December 17 issue

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December 17, 2011

Sendong mitipas IMBES SURIGAO, MAOY GIRUMBO ANG DAVAO ORIENTAL Sinulat ni JHO PANTOJA

IMBES ang lalawigan sa Surigao ang rumbo sa bagyong “Sendong,” mitipas kini ug maoy gipunting kagahapon sa hapon ang Davao Oriental, matud pa sa report sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

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Karong buntag, ang bagyong “Sendong” molagpak sa dakbayan sa Dipolog paingon sa Puerto Princesa sa Dominggo sa buntag.

Gilauman nga mobiya ang bagyong Sendong gawas sa Philippine Area of Responsibility karong Dominggo sa hapon, dugang pa sa Pagasa.

Ang bagyong “Sendong”

sigun sa pagbana-bana sa Pagasa dunay gikusgon nga ulan ug hangin nga 180 kilometros gikan sa sidlakan (east) ug habagatangsidlakan (southeast).

Maoy rumbo sa bagyo ang lungsod sa Hinatuan sa Surigao del Sur apan kagahapon sa buntag nausab ang dagan ug mipadulong ngadto sa kasadpan (west)

u g am i h ang - k a s a dp an (northwest).

Ang maong bagyo medyo mikusog og ang gikusgon sa hangin mikabat ngadto sa 75 kilometros matag oras (75kph) hangtud sa 90 kilometros matag oras (90kph) human mibundak ang ulan ug hangin kagahapon sa hapon sa Davao Oriental.

Karong adlawa sa buntag ang bagyong si “Sendong” mahidangat sa dakbayan sa Dipolog dunay gikusgon niini nga 100 kilometros (100km) gikan sa habagatang-kasadpan (southwest), ug sa pagka Dominggo mopadulong ngadto sa dakbayan sa Puerto Princesa nga dunay gikusgon nga hangin nga 190 kilometros

gikan sa kasadpan (west) ug mopagawas kini sa nasud sa Pilipinas sa pagka gabii sa Dominggo.

Ang mga dapit o lugar nga na-apektuhan sa maong bagyo sama sa signal No. 2 mao ang Southern Leyte, Bohol, Southern Cebu, Southern Negros, Siquijor Island, Surigao del Norte apil na niini ang Siargao Island, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat province, Agusan provinces, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Samal Island, Lanao provinces, Misamis provinces, Zamboanga provinces, North Cotabato, Compostela Valley, Bukidnon, Camiguin ug Maguindanao.

SENDONG/p.2

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Today’s Weather At 4:00 p.m. yesterday, Tropical Storm “SENDONG” was estimated based on satellite and surface data in the vicinity of Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur (8.2°N,126.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness up to 80 kph.

It is forecast to move West Northwest at 22 kph.

SOURCE : PAGASA

US mission in Irag ends THE US flag, Iraq flag, and the US Forces Iraq colors are seen before they are carried in during ceremonies marking the end of US military mission, December 15, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq.

The U.S. military has formally ended its mission FULL STORY ON PAGE 7

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TRIVIA p10 GAHI’G ULO O DILI LANG GYUD MABADLONG. Dugay na nga naghimo’g bag-ong terminal kining pipila ka drayber nga magbiyahian sa este nga bahin sa Misamis Oriental apan buta ang kadagkoan sa Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA). Dinhi sa dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro, daghan ang gihimong ilegal terminal sa mga badlungon nga drayber apan nagpadayon nga inutil ang RTA sa pagbungkag niini.

Hulagway kuha ni Rolando Sudaria

Walay pulos nga ABC resolusyon World’s Most Expensive Gloves

Punto-de Foto p4

Hoops! Please wait for your turn!

Sinulat ni SAMMY TE

MARAMAG, Bukidnon––Usa ka resolusyon sa Association of Barangay Council kun ABC ang gisang-at sa hawanan sa Sangguniang Bayan sa lungsod sa Maramag atol sa ilang regular session kaniadtong Disyembre 12, 2011.

Ang unod sa maong ABC resolution mao ang paghangyo sa ABC ngadto sa Provincial Hospital sa Maramag nga mahatagan og “PRIORITY” ang taga Maramag labi na ang 20 ka mga kabarangayan nga magpatambal sa BPH. Atol sa maong sesyon, gidapit sa SB ang Hospital Administrator Dr. Janet A. Mercadera aron ipadangat ngadto kaniya ang unod sa maong hangyo.

Giapadayag ni Mercadera nga dili mahimo ang paghatag og prayoridad sa 20 ka mga barangay sa maong lungsod tungod kay kini nga tambalanan iya sa lalawigan ug dili sa lungsod.

Dugang pa niya nga ang ilang pag-alagad alang sa RESOLUSYON/p.2

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SOMO GISUPAK SA NPA

5 Army patay, 2 ‘missing’ sa atake Sinulat ni ARJAY S. FELICILDA

BUTUAN City––Lima ka sundalo, namatay ug duha ‘missing’ sa dihang sila giatake sa mga ‘rebeldeng’ NPA sa Mabuhay, Tandag City, Surigao Sur kagahapon sa buntag.

Sa report nga nadawat sa MDB/BWM Caraga Bureau gikan sa 4th Infantry Division, PA, kagahapon sa hapon, ang namatay’ng mga sundalo pulos sakop sa Community Organizing for Peace and Development (COPD) team, Bravo Company, 36IB. Ang mga ngalan gi-

pugngan samtang pahibawon pa ang ilahang mga pamilya. Sila gihaya karon sa St. Peter Funeral Homes, Tandag City, samtang ang mga samaran gitambalan karon sa Surigao Sur Provincial Hospital.

Human sa pangatake, gidala sa mga ‘rebelde’ ang usa ka K3 squad automatic weapon, usa ka M203, upat ka M16 rifles, lima ka M14 rifles, usa ka Harris handheld radio ug usa ka Harris man-packed radio.

Samtang si P/Supt. Martin Gamba, info officer sa

Police Regional Office (PRO-13) miingon nga ang pangatake gihimo sa NPAs samtang ang mga sundalong biktima nagpahigayon og Community Organizing for Peace and Development (COPD).

Sa wala pa ang hitabo, sila temporaryong nagkwartel sa Mabuhay Barangay Hall.

Sakay sa usa ka Elf truck ang mga nangatakeng ‘rebelde’, nagkanayon si P/ Supt. Gamba.

Si Mabuhay Barangay Chair William Tello unang mireport sa Tandag Police

ATAKE/p.2

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2 KASIKAS Sendong gikan sa pahina 1 Samtang ang signal No. 1 mao ang Palawan lakip na niini ang Cuyo Island, Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Northern Leyte, Northern Cebu, Northern Negros, Iloilo, Capiz, Antique, Aklan, Guimaras province, Davao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani Province and Basilan.

Ang buhatan sa Pagasa nagpahimangno ngadto sa mga dapit o lugar nga naapektohan sa maong bagyo kinahanglan mabi-

Resolusyon gikan sa pahina 1 sa tanang katawhan sa Bukidnon nga kung makulang ang mga lawak, ilang ipahatud sa laing tambalanan human nila maeksamin ang mga

nantayon ilabina niadtong daplin sa mga suba ug dagat sanglit padayong masinati ang pag-ulan inubanan sa hangin nga dala ni bagyong “Sendong” sa Visayas ilabina sa Mindanao.

Samtang ang National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) nagpahibalo kahapon sa buntag nga kumpirmadong usa ka tawo ang patay ug mokabat sa 80 ka pamilya ang namalhin tungod sa makusog nga ulan ug hangin nga dala ni bagyong “Sendong” sa pipila ka lungsod didto sa Zamboanga del Norte. pasyente.

Maayo tingaling buhaton sa ABC mao ang paghangyo sa SB nga ipa RENOVATE sa lungsod ang daan nga idepisyo sa BPH aron magamit sa taga Maramag, aron mapuslan ang inyong RESOLUTION.

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December 17, 2011

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Fibeco malamboon Guwardya sa bangko Sinulat ni ROSEMARY ALLO-GENON

DAKO na kaayo ang kalamboan sa First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative Inc. (Fibeco) nga karon gidumala ni General Manager Renato S. Cortizano inabagan sa iyang makugihon nga mga sakop sa hunta deriktiba, ug sa mga matinud-anon nga kawani.

Kaniadto ang Fibeco kanunay sawayon sa mga konsumante tungod sa kanunay nga pag ka brown-out, hinay ang responde sa mga linemen, gamay nga ispasyo sa opisina, kulang ang mga sakyanan ug kumonikasyon apan karon lahi na tungod sa mga bag-ong sistima, kahimanan ug maayong pagdumala sa ilang mga managers sa matag Sub-Office.

Atol sa pamahayag sa ISD Manager Mr. Arman Cantoy, ang Fibeco nakadangat na sa mga suok nga dapit lakip na ang mga sitios sa mga dapit sa Lanao del Sur, utlanan sa Cotabato og Davao, adunay ATM alang sa mga konsumante nga magbayad sa ilang electric bills, computerized communication system, e-mail, cctv camera, audio visual bag-ong mga sakyanan, modernong buhatan, training center, mini gym, basketball og tennis court ug conference room.

Gawas sa laraw nga pagtukod sa Pulangi V Hydro Electric Power nga gipaningkamotan karon sa Fibeco og Buseco talagsa na lang ang masinating brownout sa tibuok Fibeco coverage area.

gipusil sa CSU member GENERAL Santos City -- Patay ang usa ka guwardya human nga gipusil sa miyembro sa Civil Security Unit (CSU) nga empleyado sa gobyerno gumikan sa sayop nga parking.

Sumala pa ni Police Inspector Ruben L ambago sa Pendatun PNP nga ang biktima nailhan sa pangalan nga si Cresencio Nicanor molupyo sa Asinan Buayan, ning dakbayan.

Sa inisyal nga imbestigasyon sa kapulisan namugos ang miyembro sa CSU nga si Joel Jonas ang anaa sa gahum sa alak o hubog nga gustong magparking sa dalan haduol sa usa ka bangko sa Pioneer Avenue ning dakbayan hinungdan nga gibadlong

kini sa biktimang security guard sa maong Bangko.

Apan sa pagtalikod sa gwardya gipusil na hinuon sa CSU sa likod nga bahin pero nakahimo pa kini diha sa pag-ilog sa armas ni Jonas.

Tungod sa igo sa bala ang likod nga bahin sa maong guwardiya gidala gilayon ngadto sa hospital apan nakabsan kini sa iyang kinabuhi, samtang ang miyembro sa CSU diha-diha nadakpan usab tungod kay gitabangan kini og kulata sa mga tawo ug kaubang guwardiya niini maoy hinungdan nagpabilin karon sa District Hospital ang maong suspitsado tungod sa bunog sa lawasw nga iyang natagam-taman.

Babayeng biktima sa chop-chop usa ka nitibo Sinulat ni JHO PANTOJA

DAVAO City—Hugtanong gibantayan karon sa mga kapolisan ang labayanan og basura diha sa New Carmen, Tugbok human nakit-an ang pipila ka parte sa lawas sa usa ka babaye nga gichopchop o giputol-putol niini.

Kahinumduman niadtong pasado alas-11:00 ang takna sa buntag kagahapong adlawa nalabay na sab sa usa ka dumptruck ang duha ka pa-a sa tawo nga babaye.

Sigun sa imbestigasyon

apan natingala nalang sila nga wala maka-uli ang biktima sukad niadtong Disyembre 10 ning tuiga.

Base sa gibutyag sa Driver sa Dumptruck nga duha ka tawo lalaki ang milabay sa garbage bag dunay sulod nga sako u gang iyang pagbana-bana sa pangidaron sa mga tawo dili mominos ngadto sa 50 hangtud 60 anyos ang

panu-igon, ang gitas-on mga 5’8 gamayon ug puti na ang buhok, samtang ang usa niini anaa sa 5’9 ang gitas-on, puti-on, itom ug buhok ug naka-yellow ang T-shirt.

Hangtud karong panahuna wala pa masuta sa ginsakpan sa kapolisan kon gilugos ba kini ang biktima sanglit wala pa makita ang iyang llawas niini.

Atake

sa NPA usa adlaw human gideklarar sa gobyerno sa Pilipinas ang ‘unilateral ceasefire’ o Suspension of Offensive Military Operation (SOMO).

Ang SOMO batok sa New People’s Army may gidugayong 18 ka adlaw sugod kagahapong adlawa, petsa-16 ning bulana, hangtud sa petsa-dos sa Enero 2012, pahayag ni Major Osias.

sa kapulisan, kumpirmadong giila sa iyang mga kabanay o paryente ang biktima nga usa ka bungol og amang mao si Telepid Upi-Manlatas usa ka nitibo og lumulopyo sa Barangay Dagohoy Talaingod, Davao del Norte.

Sumala pa sa kabanay sa biktima sila si Panlao Arulan ug Lorna Umalin niadtong Disyembre 2 nahidangat dinhi sa dakabayan sa Davao aron mamasko gikan sa pahina 1 Station nga lima ka mga sundalo ang nakalas sa nahisgotang pangatake.

Missing ang laing duha ka sundalo, samtang duha ka ‘rebelde’ nasamdan sa hitabo, sumala ni P/Supt.

Gamba.

Dugang ni Major Eugenio Julio Osias, 4ID spokesperson, ang atake gihimo

Ang Mindanao Daily Balita makita ug mabasa na pinaagi sa Internet

Nokia Galing sa pahina 5 na may slide feature. Gamitin ang keypad para sa paggawa ng documents o email at i-touch ang screen para mag-browse ng music o manavigate ang iyong phone.

Ang Nokia C2-03 ay mayroon ding Easy Swap feature tulad ng Nokia C200. I-personalize ang limang magkakaibang SIM card ayon sa iyong gusto. Bigyan ito ng sariling pangalan, ringtone at iba pa.

Higit pa sa magagandang features nitong mga Nokia dual SIM phone ay ang garantiya at after-sales support ng Nokia. Madali mong mapapahatid ang ano mang concern mo tungkol sa iyong mobile phone sa mga Nokia Care Center na matatagpuan sa buong Pilipinas.

Gawing mas masaya ang Pasko kasama ang Nokia! Ang Nokia C2-00 ay mabibili sa halagang P2,650, samantalang ang Nokia X1-01 ay P1,840.

Ang SRP ng Nokia 101 ay P1,490 at ang Nokia C2-03 ay P4,350.

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Suspect in Maguindanao massacre eludes arrest CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao––State forces on Thursday seized firearms and grenades from a village where a suspect in the Maguindanao massacre was believed to have been hiding.

Colonel Leopoldo Galon, speaking for the military in Eastern Min-

danao, said elements of Maguindanao police and 45th Infantry Battalion recovered assorted high powered firearms and ammunition in Barangay Manungkaling, Mamasapano, Maguindanao at about 2 p.m. while searching for one of the wanted persons linked to the bloody 2009

Maguindanao massacre.

Galon said the raiding team was to serve a warrant of arrest for a certain Mads Utto, a member of the defunct Maguindanao Civilian Volunteer Organization.

He said as the government forces were approaching the village, the suspect and lawless elements who

have been cuddling him fled to different directions, leaving behind a safe house.

After a thorough search, the raiding team recovered an M-16 Armalite rifle, four rifle grenades, a hand grenade and several ammunition for various caliber.

The recovered items are now in the custody of

Beware of fake P200 bills

By BEN CAL

BEWARE of counterfeit P200 bills being circulated by unscrupulous people taking advantage of the Christmas holiday rush.

Among the latest victims is a lotto outlet at the Eunilaine Supermarket near the corner of Visayas and Tandang Sora Avenues in Quezon City.

A lotto attendant showed to the Philippines News Agency a fake P200 bill which she said was used by a man who bought lotto tickets at the lotto betting station on Thursday.

Asked why the P200 bill is considered fake, the lotto attendant took the counterfeit money, then pressed it hard up-anddown on a pad of paper but it did not leave any dent of ink. A fake peso bill is smooth when touched with

the hand, but the genuine has some roughness on its surface.

To compare it with a genuine P200 bill, the lotto attendant did the same motion, and this time it left some ink imprints on the pad of paper, showing that it is not fake.

She said she only detected the fake P200 bill when she counted Thursday evening the lotto outlet’s sales for the day.

The lady lotto attendant asked the public to be extra careful of counterfeit peso bills, especially during the Christmas holiday.

Printing and circulating fake currency is tantamount to economic sabotage.

The characteristics of genuine new Philippine peso bills are the following: * Embossed bill wordings - The title of the bill

and the Republika ng Pilipinas phrase is lifted above the bill and is clearly distinguishable by feel; * Rough - New bills are threaded and are colored through a process known as “intalio printing.” This process takes a maximum of four days to finish, resulting to the rough feel of the new bills; * Vividly colored - Genuine bills are very vivid and has vibrant colors. It doesn’t look dull, light, or faded. Color contrast and hue are definite giveaways when spotting fake ones; * Fatter security threads - The holographic security threads are still there, but were made fatter for improved visibility. It also changes colors when vie wed f rom dif ferent angles; * Multiple watermarks Aside from the watermark

of the face of the bill, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has also added a watermark of a bill’s respective denomination, i.e., a P1,000 bill has watermarks in the bill itself. Just hold the bill against a light source to see these security features; * Inscriptions - The new Philippine peso bills have on the lower left hand corner on both faces inscriptions which look like a series of horizontal curves.

These inscriptions are a pre-hispanic script called Baybayin, which in the bill translates to Filipino. The bill, when placed against the light, will show these two inscriptions perfectly mirroring each other. * Optically variable inks - The ink used in selected parts of a genuine Philippine peso bill changes color when viewed in a different angle.

45th IB. Galon said the military and police intelligence operatives have been conducting surveillance operations on the target house and the people who come and go in the area.

The military at first thought the house was owned by a member of

the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, thus it took sometime for the law enforcers to serve the warrant against Utto.

Galon said the manhunt against Utto and other suspects in the Maguindanao carnage will continue. A report from the Philippine News Agency

Abducted Australian taken to Basilan: execs

By JUNG-JUNG CABATO, InterAksyon.com

ZAMBOANGA City––Military and police authorities have confirmed that the Australian who was abducted early this month is already in the province of Basilan, south of this city.

Colonel Ricardo Visaya, commander of the Army’s 104th Infantry Brigade base in Basilan province, said the hostage’s whereabouts was established through joint military and police intelligence operations.

Warren Richard Rodwell, 53, of Sydney, Australia, was abducted by gunmen last December 5 from his residence in Barangay Lower Pangi, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay province.

Visaya, however, did not disclosed the exact whereabouts of Rodwell except that the Australian was seized by the group of Barahama Alih who has ties with Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama.

Directorate for Integrated Police Operations (DIPO)-West chief Director Felicisimo Khu said there is no negotiations yet taking place.

Khu disclosed the kidnappers attempted to establish communication with Rodwell’s relatives but failed.

Alih, who was allegedly a member of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) before, heads a group of lawless elements in Zamboanga Sibugay, Khu said.

He said some of the followers of the slain rebel leader Abdulgani Abdusalam alias Waning have joined Alih’s group.

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KALAMBUAN

Editor: JOE DEL PEURTO FELICILDA

December 17, 2011

BALAANONG PULONG Dili kita mohunong pagyukbo sa Balaang Espiritu aron mahimo kitang tibook ug matuod nga tawo. Palihog basahan ang Roma 7:13-25.

Ipa-MDB

May panahon ba nga miatubang ka sa samin ug miingon dayon ka nga “gwapoha nako oy!” O miingon ka nga “nangunot na man ning akong nawong!

Pila na lang kaha ko katuig diri’s kalibutan ba?” Unsa may imong buhaton para mapuslan ka pa sa Ginoo?

(FR. BILLY VALLE, IFI MACABALAN, CAGAYAN

DE

ORO CITY)

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BY ROWJOE S. FELICILDA M ÃÊÙ® ½ C Ä Ù IÄ¥ÊÙà ã®ÊÄ PÙʹ ã

kidney nga magbinugtong, ok ba?

KUNG natangtang na ang usa ka kidney tungod sa cancer, ang nabiling kidney maka-perform pa sa trabaho sa duha ka kidney.

Apan kung ang nabiling kidney depektuso na o kaha ang duha ka kidney natangtang na, kinahanglan nga magpa-dialysis ang pasyente aron malimpiyuhan ang dugo.

Laing paagi mao ang kidney transplantation nga ipahigayon nganha sa mga pasyenteng angayan sa maong proseso.

Sa kidney transplantation, ang daut nga kidney

Punto-de-Foto ni Fil Deo

Katawatsi Ni KHRISTHA RIVA ARFENE

Asa ang Pag-ibig Lady 1 : Oh Pag-ibig, asa ka na ba? Guwangguwang na baya ko!

Lady 2 : Sakay lang Day! Naa ran a dool sa sa motorela or jeep, Ororama Cogon! espeyleng

pulihan og himsog nga kidney gikan sa donor.

(Gikan sa U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, www.cancer. gov. Gihubad ug gipakaylap sa RSF-MCIP, bigcalert@yahoo.com)

Hehehe…wrong espeyleng…bwahaha!!!

Dateline Caraga

Hinipos ni ARJAY S. FELICILDA, Caraga Bureau Chief

suspects sa rape, qualified theft ug grave threats dakpan STA. JOSEFA, Agusan Sur – Gisikop sa kapulisan sa Digos City si Mr. Alejandro Estrella Dela Cruz, 72 anyos nga taga-Brgy Tapaz ning lungsod sa Sta Josefa tungod sa kasong rape.

Ang pagsikop kaniya gimando ni Judge Dante Luz Viacrusis, kinsa wala morekomendar og piyansa.

Samtang sa GENERAL LUNA, Surigao Norte… gisikop sa grupo ni P/Sr. Insp. Rommel Cacayan si Mr. Beden Forcadilla nga taga-Brgy Dacu tungod sa kasong qualified theft. Si Judge

Victor Canoy mirekomendar sa piyansang P12 mil.

Sa SAN ISIDRO, Surigao Norte… gisikop sa kapulisan si Mr. Reneboy Zaragoza nga taga-Brgy. Dacu, General Luna, Surigao Norte tungod sa kasong grave threats. Ang warrant of arrest batok kaniya gi-isyu ni Judge Ignacio Macarine, kinsa mirekomendar sa piyansang P12 mil. (SPO1 Arturo S Campania, PRO-13 Info Office/arjay s felicilda)

Regional Director Abner M. Caga, PIA 13

SMS PIA CARAGA

Makahilo ang ubang dulaan

Hoops! Please wait for your turn!

USAHAY, tungod sa ‘so much excitement’, dili kita makahulat sa atong turno.

Sama sa gihulagway sa itaas diin ang duha o tulo ka konsehal sa dakbayan, nakigdun-

gan kang Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas pagtunol sa ilahang mga kamot ngadto sa usa ka benepisyaryo sa Handog Titulo Program sa Lapasan Slum Development Area,

kagahapong adlawa.

Hehehe… katawanan, apan dili usahay kalikayan, Bai! (hulagway kuha ni Ms. Cheryl C. Moncay, OIC-CIO/sinulat ni Fil Deo)

MAY mga dulaang makahilo, sumala sa DOHCHD Caraga. Gisugyot sa maong ahensiya nga sa pagpalit og mga dulaan, kinahanglang sutaon ang packaging ug tan-awon ang license-tooperate number; ngalan ug address sa licensee; rekomendadong edad sa bata; ug warning signs.

Samtang gipahigayon kagahapong adlawa ang Tandag City ang SSS Pensioners Day. Matud ni Ms. Josephine Corvera sa SSS, ang mga tumatambong naggikan sa Cortes, Tago

Date/Time Dec 17/9am Dec 17-18

Dec 17/6m

Event COPC Christmas Party at RC Alubijid Parish c/o Mons. Elmer Abacahin Campus Journalism Enhancement Training at Kisolon Elem Sch, sponsored by DepEd Division of Bukidnon BWM/MDB Christmas Party at editorial office

KUKANG

(Kinsa Unsa Kanus-a Asa Ngano Gi-unsa)

Daghan ang ‘communication skills’ trainers Gi-research ni JANJAN S. FELICILDA

ADUNAY ‘communication skills’ trainers sa lainlaing mga dapit.

Gawas sa pagpasiugda og trainings, ilang suhiron ang mga rason nganong ang ubang mga tawo dili makacommunicate sa epektibong paagi.

Ang maong mga problema ilang dalhon ngadto sa atensiyon sa mga amo o management ug mosugyot nga i-design ang mga programa nga haum sa panginahanglan sa mga empliyado.

Sama pananglitan sa ‘time management’ nga sagad maoy hinungdan sa

‘stress and frustration’ sa mga empliyado ug sagabal sa himsog nga komunikasyon diha sa trabahoan.

Pinaagi sa ‘communication skills workshop’, mogaan ang problema sa mga amo diha sa pagdumala sa ilahang mga empliyado.

(Gi-research ni Janjan S. Felicilda)

ug Tandag.

Sa laing bahin, nanghatag ang DAR og Certificate of Land Ownership Awards (CLOA) alang sa 95 ektaryas nga luna sa Dinagat Island.

Sa 94 ka benepisyaryos, 36 gikan sa Cagdianao, 29 sa San Jose ug 29 sa Dinagat. Sila si Provincial Admin Ben Glen Ecleo, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Jamil Amatonding Jr. ug Dinagat Vice Mayor Lilibeth Edradan maoy nangulo sa seremonyas.

‘Bangga sa Daygon’ karong adlawa na PA SI - U G DA HA N s a Cagayan de Oro City Tou r i s m O f f i c e ang ‘Bangga sa Daygon’ karong adlawa diha sa SM City Mall dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro. Kini salmotan sa glee clubs ug choral groups sa pribado ug publikong mga tunghaang elementarya sa dakbayan.

Ang mga ganti, P25 mil (first), P20 mil (2nd) ug P15 mil (third). (CIO/PIA-10/jdelpf)

Lantaw MindaNOW Nestle nanghatag og mga libro

NESTLE Philipp i n e s nanghatag og mga libro ngadto sa mga tinun-an sa Teresita Elementar y School, South Cotabato.

Atol sa turn-over ceremonies, usa sa mga tinun-an Nasayod Ka Ba nga ang Misamis Ocang namulong ug nagpasalamat sa maong pinaskohang cidental Economic Research Center sa mga libro nga ilang nadawat.

Barangay Pines, Oroquieta City nagasilbi Matud niya nga ang mga libro mahinungdanon karon nga dapit sa paniksik ug pagbansay kaayong kontribusyon sa Nestle tumong sa ilahang sa mga mag-uuma mahitungod sa mga gitinguhang kahibalo.

Kasagaran kanila, mga anak sa mga mag-uuma. produkto sa tubig? (GI-RESEARCH NI JHON (Danny Escabarte, comm officer, PBSP-MRO/ jdelpf) JERIC F. NACASABOG)

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December 17, 2011

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Nokia Dual-SIM ang gusto ko ngayong Pasko MARAMI ka bang bibigyan ng regalo ngayong Pasko?

O kaya, gusto mo ng bagong cellphone na high-tech pero pasok sa budget mo?

Mula sa Nokia, isang magandang ideya panregalo ang mga dual-SIM phone na may modernong disenyo at puno ng practical feature na makakatulong para lagi kang konektado. Ito rin ay mayroong dual-SIM standby capability kaya maari mong magamit nang sabay ang dalawang magkaibang mobile phone account sa iisang device. Piliin mo lamang ang SIM na kailangan mong gamitin kapag ika’y tatawag o magpapadala ng message.

Kung marami kang kaibigan sa iba’t ibang mobile network operator, magugustuhan mo ang Nokia C2-00.

Gamit ang makabagong Easy Swap, maari kang magpalit ng SIM card nang hindi kinakailangang patayin ang iyong phone. Buksan lamang ang SIM card slot sa gilid ng phone at ilagay ang ipapalit na SIM card. Ito rin ay nakakaalala ng hanggang 5 SIM card settings na maari mong i-personalize.

Ang Nokia C2-00 ay nagbibigay rin nang mabilis na internet access sa iyong personal e-mails. Mayroon din itong built-in camera at media support na hanggang

32 GB. Para naman sa mahilig mag soundtrip, siguradong patok sa iyo ang Nokia X101, isang napaka-stylish na dual SIM phone na may MP3 Player at malakas na battery para sa mas matagal na tutugan at usapan.

Madali mong mapatutugtog ang mga paborito mong kanta sa iyong phone gamit ang Mp3 music player dedicated keys. Maaari mo ring ayusin ang playlist ayon sa iyong gusto at i-play ito nang malakas gamit ang loudspeaker ng iyong Nokia X1-01. Ang battery nito ay kayang tumagal hanggang 36 na oras para sa mas ma-

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

habang usapan at pakikinig sa music.

Kung ang hanap mo ay simple at walang hassle na komunikasyon, subukan mo ang Nokia 101. Mas maraming kwentuhan at masayang pakikinig sa music ang hatid ng dual SIM phone na ito.

Magtext at tumawag sa iyong mga kaibigan at kamag-anak gamit itong classic Nokia phone o ikabit ang Nokia Speaker MD-11 sa iyong Nokia 101 para sa isang kakaibang entertainment.

Tiyak na pasok sa style ng mga fashionista ang Nokia C2-03, isang Touch and Type dual SIM phone na NOKIA/p.2

Nokia C2-03

Nokia X1-01

Nokia 101

Nokia C2-00

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OPINYON

December 17, 2011

Editor: RUEL PELONE

Ang ‘somo’ ni P-Noy NAGDEKLARA og 18 ka adlaw nga suspensiyon sa military operation si Presidente Benigno Aquino III batok sa mga rebeldeng sakop sa New People’s Army (NPA).

Ang maong “suspension of military operation” kon (Somo) magsugod sa Disyembre 16 ug molungtad ngadto sa Enero 2, 2012.

Naandan na kini sa gobyerno nga mohatag gayud og “tigil-putukan” inig abot sa kapaskohan.

Pagkanindot paminawon nga ang duha ka panig dili magka-engkwentro sulod sa 18 ka adlaw.

Apan mas nindot gyud kung ang gobyerno ug ang NPA magka-uyon nga dili na magka-engkwentro handtod sa hangtod––ug kini makab-ot lamang pinaagi sa pagsabot sabot.

A n g N PA a d u n a y kaugalingon nga prinsipyo nga gibarugan ug si Presidente Aquino naglaum nga iyang mabag-o ang katilingban pinaagi sa iyang kanunay nga gihangyo sa tanan––ug kini, nga ato kuno siyang ubanan sa iyang

EDITORIAL kampanya diha sa “tuwid na daan.”

Pagka nindot tingali paminawon nga wala nay gyera nga mahitabo tali sa NPA ug gobyerno––ug dili lang NPA kon dili apil ang grupo sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), ug uban pang grupo.

Ang gyera walay mahatag nga maayo kanato kon dili problema––ug kapungot.

Sa gyera dili gayud kalikayan nga adunay “Casualties of War” ug kanunay ang biktima kadtong mga inosenteng sibilyan.

Puwede man diay nga dili magka-engkwentro, nganong dili man kini ipadayon bisan ug dili Pasko.

Imbes nga gyerahon, nganong dili na man estoryahan kung unsay angay nga himoon aron magkahiusa ang gobyerno ug mga rebelde, ma NPA man o MILF o ni bisan kinsang grupo. Damgo sa tanan ang kalinaw, kanus-a kaha kini nato maangkon.

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Cleaning other people’s house THINK a minute.

A man walked into a crowded store in a small town.

It was noisy and full of people. Everybody was talking and going about their own business when suddenly a woman yelled out loudly to a man: “Hey two-timer!

Did your wife finally forgive you?” That store which was loud and noisy suddenly became amazingly quiet. Why? Because a nice, juicy bit of gossip was just thrown out and nobody wanted to miss it!

Someone said that when we gossip about others it’s like forcing our way into someone else’s house to clean it for them.

We do it not because we’re being kind and helpful, but so we can make

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst them look bad and show everybody else how dirty that person’s life is.

The worse we make them look, the better we think we will look in comparison.

But it’s usually the opposite.

People usually know how good you are by what you say about others, not by what others say about you.

Do you remember the rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?”

It’s not true! Many people have been hurt far more by criticism and gossip than by sticks and stones.

Even if it is true that a teenager got into trouble, or that man committed adultery, or that person said something very wrong, they may have learned from their mistake and changed already.

But our cruel, unkind gossip about them is wrong and evil, and something we ourselves need to start changing today!

The only person’s life you have the right and responsibility to correct is your own. That other person’s life is their own problem.

It is not your job or right

Ang bag-ong binuhat SA miaging semana, naghisgot kita mahitungod kang Jesus ug sa Iyang dala nga pinaka-importanteng gasa karong Pasko nga mao ang kaluwasan.

Sa mga mibasa ug mitubag sa akong pag aghat sa pagdawat kang Jesus isip Dios ug personal nga manluluwas, mao kini ang giingon ni Apostol Pablo sa 2 Corinto 5:17, “Busa kung ang tawo anaa kang Cristo, siya bag-o nang binuhat; ang daang mga butang nangagi na, tan-awa, ang bag-ong mga butang nahiabut na.”

Sa unsang paagi mabag-o ang usa ka tawo sa dihang siya mahiusa na kang Kristo? Pinaagi kini sa dakong grasya sa Dios kanila nga midawat sa Iyang anak nga si Jesus.

Dili kita angayan tungod kay kitang tanan makasasala man, apan tuburan man sa gugma nga walay sukod ang Dios, busa gibuhat Niya kini.

Una sa tanan, sa atong pagkumpisal nga pinaagi sa

Iyang pagpalansang sa krus gihimo kita Niyang mga balaan, ang Hebrews 10:14 miingon, “Kay pinaagi sa usa lamang ka paghalad iyang gihingpit alang sa tanang kapanahonan sila nga mga gipanagbalaan”.

Buot ipasabot nga gihimo kitang balaan sa mga mata sa Dios pinaagi sa atong pakigrelasyon ug pagtoo kang Hesus.

Aduna ba kitay gihimong lihok aron kita mahimong balaan? Wala, kun dili pagtoo lamang. Dakong butang para sa Dios kung kita adunay dako nga pagtoo Kaniya ug sa Iyang Anak.

Ikaduha mao nga gihimo kita Niyang pinasaylo, Roman 4:7 “Malipayon sila kansang mga kalapasan gipasaylo na, ug kansang mga kasal-anan napapas na. “ Ang daan, karon ug ang umaabot pa natong mga kalapasan, Iya nang gipasaylo. Apan dili buot ipasabot nga tungod kay kita Iya nang gibalaan ug gipasaylo, gawasnon na kita sa pagbuhat sa bisan unsa

natong gustong buhaton apil ang pagbuhat sa sala.

Tinuod nga nahimo na kitang gawasnon diha ni Kristo, pero ang buot ipasabot sa pulong gawasnon diha ni Kristo mao nga libre na kita gikan sa pagka- ulipon sa sala ug pagka-ulipon sa hari sa sala nga mao ang yawa.

Gawasnon na usab kita gikan sa balatian. Pinagi sa nahiaguman nga mga labod ni Jesus, naayo kita sa tanan natong balatian.

Isaiah 53:5 “Apan siya ginasamaran tungod sa atong kalapasan, siya napangos tungod sa atong mga kasal-anan; ang silot sa atong pakigdait diha sa ibabaw niya; ug tungod sa iyang mga labod kita nangaayo. Walay si bisan unsang balatian ang dili maayo ni Jesus.

Usa ka saad sa dihang gidawat nato si Jesus sa atong kinabuhi mao nga nahimo kitang mga adunahan.

2Corinto 8:9 “Kay kamo nasayud na sa grasya sa atong Ginoong Jesu-Cristo,

to talk about it to others.

Remember, “What goes around comes around.” So the same bad things we told about others might also happen to us! Then, guess who people will be gossiping about? You. So if you’ve been hanging around with people who gossip and criticize others, you can decide right now to stop. If you will just ask Jesus Christ to forgive you, He will. Then Jesus will give you His powerful love for others, so instead of hurting them you will want to help them.

You’ll even defend and stand up for them when others talk badly about them.

Then, someone just might do the same for you when the gossipers are talking badly about you.

Just Think a Minute.

Ang bag-ong tawo

ALEX A. PODADOR nga bisan tuod siya dato, siya nahimong kabus alang kaninyo aron nga pinaagi sa iyang kakabus kamo mahimong dato.”

Dili man kita mahimong adunahan sa salapi, apan mamahimo kitang adunahan sa mga espirituwal nga butang.

Unsa man ang atong buhaton aron matagamtaman nato kining mga saad sa Ginoo sa atong kinabuhi? Magkinabuhi kita nga matarong sa kanunay inubanan sa hingpit nga pagtoo nga kining tanan mahitabo gayud sa tanang mga anak na sa Ginoo nga karon nahimo nang Iyang mga hinigugma.

Let’s not get used to sin!

WITH the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary on December 8, we are given another reminder of a basic truth about ourselves that has been all but forgotten.

Our Lady, given to us by Christ himself to be our own Mother and our most powerful intercessor, reminds us of who we really are and how we are supposed to be.

Like her, we are supposed to be sinless, though for us that can only happen when we finally arrive at our ultimate destination of heaven.

Just the same, we have to understand that at the beginning, we were supposed to be sinless. The same also at the end of time.

Thus, in the Eucharistic preface of the feast’s Mass, we read the following about

our Lady who is the perfect model for us: “Full of grace, she was to be a worthy mother of your Son, your sign of favor to the Church at its beginning, and the promise of its perfection as the bride of Christ, radiant in beauty.

“Purest of virgins, she was to bring forth your Son, the innocent lamb who takes away our sins. You chose her from all women to be our advocate with you and our pattern of holiness.”

These beautiful words, so meaningful to us, should have no other effect than to make us develop a great love and devotion to our Lady, our Mother. They should strongly prompt us that she does nothing other than to give Jesus to us, Jesus who is everything to us.

They should also prod

us to do everything to fight against sin. Nowadays, there are many pieces of evidence pointing to people getting used to sin, such that sin has become normal or that the sense of sin is waning.

Many people are falling into vices and other bad habits, worsened by the fact that these can now be easily hidden and rationalized. The tricky part is that many of these temptations and occasions of sin can also be moments of good possibilities. It now really depends on the integrity of the person to choose which path to take.

But what I see is that in many people there is practically no more fear of God nor of sin. They, even the young ones, seem to have become emptied of conscience. Their sense

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of right and wrong, good and evil, just follows any way the wind blows—it’s so arbitrary!

Many seem to be losing the sense of meaning and purpose in life. They swing from boredom to reckless adventures and idle gimmicks just to fill up their time.

The Internet is infested with porn. I just learned that many people carry with them downloaded porn in CIMAGALA/p.9

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December 17, 2011

COMMENTARIES Editor: ALLAN MEDIANTE

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Of angry birds and talking birds?

THEY TOUCHED OUR LIVES

By DR. TAVY QUIJADA, Los Angeles, California I DON’T know diddlysquat about birds. My only personal encounter of the avian kind was as a young boy growing up in Cebu where I sent quite a few feathered friends to bird heaven with a deadly shots from my “tirador” (slingshot), the kind crafted and hewn from solid bayabas wood (wood from Guava tree) and carved with a distinctive trademark handle, the nature of which is better left unmentioned.

Bagging a bird with a slingshot was a boy’s first thought for the day. “The kill”, as it was known, was a badge of honor.

Call it the Davidic syndrome.

It’s one of the things in my littered past I’m ashamed to admit now.

Well, things have come full circle since my boyhood days.

And wouldn’t you know it?

A little black bird taught me a very valuable lesson while in San Fernando, Pampanga recently on a medical mission. The “avian education” happened serendipitously, at the moment when I least expected it.

It was a beautiful evening in San Fernando. We were all lining up at the buffet table for a sumptuous Valentine’s meal given by the Cucueco family.

The conversation was polite among the dinner guests when it was rudely interrupted by a voice saying “kalbo ka, kalbo ka.”

I did not see Felcar Morada, the only person in the group whose head is as bald as a bowling ball, but his face must have turned embarrassingly red as the bowl of “macopa” on the dinner table.

We all dismissed it as a playful joke when moments later the same voice was at it again, this time bolder and ruder saying “pangit ka, pangit ka.” It was then that we were told that the culprit was none other than the Cucueco’s pet Maynah bird. I was stunned but at the same time greatly amused.

I had always thought that

only parrots could talk. I didn’t even know that there was such a thing as a Maynah bird. I was equally amazed that these feathered creatures could even talk. And it had a human voice!

A quick internet search informed me that many species of animals and birds could “talk”.

But bird “talk” I also learned, is not really talking in the human sense of understanding semantics and grammar.

Animals and birds which “talk” are really only imitating the sound of the human speech without necessarily possessing an understanding of what they may be mimicking. They hear something, associate it with an object, and repeat the sound nonsensically.

The word “parroting” means just that: repeating something meaninglessly, without having any idea or understanding what one is repeating. “Talking birds” may mimic and repeat any sound such as the sound of the doorbell or the ringing of the telephone. The sounds don’t make any sense at all and could, in fact, be really annoying to the bird owner.

The incident was soon forgotten and I left for Cebu to give my wife a tour of my old stumping ground. I wanted her to savor Cebu’s very rich history: Magellan’s Cross – erected

by Ferdinand Magellan himself in 1521; the original statue of the Sto. Nino presented by Magellan to King Humabon and Queen Juana of the Kingdom of Sugbu (now Cebu) on the occasion of their baptism into the Catholic Church and is now permanently enshrined at the Basilica de Sto. Nino.

The shrine, built in 1545, is the oldest church in the Philippines and is a stone’s throw from Magellan’s Cross.

As soon as we got off the car, my wife and I were immediately mobbed by a throng of diminutive, deeply sunburned Cebuanas, their infectious smiles complementing their

officially sanctioned, bright yellow T-shirts and reddish skirts. The handful of reddish –purple votive candles they were hawking for 10 pesos each completed the garish clash of colors.

But hey, this is Cebu! A lady from Labangon begged me through missing teeth to buy at least one candle, promising to offer a long “pangadye” (prayer) for my family. I melted under the scorching heat of her pleas and ended up buying six red ones.

Her prayer was long and in beautiful, pure, sweet Cebuano accompanied by the requisite hand gesture and swaying of the body and ending with the Lord’s Prayer as “pakapin” (bonus). It was worth more than the 60 pesos I shelled out, she assured me.

Miss Labangon then took us to a special area for the “dagkot”, the ceremonial lighting of the candles. It was also a place where the melted paraffin was recycled and voila! Votive candles again.

Cebu was its usual hot and humid that day and the inner sanctum of the Augustinian church built by Father Urdaneta was a welcome relief.

My wife and I sat about eight pews from the front just a few feet from the black Jesus.

The decision was easy. It was where the cooling fans were.

This Catholic Mecca in the heart of Cebu receives more than a thousand pilgrims a day from all over the world.

As I sat on overused and aging wood, one moment gazing at the centuries-old frescoes on the vaulted ceiling and the next moment ogling young devotees making the sign of the cross and mumbling the same rote prayer over and over again, the soaring cathedral of my imagination began to replay the events of the day and of the week.

In a flash, my mind’s eye saw two identical images in juxtaposition to each other.

On one frame I saw the fresh image of the petite Miss Labangon clad in her yellow T-shirt

and clasping reddish-purple votive candles with her dark brown, almost black, sweaty skin shimmering in the sun and offering her prayer. Next to her on another frame was the image of the Cucueco family’s diminutive, pet Maynah bird.

Yes, the Maynah bird!

With its shimmering, rich, black plumage, exposed naked yellow skin and its reddishpurple beak shaped like a votive candle melting in the sun. Could they be doing the same thing, perfectly imitating, mimicking and repeating human words meaninglessly and without any idea or sense of understanding what those words really meant?

I couldn’t believe I was actually seeing this. Miss Labangon next to the Maynah bird, in perfectly identical colors!

Was she just another talking Maynah except that hers was in the form of a sweet sounding prayer? Which one was more insulting? What about the long line of votaries paying homage to the Sto. Nino?

I’m not passing any judgment on any one (I’m not qualified to do that) but I sometimes wonder. I noticed that while Miss Labangon was saying her prayer for me she was already on the lookout for her next 60 pesos.

I don’t know when it happened but I soon found myself turning inwardly. I began reflecting on my own way of praying. What I am really doing when I pray? Am I really just mouthing off, praying senselessly and meaninglessly repeating words over and over again in a mechanical, robotic way without giving them any thought? Do I sound like a Maynah bird to God? Have I become just an annoyance to Him? You know, the scientific name of the Common Hill Maynah bird is “gracula religiosa.” I’m not making that up.

That’s an interesting scientific name for a bird. Is there such a thing as a religious talking bird?

Might they be found in houses of prayer? What about you? Are you a gracula religiosa? Just asking.

SPECIAL TREATMENT

Who says everybody is equal under the law? While the poor die of diseases in cramped, unsanitary jails, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wallows in the luxurious St. Luke’s Hospital.

By Flon Faurillo of Bulatlat.com

US ends military mission in Iraq THE US flag, Iraq flag, and the US Forces Iraq colors are seen before they are carried in during ceremonies marking the end of US military mission, December 15, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq.

The U.S. military has formally ended its mission in Iraq. At a ceremony in Baghdad, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta watched as American troops lowered their command’s flag, marking an end to the nearly nine-year war that drove out Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein.

It was a solemn, low-key ceremony outside a terminal at Baghdad’s airport in a fortified area surrounded by concrete barriers.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew in briefly for the ceremony, which was held in front of scores of U.S. troops and foreign media. There was a seat reserved for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But he did not attend.

Soldiers took the flag representing the U.S. military command in Iraq, rolled it around the staff, and slipped into a camouflage cloth case. The gesture marked the symbolic end of Operation New Dawn and the war that lasted nearly nine years, killed more than 4,000 Americans along with tens of thousands of Iraqis, and unleashed sectarian violence in the country.

Panetta called’s Thursday’s ceremony a historic occasion. “To be sure, the cost was high, in blood and treasure for the United States and for the Iraqi people.

Those lives were not lost in vain,” he said. “They gave birth to an independent, free and sovereign Iraq.”

What U.S. forces leave behind is a stability that is fragile at best. Violence has diminished in the past few years, but continues to flare, with attacks carried out by insurgents, some of them operating with Iranian support.

Some U.S. officials had wanted to keep several MISSION/p.9

Groups: ‘Corona impeachment, part of struggle to hold Arroyo liable’

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and RONALYN V. OLEA of Bulatlat.com

PROGRESSIVE groups have expressed support for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona, saying “it is part of the struggle to hold former President Gloria MacapagalArroyo liable for her crimes against the people.”

Nathaniel Santiago, secretary general of Bayan Muna, said the SC, under the leadership of Corona, gave Mrs. Arroyo an opportunity to escape prosecution when it issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s watch list order against the former president and her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo.

In the impeachment complaint signed by 188 lawmakers at the House of Representatives, this was

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cited as “the biggest and most sensational charge against Corona. “The SC under Corona immediately acted upon the Macapagal-Arroyo’s petition and granted the TRO despite the fact that there are clear inconsistencies in the petition,” they said in the im-

peachment complaint.”

Althoug h par ty-list representatives of Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela Women’s Party, Kabataan Party-List and ACT Teachers Party-List signed the impeachment against Corona, they also warned against the creation of an “Aquino court.”

According to the impeachment complaint, 78 percent of Corona’s decision favored Arroyo.

Corona served Arroyo as her chief of staff, spokesman when she was vice president, presidential chief-of-staff, presidential spokesman, and acting executive secretary.

“We need to hold him accountable for the long list of anti-people rulings he supported to favor his patron Macapagal-Arroyo…

But with this move we hope that the next Chief Justice would be truly independent and decide cases for the genuine interest of the people. We do not want an Arroyo court to be replaced by an Aquino court,” Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said.

Kabataan’s Raymond Palatino, in the meantime, said that “while the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona should be supported on the basis of his blind loyalty to former President Arroyo despite her crimes against the people, I stress the necessity to exercise vigilance against moves to establish as replacement an Aquino court.”

Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus said her group supported the impeachment

“

We need to hold him accountable for the long list of anti-people rulings he supported to favor his patron Macapagal-Arroyo… But with this move we hope that the next Chief Justice would be truly independent and decide cases for the genuine interest of the people. We do not want an Arroyo court to be replaced by an Aquino court.”

-Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño

move on behalf of the marginalized sectors that the Corona-led Supreme Court unjustly ruled against.

She cited the SC’s flipflopping on the case of Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (Fasap). “The stewardesses who came to our office proved gender-discrimina-

tory practices and decisions of PAL [Philippine Airlines] management,” De Jesus said.

The lawmakers who impeached Corona said the SC reversed its decision favoring the employees after receiving a letter from PAL counsel Estelito Mendoza.

Santiago pointed out LIABLE/p.9

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ang iyahang bugtong anak sa kanhi ug namatay niyang asawa, giuban kanamo sa pagtipon dinhi sa CDO. Gipadayon pa gihapon ni Rex ang among business didto sa Iligan ug ngadto nganhi lang siya sa mga lakaw niini. Ang among halapad nga fishpond sa CDO, misamot na kini nga malambuon.

Mao kini ang kasaysayan sa akong gugma ug kinabuhi Kuya Sonny nga hangtod karon dili gayud nako hikalimtan kung asa ako gikan. Samtang ang akong mama ug ang akong manghud, gikuha nako didto sa Visayas ug ania na tipon uban kanamo ni Rex. Daghan salamat Kuya sa imong pagtagik sa mga anib sa sugilanon sa akong kinabuhi.

More power to MDB.

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Kuya sonny magpa- tambag ko about sa akong gugma... wala ko makasabot sa akong gibati kung makita nako ang usa ka nurse nga babaye, 23 anyos kinsa suki sa restaurant nga akong gialagaran isip usa ako ka waiter diri sa among syudad. Pero dili ko makasulti sa akong gibati kay taas baya siyag estado

Maayong adlaw kanimo Mr. Speechless. Kung namatikdan nimo nga siya adunay gusto usab diha kanimo, lig-ona ang imong kaugalingon ug pagbaton sa kaisog sa pagpadayag sa imong gibating gugma ngadto sa maong nurse. Kay adunay babaye nga kung dili makuha sa kausa nga eksplekar, mamahimong kaduha o katulo oben pataas pa ayha mosugot. Ang gugma walay gipili, depende kana kung nagustohan ka ug sa imong diskarte.

AQUARIUS (Enero 20-Pebrero 18) Ang kalamboan ug kaharuhay nga imong gidamgo nagdepende sa imong kinaugalingon nga paningkamot busa ayaw pagsalig sa ubang tawo.

PISCES (Pebrero 19-Marso 20) Hatagi’g panahon ang pagtabang sa ubang tawo nga nanginahanglan kay kini makahatag kanimo’g katagbawan. Kung ang pagtabang ug paghatag og tambag ang estoryahan ikaw adunay katakus busa ayaw ipaubos ang imong kaugalingon.

ARIES (Marso 21-Abril 19) Kung adunay imong gustong tuki-on nga mga sensitibo nga mga hisgutanan angyan nga i-tayming mo kini ug angayan nga planohon pag-ayo ang imong isulti nga medyo dili maayo aron malikayan ang problema.

TAURUS (Marso 21-Abril 19) Ayaw pasagdi nga ang ubang tawo maoy mag-dominar sa dagan sa imong kinabuhi kay kung pasagdan mo sila basin magmahay ka lang.

GEMINI (Abril 20-Mayo 20) Angay mong hinumduman nga diha sa imong pag-inusara aoy labing maayong higayun nga magplano ka sa imong mga angay buhaton.

CANCER (Hunyo 21-Hulyo 22 Ang mga tinood nga higala dako og matabang sa imong pagkatawo apan hinumdumi nga dili dali pangitaon ang tinood nga higala.

LEO (Hulyo 23-Agosto 22) Adunay mga tawo nga andam nga motabang kanimo sa mga problema o kumplikadong sitwasyon nga miabot sa imong kinabuhi.

VIRGO (Agosto 23-Septiyembre 22) Dili maayo nga magdali dali sa imong mga gimbuhaton aron wala kay malimtan ug mapasagdan.

LIBRA (Septiyembre 23-Oktobre 22) Dili nimo malipay ang tanan busa kung unsa man ang mga desisyon nga imong buhaton, buhata kana kung sa imong tan-aw maayo kini sa kadaghanan.

SCORPIO (Oktobre 23-Nobiyembre 21) Ayaw og dugay dugaya ang mga gimbuhaton nga angay mong humanon. Kung imong dugay-dugayon pagtrabaho ang usa ka gimbuhaton mas dugay mo na hinoon kining mahuman.

SAGITTARIUS (Disyembre 22-Enero 19) Walay makababag kanimo diha sa pagkab-ot sa imong mga tinguha ug damgo sa kinabuhi busa pagkugi ug lihuk samtang aduna ka pay higayon.

CAPRICORN (Disyembre 22-Enero 19) Angay nimong huna-hunaon nga dili tanang butang imong mabuhat busa buhata ang butang nga imong kayang buhaton. Hatagi usab og kahigayunan nga mahatagan mo ang imong kaugalingon nga maka-relaks.

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USA ka adlaw niana, nakadawat ako’g makapahikurat nga balita nga ang misis ni Rex, na-aksidente kini sa iyang gimaniho-an’g kotse nga nabangga ngadto sa dakong sakyanan. Patay dihadiha ang iyang asawa atol gayud sa maong panghitabo.

Bisan pa man sa akong sistwasyon nga usa lamang ako ka kirida ug mortal nga kaaway ni misis, nakatulo ang akong mga luha sa gidangatan niya.

Dili usab masabot ang gibating kabalaka ni Rex uban sa pagdangungoy bunga sa pagkamatay sa iyang kapikas sa kinabuhi.

Ilang gipahilona ang patayng lawas niini ngadto sa katapusang pahulayanan.

Human sa ika-kwarenta ka

adlaw, mibalik si Rex dinhi sa dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro. Akong nakita Kuya Sonny ang panagway niya nga naghambin pa kini gihapon sa kaguol bunga sa pagtaliwan sa iyang asawa.

Ako kini siyang gialam-alaman nga ingon niana gayud ang matag gapnod sa kinabuhi… adunay kalipay ug adunay kasakit usab.

Nangligid pa ang dugang

panahon niadto, hangtod ako na ang gi-isip ni Rex nga maoy iyang asawa ilabi na kay aduna siyay anak kanako kinsa nagkinahanglan usab sa iyang pagamuma. Nagpakasal kami sa Huwes didto sa dakbayan sa Iligan isip garden wedding diin ang reception niini gipahigayon sa usa ka beach resort.

Karon, duha na kabuok ang among mga anak ni Rex. Samtang

Imong magtatampo, Estifany

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By the way, ako tuod si Rene, 19 years old, estudyante ug nagpuyo diri sa Cagayan de Oro. Sa dihang nag TEXT2X na mi, naila nako siya nga mao

si Chaichai, 18 years old ug estudyante sa inilang unibersidad ning dakbayan.

After 2 weeks, nagkarelasyon gayud kami ug nag EYEBALL2X dayon mi diha sa night café sa Divisoria.

Human sa among dinner, nagbiyobiyo dayon mi sa night café dala window shopping. Gikapoy naman mi sa biniyo, mibalik mi sa among gikan-an ug nagshot-shot mi

sa ilimnon nga makahubog.

Hangtod nga didto gayud kami nagbiyo-biyo na usab sa may motel ug nakasaka gayud kami niini.

Nasunsa ba nga nakalimot man ming duha ug nagkahinakanay gayud sa romantikong kalipay dala ULBO2X. Naka-undang gayud si Chaichai sa iyang pag-eskwela tungod kay mibunga

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Samtang ako nagpadayon pa sa akong pagtuon. Karon four months old na ang iyang tiyan ug nagpaabot na lamang kami sa among kasal human sa iyang pagpanganak. Thanks Kuya.

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000 DAMGO:Gud day kuya Sonny, nagdamgo ko nga misaka ko og bukid ug sa pag abot nako sa tuktok giingnan ko sa tawo nga salamat kay nag-abot ra gyud ta nalipay ug nalipay siya. Kining tawhana nanguyab ni siya nako sa una apan wala nako sugta. Nasuko ni siya sa dihang nasayran niya nga naminyo na ko. Hangtod karon ulitawo pa siya apan may gf na karon. Unsa man ipasabot niini. Frm:3928 KAHULOGAN: Makaangko ka og kaayohan ug kalipayan sa imong kinabuhi.

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Liable From page 7 that Corona favored the repressive policies of the then Arroyo administration, including the cases on Executive Order 464 and Proclamation 1017.

In the first cases, Corona concurred that invoking executive privilege by department heads during Congressional hearings is valid.

On the second, Corona dissented in the majority’s opinion that the PP 1017, Arroyo’s declaration of state of emergency, was partially unconstitutional.

C oron a a l s o v ot e d against the airing of the wiretapped conversations allegedly between Arroyo and then Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garciliano. He also concurred in the decision that Rodolfo Neri was not liable for contempt for not appearing in the Senate hearings on the anomalous NBN-ZTE deal.

“Accountability in governance teaches us that we should have no higher interest than the interest of the majority who belong largely to poor and marginalized sectors of the society.

For this, we believe that calling on Justice Corona’s accountability through an impeachment complaint is definitely paying service to the majority of Filipino population,” De Jesus said.

“There’s a pressing need to cleanse and transform our judiciary system that historically sides with the elite. This does not mean, however, that we should allow as an alternative a new Supreme Court that has as its Chief Justice someone who is subservient to President Aquino,” Palatino said.

Palatino said the imp e a c h m e nt c omp l ai nt against Corona should serve as a strong reminder to public servants to keep their fidelity to their mandated oath to always put above all else the rights and welfare of the people.

“This reminder also applies to President Aquino and his allies who seemingly want to exploit the situation by repeating, instead of traversing, the crimes of Arroyo. The next Chief Justice should be pro-people,

not pro-Aquino,” he said.

The youth lawmaker said that despite the claims of social change touted by the Aquino administration, the policies it espouses remains within the framework of the past Arroyo administration.He cited the lack of genuine agrarian reform, ineffective poverty measures, continuing government neglect of basic social services and state violence against legitimate protests as concrete examples of the Aquino administration’s pursuance of Arroyo’s brand of leadership.

“President Aquino’s apparent bias toward his family in the case of Hacienda Luisita should not, for instance, lead to the reversal of the earlier Supreme Court decision ordering the distribution among farmer beneficiaries of the land. Vigilance is necessary against possible Palace machinations to merely establish a new SC that will kowtow to whatever demands of the current powers that be,” Palatino said.

Palatino said the resemblance of the Aquino and Arroyo administrations in terms of social polices makes it even more urgent for the people to play an active role in the process and outcome of the impeachment proceedings.

As of this writing, the impeachment complaint has already been delivered to the Senate. House Justice Committee Chairman Niel Tupas and Rep. Reynaldo Umali personally delivered the Articles of Impeachment.

Complaint summary In the impeachment complaint against Corona, the signatories said the chief justice betrayed public trust by showing partiality to the former Macapagal-Arroyo administration. They said Corona became chief justice through a “dubious midnight appointment.”

The complaint also included a table of 10 cases supposedly showing Corona’s voting pattern in cases involving Arroyo government’s frontal assaults on constitutional rights prior to his appointment .

Corona was also accused of betraying public trust when he failed to disclose

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December 17, 2011 to the public his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth as required by law such as the anti-graft and corrupt practices act. Corona is suspected of having accumulated ill-gotten wealth, acquiring assets of high value and keeping bank accounts with huge deposits.

Corona was also accused of committing graft and corruption when he reportedly refused to account for the judiciary development fund (JDF) and special allowance for the judiciary (SAJ) collections.

The lawmakers said Corona likewise failed to account for funds released and spent for unfilled positions in the judiciary and from authorized and funded but not created courts. In particular, the annual audit report of the SC contained the observation that unremitted funds to the Bureau of Treasury amounted to P5.38 billion ($125 million). The SAJ along with the General Fund, JDF in the amount of P559.5 million ($13 million) were reportedly misstated resulting from delayed and/ or non-preparation of bank reconciliation statements and non-recording /uncorrected reconciling items. (http://bulatlat.com)

Cimagala From page 6 their cell phones. The new technologies have become the new scourge of our time, because many people are ill-prepared to use them.

They are like little children playing with matches.

There is now an epidemic of self-abuse, substance abuse, all kinds of delinquency, negligences and irresponsibilities. The picture is really bad and rotten!

We should not allow this situation to go on without doing anything to correct it. I know it’s not going to be easy. But there’s always hope. St. Paul has reassured us that “where sin has abounded, the grace of God has abounded even more.”

We need to return to God through Mary. She is the one who will make things easy for us. She will put our mind and heart in their proper places, that is,

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focused on God and filled with love for him and for others.

She will help us with her example of humility, simplicity and obedience how to handle our weaknesses, how to fight in our ascetical struggles, how to be in God’s presence all the time, how to develop virtues.

She will teach us how to deal with temptations, how to be totally sincere as to acknowledge always our weakness and to never stay away from God. She will teach us how to deal with the wiles of the devil, the world and our own flesh and deceitful mind and heart.

This clear and strong relationship with God and with others, sustained by this Marian devotion, is basic and indispensable, because without it there’s no chance our spiritual and moral life can ever take wing. We would always be handicapped when that relation with God is weak.

We should never take for granted this crucial Marian dimension of our Christian life! Mary is the surest, safest, shortest path to Jesus.

Weather in Sursur remains normal despite ‘Sendong’

By NIDA GRACE B. TRANQUILAN

SURIGAO de Sur––Provincial Civil Defense Deputized Officer Florencio Pimentel Jr. today said weather in province is still normal despite the frequent occurrence of heavy rain and gustiness brought by tropical storm “Sendong.”

As of 12:00 p.m. yesterday, all roads are still passable and there are no power interruption or flood reported to PDRRMC. Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council (DRRMC)in municipal and barangay levels were alerted since yesterday for the possible flash floods and landslides Provincial DRRMC support staff Romy Lozada said the 24/7 monitoring of Typhoon Sendong has been established since December 15, as agreed during the recent quarterly meeting of the PDRRMC members. PDRRMC members are manning the Operation Center in PDRRMC office to augment the lack of manpower.

Meanwhile, Municipal DRRM officer in Hinatuan is constantly coordinating with the PAGASA Hinatuan on the situation. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)

Pag-asa-Davao prohibits light vessels from sailing DAVAO City––The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) here has prohibited light vessels from sailing across the Island Garden City of Samal in the Davao Gulf since Friday morning.

Hundreds of passengers and excursionists were stranded along the Sta. Ana Wharf since Davao City was placed under storm Signal No. 1 and Samal Island under Signal No. 2. Samal Island is in Davao del Norte province, which PAGASA declared Friday morning under Signal No. 2.

Commodore Roy Echeverria, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Davao commander, in a radio interview at 3 p.m. said they were waiting for PAGASA to give another update on tropical storm “Sendong.”

“To avoid any untoward incident, we are on standby and will follow PAGASA’s advisory,” he said. (PNA)

Mission From page 7 thousand troops in place beyond a December 31 deadline that Washington and Baghdad set three years ago. However, President Obama announced a total withdrawal in October after his administration failed to reach an agreement for Iraq to provide immunity to U.S. troops.

At the time of the announcement, there were about 50,000 troops in Iraq.

That number is down to a few thousand as the last convoys of trucks make their way south to bases in Kuwait.

In his remarks Thursday, Panetta said Washington will remain engaged in Iraq.

“Let me be clear,” said Panetta. “Iraq will be tested in the days ahead by terrorism and by those who would seek to divide it; by eco-

nomic and social issues; by the demands of democracy itself. Challenges remain, but the U.S. will stand by the Iraqi people as they navigate those challenges to build a stronger and more prosperous nation.”

The American embassy in Baghdad houses the United States’ largest diplomatic presence in the world, and a

Old-Fashioned Holiday Glazed Ham

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small number of troops will remain, mainly to protect diplomats.

Some Iraqis this week celebrated the departure of U.S. troops, while others expressed concern that the country could again slip into chaos and violence.

Whatever the outcome, the future of Iraq remains in the hands of its people.

Ingredients 1 spiral-sliced half ham (Paula prefers Smithfield) 1 20-ounce can pineapple slices, juice reserved 15 to 20 whole cloves (optional) 1 small jar maraschino cherries 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 2 tablespoons yellow mustard

Directions • Preheat the oven as directed on the ham package and follow the instructions for baking the ham.

Remove the ham from the oven about 30 minutes before the end of the warming time.

• Decoratively arrange the pineapple slices on top of the ham, securing them with whole cloves, if using, or toothpicks. Place a cherry in the center of each pineapple ring and secure with a clove or toothpick.

• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, mustard and just enough of the reserved pineapple juice to make a thick glaze. Spoon the glaze over the ham and bake for the remaining 30 minutes. Remove the ham from the oven, transfer to a cutting board and carve.

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TRIVIA

Sampaguita ( jasminnum sambac ) benefits

World’s Most Expensive Gloves In an auction slated in Hard Rock Cafe in New York, thousands of bidder engaged on an exciting fan war for the late Michael Jackson’s 70 collectible items including the glove worn by Jackson when he first staged the famous moonwalk dance at the 1983 Motown 25 television special. Businessman Hoffman Ma from HongKong in behalf of a Holiday Resort in Macau won the bid over Michael Jackson’s famous sequined glove for $350,000.

Preparation: Used fresh leaves,flower and roots For: fever,gastritis ,diarrhea,ulser,1 or 2 grasp fresh flower or 2 or 4 spoon dried flower boil 2 glass of water cool before drinking, can mix other drugs as well as tulips its ability to heal the pain, Sampaguita is amazing herbs to cure of sore eyes boiled half glass of water while boiling put the two or three pieces of flowers and fridge, filter before use and using dropper, drops into the eyes.

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SUDOKU How to play the game?

Fill in completely every rows, columns and diagonals of each puzzle without repitition of the same digit.

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DISNEY THEATRICAL ANIMATED MOVIES

Ang miagi

A GOOFY MOVIE ALADDIN BAMBI BOLT CINDERELLA DINOSAUR

DUMBO ENCHANTED FANTASIA HERCULES MILAN PETER PAN

PINOCCHIO POCAHONTAS RAPUNZEL TARSAN THE LION KING

Videoke You Lyrics by Basil Valdez You give me hope, The strength, the will to keep on; No one else can make me feel this way And only you Can bring out all the best I can do; I believe you turn the tide And make me feel real good inside.

CROSSWORD puzzle ACROSS 1. Magician’s rod 5. Rock salt 11. Indifferent 13. Appointed 14. Actor Milby 15. Boy 17. Living quarters 18. Musical tone 19. Wet 21. Silicon symbol 22. Compassion 23. S-shaped molding 25. Entice 26. Falsified 27. Cloak 28. Movie director Brocka 30. Americium symbol 31. Move to and fro 33. Pronoun 34. Body of water 36. Primate

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You pushed me up When I’m about to give up; You’re on my side when no one seems to listen And if you go, You know the tears can’t help but show You’ll break this heart and tear it apart; Then suddenly the madness starts

26. Ship 27. Instances 28. Kiss 29. Conical tent 32. Walkthrough water 33. Stocking 35. Fuss 37. Man’s title 39. Erbium symbol 41. Preposition

PAHALANG 40. Ikuha Punglo 41. Tolda _Dahon ng njyog 42. Bungang gulay fcinggil 43. Pagtanggi PABABA Idarang 1. Barya Tumpak 2. Alyas Nagwagi Katawagang panlalaki 3. Uri ng pansit 4. Hiyas Kontra 5. Aspili: Ingles Los Angeles 6. Ugali Nimpa 7. Langis Atong o Dante 8. Barandilya Napinsala 9. Dalampasigan Pan de_ 10. Hihip ng hangin Ginto Sangguniang Kabataan 16. Uringtula 19. Pagsusuri llagay sa lata Sinlsa 21. Suyo Damit pambabae 24. Sinaunang kuKrus wento

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CHORUS: It’s your smile, Your face, your lips that I miss, Those sweet little eyes that stare at me And make me say, I’m with you through all the way.

‘Cause it’s you Who fills the emptiness in me; It changes ev’rything, you see, When I know I’ve got you with me You pushed me up When I’m about to give up; You’re on my side when no one seems to listen And if you go, You know the tears can’t help but show You’ll break this heart and tear it apart; Then suddenly the madness starts CHORUS: It’s your smile, Your face, your lips that I miss, Those sweet little eyes that stare at me And make me say, I’m with you through all the way.

‘Cause it’s you Who fills the emptiness in me; It changes ev’rything, you see, When I know I’ve got you with me.

It’s your smile, Your face, your lips that I miss, Those sweet little eyes that stare at me And make me say, I’m with you through all the way.

‘Cause it’s you Who fills the emptiness in me; It changes ev’rything, you see, When I know I’ve got you with me.

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Jaworski sees Asian basketball crown for Philippines in 5 years DESPITE being away from basketball for over a decade, Robert Jaworski’s passion for the sport has never wavered.

Jaworski, for years the PBA’s living legend, still follows the exploits of the Philippine basketball team, and thinks that the squad is close to being kings in Asian basketball once more.

“Baka mga five years na lang yan and we can become Asian champions again,” said Jaworski, a former Olympian who coached the first all-professional national basketball team to a silver medal in the 1990 Asian Games.

“Napanood ko yung replay ng game ng Philippines versus Korea, medyo kinapos lang tayo, pero alam mong may tsansa tayo.”

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The former Ginebra coach said that much of the success of the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team success can be attributed to the hiring of naturalized center Marcus Douthit, whose presence game the Philip-

pine five someone to match up against other behemoths in the region. “I think we’ve already made the first important move and that’s to get a naturalized player,” he said.

“There was a time when the Philippines played with naturalized players and we won,” said Jaworski, referring to Dennis Still and Jeff Moore, who reinforced the Northern Consolidated-back national team to the gold medal in the 1985 Asian Basketball Confederation tournament, the Philippines’ last major regional title. Curiously, the NCC squad had numerous memorable battles against Jaworski’s Ginebra teams when the national squad played as a guest team in the PBA. InterAksyon.com

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Oyo Sotto excited, nervous about being a daddy KRISTINE Hermosa may give birth before her January 10 due date, and this has put excited husband Oyo Sotto on pins and needles.

The young actor is torn between staying beside Kristine every moment of the day and taking time to join the parade of stars for the Metro Manila Film Festival, even as he is busy attending to last-minute preparations to ensure a smooth delivery and welcome for baby Ondrea Bliss.

Doctors earlier set January 10 as Kristine’s due date, but said she may go into

labor on December 19.

“I will try….” Oyo said of his joining the float of stars, and thinks that even while he’s out there his mind will be focused on “Tin.” But if Oyo is excited about being a first-time daddy, his father Vic Sotto

is even more excited.

What is Vic’s last-minute reminder to the first-time daddy?

Simply to start sleeping now, because he’s in for a lot of sleepless nights while helping take care of the baby.

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