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Sulu Vice Governor Sakur Tan during a meeting with bank managers. (Photo by Ahl-franzie Salinas)
Banks to deploy more ATMs in Sulu SULU – Leading banking institutions operating in Sulu have pledged to install more automated teller machines to cater to the growing needs of their clientele after Vice Governor Sakur Tan held a meeting with bank executives about the need for more ATMs in the capital town of Jolo. Tan recently called a meeting with bank managers at his office in
Patikul town to discuss about the deployment of addition ATMs in Jolo to cater not only to government employees and private citizens, but to further enhance the services offered by these banks. Hajja Zeny Masong, of Radio ng Bayan, was also present during the meeting. Among the banks operating in Sulu are the Development Bank of the Philippines, Amanah Bank, Allied Bank, Metro Bank,
Street sweeper foils attempt to burn market ZAMBOANGA CITY – The local government has ordered police authorities to investigate a foiled attempt to burn a public market in downtown Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. A street sweeper, Roman Francisco, who works in the market, spotted and chased a masked man who tried to pour gasoline on a store in the market’s Row E last week. Francisco recovered a plastic gallon containing gasoline left behind by the suspect and reported the matter to the market
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security guard Rudy Gustillo, who immediately phoned the police about the foiled arson. “Further investigation revealed that based on the statement of Roman Francisco, while he was doing his normal duty at the said market, apparently, he saw one male person carrying one small gallon and was actually pouring the content of it on the mentioned store. Roman shouted and chased the male person who immediately ran,” said Chief Inspector Rogelio Alabata, the regional police spokesman. Continue on page 2
Philippine National Bank and Land Bank of the Philippines. Tan said many people were queuing up – rain or shine – outside the banks just to be able to withdraw money from ATMS, especially during paydays. “We want these banks to put
more ATMs so it can accommodate more clients,” he said. He said the long queue in ATM terminals is also causing traffic problems in Jolo and it is affecting the commuters and the public in general. Continue to page 5
COTABA TO CIT Y-S ecur ity for ces hav e rrecently ecently killed ABAT CITY Secur ecurity forces have a key member of the A bu S ayyaf inv olv ed in Abu Sayyaf involv olved kidnappings in M alaysia and captur ed another in Malaysia captured separ ate rraids aids in souther nP hilippines separate southern Philippines hilippines,, officials said. Officials said soldiers and policemen stormed a hideout of the Abu Sayyaf in Tawi-Tawi’s Sitangkai town and killed Said, whose group was tagged as behind several cross-border raids in Sabah; and other kidnappings in the province that included Filipino executive Precillano Garcia. Said, who was under Alhabsi Misaya and Idang Susukan, was fatally shot during a clash. Both Misaya and Susukan were linked to the beheading last month of Malaysian hostage Bernard Then in the town of Indanan after his family failed to pay ransom. Captain RoyVincent Trinidad, a military spokesman, has confirmed Said’s killing in Tawi-Tawi, one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region. He said another Abu Sayyaf leader, Mhadie Umangkat, was also captured in a joint police and military operation in the village called Tugbungan in Zamboanga City. Trinidad said Umangkat is a leader of an Abu Sayyaf unit implicated in the spate of attacks on government forces in Basilan province which is also part of the Muslim region. “Umangkat is a leader of Abu Sayyaf’s auxiliary threat group based in Sumisip town in Basilan,” he told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Continue to page 5
CRASHED UH-1D CHOPPER BLOWN UP GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Philippine military has blew up an air force UH-1D helicopter that crashed in the southern province of Sarangani despite ongoing investigations into the ill-fated aircraft. Col. Enrico Canaya, a spokesman for the Philippine Air Force, said the chopper was destroyed to prevent rebel groups from getting access to the downed UH-1D. The refurbished chopper crashed on November 7 in Matalam town while transporting soldiers wounded in fighting with communist insurgents. “We have to destroy it because it is a conflict area where rebel groups operate. It is a disposal procedure in all military equipment in conflict
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U.S. Army Bell UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa", a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, South Vietnam. (James K. F. Dung / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) areas and we don’t have access to the area that why it was destroyed,” Canaya told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. He said all radio
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equipment and machine guns and other serviceable items were removed before the chopper was destroyed recently. Nine soldiers,
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Crashed UH-1D chopper blown up Continued fr om page 1 from Officials there said the refurbished helicopter were evacuating 5 wounded soldiers – who clashed November 6 with the communist rebel group New People’s Army in the province – when the chopper crash landed due to strong winds. “There were prevailing strong winds when the said helicopter was landing. The nine personnel -pilots, crew and soldiers – on-board the helicopter suffered slight injuries and were already secured,” army Captain Alberto Caber, a spokesman for the Eastern Mindanao
Command. He said the chopper – part of 9 refurbished air force helicopters bought by the Philippines last year from Rice Aircraft Services Inc. – was totally wrecked. The chopper was under the control of the Philippine Air Force Tactical Operations Group XI of the 3rd Air Division. Canaya said they are still waiting the formal reports of the investigation into the crash. He said the UH-1D choppers are reliable and being used by the air force in military campaign in the southern Philippines. “They are reliable
helicopters and we are using the aircrafts in Mindanao and other areas,” he said. The decision to blow up the UH-1D chopper was similar to what U.S. commandos did to one of its helicopters during the assault on Osama Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad in Pakistan in May 2, 2011 after it was damaged in a hard landing. The only difference was the U.S. Seal Team 6 chopper had stealth features similar to those used on advanced fighter jets while the UH-1D helicopters is nothing special. (Mindanao Examiner)
Street sweeper foils attempt to burn market Continued fr om page 1 from He said the police were investigating the arson attempt. Last October 31, a huge fire hit the market site in downtown Zamboanga and killed 15 people and seriously injured 5. The
blaze burned a huge part of the market. Most of the victims owned stalls in in the market, but were illegally sleeping there. Mayor Beng Climaco ordered a thorough investigation into the tragedy that left P8 million
in properties up in smoke. She said an initial report pointed to a stall owned by Mannan as the origin of the fire which quickly spread throughout the block in a busy area called Magay. (Mindanao Examiner)
Almost 300 farmer-beneficiaries receive land ownership title from DAR-ARMM COTABATO CITY - Almost 300 farmer-beneficiaries in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) received their Certificate of Land Ownership (CLO). ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman and Amihilda Sangcopan, secretary of the region’s Department of Agrarian Reform (DARARMM), personally awarded the CLO to 70 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) from Basilan and 221 ARBs from Maguindanao. The awarding was held during the opening ceremony of this year’s ARMM anniversary in Cotabato City. The distributed CLO covers a total of 711 hectares of landholdings in the region wherein 154.5 hectares are in Basilan while 556.5 are in
Maguindanao. Secretary Sangcopan said there are still 967 pending CLOs in the regional DAR office that covers more than 2,000 hectares of landholdings in the provinces of Sulu, Basilan, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao. Four hundred eighty one of these are already for transmittal to the office of the regional governor. She said the landholdings awarded on Thursday are part of the agency’s distribution target this year. “We are working to distribute 20,000 hectares of landholdings this 2015. We are assured of approved survey plans before the end of the year,” she added. Datu Jan Utto, 35, CLO beneficiary from Datu Saudi in Maguindanao expressed his gratitude to
the Autonomous Regional Government noting the land awarded to him will help enhance his family’s livelihood and boost crop production. “Nagsasaka na ako simula bata at matagal na namin itong hinihintay. Maraming salamat sa ARMM government (I am a farmer since childhood and we have waited this for so long. We are thankful to the ARMM government),” said Datu Jan. The CLO is a proof that a farmer-beneficiary has the right of land ownership. Land covered by DAR’s CLO cannot be sold, transferred or donated within 10 years upon awarding, except through hereditary succession, or if sold back to the state or to another qualified beneficiary within the 10-year period. (Bureau of Public Information)
Military erred in report, now says cadaver of Malaysian hostage still missing A DAY AFTER the Philippine military announced the recovery of a headless body believed that of Malaysian hostage Bernard Then, security officials last week said they erred in the report and now claimed that troops were still searching for his cadaver. The 39-year old Malaysian man from Sarawak in Sabah was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in the southern Filipino town of Indanan on November 17 after his family failed to pay ransom. Bernard was executed hours after Malaysian Pr ime Minister Najib Razak arrived in Manila for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Bernard’s bloodied
head was recovered the same night abandoned in the town of Jolo. Captain Roy Vincent Trinidad, a militar y spokesman, previously confirmed that troops recovered the headless cadaver from a shallow grave in Indanan’s Kagay village. “Authorities are determining if the severed head and the recovered body are that of Malaysian national Bernard Then,” he said in previous statement to journalists. Trinidad said “no headless cadaver was recovered last November 18 in the village of Kagay as previously reported. Kagay is the focus of the search where the cadaver was reportedly buried,” he said without further elaborating.
Bernard was kidnapped by ar med rebels in May this year along with the 50-year old Thien Nyuk Fun, manager of Ocean King Restaurant in Sandakan town in Sabah, and spirited them to southern Philippines. Thien was freed by rebels just this month in what Malaysian Deputy Pr ime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi claimed was the result of successful negotiations with her captors. The Abu Sayyaf is still holding several foreign hostages, including two Canadians, a Norwegian, an Italian and Filipinos kidnapped from different provinces in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)
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ARMM distributes farming equipment to Maguindanao farmers COTABATO CITY - To help farmers increase crop production and reduce post-harvest losses, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) distributed various farming equipment to registered cooperatives and to Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) communities in the province of Maguindanao. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman and lawyer Laisa Alamia, ARMM’s executive secretary and the concurrent officer-incharge of the region’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, led the distribution of farm machineries and implements on Thursday, November 19, during the opening ceremony of the 26th ARMM anniversary at the ARMM Compound in Cotabato City. The post-harvest equipment, which include farm tractor with implements, combine harvester with implements, hand tractors with trailers and knapsack sprayers, are estimated to be worth over P20 million. Atty. Alamia said the fund used in the acquisition and distribution of the farm machineries and
implements comes from the Agri-Pinoy Rice and the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) programs. The Agri-Pinoy Rice program is one of the banner initiatives of the Department of Agriculture targeting rice farming and uplifting the lives of Filipino farmers. The PAMANA program, on the other hand, is the national government’s peace and development framework for conflict-affected areas. “We urge the farmers to enhance their knowledge on farming technologies to further boost agriculture in the province,” said Atty. Alamia. She reiterated that the farming equipment distributed will help increase agricultural activities of Maguindanaon farmers especially in rice and corn production. Under the Agri-Pinoy Rice program, the recipients are the Mindanao State University (MSU)-Maguindanao, Al Muizz Farmer and Livelihood Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Ekssalam Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, and Kalumenga Kadtatabanga Farmers Association. The PAMANA
beneficiaries are ElGrande Farmers MultiPurpose Cooperative, Datu Odin Sinsuat Women’s Producers Cooperative, Talayan Agri-Farm Industry Marketing Cooperative, Tunggol Farmers’ Producers Cooperative, and Greenfield Producers Cooperative. Bai Soraya Sinsuat, MSU-Maguindanao chancellor, said the farm tractor with implements that the university received will help agriculture students in their academic work, especially in research. “Pedsukul kami sa ARMM government ka nanggan kami nilan sa mga farm tractor. Makadtabang e nya ba asal a magagan i kapegkumpay nami (We are thankful to the ARMM government for granting us the farm tractor. It will speed up the harvesting of our crops),” said Santiago Belotindos of Tungol Farmers’ Cooperative. Atty. Alamia said the ARMM’s Agriculture and Fisheries department will distribute machineries and implements to farmers in the other provinces of the region before the end of the year. (Bureau of Public Information)
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Fresh catch Tuna from Saranggani waters which abound with the sought-after fish, the city has been acknowledged as the country’s “tuna capital” for decades now as its catch can surpass the aggregate tuna yield of all local fish ports and the volume of fish landings went up 114,939 MT from January to June this year, up by 10,628 MT compared to the 104,310.93 MT landings over the same period in 2014. Mention the word “tuna” and immediately General Santos City comes into mind because of the rich waters of Sarangani Bay, one of the breeding grounds of the tastiest tuna in Mindanao which has tickled the world’s palate. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)
Remembering the 'Maguindanao Massacre' on its 6th year
Families of massacre victims offer prayers and cry justice during the November 23 commemoration of the brutal killings of 58 people and 32 of them were journalists and media workers murdered by gunmen in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)
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Sulu Governor Totoh Tan turns over Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Ambulance to Sulu Integrated Provincial Health Office Chief Dr. Fahra Tan-Omar. (Sulu Provincial Government)
Sulu Governor Totoh Tan participates in the Provincial Convergence and Family Day held recently by the Department of Social Services and Development. (Sulu Provincial Government)
Banks to deploy more ATMs in Sulu Continued fr om page 1 from Tan said government agencies in Jolo like the Department of Education and the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines should be able to have its own ATMs in their headquarters to ease the pain of employees and
security personnel from getting their salaries. And these will also lessen the number of people withdrawing money in ATMs in downtown Jolo. The Land Bank of the Philippines, Allied Bank and Metro Bank have assured Tan that more ATMs would be installed in
Sulu, including at the Capitol Building, in the months to come to ensure the public of its efficient services. Tan said the provincial government under Governor Totoh Tan is fully supportive of the banking institutions in Sulu. (Ahlfranzie Salinas)
Sayyaf man in Malaysia raids killed Continued fr om page 1 from He said Umangkat was previously under Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama and Abas Alam and had been tagged as behind the ambushed of government troops in
Basilan. “Umangkat is responsible for the series of carnapping, bombings and burning of government construction equipment in the province. Authorities are investigating his
presence in Zamboanga City,� Trinidad said. The Abu Sayyaf bombed many civilian targets in Zamboanga City in daring attacks the past years. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Siberia's melting permafrost fuels climate change REYKJAVIK, ICELAND Over the past year, a number of giant, mysterious holes have emerged in Siberia, some as deep as 200 metres. Scientists say the craters may be emerging because the frozen ground, or "permafrost", that covers much of Siberia has been thawing due to climate change, allowing methane gases trapped underground to build up and explode. Permafrost is ground that is permanently frozen, where the ground temperature has remained below zero degrees Celsius for at least two years. It covers about a quarter of the northern hemisphere's land surface. When permafrost thaws, microbes digest the plant and animal remains that were locked in the
permafrost and release greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. The phenomenon is a self-feeding cycle, explained Sarah Chadburn, from the University of Exeter. "Permafrost soils contain vast amounts of carbon, nearly twice as much as is currently in the atmosphere. As the permafrost thaws in a warming climate, the soil decomposes and releases carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and methane. These are greenhouse gases, and they warm the Earth even more. This leads to more permafrost thawing, more carbon release, and so the cycle continues," Chadburn said. At the recent Arctic Circle Assembly in
Reykjavik, Iceland, Max Holmes from the US-based Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) said in a presentation that the Siberian sinkholes "are an additional indication that vast changes are under way in the Arctic". "I don't worry about them too much in and of themselves," the researcher said. "But they do reinforce the notion that big changes are already happening, and that we are likely to have more unpleasant surprises in the future." Recent research has found that a third greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O), is also emitted in some areas covered by thawing permafrost. "We now know that a lot of nitrogen is released during permafrost thaw
Frost mound in Reindalen, Svalbard formed as permafrost confines groundwater, which is pushed on the surface under hydrostatic pressure and freezes [Alfred Wegener Institute/Jaroslav Obu]
and that the microbes responsible for N2O production are present in virtually all Arctic and boreal systems," said Ben Abbott, a France-based scientist who studies permafrost in Alaska. He added that it was unclear whether nitrogen gas emissions from thawing permafrost are significant compared with those of carbon dioxide and methane. Despite scientists' concern that thawing permafrost could exacerbate global warming, Chadburn noted that "most climate models do not include the warming aspect of permafrost emissions", including the models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Although the IPCC has acknowledged that permafrost contributes to global warming, a lack of data on the phenomenon has meant that they have not been able to include it in their reports. Chadburn estimated that thawing permafrost would raise global temperatures by an average of 0.3°C, but could be as much as 0.7°C. Given predictions that permafrost melt could cause warming, Hugues Lantuit from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany said that "the objective for the COP21 climate summit should really be a temperature increase of no more than 1.7°C to take account of emissions from permafrost", referring to the annual global conference on climate change to be held next month in Paris. Walter Oechel from San Diego State University and the Open University and Donatella Zona from the University of Sheffield have been measuring methane fluxes in the Arctic for more than a decade. "We expect methane emissions from the Arctic to increase dramatically with warming of the Arctic," they said. "And, the potential is there for this release to become catastrophic." Meanwhile, the frequency of fires has been intensifying in Arctic areas, noted Scott Goetz from WHRC. More than two million hectares of land have burned in Alaska this year, he said in his presentation at the Arctic
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act as 'hot spots' of biological activity in northern regions… Such biologically productive systems are important to Arctic peoples for supporting traditional lifestyles, and for providing water to rural/ urban communities and development, especially where groundwater resources are unavailable," she explained. The phenomenon also affects public safety: Around 70 percent of the world's permafrost is found in Russia, and in Siberia, entire cities, of which Yakutsk is the largest, are built on permafrost. When permafrost thaws, buildings can tilt and become uninhabitable. The solution? WHRC scientist Sue Natali said that "to save permafrost, we have to reduce fossil fuel use and manage forests globally to enhance carbon dioxide uptake by the biosphere". (Lowana Veal, Al Jazeera)
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TECH TIPS: How to improve battery life in 5 simple steps OVER THE YEARS, the years, we've shared plenty of specific tips about saving battery life on Android. But today we wanted to explain some of the fundamental concepts behind better battery life: teach a man to fish and all that. With a basic understanding of battery technology and the biggest power suckers affecting your device, you'll be a battery pro in no time. 1. Kno w yyour our batter y Know battery For starters, it's a wise idea to learn at least a little bit about different battery types. I'm not asking you to enroll at the Battery University, but you could swing by the Battery University website (http:/ /batteryuniversity.com/ learn) to learn a thing or two about the kind of battery your smartphone uses. For example, lithium batteries are very common in smartphones due to their high energy density, low maintenance requirements and relatively cheap production cost. Lithium batteries don't suffer from battery memory either, meaning that there is nothing to be gained from full charge and discharge cycles. Using the official charger that came with your phone is always going to be a better bet than using any old charger because it is specifically calibrated to your device. A little knowledge like this can go a long way toward dispelling commonly held battery myths. It will also help guide you to making better battery decisions on your own. 2. Kno w yyour our device Know As mentioned above, knowing some basic details about your battery is useful, but so is knowing some simple facts about your phone. For example, what kind of screen does it use? An LCD screen is permanently back lit, which means it drains battery power whenever it is turned on. An OLED screen, on the other hand, only illuminates individual pixels, so any black pixels are actually turned off, meaning they
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aren't consuming any power either. You should also familiarize yourself with the various battery saving features your particular phone has on board. Most phones have a basic power saving mode for when your battery hits a critically low level. Others let you choose which features to disable when your battery is running low (like GPS, cellular data, haptic feedback and so on). Some phones even have an extreme battery saving mode that turns your display gray-scale and severely limits your phone's functionality in order to eke out just a little more juice. Knowing what options are available to you is just as important as using them properly. 3. Kno w what chews the Know most batter y battery This is where familiarity with your phone enters the next stage. If you want to get serious about better battery life, you should regularly check in on your battery settings to see which apps are consuming the most power, what background processes are consuming system resources and whether you have any wake lock activity going on. Your usage habits are also a major factor here. Finding fixes for battery drain bugs, ditching particularly power-hungry apps and knowing what's normal for your phone are all good uses of your time if you want to get the most out of your battery. You can also install an app like Greenify to automatically hibernate apps when they're not in use. To give you a basic intro, the screen is almost always the biggest battery drain on your phone, so simply shortening your screen-out time and lowering your screen brightness is immediately going to result in longer battery life. Trying to avoid turning your phone on incessantly for no reason is also going to help a lot. 4. K eep an ey e on Keep eye ev er ything ever erything Once you've become familiar with the
“standard” apps and Android features appearing in your phone's battery section you'll be able to identify when something is out of the ordinary. If a new game you haven't even played recently is high on the list you might want to check out why. You can also install some system monitoring apps to keep an eye on system activity that might result in excess battery consumption. You can stop apps from running in the background and keep an eye on geeky stats by enabling Developer Options and taking a look at Process Stats. (If you need to enable Developer Options, go to Settings > About phone and tap Build number seven times.) Like anything you care about, looking after your battery is going to take a little tender loving care, but getting up to speed with all the things in this article could be done in just an hour or two. Just weigh that time investment up with an extra hour of screen-on time each day or not having to worry about making it through the day on every charge. 5. Look after yyour our batter y battery Some simple maintenance of your battery can also go a long way. Knowing that it's better to frequently charge your battery in smaller increments rather than relying on a full discharge/ charge cycle is good to know. Keep your battery cool when charging and don't leave your phone in direct sunlight. If you need to replace a battery you should invest in a manufacturer original battery or at least a reliable third party offering. Saving a few bucks buying a cheap battery might just lead to more problems than it's worth. You can also calibrate your Android battery if you think you're getting erroneous reporting of battery life. Did you learn anything about batteries today? Do you promise to be a better battery owner from now on? (Kris Carlon, AndroidPIT)
HEALTH: 15 tips para iwas sa kanser Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong NAKAKATAKOT ang sakit na kanser dahil mahirap itong gamutin. Sa kanser, ang mga selula ng katawan ay bigla na lang nagbabago ng anyo at nagiging masama. Hindi pa alam ng mga doktor ang tunay na sanhi nito. May kanser sa utak, sa baga, sa ilong, sa atay, sa bituka, sa colon, sa pancreas at sa balat. Iba’t ibang lugar ang pinagmumulan. Ang paniniwala ng mga cancer specialist ay may mga “triggers” o nagpapasimula ng kanser. Ang mga payong ito ay hindi pa tiyak, pero magandang sundin pa rin natin ito: Iwas sa sigarilyo at alak – Makaiiwas tayo sa kanser sa baga, atay at tiyan. Iwas sa polusyon at usok ng sasakyan. Iwas sa matitinding sikat ng araw. Gumamit ng sunblock. Puwede kasi itong magdulot ng kanser sa balat. Iwas sa mga sunog na pagkain o “smoked” foods tulad ng mga tinapa at barbeque. Puwede kasing may mga nagdudulot ng kanser dito. Magbawas sa alat
Dr. Willie T. Ong tulad ng patis, toyo, bagoong, alamang. Hindi pa ito tiyak, pero ayon sa espesyalista, puwedeng magising ang mga selula natin at maging kanser ang mga ito. Iwas sa mga lamanloob tulad ng bopis, dinuguan, bituka at iba pa. Hindi po ito malinis at baka magdulot ng masama sa katawan. Iwas sa pagkaing kalye. Umiwas sa mga maruruming pagkain sa kalye tulad ng fishball, kweck-kweck at betamax. Magbawas sa pagkain ng “processed meats” tulad ng hotdog, langonisa, sausage, bologna at iba pa. Magbawas sa pritong pagkain. Iwas sa karneng baka at baboy. Tanggalin ang lahat ng taba.
Kumain nang maraming gulay at prutas. Puwedeng kumain ng manok paminsan-minsan. Mas mahaba ang buhay ng mga vegetarian. Iwas sa galit, inis at iba pang negatibong emosyon. Naniniwala ako na ang positibong pananaw sa buhay ay makapagpapalakas ng katawan at magpapahaba rin ng inyong buhay. Maging aktibo at mag-exercise palagi. Alamin ang inyong lahi. Kung may lahi kayo ng breast cancer, magpasuri ng suso bawat 6 na buwan. Kung may lahi kayo ng kanser sa tiyan, magpaultrasound o CT Scan ng tiyan. Magpa-check up sa doktor kada 6 na buwan. Ikonsulta ang kahit anong nararamdaman. Makatutulong ang doktor para makita ang inyong sakit. Gawin ninyong misyon ang mabuhay nang malinis, masaya at mahaba. Kung susundin ang mga payo na ito, siguradong hahaba ang inyong buhay. Good luck po.
RECIPE: Beef Kaldereta
INGREDIENT S: INGREDIENTS: 1 Kg Beef, cubed 3 cloves Garlic, crushed and chopped 1 Onion, finely chopped 4 cups Water 1 cup Red Bell Pepper, cut into strips 1 cup Tomato Sauce ½ cup Liver Spread or Liver paste (processed using blender)
1 tsp. crushed Chili 3 large Bay Leaves 2 cups Potatoes, cubed 2 cups Carrots, cubed (small) 1 cup Cooking Oil 2/3 cup Green Olives (the salty and sour taste of green olives gives a very nice flavor for this dish) salt and pepper to taste
INSTR UCTIONS: INSTRUCTIONS: Heat the cooking oil in the pan and fry the carrots and potatoes until color turns light brown. Remove the fried carrots and potatoes from the pan and set aside. In the same pan where the vegetables were fried, sauté the garlic and onions. Add the beef and simmer for 5 minutes. Add water and let the beef boil until tender (about 30 minutes using a pressure cooker). Add the tomato sauce and liver spread and simmer for 10 minutes. Add green olives, carrots, bay leaves, bell pepper,crushed chili,and potatoes and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve Hot. Excellent with white rice. (http://www.kusinamaster.asia)
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OLICE and militar y author ities and other law enfor cement agencies ar e military authorities enforcement are set to str ictly enfor ce the implementation of the gun ban for the strictly enforce upcoming national and local polls follo wing a rresolution esolution fr om the following from Commission on E lections ts on JJanuar anuar y 10. Elections lections.. The gun ban star starts anuary C O M E L E C - C e b u 9. He said the 120-day weapons, also covered by Provincial Election election period contains the ban are air guns and Supervisor Atty. Marco the actual campaign replications, as well as Lionel Castillano also period from February 9 to bladed instruments, hand said that under May 8 for national grenades, and other Philippine laws, candidates, and from explosives, except for “election period” means March 26 to May 8 for local fireworks. 120 days before the candidates. Castillano also said the actual date of the In COMELEC poll body will allow elections and 30 days Resolution 1814, the gun candidates or individuals after it. ban applies to everyone with security threats to Citizens will got to except government have escorts during the polls in May to vote for security forces such as the election period upon their president down to Philippine National application and local government Police, the Armed Forces assessment. The escorts officials, except of the Philippines, and can come from the police barangay leaders. other law enforcement or military or the National Castillano said agencies. Bureau of Investigation election period will start Aside from the regular and limited only to 2 on January 10 until June firearms and deadly personnel. (Hazel Gloria)
And now the good news... TIRED OF TOO much political news? Here is the good news! The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the doubledigit increases in the importation of raw materials and intermediate goods, capital, and consumer goods have kept Philippine merchandise imports afloat. Citing reports from the Philippine Statistics Authority, NEDA said total payments for imports increased by 6.7 percent to $6.2 billion in September this year from $5.8 billion in the same month last year. This is the fourth consecutive month since June this year that imports have increased. The September report is the latest culled from the PSA. “Upbeat sentiment from the business sector and an overall improvement in consumer expectations for the coming quarter will likely keep imports afloat, especially those in the manufacturing and construction sectors. Improved purchasing power due to low inflation will also keep consumer demand vibrant in the succeeding months, and will further be rampedup by holiday spending,” said Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan. “The growth registered in capital
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goods for September (40.7%), which is the highest for the year, is also an indication of robust economic activity moving forward,” he added. Capital goods increased to $2 billion from $1.4 billion in the comparable period last year. Raw materials and intermediate goods also increased by 20.1 percent to reach $2.7 billion compared with $2.2 billion recorded in the same month last year. Raw materials and intermediate goods serve as inputs in the production of final goods, while capital goods include equipment and materials in which firms invest to expand production and make production more efficient. Import bills for consumer goods also grew by 10.1 percent to $876.8 million from $796.4 million in September 2014, mainly on higher purchases of durable goods particularly of passenger cars and motorized cycle. However, NEDA said payments for nondurable goods, primarily rice, registered a decrease during the period because of lower rice volume purchased on a year-on-year basis. “The drop in rice imports may only be temporar y as the government allowed for additional rice imports in the fourth quarter of the year given the prevailing El Nino, which is still affecting domestic rice
production,” said Balisacan, who is also NEDA's director-general. Among the monitored tradeoriented economies in East and Southeast Asia, only the Philippines and Vietnam recorded positive imports in September this year. Tr a d e - i n - g o o d s deficit expanded to $5.6 billion for Januar y to September 2015 compared with $1.8 billion deficit in the same period last year. The increase in trade deficit was due to the 24.7 percent decline in merchandise exports recorded in September, the largest contraction since September 2011. “On the back of sluggish global growth, economic policies should continue to encourage investments that cater to domestic demand. Continuous improvements in product quality, innovation and infrastructure support to local industries should be sustained in order to elevate the competitiveness of the domestic industries, and make them at par with imported products,” Balisacan said. “Local industries can also take advantage of the lower prices of commodities in order to beef up inventory and expand capacity. At the same time, the purchasing power of consumers, especially the poor, needs to be strengthened,” he added.
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A COMELEC checkpoint manned by soldiers in the Philippines. (Cebu Examiner Photo Geonarri Solmerano)
Pinas, US mopalapad sa ‘defense alliance’ SI PRESIDENTE Barack Obama ug Presidente Benigno Aquino nagkahiusa nga palapdan ang “defense ties” sa duha ka nasud atol sa gihimong bilateral meeting sa AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit dinhi sa nasud. Gitumbok ni Presidente Aquino nga ang defense ug security alliance sa duha ka nasud milungtad na ug sobra sa 60 ka tuig gani nahimo kining usa ka lig-on nga pundasyon sa kahimtang sa kahusay ug kalinaw sa rehiyong Asia Pacific. Mapasalamaton ang Pilipinas ngadto sa Estados Unidos sa suporta nga gihatag niini aron mapatigbabaw gayud ang “rule of law” sa isyu sa West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) ug ilabi na sa suporta niini sa gihimo sa Pilipinas
nga “friendly, durable and rules-based settlement mechanism.” Si Presidente Aquino ug Presidente Obama naghisgut-hisgut mahitungod sa maritime security lakip na ang maritime disputes sa rehiyon aron padayon nga mapatunhay ang respeto sa international law. Si Presidente Aquino namulong atol sa maong bilateral meeting nga padayong ipatigbabaw ang “freedom of navigation” diha sa West Philippine Sea subay sa balaod nga gilatid sa international law. Gitumbok nga “great allies” ang Pilipinas ug Estados Unidos ug matud pa ni Presidente Obama mapasalamton siya sa ilang panagtambayayong pagbantay sa seguridad sa duha ka nasud sa gihimong “Balikatan exercise” ug pag
respeto sa bililhong panaghigalaay niini. Dugang ni Presidente Obama nga ang Estados Unidos mo palapad pa sa ilang maritime assistance sa Pilipinas ngadto na sa "record levels" lakip niini ang paghatag sa US ug duha ka bag-ong barko. Sa ilang pagtuki sa gihimong reclamation ug construction diha sa gilalisan nga West Philippine Sea, namahayag si Presidente Obama nga ang Estados Unidos andam kanunay nga mo suporta sa gihimo ni Presidente Aquino nga pagsang-at ngadto sa UN Convention on the Law of the Sea aron makab-ot ang malinawon nga sulbad sa k a s a m t a n g a n g pananbingkil sa duha ka nasud nga China ug Pilipinas. (Leandria Pagunsan)
Special drug court judge pushes for distribution of Cebuano info materials A SPECIAL drug court judge in Dumaguete City has suggested to government agencies concerned with drug prevention to produce information materials related to drug abuse that are translated into Cebuano language for better understanding of the public. Special drug court Branch 36 Judge Joseph Elmaco made the suggestion during a recent Kapihan Sa PIA in observance of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week. “I think it is high time to review our approaches whether it is effective,” he said. Elmaco underscored that people in the barangays would be more informed on the ill-effects of drug abuse as well as the laws related to it if these are relayed in the local language. Two years ago, Elmaco said he wrote a Cebuano translation of
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Republic Act 9165 ( The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) and its rules and presented it to the local government for reproduction but did not get a response from officials. But now, Elmaco said he is open and willing to collaborate with government agencies concerned with drug control and prevention for reproduction of his translation of the said law as well as in formulating other information materials in Cebuano language. Elmaco also encouraged government agencies to install billboards in barangay halls that state the general provisions of R.A. 9165 which is also translated into Cebuano. “The point there is the massive education campaign so that the people who will be apprehended in the future cannot tell us they
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are not informed,” he said. Negros Oriental Drug Abuse and Prevention Council Action Officer Fernando Martinez said they welcome Elmaco’s suggestion. Martinez said the council has funds for the production of information materials and they could probably first distribute information materials in Dumaguete City. S e n i o r Superintendent Dionardo Carlos, commander of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, also welcomed Elmaco’s suggestion and committed to assign police personnel who will help distribute these materials, but he also underscored the role of community stakeholders in strengthening this advocacy campaign. (Roi Anthoni Lomotan)
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