Inday Sara, palaban kay Speaker Alvarez a DA VAO CIT Y–B inuw eltehan ni D av ao City M ay or S ar CITY Binuw inuweltehan Dav avao May ayor Sar ara DAV te-C arpio si H ouse S peaker P antaleon Alv ar ez Duter te-Carpio House Speaker Pantaleon Alvar are uterte-C matapos nitong batikusin ang anak ng P angulong Pangulong Rodr igo D uter te sa pagbubuo nito ng isang rregional egional poodrigo Duter uterte litical block sa M indanao Mindanao indanao.. Inakusahan ni Alvarez Inalmahan rin ni Sara si Sara na bahagi umano ng ang tila banta ni Alvarez kay oposisyon dahil lamang sa Pangulong Duterte. Sa binuo nitong partido na Facebook page ni Sara ay “Hugpong ng Pagbabago” ito naman ang kanyang sa halip na sumanib sa bwelta kay Alvarez: “Ano PDP-Laban, ang ruling sabi mo in a crowd, Continue on page 3 coalition.
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Military frees MILF rebels smuggling weapons COTABATO CITY – The Philippine military freed at least 2 dozen Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels who were intercepted trying to smuggle weapons in the restive southern province of Maguindanao. The rebels were travelling in a truck with the weapons when soldiers stopped them at a checkpoint in Melib village in the town of Sultan sa Barongis last week. Troops discovered the cache of weapons during a security inspec-
tion and held the rebels, but the military eventually released all of them and returned 24 automatic rifles owned by the MILF, which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014. The weapons were all illegal and had no pertinent documents from the national police. It was unclear why the rebels led by Orly Gampung under the 106th Base Command were freed and their weapons returned to the MILF despite serious violations of laws prohibiting the carrying of firearms without
gun permits. While the military freed the rebels and returned their illegal weapons, it confiscated 157 unlicensed firearms, mostly old Carbine rifles, from village officials and watchmen in Zamboanga City on February 21. The weapons were turned over to the Western Mindanao Command. “Village officials from Arena Blanco, Tigtabon, Mercedes, and Cabaluay yielded the firearms to military and police units as Continue on page 2
A photo released by the Western Mindanao Command to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner shows unlicensed weapons surrendered by village officials to the military in Zamboanga City.
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Palace slams U.S. intelligence report on Duterte
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hilippines P odr igo D uter te is not an Prresident R Rodr odrigo Duter uterte autocr at and is taking ser iously a rrepor epor y the autocrat seriously eportt b by US intelligence community that names the fir ebr and leader among the thr eats to democfirebr ebrand threats racy in S outheast Asia, his spokesman says Southeast says.. The report, produced Rohingya crisis and by the Office of the Direc- Thailand's militarytor of National backed constitution as Intelligence, places impediments to democDuterte alongside racy. Cambodia's Hun Sen, the "We view this declara-
tion from no less than the intelligence department of the United States with some concern," presidential spokesman Harry Roque told DZMM radio. Democracy and human rights in many Southeast Asian nations will remain fragile in 2018 because of autocratic ten-
8 Abu Sayyaf, ISIS supporters huli sa Sabah ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hawak ngayon ng Malaysia ang ilang mga Pinoy na hinihinalang miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf at supporters ng ISIS matapos silang madakip kasama ang iba pang mga dayuhan sa Johor at Sabah. Ayon sa Malaysian media ay walong Pinoy ang nadakip, gayun rin ang tatlong Malaysians, kabilang ang isang babae, sa ibat-ibang lugar mula Enero 25 hanggang Pebrero 4. Hindi naman inilabas ng Malaysia ang mga pangalan ng lahat ng suspek, subali’t sinasabing
sila ang nasa likod ng planong pagpupuslit ng mga foreign militants mula Sabah patungong Zamboanga City. Patuloy naman ang imbestigasyon ng Malaysia sa mga nahuling militants. Bahagi ng counter terrorism operation ng Malaysia ang pagkakalansag ng grupo ng Abu Sayyaf at ISIS sa Sabah na kung saan ay may recruitment doon ang naturang mga ito upang lumaban sa Mindanao at maghasik ng gulo sa Sabah. Sinabi ni InspectorGeneral Mohamad Fuzi
dencies, rampant corruption and cronyism, the US intelligence community said in its Worldwide Threat Assessment report of February 13. "Duterte has suggested he could suspend the constitution, declare a 'revolutionary government', and impose nationwide martial law," it said. Roque dismissed that
assessment. "For one, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is no autocrat or has autocratic tendencies. He adheres to the rule of law and remains loyal to the constitution," Roque said in a statement. There is no revolutionary government or nationwide martial law, which US intelligence officials say Duterte might
impose, he added. Duterte has publicly made such threats on several occasions, however. Philippine politicians in December approved a year-long extension of martial rule in the volatile southern region of Mindanao to suppress threats such as communist insurgents and Islamist militants. (AAP)
Harun ng Malaysian Police na isa sa mga Pinoy ay sumusunod sa utos mula sa isang ISIS leader na nasa Pilipinas. “One of the suspects – a 39-year-old Filipino – was receiving orders from a senior ISIS leader in southern Philippines to arrange safe passage for militants from Sandakan to Zamboanga, where they would join the IS faction there,” ani ng opisyal. Walang pahayag ang Western Mindanao Command sa pagkakadakip ng mga Pinoy militants sa Sabah. (Mindanao Examiner)
Military frees MILF rebels smuggling weapons Renovation of the old police building at Camp Julasirim Kasim in Jolo town in Sulu which is being funded by the Provincial Government. (Photo by Ahl-franzie Salinas)
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Continued fr om page 1 from an offshoot of the sustained campaign against the proliferation of unregistered and loose firearms,” said Colonel Leonel Nicolas, commander of the Task Force Zamboanga. Just recently, a West Jakarta district court had linked 2 MILF rebels Marod and Dato – to illegal arms trafficking to terrorists in Indonesia. The duo sold weapons in 2015 to Suryadi Mas’ud who trav-
elled to General Santos City with his wife Rita Anyar as a cover. The 45-year Suryadi also fought alongside the MILF against Filipino troops from 1996 to 2000 in Maguindanao, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, and a stronghold of the rebel group now demanding a separate homeland from the Philippine government. Militant leader Iwan
Darmawan Muntho, alias Rois, who is now on death row in Indonesia, funded Suryadi’s travel to Mindanao to purchase the MILF weapons amounting to $30,000 for 17 automatic rifle at five pistols. Suryadi was also implicated to the bombing of a McDonald outlet in Makassar in South Sulawesi in 2002. He also trained jihadists in Aceh in 2010 until his capture. ( With a report from Rhoderick Benez.)
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Inday Sara, palaban kay Speaker Alvarez Continued fr om page 1 from President iba siya, Speaker ako, I can always impeach him!” And you call me opposition? Somebody should really tell the President about the truth. Antay ka bukas, I have another story...” Tinawag pa ni Sara na “asshole” si Alvarez sa Kongreso. “Kung asshole ka sa Congress, don’t bring that to Davao, leave it in
Manila. Somebody should tell the President what you are doing. How dare you call me part of the opposition. Kapal ng mukha mo. You messed with the wrong girl,” wika pa nito. Kabilang naman sa bagong grupo ni Sara ang mga gobernador ng Davao region at mga politico at kaalyado nito at ni Pangulong Duterte. Si Sara ang tumatayong chairper-
son nito at ayon sa mga ibang sources ay malaki ang posibilidad na lumipat sa Hugpong ng Pagbabago ang mga miyembro ng PDP-Laban. Layunin ng grupo na pagtibayin ang suporta ng publiko kay Pangulong Duterte at sa mga programa ng pagbabago nito sa ibat-ibang aspeto mula sa ekonomiya, seguridad ng bansa.
Only in Zamboanga City where you can find people cooking on top of a bridge and illegally built a house on its side. This photo of the Jumbo Bridge is taken in the village called Tetuan. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
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DOLE pushes for OFWs’ access to passport, phones in MOU with Kuwait THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and Employment (DOLE) said it wants overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait to be allowed to keep their passports and have regular access to their mobile devices. L a b o r Undersecretary Claro Arellano said these provisions are included in the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) being pushed by the DOLE with the Kuwaiti government to ensure the safety and welfare of Filipino workers in the host country. “We want them to allow our OFWs in Kuwait to hold their passport. Or at least, if they will not be allowed to hold their passports, they be deposited to our Philippine Labor Attaché in coordi-
nation with the Philippines Embassy,” Arellano said. “We want them to allow our OFWs to use their cellphones to communicate with their families and the government.” Labor officials are set to go to Kuwait to discuss the MOU with their counterparts. “Hopefully we can already finalize this memorandum of agreement and, by second week of March, we can already have the signing between the Kuwaiti gover nment and the Philippine government,” Arellano said. For his part, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Administrator Bernard Olalia noted that OFWs should be in possession
of their passports. “The passport is owned by the Philippine government so it cannot be confiscated by anybody. Our OFWs should have the prerogative to keep the passport or the government of the Philippines,” he explained. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said such policies may even be adopted in other countries where there are OFWs. “It should be applicable to all for the protection of workers,” he said. There were nearly 200 OFW deaths in Kuwait in recent years with the latest fatality, Joanna Demafelis, who was tortured and murdered by her Libyan and Syrian employers who have gone into hiding. (Ferdinand Patinio)
Absolute Divorce Bill Passes House Panel THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on population and family relations has approved a consolidated measure institutionalizing absolute divorce in the country. The bill aims to ensure that the proceedings for the grant of absolute divorce shall be affordable, efficient and inexpensive, especially for indigent litigants or petitioners. The grounds for absolute divorce are
the same existing grounds for legal separation and annulment of marriage. Also, a possible ground for absolute divorce is the couple's separation for at least five years. While other valid grounds include psychological incapacity of either spouse, irreconcilable marital differences, or a gender reassignment surgery of either spouse. The bill also provides
for a mandatory sixmonth “cooling-off period” between the time that a petition is filed and when the court actually starts working on the case. This allows the court to exercise all efforts to reunite and reconcile the parties. The bill penalizes spouses who are guilty of collusion with imprisonment of five years and a fine of P200,000. (Filane Mikee Cervantes)
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Governor Totoh Tan converses with visiting and well-known Kuala Lumpur-based composer and Singer and also music arranger and producer Julfekar Ahmad Shah II while on lunch break during the 114th Jolo Day Celebration last week held in the capital town's gymnasium. Sulu's Chief Executive welcomes him and his popular real-life partner and international song diva, Min Yasmin. In one of their performances, Julfekar, a Malaysian citizen, tells the huge crowd that his mother was a resident of Takut-Takut, one of eight villages of Dáira Tyanggi (Jolo town) before they migrated to the neighboring country 47 years ago. It is his first time since leaving in 1967 to step again on the land of his birth which he wants to help in ways he could. Governor Toto Tan extended appreciation to the famous duo, and to all who would and could, to share goodwill to Sulu. Aside from prescribed duties as highest elected civilian executive official in Sulu, the governor and his family also have enormous support for sports, cultural revival, local artists/ talents, moreso on inter-faith and intra-faith initiatives. (Fazlur-Rahman Alfad Abdulla)
‘Don't open luggage of OFWs, tourists’
AIRPORT PERSONNEL have been refrained from opening bags and luggage of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and tourists in the country. Secretary Arthur Tugade of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) reiterated the order following a complaint by a Korean couple who lost some of their valuables - a wristwatch and an electronic cigarette - at the Clark International Airport recently. “Inuulit ko po, huwag buksan o pag-interesan ang mga bagahe ng ating mga OFWs pati na mga turista. Ayaw ni Pangulong Duterte ng korapsyon. Ilayo niyo ang mga sarili niyo sa aksyon o persepsyon ng korapsyon,” he said. The Office of Transportation Security (OTS) denied the allegation and
said the viral post on social media was “false and inaccurate”. “After a review of the airport’s CCTV footage of the event, it was revealed that two Korean nationals, a male and a female, were rushing towards the escalator, while a female OTS Security Screening Officer can be seen picking an item that appeared to be left behind at the Xray conveyor belt. The latter subsequently held the item in the air in an apparent attempt to call the attention of its owner. The male Korean passenger eventually claimed the item from the screening officer,” the OTS said. The CCTV footage by the Clark International Airport Corporation likewise showed that there was no indication of misconduct, ill-intent, or malice on the part of the security screening officer. OTS Administrator
Ar turo Evangelista stressed that the security of the riding public is the agency’s priority concern and urged the public not to make hasty conclusions on such incidents. The Bureau of Customs has also denied the extortion claims by the female Korean passenger. Last January, Tugade summoned airport officials, airport ground handling companies, manpower service providers, and security managers following a meeting with President Duterte. He said the new guidelines for baggage handlers provide that personnel uniforms must not have pockets and that boots or shoes must not be loose. Concerned personnel are no longer allowed to bring or use cell phones while on duty, and are not likewise allowed to wear jewellery. (Aerol John Pateña)
Armas, isinuko sa Maguindanao
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A photo released by the Western Mindanao Command to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner shows the weapons surrendered in Maguindanao province. COTABATO CITY – Ibinandera kahapon ng militar ang pagsuko ng mga armas ng ibat-ibang tao sa magulong lalawigan ng Maguindanao na kung saan ay patuloy ang kampanya kontra ilegal na mga baril. Kabilang sa mga ibinalik sa militar ang isang sniper rifle, mga Garand at Armalite rifles mula sa magkakahiwalay na lugar doon. “The firearms and war materiel are now
under the custody of the 2nd Mechanized Battalion for safekeeping. We will make sure that these firearms are properly documented,” ani Major General Arnel Dela Vega, commander ng Joint Task Force Central Mindanao. Umabot sa 9 ang mga armas na isinuko sa militar, ayon kay Dela Vega at sinabi naman ng Western Mindanao Command na mula Enero ay nabawi na ng militar ang halos 100
mga armas – 52 sa Sulu; 39 sa Lanao del Sur. Bahagi umano ito ng kampanya ng militar sa Mindanao upang mabawi ang mga ilegal na armas sa ibat-ibang grupo. Ngunit tikom naman ang bibig ng mga opisyal ng militar sa isyu kung bakit hindi nila makumpiska o mahimok ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front at Moro National Liberation Front na isuko ang kanilang mga armas. (Mindanao Examiner)
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LETTERS FROM DAVAO Don ajole D uter te Don’’t C Cajole Duter uterte
THE NATIONAL GRID Corporation of the Philippines has recently come out with a series of eye-catching advertisement and press releases that portend to impress it is helping the government of President Rodrigo R. Duterte program to improve the telecom industry. Nice. The other day it again came out with another story that hugged the page with a caption blazoned in six columns announcing: “NGCP, DICT reach accord on fiber optic capacity for NBP”. The pictures of Department of Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. and NGCP’s Henry Sy Jr. prominently occupy the space in the story. What is surprisingly missing is the absence of a statement from National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO) who owns the assets which the two, NGCP and DICT, are peddling to President Duterte and the public. Why are Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez and TRANSCO President Melvin Matibag missing in the equation? I have always believed that the Concession Agreement for the use of the power grid was between TRANSCO and NGCP. What went wrong between TRANSCO and NGCP that Henry “Big Boy” Sy, Jr. obviously sidelined DOF/ TRANSCO in this sudden act of benevolence to help the government 3rd Telecom player and too, the National Broadband Project of DICT. This Letter from Davao aims to deter and unmask the subterfuge behind the Concession Agreement. Again this is just one of the many glorious mysteries that the oligarchy had been hiding since the Aquino administrations came to being. They came with exotic names: “Mile Long Island” property in the heartland of Makati, “Mighty” Cigarette and “El Kapitan” Lucio tax cases which ended in multi-billion pesos settlements and the still fresh-from-the oven the sudden surrender of “CURE” Telecom frequencies by MVP after demanding P3-billion from the government that gave the spectrum free . We support the personal crusade of President Duterte and Secretary Dominguez against crime and corruption and to remind the oligarchs that control the country’s major industries to “shape up, this is a new era.” Remember walls have ears and eyes so it’s time to behave. Our unimpeachable source is the NGCP advertisement itself which came out in all major newspapers two weeks ago. The ad implies that TRANSCO refused to sign an agreement with NGCP for which reason it cannot lease its dark fibers to telecom players. But let us look at where President Melvin of Transco is coming from. We have to first understand what the bone of contention here is. The “dark fibers” referred to are unutilized fiber optic cores embedded in the
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conduit that ran within the stranded grounding wire that protects the power line from lightning strikes. Modern technology had incorporated the dark fibers along with the grounding wire for communications use. Today’s designs of power towers, bridges, tunnels and railways already include these appurtenances and ‘cradles’ for telecom and power use. When NGCP was awarded a concession agreement by TRANSCO it goes with it right to lease the ancillary assets such as telecommunication assets but subject to the limitation on the use of 50% of the income derived out of leasing the ancillary assets as set forth in Section 20 of RA 9136 otherwise known as the EPIRA law. This looks reasonable enough except that there was a crack somewhere along the way in the first two years of their honeymoon. We heard that NGCP leased dark fibers and other facilities among them vacant lot spaces, High Voltage tower for attachments (like telecom antennas) to telecom companies without informing or disclosing to TRANSCO as required in the concession agreement. The lease to telecom firms ran for more than one year and allegedly all income derived from the lease contract was neither disclosed nor shared with the government. NGCP, I was told, denied they had Telco facilities installed in the towers but pictures shown by unpaid contractors who were tasked to dismantle the Telco installations tells a different story. I will not elaborate on this anymore. (By the way, a pair of fiber optic core was for P790 per kilometer. I do not have figures of co-location (site) and attachment rentals.) President Matibag of TRANSCO, my source said, had pleaded to the NGCP to settle obligations because 50% of income from ancillary assets is supposed to be earmarked for the reduction of transmission wheeling rates as determined by the Energy Regulatory Commission. I would surmise that the beneficiary here would have been the electric cooperatives that are off the grid. So take it from there. Whether Undersecretary Rio is aware of this episode may not matter much to him, but as head of another government agency, he should know where this collision is heading to. Given the unrealized income that the government missed and lost, and the alleged serious breaches that had been committed along the way I am sure that the Duterte government will not be cajoled with news releases and propaganda. This is another case for Cesar Dulay of the Bureau of Internal Revenue to look up to. Having written this piece, what nags me most is why cannot the oligarchs stay in their core business? In the case of NGCP, since they manifested that they
by Jun Ledesma are not in the business of telecommunications, why cannot they just surrender their ancillary rights on the dark fibers back to TRANSCO? From there TRANSCO and DICT should jointly oversee how to allocate and give valuation to this asset to the best interest of the public and the Telecom industry. Why cannot these private corporate giants pay the right salary to their employees, open more job opportunities and honestly settle their taxes for after all they are the ones who derive most from where taxes are spent for?. Why should it take a Duterte to haunt and hunt them?
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AKONG KATUNGDANAN ang pagsulat og apassumpay sa pinakabag-o nakong kolum nga nagwarning batok sa mga maligno. Giklaro nako didto nga ang pagguroy sa pangalan ni PAS Bong Go sa imbestigasyon sa Senado taktika lamang sa oposisyon sa pagtira kang Pres. Rodrigo Duterte kay siya ang pinakasuod ug pinakasinaligan sa Pangulong Ehekutibo. Ang mga pwersa sa kangitngit ninggamit sa Rappler ug Philippine Daily Inquirer sa lain pa nga pagsulay aron iapil si Secretary Bong sa kontrobersiya sa transaksyon sa prigata. Hasler kayo ang Rappler ug PDI sa pagtuis sa ilang mga istorya ug dayon mosumpay og diklarasyon nga si Bong Go ninginterbenir sa makontrobersiya nga Kontrata sa Prigata. Kalma ug kompiyansado si Secretary Bong sa imbestigasyon sa Senado niining Lunes. Ang iyang aura nagsalamin niini ug ningtubag siya sa mga pangutana nga way lipudlipod ug segurado ko nga ang nanan-aw sa ilang mga TV ug naminaw sa ilang mga radyo makaingon gyud nga ang tawo nag-asoy lamang sa tinuud nga nahitabo ug wa gyud siyay nahibaw-an o kalabutan sa kontrata sa prigata. Apan ang Rappler ninggasto gyud og pinakataas nga panahon sa pag-insister nga si PAS Go may kalabutan kuno sa kontrata pinaagi sa simple ug gabalikbalik nga istorya nga ang tawo nagdumili sa pagtubag kun pangutanon nila. Unsa man poy ikasulti ni PAS Bong nga kining kontrataha napirmahan na man sa panahon sa rehimeng Aquino ug wa gani siya makakita sa mga dokumento niini. Lit-agon lang siya sa maong mga pangutana. Para sa usa ka organisasyon sa media nga ning-akusar kang Presidente Duterte nga nagsumpo sa ilang kagawasan sa pamahayag ug nagpasangil sa Pangulo nga maoy responsable sa pagsirado kanila human ang Securities and Exchange Commission ninghimo og desisyon kontra sa Rappler tungod sa kriminal nga paglapas sa Konstitusyon sa Pilipinas, ang nagpatigbabaw nilang
HEALTH: Huwag Umupo ng Matagal Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong AYON SA World Health Organization, masama sa kalusugan ang matagal na nakaupo. Kapag ika’y madalas nakaupo ng 2 oras o mas matagal pa ay posibleng may komplikasyon ito. Ayon sa pagsusuri, puwede itong magdulot ng diabetes, pagkataba, pamamanhid ng paa at pagbuo ng dugo sa binti. Kapag lagi kang nakaupo, mas tataba ka dahil sa kakulangan sa ehersisyo. Puwede din ito magdulot ng diabetes. Ang pinakas e r y o s o n g komplikasyon ng pagupo ng matagal ay ang pagbuo ng dugo sa binti. Kapag nangyari ito, puwedeng lumipat ang namuong dugo patungo sa baga at mahihirapan huminga ang pasyente. Pulmonary embolism ang tawag ng doktor dito at nakamamatay ito. Fat Wallet Syndrome: Ang isa pang peligro ng pag-upo ng matagal ay ang pagkaipit ng ugat
(ner ve) sa may puwit natin. Puwedeng mamanhid ang paa kapag matagal nadaganan ang ugat nito. Mayroon ding tinatawag na “fat wallet syndrome” kung saan kapag nauupuan ang matabang wallet ay puwedeng mamanhid ang paa. Madalas itong mangyari sa mga lalake, lalo na sa mga drivers at executives na laging nakaupo. Ano ang solusyon? 1. Bawat 30 minutos na nakaupo, tumayo ng 2 minuto para mag-stretch. Kung 1 oras kang nakaupo, maglakadlakad ng 5 minuto. 2. Gumalaw-galaw
kahit nakaupo. I-stretch ang braso habang nakaupo. Galawin ang mga paa. Ipadyakpadyak ito. Makatutulong ito sa sirkulasyon at pagdaloy ng dugo. 3. Huwag gawin ang lahat ng ehersisyo sa gabi, pero buong araw ka namang nakaupo. Hatiin ang iyong page h e r s i s y o . Mag-ehersisyo kaunti sa umaga at sa gabi. 4. Ilagay ang wallet sa harap ng pantalon. Huwag kapalan ang wallet at bawasan ang laman nito. 5. Kung madalas kayong gumagamit ng computer, mag-break at maglakad bawat 30 minutos para makapahinga din ang iyong mata. Kapag matagal nakatitig sa computer screen, puwedeng sumakit ang iyong mata at ulo. Ipikit ang mata ng 3 minuto para makapahinga. Tandaan: Gumalawgalaw at mag-ehersisyo para humaba ang iyong buhay.
tagawtaw sukwahi sa ilang akusasyon. Nayabo na ang lamesa kontra sa Rappler. Si Sen. Grace Poe sa hearing bahin sa prigata ninglakbit nga aduna pay dugang nga mga pagpatawag og imbestigasyon ug hearing bahin sa mga Peke nga Balita. Naglaum ko nga niining higayona, yamaron si Maria Ressa sa Senado aron manubag sa mga p a n g u t a n a . Naghinamhinam ko nga maminaw sa iyang tubag sa pangutanang nganong nasirado ang Rappler. Sugdan nato ni pinaagi sa paglista og mga TINUOD versus BAKAK. Pananglitan: TINUOD: Si Senator Grace usa ka Lamanzares TINUOD: Ang Rappler usa ka Filipino-owned media corporation mga Rehistrado sa SECTINUOD: Ningdawat si Maria Ressa og $1-million nga puhunan gikan sa Omidyar Network (ON)TINUOD: Si Maria Ressa/Rappler ning-isyu og Philippine Deposit Receipts, usa ka commercial document, ngadto sa ON with Veto Power BAKAK: Ning-isyu ang Omidyar Network og waiver nga iyang gibiyaan ang iyang Veto Power. Dili notaryado ang maong waiver, sa ato pa, way hinungdan gawas lang kun ibaligya ang papel por kilo o ipamahid sa lubot. BAKAK: Ang claim ni Ressa nga ang kwarta sa ON dili puhunan kundili donasyon para sa kalihokang pangpilantropo o pangcharity BAKAK: Ang claim ni Ressa nga ang Rappler dili organisasyon sa media BAKAK: Ang claim ni Ressa ug Pia Ranada nga ang ilang kagawasan sa pamahayag gisumpo BAKAK: Giorderan ni PPRD ang SEC nga isarado ang Rappler ug nga ang
SEC wala mohatag og panahon sa Rappler nga motubag ug moesplikar sa gialegar nga paglapas sa Konstitusyon BAKAK: Nga ang SEC kontroldo ni Duterte Hinoon, ang katinuoran ug pagpamakak kabahin na sa katilingban sukad pa sa panahon sa bibliya. BAKAK: Nga adunay lima ka matarong sa Sodom ug Gomorrah. BAKAK: That there were five morally upright men and women in Sodom and Gomorrah. BAKAK: Pagnegar ni Hudas Iskaryote sa pagbaligya niya kang Jesus kantidad og 30 ka piraso sa pilak. BAKAK: Wa kaila si Pedro kang Jesus. BAKAK: Ang Japan dili makiggiyera sa America. BAKAK: Patag ang kalibutan. TINUOD: Si Marcos ang ningdaog sa snap elections. BAKAK: Ang saad ni Cory kang Doy Laurel nga siya ang mahimong Prime Minister. BAKAK: Nga si Duterte ang nagorganisa sa Davao Death Squad. TINUOD: Nga ang DDS tumutumo lang ni Police Regional Commander Col. Dionisio Tan-gatue Jr. BAKAK: Ang claim sa duha ka Senador, Leila De Lima ug Senador Antonio Trillanes, nga ang ilang mga testigo, si Matobato ug Lascanas, ninglubong og sobra sa 1200 nga biktima sa extrajudial killing sa usa ka hakotanan og balas sa Davao City. TINUOD: Si Mocha Uson mas daghan pa og sumusunod kay sa Rappler. BAKAK: Mas gwapa si Ressa kay kang Uson. TINUOD: Mas gwapa si Pia Morato kay kang Mocha. TINUOD: Lutuson ni Duterte ang mga sindikato sa droga hangtud sa ilang lubnganan. TINUOD: Idismiss ni Duterte ang mga kurap nga mga opisyales sa gobyerno. TINUOD: Lutuson ni Duterte ang mga sakop sa
oligarkiya nga hasler kaayong molikaylikay ug wa magbayad og buhis bisan pa og hingpit nilang kontrolado ang mga importanteng sanga sa industriya ug ekonomiya sa Pilipinas. Ang abilidad sa paghukom kun unsa ang tinuod ug bakak nagasandig sa hustong panabot. Ang paghukom usab nagabarog ibabaw sa bodega sa kahibalo ug kaalam nga didto gitigom sa utok sa tawo. Ang kahibalo ug kaalam pangitaon gyud ug huptan sa mga manggialamon. Kinahanglan nga kamatuoran ang tinubdan sa mga balita samtang ang mga opinion basi sa personal nga pagtan-aw ug interpretasyon sa magsusulat nga iya sab nga hinulbot sa tinigom niyang datos sa sulod sa iyang utok. Ang proseso magtuyoktuyok lamang. Kutob lang ko dinhi aron mangutana mo sa mas may katakos mobatbat niini kay kanako nga usa lang ka promdi. Ang henerasyon karon sa mga pharmacologist nagagamit og propaganda aron ibaligya ang ilang mga produkto nga susama sab sa daghang politiko panahon sa o human na ang piniliay. Ang mitolohiya, surgery ug abilidad sa pagpamakak ug panlimbong ninglambo sab dungan sa paglambo sa kahibalo ug siyensya sa pampabyuti o cosmetics. Apan ang abilidad sa pagpangilad ug panlimbong, cosmetics ug surgery dili gyud makausab sa pipila ka politiko ug oligarkiya sa komersyo ug sa hilig sa pipila ka relihiyoso kuno nga mohupot og dugang gahum tungod sa ilang kahangol ug kayawan-on. Ihunong na nato ning pagpakaaron-ingnon ug patusotuso.
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Probe Continues into Murder of Ronda Vice Mayor CEBU CITY - The Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) that is investigating the ambush of lawyer Jonnah John Ungab, who is also Ronda town vice mayor, said it is halfway toward resolving the death of the politician. Ungab is also the legal counsel for suspected drug lord Rolando “Ker win” Espinosa, Jr. He was ambushed last week just across the Cebu City courthouse after attending the court hearing of Espinosa. Senior Inspector Jonathan Taneo, a spokesman for the SITG, said they are looking at all possible
angles, including the victim’s legal profession, politics, personal grudges, and other circumstances surrounding the life of Ungab. Taneo said they are in the process of gathering more evidence and witnesses who would lead them to the identity of the perpetrators. The CCTV footage of Sugbutel Family Hotel near the crime scene is very vital in their investigation, he said. Investigators said the CCTV footage showed the gunman waiting outside the courthouse. He was also seen answering a mobile phone call, which police believed was from a spotter inside the building. The motorcycle
gunman was then seen approaching Ungab’s car as it exited the courts’ gate and started firing. Ungab was rushed to the Chong Hua Hospital in Mandaue City but he was already dead. Members of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) in Cebu have condemned the murder. “We urge the authorities to immediately conduct a full and impartial investigation into Atty. Ungab’s killing and swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice. Failure to do so will only embolden murderers under a pervasive culture of impunity that knows no power of the rule of law,” the NUPL said. (Luel Galarpe)
Integrated management plan pushed to protect Visayan Sea AN INTEGRATED fisheries management plan is being crafted to protect the Visayan Sea. This was cited by Iloilo Provincial Agricultur ist Ildefonso Toledo as among the specific management actions conceptualized during a recent coordination meeting by Oceana together with the representatives of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Western Visayas and the local government units covering the Visayan Sea namely, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Capiz, Cebu and Masbate. Oceana is a nong o v e r n m e n t a l organization which focuses on habitat marine conservation and sustainable fisheries. Toledo stressed the
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need for conservation, protection and restoration of the Visayan Sea as it is experiencing depletion. “There are 33 municipalities adjoining the Visayan Sea. This will be a big work but we are hopeful,” he said, adding, the integrated fisheries management plan would spell out specific plans on how to totally oversee the Visayan Sea. “It would start from resource management, law enforcement and other components. There might also be alternative livelihood because if there will be displaced fisher folks as a result of the intensification of our campaign against illegal fishing, we need to be ready to provide them with alternatives,” he added. Meanwhile, a summit
was also conceptualized during the meeting according to Candeze Mongaya, communications associate of Oceana. She said that they are planning to conduct an “enforcement summit” in May that would gather representatives from the five provinces covering the Visayan Sea and their respective “Bantay Dagat” task forces. Mongaya said Visayan Sea is the third largest fishing ground in the Philippines that supports almost half a million fisher folk but there are still many problems, especially illegal fishing. The participants of the summit would lay down plans and initiatives to further protect the fishing ground of the Visayan Sea. (Cindy Ferrer)
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