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Senator Grace Poe: Ang Inyong Pangulo
UMANI ng mar aming supor ta si S enator G oe maraming suporta Senator Grrace P Poe matapos na por mal nitong inanunsy o ang kanyang pormal inanunsyo kandidatur a sa pagka-pangulo sa halalan sa susunod na kandidatura taon. Ginawa ni Poe ang upang maging vice presidendeklarasyon noon tial bet ni Mar Roxas, ang nakaraang linggo sa Univer- pambato ng pamahalaan sa sity of the Philippines Bahay pagka-pangulo. ng Alumni sa Quezon City Inisa-isa rin ni Poe ang na kung saan ay napuno kanyang nais na matugunan ang lugar ng mga support- kung sakaling mahirang na ers nito. Maraming beses rin pangulo at ito ang mga pinalakpakan si Poe sa Sumusunod: 1. Sa edukasyon, ayusin kalagitnaan ng kanyang talumpati na kung saan ay ang lahat ng silid-aralan, inilatag nito ang kanyang mag-digital na tayo at tapusin ang lahat ng plataporma. Suportado naman ng kakulangan o backlog. maraming mga grupo ang Sisikapin natin na palawakin naging pahayag ni Poe, na ang ating scholarship protumakbo noon bilang inde- gram at pagtibayin ang pendent candidate sa "study now pay later program”. Tulungan din nating Senado. Naunang sinabi ni makapag-internship at Pangulong Aquino na hindi trabaho ang mga college stuito nababahala sa planong dents para habang nag-aaral pagtakbo ni Poe sa halalan. may kita na sila at kapag Ito ay sa kabila ng ilang ulit nagtapos, ay may experience na panliligaw ng Liberal na. Continue on page 2 Party ni Aquino sa senadora
(From Facebook Account of Senator Grace Poe)
MILF attackers go free SULTAN KUDARAT – The Philippine government has virtually absolved members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who attacked a village in the southern province of
Sultan Kudarat that left 5 people wounded. MILF gunmen attacked recently civilians in the village of Lutayan and military officials quickly said the violence stemmed
from a clan war and has nothing to do with the peace process with the former rebel group. It said a truce has been reached between warring MILF members and civilians in
the town. Army Major Carlos Sol, Secretariat Director of the Government Ceasefire Coordinating Committee for the Cessation of Hostilities, said those involved in the
Duterte tags Mar Roxas’ group as behind black propaganda
Mar Roxas(Mindanao Examiner Photo) and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (Photo Credits: Rody Duterte Facebook Page) DAVAO CITY – Mayor Roxas, a presidential candiThe 70-year old Duterte, tough-talking mayor anRodrigo Duterte, who date of the ruling Liberal who was reported in a news nounced recently that he backed out ahead of the Party, as allegedly behind a article, as suffering from was backing out from the presidential elections next black propaganda against throat cancer and is the rea- presidential elections. Continue on page 4 year, has tagged Mar him. son why the influential and
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September 9 attack have been pulled from the village following the truce accord. “A ceasefire had already been declared in Lutayan and as a result, the involved MILF members already pulled out from the conflict area,” he said, adding, the truce was reached through the intercession of both the government and MILF ceasefire bodies, the local town officials and the police and military authorities. “The combined Coordinating Committee for the Cessation of Hostilities, the ceasefire mechanism of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, together with the local government and security forces, successfully intervened to prevent the firefight from further escalation,” Sol said. Citing reports, Sol said the fighting was due to a land conflict between the two groups that engaged in battle for almost one hour. He said among the wounded were the village chieftain and a council member. While insisting the violence has nothing to do with the peace process, Sol
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did not say whether the MILF gunmen would be charged for the attack which already violated the peace accord the former rebel group signed with Manila in 2014. “It has nothing to do with the Bangsamoro Basic Law or the peace process in general. It was a case of rido or clan war between two warring groups that happened to have MILF members involved. But I assure you that the ceasefire between the government and the MILF remains,” Sol said. He said leaders of the warring groups have agreed to end the conflict and that a settlement is being facilitated by the protagonists. The MILF did not issue a statement about the fighting, but it renewed fears from civilians that former rebels – who are still armed – could just attack civilian communities without warning. Despite the peace accord, the MILF still holds a huge arsenal of weapons and thousands of its members are also armed. Continue on page 4
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Senator Grace Poe: Ang Inyong Pangulo Continued fr om page 1 from 2. Payayabungin natin ang sektor ng agrikultura. Tutugunan natin ang hinaing nila sa lupa. Ang irigasyon ay kailangan pa sa kalahating milyong ektarya. Ilarga natin ang mekanisasyon. Kailangan ng epektibong programa para lumaki naman ang kita sa pangingisda, pagtatanim at paghahayupan. 3. Gagawin nating prayoridad ang pag-aayos ng ating mga imprastruktura - kalye, tren, airport, seaport o internet man. 'Di ito dapat kasing bagal ng sasakyan sa EDSA. Sisikapin kong paangatin ang taunang budget para sa imprastruktura nang 7% ng GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Kung 'di kaya ng pribadong sektor, isusulong ko ang isang governmentsupported industrialization at IT (Information Technology) plan para makalikha ng industriya. Pag dumami ang Made in the Philippines, dadami din ang trabaho dito. Ito ay dapat gawin habang pinangangalagaan ang kalikasan. 4. Walang iisang tao o grupo na may monopolya sa tuwid na daan. Malaki at malayo na ang nagawa ni Pangulong Aquino kaugnay sa pagpapanagot sa mga tiwali, at ako’y personal na nagpapasalamat sa kanya dahil nanumbalik muli ang kumpyansa natin sa isang lider na tapat. Dapat lang na ituloy at pa-igtingin ang pagsugpo sa korapsyon. Papanagutin ko ang tiwali, kaibigan man o kaaway, subalit 'di lamang isang tao o partido ang dapat nagsusulong nito, kundi ang bawat isang Pilipino. Para higit na palakasin ang transparency sa gobyerno, isasabatas natin ang FOI (Freedom of Information) sa lalong madaling panahon. 5. Isa na tayo sa may pinaka-mataas na buwis sa buong mundo. Sisikapin ko na mapababa ito. Mas alam ng tao kung ano ang kailangan nila at may karapatan din silang piliin
kung saan gagastusin ang kanilang pinaghirapan. Subalit kungibababa ang buwis, kailangang suklian natin ng tamang pagbabayad nito. Ito naman ang igagarantya ko: Lahat ng buwis na inyong ibabayad, maibabalik sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng agaran at dekalidad na serbisyo. 6. Dapat pag-tuunan natin ng pansin kungsapat pa ba ang sweldo at benepisyo ng bawat manggagawa at lingkodbayan. Mahirap magtrabaho at manilbihan habang nagugutom ang iyong pamilya. Dapat lang na bigyan sila ng marangal at legal na pagkaka-kitaan. 7. Malaking porsyento ng budget ng bawat pamilya ay napupunta sa pambayad sa kuryente. Hahanap po tayo ng paraan para pababain ang presyo ng kuryente.Sa maraming parte ng Mindanao madalas ang brownout. Sisiguraduhin po natin na magiging sapat ang kuryente para sa lumalagong ekonomiya, lalo na sa Mindanao. Pauunlarin natin ang renewable energy. 8. Aalagaan natin at pahahalagahan ang ating mga OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers). Bigyan ng maayos na legal na suporta sa ibang bansa at bawasan ang mga fees at red tape para lamang maayos nila ang kanilang mga papeles. 9. Bilang isang nanay, nababahala ako sa tindi ng krimen at droga. Katulad nang lahat ng nanay, hindi ako makatulog sa gabi hangga’t hindi nakakauwi ang aking mga anak. Kaya para sa akin, ang pagdurog sa krimen at droga ay hindi lang trabaho. Ito ay personal na krusada. Sisiguraduhin na ang mga pulis ay may disiplina at kakayahan para isang tawag lang ay nandyan na at hindi lang isusulat ang krimen kundi huhulihin ang kriminal. 10. Patuloy nating isusulong ang usaping pangkapayapaan sa lahat ng lumalaban sa gobyerno.
Dapat nang tigilan ang pagpatay ng Pilipino sa kapwa nya Pilipino upang maparating natin ang tunay na kaunlaran sa bawat sulok ng bansa. Sa mga kapatid nating Moro, naging inspirasyon kayo sa maraming pelikula ng tatay ko, ang inyong kultura at kagitingan. Sa hinaba-haba ng kasaysayan natin, panahon na para mabigyan kayo ng patas na pagkakataon at tunay na tulong. 11. I-respeto natin ang karapatang pantao ng lahat. Hindi tayo magiging bulag sakalagayan ng lahat ng vulnerable sectors, kasama na ang may kapansanan, mga indigenous peoples, mga maralitang taga-lungsod, mga kababaihan, kabataan at mga bata, mga LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) at mga senior citizens. Sa mga senior citizens, hindi kayo malilimutan. Ang nanay ko mismo ay dumadaing na habang nagkaka-edad dapat mas maramdaman ang pagkalinga ng gobyerno. 12. Kalusugan ng bawat isa ay mahalaga, dapat hindi ma-bangkarote ang pamilya o mamili kung kakain ba o ibibili ng gamot para sa kanilang may sakit na mahal sa buhay. Dapat may pinalaking benepisyo ang PhilHealth na m a s a s a n d a l a n . Sisiguraduhin ko na ang bawat komunidad ay may maayos na ospital, may sapat na doctor, nurese, midwife, gamot at kagamitan. 13. Atin ang West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) at dapat lang na 'wag natin itong bitiwan o pabayaan gamit ang mapayapang paraan at ayon sa batas. Alinsunod dito, palalakasin natin ang ating Coast Guard at Sandatahang Lakas para hindi tayo kinakaya-kaya ng ibang bansa. 14. OA (Overacting) na ang trapik! Sa airport man o sa kalsada, inuubos nito hindi lamang ang oras natin, kundi pati ang pasensya.
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Inaagaw nito ang panahon na sana ay para sa trabaho o makapiling natin ang ating pamilya't mahal sa buhay. 15. Dapat gawin ang mga sumusunod at marami pang iba - dagdag na kalsada at tren hindi lamang sa Metro Manila kundi sa buong parte ng Pilipinas. Siguraduhin na ang batayan ng pagpili ng contractor na magtatayo ng tren ay may tunay na kakayahan at track record para masiguro ang pangmatagalan na maintenance at warranty; malinis na drainage systems; kapote at bota para sa nagpapatupad ng batastrapiko; pagtanggal sa lahat ng colorum at illegal parking sa kalsada; at pagpapatupad ng staggered office hours. At kung may binubungkal man sa kalye, dapat ay huwag iwanang nakatiwangwang. Tanggalin ang mga contractor nanagbabagal-bagalan. 16. Ang Internet ay para rin highway, daluyan ng impormasyon, dapat mabilis ito. Maraming trabaho ang mas magiging produktibo pag mabilis ang internet. Mas mabilis na matatapos ng mga bata ang homework nila at mas madali nating makakausap ang ating mahal sa buhay na OFW na walang Skype delay. Sa Internet ayaw natin ng forever bago maka-konekta. 17. Sa larangan ng sining at palakasan, dapat malaki din ang suporta ng ating pamahalaan. Kilala tayong malikhain nakultura, mga visual artists, writers, performers at iba pa. Ngunit hindi natin binibigyan ng tamang halaga at tulong ang sektor na ito. Kahit na binibigyan nila tayo ng karangalan, ano ang ating
isinusukli? Sa palakasan naman, ang ating mga atleta ay kawawa din. Siguro naman hindi natin dapat isuko ang pangarap na magkaroon tayo ng ginto sa Olympics. 18. Huwag natin kalimutan na realidad ang climate change. Hindi ito issue ng mayaman lang. Ang mga mahihirap ang unang tinatamaan nito. Sila ang unang binabaha at nawawalan ng tirahan. Dapat ay magkaroon na tayo ng hiwalay na Emergency Management Department na tututok sa national preparedness Climate Change at Geo(hazards) Mapping. 19. Ang turismo ay isang sector din na dapat tutukan. Kung malago ang turismo, mas makakalikha ito ng dagdag na pagkakakitaan para sa ating mga kababayan kahit sa mga liblib na lugar. Likas na maganda ang tanawin dito sa ating bansa, pero ang turismo ay di sisigla kung hindi natin aayusin ang imprastruktura at dadagdagan ang ating mga paliparan. 20. Yaman ng ating bansa ang ating mga anak. Sila ang kasalukuyan at kinabukasan natin. Pero wala silang laban kung hindi man lang sila napapakain ng tama. Marami pa rin ang nagugutom sa ating bayan. Napapanahon na magkaroon ng Standard Lunch Program sa lahat ng pampublikong paaralan. Pinasalamatan rin ni Poe ang lahat ng dumalo sa kanyang deklarasyon at una rito ay ang kanyang ina at pangalawa ang asawa at mga anak, at kaibigan pati na rin ang mga tagasunod na mula sa ibat-ibang lugar na dumayo pa sa UP upang
marinig ang sasabihin nito. Sinabi ni Poe na nais nitong ipagpatuloy ang nasimulan ng amang si Fernando Poe Jr. “Noong una akong kumatok sa inyong mga puso, ang sabi ko gusto kong ipagpatuloy ang mga simulain ni FPJ. Simple lang ang prinsipyo ng aking ama na siya ring naging dahilan ng kanyang pagtakbo. Sinabi niya mismo sa bulwagang ito mahigit 11taon ang nakalipas na importante sa isang leader ang katalinuhan pero mas mahalaga ang may tapat na pusong manilbihan upang tulungan ang mahihirap, labanan ang pang-aabuso, at pumanday ng isang lipunang masagana at makatarungan.” “Madalas niyang sabihin sa akin - Gracia, Ang kahirapan ay hindi iginuhit sa palad dahil nasa kamay ng tao ang pag-unlad. Pero sa kanyang pag-ahon, hindi sapat ang kanyang sariling kayod, kailangang may kamay na humihila sa kanya. Di ba’t yan naman ang sukatan ng magandang pamahalaan at lipunan Lahat ay aangat, walang maiiwan,” wika ni Poe. Sa panghuli ay humingi ng suporta si Poe sa publiko upang paunlarin ang bansa at ang mga mamamayan. “Sana po ay samahan ninyo ako sa pagpanday ng maganda at makabuluhang hinaharap ng ating inang bayang Pilipinas. Ako po si Grace Poe, Pilipino, anak, asawa at ina, at sa tulong ng Mahal na Diyos ay inaalay ko sa inyong lahat ang aking sarili sa mas mataas na paninilbihan bilang inyong Pangulo.” (Mindanao Examiner)
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ARMM to spend P48 million to lessen effect of El Niño COTABATO CITY – To alleviate the drastic effect expected from El Niño in the region, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAFARMM) is pushing for a mitigation plan that would entail expenses estimated at around P48 million. Farm production and livestock have been affected because of an ongoing dry spell that may last until June 2016. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said a “mature and strong El Niño” is now
present in the tropical Pacific Ocean that will likely strengthen further before the end of the year and may last until the first half of 2016. This year’s El Niño will potentially be among the four strongest events since 1950, considering similar climatic episodes in197273, 1982-83 and 1997-98. Makmod Mending, DAFARMM secretary, said the department submitted the El Niño Mitigation Plan to the Department of Agriculture-National Office initiating assistance to affected farmers in the region.
Analysis of rainfall distribution in the region for the month of August showed that Basilan, one of the five component provinces of ARMM, experienced precipitation way below normal. This month, the provinces of Basilan, Maguindanao and Sulu and Tawi-Tawi are experiencing various stages of dry spell. Dry spell is described as three consecutive months of below normal, or 21% to 60% reduction from average rainfall, or two consecutive months of way below normal, or more than 60% reduction from average rain-
e-Payment system launched in Zamboanga City ZAMBOANGA CITY – The United States Agency for International Development and the local government of Zamboanga have signed a new partnership that will allow residents to pay government taxes and fees anytime, anywhere using electronic channels. The USAID said its EPESO Activity will introduce new electronic payment systems, using innovative technology, to support Zamboanga City’s goal of increasing revenue generation through improved and more transparent tax collection. This cooperation is part of USAID and Zamboanga City’s collaboration under the Cities Development Initiative which focuses on
strengthening the economic competitiveness and resilience of secondary cities to become engines of growth. Under the so-called Partnership for Growth, the U.S. government is working with the Philippines, the private sector and civil society organizations to put the country on an accelerated growth trajectory that benefits the majority of its population. Prior to formalizing the cooperation, Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco signed Executive Order BC 1292015 to regulate cooperation on electronic payment systems and make Persons-to-Government payments more accessible. The Executive Order also mandated the cre-
ation of a technical working group composed of Zamboanga City local division chiefs and key personnel tasked to work with E-PESO counterparts on the project. To develop the local electronic payments ecosystem, USAID and the Zamboanga City government will also work with local utility companies and businesses. Members of the private sector represented by the Zamboanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc., the Zamboanga Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce Inc., and the Southern Philippines Deep Sea Fishing Association were on hand to signify their commitment to support the shift to electronic payment systems. (Mindanao Examiner)
Passage of rare diseases bill pushed MANILA – Academician Car mencita Padilla renewed her call for the passage of the rare diseases bill during the Science Legislative Forum organized by Department of Science and Te c h n o l o g y - Na t i o n a l Academy of Science and Technology (DOSTNAST ) held recently at the Philippine International Convention Center. Rare diseases are debilitating or lifethreatening disorders that affect only a small segment of the population. An estimated 6,000 to 10,000 people in the Philippines are afflicted with a rare disease, most of them children. “Even if we are just talking about one, ten, twenty, thirty, or a hundred versus a hundred million, they still deserve a right to life,” Padilla said. Padilla, who was instrumental for the passage of the New Born Screening Act – which institutionalizes newborn screening in healthcare facilities for the early detection of some genetic diseases – expressed hope the bill will be passed before the 16th Congress ends. The Rare Diseases
Bill seeks to ensure that patients with rare diseases will have access to adequate medical healthcare, information, and products to treat their conditions. This will be done primarily through the establishment of a comprehensive and sustainable health system for identification, referral, and management of patients with rare diseases—integrated within the current public health system; and the inclusion of rare disease benefit package in PhilHealth. As well, the bill stipulates giving regulatory and fiscal incentives to support research and development activities on rare diseases and manufacturing of affordable drugs or products. Likewise, the bill provides for the design and maintenance of a rare disease registry containing data on cases, patients, drugs and products for rare diseases. Data from the registr y will be used in policy-formulation. The provisions in the bill are set to address the current challenges being faced by patients afflicted with rare diseases, their families and caregivers, and their healthcare providers.
Foremost of these challenges are the high cost of treatment, the accessibility of an existing treatment, or the lack of existing drugs itself. Dr. Mary Ann Abacan of Institute of Human Genetics at National Institute of Health in University of the Philippines Manila noted that most pharmaceutical companies do not engage in research and development of drugs or treatment for rare diseases because it is not lucrative thus the shortage of effective drugs for such. Another challenge, according to Abacan, is the missed or delayed diagnosis of a rare disease which often results in irreversible damages to the physical and mental functions of a patient. This problem also occurs in developed countries like the United States and United Kingdom, more so in our country where there are only nine geneticists for the entire population. She stressed that early detection and early treatment for some rare diseases can improve the quality of life of the patients and help them become productive members of society. (Maria Luisa Lumioan)
fall conditions. Mending added that low rice production in the region is expected due to these conditions that affect more than 80,000 hectares rain-dependent farm areas. In an executive meeting of DA national and regional heads in Naga City in August, regional officials were tasked to submit reports twice a week to formulate and design interventions for the affected farmers. It is estimated that close to 14,000 metric tons of rice production were lost in ARMM in the first four months of 2015 because of El Niño. Mending said his department is monitoring the Kabunlan and Malmar irrigation systems that supply water to farms in Maguindanao. On May 22, DAF-ARMM distributed a total of P1.8 million worth of equipment and inputs to pre-identified farmers’ and fishermen’s cooperatives in Maguindanao. Another P21 million worth of agricultural inputs and productive assets were given to about 5,000 farmers in Maguindanao and North Cotabato by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization and DAFARMM on July 8. (Bureau of Public Information)
Investigate killings of tribesmen CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The labor group Partido Manggagawa said the Department of Justice should investigate all cases of killings of Lumads or indigenous people by pro-government militias. This, after the government said it would conduct an investigation into the reported killings. The influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and many other Filipino and foreign organizations also demanded a probe into the killings. “The killings of Lumad leaders by alleged paramilitary forces in Lianga town in Surigao del Sur, including recorded cases of killings in other parts of Mindanao, should give the government the idea that these murders were rather systematic than isolated in nature as claimed by the military,” Renato Magtubo, PM chairman,
said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. He said aside from the horrendous killings and forced evacuations of Lumad populations in Lianga, there were similar cases of extrajudicial killings against Lumads in other parts of the region, particularly against leaders of the Tedurays in South Central Mindanao. Some of these cases include the killings in 2014 of Timuay Leoncio Arig and Melencio Ramugon. Before their deaths, Arig and Ramugon were involved in campaigns to include the welfare and interests of tribesmen in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law and unite the members of the tribes to protect their territory against intrusion, including large-scale mining activities. Magtubo said a pattern of reluctance on the part of
the police and military authorities to pursue the perpetrators of the killings despite available witnesses, indicating a double standard in dealing with heinous crimes and in effecting justice. “What the killers have done to Lumad leaders, including the brutal murder of the director of a school for indigenous people in Lianga, was clearly terroristic in nature. But why can’t the police and military organize a manhunt against the perpetrators in the way they did against international terrorist Marwan,” Magtubo asked. He said they are also supporting widespread calls for the disbandment of all paramilitary units organized for anti-insurgency campaigns by the military, saying that historically, these groups are mobilized to counter legitimate resistance such as anti-mining protests. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Duterte tags Mar Roxas’ group as behind black propaganda Continued fr om page 1 from The article, citing unnamed sources, about Duterte’s alleged throat cancer and how it affected the health of the politician. Duterte strongly denied the reports and branded the writer as a puppet of political groups. “The former journalist, now a PR man, who wrote about my “throat cancer”, is one of the puppets of political interest groups and politicians who lust for power and the money that comes along with it. One does not have to be a rocket scientist to understand that this PR man is promoting the candidacy of administration Presidential bet Mar Roxas,” Duterte said. “In previous articles he wrote, he has labelled Vice President Jejomar Binay a thief, Senator Grace Poe an upstart, and called me the Philippines’ version of Cambodian monster Pol Pot and made fun of my thick Visayan accent when I speak Tagalog,” he added. Duterte branded the report as “unfounded and malicious.” He said the article is a glaring proof of how corrupt the nation has become. “Corruption is no longer a monopoly of politicians and those who are in government service; it has already permeated almost every fabric of the Philippine society. Greed for material gains has corrupted religious groups, the police and military, the judiciary, the prisons, and the private sector.” “Worse, the press and media, supposed to be the conscience of our society and mirrors of who we are, have allowed themselves to be instruments in distorting the truth, all for the love of the scent of money. Painting others black in order to look white is now the name of the game in the social media, including
mainstream media with pseudo-journalists writing and broadcasting lies to advance the interests of their political patrons,” Duterte further said. He said it is alright for people to question his state of health and his alleged human rights violations in the process of turning Davao City from former killing fields of communist assassins to being one of the world safest cities today. But he said “reporting about a person’s alleged serious medical condition like throat cancer, however, should be done even with just feigned sympathy rather than ridicule. We are all fair game and that is just alright. It is not right, however, when the focus of the scrutiny is just the perceived opponents of the administration Presidential bet, former Secretary Mar Roxas.” “It is not fair to paint Binay, Poe and Duterte black just so Mar Roxas would appear white. Mar Roxas, should he really want to be President, must stand on what he has done, his record of government service, his competence and his plans for the country. Mar cannot stand on our carcasses badly mangled by his PR men just so he could reach his Presidential ambitions. I hold the Mar Roxas camp responsible for the actions of this PR man,” Duterte said. He called on Roxas, including Binay and Poe, to raise the level of political campaigning to a plane where the people are given the accurate picture of who the candidates are and what they could do for the country. “Let us not corrupt our people’s mind and influence their political decision with lies. Let us show people who their prospective leaders really are,
what their plans are and what future they could offer the future generations of Filipinos. The Presidency is destiny. No amount of lying, deception and distortion of truth would help,” Duterte said. “As for me, I believe I have been truthful to the people on my health conditions. Yes, I have spinal problems because of a bad fall from my big bike a few years ago. I suffer pain in the neck because of this injury. Yes, I am suffering from the ill-effects of years of smoking cigarettes but it is nothing serious. I have quit smoking and I take moderate amount of alcohol during social gatherings. “Yes, at 70, I am starting to feel the effects of old age. No, I do not have throat cancer and I challenge anybody who believes otherwise based on information provided to him by “impeccable sources” to set the time and date and name a medical facility where I could undergo a medical examination to prove it,” he added. Duterte said instead of focusing on his health, “we all should focus on the more malevolent diseases afflicting our country – corruption, disregard of the law, crime and drugs, apathy and hopelessness. These illnesses are real, not imagined, and something must be done fast by somebody before they metastasise and result in a national paralysis.” There was no immediate statement from Roxas about Duterte’s statement, but the former Interior Secretary recently campaigned in Davao City along with President Benigno Aquino. Some 2,000 people attended the event dubbed “a gathering of friends,” held at the SMX Convention Center. (Mindanao Examiner)
Carmudi reports growth in car finance sector MANILA – Leading car classified Carmudi has recently unveiled its report about the growth of car financing in the Philippines. The report provides an outlook in the current and future state of car financing in the country and how it affects consumer attitudes towards credit. The research also reveals that 76-percent of Filipinos are planning to purchase a car in the next two years compared to 65percent on the emerging market. In terms of consumer behaviror, the Philippines has the highest level of vehicle upgrade with 96-percent plans to upgrade their cars when they have reached a more financial and stable condition, it said. Meanwhile, attractive consumer loan programs have boosted the strong demand for passenger cars
and commercial vehicles. The growth in consumer loans was driven by a 26percent increase in auto loans which translated to P244.61 billion. As consumer loans continues to grow, local banks are racing to come up with different strategies such as lower interest rates, attractive product offerings, and freebies to boost their share of the industry and give them a competitive edge. With the Philippine government initiating ongoing economic reforms and a high inflow of remittances, forecasts predict that consumer lending will flourish at a double-digit rate, driving consumers to further invest in cars and motorcycles. As more banks invest in consumer loans, consumer credit is also expected to increase and become more widely
accessible to all Filipinos. “Car financing has always been an option that consumers in the Philippines look at when buying a car, and data shows that the demand for auto loans in the country continues to increase,” said Subir Lohani, managing director of Carmudi Philippines, in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Lohani added: “With the growing economy and increase in demand for passenger cars, we believe that more of our Filipino customers will seek assistance about financing options. As more banks and financial institutions offer attractive loan programs and require low down payments, we expect auto purchases through financing will continue to flourish in the country.” (Mindanao Examiner)
Sayyafs free abducted workers in Basilan province BASILAN – Abu Sayyaf rebels have freed 9 construction workers they seized in the province of Basilan, authorities said. It said the rebels released all hostages in Sumisip town after finding out they are all
Muslims working for a private contractor who is also a Muslim. It was unknown whether their employer paid ransom or not. Rebels seized the victims on September 14 while on their way to work in Sumisip’s
Benembengan town. Two others workers managed to escape and told authorities about the abductions. Authorities said all victims have returned to their families. (Mindanao Examiner)
MILF attackers go free Continued fr om page 1 from In 2008, hundreds of MILF rebels attacked several towns in southern Philippines after a Muslim homeland deal with the government failed. Gunmen went on a shooting rampage and pillaged villages in the towns of Kolambugan, Bacolod, Maigo, Tubod and Kauswagan as they advanced to other areas in Lanao del Norte, Sarangani and Sultan
Kudarat. Rebels launched the attacks after the Supreme Court stopped the formal signing of the ancestral domain accord saying it was unconstitutional. The ancestral domain covers the whole of the Muslim autonomous region – Sulu, Tawi-Tawi-, Basilan, Maguindanao and Lanao, including Marawi City. And some areas in Zamboanga Peninsula, North Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat and Sarangani provinces in Mindanao where there are large communities of Muslims and indigenous tribes. And also Palawan Island, off Mindanao. Manila opened peace talks in 2001 with the MILF, then the country’s largest Muslim rebel group which is fighting for the establishment of a separate Muslim homeland. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Sept. 21-27, 2015
Inside the only SAS and Delta Force raid on an ISIS leader A CAPTURED Yazidi teenager has told of how US and British special forces raided the house of a high-ranking ISIS fighter, shot him down, and arrested his wife who pretended to be a sex slave in a cowardly bid to avoid capture. Under cover of darkness, the thwump of Black Hawk helicopters cut through the hot night above the rooftops of Deir-ez-Zor in the early hours of May 16. Deep in ISIS territory, 15 special forces soldiers from the US elite Delta Force exited the choppers and made their way to-
wards the home of ISIS's chief financier and head of oil operations. He was also the 'best friend' of the terror group's leader. They had been tipped off about the secret location of Abu Sayyaf and his jihadi bride, who runs its vicious sex slave network, through local Kurdish forces who work as informants for the CIA and Pentagon. After two cancelled raids on Sayyaf's hideout one because of a guidance problem and another due to severe weather - the team of Delta Force soldiers, supported by British SAS troops
were determined that it would be third time lucky. Not only did they kill Sayyaf, arrest his wife Umm Sayyaf and rescue a Yazidi girl being held hostage, they uncovered a treasure trove of intelligence on how the terror group operates, communicates and earns cash Sayaff was in charge of the terror group's oil operations. MailOnline can now reveal the daring details of the midnight raid - the only known Kill or Capture operation by US Special Forces and the SAS on a ISIS leader so far, as told by that
his tall frame crashing to the ground. As he lay there motionless, an American soldier asked the traumatised Yazidi girl who she was. The young girl had been through the hellish ordeal of spending six to seven months as a slave in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, Iraq, before she was sold to Abu Sayyaf. The deceased extremists's wife's eyes lit up with fear when the Yazidi teenager answered: 'I am a Yazidi girl who has been captured.' Immediately, the cowardly jihadi bride, who had sold numerous women and young girls into slavery, tried to fool them by saying: 'I am also a Yazidi'. As soon as the young girl told the soldiers she was lying and who she really was, they handcuffed Umm Sayyaf and 'closed her eyes and mouth'. She is now in a military detention centre. Once the sex-trafficker was detained, they began to search the rooms for intelligence and stumbled on an incredible find. They uncovered several laptops and cell phones which could provide an insight into the oilsmuggling operation which brings in vast wealth for the terrorist organisation. Once they had gathered the evidence, the special forces soldiers escorted the Yazidi girl and a blindfolded Umm Sayyaf outside the compound, where more armed extremists awaited them. The Special Forces troops, who decided to leave Umm Sayyaf's sister behind, ordered the young girl to get behind them as they engaged another wave of furious jihadis. The corpses of ISIS fighters littered the sand as the group headed towards a clearing where two Black Hawk helicopters came to pick them up. They helped the teenager and the captured ISIS bride into the aircraft which took around two hours to get back to a United States airbase in Erbil, northern Iraq, where she spent one week. The helicopters took around 'two hours' to get back to the US airbase in Erbil, where she spent approximately 'one week there.' She was taken to an army doctor who tended to her injuries and gave her a medical exam before she was interviewed by both Kurdish and American intelligence. The teenager, who was
captured in August last year when ISIS stormed across Yazidi villages in Sinjar, has been advised 'not to talk to the media'. But MailOnline's source in Dohuk, Iraq, whom she told her story to in great detail, said she was bought by Abu Sayyaf in May and spent around a week with him at the house that was raided. She was mercilessly beaten by Sayyaf, who also held US hostage Kayla Mueller at a different house in Syria for his 'best friend' and ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. A different Yazidi woman who was kidnapped and detained by Al-Baghdadi told of how he repeatedly raped the American - who he kept as a secret bride. Speaking to MailOnline, Muna, 16, revealed that after his depraved jihadi cohorts ripped out Miss Mueller's finger nails. Despite his image as the world's most notorious terrorist, Baghdadi was apparently terrified that his other wives would find out about the 26-year-old aid worker, so insisted she was imprisoned at the home of his deputy Abu Sayaff. Miss Mueller, 26, was allegedly killed in an airstrike on a house in Syria earlier this year. This first successful US raid inside ISIS territory on Sayyaf's house sheds some light on the growing network of informants whom the CIA and the Pentagon have been developing in Syria. They found where he was hiding with the help of local Kurdish forces on the ground, a foreign fighter, who is now living in Erbil, said. The volunteer, who has just got back from the Rojava region of Syria, added, however, this was not actually the first time they had attempted to get him. 'This was actually the third attempt to get Abu Sayyaf - one mission had to be cancelled because of a guidance problem, and another due to bad weather,' he stated. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced in July, two months after the raid, that he had given the SAS permission to accompany the Delta Force troops. He did not seek MPs permission and they are expected to vote on UK military operations in Syria in parliament. (Owen Holdaway In Dohuk, Iraq For MailOnline)
RESEARCH on prosthetic hands has come a long way, but most of it has focused on improving the way the body controls the device. Now, it may also be possible for prosthetic hands to send signals back to the body and "tell" it information about what the bionic hand is touching, according to a new study. Recently, researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the research arm of the U.S. military, implanted an array of small electrodes into the region of the brain that controls movement in a woman who is paralyzed. The electrodes communicated electrical activity from the brain's motor cortex, via wires, to a prosthetic arm that the woman was able to move through a wide range of motions. Then the research team asked, "Can we run the experiment in reverse? Can we do for sensation what we did for the motor system?" said Justin Sanchez, program manager of the DARPA biological technologies office, in a presentation he gave on Thursday at the Wait, What? A Future Technology Forum, which DARPA hosted in St. Louis. To answer this question, the researchers worked with a 28-year-old man who is paralyzed. They implanted an electrode array in both his motor cortex and sensory cortex, the brain region that recognizes tactile sensations such as texture and pressure. Wires from the motor cortex array controlled the hand, as they did for the female volunteer, and sensors in the hand also conveyed information, via another set of wires, back to the array in the sensory cortex. The researchers showed that this feedback system allowed the hand to communicate directly with the brain. In a video included in
Sanchez's presentation, a researcher blindfolded the man and then gently pressed on different fingertips in the prosthetic hand. The volunteer was able to identify which fingertip was being touched with "nearly 100 % accuracy" even without seeing it, according to a DARPA press release about the research. People who have prosthetic hands today rely on being able to see what the hand is doing to control it, said Sliman Bensmaia, an associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Chicago. But people will never be able to use these hands with dexterity until they can feel what they are doing without looking at them, he said. Bensmaia did preliminary research for Sanchez's team on how to make the electrode array work in the sensory cortex. "On the short term, you want to know whether you are touching an object, and how much pressure you are exerting on it, those basic things that you need to hold things," Bensmaia said. But as the technology progresses, touch sensors may also be able to convey temperature and texture, he added. Although the current demonstration is the first of a prosthetic hand directly communicating with the brain, other researchers have demonstrated that they can send messages from sensors in the prosthetic hand to electrodes implanted in nerves in the arm that then communicate with the brain. "(However), in situations where people have spinal cord injury, so they are quadriplegic ... you probably couldn't give them sensation back through the nerves," because they have lost the use of the nerves in their arm, said Dr. Paul S. Cederna, professor of plastic surgery and biomedical
engineering at the University of Michigan. Devices on the market now rely on either body power, in which a healthy part of the body controls the prosthetic through cables and harnesses, or myoelectric devices, in which electrical signals from muscles attached to the prosthetic control it. Researchers are also working on developing highly sensitive prosthetic arms that can recreate nearly every motion of a real arm, and bionic hands that can be controlled through an iPhone. The big benefit of Sanchez's approach is being able to use prostheses for people with spinal cord injuries, Cederna said. The 28year-old man in the current demonstration has been paralyzed for more than a decade because of a spinal cord injury. Although Cederna was not involved in Sanchez's research, he conducts DARPA-funded research on how to improve control of prosthetic devices through peripheral nerves, such as those in the arm. The idea of implanting an electrode array into the brain to either control or receive signals from a prosthetic limb is big step forward, but it is not ready for prime time yet. "The biggest challenge, once you put that electrode into the brain, you develop scarring around the electrode, and that makes it increasingly difficult to pick up the signals it needs to pick up," Cederna said. Researchers are working hard to develop electrode arrays that work for longer periods of time, Bensmaia said. Currently electrode arrays in the motor cortex only work for a few years, although arrays in the sensory cortex appear to be more stable, he added. (Carina Storrs, Special to CNN)
18-year-old Yazidi girl. The Special Air Service troops had joined the US operation in May. They kept their role a secret by wearing American uniforms and carrying Colt Model 727 assault rifles, used by Delta Force soldiers and US Navy SEALs. Dozens of them flew into Deir-ez-Zor on V-22 Osprey aircrafts and dug themselves into the scorching desert as they mounted a recon mission on Sayyaf's hideout. Using hi-res cameras fitted with telescopic lenses, they sent detailed tactical pictures of the enemy fighters surrounding the complex, their behaviour and weapons to US Central Command in Qatar. Once they had confirmed Sayyaf's presence there, US commanders wasted no time in ordering the assault. At around 2am, U.S. aircraft screamed over the compound, cutting down ISIS fighters and the stonewalled building with rockets and machinegun fire. The Yazidi prisoner was alone in one of the rooms of the house when the surprise attack began. Elsewhere in the house were the ISIS commander, his wife Umm Sayyaf, her sister and her husband who doubled as Abu Sayyaf's bodyguard - were cowering under the heavy fire. When the airborne assault ceased, ground troops moved in to eradicate the surviving jihadists and take down Sayyaf and his wife. The troops fought through the extremists keeping guard outside and forced their way to Sayyaf's house, shooting down two guards stood directly outside. They smashed through the front door and took down another one of the ISIS financier's bodyguards on the stairs. Meanwhile, SAS personnel formed a 'ring of steel', preventing any ISIS militants escaping alive. Upon hearing the chaos ensuing downstairs, Abu and Umm Sayyaf tried to grab the hostage and escape - determined not to leave her as evidence of the abuse ISIS fighters inflict on innocent Yazidi girls. They turned to run when the US troops entered the room - the barrels of their automatic rifles focused on a heavilybearded Sayyaf. When the terrorist hurriedly reached for his pistol, the soldiers fired two shots at his chest - sending
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Beauty in the Beast: The hugot of the Pinoy’s joy
Magpa-Ultrasound Ng Buong Tiyan
by Robert Z. Cortes
Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong
“MEN WANT women’s sexuality, but they can only deal with it when it exists wholly for them. If a woman is sexual about anything other than you in particular, it’s a problem. That’s when she’s a slut.” I made my lead this Chrissy Stockton statement in her thoughtcatalog.com article because, in my opinion, it pretty much describes the huge mistake our Filipino young girls are making in their fashion choices these days. Look around you at the malls, and you’d see everyone, and I mean everyone— from lithe young girls with fantastic legs to flabby matrons who should be fined wearing these things in public– wear shorts so short they reach up to the wearer’s crotch, where it can no longer go any higher. Correct me if I’m wrong, but, in my opinion, our young girls dress provocatively in malls and anywhere else that there’s a lot of people (especially boys) because they believe that this is the best way to bag a very good catch of a husband years
from now. The idea, I suspect, goes like this: the more boys a girl mesmerizes, the bigger becomes the universe the girl can choose from, and, therefore, the better her chances are of bagging a future husband who’s not only Mensa, but a veritable David Beckham who’ll make the girl the envy of zillion others, and who’s a Roman Abramovich to boot. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with forward planning, much less with planning big – if one’s sure of her assumptions. But the above plan– especially if woven around the strategy of dressing provocatively to establish the initial contacts – will fall flat on its face, believe me. Why? Because: “Men want women’s sexuality, but they can only deal with it when it exists wholly for them. If a woman is sexual about anything other than you in particular, it’s a problem. That’s when she’s a slut.” Needless to say, a girl who dresses provocatively in malls is one who – as far as any boy is concerned – can-
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not exist wholly for him. The boy may get interested, might even aggressively get interested, but the boy will do it to score, not to consider the girl as his future wife. “Unfair,” some girls may already be complaining. Surely not all girls who dress provocatively are automatically poor wife material. Many of them probably were raised to be good girls, attended Catholic schools, studied hard, chose good friends, minded their manners, obediently followed their parents’ advice, and never rebelled against their parents nor got in any trouble. The problem is, that’s how boys’ minds work, and, even in these days of slambang-thank-you-maam, this “old-fashioned” thinking still holds. It’s incredible, even amazing, but that’s the truth: men still put a premium on purity, and the initial means they have to size up a girl is in the way the girl dresses. And, believe me, the girl flaunting her sexuality by wearing short shorts is going to be at the bottom of his list. Remember the #1 rule of the universe: “Men want women’s sexuality, but they can only deal with it when it exists wholly for them. If a woman is sexual about anything other than you in particular, it’s a problem. That’s when she’s a slut.” Clothing fulfills three needs: hygiene, adornment, and decency. We dress in a certain way to keep ourselves comfortable and to ward off illness. Adornment answers our need—greater in women- to enhance the beauty and dignity of our person. Decency ensures proper consideration for the sensitivity of others, especially as this concerns the defense of moral honesty, and to guard against disordered sensuality. Some 5,873 years have passed since Adam and Eve, and it’s still true: clothing beliefs are so deeply-rooted in nature that they cannot be disregarded without provoking hostility. Or, as far as our young girls are concerned, distaste from the target boys. (abrahamvllera@yahoo.com)
MAY kasabihan ang mga doktor na “ang tiyan ay templo ng sorpresa.” Ang ibig sabihin nito, maraming kakaibang sakit ang makikita sa ating tiyan. Ang kinakatakutan natin palagi ay ang kanser. Isa sa pinakamagandang test na magagawa natin ay ang ultrasound ng buong tiyan. Ang tawag dito ay Ultrasound of the whole abdomen, kung saan makikita ng doktor ang lagay ng mga organ sa tiyan. Sino ang dapat magpa-ultrasound? Kahit sino ay puwedeng magpa-ultrasound. Ang mga nasa edad 40 pataas ay puwede nang magpaultrasound. Kung edad 60 na at pataas, lalo na dapat magpa-ultrasound ng tiyan bawat taon. Kung kayo ay may kamag-anak na may kanser sa atay, pale o sa bituka, mag-pa-ultrasound. May mga sakit na walang nararamdaman kaya dapat pa r ing magpasuri. Ano ang makikita sa
Dr. Willie T. Ong ultrasound ng whole abdomen? Makikita natin dito ang lagay ng inyong atay (liver), apdo (gallbladder), pale (pancreas), lapay (spleen), bato (kidneys), pantog (bladder), obar yo at matres sa babae, at prostata (prostate) sa kalalakihan. Maraming sakit ang puwedeng matuklasan. Wala pong iniksyon ito at gumagamit lamang ng “sound waves” para makita ang lagay ng mga internal organs. Magkano ito? Ito’y nagkakahalaga ng P2,000 sa mga murang laboratory centers na subok na ninyo. Puwede rin itong gawin sa malalaking ospital ngunit ang gastos ay tataas na sa mga
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Takla – deliciously delirious TAGBILARAN CITY — A shrimp that is among the world’s fastest and that which produces the loudest sound underwater is now taking the limelight among Bohol eco-tourists of Abucayan Norte in Calape town. The snapping shrimp, or otherwise known as the pistol shrimp – locally known as Takla, grows one claw bigger than the other, and that extra-large pincer is what it uses to bring food to its table. And no, the snapping shrimp doesn’t directly catch its food with its unusually large asymmetrical claws. It catches its food by laying in ambush from its burrow in the mud or reef, once claw on the ready. As soon as its antenna detects fish or food passing by, it inches out of its burrows and fires its weapon: a snap so quick it produces the loudest underwater sounds that stun prey and often killing small fish. Then it drags its often stunned or dead catch to its burrow as a ready meal. The snapping shrimp grows to only 1 to 2 inches (3–5 cm) long. It is distinctive for
its remarkably disproportionate large claw, which is sometimes larger than half the shrimp's body. The claw can be on either arm of the body and unlike most shrimp claws; these do not have typical pincers at the end. Rather, it has a pistol-like feature made of two parts. A joint allows the "hammer" part to move backward into a right-angled position. National Geographic experts claim that the quick snap of its claw, a pistol shrimp stuns prey with a "bubble bullet" that travels as fast as a car. As to its snapping weapon, the shrimp competes with much larger animals such as the sperm whale and beluga whale for the title of loudest animal in the sea, scientific sources revealed. The animal snaps a specialized claw shut to create a cavitations bubble that generates acoustic pressures of up to 80 kPa at a distance of 4 cm from the claw. As it extends out from the claw, the bubble reaches speeds of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and releases a sound reaching 218 decibels and the pressure is strong enough to kill small fish, laboratory studies on the pistol shrimp showed. In the mangrove
mudflats of Calape, fishermen catch these snapping shrimps from their burrows using the same weapon these feisty crustaceans use: sound. When a fisherman finds a snapping turtle burrow, it pats on the hole entrance: one that traps air into the water packed burrows and temporarily stuns the snapping shrimp enough for the fisherman to draw deep into the burrow and pick the limp shrimp, which goes into a pail. A long cherished tradition of fishing in Calape, snapping shrimp gathering, or pagpanakla, is now catching the attention of eco-tourists who visit Abucayan, to witness how these delicious crustaceans can be caught. Japan International Cooperation Agency’s Sustainable Environment for Panglao Project establishes Calape takla gathering industry as among the most interesting community livelihood efforts in Bohol. Other than gathering takla, tourists here are also given the chance to pull crab traps or sapyaw and take a boardwalk over a green crab enclosure as they watch how fishermen harvest crabs, clams, and shrimps. (Rey Anthony H. Chiu)
President Aquino graces the Inauguration of the Iloilo Convention Center. The Iloilo Business Park is a 72-hectare township envisioned by Megaworld to be ‘the next central business district’ in Iloilo City, with the 12-storey Richmonde Hotel and the Iloilo Convention Center serving as its initial developments.
Sari-Sari Stores Can’t Sell Medicines THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION has said sari-sari or convenient stores are not allowed to dispense or sell medicines, not even basic drugs for flu or colds. It cautioned the public against purchasing medicines in stores, saying medicines can only be bought from legitimate drug stores or pharmacies that have license to operate. Sariah Oriol, head of the Food and Drug Section, said under Republic Act 6675 or the Generics Act, certified quality drugs can only be accessed in legitimate drug stores or pharmacies. “Without the license, this is a clear violation of the law which can be subject to a filing of a legal case against the establishment,” Oriol said. Oriol also advised the public, especially those
living in far-flung villages, to get basic medicines in health centers or in the ‘Botika ng Barangay’ outlets instead of sari-sari stores. From January to August this year, some 112 out of around 800 establishments in Central Visayas have been served with notice of violation of the Generics Act with some having been padlocked due to gross violation. Majority of these cases are from Cebu, said Oriol. He said common violations are the absence of a license from the FDA to operate and make available in the commercial market drug products and that some food and drug products are not registered while other products alleged to contain certain ingredients but actually do not based on test.
The cases are elevated to the FDA legal office in Manila that will decide and issue the appropriate penalty, whether it be suspension or closure depending on the gravity, disclosed Oriol. Penalties are defined according to three categories, namely criminal, civil, and administrative of which the latter can be decided by the Secretary of Health to either revoke the license of the drug store or ask the Professional Regulations Commission to revoke the license of the medical practitioner. Oriol said penalties stipulated under RA 6675 are amended in RA 9502 or the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 with more severe penalties specified. (Fayette C. Riñen)
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MACTAN – The Asia Pacific Economic Conference concluded its Finance Ministers' in Cebu province in central Philippines with the unveiling of a commemorative marker – Cebu Action Plan - last week. Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima along with Peru’s head of delegation Enzo Defillipi and China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei unveiled the marker at Shangri-la Mactan. It was
China that hosted APEC prior to the Philippines, while the next host country is Peru. The commemorative marker included significant features representing APEC’s cooperation and major thrusts in the building of more inclusive and resilient economies. At a glance, the marker looks like a torch on a boat called locally as Balanghai, a wooden boat used in fishing trade and communications
Western Mindanao
Cebu
between Filipino settlements and other countr ies within the Asia Pacific during the colonial period. In the marker, the 4 pillars stand to form the pedestal representing the four objectives of Cebu Action Plan financial integration, fiscal transparency and reform, financial resiliency, and infrastructure development and financing. (Ferliza Contratista)
Manila