droga, pinakamatinding kalaban ng Kano, ‘di terorista!

Ni Secretary Antonio "Bebot" Villar, Jr.


PAGKATAPOS ng 9/11 attacks, marami ang nag-aakala na mga terrorist groups katulad ng Al-Qaeda ang nagdudulot ng pinaka-malaking banta sa seguridad ng Estados Unidos. Mali po iyon. Ang mga sindikato ng droga po ang pinaka-matinding kalaban ng mga Amerikano ngayon!

Kung inyong ikukumpara ang bilang ng mga US citizens na nasawi dahil sa isang aktwal na terrorist attack sa bilang ng mga namatay sa mga drug-related incidents, ay napakalayo po ng agwat. Tanging noong September 11, 2001 lamang nagdulot ng malaking bilang ng US casualties ang mga terrorista.

Ihambing ninyo ito sa bilang ng mga tao na pinapatay ng drug cartels at mga drug gangs o ‘di kaya sa mga namamatay sa drug overdose at iba pang drug-induced complications. Araw-araw mayroon nasasawi sa tinatawag na “Drug Wars” na nagaganap sa loob mismo ng US soil!

Ang Iraq at Afganistan ang maituturing na front line ng laban ng United States kontra sa terrorismo dahil dito naka-base ang maraming mga utak ng Al-Qaeda. Ang mga Middle Eastern countries na ito ay sadyang malayo sa Amerika.

Samantala, ang front line ng giyera ng US laban sa narcotics trade ay nasa Mexico dahil dito naman naka-base ang makakapangyarihang drug cartels. Ang Mexico ay katabi lang ng US at posibleng lumakad lamang upang makatawid sa kabilang bansa!

Ang halimbawa ng karanasan ng US ay hindi malayo sa sitwasyon sa ating bansa ngayon. Dahil kung iku-kumpara natin ang bilang ng mga Pilipino na namamatay o nababalda dahil sa NPA, MILF at Abu Sayyaf, ay napakalayo sa bilang ng ating mga kababayan na namamatay o ‘di kaya nasisira ang buhay dahil sa droga! Nandito sa sentro ng ating lipunan, sa ating mga pamayanan, ang iligal na droga!

Ano ba ang aking punto? Ang punto ko ay sana huwag natin maliitin ang banta na dulot ng industriya ng iligal na droga! Sana ay bigyan po ng ating mga mambabatas ang Dangerous Drugs Board at mga ahensyang naka-kabit dito tulad ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police-Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (PNP-AIDSOTF) at iba pang katuwang na ahensya ng hustong ayuda upang gampanan ang napakahalagang tungkulin nito!

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Opo, ang aking kolum ngayon ay mahahantong sa usapin ng pondo! Dahil lubhang kulang po ang budget ng DDB upang harapin ang problema ng droga sa ating bansa ngayon.

Ang proposed budget ng DDB para sa taong 2012 ay P170,842,000.00 na kung i-a-approve ng ating mga mambabatas ay nangangahulugan ng dagdag na P5,674,000.00 kung ikukumpara sa ating kasalukuyan na P165,168,000.00 lamang.

Hindi po ako naniniwala sa “token anti-drugs campaign” o para lamang masabi na mayroon tayong ginagawa upang solusyunan ang problema. Kung lalabanan natin ang drug menace, lumaban tayo hanggang tayoý magtagumpay! At imposible po tayong magtagumpay kontra sa bilyon dollar multi-national industry kung kulang ang ating logistics!

Kailangan ng PDEA ng mas maraming tauhan na mga bagong recruits na kailangan pasahurin, bigyan ng kaukulang training at equipment. Kailangan din ng mas maraming drug rehabilitation facilities para makapag-bagong buhay naman ang mga nalulong sa bisyo. Lahat ito ay nangangailangan ng pera upang maisa-katuparan!

Marami nang naitalang accomplishments ang DDB at PDEA tungo sa ikalulutas ng drug menace. Subalit sadyang bitin ang ating kapabilidad, at hindi natin kayang sakupin ang lawak ng problema dahil nga sa kakulangan ng manpower at logistics.

Hindi natin pinapangarap na pantayan ang suportang ibinibigay ng US government sa anti-drugs campaign nito. Alam po ninyo, ang US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), bukod sa mayroon sapat na manpower ay mayroon din mga aircraft, watercraft at mga spy satellites para lamang magampanan ng epektibo ang kanilang trabaho.

Kami naman ay lubos nang masisiyahan kung madaragdagan ang bilang ng ating agents at kung mabibigyan sila ng basic equipment at training na kinakailangan.  Kung nais ng kinauukulan na magtagumpay ang kampanya ng gobyerno kontra sa iligal na droga, kailangan pong maglabas ng sapat na pondo.

Sa madaling sabi, kung nais ninyo na aming itumba ang isang tigre, huwag ninyo kaming bigyan ng tirador!

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Nais ko ring bigyan-pansin ang rehabilitation process na ginagawa para sa mga nalulong sa bawal na gamot.  Sa kasalukuyan, ito ay nasa Department of Health (DOH) simula nang maipasa ang Republic Act 9165 o ang tinatawag na Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Napansin ko kasi na tila dumarami na ang sumbong laban sa ilang mga rehab centers na nag-o-operate kabilang na ang Marikina Rehabilitation Center.  Sa ilalim ng batas ngayon,  DOH po ang responsableng ahensya sa kanila ngunit parang hindi po yata sila nabibigyan ng sapat na panahon?

Sa simula pa po kasi ang DOH ay nakatutok na sa mas maraming karamdaman at sa pagpigil ng mga virus na nakamamatay tulad ng dengue.  Isa po ang dengue sa pinagka-kaabalahan ngayon ng DOH sapagkat talaga namang tunay na pumapatay kung hindi maagapan.

Kung kaya’t sa aking palagay, mas nararapat siguro na ibalik na lamang sa DDB ang pamamahala sa rehab center katulad noong dati.  Nang sa ganun, maibabalik natin ang dating programa kung saan natututukan ang bawa’t rehab center sa bansa.

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Pinupuri ko ang bayan ng Lingayen at siyudad ng Dagupan, Pangasinan sa kanilang pakikiisa sa programang Barkada Kontra Droga ng Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).

Inaasahan natin na madaragdagan pa ang mga bayan sa aking probinsya na makikiisa sa kampanyang ito ng barkadahan laban sa bawal na gamot. Sa programa kasing ito, nilalayon ng DDB na makapag-parami ng bilang ng mga barkada na magpapa-kalat ng ating kampanya kontra droga.

Sa programa kasing ito, may kaakibat na activities kung saan itinuturo ang tamang pamamaraan kung paano ang isang kabataan ay makaiwas sa imbitasyon ng masamang bisyong ito.

Tinutulungan din ang ating mga kabataan ng iba’t-ibang pamamaraan kung paano mapagtitibay ang kanilang pagde-desisyon kung dumarating ang mga negatibong bagay sa kanilang buhay.

Sana ay gayahin ng iba pang mga bayan sa Pangasinan ang inisyatibo ng Lingayen at Dagupan City nang sa gayon ay madagdagan ang dami ng mga kabataan na namumulat sa epekto ng salot na droga.

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Napakasipag at respetado ang Director-General ng PDEA kaya’t ako’y nalulungkot sa mga balitang lumalabas laban sa PDEA nitong mga huling araw.

Kung bakit naman kasi meron pa ring mga tauhan ang PDEA na may iba pang layunin sa kabila ng pagiging ahente ng PDEA!

Paano na maniniwala ang mamamayan sa ating kampanya laban sa droga kung mismo ang mga ahente ay gumagawa ng kalokohan??

Ang konsepto ng PDEA na maging isang sibilyan na ahensya ay upang hindi matulad sa ibang mga law enforcement agency na kinakain ng problema tulad ng kurapsyon, pag-abuso sa kapangyarihan at iba pa.

Maganda ang imahe ng PDEA na inabutan ko nang ako’y dumating sa DDB subalit sa mga nangyayari ay tila yata pilit na sinisira ngayon?  Sayang naman ang magandang naumpisahan ng PDEA noon at kawawa rin si Gen. Gutierrez dahil siya na ang ulo ng ahensyang ito ngayon. 

Sa aking pagkaka-alam, isang mabait, respetado at mabuting tao naman si Gen. Gutierrez, kaya’t sana naman, mag-isip-isip kayo diyan sa PDEA. Kung gusto ninyong rumaket ay bumitaw muna kayo sa serbisyo nang hindi madamay ang inyong pinuno at ang buong ahensya!

(Para sa inyong impormasyon, suhestiyon, o reklamo, mag-text lamang po kayo dito sa number ko: 09159509746 o di kaya  ay mag-email sa wagkukurap_101@yahoo.com.ph)

Shamcey Supsup's Politically Incorrect Answer

Shamcey Supsup

By Mortz C. Ortigoza


Forgive this political calumny, er, columnist who has the gall to dip his finger on the “politics” of the Q & A of the Miss Universe’s contest.

The reason that undermined Ms Shamcey Supsup not getting a higher plum was how she answered the last part of the question posed to her by American pageant judge and actress Vivica A. Fox whether she would change her religious beliefs to be able to marry the man she loves and why.

“"If I have to change my religious beliefs, I will not marry the person that I love. Because the first person that I love is God, who created me. And my principles make me who I am. And if that person loves me, he should love my God, too,"the stunning lass who looks like my favorite U.S actresses Cindy Crawford and Eva Mendes, answered.

The first part of her answer was commendable. The second part, however, borders with bigotry.

Susmariosep, I nearly ironed my left hand when she uttered that “…And if that person loves me, he should love my God, too”.

She should not impose her religious belief to her beau as the world now practices religious tolerance.

 But she still persisted.

That answer, for me, undermined her stocks before the judges.

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According to my mole, when Jai Alai operator Atong Ang’s lieutenant Angelito de Villa alias ”Boyet” and his men took over Jai alai in Pangasinan some media men despaired.

Why? The weekly payola for each of them was cut.

“Why should we give them when Jai-Ali is already legal (through the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) applied by Meriedien -MCO)?” one of the men of Boyet was overheard by a media man.

Now that the TRO of Meridien has lapsed in Pangasinan, some of these media men have seen the light at the other part of dark tunnel of uncertainty.

 It means happy days would be here again, thanks to the forthcoming payolas for either Jai-Alai or Jueteng.

As you know amigo, when Jai-Alai was still legal, it has been used as front for the illegal gambling game jueteng.

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I was listening recently to Bombo-Radyo-Dagupan’s Bog Toribio while he interviewed Colonel Rosueto Ricaporte - Pangasinan’s Police Director.

The latter denied the headline of provincial newspaper Regional Examiner that he would be sacked because of his incompetence to curb the proliferations of the illegal number game Jueteng and Jai-Alai that has no betting stations in Pangasinan.

This according to Bogs in contrast to what Ricaporte insisted on that interview.

He said he does not mull to file a libel case against the paper.

My five cents worth of advice to the colonel: “Sir, baka may naputol at nagtatampo lang ang mga kafatid natin sa media.

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Bureau of Fishery & Aquatic Resources (BFAR ) National Integrated Fisheries Development Center Chief Westley Rosario should better watch out. According to Dagupan City Administrator Vlad Mata in case the report from “an incognito” source that Rosario is processing and selling bangus (milkfish) at the multi-million of pesos Bangus Processing Plant then he would be in a bind.

Mata said that BPP could be padlocked because Rosario has no Mayor and Sanitary Permits to operate a business.

Rosario’s post at BFAR is strictly for research of fishery and aquatic resources. BFAR has no mandate to go into proprietary endeavour.

If this report is true, Rosario should be ashamed of himself.

People would think badly about him.

Mata did not answer my query if Rosario can be padlocked too in case the report against him was true.

Media man Harold Barcelona asked the city administrator to investigate if Rosario sells also the “tons” of rock salt BFAR has been processing at its Brgy. Bunuan Binloc’s office.

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Eva Mendes

Cindy Crawford

Convert this Into a Park

Convert this into a park and enforce the segregation of wastes by enforcing the non-pick-up of garbage in their homes if they don't segregate, Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, recommended to Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan during an onsite visit to Asin, Baguio City, where the garbage from the Irisan dumpsite fell and damaged several homes, killing six people.  Senator Legarda is the principal author of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (Pamsy L. Tioseco).

Basista’s 50th Founding Anniversary

Agriculture Sec. Proceso Alcala and second district Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil were the guests of honor during Basista's 50th founding anniversary.

Clean Air Act ban on incinerators: not absolute- NSWMC

by Andrea Renevera-Bancud

QUEZON CITY, September 8 (PIA )-- National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) Deputy Executive Director Eligio Ildefonso said the provision on the Clean Air Act prohibiting the use of incinerators for waste disposal is not absolute.

He made the statement during today's "Talking Points," a radio program of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Philippine Broadcasting Services (PBS), and PTV4.

“The Supreme Court has come up with a mandamus order that incinerators are allowed only if the facility passes the emission standard,” says Ildefonso.

Section 20 of Republic Act 8749 or the Clean Air Act of 1999 states that “Incineration, hereby defined the burning of municipal, bio-medical and hazardous wastes, which process emits poisonous and toxic fumes, is hereby prohibited.” The provision states further, “with due concern on the effects of climate change, the Department shall promote the use of state-of-the-art, environmentally-sound, and safe non-burn technologies for the handling, treatment, thermal destruction, utilization, and disposal of sorted, unrecycled, uncomposted municipal, bio-medical and hazardous wastes.” This allows a safe and environmentally-sound form of incineration.

“Pwede naman, basta magiging malinis siya, pero questionable 'yon, kung magiging malinis ang teknolohiya na dadalhin sa atin. Kasi wala naman sa atin yung technology, I-i-import yan,” (Incinerators are allowed but the technology for it, which we don't have and would be imported, must ensure the safety of the environment) added Ildefonso.

The director also believes that if the technology for incineration would be brought in the Philippines, it should be paired with a pollution control device. He said cement factories in the country today already have the technology which enables them to convert their wastes into a “panggatong” but the pollution that this process creates is controlled.

The NSWMC is also looking into the conversion of wastes into energy. Ildefonso said maybe this may be a better option than using incinerators to treat waste materials.

Section 15 of the Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management of 2000 states that the National Solid Waste Management Framework must involve “Practical applications of environmentally sound techniques of water minimization such as, but not limited to, resource conservation, segregation at source, recycling, resource recovery, including waste-to-energy generation, re-use and composting.”(PND/ARB-PIA GHQ)