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Malaysia stands firm no ransom is paid to Abu Sayyaf K

UAL AL umpur has stood fir m that no rransom ansom ALA Lumpur firm elease of four M alay Malay alay-was paid for the safe rrelease sian citiz ens kidnapped b y the A bu S ayyaf. citizens by Abu Sayyaf. But Malaysian gotiators on June 8 in Sulu Deputy Prime Minister province and were spirited Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid out by Malaysian police Hamidi admitted the fami- forces to Sabah. They were lies of the victims raised and kidnapped off Ligitan Island channelled about 12 mil- on April 1 off Tawau town in lion ringgits to a Muslim Sabah. Ahmad Zahid, who is foundation in the Philippines in exchange for the also Home Minister, was freedom of the hostages – quoted by the Malaysian all tugboat crew members news agency Bernama as saying that the money - colof MasFive 6. The hostages - Wong lected through donations Teck Kang, 31, Wong Hung and sale of property by famiSing, 34, Wong Teck Chii, lies of the hostages - was 29, and Johnny Lau Jung handed to the police in Hien, 21, - were released to Sandakan. Continue on page 4 unidentified Filipino ne-

Kusug Tausug sends 8.5 tons of rice to Basilan fire victims The Abu Sayyaf pledges allegiance anew to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in these screen grab from a video released recently by the notorious rebel group.

Duterte camp optimistic in peace talks with communist rebels BASILAN – Congresswoman Shernee Tan, of the Kusug Tausug partylist, has donated 8.5 tons of rice for fire victims in

Basilan, one of 5 provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Continue on page 6

MILF insists on BBL

DAVAO CITY – The seclided leader of the Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Murad Ebrahim, has stood firm on the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and urged President Rodrigo Duterte to implement this. Ebrahim and Duterte held talks recently in Davao City and the BBL was dis-

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cussed. Ebrahim was accompanied by his political deputy Ghazali Jaafar when they met with Duterte at a restaurant. A senior member of a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front, Abul Khayr Alonto, also arrived separately and met with Duterte and Ebrahim’s group. Continue on page 4

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s peace adviser Jesus Dureza expressed optimism that peace negotiations with communist rebels will resume smoothly this month. “Four years after its breakdown and collapse, we are now on the threshold of a resumption of the stalled peace talks with the CPPNPA-NDF,” Dureza said, referring to Communist Party of the Philippines, its armed wing the New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, its political group. Duterte last week sent Dureza, and Silvestre Bello III and Hernani Braganza to Oslo and met with their counterparts Luis Jalandoni, Fidel Agcaoili and Jose Maria Sison to discuss the resumption of stalled talks.

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They also signed a joint agreement witnessed by Ambassador Elizabeth Slattum, the Special Envoy to the Philippine Peace Process of the Royal Norwegian Government which is facilitating the talks, according to Dureza. He said the formal peace talks have been set in July in Oslo where both sides are expected to discuss the affirmation of previously signed agreement, the timeline of the talks, reconstitution of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees list, and amnesty proclamation for the release of all detained political prisoners and NDFP consultants and the mode of interim ceasefire, among others. Continue on page 2

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Communist leader Jose Maria Sison and Luis Jalandoni with Sec. Jesus Dureza and the members of the peace panels during a two-day meeting in Oslo, Norway. Dureza says peace talks will resume next month. (Courtesy of Sec. Jesus Dureza)

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Abu Sayyaf strikes anew, takes 13 Indon sailors off Tawi-tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants have seized 13 Indonesian tugboat crew members off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi, reports said. Indonesian media also reported that the boat captain phoned his wife and told her that they were intercepted June 22 at sea by gunmen, who introduced themselves as Abu Sayyaf and were demanding 20 million ringgits for their safe release. The militants and their hostages – of tug-

boat Charles OO - were last reported heading to Tawi-Tawi, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region. There was no immediate statement from the boat owner PT Rusianto Brothers. The tugboat was heading to Samarinda in East Kalimantan following a trip from the Philippines when gunmen intercepted it. The Abu Sayyaf reported split the hostages into two groups. The Abu Sayyaf previously kidnapped 14 Indonesian tugboat

crewmembers in separate attacks at sea and brought them to Sulu province and eventually released through the intercession of the Moro National Liberation Front. Philippines military and police authorities were not immediately available to confirm the reports. President Aquino has ordered a military campaign against the Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines following the beheading of a Malaysian and two Canadian hostages. (Mindanao Examiner)

Duterte camp optimistic in peace talks with communist rebels

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Continued fr om page 1 from “Our signing of the Joint Statement in Oslo, Norway will usher in the formal re-start next month of what could be another renewed effort to end conflict and bring about that long elusive but cherished peace in the land,” Dureza said. He said the two-day talks “encounter” in Oslo was a reunion of sorts of old friends on both sides of the negotiating table, but whose efforts in various times and climes in the past proved futile. “Now, new sparks of the dawning Rodrigo Duterte presidency are reigniting the peace

landscape. After our 2-day Oslo parley, there is now evident optimism and trust. There is mutual enthusiasm and hope, not only amongst us negotiators across the table, but most significantly, among us all Filipinos, in whose behalf all these efforts are being done in the first place. Yet, the road ahead to trek is not that always smooth and easy,” Dureza said. He said there will expectedly (sic) be “humps and bumps” along the way, “but there is a destination that we must all inevitably reach. Our new President is taking the decisive lead and has shown us the way.

Let us all stay the course,” he added. Government peace talks with the NPA collapsed in 2004 after rebels accused then President Gloria Arroyo of reneging on several agreements, among them the release of all political prisoners in the country and the removal of the terrorist tag on the Communist Party of the Philippines and its political wing, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, and the NPA. Arroyo also suspended the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees after the peace talks failed. (Mindanao Examiner)

ARMM ready for senior high school program COTABATO CITY - The Education department in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) is now ready for the implementation of the senior high school program, the centerpiece of the new K to 12 basic education system. Out of 304 public secondary schools in the region, the DepEdARMM has already identified a total of 156 that offer senior high school program. The region is expecting around 35,000 Grade 11 students this school year, the pioneering batch of senior high school students. This year’s program covers the last two years of the K to 12 and includes Grades 11 and 12. In senior high school, students will go through a core curriculum and subjects under a track of their choice. It will allow students to choose from specific tracks namely: academic, t e c h n i c a l - vo c a t i o n a l livelihood, arts and design, and sports. These tracks will prepare future graduates should they decide to pursue higher

education (college), seek immediate employment, or become entrepreneurs. Marjuni Maddi, DepEd-ARMM’s assistant secretary for academics, admitted there are still problems in the implementation of the program such as lack of teachers as well as classrooms that are still under construction. “Yes, we still have problems but we are doing our best to accommodate the students and we assure them (we would) fix these problems as soon as we can,” Asec Maddi said. “On June 13, the first day of school, we actually visited schools to see the students’ situation,” he added. Asec. Maddi said the department will fill up 933 senior high school teaching positions this year. The expected salaries of senior high school teachers will range from P19,940 to P39,493 monthly. Applicants will be ranked according to DepEd’s cr iteria for evaluation and selection process.

Early this year, the ARMM’s Public Works and Highways department star ted constructing 819 classrooms for senior high school. “Ang mga classrooms na ipapatayo ay para sa full implementation ng K to 12 program sa ARMM ( The classrooms to be constructed are for the full implementation of K to 12 program in ARMM),” DepEdARMM Secretary Dr. John Magno said. The projects are worth more than P1 billion from DepEd-ARMM’s 2015 Basic Education Facilities Fund. The Division of Maguindanao I will receive the largest number of projects with 165 classrooms worth more than P158 million. Among the schools in the province where senior high school classrooms would be built is the Guindulungan National High School in the town of Guindulungan. Two one-storey structures with three classrooms each with a total cost of P5.3 million will be built in the school. (Bureau of Public Information)

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Malaysia stands firm no ransom is paid to Abu Sayyaf Continued fr om page 1 from “The families handed the sum to the Special Branch of the police and I can confirm that it was channeled to a certain organisation in the Philippines for a sanctioned cause,” he told reporters. But Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, on Monday said the money did not pass through them and quickly shut down suggestions for a formal investigation into it. He said the money collected by the families of the hostages was passed to a “third party” in the southern Philippines and not to Malaysian police in Sandakan, a report by the Malay Mail Online newspaper said. “Why must we open an enquiry about it now? I have already explained what happened to the cash. There is no reason for us to conduct any enquiry as we were not involved. I do not know, but police will not investigate because we know where the money went and I have already explained it. So I am not going to go back-andforth on something which I have already explained,” he told reporters at the national police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. It was not immediately known whether the Abu Sayyaf received the money through a bogus foundation, and the Philippine military has no official report or confirmation whether ransom has been paid to the ISIS-linked group. But the Abu Sayyaf had

previously freed 14 kidnapped Indonesians sailors through the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Sulu, one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region. And one of those who was being tapped by Malaysia to negotiate to the Abu Sayyaf in their behalf was Hajji Mamih Sangkula, also an MNLF member now based in Sabah, but is frequently back in Sulu. Just recently, Jolo town Mayor Hussin Amin – in an exclusive interview by television giant ABS-CBN - has accused the military of colluding with the Abu Sayyaf group and claimed that some officers had taken shares of ransoms paid for the freedom of some of its hostages. He also said the military has been using some Abu Sayyaf members as their “assets” a slang to refer to spy or informant. He asked the government to investigate military officers in cahoots with the Abu Sayyaf and for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to conduct a loyalty check among its ranks. “Mga scalawags, eh dapat nga huwag na lang patago, kung meron, imbestigahan, oo na andoon na ang ransom, pero imbestigahan kung sino ba ito? Sino ba ang kumikita sa ransom? Hindi naman Abu Sayyaf. Iyan ang mga grupo na sabi iisa lang, ngayon dumadami na dahil may mga andiyan, ay ginagawang asset doon, sinasabing hindi nila asset, alam naman ng military

yan,” he said. Amin, a former judge in Jolo before he became a politician, said the Abu Sayyaf may be getting support or information from scalawags within the military. “These are the people who are in connivance with the scalawags in the military kaya malakas ang loob. Sabihin na ba ang totoo kung mayroon man ransom, dapat alamin kung sino ba ang gumagawa ng ransom. Sino ba ang kumikita sa ransom, dapat dito ikulong,” he said in the interview. Amin, a former congressman, also said that a colonel in the military benefited from ransoms paid for the release of Dr. Alberio Canda who was kidnapped in Sulu in 2004 and freed a month later. He said a congressional inquiry into the kidnapping showed the alleged involvement of the military officer. The military’s Western Mindanao Command quickly denied the accusations and challenged Amin to prove his allegations. “Well, that’s his allegations. He has to prove that. Kung meron, bakit hindi niya sabihin sa amin? Yan ang mga hindi dapat nangyayari, yung mga ganyan, within the organization, it makes the organization suffer. Sundalo ka tapos ganoon ang gagawin mo, napakasakit naman noon,” Major Filemon Tan, a military spokesman, told ABS-CBN. (Mindanao Examiner)

ARMM health worker to receive ‘Bayani ng Kalusugan Award 2016’ COTABATO CITY – The Department of Health has awarded a health worker from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for excellent service in her community. Virginia Cadano, 56, a midwife from Lamitan City in Basilan province, received the DoH "Bayani ng Kalusugan Award 2016" which aims at recognizing individuals, groups and organizations for exemplary work, innovation and reforms towards universal health care. Cadano has been serving as a rural health midwife in Barangay Limo-ok Health Center for the past 29 years. She earlier served in Jolo town in Sulu province for six years. Kadil Sinolinding, DoH-ARMM Secretary, said the Bayani ng Kalusugan Award is a platform that honors and celebrates excellence in work that meets the highest standards of quality and provides satisfaction to clients. “Cadano had consistently displayed such excellence,” he added. Since her assumption as a rural health midwife in 1987, there has been no maternal and new born child death recorded in the barangay health center where she serves. “Kapag may

nanganganak sa health center na hindi namin kaya, nire-refer po namin agad sa ospital para mabigyan sila ng utmost health care (Difficult childbirth that we could not handle is referred immediately to the nearest hospital so the mother would be given utmost health care),” Cadano said. “Marami ring mga pasyente mula sa ibang municipalities at barangays na malapit sa amin ang gustong mag-avail ng services sa amin, tinatanggap po namin dahil public birthing facility iyon (We also attend to patients from nearby municipalities and villages since this is a public birthing facility),” Cadano added. In June 2015, the DoHARMM conducted the High Impact Five (HI-5) Health Summit at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in this city. The five critical UHC programs discussed are the following: reduction of maternal deaths; improvement of infant health and reduced infant deaths; improvement of the health of children under five years old; combating human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and

malaria, as well as other diseases; and implementation of a service delivery network in all areas of the region. “UHC HI-5 is a strategy that focuses on five critical universal health care interventions such as prioritizing the poor, providing tangible outputs, which are felt through synchronized implementation of activities,” Sec. Sinolinding said. Cadano will receive a cash prize of P200,000 and a trophy that “generally symbolizes the meaningful contribution of the awardee to move the country closer to attaining universal health care.” Cadano attributes her success to the support the health center receives from the ARMM government, Lamitan City government unit, and even from the barangay government. Various forms of assistance from the DoH-ARMM include the deployment of hundreds of registered midwives to far-flung barangays across the region through the ‘Midwives in Every Community in ARMM’ project. ARMM is composed of five provinces namely Basilan, Sulu, TawiTawi, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao. (Bureau of Public Information)

An unidentified barangay tanod, armed with a shotgun and a bandoleer of cartridges, mans the traffic flow in the village of Tumaga in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

MILF insists on BBL

Continued fr om page 1 from Details of the talks were not made available by the MILF or anybody from Duterte’s group, but other sources said the meeting also centered on the issues of the Muslims in Mindanao and the shift to federal form of gover nment as being proposed by the elected president. The MILF, which signed an interim peace deal with the Aquino gover nment in 2014, has previously insisted the new government the passage of the shelved Bangsamoro Basic Law to appease the Muslims in Mindanao. Ebrahim said they are confident with Duterte that the “peace process will not be relegated in status, as it has proven to be potentially the most

viable solution to address conflict arising from historical injustices committed against our people.” He said the MILF remains committed in its continued pursuit to find long-lasting peace and development in Mindanao. Ebrahim said the BBL could be a possible template for federalism. During Duterte’s political campaign, he said “nothing can appease the Bangsamoro until the BBL is passed.” The MILF has pledged to exert efforts in undertaking its obligations to fully implement the commitments under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). “The MILF maintains its position that the CAB-

based Bangsamoro Basic Law needs to be immediately passed into law, not only because it effectively addresses the peculiarities unique to the Bangsamoro that are not necessarily found in other prospective federal states,” Ebrahim said. Congress failed to pass the BBL after politicians opposed to the draft law said many of its provisions were unconstitutional. Duterte’s political allies in Congress are said to be preparing – after he takes his formal oath of office in June 30 – to move for amendments in the Constitution that would pave the way for the shift to federalism where Muslims can exercise their own Sharia laws. (Mindanao Examiner)

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World Bank country director visits Davao's Cacao project DAVAO CITY – The new country director of the World Bank office in the Philippines Mara K. Warwick visited recently cacao farmers here and she was impressed with the project. It was Warwick's first project visit in her new assignment. She replaced Motoo Konishi, who retired recently after 35 years of service at the World Bank. Warwick and her team went to meet the beneficiaries of the recently approved P26-million Cacao Production and Dry-fermented beans marketing in Barangay Subasta in Calinan, a project implemented under the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP). DA-PRDP is a six-year rural development project worth P27.5 billion through a loan from World Bank worth P20.56 billion, and P7billion counterpart from the Government of the Philippines (GOP) and Local Government Units (LGUs). “This is the very first project I’ve visited (in the Philippines). So I am really thrilled to see you and your project,” Warwick said during her speech in a gathering of about 50 farmers and project implementers in Subasta Integrated Multipurpose Cooperative farm. “I really thank you for your dedication and for your enthusiasm to be part of the World Bank funded Program. I know you put so much hard work and many number of hours in the preparation of the plans and

attending meetings and other activities,” she added. With her are PRDP task team leader and WB Senior rural Development Economist Frauke Jungbluth , Lead economist Aleksandra Posarac and senior communications officer Dave Llorito. The WB team was delighted to see the operation and existing facilities of lead proponent Subasta Integrated Multipurpose Cooperative which has been extended by DA Davao Region’s High Value Crops Development Program. During the farmers’ interaction, Lorita Tadios of Biao Joaquin Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries shared with Warwick that her cacao produce has been a source of additional income for the family. “We have been planting cacao ever since I could remember. It is easy to grow as inter-crop with other crops like fruits trees and coconut. Cacao gives us additional income and with this project we are hoping to make it bigger in the market. Tadios has a 3-hectare farm and at least 1 hectare is devoted to cacao. Engr. Froilan Rigor, IBUILD Focal and Planning officer of Davao City presented DDS or the Davao Development Strategy which outlines the key infrastructures planned to be established in three years that will link the city’s production area to the bigger markets in Davao city and nearby commercial centers. Cacao is the champion

commodity of Davao region under DA-PRDP. According to DA regional director Remelyn R. Recoter Davao takes at least 80 percent of the country’s cacao production making the PRDP support to cacao farmers in the city very relevant. “But still we are only contributing only very little to the world’s demand on cacao,” Recoter said Warwick, an Australian national and the first female country director for the Philippines, said she is impressed with the ongoing project. “The kind of work that you are doing here and the aspirations that you have will be fully supported and I can assure you that from the World Bank side we will continue to support you strongly,” she said addressing the farmers. For 75-year old Julius Zaragoza, president of the lead proponent Subasta Integrated Multipurpose cooperative the goal of the help other small farmers improve their lot. “In our farms we grow coconuts, the tree of life; coffee, the tree of peace; and cacao, the tree of love," he said. The World Bank team was in the city to join the twoday the Sulong Pilipinas business workshop which assemble more than 300 businessmen at SMX Convention Center convened by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's economic team. Sulong Pilipinas aims to gather recommendations from businessmen on Duterte's 10-point Socioeconomic Agenda. (Sherwin B. Manual)

Members of the police SOCO (Scenes of Crime Officer) search for slugs and bullet casings in the place where Lieutenant Colonel Cristobal Julian Paolo Perez is shot several times in the head and body at the back of his house in Guiwan village in Zamboanga City on June 19, 2016. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Ely Dumaboc)

Who killed ‘Tiny’ Perez?

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police and military have not released the results of their investigationn into the killing of a decorated army officer - Lieutenant Colonel Cristobal Julian Paolo Perez - who was shot several times in the head and body at the back of his house in Guiwan village in Zamboanga City. Tiny Perez, as he was fondly called by friends and colleagues, fought the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan and Sulu provinces in the Muslim autonomous region, and one of the most respected military officers in Mindanao.

Superintendent Rogelio Alabata, the regional police spokesman, said Perez was shot by motorcycle gunmen just at the back of the Secret Recipe Restaurant. "He was shot by motorcycle-riding suspects along at his mentioned address, particularly at the back of Secret Recipe Restaurant. Victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds in head and body," Alabata told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Alabata said police investigators recovered bullet shells fired from .45-caliber pistol in the

area. The 46-year old Perez - assigned with the 1st Infantry Division in Zamboanga del Sur’s Labangan town - was rushed to hospital where he died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the police. No individual claimed responsibility for the killing, but Perez was one of the army’s top commanding officers who had been largely credited for the killings of two Malaysian bombers and Abu Sayyaf jihadists in the provinces during his stint with the 18th Infantr y Battalion. (Ely Dumaboc)

KCC Mall in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines steps up security, taps K9 unit to sniff out explosives and firearms in vehicles entering its basement parking area. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

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Kusug Tausug sends 8.5 tons of rice to Basilan fire victims

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The rice donation of Rep. Shernee Tan, of the Kusug Tausug party-list, to the fire victims in Isabela City in Basilan province.

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Continued fr om page 1 from The rice donation was handed over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and repacked at 5 kilos per bag and distributed among the victims of the recent fire in Isabela City, according to Jann Akbar, one of the volunteers for the Kusug Tausug, who assisted in the humanitarian outreach of the neophyte lawmaker, who is the sister of Sulu Governor Totoh Tan. Social workers said some 2000 people were left homeless by the huge fire that hit two areas in Isabela City during the Ramadan. The fire razed

some 500 houses in Zone 1 and Zone 2 in Kaum Purnah. The mayor of Isabela, Cherry Akbar, also ordered social workers to distribute relief goods to fire victims and appealed to the public for cash and food donations. Local radio station, dxNO-Radyo Komunidad, also launched a campaign to seek relief donations from residents to help the homeless now staying in temporary shelters in government schools in Isabela City. The regional government also distributed relief packs to the fire victims.

A huge fire also broke out last week Zamboanga City and many of the victims are still in temporary shelters. The blaze, which started in Santa Catalinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marietta Drive and spread through other areas and razed tens of dozens of houses made of wood. The blaze reached general alarm and fire fighters from different villages were called to help control the conflagration that lasted about 4 hours. City Fire Marshall Clint Cha said fire engines had difficulties passing through narrow streets and the presence of onlookers aggravated the situation and hampering

the government response to the conflagration that virtually consumed the cramped neighborhood there. Most of those left homeless by the fire are now staying temporarily in government schools where social workers distributed food aid. Civilians also donated food and blankets to the fire victims. Authorities are expected to investigate the cause of the conflagration or whether arson was behind the blaze that burned at least 600 houses. Mayor Beng Climaco ordered local social workers to help feed the victims. ( With a report from Ely Dumaboc)

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TECH TIPS: 5 Google Play tips and tricks every Android user needs to know

Android icon (AndroidPIT) THE Google Play Store is a big benefit for owning an Android device. It gives you a wide variety of apps to choose from. To get the most out of your shopping experience, we've gathered some Google Play Store tips and tricks to help you test drive apps, save money and more. 1. IInstall nstall an app that isn't av ailable in yyour our available countr y country If you're really keen to get an app that's not available in your country then you can still get your hands on it by using a VPN. 'VPN' means 'virtual private network'. It gives you a secure internet connection via private networks in locations outside of your current one. Basically, a VPN service can make it look like you're accessing the internet from a different location. It's important that you choose a credible VPN. We regularly feature VPN deals in our AndroidPIT Store if you're looking for a good one at a low price. Once you've downloaded a VPN, select the country whose Play Store you want to access in the VPN app, get the VPN up and running, then open the Play Store app. It should land on the Play Store homepage of the countr y you selected. Now you can get the app you desire. 2. M anage yyour our apps in Manage the P lay S tor e Play Stor tore The Google Play store has an area called 'My apps & games'. From here you can look at which apps you've downloaded, which were pre-loaded and the apps that you need to update. This is an excellent place to manage your apps within the Play Store and getting to it is easy. Open up the Google Play Store on your An-

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droid device. Open the menu (the three horizontal lines at the top left of your screen). Under the Apps & Games section you'll see the My apps and & games link, tap this. Now you should see a list of your installed apps. From here you can hit the button Update All in the top right hand corner of your screen. You can monitor what you've downloaded and manage these apps. If you go into the All section you can see which apps were on your device and what could be removed. 3. P ut a par ental lock Put parental on G oogle P lay Google Play If you don't want your child or dependent downloading inappropriate apps on the Play Store you can set up parental controls to prevent your Android device from being misused. This could include games with copious amounts of violence or gore. Apps that could put them in danger like dating apps or chats that give out their location. It's easy to put a parental lock on the Google Play Store. First, open the Play Store and tap the menu icon. Go into the Settings and tap Parental controls and hit the slider so it says 'On'. From there you will be asked to create a parental lock PIN code. Create one and then go through the list of things you can download on the Play Store and tap the ones you want to set restrictions for. Once the restrictions are set, your child or dependent will need to enter your PIN code each time they try to download something that triggers the restriction. As they get older and are able to handle more content you can go back in and change their privileges. 4. G et rrefunds efunds on the Get

G oogle P lay S tor e Play Stor tore You can get refunds for Play Store purchases with a single tap; so long as you do it within two hours of buying the app. This should be plenty of time to find out if that new weather app actually works, or whether that game is as fun as the garish pictures made it out to be. Once you've purchased an app, on its Play Store page you'll see options to Install or Open. In addition, a Refund option should appear to the left of it. Tap the refund button within two hours of your purchase to get your money back, no questions asked. If you notice that a child or dependent made this purchase without permission you can always change their privileges. Just head into the Play Store, tap the menu icon and hit Settings. Toggle Require authentication for purchases then choose For all purchases through Google Play on this device. 5. Check out the 'I ndie 'Indie C or ner' orner' Both big and small developers are important for a vibrant Android app ecosystem. The big developers are not struggling, it's the small developers who have difficulties. Part of the problem is that it can be tricky to find independent apps. But now there is the Indie Corner in the Google Play Store. Indie Corner can't be found from within the Play Store itself. Instead, open a web-browser on your Android device and search for 'Indie Corner'. The first result should be 'Discover Indie Corner' from Google Play. Head in and you should see the list which is refreshed with new apps every month or so. (Cory Schmidt, AndroidPIT)

HEALTH: Ano Ang Mga Laboratory Test Para Sa Goiter? Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong KAPAG nagpatingin kayo sa doktor para sa thyroid ay titingnan at hahawakan niya ang inyong leeg. Papalunukin ka niya habang ineeksamen ang leeg dahil ang thyroid gland ay umaakyat baba kapag lumulunok. Kung may bukol sa leeg na nasa loob ng thyroid, ito rin ay aakyat at baba sa paglunok. Kung hindi gumagalaw ang bukol sa leeg sa paglunok, malamang nasa labas ito ng thyroid gland. Ano ang mga lab tests na puwedeng ipagawa ng doktor? THYROID FUNCTION TESTS. T3, T4, TSH. Puwede ring free T3, free T4 o FT3, FT4. Ang T3 ay short for triiodothyronine. Ang T4 ay short for thyroxine. At ang ibig sabihin ng TSH ay Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. Sa pamamagitan ng blood tests na ito ay malalaman kung sobra, kulang o tama lang ang produksyon ng thyroid hormones sa katawan. U LT R A S O U N D. Sound waves lang po ang gamit dito para makita ang hugis at laki ng thyroid gland. Dito malalaman kung may bukol sa thyroid gland. Sa pamamagitan ng ultrasound ay makikita kung ang bukol ay cyst (bukol na tubig lamang ang

Dr. Willie T. Ong laman), solid (laman) o complex (magkahalong tubig at laman). Nasusukat din ang laki ng bukol (thyroid nodule) para masabi kung kailangan bang i-biopsy ang bukol. Makikita rin sa ultrasound ang ibang mga senyales na baka cancerous ang bukol pero ang biopsy lamang at hindi ang ultrasound ang makakapagpatunay dito. FNAB. Short for fine needle aspiration biopsy. Isang pinong karayom ang ginagamit para kumuha ng konting laman mula sa bukol para malaman kung ito ay cancerous o hindi. Hindi na kailangan ng anesthesia kasi kahalintulad ito ng pagkuha ng dugo yun nga lang sa leeg ang tusok kung nasaan ang bukol. Kadalasan ang bukol ay nakikita o nasasalat kaya madali itong matusok. Kung ang bukol ay di gaanong nakakapa o kung may tubig na laman, minsan ay

gumagamit ng ultrasound para matusok at makuhanan ng sample ang laman na bahagi (solid) ng bukol para maging mas accurate ang resulta ng biopsy. Mas mahal ang FNAB kapag ito ay ultrasoundguided. Isang pathologist ang magbabasa ng biopsy. Ang gumagawa naman ng biopsy ay puwedeng isang endocrinologist, siruhano, radiologist o pathologist din. THYROID SCAN. Kung ang TSH ay hindi normal, puwedeng magpagawa ng thyroid scan ang doktor. Iba ito sa ultrasound. May iniiniksyon na kemikal para mas makita nang mabuti ang thyroid. Kung ang ultrasound ay nagsasalarawan kung ano ang hitsura (anatomy) ng thyroid, ang scan naman ay functional picture. Umiilaw o lumalabas sa scan ang mga bahagi ng thyroid na gumagana at hindi naman umiilaw o hindi lumalabas sa scan picture ang mga bahagi ng thyroid na hindi gumagana. Huwag magalinlangang magtanong sa inyong doktor tungkol sa mga lab tests na pinapagawa upang mas maintindihan ninyo ang inyong sakit.

RECIPE: Tapsilog (Tapa, Sinangag at Itlog)

INGREDIENT S: INGREDIENTS:

Meat & marinade - Beef sirloin, 1kg - A whole bulb of garlic, minced finely - 3/4 cup of vinegar - 1/4 cup white sugar - Salt, 1 tbsp - Same with pepper, 1 tbsp

Garlic fried rice - 2 cups of day old rice - 5 cloves of garlic (however you want.) - Green onions, chopped - Salt and pepper to taste - 1/2 a small onion - And egg, served your choice!

INSTR UCTIONS: INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Put all the ingredients together in the meat marinade mix except the meat in a big container or a ziplock. Mix well, then add meat. Let it marinate for 2 days for best flavour, or 30 minutes if you want to be fast. 2) When done marinating, fry the meat in a pan. Set aside. 3) Make garlic fried rice in same pan. Fry the garlic first, then onions, then rice, add seasonings and garnish with S&P. 4) Serve with an egg of your choice on the side. Usually, we serve it with a side of cucumber or oranges too, but I didn't have any on hand. (http://www.kusinamaster.asia)

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La Niña to last until February 2017

CEBU - The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has urged the public to prepare for the onslaught of La Niña which is expected to occur starting this October and will extend until February next year. “There is 75 percent chance of La Niña to happen and that most often, it happens after a strong El Niño,” said PAGASA Visayas Director Oscar Tabada. La Niña is characterized by unusually cold surface temperatures of the ocean and is associated with abnormal heavy

rainfall, temperature and tropical cyclones. Tabada said La Niña’s strength can be visibly felt by November, December and January as the country expects 14 to 15 tropical cyclones before the year ends. With La Niña, there will be more cyclones, stronger typhoons and severe flooding, he said, adding, its effects are more disastrous than El Niño. “ Visayas and Mindanao will be more affected by La Niña compared to Luzon,” Tabada said, citing the prevalence of "habagat" or southwest monsoon

which brings frequent heavy rainfall. Tabada specifically warned Cebuanos to be vigilant as the province was ravaged in the past by typhoons. He said the country will continue to experience El Niño and La Niña even up to 2080 while Central Visayas is at high risk. He said there are 13 Doppler radars in Cebu to help provide PAGASA accurate weather forecast. He said two radars are now being set up and four more have been purchased of which Bohol is one of the recipients. (Fayette C. Riñen)

Mga first-timer nga opisyal, ipaubos sa orientation sa DILG CEBU - Ipaubos sa Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa basic orientation training program ang kinatibuk-ang 559 ka mga bag-ong gobernador, city ug municipal mayors sa tibuok nasod nga napili sa milabay nga eleksyon. Matud pa ni DILG Sec. Mel Senen Sarmiento nga ang "Basic Orientation: The First 100 Days," usa ka parte sa dugay nang Newlyelected Officials nga programa sa DILG

pinaagi sa ilang training arm nga Local Government Academy alang sa mga bag-ong napili nga mga opisyal sa nasod. Kining himuon nga pagbansay-bansay ipahigayon karong buwan sa Hunyo ug Hulyo isip pagtubag sa departamento sa panginahanglan sa mga bag-ong lokal nga mga lider isip ilang giya sa pagsugod sa ilang pagdumala. Gipaabot usab sa DILG nga makumpleto sa mga bag-ong opisyal ang

unang 100 days ug ang ilang development commitment agenda. Lakip sa mga topic nga hisgotan mao ang governance and decentralization, Duties Responsibilities and Accountability of elected officials, strategic management, leadership, climate change and disaster management, local economic development, cr isis management, and peace and order, ug uban pa. (Elvira C. Bongosia)

BSP nagpagawas og advisory batok sa identity theft Bring and promote your business in Mindanao, ADVERTISE in our newspaper and website and get fast results! ZAMBOANGA CITY OFFICE: Unit 15, 3rd Floor, Fairland Building, Mayor Vitaliano Agan Avenue Phone: 062-9925480 Mobile: 0917-7103642

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CEBU - Nagpagawas og advisor y ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) nga nagpasidaan sa publiko batok sa identity theft. Ang Identity theft o pagkawat sa personal nga kasayoran aron magamit sa pagpangilad usa ka kr imen nga seryosong makaguba sa panalapi, reputasyon ug credit history sa usa ka tawo. Matud pa sa BSP nga kun nagduda ka nga nakompromiso ang imong personal information, kinahanglang alisdan dayon ang imong passwords, secu-

Western Mindanao

rity questions nga may kalabotan sa imong personal information, ATM, ug online access. Samtang kun ang imong personal information nagamit sa walay pagtugot, kinahanglang motawag dayon sa imong creditors o giutangan magsugod sa creditor diin nahitabo ang maong walay pagtugot nga transaksiyon. Ang biktima kinahanglang mopasaka og reklamo sa Philippine National Police AntiCybercrime Group o sa National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime

Cebu

Division ug magtipig og kopya sa police report. Ang maong report kinahanglanon sa imbestigasyon sa identity theft. Gipahinumdoman usab sa BSP ang mga financial consumers sa pag-kooperar sa ilang bangko kun kini mangayo og dugang kasayoran aron makatabang sa pagpauswag sa seguridad sa iyang accounts ug maabtik nga maampingan ang personal information aron ma-protektahan batok sa identity theft. (Elvira C. Bongosia)

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