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Alleged ex-NPA leader shot dead in Tagbilaran


By Kit Bagaipo
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 14:33:00 01/18/2008


TAGBILARAN CITY -- A suspected former leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Central Visayas was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman Thursday night, police said.

The victim was identified as Ronald Sendrijas who was gunned down 9:20 p.m. while buying medicine from a pharmacy along Gallares Street, Tagbilaran City.

Senior Police Officer 4 David Niluag of the Tagbilaran City Police said Sendrijas visited his sister, Aileen Pasagad, who had just given birth at the Ramiro Hospital.

Two assailants riding on a motorcycle arrived at the vicinity and the back-rider disembarked from the vehicle, approached Sendrijas and shot him twice, Niluag said.

Sendrijas, who turned 35 on Thursday, was shot in the back of his head with a 9-millimeter pistol, he added. The attackers then rode away from the crime scene towards and unknown direction, Niluag said.

Pasagad, in an interview on Friday, said that her brother had been receiving death threats in the past several months.

She said her brother claimed he was under surveillance. Pasagad also said that a few hours before her brother was murdered, Sendrijas allegedly received a call through his cell phone from one of those making the death threats.

Pasagad said her brother showed her one text message, which said he would be killed on his birthday but did not identify the persons behind the death threats.

Senior Superintendent Edgardo Ingking, Bohol police provincial director said, in a separate interview, that the PNP would be checking on the status of Sendrijas' several cases still pending in the courts.

"These cases were related to his activities as an active member of the CPP-NPA," Ingking said.

The military and police operatives arrested Sendrijas (also known as “Ka Aram” and “Foreigner”) in the mountain village of Gutlang in Argao town, Cebu in May 2004 but was released after posting bail in August 2006.

Sendrijas was captured with another suspected NPA commander, Jigger Geverola, now detained at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC).

Sendrijas, a native of San Jose, Inabanga, Bohol, had been charged with rebellion, murder, multiple murder, multiple frustrated murder and robbery in band, Ingking said.

He was linked to an NPA raid on the 702nd Provincial Mobile Group based in Sta. Fe, Danao, Bohol on Dec. 14, 1999 when two soldiers were killed while the camp commander was wounded. The troops' firearms and equipment were carted away from the camp, Ingking said.

Sendrijas has a pending case for rebellion before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 52 in Talibon, Bohol and robbery with serious physical injuries before RTC Branch 25 in Danao City, Cebu, Ingking said.

Ingking said that Sendrijas was also linked to several burnings of passenger buses and "violent incidents" in Cebu.

Sendrijas used to be the secretary of the Central Visayas Regional Party
Committee (CVRPC), he said.

However, after his release from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in 2006, Sendrijas had been inactive with the underground movement and later campaigned for his relatives who ran during the May 2007 elections, Ingking added.

Discussions about the concept, the characteristics, the sentence, the vocabulary, the grammar and the evolution of Boholano and Binisaya here in this thread and also learn words that seemed to have been buried due to fast Westernization of our languages in the Philippines.

So, post away na mga Sano ug mga Sana! Para, banhawon nato ang atong pinolungan!! 

Quote:
Boholano is a dialect of Cebuano that is spoken on the island of Bohol in the Philippines. It is sometimes described as a separate language.
Boholano, especially the dialects used in Central Bohol, can be distinguished from other Cebuano dialects by a few phonetic changes. The "y" sound in Cebuano becomes "j" ("iya" in Cebuano becomes "ija"), the "k" sound sometimes becomes "h" ("ako" in Cebuano becomes "aho") the "l" sound sometimes if it is used in the second or following syllable becomes "w" ("kulang" in Cebuano becomes "kuwang").
The dialects used in the coastal areas of Bohol though, including Tagbilaran City, are almost indistinguishable from other Cebuano-speaking areas.
Source: Wikipedia.com

Three drug pushers nabbed in Inabanga
By KIT BAGAIPO

In a series of three police raids, joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Inabanga police cornered three alleged drug pushers in Inabanga town last Wednesday.

The three suspects, raided by police in their individual residences, were identified as one Pedrito Lofranco y Añana, alias Feddie, resident of barangay Lawis; Elizabeth Ceniza y Mar, alias Zabeth, resident of barangay Badiang; and Christopher Lofranco y Añana, alias Topher, resident of barangay Ilaud in Inabanga town.

During the raid in Pedrito Lofranco's residence, which happened around 6 a.m., police seized 1 small deck of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as shabu, 2 heat sealed cellophane packs containing suspected crushed marijuana leaves and 2 sachets of suspected shabu granules.

Also seized from the possession of Pedrito Lofranco were 1 Colt .45 caliber pistol with a magazine containing 6 live ammunitions, 1 caliber .22 Magnum, 1 fragmentation grenade and several live ammunitions for .45 caliber and 12 gauge shotgun.

Also taken from the said suspect were several paraphernalia for the use of the illegal substance, a cellular phone and P22,000 in different denominations believed to be proceeds from selling illegal drugs.

Meanwhile, a separate police team arrested Ceniza at around 6 a.m. who was found in possession of 1 sachet of suspected shabu and several drug paraphernalia.

Police who raided the house of Christopher Lofranco turned up negative in their search for shabu but found him in possession of caliber .38 and caliber .22 live ammunitions.

The raid was conducted by virtue of search warrants issued by Regional Trial Court, Branch 52 Presiding Judge Irma Zita Masamayor dated October 8, 2007.

The three suspects will be charged in violation of Sec. 11, Art II of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2000 and are now detained at the Bohol Police Provincial Office, Camp Dagohoy, this city.

Desperate Housewives makes racist remark against Pinoys

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Desperate Housewives maligns Philippine med schools
http://ivanhenares.multiply.com/journal/item/21

This came from my Ateneo High School batchmate Dr. Chino Perez:


I don't really watch this show. Here's another reason why you shouldn't too!

BOYCOTT THIS SHOW!

[In the episode entitled. "Now You Know", Susan's character was questioning the credibility of a gynecologist and said, "Ok before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Cause I would just like to make sure that they're not from some med school in the Philippines. "]

- just recently posted by another Filipino doctor who watched the show in the US

From Yahoo! Answers:
Did any Filipinos watch Desperate Housewives on 9/30/07???

I was watching it online today and they made a comment that was a bit disturbing to me. It was a scene when Terri Hatcher was being told by her GYN that she might be hitting menopause, and her reply was something like "Wait a minute, I need to check your credentials.. I have to make sure that you didn't get your degree from the Philippines."

This upsets me because there are a lot of medical professionals that have graduated from the Philippines. I don't think that a direct pun was necessary in this particular situation.

Waterfront looks at Bohol for expansion


By Irene Sino Cruz
Visayas Bureau
Last updated 11:33pm (Mla time) 08/26/2007


CEBU CITY--The Waterfront Philippines Inc. (WPI) is looking at Bohol as a potential site for expansion.

WPI director Kenneth T. Gatchalian noted that the company has been looking for possible areas of expansion as the tourism industry has been on an upward trend.

Gatchalian said, in an interview, they considered Bohol the more lucrative destination due to its proximity to Cebu, a major tourist destination.

However, WPI chairman Renato B. Magadia said the short-term plans of the company would be to upgrade the existing facilities, and acquiring additional properties would be a long-term goal of the company.

Magadia also reported that the company posted P18.24 million in consolidated net income for 2006. However, this was lower than the consolidated net income of P42.96 million registered in 2005.

The company's total revenues in 2006 reached P1.913 billion, up from P1.804 billion in 2005.

The bulk of WPI's revenues came from the hotel operations, which reached P1.85 billion.

Of this amount, P646.171 million came from the group's room revenue while P629.964 million came from the food and beverage division.

Meanwhile, Gatchalian said the marketing team of the Waterfront Cebu City Casino Hotel Inc. would have to go on an aggressive campaign to increase its revenues from the convention and events market segment.

He said the WPI would upgrade the facilities of WCCCHI's convention center as well as come up with more attractive packages to attract more clients.

Meanwhile, the WPI posted P422 million revenues from its hotel operations in the first quarter of 2007, a 12.7-percent decrease from the figures of 2006's first quarter.

The company attributed the decrease of revenues to the 29-percent increase in costs and expenses.

The average food cost increased by 5.13 percent from 2006, the company said.

The company's occupancy percentage also went down to 67.97 percent as compared to 2006's first quarter rate, a decrease of 7.25 percent.

Rodulfo Atega Jr., whom a police team arrested in Bohol last Aug. 29 and brought to Cebu the following day, would have gone home last night, as he was earlier released on bail, but he was slain in the taxicab(above) that he and his family took to get to the pier. Two killers on a motorcycle did the work of executioners.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Rob suspect gunned down
By Mia E. Abellana Sun.Star Staff Reporter
With Jovy S. Taghoy

STILL clutching his discharge sheet from the Cebu City Jail, Rodulfo “Dupong” Atega Jr., 21, a suspected robber, was shot dead while he was inside a taxicab at the corner of Gen. Maxilom Ave. and D. Jakosalem St. about 7:45 last night.

Atega’s father Rodulfo Sr. told reporters that they had just come from the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan. Atega was released at 7:25 p.m., as stated in the jail’s logbook.

Atega’s brother, girlfriend and uncle were also in the taxi.

They hailed a cab driven by Cerelino Alcordo, 35, and asked him to take them to Pier 3 where they planned to catch a boat for Bohol Province.

Alcordo, who drove the Vans System taxi, said that when they reached the corner leading to the Redemptorist Church, his passengers panicked and told him to drive faster.

Rodulfo Sr. said they noticed two men on a motorcycle following them, which was why they wanted Alcordo to lose them.

They would have gone straight down Gen. Maxilom Ave. to proceed to the pier area.

But since his passengers were already rattled, Alcordo turned right to a gasoline station and took a shortcut to D.
Jakosalem St.

Target

He would have gone faster, but oncoming vehicles forced him to slow down, allowing the two men on the motorcycle to catch up.

The motorcycle passenger leapt and proceeded to the left side of the taxi, while the driver drove to the right side.

Atega was seated at the leftmost side of the cab, behind the driver.

When the first shots were fired, Alcordo said all he could do was pull up the handbrake and run for his life.
“The gunshots were so loud, all I did was cover my ears,” he said in Cebuano.

Everyone else also panicked and fled, except Rodulfo Sr., who was in the front seat.

“I had difficulty opening the door. Everyone fled, even the driver. When I looked back, he was dead,” Rodulfo Sr. said.

Atega suffered two gunshot wounds in the head.

Insp. Mario Monilar, Homicide Section chief, told Sun.Star Cebu that Acting Cebu City Police Office Director Patrocinio
Comendador’s order to him was to prioritize the investigation on Atega’s killing.

Second

“Look at all angles,” Monilar quoted Comenda-dor as saying.

The assailants quickly fled to D. Jakosalem St. No one was able to see their faces as they both wore crash helmets.

Asked who he thought was behind the killing, Rodulfo Sr. said he was sure it was connected to his other son’s death.

Harris Atega was shot dead along Tormis St., Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City last Jan. 10. Harris had been mistaken for a field training policeman.

Rodulfo Sr. said that even before Harris was buried, someone sent Atega a text message, telling him he would be next.

However, he is not sure why someone wanted his sons dead.

“It would have been better if we did not post bail),” Rodulfo Sr. said in Cebuano.

Police are considering the possibility that Atega was killed by the group of Albert Almedilla alias Way Sala, who was earlier tagged by Atega as the one who killed Harris.

Almedilla allegedly belongs to the Roy Fernandez robbery band, of which Harris was said to be a former member.

‘Cohorts’

Fernandez and Alme-dilla were among the cohorts mentioned by robbery group leader Cre-sencio “Bruts” Reguya when he was arrested in Tagbilaran City last Aug. 28.

Atega was arrested in his house in San Miguel, Bohol Province by a four-man team from the Cebu City Police Office last Aug. 29 based on a warrant for robbery issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Fortunato de Gracia.

Atega’s capture was made less than 24 hours after the arrest of robbery group leader Casimero “Meloy” Atega and three other members identified as Reguya, a former civilian military volunteer, Gilven Nuez and Sofronio Remoreras.

Atega had denied involvement in any of the robberies implicating him as one of the perpetrators. He also denied being a member of the Casimero Garcia Robbery Group.

Atega said it was not him but his brother Harris who belonged to the group.

Same style

It was Garcia who informed him and his family about the killing of Harris, Atega had said when he was presented to reporters.

Monilar observed that the manner of execution was similar to that of Brando Babao, who was shot dead after posting bail last July 24.

He said it is likely that the killers of Babao and Atega belong to the same group.

“The way it (Atega killing) was executed shows that the shooter was very skilled,” Monilar said.

Rodulfo Sr. said his son took a nautical course in Tagbilaran City but stopped because he began drinking with friends he met at school.

Atega also took up a care-giving course but stopped again after Harris was killed.

Rodulfo Sr. said his son was never involved in robberies.

Below is a map of the area where Atega was killed:

keep in touch to our fellow Inabangnon in the Net..
Link:
http://inausca.org/ - Inabangnon Association In America
http://www.alumni.net/Asia/Philippines/Bohol/Inabanga/Saint_Paul's_Academy/  - HS Alma Mater

 
Untold Pinoy Story No. 1
Beyond Sibling Rivalry

If your siblings are married to huge celebrities and you've just lost your chance of marrying one, would you still strive to surpass their feat?
But how could you beat being married to an award-winning actress whose mother is a beautiful actress and whose father is the original Agent X-44 of Philipine movies?
Or being the wife of Mr. Pure Energy?
Or being Mr. Megastar?
Now, arenââ,¬â,,¢t you glad that you're not among the Pangilinan siblings?
Former Penthouse Live co-host and newspaper columnist Anthony Pangilinan married Maricel Laxa, an excellent actress who is the lovechild of circa 60s actress Imelda Ilanan and action star Tony Ferrer. She is also the half-sister of 1990 Miss Asia runner-up Mutya Crisostomo Laxa.
Anthonyââ,¬â,,¢s brother, Senator Francis Pangilinan, was a campus figure in UP Diliman. He was the chairman of the UP Student Council in 1986. He married no less than the megastar, Sharon Cuneta.
Their sister, Angeli Pangilinan, was a campus beauty and brain while she was a student at the UP School of Economics in Diliman. Angeli married Mr. Pure Energy himself, Gary Valenciano.
REWIND: In the early 80s, teenager Edgardo José Martìn Santiago Valenciano or Gary V. to most of us, fell deeply in love with a teenage girl who eventually became his girlfriend. Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s true love, they said. And they really looked perfect together. Their friends said that they were truly meant for each other. They were the picture of pure bliss. But not for long.
Few weeks before Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s first major concert in 1984, a female singer became pregnant. And Gary was the alleged father. Gary did not deny it. At 19, Gary joined the growing list of unwed teenage fathers.
Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend was shocked upon hearing about Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s indiscretion. She felt betrayed by Gary and the female singer. Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend was devastated.
The pregnant singer who bore Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s child was a former Camay girl who joined the ultra exclusive league of several generations of Camay beauties from the first Camay girl Paquita Roces to her two daughters, Maritess Revilla (Ang lahat ay napapalingonââ,¬Â¦ At muling napapalingon) and Rosie Revilla to actress Rosa Rosalââ,¬â,,¢s daughter Toni Rose Gayda (Kutis porcelana) to concert pianist Ingrid Sala Santamariaââ,¬â,,¢s daughter Crispy Santamaria to a few others. The female singer indeed looked devastatingly beautiful in her memorable Camay TV commercial. But there was a teeny weeny objection among his friends: She was too old for the teenage and vibrant Gary whose popularity was just beginning to zoom up.
Everybody knows that the female singer who became pregnant with Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s child was Marìa Anna Elizabeth Nepomuceno Pangilinan. In 1985, Gary exchanged vows with the female singer who is more popularly known by her nickname: Angeli.
Angeli retired from her singing group, Music and Magic. Angeli sacrificed her flourishing singing career and left behind her fellow Music and Magic members led by jeepney driverââ,¬â,,¢s daughter-turned-nurse-turned-singer Kuh Ledesma, tenor singer-turned-Music and Magic co-founder-turned-musical director Jet Montelibano and singer-turned-comedian-turned TNT-turned-bogus political asylum seeker-turned-Michael Garfinkel endorser Fe de los Reyes. Angeli decided to become a full-time wife to Gary, baby Paoloââ,¬â,,¢s Mom and Garyââ,¬â,,¢s talent manager.
Meanwhile, the pain of losing Gary has left Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend in deep shock. Gary and his new bride tried to comfort her but Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend was inconsolable.
PLAY: Gary Valencianoââ,¬â,,¢s most inspired and most popular composition was first heard as the theme song of a Vilma Santos movie before it became the title of an Aga Muhlach-Lea Salonga flick and later, the title of a Kim Chiu-Gerald Anderson TV soap opera. The haunting melody and melancholy lyrics of this beautiful song make one wonder where Gary drew the passion and longing for lost love which every line of this song clearly evokes.

Listen:
Sana maulit muli
Ang mga oras nating nakaraan
Bakit nagkaganito
Naglaho na ba ang pag-ibig mo?
Sana'y maulit muli
Sana bigyan pansin ang himig ko
Kahapon, bukas, ngayon
Tanging wala ng ibang mahal
Kung kaya kong iwanan ka
'Di na sana aasa pa
Kung kaya kong umiwas na
'Di na sana lalapit pa
Kung kaya ko sana
Ibalik ang kahapon
Sandaling 'di mapapantayan
Huwag sana nating itapon
Pagmamahal na tapat
Kung ako'y nagkamali minsan
'Di na ba mapagbibigyan
O giliw, dinggin mo ang nais ko, oooh...
Kung kaya kong iwanan ka
'Di na sana aasa pa
Kung kaya kong umiwas na
'Di na sana lalapit pa
Kung kaya ko sana
Ito ang tanging nais ko
Ang ating kahapon sana maulit muli
Kung kaya kong iwanan ka
'Di na sana aasa pa
Mahal pa rin kita
O giliw, o giliw ko, oooh...
This song was originally written by Gary in English. Ironically, the one who translated it to Tagalog was Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s wife, Angeli.


FAST FORWARD: Now, Gary has three grown-up children with Angeli. On the other hand, Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend is now known as Mrs. Buizon. She occasionally hosts a show on TV.
The pain has eased. Somehow. Even if the former lovers get to see each other regularly. They meet at her Momââ,¬â,,¢s house during important occasions: Christmas. New Year. Birthday of Mrs. Buizonââ,¬â,,¢s mother. Mrs. Buizonââ,¬â,,¢s birthday. Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s birthday. Holidays. Easter Sunday. Every Sunday, in fact.
Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s equally famous in-laws were witnesses to the former loversââ,¬â,,¢ meetings. But they do not mind at all.
Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s wife, Angeli, does not make a fuss over it.
Even the family matriarch, retired public school teacher Mommy Emma, is not bothered by it.
But the truth is, they could not prevent the former lovers from seeing each other.
Because Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend has to join her mother, siblings and in-laws during important family occasions.
And because Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend was Felichi Buizon.
And because before she got married, Gary ââ,¬â,,¢s former girlfriend was known as Felichi Pangilinan.
And yes, because Felichi Pangilinan-Buizon is the younger sister of Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano.
And none of us would probably ever know the rest of this intriguing triangleââ,¬â,,¢s story.

500,000 Filipino mail-order brides worry Villar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

500,000 Filipino mail-order brides worry Villar

Websites promoting marital match to be probed too

By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 04:20pm (Mla time) 08/31/2007


MANILA, Philippines -- Despite a law banning mail-order marriages about 300,000 to half a million Filipino mail-order brides continue to leave the country each year and Senate President Manuel Villar wants this investigated.

In Senate Resolution 101, Villar urged the Senate committee youth, women, and family relations to “inquire into the plight of these women and [into] the brazen violation of corresponding laws…with the end view of charting remedial measures to protect the dignity of Filipinas.”

He worried that criminal syndicates are behind mail-order bride operations.

The figures on the number of mail-order brides, said Villar’s staff, came from the women’s organization Gabriela.

Villar, whose election campaign last May banked partly on a pro-woman stance, also noted the proliferation of websites promoting mail-order matches, citing three sites as an example.

It said the first website advertises itself as a “world-class service for a 10th of a century [that] has been in business to introduce girls from the Philippines who would like to correspond, meet, and marry Western men through which Filipino women can be instantly ordered,” subject to a $5 processing fee.

The second website advertises “mail-order brides, pen pal girls exclusively from the Philippines, lovely Filipina ladies wishing to correspond and meet foreign gentlemen for romance and possible marriage.”

The third site boasts: “Philippine women from Luzon have masters degrees.”

Villar said Republic Act 6955 of 1990 “declare(s) as unlawful the practice of matching Filipino women for marriage to foreign nationals on a mail order basis and other similar practices, including the advertisement, publication, printing or distribution of brochures, fliers, and other propaganda materials in furtherance thereof and providing penalty therefore.”

“The government must implement the law prohibiting the violation of Filipino women, and should look after distressed Filipinas who have suffered abuses in the hands of foreign spouses,” he stressed.

Various non-government organizations working with women and migrant Filipinos note that many Filipino mail-order brides become prostitutes, are raped or abused.
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World's Top Tourist Destinations
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World's top tourist destinations from the World Tourism Organization (www.unwto.org).

Europe is still the favorite destination. 6 of those in the top 10 are
in Europe. China emerged as the world's 4th international tourist
destination in 2005. And in Asia-Pacific, countries that are detached
from the Asia mainland (NZ, Phils., Taiwan) don't get much tourist
arrivals, compared to those in the mainland.

World's top international tourist destinations, 2005
(in millions)

World’s Top 10:

1. France â€" 76.0
2. Spain -- 55.6
3. US -- 49.4
4. China -- 46.8
5. Italy â€" 36.5
6. Britain â€" 30.0
7. Mexico â€" 21.9
8. Germany â€" 21.5
9. Turkey â€" 20.3
10. Austria â€" 20.0

Asia:
1. China â€" 46.8
2. Malaysia â€" 16.4
3. Hong Kong â€" 14.8
4. Thailand â€" 11.6
5. Macao â€" 9.0
6. Singapore â€" 7.1
7. Japan â€" 6.7
8. Korea â€" 6.0
9. Australia â€" 5.0
10. Indonesia â€" 5.0
11. India â€" 3.9
12. Vietnam â€" 3.5
13. Taiwan â€" 3.4
14. Philippines â€" 2.6
15. N.Zealand â€" 2.4

Europe:
1. France â€" 76.0
2. Spain -- 55.6
3. Italy â€" 36.5
4. Britain â€" 30.0
5. Germany â€" 21.5
6. Turkey â€" 20.3
7. Austria â€" 20.0
8. Russia â€" 19.9
9. Poland â€" 15.2
10. Greece â€" 14.3
11. Hungary â€" 10.0
12. Netherlands â€" 10.0
13. Croatia â€" 8.5
14. Ireland â€" 7.3
15. Switzerland â€" 7.2

Americas:
1. US â€" 49.4
2. Mexico â€" 21.9
3. Canada â€" 18.6
4. Brazil â€" 5.4
5. Argentina â€" 3.9
6. Dominican Rep â€" 3.6
7. Puerto Rico â€" 3.7
8. Cuba â€" 2.3
9. Chile â€" 2.0
10. Uruguay â€" 1.8

Africa
1. S. Africa â€" 7.5
2. Tunisia â€" 6.4
3. Morocco â€" 5.8
4. Zimbabwe â€" 1.6
5. Algeria â€" 1.4


Middle East
1. Saudi Arabia â€" 9.1
2. Egypt â€" 8.2
3. Syria â€" 3.4
4. Jordan â€" 3.0
5. Lebanon â€" 1.1

Kamusta na!!ang mga tinagurian pa ring mga PATAY GUTOM! at DUKHA! ng asya?

dahil sa mga KAT~NG~HAN!! NAGHIRAP ANG BANSA!

FILIPINOS...kaya pa ba ang buhay sa karalitaan?

thats the price ALL YOU STUP~D FILIPINOS..HAVE TO PAY!
for being TOOOOOO LAZY AND TOOOOOO IGN~R@NT!! to move on towards progress..

THINK STRONGER STUP~D FILIPINOS...
THINK STRONGER THIS TIME..

eh..kung ang filipino ay hindi mga sagad T~NG~ AT B*BO!! bakit mahirap? dahil ba MATALINO?

bakit kailangan..MAGPUNTA at MAGPUTA!! ng mga FILIPINA o ate mo sa japan?

nasaan si INAY...nasa taiwan...hongkong..europa..o saan man..NAGPUPUNAS NG TAE!! ni ma'am----at kadalasan..HINAHALAY ni sir ng lihim sa loob ng tahanan...

FYI---ISA NA NAMANG FILIPINA DOMESTIC HELPER SA KUWAIT ang GINAHASA AT PINATAY NG MGA ARABO-

AT SI ITAY..naghuhukay!! sa gitnang silanganan

at si KUYA..nasa kalagitnaan ng karagatan..NAGTITIKTIK KALAWANG...

ABER..nga mga T~NG~!! ito ba ang mga KATALINUHAN AT KABAYANIHAN ng mga MAHARLIKA na naturingan?

o mga KAT~NG~HAN!! pamana pa ng inyong mga T~NG~ NA MAGULANG??

---ANG LAHING FILIPINO ay LAHI ng mga T~NG~ AT B*BO!! kaya MAHIRAP!! dahil kung matatalino ang mga T~NG~NG FILIPINO..bakit MAHIRAP?

---hindi MINAHAL at NIRESPETO ng mga T~NG~NG FILIPINO ang PILIPINAS..kaya NAGHIRAP!! so, there is no reason for you..STUP~D FILIPINOS..TO FEEL PROUD!!


ang nagpatalas ng talim ng sandata ng kahirapan...ay ang kapurulan na rin ng kaisipan ng sambayanan..

ang bayang may kahinaan mula diwa hangang katauhan ay ang bansang may kahirapan..kadikit ay kaguluhan...

dahil ang kahinaan na iyan ang nagbibigay kalakasan sa pesteng karahasan..

KUDETA
N.P.A
MNLF
MILF
ABU SAYYAF
KURATONG
BUNCAYAO
DRUG CARTELS AND ITS FILIPINO YOUTH VICTIMS
VIOLENCE TO WOMEN...LIKE RAPE
VIOLENCE TO CHILDREN...LIKE RAPE
VIOLENCE TO ELDERS....LIKE RAPE
GRAFT
CORRUPTIONS
OFW OR THE BAGONG ALIPIN and not bayani
ANG PAGPUPUTA!! NG MGA FILIPINA
AT FILIPINO NA RIN SA NGAYON...ang mga kabataan..
KIDNAPPING
AMBUSH OR PAGPATAY
HUMAN ORGAN SELLING LIKE KIDNEYS TO FEED ONESELF
SQUATTERS ALLOVER
NAGKALAT ANG MGA BASURA..senyales ng KAWALANG DISIPLINA..
at kung ano ano pa...

KAUNLARAN----ang pamantayan na ang isang bansa ay may kalakasan ng kaisipan..

KAHIRAPAN----ang sukatan na ang isang bansa ay may UBOD KAT~NG~HAN..

nasaan sa 2 ang inyong bansa..MGA FILIPINO NA SAGAD B*BO AT T~NG~?

sa DEMOKRASYA..kung ano ang KARAMIHAN..siya lagi ANG LAHAT..

AT KARAMIHAN AY NASA KAHIRAPAN..KAYAT LAHAT AY MAY KAT~NG~HAN!!

DAHIL HINDI KAILANMAN NAGING KATALINUHAN ANG KAHIRAPAN..

IGNORANCE + STUP~DITY = POVERTY

TRUTH HURTS...ISNT STUP~D FILIPINOS?
TRUTH HURTS..INDEED

YOU WILL NEVER KNOW ONES IGNORANCE UNLESS, BE TOLD..STUP~D FILIPINOS...

THE PROBLEM WITH YOU..STUP~D FILIPINOS...YOU ALL ACCEPTED POVERTY AS A NORMAL THING FOR BEING A FILIPINO...

WHO IS PAYING NOW? NOONE BUT YOU...STUP~D FILIPINOS

WALA NG DAPAT ASAHAN KANINO MAN..HIGIT NA SA PAMAHALAAN..DAHIL SA INYO ITO UMAASA NG HIGIT NA KALAKASAN..

WALA SA PAMAHALAAN ANG KAUNLARAN..BAGKUS, NA SA SARILING KAKAYANAN...DAHIL

KAHIT SINO ANG PANGULO
O ANO MAN ANG GAWIN NG INYONG GOBYERNO..

KUNG IKAW MISMO...FILIPINO AY B*BO!!

TUMUNGO SA KAUNLARAN..WALA PA RING MANGYAYARI SA SARILING KABUHAYAN....

HIGIT PA KAYA SA INYONG PINAKAMAMAHAL NA BAYAN??

the STUP~D FILIPINOS..are proud in words alone..but in action..is a BIG QUESTION..

KASI KUNG PROUD DIN ANG FILIPINO EVEN IN ACTION..WALA SA HIRAP ANG BANSA NINYO...

TIME TO REFLECT STUP~D FILIPINOS..
TIME TO REFLECT...THIS TIME..

ask yourselves STUP~D FILIPINOS..do you still trust each other more??

or worst..

DO YOU STILL TRUST YOURSELF..MORE BEING A FILIPINO??

ABROAD..THE FILIPINOS ARE BEING TREATED AS 3RD CLASS PEOPLE..WHY? KASI GALING KA SA MAHIRAP NA BANSA...IYAN ANG RESULTA NG KAT~NG~HAN NG LAHI NAGHIRAP ANG SARILING BANSA...

if you love your country THE PHILIPPINES nd yourselves being FILIPINOS..make yourselves PROGRESSIVE and not poor...

kasi ang KAHIRAPAN AY KAT~NG~HAN!!
AT KAT~NG~HAN ANG KAHIRAPAN!!

MAY MGA BANSA NA NASA KAUNLARAN..BAKIT HINDI SILA ANG TIGNAN AT GAYAHIN NG LUBUSAN....?



the FILIPINOS are known for their bravery..then why toooooooooo scared to fight poverty?

kasi nga ang mga FILIPINO AY MGA B*BO AT T~NG~!


dahil sa KAT~NG~HAN ng dumaraming filipino at filipina na NAGPAPAKATULONG AT NAGPUPUTA!! SA IBANG BANSA...

NADAMAY ANG LAHAT NG KABABAIHAN SA SARILING BANSA...

THE MORE U DEFEND IGNORANCE THE MORE U DEFEND POVERTY!!!

Thursday, August 30, 2007 (Philippines)
The fifth man in the “Meloy” Garcia gang, Rodolfo Atega, is escorted by Cebu City cops who were sent to Bohol to arrest him. Firearms seized from Atega. His arrest followed the fall of four other members of the gang blamed for the robberies in Cebu City and Bohol.          kiala mo ani??? ako wala..

Thursday, August 30, 2007
Fifth suspect found in Bohol
By Jovy S. Taghoy
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

THE main suspect in the P2.5-million heist of Peninsula Rural Bank (Penbank) last Aug. 21 in Mandaue City was arrested yesterday in Bohol by a four-man team from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO).

Rodulfo Atega, 21, was arrested past 7 a.m. in his house in Poblacion, San Miguel, Bohol Province based on a warrant for robbery issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Fortunato de Gracia last Tuesday.

Atega’s capture was made less than 24 hours after the arrest of robbery group leader Casimero “Meloy” Atega and three other members identified as Cresencio “Bruts” Reguya, a former civilian military volunteer, Gilven Nuez and Sofronio Remoreras.

Garcia’s group was arrested after shooting it out with the security guards of Bank of Commerce in Tagbilaran City that they had just robbed last Tuesday.

Supt. Pablo Labra II, team leader of the four-man team sent by acting CCPO Director Patrocinio Comendador to implement the arrest warrant, said Atega did not resist arrest during the operation.

The team was aided by elements of the San Miguel Police Station.

The arrest warrant against Atega is not in relation with the Penbank robbery but for allegedly robbing trader Jimmy Montaño of P12,000 cash last Feb. 28, 2007 in Sambag 2, Cebu City.

A bail of P100,000 is recommended for Atega.

From San Miguel, Bohol, the police team took Atega to Cebu City yesterday afternoon on board an inter-island vessel.

Atega has been tagged in the robberies of Vic Enterprises in Mabolo last April 20, Public Savings Bank along N. Bacalso Ave. last June 29, and Ormoc Bank in Mandaue City last Dec. 13, 2006.

Comendador said, Atega was also named in a bank robbery in Dasmariñas, Cavite and a robbery in Sta. Cruz, Manila all in 2003; armored van robbery in Montalban, Rizal, kidnapping of one Ryan Yu in an exclusive school with a ransom money of P2.9 million and the P3-million heist of an armored van in Imus, Cavite all in 2005.

Atega, who was presented to reporters yesterday, denied involvement in any of the robberies implicating him as one of the perpetrators.

He also denied being a member of the Casimero Garcia Robbery Group. He, however, admitted knowing Garcia because the latter was his schoolmate in high school in San Miguel.

Atega said it was not him but his brother Harris, who was gunned down last January on Tormis St., Sambag 1, who belonged to the robbery group.

It was Garcia who informed him and his family about the killing of Harris, he said.

He has not gone to Cebu for a long time already.

Atega said he has several witnesses to support his assertion that he was in San Miguel, Bohol when the robberies in Metro Cebu took place.

Meanwhile, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Silverio Alarcio Jr. said merit or efficiency medals are expected to be given to operatives responsible for the arrest of the robbery group.

However, he advised his men to stay alert as crimes will still be committed. He said other group may exploit the situation and take the opportunity to victimize establishments.

“We will not bring our guards down,” Alarcio said.

He said the arrest of the robbery group only proves that vigilance of the community, support of the LGU and the police doing its job is effective against criminality.

Cebu Provincial Police Office Director Carmelo Valmoria, during the monthly Talakayan sa Isyung Pulis forum yesterday said the Garcia group is neutralized but some members remain unaccounted for.

Valmoria did not discount the possibility they will create another group.

Comendador, during the same forum, supported Valmoria’s stand.

“The important thing is the police will do their job,” he said. (JST)

3rd Quarter 2007

THE PHILIPPINE PESO

Week 1:
July 2, 2007 P45.905 (+ P0.335)
July 3, 2007 P45.83 (+ P0.075)
July 4, 2007 P46.06 (- P0.23)
July 5, 2007 P46.17 (- P0.11)
July 6, 2007 P46.08 (+P0.09)

Week 2:
July 9, 2007 P46.00 (+ P0.08)
July 10, 2007 P45.95 (+ P0.05)
July 11, 2007 P46.21 (- P0.26)
July 12, 2007 P45.98 (+ P0.23)
July 13, 2007 P45.75 (+ P0.23)

Week 3:
July 16, 2007 P45.55 (+ P0.20)
July 17, 2007 P45.25 (+ P0.30)
July 18, 2007 P45.28 (- P0.03)
July 19, 2007 P45.00 (+ P0.28)
July 20, 2007 P44.80 (+ P0.20)

Week 4:
July 23, 2007 P44.81 (- P0.01)
July 24, 2007 P44.82 (- P0.01)
July 25, 2007 P45.06 (- P0.24)
July 26, 2007 P45.325 (- P0.265)
July 27, 2007 P45.72 (- P0.395)

Week 5:
July 30, 2007 P45.49 (- P0.23)
July 31, 2007 P45.34 (+ P0.15)
August 1, 2007 P45.83 (- P0.49)
August 2, 2007 P45.84 (- P0.01)
August 3, 2007 P45.46 (+ P0.38)

Week 6:
August 6, 2007 P45.455 (+ P0.005)
August 7, 2007 P45.43 (- P0.025)
August 8, 2007 P45.18 (+ P0.25)
August 9, 2007 P45.36 (- P0.18)
August 10, 2007 P45.74 (- P0.38)

Week 7:
August 13, 2007 P45.64 (+ P0.10)
August 14, 2007 P45.83 (- P0.19)
August 15, 2007 P46.23 (- P0.40)
August 16, 2007 P46.43 (- P0.20)
August 17, 2007 P46.85 (- P0.42)

Week 8:
August 20, 2007 Special Non-Working Holiday
August 21, 2007 P46.90 (- P0.05)
August 22, 2007 P46.47 (+ P0.43)
August 23, 2007 P46.64 (- P0.17)
August 24, 2007 P46.70 (- P0.04)


The trend: +(19); - (20); = (0)

THE PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE

Week 1:
July 2, 2007 3,691.68 (+ 26.45)
July 3, 2007 3,751.99 (+ 60.31)
July 4, 2007 3,731.66 (- 20.33)
July 5, 2007 3,802.32 (+ 70.66)
July 6, 2007 3,758.84 (- 43.48)

Week 2:
July 9, 2007 3,744.05 (- 14.79)
July 10, 2007 3,720.96 (- 23.09)
July 11, 2007 3,704.22 (-16.74)
July 12, 2007 3,756.75 (+ 52.53)
July 13, 2007 3,786.02 (+29.27)

Week 3:
July 16, 2007 3,753.26 (- 32.76)
July 17, 2007 3,729.68 (- 23.58)
July 18, 2007 3,734.80 (+ 5.12)
July 19, 2007 3,702.91 (- 31.89)
July 20, 2007 3,738.28 (+ 35.37)

Week 4:
July 23, 2007 3,737.79 (- 0.49)
July 24, 2007 3,706.24 (- 31.55)
July 25, 2007 3,645.51 - 60.73)
July 26, 2007 3,659.48 (+ 13.97)
July 27, 2007 3,518.56 (- 140.92)

Week 5:
July 30, 2007 3,467.46 (- 51.10)
July 31, 2007 3,501.20 (+ 33.74)
August 1, 2007 3,426.45 (- 74.75)
August 2, 2007 3,359.02 (- 67.43)
August 3, 2007 3,352.24 (- 6.78)

Week 6:
August 6, 2007 3,256.99 (- 95.25)
August 7, 2007 3,348.34 (+ 91.35)
August 8, 2007 3,375.91 (+ 27.57)
August 9, 2007 3,385.20 (+ 9.29)
August 10, 2007 3,281.96 (- 103.24)

Week 7:
August 13, 2007 3,267.03 (- 14.93)
[August 14, 2007 3,263.56 (- 3.47)
August 15, 2007 3,130.34 (- 133.22)
August 16, 2007 2,942.31 (- 188.03)
August 17, 2007 2,884.34 (- 57.97)

Week 8:
August 20, 2007 Special Non-Working Holiday
August 21, 2007 3,167.52 (+ 283.18)
August 22, 2007 3,139.46 (- 28.06)
August 23, 2007 3,229.15 (+ 89.69)
August 24, 2007 3,206.94 (- 22.21)

The trend: + (14); -(25); = (0)

Wednesday, August 08, 2007Huniño names 12 finalists

THE Basilica del Santo Niño de Cebu Augustinian Friars have identified the 12 finalists for the 2nd Huniño-Huni Halad Alang Kang Santo Niño de Cebu Song-writing Contest 2008.

The finalists, who were chosen from the 86 participants, will vie for the P50,000-grand prize and a trophy in next year’s competition.

They are Ronald Tuico and John Anthony Ponce for Batang Hesus, Allan D. Soroño for Bugtong Da-langpanan Ko, Emmanuel Abellana for Daghang salamat, O Santo Niño, Armand Barolo for Dagkot, Roy Tabasa for Daygon ug Himayaon Ka, Senyor Santo Niño, Ogie Melgar for Like Footprints in the Sand, Jan Daryl Bantug and Aisha Ronquillo for Santo Niño, I Love You, Fe Lynn Tampon and Lauro Sasuman for Prinsipeng Banal, Rogelio Suycano and Nendel Endrina for Rest in My Love, Jafet C. Vistal (of Inabanga)for Santo Niño, Kaloy-i Ko, Melvin Girasol and Joselito Cabunag for Santo Niño, Kausaban Ko and Niño James Bañares and Maria Lyndie Abella for Viva Santo Niño.

Finals

The finalists will be receiving P5,000 each and a plaque and will compete for the finals on Jan. 7, 2008 at the Basilica del Santo Niño Pilgrim Center grounds at 7:30 p.m.

The proceeds from the released songs will be used for scholarship programs of the Basilica del Santo Niño Children’s Welfare Foundation Inc., which is a group that sends less fortunate children to school.