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HO SHO T the S audi cler ics? P hilippine author ities ar e still inv estigating SHOT Saudi clerics? Philippine authorities are investigating the foiled assassination of two S audi cler ics - S heikhs D bdullah Saudi clerics Sheikhs Drr. Aaidh ibn A Abdullah ki Assaegh, a rreligious eligious A ttaché of the al-Q ar ni, an IIslamic slamic scholar urki Attaché al-Qar arni, scholar;; and Tur Saudi E mbassy in M anila. Embassy Manila. They were shot and sneak the gun he used in at- insula has strongly conthe failed wounded on March 1 after tacking al-Qarni and Assaegh demned lecturing at a forum at the despite a strict security at the assassination here of 2 influWestern Mindanao State university gates. The clerics ential Saudi clerics. “We condemn in the University in Zamboanga were shot with a .45-caliber City in southern Philippines. pistol, according to Senior In- strongest terms the foiled asThe gunman - Rugasan spector Helen Galvez, a police sassination of a Saudi senior Misuari III - was killed by spokesperson. “We are inves- scholar, Dr. A’id Al Qarni and security men while trying to tigating this incident,” she his companion, a Saudi religious attaché, Sheikh Turkey flee after shooting the two told reporters. Mayor Beng Climaco has Assaeg which transpired in Arab lecturers, police said. Two other men – Junaide ordered an investigation into the evening of March 1, 2016 Saleh and Mujer Abubakar – the shooting. She said the inside a university campus in Council of Zamboanga City. By all stanhad been taken into custody Ulama by the police after they alleg- Zamboanga Peninsula orga- dards, it is without a doubt, a edly scaled the university nized the Islamic symposium. dastardly act perpetrated wall and tried to escape af- “I ordered the police to thor- against a venerable, peaceter the shooting. They were oughly investigate the loving scholar who has helped being investigated for their shooting and its motive,” she millions of people around the possible involvement in the said.The clerics are now recu- world developed a positive attack. It was unknown perating, according to outlook in life through lecwhether all the men had Climaco. “They are okay now tures and works that focus on links with rebel groups or and I already spoken with Dr. making people happy and had been influenced by ISIS. al-Qarni,” she said. overcoming trials and calamiThe influential Ulama ties.” It was unknown how Continue on page 3 the gunman managed to Council of Zamboanga Pen-
International peacekeepers thank Sulu Governor
Sulu Governor Totoh Tan poses with members of the Malaysian-led peacekeepers. (Photo by Ahl-franzie Salinas) SULU – Members of the Malaysian-led International (Cease-fire) Monitoring Team have expressed their gratitude and appreciation to Sulu Governor Totoh and the provincial government for its valuable support to peace efforts in southern Philippines. Major General Datu Sheik Mouhsin bin Sheikh, of the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces, led his group in thanking Tan for his invaluable support to the government ‘s peace process.
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For his part, Tan – who is seeking re-election in the May polls – also praised the multi-national peacekeepers in risking their lives in preserving peace in the Muslim region. He said the IMT is welcome to Sulu province. Tan also exchanged tokens with Sheikh. The IMT has been regularly visiting Sulu provincial officials since the time of then Governor Sakur Tan, now the Vice Governor of Sulu and running for governor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The IMT was estab-
lished in October 2004 and responsible for observing, monitoring, verifying, investigating, and reporting on the enforcement of the Mutual Cessation of Hostilities between the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front. It has been in Mindanao since 2004 and made up of Malaysian Armed Forces and Royal Malaysian Police officers and supported by army officers from Brunei and the team has been expanded to have personnel from Canada and Japan. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)
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A poster of Saudi Islamic scholar Sheikh Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni outside the Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines where he and Sheikh Turki Assaegh, a religious Attaché of the Saudi Embassy in Manila, are both shot by a lone gunman on March 1, 2016. The shooter was also killed. (Mindanao Examiner Photo – Ely Dumaboc)
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ICRC worries over fate of civilians in war areas
Army soldiers take a rest during a military offensive against jihadists in Lanao del Sur province in the restive Muslim autonomous region. Fierce clashes are also reported in Maguindanao and near provinces. (Mindanao Examiner Photo – Mark Navales) MAGUINDANAO – The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed apprehension over the fate of civilians caught in the fighting between security and rebel forces in southern Philippines. It said clashes between government forces and
jihadists in Maguindanao one of five provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region – continued since last month, causing civilian displacement and casualties. “We are worried about the fate of civilians caught in the fighting. We call on all
parties to the conflict to strictly abide by international humanitarian law. In particular, we remind them that they should take all measures to avoid indiscriminate attacks that may harm civilians.” “We are deeply alarmed by incidents involving road-
Zambo naghigpit vs smuggling! ZAMBOANGA CITY – Ipiang-utos ni Mayor Beng Climaco ang mahigpit na pagbabantay sa karagatan ng Zamboanga City upang pigilan ang pag-dagsa ng mga kontrabando dito. Kamakailan lamang ay nakumpiska ng pulisya dito ang 30 tonelada ng bigas na ipinupuslit mula sa isang lantsa na pagaari diumano ng isang parak. Sinabi ni Chief Insp. Rogelio Alabata, ang regional police spokesman, na nasakote ng mga miyembro ng Zamboanga City Public Safety Company sa pamumuno ni Insp. Sonny Amponin ang naturang
lantsa habang nasa aktong idinidiskarga ang mga biga. Lulan ng M/L 1 Bai Nasra ang tinatayang 600 sako ng bigas (50 kilo bawat sako) at sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya ay nabatid na pagaari diumano ang lantsa ni SPO2 Monjel Aradais ng Alu Duyong sa bayan ng Lugus sa Sulu province. Nakilala naman ang operator ng lantsa na si Ben Sarail ng Barangay Sinunuc dito. Ayon kay Alabata, nakatanggap ng impormasyon ang pulisya na may ibinabagsak na mga sako-sakong bigas ang lantsa sa Barangay Cawit
kung kaya’t mabilis na nagtungo doon ang grupo ni Amponin. “The vessel was docked on the area and its personnel were caught in the actual unloading of suspected smuggled rice. Immediate custody and control of the said vessel was made. It was loaded with more or less than 600 sacks of rice at 50 kilos each sack,” pahayag pa ni Alabata. Ibibigay umano ang sa Bureau of Customs ang mga bigas. Hindi naman sinabi ni Alabata kung dinakip ba ang mga pahinante ng lantsa. (Mindanao Examiner)
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side explosive devices that have resulted in injuries and deaths,” said Dominic Earnshaw, head of the ICRC office in Cotabato. He said to help treat all the wounded – without any distinction – the ICRC donated emergency kits and medicines to health facilities in Maguindanao, Cotabato City and Sultan Kudarat. Earnshaw said a field assessment conducted re-
cently by an ICRC team showed that the displaced population in Maguindanao and North Cotabato have already benefitted from initial assistance provided by the local authorities. “The ICRC will continue to monitor the situation of the affected population in order to identify any gaps in humanitarian assistance, in
coordination with the authorities and the Philippine Red Cross,” Earnshaw said. Armed clashes also erupted in Lanao del Sur’s Butig town and villagers had to leave their homes to avoid being caught in the fighting. The ICRC, Earnshaw said, is closely following the situation, including the humanitarian consequences of these incidents. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Was it ISIS or Abu Sayyaf? Continued fr om page 1 from “In the aftermath of this tragic incident, we call on all the Muslim communities of Zamboanga Peninsula and the neighboring regions to exercise restraint and patience as we express our indignation against this act of terrorism. We enjoin our people to observe utmost prudence and caution in processing or sharing any information posted on the social media or proliferated elsewhere relative to the identity, motive or affiliation of the culprits. Let us refrain from inciting people to violence and let us be responsible in posting on social media as emotions in these trying times,” the Ulama said in a statement. It also called on Muslims and non-Muslims alike to stay calm as the investigation is going on. “This is a time for sobriety and solidarity of the Muslims and non-Muslims alike and not a cause of strife and division. In responding to this outrage to our beloved scholars, let us uphold the rule of law and not the rule of the angry mob. Let us not forget that nothing befalls us except that it has been decreed by Allah (azza wa jal); hence, we should all resign gracefully to His Will,” the Ulama Council said. “In our mission to preach the beautiful message of Islam and in our quest for enduring peace in our land, we will not be cowed by the threat of terrorism, sabotage and assassinations, let alone this isolated incident. On the
contrary, this ordeal has even inspired us to hold more events in the future on a grander scale, in shaa Allah, to promote our advocacy of love and peace. We exhort our people not to let the forces of evil triumph by succumbing to their bullying but rather we should all be pro-actively involved in working for peace and prosperity. If there are haters and bigots planning to prevent the light of Islam from shining, let them know that Allah will protect His religion and He is the Best of planners,” it said. The Ulama Council called on authorities to conduct a full-blown, expeditious, credible and impartial investigation to ferret out the whole truth behind the assassination, from the motive to the identities of all involved in the cowardly act. “For our part, we intend to pursue our own parallel investigation within the confines of the law if only to complement and fast-track the investigation of the law enforcement agencies. We call for justice for the victims of this horrendous crime,” it said. The Ulama Council also appealed to the media, bloggers and writers to inhibit from writing “malicious reports and articles maligning the integrity” of al-Qarni, who was reported by the US-based non-profit research group the Investigative Project on Terrorism that he allegedly called a jihad on US forces in Iraq and Israel for the killing of Hamas leaders Ahmed Yassin and Abdel-Aziz Rantisi.
The report, which can be accessed in this URL: http:// www.investigativeproject.org/ 3864/cair-protests-saudiradical-exclusion-from-us, also said that al-Qarni was blocked from attending an Islamic forum in the United States in 2012. International media reports also said that ISIS has put a tab on al-Qarni and has previously called on its members and supporters to kill him because of his preaching that criticized the Salafi jihadist militant group. According to a report by the French news agency, Agence France Presse, al-Qarni’s name was among those of a number of Saudi scholars listed by ISIS in the latest issue of its monthly online magazine, Dabiq. “Write ups of this kind only worsen the situation as the insinuate justification the failed assassination of the good scholar. We urge you to check meticulously your sources. Not everything found in the websites, especially those purporting to be expert on terrorism, are reliable. There are so many haters and bigots out there, manufacturing false information against innocent scholars. Please, be professional and responsible. Let us not forget, the good scholar is the victim here; we should not make him the culprit,” the Ulama Council said. Al-Qarni is best known for his self-help book La Tahzan (Don't Be Sad), which is aimed at Muslims and nonMuslims alike. The book has sold over 2 million copies. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Farmers cry for free land distribution DAVAO CITY – Farmers’ groups backed by Anakpawis party-list dared presidential frontrunner Grace Poe to commit “free land distribution” should she wins in the May polls. This comes after the Nationalist People’s Coalition of former Marcos crony, Eduardo Cojuangco, threw its support behind the senator. “We dare Senator Poe, as early as possible to categorically commit to free land distribution, as it is apparent that Danding Cojuangco is behind her campaign and we do not want the Filipino farmers to be left out during her probable presidency,” Anakpawis Representative Fernando Hicap said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. He alleged that Cojuangco was a member of the so-called “Rolex 12,” a group of cronies of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos during martial law and a beneficiary of the multi-billion coconut levy fund that gave him control over San Miguel
A 21-man delegation of Graduate Studies students and Instructors from the National Defense College visited the Provincial Capitol and had a 2 hour question and answer session with Vice Governor Sakur Tan, who is the front runner in the gubernatorial race in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Sulu Provincial Government)
Corporation and United Coconut Planters Bank. Hicap claimed that a total of P9.625 billion fund was allegedly collected from poor farmers from 1973 to 1982 that was used to establish the United Coconut Planters’ Bank, acquire the Coconut Industry Investment Fund oil mills, consequently shares of SMC. At present, the coconut levy fund is estimated at least P70 billion. The national farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and National Federation of Sugar Workers in Negros claimed that Cojuangco allegedly controls 11 haciendas in the province totalling about 20,000 hectares or about 2/3 of the islands agricultural lands, according to Hicap. He also alleged that during the Arroyo administration, Cojuangco attempted to control more than 100,000 hectares of land in Isabela as cassava plantation, supposed to supply raw materials for SMC products.
Hicap said Anakpawis has been challenging presidential aspirants to vow to free land distribution to farmers that remains to be disregarded. Poe has promised during a recent presidential debate in Cagayan de Oro City – that agricultural development such as free irrigation services and the utilization of the multi-billion coconut levy fund. “ With the entry of Danding Cojuangco among her presidential patrons, we are dutybound to query the details of Poe’s declaration on how the farmers would benefit the coconut levy fund and guarantee against it falling again to Cojuangco’s hands,” Hicap said. He said there is no presidential candidate yet to promise free distribution of lands to poor Filipino farmers. He added that almost all presidential candidates are pledging the same old formula on agricultural development. (Mindanao Examiner)
Transmission towers are targets of bombers in South SULTAN KUDARAT – Authorities have failed to prevent attacks on transmission towers in southern Philippines following the bombing of a steel pylon of the privately-owned National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. Just last week, a transmission tower was bombed in the town of Aleosan in North Cotabato province. Elizabeth Ladaga, a spokeswoman for the NGCP, said the attack occurred in the village called Pagangan and targeted Tower 63. “This is
the third bombing of NGCP towers this year, and the second bombing incident for the same tower,” she told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. She said Tower 63 was bombed on January 14. She said they would restore the tower as soon as the area has been cleared by security forces. No individual claimed responsibility for the latest bombing, but Ladaga said the attack only serve to increase the burden of the public. The tower serves the KabacanSultan Kudarat
138-kilovolt line. The bombing did not cause any serious power interruption in the provinces. Police also said that two of three improvised explosives strapped on the base of the tower had been detonated, and the third was safely defused. Security forces are battling Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and other jihadist groups in North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat, including Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur provinces in the restive Muslim autonomous region. ( With a report from Rose Muñeza)
Cops attack police station in Lanao Sur, 6 wounded MARAWI CITY – At least 6 people were wounded when two groups of policemen clashed in Lanao del Sur province in the troubled Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, the military said. It said policemen from Tugaya town and more than a dozen armed men attacked the police station in the village of Bubong in the town of Bacolod Kalawi on Monday afternoon, sparking a firefight that left six civilians injured. There were no immediate reports of casualties on the side of both police forces, but the military re-
leased the identities of those wounded in the clash as Osmena Bagaya, 41; Anie Radie, 37; Mosa Radiem, 40; Basar Pumbaya, 49; Iya Maniri, 43; and Kalil Radie, 10. The military said the fighting lasted for about 15 minutes and it only stopped after the attackers retreated. The motive of the recent attack is unknown, but it occurred ahead of the local political campaign in Lanao del Sur, which is one of the most contested area during elections in the Muslim autonomous region. The regional police and the provincial gov-
ernment did not issue any statement about the violence involving lawmen. The fighting also coincided with deadly clashes between military forces and jihadists in Butig town also in Lanao del Sur, and the infighting between Balabagan town Mayor Edna Benito and Vice Mayor Quirino Sampiano. Benito, whose suspension was lifted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, was trying to retake her office from the acting mayor, Sampiano, who refused to yield power. (With a report from E. Dumaboc)
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The International Monitoring Team on the Peace Process, consisting of members from the countries of Malaysia, Brunei, Japan, Indonesia Germany and the European Union, along with their local counterparts, visited Sulu this morning for an exit call with Sulu Governor Totoh Tan, who is seeking re-election in the May polls. (Sulu Provincial Government)
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'Female Viagra' gets mixed reviews A NEW REVIEW of the "little pink pill" for women with low sexual desire says the dr ug doesn't work very well -but some doctors and patients who've been using the treatment disagree. The drug, Addyi, or flibanserin, has been on the market since October. "The data presented in this review suggests that the meaningful change caused by flibanserin is minimal," according to the team of Dutch researchers. The researchers looked at eight studies on Addyi that together included nearly 6,000 women. They said for women using the drug, the number of additional "satisfying sexual events" averaged out to about 0.5 per month. The agency asked Sprout Pharmaceuticals, which makes Addyi, to do more studies on the interaction between Addyi and alcohol. An editorial accompanying the ar ticle, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, questioned the FDA's approval of the drug. "The FDA approved a marginally effective drug for a non-lifethreatening condition in the face of substantial -and unnecessary -- uncertainty about its dangers," wrote Dr. Steven Woloshin and Dr. Lisa Schwartz at the Center for Medicine and the Media at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The researchers said the drug had significant known side effects, such as dizziness, sleepiness, and nausea. The FDA approved Addyi last August with a "black box warning" to highlight the risks of severe low blood pressure and fainting when patients drink alcohol, take certain drugs, or have liver problems. 'I was amaz ed' amazed' Some doctors and patients who've been using Addyi say the drug has been helpful. There are no other FDA-approved treatments for women suffering from low sexual desire. Dr. Lauren Streicher,
'Female Viagra' gets FDA approval. (A screen shot from a CNN report) medical director of the Center for Sexual Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said the results cited in the Dutch study are averages, and while Addyi doesn't work for everyone, many of her patients have benefited from it. She says she's written Addyi prescriptions for about 10 women, and three or four have emailed her back to say it's worked. "They say, 'Oh my God, this has changed my life. Things are wonder ful,'" Streicher said. Jodi Cole, a 33-yearold stay-at-home mother from Porter, Oklahoma, said before she started taking Addyi, she didn't want to have sex with her husband, Matt. "I love my husband and I believe God created emotional and sexual intimacy as key components of marriage. So we had sex, usually a couple of times a week. And while I was willing, part of me dreaded it. Every time," Cole wrote in an email to CNN. Cole said she started taking Addyi in November, and within six weeks felt a difference. "I was amazed," she wrote. "I actually enjoyed being intimate and for the first time in a long time felt that connection with Matt." She said for her it wasn't about increasing the quantity of sex she was having, but rather the quality. "What (Addyi) does is give just enough support so I can
think about that part of our relationship with anticipation of pleasure rather than anxiety," she wrote. She understands Addyi can have side effects, but said women should be able to choose to take it just as men choose to take Viagra despite its side effects. "I should be able to choose whether the side effects are worth the benefit," she wrote. The contr ov ersy o v er contro ov A ddyi Seldom has one pill raised such controversy among medical professionals. Doctors who treat women with low libidos tore apart the JAMA study. Streicher, an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said the study drew "erroneous conclusions." The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health went even further, calling the study "a great disservice to the millions of pre-menopausal women suffering from (hypoactive sexual desire disorder)." The doctors had several problems with the study's methodology, including that three of the eight studies the Dutch researchers analyzed were not published. When studies are published, they go through a peer review process to assess whether the study methodology is sound. One of those studies used a dosage of the drug
that was half as high as what the FDA approved. Dr. Loes Jasper, one of the authors of the Dutch analysis, said she and her colleagues removed the results from that study and still found that Addyi's affects were minimal. She said she and her colleagues included the results of the unpublished studies because sometimes negative studies of a drug don't get published. "We included all published and unpublished studies to capture a complete overview of the benefits and risks of flibanserin, without bias," Jaspers wrote in an email to CNN. According to the FDA, which looked at three clinical trials of Addyi that included about 2,400 women, about 10% more patients treated with Addyi repor ted meaningful improvements in satisfying sexual events, sexual desire, or reduced distress compared to women taking a placebo. In their editorial, Woloshine and Schwartz said Sprout and others put pressure on FDA to approve the drug. "While it is unclear how strongly politics influenced the decision, it is clear that the science was weak," they wrote. "We all need a drug approval process that delivers good decisions based on adequate evidence." (Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent, CNN)
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website (you can still get push notifications by using IFTTT and Pushbullet). Or you could simply create a Chrome shortcut in your web browser. Just open Facebook in Chrome, open the overflow menu and select Add to Home Screen. 4. M ake use of offline Make apps and games Some apps and games require constant internet access to function: this can be simply a security measure or because they constantly need to retrieve data. There are some apps and games that don't require internet access at all after the initial download. 5. R estr ict backgr ound Restr estrict background data The easiest way to save data is to tell your apps (or the Android system itself ) to restrict background data. Background data is all that internet traffic that goes on when you're not actually using an app: email syncing, feeds updating, weather widgets and so on. You can also tell the Android system to restrict background data in Settings > Data usage > Restrict Background Data or for individual apps in Settings > Apps (depending on which version of Android you have). You can also change your sync settings for Google services in Settings > Accounts > Google > select the account and then un-check the services you don't want to sync automatically. 6. D isable auto-updatDisable ing apps Another huge drain of your data allowance comes from the occasional bout of Google Play app updating. If you have the Play Store set to auto-update apps, even over a data connection, this could be chewing its way through your allowance ever y month without you even knowing. To check, go to the Play Store and swipe out the left-hand navigation drawer. Tap Settings and at the top, you'll see Auto-Update Apps. Tap this and make sure you either have it set to 'Do not auto-update apps' or 'Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only'. To manage individual apps, go to My Apps, select an app and then tap the over flow menu to check, or uncheck Auto-Update. 7. P ut some music on Put y our phone Streaming ser vices like YouTube, Spotify, Vine and other video and
music sites are huge data killers. If there's a tune or album you're constantly listening to at the gym or on the way to work, you'll use much less data by loading it onto your phone and listening to it offline, than endlessly streaming it from the web. If your phone doesn't have a microSD card or enough space in its internal memory for you to save music, you can use a microSD adapter. Alternatively, you can save music for offline listening. It won't require as much space on your phone and it's easy to get rid of or replace later. If you can curb your streaming cravings, even just a little, you'll see a huge reduction in data consumption. 8. IIdentify dentify and limit/ remo v e high consumemov ing apps In Settings > Data usage you can get a look at the apps which are consuming the most data both in the foreground and the background. This can be really useful for knowing which apps you should restrict. Take Gmail, for example. On my phone, it has downloaded 451 MB of emails in the background. If I felt I didn't use the app enough to justify that much data use, I could remove the app, limit how often it syncs or prevent it from downloading attachments, all of which would reduce data consumption. 9. N avigate offline Navigate Google Maps can use up quite a bit of your mobile data if you're not careful, but thankfully it is possible to use Google Maps offline. Follow our guide and see how much data you could save. 10. U se G oogle Docs Use Google offline Google Maps isn't the only Google app you can use offline. If you want to make edits to important documents without it using up your mobile data, you can. Find out how to use Google Docs offline at the link. 11. Don't upload, do wnload or send download pictur es or videos pictures A single minute of high definition footage captured on a modern smartphone can take up as much as 200 MB of data. Single photos can easily exceed 40 MB. Don't even think about uploading these to Facebook, or downloading pictures and videos from friends, unless your mobile data plan can handle it. (Scott Adam Gordon)
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HEALTH: Ingat sa Paggamit ng Cellphone at Microwave Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong MAY mga bagay sa ating paligid na akala natin ay safe gamitin, pero hindi naman pala. May mga lumalabas nang pagsusuri tungkol sa cell phones at microwave ovens. Paalala, hindi pa ito 100% kumpirmado, pero dapat na tayong magingat sa paggamit nito: Mag-ingat sa MICR OWAVE O VEN: MICRO OVEN: Ayon sa isang pagaaral, 90% ng mga Americano ay may “plastic” (kemikal na bis-phenol A) na natuklasan sa kanilang ihi. Ang may mataas na lebel ng bisphenol A ay mas nagkakaroon ng sakit sa puso, diabetes at sira sa atay. Ang pinaghihinalaang dahilan nito ay ang mga plastic wrapper na ginagamit sa pag-microwave ng pagkain. Ito ang mga payo na bini-gay ng Harvard Medical School: (1) Hindi safe i-microwave ang mga distilled water bottle at mga plastic bottle sa supermarket. (2) Tanggalin ang takip na plastic na nakabalot sa pagkain bago ito ilagay sa microwave. (3) Huwag maglagay na kahit anumang plastic, papel o gamit sa ibabaw ng pagkain bago ito i-microwave.
Dr. Willie T. Ong (4) Ang mga microwave take-out dinner ay pang-isa-hang gamit lang. Huwag ulitin ang gamit. (5) Tandaan: Gumamit lang ng “microwave-safe” ceramic at glass na lalagyan. Huwag ‘yung may melamine na plato! (6) Para siguradong safe, initin ang pagkain sa kalan, oven o toaster. Massafe pa ito. Ang mga tips na ito ay para lang sa iyong pag-iingat. CELL P HONE TIPS: PHONE Ayon sa isang pagsusuri (Interphone Study), ang matagalang paggamit ng cellphone ay P O S I B L E N G makapagdulot ng brain tumor (bukol sa utak). Sa mga taong gumamit ng cell phone ng lampas 10 taon, mas marami ang nagkakaroon ng brain tumor (neuromas at kanser) sa lugar na madalas pinaggagamitan ng cell phone. Mayroong kasing signal o electromagnetic
radiation ang cell phones. Para makapag-ingat tayo, heto ang mga payo ni Dr. David Schreiber, isang dating director ng Center of Integrative Medicine sa University of Pittsburgh: (1) Huwag pagamitin ng cell phone ang mga batang 12 edad pababa. Mas sensitibo ang mga bata kaysa matanda. (2) Ilagay sa speakerphone mode ang iyong cell phone o gumamit na lang ng ear phone. (3) Huwag matulog na kasama ang cell phone. Isara at ilayo sa iyo. (4) Limitahan sa 3 minuto lang ang paguusap sa cell phone. (5) Ilipat-lipat ang paggamit sa cell phone. Minsan sa kanang tainga, minsan sa kaliwa. (6) Mag-text na lang, para mas malayo ang cell phone sa utak natin. (7) Huwag mag-cell phone kung mahina ang signal. Ito’y dahil kusang pinapalakas ng cell phone ang power niya para hindi mawala ang signal. (8) Pumili ng cell phone model na mababa ang SAR o Specific absorption rate. Ito ang sukat ng magnetic field na makukuha ng ating katawan. Good luck po!
RECIPE: Beef and Broccoli in Oyster Sauce
INGREDIENT S: INGREDIENTS: -3/4 pound flank steak, sliced very thin and against the grain -4 cups broccoli cut into bite-sized pieces -1- 1 1/2 tablespoons high-heat cooking oil like vegetable or canola oil -2 cloves garlic, minced -2 teaspoons cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons water -cooked white rice
For the beef mar inade: marinade: -1 teaspoon low-sodium soy sauce -1 teaspoon mirin -1/2 teaspoon cornstarch For the sauce: -1/4 cup oyster sauce -2 teaspoons mirin -2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce -1/2 cup chicken broth
INSTR UCTIONS: INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Place the sliced beef in a large ziplock bag. Stir together the marinade ingredients and pour into the bag. Smoosh to coat the beef in the mixture, then let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes. 2) Meanwhile, steam the broccoli for 2 minutes, or until crisp tender. Do not overcook as the broccoli will cook a bit more later in the recipe. 3) Stir together the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. 4) Heat an electric wok, or very large skillet, to high heat. Add the oil then gently place the beef in the wok and spread into a single layer. Let the beef cook for 1 minute without touching it. 5) Add the garlic and stir continuously for 1 minute, then add in the sauce and broccoli. Bring the sauce to a boil, then add in the cornstarch dissolved in water. Cook until the sauce has thickened slightly, about 2 minutes. Serve over rice, if desired. (http://www.kusinamaster.asia)
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CSC nipahinumdom sa mga kawani sa gobyerno sa pagsumiter sa SALN NAGPAHINUMDOM ang Civil Service Commission (CSC) sa mga kawani ug opisyal sa gobyerno sa pagsumiter sa ilang Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) alang sa tuig 2015. Kini segun sa Akta Republika 6713 o gitawag nga Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees. Matud pa sa CSC nga kinahanglang isumiter sa saktong oras ang SALN sa mga kawani ug opisyal sa gobyerno sa dili pa ang gitakdang deadline sa Abril 30, 2016 aron dili mapahamtangan og silot. Ang SALN deklarasyon sa assets o kabtangan (lote, balay, sakyanan ug uban pa) ug liabilities o utang
(loans, debts ug uban pa) apil na sa business ug financial interests sa kawani o opisyal, iyang bana o asawa o wala pa naminyo nga anak nga ubos sa 18 anyos ang edad nga nagpuyo pa kauban sa iyang ginikanan sa balay. Ang CSC nitambag sa paggamit sa SALN Form revised 2015 pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 1500088, nga gi-proklamar niadtong Enero 23, 2015 nga nanginahanglan na sa mga mosang-at niini sa paglakip sa saktong lokasyon sa ilang real properties. Ang maong form mahimong ma-download gikan sa CSC website nga csc.gov.ph. Nipahimangno usab ang CSC nga tungod kay
panumpaan man ang SALN, ang bisan unsang sayop o kulang sa d e k l a r a s y o n , makonsiderar nga ‘lying under oath’. Ang mga kawani ug opisyal sa gobyerno mahimong mosubay sa CSC Memorandum Circular No. 3, s. 2015 alang sa kompletong listahan sa repositoryong ahensya alang sa SALNs. Ang mapakyas sa pagsumiter sa SALN sa gitakdang deadline usa ka paglapas sa Section 8 sa Akta Republika 6713 nga may silot nga 1 hangtud 6 ka buwan nga suspensiyon alang sa 1st offense ug pagkatangtang sa serbisyo alang sa 2nd offense. (Elvira Bongosia)
Epekto sa El Niño, padayong masinati sa nasud
MASINATI PA gihapon ang grabeng epekto sa El Niño sa Pilipinas bisan pawala na kini matud pa sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Matud pa sa pahayag ni Anthony Lucero, pangulo sa PAGASA Climate Prediction and Monitoring Section, kinahanglan pa gihapong ipadayon sa mga hingtungdang ahensya sa gobyerno sama sa mga local government units ug publiko ang pagdaginot og
Western Mindanao
tubig aron makuhaan ang kalisod tungod sa kakulang sa tubig. Dugang pa niini, miubos na ang lebel sa mga dams sa nasud tungod sa kakulang sa ulan gawas sa Angat Dam nga maoy nagunang tinubdan sa suplay sa tubig sa kaulohan. Ang Department of Agriculture mitaho nga ang kadaot sa sektor sa agrikultura sa El Niño sukad kini mi grabe sa katapusang bahin sa tuig 2015 misaka na sa P4 bilyon. Matud pa nga 12 ka rehiyon usab ang
Cebu
naapektuhan ug ang Rehiyon 2 ug 12 ang nakasinati sa labing dakung impak. Ang kadaot sa mga tanom nga mais gibanabana sa P2.36 bilyon, sa humay P1.62 bilyon ug P21 milyon usab ang sa high-value crops. Ang El Niño ang abnormal nga pagsaka sa temperatura sa ibabaw sa tubig dagat sa Equatorial Pacific Ocean nga maoy nakaingon sa panagsa na lamang nga pag-ulan. (Elvira Bongosia)
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