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Where were local officials of Bohol town?
By Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
3:06 am | Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013


Earthquake victims in Bohol province need tents to protect them from the elements and drinking water to prevent and outbreak of diarrhea in the crowded evacuation centers.

My staff and I, as well as some doctors from St. Luke’s Hospital in Quezon City, went to Loon and Catigbian towns in Bohol province over the weekend.

We found that most townsfolk in Loon had abandoned their houses and were living in makeshift shelters.

Loon was the one of the hardest-hit by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Bohol and Cebu, another devastated province, on Oct. 15.

Quote from: islander on October 22, 2013, 05:33:41 PM
na, modaog gyod si nognog pagka-presidente anang kalakiha.

Maoy gidangat. Sakto tuod.

The poll body will also come out with a resolution that the candidates should not take part in the distribution.

The Comelec en banc decided to postpone the elections for the entire province of Bohol because of the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.2 quake last week.

Meanwhile Chairman Brillantes said he is confident that the Sandiganbayan would favor Commissioner Grace Padaca's motion to lift the arrest warrant issued against her for not attending the arraignment set last week on a pending graft case.

"Eto naman procedural error lang ito after the explanation generally ni-li-lift naman yon," Brillantes said.

But he said, Sandiganbayan could have been a little more reasonable by not setting Padaca's arraignment very close to the barangay elections.

Brillantes, however, assured that the barangay elections are unlikely to be affected with the recent developments in the case of Commissioner Padaca.

Bohol, Zambo brgy polls moved to Nov. 25
ANC â€" 1 hour 34 minutes ago

   
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reset the date of the barangay elections in Bohol and Zamboanga to November 25.

Comelec Commissioner Sixto Brillantes told reporters that they will be conducting the special polls for both provinces on the said sate to prevent any holdover period for incumbent barangay officials. The term of the incumbents ends on November 30.

The Comelec has yet to release the calendar of activities, but Brillantes said the election period for both provinces will start on October 25, thirty days before elections.

The filing period for the Certificates of Candidacy in Bohol has been extended for two days, while Zamboanga candidates will be given 6 days to file their COC's.

In the event where school buildings are not rehabilitated by the time of the elections, the Comelec is ready to build makeshift polling places in school compounds to facilitate the elections, Brillantes said.

The Comelec will also be supervising the distribution of relief goods in Bohol to make sure candidates in the barangay elections don't use the goods for their campaigning.

"Meron nang executive order na nagbibigay, it will trickle down from the national, to the provincial, to the municipal, to the barangay. Gusto naming putulin yon, hindi pwede ang barangay," Brillantes said in a statement.

Quote from: islander on October 22, 2013, 05:23:49 PM
awww, c'mon hubie babie, don't be a psycho.

Not me. Sorry. I still have these nightmares...

Eastern Visayas helps

Archbishop John Du of Palo in Leyte province has urged people to help victims of the earthquake.

Fr. Amadeo Alvero, a spokesman for the archdiocese, said Du launched a fund drive for the earthquake victims on Sunday.

While Eastern Visayas felt the earthquake, it did not cause damage to any part of the region.

The Archdiocese of Palo covers the provinces of Leyte, Biliran and the three Samar provinces (Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar).

Southern Leyte is part of the Cebu archdiocese.

The Leyte provincial government also plans to provide financial assistance to Bohol.

Leyte Vice Gov. Carlo Loreto said he and other officials of the province would travel to Bohol to turn over the financial aid as well as relief goods.â€"With a report from Joey Gabieta, Inquirer Visayas

Power restoration

Despite the national government’s promise to restore electricity in the province within three days, 18,308 homes remained without power a week after the quake.

Chatto said the Bohol Electric Cooperative still had to inspect the homes before reinstalling power.

Relief has reached 29 municipalities in the province, with 15 still to get help.

With the reopening of more roads, however, the movement of relief goods is expected to pick up speed.

Chatto said municipal disaster councils were running the relief operations to ensure that there would be no gaps in distribution.

By Carmel Loise Matus
Inquirer Visayas
3:47 am | Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013



A Philippine Air Force helicopter hovers above the totally collapsed Our Lady of Light church at Loon, Bohol, Thursday Oct.17, 2013. The damage caused by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol province on Oct. 15 has been estimated to reach P2.5 billion, including the damage to heritage churches, which is estimated at P1.1 billion, Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said on Monday, Oct. 21. AP PHOTO/BULLIT MARQUEZ


TAGBILARAN CITYâ€"The damage caused by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol province on Oct. 15 has been estimated to reach P2.5 billion, Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said on Monday.

The damage to heritage churches is estimated at P1.1 billion, although the amount is based on the cost of restoring the centuries-old structures, Chatto said.

He said the damage to infrastructure reached P830 million; to the municipal hall, P106 million; to hospitals, P92 million; and to the province’s economy, P52 million.

The first district of Bohol sustained the biggest damage, he added.

Roads have been opened to traffic, including the shorter routes going to the eastern part of Bohol, the governor told a briefing.

He said provincial officials were looking for alternate routes to cross the isolated towns of Maribojoc and Loon from Cortes town.

Big rocks that block the road from San Isidro to Antequera will be blasted, Chatto said.

Pwede pud kini ang iyang gipatik sa bags:

Alang sa pinangga kong mga Bol-anon nga biktima sa linog--
Dawata kining diyutayng hinabang. Kaninyo nagmahal, Nognog.

A Prayer after an Earthquake
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/


Creator God, at times such as this,
when we realised that the ground beneath our feet is not as solid as we had imagined, we plead for your mercy.
As the things we have built crumble,
we know too well how small we truly are on this ever-changing, ever-moving,
fragile planet we call home.
Yet you have promised never to forget us.
Do not forget us now.
Today, so many people are afraid.
They wait in fear of the next tremor.
They hear the cries of the injured amid the rubble.
They roam the streets in shock at what they see.
And they fill the dusty air with wails of grief and the names of missing dead.
Comfort them, O God, in this disaster.
Be their rock when the earth refuses to stand still,
and shelter them under your wings when homes and offices no longer exist.
Embrace in your arms those who died so suddenly.
Console the hearts of those who mourn,
and ease the pain of bodies on the brink of death.
Pierce, too, our hearts with compassion, we who watch from afar,
as our friends and relatives experience misery upon misery.
Move us to act swiftly this day,
to give generously every day, to work for justice always,
and to pray unceasingly for those without hope.
And once the shaking has ceased,
the images of destruction have stopped filing the news,
and our thoughts return to life's daily rumblings,
let us not forget that we are all your children
and they, our sisters and brothers.
We are all the work of your hands.
For though the mountains leave their place and the hills be tossed to the ground,
your love shall never leave us and your promise of peace will never be shaken.
Lord, show us your mercy and love,
And grant us your salvation.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth,
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Now and forever. Amen.

Copyright 2010, Diana Macalintal.

Quote from: islander on October 22, 2013, 11:54:32 AM
Solidum explained that the north offshore fault in Bohol, which most likely generated last Tuesday’s earthquake, would have to “save up enough energy for hundreds of years before it could move the northern side of Bohol and Cebu again.”

Moreover, no one can really predict when and where an earthquake would happen, much less how strong it would be.

There. It can't get any clearer that this.

“I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to pray for that dear nation, which in recent days has suffered different calamities,” Francis said.

Prior to the earthquake, typhoons also flooded several provinces in Luzon.

Last Friday, the pontiff called on Filipinos and other Asian Catholics to have mercy for the poor and the oppressed.

“Don’t get tired of bringing the mercy of the Father to the poor, the sick, the abandoned, the young people, and the family,” he said in his video message for the Philippine Conference on New Evangelization at the University of Santo Tomas.

By Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 22, 2013 - 12:00am



Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the people of the Philippines during his Angelus prayer at the Vatican last Sunday, when he asked the world to pray for the earthquake victims. AP


MANILA, Philippines - Pope Francis has appealed to the world to pray for the victims of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that rocked Central Visayas last week and claimed the lives of at least 186 people.

CBCPNews, the official news service provider of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, reported that the pope made the appeal after the Angelus last Sunday.

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 22, 2013, 02:21:19 PM
Lami man gud sabwan. Tingtugnaw naman, Kahibawo man ka aning gabok na ug tuhod lagi.

Hmm, makapalig-on diay nig tuhod? Aw, no problem kon tuhod ray gabok...

9. Strangely enough, tarsiers have been recovered in Metro Manilaâ€"most likely because they were smuggled to the area. In June, one was found Forbes Park’s Manila Golf and Country Club. Meanwhile, in July, another one was found inside a bag left in a bus in Cubao, Quezon City. Sadly, both tarsiers died while under the care of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB). They were set to be flown back to Bohol but the trauma of their displacement may have been too much for them to take. Both tarsiers died of heart attacks.

10. Female tarsiers become fertile in April or May.

3. The average weight of a newborn tarsier is 23 grams.

4. Tarsiers prefer to be secluded and are very territorial.

5. Tarsiers need a lot of spaceâ€"at least one hectare per tarsier.

6. Tarsiers are nocturnal and should ideally be not disturbed during day time.

7. A tarsier can turn its head by 180 degrees to nearly 360 degrees. It has to do this because it can't see from the corner of its eyes.

8. They may commit suicide during captivity due to trauma from touching and loud noise.

Most of Bohol's tourist-dependent industries lamented the fact that no tourists have come since the quake hit. Church tours and the Loboc River Cruise have been cancelled. The Tarsier Sanctuary also hasn't gotten any visitors, which is just as well since the animals need time to recover.

In honor of Bohol's prized primates, check out some of the facts we gathered from the Philippine Tarsier Foundation Inc., the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, as well as a couple of news articles.

1. The natives of Bohol call tarsiers by several names: "magau," "mamag," "maomag," "malmag," "magatilok-iok," and "mago." A tarsier often measures no more than 100 millimeters, its tail is considerably longer than its body (189 to 293 millimeters for males). The animal uses the tail much like a tripod.

2. Tarsiers are pregnant for six months.

ANC â€" Sun, Oct 20, 2013





When calamities strike, animals often get neglected. But in Bohol, there's a lot of concern for the tarsiers. The primates, which are endemic to the area, have easily become one of its most popular tourist attractions through the years.

The magnitude 7.2 quake, which hit the Visayas region on October 15, has definitely caused a whole lot of trauma on the fragile creatures. The epicenter of the quake was somewhere near Carmen, Bohol. The roads to the Tarsier Reservation in Corella, Bohol were not damaged, but the frightened tarsiers reportedly went down from the trees and stayed on the ground.

Loay? Pagamay-gamay ra diay ning lungsora, daghan diayng big-time hustlers...

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 22, 2013, 01:57:04 PM
Karon pa ko kalili aning Open Letter ni Bay Hubs da.

Wa bay laing open dihaa nga baho baho na? Hahahaha.

Ngano diay? Unsaon man nimo?

By the way, asa man ni nga barangay? Which town?

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 22, 2013, 10:45:15 AM


From the Facebook page of Kathy Estillore and shared by Virgilio Muyco Calcaben.

Unsa man ni, Bay Tigs? Relief goods nga giagi sa local government, then gipatabanan og sample ballot prior to distribution?

Quote from: islander on October 22, 2013, 10:00:26 AM
Mel Abandula-Castro:


Their house badly damaged, my grandparents moved to safer ground camping out in a makeshift tent in a remote barrio in Maribojoc. My grandmother has never left my 92 year-old grandfather's side, who is still recovering from a stroke. She has been sleeping on a wooden plank for several nights now; and when the rain would pour in the night, she would curl up her knees to keep her feet from getting wet. When I visited them for the first time since the earthquake, I found they were not given their relief goods because 'they could no longer vote'.

Quote from: Chongki on October 22, 2013, 12:49:34 PM
mabuhay ang mga unsung heroes

Yes, may their tribe increase!

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 15, 2013, 02:18:01 PM

Hmm, come to think of it. A psycho might look at this pic and say Goldie is about to strangle Blackie...

Quote from: islander on October 22, 2013, 09:57:18 AM
i have two all-black cats, and they're the greatest cats i've ever known.

Hmm, must be your trusted familiars...

Quote from: bugsay on October 21, 2013, 11:52:10 PM
....ug ninghugpa ang kalinaw..

...nga nakapaaghat kang Senyor Bugsay pagluwat og upat ka bililhong mga pulong...

Quote from: Pikoy on October 21, 2013, 11:32:26 PM
weee bai hubs..maulagi tuhik kog kadaghan oi..kay lami ning tuhik haha...

shukran sadik sapagwilkam..tuhik nasad ta ani..

asa naman ron si lolla kay akong tuhikon..

Hmm, kanang tuhik nga kinonsehal, ha? Aron di mauwawan ang atong kaliwat...

“Algaculture designs a new symbiotic relationship between humans and algae. It proposes a future where humans will be enhanced with algae living inside new bodily organs, allowing us to be semi-photosynthetic,” Burton Nitta wrote on their website.

“As such, we will be symbionts (meaning that both entities entirely depend on each other for survival), entering into a mutually beneficial relationship with the algae.”

So, does the Algaculture Symbiosis Suit whet your appetite or make you wrinkle your brow? While you’re weighing your decision, check out video of the suit’s operatic debut.

The suit debuted last year outside the Victoria and Albert Museum. There, an opera singer wore the algaculture symbiosis suit, sang to the crowd and generated enough new algae populations during her performance that audience members were treated to a post-show snack.

Sounds crazy, right? No ones wants to eat an entire diet of algae. But hold up. You probably consume more algae than you think. That sushi you had last night and the ice cream you had for dessert, even the mayonnaise you spread on your lunchtime turkey sandwich â€" all have derivatives of algae.

http://news.discovery.com/
AUG 13, 2013 11:36 AM ET // BY NIC HALVERSON





One person’s head-mounted torture device may be another person’s idea of food. Case in point: the Algaculture Symbiosis Suit.

No, the above photo is not a movie still from the next installment of the “Saw” franchise. It’s a symbiosis suit, designed by artists Michael Burton and Michiko Nitta (known as Burton Nitta), that grows food while wearers go about their daily business. A series of tubes, placed in front of the mouth, capture carbon dioxide and feed it to a constantly-growing population of suit-embedded algae. But algae needs sunlight to grow, right? Easy, the wearer just needs to sit by a window or go outside.

1. Russian Federation

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 53.5%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): n/a
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 4.9% (5th lowest)

In 2011, more than half of Russia’s population 25 to 64 had attained a tertiary education. Additionally, nearly 95% of adults held at least an upper-secondary qualification at that time, compared with the OECD average of 75%. Russia has, according to the OECD, a “historically strong investment in education.” However, recent news could tarnish Russia’s well-educated image. Reports suggest widespread corruption in the education system, including cheating on standardized tests, selling of doctorates to politicians and the wealthy and fake thesis factories.

2. Canada

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 51.3%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 2.3%
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 6.6% (10th highest)

As of 2011, about one in four Canadian adults â€" the highest proportion in the OECD â€" had attained a career-oriented, skill-based education. In 2010, Canada spent $16,300 for post-secondary schooling per student annually, second only to the United States, which spent well over $20,000 per student. As a percentage of GDP, Canada spent nearly double the OECD average on the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree.

3. Japan

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 46.4%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 3.0% (14th lowest)
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 5.1% (6th lowest)

Japan spent a smaller percentage of its GDP on education than the average country measured by the OECD. But the country still has one of the most educated populations in the world. Additionally, nearly 23% of Japanese adults were proficient at the highest levels of literacy, roughly double the U.S. proportion. High school graduation rates were also among the best in the world in 2011. According to the OECD, average yearly spending per tertiary student in 2010 was considerably higher than the OECD average, and it is expected to increase.

4. Israel

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 46.4%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): n/a
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 7.5% (5th highest)

In Israel, 18- to 21-year-old men and 18- to 20-year-old women are required to enlist in the military. According to the OECD, this has resulted in much lower levels of enrollment for residents in this age group. The average graduate from a tertiary program in Israel also tends to be older than in much of the OECD. Annual spending per student for primary through tertiary education is considerably lower than other well-educated countries. With two American chemists who emigrated from Israel winning the Nobel Prize recently, the country may attempt to boost tertiary funding in the future, according to The Wall Street Journal.

5. United States

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 42.5%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 1.4% (the least)
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 7.3% (6th highest)

Public spending increased by 5% on average among OECD countries between 2008 and 2010. In the United States, however, spending decreased by 1% during that time. Still, the U.S. spent more than $22,700 per student in 2010 across all levels of education, by far the most among countries reviewed. Once they have 10 years of experience under their belt, American secondary school teachers earn some of the highest salaries for their profession among developed nations. Yet, on average, 16- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. display the lowest mathematical proficiency out of all the countries assessed by the OECD.

6. Korea

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 40.4%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 4.9% (6th highest)
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 7.6% (3rd highest)

Koreans have a relatively good chance of finding a job after receiving an education. Just 2.6% of adults in the country with the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree were unemployed. This was less than any country reviewed by the OECD with the exception of Norway. Korean teachers have among the best salaries among countries reviewed by the OECD. As a percentage of GDP, spending on tertiary education and advanced research programs in 2010 was the highest among countries reviewed. Most of this did not come from the Korean government. Private expenditure accounted for 72.74% of post-secondary institutions funding, third highest in the OECD.

7. United Kingdom

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 39.4%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 4.0%
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 6.5% (12th highest)

About three-quarters of tertiary education in the United Kingdom was funded by private sources in 2010, second only to Chile among countries reviewed by the OECD. This share of private expenditure on tertiary education has more than doubled since the year 2000. Overall spending on education has gone up in the U.K. According to the OECD, that investment has paid off, as evidenced by the country’s increased tertiary graduation rates. Additionally, since 2000, the U.K. has become a preferred destination for international students, second only to the United States.

8. New Zealand

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 39.3%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 2.9%
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 7.3% (7th highest)

After completing secondary school, many New Zealanders pursue technical, skill-based educations. Of the country’s adults, well over 15% had attained this kind of college education, among the highest proportions among nations reviewed by the OECD. Spending on education in New Zealand amounted to 7.28% of national GDP in 2010, about the same proportion as the United States. An estimated 21.2% of the New Zealand government’s total spending went to education, nearly double the OECD average.

9. Finland

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 39.3%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 1.7%
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 6.5% (11th highest)

Based on the performance of Finland’s secondary school students on international tests, the country has a very effective education system. Finland’s investment in education continues past secondary school. The Finnish government spent nearly 2% of its GDP on bachelor’s degree equivalent programs, higher than every country reviewed excepting Korea. Finland’s higher education system is almost entirely government-run. Public funding accounted for nearly 96% of all tertiary spending in the country in 2010, more than every other country except for Norway. The OECD average was just 68%.

These are the 10 most educated countries in the world.


10. Australia

> Pct. population with tertiary education: 38.3%
> Average annual growth rate (2000-2011): 3.1%
> Education expenditure as pct. of GDP: 6.1% (15th lowest)

Australia has been a popular destination for international students for some time. In 2009, more than 25% of the total population in Australia was foreign-born, the highest percentage of any country reviewed by the OECD. According to The Wall St. Journal, however, foreign students’ interest in Australian tertiary education is declining, and Australian universities have restructured their programs to better compete for international students. Recipients of advanced degrees in Australia have a relatively high chance of finding a job. In 2011, Australian adults who completed advanced research programs had among the lowest unemployment rates in the world.

Quote from: islander on October 21, 2013, 04:41:31 PM
yeheey, pikoy appears.  maghudyaka ta.  bai hubs, afir na pod bi.  dia na bitaw pikoy.  who knows, si bugsay di na pod morag abat nga nagtagolilong...

Bitaw, pagpermi mo diri aron ang hamis nga aping sa TB di takboyan og kaskaro...

Quote from: Pikoy on October 21, 2013, 03:57:10 PM
Halo guys!!!

Kamusta naman ninyong hurot? Sensya na karon pajud ko kabalik intawon, sa mga nabiktima sa linog sakabisayaan CEBU & d most affected areas in bohol just keep moving Guys, everything happened for a reason don't lose hope, bec. Hope is the Road & Faith is the Victory so Ampo lang gyud ta kaagabay sa atong pag bangon.,OK!
....and now i'm here again, mibalik ako kay gimingaw kaninyo specially sa akong kagubat ug binatbatay ngari no other than BAI HUBS, but sad to hear nga mupahawa daw siya tungod lang sa isa ka tao...no, no,...

Bai HUBS, Pls Stay my dear brother,Sir, Kuya, Manong etc. ayaw ibaylo ang (50)singkwenta laban sa (1) isa lang, paubos lang sa ta kay ang magpaubos ipataas man, nya ang magpataas ipaubos mn dba..so pasagdahi lang usa na Sir baalong sa iyang gibate., Ginoo ray maigo niya, i ampo nalang nato siya.

REgards,
murag korek PIKS

Wow! Long time no gimaw
But now Pikoy sinaw!

Ayaw kog ingna nga igo ra kang motuhik kausa. Ayaw sigig lubog, makabunhok na. Tuyhakaw pud usahay!

Bitaw, wilkam bak, Bay Piks. Ayaw pagpunay og apong sa mga camel diha...

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 20, 2013, 11:07:02 PM
Dearest beloved Manong Hubs,


Please take into consideration all the friends and fellow learners you've made here in Tubag Bohol. Your leaving this forum affects all of us because we all have made deep connections here, sharing each others' passions, peculiarities, and interests. You cannot leave Tubag Bohol, because I will not allow you to. I have already communicated with Mr. Econg to cease his deplorable postings that affect many people. It has been my prayer that peace be restored here, that we all come together and in peace. My tenure here in Tubag Bohol, which started back in summer's eve of 2007 was delightful. There have been many characters, personalities that were here before my arrival and one thing that was unique of Tubag Bohol was the dispensation of information and the intrigue of many personalities. As we chart and pave through this path that is -- online forum -- we learn a lot from each other. There have been many people who came to this forum, established rapport, and left. The challenge of the minds was a frequent phenomenon.

When you came to this forum, I once thought that you were a young individual and found interest in debating with you. You and I, yes, had our differences of opinion in the past, but through the many intellectual interactions with you -- I realized that : 1) you're not young , but rather are filled with wisdom and concepts for all of us -- most especially for me -- to ponder upon. 2) Life lessons. You may not know this, but I have truly cherished you here, Manong. You've taught me to learn to swallow my pride, and yes that was one thing that I had a lot of, in excess of. Foolish pride, which was actually a barrier for me to establish true friendships here in my own life -- I was always a competitive fellow. Through indirect and direct admonition from you and others, I realized some qualities and traits within myself that should be modified. Humility was always a concept you forwarded to us here in Tubag Bohol, either through indirect messages and postings.

Through these past 5 years that I've interacted with you and learned from you, Manong, I've developed a deeper understanding and love of things that I have not shared. Most importantly through spiritual things. You may not know this but I remember when you once shared with me and others here that you were an ex-seminarian, a Salesian, to be exact, and have remembered some of the life experiences you've shared with us -- interspersed tho it may have been -- throughout the many forums and subforums in Tubag Bohol. I guess i have developed a deep fond affection and respect for you. I don't want you to leave Tubag Bohol. I forbid it. I won't accept it. You will stay. You will continue to be part of this -- Family. You can't become part of a family and just leave like this as if we don't matter as if -- we're just something to be tossed away. Just know that peace will be restored. Till then, I will pray that you will find it in your heart to stay here...and continue to be a lively part of our family. We all have our own pecularities, sometimes, some irritable aspects (i know i have a lot! he he), but nonetheless, we are all family. And we are all beloved by each other.

I love you Manong. We all love you. Ajaw kami ilabay ra intawon.




Sincerely Yours,
Always,
Bran Bran

Well taken, my young friend. And thank you for all the sweet assurances.

Quote from: Chongki on October 20, 2013, 06:35:05 PM

Quote from: bugsay on October 20, 2013, 07:27:14 PM

Quote from: islander on October 20, 2013, 03:28:51 PM
oh-oh, i need time to digest this...

Quote from: Lollapalooza on October 20, 2013, 03:55:53 PM
ouch... this is not what i wanted to happen but it happened... really sad

Quote from: hofelina on October 20, 2013, 04:19:48 PM
I am speechless. I will miss you Hubs and it is my dream to see you personally one day. Please make my dream come true.

I truly appreciate your sentiments, steadfast members of TB family's distaff side. Looks like there is no more reason for me to go, after all...

According to OECD analyst Gara Rojas González, tertiary education is crucial not just for individuals’ success, but also for countries to weather poor economic conditions. “After the strong impact of the financial crisis, not surprisingly, unemployment rates increased at each level of education, but the increase has been smaller among higher-educated people. At higher levels of attainment, people are less exposed to unemployment and have better chances to keep participating actively in the economic system, for the benefit of both individuals and society.”

To identify the most educated countries in the world, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 10 countries with the highest proportions of residents aged 25 to 64 with a tertiary education in 2011. These data were included as part of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2013 report. The countries considered by the report included the 34 OECD member countries, and eight non-OECD nations. Included in the report were data on the proportion of adults completing various levels of education, unemployment levels, as well as public and private expenditure. We also reviewed data from the OECD’s recently-released Survey of Adult Skills, which included advanced adult proficiency in both math and reading. The most current figures for education expenditure by country are from 2010. All ranks are out of the countries with available data reviewed by the OECD. All figures are the most recent available at the time the report was assembled.

In most of the countries with high levels of tertiary education, private spending accounts for a much larger proportion of total spending. Of the 10 countries with the highest tertiary education levels, nine had very high levels of total education spending coming from private sources. In the U.S., for example, nearly three-quarters of all education spending came from non-public sources, compared to the OECD average of 32%.

Many of the best educated countries tend to have higher levels of advanced skills. Japan, Canada and Finland â€" countries with very well-educated populations â€" were among the highest performing countries in literacy and math proficiency exams. The U.S. is a notable exception to this rule.

Those higher skills appear to have paid off for residents in these countries. Across OECD countries in 2011, unemployment rates were lower for young adults who had completed upper secondary or post-secondary education. The top educated countries were no exception. In the United States, the unemployment rate for residents was 6.5%, compared to an 8.1% rate overall.

The most educated populations tend to be in countries where spending on all levels of education is among the highest. The United States, for example, spent 7.3% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education in 2010, the sixth highest among the countries reviewed by the OECD. Eight of the 10 most educated countries spent more than the OECD average on education, both as a percentage of GDP and in dollars per capita.

Russia and Japan are exceptions to this trend. In Russia, per student spending on education was just 4.9% of GDP, or barely more than $5,000 per student. Both figures were among the lowest among all countries reviewed. In the United States, spending per pupil was more than three times as much.

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Between 2010 and 2011, the percentage of adults with a college degree in the United States remained unchanged at 42%. Since 2000, the proportion of college graduates has grown at one of the slowest rates among developed countries. At the same time, the country continues to score worse than most developed nations in high-level math and reading skills.

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s latest report, as of 2011, an estimated 53.5% of Russian adults held a tertiary degree, which is the equivalent of a college degree in the United States. It was the highest proportion among the developed countries considered by the OECD. While the U.S. has failed to improve recently, it still did far better than most, ranking fifth overall. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 10 countries with the highest proportion of adults holding a college degree.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on October 20, 2013, 07:10:35 PM
Friends,

I am taking this issue seriously amid the ruins of Bohol's Oct. 15 earthquake.

Peace will be restored here...

Mike

Sorry for the inopportune avowal, Mike, but thank you, thank you for your kind consideration. 

October 20, 2013


Dear Mike,


I am leaving Tubag Bohol. I am truly sorry to have to tell you this.  I have kept the faith all these years.  As you very well know, this forum has, for more than 5 years, defined my waking hours and invested with a protective sheen the fragile membrane of my solitude.

But things have changed. Tubag Bohol has changed.

How life is, I knowâ€"how it is cherished by all kinds of people and how it is fueled by diverse passions. I know that good and evil co-exist in this world and that one has to navigate the treacherous rapids of this polarity to stay wholesome enough to enjoy the gift of God's grace.

As a microcosm of this world, Tubag Bohol  necessarily hosts this polarity. But unlike the world against which our abilities are too puny, that is not the case with this website. One can be forgiven if he thinks that Tubag Bohol should be a more refined version of the outside world, a hearth and a home, as it were, a place that serves as a redoubt against what Matthew Arnold refers to as “ignorant armies”.

Truth to tell, with the descent of this bane upon us I have all this time been stooping down way too low to enable myself to maintain my promise (even if only unto myself) to stay active in this forum. I have resorted to all sorts of strategies in dealing with the problem: ignore it, face it head-on, take it in good humor, whatever. Nothing works.

I myself am not beyond indelicate comments, but I guess I have a normal person's sense of where the line lies which separates coarse humor from depravity. The way it looks to me, Tubag Bohol is falling headlong into becoming the fiefdom of a sociopath whose delusions egg him on to inundate the forum with heaps of sickening inanities, asinine self-aggrandizing claims and pathetic cries for attention.

A part of meâ€"a happy childâ€"will die as I leave. But I cannot allow myself to maintain membership in a forum held hostage by a raving egomaniac.


Sincerely yours,


Hubag Bohol


P.S. Here's wishing you all the best in your future endeavors.

Botoy waiting for the circus to leave town...

Quote from: islander on October 18, 2013, 12:40:51 PM
you owe us an explanation at least, bai hubs.  we will settle for your temporary break, if that is what you need.  busy, etc, etc.  but since i am worse than our resident idiot, i'll give you a month.  if we hear nothing from you after a month, I WILL REVEAL WHO YOU ARE.  i'm sending you a pm of the draft of my revelation.  convince me that it's not true.  d-day: november 19.

remember, i'm worse than an idiot.       

Cool it, Madame. As to my identity, maybe you're right, maybe not. I simply mean to say that I won't be doing 50 posts a day until some idiot expires. Who knows, it might be soon...

Sorry for the alarm, my friends. Botoy is just waiting for the circus to leave town.

Nothing is permanent in this world. Even idiots die. Some sooner than later.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 16, 2013, 08:26:25 PM
psssst, mga manongs, ajaw na mo pag awayaway. Let's pray for our fellow Bol-anons instead. Okay? That will please God more.

please and thank you.

I don't want it coming to a head like this, at this point. But tell me, you want this idiot instead of me? You all want me to leave TB in favor of this pervert? Believe me, I have the whole world before me. There will be no love lost.

He he, maybe the rat wasn't killed by them at all. Maybe the rat died due to complications brought about by high blood pressure.

Hmm, not if he looks like a gorilla...

Quote from: islander on October 17, 2013, 05:18:35 PM
their reason for their monday schedule was they're timing it with a similar activity in the US.  give me a break.

It's just sad that ambitious people think they're the way to success. Oh, well, idiots abound...

The more that the body politic thinks they are powerful, the more money rolls in.

Quote from: islander on October 17, 2013, 05:01:10 PM

the promise of goodies was more than what they really were, as it turned out.  the real purpose was their "pahayag" (evangelization).  INC "pahayag" aims for an audience, the more, the merrier.  it doesn't matter if the audience is composed of the unwilling and the surprised. any audience is already an accomplishment.  imagine that multitude.  they must be patting their backs now.

More recruits, more money.

Quote from: islander on October 17, 2013, 05:00:18 PM
and all the trouble for 3 kilos of rice, 3 tins of sardines, and 3 packs of noodles per bag of goodies.  free, fine.  anything that's free is a blessing.  the sad part was in the "invitation", one-on-one by INC members to non-INC ones, the never-say-never kind the persistence of which is sometimes enough for one to give in just to silence a pest.

Kwarta gihapon ang bottomline...

This is where milyonirs should come in. Instead of spending $1m to produce a movie, why not send the money to Bohol...

TB milyonir, please...

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 17, 2013, 11:51:47 AM


Sa Tubigon.

Terrible. I hope some self-proclaimed milyonirs will come in to help...

Hospital authorities have then ordered the evacuation of patients, including pregnant women, into a fire department compound just outside the hospital, the report said.

Temporary delivery rooms have also been set up, but Tabanao, the widow of slain radioman Jessie Tabanao, gave birth to her second child on a stretcher.

Tabanao went home with her baby boy soon after delivery, the report noted, adding that the hospital would still have to undergo a structural assessment.

Aside from the Cebu City Medical Center, other hospitals in areas affected b the earthquake also had to evacuate hundreds of patients and attend to the shock’s victims.

Dozens have been reported dead due to the earthquake, which also destroyed homes and other structures, including old churches and other famed heritage sites.

By Kim Arveen Patria | Yahoo Southeast Asia Newsroom â€" 18 hours ago


Lives may have been lost during the strong earthquake that shook Cebu and Bohol Tuesday, but life also sprung anew amid the panic and chaos.

A baby boy was born at a covered court outside a Cebu City hospital, as patients were evacuated following the 7.2-magnitude tremor.

Katrina Tabanao delivered her son Kurt Jethro at 9:11 a.m., only minutes after the tremors caused alarm in several areas in the Visayas, the Cebu Freeman said.

Tabanao recalled that she was six centimeters through labor when the ground began to shake. She had been rushed to the Cebu City Medical Center at around 5 a.m.

Medical workers work to revive a newly-born baby boy at a covered court after hospital patients were evacuated following an earthquake in Cebu City, central Philippines, October 15, 2013. A strong earthquake measuring 7.2 struck islands popular with tourists in the Philippines on Tuesday killing at least 20 people, some while praying in a centuries-old church, officials said. The baby survived. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 16, 2013, 11:16:49 PM
Nakadungog ko ganiha sa driver nga taga Mabini.

Ingon sija:

BAJANAN = to mean sudlanan

Bajanan na lamay nabilin sa Nutella.

Sa amo usahay gamiton namo ang pulong BAGAW. Pareha ra ug buot ipasabot para naho. May kalainan ba?

bajanan = var. of bayanan (r.w., bay, i.e., balay, house)
bagaw = var. of bagal, shell (cf. bagol)

The same parehas (as in idiot and retard)

Senator John McCain, whose fellow Republicans triggered the crisis with demands that the Democratic president's "Obamacare" healthcare reform law be defunded, said earlier on Wednesday the deal marked the "end of an agonizing odyssey" for Americans.

"It is one of the most shameful chapters I have seen in the years I've spent in the Senate," said McCain, who had warned Republicans not to link their demands for Obamacare changes to the debt limit or government spending bill. Polls showed Republicans took a hit in public opinion over the standoff.

The Democratic-led Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure on a 81-18 vote, and the Republican-controlled House followed suit 285 to 144, clearing the way for Obama to sign it into law no later than Thursday, when the Treasury says it will hit the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling.

Fully reopening the government was expected to take several days. While essential functions like defense and air traffic control have continued, national parks and agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency have been largely closed. â€"Reuters

With the deadlock broken just a day before the US Treasury said it would exhaust its ability to borrow new funds, US stocks surged on Wednesday, nearing an all-time high. Share markets in Asia also cheered in early Thursday trade.

Taking the podium in the White House briefing room after the Senate vote and just before the House took up the measure, Obama said that with final congressional passage, "We can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American people."

"Hopefully next time it won't be in the 11th hour," Obama said. "We've got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis."

The stand-off between Republicans and the White House over funding the government forced the temporary lay-off of hundreds of thousands of federal workers from Oct. 1 and created concern that crisis-driven politics was the "new normal" in Washington.

By RICHARD COWAN and DAVID LAWDER, Reuters
October 17, 2013 10:24am


WASHINGTON - The US Congress on Wednesday approved an 11th-hour deal to end a partial government shutdown and pull the world's biggest economy back from the brink of a historic debt default that could have threatened financial calamity.

Capping weeks of political brinkmanship that had unnerved global markets, the Senate and House of Representatives each passed the spending measure after Republicans dropped efforts to link the legislation to changes in President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.

Obama vowed to sign the bill and begin reopening the government "immediately."

The deal, however, offers only a temporary fix and does not resolve the fundamental issues of spending and deficits that divide Republicans and Democrats. It funds the government until Jan. 15 and raises the debt ceiling until Feb. 7, so Americans face the possibility of another government shutdown early next year.

Naunsa na man tawon ni. So shocking...

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 17, 2013, 11:17:52 AM


Gikas Facebook ning pictura (account of Boholano). with the following caption:

"Maribojoc, Bohol is badly in need of attention and help now. Most especially in Brgy. Bayacabac a secluded/isolated area. All was trap in between. There are rumors that there are a lot of dead folks on the barangay. Caused by landslides.

Loon, Cortes and Maribojoc is inneed now!!!

They need a rescue team immediately!

Please send this to the authority for immediate action.

Please PRAY and Help.

Share please!!!"

Botoy is sad. Daghan siyang kaila dinhing mga dapita...

soft-headed

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