Tarzan’s ‘clean record’ hailed

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    EPZA residents go out for Lazatin. Photo by Ric Gonzales

    ANGELES CITY – “For the past 25 years, Tarzan Lazatin’s public service record remained unblemished and free from any shade of graft and corruption.”

    Hailed Pulung Cacutud kagawad Ric Tullao in the dialect as he joined 1st District Rep. Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin on Saturday in the distribution of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to 5,000 households at the EPZA and Northville resettlements here and Barangay Sapa Libutad.

    “I may be an ally of Lazatin, but what I am telling you about him is based on facts. I hope he continues to serve, especially the people of Angeles,” said Tullao.

    The two-term congressman decided not to seek his last term as solon and instead will run for city mayor in 2013.

    In his speech, Lazatin assailed city hall for saying he was “very sick and is already confined at San Lazaro (hospital in Manila).”

    “As you can see, I am still strong,” said Lazatin, looking fit in red shirt, black pants, sports shades and cap.

    Lazatin vowed to bring back “genuine public service” if given a chance to be mayor again. He served as top local chief executive of this city from 1998 to 2007.

    Lazatin, who first won as congressman in 1987 and never lost since, was joined at the EPZA event by three prospects in his city council slate: Councilor Atty. Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno, Atty. Nino Enriquez and Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. Veteran newsman Max Sangil and Atty. Ma. Imelda “IQ” Tuazon, former president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Pampanga Chapter, also in Lazatin’s slate sent their messages of solidarity.

    Lazatin’s distribution of the CFLs is part of the Philippine Energy Efficiency Project (PEEP) of the Department of Energy (DOE). The CFLs are expected to reduce the electric consumption of residents by at least 60 percent compared to the incandescent light bulbs they use.

    By virtue of a memorandum of ggreement signed with DOE Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, Lazatin will distribute the 10,000 CFLs allotted by the DOE to 5,000 households, with each household receiving two CFLs.

    Lazatin distributed CFLs to 2,200 households at EPZA Resettlement in Pulung Cacutud on September 22, and the same number to Northville, Barangay Cutud on September 24 and to 600 households in Barangay Sapalibutad on September 25.

    In order to qualify for the distribution of CFLs, the 5,000 recipient households were asked to submit their electric bills to their district representative.

    Former Pulung Cacutud Barangay Captain Angelo De Leon expressed his gratitude to Lazatin for the project.

    “We are very grateful to Congressman Lazatin for choosing our barangay as one of the beneficiaries for the CFL distribution. These CFLs will be very helpful in helping residents lower their energy consumption and save on their electric bill,” he said.

    CFLs are smaller versions of the fluorescent lamp and are much better alternatives to the traditional incandescent bulbs because of longer lifespan and less energy consumption.

    Compared to incandescent bulbs, CFLs produce light more efficiently and no energy goes to waste. A 14-watt CFL produces the same amount of light as a 75-watt incandescent bulb which means that using CFL instead of an incandescent bulb will save energy and lower the electric bill.

    According to the “CFL Briefer” from DOE, at a rate of 10 pesos per kilowatt hour, the electric bill for using an 11-watt CFL for 240 hours in one month is P26.40.

    Given the same rate, the electric bill for using a 50-watt incandescent bulb for the same amount of time is worth P120.

    The distribution of CFLs is part of the National Residential Lighting Program which seeks to encourage households to replace incandescent bulbs (IBs) with the more efficient and energy-saving CFLs and has been in the works since last year.

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