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teyob@tubagbohol.com and jez@tubagbohol.com have not been set up. They need to post their full names first for verification purposes before the emails are made.

Oi Kiamz, madunggan ka oi. Maulaw ta.

There could be a different kind of bleeding, Bulak, if that is the case.

By the way, our sympathies to the victims of shark attack in Australia.

I think the surfers had already been forewarned of the danger. They risked too much.

It's really sad.

Bulak, it appears that your lustrous back has been attacked by sharks.

Praise the Lord, walay serious injury ang mga bata. Anything can happen in life. We must be prepared.

Watch out. Erap is running again as President of the Republic. He is making new movies these days.

Use Firefox browser. There is no option for "copy image location" in Internet Explorer when you make a right click.

Hi MusicLover,

I have set up your email. It's melody@tubagbohol.com. For login instruction, kindly check your PM inbox. The details are there.

Ang panjo nga ipahid with perfume. And I think okay ra pud mohilak kay mahumot ang aping inig human.

Can I remove the underscore? Actually, it is not advisable to use underscore in emails. ISPs would consider the email as spam. Also, people have difficulty typing a _ in email address.

As long as naa pa tay ikabayad sa web server Sir Felix, way problema ang space. TB can accommodate millions of posts.

Melody, what name would you like to have? name@tubagbohol.com, for example

Hello Sir Felix,

what name would you like to have? name@tubagbohol.com, for example

Kiamz, si Ginger nagpaabot nimo sa bread and breakfast club. Ask Ginger about it. With my permission.

Those who would like to get a unique email: yourname@tubagbohol.com must first post their full name here. This is necessary to complete our verification process.

Jez and Boyet,

Kindly post here full names for verification purposes. Then I'll set up your unique email add.

Now it can be told...

Wyble is Ms Da Binsi.

Nangutana lang. Mag-unsa ang payag kung wala ka na, Jaja?

Ginger should have asked this before. Now I'm asking.

Back to China? Or on a wedding preparation?

bol-anon ko, please post your real name for verification purposes
and your email add will be set up for you. Thank you.

Post it in the thread next to this, Will.

There are more Filipinos speaking Bisaya than those speaking Tagalog.

Quote from: willmerit on April 08, 2008, 02:12:02 AM
willmerit@tubagbohol.com

Hi Will, please post full name for verification purposes.

I have not set up your unique email address.

Beautiful. Nice voice.

Quote from: kiamoy` on April 08, 2008, 12:46:26 AM
apil ko... kiamoy@tubagbohol.com hehe,,,thanks thanks

Hello Kiamz,

I have set up your unique email address: kiamoy@tubagbohol.com
Kindly check your PM inbox for login instruction.

God bless you always!

Hello Cel,

I have set up your unique email. It's happy@tubagbohol.com For login instruction, kindly check you PM inbox.

Happy Birthday MochaJava. God bless you always.

You're welcome, Paul. God bless!

Hi Paul,

sigbin@tubagbohol.com has been set up. Enjoy your new email!
I sent you a PM regarding your email's login instruction.

Paul,

automatic mo-small characters ang email names. so it would appear as sigbinii. Alternative. sigbindos@tubagbohol.com or sigbinparttwo@tubagbohol.com

Unsaon man Balong nga tagsa ra man nimo duawon imong Langga Orchids. Love needs constant communication. Pareha ra na sa tanom nga kon di nimo bisbisan sa dagayday sa sandayong sa ulan o kaha sa pinisik sa arinola, malawos ang tanom hangtod malaya ug mamatay.

I remember there was a time nga sige ra ug pangita si Langga Orchids nimo dinhi sa Tubag Bohol but you were nowhere to be found.

I see. Thanks Grace for the notification.

To Gemma:

I have set up your tubagbohol.com email. Check lang sa imong PM inbox, Gem. Naa didto ang login instruction.

We still have free slots of this limited TubagBohol.Com email edition. How does it work? It's yourname@tubagbohol.com It's free for life.

Ako sauna Beth magkapandol-pandol gud ug dagan gikan sa klase aron makaapas sa drama. Mouli ug paniudto ug dili magbawon kay ang drama sa alas dose hangtud ala una tilokon pa.

Dihay drama sauna sa DXOR nga akong ginasunod-sunod: "Tibong Tipas batok Ana Buyagan."

Honestly, memorize nako nang mga drama sa DYHP broadcast through DXCC Cagayan de Oro.

I was able to write a radio drama back in college.

Magsulat ra unya ko ug laing version sa "Mutya sa Saging Mantikaan"

Alex aka Barbaro,

I had set up your email. I also had sent you a PM regarding Jhenny's tubag bohol email.

God bless!

Thank you Kyle for sharing with us beautiful pictures of your place. Simply amazing.

Mag TB EB ra ang tanan sa North Pole one day.

Gemma does not own a hotel, but she is managing three big hotel resorts in Alaska.

Sorry Gem, gibulgar na pud ka nako. And this woman is just so humble.

Formal launching of special TubagBohol.Com email is found in this thread:
http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=11498.0

Lex, I am adding your email and for your "princess".

We are offering a limited edition of FREE customized emails for all Filipinos around the world.

How to get one? Just email ginger@tubagbohol.com.

You can choose whatever name you like. We already have aya@tubagbohol.com, ginger@tubagbohol.com, dabinsi@tubagbohol.com, etc. What is yours? Whatever you like.

Simple Request: Just use this email at all times. If possible, use this email in your daily communication. Inactive emails or unused emails will be deleted.

Question: Can I request special email for my mother, father, sons, daughters, sisters, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, kinugos, linudhan? Sure. Provided that they would use it. If they decide to join TubagBohol troops, that would be nice. Welcome to the family!

How much space is allocated for every email? 7.5 Gigabytes or 7,500 Megabytes.

Hurry, own a special email from Tubag Bohol today, and please help promote Bohol Tourism by using your unique email. Get your email now from ginger@tubagbohol.com! It's FREE.

Barbs,

Yes, naa pa. Please post full name to complete the setup.

Hi Aya, thanks for the confirmation.

Those who are holding TubagBohol.com emails should try our email now. Kindly practice sending and receiving emails. We are still on test-run stage.

Tell me if you still encounter the same problem.

I'll fix this problem. I think something is wrong with the outgoing command.

Hi Belle,

I have sent you a PM with details of your new tubagbohol.com email just for you.

P.S. to all: We still have open slots. Hurry while we still have space.

Only in Vietnam. or is it seen in China?

It's all up to you.

The best ruler.

Quote from: fdaray on April 01, 2008, 03:01:30 PM
Ang tamang panahon sa pagpatuli 10 to 12 years old. Kon bata pa ka kaayo magpatuli, dili modako ang imong penis.

I strongly disagree.

Dear Aya and Macky,

I have set up a customized email for both of you.
For login instruction, check you PM inbox.

God bless,
Mike

Aya san, please post full name to complete the setup of your special email.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cBCYwnFc1Q

My heart bleeds while watching this video.

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

May the Lord help the victims.

Quote from: orChids on April 06, 2008, 07:19:48 PM
asa ang url ani Ginger ha?naay mga baktin dire nag samok samok man uy, tym pa.

Aya gwapa, just post your full name and the name of email you want. I will set it up manually.
Example: aya@tubagbohol.com or geisha@tubagbohol.com. It depends on your preference.

Zel, I have sent you a PM regarding all the details of your new email.

Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his starring role in the epic Ben-Hur, has died aged 84, a spokesman for his family has said.

Heston died on Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills. His wife Lydia, whom he married in 1944, was at his side.

Heston also portrayed Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the 1950s and 1960s.

Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Illinois.

He studied acting before serving for three years in the US Air Force. But back in civilian life, Heston went through hard times, while waiting for his first break.

In 1952, after working on Broadway, Heston starred as the ringmaster in the movie The Greatest Show on Earth.

Four years later, he appeared as Moses in The Ten Commandments, one of the roles which would define his career.

After the success of the science fiction film Planet of the Apes in the late 1960s, Heston turned his attention to working in the theatre.

His former publicist Michael Levine, who worked with Heston for 20 years, told Associated Press the actor's passing represented the end of an iconic era for cinema.

"If Hollywood had a Mount Rushmore, Heston's face would be on it. He was a heroic figure that I don't think exists to the same degree in Hollywood today."

source: BBC News Online

Naa bay drama ang DYRD?

Maybe it's dyHP, not DYRD.

You're welcome, Grace. I have sent you a PM regarding your email login instruction.

Grace, please post complete name so I could fill in the form.

To all: Please post your full name before the special TB email is released to you.

Thank you.

Thanks Scott. Long Live Loboc Children's Choir.
We are all proud of you.

From tubagbohol.com family!

Els, you will receive a PM from me for login instruction and password.

The preparation has been completed.
To attend to the banquet, please list here how would you like to be named.

Example: ginger@tubagbohol.com, asianfairy@tubagbohol.com, c2h4@tubagbohol.com, etc.

What is yours? Apply now. Online seats are limited.

Love you, too, Kyle. Certainly I remember that picture. It was taken at the Monkey show.

Kyle, I lost my older brother when I was 2 years old. He died of leukemia. I have a half-brother, but we rarely see each other.

So, be my brother.

Hi Kyle, thank you for posting the beautiful photographs.
and this Geisha is Ms Aya?

Posible pud diay Beth na nahubog na ning groom diha sa picture. I don't think it's a good idea to get drunk on one's wedding day.

Well, the groom is too tired during the reception.

Should the love story end up this way? Pwede ba sumpayan gihapon ang sugilanon?

Ribbon Piercing. I can't imagine the pain.

Before the creation of our planet, there already was great war in heaven. And God decided to kick out from His kingdom the heavenly beings who rebelled Him.

Husband and Wife. Can you tolerate this?

Since Hazel sent me a PM to notify me about this thread. Here are the countless weird things about me that some friends and strangers have hard time accepting me at first blink.

1. I don't talk unless I can improve the silence. - "Ba-bye na oi, wala na koy kaestorya." I heard it from NY.

2. I would pace the room for hours. When I am formulating ideas/concepts, I would walk around the room until my legs hurt. Words from my Davao officemates: "Weird lagi ka, Mike, sige ra ko ug lakaw-lakaw."

3. I fear everything that is related to driving a car, but not motorcycle, helicopter, airplane, kariton.

4. I can talk to you while I am sleeping.

5. I walk while sleeping and I sleep while walking. "Ask my sister and my mother."

... to be continued...

next: Lorenzo

I understand how you feel Bran and I share with you the same level of indignation.
I can't just imagine the pain of the girl's parents, the pain of her brothers or sisters.

The news is too much to bear.

I don't know how a father-killer could lead a life of peace for the rest of his life.

Kiamz,

Thanks for the update. Hope you'd let us know of the result of the paraffin test. I have a strong feeling that this is the man who killed the nursing student.

By Cebu Sun Star and GMA News

A robber shot and killed past midnight yesterday a nursing student just three weeks shy of her graduation.

Ruby Jade Magpatoc Ruba, 20, was attacked along Gov. Roa St. in Barangay Capitol, Cebu City. At the time of the attack, she was working on a case study she had to finish in order to graduate.

Ruba, 20, hailed from Macrohon, Southern Leyte and temporarily lived in an apartment on B. Rodriguez St., Cebu City.

She was scheduled to graduate from the Cebu Doctors’ University on March 30, Ruby’s brother Richie told reporters.

Ruby, daughter of Vicente Ruba of the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters District Central 7, was the only girl of three siblings.

Homicide investigators led by SPO1 Jay Yballe learned that Ruby, together with a female friend, was heading toward a dormitory on Gov. Roa St. (formerly Kamuning St.), Capitol Site to pick up the adaptor of a laptop they borrowed from a classmate.

Ruby was working on her case study, a graduation requirement.

When Ruby and her friend were near the dormitory, she sent a text message to inform her classmate that they had arrived.

At that point, a man appeared and pointed a gun at the two women. Scared, the two ran in different directions.

Ruby’s friend told Yballe that a single gunshot was the next thing she heard. She saw her friend slumped on the dormitory’s ramp.

Dreams lost

The friend and the dormitory’s security guard rushed her to the Cebu Doctors’ Hospital, a few blocks away, but she died minutes later.

A pouch where Ruby kept her Nokia cellular phone, a model worth about P5,000, was already gone.

The armed robber reportedly fled on a red motorcycle driven by a cohort.

Ruby’s brother, Richie, said that based on the autopsy performed by Dr. Benjamin Lara, PNP 7 medico-legal officer, the slug hit his sister’s left side and tore out through her chest, before hitting the side of her left wrist.

It pierced her lungs, liver, heart and stomach.

He appealed to the police to identify and arrest the man who killed his sister.

Ruby, he said, was looking forward to their class prom next week and had already picked out her class ring.

Her body will be brought back to the family’s hometown in Southern Leyte tonight.

Whether or not there was a lapse in the police measures taken to secure the site where Ruba was shot is a matter the mayor and local police officers still have to discuss.

Let's wait for a Bohol-based TB member to answer your inquiry. Many of us here are living abroad.

I was 6 years old. Venue: Candabong Barangay Health Center.
After one week, nakaligo na ko ug dagat ug gitangtang na ang tahi.

Tubag...

Murag dili busy ang Sykes karong mga panahona.

Posts:     1059 (96.273 per day)

Date Registered:     March 20, 2008, 05:02:14 AM

Guess who?

One of the sweetest threads ever...

I have a feeling that this archbishop is attention-deprived. Patoga-toga ug comment, but he can't stand the heat of the kitchen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTQbQ-ZaT2g

Filipino victimizing Filipinos.

dog-eat-dog world.

European Union External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner raised the threat of a boycott of the Beijing Olympics Games over Tibet in an interview with a German weekly to appear Sunday.

But in Tokyo, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Saturday voiced concern about using the Beijing Olympics to protest against China's suppression of recent unrest in Tibet, local media reported.

"We have to consider if we should make a vociferous criticism and if it's appropriate to link (the Tibet issue) to the Olympics right now," Fukuda told Jiji Press and other Japanese media.

Japan, which has been repairing uneasy relations with China, has expressed concern about Tibet but said it would not support a boycott at the Games in the Chinese capital in August.

The unrest came ahead of a planned visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Japan possibly in May to hold a summit with Fukuda, known for his Asian-friendly diplomacy.
China is trying to put down the biggest protests in nearly two decades against its rule of Tibet.

Ferrero-Waldner called on European companies that operate in China to demand respect for human rights and for peaceful demonstrations worldwide on the issue in the interview with Bild am Sonntag.

source: Agence France-Presse

By Rey Anthony Chiu
Philippine Information Agency

Noodles nga hinimo gikan sa dahon sa gabi, kalabasa, carrots, rhubarb ug turmericn nganong dili?

Gani, sugdan ang commercial production niini sa Benguet State University (BSU) sa La Trinidad.   

Si Presidente Gloria Macapagal Arroyo nalipay sa kalambuan sa samang paagi nga nakita niyang kini maoy usa ka solusyon sa mahal nga presyo sa trigo ug harina: mga unang sanggkap sa noodles. 

Aron pagdasig niining lakang, gitunol ni Presidente Arroyo ang P10M sa BSU alang sa dugang pag-ugmad niini. 

Sa paglusad sa proyekto, mibutyag ang Presidente nga buot niyang ang “vegetable-fortified noodles” ilakip na sa “Tindahan Natin”. 

Dugang pa, buot usab sa Presidente nga ang teknolohiya sa vegetable-noodles ikapaambit sa mga manufacturers sa nasud ingon man siukip sa programang “Go Negosyo”. 

Mimandu usab si Presidente Arroyo ngadto sa mga ahenysa sa kagamhanan nga may ka-concern ning laraw sa paghatag og tabang tekhnikal, pautang, ug taktika sa sayon nga pagpamaligya sa produkto unya. 

Matud sa BSU, lakip nga tun-an sa laraw sa ang paghimo og noodles gikan sa mga prutas, cereals, mga duma, mga panakot ug mga natral nga pahumot sa pagkaon sama sa tangad, hamutan ug uban pa.

Sa pagpresentar sa BSU sa laraw, matudf sa ilang mga tinugyanan nga ang paghimo og noodles maoy labing maayo nga paagi sa pag-transport sa mga produkto gikan sa Benguet ngadto sa mga parte sa nasud nga dyutay lamang ang madaut. 

Ang proyektong Vegetable Noodles naglantaw usab sa paghimo og vegetable pastas, tufo, soriso, fresh juices ug uban pang pangtimpla sa kusina.

And here they are (as of March 30, 2008 stats):

No. 1 ms da binsi         8411
No. 2 Ginger       7942
No. 3 Happy       7624
No. 4 grazie7y       7168
No. 5 Lorenzo       7067
No. 6 C2H4       4082
No. 7 Bambi       3356
No. 8 slackware       3301
No. 9 orChids       3092

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net

The top 10 who passed the 2007 bar examinations are the following:

1 Mercedita L. Ona, Ateneo De Manila University, 83.55
2 Jennifer Ong, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 83.35
3 Yvanna BL Maalat, Ateneo, 82.75
4 Jennie C. Aclan, University of San Carlos, 82.10
5 John Michael F. Galauran, University of Nueva Caceres, 81.60
6 Karen S. Canullas, San Sebastian College, 81.40
7 Cecille L. Mejia, Ateneo De Manila University, 81.35
Sheryl Ann D. Tizon, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 81.35
8 Marforth T. Fua, San Beda College, 81.20
9 Ruby M. Luy, Ateneo De Davao University, 81.15
10 Christian B. Llido, University of Cebu, 80.90
Vivian S. Tan, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 80.90

By Tetch Torres
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A total of 1,289 have passed the 2007 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced on Saturday afternoon, making for a 22.91 percent passing rate as 5,626 law graduates from 109 law schools took the bar examinations September last year.

Ateneo de Manila University law graduate Mercedita L. Ona topped the tests with an average score of 83.55 percent. Jennifer Ong of the University of the Philippines in Diliman followed at 83.35 percent.

The 22.91-percent passing rate for the 2007 bar would have been much lower, perhaps an all-time low of 5 percent, had the passing rate not been adjusted from the traditional 75 percent to 70 percent.

"Due to unusually strict corrections, it was decided to lower the passing grade to 70 percent," Associate Justice Adolf Azcuna said in a press conference.

Azcuna, chairman of the 2007 Bar Committee, said the committee had to adjust the passing grade from 75 to 70 percent on three subjects -- Civil Law, Criminal Law, and Social Legislation -- otherwise only five percent of 5,626 examinees will have made it.

He added that the committee also decided to lower the disqualification rate on Labor and Civil Law from 50 to 45 percent.

The Supreme Court associate justice said the passing grade was lowered before but it was not clearly known what prompted it then.

Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is deemed to have passed if he obtains a general average of 75 percent in all subjects without falling below 50 percent in any subject.

The subjects and their corresponding weights are as follows: Remedial Law, 20 percent; Political and International Law, 15 percent; Mercantile Law, 15 percent; Civil Law, 15 percent; Labor and Social Legislation, 10 percent; Taxation, 10 percent; Criminal Law, 10 percent; and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises, 5 percent.

Azcuna also said Associate Justices Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Presbiterio Velasco inhibited themselves during the deliberations prior to the announcement of the results.

Oathtaking of the successful candidates will be on April 29 at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Associate Justice Dante Tinga will head the next bar examination committee.

The number of examinees last year is smaller than the 6,345 who took the tests in 2006.

Since 2000, the highest percentage of bar passers was seen in 2001, where the passing rate was 32.89 percent. This corresponded to 1,266 passers out of 3,849 examinees.

But the biggest number of actual passers since 2000 was recorded in 2006, when 1,893 out of 6,187 passed, or 30.60 percent of the total.

Hi Swakee,

I know how you feel right now. May you find comfort from the love and support of your friends in Tubag Bohol. May you find the deepest comfort and love from the Lord Jesus Christ who is able to raise all the dead from the grave on His second coming.

After reading this passage from the Bible, I decide to rest my case regarding this topic.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ (King James Version). Reality Check for the Archbishop.

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, "God, I thank You that I am not like other men - extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess."

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, "God, be merciful to me a sinner!"

(Jesus said:) I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

from the Gospel of Jesus Christ:

The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: "God, I thank you that I am not like other men - robbers, evildoers, adulterers - or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get."

But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, "God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

(Jesus said:) I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Senators should also ask themselves what they have done to our country. A country's misfortune cannot be blamed on one person alone. Everyone must be part of nation-building and everyone must be willing to take blame when bad times arise. Senators, reality check please.

thank you Balong for re-posting the love story of Elaine.

Produced for Morning Edition by Michael Garofalo
www.npr.org

Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.

But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.

He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.

"He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go,'" Diaz says.

As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, "Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you're going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm."

The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, "like what's going on here?" Diaz says. "He asked me, 'Why are you doing this?'"

Diaz replied: "If you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me ... hey, you're more than welcome.

"You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help," Diaz says.

Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.

"The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi," Diaz says. "The kid was like, 'You know everybody here. Do you own this place?'"

"No, I just eat here a lot," Diaz says he told the teen. "He says, 'But you're even nice to the dishwasher.'"

Diaz replied, "Well, haven't you been taught you should be nice to everybody?"

"Yea, but I didn't think people actually behaved that way," the teen said.

Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. "He just had almost a sad face," Diaz says.

The teen couldn't answer Diaz â€" or he didn't want to.

When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, "Look, I guess you're going to have to pay for this bill 'cause you have my money and I can't pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I'll gladly treat you."

The teen "didn't even think about it" and returned the wallet, Diaz says. "I gave him $20 ... I figure maybe it'll help him. I don't know."

Diaz says he asked for something in return â€" the teen's knife â€" "and he gave it to me."

Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, "You're the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch."

"I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world."

A Beijing court has rejected the claim of a Chinese man and his grandson for reputation damage in consuming a KFC "teadog set meal", the local media reported on Thursday.

Tongzhou District court ruled on Tuesday that the two plaintiffs surnamed Jin would not get compensation from the KFC fast-food chain as they couldn't provide substantive evidence to prove the set meal had led to a "lower social evaluation" and reputation damage to them, as they claimed.

According to The Beijing News, the Jins bought a "teadog set meal" in a KFC store in the capital's east Tongzhou District on Dec. 15. The two had found an advert in the shop promoting the set meal, which the elder Jin thought meant man and dog sharing the meal.

He then sued KFC for insulting consumers, because "according to the advertisement, my grandson has eaten dog food and we two have become 'dog friends'", -- a term that means "a dissolute company" in Chinese.

Representatives for KFC, however, said the set meal was so named because consumers could get a calendar featuring teadogs, a Japanese cartoon image, if they paid extra money through a promotion.

source: chinadaily.com.cn

The Associated Press

A Texas woman who claims she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.

"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin, 37, said at a news conference in Los Angeles. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."

Hamlin said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on Feb. 24 when she was scanned by a Transportation Security Administration agent after passing through a larger metal detector without problems.

The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin's chest, the Dallas-area resident said.

Hamlin said she told the woman that she was wearing nipple piercings. The female agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the body piercings, Hamlin claimed.

Hamlin said she could not remove them and asked if she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. But several other male officers told her she could not board her flight until the jewelry was removed, she said.

Cebu Pacific (CEB), the airline business owned by the Gokongwei conglomerate, JG Summit Holdings Inc., will mount additional flights to Tagbilaran this summer period. This is in addition to its current twice daily A319 service.

Beginning May 17, 2008, CEB will add three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), A319 service to Tagbilaran. The flight leaves Manila at 6:30am and lands in Tagbilaran at 7:55am. Consequently, it departs for Manila at 8:25am and arrives at 9:40am.

Aside from Tagbilaran, CEB will also add three four times weekly flights to Butuan, aside from its present daily service.

“We are confident that we can sell the additional seats with our low fares and further stir domestic travel to these destinations. We are now the biggest carrier operating the most flights to Butuan and Tagbilaran.”  said Candice Iyog, CEB Vice President for Marketing and Product.

The lowest ‘Go’ fare to Butuan starts from P688 one-way and Tagbilaran starts from P288 one-way. Fare is exclusive of applicable surcharges and government tax.

For more information, visit CEB’s website at www.cebupacificair.com.

Now in its 13th year, CEB continues to have the youngest fleet in the Philippines. CEB flies to 12, soon to be 15 international destinations, with the addition of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, and Kaohsiung. CEB also operates flights to 21 domestic destinations.

- Press Release