MikeLigalig.com

All I know is that the "friends" of the governor just want their unused lands in Panglao to be bought by the government and they will all be laughing all the way to the bank. I have read several classified documents regarding the Panglao airport brouhaha.

Quote from: Ginger on May 04, 2008, 10:13:26 PM
Dong, can I go with you? I heard GEC also wants to drink my salabat.

Intriguing. From Norway with Love.

I love you, Macky. You've been an inspiration to all of us!

I love you, Lumine. You represent the most popular advertising name in the Philippines. Wise-si-Lumine ad.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 04, 2008, 09:11:54 PM
I'll be the door keeper.

I too want to see the face of the elusive yet poetic Sir Gec.

GEC, always remember that Lorenzo, a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the United States of America, is keeping his eyes on you.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 04, 2008, 09:11:54 PM
I'll be the door keeper.

I too want to see the face of the elusive yet poetic Sir Gec.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 04, 2008, 09:11:54 PM
I'll be the door keeper.

I too want to see the face of the elusive yet poetic Sir Gec.

Ladies and gentlemen,

GEC is a secret genius. His poems can cause pain in your stomach. I can't tell many things about GEC. Let him stay as TB's most sought-after mysterious icon.

Quote from: lumine on May 04, 2008, 09:04:30 PM
all i can say, i love tubagbohol.

when i was still in belgium, modalikyat jud ko online just to check tb.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Kini si Lumine maoy unang nakapabuhi sa akong dugo. Remember I was all alone? Then one day Lumine came. Then one day Lumine disappeared for a long time. Then one day Lumine is back.

Quote from: orChids on May 04, 2008, 09:18:31 PM
Oist liwat jod ka sa galigwat Bro. But I'm really thankful to you.You're my friend always.And I love you my Bro.

I will always love you, Aya.

Ang mga dugo nga naglatay sa kaugatan sa imong mga pag-umangkon ako usab nga dugo.

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 04, 2008, 08:37:49 PM
...and i found Tubag Bohol out of a secret frustration too. When Mikey Gatal, who runs the sister (i should say sister forum)mikeygatal.com,  deleted all our post in his site! then sigi nanang ko ug kuri-kuri sa site ni Mikey hangtud na pindotan nako ning tubag Bohol.

Thanks Mikey, this doesnt mean i will be forgeting everything we shared...

Belle, I have to forgive Mikey for doing that. I had to reconstruct things all over again. But what can I do? Nagwala baya pud ko sauna tungod aning gugma-gugma. Reason? Gibalibaran ko ug bayle sa usa ka dalaga.

Quote from: orChids on May 04, 2008, 08:23:00 PM
I was frustrated the time Mike invited me.And I was born in TB with frustration as a twin.But now,I'm a different me.Better touch me not.Hahaha
TB means a lot to me,that's why I love TB much.You know that Bro.

Ladies and gentlemen, kini si Orchids Aya mao ni usa sa mga pinakagwapang babaye sa yuta sa Anda. I just wonder nganong wala ni siya na-queen sa Anda, Bohol.

When she came to TB she was at her deepest moment of her life. I cannot elaborate. It will always be a secret.

Quote from: benelynne on May 04, 2008, 08:17:11 PM
You have a heartwarming story that parallels my own search for info about Bohol at the time my wife and I have seriously considered sending our kids to school in Tagbilaran and partially setting base there.

Yes, I went through the same frustration of browsing through local papers (that seemed to take forever to update their news and even settled for nearby Cebu's SunStar that is at least updated daily), and tried the tourist forums that were always brimming with "ohs and ahs" about the place but lacked substantial content relevant to what I wanted to know.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Ben is a top-rated Filipino journalist in Japan. He used to own and run a newspaper in the Land of the Rising Sun. His crispy ideas and unconventional commentaries have been quoted by several newspapers and magazines. You can actually google him. If you wish to know his real name, just PM him.

Ben, I'm glad that you understand my feeling of frustration. In the age of information highway and knowledge economy, those who know more will win in the economic race.

Feel free to promote your business ventures in Tubag Bohol without any cost. Hint: Your profile's signature is a powerful marketing tool.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 04, 2008, 07:15:42 PM
Out of the many things that I learned from my tenured stay in Tubag Bohol, one thing that struck me is the humility and genuine nature of Boholanos. 

Bran, what I learned is that it is only in Tubag Bohol where you will always get a warm welcome. There is always that delicious "welcome message" afforded to every new arrival, and the welcome is becoming sweeter day by day.

One thing that distinguishes the Boholano people is the way we celebrate fiestas. Sa Bohol lang sa tibuok kalibutan nga kung fiesta dili ka magutman, hinuon mapasmo ka kay daghang mobira nimo ug pamahaw, paniudto, ug panihapon - plus itsahan pa ka ug unlan ug habol kung magabhian ka.

I can see this sweet hospitality, authentic humanity of the Boholano people by the way TB members treat virtual friends and not-so-familiar friends.

Hi Ate Annie,

I have the same problem. Every time I write to the customer service of Metrobank it would take forever to get a "tubag" from Metrobank.

Quote from: Brownman on May 04, 2008, 06:13:10 PM
Grabi diay Mike ang imung pag studyo ani nga site, The reward was your TB
is almost on top of the world. Congratz.

Hi Brownman, once Tubag Bohol reaches 500,000 posts, TB will be inducted to the Big Boards Hall of Fame. Big Boards is a collection of giant forum sites in the world.

The only time I heard my father saying "I love you" to me was when he was living on his last hours on earth.

From now on I will be saying a lot of "I love you's" to my friends.

GEC, Balong's excusable ceremonial interruption has a lingering effect on you.

At first I thought GEC was a girl. So I had to treat GEC like a precious lady whenever this TB mysterious icon appeared online during unholy hours last year.

And I love you, GEC. 

Thanks Haze. GEC, yeah, just remove the www. or you can also use tbmail.tubagbohol.com without typing "http://" in your browser.

This is a post Tubag Bohol birthday reflection.

From 2000-2002 I was editing and writing for a travel magazine in Davao City. Your Guide was the name of the magazine. It was published by Midtown Printing Company, Inc., the sponsor of my Silliman scholarship (1996-2000).

During those times I used to send emails to resorts, hotels, business establishments in Bohol. I introduced the magazine and offered to them free write-ups. But walay mo-"tubag" to my emails and letters. (I can truly empathize with Balong's feeling when he tried to get in touch with Panglao Island Resort.)

When I came to Thailand in 2006, I felt for the first time a profound pain of being uprooted from our homeland. I had been living in different cities and provinces outside Bohol, but living in a foreign land is entirely a different experience. There is always this longing for news or any info about home. To cure the longing for home, I would browse Philippine websites and Bohol-related websites. I wrote several emails to website owners asking them if they have this and that information. But walay mo-"tubag" to my emails. (Jeroen Hellingman of bohol.ph is an exemption. I really like this man from Netherlands, the webmaster of bohol.ph. I was so encouraged when he placed Tubag Bohol in bohol.ph without question. He is the only webmaster who accommodated my request to place Tubag Bohol link in another website.)

I am not a computer science graduate (I completed a degree in Mass Communication from Silliman.) I didn't have a computer/laptop and neither did I have an Internet connection in Anda or in Tagbilaran. I was thinking that there must be a way in the Internet where people can share information and get in touch with each other at a deeper level of friendship and intimacy. But I am not a computer science graduate. So I took up BS-BS (Bachelor in Basa-Basa).

In 2007 I had a little saving and I used it to buy the domain mikeligalig.com and rent a server. I just used this domain to house my resume/biodata and contact information.

The secret frustration nga walay mo-tubag to my emails to Philippine websites gave me an idea to use "tubag" and attach the word to "bohol," thus "tubagbohol." I was only experimenting how things would work if I posted information in tubagbohol site and invited others to read my own collection of research. I had this passion of sending emails to friends whenever I stumbled an excellent research material. I no longer send emails because I can now post any information in Tubag Bohol.

The frustration only deepened because whenever I posted something in Tubag Bohol, walay mo-tubag. I had to endure long nights of solitary confinement in Tubag Bohol posting any info that I deemed important to Boholanos and Filipinos. I sent invitation emails to my contacts in Bohol but my emails got lost. Maybe. The stats was: Most Online Today 1; Most Online Ever 1. But one day the number became 2. Her displayed name was "jeweloftheorient." Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome "Mari." She was the jeweloftheorient nga nasaag diri. She registered in TB but she never came back until 5 or 6 months later.

I felt so alone online. I could only imagine of my mother, my father, and my sister having an Internet connection in Bohol so we could all communicate without incurring a shocking cost. To call to the Philippines from Thailand is horribly expensive.

For months I felt so alone online. I almost gave up. I had posted hundreds of topics but TB's only reader, jeweloftheorient, was nowhere to be found.

Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy Inc., said, and I quote:

"Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity."

Sige Balong. Modugang lang pud ko nimo sa akong mga nahibaw-an gikan sa Harvard Business Review ug Fortune Magazine.

Asianfairy, do you need a new poem? The title could be "Napagtong Kagahapon Gipaanukan Gihapon"

"...nevertheless, because 95 percent of (American) millionaire households are composed of married couples, and because in 70 percent of these cases the male head of the household contributes at least 80 percent of the income, we will usually refer to the typical American millionaire as "he" in this book."

source: The New York Times

Dili jud ko kaihi ani ug di ko kabalo. Kinsa kaha sya?

The sweet couple of TubagBohol: Orchids and Balong.
Balong, remember that J.K. Rowling was rejected many times by many publishers. Now she's a billionaire. As your publisher, I won't reject your novel.

Murag di ko katulog ani kung di ko kabalo kabahin aning "uyab" nga gi-mention ni Asianfairy. Kinsa kaha ning palaran nga binuhat nga nakatugpa sa dughan ni Asianfairy.

Dear _ _ _ _,

Nahinumdum pa man ko sa inun-ong isda nga imong gidalit sa panihapon sauna sa akong pagmasita nimo. Mao nalang ni usa ka butang nga akong handumon hangtod sa kataposang yugto sa akong kinabuhi.

God bless,
M

Thank you Grace for drafting the TB Scholarship Constitution.

Murag na-intriga ko aning "uyab" nga gi-mention ni Asianfairy. Well, TB can help you find your "karaan". Just keep on "spying" on us.

Hi Alicia dear, sure, you'll get one.
Paging: Ginger.

All requests for FREE tubagbohol email will be channeled through Ginger (Hazel of Norway), TB global admin.

For those who would like to be different from the rest of the Internet crowd, just post your request and you'll get a unique, FREE tubagbohol email. Hurry, this offer is limited.

You're welcome, Gem. Para natong tanang mga Filipino nga bisan asa nalang intawon nagkatibulaag ug gipadpad.

Pamilacan Island Photo by Ryan Macalandag, top Tagbilaran-based wedding and lifestyle photographer

Pres. Arroyo spent some of her childhood years in Iligan City.

As of May 2, 2008, Google has placed Tubag Bohol NO. 1 in the rank, out of 387,000 web pages, for the search phrase/keyword: bohol forum. It means that when people will go to Google.Com and type: bohol forum - Tubag Bohol is No. 1 in the search engine result.

Also, in Yahoo.Com search, we rank No. 2 out of 882,000 web pages.

As a search engine optimizer, I will continue to work hard that this rank will be maintained at all times.

God bless us all!

Reminder: this is a bidding thread. Bidding will close on May 10, 2008.

How is it? Please share with us your experience.

Tip: Do you know that with your free Tubag Bohol email you can chat "privately" with any Tubag Bohol friend who also has a TB email? All you have to do is send an email to a TB friend so that he/she would be added to your contact list. And the beauty is that you can chat in Tubag Bohol email and at the same time post new topics or make comments on our site.

Manny deserves it. His achievement is unprecedented in Philippine sports history. He has broken many boxing records in Asia and in the world.

Highly possible. Boholanos have been adventurers and travelers since time immemorial.

You're welcome, Beth. I have no idea why ABS-CBN chose Tubag Bohol as one of its news sources.

By Leo Udtohan (from Vilma Yorong email - Ate Vi to all)

Senator Francis CHIZ Escudero sponsored the annual Youth Leadership Excellence Award (YLEA): Ang Batang Lider Award, one of the flagship projects of the JCI organization. The objective of the project is to recognize the leadership qualities and academic achievement of elementary and high school deserving graduating students both in public and private schools nationwide. 

In Bohol, YLEA was implemented by members of the JCI Bohol Chocolate Hills lead by its energetic LOM President JCI Member Amor T. Regner. Around thirty (30) elementary & high school graduates were awarded by JCI Bohol Chocolate Hills despite the limited time when the medals & certificates arrived from JCI Philippines, Manila. JCI members took time attending the graduations and awarded the YLEA medals and certificates to the recipients. 

2008 YLEA awardees were Magallano, Loverly â€" Grace Christian School (High School), Epe, Nickson Felix â€" Grace Christian School (Elementary); Binatero, Nesie Fe â€" IKA, Cortes; Sumampong, Christian John â€" PMI, Loboc; Baguhin, Josephine & Bete, Ramonito Geo â€" St. John the Baptist Academy, Garcia Hernandez; Boligao, Maricar â€" St. Nicholas Academy, Dimiao; Gabi, Ma. Christine â€" Manga National High School;

Migriño, Ma. Leonora - Mansasa High School; Daquio, Carl Rookie â€" CVSCAFT; Labaria, Carle Elirozz â€" Bohol Wisdom School (High School); Oroyan, Lilia V. â€" UB High School Evening Session; Montalban, Remark â€" UB Day High School; Tan, Lalane H. â€" Collegio de la Medalla Milagrosa, Jagna; Sampiton, Ralph Emmanuel â€" Royal Christian School; Yap, Yasmin Iannah â€" Bohol Wisdom School (Elementary); Payot, Loitreena C. â€" Fatima High School, Cortes; Araneta, Julieto V. â€" Faraon National High School, Jagna; Meyor, Maridel â€" Biabas High School, Ubay; Pamaong, Rosamae â€" Cogon Night High School; Igdanes, Jammil Rashed R. â€" Panglao; Calimbyan, Teresa â€" Sierra Bullons National High School, Sierra Bullones; Genita, Aiza Nicca â€" Valencia High School, Valencia; Maglajos, Lucille O. â€" Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School; Lumantas, Deborah Anne O. â€" Tagbilaran Science High School. 

By Leo Udtohan

Café Anembo which is located along J.A Clarin St., Tagbilaran City had successfully hosted "MEET THE RASTAFARIANS" with BROWNBUDS MENDELS LEGACY on April 18 and ESTRANGHERO on April 25. The event was jamly successful, chilled with huge crowd. The same was another realization of Cafe' Anembo's primordial objective, to support Boholano music scene. 

Thanks to brother bands Pirates of the New Age, No Pets Aloud and Timber. 

The event sponsors were Punkstation Internet Cafe, Bohol Coconut Palms Resort (BCPR), Dunkin Donuts, Habagat Outdoor Equipment, Universal Press, Nature's Spring, BLPM Autocare Center, SNB Construction, S.T.K Food Haus, Camille's Bakeshop, Haneille Mart and Papa Doms Barbeque. Thanks Jofil,  Morris, Kikoy, Maw2x, Dakz, Niño Gucor and Edison Delantero. Special thanks to Inday Ruffing, Sean and Kiss 102.3 FM for strong support to Bohol's Local Bands.

“Cafe Anembo supports Bohol's music scene. Will keep you posted for our upcoming events,” said Café Anembo’s big boss Rico "Superman" Lantaya.

Check the regular gigs Jam Session (Wednesday), Acoustic Night (Friday & Comedy Show on-Stage hosted by Inday Ruffing of Kiss 102.3 FM (Saturday). Ice cold beer and meals available at very affordable prices.

You may reach Café Anembo at cafeanembo@yahoo.com, 09287701544.

Written By Leo Udtohan

Has Tagbilaran City run out of beauties? This was a question raised by observant beauty pageant aficionados when a lovely lass from Panglao was crowned Miss Tagbilaran 2008. Yes, she deserved the crown but the main issue is the residency requirement. The truth is she’s from Panglao. Stacy Mae Arisola who represented Taloto has no residency in Tagbilaran City as she hails from Garcia Hernandez town. 

The organizers indeed have a lot of explaining to do regarding this matter. Further compounding the issue is the placement of a girl from the town of Clarin as one of the runners- up. There’s no guideline that Miss Tagbilaran is an open contest wherein contestants from other towns and provinces can join. 

This year’s sterling committee (headed by Dave Maulas) was in bad light when the “controversy” of the pre-screening erupted in the air lanes. Even Dave was impolite to turn down the phone when he was interviewed on dyRD’s Pulso (hosted by Batchoy Balba and Prof. Rene Real) about the “controversy.”   

It started when Susanne Mae dela Cruz “presented” herself as Miss Booy when in fact there’s already Melle Angelie Doroy who won the Miss Boy Search in July 2007. De la Cruz showed no papers as she’s endorsed  by barangay Booy making the barangay council headed Jun Telmo in quandary. 

“Is it improper to present yourself as a candidate without any proof? And to know that there was a legitimate contestant from that barangay?”  True unimpeachable Very Reliable Source (VRS) said. 

The pre-screening committee (which I think not needed because not all barangays were represented) decided to choose top 10. Call it “manipulation” that Doroy was not included in the top 10 (she landed 11th during the pre-screening) but when it was thoroughly reviewed it was found out that Doroy was actually the 9th placer. The committee had asked an apology for the mistake they committed and instead of top 10 they made it top 12 either to accommodate other “favorite” girls and to cover the “shame.”

The pageant started on time and opened with the spectacular opening number which showcased the dazzling and breath- taking costumes of the 12 candidates and the superb performance of the Diwanag Dance Theatre and Cultural Troupe. 

Miss Tagbilaran 2008 holds the distinction of being the first local pageant to be held at an air- conditioned venue, the Bohol Cultural Center. 

This year's batch of candidates is one of the most competitive in recent years.  After the swimsuit and evening gown competitions, the top five were proclaimed and the interview portion immediately followed. After an intermission number, the final three were called and asked the final question. After the obligatory farewell walk of last year's winner, the new Miss Tagbilaran and her court were proclaimed and crowned.   

The minus points of the pageant include the very dragging choreography. For instance, in the gown portion, each candidate was given at least three to five minutes to show off her gown. By the time the evening gown portion was halfway through, a sizable number of the audience had either gone home or silently protesting of the ordeal of sitting through the rest of the show. The technical aspect of the show particularly the lighting effects were disappointing to say the least.

Furthermore, the AVP's shown on the wide screen were very amateurish.   

Seasoned host saves the show

As expected, Bohol’s seasoned host, Mr. Raul Gatal, dazzled the crowd with his witty repartees and competent handling of the pageant's loopholes and technical difficulties. Even Rovilson Fernandez, executive director of Maxim magazine and partner of Marc Nelson in the Amazing Race (where the pair won third place) was impressed with Mr. Gatal's hosting. 

According to my VRS, Mr. Gatal was only informed that he was to be the pageant host only two days before the pageant night! 

Furthermore, my VRS further revealed that “kinawawa ng organizers si Mr. Gatal with a very measly talent fee.” To think that he actually saved the show! A seasoned host like Raul deserves the best talent fee. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niAHi812Krs

Video is reposted. Thanks to Nestor Daarol for providing the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niAHi812Krs

Here's the ANC video provided by Nestor Daarol.

It could be the longest topic in the Philippine forum history. Ug tipuon tanan, basin mahimo ning libro, Balong. Instant book author, novelist na ka, Balong.

Our media contact, Nestor Daarol, just sent us a quick message congratulating us that an ABS-CBN report today mentioned Tubag Bohol's posted comments on the issue of the New 7 Wonders.

Details will follow...

I have read this book, Zel, but I don't have a copy of it. I just borrowed it from a friend.

Happy Birthday, Ate Lee! God bless...

Hi Charlatan,

Do you have his "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" book? I'm interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH69ziGWeX0

video link sent by Nestor Daarol

Chat requires heavy server load. We can't yet afford a higher capacity of server at this time. Most forum administrators are strongly discouraged to use chatbox unless they have extra cash to pay for server resources.

This is a new angle of your personality, Balong. I am reading your thesis here.

All TubagBohol email requests and login/password issues regarding your email will be happily handled by your global admin, Ginger.

This is a very rare event in Philippine history. I haven't seen of a giant crocodile anywhere else in the country except in the Crocodile Farm in Davao City.

A seven year-old boy was swallowed by a crocodile while swimming with a teen-aged brother at the waters in Palawan province, Philippines on Wednesday, a top official of the PNP in the region reported Thursday.

Chief Superintendent Luisito Palmera, MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan), identified the victim as Mostaqem Ibrahim of Sitio Sumorom, Ransang village in Rizal town.

Citing initial information, Palmera said Ibrahim was swimming with his 12-year-old brother Jadnor when they were attacked by a crocodile at around 1 p.m.

“Said incident was witnessed by his brother Jadnor who immediately shouted for help. His father immediately responded together with their neighbors,” said Palmera.

An hour after the incident, Palmera said residents caught a crocodile - measuring at least 14 feet and 9 inches long and two feet in width. He said the residents cut the crocodile’s stomach but did not found the victim’s body.

“Its apparently a different crocodile,” said Palmera. The official said efforts are underway to recover the victim.

source: Philippine News Agency

Post whatever messages you have for your mother here. Advance Happy Mother's Month.

Also, reading classic literature will really make a difference the way we use words. But one of the earliest love letters that was sent to a young girl in the 90s was written by my mother. Until now 'the girl' did not know that it was my mother who wrote that letter. Thanks, Mama.

Hi Bran,

It was my father who influenced me to use poetic words in speech and in writing. His favorite line was: "Busa, iuli ang yawi sa kasilyas aron didto ko ipadagayday ang akong mga luha sa pagmahay."

Hi Bran,
Maayo lang nang mo-pick-up ta ug girl if naa tay "Pajero" or "Yamaha L2". Pero if mo-pick-up man lang gani, unja magtricycle ra, I think dili nalang.

Hi Aya,
Well she told me: "Nganong karon pa man ka niingon oi. Naa na hinuon koy uyab!"

Hi Agnes,
I will always listen to Lorenzo's advice. He is an expert on this arena.

Hi Bran,
Dili na kaayo ko friend sa uban kay pagtunob nila ug Tagbilaran, nangalain naman ang attitude. Di nalang nako ihisgut tanan, but some people changed when they set their feet on the city.

Hi Aya,
Wa lang ka masayod nga naa baja koy gipanguyaban sa San Isidro, Candabong sauna.

Hi Agnes,
It's just an expression. Sige nalang...

Dear _ _ _ _,

You know wa pa ni mahuman ning ahong open love letter.
But I just want to be honest nga nasakitan jud ko nga wa ko nimo
padajona sa akong pagpamisita nimo unja karon gi-text-text
nalang ka.

Sige nalang,
M

Quote from: C2H4 on April 30, 2008, 06:48:58 AM
Dong, congratulations!

Mwah!

C2H4, pakita na Inday c2h4. Mutya ka Baleleng, perlas ka sa baybayon.

Hi Lori Anne,

I hope you'd stumble upon Lorenzo's post.

Diri sa Thailand, daghang b***t mas gwapa pa sa mga baji. Ang mga Westerners intawon nangailad, gipamalitan ug condo, yuta, ug sakyanan ang mga bayots sa pagtuo nga tinuod tong ilang bibingka.

Labihang luoya sa mga biktima, nabaligya ilang mga balay ug yuta, resigned from their jobs, left their normal lives in search for greener pastures only to land on nightmarish haystack.

Kada adlaw nalang balita sa ato sa Philippines nga naay nailad, nabiktima sa illegal recruitment. Ang nakapait kay ang mga perpetrators mga Filipino ra pud.

I suggest nga mobasa ug mo-research gud pud unta atong mga kababayan kon unsay tinuod. Maayo pa nang gigasto ug sige ug text-text ug iadto sa Internet ug ibasa about legitimate jobs.

Example of Job sites:

www.jobstreet.com
www.indeed.com
www.monster.com
www.jobsdb.com

There is freedom to post anything Tubag Bohol and the global admins have the freedom to delete "inappropriate" posts.

House rules will preserve our uniqueness otherwise if we allow indecency, insults, harassment, hate, discrimination, unpatriotic words in Tubag Bohol then there is no iota of noble reason for this site to continue to exist any longer, but to shut it down.

Say I love you to the next poster of this thread.

Who will volunteer to draft the scholarship policies and guidelines?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHiuNXfTQ7w

Stop illegal recruitment. This is hurting our national economy.

I've read and heard some people justifying their inappropriate behavior by borrowing the sacred term "freedom of expression", which was laid out by the forerunners of American democracy.

Freedom of speech or freedom of expression has been abused and misused online and offline.

The truth of the matter is we can never enjoy any form of freedom if we don't take responsibility for our own action.

Just because a person has freedom of speech he could just shout "Sunog, sunog" in the middle of a sentimental play in a crowded theater when there wasn't fire at all? Can this person shout "sunog, sunog" on on the basis of freedom of speech?

Is this freedom of expression?

Brazilian football star Ronaldo has been caught up in a sex scandal with three cross-dressing prostitutes.

Having dropped off his girlfriend at her house in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night, the 2002 World Cup winner picked up three prostitutes.

When they all booked into a motel, the AC Milan striker discovered that the prostitutes were in fact men.

According to Rio police, he alleges that the transvestites then tried to extort money from him.

Local press reports quoted one of the prostitutes, Andreia Albertine - otherwise known as Andre Luiz Ribeiro Albertino - as saying that Ronaldo had threatened to hit him, on discovering that he was a transvestite.

source: BBC News

The proceed of this bidding will be used for the scholarship fund for one agriculture student that Tubag Bohol dot Com will send this June 2008. This program is an initiative of Lindy, of Canada. We all have been aware of the rice shortage and food crisis in the Philippines today. And we also know that most students don't take up agriculture, but nursing or seaman (sheman in Balong's term). To learn more about the scholarship award, just pindota lang ni, palihug.

The coin, a collection of my never-been-met lola in Zamboanga del Sur, is dated 1972. Some years from now, this coin will turn half-a-century old. Maybe your grandson/daughter could sell it with a shocking price in the future.

The official bidding begins today, and will end on May 10, 2008.

Your wish is my command, Macky. I will now start a thread for the bidding of my 1972 Philippine coin. May my deceased lola forgive me.

Now you can save your favorite Tubag Bohol pictures, posts, topics by simply using your TubagBohol.Com email. [For those who have not received a FREE yourname@tubagbohol.com email, just say "hi" to Ginger, give your name to her, and she will set up your personalized, unique email. You will be the only person in the world that will own that kind of email.]

First, log in to your TubagBohol email account.

When you are reading a thread, you see a blue "G" icon on top of the Tubag Bohol page. That's Google, by the way. Simply click that and you will go to Google mail.

Since you are already logged in your TubagBohol email, all your favorite topics will be automatically bookmarked under your TubagBohol email. Just put a label, then click "Add Bookmark".

That's the easiest solution to remember old topics and pictures posted in Tubag Bohol. Try it now.

LIVING WATER STRATEGY
By Architect Bobby Cericos

To direct a shift away from the ‘social patterns’ still being practiced, reacted and engaged.

    * Instead of ‘politics as usual’ lets engage a shift to eco-wisdom, social responsibility, grassroots democracy, sexual equality and peace. Add to the economic thinking a stand for a decentralized, equitable and flexible system â€" one which gives boholanos a degree of control over their lives.

    * In a political language, to quote some political  philosophy â€" a system that is neither left nor right but a decentralized political  system that is in front.

    * Think global but act local

Bohol’s Economy

As a general rule while politicians receive mandates to solve the economic life of a certain constituency, they have been unable to do so except for some fluctuating improvements in a few areas. The reason these leaders â€" wether conservative, liberal/left or center â€" cannot find a solution is that they subscribe to narrow perceptions of the problem. These problems are systemic in nature, that is, closely interconnected and interdependent.

Economic experts of whatever school of thought  (monetarist, supply side, and others), generally lack an ecological perspective. This of course considers the fundamental truth of its interconnectedness with us â€" humans. They define their basic concepts-efficiency, productivity, GNP, and so forth in a narrow way, without considering the social and ecological context.It should be clear by experience and now that unlimited expansion of economic activities in a finite environment can only lead to disaster. 

Bohol’s economic policy therefore can be based on three (3) principles: ‘ecology’, ‘social responsibility’, and ‘grassroots democracy’. A fourth principle can be added along the idea that an economy based on those three principles will be ecologically balanced and socially just therefore is nonviolent.

We are for an economic system oriented towards the vital requirements of people and of future generations, towards the preservation of nature and the judicious handling of natural resources. Develop a society in which interpersonal relationships and the relationships between humans and nature become more the subject of conscious consideration, a society where attention to nature’s life cycles, the development and use of technology, and the relationship between production and consumption become the business of all those concerned.             

A Bohol economy that develops an approach in which ecology, economy, and social concerns are united is imperative.
Ecological investments

Energy production, Recycling, Water management*, Agriculture, Housing, Traffic, and Education

* Dealing with water demands a reorientation of policies ‘doing justice to the importance of water as the carrier of life’ water is the most complex and, besides air, the most important substance of life on earth, its quality is the environmental indicator par excellence… Water is not consumed but borrowed â€" and as such should be returned in their original condition.

An economy along these discipline and beliefs will offer tremendous opportunities for HUMAN CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND INITIATIVE!

This is a tragedy. I had an experience sa Gallares Hospital. I brought my mother there kay we can't afford sa private na hospital. That was in 2006. Bag-o lang. For five hours naa ra mi didto naglingkod, walay mo-entertain. Sa dihang diha nay nurse, giingnan lang mi na wala nay room. So niuli nalang pud mi ni Mama.

Ang nakaapan man gud sa ato kay ang public funds tua tanan sige pasemento ug kalsada, tukod ug tulay, tukod ug dam. Billions and billions of money are wasted kay puro sub-standard or ghost projects. Wala nay funds for public health.

Bran, I suggest we focus on one topic in our Bible study. One thread will be dedicated to one area. In this way we can concentrate on what we need to know about the words of God.

A recruitment industry leader on Monday encouraged high school graduates to consider taking up technical-vocational courses, as he stressed the high demand in the global labor market for skilled construction and manufacturing workers.

Lito Soriano, president of LBS E-Recruitment Solutions and one who finished vocational education and rose to become one of the recruitment industry’s acknowledged consultants, pressed his call for high school graduates of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to shift their college aspirations to vocational courses rather than taking on the usual courses in diploma mills and after graduating only to join the millions of jobless college graduates.

“I am urging high school students to look into the “wave of the future - overseas jobs with high pay for skilled construction and manufacturing workers. I want to call on all high school students especially children of OFWs to carefully rate and study the performance of the school they want to enroll and spend their limited family income.

"Does the school’s graduates find jobs after graduation? Does the school assist its graduates in getting jobs or will they after graduation join the millions of educated jobless?” he said.

Soriano noted that a college or university education does not guarantee employment, adding that college graduates find themselves in odd jobs in call centers, malls, fast foods outlets and factory workers.

Foreign businessmen echoed the need to shift to technical-vocational curriculum.

Henry Schumacher, executive vice-president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), said greater effort from both the government and the private sector is needed to narrow the gap between what companies need and what schools provide.

“We should always look at opportunities to narrow this gap. We need to improve the educational system and influence schools to improve their curricula,” he said.

Schumacher said another challenge to employment is convincing parents that young Filipinos don’t need a college degree to get a decent-paying job, as well as convincing employers to stop looking for college diplomas when hiring people.

Philippine News Agency

Dia pa koy karaang sinsilyo (circa 1972) basin pwede ni ma-auction para makatabang ko sa scholarship fund nato.

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed. - Lily Tomlin

I think it's better ako nalang ipadala diha kay basin matay-an na ni.

Congrats, Bran. We are all proud of you. One thing I notice is that truly great men are truly humble. You have exemplified the humility of a brilliant Filipino, Boholano, and citizen of the world. Deep water runs without noise.

I still have two more coins, Belle. Hinaut unta dili ko sukmatan sa akong lola sa Zamboanga nga hangtud karon wa pa nako ikita nor see her burial place. She died when my mother was yet six months old.

By the Bohol Standard

The suspect allegedly responsible in the killing of a 20 year old victim right at the vicinity of his residence in Sitio Baliquit, barangay Poblacion, Baclayon, Bohol, last April 12, 2008 at around 1:00 dawn had surrendered to the police.

PSSUPT Edgardo Casiguran Ingking, Provincial Director of the Bohol Police Provincial Office based at Camp Dagohoy, Tagbilaran City, disclosed to the public the surrender of suspect identified as one Omar Ubas y Soria, Filipino, 21 years old, single, 3rd year criminology student and resident of San Roque, Baclayon, Bohol, who was accompanied by his elder brother surrendered to the Investigation Branch of the Bohol Police Provincial Office headed by PINSP BASALAO at around 12:00 noon of April 14, 2008, to answer the shooting incident where he was the primary suspect.

To recall, one Leonardo Salac Jr. y Desiero, Filipino, 20 years old, single, and resident of Sitio Baliquit, Poblacion, Baclayon, Bohol, was shot by the suspect with the the use of a handgun with unknown caliber at around 1:00 A.M. of April 12, 2008 at the vicinity of his residence, hitting the victim’s right breast just below the armpit and when immediately brought to the Gov. Gallares Hospital in Tagbilaran City, was pronounced dead on arrival by attending physicians.

The idea was conceptualized by our friend, Lindy, who is based in Canada. To commemorate the first year anniversary of Tubag Bohol, the fastest-growing forum site in the Philippines today, we are planning to award a scholarship to a Bol-anon student who will take up an agriculture-related course.

The table is now open for your suggestions as to how we can raise a trust fund, go about the process of selection, and formulate simple policies.

And the winners are Hazel and Grace. Magtunga sila sa usa ka karaang peso (circa 1972) ug ila ning ipatunaw aron himuong sing-sing sinubong.

No. One coin each for Hazel and Grace. Way tunga-tunga.

The two almost hit the mark (guesstimate). The coin will be sent "via hand-tunol."

Sama Sa Dalan Paingon Sa Imong Dughan
gitagik ni Mike Ligalig

Gisud-ong mo ako
nga nagpakli-pakli
sa gatosan ka mga libro.

Miliki sa imong ngabil
ang hanap nga pahiyom
ug nangutana ka
kung unsa ang akong gipangita,
kung unsa kadtong mga libro
nga gihakgom sa akong mga bukton.

Gitunol ko kanimo
ang mga libro
aron imong mabasa
ang mga ulohan
nga sukad wa mo pa hidunggan.

Imong giuli kanako
ang mga libro
ug igo ka lang miyango-yango.

Tabangan mo kaha ako
sa pagpangita sa mga libro?

Sama sa akong pagpangita
sa liko-likong dalan
paingon sa imong dughan?

By Rey Anthony Chiu
Philippine Information Agency

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) breezes through Bohol on Tuesday, April 29 to fill a leg of journey that would finally connect key ports in the country’s central seaboard.

This happens as she leads the inauguration rites of the Central Seaboard of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH).

The SRNH, the Administration’s brain child involves funding the putting up of Roll-on, Roll-off (RoRo) ports system aimed at perking up inter-island farm trade.

The SRNH also hopes to improve flow and distribution of basic goods and services, reduce travel time and transportation costs as well as promote domestic tourism.

Set in the Central Philippines, thus Central Seaboard, the government funded key improvement projects on intricate network of roads and ports in various regions in Luzon and the Visayas to Mindanao to finally unite the country’s three main islands groups.

While the country has a backbone Maharlika highway that connects Luzon to Mindanao, travel of unprocessed farm goods by land has put up huge losses, one that makes it not as economically viable option for farmers, shippers have complained.


With the SRNH opening up its Central seaboard, the delivery of basic goods and farm produce like vegetables and livestock is easier, more economical and efficient as travel time and costs to and from destinations are considerably reduced, government sources said.


With the Central Seaboard opened, travelers and farm produce from the north going to the south can now take the Bulan Sorsogon to Masbate City ferry, then motor to Cawayan, Masbate where a ferry is again available for Bogo, Cebu. 

From Bogo, it would be a land trip to Cebu City where the port has a ferry to Tubigon, Bohol.

In Tubigon, Bohol, one can take the land trip to Jagna Bohol where one exits Bohol to Mambajao Camiguin, and then to Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental. 

Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget China and India. China has 1.2 billion people. India has 1.1 billion. Bohol has 1.2 million population. Bohol Internet users: estimate: 10,000. It's even difficult to get an Internet connection in Dampas.

The figures will tell us who will win in the long run.

We could win by online votes, but I doubt if we could win by paid votes. The contest provides two ways to win: paid votes and online surveys.

The organizer of this contest is a private corporation.

What I understand is that Health Visions is an American company but is based in the Philippines. It seems that the company is not managed by Filipinos.

"Free speech does not entitle you to shout fire in a crowded theater."

- Angus Pinkerton

A prosecutor says a pregnant bank teller has lost the twins she was carrying when she was shot in an Indianapolis bank robbery.

Katherin Shuffield, who was five months pregnant, was critically wounded in the robbery Tuesday morning at a Huntington Bank branch. Police have been searching for the gunman.

Marion County chief trial prosecutor David Wyser says one of the twins died Thursday night, and the other died Friday morning.

Authorities and the family had said the 30-year-old Shuffield had been wounded in the abdomen and was in critical but stable condition.

source: AOL News Online

Hi Ate Litz,

Sa canvassing sa among baryo, akong duha ka uncle aron modaug akong auntie sa queen search, nagdala ug dakong bulsita nga puno kintahay to sa kwarta pero ang ibabaw ra diay to apan ang ilawom puro papel. Na-shock ang ubang mga contenders, so wala nalang sila mobundak kay mapildi ra man gihapon.

With P300 na-queen akong auntie. Arang bagotbot ug mahay sa ubang contestant kay diha man silay linibo nga pinadala sa gawas nga ibubo unta para ma-rayna sa fiesta pero wala nalang pagkakita nga dakong bulsita ang dala sa akong mga uncle.

Remember President George? When he ordered an attack on Iraq? He used first the best of American military power aptly described by him as "shock and awe" war approach.

Thanks Lex. I've heard many atheists using the same logic. Hope they could read this anecdote.

Naay Pinay sa U.S. (dili Boholana hinuon) motawag lang sa laing Pinay ug buntag sajo (kaajo - in other words namukaw) kay manghambog nga nakapalit (or nakautang) siya ug bag-ong car.

Sa Bohol gitawag ni ug "tagaw."

Hi Gem,

I know Clovis Nazareno. I met him at St Jude Hospital when I was 12 years old. He won't remember that. Clovis is dead already.

I know Pete Lacaba. He was our one of our panelists at the UP National Writers Workshop held in Davao City. He won't remember me.

Coycoy Ponte and Reigh Monreal are writers I admired. We know each other. CoyCoy Ponte won first prize in the CPG Memorial Awards for Literature for his poem "Nagsuwat Ako ug Balak Ilawom Sa Kahoy", and my poem entitled "Dili Ikaw Ang Kataposan, Oliver" won the second prize. My poem tackled on the death of a habal-habal driver who was killed in an ambush in Danao.

There are many "ngilngig" writers from Bohol and in Bohol. Some of them are Chito Fuentes, Marjorie Evasco (English professor in DLSU), Sigbin II, Atty. Handel Lagunay, "thisgirlvader" (aka Chinook in Friendster), and the list is never ending. I'll add more after this cup of coffee. Alas kwatro naman diay sa kadlawon.

Problema man gud sa pipila nato ka mga kababayan kay makatunob na gani ug laing nasud, feeling na sila ang hari ug rayna sa kalibutan. The truth of the matter is "parehas baya ta mamiyabas sauna ug mokatkat ug paril aron lang makatan-aw ug TV sa silingang balay."

Dangerous. I will close my window now.

I will sign the petition. The Philippines has the most expensive electricity rate in Asia next to Japan.

Prepared by Leo Udtohan

      1. He is one of Bohol's most respected visual artists.  His monumental works include the Cristo Rey monument and the grotto of Lourdes in Loon, the Stations of the Cross inside the Dauis church, and wooden sculptures of the Last Supper that adorn many dining rooms of Boholano families. 

      2. Called the singing priest of Calbayog City, this Boholano artist played the lead role in a musical mounted by the city’s theater group that went on a national tour.   

      3. An all-Boholano band called H2O (At the peak of their career they performed in Manila but  disbanded later- LPU).  Who is the band's keyboardist? 

      4. This band manager and vocalist has performed in the Sultanate of Brunei and the Asean entertainment circuit, as well as in Beijing.

      5. This contemporary of Pitoy Moreno designed dresses and gowns for Manila's elite society.   

      6. He was a high-caliber instrumentalist, composer and musical arranger who discovered, coached and made Sonia L. Sanguenza, a.k.a. Sonia Singson, a singing sensation.   

      7. He could be Bohol's most prolific collage artist and handicraft designer.  His works adorn Garden Cafe, Payag, Bohol Tropics and other business establishments and private homes.   

      8. This visual artist studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Cebu and works at his studio called Isla Vista on Cabilao Island.   

      9. This multi-awarded short-story and "balak" writer, won the Palanca Award in English poetry three times. He was also a graduate of both the UP Writers Workshop and the Asean Writers Workshop. Name this famous Boholano poet.

      10. Last year, during the National Arts Month, a search for Bohol's "kundiman" divas was conducted.  Who were the three finalists?

      11. One of Bohol's leading street dancing and special events choreographer teaches at Mater Dei College.   

      12. A group of local poets launched in 2000 its first collection of poems aptly entitled "Unang Agi". The association is also Bohol’s only grantee of the Tanghal Tula program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.   

      13. This group of elementary pupils placed second and third in 1981 and 1985, respectively, in the National Music Competitions for Young Artists.  Its new generation won first place in the Daygon Contest mounted at BQ Mall on December 2007.   

      14. This poet and songwriter is considered the only poet warrior of the Philippines.

      15. This Boholano artist is a Franciscan friar whose God-given talent in the visual arts produced quite a number of paintings and sculptures, mostly images of Jesus, Mary and some saints.   

      16. A choir trainer all his life, he won the grand prize in the Golden Jubilee Songwriting Contest of the Diocese of Tagbilaran with his composition "Pagmaya Kristohanong Katilingban". He also placed second in the First ASEAN Jamboree Song Competition. 

      17. This lead guitarist of Teeth, Mongols, Daydream Cycle, Pupil and other Manila-based bands was chosen as Guitarist of the Year during the NU Rock Awards in 2004.   

      18. Kim in "Miss Saigon", Fantine in "Les Miserables", and Imelda Marcos in "Here Lies Love" are only a few of the roles this Boholana played in musicals in New York. 

      19. He is presently the dean of the Conservatory of Music of the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City.  He has performed in concerts with Luke Mejares, Jose Mari Chan and Yeng Constantino.

      20. He is a TV writer and director, and member of the Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines.  Name this very young talent behind Amor Chiko, Saranghe and other teleseries on Abs-Cbn.

      21. He composed "Bohol Hymn" or Awit sa Bohol, the immortal "Ako Kang Paabuton", "Dalaga sa Baybayon", "UB Hymn" and "BSAT Song", among others.  Even long after his death, he is still recognized as Bohol's most respected journalist and newspaper columnist.   

      22. This poet and journalist also wrote scripts for movies, especially those directed by Lino Brocka.  He was a former member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.  He and his brother Eman are two of only three Boholanos included in the Top 100 Filipinos in Culture recognized by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (the other one is Napoleon V. Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture). He is presently the executive editor of Yes! magazine.

      23. This charcoal painter is currently the local chief executive of a western municipality.

      24. He is the former vocalist of South Border band.  In 2005 he was chosen Male R & B or Rhythm and Blues Artist of the Year during the Philippine Hip-hop Awards.  He is currently the R & B King of the Philippines.   

      25. Presently based in Vienna, Austria this fashion designer won a Young Designers's Award in Paris. In the year 2000, he won first prize in the Philippine Fashion and Design Competition and represented the Philippines in the Asia Pacific Young Designer Competition. He was also Mega magazine's Young Designer of the Year and finalist in the Pierre Lang Fashion Awards in 2003.   

      26. A songwriter, orator, poet, writer of winning "balak", scriptwriter and director of “drama”, this Boholano lawyer compiled and published “Harana: Talamdan sa mga Awit nga Halandumon” and authored "Pamalaye", a play about marriage and its many stages following local traditions.   

      27. He won the first prize in the "balak" category of the 2003 Carlos P. Garcia Memorial Awards for Literature.  This fellow of the Silliman Writers Workshop also received the Editor's Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry and poetry.com. 

      28. He writes "balak" and English poetry. A graduate of the UP Writers Workshop, this US-based architect is also a photographer and digital artist.

      29. This award-winning songwriter also authored Binisaya scripts for stage plays in Bohol, the most current one being "Karaang Balay".   

      30. She interpreted, "Isang Dakot", a song composed by the famous Vehnee Saturno, that won the grand prize during the Fifth Metro Manila Pop Music Festival.  She is now a singer in Las Vegas.   

      Answers: 1. Zosimo "Iyo Zosing" P. Relampagos 2. Fr. Roland Cajegas 3. Arnold R. Rebucas 4. Joseph Omar Jared Sanidad Estrada or Jad Estrada 5. Leandro "Diyong" Veloso 6. Alfred Sevilla Dancel 7. Alanito Luminarias Gomez 8. Carlito "Carling" P. Masalta 9. Clovis L. Nazareno 10. Ammie Matutes -Tamsi, Lyle Mae Cabañelez Cartagenas and Marife Larido -Tampos 11. Nelson "Cocoy" Relayosa 12. Bahandianong Arte Halad sa Namat-ang Dagang a.k.a. Bahandi 13. Loon South Central Elementary School Children's Choir 14. Emmanuel Agapito "Eman" F. Lacaba 15. Farley A. Meredores 16. Felipe G. Larido 17. Jerome Pedrigal Velasco 18. Joan Ritchell Almedilla 19. Fr. Jonas Mejorada Mejares 20. Jurey Pesudas Mirafuentes 21. Justino "Ning" R. Romea 22. Jose "Pete" F. Lacaba Jr. 23. Mayor Lloyd Peter M. Lopez, MD 24. Michael "Luke" Mejares 25. Mario Rotersos 26. Atty. Melchor Pueblas Monreal 27. Rene Eune "Coycoy" P. Ponte 28. Reynald R. Luminarias 29. Reigh P. Monreal 30. Sonia Leornas Sanguenza - Ainsworth