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President Rodrigo R. Duterte meets with former Presidents Gloria Arroyo, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada and Benigno Aquino III in Malacañang on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, for a National Security Council meeting.(Photo by Rey Baniquet)
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OTABA TO CIT Y – P osibleng makalusot ABAT CITY Posibleng pansamantala si M or oN ational Liber ation Mor oro National Liberation Front chair man N ur M isuar chairman Nur Misuar isuarii sa patong-patong iminal kaugnay sa madugong na kasong kr kriminal atake amboanga City noong Zamboanga atake ng mga tauhan nito sa Z September 2013. Ito ay matapos na pass si Misuari bago pumutok ang balitang matapos ang taon sa bibigyan umano ni panimula ng muling Pangulong Rodrigo pakikipag-usap ng Duterte ng safe conduct pamahalaan sa MNLF na
lumagda ng peace agreement sa gobyerno noong September 1995. Wanted sa kasalukuyan si Misuari dahil sa atake na binansagang “Zamboanga Siege” na ikinamatay at ikinasugat ng daan-daang katao sa sagupaang nagtagal ng halos tatlong lingo. Mahigit sa 120,000 katao rin
Military hapless in NPA attacks DAVAO CITY – Security forces are helpless against deadly attacks by the communist rebel group New People’s Army following a recent ambush that killed a government militia in Davao del Norte province. Rebel forces ambushed last week a group of militias and seriously
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wounding 4 others also. Officials said the attack in Kapalong town occurred two days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral cease-fire with the NPA. The militias – members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit were under the control of the army’s 72nd Infantry Battalion. There was no immedi-
ate statement from the NPA on the ambush, but more attacks are expected against security forces because the rebels have not reciprocated Duterte cease-fire, although the insurgents welcomed the president’s gesture ahead of a scheduled peace talks in Oslo, Norway which was moved from July to August. Continue on page 3
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ang apektado ng labanan o bigong rebelyon – sa ikalawang pagkakataon - ni Misuari sa Zamboanga.
Noong November 2001 ay naglunsad rin si Misuari ng rebelyon upang muling mabawi ang liderato ng Au-
tonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao na kung saan ay naging gobernador ito. Continue on page 2
Malaysia confirms sailors kidnapped by Sayyaf
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Kuala Lumpur confirmed that the radical jihadist group Abu Sayyaf was behind the kidnappings of 5 Malaysian tugboat crewmen who disappeared in Sabah near the Philippines border. Police Inspector-General Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters in Malaysia that the sailors are being held by the Abu Sayyaf. No further details were made available by the Malaysian police and Philippine authorities were also silent on
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the reports. But the Borneo Post reported that suspected Abu Sayyaf militants demanded P200 million in ransoms in exchange for the safe release of the sailors. It said that one of the hostages, Tayudin Anjut, 45, phoned his employer to say that they are being held captive in Basilan, one of 5 provinces under the troubled Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines. Anjut said the kidnap-
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pers were demanding the ransoms for their freedom, but Philippine military and police authorities could not immediately confirm nor deny the reports. The sailors – Abd Rahim Summas, 62, Fandy Bakran, 26, Mohd Zumadil Rahim, 23 and Mohd Ridzuan Ismail, 32 – all crew members of the tugboat Seruduna 3, disappeared at sea off Lahad Datu town on July 18. Continue on page 4
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MISUARI, BIBIGYAN NG SAFE CONDUCT PASS Continued fr om page 1 from Nasa lalawigan ng Sulu si Misuari na kung saan ay protektado ito ng libo-libong mga armadong miyembro ng MNLF kung kaya’t hindi ito magalaw o madakip ng pulisya at militar. Nais ni Duterte na makumbinsi si Misuari sa isinusulong na Bangsamoro Basic Law ng karibal na Moro Islamic Liberation Front upang magkaroon ng pagkakaisa ang dalawang grupo. Ngunit bukod kay
Misuari, ang dating mayor ng Cotabato City na si Muslimen Sema at Abu Khayr Alonto ay nagsasabing chairman rin sila ng MNLF. Ngunit sa kabila nito ay si Misuari pa rin ang kinikilalang lider ng MNLF at maging ng Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). At sa katunayan, noong 2013 ay mismong si Misuari ang nanguna sa delegasyon ng MNLF sa OIC Summit sa Cairo, Egypt.
Ilang beses rin inakusan ni Misuari ang pamahalaan ng paglabag sa probisyon ng peace agreement, ngunit hindi naman ito pinansin ng gobyerno kung kaya’t maraming mga miyembro ng MNLF ang nawalan ng tiwala at humihiling ng katuparan sa nilagdaan nito sa gobyerno at kabilang diyan ang mini-marshal plan sa Mindanao at hanap-buhay sa mga dating rebelde, at iba pa. (Mindanao Examiner)
Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan poses with her father, former Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan, and brother Aiman Tan during President Rodrigo Duterte’s state of the nation address on July 25, 2016. JMCIM drug symposium at the Linao National High School.
Jesus Miracle Crusade holds drug symposium dubbed ‘Oplan Gugma’ TUGUEGARAO CITY – The Tuguegarao City Outstation of the Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry ( JMCIM) has recently conducted a drug symposium in one of the public schools here. The event was held at the gymnasium of Linao National High School – one of the biggest schools here – where over a thousand mostly students and teachers attended the symposium. It was spearheaded by JMCIM Tuguegarao Outstation led by Ordained Preacher Bro. Danny Cuarteros whose aim is to help the Duterte administration in its efforts to re-educate the youth on the dangers posed of illegal drugs – its effects and causes – not only in Tuguegarao and nearby towns and provinces, but in the whole country. The occasion was also graced by Senior Superintendent Jessie Tamayao, the city police chief, who gave some words of warning to the young students about the ill-effects of illegal drugs, and encouragement as well, for the youth to take part in the government’s fight
against drug abuse. Two JMCIM members, Bro. Marcelo Relos and Bro. Sher win Baquiran, also shared their testimonies, having been hooked on drugs for so many years and were eventually set free from the bondage of drug addiction after renewing their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ through the JMCIM, a congregation headed by the Honorable Evangelist Pastor Wilde E. Almeda. “The good news is almost all of those who attended the event raised their hands and accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour,” Cuarteros said. He said the symposium was concluded with a mini-concert performed by Jesus Miracle Youth Crusade members, a group f young men and women who praise and worship God through singing. “The concert was so lively that even nonChristian students sang, danced, jumped and shouted all throughout as they worshipped the Lord,” Cuarteros said. This symposium is the first of a series of symposia – dubbed Oplan
Gugma (Love) – to be conducted in different campuses in Tuguegarao City. A bigger campus crusade and drug symposium is also set at Cagayan National High School which has over 10,000 students. Both Relos and Baquiran, and Cuarteros were also interviewed by Radyo Mindanao, a news talk program over RPNdxXX hosted by Al Jacinto in Zamboanga City and broadcast in Western and Central Mindanao, and as far as General Santos City and Sabah. They gave their testimonies separately and inspired many listeners by their courage to go public with their past lives and repented and changed for the better, and embraced God through the JMCIM. “Thru the leading prayers and fasting of our Beloved and Honorable Prophet Evangelist Pastor Wilde Estrada Almeda and the Beloved Children hundreds of drug pushers and users (were) convinced to surrender through the Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry,” Cuarteros said. (Aura Relos)
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5 Muslim students chosen as ‘Ambassadors of Goodwill’ SULU – Five Muslim high school students who were chosen from among 800 applicants to represent the Philippines as ambassadors of goodwill by the U.S.funded AFS Intercultural Programs of the KennedyLugar Youth Exchange and Study Program paid a courtesy call recently on Sulu Governor Totoh Tan in Patikul town. The students – Fatima Yazreen Taji and Fairus Yaqueen Sampang, from the Notre Dame of Jolo for Girls; Insih Ruiana Ahmad and AlKhamer Silungan, from the Sulu State College-Laboratory High School; and Mohammad Adzlan Usman from Mindanao State University High School – were
accompanied by Professor Abraham Pelayo, of the Sulu State College. Gov. Tan also had a talk with the students and encouraged and motivated them well to study hard and attain the goals in life and be a future and responsible leader. His father, former Sulu Vice Governor Sakur Tan, an influential and respected political leader in Mindanao, also met with the students and gave a similar talk and shared his words of wisdom. The governor – whose education program for the poor has helped a lot of students and out-of-school youth - also provided the students with financial assistance to augment most of
their needs. The five students thanked the governor for his generosity and kind heart and told him that “he shall be with us – in our heart and mind - in our journey to widen our knowledge and fulfil our dreams and be Sulu's pride as well.” AFS is an international, volunteer-based, nonprofit, non-governmental, non-religious organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. It enables people to act as responsible global citizens working for peace and understanding in a diverse
world. AFS seeks to affirm faith in the dignity and worth of every human being and of all nations and cultures. It encourages respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to race, sex, language, religion or social
status. AFS activities are based on our core values of dignity, respect for differences, harmony, sensitivity and tolerance. It is the implementing organization of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program
and sponsored by the Bureau of Education Affairs to provide scholarship to deserving high school students from countries with significant Muslim population for one academic school year in the United States. (Ahlfranzie Salinas)
Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan and former Vice Governor Salur Tan interact with students, who are chosen from among 800 applicants to represent the Philippines as ambassadors of goodwill by the U.S.funded AFS Intercultural Programs of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program. (Photos by Ahl-franzie Salinas)
ARMM celebrates 38th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
Press conference of the National Democratic Front in Davao City.
Military hapless in NPA attacks Continued fr om page 1 from The cease-fire prevented troops from pursuing or launching an assault on the NPA, which has been fighting for decades now for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country. Duterte announced the cease-fire during his state of the nation address on July 25. He said the cease-fire with the rebels is to “immediately stop violence on the ground, restore peace in the communities, and provide enabling envi-
ronment conducive to the resumption of the peace talks.” He also urged the rebels to end the decades of ambuscades and skirmishes and describing them to be “getting bloodier by the day.” “Let me make this appeal to you, if we cannot accept, love one another, then in God's name, let us not hate each other too much,” Duterte said as he called on the rebels to reciprocate accordingly and declare a truce with the government.
Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza said the resumption of the talks is expected to begin on August 20 with Norway brokering the negotiations. Duterte earlier ordered the Department of Justice and Department of Foreign Affairs to do ever ything within its power and authority to temporarily release from prison some communist personalities who will travel and participate in the Oslo talks. (Mindanao Examiner)
COTABATO CITY - The Regional Human Rights Commission in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RHRC-ARMM) marked the celebration of the 38th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week. Atty. Abdulnasser Badrudin, RHRC-ARMM chairperson, said the program was primarily aimed at raising better awareness of the rights of persons with disability (PWDs). “We are showing our deepest concern to PWDs being one of the most vulnerable sectors of society,” Badrudin said. Discrimination against PWDs results in their low participation in economic and social activities in society, he added. Republic Act 7277, or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, defined PWDs as “those suffering from restriction of different abilities, as a result of a mental, physical or sensor y impairment, to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.” The National Statistics Office’s 2010 Census
of Population and Housing noted there are 34,775 PWDs in the ARMM, 17,875 of which are male, and 16,900 are female. “The RHRCARMM advocates the inclusion of PWDs (normal activities of society). We aim at creating a condition wherein PWDs will feel they belong, are respected, and valued whoever they are,” Badrudin added. The Magna Carta for Disabled Persons also mandates that “five percent of all casual, emergency and contractual positions at the depar tments of Social Welfare and Development; Health; Education, Culture and Sports; and other government agencies, offices or corporations engaged in social development shall be reserved for disabled persons.” Several humanitarian partners and government offices that advocate for the welfare of PWDs also took part in last Thursday’s program. Assistant Secretary Dayang Carlsum Jumaide of ARMM’s Department of Health said the region’s Health and Wellness Program for Persons with
Disabilities is designed to promote the highest attainable standards of health of PWDs and prevent them from developing health conditions associated with disability. One of its milestones, Jumaide added, is “the development of service packages for PWDs specifically for disability due to chronic illnesses, learning disability and cerebral palsy.” Miguel Antonio Limon, regional programs coordinator of the National Council on Disability Affairs, gave a lecture on Thursday on gover nment laws that promote the rights of PWDs. Across the country, there are 1.4 million PWDs comprising 1.57% of the total population based on the 2010 national census. Several private individuals, who declined to be named, donated wheelchairs for PWDs during the event. They also manifested continued support for PWDs. The celebration last week had the theme “Karapatan ng Maykapansanan, Isakatuparan... Now Na.” (Bureau of Public Information)
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Subanen indigenous people oppose (open-pit) mining activities by TVI Resource Development Inc., in Bayog town in Zamboanga del Sur province in this undated photos. The mining firm also mined inside ancestral domain at Mount Canatuan in Siocon town in Zamboanga del Norte province. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
DENR orders review of all mining firms in Mindanao
PAGADIAN CITY - Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has ordered an extensive review of mining firms in Mindanao following many complaints from the indigenous people. Lopez, a staunch advocate of renewable energy, said she had talks with some of the indigenous tribes in the region and heard their sentiments. Many of them wanted to put a halt on large-scale mining in their ancestral domain in the provinces. This was also reported
by The Philippine Star and quoted Lopez as saying that she has a list of mining companies that would undergo necessary review after tribesmen accused these firms of environmental and social violations. Natives have asked Lopez to ban open-pit mining due to the hazards it posed to the environment. Lopez earlier ordered an official audit of all operating mines and the moratorium on the approval of new mining
projects, according to reports. Just recently, Lopez ordered the cancellation of Oceana Gold Philippines Incorporated’s (OGPI) permit for exploration and expansion. And leaders of Didipio Earth Savers MultiPurpose Association, SALAKNIB, Alyansa ng Mangagawa at Magsasaka ng Kasibu, Alyansa Tigil Mina, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines said they were pleased with Lopez’s order. Lopez said she will
Malaysia confirms sailors kidnapped by Sayyaf Continued fr om page 1 from Their tugboat was recovered by Sabah authorities with its engine still running. The boat was set to return to Semporna after its barge delivered a cargo of stones in Sandakan City also in Sabah, according to the Malaysian media. The Abu Sayyaf also seized 7 other Indonesian tugboat crewmen on June 22 in the Sulu Sea near the Philippines border and the hostages – Ferry Arifin, the tugboat skipper; M. Mahbrur Dahri, Edi Suryono, Ismail, M.Nasir, M.Sofyan and Robin Piter – were last reported being sighted in Luuk town, local military intelligence reports said. The boat – owned by PT Rusianto Brothers – was heading to Samarinda in East Kalimantan following a trip from the Philippines when gunmen on speedboats intercepted it. Indonesian media reported that Arifin phoned his wife and told her that they were intercepted at sea by gun-
men, who introduced themselves as Abu Sayyaf and were also demanding over P200 million for their safe release. The Abu Sayyaf previously kidnapped 14 Indonesian tugboat crewmembers in separate attacks at sea off Sabah and brought them to Sulu province and eventually released through the intercession of the Moro National Liberation Front. Raid Just last week, Philippine Marines raided a suspected Abu Sayyaf hideout in TawiTawi and captured 3 people and three speedboats in a daring operation near the Sabah border. Officials said members of the elite Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) under Colonel Fernando Gomez launched the operation near Sitangkai Island. A shotgun and ammunition were also seized from the men, who are currently being interrogated to determine if they were involved in cross-border
kidnappings. It was not immediately known whether the speedboats are being used in kidnapping activities in Sabah in Malaysia. No other details were made available by security officials on the raid because the operation is going on, but the ARG includes the BRP Tarlac, the newest ship of the Philippine Navy. The capture of the trio coincided with the arrest July 21 of an Abu Sayyaf militant – Bads Adjam alias Abu Jihad - in Santa Maria village in Zamboanga City. Adjam has been linked to the 2002 kidnappings of six members of the Jehova’s Witness in Patikul town in Sulu province and 21 mostly European holidaymakers in Sipadan Island off Sabah in 2000. Officials did not say if Adjam’s arrest was connected to the military operations in Tawi-Tawi, but both provinces are part of the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner)
cancel the extension of exploration permit issued to OGPI, an Australian owned mining company, and instructed Director Leo Jasareno, of the Mines and
Geosciences Bureau, to issue the cancellation immediately. She said DENR will also issue a memorandum that any exploration per-
mit will not be issued without the consent of the community, not only the local government’s endorsement. (Mindanao Examiner)
BIFF continues to threaten security forces in Maguindanao
COTABATO CITY – The redical jihadist group called Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters continue to threaten government troops deployed in the restive province of Maguindanao in the Muslim autonomous region. Just last week, at least 4 army soldiers were injured in fierce clashes that erupted between security forces and BIFF in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town. The fighting was so fierce that the 6th Infantry Division radioed the air force for a pair of MG-520 attack helicopters to support ground troops fighting the jihadists. It described the clashes as “heavy” and it started at dawn and continued until
day time in the village of Pamalian where gunmen attacked a group of soldiers and sparking a gun battle. The fighting erupted a day after President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to grant wider autonomy to Muslims in the troubled region during a national address on the state of the nation. The army tagged an extremist rebel leader, Karalian, as behind the attack on the soldiers. And the Major General Edmundo Pangilinan, the regional army commander, has called on Karalian to “voluntarily surrender to the government to avoid further bloodshed.” “It would be best that they surrender so that they can avoid more of the follow-
ers from getting killed and would also prevent more displacement from taking place,” Pangilinan said. There were no reports of enemy casualties, but many of the BIFF members were former or still members of the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014. Both the BIFF and MILF were accused in the brutal killings of 44 police commandos in Maguindanao’s Mamasapano town during a clandestine operation called Oplan Exodus that targeted a Malaysian bomber, Zulkifli Abdhir, who was coddled by the two groups in the remote Tukanalipao village. (Mindanao Examiner)
Nangka Store in Alfaro, Tetuan in Zamboanga sells overpriced Gasul LPG...while distributor AL Gonzales sells an 11-kilo LPG for P589. The Store sells this for P680 and distributor says an outlet should only sell it for P609. The store is reportedly a perennial violator of pricing laws. (Mindanao Examienr Photo)
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Sulu Governor Totoh Tan meets with military officials of Joint Task Group-Sulu for security briefing. The meeting, attended by municipal mayors, provincial board members and representatives of various sectors, aims to address security issues, and improve peace and order through the participation and cooperation of all levels of governance in society. (Sulu Provincial Government)
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Behold LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life on Earth
Sully Vent in the Main Endeavour Vent Field in the northeast Pacific, similar to the environment LUCA would have lived (NOAA PMEL EOI Program) IN THE last few years, DNA analysis has allowed researchers to redraw the tree of life in incredible detail, but there’s always been a question mark at the base of the tree. While it’s unlikely that researchers will ever find the exact species that started it all, they recently came up with a pretty good description of LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all of Earth's creatures, sometimes referred to as microbial Eve. Life as we know it is currently divided into six kingdoms: plants, animals, fungus, protists, eubacteria and archaebacteria. The first four belong to the a domain known as eukaryotes, sporting cells with distinct nuclei. The other two kingdoms, eubacteria and archaebacteria are single-celled organisms without a distinct nucleus. All of them evolved from a singlecelled ancestor that lived about 4 billion years ago when Earth was celestial baby. After all those billions of years of change, LUCA’s fingerprints are still visible in the genes of modern organisms. That’s why William Martin, an evolutionar y
biologist at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, set out to study LUCA's trail in the genes of bacteria and archaea, the two groups researchers believe became eukaryotes. Tracking genes in bacteria is particularly difficult because they can swap genetic material, making it hard to discern whether the single-celled organisms received a gene from an ancestor or picked it up from another species along the evolutionary road, repor ts Robert F. Service at Science. So Martin and his team decided to search for genes shared by at least two species of moder n bacteria and two archaea, an indicator that the gene was likely inherited and not an evolutionary hitchhiker. The researchers combed through DNA databanks, analyzing the genomes of 2,000 modern microbes sequenced over the last two decades. From six million total genes, they found 355 gene families that were widespread among the microbes, which means they were likely to be genes LUCA passed down. They published their results in Nature Microbiology.
LUCA’s genes are those of an extremophile organism that likely lived in an area where seawater and magma meet on the ocean floor, known as hydrothermal vents, reports Nicholas Wade at The New York Times. Similar creatures still haunt these environments among the toxic plumes of sulfides and metals. And many researchers already believe this is where life first began. “I was flabbergasted at the result, I couldn’t believe it,” Martin tells Michael Le Page at New Scientist. “It’s spot on with regard to the hydrothermal vent theory.” The genes show that LUCA lived in habitat with no oxygen, Service writes. It also fed on hydrogen gas, meaning it was likely an organism that lived near superheated volcanic vents where hydrogen gas was likely produced. LUCA’s lifestyle is similar to two types of microbes that researchers have uncovered, the anaerobic bacteria in the genus clostridium and the hydrogen gobbling archaea in the methanogens group, James Lake, an evolutionary biologist at UCLA tells Service
But not everyone is convinced that the hydrogen gobbling vent-dweller Martin uncovered is really LUCA. John Sutherland of the University of Cambridge in England, whose research suggests the origins of life began on land and not deep in the ocean, tells Wade that life could have developed elsewhere and then been shoved down into places like hydrothermal vents during global disasters like the Late Heavy Bombardment, a catastrophic period in Earth’s history between 4 billion and 3.8 billion years ago in which the planet was reshaped by a shower of asteroids and comets. In fact, he argues that basic chemistry shows life likely originated in pools of water on land, Dar win’s “warm little ponds.” Ultraviolet light from the sun, which does not reach down to hydrothermal vents, he argues, is a key element in that chemistry. More research is necessary for scientists to unravel the twisting branches of the tree of life and to determine if Martin’s LUCA is a supergreat aunt or the microbial Eve. ( Jason Daley, Smithsonian.com)
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place of interest on the map, then the three dots in the upper right corner, then Share, enabling you to share via Bluetooth, by email, to Google Drive… You can also share directions. To do this, set your desired start point and destination, choose your mode of transport and then press the trio of dots in the upper-right corner before hitting Share directions. The recipient of the shared directions will see a summary of the instructions as well as a link. When the link is clicked, they will be able to open the directions in Google Maps so they can start their journey. It's also possible to open the directions in another map application such as Waze, or to view them online. Sav e impor tant adave important dr esses dresses In the app tap on Menu > Your Places and press on Home or Work to store the addresses. This speeds up the process of getting directions, and it also helps feed the inquiring mind of Google Now and its transport cards. Use stickers and labels to help yyou ou find and remember You can use stickers to make your home and workplace stand out on the map. Just press on the hamburger menu button, then Your places. Tap on the trio of dots to the right of your home or work and then select Change icon. Here you will see an array of stickers to choose from. For places you have starred, you can add a label to more easily identify and remember what the place is. Open up the information screen for the location and press on the trio of dots at the top right of the screen then Add label. Here, you can enter anything you like, be it 'bar', 'interesting view', whatever. See it in S tr eet View Str treet Street View hasn’t disappeared in the Google Maps app, it’s just moved a bit. To see the Street View, press on or search for a location. Above the bar with the location's name and rating, there will be a small rectangular window with an image and a circular arrow. Press on this to load up Street View. Use gestur es gestures You already know that you can zoom in and out of maps by pinching and zooming, but you can also do it with a single digit which is handy if you’re holding onto a handlebar with your other hand or just can’t be bothered using both hands. Double-tap the screen but don’t lift off your finger or thumb after the second
tap. Slide up to zoom out and slide down to zoom in. You can also tilt the map by sliding with two fingers - up for more tilt, down for less - and rotate the map by turning two fingers in a circular motion. In many urban areas the flat map will become a 3D model when you tilt it. See it in G oogle Ear th Google Earth Tap on the Menu button and select Google Earth to see the world in glorious 3D. As with Maps, you can navigate by swiping, pinching and double-tapping. Note that you will need to download and install the Google Earth app for this to work. Kno w which rroutes outes to Know av oid avoid One of our very favorite things in the Google Maps app is the way it can give us live traffic information. Color coding makes everything crystal clear with green for normal traffic, yellow when things are slowing and red when you really need to go a different way or allow extra time. If it isn’t displaying go to Menu > Traffic. Add detours When you're in navigation mode, merrily en route to your destination, and you suddenly remember you need to eat a muffin, you can add a quick pit stop. Just press on the magnifying glass icon and you will see some useful options, such as Petrol stations and Coffee shops. You can also search for something more specific by pressing on the magnifying glass again and entering in your search query. The options for pit stops will appear along your route, along with how much time the detour will add to your journey, so you can choose the most convenient. Use yyour our vvoice oice When you’re navigating you can control Google Maps with your voice. We’ve found that the voice control can be quite patchy, especially in noisy cars, so it’s probably a good idea to pause Bat Out Of Hell before you try this. Delete yyour our location histor y history If you’d rather not store details of everywhere you’ve ever been, you can delete your location history. On your device go to Settings > Location > Google Location History and use the toggle to decide whether you want it on or off, or look to the bottom of the screen and press Delete location history if you want to remove all the information Google has on your past movements. (Gary Marshall, AndroidPIT)
HEALTH: 15 tips para iwas Kanser Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong NAKAKATAKOT ang sakit na kanser dahil mahirap itong gamutin. Sa kanser, ang mga selula ng katawan ay bigla na lang nagbabago ng anyo at nagiging masama. Hindi pa alam ng mga doktor ang tunay na sanhi nito. May kanser sa utak, sa baga, sa ilong, sa atay, sa bituka, sa colon, sa pancreas at sa balat. Iba’t ibang lugar ang pinagmumulan. Ang paniniwala ng mga cancer specialist ay may mga “triggers” o nagpapasimula ng kanser. Ang mga payong ito ay hindi pa tiyak, pero magandang sundin pa rin natin ito: Iwas sa sigarilyo at alak – Makaiiwas tayo sa kanser sa baga, atay at tiyan. Iwas sa polusyon at usok ng sasakyan. Iwas sa matitinding sikat ng araw. Gumamit ng sunblock. Puwede kasi itong magdulot ng kanser sa balat. Iwas sa mga sunog na pagkain o “smoked” foods tulad ng mga tinapa at barbeque. Puwede kasing may mga nagdudulot ng kanser dito. Magbawas sa alat
Dr. Willie T. Ong tulad ng patis, toyo, bagoong, alamang. Hindi pa ito tiyak, pero ayon sa espesyalista, puwedeng magising ang mga selula natin at maging kanser ang mga ito. Iwas sa mga lamanloob tulad ng bopis, dinuguan, bituka at iba pa. Hindi po ito malinis at baka magdulot ng masama sa katawan. Iwas sa pagkaing kalye. Umiwas sa mga maruruming pagkain sa kalye tulad ng fishball, kweck-kweck at betamax. Magbawas sa pagkain ng “processed meats” tulad ng hotdog, langonisa, sausage, bologna at iba pa. Magbawas sa pritong pagkain. Iwas sa karneng baka at baboy. Tanggalin ang lahat
ng taba. Kumain nang maraming gulay at prutas. Puwedeng kumain ng manok paminsanminsan. Mas mahaba ang buhay ng mga vegetarian. Iwas sa galit, inis at iba pang negatibong emosyon. Naniniwala ako na ang positibong pananaw sa buhay ay makapagpapalakas ng katawan at magpapahaba rin ng inyong buhay. Maging aktibo at mag-exercise palagi. Alamin ang inyong lahi. Kung may lahi kayo ng breast cancer, magpasuri ng suso bawat 6 na buwan. Kung may lahi kayo ng kanser sa tiyan, magpa-ultrasound o CT Scan ng tiyan. Magpa-check up sa doktor kada 6 na buwan. Ikonsulta ang kahit anong nararamdaman. Makatutulong ang doktor para makita ang inyong sakit. Gawin ninyong misyon ang mabuhay nang malinis, masaya at mahaba. Kung susundin ang mga payo na ito, siguradong hahaba ang inyong buhay. Good luck po.
ARMM celebrates National Science and Technology Week in Basilan BASILAN - Thousands of students, science and technology (S&T) enthusiasts, local government officials, and representatives from other sectors in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) convened at the Datu Dizal Cultural Center in Lamitan City in Basilan province to celebrate this year’s National Science and Technology Week (NSTW ). Secretary Myra Mangkabung of the region’s Science and Technology department with Lamitan City Mayor Rose Furigay and Vice Mayor Roderick Furigay spearheaded the event held last week. Harnessing the theme, ‘Juan Science, One Nation,’ the NSTW celebration highlights the significant contributions of S&T to national development and conferring recognition and appreciation to outstanding scientists, researchers, inventors and institutions. The NSTW is celebrated every third week of July through Proclamation No. 169 issued in 1993. It aims at recognizing the contribution of science and technology in
the development of the country and get support from the public and private institutions for its sustainable development. “The annual celebration of the NSTW is the premier event of the science community. It is celebrated since the 1950s and the various events – like forum and exhibits – are the perfect venues for technology developers and inventors, as well as S&T service providers and clients, to interact and pursue potential opportunities,” Sec. Mangkabung said. The celebration, she added, is designed to optimize every opportunity to make S&T a way of life for all Filipinos. She also encouraged the participants to focus on inventions that will support the campaign of the regional government in poverty alleviation. The gains and strides of S&T in the fields of science, engineering, mathematics and other technical disciplines, she said, will let the people understand its vital role in improving the people’s quality of life, protecting the environment, and
contributing to national development including poverty reduction. During the opening program, Secretar y Mangkabung and Chancellor Atty. Lorenzo Reyes of the Mindanao State University (MSU) of Tawi-Tawi signed a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of a food innovation center. Sec. Mangkabung said the innovation center, located at MSU Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, is a facility aimed at producing value-added agricultural and fishery food products by becoming the hub for innovation and technical support services for food processing industry in the ARMM. “Scientific concept and ideas, invention, phototyping and patenting must be supported to encourage a generation of new knowledge and discoveries. Research, development, and extension programs must be enhanced and afforded by all our researchers and end-users,” she concluded. (Bureau of Public Information)
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GSIS reduces documentary requirements for retirement process CEBU - The Government Service Insurance System said those who are set to retire from the civil service will no longer face a tedious process of submitting a number of documents to be able to process their claims for retirement benefits. Vilma Fuentes, branch manager of GSIS-Cebu, said imminent retirees should notify their office one to three months in advance before their scheduled retirement and reconcile their records to avoid hitches by the time of application. Fuentes said they have already reduced the number of documentary requirements needed in filing for retirement claims two years ago. “What we only require are two documents which are the filled-up application form and the Declaration of No Pending Case certificate duly notarized or sign by the head of the agency,” said Fuentes during a recent forum of the Association of Government Information Officers- Philippine Information Agency that highlighted the priority programs and services of the state pension fund. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered all govern-
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ment agencies to streamline documentary requirements and lessen processing time to 72 hours as part of efficient public service doing away with public inconvenience. Fuentes said even before the president’s call, GSIS has already implemented reforms to ensure that its members are not given a difficult time in processing their retirement benefits. Unlike in previous years, GSIS required clearance from the Civil Service Commission and the Ombudsman as well as an admin clearance from the agency as part of the requirements for submission in processing retirement benefits. “We are easing the requirements for the benefit of the members so they can immediately enjoy their retirement benefits,” said Fuentes. As for loan privileges, Fuentes said the processing time usually takes only one to two days, which is lesser than the required period of the President. But for the retirement process, Fuentes said this is given a 90-day maximum period to resolve a pending case if the member faces one. And if the case is not
resolve within 90 days, Fuentes said the agency is duty bound to release the retirement benefits of the member. “Without a verdict and as required under RA 10154, we need to release immediately the retirement benefits of the member after the 90-day period has lapsed,” said Fuentes. RA 10154 passed in 2010 is an Act requiring all concerned government agencies to ensure the early release of the retirement pay, pension, gratuities and other benefits of retiring government employees. Fuentes, however, said that a member who already received his retirement benefits and later found guilty is required to return the money. Failure to return the full amount of retirement benefits received would incur interest while the case would then be elevated to the GSIS Legal Division in Manila, said Fuentes. Death of the member, on the other hand, will not remove the obligation to return the money by the surviving spouse or heir, said Fuentes. (Fayette C. Riñen)
Dugang hinabang medikal alang sa aktibong miyembro sa PhilHealth ug OWWA MGA Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) nga aktibong miyembro sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ug Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) hatagan ug dugang medical assistance pinaagi sa MEDPlus Program. Sa gilagdaan nga Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) tali ni PhilHealth President ug Chief Executive Officer Alexander Padilla ug ni OWWA administrator Rebecca Calzado, muhatag ug dugang benepisyo ang PhilHealth nga medical assistance sa mga OFWs nga adunay kakulian sa panglawas ug aktibong miyembro sa OWWA dili mu sobra sa 50,000 matag
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miyembro. Ang PhilHealth mupahiluna ug access sa My PhilHealth Portal pinaagi sa mga trained OWWA personnel nga mohimo sa on line verification sa mga remittances nga himoong basehan pag proseso unya sa byranan sa ilang claims. Gi-klaro ni OWWA administrator nga ang MEDPlus dili health maintenance organization apan usa kini ka medical assistance program nga gidugang sa regular nga PhilHealth coverage, mao nga gibansagan kini ug Plus. Pinaagi niini nga programa giawhag sa PhilHealth Chief ang mga kababayan nga nagtrabho gawas sa nasud nga
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ipadayon ang ilang premium contributions aron makahimulos sa PhilHealth benefits ug sa MEDPlus. Namahayag usab si Padilla nga isip paghatag ug importansya sa gihimong kontribusyon sa mga OFWs sa atong ekonomiya angayan lng nga suportahan ang ilang panginahanglanon aron mag maayo ang ilang panrabaho sa gawas sa nasud. Ang duha ka ahensya sa gobyerno nga OWWA ug PhilHealth kasamtangan nga nagpanday sa implementing guidelines ug gilaoman nga mahimuslan ang MEDPlus karong tuiga. (Leandria P. Pagunsan)
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