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'Indonesian, Malaysian Jihadists Set-up Bases in ARMM'
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centrally located,” Gunaratna said, noting that regional militants have already changed their focus to the new battalion base instead of IS's base in Syria and Iraq. There was no imme-
diate confirmation from the Philippine military about new IS battalion, but security forces had previously killed several foreign jihadists in Basilan, the base of the Abu Sayyaf in southern
Philippines, just several nautical miles south of Zamboanga City. IS base in B asilan Basilan But in January this year, the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner had reported that Basilan
province has become the bastion of power of the Abu Sayyaf after it pledged allegiance to the caliph of the Islamic and named Hapilon as its new chieftain. Continue on page 2
Beijing rejects tribunal's ruling in South China Sea case CHINA has said it will not accept a ruling against it in a key international legal case over strategic reefs and atolls that Beijing claims would give it control over disputed waters of the South China Sea. The judgment by an international tribunal in The Hague came down overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines and is likely to increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing to scale
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back military expansion in the area. By depriving certain outcrops of territorial-generating status, the ruling from the permanent court of arbitration effectively punches holes in China’s all-encompassing “nine-dash” line that stretches deep into the South China Sea. The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, said China’s “territorial sovereignty and marine rights” in the seas would not be
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affected by the ruling, which declared large areas of the sea to be neutral international waters or the exclusive economic zones of other countries. He insisted China was still “committed to resolving disputes” with its neighbours. Chinese state media reacted angrily to the verdict. Xinhua, the country’s official news agency, hit out at what it described as an “ill-founded” ruling
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that was “naturally null and void”. The Communist party mouthpiece newspaper the People’s Daily said in an editorial that the tribunal had ignored “basic truths” and “trampled” on international laws and norms. “The Chinese government and the Chinese people firmly oppose [the ruling] and will neither acknowledge it nor accept it,” it added. Continue on page 6
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Foreign Jihadists 'Indonesian, Malaysian Jihadists Set-up Bases in ARMM' Continued fr om page 1 from In a propaganda video released by the Abu Sayyaf late last year, more than two dozen gunmen – including child warriors – led by Hapilon were seen hiking in the hinterlands of Basilan while chanting the “Dawlah Islamiyah (Islamic State)” after which they recited an Arabic script of bayah or pledge of allegiance. Hapilon, alias Abu Abdullah, took over Abu Sayyaf founder Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani who was slain in a police shootout in Basilan in December 1998. The Abu Sayyaf evolved to a notorious group known for having carried out kidnappings, bombings and other criminal activities in southern Philippines. The US government has offered a $5 million bounty for Hapilon’s head – dead or alive. In the video, Hapilon
was shown with Abu Harith Al-Filibbieni, who is reported to be deputy commander of the al-Ansar Infantry Division of the IS, and Mohd Najib Husen (Hussein), alias Abu Annas Al Muhajir, a division head of the Ansar al-Sharia of the IS. The militants explained in the video that they had previously done the bayah, but did it again in front of their new leaders. It was unknown when the video was recorded, but it was released just after the military’s Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City claimed in December that Husen was killed during offensive operations against the Abu Sayyaf in the troubled province of Basilan. Husen was with other Malaysian jihadists – Mahmud Ahmad, Muhammad Joraimee Awang Raimee, Amin Baco and Jeknal Adil – who fled to
southern Philippines reportedly to recruit militants and send them to “Dar al-Harb (place of war),” referring to Syria and Iraq, where the ISIS established its own caliphate state. The Abu Sayyaf hoisted a black flag similar to those being used by the Khilafah Islamiyah Movement and other hard-line radical jihadist groups like the Boko Haram in Africa. IS-affiliates in Lanao Lanao,, Maguindanao In Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur provinces, which is also part of the Muslim autonomous region, the radical Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Ansarul Khilafah also pledged allegiance to the ISIS. Radical militants in Indonesia and Malaysia, including the Southeast Asian terror group Jema’ah Islamiyah had also done the same.
ARMM receives P4-million worth of medical equipment from aid agency and EU COTABATO CITY - The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) received some P4 million worth of medical equipment from the international aid agency Oxfam and the European Union (EU). Justin Morgan, Oxfam Country Director, formally turned-over the medical assistance on July 14 to ARMM Executive Secretary Atty. Laisa Alamia and Dayang Sangkula Jumaide, of the Department of Health. Morgan said the medical equipment will help improve the delivery of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services to 14 cities and municipalities in the region. Among the items turned over are fetal dopplers, oxygen tanks, wheelchairs, examination tables, delivery tables, and pediatric stethoscopes. A program funded by EU dubbed Improving Availability of Reproductive Health Services in the ARMM, or ARCHES, it
seeks to contribute to poverty reduction and improved well-being of the population in the region through better and more equitable access to health services. The assistance will also help build the capacity of local governments to deliver SRH services. ARCHES is a joint undertaking between Oxfam and four women’s rights organizations working with local communities in the region namely Al Mujadilah Development Foundation, Inc. in the province of Lanao del Sur; Pinay Kilos in Sulu and Basilan; Tarbilang Foundation Inc., in Tawi-Tawi and United Youth of the Philippines-Women in Maguindanao. “We believe in the importance of protecting the rights and welfare not only of women but also the families they raise and support, and we recognize that there is a need to ensure that reproductive health services are made available for all, especially for the disadvantaged,” ARMM
Governor Mujiv Hataman said. In October 2012, a landmark legislation known as the Reproductive Health Care Act of 2012 for the ARMM was signed. It created and established a reproductive healthcare program for families in the region that promotes natural family planning method and focuses on strengthening child healthcare facilities. “It is in the spirit of upholding the Bangsamoro's right to health that we welcome and accept with gratitude the medical equipment that Oxfam and their partner organizations are donating to the ARMM in order to ensure that local governments can provide better reproductive health services,” Gov. Hataman added. He also said the regional government is looking forward to continuously working with them towards a healthy Bangsamoro for all the women, children, and their families. (Bureau of Public Information)
The jihadists also released a video of the IS’s Alhayat Media Center which shows the Philippines as among countries in Southeast Asia they were planning to expand its “Khilafah (caliphate).” The Abu Sayyaf is now using the Daesh flag and also the Khilafah Islamiyah Movement and other radical groups in Lanao del Sur, also in the Muslim autonomous region where local militants of the Ghuraba (Strangers) – both the Ghuraba and Khilafah Islamiyah Movement are headed by a leader
called Humam Abdul Najid, who was implicated in the 2013 Cagayan de Oro City bombings. In October 2014, the jihadists Ghuraba had claimed that they established the Khilafah after courting other radical jihadists in the South to vow their allegiance to the Muslims’ caliph al-Baghdadi. The Ghuraba is reportedly harboring foreign militants, including an agent of the Jama’at al-Tawhid walJihad, a group believed to be the original name of now infamous international threat
group IS. The Khilafah Islamiyah Movement and Ghuraba militants declared jihad or holy war in February 1, 2013 following a deadly against security forces in Marawi City. Sporadic fighting between security and Abu Sayyaf forces since early this week was also reported in Basilan and Sulu province, also in the Muslim region where militants had beheaded a Malaysian and two Canadian hostages, and is threatening to execute a kidnapped Norwegian man. (Mindanao Examiner)
Abducted Indons taken to Tawi-Tawi province
MALAYSIAN authorities saidgunmen, who seized 3 Indonesians off Sabah’s Lahad Datu town, have taken their captives to TawiTawi province in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has confirmed this during a news conference, but provided no other details about the hostages – Teodorus Kopong, 42; Lorence Koten, 34; and Emanuel, 40 – except that the government will not pay any ransom. Father Paulus Rahmat, a priest from the Catholic human rights organization Vivat International for Indo-
nesia, said Jakarta must do its utmost to help the captives. “The government needs to take firm steps to ensure their release,” the independent Union of Catholic Asian News quoted the priest as saying, who added that “abductions at sea are a growing problem.” Father Rahmat said the Indonesian government should tackle the problem at a regional level in order to find a comprehensive solution. “There should be a pact between the ASEAN countries to ensure that similar cases will not occur again in the future,” he said. The trio was seized by five gunmen on July 9 while
aboard a Malaysian-flagged trawler owned by Chia Tong Len. It was unknown whether the abductors, who spoke Malay and Tausug, a dialect largely used in Sulu and in some parts of Basilan and Tawi-Tawi, demanded ransoms or not. The Philippine military’s Western Mindanao Command did not give any statement on the progress of its search for the hostages or if the Abu Sayyaf was behind the latest abduction. The militant group is still holding at least 10 foreigners it kidnapped in southern Philippines and Sabah. (Mindanao Examiner)
Rebels own up killing of tribal leader accused in murder of Italian missioner
DAVAO CITY – Communist rebels owned up to the killing of a tribal leader they accused as behind the murder of an Italian missionary in southern Philippines. Rigoberto Sanchez, a spokesman for the New People’s Army, said rebel forces killed Ruben Labawan, a leader of the notorious militia group called Alamara, in Panabo City on July 6. He said Labawan was also working for the Philippine military and behind numerous killings of indigenous people and civilians suspected of supporting or aiding the NPA. “The AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) troops, with Labawan's Alamara and other paramilitaries at their heels, have committed the most fanatic and barbaric acts of war crimes around the region, such as the cold-murder of Fr. Fausto Tentorio,” Sanchez said. Tentorio, who was accused by the Alamara group as a sympathizer of the NPA, was shot outside his convent in Arakan town in North Cotabato province in October 17, 2011. “The New People's Army in Southern Mindanao and the Lumad and peasant masses in the region commend the NPA-1st Pulang Bagani Battalion in successfully carrying out the standing order of the People’s Revolutionary Court in dispensing justice against
Ruben Labawan last June 6 in Panabo City.” “Labawan was guilty of blood debts and thereby meted with the death penalty for serious crimes against the people, especially the Lumads and peasant settlers of Davao City and North Cotabato. He was also guilty of grave acts of collusion in the reactionary regime’s campaign of duplicity and disunity among Lumads,” Sanchez said. Sanchez said most recently, Labawan’s group was allegedly responsible for the rape and summary killing of two NPA members in Paquibato district in Davao City and the brutal slaying of rebel leader Noel Gulmatico on July 1 in Magpet town also in North Cotabato. He said government forces captured and tortured Gulmatico before brutally killing him and mutilating his body. “His eyes gouged out of their sockets, tongue severed from his mouth, slash wounds riddled his neck and the back of his head was smashed by some hard object,” he said. He said Labawan was a fanatic implementer of the AFP's counter-revolutionary military campaigns that resulted to the numerous deaths, displacement, suffering and hardships of tribesmen and civilians in Davao City and North Cotabato. Labawan, according to
Sanchez, threatened hapless indigenous people of violent retaliation in order to force them to enlist in the Alamara. He said last year, alongside troops from the 69th and 72nd Infantry Battalions coerced 70 tribesmen to join pro-government militia groups and tagged those who resisted as rebel supporters. “He deputized his minions to carry out widespread land-grabbing and cattlerustling that victimized poor Lumads and settlers in Paquibato, Marilog, Malabog and other areas in Davao City. He peddled the occultist deception of being impervious to bullet wounds, carrying wherever he went to his mysterious oils and amulets. At the time of his death, he was carrying a .45-caliber pistol along with an assortment of oils and amulets,” Sanchez said. The indigenous organization Kalumuran Mindanao has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to give justice to the killing of Labawan. It said many tribesmen had been killed by rebels in recent months for simply rejecting the communist ideology. It appealed to the government to protect them from harm and threats and intimidation by the NPA. The NPA is fighting for a separate Maoist state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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SULU PICTURES IN THE NEWS
Eidil Fit’r congregational prayer at the Sulu Provincial Capitol. (Sulu Provincial Government)
The 3rd Ramadan Cup of Maimbung, Sulu. (Maimbung Municipal Government)
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‘The DUTERTE MANIFESTO’ inilabas na sa publiko
Dr. Leopoldo Vega, of the Southern Philippines Medical Center, speaks during the launching of The Duterte Manifesto. (Malou Cablinda) DAVAO CITY Pinasinayaan na kamakailan ang The Duterte Manifesto sa mismong compound kung saan naroon ang House of Hope na siyang p a n g u n a h i n g makikinabang sa kikitain ng naturang aklat. Ang Duterte Manifesto ay binubuo ng mga
banat at talumpati ng Presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte at ang mga aral na natututuhan mula rito. Tinipon ito ni Khuey Garces at ang book design naman ay ginawa ni Noel Avendano. Ang House of Hope ay tirahan ng mga kabataang biktima at nakikipaglaban sa sakit na cancer.
Ang House of Hope ay proyekto ng Rotary Club of Waling-Waling at Davao Children’s Cancer Fund Inc. sa Davao City. Hindi lamang ang mga kabataang may cancer ang sinusuportahan ng mga ito kundi maging ang kanilang mga pamilya sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaloob ng tirahan
na matutuluyan sa buong panahong ginagamot ang pasyente. Umaabot sa hanggang isang taon at higit pa ang pamamalagi ng mga pamilya ng mga may sakit sa House of Hope na siyang nagsisilbing “home away from home” ng mga nakikipaglaban sa cancer at sa mga nag-aalaga sa
kanila. Hindi karaniwang tulong at pag aaruga ang ginagawa ng mga b o l u n t a r y o n g naglilingkod sa House of Hope at karamihan sa kanila ay nagmula sa iba’tibang panig ng Mindanao. Isa sa pangunahing sumusuporta sa mga kabataang biktima ng
sakit ay ang Pangulong Duterte sa panahon ng kaniyang paglilingkod sa Davao City bilang Alkalde. Ang Duterte Manifesto ay mabibili sa National Book Store sa buong bansa sa halagang P149. Mapupunta sa House of Hope ang kikitain ng nasabing aklat. (Malou Cablinda)
Where is Zamboanga City in the most competitive cities and municipalities? THE NATIONAL Competitiveness Council has named the most competitive Local Government Units in the 4th Regional Competitiveness Summit as it recognized the crucial role of LGUs in promoting competitiveness in the country. The recent event highlighted the results of the 2016 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI). Topping the list of overall most competitive Highly Urbanized Cities (HUC) is Quezon City followed by Makati City at 2nd and the City of Manila at 3rd place. Meanwhile, Naga City secured its position as the overall most competitive Component City, along with the second placer San Fernando City, Pampanga. Legazpi City, Albay landed in the 3rd spot. On the overall most competitive 1st-2nd Class Municipalities category, Cainta, Rizal is 1st place while its neighbor Taytay, Rizal moved one notch to 2nd place. Last year’s overall top municipality General Tr ias, Cavite slipped to 3rd rank. On the other hand, Infanta, Quezon emerged as the overall most competitive 3rd-6th Class Municipality, with Baler, Aurora in the 2nd notch, while Calamba, Misamis Occidental placed third. NCC also cited the most competitive prov-
inces, led by the Rizal Province, which placed 6th last 2015, followed by Cavite, which also jumped from 9th spot in the previous year. South Cotabato moved one notch to 3rd place in this year’s rankings. Under the Economic Dynamism Pillar for HUC, Makati City performed best followed by Pasig City and Quezon City. For the Component Cities, Naga City, Camarines Sur got 1st place, while Imus City and Biñan City trailed in 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. For 1st-2nd Class Municipalities, General Trias, Cavite topped the categor y with Cainta, Rizal in 2nd , and Sta. Maria, Bulacan in 3rd place. For 3rd-6th Class Municipalities, Jimenez, Misamis Occidental ranked first, followed by Manito, Albay and Nasipit, Agusan del Norte. On the Government Efficiency Pillar for HUC, City of Manila is the most competitive, with Quezon City as second and Iloilo City as third. For Component Cities, Cotabato City led the ranking followed by Naga City and Legazpi City. For 1st-2nd Class Municipalities, Cainta, Rizal ranked first, with Taytay, Rizal and Midsayap, North Cotabato next in the list. For 3rd-6th Class Municipalities, Calape, Bohol topped the category fol-
lowed by Paoay and Pasuquin, both in Ilocos Norte. Lastly, under the Infrastructure Pillar for HUC, Quezon City is the best in the categor y, trailed by Makati City and Pasig City. For Component Cities, Naga City ranked first, while Bacoor City, Cavite and Legazpi City, Albay placed second and third places respectively. For 1st-2nd Class Municipalities, Cainta, Rizal is the most competitive, followed by Malay, Aklan, and Taytay, Rizal. For 3rd-6th Class Municipalities, Infanta, Quezon led the category, with Pagsanjan, Laguna and Baler, Aurora next in the list. Aside from these citations, NCC recognized the most improved LGUs from each categor y: Taguig City for HUC; Ormoc, Leyte for Component Cities; Pagbilao, Quezon for 1st-2nd Class Municipalities; and Barugo, Leyte for 3rd-6th Class Municipalities. This year’s CMCI has the largest number of participants, with 1,389 LGUs, and 144 of which are cities and 1,245 are municipalities. This equals to about 85% of total LGUs in the Philippines. When CMCI started in 2013, only 285 or 17% of the LGUs in the country joined the index. The data used were gathered with the help of the 16 RCCs, which are com-
posed of public and private sectors and the academe. CMCI measures LGU’s competitiveness based on the three pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, and Infrastructure. The increasing coverage of the index signified a higher level of interest and awareness on the importance of being measured based on the three pillars and a stronger commitment to improve LGU performance based on the resulting ranking. NCC believes that LGUs are the building blocks of national com-
petitiveness, the reason it encouraged the creation of RCCs. These RCCs are tasked to regularly assess local competitiveness indicators, formulate programs to improve competitiveness, and engage in investment promotion activities to attract investors and create new jobs. By developing competitive LGUs across the nation, NCC is optimistic that this would contribute to the overall attractiveness of the country as a preferred place to do business. Aside from the awarding, NCC also launched the 2016 CMCI website, which contains
the detailed information on a particular LGU. The CMCI data may be used by businesses and government, as a tool for policy making, planning, governance, budget management, and investment promotion. Stakeholders coming from the national gover nment agencies, business chambers, development par tners, diplomatic community, and the academe joined this annual event. The Cities and Mun i c i p a l i t i e s Competitiveness Index is an annual ranking developed by NCC through the Regional Competitiveness Committees.
Bago na ang gobyerno..bago na ang pangulo..ganito pa rin sa Zamboanga! (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
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Crusade which coincided with the birthday celebration of JMCIM Founder and Pastor Wilde Estrada Almeda held at the Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City. (Photos courtesy of Bro. Danny Cuarteros.)
Bro. Danny Cuarteros is awarded and recognized by the Philippine National Police for the valuable role in the community and spiritual support to the people of the JMCIM in Cagayan province.
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Beijing rejects tribunal's ruling in South China Sea case
Continued fr om page 1 from The Philippine foreign affairs secretary, Perfecto Yasay Jr, said the country welcomed the ruling and called for “restraint and sobriety”. The US State Department called on both parties to comply with their obligations, according to a statement from spokesman John Kirby. The ruling makes grim reading for Beijing and contains a series of criticisms of China’s actions and claims. The tribunal declared that “although Chinese navigators and fishermen, as well as those of other states, had historically made use of the islands in the South China Sea, there was no evidence that China had historically exercised exclusive control over the waters or their resources. “The tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the ‘nine-dash line’.” Tribunal rruling uling under under-mines China China’’s longstanding terr itor ial territor itorial claim None of the fiercely disputed Spratly Islands, the UN body found, were “capable of generating extended maritime zones … [and] having found that none of the features claimed by China was capable of generating an exclusive economic zone, the tribunal found that it could — without delimiting a boundary — declare that certain sea areas are within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, because those areas are not overlapped by any possible entitlement of China.” The tribunal found that China had violated the Philippines’ sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone by interfering with Philippine fishing and petroleum exploration, constructing artificial islands and failing to prevent Chinese fishermen from fishing in the zone. At Scarborough Shoal, where it said fishermen from the Philippines and China had traditional fishing rights, it said China had restricted these rights. It added that China had created a serious risk of collision when its patrol boats had physically obstructed Philippine fishing vessels. The tribunal also condemned China’s land reclamation projects and its construction of artificial islands at seven features in the
Spratly Islands, concluding that it had caused “severe harm to the coral reef environment and violated its obligation to preserve and protect fragile ecosystems and the habitat of depleted, threatened, or endangered species”. Land reclamation “was incompatible with the obligations on a state during dispute resolution proceedings”, it added, since it involved causing “irreparable harm to the marine environment”, building a “large artificial island in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone”, and destroying “evidence of the natural condition of features in the South China Sea that formed part of the parties’ dispute”. Paul Reichler, of the law firm Foley Hoag LLP, who who coordinated the Philippines’ legal team, said: “The tribunal’s ruling not only benefits the Philippines, it also benefits other states bordering the South China Sea like Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. If China’s ninedash line is invalid as to the Philippines, it is equally invalid to those states and, indeed, the rest of the international community.” Beijing claims 90% of the South China Sea, a maritime region believed to hold a wealth of untapped oil and gas reserves and through which roughly $4.5tn of shipborne trade passes every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also contest China’s claims to islands and reef systems closer to their territory than Beijing’s. China says it follows a historical precedent set by the “nine-dash line” that Beijing drew in 1947 following the surrender of Japan. The line has been included in subsequent maps issued under Communist rule. Sporadic violence between Chinese vessels and those of south-east Asia militaries have broken out in recent decades and the ver-
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The newspaper, which is controlled by the Communist party and sometimes reflects its thinking, also warned of a military escalation. “If the US and Japan use [the ruling] to pile military and political pressure on Beijing, Chinese people will firmly support our government to launch a tit-for-tat counterpunch,” it said. “We trust Chinese law enforcement and military forces have been well-prepared.” The case at the permanent court of arbitration in The Hague, the UN-appointed tribunal that adjudicates in international disputes over maritime territory, has been running since 2013. Philippe Sands QC, who represented the Philippines in the hearing, said: “This is the most significant international legal case for almost the past 20 years since the Pinochet judgment.” The judgment does not allocate any of the outcrops or islands to rival countries but instead indicates which maritime features are capable under international law of generating territorial rights over surrounding seas. Last year, US officials claimed the Chinese had built up an extra 800 hectares (2,000 acres) on their occupied outposts across the South China Sea over the previous 18 months. The main focus of activity has been on Mischief Reef, where satellite images reveal the island is growing bigger, and is surrounded by fleets of dredgers and tankers. China has previously stated that it “will neither accept nor participate in the arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines”. The tribunal ruled, however, that China’s refusal to participate did not deprive the court of jurisdiction. (Tom Phillips in Beijing, Oliver Holmes in Bangkok and Owen Bowcott. The Guardian)
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TECH TIPS: How to set up an Android phone for the first time IF YOU’VE just bought a shiny new smartphone or tablet, you'll probably want to start playing with it right away. But first of all, you need to configure it. In this beginners' article, we'll explain step-by-step how to set up your new smartphone. Each Android device is different, and each manufacturer gives its own devices little extras that make it stand out from the crowd of competitors. But deep down, Android devices are ultimately similar. Below is how the procedure looks with stock Android (on a Nexus 6). 1. S elect a language Select Once you've switched on the phone on, you’ll arrive at a welcome screen where you will be prompted to choose a language. A tap on the default language opens a list of all those available on the system. Select your preferred language from the list and tap the arrow to continue. 2. IInser nser d and nsertt the SIM car card enter yyour our P IN PIN Next, you will be asked to insert a SIM card. Putting your SIM card in your phone can sometimes be tricky – Sony devices usually have flaps that you need to open, while Nexus phones require a pin to open the slot. Sometimes the SIM needs to go under the battery, in which case you will need to carefully open the device rear. You will then be asked to enter your PIN number, which usually comes in the SIM package. 3. S elect a Wi-F k Select i-Fii networ network If you find yourself within range of a wireless network, you can now connect to it. Simply select your network from the list and enter the password if required. Then tap "Connect". 3. G ot another device? Got At this point, you will be asked if you wish to copy your data from another Android device. If you can do this, and wish to, then do so. Otherwise, hit “No thanks”. The easiest way to do this is with Google’s Tap & Go feature. This works by placing the two devices from which the transfer will take place together. 4. S et up/login to G oogle Set Google account (optional) If you skipped the step above, the next stage is to set up or log into an account in order to use your smartphone with Google's apps and services, such as Gmail or the Play Store. If you already have a Google account, you can enter those details now. Then you will be asked to accept Google’s terms of service and privacy policy. Read them (if you want) by tapping the highlighted phrases then hit “Accept”. If you don't already have a Google account, but would like to set one up, just follow the steps to choose a username and create a password. You don't need to have a Google account to use the phone, but you will need one in order to use all of its functions, including installing apps from the Play Store. Some manufacturers, such as Samsung, ask you during the registration
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whether you want to create an extra account. This is only necessary if you want to use some special services from that company. You can simply skip this step if you want to. Google will also ask which services you would like to opt-into. This includes backing up your device, which is recommended in case anything should happen to your device. The others you can assess on a case-by-case basis. None of them are essential and they can be switched on or off at any time. 6. A dd another email and Add pr otect yyour our phone protect If you have an existing email address which you wish to sync with your Android phone, this is where you can add it. As with almost all of the steps in this list, this can be done at a later date. Next, you will be asked if you want to set up a security code on your device: we strongly recommend this. Should you lose your device, this security measure is a key step in preventing unwanted access to your device. You will also be asked whether you want a PIN for when you start your device, which we recommend for the same reasons. Finally in this section, select your desired PIN. 7. N otifications Notifications In this section, you set up how your device displays content when your phone is locked. You have three options: "Show all notification content" means that, when you device is locked, if you receive a message, for example, this message will be displayed on your lock screen. "Hide sensitive notification content" will show some notification information, like that you have received a message, but will hide the content of the message. "Don’t show notifications at all" means you won’t see any notifications on your lock screen at all, but these will still be found in your device's notification shade. We’ve applied this to message notifications purely because it’s easiest to visualize but this actually applies to all notifications you receive, no matter what app it is. Following this, if you didn't already transfer files and data from a previous device, you now have a chance to restore files from a cloud backup. Select the backup you want, or skip this process. 8. G et G oogle N ow Get Google No "Get Google Now" is the last setup screen you see on Nexus devices, but it's just a reminder of the benefits of using Google's clever assistant. Hit "Next" once you've read the information. 9. O ther ser vices Other services Many smartphones come with pre-installed software, such as cloud storage services like Dropbox, Box or Google Drive. If you already have an account for these services you may be
asked to log into them now, or you can register for the ones you want. 10. IInser nser our micr oSD nsertt yyour microSD car d card If your phone has a microSD card slot, the last thing to do is to insert a microSD card, if you have one spare. This will provide extra storage space in your handset to allow you to save more files. If you don't have a mircoSD card, consider buying one to save space on your phone's internal storage. 11. Do wnload apps fr om Download from the G oogle P lay S tor e Google Play Stor tore (optional) The initial setup of the smartphone is now complete. For an overview of the apps that have already been installed on your device, have a look at the app drawer. The app drawer is a list of icons for all the apps on your phone and the chances are that you'll find this at the bottom of the home screen (the screen you should currently be on). It's a gray circle with six dots inside. Tap it and look around your app drawer. If there are any apps you don't have that you want, you can go to Google's Play Store to download them – the Play Store itself will be installed on your phone already. Installing apps is a simple process and the handset will walk you through anything you need to do (like signing in). If you don't find an app drawer, it means your phone doesn't have one. To find your apps in this case, you simply swipe your finger left or right to see your other home screens, where your apps will be contained. 12. IInstall nstall softwar e and software Andr oid updates Android When your Android is turned on for the first time, it might not be running the latest version of the software available for your specific model. For example, your phone could come with Android Lollipop or perhaps Android Marshmallow. It depends on the phone. To check to see if an update is available, simply go into the settings of your phone. This is found as an app in the app drawer or by going through the notification shade and tapping on the settings icon (usually a cogwheel or a set of tools of some sort). 13. P ersonaliz e yyour our Personaliz ersonalize phone If you don't like the background image that came with your device, do not despair – every smartphone offers a selection of different backgrounds from which you can choose. The way to do this changes depending on the manufacturer, but look for Display or Wallpaper in the settings menu. Quite often, if you press on the home screen anywhere for a couple of seconds, a window will appear that enables you to change your wallpaper. If none of the options are to your liking, you could try out a new icon pack or test some other backgrounds – there are lots of these on the net. (Scott Adam Gordon, AndroidPIT)
HEALTH: Buto, Osteoporosis at Fracture Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong ALAM NINYO ba na… 1. Ang sanggol ay may 300 buto sa katawan. Paglaki niya ay magiging 206 na lang ang mga buto. Ito ay dahil karamihan ng ating buto ay magdidikit na. 2. Mayroon tayong 14 na buto sa mukha, 8 buto sa wrist, at 23 buto sa paa. 3. Pagdating ng edad 20, halos kumpleto na ang bone mass o tigas ng ating buto. Dahil dito ay dapat tayong uminon ng gatas at kumain ng pagkaing mayaman sa calcium habang bata pa. 4. Isa sa 3 kababaihan ay may osteoporosis. Ngunit 1 lang sa 5 kalalakihan ang may osteoporosis. 5. Kapag kulang ang calcium sa kinakain natin, kumukuha ang katawan ng calcium mula sa buto. Kaya hihina ang ating buto at magdudulot ng osteoporosis. 6. Ang isang sanggol ay kumukuha ng calcium mula sa gatas ng ina. Kaya dapat kumain
Dr. Willie T. Ong ng maraming calcium ang mga nanay. Pag-alaga ng buto: 1. Bawat taon, may 1.6 milyong hip fractures sa buong mundo. 2. Para alagaan ang ating tuhod, umiwas sa mga tinatawag na highimpact exercises, tulad ng basketball, badminton, jogging at football. Mas hindi stressful sa tuhod ang swimming, walking at Taichi. 3. Kapag napilay, tandaan ang kodigong RICE. R – Rest, I – Ice, C – Compression, E – Elevation. Rest – Huwag igagalaw at lagyan ng splint or sling. Ice Compression - Lagyan ng yelo sa loob ng 20 minuto. Elevate – Itaas ang
nasaktang parte ng katawan. 4. Mahirap maibalik sa dating lakas ang isang nasirang tuhod. Ingatan ito. Believe it or not: 1. Ang pinakamatangkad na tao ay si Robert Pershing Wadlow, isang Americano na may 8 feet at 11 inches ang tangkad. 2. Ang pinakamahabang buto sa katawan natin ay ang buto sa hita. Ang buto ng hita ay nagbibigay ng 28% ng ating taas. 3. Ang pinakamabigat na tao sa buong mundo ay si Jon Minnoch na umabot sa timbang na 1,399 pounds. 4. Ang pinakamalakas na masel sa katawan ay ang masel ng panga, ang masseter, na ginagamit sa pagnguya. Kaya mga kaibigan, mag-ingat na huwag ilagay ang daliri sa bibig ni baby. Baka makagat kayo ng masseter, ang pinakamalakas na masel.
RECIPE: Sweet and Sour Pork
INGREDIENT S: INGREDIENTS: - 1 pound lean boneless pork - ½ large green or red bell pepper - ¼ cup baby carrots - 1 green onion, optional - 1/3 cup white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons ketchup - 3 tablespoons granulated sugar - 1/3 cup, plus 2 tablespoons water - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon cornstarch
INSTR UCTIONS: INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Cut the pork into cubes. 2) Wash and drain all the vegetables. 3) Cut the bell pepper into cubes, and cut the baby carrots in half. Dice the green onion, if using. 4) In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and ? cup water, and set aside. 5) Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium to medium-high heat. 6) When the oil is hot, add the pork cubes and brown. 7) Drain off the fat from the pan and add the sauce. 8) Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes or until tender. 9) Combine the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl. 10) Increase heat to high and add the cornstarch mixture, stirring to thicken. 11) Reduce heat to medium and add the green pepper and carrots. 12) Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. 13) Stir in the green onion if using. 14) Serve hot over rice. (http://www.kusinamaster.asia)
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Mga estudyante, tudloan og likay-droga tips sa DepEd CEBU - Gawas sa mga daotang epekto sa ilegal nga droga sa panglawas, itudlo na usab sa mga estudyante kun unsaon pagtino kun ang usa ka tawo nagpayohot og ginadiling droga ug kun unsaon pagbalibad o paglikay niini. Matud pa ni Department of Education (DepEd) Sec. Leonor Briones, usa sa mga mahimong kabag-ohan sa ilang buhatan ubos sa iyang pamunoan mao ang pagsusi ug pagpakusog sa syllabus kalabot sa drug education. Gawas pa niini, giingong posible pang
magpatuman sila og buwag nga subject kalabot niini agig pagsunod na usab sa giduso nga polisiya ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte batok sa ilegal nga droga. Matud pa ni Briones, gitahasan na sila sa Presidente nga sugdan na ang pag-review sa syllabus ug gimando nga sugdan ang pagtudlo kalabot sa drug literacy gikan sa mga estudyanteng Grade 4. Sa kasamtangnag curriculum, kauban na ang drugs syllabus, apan kulang kini sa mga praktikal nga aspeto nga mahimong makatabang sa mga bata nga
makalikay sa tentasyon sa droga. Matud pa nga angay matudloan ang mga bata kun unsaon nila pagkahibalo kun gitental na sila sa ingon niining ilegal nga buhat, kun unsaon nila pagbalibad ug kun asa sila angay mosumbong kun may itanyag nga droga kanila. Giingong andam usab motabang si Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa sa pagpalig-on sa curriculum sa Grade 4 students kalabot sa pagbatok sa ilegal nga droga. (Elvira C. Bongosia)
Ahensya sa gobyerno, gibalhin sa pamunoan sa Secretary to the Cabinet CEBU - Sa gipagawas nga labing unang executive order ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, mas gipalapdan pa niini ang gahom sa Secretary to the Cabinet. Nakalatid sa E.O number 1 sa Presidente nga ipaubos sa gahom sa pagdumala sa Secretary to the Cabinet ang pipila ka nasudnong ahensya sa gobyerno. Gipaubos na karon sa pamunoan ni Secretary to the Cabinet Leoncio Evasco Jr. ang Cooperation Development Authority, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, National Anti-Pover ty Commission, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, National Food
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