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VOLUME Xiv NO. 8 April 16-30, 2016 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA

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New Kapamilya Ritz Azul wants to work with Coco Martin

Cybersecurity firm warns of more attacks vs PH amid sea dispute

WHAT’S INSIDE

Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. are sparring, at least verbally Sports

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under threat from at least three advanced persistent threats (APT) -- privately-funded or governmentbacked cyberattack and digital espionage organizations.

“As geopolitical tensions

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drive rapid militarization in the South China Sea, it’s important we acknowledge the first shots in any conflict will be fired in cyberspace. In this new era, nations with weak cyber defenses can expect their infrastructure, 

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The Philippines’ ongoing dispute with China could trigger more attacks against the Philippines, according to cybersecurity firm FireEye. FireEye president for Asia Pacific Eric Hoh, in a statement said the Philippines is

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A ricefield dried up due to an El Ninoinduced drought in the Philippines.

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Temperatures across the country continued to soar as actual heat index observed by the state weather bureau reached dangerous levels in the past days.

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ccording to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the heat index in Cabanatuan City reached 52.3 degrees Celsius at 2 p.m. Tuesday, surpassing the earlier record on Monday at 51 degrees. dangerous, 15

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Balikatan: US soldiers, Pinoy Duterte to rivals: Pray for your ratings to rise cops figure in bar brawl MANILA – Five American servicemen participating in this year’s Balikatan joint exercises are facing a probe for figuring in a brawl at a girlie bar in Puerto Princesa City last April 2.

Capt. Alex Lim, Balikatan spokesman for the US, said the US servicemen got involved in a brawl with three policemen, one of them the deputy commander of the Puerto Princesa police.

Lim said the five American servicemen would face investigation by their mother unit after the conclusion of the joint exercise.

“Any potential misconduct of US service members is completely unacceptable and not compatible with US military standards. Appropriate ac-

tions, which will be at their command’s discretion, will be taken at their home stations,” Lim said.

Lim did not identify the five Americans involved in the brawl, but the Filipino policemen were identified with the group of Superintendent Ariel Celino.

The Americans figured in a melee with Celino and his men at Club 54, a girlie bar in Puerto Princesa City.

Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Chief Superintendent Wilben Mayor said Celino and his colleagues, Sr. Insp. Winner Paguio and SPO2 Jimmy Dalumpines, have been relieved and will face investigation over the incident.

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edly introduced themselves in the bar as part of ongoing antidrug surveillance operations.

The incident was kept under wraps until a video was uploaded to social media and went viral.

The video showed an unnamed American serviceman tapping the bottle of beer he was holding on the beer of one of the Palawan policemen, who appeared to be asleep at another table.

This apparently angered another policeman, who confronted the American.

At the height of the confrontation, another policeman entered the scene and punched one of the American servicemen. -Philstar

Rainy season may be delayed as El Niño impacts linger Even as the country continues to come to grips with the scorching El Niño, GMA resident meteorologist Nathaniel “Mang Tani” Cruz warned the public on Wednesday that the phenomenon’s effects may linger through to later in the year.

“When we say that El Niño is waning and actually decreasing in intensity, we are talking of the sea surface temperature, because that’s the definition of El Niño. People should realize that the effects of El Niño ay hindi kaagad mawawala,”

Mang Tani said in a phone interview.

He said drier and hotter days are expected in the coming days, with the heat index averaging in the mid40’s on the Celsius scale in Central Luzon, Metro Manila, and most parts of Visayas.

He also said that, as the El Niño wanes, people feeling its effects even more.

“Habang tumatagal mas nararamdaman natin ‘yung epekto niya. Actually, we started feeling the effects of El Niño last year, tumitindi lang ngayon,” he said.

Mang Tani projects that, due to El Niño, the onset of the rainy season might be delayed. He explains that in normal conditions rainshowers could be experience in May, when atmosphere is starting to adjust for the upcoming rainy season.

“Madedelay yung onset ng rainy season. Normally sa second half of May or sa first week ng June,” he said.

Mang Tani compares the intensity of the current El Niño to the El Niño of 19971998. However, the effects of the current El Niño are much worse. GMA News

MANILA – With his opponents ganging up on him, new presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte is advising his rivals to pray and “cry sincerely” for their ratings to rise.

The Davao City mayor, however, conceded that the ratings could change as he expressed hope that he would maintain his lead.

He twitted his closest rival Sen. Grace Poe, noting her new emphasis on going after drug dealers and fighting criminality if she wins.

“Wala silang originality, bankruptcy of the mind,” Duterte told reporters during his campaign sortie in Cainta, Rizal last Tuesday.

Duterte’s runningmate Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano also questioned Poe’s announced plan to stop crime and illegal drugs.

Cayetano dared Poe to publish her timeline, noting that she did nothing to stop the twin scourges in the past years when she chaired the committee on public order.

“Why only now? Didn’t you think it was urgent until it was brought up by our side?” Cayetano said in Filipino.

Poe had promised before some local government officials in Surigao City that she would stop crime and illegal drugs, but in a “fair and just” manner.

“Our problems that have to do with crime and drugs will be immediately addressed, but it will be addressed fairly and justly hindi lang po patayan ang solusyon palagi (killing is not the only solution),” Poe said.

Duterte, who grabbed the top spot from Poe in recent surveys, remained strong with

his stance against crime, illegal drugs and corruption.

He said that he would use the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the military to hunt and kill the criminals in the first six months of his presidency.

“I said I will destroy criminality and everything, go after them, ganyan lang. Alam mo, you stop them, hold them, assuming may pinatay ako bukas, mayroon na namang bago ulit (I killed one tomorrow, another will replace him),” he told reporters.

Duterte believes that an “iron fist” is what the Filipino people needs to instill discipline in his administration.

Duterte urged the Filipino people not to vote for Vice President Jejomar Binay because he will surely steal the money of the people if he wins.

Duterte told reporters that if Binay wins, the Filipino people will suffer as he would steal the treasury unlike him, if he wins, only the criminals will suffer the consequences because of committing crimes. -Philstar

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Canadian survey reports increased UFO sightings in 2015 WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 12 (UPI) -- A survey of UFO sightings in Canada found that the country saw a general increase in reported sightings in 2015 and the second highest totals in 30 years.

The Canadian UFO survey was released on Monday, revealing statistics about various sightings that took place throughout the country in 2015.

According to the survey, three or four UFO sightings a day were reported adding up to a total of 1,267 for the entire year. The total ranked second only to 2012 when 1,981 reports were made in the midst of the end of the world predictions

based on the Mayan calendar.

“That ranges from reports from B.C. right across to Newfoundland,” science writer Chris Rutkowski, who was one of the writers of the report told the CBC. “We’re very puzzled because we don’t hear a lot about UFOs anymore although the UFO sightings continue to come in...in 2015, there was an unusual number of cases from Quebec, in fact three or four times.”

Several theories for the increase in UFO sightings were presented in the study, including possible increases in military testing and other objects in the sky, increased ability to share and report sightings due to the internet and even an increased

desire by some people to look skyward for assistance due to economic downturn.

The study accounts for explainable phenomenon such as lights in the sky and reported that in 2015 just less than 12 percent of all UFO sightings were classified as unexplained.

“We do break those down into high quality cases, where we do have enough information from a number of sources – investigators have gone to a site or we’ve talked to the witnesses,” Rutkowski said. “It brings the unexplained numbers to a more manageable number of one or two or three percent.”-Daniel Uria

Exports drop for 11th straight month in February MANILA – Merchandise exports fell for the 11th consecutive month in February on lower earnings across five major export commodities, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.

Earnings from outbound shipments fell 4.5 percent to $4.3 billion in February from $4.5 billion in the same month last year.

The PSA attributed the decrease to lower earnings from exports of apparel and clothing accessories, chemicals, other manufactures, metal components and coconut oil.

The value of exports of electronic products, which comprised nearly half of total export revenues in February, rose 8.1 percent to $2.13 billion from $1.97 billion in the same period last year. Outbound shipments of semiconductors rose 12.3 percent year-on-year.

Other exports subsectors that registered gains during the reference period were copper and concentrates (35.4 percent), woodcrafts and furniture (29.6 percent), ignition wiring sets (13.3 percent), and machinery and transport equipment (10.9 percent).

In terms of destination, Japan remained as the country’s top export destination with revenues amounting to $939.6 million in February, comprising 21.8 percent share to total exports for the month.

Other prominent export destinations include the US including Alaska and Hawaii, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Germany, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Netherlands and Taiwan.

The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) said the strain on exports caused by the global economic slowdown would only persist in

the short term.

“The export performance of most of the trade-oriented economies in East and Southeast Asia continues to reel from weak global demand that is largely influenced by the global economic slowdown. For the Philippines, we see this continuing only within the near term but it remains important for us to set up short-term measures that will support some of our export products,” said Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA director general Emmanuel Esguerra.

Only Vietnam and Thailand posted positive export gains while China recorded the steepest decline at 25.3 percent during the period, he said.

“As softer external demand is expected over the near term, the Philippines should at least aim for a 5.4 percent growth in merchandise exports, which is the low-end projection of the Export Development Council.

Short-term measures may include providing government support to export products for which demand is growing faster relative to other export segments and where the Philippines has an

increasing market share,” said Esguerra.

Revenues from manufactured products dropped slightly by two percent to reach $3.7 billion from $3.8 billion in February 2015.

“The drop in exports of manufactured goods reflected the general slowdown experienced by the manufacturing sector around the world. But it is worth noting that overseas sales of our electronic products posted its ninth consecutive month of positive growth,” said Esguerra.

The Philippines, he said, must take this opportunity to maximize the benefits of its trade accord with Southeast Asian economies.

“While current global growth conditions remain tilted to the downside and will continue to affect exports in the short term, the Philippines must take advantage of the opportunity presented by an expected improvement in the economic growth of the ASEAN region,” he noted.

This is based on forecasts of growth forecasts in India and the ASEAN region “which would help balance the slowdown of China.”-Czeriza Valencia

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Swiss banker whistleblower: CIA behind Panama Papers

Bradley Birkenfeld is the most significant financial whistleblower of all time, so you might think he’d be cheering on the disclosures in the new Panama Papers leaks. But today, Birkenfeld is raising questions about the source of the information that is shaking political regimes around the world.

Birkenfeld, an American citizen, was a banker working at UBS in Switzerland when he approached the U.S. government with information on massive amounts of tax evasion by Americans with secret accounts in Switzerland. By the end of his whistleblowing career, Birkenfeld had served more than two years in a U.S. federal prison, been awarded $104 million by the IRS for his information and shattered the foundations of more than a century of Swiss

banking secrecy.

In an exclusive interview Tuesday from Munich, Birkenfeld said he doesn’t think the source of the 11 million documents stolen from a Panamanian law firm should automatically be considered a whistleblower like himself. Instead, he said, the hacking of the Panama City-based firm, called Mossack Fonseca, could have been done by a U.S. intelligence agency.

“The CIA I’m sure is behind this, in my opinion,” Birkenfeld said. Birkenfeld pointed to the fact that the political uproar created by the disclosures have mainly impacted countries with tense relationships with the United States. “The very fact that we see all these names surface that are the direct quote-unquote enemies of the United States, Russia, China, Pakistan, Argen-

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Facebook tests tech to help blind people enjoy photos MENLO PARK, United States - Facebook on Monday began using artificial intelligence to help people with visual impairments enjoy photos posted at the leading social network.

Facebook introduced machine learning technology trained to recognize objects in pictures and then describe photos aloud.

“As Facebook becomes an increasingly visual experience, we hope our new automatic alternative text technology will help the blind community experience Facebook the same way others enjoy it,” said accessibility specialist Matt King.

The feature was being tested on mobile devices powered by Apple iOS software and which have screen readers set to English.

Facebook planned to expand the capability to devices with other kinds of operating systems and add more languages, according to King, who lost his vision as a US college student studying electrical engineering.

The technology works across Facebook’s family of applications and is based on a “neural network” taught to recognize things in pictures using millions of examples.

More than two billion pictures are shared daily across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, King said.

“While this technology is still nascent, tapping its current capabilities to describe photos is a huge step toward providing our visually impaired community the same benefits and enjoyment that everyone else gets from photos,” King said.

The Silicon Valley-based social network said that it was moving slowly with the feature to avoid potentially offensive or embarrassing gaffes when it comes to automatically describing what is in pictures.

Words used in descriptions included those related to transportation, outdoors settings, sports, food, and people’s appearances.

The Facebook technology made its debut less than a week after Microsoft enticed software developers with a suite of offerings that let them tap into the power of cloud computing, big data, and machine learning.

The Cortana Intelligence Suite boasted the ability to let applications see, hear, speak, understand and interpret people’s needs.

Microsoft said that a “Seeing AI” research project was underway to show how those capabilities could be woven into applications to help people who are visually impaired or blind better learn what is around them, say by scanning scenes with smartphone cameras or specially equipped eyewear.

tina and we don’t see one U.S. name. Why is that?” Birkenfeld said. “Quite frankly, my feeling is that this is certainly an intelligence agency operation.”

Asked why the U.S. would leak information that has also been damaging to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, a major American ally, Birkenfeld said the British leader was likely collateral damage in a larger

intelligence operation.

“If you’ve got NSA and CIA spying on foreign governments they can certainly get into a law firm like this,” Birkenfeld said.

“But they selectively bring the

information to the public domain that doesn’t hurt the U.S. in any shape or form. That’s wrong. And there’s something seriously sinister here behind this.” -Eamon Javers/CNBC

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Entertainment New Kapamilya

Ritz

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itz Azul signed a contract with the ABS-CBN network today, April 12, 2016. The actress remarked that she feels overwhelmed to be part of the Kapamilya network. “Siyempre sobrang blessed, actually out of words ako ngayon. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang sasabihin na sobrang saya ko ngayon.”

Ritz shared how she was approached by ABS-CBN to be one of its newest talents.

“Actually nong natapos ko ‘yung contract ko with TV 5 and then may tumawag po sa akin and tapos sinasabi na hinahap po daw ako ni sir Deo (Endrinal), ayon agad-agad po na nagkapag-meeting with sir Deo tapos sinabi niya ‘yung gusto niya for me ayon agad-agad na kumilos sina sir Deo para mangyari itong contract signing.”

What made her say yes to the offer? “Siyempre TV network contract tapos ABS-CBN pa ‘yan, paano mo tatanggihan ABS (CBN) yan tapos sabi niya ‘Developmental to, ide-develop ka namin’ and siyempe sa akin naman kapag sinabing ABS kung gusto mo mag-grow as an artist ABS lang kaya don pa lang hindi na ako makakatanggi talaga.”

Ritz will be co-managed by Star Magic, which she was very ecstatic about. “Kasi dati tinitingnan ko lang ‘yung catalogue tapos ang gaganda ng mga suot nila, ‘yung mga makeup nila ang gaganda. Merong parang isang kiliti sa isip ko na kung mapasama kaya ako sa magazine na ito tapos ngayon part na ako ng Star Magic. Ang saya-saya, ‘yung na-meet ko si Mr. M (Johnny Manahan) kinabahan ako kasi siyempre siya may hawak ng mga talents ng Star Magic and knowing na Star Magic na disciplined sila at magagaling umarte so mataas talaga ang tingin ko and then welcome na welcome naman ako nong nag meet kami.

Nagbiruan na nga kami agad-agad, feeling ko Kapamilya na ako.”

The actress shared that she wants to work with Coco Martin, and her dream will come true since she will be guest starring in FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano. “Si Coco Martin lagi ko rin ng sinasabi sana makatrabaho ko si Coco Martin kasi ang dami kong naririnig na magagandang comments sa kanya, mga reviews tsaka pinapanood ko siya, gusto ko siya makatrabaho. Actually parang kahapon lang yata sinabi sa akin na after ng contract signing ko may taping ka na agad ng Probinsyano.”

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Kathryn Bernardo

MANILA – A “protector” – this is how Kathryn Bernardo sees onscreen partner and rumored boyfriend Daniel Padilla.

“Parang labas si DJ dun kasi parang lahat ‘yon nasa kanya,” she replied when asked if she can categorize Daniel in the classification of friends found in her book “Everyday Kath,” in an interview on Sunday after its launch.

“Kasi para siyang tatay na kaibigan mo na ewan. ‘Yong 10 na ‘yon siguro sa mga friends ko mag-a-apply na iba-iba ‘yong personalities namin pero nadrive kami together, ‘yon talaga ‘yong perfect combination.

Then si DJ parang wala siya dun sa top 10 na ‘yon,” she explained.

When asked about the Ka-

considers Daniel Padilla as her ‘protector’

pamilya actor’s role in her life, the “Teen Queen” replied, “siya ‘yong parang best na pwede mong sabihan ng secrets and then mag-a-advice sa ’yo na di ka i-judge.”

“Siya ‘yong mag-protect sa ‘yo kung sino ‘yong umaway sa ‘yo or something,” she added.

Now that she bid the teenage years goodbye as she turned 20, she learned from Daniel to be strong in whatever challenge that life brings.

“Before kasi medyo fragile ako,

e,” she admitted. “Pero because of all the experiences before I think I’ve learned a lot. And kailangan talaga maging strong ka para mas ready ka to face everyone and para rin sa sarili mo.”

“I’m really thankful na andyan si DJ from day one hanggang ngayon,” she added, smiling. “Nandyan siya to support me… gano’n naman kami, sinusuportahan namin ang isa’t isa.” Kathryn and Daniel will soon start working on a film that will be shot in Spain. -By Joyce Jimenez

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Pope Francis welcomes all families Editorial

BREAKTHROUGH observations that may be worth further contemplation.

On divorced Catholics Pope Francis is clear that divorced Catholics must be allowed the opportunity to be welcomed back to the Church.

However, he seems to leave the exact method for this process to the bishops and priests. Here is what he says: “If we consider the immense variety of concrete situation such as those I have mentioned, CRUZ, 15

A foothold for ISIS?

Hunger is the enemy

hungry stomach knows no laws.” Former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada often recites this saying whenever presented with cases of breakdown of law and order. As a public official, Mr. Estrada applies this personal belief in addressing such human nature that drives people into breaking laws, if not committing crimes to stave off hunger.

Ousted as President in January 2001, Mr. Estrada has been guided by this adage in adopting a two-track approach on how the national to local government must address peace and order problems in our country.

The soft-approach policy of Estrada pursues his “Erap para sa Masa” platform of governance that supports dole-outs to the poor and marginalized sectors of society out of public funds. On the other hand, Estrada applies the iron-fist, or hard policy of the government to enforce the laws of the land to the fullest on whoever breaks them, whether the culprits are rich or poor.

Elected back into public office as mayor of Manila three years ago, Estrada –who is

have anticipated the current scandal known as the Panama Papers. In his second encyclical- Laudato Si – he called the world a heap of “dung” and asked governments to do more to preserve the world that God has given us.

His third encyclical was released this week and it is called the Joy of Love. It focuses on family and relationships. This is another document that has already created a firestorm of debates and discussions. This 256-page encyclical needs to be read several times to be truly understood and appreciated. But here are a few initial

Elfren S. Cruz

As standard operating procedure (SOP) or rules of engagement of the PNP, lawmen are supposed to use nonlethal equipment for crowd control and dispersal. turning 79 years old this month – remains guided by this principle of governance. He seeks re-election in next month’s polls as mayor of the country’s capital city where poverty incidence is among the highest in the Philippines.

Estrada’s principle of governance came to mind as we talked about the April 1 violence-marred dispersal of sitin protesters in Kidapawan, mostly composed of farmers and fisher folk affected by El Niño phenomenon, or the dry spell severely hitting North Cotabato. Claiming hunger and starvation of their families, the protesters reportedly demanded the release of promised sack of rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) for each of the El Niño-affected farmers and

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COMMONSENSE fisher folk in the province.

With the Kidapawan incident as our subject matter, we invited to our Kapihan sa Manila Bay last Wednesday the heads of two key government agencies directly involved in this case. They were, namely, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala and Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Peter Irving Corvera who came to represent DILG Secretary Senen Sarmiento.

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We may have forgotten that the Church was not organized by theologians or intellectuals but by uneducated peasants, laborers and fishermen. Its biggest following came from slaves and the poor.

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ope Francis has just released another encyclical that many would call as another step in the radical transformation of the Catholic Church. There are other observers who believe that his three encyclicals are not radical changes but a call for “going back to basic” for a church that was considered revolutionary at the time it was organized.

We may have forgotten that the Church was not organized by theologians or intellectuals but by uneducated peasants, laborers and fishermen. Its biggest following came from slaves and the poor. It was an institution persecuted by the rich, the powerful and the intellectual elite of its time.

In his first encyclical – Evangelii Gaudium – Pope Francis said that capitalism or what he called the “trickle down” ideology has not worked. He sees a world where the rich are getting richer and corruption and tax evasion are becoming more accepted as a way of life by the very rich. The Pope seems to

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elatives and friends mourned the soldiers who died from gunfire and improvised explosive devices set off by the Abu Sayyaf in clashes that started Saturday morning last week in Basilan. The Armed Forces of the Philippines reported killing 13 more bandits, but the AFP’s own death toll of 18 is among the highest ever in its decades-old battle with the terrorist group.

Among the enemy casualties was Ubalda Hapilon, identified as a son of top terrorist Isnilon Hapilon, who has a $5-million prize on his head. An intriguing casualty was Mohammad Khattab, described by military intelligence as a Moroccan instructor in producing IEDs and a preacher of Islamic jihad.

According to the AFP chief, Khattab was trying to unify and organize kidnap-for-ransom groups for affiliation with an international terrorist organization. The AFP did not identify the organization, but there have been recent reports – denied by the military – that the extremist Islamic State of Syria and Iraq has been trying to gain a foothold in Mindanao.

Khattab could have imparted the knowhow in producing the IEDs that inflicted so much harm on the soldiers, although the Abu Sayyaf has been making improvised explosives for many years with help from the Southeast Asian terror cell Jemaah Islamiyah.

The presence of a foreign jihadi bomb maker, especially one who joins the Abu Sayyaf in a firefight with state forces, should stir deep concern in this country as governments worry about the spreading influence of ISIS. Belgium just recently suffered its worst terrorist attack courtesy of ISIS, with the suspects linked to the same group that launched near-simultaneous attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 last year that left about 130 people dead in the French capital. Reports said Germany is moving to thwart a similar attack in one of its cities.

If Khattab is part of ISIS, containing this threat will take more than killing him. Thanks to global connectivity, ISIS can recruit all over the world and wage a borderless war, influencing local jihadis to commit crimes against humanity. The intelligence community must determine the depth of Khattab’s involvement in the activities of the threat groups operating in Mindanao. ISIS extremism cannot be allowed to take root in this country.

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Homemade

Shortly before his disappearance, Zoha appeared on TV, blaming Bangladeshi authorities for their apathy over security. He specifically blamed the database administrator of the Bangladesh Bank, saying this official cannot avoid responsibility for the supposed hacking that happened. A few days after, he was picked up from the streets by plainclothes men.

Officials for the Bangladesh Bank later denied Zoha was involved in any capacity in the investigation of the cyber heist.

If the money laundering investigation on our end is appearing more confused, the investigation on the Bangladeshi side is turning bizarre. This incredible scandal is, after all, homemade.

Remember, this fascinating story of theft by hacking began in Dhaka. Shortly after the story broke the $81 million was stolen from the Bangaldesh Bank, the country’s finance minister A.M.A. Muthi admitted in an interview that officials of the bank were “100 percent involved” in the heist.

While the stolen money may have passed through three US

If the money laundering investigation on our end is appearing more confused, the investigation on the Bangladeshi side is turning bizarre. This incredible scandal is, after all, homemade. correspondent banks, they were on the basis of instructions from Bangladesh Bank. The US banks required handprints and other biometric information from officials of the Bangladesh Bank to activate transactions. Clearly, the hackers could not have carried out this heist without the involvement of local bank officials.

Last week, Alain Raes, chief executive for SWIFT Asia Pacific expressed “very strong certainty” their system were never compromised in relation to this spectacular bank heist. SWIFT (for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is a cooperative of about 4,000 financial institutions around the world. It mediates financial transactions between banks.

If SWIFT is clean, then the security failure must have happened at the Bangladesh Bank.

The Bangladesh Bank’s governor and his two deputies immediately resigned after the scandal broke. However, the investigation into who exactly among the bank’s personnel were involved in the plot appears to have stalled.

Any investigation into this

heist should begin with the conspiracy within Bangladesh.

The aspect of money laundering happens only after the money was stolen. There is a distinct possibility some of the stolen money has since returned to Bangladesh, to those involved in the heist.

To be sure, this scandal has shaken the government of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina.

There are political repercussions the ruling elite there needs to manage. This could be why Dhaka is so intent on pressuring Philippine authorities to investigate the laundering trail and recover as much of the cash as possible – and making a show of bringing back the cash.

While we do have the responsibility to cooperate with the international investigation already in progress and return whatever funds are recovered, the shortcomings on the part of the Bangladesh government ought not to be downplayed.

They have the first responsibility to protect their $27 billion in foreign currency reserves.

To begin with, the Bangladesh Bank, apparently unsure of the scale of the heist, sent a mere request to Philippine authorities to monitor the movement of “doubtful” funds from

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FIRST PERSON their accounts. That was not a strong enough signal for our authorities to act with urgency and shut down the transactions early enough.

Bangladeshi officials bear much of the responsibility. They should match their insistence at recovering their money with concrete corrective action on their obvious failings.

There has been institutional failure at both ends, from the bank so easily robbed by hackers to the casinos that too easily laundered the stolen money.

Pro-Life Buhay party-list representative Lito Atienza joined the chorus condemning Rodrigo Duterte’s apparent fascination with summary executions as a quick-fix to criminality.

Atienza voiced support for Jejomar Binay’s earlier condemnation of Duterte’s inclination towards violent responses to

crime as well as his apparent low regard for women’s rights.

Like Duterte in Davao, Atienza and Binay served several terms as mayor of Manila and Makati respectively.

The former Manila mayor has consistently taken a pro-life stance throughout his political career. He is responsible for establishing one of the country’s largest women’s organizations, the Kababaihan ng Maynila.

For this reason, he likewise expressed grave concern over Duterte’s apparent low regard for the rights of women.

In a recent statement, Atienza faulted Duterte for passing off showmanship and entertainment as solutions to the serious problems of containing criminality. He reminds the Davao mayor about all the studies in criminology that show crime is never solved by way of extrajudicial killings or vigilantism.

When he was mayor of Manila, Atienza issued strict orders for the police of closely observe the standards of due process.

Instead of taking shortcuts, he ordered the police to be more diligent in doing their work.

Extrajudicial killings simply make criminals of the police and compound the problem.

Most of the victims of summary executions (or “salvaging”) are poor and defenseless.

This makes the practice doubly immoral. It violates the right to life and adds to the oppression of the poor. 

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anvir Hassan Zoha, 34, is a Bangladeshi IT expert who was supposed to be helping his government investigate the embarrassing theft of $81 million from the country’s central bank. He has disappeared.

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Pre-emptive, defensive or frightened?

The word on the street is that Globe Telecoms will or has filed a complaint against San Miguel Corp. presumably for having control of the 700MHz bandwidth that they deem is an unfair advantage or unfavorable to market competition.

Apparently the 700MHz is a far superior or effective bandwidth or whatchamacallit that will allow users to send signals through walls etc., and drastically reduce dropped call problems and “no signal” issues.

Having control or ownership of the bandwidth is certainly something to be envious about, but companies that have control of two or three other frequencies such as Globe, ought to concentrate more on improving their technology and services instead of trying to block or beat down companies that they once labeled as not being a threat.

In fact, a Globe executive once said that they were not afraid and welcomed the competition.

If they are not afraid, then does it follow that they are simply trying to weed out or block out possible competition, which

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CTALK violates the mandate of the Philippine Competition Commission?

Is the complaint intended as a first strike towards a campaign to wrestle ownership or control of the 700 MHz frequency that would result in a worse form of unfair or no-competition, or is it simply an irritant intended to distract or deter SMC from pursuing their telco plans the same way Telstra was reportedly intimidated and scared off like a kangaroo shooed out of the veggie patch. This would be folly because knowing SMC and Ramon Ang, these guys don’t scare easy and are simply being polite and professional.

Whatever Globe’s intentions may be, it would be worthwhile for the hatchet men and strategists at Globe to let sleeping dogs lie. Unlike SMC that has yet to get their feet wet, Globe in this instance by filing a case

It was a dog fight, not a vice presidential debate, and if the candidates looked and behaved like Pit Bulls in an arena, they have only themselves to blame. becomes the pot calling the kettle black. There is a sufficient amount of customers who are unhappy about Globe’s services, rates and terms. So far no one has had enough reason or motivation to do something about it. The last thing Globe wants is to start a fight with a company that can put a mirror to Globe’s imperfections and defects.

If Globe lawyers want to exercise their courtroom skills, they should go and file cases against each and every local official who have tried to extort from them in exchange for special use permits or blocked their efforts to build cell sites and relay towers. If Globe wants to show they mean business, first concentrate on the real and actual threats to the network’s growth.

So far Globe has maintained an image of being decent, even though less than perfect.

The image of being a bully or prone to litigation and averse to competition will ultimately do more harm for the big picture of Globe and their allied companies. As the good Lord has said: “He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone.” ***

It was a dog fight, not a vice presidential debate, and if the candidates looked and behaved like Pit Bulls in an arena, they have only themselves to blame.

Aside from Manny Pacquiao, the only real winner last Sunday was CNN Philippines for having the good fortune of hosting the first vice presidential dog fight on national TV. The rest of the participants, namely the vice presidential candidates looked like a bunch of Pit Bulls or Askals or mongrels who were prepped, trained or otherwise agitated to attack or defend themselves from questions posed, audience participation and opportunistic dog bites from fellow candidates or hecklers.

You know things are not going to end well when the opening announcements remind you of the Pacquiao vs Bradley bout instead of a formal, polite if not proper opening of the event consistent with the CNN style and not a Vegas prize fight. To be fair, it may have been a hangover effect of the “Lets Get Ready to Rumble” spiel, or was simply the coping mechanism of the anchors who had to deal with a rowdy noisy

crowd of hecklers and supporters. Whatever the reasons, the tone and volume of the opening announcement was clearly prophetic of things to come.

There was No Debate – just a Dog Fight. They hardly talked about or discussed policy, political agenda or platform, no real dissertation of programs or accomplishments and there was no real effort to direct the program on what each candidate stood for, has dedicated their lives to and what their driving passion has been in the last six years or the past decade.

Anything that had to do with real work and real accomplishment was mentioned only in passing. Whatever little they mentioned was drowned out by the accusations and the snarling and growling.

Unfortunately, none of the vice presidential aspirants came out as a winner because those who gave the most number of bites looked like self-righteous zealots performing at the Roman coliseum while the other half ended up being treated like dogs that were all bark but no bite. Stepping back from the brawl I realized that the ones with the least political experience or traction were all too willing to insult and inflict harm while those with more experience and track record made the fatal mistake of being polite instead of seriously biting back 

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reveals why she doesn’t want to do teleseryes After signing a new two-year contract with ABS-CBN this month, Sarah Geronimo admitted she is happy to let her fans know she has always intended to remain a Kapamilya. “Una sa lahat gusto ko magpasalamat sa ABS-CBN kasi talagang nadudun pa rin yung relationship na gusto nila ako manatili sa kumpanya nila and sa manager ko na napaka-understanding at supportive sa mga desisyon ko para sa career ko so thank you very much po. Sobra akong nagpapasalamat unang una sa manager ko si boss Vic (Del Rosario of Viva) sobrang supportive siya kasi alam niya na part of my growth ito and also ABS-CBN nauunawaan naman nila,” she said.

With her recent decision to leave The Voice, Sarah says it does not mean she has no plans of coming back.

“Hindi naman. Kumbaga sasabihin ko lang na gusto ko lang bumalik sa ASAP. Yung mag-concentrate naman sa growth ko bilang artist kasi I feel na bilang coach parang lagi kong sinasabi na role playing talaga yung pagiging coach eh. Yung para bang alam ko lahat at pag nagbibigay ako ng opinyon para bang ang galing-galing ko.

Medyo nag-he-hesitate pa rin ako dun eh. Although sobrang masaya naman talaga at fun yung experience. Actually doing it with the kids yun talaga yung the best eh. Baka next season why not

kung gusto pa rin nila ako maging coach,” she explained.

In fact, the 27-year-old performer admitted she is already excited for the public to meet her replacement on the show. “Whoever comes in, I’m 100% sure na magugustuhan ng mga tao kung sino man yung uupo dun sa red chair. Magugustuhan nila coach Lea (Salonga).

Alam ko na rin (kung sino). And sobra akong excited dun sa magiging young artists and sa viewers of course,” she added.

Even though she now has more time to focus on her singing and acting career, Sarah said doing soap operas is out of the question. “Definitely hindi po ako mag-te-teleserye kasi sobra kasing napapagod yung boses ko.

Hopefully makakuha ako ng movie project na talagang ma-i-in love ako at ma-i-inspire akong gawin at gustong gusto kong gawin. Hindi yung parang sige gawin na lang natin para may pelikula ka, ganun.

Yun yung goal ko talaga, sa lahat, sa music ko, sa TV shows na gagawin ko, yun po,” she admitted. -Rhea Manila Santos

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Is there competition between

Jayson Gainza and Bayani Agbayani?

Bayani Agbayani commended his Funny Ka, Pare Ko co-star Jayson Gainza for being a good a comedian.

“Kahit si Jayson Gainza, sa napakaikling panahon na nakasama ko siya. Alam kong itong bata ito nag-aaral ito. Magaling siya,” said Bayani in an exclusive interview with Push.com.ph during their show’s thanksgiving press conference on Monday evening.

The sitcom on ABS-CBN TV Plus channel Cinemo is Bayani’s first project since he returned to the network. For that, Bayani could not help but be grateful.

“Siyempre sa tamang project na dumarating sa buhay ko. Totoo talaga ‘yun eh, hindi talaga ikaw ang magpa-plano para sayo totoo ‘yun,” he said.

During his time away from the network, one comedian who consistently showed his talent was Jayson. But before speculations could arise about them competing against each other, Bayani was quick to shut it down.

“Si Jayson naman, kaibigan ko na siya even before. Sinabi nga niya nung birthday niya, na tinawagan ako sa telepono, nasa Bacolod ako kasi ako daw ang hinahangaan niyang komedyante. Nag-phone patch ako noon at natuwa naman ako sa kanya, hinanap ko siya,” he started.

“Actually nagsulat rin kasi ako ng matagal sa comedy kaya inaalalayan ko siya. Ang galing naman nung bata, nagpapasalamat naman.

Hindi niya inaangkin na sarili lang niya. Nagpapasalamat sayo ng todo-todo. ‘Thank you Kuya Bayani ah. Salamat sa ‘yo,’” he explained.

According to Bayani, he and Jayson were supposed to host the Funny One as a separate show, which was the original plan, before it became a segment on It’s Showtime.

“So bago palang magsimula ang Funny One na segment, nagkikita na kami sa bahay namin.

Kasi sabi ko sa kanya hindi tayo pwedeng sumalang doon na hindi tayo nagkikita. Dapat magkikita tayo even before and after the show.

Kasi ‘yun talaga ang mahalaga eh, ‘yung may bonding kayo,” said Bayani.

Apart from Jayson, the seasoned comedian likewise praised all his other co-stars who have all been continuously proving why they became part of the show.Maureen Marie Belmonte

Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach joins the roll of honor featured on stamps, including a pope, royalties and other world beauties.

Pia immortalized on two commemorative stamps When Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach returns (after a recent brief visit to shoot a commercial) on Friday, April 15, to crown her Bb. PilipinasUniverse successor (to be chosen with three other Binibinis on Sunday, April 17, at the Big Dome), she will be welcomed by two commemorative stamps issued by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PPC).

According to avid stampcollector Celso de Guzman Caparas (Funfare’s “other beauty expert”), “Issued were some 101,000 pieces of regular stamps costing P15 and 5,000 pieces of souvenir sheets at P40 each featuring Pia’s official Miss Universe photo. First Day Covers (FDCs) with special designs will also be released at P26 each for stamps and P54 each for souvenir sheets.”

The PPC formally announced on April 7 that the stamps and souvenir sheets will be released when Pia arrives. The PPC hopes that Pia will have time for the launch.

The Pia stamps join Celso’s prized

collection that includes other beauties/ celebrities featured on stamps: 1969 Miss Universe Gloria Diaz and 1973 Miss Universe Margie Moran (both issued on May 5, 1994), 2013 Miss World Megan Young (issued on Feb. 24, 2014) and Manny Pacquiao (issued on May 30, 2008 and April 20, 2015)…plus other Miss World winners, popes, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth and other royalty members, 1958 Miss Universe Luz Marina Zuluaga of Colombia (three stamps issued on June 26, 1959), 1977 Miss Universe Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago (three stamps and a souvenir sheet issued on Aug. 2, 1978), 1998 Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago (four stamps and a souvenir sheet issued on May 3, 1999) and 1999 Miss Universe Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe of Botswana (five stamps and a souvenir sheet issued on Dec. 1, 1999).

Other Misses Universe honored on stamps by their countries were Georgina Rizk of Lebanon (1971) and Paulina Vega Dieppa of Colombia (2014). A special postmark was issued when the Philippines first hosted the Miss Universe pageant in 1974. Host countries that issued commemorative stamps included Mexico (1978), South Korea (1980) and Cyprus (1999).-FUNFARE By Ricky Lo

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ON April 2, the Land Transportation Office published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer its Administrative Order No. RPC-2016-033, officially known as “Registration and/or Recording of Vintage Motor Vehicles.” In a nutshell, LTO now wants to actively regulate the ownership and the use of a vintage car, which the notice defined as “a motor vehicle manufactured at least 40 years prior to the current year, or with year model earlier than 1975, not a reproduction, and which has been maintained in or restored to a condition in conformity with the manufacture specifications and appearance.”

In the bulletin, LTO laid down the guidelines and the requirements for the registration or the recording of a vintage vehicle. In simple terms, if a vintage car owner wishes to use the vehicle on public roads, said vehicle needs to be registered. On the other hand, if a vintage car owner only keeps the vehicle for the purposes of storage or collection, said vehicle needs to be recorded.

But here’s the bone of contention: LTO is now implementing a restriction on the operation of what it considers a vintage vehicle.

According to the new Administrative Order, a registered

vintage vehicle may now be used “on the roads only during Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.” In other words, a vintage car owner may now only drive his prized possession on weekends and on holidays.

Meanwhile, a vintage vehicle for recording “shall be allowed to operate to and from events such as participation in vintage car club activities, exhibits, tours, parades and similar events provided that such operation is with a valid permit issued by the LTO.” Vintage cars will be issued registration plates that display the inscription “Vintage” or “Antique,” with their year model shown at the plates’ bottom center.

As you might guess, owners of classic cars are now up in arms in private socialmedia groups.

“This LTO Administrative Order is unconstitutional,” says Top Gear Philippines legal columnist and Land Rover enthusiast Robby Consunji. “The means employed in the new LTO memorandum is not necessary for its avowed purpose. It is a deprivation of property or the right to use the vintage motor vehicle; it is oppressive to the vintage motor vehicle owners; and the LTO enforce-

ment drive encourages and entails a selective and arbitrary roadside apprehension. There are many more important safety problems with the motor vehicles on the road today. Why pick on vintage cars now? The Civil Code provides that any public officer who obstructs, defeats or violates the rights and liberties of another shall be liable for damages.”

Consunji adds that vintage car owners “were taken by surprise,” and that “there is a need to confirm if an adequate public hearing was done prior to issuing the Administrative Order.”

Signed by LTO chief Atty.

Roberto Cabrera and approved by DOTC secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, the Administrative Order is dated March 1, 2016, and will take effect 15 days after publication (April 17).

Interestingly, LTO specified the exclusion of public utility vehicles, cargo trucks, service vehicles, government vehicles and diplomatic vehicles from this new policy.

“Vintage cars are icons of the past,” Consunji points out. “They are our link to history. The Administrative Order will discourage the ownership and the preservation of vintage cars.”- Story and photo by Vernon B. Sarne

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The heat index, or human discomfort index, gives the apparent temperature or what humans perceive or feel as the temperature affecting their body, according to the state weather bureau.

“High air temperatures and high relative humidity will give high apparent temperatures or indices. Full exposure to sunshine can increase the heat index by nine degrees,” added PAGASA. A heat index between 41 to 54 degrees is considered dangerous and likely to cause cramps, exhaustion and even heat stroke after continuous activity.

Aside from Cabanatuan, the heat index in other parts of the country also reached dangerous levels this week.

In Science Garden in Quezon City, PAGASA observed that the heat index reached 45.4 degrees at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The heat index at Sangley Point in Cavite and Clark Airport in Pampanga reached 50.2 and 51.9 degrees, respectively.

Despite soaring temperatures, the weather bureau said localized thunderstorms may still occur in some parts of the country.

The weather bureau said the hottest temperature recorded so far this year was in General Santos City on March 1 at 38.6 degrees Celsius.

The historical record is 42.2 degrees Celsius, observed twice in Tuguegarao City on April 22, 1912 and on May 11, 1969.

PAGASA earlier cautioned the public against too much outdoor exposure that could lead to heat stroke.

Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is set to issue oratio imperata, or obligatory prayers, for rain to cushion the effects of drought caused by El Niño.

CBCP president LingayenDagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas yesterday expressed optimism that the oratio imperata would work.

“Have faith in the power of prayer,” he added.

Oratio imperata is issued to cushion the effects of calamities.

“By issuing it, we recognize that man’s capacity may not be enough to avert such problems, hence we invoke the One whose power far surpasses that

Atienza called on Filipino voters “to judge the candidates according to their values, religious beliefs and track record in curbing criminality” and “to be wary of false promises not in consonance with our religious and traditional Filipino values.”

“Only hardworking and hands-on executives will help our country recover from the mess we are in,” he continued.

Atienza is a staunch supporter of the presidential bid of Jejomar Binay. He sees urgency in his insistence on a valuesbased vote given the results of recent voter preference surveys that put Duterte at the lead.

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and not letting go. The motto of the day was apparently: If you have nothing you can brag about, go and pick on someone else’s flaws.

services and defensive capabilities to be significantly eroded in armed conflict,” Hoh said.

The report comes at the heels of the recent attack on the Commission on Election (Comelec) website and the subsequent theft of millions of voter data.

FireEye’s report also noted that the Philippines is twice more likely to be the target of advanced cyber attacks compared to the global average. Hoh stressed that not only government offices are targets by these APTs but all industries that if attacked could result in economic problems.

Among the target sectors are government, business services such outsource service providers, gaming, hospitality, and aerospace, defense, and shipbuilding. -ABS-CBN News

they have nothing to eat, prices of rice should have shot up. But that never happened,” Alcala pointed out.

While farmers’ grievances over drought impact to their crops were legitimate, the two Aquino officials insisted the hands of the Reds were all over the place at the protest rally in Kidapawan. They were supported by certain politicians who will remain unnamed for now until evidence are gathered to support criminal charges against them, Corvera vowed.

Both the DA and the DILG were the principal national government agencies being taken to task for the violencemarred Kidapawan sit-in protest last week by farmers and fisher folk. The DA in particular is being held to account for the complaints of farmers and fisher folk for its alleged failure, if not lacking assistance to El Niño-affected farms.

The DILG, on the other hand, is the national government agency in charge of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and local government units (LGUs).

The two officials quoted North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza who noted most of the protesters were not even residents of Kidapawan but were “trucked” to their city after being promised that sacks of rice would be distributed to them at the provincial capitol.

One of the reported injured protesters while being treated in a government hospital, in fact, turned out to be one of the most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leaders. He is now under police custody and one of 80 people charged by PNP for instigating the violence.

As of this writing, one policeman who was among the unarmed cops acting as crowd control units at the protest site, is still fighting for his life in hospital with a cracked skull.

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) immediately stepped into the picture to investigate the reported abuses and excessive use of force by policemen in the removal and dispersal of protesters that reportedly caused the death of three farmers. The police action came on the third day of the sitin protest which blocked traffic at the highway – a major road artery connecting the provinces of Cotabato and Davao.

Incidentally, the DILG is also conducting its own investigation into the incident and created two separate panels to look into the allegations against the provincial PNP units involved in the dispersal and another panel to probe the provincial LGUs supposed to implement El Niño-mitigating measures.

Yesterday, the Senate committee on justice and human rights, chaired by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, conducted their own inquiry in aid of legislation of the Kidapawan incident.

And it was also only yesterday that the PNP provincial director Senior Supt. Alex Tagum was relieved from his post pending completion of the DILG investigation.

PNP director-general Ricardo Marquez named Senior Superintendent Jose Briones Jr. to temporarily take over from Tagum.

While the PNP chief earlier insisted the responding policemen conducted “legitimate law enforcement operation” to remove illegal roadblock by protesters, he

of man,” CBCP-Public Affairs Committee executive secretary Fr. Jerome Secillano said.

“By collectively praying the oratio imperata, we believe that God will put an end to something that affects the wellbeing of man,” he added.-Janvic Mateo/Philstar

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it is understandable that neither the Synod nor this Exhortation could be expected to provide a new set of general rules, canonical in nature and applicable to all cases. What is possible is simply a renewed encouragement to undertake a responsible personal and pastoral discernment of particular cases one which would recognize that since the degree of responsibility is not equal in all cases, the consequences or effects of a rule need not necessarily always be the same.

On single parents Here again, Pope Francis clearly states that single parents must be welcomed back to the Catholic Church. He says: “Whatever the cause, single parents must receive encouragement and support from other families in the Christian community and from the parish’s pastoral outreach. Often these families endure hardships, such as economic difficulties, uncertain employment prospects, problems with child support and lack of housing.”

Marriage advice Pope Francis even tries his hand at marriage counselling when he included this advice in his encyclical: “Young married couples should be encouraged to develop a routine that gives a healthy sense of closeness and stability through shared daily rituals. These could include a morning kiss, an evening blessing, waiting at the door to welcome each other home, taking trips together and sharing household chores...it also helps to break the routine with a party and to enjoy family celebrations of anniversaries and special events. We need these moments of cherishing God’s gifts and reviewing our zest for life.”

On gays Pope Francis rejects the practice of same sex marriage.

At the same time, he does not condemn homosexuals and denounces homophobia. He writes: “Every person regardless of sexual orientation, ought to be respected in his or her dignity and treated with consideration while every sign of unjust dis-

crimination is to be carefully avoided particularly any form of aggression and violence.

Such families should be given respectful pastoral guidance so that those who manifest a homosexual orientation can receive the assistance they need to understand and fully carry out God’s will in their lives.”

Married priests Eastern (Oriental) Catholic Churches, like the Maronites of Lebanon, recognize the primacy of the Pope. However, they allow their priests to be married.

In his encyclical, Pope Francis does not categorically state that he advocates allowing priests to be married. However, he seems to imply that married priests are more prepared to offer pastoral care for families.

Judge for yourself the meaning of the following paragraph in his encyclical: “The main contribution to the pastoral care of families is offered by the parish, which is the family of families, where small communities, ecclesial movements and associations live in harmony...ordained ministers often lack the training needed to deal with the complex problems currently facing families. The experience of the broad oriental tradition of a married clergy could also be drawn upon.”

The encyclical apparently does not specifically state that divorced and remarried Catholics can receive Communion. However, it does state that they must be allowed full participation into the Church subject only to a “responsible personal and pastoral discernment.” That means their degree of participation is left to their personal conscience and to a private counselling between the person and his or her priest. In the Catholic Church, “participation” includes the reception of Communion.

In previous messages, Pope Francis already said: “ ... I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber, but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy...I would also point out that the Eucharist is not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”

acknowledged yesterday some of the cops involved in the dispersal fired their weapons.

As standard operating procedure (SOP) or rules of engagement of the PNP, lawmen are supposed to use non-lethal equipment for crowd control and dispersal.

But investigators recovered from the site 83 slugs of different calibers, mostly coming from firearms not issued by the PNP, Corvera revealed during our weekly Kapihan sa Manila Bay breakfast forum the other day at

Cafe Adriatico in Remedios Circle in Malate, Manila.

In fact, the outnumbered policemen were the ones being attacked by the militants, Corvera noted as he played to us excerpts of a six-minute video taken by drone flown during those crucial moments to bolster the government version of the incident. While retreating, two of the policemen fell and were being brutally beaten either by wooden clubs and rocks while they were already pinned to the ground.

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In the end, the day was undoubtedly a day of No Knock Outs. Pacman may have decked Bradley twice but not out cold and Bongbong Marcos who became everybody’s meal ticket, got picked on by the pack but ended up having the last laugh as the recent survey put him on top of the race.

In the end, what we saw was the TV version of “The Worst Things About Filipinos.”

What we learned yet again is that debates involving political candidates are not polite, not proper or civil and not necessarily honest or truthful. It was ugly.

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The Manitoba Association of Filipino Teachers Inc. holds General Assembly On Saturday, April 9, 2016, the Manitoba Association of Filipino Teachers (MAFTI) held its General Assembly at the Salad Master Bldg on St. James/Sargent from 11:30-3:00 p.m. The assembly focused on informational talks from two guests: Fechie de Guzman, volunteer coordinator of Newcomers Employment & Educational Development Services (NEEDS).

She talked about how MAFTI

members could volunteer at the centre. Another guest, Anne Grewar, Coordinator of Family Child Care Project of the Family Dynamics informed members on how they could open Child Care or Drop- in Spaces.

For more information on how to open Day Care spaces or volunteer at NEEDS, you may call MAFTI President, Ernesto Ofiaza Jr. at 204-697-0244.

Premier Greg Selinger visits Mohinder Saran’s and Melanie Wight’s campaign office Premier Greg Selinger came on Saturday, April 9 at 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the joint Campaign Office of MLAs Mohinder Saran and Melanie Wight.

In his short speech, he out-

lined some of what his administration has done and what he intends to do, such as the opening of more child care spaces, creating more jobs, help for students and seniors, more attention to infrastructure, and

the continued plan to have 20 students per classroom from Grades 1-3 so students receive quality education. He stated other plans to ensure the continued economic progress and well-being of all Manitobans.

Actor Julio Diaz in need of urgent brain surgery In a Go Fund Me post, Ana Marie Datuin, sister of actor Julio Diaz, is asking for help to finance her brother’s brain surgery.

According to Ana Marie, Julio passed out last April 8 and was rushed to the hospital. A CAT scan of the actor’s brain revealed he needs immediate surgery because of a swelling of a vein.

Julio (whose name is Marnie Regaliza in real life) is in semiretirement from the showbiz industry and is living a simple life in Bulacan with another sister named Shirley.

On behalf of her brother, Ana Marie appealed to those with a

kind heart to donate and help Julio.

In an update today, Ana Marie posted that the actor has already been admitted at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Taguig.

“Here’s some good news.

Julio has been admitted at St. Luke’s hospital in Global City.

According to Dr. Cuanang the plan is to perform by 1 p.m.

Manila time (1pm EST), an angiogram and possible clamping.

If this procedure does not work, then they will proceed with the surgery. We ask for your prayers that the 1st procedure will be successful. Thank you all,” her post said.

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John Lloyd on having a baby: I’m ready

MANILA – John Lloyd Cruz admitted that he is ready to be a father if given the chance.

“I think I’m ready kung anak lang ang pag-uusapan,” John Lloyd told members of the press on Saturday during a set visit in his upcoming movie.

John Lloyd stars with Jennylyn Mercado in Star Cinema’s “Just the 3 of Us.” In the movie, the character of John Lloyd impregnates the character of Jennylyn.

The actor, however, clarified that he is not yet ready to have a family of his own.

“Okay na ako magkaanak, not necessarily magkaasawa, magkapamilya kung may lalapit at sasabihin sa akin ‘yon kahit na imposible sa paningin ko or sa pananaw ko... kaya ko na tanggapin,” John Lloyd said.

This is the first time that John Lloyd will be working with Jennylyn, a home-grown GMA-7 star. John Lloyd earlier admitted that he had been “dying” to work with the actress. -Patricia Lourdes Viray

Heart defends Chiz over ‘robotic voice’

MANILA - Heart Evangelista defended her husband, vice presidential candidate Francis “Chiz” Escudero, from those who criticized and poked fun at

his “robotic voice” and drawnout answers during Sunday’s debate organized by the Commission on Elections.

On her Instagram account on

Tuesday, Evangelista, who married Escudero last year, insisted that her husband is still the best choice for vice president in the upcoming elections.

She posted an image with a text that read: “Tulad ng ‘Waze,’ gusto mo man o ayaw ang boses na nagsasalita sa app, dadalhin ka naman niya sa destinasyon na hangad mong puntahan.”

“Wala sa tono ng salita, nasa gawa!” Evangelista added in the caption of the photo. ccording to the latest survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS) released Monday, Escudero saw a drop in his popularity rating, as Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. took the solo lead in the vice-presidential race.

The March 30 - April 2 polls showed Marcos steady at the top, with 26 percent of 1,500 adult respondents choosing him as their top choice for vice president. Escudero, on the other hand, shed seven percentage to 21 percent from his previous 28 percent.

Escudero has since downplayed his slide from first to second.

“Mataas man kami o mababa hindi namin pipintasan ang survey,” he said. “Bahagi ‘yan ng hamon na kinakaharap ng kampanya. Bihira naman sa kampanya na lamang all the way.”-ABS-CBN News

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6 great warm-up and cool-down exercises

Disclaimer: Our intent is to help the general public with general information about injury rehabilitation and exercise programs. Our opinion does not replace the opinion of a medical doctor. If your condition is serious, please consult your doctor.

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he importance of warm-up and cooldown before and after an activity is crucial. We know that we need to warm-up before any physical activities but do we know why? The body needs to warm-up to avoid any musculoskeletal injuries, like muscle strains or ligament sprains. You wouldn’t want to shock your body by doing something aggressive unexpectedly. If you have the time to warm the body, do it slowly and properly.

This is what your body will go through when warming- up:

1. Increase blood flow in the body 2. Increase your heart rate 3. Warm-up the muscles (prepare for what it’s going to do) The best warm-up technique that you can incorporate before your activities is called dynamic stretching. Dynamic stretching is moving your body, muscle and joints into functional movements.

This will follow after a general warm-up. General warm-up consists of light jog. Once the body is warmed, dynamic stretching is advisable for the joints and muscle groups to move the same way as it will during the activities.

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Here are some examples: 1. High knees (bringing each knee up to the chest controlled, alternate) 2. Forward bend and twist touching the toes. Alternating in a controlled sequence.

3.Walking lunges holding the lunge position then side bending to one side.

These movements are targeting big muscle groups. Holding the positions for 2-3 seconds and repeating it constantly will help the muscle loosen keeping the blood flow and keeping the body warm during the dynamic stretches.

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activities, whatever it may be, it is advisable to do a cool down. Cool down is the opposite of warm up.

What you want your body to experience is to: 1. Slow your heart rate 2. Lower your body temperature by slow walk 3. Cool down the muscles with slow body movement like static stretching Static stretching is the term used for stretching the muscles and holding it for 20 - 30seconds. This controlled slow body movement will help stretch out the fatigued muscles and therefore will help with the next day recovery (less soreness in the muscles).

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Here are three static stretching you can incorporate with your cool down routine.

4. Hurdler stretch (targeting the hamstrings) 5. Side bend stretch (targeting your hip, obliques and lats) 6. Posterior deltoid stretch (targeting posterior deltoids and a bit of upper back) There are many more examples of dynamic and static stretching that you can perform. But for now try these exercises that will help you properly warm-up and cool-down after a long training.

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Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. are sparring, at least verbally Can these two crazy kids just step into the ring again and settle this?

Never mind that both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have, ostensibly, retired from the fight game. They’re still exchanging jabs, at least verbally.

Pacquiao, who beat Timothy Bradley in a welterweight fight Saturday night, questioned whether Mayweather has a mental “problem” after he scored Pacquiao’s victory a draw. The judges saw it differently, scoring the fight 116-110 in favor of Pacquiao. The Filipino boxer had two knockdowns in the fight and Mayweather’s opinion was in the minority.

“If that is his opinion, it is right for him to retire,” Pacquiao said (via 24 Oras and Boxing Scene’s Carlos Boogs).

“It seems there is really a problem [with his mental state].”

Mayweather, according to ESPN’s Wallace Matthew, made the observation in a brief conversation with Bradley after the fight Saturday. “Go home and watch the replay with the sound off,” Wallace reports Mayweather told Bradley. Mayweather, according to Wallace, seemed to believe that the decidedly pro-Pacquiao crowd at the Las Vegas fight had influenced the judges.

Bradley himself wasn’t questioning the result and Wallace’s source says that Mayweather

wasn’t just being nice to Bradley. “There was no theatrics, he spoke very quietly and seriously to Timmy,” Wallace reports that the unnamed source told him. “He was very complimentary and very classy.”

At least one person wants to see Pacquiao, who will turn 38 in December, fight again.

“Look, if he means it about retiring, then more power to him, he’s earned it,” his trainer, Freddie Roach, said (via NJ.com), “but if he changes his mind after what I saw tonight, yes, I would encourage him and I would not hesitate to train him again. When I see Manny Pacquiao like that, this is the best Manny Pacquiao. He hasn’t

missed a beat. I would like to see him fight again.”

Pacquiao, who is running for a Senate seat in May elections in the Philippines, didn’t offer a convincing statement about being retired.

“My heart is 50-50 [about fighting again],” he said Saturday (via ESPN). “Right now, my decision is to retire.”

As for the 39-year-old Mayweather, he has been retired since beating Andre Berto last September. The big “fight of the century” with Pacquiao last May was a dud, but he and Pacquiao wouldn’t be the first to un-retire and give the fight game one more go. -Cindy Boren/ Washington Post

Portuguese MMA fighter dies 48 hrs after TKO Portuguese MMA fighter Joao Carvalho has died from injuries suffered in his welterweight fight with Charlie Ward in Dublin on Saturday.

Team Nobrega confirmed his death on Facebook on Tuesday.

Per the Independent, Carvalho “fell ill” 20 minutes after his TKO defeat to Ward in Total Extreme Fighting 1 and underwent a brain procedure at Beaumount Hospital. He died on Monday.

Total Extreme Fighting CEO

Cesar Silva said in a statement, per the report: “We extend our most sincere condolences to the family of Joao Carvalho’s and his teammates in Team Nobrega. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. We’d also like to thank all sports fans for their concern and support.”

“We will give whatever support we can to Joao’s family. We have been in contact with his family and they have requested that we all understand their need for privacy at this difficult

time.”

Conor McGregor said after the fight that he thought it should have been stopped sooner, per MMA Connect TV (via BJPenn.com): “My team-mate Charlie had a good win just there—hell of a fight,” he said. “Yer man took some big shots. Thought it could have been stopped a little bit earlier. The referee’s need to be on the ball a little bit.”

The Dublin bout was part of the Total Extreme Fighting organisation’s inaugural event.

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Lea Salonga featured in

‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

teaser for season finale

Meet the Pinoy

Dog Whisperer If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, what could be a man’s best friend?

Yes, dogs. And vice-versa.

They are probably the most loyal creatures on earth. We’ve heard stories about dogs lost for years and finding their way back to their owners. In foreign countries more than hereabouts, we see people walking their dogs that keep them company, mostly seniors whose relatives have virtually abandoned them, or left them on their own.

In the movie Bwakaw, the aging character played by Eddie Garcia (in one of the most poignant performances in his illustrious career) trusts his pet dog more than the humans around him, confiding in his dog more than he does in humans, with the dog sticking to him until he breathes his last.

“I count 22 dogs as my best friends,” said Lestre Zapanta, the Pinoy Dog Whisperer (a “title” conferred on him by Jessica Soho who featured him on her show, Kapuso Mo, seven years ago). “I live alone with only my pets, also including nine cats, as companions.

Humans can betray you but

pets cannot, do not.”

Don’t his cats and dogs clash (you know, parang aso’tpusa) at every turn, fighting for his attention?

“No, they don’t,” said Lestre. “They live in harmony.

I trained them to be like that.

Sometimes, they even sleep together with me. Magkasundo sila. They are well-behaved.”

I met Lestre last week upon the invitation of Wilma Galvante who is producing WoofCam (available on YouTube, simply search D5.STUDIO; or Lestre’s www.facebook.com/ lestrezapanta). The meeting was held at the third floor of a building across Timog Avenue from the GMA Studio (Wilma’s home until she retired a few years ago), occupied by Wilma’s Asian Academy of Television Arts (the company behind the talent search Artista Academy of TV5 of which Wilma is now a content provider. Upon entering the room, I saw a cute little boy (who turned out to be Wilma’s grandson Niño Rafael Galvante Sangueza) patting the head of a big dog.

“Aren’t you afraid?” I asked Niño.

“No, I’m not,” he smiled.

“He’s friendly.”

The dog was among the 22 in Lestre’s “family” that has become so big that 12 have to be housed in the Zapanta residence in Ternate, Cavite, and the rest at Lestre’s condo unit.

“I discovered Lestre in a show he quested in as arbiter between two neighbors fighting over their pet dogs,” related Wilma. “He has various stories about dogs and I’m sure even those who don’t have pet dogs will be interested in.”

Lestre has more than enough material (which he himself has shot), some of which he has been uploading on his Facebook. What he and Wilma did was come up with improved versions in HD (High Definition) which are the ones you see on WoofCam which continues to attract more and more viewers/followers (starting from 50,000-plus), into its initial season with more than 12 episodes that feature dog tricks, dog trivia, tips on how to train dogs, how to “tame” dogs, and generally how to treat dogs the way you would treat a human best friend — that is, with love and affection. -Ricky Lo

Tony Award-winning Filipina actress and stage performer Lea Salonga appears in the teaser video for the season finale of the American romantic musical comedy-drama “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” which showcase the story of a Manhattan lawyer and her Filipino-American ex-boyfriend.

Aside from acting with the series’ stars Rebecca Bloom and Vincent Rodriguez III, among others, Lea will also showcase her singing prowess in the show.

The season finale of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is set to air on April 18.

Last year, the show also incorporated Filipino family traditions in its Thanksgiving episode.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the show’s star Rachel Bloom spoke out about the importance of featuring Filipino culture on the show. “One of the characters happens to be Filipino so when we realized no one else had even made the effort to show a Filipino family on an American comedy, it taught me a lot about Filipino culture,” she said.

“It’s also taught me really about how important diversity is, if you want to tell a new story... America is a melting pot of immigrants and I don’t think it’s acknowledged half as much as it should be on television.”

The TV series stars Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a Manhattan lawyer who drops everything to follow her highschool boyfriend, Josh Chan—a Filipino-American—to the Los Angeles suburb of West Covina, California.

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is considered the first US series to depict Filipino-American family life. — RSJ, GMA News

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Fantasy film ‘The Huntsman’ celebrates girl power

LOS ANGELES - Actor Chris Hemsworth joined leading ladies Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain on the red carpet in Los Angeles on Monday for the premiere of fantasy film “The Huntsman: Winter’s War.” The prequel to the 2012 “Snow White and the Huntsman”, which was

inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale, sees Theron and “Thor” actor Hemsworth reprise their roles as evil Queen Ravenna and The Huntsman.

“The fairytales in the past were predominately the damsel in distress and the female would be rescued by the male or the prince. This time it’s the

other way around,” Hemsworth said.

“I think about my daughter and I would love for her to see a film like this, where woman are empowered and in charge of their own destiny and they can lead armies and are warriors and can take over kingdoms and so on. It was exciting.”

Group of Liza Diño-Seguerra bails Kidapawan farmers from jail Liza Diño, wife of Aiza Seguerra, was happy to share the good news to everyone through her Facebook account last night, April 13 that they were able to raise funds to bail out the Kidapawan farmers who were arrested when they went to rally and ask for government aid last April 1.

On her Facebook post she shared that most of the funds came from several artists in the entertainment industry. She also thanked the groups who donated.

“We were able to raise funds to cover the whole amount of 546,000 to bail out our farmers!!!! Thank you LORD!!! Most came from artists from the entertainment industry and friends who readily gave their support but there were other groups who donated as well to fulfill the amount,” she wrote.

Liza also updated that their release will have a little delay due to burned and confiscated ID’s during the said rally. She said that lawyers are already fixing the situation.

“Dumalaw po kami sa mga nakulong kanina. Pinapahatid din po nila ang kanilang taos pusong pasasalamat sa pagpapakita natin ng suporta at pakikiramay. Malaking bagay po ito para sa kanila na malamang hindi sila nag-iisa sa labang ito.

“Next step is to process their release. As of kanina, halos walang ID ang lahat dahil sinunog ang gamit nila or ang iba pinagkukumpiska during the rally so baka madelay lang ng konti ang paglabas nila but the lawyers are expediting the processing of documents for their immediate release.”

In her post, Liza also reminded people that this is just the beginning of a long journey towards justice and she also thanked the lawyers who gave the farmers a hand. -Joan Leary

The story follows Ravenna and her sister Freya (Blunt) as they seek kingdom domination with The Huntsman and his bow and arrow wielding love interest Sara (Chastain) battling to defeat them in their quest.

“The Huntsman: Winter’s War” hits U.S. cinemas on April 22.-Reuters

Mr. Gay World Philippines dreams of getting married someday

Christian Laxamana is the country’s representative to the Mr. Gay World pageant in Malta on April 19 to 23

MANILA – Mr. Gay World Philippines Christian Laxamana, the country’s representative to the Mr. Gay World pageant in Malta on April 19 to 23, has the courage of his convictions. He’s not supporting Saranggani Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s senatorial bid in the May elections because the 30-year-old high school teacher is still smarting from the boxing champ’s stinging comment about gays.

After all, Christian’s family never judged him.

He didn’t have to explain himself to his parents and siblings when he realized he was gay at age 15. This atmosphere of love and acceptance made Christian grow up into a confident person, unafraid to stand up for his beliefs.

The then teenaged Christian didn’t flinch when people called him names for being gay.

He was already earning his own keep even before he finished his Bachelor of Secondary Education degree.

“I was paying for my tuition,” Christian recalls.

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Bianca Manalo is a proud sister to Bb. Pilipinas candidate Nicole Manalo On Tonight with Boy Abunda, Bianca Manalo revealed the wisdom shared to her by her dad who passed away last year. According to her, her dad would always tell his daughters to, “be a fighter.

‘Wag kang aatras sa laban. Do whatever you can. Do your best and forever, kahit anong mangyari, stick to your values, go back to your roots. Mahalin mo ang pamilya mo dahil in the end kayo ang magkakakampi.”

Bianca became teary as she shared, “lagi ko siyang iniisip sa lahat ng ginagawa ko Tito Boy. Lagi kong iniisip lahat ng ginagawa ko para sa kanya para continuously proud siya kahit nanunuod na lang siya sa amin.”

Bianca also said how she was as a daughter. “Ako yung ma-I love you. Ako yung ma-hug, yung kapag nakikita ko siya ‘hi Dad!’ Nagkukwento ako kapag may pinagdadaanan ako sa buhay.

Siya yung kausap ko. Umiiyak ako sa kanya. Ako yung Daddy’s girl. Ako yung close.”

Bianca’s youngest sister Nicole is in the roster of Bb. Pilipinas 2016 candidates. Bianca revealed how proud she is of her sister and how nervous she is of the coming competition this coming Sunday. “Tito Boy, ‘di na ako makatulog.”-Cristina Malonzo

Filipino filmmakers launch films on online channel In an unprecedented move, the Philippines’ top directors, producers, and distributors have made their work available on an online channel.

Filipino independent films are now available in streaming in iFlix, an internet television service that allows users access to TV shows and movies all over the world.

The new development was officially announced on Tuesday night during a panel discussion with award-winning filmmakers.

Mark Meily, who directed hit films “Baler” and “Crying Ladies” said that he jumped at the chance for his work to be streamed in the app, despite producers

Jennylyn or Jodi for Richard Yap? MANILA - Richard Yap appeared as the guest on the late night talk show “Tonight with Boy Abunda” on Wednesday.

He talked about his upcoming projects, including his film with J o h n Lloyd Cruz a n d h i s series

with Dominic Ochoa.

The 48-year-old actor heaped praise on Cruz and “Just the 3 of Us” director Cathy Garcia-Molina. “I really have to thank them because they were very supportive and they showed me the ropes, gave me some tips,” he said.

Yap also explained the importance of having a show like “Super D,” where he will play a superhero that inspires the life of the main character portrayed

by Ochoa.

“This is a story about a superhero, a story about values, a story for kids.

Maganda rin that they will be able to see that we can bring good into this world,” he said.

Yap was also asked a series of questions in the show’s “Fast Talk” segment, including one where he had to choose between “Just the 3 of Us” co-star Jennylyn Mercado and “Be Careful with My Heart” partner Jodi Sta, to which he answered “basta letter J”. Maria.ABS-CBN News

criticizing him on his decision.

He had wanted his work to reach more people without risking piracy, he said.

“I think it’s every filmmaker’s aspiration or goal to have the biggest audience possible. It’s not a question of how much would I get,” Meily explained.

“The bigger audience that I could get without my work being stolen--which is something very legitimate... it’s something I value so much,” he added.

Producer Albert Almendralejo expressed his frustration that Filipino films that were critically acclaimed worldwide, received no same appreciation from Filipinos. — APG, GMA News

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Who pays for health care?

H

ealth events are a fact of life, but many Canadians underestimate the cost of health care. Between government health care plans and employer benefits, we’ve come to expect that we’re covered for anything that comes along. But there are many aspects that are not included in these plans and resisting that reality could lead to a stack of unexpected medical bills.

Planning for health expenses is just as important as buying a house or saving for retirement. In fact, health and wealth planning go hand in hand. With Sun Life Financial’s provincial health care funding guides, you can map a coverage route that navigates around potentially pricey health events.

The Sun Life Financial provincial health care funding guides make it easier to understand the difference between what’s included in government and typical employer health plans and what you’re expected to pay for yourself.

The guides outline some of the coverage options, personal costs and other considerations for six common health events and services; disability, home care, long-term care (nursing home), palliative (end-of-life) care, prescription drugs and travel emergency medical.

Health always matters most Canadians strongly identify with their health-care system. We’ve enjoyed comprehensive coverage of hospital stays and physician services for decades. When we’re faced with health care costs – which can be surprisingly expensive – we’re caught off guard. And these costs are only going up. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, there’s been a six-fold

increase in health costs over the last 30 years. That means without personal health coverage, critical illness or long term care insurance, you may soon have to dig deeper into your pockets to pay for extra medical services.

Did you know?

Many people expect to pay nothing for health services. The 2014 Sun Life Canadian Health Index revealed that: • 79% of Canadians assume they won’t have to pay for a long-term care residence stay, • 89% don’t expect to pay for psychiatric treatment, and • 74% don’t realize they will need to contribute to the cost of physiotherapy.¹

plans provide complementary coverage for many health-related expenses.

Each province makes its own decisions about coverage, which may change with elected officials, larger deficits, shifts in demographics, and higher rates of many chronic diseases such as diabetes, certain cancers and dementia.

Take a look at the health care funding guide for your province. Then we can talk about your coverage, and develop a holistic plan that protects your family and your financial future. ¹2014 Sun Life Canadian Health Index

TESS AVISO-NEWTON

The reality? Out-of-pocket health costs are much higher than many people think.

If you aren’t saving for health expenses, when the unexpected happens, the money will have to come from somewhere – and the risk of a huge retirement savings drain could be devastating.

Planning and paying: a shared responsibility Government and employer health

Financially sound (This information is provided by Tess Newton Financial Services Inc., representing Sun Life Financial. As a Financial Advisor Tess is self-employed and operates her own business. She is also a Commissioner of Oath for the Province of Manitoba).

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