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Japanese police on Thursday heaped praise on a Labrador retriever who found an elderly man who fell over in freezing conditions at night, the second time the dog was credited with saving a life.

The three-year-old black Lab, named 'Dor, suddenly started barking when she was taking a walk with her owner, Koichi Wada, in the western city of Iwade one evening last month, a police officer said.

"The dog led Mr Wada to a nearby irrigation ditch, where an elderly man was lying face up," the officer said.

The ditch was one-meter (3.3-feet) deep and the 86-year-old man had been soaked in water up to his ears.

"Since it was cold and already dark, the man would have been frozen to death if she had not smelled something and told it to her owner," he said.

The elderly man soon had even more luck. Wada stopped a passing car and found that a doctor was behind the wheel.

The doctor drove the man to his clinic, where he was treated for minor wounds in the head and hands.

source: AFP News

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 16, 2008, 01:02:28 PM





hala nag global warming man sad ning globe ni Mari!

hahahahha! tan awa ang polar caps kay  na brown na sad!

I mean "global bonding." Nindot jud sya na artwork, Mari. Ma-environmentalists ta ani ahat.
Basin ipatawag ta ni Al Gore ani. ug sa UN.

Hi Fortune,

I've been reading secret books on how millions of Americans become rich. One secret that I read is that Americans are risk-taker. They invest a lot in new ventures even if the business prospect is dim.

My MBA tells me that high-risk yields high-return.

Fortune, do you think we have uranium hidden somewhere in our lovely Philippine islands?

Quote from: Mari on February 16, 2008, 12:48:15 PM

Wow. Another equally amazing concept of Mari, the Photoshop Queen.

If a website owner is active in Tubag Bohol, he or she can expect traffic to his or her website.

Tubag Bohol has hit nearly 3 Million Page Views in less than 10 months since its birth. Today, Tubag Bohol is the fastest growing forum site in the Philippines more frequently visited than the forum sites of established ABS-CBN and GMA 7. Anyone can view our real-time statistics for that. See at the bottom of Tubag Bohol page.

Tubag Bohol visitors come from all corners of the globe. I am using Google Analytics to track every activity of Tubag Bohol and its interaction with members and guests.

Nice website. I'm using Joomla too.

Hello wunderkid,

In fact, I allow anyone to advertise their websites, blogs, and forum sites in Tubag Bohol.

And it's absolutely free. I won't even ask for a reciprocal link.

Quote from: Mari on February 16, 2008, 12:18:01 PM





Wa na ako masabi sa mga putoshop mo Maria...

dear himua daw ang mga font ug futuristic!

ganahan ko sa image nindot kaajo...

mo print kaha sila ana sa shirt?

o heat transfer ilang gamiton?

As I've mentioned earlier, anyone can come up with his or her own design and print it in a t-shirt.

I believe it would be your lasting legacy for our province having helped spread valuable information about Bohol all over the world.

T-shirt is one of the best ways to raise awareness about our Tubag Bohol friendship.

Quote from: Mari on February 16, 2008, 12:18:01 PM

The professional photoshop guru has come to town. Fantastic!

Tinuod Mr. Daray, daghang mga Bol-anon nga milambo sa gawas sa Bohol.

Pareho sa mga Chinese nga way tsinelas pag-abot sa Pilipinas pero karon tag-iya na ug mga eroplano, mga malls sa Asia, ug uban pang multi-billion business.

Both registered members and guests of tubag bohol can now e-mail any topic of this website to anyone (friend or stranger).

For members, you can e-mail a topic even without logging in. wanna try it?

For hundreds of our guests everyday, feel free to e-mail a topic posted in tubag bohol. we have tons of valuable information. someone may be in need of this information.

One e-mail sending at a time. Isa-isa lang.

tubagBOHOL.COM "The 2008 Global Bonding"

tubagBOHOL.COM "2008 Global Wedding" (joke...)

TUBAGbohol.COM "2008 Global Friendship Explosion"

Aron mas bibo and more memorable, anyone can produce a t-shirt according to his or her own design and slogan para naay freedom of expression. It's a celebration of one's creativity.

All of us are unique ug naay kaugalingong creative way of expressing something. That is if one can afford.

If I can afford, I will print my own t-shirt (example just 20 pieces) and I will come up my own design and slogan.

This has not been done before, I guess. Most EBs have same t-shirt design. But making history is to walk on a road less traveled.

i can give more suggestions for a catchy phrase.

I suggest the following catchy, intriguing, creative phrase....

1. TUBAGBOHOL.com "The July 2008 Encounter"

2. tubagbohol.COM "2008 Friendship Conference"

3. TUBAGbohol.COM "2008 Global Bonding" (murag global warming...   )

4. tubagBOHOL.com "2008 International Friendship Meeting"

5. tubagbohol.COM "An Unforgettable Eyeball"

6. TubagBohol.COM "Nagkita Na Jud Ta..."

7. TubagBohol.Com "At last we meet..."

and our original slogan TubagBohol.COM "We Listen"

we can remove the phrase PRE EB word or GRAND EB. people, who are not into computers, won't have any idea about EB or the word TB. If offline or in t-shirt, avoid using the word TB since it is known universally as "tuberculosis." the TB can be used online but not offline.

the dot com, I suggest, has to be on the front and back of the shirt. This is our form of advertising to people how they can find us in the Internet.

dot com is our identity. all our friendships originate online.

Belle, ang dot com? TUBAGbohol.COM or tubagBOHOL.com or tubagbohol.COM

without the dot com, people won't find us in the Internet.

Bol_anon ko, your experience has been reechoed by many other Filipinos. Ang nakaparat ani kay kung foreigner gani ang customer lami kaajo ug tinagdan ang office.

Kinsa tong mag-business sa Pilipinas ug gusto mong mo-asenso, invest on customer care, and you will wipe out all your competition. For now, that's the secret in gaining dominance over any niche market under Philippine scenario.

Quote from: bol-anon_ko on February 16, 2008, 01:51:34 AM
perte na jud pagka datu-a aning higala natung c fortune.. murag c balong sad.. or pareha ra ba ni cla.. tiaw bay $15,000 i abang sa resort nuon sad. whole resort na pod..

fortune  reminds me of my VP who once told me that they dine at Joel Robuchon at the Mansion on MGM Grand. There's like 2 wines in there worth $10,000 per bottle.

That's half million pesos based on the exchange rate last year.

Thanks Bran for the lovely pictures that evoke so many Philippine memories.

Nagkinahanglan ug edukasyon ang mga tawo aron sila mismo ang mosumpo sa mga manamastamas sa atong kadagatan.

Didto sa Anda, grabe ang tiro sauna. Magsakit akong dughan makadungog sa tiro kay luoy kaayo ang mga corals nga puy-an sa isda. Karon patay na ang ubang mga maniniro. Maayo unta ug ang mga bag-ong tubo dili moapil sa tiro.

Dili kaayo ta makalaom sa gobyerno nga manalipod sa atong kadagatan.

Ang bugtong hinagiban nga makaluwas sa kadagatan gikan sa mga mapangahason mao ang kahibalo sa unta. Kung ang tawo makabalo nga dili maayo ang epekto sa usa ka klase sa panagat ug kini maghatud sa kalautan kaniya ug sa uban, naay purohan nga moundang siya sa iyang dili maayong binuhatan ug motabang hinuon aron panalipdan ang atong kadagatan.

Quote from: fortune on February 15, 2008, 12:55:32 AM
Not too much. Just enough. But the bad thing is that they did not answer my email. I had to go to the trouble of calling on the phone. I hate it when there is too much hassle. Any suggestions guys. What other resorts can you recommend.

Dear Fortune,

Many businesses in the Philippines lack customer care. They have not realized that the existence of a business solely depends on the patronage by its customers. Many times a business would treat you rudely and you had to beg first before they pay you attention.

I remember booking a ticket in a travel agency in Tagbilaran. I was ignored. I tried to speak but no one entertained my inquiry.

Was it because I was just wearing shorts when I came in their travel office?

Personally, I admire the business firms in America. The server of Tubag Bohol is located in California. Whenever I have a problem that I can't fix myself, the company would always come to rescue me. I asked many questions and they always answered my email promptly. At the end of every email, the customer care representative would always say: "Mike... should there be any other concern, please don't hesitate to contact us again."

I hope our Philippine businesses would improve the way they handle clients/customers.

Quote from: Barbaro on February 16, 2008, 01:02:15 AM
Dear_____________

  Salamat sa imong kaayo nga buntag ug gabii  imo kung hatdan ug kilawon nga bolinaw sa
gabii ug imong mama sad inig ka buntag.. pero naka halata ako nanay nga mao diay sigi mo hatod ug isda kay mangutang mog bugas inigkahapon..


---------

Nag-agik-ik jud ko ug katawa ani Barbs.

Quote from: Ginger on February 16, 2008, 12:55:21 AM
Dear hate u,

Salamat sa imong ka maayo naku. Ingon raba ka nga mas daghan pa imong "iloveyou" naku kay sa niya. Amigo ra  man gyud ta ba. Basta kay ug unsa man gani imong problema, naa ra gyud ko perme sa imong likod. Pero inig lingi nimo nga wala ko diha, ayaw lang kabalaka kay naa ra gihapon ko, nasukamod lang. Na touched jud baya ko adtong gi dramahan tika nga na buntis ko ug latagaw nga lalaki, kay ni ingon jud ka nga imo buhaton tanan aron matabangan ko. Ambot apil ba kaha ang pagka Salvador el Mundo. hehehe

Magkatawa man pud ta aning gidramahan nga buntis.

Dear _ _ _ _ _ _ ,

Bisag pobre ra mi sa amo, pero kung moadto ka sa balay, pasak-an jud ka ug butong ni Papa, unja si Mama magdali-dali intawon ug kutaw ug Ovaltine para makapainit ka.


a vagabond,
M. L.

Boholana ni siya.

Dear _ _ _ _ _ ,

Sauna kung makadungog ko sa akong mga ig-agaw nga manawag sa balay: "Mike, naa si (imong ngalan) padung sa injo", motimbakuwas intawon ko sa katre kay magdali-dali ug himasa ug panghilam-os.

Pero karon, bisag di ko kailis usa ka semana, atubangon ta ka.


mahigalaon,
M. L.

Dear _ _ _ _ _ ,

Karong pipila ka adlaw, magsuwat ko ug kabahin nimo dinhi sa Tubag Bohol.

I have mustered enough strength to really express what I have been meaning to say for several years.

Kabalo man ko wa pay nag-invite nimo sa Tubag Bohol, so walay chance nga makabasa ka aning sulata. I hope dili nimo e-google ang Tubag Bohol kay basin modagsa ka diri.

Even so, hulat lang kay magyinagyagay ta diri sa atong mga napan-os nga pagbati.


mao ra,
m. L.

barbs, some girls dili lang pud nato masabtan ilang choice.

unja ra ba ug na-battered wife na, ingnon ka: "unsaon man wa man ta magdajon."

Dear _ _ _ _ ,

Maajo ra pud diay nga wa ka makatambong sa atong reunion nga gipangunahan ni Sir Jun Ayag.

Sa tinuod lang, di na ko gusto makakita nimo kay kapoy na maminaw sa sungog-sungog sa atong mga classmates.

Unsa bay tigbalik-balik anang kagahapon nga gilawa-lawaan ug gitay-an na sa kalimot.


ambot kaha sa sunod reunion. pangutan-a lang si sir jun ayag,

M. L.

Quote from: Barbaro on February 15, 2008, 11:12:34 PM
Dear ______________

     Imo lang kung gibaylo ug standby na maayo mo guitara ug mokanta,
wala kay ikabaos, luhod ko nimo kay 4 ka igsoon nimo military,unya paghatod
nako sa jerjens ,cigar, chocolate ug whishky buntis naman diay ka. sana masaya
ka kahit alam kung naglisod mo.

sorry nagpahungaw lang ko..

pahungaw jud ta ani barbs kay unsaon wa man ta kapahungaw sauna.

Inday Bambi, inig tugpa sa eroplano sa U.S.A., inig gawas sa airport, kasal dajon bisag wa pa kailis.

st. agnes, di man ko chickboy.

daghan lang ug mapait nga kasinatian nga nahiaguman ilawom sa mapintas nga kasing-kasing sa ubang linalang.

Dear _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Kung nakahibawo pa lang ko nga buwagan diay ko nimo pagka-recess, wa na lang unta ko moapil sa flag raising ceremony kay makahinumdum pa ko sa imong kidhat-kidhat.

Pero unsaon man nga nagkabingkil man ta sa Araling Panlipunan, nalain naman imong tonada.

Miingon ko nimo mag-estorya ra ta ug klaro human sa P.E., miingon ka busy ka sa injong T.H.E.

Mao to nagcutting-class nalang ko sa atong Biology.


this is life,
m. L.

Thanks Leo for the news. May the Lord keep all the passengers safe.

Dear ________ (unknown),

I'm sorry sa gisulti sa akong mga iyaan ug uyuan. Maayo nalang wa ka kadungog nga miingon sila nako: "Hoy Michael, kung mao na imong pangasaw-on, di mi motambong sa imong kasal bisan pag pila ka baka tumbahon sa imong Papa."


Again, I'm sorry,

M. L.

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Police are now hunting for a fellow policeman who shot dead inside the PNP Cortes headquarters a drunken man Monday night.

The suspect is one Police Officer-2 Apolinar Galapin y Moring, 37, a native of Candijay but now residing in Cortes town. He is also police investigator of the Cortes police station.

According to PO1 Ranillo Lomonsod, PO2 Galapin together with SPO1 Nicolito Longgakit responded to a call from the Barangay De La Paz tanod outpost around 11 p.m. regarding a drunk man with two lady companions who were also intoxicated.

The responding policemen brought the three suspects to the Cortes PNP Station.

PO1 Lomonsod said he noticed PO2 Galapin, who was himself drunk, had an altercation with the intoxicated victim, later identified as one Leo Lagrada, 29, a resident of barangay De La Paz, when they entered the police station.          

The heated exchange between PO2 Galapin and Lagrada continued until the two other policemen went out of the station.

According to PO1 Lomonsod, he was talking to the two female companions of Lagrada when he heard a single gunshot coming from the police office.

Ang flag namo sa Iraq, okay ra pud iapil.

Dear _________ ,

Bisag giunsa na ko ug palabay-labay sauna, di jud ka mogawas, bisan na laman ug mamintana ka.

Hapit laman mabangga akong bisiklita sa sige nako ug agi sa injo.


ikaw ang nakaingon,
M. L.

Sige daw Gem ug mo-epekto ba.

Just keep an eye on my avatar everyday.

Ganahan ko manggitik hangtud masud-ipan ka.

Dear Miss ________ ,

Wa man ko nagmahay nga wa ta magdajon. Miingon si Mama: "Maajo ra jud, Mike."

Motuo man ko ug Mama.


Happy Valentine's nalang,

m. L.

There's a link I place in Breaking News section.

Enter an email of a friend one at a time or your email address.

You can enter as many emails as you want. But one at a time. In other words, isa-isa lang kay mahina ang kalaban.

You will see a pop window.

Type the verification letters (code) and press "Complete Subscription Request"

Finish. Then balik ug dok-dok.

source: http://gazettextra.com

Several people were injured Thursday when a gunman opened fire inside a Northern Illinois University lecture hall, sending screaming students fleeing.

University police say a gunman who opened fire inside a lecture hall, injuring several people, is no longer a threat'' andthe immediate danger has passed.''

It has been confirmed that there has been a shooting on campus and several people have been taken away by ambulance,'' officials said in a message posted on the school's Web site at 3:50 p.m.People are urged not to come to campus.''

The DeKalb Daily Chronicle, citing information heard over a police scanner shortly after 3 p.m., said officers were alerted to a white, male shooter with a shotgun and pistol.

Dear _ - _ - _ - _ ,

Nganong imo man kong gilimud sauna? Bisan ang tinuod uyab na ba ja ta adto.

Ikaw konoy ilimud lalim ba.


Sincerely,

I'm really touched by the deepening friendships here in Tubag Bohol.

I've never heard anything like this ever before.

Let me see what I can do to see all my lovely friends.

Murag naay maminjo ani tungod ani nga video.

Daghan ba jang mga millionaire nga boxers sauna nga karon nagpalimos nalang.
Mishandling of personal funds leads to extreme poverty.

By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

This Valentine's Day, Sophos is advising users to stay away from email with romantic lines -- especially those with the word "love" -- lest they become infected with a different kind of virus.

The antivirus firm warns such email may cause yet more virus outbreaks when opened or lead users to websites that contain viruses.

Sophos noted a latest one variant of the Storm virus (also called Dorf malware) that attacks via a "romantically themed" message that directs unsuspecting computer users to a website containing romantic images.

source: AFP

A kinky sci-fi fantasy? Love and lust in the 23rd century?

Not at all, says David Levy, a professor of gender studies and artificial intelligence and author of "Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relations."

By mid-century, predicts the 62-year-old expert, getting it on with an electronic femme-fatale or a superstud sexbot will become an accepted part of the human landscape.

"Think of it: great sex on tap, 24/7," he said. People may even fall in love with their hard-wired sex slaves, he adds.

Not everyone embraces Levy's vision of a future where humanoids guarantee satisfaction in bed along with pre-programmed post-coital conversation.

But many agree it is on the cards, given exponential leaps in computer power, progress in mimicking human muscles and movements, and headway in artificial intelligence (AI) software to replicate emotions and personality.

By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

A team of Filipino IT professionals is responsible for creating Accenture's own social networking tool that allows collaboration among the company's workers worldwide.

Aptly called Accenture People, it resembles popular social networking sites much like Facebook, and allows employees to create their own profiles.

But more than a listing of hobbies and other personal interests, these profiles provide a glimpse of each employee's role in Accenture, including technical expertise and the projects in which he or she was involved.

For a global company with numerous business units like Accenture, the idea is to simply make everyone more familiar with each other's background and then encourage knowledge sharing.

In the Philippines alone, Accenture has around 15,000 workers doing management consulting, system integration and BPO (business process outsourcing). In terms of size, the Philippines is behind only to the US and India in Accenture's global network.

By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

The road to one million outsourcing jobs in 2010 is not as easy as government and the private sector would have thought.

In an interview, Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) chairman Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III said the outsourcing industry demand is expected to grow by 50 percent year-on-year for the next three years.

With that demand, government led by the CICT and the Department of Trade and Industry Regional Operations Group, in tandem with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) are now identifying more than 20 cities where they can develop and recruit more talent.

These three groups are now working to push these cities as part of a strategy to "expand" the local outsourcing industry outside of Metro Manila, Chua said.

"We want to establish regional information and communications technology hubs so that not all the businesses are just going to Metro Manila," the CICT executive said.

Bran, it says: "unknown woman."

Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and Cebu Pacific (CEB), in a joint effort, will upgrade and expand the Manila Domestic Terminal (MDT) to improve its facilities for its increasing number of passengers.

The project will start by February 15, 2008 and should be completed by April 15, 2008.

The improvements will include:

   1. The opening of a new arrival area with five baggage conveyors instead of the three conveyors today.
   2. A 66% increase in seating capacity of the pre-departure area with the addition of more than 500 seats.
   3. The expansion of the flight check-in lobby and security check areas.
   4. The construction and addition of boarding gates, holding areas, and restrooms which will double the capacity of these structures from present.
   5. The construction of a covered walkway to the aircraft parking bays at the ramp.

Candice Iyog, CEB spokesperson said, “We have definitely outgrown the MDT and we are looking forward to its expansion.  We recognize how important the airport experience is to our guests so we are happy about this joint effort with the MIAA.”

The airline will relocate its cargo receiving section to pave way for the new arrival area. 

MIAA will spend for the amenities upgrade in the arrival area and the construction and upgrading of the pre-departure lounge and departure areas.

CEB expects to carry more than 7 million passengers in 2008, 70 percent of whom will be domestic travelers. The airline carried more than 5 million passengers last year.

CEB has the youngest fleet of aircraft in the Philippines. CEB flies to 12, soon to be 14 international destinations, with the addition of Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi this April.  CEB also operates flights to 21 domestic destinations with the addition of Boracay (Caticlan) beginning February 29, 2008.

Limog-mog ug asin kada buntag.

Dear (blank - - - -),

Please, don't register in Tubag Bohol. I don't want you to reply my unknown letter.


Sincerely,

Dear ________ ,

Dili baja ko lamok nga imo lang sagpaon.
But thank you sa haplas.


Sincerely,

you're welcome, beth. kabalo baya ka kinsa mi-donate.

Hi _______ ,

At one of the lovely hills of Valencia, Bohol I composed a soul-searching poem. And it was all about you.

I don't know. You never said: "Thank you for the poem." You never said: "The poem was bad." You never said: "The poem was good." You did not say anything. I know that you got the poem, and that's all I know.

The hills of Valencia, Bohol had witnessed a forsaken affection.


just as I am,

Thanks to our donor. The other door is tubagbohol.com

no more www
no more http
no more mike

just type tubagbohol.com

you'll land on the same planet...

Happy Valentines kanatong tanan.

Lain ra ba nang maggukod-gukod kay mosangpot sa pagkinusiay.

Kinsa man kaha ni ang gipasabot ni Paul?

Pagkadaghan ra ug tanghaga aning Tubag Bohol.

Dear ________ ,

I still remember nga gilabay-labajan lamang ko nimo ug miingon ka nga unja na ka maka-atubang nako kay magpili pa ka ug tipasi sa humay ug mag-ad-ad pa ka ug bani kay nahutdan na ug tahop ang para lawog sa baboy.

Unja diay, nakit-an na lamang ka sa akong ig-agaw nga misajo ka ug adto sa bayle sa Purok Dos.

Salamat na lang sa imong pasalig. Di baja pud lalim maghuwat,

unknown man

Thank you, Bran. I'm about to cry now.

Dear _________ ,

I know that you have not found Tubag Bohol because no one has told you about this website. I am sure that you're not yet a member of Tubag Bohol, so I will be writing some letters about you, about the things that you did to me.

Pagnaa nay mag-invite nimo sa Tubag Bohol ug magpa-register na ka (we don't collect 12 dollars as registration fee, by the way), I will just ask one of the Global Admins of Tubag Bohol to delete these letters. I don't want you to read what I thought about you in the past.


Sincerely,

Dear _______ ,

Our professor in The Life and Works of Rizal loved to call you as the Josephine Bracken of our class and he named me, unfortunately, as the Rizal. You were always absent in our class, thus I never learned anything about our national hero.

At the end of the school year, I saw you again: you were already pregnant. Too young.

I should have sent myself into self-exile somewhere in Dapitan. But.


Sincerely,

Dear ______ ,

Why did you allow your officemates to read the letter I wrote just for you?
I was deeply hurt but I had forgiven you.


Sincerely,

Na-deliver na ang purtahan pero wa pay kandado. Gilihaan na hinuon.

kuyaw man diay pud ning mga Boholana mosulat ug love letters. di mabangbang.

For the girls of Tubag Bohol only. Injo na pong torno karon.

Dear _________ ,

You did not dance with me during our JS Prom. I don't know why you had to hurt me that night. You instead danced with your ex-bf. The gnawing pain in my heart was that our classmates were all looking at me as you drowned yourself in a music that tore my soul apart.

I remember how I scampered out of our school premise, walked hurriedly to a small store nearby, used collected coins in my pocket to buy two bottles of San Miguel beer, put a lot of Snowbear candies on them, and drank the beer without innocent hesitation.

I was young then. I don't remember myself drinking beer except that night. Ah, yes, I did. Because of you.

When the waves of pain had subsided, I came back to our JS Prom, and there I was, perhaps like a mad man, failing to recognize who you were in the eyes of my trampled heart, lost in the disillusionment of an unrequited affection, groping in the darkness of your cruelty.

I still have a picture of myself taken on that bruised night.

Dear (blank),

Masubay man jud ni karon.

I wrote you a love letter in pure Bisayan words. I thought you'd keep those melancholic pages of love letter private, but you passed it around, and many of your restless classmates at Divine High School in Tagbilaran were able to read it, and all of them desecrated my letter and mocked me because I wrote a love letter in Bisaya.

Ngano man diay ug mag-Binisaya ko?

First year high school pa ba ja ko adto...

Let me start:

Dear Miss ______ ,

I'm sorry Mrs naman diay ka karon. I don't know if you still remember this but still I do: wa ko nimo padajona sa injong balay sa akong pagpamisita nimo.

I went home past midnight after standing for several hours outside your house. Patience is a virtue, but daghan tawon ko ug pinaakan sa lamok adto.

You could have told me that you were not going to see me because your mother was so furious that a young boy from another barrio came to your doorstep so I would not have waited you that long, breathlessly anticipating for your illusive shadow to appear behind a muted door.

I can still remember how our classmates jeeringly laughed at me the next morning, asking me with mocking tone: "Mikeli, wa man kono ka padajona sa imong pagmisita ni (_______ )?"

Ngano kahang nakahibawo man sila?

Let's start a thread here. Short or long letter, it's okay. Just write your message to a woman nga wala mi kahibalo kinsa siya. Maybe you've been meaning to say this before but wa jud ka kasulti ani.

We won't ask who she is. Ikaw lang ang nakabalo.

Write now.

There was another one I wrote. 10 or 12 pages long, printed in long bond paper, 10 points of New Times Roman font, 1 inch each margin. If that was handwritten, it could have totaled to at least 30 pages.

4 to 5 hours.

It was 20 pages long just for one letter. I used yellow paper. The pen was Pilot 0.3.

I spent a lot for stamps.

Yes, I write love letters in pen and ink.

No one has answered the question.

By Bohol Sunday Post

Vice Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera yesterday urged Boholanos to remain calm in the face of unrest in the capital over the allegations linking former Chairman Benjamin Abalos and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo to the ZTE Broadband scandal.

"These are mere allegations that have not been proven yet. Let us wait for the results before making any conclusions," Herrera said.

The vice-governor added that both Abalos and the President's husband have denied the allegations made by Noel Lozada.

"It is still a long way to go before we will know the truth," Herrera added.

He said Boholanos should be careful about agitations being made by political interest groups who want to take advantage of the situation.

"We need to be very careful because any crisis can be exploited for selfish interest," he added.

The vice-governor said it would be better for people to just go on with their lives while the latest events are unfolding in Manila .

By Bohol Sunday Post

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap said Bohol is blessed to have leaders who are capable and spirited in executing development with equation on sustainability.

Yap issued the statement during an interview with the local in appreciation to First District Representative Edgar Chatto's efforts in influencing Congress into adopting and funding several major DA programs on farm enhancement and food sufficiency.

Yap lauded Chatto for securing funds for vital farm facilities such as small water impounding systems to wet ricelands outside the service areas of the existing irrigation systems.

He recounted how Chatto had also firmly lobbied for the budgets of other agencies that support food sufficiency program.

Yap again proved his high regard for the Bohol leaders in personally gracing the season-long training on protective culture and vegetables harvest festival culmination activity in Libaong, Panglao Wednesday last week.

It's bad for the economy. Most humans are reactive instead of proactive.

Thank you for the music, Zel. I like it.

By Bohol Sunday Post

The sea collision involving Ocean Jet 3 last week generated so much interest that
a senior citizen who is also a lawyer has come into the open and tipped off local media that two of its top officials including the owner were issued warrants of arrest last December.          

If not for the information provided by Loon-based lawyer Inccentes "Titing" Lopez, the local media would have been kept in the dark about the case faced by the two fast craft executives.

Haled to court for Violation of Section 4 (g) of Republic Act 9257 or the Senior Citizens Act, Victor Lua, one of the owners of Ocean Jet Fast Ferries Corp. and Roneldo Mendez, manager of the local Ocean Jet office here.

Municipal Trial Court in Cities Judge Sisinio Virtutdazo issued the warrants after City Prosecutor II Romeo Chatto found reasonable ground to believe that the two respondents had committed the offense charged.

In the information filed against the two, the prosecutor found probable cause to charge Lua and Mendez for their failure to discount the mandated 20% in boat fare from Tagbilaran City to Cebu city.
Lopez said despite his claim and protestations he was still made to pay the full amount of the fare.

Under the Senior Citizens Act, card bearing senior citizens issued by the Department of Social Services and Development (DSWD) are entitled to a 20% discount for every purchase of goods and services. Under the law, those with ages 60 above are considered senior citizens.

Upon receipt of the warrant which issued last December, the two accused posted bail at P4,000 each.

By Bohol Sunday Post

Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Lim yesterday detonated the verbal equivalent of an atomic bomb against bosom friend lawyer Victor de la Serna.

The dropping of the Lim bombshell ended weeks of bated anticipated after de la Serna tipped off this paper's BGlante about the city mayor's unexplained use of his discretionary funds.

This paper's BGlante column picked up the de la Serna tip and since then people of Tagbilaran have been waiting for Lim to make his own defenses against his former friend's potshots in the disbursement of discretionary funds.

The hot and cold relation of the two former friends began to surface when a common friend Kagawad Zenaido "Djingo" Rama had a falling out with Lim.
Apparently siding with Rama, de la Serna's relationship with Lim was never the same again.
The first verbal skirmish between the two erupted when de la Serna asked for a Copy of the Summary of Budget and Expenditure from City Budget Officer Rose Palma.

Taking the cudgels for his department head, Lim went on air to denounce de la Serna's demand for a copy of the city's summary of expenditure. The intensity of de la Serna's retaliation against Lim's tirades was not as devastating as what some people expected it to be. Then a cooling off period prevailed after the two were seen shaking hands at an uptown coffee house.

A few weeks later, de la Serna got what he demanded from Palma. When he got hold of the copy of expenditure, he said his attention was immediately attracted to the huge amount for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) for the office of the mayor. He cited the amount of P39.6 million plus and for the General Services Offices (GSO) which is P58 million plus or a total of P97.6 million. De la Serna said this amount is roughly one-third of the total city budget of P304.5 million. This was the city's budget last year.

LIM REACTS

Although he skirted on many occasions the issue of his discretionary funds, Lim minced no words when he drew the battle lines against his close friend.

In an emotion-filled radio program aired over Station DYRD where Lim is the main host and in subsequent interviews, the city mayor dared de la Serna to prove his allegations "or you will regret that you started this".

Viewed from the outside as a total war between two close friends, the Lim attack was calculated to pulverize de la Serna's allegations of city hall shenanigans.

The two erstwhile allies had a falling out when de la Serna started sending letters of inquiries to the City Budget Office about the budget and expenditures of the city.

Lim said he would have gladly provided the information de la Serna wanted but he did not like it when the latter furnished copies of his letter to the Sangguniang Panlungsod including Vice Mayor Jose Antonio Veloso.

The mayor said it is obvious that de la Serna is resorting to trial by publicity.

Responding to the latest letter de la Serna sent to city budget officer Rosemarie Palma, Lim said this is the last straw.

"I am formally asking the Ombudsman to investigate me, to determine if there is any anomaly or impropriety," he explained.

The mayor wants the anti-graft body to resolve "the very issues being hinted against me, namely, the amount appropriated for the maintenance and other operating expenses, the amount under my discretion and, most important of all, whether there is abuse of discretion and whether graft and corruption has been committed in the presence."

Lim accused de la Serna of going on a fishing expedition.

Published by the Bohol Standard

Town Mayor Maria Fe Añana-Piezas of Guindulman took the lead in the launching for the Search of the Cleanest, Greenest and Healthiest Barangays for this year.

The activity is part of her flagship programs. It was launched last February 6, 2008 at the Municipal Training Center simultaneous with orientation/briefing of the said search

It was participated in by the vice mayor, Sangguniang Bayan members, department heads, 19 barangay captains, barangay kagawads, barangay secretaries, barangay treasurers, NGO representatives, PO representatives, DepEd representatives and the private sector. Ex-Mayor Felix Casingcasing of Duero, private secretary of the mayor, provided details on the management of solid waste and the criteria for the said search. Ex-DILG Officer Melba Laga, provided inputs on the organizational structure of the Clean and Green Committee in all levels. DILG Jose Jekeri Taningco gave an account summary of the Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran “Clean and Green” Annual Search.

He encouraged full participation of all the members of the society to address the issues on environment, sanitation, solid waste and peace and order.

Prizes for the contest are as follow: 1st prize: P100k, second prize: P50k and third prize: P30k.

The awarding will be on May 2009 with the Quarterly Evaluation to be conducted starting March 2008.

By Felix Cempron
The Bohol Standard

“It is now high time for the province to purchase assorted units of heavy equipment to answer the needs for its roads maintenance work,” Engr. Edwin Vallejos said in an interview the other day.

Vallejos who heads the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) said the existing heavy equipment has become so incapacitated to do the road maintenance operation in the entire province.

Equipments of the provincial government now have a “Zero Book Value” considering that it was purchased 20 years back during the administration of former Gov. Constancio “Nonoy” Torralba in the later part of the 80’s.

The province has a total length of 920 kilometers provincial roads and 144 of which are already concreted, while the 10 kms are asphalted,” Vallejos added.

The purchase request was submitted to the office of the governor for no less than 20 brand new heavy equipment units; itemized as follows; 2 bulldozers, 4 road graders, 4 road rollers, 10 dump trucks, 2 pay loaders, 2 buck hoe, 3 water trucks with pump to be distributed to every congressional district, 1 fuel tanker, 3 service vehicle and 1 prime mover.

By the Bohol Standard

In answer to the two criminal cases filed against him by deputy city mayor Mariano Uy, respondent city councilor Edgar Lo Kapirig is asking the prosecutor handling the preliminary inquest to dismiss the two cases for lack of merit.

The preliminary hearing is set on Tuesday, Jan 12 with Assistant City Prosecutor Romeo Chatto, handling the twin complaints filed by Uy.

“The dye is cast. There is no turning back. I would even file cases of perjury against Mr. Uy’s witnesses if they are found lying under oath,” Kapirig said.

Two witnesses of the complainant, namely Jedo Lopena and Constantino Garcia did not have any personal knowledge of the alleged utterances that are subject of the Libel case filed by Uy. The two only just heard it from a certain Dr. Sepe allegedly admitting the utterances of Kapirig.

Being not present during the actual alleged incident, their testimonies are all hearsay, the answer of Kapirig stated.

Uy is suing Kapirig for Libel with a corresponding claim of P10-million for damages.

By the Bohol Standard

“A noble project such as Botika sa Katawhan should be beyond reproach and must be allowed to continue with utmost transparency and without any taint of public suspicion.”

City councilor Zenaido “Djingo” Rama said this as he intend to submit a proposed resolution tomorrow during the Sangguniang Panlungsod regular session, urging the city council in their collective capacity, to conduct a probe on the operation of Botika sa Katawhan which is supported by the city government and generating donations from well-meaning private donors.

“My intention is actually to preserve the integrity of this noble project which has helped a lot many of our constituents,” Rama said. The Botika sa Katawhan gives free medicines to indigent city residents and is managed and operated by deputy city mayor Mariano Uy.

“Though Mr. Uy claims that this project is his idea and is private in nature, it cannot be denied that it is imbued with public interest since government resources are also utilized in its operation and it is even sanctioned by the city government,” Rama stressed.

The Bohol Standard

Again, a former close ally of City Mayor Dan Lim is breathing fire close to his neck asking where and how P97.6-million in the year 2006 was spent.

Lawyer and former OIC governor Victor de la Serna, in his letter to City Budget Officer Rosemarie Palma dated Feb. 4, 2008, said the total of P97.6-million, or roughly ONE THIRD of the total budget of the city of P304.5 million in 2006 is just “too big to be left to the discretion of any public official” of the City of Tagbilaran which has an annual budget of only P304 million.

The latest demand of the former governor particularly asked “listing of these items of expenditures” which he presumed is “programmed items” of expenditures for social services and other expense items.

Giving the City Mayor the benefit of the doubt, De la Serna surmised that “maybe these items are expenditures that were just classified under the general heading of Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) for the City Mayor and the GSO.”

The Bohol Chronicle

The P2-million burglary of runway lights, transformers and insulators was virtually solved with the voluntary surrender of the suspects to Gov. Erico Aumentado yesterday.

The prime suspect who will turn state witness was escorted by his father to the residence of the governor yesterday noon to provide other information leading to the case.

The parent of the prime suspect surfaced yesterday after he heard the "fatherly" appeal of Gov. Aumentado aired last Thursday during the top-rated dyRD "Tagbilaran-By-Nite."

"Nakonsensya ko, human nakabati sa hangyo ni Gobernor," the father narrated when interrogated by PNP Provl Director Edgardo Ingking and City Police chief Jacinto Cesar in the presence of the governor.

"Junil" will turn state witness while other suspects remain at large.

Col. Cesar said that other suspects will be picked up momentarily.

The stolen items were admitted to have been sold to city-based junk shops at very low cost as they were considered as scrap iron. Mayor Dan Lim immediately ordered the closure of all junk shops here.

Meanwhile, Gov. Aumentado received the assurance that the runway lights be restored by the Air Transportation Office (ATO) central offices after the governor personally met with top ATO officials in Manila last week.

The security of the airport and safety of the planes is our prime concern, the governor said when he swung into action to order the police for the manhunt and at the same time asked ATO to replace the stolen runway lights.

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Over talks of high prices of fish, two government agencies in the province see the need to increase fish catch and production in the province by 43 percent.

While ruling out the existence of a fish cartel operating here in the province which manipulates the supply of fish and its exorbitant pricing, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said there is a widening gap between production and consumption of fish here.

Speaking at the Kapihan sa PIA, Engr. Maximiano Servillon and Ghenie Mayol of BAS and BFAR respectively, admitted there is a dwindling fish catch in the province.

Over-fishing and bad practices of commercial fishers here were likewise cited as the cause of the dwindling supply while consumption has significantly gone up.

"Total consumption is simply too big compared to the supply," said Servillon.

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Some 17 junk shops here are being closed down by Mayor Dan Lim.

The mayor's order came after the city police arrested the suspects of stealing 47 transformers and runway lights at the City Airport, reportedly worth P2 million.

The junkyard owners were already told by the mayor to stop its operations as police have linked cases of theft to junk shops.

Several reported stolen items by residents end up sold as scrap items at junk yards, according to police.

Since last year, the mayor has not issued business permits to junk yard operators.

The closure orders were served last Thursday by the City Permits and Licensing Section.

However, if the junk yards continue to operate this week, city general services officer Mark Leo Monton said a task force will enforce the closure order.

By Ariel Fullido

The 30-minute public affairs, information, news and commentary radio program, "Nangutana Lang…," the 2008 Bohol Tri-Media Excellence Awardee as Best Public Affairs Radio Program, is already eight years old in the airlines since it started airing in February 14, 2000.

Aired provincewide over radio stations DYRD and DYZD from 6:30 to 7:00 o'clock in the evening, Monday to Saturday, the radio program tackles the important issues of the day, in the local, national and international scene. Listeners are welcome to send written or phoned-in questions on varied concerns that need to be expounded on.

"Nangutana Lang…" is hosted by Alturas PR & Marketing Manager, Loy M. Palapos, and co-anchored by Alturas Promotions/Advertising Officer, Ariel E. Fullido; Alturas Safety and Security Officer, Sammy Cadenas; and Alturas PR Management Trainee, Junessa Requeron, who is a Mass Com graduate.

A noted speaker and newspaper columnist, Palapos is a former host of the top rated radio program in Surigao. He honed his talent in radio journalism and broadcasting when he was invited by Msgr. Bishop Miguel C. Cinchez, D.D., Bishop of Surigao, as Station Manager of DXSN. His one-hour daily radio commentary, "Sultihi Ang Katawhan," lorded it over other radio programs in the 6:30-7:30 PM slot both in the city and province of Surigao for more than two years. He also hosted a talk-show entitled "One-On-One" on TV 12 of Surigao City, where he had the chance to interview noted personalities like his Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu; multi-awarded actor Christopher de Leon, Congressman Baby Navaro, the Sering Brothers, business tycoon Danding Cojuangco, and now senator Aquilino Pimentel.

Published by the Bohol Chronicle

PS Bank loans processor Archie Macute will seal marital vows with former Bohol Chronicle staff Lydemar Pernia on Saturday, Feb. 16, 1:30 p.m. at the St. Joseph Cathedral, this city.

Lydemar, also a former call center agent of Sykes Asia, Inc. is the daughter of the late Margaret Pernia, while Archie is the son of Jose and Erlinda Macute. Both the bride and groom are resident of this city.

To solemnize the matrimonial rites are Rev. Fr. Reynaldo I. Pernia, main celebrant; Rev. Fr. Andres M. Inting, co-celebrant, Rev. Fr. Milan Ted D. Torralba and Rev. Fr. Victor G. Bompat.

Principal sponsors: Alfonso C. Macute, Loreta M. Nator, Dr. Daniel A. Lao, Porferia C. Lao, Francisco M. Maslog, Alice M. Brace, Antonio S. Araneta, Charito D. Araneta, Ruel C. Ungab, Reje M. Alesna, Mario O. Fernandez, Evelyn D. Torralba, Bonifacio M. Tenchavez, Veneranda A. Tenchavez, Moises M. Dumas, Eudoxia A. Dumas, Deodato R. Butawan, Teresita P. Oracion, Camilo L. Gasatan, Marietta S. Gasatan, Margarito I. Pernia, Edesia T. Pernia.

Peer sponsors: Aldrin B. Avergonzado, Liramie E. Graziani, Rodrigo G. Balaba, Josette Donna F. Correos, Induceasar T. Pernia, Josylyn M. Ceballos, Joseph Bonifer M. Borja, Melinda A. Budlong, Joseph Ryan A. Reynes, Nerissa N. Villocido, Alistair O. Yu, Dianne Lyn C. Montesclaros, Portus G. Macute, Stephanie H. Maraguinot.

Matron of honor: Rosalouise P. Ungab; best man: Arthur M. Macute; maid of honor: Jessica S. Naya; groomsmen: Atty. Jossil R. Macute, Elmo Joseph P. Maslog, Julius P. Maslog, Mark M. Macute;

Bridesmaids: Joyce Rose B. Tatad, Janice Ann T. Guzman, Joan Ramonette A. Reynes, Jane Rachel A. Reynes; junior groomsmen: Antoine A. Pernia; junior bridesmaid: Paulyn Jhoana M. Ceballos; candle: Ryan M. Luminarias, Jodith Marie E. Fronteras; veil: John Dominic C. Migriño, Jonna de Vinice M. Migiño; cord: Franklen P. Maslog, Karen Jean G. Trumpeta;

Bible Bearer: Chaz Emmanuel S. Pernia; ring bearer: Russel Austin Dreggs P. Ungab; coin bearer: Jostle Doen P. Pilayre; flower girls: Princess Jency M. Zamora, Mae Joy S. Inting; readers: Ida Marie T. Pernia, first reading; Jan Neil A. Dumas, second reading;

Responsorial psalm: Mark Munel S. Torralba; prayers of the faithful: Sigrid Marie G. Boiser; mass commentator: Gizelle C. Oliquiano; aisle candle lighters: Jumar B. Baba, Joann Paulette P. Baba; offerers: host and wine Ernesto I. Pernia, Adelfa S. Pernia; cruets and ciborium Robert P. Shecker, Sirila O. Shecker;

Fruits: Linda L. Pernia, Marc Anthony E. Pernia; flowers: Arvin T. Avergonzado, Farrah Marie T. Flores; candle: Bebiano M. Inting, Henrietta I. Sepe; emcee: Glenn M. Lumantao, Dorothy Jeane P. Pilayre; choir: Five Star Band; reception band: 704; usherettes: Cindy K. Argallon, Thea G. Taleon.

By Dodong Ocon

Concordia Payot Vestal, founder and chairman of Concordia Payot Vestal Foundation, Inc. of the Payot - Tima Clan of Malayo Norte, Cortes, recently visited her two foundations for the annual meeting of the board and to grace the fiesta celebrations of her hometown in Cortes.

Vestal an avid advocate for educational growth of the youth in her hometown and whose long stint in the U.S. enabled her to accumulate some resources through hard work as nurse in several hospitals, gained more support not only from her peers but also from other generous Filipinos of Las Vegas. A wife of the former assistant provincial fiscal Virgilio Vestal, she has consistently been shelling out for the

studies of her relatives' children in college and those of other poor and deserving students in the locality. Every year she celebrates her birthday in her hometown making it a Christmas outside December, through distribution of gifts, foods, rice and other goodies to her barrio folks.

With her fellow Boholanos in Las Vegas Vestal with Delia Sanchez Davis, daughter of former Clarin Mayor Luis Sanchez, among a few, has conceived an idea of forming Boholanos of Las Vegas Nevada (BLVN) through a foundation to financially assist poor and deserving Boholano students studying at the Central Visayas State College of Agriculture Fisheries and Trade (CVSCAFT) in Tagbilaran City. She is also a chairman and vice president of the foundation. With all these, more students and faculty are grateful to the foundation which really boosts the morale and integrity of the school.

Holy Name University (HNU), main project proponent, will launch Tuesday the Water Assessment, Testing, Education and Research Support Services (WATERSS) Project.

With a P3-million grant from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), through its Philippine-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP), and a counterpart of more than P5 million from HNU, WATERSS promises to provide the most comprehensive water quality testing in Bohol as well as be in the forefront of Water Resource Management endeavors in the province.

Bossa nova queen Sitti Navarro, as presented by Nescafe in cooperation with Hapee Toothpaste, Dazz Dishwashing Aids, Zonrox Bleach, Panglao Island Nature Resort & Spa, The MetroCentre Hotel and Convention Center and BQ Mall, will perform in a Valentine Dinner Concert on Friday, Feb. 15, at the Verdant Pavilion of Panglao Island Nature Resort & Spa.

Endowed and successful in life, what possibly Sitti ina Navarro Baidin (her full name) could ask for? It's not only her simple bewitching charms that has captured millions of adoring fans, but also her enigmatic voice on stage and the immense energy in her persona that makes her distinct and unique among the rest.

With a repertoire that surely impresses and melts everybody's hearts, catch Sitti perform live as she will serenade the Boholanos on February 15.

Sitti in A Dinner Concert is also brought by Clear Anti-Dandruff Shampoo, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Bank of Commerce, Swift Corned Beef, Downy 1-Banlaw, Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdog, Gerry's Grill-Bohol, Bohol Machine Shop and Engineering Works, Dunkin' Donuts, Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils., Development Bank of the Phils and Campsite Resto Bar.

- The Bohol Chronicle