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One time it took me more hours to translate a short fiction from English to Bisaya than to write Bisaya directly. Hasol kaayo magtranslate kay daghang mga nuances ang matag language. Adunay mga pinulungan sa Bisaya nga lisud hubaron o kaha walay tukmang hubad sa Iningles ug maingon man ang English, may mga pulong o terminonlohiya nga lisud hubaron sa Binisaya ug kon pugson sa paghuban, malahi na gyud ang kahulogan niini.

Quote from: bisayantek on June 19, 2007, 10:05:05 AM
Palihug basaha kon angay bang iapil sa usa ka tigi sa balak. Daghan kaajong salamat.



PAGPAMALING NGA GIKATAW-AN SI BALELENG
Apan, kini nakaipsot
Sa buslot nga bulsa. Maoy nasahid:
Mga plastic bag, gamit nga Pampers, Whispers ug sachet sa Tide.

Sa akong balak nga "Ukay-ukay", migamit usab ako sa terminolohiya nga "buslot nga bulsa."

Quote from: bisayantek on June 28, 2007, 01:40:07 PM
Pagbundak Sa Ulan


Ang taligsik nga miyugyog
Sa akong alimatmat nagtingal
Og liboan ka boltahe nga mitunaw
Sa talikala nga migapos ning kasingkasing.
Ug ang kainit sa liboang mga gakos mipakurog
Sa kaugatang girayuma sa pagpunayg katulog.

Bisayantek,

Nindot kaayo ni nga balak nga pangsalmot nimo sa bangga. Manghinaut ko nga makakita ang mga hurado sa kaanyag ning maong balak. Ang unang paragraph sa balak malamaton.

Dugangi pa ang gitas-on, Bisayantek, sa imong balak.

Barbaro, diin ka nakabasa ani nga balak? Karon pa ko kaila ni Buyser. Dugay-dugay na sab. Natigum ba kaha sa libro ang iyang mga balak?

Is this Balay Felipe or Banay Felipe?

Pareha ta ug Mama, Sigbin. Manawag pagsalop na sa adlaw. Akong Mama naa lang trademark. Taghoy to iya nga hangtud karon dili gyud ko o akong manghud kasundog. Bisan more than 1 kilometer basta pabor lang sa hangin or even more than that distance, makadungog mi sa taghoy ni Mama or bisan ug dili mi kadungog, maka-sense lang mi nga nagtaghoy na sija (siya for her kay taga Zamboanga del Sur siya).

Sigbin,

Bravo! This poem is so romantic. Congrats, Sigbin!

The decadence of Sandugo happens because history and the reason for celebration started with the wrong foot.

Quote from: boholrepublic on August 02, 2007, 07:54:27 PM
Why not?

Can you be our first lady?

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is finalizing a memorandum of agreement indicating the formal turnover of the unfinished Agora to the city government.

Highways and public works district engineer Celestino Adlaon told the Chronicle yesterday the DPWH regional office is already finalizing the MOA that will be presented to City Mayor Dan Lim.

Adlaon clarified he was not opposing the rehabilitation of the former Agora into a modern Tagbilaran Business Center.
          
He said the DPWH is still accountable for the unfinished structure as the implementing agency of the project.

The order to stop the demolition of the building's façade recommended by DPWH regional legal counsel Ayaon Manggis was not meant for the total stoppage of the project, Adlaon explained.

He said asking clearance from higher DPWH authorities is "just a matter of procedure."

The turnover of the unfinished building will be done immediately, the district engineer assured.

Adlaon said the DPWH is just dependent on fund releases to finish the project. The unavailability of funds took them so long to finish the Agora, he said.

It may be recalled that Mayor Lim threatened to file a complaint against the DPWH after ordering the stoppage of the rehabilitation works at the unfinished Agora building.

Despite the order, the mayor directed the contractor, J.L. Apostol Enterprises, to continue the demolition of the frontage of the Agora to provide for parking spaces and adhere to the requirement for setback from the CPG Avenue centerline.

   

"The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything."

A lthough things are not perfect
B ecause of trial or pain
C ontinue in thanksgiving
D o not begin to blame
E ven when the times are hard
F ierce winds are bound to blow
G od is forever able
H old on to what you know
I magine life without His love
J oy would cease to be
K eep thanking Him for all the things
L ove imparts to thee
M ove out of "Camp Complaining"
N o weapon that is known
O n earth can yield the power
P raise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
R edeem the time at hand
S tart every day with worship
T o "thank" is a command
U ntil we see Him coming
V ictorious in the sky
W e'll run the race with gratitude
X alting God most high
Y es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Z ion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!

Dili daw maayo ang lugod ilugod sa bugan kay makanipis ug panit sa bugan.

Reported By Kit Bagaipo
Senior Writer
The Bohol Chronicle

Celebrating its first anniversary yesterday, the "Botika sa Katawhan" project of the city government aims to expand its service of providing free medicines to 14,000 families in the city in the next two years.

Botika administrator and Deputy Mayor Mariano Uy made this assurance during his speech yesterday at the 1st anniversary program at the City Health Building.

Uy likewise expressed his gratitude to the project's benefactors and the individuals who are working behind the Botika sa Katawhan.

When it was started a year ago, the Botika sa Katawhan initially catered to some 2,500 families or some 10,000 individuals.
          
But due to the increasing support it got from its benefactors, mainly Boholanos now residing in the United States, the Botika dispensed more membership cards. In just nine months, 6,500 city residents became beneficiaries of its free medicines.

City Mayor Dan Lim, said in his speech that the Botika will have an additional P500,000 worth of funds which the mayor solicited from his personal friends.

In addition to this, the mayor's friend, German philanthropist Hans Schoof, also donates another P500,000 worth of medicines excluding the proceeds raised during his 60th birthday celebration last night.

Uy said his dream is for the program to "cover the entire Tagbilaran."

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Administrators of the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage-2 (BHIP-2) can be charged of technical malversation of funds for the purchase of two luxury vehicles being used by the governor and a congressman.

The fund used for the vehicle purchase was taken from the irrigation project which was admitted by BHIP-
2 Project Manager Modesto Membreve during an interview over dyRD's top-rated "Inyong Alagad" Monday.

In a separate interview with the radio program, former National Irrigation Authority (NIA) project manager Engr. Petronilo Sarigumba, who is also the whistleblower of the anomalous Talibon Dam, said that Gov. Erico Aumentado and 2nd District Rep. Roberto Cajes are not supposed to get a vehicle since they are not directly involved with the BHIP-2 implementation.
          
Membreve claimed that that the NIA approved the purchase of seven vehicles for the BHIP-2, out of the ten requested through the Office of the President.

NIA and BHIP-2 officials, Sarigumba said, has no business buying luxury cars for the two government officials since the Bayongan Dam project was bidded out and awarded to Hanjin Heavy Industries above the agency estimates.

The irrigation project is questioned by the National Economic Development Authority-Investment Coordinating Committee (NEDA-ICC) for its cost over-run amounting to P1.2 billion.

Former NEDA boss, now presidential consultant for education, Romulo Neri called the BHIP-2 the most expensive irrigation project of the country, calling the cost over-run as "excessive".

Neri said that continued construction of the BHIP-2 without prior NEDA-ICC endorsement is violative of the law and "illegal".

The Bayongan Dam, Sarigumba pointed out, is "wholly a NIA project and those not directly responsible or involved in the implementation of the project are not entitled to receive a service vehicle."

Quote from: queen on August 02, 2007, 04:00:39 PM

If you may allow me Mr. Admin to spell the difference between "girls" and "women," I suggest that let it be "girls a.k.a. virgin" and "women a.k.a not virgin or not so virgin anymore." Hahahaha. I bet with this distinction, we'll come up with only one category after all. The chances would be 1 is to 99 in favor of "women." Toinks!

Miss Bohol online will separate the girls from the women.

Coming soon!

Quote from: udtohan on August 02, 2007, 02:19:52 PM
ang bohol virgin, untouched? dili na... bohol is "kumukupas na paraiso" .. unless we will do something to protect our place.

Leo, kasab-an ka ni Peter Dejaresco anang imong statement.

Quote from: junayag on August 02, 2007, 02:10:56 AM

Unsa ako nabuhat o mabuhat sa Bohol? modesty aside daghan ko masulti but to make it short I was the lone endorsed nominee by the Philippine Embassy in Saudi for the Year 2006 Presidential Award For Filipino Individual Overseas, siempre gitaas nako ang bandila sa Bohol kay sige ra ba ta tawon tamayon kun duna mga joke joke joke in terms of regional affiliation.

I feel nga duna koy extended family nga puro bright, intelligent thru Tubag Bohol, I hope nga madawat ko ninyo.  Looking forward for more enriching interaction.

Nong Jun, agi ug sumpay sa imong giingon nga ang mga Bol-anon subject sa mga regional nga joke ug pagbiay-biay, you may follow this hot discussion. Here's the link:

http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=468.0

Ug kabahin sa mga bright sa Tubag Bohol, daghan ni sila, mga ngilngig manulat ug magpakatawa.

Quote from: junayag on August 02, 2007, 02:10:56 AM
Unsa ma ni pang bagets lang ba? apil sad ko uy?

ngalan?  obvious ba...; was born in mabini, stayed and studied high school in Anda, Bohol (pareha mi ni Mike ug alma mater) ug naa na ko nagbalay sa Tagbilaran City, studied college at the University of San Carlos and at the Formation House of the Missionary of Sacred Heart, took post graduate at USC and the defunct University of Life. am based now in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia.  Am working as an HR Consultant with an outsourcing company though spent most of the years as a banker with Saudi American Bank ( formerly Citibank NA, Saudi Arabia ).

Valedictorian ni Nong Jun Ayag sa Holy Infant Academy and he is the president of our Alumni. Wa pa gyud mi nagkita. Last April we had a grand alumni homecoming apan wala ko katampong tungod lagi kay nanginabuhi man kining inyong ubos nga higala sa Thailand.

By Dolly Anne Carvajal
Columnist
Philippine Daily Inquirer

I took the same flight to Bohol that Sam Milby did. Along with Isay Alvarez, Robert Seña, Candy Pangilinan and Leo Martinez, I was invited by Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Lim to grace the 60th birthday of Hans Schoof, a German who married a pretty Boholana, Lani.

Hans is well-loved by the people of Bohol. His birthday is almost like a national holiday in Chocolate Hills country.

While waiting in the van to proceed to our hotel, Robert, Isay and I were trying to figure out if the “Amgirl” with Sam was his GF or just a special friend. They were in another van next to ours when we saw the girl fondling Sam’s hair while his head was resting on her shoulder.

Maybe they were just being affectionate, since Sam seems to be the malambing type. They were not seated together in the plane.

Perhaps it’s just the dreamy charm of Bohol that brought out the sweetness in them.

Bravo, Riva! The first ever poem about lugod. This is a historical milestone in Philippine literature.

Seguradong sumpayan imong balak ni GEC, Sigbin, Snowhite, Julai .... ug ako (?)...

Cap,

Thank you for that material. I would really like to read that research study and have it uploaded here.

I have been trying to fix the error but until now uploading is hardly possible.

However, you can e-mail me the files and I will have them stored in a special url and we'll announce it to all members and guests so anyone can read and download this copy of the tourism study in our province.

Yadz, Happy Birthday. Napuno seguro ug flowers inyong balay from your husband.

Quote from: frog70 on August 01, 2007, 08:16:33 AM
i accidentally or i should say deliberately deleted my forum site because of stupid love and i have regretted everything because i have to start all over again and for that i am truly sorry to all the members for what i have done who became a member already before.now, i am requesting you to please come back and register again  or if you haven't tried to visit my site, www.mikeygatal.com  please just try! just click the link below to be directed to my froum site:

thank you all

www.mikeygatal.com/connect

An act that also affected me being Mikey's webmaster. Already forgiven.

Thanks Ban-alam for this info. Great!

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is conducting six trainings for the latter half of the year up to the first quarter of next year, namely:

2007

September 24-27
Investigative Journalism for Luzon journalists
Baguio City

October 10-12
Reporting on the MDGs for Mindanao journalists
Davao City

November (no specific dates yet)
Reporting on the MDGs for Southern Tagalog and Bicol journalists
Naga City

December (no specific dates yet)
Investigative Journalism for Mindanao journalists
Davao City

2008

January (no specific dates yet)
Investigative Journalism for Visayas journalists
Iloilo City

February (no specific dates yet)
Reporting on the MDGs for Northern and Central Luzon journalists
Baguio City

We're seeking recommendations from you for the said trainings. The
series of IJ trainings will revolve around the theme of governance and
human rights. There are 20 slots available each training.

The three-day seminar-workshops on the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) are a follow-up to the one we held for Visayas journalists in
Bohol last February. This is a partnership with the National Economic
Development Authority (NEDA) to orient journalists on basic information
about the MDGs, the status and trends, issues and challenges in
achieving the goals.

The training is a way of creating greater awareness and knowledge on
the MDGs among journalists so they can help bring about sustained
monitoring and media coverage by coming up with articles/features on
the said themes.

Please recommend mid-level journalists who are assigned to beats
covering the following MDGs:

Goal 1: Eradicate poverty
Goal 2: Achieve Universal Education
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equity
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Similarly, there are only 20 slots available for the MDG seminars.
People on this list are eligible to apply. However, we cannot guarantee
that you or your recommendees will make it to the final list as we will
request applicants to submit sample stories to facilitate the selection
process.

PCIJ website: www.pcij.org

source: Associated Press and CNN

Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.

His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live.

"He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," Dr. David Dosa said in an interview. He describes the phenomenon in a poignant essay in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.


"Many family members take some solace from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one," said Dosa, a geriatrician and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.

The 2-year-old feline was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The facility treats people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses.

After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He'd sniff and observe patients, then sit beside people who would wind up dying in a few hours.

Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously and is generally aloof. "This is not a cat that's friendly to people," he said.

Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work there, said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill

She was convinced of Oscar's talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn't eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish tinge, signs that often mean death is near.

Oscar wouldn't stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought his streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor's prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient's final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.

Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill they probably don't know he's there, so patients aren't aware he's a harbinger of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning, although one wanted Oscar out of the room while a family member died. When Oscar is put outside, he paces and meows his displeasure.

No one's certain if Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat notices telltale scents or reads something into the behavior of the nurses who raised him.

Nicholas Dodman, who directs an animal behavioral clinic at the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and has read Dosa's article, said the only way to know is to carefully document how Oscar divides his time between the living and dying.

If Oscar really is a furry grim reaper, it's also possible his behavior could be driven by self-centered pleasures like a heated blanket placed on a dying person, Dodman said.
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Nursing home staffers aren't concerned with explaining Oscar, so long as he gives families a better chance at saying goodbye to the dying.

Oscar recently received a wall plaque publicly commending his "compassionate hospice care."

Is this Class 101?

Snowhite, ang akong nahibulan nga adunay official sa tourism sa Bohol nga interesado sa business sa Chocolate Hills.

The Chinese and the Indians are always record-breakers for the biggest, tallest, smallest, longest, etc. in the world.

Inig balik ni Lumine, naa na manghod iya baby. Yehey!

Written By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

To give more zest to his cheap medicine bill, Senator Mar Roxas is making sure all medicines -â€" from life-saving drugs to anti-impotence drugs like Viagra -â€" will be covered by the price-busting legislation.

Roxas told reporters that the cheaper medicine bill he had refilled -- his previous version was approved in the Senate but got stalled in the House of Representatives -- would be all encompassing to include erectile dysfunction drugs.

``It's (Viagra) a drug so I don't see why it should not be covered by the cheap medicine bill. We should easily cut the price by more than 50 percent,” said Roxas. ``Of course, our priority is the essential drugs, like those for cancer and diabetes.”

Drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction by increasing the flow of blood into the penis have become popular but are still out of reach of most Filipinos.

Roxas said the inclusion of all drugs should broaden public support for the approval of the cheaper medicine bill by the new Congress.

“I welcome the President’s remark on the bill during her Sona (State of the Nation Address)," he said. "I also see hope in the House Speaker’s intention to expedite its approval."

Roxas said the Senate "will thwart any lobby to defeat this bill."

Roxas' bill would ease restrictions found in the Intellectual Property Code and allow a parallel importation of identical yet much cheaper medicines from other countries.

It also allows generic drug manufacturers to begin experimentation, production, and registration of drugs before expiry of patents.

The bill grants the government discretion in the use of patents when public health is at stake, and provides a framework for ample compensation to the patent holder.

A research study I once read  says that the health of one's nails is a good indication of one's overall health status. My nails have never tasted any chemical of all sorts. My nails are so transparent that I can see the map of my blood.

Old newspapers can eat up much  of my time because whenever they land on my hands I reread and reread and reread them all.

Nauso man ang kawat sa cellphone sa ato, ang sunod mauso kawat ug payong.

Quote from: galen on July 31, 2007, 06:35:10 PM
mike, atoa nya ni i-post sa LTO, BIR, ug uban pa...

We'll ask, Snowhite. She loves LTO.

Quote from: galen on July 31, 2007, 06:14:26 PM
unsa ang address??? 

Galen,

It will be announced soon.

Yes, Sigbin. I'm building the site.

Our virtual Ms Sandugo has a twin sister.

Coming soon!

1. Say Hello and Goodbye

Be sure to get your customers coming and going by greeting them with a
hearty "hello" and a well-meant "goodbye."
And it doesn't have to just be customers or clients; offering everyone you
encounter a hello and goodbye is a common courtesy.
You make a difference in another's day, and the best part, you feel great!

2. Use First Names

Our name is the first thing that separates us from everyone else and makes
us an individual.
When you use a first name, you personalize your experiences with people
and make them feel important.
Every day, call those first names out loud!

3. Listen, Listen, Listen

People who talk, talk, talk may monopolize the conversation.
But it's the people who listen, listen, listen - and then ask strategic
questions - that actually control the conversation.
Never underestimate the power of silence, especially when negotiating.

4. Communicate Clearly

There's nothing so simple that someone can't misunderstand it.
Making a clear and full explanation is like going around closing windows -
windows that might otherwise be left open to misunderstanding.
It takes a measure of discipline to achieve, but it's an important habit
to cultivate.

5.Be Neat, Clean, and Fit

People respond more readily to someone who takes an obvious pride in their
appearance and environment.
This attitude automatically establishes you as a person who can be trusted
and an authority who should be respected.

6. Be Prompt and Professional

Being habitually late creates the impression of being unreliable.
Being on time is a habit, nothing more.
It requires a little organization, a little discipline, and a little
planning.

7. Be Positive

Life has a way of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
If you always expect the worst, then you'll hardly ever be disappointed.
We are all capable of starting out in a positive frame of mind.
But to be able to sustain that through failure upon failure is the
true measure of a positive attitude.

8. Extend Compliment

Heartfelt praise elevates a person's spirit, leaves them feeling better
about themselves, and will often result in them having an encouraging word
for someone else.

9. Have Fun

A good sense of humor makes other good things possible - a positive
attitude, passion, pride, productivity, a sense of well-being, and
compassion for others.

10. Do It Now!

If you do not immediately implement what you learn today, then the world
will have changed by tomorrow and you will be two steps behind.

Sigbin, take our your glasses.

Missbohol Online is on the way!

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 31, 2007, 05:50:37 PM
IMHO, second from the left is prettiest but I like the shape of first from right.

20/20 imong vision, Sigbin. No need to go to Acebedo Optical. 

Quote from: ..yadz.. on July 30, 2007, 01:13:19 PM


cebuana, cebuana, koreana and a boholana!

mirror, mirror on tubag bohol.., whose the prettiest of them all??

Tutoki daw...

unsa imong ngalan: Michael Ligalig
diin ka natawo: Anda, Bohol
diin ka nag-eskwela: Silliman University
asa na man ka karon: Thailand
unsa man imong trabaho karon: Full-time Journalist sauna, Teacher na karon

unsa/kinsa man ang dili nimo mahikalimtan sa bohol: unsa (Brewpoint) kinsa (Joe Torralba and Calixto Seroje)
unsa man ang imong gikahidlawan sa bohol: Inun-unan prepared by my mother and Kambingan Restaurant
unsa man imong mensahe para sa mga taga bohol: Mag-amping sa paglakaw aron dili madombolan sa traysikol sa Tagbilaran kay matod pa ni Boy Guingguing way dungog ang Bol-anon nga mamatay kay nadasmagan lang sa traysikol.

unsa man imong mabuhat alang sa kalambuan sa atong islang bol-anon: Magbuhat ug website

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pero nagkagubot sad ang IT Sector sa SG kay nag-meeting2x ra sila with COMELEC sa embassy pero ngano daw nag-press release daw sila nga mao na. Smiley declare sila ug 6000 ka hackers pero ang IT more or less sa grupo is only 1600.

Thanks Barbaro for sharing this.

Cap, here's the story related to Filipino IT professionals in Singapore...

(a story referred to us by Galen, Tubag Bohol member who is based in Singapore)

Some 6,000 Filipino hackers based in Singapore are set to try to break into the Internet voting system that the Commission on Elections will pilot-test in the said country on July 20.

Comelec Commissioner Florentino Tuason said Monday that the Filipino information technology experts based in Singapore have signified their interest to try to hack into the system "in order to strengthen it and to prove that the system is secure."

"We met with them and they said they are 6,000-strong and most of them will try to hack the system," Tuason said, adding the IT experts will be doing it "professionally not for personal gain or personal advertisement or personal upliftment."

The Comelec official said Filipino IT experts will send a written report if they penetrated the system and to provide proof that they did...

Quote from: Marcos on July 30, 2007, 06:31:06 PM
It is now dangerous to
get married a seafarer?

Are you worried?

A Message from Ogie

To all Tubag Bohol Organizers especially to the author.

Thank you for having this tubag bohol. Here we knew and learned more boholanos globally who were all magaling and even we dont see them in person pero at least we knew their achievement and being a boholano we are very happy and proud of them. 

I  pray to our almighty GOD that all of you  will given more talent, patience and good health so you can pursue what you have been done and your non lasting service to us.

CONGRATULATIONS AND MABUHAY .  GOD Bless.

Bingo Dejaresco, the editor of the Bohol Chronicle, is a product of USC.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. â€"John 10:27

Mary stood by the entrance to the empty tomb and wept in misery that her Lord had died. She longed for “the touch of the vanished hand,” as Tennyson lyrically described death’s cold finality, “the sound of the voice that was still.”

Then Jesus appeared. In her grief, Mary’s eyes deceived her, for she thought He was the gardener. But when He called her name, she knew Him immediately. She cried, “Rabboni!” which means Teacher (John 20:16).

People ask me if we’ll know one another in heaven. I believe that we will know and be known there. When Jesus received His glorified body, His followers recognized Him (John 20:19-20). And someday we too will have a glorified body (1 Cor. 15:42-49; 1 John 3:2).

“Rejoice,” said Jesus to His disciples, “because your names are written in heaven” (Luke 10:20). Someday we’ll hear again the voices of loved ones whose names are written in heavenâ€"voices now still. We will hear the father who spoke our name with rough affection, the mother who called us in from play.

There’s one voice, however, that I long to hear above all othersâ€"my Lord Jesus, calling my name: “David.” And, like Mary, I will know Him at once. My Savior! â€"David H. Roper

I will meet thee again in that deathless land,
Whenever thy foot shall imprint the strand;
And the loveliest things that have here been mine
Shall there in eternal beauty shine. â€"MacDonald

Goodbyes are the law of earthâ€"reunions are the law of heaven.

source: Our Daily Bread devotional book

If I ascend into heaven, You are there. â€"Psalm 139:8

Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969. Most of us are familiar with Armstrong’s historic statement as he stepped onto the moon’s surface: “That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.” But few know about the first meal eaten there.

Buzz Aldrin had brought aboard the spacecraft a tiny communion kit provided by his church. Aldrin sent a radio broadcast to earth asking listeners to contemplate the events of that day and to give thanks.

Then, in radio blackout for privacy, Aldrin poured wine into a silver chalice. He read, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit” (John 15:5). Silently, he gave thanks and partook of the bread and cup.

God is everywhere, and our worship should reflect this reality. In Psalm 139 we are told that wherever we go, God is intimately present with us. Buzz Aldrin celebrated that experience on the surface of the moon. Thousands of miles from earth, he took time to commune with the One who created, redeemed, and fellowshiped with him.

Are you far from home? Do you feel as if you’re on a mountaintop or in a dark valley? No matter what your situation, God’s fellowship is only a prayer away. â€"Dennis Fisher

Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. â€"Anon.

God’s presence with us is one of His greatest presents to us.

source: Our Daily Bread book

By Carlos H. Conde
International Herald Tribune

More than 400 civilians have been killed in bombings and other attacks by Islamic extremists in the Philippines since 2000, the highest death toll in Southeast Asia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch released Monday.

The attacks, which include the bombing of a passenger ship off Manila Bay in February 2004 in which 116 people were killed, underscored the need for Manila to do more against terrorism, said the group, which is based in New York. The bombing of the vessel was the second worst attack in Southeast Asia after the Bali bombings in October 2002.

"Extremist armed groups have spread terror among civilians in the Philippines," said John Sifton, an expert on terrorism at Human Rights Watch, in a statement that accompanied the release of the report, "Lives Destroyed: Attacks on Civilians in the Philippines."

"They have bombed buses carrying workers, food markets where people were shopping, airports where relatives were waiting for loved ones, and ferry boats carrying families." Aside from bombings, these groups also kidnapped and executed civilians, Sifton said.

Human Rights Watch singled out the Abu Sayyaf and the Rajah Solaiman Movement, two groups that had claimed responsibility for most of the attacks. The death toll exceeded the number of casualties in terrorist attacks in Indonesia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey and Britain in the same period.

"The scale of the violence, however, has not received widespread attention outside the region," the report said. Most attacks here targeted buses and public places like markets and waiting sheds for commuters. These occurred mostly in Mindanao, the main island in the southern Philippines, which is also racked by Islamic separatism and a communist insurgency.

Abu Sayyaf is notorious for its kidnappings and beheadings of victims. The Rajah Solaiman Movement is made up of Filipino Christians who converted to Islam and who, according to the Philippine authorities, have linked up with both Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah, an Indonesia-based terrorist network.

Human Rights Watch criticized Manila for its failure to prosecute the suspects in these attacks. While many have been arrested since 2000, it said, only "very few have been successfully brought to trial, and prosecutions in some cases have been delayed for more than four years."

The report contained interviews with several survivors. It tried to show how their lives were changed by terrorism. "She wanted to be a lawyer or a journalist," said Ritzelle Paculba, whose daughter Clynn died in the bombing of the passenger ship. "My husband is hurting now. He struggled a lot when she died."

There was no immediate reaction from the government. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has asserted in the past that her administration's campaign against terrorism has been successful.

A Manila Bulletin Editorial

Centuries of relations between the Philippines and Spain have established more than an umbilical cord that binds the two countries.

The signing of two memorandums of understanding between Philippines and Spain for projects on Philippine rural development and fisheries affirmed these ties. A total of 6 million euros (R378 million) will be provided by the government of Spain to fund two Philippine environmental and rural development programs. These programs will be implemented in the regions of Caraga and Bicol over a period of three years.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will implement these programs which will focus on sustainable management of coastal resources and the promotion of agro-economic activities to help reduce rural poverty and preserve the rural environment.

In almost every aspect of Philippine life and culture Spain expects interest and concern. These two accords on Philippine rural development demonstrate this unending Spanish concern.

We are deeply grateful to Spain’s abiding goodwill for our people’s well-being. Muchissimas Gracias. Maraming salamat po.

The Philippine News Agency

IBM Philippines Inc. which has 19 dedicated resources in the Visayas and Mindanao, 14 of them in Cebu, is investing on more personnel, expand its office and add more support services to its local customers in Cebu and the Visayas, an executive said.

Charis Fiel Divinagracia, IBM Philippines Inc. territory business manager for southern Philippines, said dedicated resources are considered level two support staff of the company.

The company decided to push through with their expansion plans in the area after a study commissioned by the company identified Cebu and the rest of the Visayas as belonging to the top priority areas in the field of information and communications technology sector in the whole country.

The rest of the identified priority areas are Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Davao Region in the Visayas and Mindanao while the remaining two are the Central Luzon and the Calabarzon area in Luzon.

The Information Data Corp. (IDC) that conducted the study last year found out that the IT opportunities in these priority areas could reach as much as $ US 218 million.

"This is part of our response to grow together with the market," Divinagracia said of the firm's expansion plans.

In Cebu, the IBM office in Asiatown IT Park is now its part center hub.

With this development, Divinagracia assured customers of immediate response to any problem of their computer units or on their software.

Divinagracia said the company has at least 484 value partners in the Visayas and Mindanao, 65 of which are here in Cebu.

It also has 189 service centers in the region, 46 of which are in Cebu.

In a statement, the IBM Philippines Inc. said it has established its presence in the country since 1937 and is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.

More so than during other times in the recent of history of mankind, in this day and age it’s more important than ever to stay as sweat-free and sweet smelling as possible. This means that most of us need to resort to the use of deodorants, antiperspirants and other such devices to help us control our sweating problems. And more so than for a man, for a woman sweating and the associated stains, odors and things, are a big problem.

This coupled with the fact that most advertising promotions are aimed at women and how they can stop or control their sweat, makes for a very neurotic population of women indeed. Just think about it, when was the last time that you left the house without first applying a dash of perfume, or a dose of fresh deodorant or antiperspirant? Probably just before you discovered the wonders of deodorant!

But did you ever stop to think what these chemical based deodorants and antiperspirants could be doing to your body? Yes, for a woman sweating is a major problem, and you have to absolutely always look fresh and bright with nothing to remind you that you are actually human and therefore prone to sweating.

This is of course not your fault â€" we have been raised to believe from our very small days that sweat is bad, and that smelling of sweat is one of the worst offenses ever!

True, smelling of sweat is no picnic either for you or for those around you, but sweating is an absolutely essential part of your bodily functions and inhibiting this function just to be able to go about in society with your head held high is a high price, which you will have to pay for, in the future.

Science has yet to tell us conclusively that breast cancer cannot be caused by the use of chemical laden deodorants and sweat-inhibiting, pore-clogging antiperspirants. They do however, tell us repeatedly over and over again, that there’s as yet no conclusive link between the two â€" implying that it is safe to use these without further thought about the consequences.

These are just semantics, a tap dancing around the real issue in which deodorant and antiperspirant giants make use of the neurosis that a woman sweating even moderately, has these days.

What about in the days before deodorants and antiperspirants came on the scene, what then? Surely not everyone in the world stayed as grime laden as did our middle-ages ancestors? Surely there were other civilizations which stayed smelling sweet and fresh without resorting to the toxins that we use today?

The answer of course, is there were such civilizations and yes, they had means of dealing with sweat, and dealing with it in a natural manner without resorting to the use of nasty toxins. And for today’s woman sweating need no longer be controlled by modern deodorants and antiperspirants, instead they can turn to these age old natural methods to help deal with any sweat problems.

source: <a href="http://woman-trends.blogspot.com/2007/07/woman-sweating.html">Women-Trends</a>

The Bohol Child Health Care Advocates (BCHCA) in cooperation with the Department of Pediatrics of Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital will once again sponsor a Postgraduate Course on August 17, 2007 at Sandugo Ballroom, Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City.
          
Entitled "Taking Care of the Growing Up Years," the course is focused on the adolescent. Relevant and interesting topics like Dermatologic Issues in the Adolescent, Parenting the Teenager, Obesity and Weight Problems and ADHD in the Adolescent, will be tackled by specialists from Cebu and Manila.

Health workers, parents and those who are interested to attend the course are invited to register early. Registration on or before August 10, 2007 is P400 for Physicians, P300 for Allied Medical Practitioners. Onsite registration will be P800 for Physicians and P600 for Allied Medical Practitioners.

Contact persons are: Dr. Amy Valdez 411-3515, 235-3053 or 501-9646 (local 1105), Dr. Erma Ladesma 09167640164, Dr. Maria Le Ruiz 411-3933 or 411-4868 local 255.

-- Press Release

Press Release

Book your trips early to enjoy bigger savings, said Andrew Deyto, SuperFerry AVP for sales and marketing.

Beginning August, the new and lower SuperFerry Tripid Fares will be sold all year-round, emphasizing that customers who buy their tickets early will be able to enjoy larger discounts on their fares.

After all charges are paid, SuperFerry Tripid Fares remain substantially lower than other alternatives.

With SuperFerry low prices, everybody can travel even the whole bayan. More frequent travel to different destinations is now possible.

SuperFerry launched this July its low fare campaign called Biyaheng Bayan which focuses on the higher benefits of SuperFerry's new low price scheme.

For more information, call the SuperFerry Hotline (048) 434-5736 in Puerto Princesa, (02) 528-7000 in Manila or text (0917) 889-2421, visit www.superferry.com.ph, or email info@superferry.com.ph.

By Leah Tirol-Magno

The University of Bohol is proud to announce its recent academic achievement for producing new architects and new pharmacists.

Architect Eufracio M. Araneta, dean of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts (CAFA) of the University of Bohol, released the names of UB's four new architects, early this week. The new architects took and passed the June 29, 30 and July 1 architectural board examinations.

They are Architect Emelita R. Amor-Lomanas of Davao del Norte; Architect Carol A. Ebua of Catigbian, Bohol; Architect Zerubbabel G. Idulsa of Misamis Orriental; and Architect Arnel A. Tungal of Tagum, Davao.
          
The University of Bohol has been producing architects since its College of Architecture was established in 1967. Board topnotchers has been produced by the university and many architects produced by UB are already practicing their professions successfully all over the Philippines and in different countries all over the world.

Meanwhile, Eva B. Campaceño, dean of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Bohol also announce last week the names of the five new pharmacists produced by the University of Bohol.

They are Precious Zyra B. Ayeng of Tagbilaran City; Leilani T. Cabatos of Valencia, Bohol; Emmanuel V. Comiling of Ubay, Bohol; Julie Mitzi T. Nalzaro of Baclayon, Bohol; and Daisy M. Pinque of Dauis, Bohol. They took and passed the July 1 & 2, 2007 pharmaceutical board examination.

The College of Pharmacy of the University of Bohol has also been producing hundreds of pharmacists since it was established in 1969.

The University of Bohol, the premier university in Bohol, is the only school in the province that offers the courses in Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.

The Rafael Palma College (now University of Bohol) High School Class of 1956-57 will hold its golden jubilee tomorrow. This was learned from Dr. Henya T. Sotelo, chairperson of the reunion committee.

Graduates coming from different parts of the country and the United States of America are expected to attend the special occasion.
          
Several activities have been lined up for the celebration capped by a dinner-program at 5:30 p.m. on the same day at the Villa Alzhun Restaurant in Mansasa District, this city.

For more information, members of RPC Class 1956-57 are advised to contact Dr. Henya T. Sotelo at Tel. No. 411-2510 or Cell No. 0910-8185-550; Asuncion Mira, Tel. No. 411-2889 or Atty. Alejandro M. Mejorada Jr., Tel. No. 411-4857, Cell No. 0921-2246-164. (AMJ)

Written By Loy M. Palapos

The zeal to serve can become a lifetime passion, especially for those whose concern transcends personal interest. These are individuals who have climbed up Maslowe's hierarchy of needs, a pyramid that commences with the physiological and ends up with self-fulfillment. Reaching the topmost ladder, they usually get rid of selflessness and feel attuned to their environment and cannot ask for more.

In the case of Jose Irag Ugdoracion, Jr. serving the people of Alburquerque is a lifetime obsession. He is most fulfilled and happiest caring for his constituents whom he has championed for more than 15 long years. He could have lived a life of ease in the United States of America, where his family and relatives are living comfortably. He tried it for a couple of years, only to realize that, despite access to financial and material luxury, he was not a happy man. Constant introspection resulted to his conclusion that his desire to come home was unquenchable. He had to be back to his beloved hometown to feel complete.

He packed his bags and bid farewell to his family, relatives, and friends. The land of milk and honey was not for him. For him, fulfillment means serving the people of Albur. When he was back, his peers, relatives, friends, and even a big chunk of the town and province's officialdom, urged him to seek the Mayoralty post once again. At first, he was reluctant, considering the odds he had to confront. But the tide of encouragement rose to a point when he was inspired to give an affirmative response to the clamor. He ran as Mayor, and won.

Joe was born in Alburquerque, Bohol on October 15, 1940. His father, Jose Makiling Ugdoracion, Sr., was a Sanitary Inspector. His mother, Antonia Miero Irag, became an Elementary School Teacher after the war. His father passed away when Jun was only 4 years old. Even in his teens he helped his mother sell fish in different towns on market days. Life for him was not served on a silver platter. He had strive hard to earn for his and his family's needs.

He graduated from the Alburquerque Elementary school and Rafael Palma College High School Department With Honors. He enrolled at RPC (University of Bohol) and took up Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. In his sophomore year he went to Manila and studied at MAPUA and then at FEATI Institute of Technology. While studying he was a working student. There was a time he was employed as a Security Guard.

Public service is not alien to the Ugdoracion family. His father was working at the Municipal Hall, and inspected and improved the barangays' sanitation. His grandfather, Julian Ugdoracion, started his public career as Juez de Paz of Sevilla, Bohol. Then he became Mayor of Alburquerque for two terms, a total of 7 years of dedicated service. It does not come as a surprise, therefore, that Jun always has the affection for service.

Jun Ugdoracion has a sister, Clarita U. Flores, a Registered Nurse in New Jersey, USA, where she also retired. His brother, Heracleo, used to live in Paete, Laguna, and he now resides with his family in Guam.

Mayor Ugdoracion is married to Amelita b***t from Mambusao, Capiz. He met her in Manila, while she was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree at the University of the East. She worked for several years at the Manila Bank, until her retirement.

The couple has three sons. Jay Jose finished Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Holy Name University. He is now a Registered Nurse in New Jersey, USA. Jet Jose finished Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) at HNU. Formerly a Municipal Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) President, and was a Barangay Kagawad before he became a Municipal Councilor for one term of 3 years. Don Jose is the third. He graduated from a course in Computer System Design and Programming at AMA CLC. Like his elder brother, he was also formerly a Municipal SK Federation President, and was later employed at OPSWD of the Province of Bohol as a Computer Instructor.

Mayor Ugdoracion's entry into politics started in 1965, when he worked in the Nationalista National Headquarters. A better opportunity for advancement, both rank-wise and financially came when he was employed at the Office of the President in Malacañang, in the Local Government Office of Secretary Flores b***t, a job he did from 1966 to 1973. From 1978 to 1981 he was at the COMELEC Office of Commissioner Flores b***t. In 1978, he did a change of atmosphere and job. He was taken in as Assistant General Manager of C.B. Contractor in Manila, with Construction and Recruitment Agency for workers sent to Saudi Arabia, and was hired as Manpower Consultant/In-charge of Jalib Trading in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He came back to the country and witnessed the People Power Revolution at EDSA.

He was assigned OIC Mayor of Alburquerque from 1986 to 1988. In the 1988 election he ran for Mayor and handily won. Two other terms of 3 years each followed, when he again ran and won. After the third term, he still had some projects to pursue, but the new Election Code disqualified a fourth term. Still willing to serve his town, he was appointed Municipal Councilor from 1998 to 2001. After three years he went to America.

Now that is back, he has flexed his muscles for immediate action. It may be recalled that when he was still an OIC Mayor in 1987, he constructed a new Municipal Building, a move that was well-appreciated by the Alburanons. He supplied water system to 7 coastal barangays, organized fisherman's associations, improved the lighting facilities, and introduced the telephone, constructed a wharf, and renovated the market. Even with religious projects he involved himself as a member of the Knights of Columbus.

His priority projects are aimed at income generation. Sand and gravel from Leyte are delivered at the town's pier; thus, the need to renovate it as a source of funds. He even helps in complying with the requirements for the dressing plant owned by his perceived political adversary, for he understands that this is the livelihood of San Miguel contract growers of chicken. Its full operation is financial gain for the town.

During his previous term as Mayor of Albur, the Municipality was raised form 6th to 5th class. He also would tackle the sanitary landfill controversy. He is just surprised why there is already a "notice to proceed" and the winning bidder was already known, when all the requirements were met yet fulfilled. He has not seen the feasibility study. The transparent proceed must be observed," he said, and he is willing to settle down with are stakeholders and settle the issue. "As long as it is for the good of Albur."

Amid the tourism department's plant to include the Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape (RSPL) in the eco-tourism circuit, the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) came to the open to correct the impression it is a tourist destination.

In a statement furnished to the media, PENR Officer Eduardo Inting explained that "the Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape is not intended for mass tourism.

However, for those who love nature and its diverse resources (flora and fauna), it is a perfect choice".

"The benefits it provides to the Boholano people such as the lush forests, fresh air we breathe, the water it provides in our households and many more are for all of us to appreciate and enjoy, such that the protection and development of the protected area is a concern of everyone," Ingking added.

The PENR officer issued the statement to inform the public on the real situation of RSPL in barangay Logarita, Bilar, as a response to the Editorial of the July 22, 2007 issue of the Bohol Chronicle which blamed the environment department for a so-called neglect and what seemed to be poor management on the RSPL.

The editorial's stance is based on what seemed to be a poor tourism factor of RSPL that entails poor return of the tourism highway project of the government and the foreign funding released for the development of the part into a tourism site.
          
On this, Ingking even frowned on the idea that the Department of Tourism is undertaking project development or marketing of the RSPL so that this will be included in the Eco-Tourism Circuit.

Ingking pointed out that it is "incorrect" to say that a P10-million funding from Australian funding agency has been poured for the RSPL, saying that different activities and facilities supporting tourism are now being implemented by DENR and Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) under the National Eco-Tourism Project II of the New Zealand aid amounting to P2 million.

-- Bohol Sunday Post -- July 29, 2007

Dengue, the mosquito-borne disease, has hit alarming levels in Bohol.

Authorities have pushed the alarm buttons after the Department of Health confirmed the outbreak of the disease in two city barangays-Cogon and Dao.

As of last count, the DOH reported that dengue cases since January this year already hit past the 500 mark.

At least 10 fatalities were already confirmed.

In a press conference last week, Dr. Reymoses Cabagnot, Bohol provincial health officer said fast lanes will be set up in Bohol's 11 district hospitals to decongest the city hospitals. Under the fast lane arrangement, patients with fever and suspected of having dengue can be given emergency treatment The blood sam0le is obtained to establish a baseline data.

In Tagbilaran City, dengue patients can avail of the express lane to provide emergency treatment especially those coming from the towns.
          
With the upsurge in dengue cases, there was a time last week that all the city's private hospitals were fully booked of patients afflicted with the dreaded disease.

During the same press confab called for the purpose of assessing the dengue outbreak, Dr. Susanna Madarieta, Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas regional director, was in attendance.

-- Bohol Sunday Post - July 29, 2007

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Local government executives are empowered by law to demolish illegally constructed houses, buildings or other structures especially if it encroach in the so-called 20-meter easement area in the province's shorelines.

This information on LGU empowerment came into the fore following queries reaching the Post as to whatever happened to the Cease and Desist Order (CDO) issued against the Dumaluan Beach Resort in Bolod, Panglao town.

The last time it was learned, the Dumaluan Beach Resort remains open since a CDO was issued last year. Another attempt to close the establishment last month did not materialize after its owner former mayor Doloriech Dumaluan sued for time saying he was yet to confer with then Secretary of Natural Resources Angelo Reyes.

Since then, nothing has been heard about the celebrated closure attempt.

Queries about the Dumaluan case cropped up after it was learned that there is a provision in the Local Government Code giving power to the municipal mayor to close illegally built structures.. This authority of municipal mayors is mandated under Section 444 of the Local Government Code.
          
Under this power, the municipal mayor shall require owners of illegally constructed houses, buildings or other structures to obtain the necessary permit subject to such fines and penalties as may be imposed by law or ordinance, or to make necessary changes in the construction of the same when said construction violates any law or ordinance, or to order the demolition or removal of said house, building or structure within the period prescribed by law or ordinance. <a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/29/front2.htm">Full Story Here</a>

The Local Governance Support Program in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (LGSPA), one of CIDA's bilateral projects in the Philippines, is looking to hire a full-time Regional Development Manager, to be based in the Cotabato Field Office.

The LGSPA is a 5 year capacity development program that seeks to assist the Government of the Philippines and the ARMM Regional Government in their efforts to achieve poverty reduction and sustainable peace and development in ARMM through excellence in local governance.
We are pleased to share with you the attached Terms of Reference for this project staff position, containing the project description and the detailed scope of work and qualifications for the position.

Interested parties may send their application letters and curriculum vitae on or before Friday, August 17, 2007 via mail or email to:

           The Field Program Manager
           LGSPA Program Management Office
           Unit 72 LANDCO Corporate Center
           J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada
           8000 Davao City, Philippines
           lgspa.davao@gmail.com

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Please share this information with your colleagues and network partners who might be interested and qualified to apply for this position.  Likewise, you may visit the PCCO website for other consulting / job opportunities postings.

ELSA BAYSIC - SUMIDO
General Manager
Philippines-Canada Cooperation Office (PCCO)
The Program Support Unit of CIDA in the Philippines

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The Department of Public Works and Highways appeared to have blinked in its tit-for-tat with City Mayor Dan Neri Lim.

District Engineer Celestino Adlaon of the first highway engineering district softened his hardline stance last week when the city mayor remained steadfast in his decision not to carry out a stoppage order involving the completion project of the unfinished Agora.

Adlaon and Mayor Lim was locked in a tug-of-war last week after the former ordered the halt of completion works of the Agora.

Upon learning of Adlaon's decision, Mayor Lim refused to carry out the order and directed construction hands belonging to the J.L. Apostol Enterprises to go on with their job.
          
The J.L. Apostol Enterprises won the contract to rehabilitate the Agora under a Build-Operate- Transfer scheme.

In giving in to the mayor's unyielding position,. Engr. Adlaon said he set a schedule for the turnover of the unfinished edifice which had since become an urban eyesore.

In defending his position not to stop the completion works, Mayor Lim said for 15 years the building remains a monstrous monument of urban blight adding that now that he is set to complete it, the DPWH has the temerity to issue a stoppage order.

According to Engr. Adlaon, after determining the various funding sources poured into the project, the building will be turned over to the city.

A total of P35 million was already consumed by the project but as it stands now, the amount was only good for a hallowed structure. The breakdown of the money released for the building are P20 million from CDF of the late Cong. Venice Borja Agana; P5 million from President GMA's calamity fund and another P10 million from the CDF of Cong. Edgar Chatto.

-- Bohol Sunday Post - July 29, 2007

The Philippine Development Assistance Programme (PDAP) Inc., a partner of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is currently looking for Program Officer for Project Development (Contractual).

We are pleased to share with you the attached Terms of Reference for this project staff position containing the project description and the detailed scope of work.

Interested applicants must submit their application letter with 2x2 picture and comprehensive CV, all in printed copy or email to pdap@mydestiny.net, including personal and professional references, to :

PDAP Admin and Personnel Assistant
78 - B Dr. Lazcano Street, Laging Handa, Q.C.
tel/fax #s: (02) 3730556, 3748214, 3748216
Website â€" www.pdap.net.

Closing date for this search is Friday, August 3, 2007.

Please share this information with your colleagues and network partners who might be interested and qualified to apply for this position.  Likewise, you may visit the PCCO website for other consulting / job opportunities postings.

ELSA BAYSIC - SUMIDO
General Manager
Philippines-Canada Cooperation Office (PCCO)
The Program Support Unit of CIDA in the Philippines

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Written By Joe Espiritu
Columnist
Bohol Sunday Post

Why is it that if we state preference for some fishes, we would be starting a fad?

And when a fad starts the fish, which was disregarded even to the point of abhorrence becomes so popular that their prices rise dramatically. In the fish stalls where only the American frog and tangkig are cheap, the cost for those previously disregarded species went through the roof. Well, the American frog is not a frog at all but a toad of the genus Buffo. Some say that it could be edible if skinned properly. Thank you Mac but we would not touch it. We would prefer the tangkig, the water snake, a miniature anaconda, but only when we are at the last stages of starvation in a survival course.

When we came home from our wanderings for good, that was at the time sanga fishing was not yet banned. Big boats go drift fishing with oversize gillnets to catch Pacific manta. Manta were caught along with big game fishes such as yellowfin tuna, Pacific sailfishes or liplipan, assorted sharks and the broadbill swordfish scientific name Xiphias gladius, locally called ihong digho. The rest of the catch enjoyed high prices except for the sharks and the ihong dugho, which was thought to be shark specie.

The dugho was sold dirt-cheap. They did not know that swordfish steak is a specialty served only at the high-class restaurants at tens of dollars per plate in the Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. We bought a few kilos for grilling and those who had tasted it appreciated it so much that the price gradually rose in the fish stalls of Jagna market. Finally, the better class Tagbilaran hotels found out that the dugho could be bought in Jagna, they paid premium prices for them and now the dugho is served there at dollar prices. The poor slobs have to be contented with the fins, tail and entrails of the dugho of their catch and buy ginamus rather than serve dugho in their tables.

Another fish that was once passed over by buyers was the dolphin or dorado, scientific name Coryphaena hippurus. It was a custom in the homecoming of successful fishermen to give away fishes to those who help beach their boats.

Since dorados can hardly be sold at that time, those were given away. Some say the flesh is tasteless or whatever. When they appeared at the Jagna fish stalls their prices were lower that the rest of the fishes.

Addicted to shashimi, a Japanese dish of raw fish flavored with wasabi and a special kind of soy sauce, we surveyed the stalls for yellowfin tuna. If we find none, we have to settle for substitutes like striped or dogtooth tunas or dorado.

Kinilaw aficionados, who would eat anything raw as long as they are flavored with vinegar, hot chili pepper, yellow ginger, Tahitian lemon or bizasong, found out that the dorado could be a good kinilaw fish. Lately, we found out to our horror that dorado prices are trying to poke a hole through the roof. Few people know that the dorado is considered gourmets' delight, highly appreciated in Hawaii. There they are called mahimahi. There are restaurants, which cater to tourists serving mainly dorado.

The dorado is not only a good food fish but also a prized game fish. Alive, it is beautiful with colors ranging from blue to green to golden yellow and is most glowing when excited. They grow from two to four feet or more but cannot weigh much for their length because they are slender. The males can be recognized by the heads, which are high, almost vertical. They lurk among clumps of Sargasso weeds, driftwood or any large floating objects. When fished with light tackle, whether fly, spinning or spin casting gear, they up a good fight. They rush at the bait and when hooked, execute spectacular leaps out of the water and would put up a terrific struggle, never giving up until it its dead.

There are other fishes, which would become food favorite. There are those, which are tops for kinilaw and - or sinugba. Some are so ugly that it would not look edible. They are considered trash fishes yet no fisherman would part with it. Only a few would find the way to the fish stalls. To keep their prices low, we would not reveal their kind. We would not recommend the tangkig and American frog, which is not American at all but someday they will command high prices in Jagna.

Written By Loy Palapos
Columnist
Bohol Sunday Post

It was a scorching afternoon at the CPG Sports Complex last July 22, when 30 Sandugo street dancing contingents took turns in making a five-minute performance to a jampacked grandstand and adjoining bleachers, when Hans Schoof was requested to greet the audience by the emcee. Unrehearsed and visibly unexpecting of the turn of events, for he was there to see the highlight of the celebration, he calmly stood up, was given the microphone, and essayed some impromptu lines (in his impeccable English that unveiled the land of his birth) which summed up with the unmistakably sincere "I am German by birth, Boholano by heart."

The applause that followed sincerely came from the hearts of the Boholanos present. Prodded by the emcee, who knew that Hans would be celebrating his 60th natal day on July 31, the grandstand audience sang the immortal "Birthday Song." Obviously, it was a gesture appreciated by the celebrator, as evidenced by his impish smile after being given the distinct accolade.

Eager to be an instrument for Hans to be closer to the people, I took time to meet him at Bo's Coffee Shop last Friday afternoon for an interview. Hans Schoof is a precious gem of a friend any Boholano can call a brother. Unassuming and devoid of any hint of arrogance, he is a generous individual who loves peace to reign globally. With me in the candid interview were Boy Guingging (BG) and Chito Fuentes (CF), two of the best journalists of Bohol.

BG: You have chosen the Botika sa Barangay Foundation as one of the recipients of your philanthropy especially during the celebration of your birthday. We would like to know why, of all the foundations in Tagbilaran, this is the one which you have chosen?
HS: Because I am aware of the need for medicine, and I think it is the most important thing that can be done.
BG: Is it true that whatever you will raise out of the fund-raising campaign in your birthday, you will also give a counterpart amount?
HS: I will add.
LMP: I believe that the invitation stipulates that instead of gifts in kind it will be monetary contribution for the Botika sa Barangay.
HS : Whatever amount they can spare.
LMP: You will make an announcement of your contribution that same night?
HS : Yes.
LMP: Would you like to consider that as a celebration of gratitude to what is happening to your life?
HS : Yes.
BG: So, you will be inviting a lot of people during your birthday including the relatives of your wife?
HS : It is not just to invite all my neighbors from Baclayon, Albur and Guindulman, because these people protected me when I came to Bohol, and nobody knew who I was. These people showed hospitality and friendship to me.
BG: I understand that this particular birthday that you have is a big party. I heard that you are even importing waiters from Shangri-La. Is it true?
HS : I cannot tell you. It's a surprise party by my wife.
BG: So, it's your wife who is in charge of the invitation?
HS : Yeah.
BG: Is it true it is a 5-year preparation?
HS : Yes.
BG: Now that you are 60 years old, what is your birthday wish?
HS : I would like to say I am 60 years young. My wish is a healthy family. For me, I know we all live in a destiny. Even while in my bed I can contemplate that you will never know what part of the day comes for you to go. We should love each other, we should respect each other.
BG: You are familiar with the adage "peace not war" in the 80's?
HS: Yes.
BG: You are also familiar with the flower power. It's a language of the 80's also.
HS : Yes. It's the reason I am an environmentalist.
LMP: With this case in Iraq, you are against this war initiated by the Americans?
HS: Because it is wrong. War is wrong.
LMP: Where did you learn this kind of attitude about war, was it from youth or you realized it only in later part of your life?
HS: No. I think it was actually during my childhood, about Germany when I was young.
LMP: When you sum up your experience as a boy, were you greatly affected by the war, and that is something that is so negative you so you would like not to experience that again?
HS: No it's not only that I don't like to experience it again. The goal should be to live in peace and understanding.
LMP: Is that also your philosophy in life right now, to live in peace?
HS: To live in peace and to live in your own and you have to find your own point. You should not be bound to anything, nor anybody. You should be free.
LMP: Everybody talks about your generosity. Is this kind of attitude you have now also a result of that experience?
HS: For sure.
LMP: Do you have a project on sending students as scholars on your own?
HS: We do a lot along that line.
LMP: How long have you been doing this?
HS: 10 years.
LMP: Those people that you have helped were they able to express their gratitude to you or they just left?
HS: They were grateful.
LMP: You mentioned a while ago about coming over because you feel that the people here accepted you. Does it mean that this thing does not exist in your homeland?
HS: I don't think this exists today anymore. When I was a young child Germany stayed very close together.
LMP: You went back during the death of your mother.
HS: Yes, sure. Before, I went 2 or 3 times a year to visit my mother.
LMP: How about your other relatives?
HS: My younger sister comes here several times in a year
LMP: Which part of Germany did you really grow up?
HS: Wiesbaden.
LMP: Is this far from Berlin?
HS: Yeah.
LMP: For sure you must not like also the Wall in Berlin?
HS: Yeah.
LMP: What was your feeling when it was torn down?
HS: It was a great feeling because nobody expected it in our generation. The people really wanted it down.
LMP: When this took place were you already in the Philippines?
HS: Yeah.
BG: When did you start experiencing a good life?
HS: Right after I come to the Philippines.
BG: 20 years ago?
HS: No, 17 years ago. I worked hard for what I am now.
BG: You came to the Philippines in 1995?
HS: No, 1986.
BG: So it was a good 21 years. The moment you came to the Philippines, were you enjoying this kind of life already?
HS: I would not say this kind of life.
BG: What made you decide to come to the Philippines?
HS: I went on a world trip, and came here, and loved the place.
BG: Was it the first time you made a world trip?
HS: No, many times already.
BG: In 1986, that was the first time you came in the Philippines?
HS: Yes.
LMP: Before you came to the Philippines, was this the time when you built your business? Would that be hotel business?
HS: Yeah. Before I was in Germany, I was in Thailand for 7 years.
BG: Your business now in Baclayon, where you set up a resort, so it is not new to you?
HS: Yes.
BG: Is it really for business or is it really for fun?
HS: It is for business.
BG: What's the name of the place?
HS: Peacock Garden Hotel
BG: Why did you name it peacock?
HS: Because peacock is a symbol of royal service
LMP: You mentioned about Jose Rizal in Heidelberg. Is this the reason why you keep coming to Bohol because you have this admiration of Rizal? Is there any connection here? You admire the guy so much.
HS: Yes because he is a multi-genius because Rizal was not only a nationalist, he was internationalist.
LMP: Is your resort expected to be the best resort and spa in Bohol?
HS: It will be different.
LMP: So this will turn out to be not the same as the others already operating?
HS: No, it's up to you to come and judge.
BG: When is the inauguration?
HS: End of September soft opening
LMP: How big is the area?
HS: 10 hectares.
LMP: But it is an observation that if tourism comes to a place some other changes which are negative also come with it?
HS: Not necessarily. Bohol should retain its traditions.
LMP: And that would of course include culture. You would like the culture to stay as is?
HS: Sure. Certainly
LMP: Would you like to consider this influence from the West bad for the Boholanos?
HS: I think this influence comes from the Americans.
BG: If you were to live your life all over again, what would you like to be?
HS: The same I am today.
BG: If there are things that you miss about Germany while you are here, what are they?
HS: After my mother's death. My home is here.
BG: What do you think of Bohol apart from other places that you have been?
HS: The Boholanos for me are very friendly. Bohol is a peaceful place.
LMP: I noticed something even if there is no organization it seems the Germans here in Bohol look up to you as their leader.
HS: Yeah. Because maybe I'm a very kind-hearted person.
BG: I understand you are the only German who has cultivated relationship with the top political figures in Bohol from the Governor to the City Mayor.
HS: I don't know if I'm the only one.
BG: The way I look at it, I think you are the only German who is friendly with officials.
HS: I want to work with them, for progress.
BG: Are you also involved in civic activities in Germany?
HS: No.
LMP: There was a foundation that you made, what's the name again?
HS: Boholano Foreign Friendship Foundation
BG: What brings satisfaction to your life?
HS: Satisfaction is to look in the world to meet other people.
LMP: What makes you close to the Mayor?
HS: We were friends even if he was not yet a Mayor and we have very much in common. We are working together for development. We love peace and freedom.

Nobody transcends his perceptual field. A person is a product of his environment. As a young boy after the Second World War, Hans'family, like the others in war-torn Germany, experienced hardships. These personal experiences until today are very much a part of his life. Thus, his hatred for war, and anything that connotes violence. Hans Schoof believes every man can attain freedom if he wants to. He can live in peace and prosperity through is own efforts.

There's no doubt, he loves Bohol. He does not feel homesick anymore. The Germany today is not the same Germany before. He has found love, peace, and security in the island province. There is no turning back.

But he wishes that Bohol would not succumb to American influences that would corrode its value system. Boholanos should hold on to its unique culture. "Bring back the old songs and dances, bring back the rondallas." Heritage that distinguishes Bohol from the right of the world.

There are now many foreigners who have found home in Bohol. But he is unique in his expressed desire to preserve local culture. Even his Peacock Garden Hotel, which will have a soft opening last part of September, would be an expression of his personality. "I want to be different," he said. His great success as an international restaurant and hotel connoisseur finds full expression in his resort in Baclayon, which will bear the emblem "A different world awaits."

For indeed, this peace-loving individual who is German by birth, but Boholano by heart, has found his home here.

Written By Boy Guingguing
Publisher
Bohol Sunday Post

Those who know in him up close and personal know him to be quick on the draw. Invite him for any occasion that requires payment and he is a gunslinger par excellence. Anybody who claims to have known him from Adam knows that he spends money as if it grows on trees.

That trait (easy with his money) endures him with friends and foes alike. In fine, this explains why until now, we can say without fear of contradiction that he has no savings. It is easy to understand. If you spend money as if it will be demonized the following day, then savings is not in your vocabulary.

Just that he is likened to a two-fisted gunslinger, he is also quick with his mouth. Provoke him into making a reaction and the repartee is as ascerbic. Whether it serves him in good stead depends upon which fence one is sitting.

There are those who appreciate this brand of leadership. For one, some people associate this with political will. Others dismissed all this as plain arrogance.

This in a nutshell is the persona of lawyer Dan Neri Lim, city mayor of Tagbilaran. For all his good manners and right conduct as no-nonsense chief executive, he is the epitome of a modern day administrator. For all his arrogance, he is the poster boy of bad behavior. Take you pick.

Arrogant or level headed, he is consoled with the thought that he won over his closest rival by a comfortable margin never been experienced in the history of Tagbilaran politics.

The first time he won the city mayoralty in 2004 may be a stroke of luck. A three-way race, he was the beneficiary when the so-called vaunted machinery of Jorge Cabalit collapsed at the last minute.

The last time he saw action was considered the finest moment in his checkered political career. Stripped of any ruling party blessing, he went on to pull off a monumental upset leaving his perennial opponent wondering what wrong.

We don't need to look this far, to find the right answers.

May be unknown to many Tagbilaranons, the first term of Mayor Lim was referendum of what he had done during his first term in office.

In a glossy Tagbilaran City Project Briefs Year 2004-2007, Mayor Lim spelled out the direction he was threading for the first three years as began the function of city may in 2004.

The Tagbilaran Brief Series documented the mayor trailblazing accomplishments under the administration of Mayor Lim and his partner in the Sangguniang Panglungsud then vice mayor Nuevas Tirol-Montes.

The packaged of development initiatives that constituted the Lim-Tirol roadmap for a greater Tagbilaran includes the New Growth Center. Spanning an area of 409 hectares, it will be developed by the city into roads complete with walkway and drainage, public parks, parking areas and the Big Bug.

On the field of environment, the 9th Sangguniang Bayan passed an ordinance declaring some of its remaining coral reefs as a Marine Protected Area (MPA). One of the identified coral reefs is the Mabaw Reef located within three contiguous coastal barangays of Tagbilaran, namely: Taloto, Ubujan and Manga.


Study on the Functional Organization is another development initiative designed to effect change in local governance. The idea here is that the local government unit can redesign its organizational structure in the face of the changing externalities so that it retains or even increases its capacity for high achievement and effectiveness.

Plan-based budget was another concern of the previous administration. It is a technique of planning and decision making, It reverses the working process of traditional budgeting.

The City Government Roadmap was conceived as part of the city government's efforts of setting clearer directions and fine tuning improvement programs that need support from various sectors and stakeholders. At present, it is embarking on efforts of building a symbiotic relationship with non-government organizations to assist the city in formulating its developmental programs and in facilitating fund sourcing of projects.

Written By Romy Teruel
Columnist
Bohol Sunday Post

I have not seen or heard of a local government unit (LGU) that has not complained of lack of funds for its development programs. As a matter of fact, lack of funds has become a ready and convenient answer of LGU officials every time they are asked why they have not addressed certain development issues.

While this is true, lack of funds has become an excuse of many LGU officials for doing nothing and still hope that in the next elections the voters will understand them and still elect them to office.

But to real development managers, the problem of lack of funds can be viewed as an opportunity, more than a problem, to look at other avenues or means to raise more revenues for the LGU.

Last week six cities converged in Tagbilaran City to review their experience in implementing the Philippine Regional and Municipal Development Project (PRMDP) that was funded by the Government of Australia five years ago. These were the Cities of General Santos, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Puerto Princesa, Bacolod and Tagbilaran.

PRMDP zeroed in on Geographical information System (GIS) and Electronics Tax Revenue Assessment and Collection System (e-TRACS) as tools in improving and increasing tax and non-tax revenues by local government units. Other municipalities and cities also came to find out whether the successful implementation of the systems can be replicated in their LGUs.

The six cities showed how the implementation of both systems have helped them collect more revenues specially in real property tax collections and in business permits and licensing. GIS has helped them in planning and pinpointing development directions and thrusts thereby prioritizing where priority is due.

What is important is that they have pledged to help interested LGUs to implement same.

There is one solution to the problem of lack of funds. In this age of the information and communication technology (ICT) LGUs that do not use it as a tool for development will surely be left behind.

Iligan City has shown in concrete terms how e-TRACS has increased its revenues despite the closure of National Steel Corporation that used to contribute about 60 % of their income.

ICT can be the means to that independence from internal revenue allotment (IRA) that LGUs have been aspiring for. Only when that happens can LGUs truly say they have met the objectives of R.A. 7160 of making them autonomous and self-reliant.

Another area worth trying in order to increase locally generated revenues is in the field of public enterprise management. This is one area where very few LGUs have tried mainly because of the observation that has now become a popular belief that government, especially LGUs, is never good at running a business.

Well, the province of Bohol is going into that. It has just finished the training of its people on public enterprise management with funding support from the Australian Government through the Philippine Australia Human Resource Development Facility (PAHRDF).

Gov. Erico B. Aumentado is eying as initial targets the Chocolate Hills Complex in Carmen and the idle assets of the provincial government in Tagbilaran City and other municipalities.

Resourcefulness and a little daring to try the less trodden road can be the keys to the perennial problem of lack of funds.

Written By Joe Espiritu
Columnist
Bohol Sunday Post

Bohol was said to have been founded July 22 some 153 years ago. At that time, this island was declared to be a province from the Cebu - Siquijor - Bohol provincial district of the Philippines. Apparently, these three islands were considered one administrative district until Bohol was separated from it. During that period, the towns of the island were already thriving parishes. However, our interests go beyond that. It goes back when Bohol was settled by the human race and until how we became a province.

Geologists contend that the Philippine islands, Bohol along with them rose from the ocean floor millions of years ago. In the course of time, flora and fauna from the Asian continent invaded the present day islands. Peoples of South East Asia feeling economic or political pressure moved eastward and settled in the islands along the Asia continental shelf. Some went farther eastward and settled in the Pacific islands while some settled in the Philippines.

The first wave of settlers could have found Bohol too small for them and settled in larger islands like Mindanao, Panay and Luzon. The terrace builders found the Mountain Province much like home and they settled there while some may have lived in the shores. However, the later waves of settlers displaced them forcing them to move inland. This population movement was limited only to larger islands.

Finally the latest wave reached the islands and some settled in smaller landmasses.

Archeologists are finding it difficult to study the Boholano origins since they left no written records and very few artifacts. Like most the ancient Southeast Asian cultures, they built no lasting edifices. They could have been more of Malayan origins, different from the sophisticated Javanese, builders of the Borobudor temple. Anthropologist found several Southeast Asian beliefs and practices like animism and secondary burials among the Boholanos but hesitate to indicate their true origins since races had blended leaving only faint traces of the original.

The first Boholanos could have followed the trail of the Borneoan datus that settled in Panay. Or had preceded them. The Carbon 14 dating of the ancient bones found in some places in Bohol would reveal interesting information. Isolation influenced the development of a peculiar language structure. Although some of us call themselves Visayans, several versions of the Bisayan dialect had evolved.

When Legaspi "discovered" Bohol, Boholanos already had a thriving civilization.

Chieftains noted for their sagacity or valor ruled each village. Christianizing missionaries established parishes in each village and those became the origin of towns or municipalities. By necessity rather than by design, the priests were both the religious and political authorities. Church authorities later drew up administrative districts

Bohol had become a province long ago but the people are still influenced by the past. Our official mode of Visayan communication is Cebuano but there are some groups, who have different accents and intonations. But this is fast disappearing.

The intonation of a cosmopolitan Boholano is indistinguishable from the Cebuano speaking Visayan except perhaps for his terminology. Boholanos, those who are from thriving towns are taller, fairer and much more educated than their forebears.

After 153 years, Bohol has still a long way to go. Urban migration goes on undiminished. We do not have opportunities, which will make Bohol talent stay home. Our resources are yet to be discovered, it there is any. Our poor stay poor and beget more poor. We have decided to become a tourist destination rather than an industrialized province but only a few tourist spots are developed. Our economic ranking had improved but it could still stand some improvement.

Hello Cap,

Ang kasagaran man gud mahitabo sa ato kung anaay makigbagat sa administrasyon naa gyuy side effect. Mao nga depende lang kung kinsay duol sa luwag. Atong himoong kapanaminan ang nahitabo ni Dr. Dumaluan sa Panglao. Nagkamoritsing intawon si Dumaluan kay bisan unsa lang kaso ang idasok sa iya hangtud nga naloyloy gyud kadugayan ang depensa ni Dumaluan, na-mati sija - kung sa chess pa.

Mao nga kung makadungog ta ug mga balita nga na-reassign mosantop sa atong alimpatakan ang nagkadaiyang pangutana: Ngano man? Kinsa kahay nagpaluyo? Unsay panghitabo nga naglimin sa maong pagbalhin?

Of course, they won't announce it in public nga ang pagka-reassign ni talpolano o talpolana maoy political nga hinungdan. Puro man lang ta ani press release of denials. Ang pag-deny o panghimakak nga walay kalabotan si Gov posible nga pagtakuban lang usab aron tabunan ang tinuod nga hinungdan.

Dili naman gud ta mangutana Cap nga sige nalang mamakak ning atong gobyerno.

Sama pananglit sa gikabalita sa atong Bol-anong higala sa Singapore dinhi sa Tubag Bohol nga miingon ang usa ka dako-dako sa Comelec nga na-meet daw niya ang 6,000 ka IT professionals sa Singapore. Ang tinuod maayo lang ug maabot ug 1,600 ang mga Filipino IT professionals sa Singapore.

Salamat, Cap, sa pagpadayag sa imong huna-huna mahitungod aning mga butanga.

Mike

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Albur Mayor Jose Ugdoracion issued Friday an ultimatum to stop the construction of a cluster sanitary landfill.

It was known by Ugdoracion that representatives of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) came last week for the second round of payments to lot owners affected by the landfill in barangay Danggay.

The cluster sanitary landfill that will host at least 9 other towns is being opposed by Albur residents as it is situated in an aquifer, a water source for the municipal waterworks system supplying five barangays.

The mayor said he is giving until August 4 for the PTA, one of the project's proponents and funding agency, to answer his queries on the validity of the projectimplementation even without a municipal ordinance and an environmental impact assessment.
        
"If the PTA insists in pursuing the landfill construction," the mayor said he "will be constrained to exercise his executive powers" and issue a closure order.

Next week, a team from the Ecological Governance (Ecogov) will be visiting Albur to conduct a dialogue with residents regarding the hosting of a common landfill facility which includes the towns of Loon, Maribojoc, Corella, Baclayon, Loay, Dauis, Panglao and Albur.

Written By Ric V. Obedencio
The Bohol Chronicle

Boholano overseas workers and their loved ones are warned of the high risk of being afflicted with Human Immuno Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) while working abroad.

Program manager Lawrence Castro of the PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc., (PFPI) a private non-stock, non-profit non-government organization that deals with health and environment, issued the statement amid escalation of the dreaded disease that still do not have a cure yet.

He told Contact Point over DyRD, in an exclusive interview last week, that 35% of the more than documented cases of HIV/AIDS in the country are OFWs. But he did not say how many Boholanos are affected by the disease.

PATH Foundation, which held an activity on social mobilization last week at Metro Center Hotel here, said that it now focuses on helping educate the families and dependents of the OFWs in six municipalities including this city considering the number of OFWs and tourism industry in these places. The project sites/towns involved in the program are Panglao, Dauis, Jagna, Loboc, Maribojoc and Tubigon.

The Foundation launched the multi-disciplinary approaches to address the risks the disease may bring. This includes "peer-mediated behavior change communications, policy or advocacy and capacity building.

But all these approaches would not be possible without the collaboration and cooperation of others like government agencies, local government units, NGOs to carry out interventions to the targeted beneficiaries.

Castro said that the virus can may be transmitted, not only by sexual encounter with other person not one's husband or wife, but also by blood transfusion and a mother bearing a child.

He also said that there is that so-called "theoretical risk," meaning there is a high possibility that the use of nail-cleaning tools could facilitate the transfer of the virus.

By Bingo P. Dejaresco III
The Bohol Chronicle

MANILA- In a move that had apparently nothing to do with the BHIP-2 (Bohol Irrigation Project), Socio Economiic Secretary and NEDA boss Romulo Neri has been temporarily re-assigned from NEDA to head either of the two troubled government agencies like the Treasury Department or the CHED (Commission on Higher Education).

National Treasurer Omar Cruz (formerly from Citibank) resigned last March, two months before the May 2007 elections which was marred by massive vote-buying. On the other hand, GMA had reportedly been disappointed
with the slow implementation of the ladderized education at TESDA (under Carlito Puno) that would have created educational and employment opportunities.

Boholano Romy Neri, a masters in Business Administration graduate of University of California and magna cum laude UP Business Administration college graduate, has been a known "trouble shooter" for the administration. Neri said GMA told him he had more "hard work" to do ahead last week - leading to speculations that he is headed more for Treasury than the Education department.

The Government is now in a tight situation considering the unexpected large deficit of P 47-Billion which could put many of the administration's projects on a standstill -without the necessary funding. <a href="http://boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/29/front2.htm">Full story here</a>

Written by Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

The New Zealand government has cut-off its counterpart fund releases for one of Bohol's major eco-tourism projects, the Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape (RSPL), after it found "questionable use of funds and implementation methods" by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Soil and Water Conservation Foundation, Inc. (SWCF) executive director William Granert disclosed to the Chronicle that the counterpart funding from New Zealand was part of a P10-million grant for the bio-diversity conservation and poverty reduction of the Rajah Sikatuna National Park which covers 29 barangays.

SWCF is one of the project implementers of RSPL together with the DENR and the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) which comprises the local government units in the conservation area.

Granert has filed a complaint at the Protected Area and Wildlife Division (PAWD) of the DENR regarding the mismanagement of the RSPL, specifically Leonardo Elle, the protected area's superintendent. <a href="http://boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/29/front1.htm">Full story here</a>

Quote from: kaliwatnidihay on July 30, 2007, 08:49:03 AM
that's basically the "thing" that most of these visitors from foreign land wanted in here... though! am not that against the "odds"... but! maybe... some of our fellow kababayans shouldn't be acting that we're like hot potatoes for sale...

Daghan na mga male Bol-anon nga nagdangoyngoy ug nihilak sa tago kay either gipulihan ug seaman or gipulihan ug foreigner. Way labot sa mga desenteng babaye - daghan pa sila.

Galen, sa Thailand bisag kinsa makakuha ug debit card. Only Thai citizens and foreigners with huge amount of money in banks can get a post-paid credit cards. But a debit card is more than enough. At least sa debit card ma-control imo spending activity.

Bitaw, nakatungas naman ko sa Mt. Apo sa Davao, pero mas sayon pa mokatkat sa Mount Apo kay sa mokuha ug credit card sa ato.

Pero hisabtan ko ang mga bangko. Kay daghan pud sa ato nga kung tingil na gani sa utang, mao pay masuko kay gitinglan.

Diri sa Thailand nabiktima ko ug Filipino nga taga-Bukidnon, but that's another story... I will give more details in the Blog section. Soon.

Galen,

The Paypal e-mail was absolutely perfect. Logo, color, format, everything was a pefect duplicate. I was about to click the link but as security conscious as I am, I entertained second thoughts. I learned it was a bogus mail after I pointed my mouse to the links the e-mail has provided and I found out that the redirecting urls are all numbers and shadowy letters. Then I traced the e-mail origin and tracked the hosting server - I found out that the e-mail was using a parked domain.

Ahhhhh... this reminds me of a Filipino abroad who applied for a loan through an e-mail sent to this person's Yahoo inbox (SPAM). The dollar deduction in the debit card is there every month (for six months now) but the company can never be found because it is non-existent.

By the way, Tubag Bohol members may post security issues here. Galen, Ban-alam, and yours truly will do our best to answer your Internet-related inquiries.

Quote from: proudbojolana on July 30, 2007, 07:15:34 AM
So ... how do we go about filling up this gap?

As you have told me, Filipinos in the Philippines can already use Paypal?  Unsa man pod ang mga requirements, I wonder? 

I think another thing that makes it more difficult for Filipinos to integrate e-commerce in their day-to-day activities, is the difficulty in getting a credit card account?  Wala pa man tingali pod Debit card sa Pinas?  In other countries, the credit card companies ang mangulitawo sa mga tawo to sign up with them.  Sa Pinas, kulang na lang, mga dungganan ra nga mga tawo ang welcomed by the credit card companies!   

I really hope that enough time and resources will be poured to keep our country abreast of the times, more particularly, in the field of internet and e-commerce!

Getting a credit card in the Philippines is like climbing Mt. Everest.
Kinahasolan. NBI. Police Clearance. BIR. Postal I.D. Company I.D.
Water Bill. Electricity Bill. Letter with your address on it and
authenticated Stamp. Payslip, yes, Payslip. Wa na ko kahibalo
kung banks need my Transcript of Records, Barangay Clearance,
Medical Certificate, Press I.D., High School Report Card, and the
latest record kung kanus-a ko nangihi. I just gave up and forgot
about it.

Many of our provinces are bereft of websites.

Stats:

Thailand Population: 65,000,000
Websites in Thailand: 120,000 and counting

Switzerland Population: 6,000,000
Websites: 199,000 plus and counting

Philippine Population: 91,000,000 (according to the latest data from the CIA)
Websites: 27,000 and declining

Singapore Websites: 61,400

That will give you an insight of what's going on of the Philippine web trends.

One time I got an e-mail from a foreigner expressing his interest to join Tubag Bohol only for the purpose of getting a Filipina friend.

You will know it soon... The search is not yet over...

Capitan Berong is back! With a plethora of research files. He even has records of my news stories. Ako wala. 

Written By Richard Armaldi

The number one reason people switch to Firefox is tabbed browsing because it allows you to open links in separate tabs, while staying in a single window, and read them when you're done with the current page. Tabbed browsing makes it possible and even easy to keep track of several pages at once. To switch between tabs, just click on the tab you want to look at. You'll stay organized because new tabs load behind the current view. To open a link in a tab, click on the link with the middle mouse button or hold down the control key and click it.

Unlike most other browsers, Firefox can be customized to you personal needs. You can adjust the standard tool bars or even create you own. Perhaps you're the type who likes a single toolbar with minimal icons. If you want every option available with a single click, you can create multiple tool bars with everything on them. There's no limit to the level of customization you can achieve. If you want to add an option to your toolbar simply choose View, Toolbars, Customize and drag the icon to your toolbar.

Organizing your bookmarks is made easy with Firefox. You can organize your bookmarks into folders and even annotate the folders or individual bookmarks with comments and reminders. Keywords can be associated with any bookmark allowing you to open it just by typing that keyword into the address bar located at the top of the browser. Your bookmarks and browser history can be pulled up as a side bar for faster access. For browser history hit Ctrl+H and for bookmarks use Ctrl+B.

Firefox offers better privacy controls than any other browser. You can quickly clear personal browsing details using the privacy panel. In addition to giving you control over popup windows, Firefox also stops a number of other actions that have been annoying web surfers for a long time, such as status bar tricks. Look under Options then Web features to control these settings. Firefox includes the same set of controls used by other Mozilla software allowing you to control cookies and other settings to suit your tastes.

And last but not the least, Firefox is Open Source software. This means that it's open to development by the same people that use it. Firefox is based on the same Mozilla Gecko engine used by other browsers and software. Perhaps the biggest advantage to being open source is that Firefox will never include intended malicious code or spyware.

Discover the insider's secrets to configuring and customizing Firefox. Richard Armaldi shows you how at http://www.firefoxconfiguration.com

Tech Analysis

Google has been doing a lot of revolutionary things lately.
Some of its latest moves have shaken the knees of
Microsoft as Google's web applications are seemed on a
shoot-to-kill mission, targeting, though not explicitly, Microsoft's
greatest asset, the Windows Desktop.

Google has brought down the supremacy of its older brother Yahoo,
trampling many of Yahoo's once popular tools such as e-mail, messenger,
search engine, etc. It is not surprising that Google may also
wipe out Microsoft's profits given Google's crazy and wild
innovations, hitting the tires of other web companies.

While Yahoo has gone into webhosting business, which is not
that popular and reliable because of speed and reliability
issues, Google as far as I know has not walked into the doors
of the webhosting industry.

If Google would go into the webhosting business, will Google
become the last and greatest fear of the thousands of webhosting
companies all over the world?

Google has tons of money that it can launch a web hosting venture
anytime it wants. And if that happens, thousands of webhosting companies
may entertain fearsome thoughts on either closing business or fighting Google
with a mad-dog stamina.

For me, Google has to consider that every time it launches a new venture,
some would benefit out of it and some would weep over it.

If Google, God forbids, would go into webhosting, how many thousands of web
hosting employees will lose jobs? How many hundreds of webhosting
companies will shut down their business?

If creating a new Google business will bring more tears than laughters
to thousands of individuals and families whose incomes are dependent
on webhosting business, then Google should not stand as an evil persona
to the webhosting industry.

Hosting companies like <a href="http://www.lunarpages.com/id/websbesthost">Lunarpages (Visit them HERE)</a> has to take time to think about this scenario.

Written By John Wildermuth
San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer

State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California's voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems' electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday.

The researchers "were able to bypass physical and software security in every machine they tested,'' said Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who authorized the "top to bottom review" of every voting system certified by the state.

Neither Bowen nor the investigators were willing to say exactly how vulnerable California elections are to computer hackers, especially because the team of computer experts from the UC system had top-of-the-line security information plus more time and better access to the voting machines than would-be vote thieves likely would have.

"All information available to the secretary of state was made available to the testers,'' including operating manuals, software and source codes usually kept secret by the voting machine companies, said Matt Bishop, UC Davis computer science professor who led the "red team" hacking effort, said in his summary of the results.

The review included voting equipment from every company approved for use in the state, including Sequoia, whose systems are used in Alameda, Napa and Santa Clara counties; Hart InterCivic, used in San Mateo and Sonoma Counties; and Diebold, used in Marin County.

Election Systems and Software, which supplied equipment to San Francisco, Contra Costa, Solano and Los Angeles counties in last November's election, missed the deadline for submitting the equipment, Bowen said. While their equipment will be reviewed, Bowen warned that she has "the legal authority to impose any condition'' on its use.

Bowen said in a telephone news conference Friday that the report is only one piece of information she will use to decide which voting systems are secure enough to use in next February's presidential primary election.

If she is going to decertify any of the machines, she must do it by Friday, six months before the Feb. 5 vote.

A day-long hearing in Sacramento on Monday will give the UC investigators a chance to present their finding and allow the various voting machine companies to present a response. The hearing also will be open for comments from the public.

The study was designed to discover vulnerabilities in the technology of voting systems used in the state. It did not deal with any physical security measures that counties might take and "made no assumptions about constraints on the attackers,'' Bishop said.

"The testers did not evaluate the likelihood of any attack being feasible,'' he added.

Some county elections officials in the state were among the most critical of the study, saying they worry that they could be forced to junk millions of dollars in voting machines if Bowen decertifies them for the February election.

Letting the hackers have the source codes, operating manuals and unlimited access to the voting machines "is like giving a burglar the keys to your house,'' said Steve Weir, clerk-recorder of Contra Costa County and head of the state Association of Clerks and Election Officials.

The study also determined that many voting systems have flaws that make it difficult for blind voters and those with other disabilities to cast ballots.

During her election campaign last year, Bowen made it clear she had little confidence in the security of electronic voting machines and vowed to review their use in the state.

"Voting systems are tools of our democracy,'' she said Friday. "We want to ensure that the voting systems used in the state are secure, accurate, reliable and accessible to all. This (study result) is not a big deal to me. It's a big deal for everyone in the country.''

Vendors and other advocates of electronic voting machines have suggested that because of Bowen's well-publicized concerns, she has her thumb on the scale when it comes to reviewing the systems. But the secretary of state said she purposely avoided the scientists doing the study.

Bowen admitted that she's "enough of a geek" that she would have enjoyed working closely with the study, but "I've stayed out of the way ... It's not my review,'' she said. "I didn't want (the researchers) to be influenced by my questions.''

Weir said the UC study "is only a hologram of what could be done technically without considering the real-world mitigation,'' the locks, access cards and other physical security measures typically used.

The study found "absolutely no evidence of any malicious source code anywhere,'' he added. "They found nothing that could cast doubt on the results of elections.''

Bishop, however, said he was surprised by the weakness of the security measures, both physical and electronic, protecting the voting systems. His team of hackers found ways to get into the systems not only through the high-tech equipment in election headquarters but also through the machines in the polling places.

If the testers had had more time, they would have found more flaws, he added.

"The vendors appeared to have designed systems that were not high assurance (of security)," said Bishop, a recognized expert on computer security. "The security seems like it was added on.''

Quote from: galen on July 25, 2007, 06:15:10 PM
im not really sure if this virus/worm gives no harm to the system, but some infos found on the net tells the virus causes too much traffic to the network. anyway, hope mike's solution solves your problem. 

good luck!

by the way, is there any law sa pinas about releasing viruses/worms to the wild(internet)? mura nagkadaghan naman pinoy nag-release ug mga virus just for fun.

maybe true nga nagkamaayo ang pinoy, but it also means ignorance ug pagka-iresponsable...

bato bato sa langit... 

this is just my opinion...

Murag wala pay law, galen. Many of our senators and congressmen wa kahibalo unsa nang Internet. In other countries, congressmen and senators have their own interactive websites but in the Philippines (as read in senate.gov.ph), you'll find that our senators are still using yahoo.com e-mails instead of info@pesonalname.com.

Quote from: Ban-alam on July 29, 2007, 11:23:57 PM


in fairness, gwapa baya siya! hehehehhheh! 

and then?

Naa man Cel. I can see her picture. Sayop lang ang placement sa picture.

By RAY MASSEY
dailymail.co.uk

Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing to sit next to male passengers they didn't know.

The dispute - in which the three princesses from the ultra-conservative Qatar royal family demanded segregated seating - left the London-bound plane delayed on a baking Italian runway for nearly three hours.

Furious passengers whistled and clapped as the row intensified before the captain eventually ordered the women to be escorted off the plane.

The princesses, wearing traditional Arab dress, were returning from a day's shopping in Milan. They arrived at the city's Linate airport and boarded Heathrow-bound flight BA 563, which was due to take off at 4pm on Thursday.

The women, all relatives of the oil-rich emir of Qatar, Bader Bin Khalifa Al Thani, were booked into business class in a party of eight which included the emir and an entourage of cooks, servants and other staff.

After passengers had fastened their seat-belts and the plane had taxied on to the runway, two male passengers in the entourage got up to protest about where the women were sitting.

According to the customs of Qatar and other Gulf states, women are not allowed to mix with men who are not relatives.

Cabin crew tried to rearrange the seats but passengers travelling together refused to give up their allotted places. The captain tried to mediate but after more than two and a half hours of wrangling he ordered the bulk of their royal party off the plane.

It is understood that five of the eight - including the princesses and the men who left their seats to protest - were removed.

Police and diplomats from the Qatar consulate in Milan were also called in before the plane eventually took off. The rest of the Qatar party left Milan later on an Alitalia flight.

A BA spokesman said: "The people were offloaded because they failed to comply with safety instructions when the aircraft was taxiing. Two passengers stood up and refused to sit down."

A spokesman at the Qatar embassy in Rome said: "This was a private matter and we have nothing to say."

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We are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him. â€"1 John 3:2

For decades, astronomical artists have painted scenes of the universe based on a combination of scientific information and their own imaginations. But photographs from robotic space probes and the Hubble Space Telescope have redefined these artists’ view of reality. In a Los Angeles Times article, space artist Don Dixon said the first pictures of Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa “turned out to be much more exotic than anybody imagined.” Dixon now considers 70 percent of his space paintings to be “dated concepts” because reality has become more awesome than imagination.

While the Bible tells us what Jesus said and did, it doesn’t describe how He looked. Our mental picture of Him has likely been influenced by art and illustrations in Sunday school materials. But one day, our image of Christ will be forever changed when we meet Him face to face. “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2). That hope will produce in us a pursuit of purity (v.3).

Not only will we see our Lord as He is, but we will also be like Him. What an astonishing reality that will be more than we ever imagined! â€"David C. McCasland

When Christ returns, we’ll see His face
And be transformed by His good grace;
Hope will become realityâ€"
Much more than we could ever see. â€"Sper

All that we long to become will find fulfillment in our first look at Jesus.

source: Our Daily Bread

His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps. â€"Job 34:21

Visiting Alaska for the first time, I was excited that we were staying at the Mt. McKinley Lodge. As we were checking in, I caught a glimpse of a mass of rock through a large picture window, and I hurried out to the deck facing the mountain.

“Wow,” I murmured softly as I took in the view.

A man standing a few feet away said, “Uh, . . . that ain’t it!”

As I discovered that day, visitors to Alaska often miss seeing all of “The Great One.” Standing at 20,320 feet, the mountain is so tall that most of it is hidden on cloudy days. I was seeing only a part of the whole.

Often we’re satisfied with our limited view of life. But Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us, “‘I know the thoughts that I think toward you,’ says the Lord, ‘thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.’” With God’s omniscient, panoramic view, He sees the people He wants us to help, the things He wants us to accomplish, the character traits He wants to develop in us.

Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man’s heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.” Our view of life is restricted by our humanness, but we can trust ourselves to the One who has an unlimited view! â€"Cindy Hess Kasper

There’s so much now I cannot see,
My eyesight’s far too dim,
But come what may, I’ll simply trust
And leave it all to Him. â€"Overton

We see in part; God sees the whole.


source: Our Daily Bread devotional book

I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up. â€"Acts 20:32

While visiting Jakarta, Indonesia, for a Bible conference, I was invited to speak in a church there. Before the first of two services that Sunday morning, one of the elders asked me to give him my Bible. He explained that the elders were responsible for the biblical reliability of the teaching the congregation received, and that he would return my Bible to me in front of the congregation. It was a tangible way of showing the church family that the leadership was entrusting the ministry of the Word to me on that day.

This practice was both sobering and encouraging. It reminded me that the privilege of presenting the truths of the Bible to people is not one to be taken lightly. It also was encouraging to see the degree to which these Indonesian elders took seriously their responsibility for the care of the flock.

In Acts 20, we read that Paul met with the elders of the church at Ephesus. In his charge to these leaders, the apostle warned them of the danger of false teachers (vv.28-29) and the responsibility of the church leadership to help the congregation grow in the Word of God (v.32).

No matter what our calling is, let’s handle the Word with care. When we do, God’s people will grow. â€"Bill Crowder

O God, in whom our trust we place,
We thank You for Your Word of grace;
Help us its precepts to obey,
Till we shall live in endless day. â€"Huss

The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to change the people of God.

source: Our Daily Bread