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The new Fern-C Tagbilaran Service Center was finally opened on July 14, 2007 at CPG North Avenue with the presence of Congressman Edgar M. Chatto as their Guest of Honor.

Congressman Chatto congratulated the people behind Fern-C for coming up with a non-acidic vitamin C. According to him, aside from providing health supplement, this can help eradicate unemployment among Bohol residents and thus stir up economy in the province.

It may be noted that a lot of unemployed joined the workforce of Fern-C and dramatically improved and changed their lives.

Also present on the occasion were: Father Rey Pernia; Mr. Fortunato Lim; and Mr. Richard Lim.

Reported by Rey Anthony Chiu
Bohol Correspondent for the Philippine Information Agency
 
  Left as a nagging remnant of a political deal gone sour with nobody owning any part of the blame over the unfinished Agora, people heaved a sigh of relief when Mayor Dan Lim decides to treat the eyesore and then the work has to stop again.

  Demolition of some parts of the still unfinished agora was ordered stopped recently, confirmed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) District Engineer Celestino Adlaon.

  He said, even if the building has been turned over to the local government unit, in the case of the Agora, city government of Tagbilaran, DPWH being the one under whose area the infrastructure is built still has the authority on the project.

  Engr. Adlaon shared in an interview that he recommended for the temporary stoppage of the construction work as he observed that the contractors were using vibrators and jackhammers in demolishing some of the building’s structures and he feared it could affect the structural strength of the entire building.

  The First Engineering District Engineer admitted that the contractor may have demolished some posts to give in to a noted possible violation of the building.

  According to the National Building Codes, new buildings should be built at least 17.5 meters from the center of roads to ascertain the provision of vehicular and pedestrian road-right of ways.

  This could have prompted the contractors to comply with the Code, otherwise the city may not accept the building upon turn-over for a blatant violation, so it should be moved back, sources said.

  The unfinished Agora, a building that has become an eyesore in the Tagbilaran City skyline was an inherited infrastructure by the local government from previous administration, has become an object of political debates as to how to convert it into a more utile structure.

  To assure its usability, the city government under Mayor Dan Neri Lim decided to assume the project and submitted it for bidding on a Build-Operate and Transfer scheme, said City Engineer Pianicita Castolo, in a telephone interview Friday. She however refused to comment if the stoppage would affect the contracted date of completion of the project.

  City Administrator and Architect Walter Toston was not available for comment when contacted Friday morning about the nature and scope of the demolition as well as details of the contract.

  Asked until when the stoppage would be effected, Engr Adlaon said until the regional and national DPWH legal departments can come up with comments on the alterations implemented by the new contractor which the city government called to finish the project.

Written by Rey Anthony Chiu
Correspondent, PIA

  Days from, people may knock on doors of every home, as census enumerators numbering 513 would be fielded to every nook in the province this August.

  The National Statistics Office (NSO) Bohol Provincial Statistics Officer Jessamyn Anne Alcazaren said 80 team supervisors and 48 census area supervisors complement the census takers or enumerators.

  The 2007 census of population (POPCEN) aims to provide accurate and timely statistics on the country’s population at the smallest demographic area possible, Alcazaren said.

  How do we know if they are who they said they are and not anybody impersonating them to gain easy access on to houses?

  Alcazaren said their enumerators are the people in fuchsia pink umbrellas, black bags with identification cards duly signed by the NSO Administrator Carmelita N. Ericta and with appointment papers signed by herself.

  Updated information on the size of the population would provide the government planners, policy makers and administrators data to base their social and economic development plans and programs, the NSO said.

  The census acts as basis for the determination of Internal revenue Allotment, apportionment of legislative district representatives, creation of new local government units and conversion of LGUs into higher units, it added.

  Over this, we call on all to be counted and we ask the cooperation of everybody to please allow our enumerators to take the 15-30 minutes of your time for the Popcen interview while assuring that every information gathered is treated with confidentiality.

  Alcazaren said this year’s much delayed census which should have been done in 2006 is hoped to confirm the annual population growth rate here which was then pegged at 2.95 during the intercensal period of 1995-2000.

  Growth rate is the rate at which the population is increasing or decreasing in a given year due to natural increase and net migration, expressed as a percentage of the base population, NSO explained.

  Bohol total population in 2000 census on population and housing was 1,239, 130, which increased by 144,690 persons from the earlier 1995 census. The figure is 1/5 of the total regional population, making it the second largest in the region, Bohol NSO said.

  The census in August would also determine if there have been changes in the noted very young population here. Bohol then had a median age of 22, 1 year more than the 21 median age in 1995. This means that half of the population here in 2000 is below 22, which is relatively young.

Reported by Rey Anthony Chiu
Bohol Correspondent for the Philippine Information Agency

  When President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo gives the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday at the opening of the 14th Congress, palace insiders believe she would focus on three things: her vision for First World Philippines, the Human Security Act and her updates on the Super Regions.

  While refusing to comment on the SONA contents, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the presidential speech is very much a work in progress and only gets done until about a few minutes before she boards the car to Congress.

  “The President herself writes and rewrites it on her laptop and the final version is completed only a few minutes before she boards the presidential vehicle on her way to Congress” a message posted on the Office of the Press Secretary website said.

  The process is long and starts a full month ahead when members of the Cabinet are asked to submit their agency inputs through the Cabinet secretary, who consolidates the submissions.

  From these, the President regularly devotes time every day crafting her message to the nation, says Appointments secretary Malou Foustrum.

  “As in the past, Cabinet members would ‘lobby’ to include a phrase or a sentence in the draft and later take pride in their authorship when the proposal is included in the final version, Bunye said.

  Pressed on his guess of how the SONA should sound, Bunye said the President may talk about her vision of the Philippines as First World in 20 years and the President would ask Congress’ support in the next three years to achieve that vision.

  Bunye, who is also the Presidential Spokesperson believes sustaining the strong economy and investing in human capital and physical infrastructure is the central theme of the presidential address.

  Moreover, she is expected to update the people on the Super Regions infrastructure framework, which she presented during the previous SONA.

  Over this, Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado, citing sources close to Malacanang during the Governor’s Report has confirmed the President’s update on the Panglao International Airport Development Project at the Sona. (and then?)

  The update could be what we have achieved so far and what the doables are this year towards making our country more competitive and therefore more attractive to investors, he said.

  With the recent victory in passing the Human Security Act, Bunye believes the new anti-terror law would occupy a sizable time in the SONA.

  Aside from those three, the President is also expected to cover reforms and investments in education and social services. waging peace in Mindanao and the development initiatives to realize the full potential of the southern island.

  In sum, the President is expected to show to the nation a path of economic growth, political stability and social justice, Bunye foretells

Reported by Rey Anthony Chiu
Philippine Information Agency
 
  Absent any amendment to the law to postpone or revoke any of the parts of Republic Act 9340, the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections push through this October 29, 2007.

  Provincial Administrator Tomas Abapo bared this during the weekly “Governor’s Reports” Friday at the Governor’s Mansion.

  Republic Act 9340, or otherwise called an act amending Republic Act 9164 reset the synchronized barangay and SK elections which was earlier set via RA 9164 on July 15, 2002.

  RA 9340, which was enacted as it was approved by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo September 22, 2005, amended RA 9164 by stating that subsequent synchronized barangay and SK elections shall be would be held on the last Monday of October 2007, and every three years thereafter”.

  This year, the last Monday is pegged on October 29.

  Moreover, the same amending law states that the term of office of barangay and SK officials elected in October 2007 shall start at noon of November 30, 2007.

  With this, elected incumbent barangay officials enjoy a hold-over capacity Section 5 of RA 9340 also allows a hold-over capacity unless sooner removed or suspended for cause until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

  The same hold over capacity holds true to all barangay and SK officials who are ex-officio members of the sangguniang bayan, sangguniang panglungsod or sangguniang panlalawigan, shall continue to serve until the new set of officers shall have been elected and sworn 30 days after the last elections.

  As this happens, the Commission on Elections has promulgated July 6, 2007 Republic Act 8218 the guidelines on the conduct of registration for the October 29 barangay elections.

  RA 8218 opened the special registration of voters for the synchronized SK and barangay elections since July 15-22, 2007, Bohol Commission on Election sources said.

  The Department of Interior and Local Government is also set to disseminate information relative to the synchronized elections on a nationwide barangay assembly in October, Provincial DILG sources confirmed. (rachiu/PIA).

Written by Rey Anthony Chiu of the Philippine Information Agency
 
  Simultaneous tree planting activities in Bohol turned in at least 18,939 seedlings of narra and mahogany planted in military reservations, open public lands in an hour as the government launched the Trees for Life with 2 million trees all over the country by 2010.

  The Bohol figure was reported by at least two military units who joined President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, representatives from government and non-government organizations and volunteers in affirming the commitment to protect the environment through the Trees for Life (TFL) project Wednesday, July 18, 2007.

  The DENR said the TFL is the "lead forestry initiative under the President’s Green Philippines Program (GPP)," and is a four-point campaign consisting of reforestation, preservation of reefs and waterways, cleansing the land and air of toxic pollutants, and energy independence," which was simultaneously started across the country that same day.

  Aside from planting the seedlings, the volunteers also pledged to follow-though with the following post-planting activities: maintain and protect the planted seedlings and sustain partnership with the DENR for continuous coordination within the first three years.

  Major Anastacio Suaybaguio Jr, 302nd Brigade Civil Military Operations chief said his unit along with civilian volunteers planted 658 more trees at 6088, a little over the target of 5,373 trees in an hour.

  Ubay volunteers also put in 4,000 trees, while Carmen barangays planted a total of 1,600 seedlings, reports said.

  The trees, planted at the military reservation inside Camp Rajah Sikatuna, Barangays Nueva Vida Este, Nueva Fuerza, Alegria and Bicao in Carmen and Ubay military reservation were all planted in an hour, but the planting went on for the whole morning even before the authorities signaled the start at about 10:00 am.

  On the other hand, Maj. Edwin Ureta of the Army Engineering Support Battalion, 53EBDE based in Ilijan Sur of Tubigon, which unit also coordinated another tree planting activity on Bohol’s northwest town reported 7,251,678 trees planted by 2417 volunteer participants. The trees were planted at the military reservation at Ilijan Sur in Tubigon.

  The President on that day declared the La Mesa Dam in Novaliches, Quezon City as an watershed reservation site as it is a vital source of water supply for Metro Manila’s 12 million residents.

  La Mesa also serves as a holding facility or reservoir for water coming from the three watersheds upstream â€" Umiray, Angat and Ipo in Bulacan.

  Aside from the La Mesa watershed reservation, the President also declared as a protected area and national park the Mt. Inayaowan range in Lanao del Norte.

  Trees for Life is one of the Arroyo administration’s timely interventions to stem the unabated destruction of the country’s forests which stood at 17 million hectares 70 years ago, but is now down to only 7.2 million hectares, according to forestry statistics in 2003. (rachiu/PIA)

press release

On July 17, 2007 Bohol Federation of Disabled Persons, Incorporated merrily celebrated the 29th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week at their Tamblot Center in this city with a theme: Kapag may access, may success.

Invited on the occasion as their Guest of Honor was Congressman Edgar M. Chatto of the First District of Bohol who was represented by his chief of staff, Former Board Member and Antequera Mayor, Mr. Isabelito B. Tongco. In his speech on behalf of the solon, he congratulated the group for coming out in the open and show to the world that physical disability should never be a hindrance to success. Indeed, if they only have proper access especially to government agencies, life will be bit easier than contemplated. He also assured of Chatto’s continued unwavering support to all their projects and programs.

It may be noted that Cong. Chatto was instrumental in the completion of their center. He consistently supports marginal sectors in the community including Senior Citizens, Farmers and Fisher Folks. He also facilitated the construction of Small Coconut Farmers Center at the Philippine Coconut Authority and fish ports in various areas in the first congressional district.

Likewise present on the occasion were: Engr. Junin Caberte, representing Gov. Erico B. Aumentado; Former Mayor Jose Ma. Rocha; and Provincial Social Welfare Development Officer Constancia Tunacao.

      The provincial government, under the leadership of Governor Erico B. Aumentado, will give Datu Sikatuna awards to two foreign partners, a Boholano partner in civic programs and a Manila-based partner and two special awards during the 153rd Bohol Foundation Day commemorative program at 9:00 a.m. today at the Bohol Cultural Center.

      Governor Aumentado together with Vice-Governor Julius Caesar Herrera, Representatives Edgar Chatto of the first district, Roberto Cajes of the second district, and Adam Relson Jala of the first district, and all the provincial board members, will give the citation certificates to the five Datu Sikatuna awardees and two special awardees.

      The Datu Sikatuna awardees include Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Anthony John Hely; Peter Reichman of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Charities; Dr. Ludgerio Torres, the director of the Philippine Heart Center and vice-president of the Heart Foundation of the Philippines; Dr. Federico Malubay, the chairman of the community outreach services; and Francisca Baluyot, the provincial consultant on health and social services under the Governor’s Office and the president of the Philippine Gift of Life Foundation, Incorporated.

      The provincial government will also give special awards to Iluminado Bok, the honest tricycle driver who returned dollar bills equivalent to more than seventy thousand pesos to the owner; and John Paul Bernales, an honest fish boat caretaker who turned over to the city police a wallet containing US$281 US dollars, 25 Euros, and P2,770 which he found along the road at the city fish port.

      The provincial government recognizes the Australian government through Ambassador Hely for its support to the Official Development Assistance or the ODA through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) projects like the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP), Philippines-Australia Human Resource Development Facility (PAHRDF), the Local Governance Development Program (LGDP), the Land Administration Management Project phase 2 (LAMP 2-Bohol), the Philippines-Australia Technical Support for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (PATSARRD), the Australian Center for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR), and the Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education in Selected Provinces of Visayas (STRIVE). All these projects and programs lead to the poverty reduction in the province, good governance and well-being of the Boholano people.

      Reichman, on the other hand, is involved in the different humanitarian missions of the Mormons in Bohol which include acquisition of medical equipment, supplies and medicines and the improvement of some district hospitals in the province which contributed in the improvement of the health services for the Boholano people.

      Dr. Torres is also involved in facilitating open-heart surgeries in Bohol through the Philippine Heart Center, while Dr. Malubay served as team leader of the Malacañang-sponsored surgical and medical missions in 2005, 2006 and this year which treated 17,980 patients and 3,490 cataract patients.

      Baluyot, for her part, has served as coordinator of various humanitarian medical and surgical missions in Bohol by foreign and domestic advocates which benefited thousands of indigent patients. (AV-Provincial Government Media Affairs Office)

 
     The Bohol Poverty Reduction Management Office (BPRMO) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) facilitated the first diagnostic workshop on cooperatives at Pengavitor restaurant in Poblacion, Talibon.

      The activity was a follow-up to the Needs Assessment Workshop held last April 23 at the Bohol Cultural Center wherein it was identified that there is a need to conduct a training on financial management of cooperatives, according to Arian Sulla, area manager for Visayas of the PBSP.

      There were at least 30 participants who attended the workshop.

      Guests and municipal officials from the five towns of the second district of Bohol, Talibon, Getafe, Trinidad, Ubay and President Garcia, also showed up to express support to the program.

        Lizlei Puno, corporate volunteer of PBSP, said that there is a need to have a trainor’s training which will be done by cluster of five municipalities with a total of 15 cooperatives.

        There shall also be representations from three cooperatives in every municipality and additional participants from MCDC, BPRMO, Provincial Cooperative Development Council and Cooperative Development Authority.

        BPRMO Head Antonieto “Boy” Pernia expressed appreciation to the chairperson of the Sangguniang Bayan Committee on Cooperative and Mayor Juanario Item, who is a cooperative-oriented himself, for having created a Municipal Cooperative Development Council even before Governor Erico B. Aumentado signed Executive Order 006 which calls for the creation of an M-C-D-C in every municipality.

        Pernia was impressed to notice that the office of Talibon MCDC was furnished with the facilities including an air-conditioner and computer units.

        The Talibon MCDC has two personnel who man the office and monitor the 33 cooperatives in Talibon.

        Pernia also cited that of the 800 registered cooperatives in Bohol, only 400 remain active. The rest were dissolved because of mismanagement as the officers and staff of these cooperatives lack the knowledge in running the cooperatives.

        Governor Aumentado had earlier explained that cooperativism will help address the issue on poverty.

        That’s why during the administration of Governor Aumetado, BPRMO was created, making Bohol the only province which has set up an office that addresses the needs of the poor. (AV-PGMA) --press release

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press release from the Provincial Government Media Affairs - PGMA Office

With the atmosphere of unity, Bohol mayors on Friday agreed on term-sharing between Jagna Mayor Exuperio Lloren and Catigbian Mayor Roberto Salinas in the presidency of the local chapter of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP).

      Outgoing LMP president and former-Inabanga Mayor Josephine Socorro Jumamoy, now Provincial Board member, presided over the LMP meeting and election of officers at the MetroCentre Hotel, while Provincial Administrator Tomas Abapo Jr. served as moderator.

      Jumamoy first gathered the mayors in a closed-door meeting to get the consensus as to how they would do the election, considering that there were only two mayors lobbied for nomination.

      After the meeting and the tacit yet official election, DILG Provincial Director Rustica Mascariñas, Abapo, Jumamoy, Lloren and Salinas, then interacted with the local media for a press conference.

      Jumamoy reported to the media that the mayors agreed that as a last-termer, Lloren will serve as president until December 31, 2008, then Salinas will take over in 2009 until the next LMP election in 2010.

      Around 40 mayors were present during the LMP election as the others had earlier informed Jumamoy that they could not make it.

      There was a mass nomination for Lloren and Salinas for LMP president. Then the mayors again in mass motion, agreed to unanimously elect Lloren as president and Salinas as the executive vice-president, on the condition that Lloren shall resign on December 31, 2008.

      This way, it would be easy for Salinas to assume as president in 2009 after Lloren resigns.

      The mayors unanimously agreed to have this set up to express their fair treatment on the nomination of the two contenders for the LMP presidency and their equal amount of loyalty to both Lloren and Salinas.

      Jumamoy said that it was the second time money was not involved in LMP election, as principles prevailed.

      Lloren, for his part, vowed to respect the agreement as a gentleman and as a respectable elected official.

      Sticking with the agreement, Lloren said, will prove that as mayors, they are responsible enough to understand the essence of word of honor.

      The set up will also facilitate sharing of experiences, considering that there are 23 newly-elected mayors, though two of them are not really new on the job, being returnees. Of the new mayors, 13 are women, Lloren said.

      Lloren also said he will work closely with Salinas and utilize the Executive Committee to strengthen the league and ensure that its presence is felt in all the 47 towns of the province.

      For his joint term with Salinas, Lloren said, they will identify the problems in the different towns, discuss them and come up with a common solution to each of the problems, especially on water, ecological solid waste management.

      Salinas also said that with the cooperation of the other LMP officers, they would improve and strengthen inter-town relations by rotating the LMP meeting venues.

      As Provincial Administrator Abapo relayed Governor Aumentado’s intention to facilitate the provincial government’s all-out support to the LMP, Lloren assured that the unity of LMP members would be instrumental in the smooth implementation of the projects and programs of the national and provincial governments. 

      Without the atmosphere of stiff competition between contenders for LMP presidency, the mayors will be able to maintain unity and cooperation among themselves, according to Salinas.

      “I’m happy that we came up with a unanimous manifestation of support on common ground to maintain unity of LMP,” he said.

      Lloren, for his part, explained that though it is not binding on basis of technical and legal papers, he would observe it based on the essence of word of honor as he said it is a matter of principle in unifying LMP.

      The unity among mayors will benefit the constituents, as municipalities will be able to smoothly coordinate with each other in expanding or replicating foreign-assisted projects from a local government unit to another.

      Also, on mass motion, the mayors approved the list of officers presented by Lloren and Salinas.

      Other officers are Dimiao Mayor Sylvia Adame as the executive consultant on LMP affairs, Baclayon Mayor Alvin Uy and Tubigon Mayor Luna Piezas as legal counsels, Dauis Mayor Luciano Bongalos as treasurer, Danao Mayor Luis Thomas Gonzaga as assistant treasurer, Antequera Mayor Cecile Rebosura as secretary, Calape Mayor Sulpicio Yu as assistant secretary, and Getafe Mayor Theresa Camacho as auditor.

      The vice-presidents are Balilihan Mayor Victoria Chatto for the first district, Sagbayan Mayor Jimmy Torrefranca for the second district, and Loboc Mayor Leon Calipusan for the third district.

      Under Chatto in the first district, Cortes Mayor Jasmine Balistoy and Alburquerque Mayor Jose Ugdoracion Jr. are the members of the Board of Directors, while Loon Mayor Lloyd Peter Lopez is the PRO and Corella Mayor Vito Rapal is the sergeant-at-arms.

      Under Torrefranca of the second district, the BOD members are Clarin Mayor Hermogenes Diezon and Dagohoy Mayor Germinio Relampagos, while Inabanga Mayor Jose Juno Jumamoy is the PRO and Bien Unido Mayor Rey Niño Boniel is the sergeant-at-arms.

      Under Calipusan in the third district, the BOD members are Mayors Paulino Amper of the Anda, Henrieta Gan of Valencia and Rosemarie Imboy of Loay, while the PRO is Candijay Mayor Sergio Amora, and Alicia Mayor Pedro Miasco is the sergeant-at-arms. (AV-PGMA)

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The Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Academy of Medical Specialists (PAMS) will be sending experts here to train local doctors and nurses on advanced cardiac life support next week.

The provincial government, with the cooperation of the PAMS and DOH will sponsor a four-day training from July 26 to July 29 at the Bohol Cultural Center, in line with the forthcoming heart surgical mission.

The activity specifically aims to update local medical practitioners on the latest techniques in life saving emergency cases.

For the activity, the DOH will be sending Dr. Elmer Punzalan, Dr. Edilberto Soriano, and Dr. Ericson Zulueta, while PAMS will be sending Dr. Rene Catan and Dr. Federico Malubay to train the different hospital personnel and facilitate.

Expected participants are 60 doctors, nurses and other health personnel from the different hospitals in the province.

Provincial Health Officer Reymosis Cabagnot is expected to send 40 hospital personnel from devolved hospitals, while Dr. Edgardo Pizarras is expected to send ten personnel from the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH).

Jagna Municipal Health Officer Arnold Cagulada is expected to send eight personnel from municipal health units, while Dr. Elpidio Bonita is expected to send two personnel from the Don Emilio Del Valle Hospital in Ubay. (AV-PGMA)

(from the Provincial Government Media Affairs Office)

            Bohol Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera said Boholanos could meet some of their needs if they start right in their own backyard.

            “We do not have to go far but we can start planting in the vacant spaces in the areas around the house,” Herrera noted.

            The vice-governor pointed out that many people go to the store even for kamunggay.

             â€œYou do not have to buy that because you can always plant kamunggay right in your own backyard,” he added.

            Herrera said the people can save a little if they raise their own plants and no longer have to buy from the store when the need arises.
            He added that in other places where there are very few empty spaces, people plant tomatoes on pots which they put on their window sill.

            “Here, we still have vacant spaces that we can use for plants that we use for our basic needs,” he bared.

            Herrera, who chairs the Sangguniang Panlalawigan committee on agriculture, said there is no doubt about the potential of Bohol as an agricultural province.

            He however stressed that there is no need to wait for big companies to start agri-business ventures.
            Herrera urged people to start utilizing the empty spaces around their house for plants.

            He said it is sad that while there are many idle lands in the province, people are complaining because they cannot make ends meet.

            “Since every peso counts, we can save a lot if we do not have to buy the ones that we can plant,” he added.
            At the same time however, the vice-governor declared that there are plans to engage in other agricultural ventures that will benefit more people.

            Herrera has thrown his support behind such ventures as mango and banana and other cash crops that have increasingly attracted the attention of farmers. 

Reported by June S. Blanco
Office of the Governor

Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado gently but firmly declined another term as president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) â€" a loss to the league and to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo â€" but a gain for the province of Bohol.

Aumentado who got an unprecedented third consecutive term when he won the May 14 gubernatorial race against six opponents said in his last three years as governor, he will focus his time on matters related to the progress and development for the province.

The LPP will meet on Tuesday to elect from among themselves a new set of officers to succeed the current Aumentado-Luis “Chavit” Singson of Ilocos Sur administration.

The following is his valedictory address.

“THE putative leaders of the League of Provinces of the Philippines led by Gov. Loreto Leo S. Ocampos and Gov. Luis Raymund F. Villafuerte, my distinguished colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen:

Today, the torch of leadership of the LPP will pass on from the Aumentado-Singson administration to their successors. This historic event will usher in the new generation of leaders who, we hope, can build bridges, not walls, and build on the accomplishments of all their predecessors while opening up new frontiers of local governance.

We must have to sustain the strong bond of cooperation and unity the LPP has stood for the last three years.

It cannot be denied that the Aumentado-Singson leadership came at a time when there was a strong move to destabilize the administration of President Arroyo. Thus, the LPP and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) came to the support unequivocally of President Arroyo and called for the first LGU summit on national reconciliation and unity. Thereafter, we have shown to the world and the country that the LGUs will not compromise with those who are out to destabilize and remove the President from power outside of the constitutional processes.

It is now part of history that in the battle for the impeachment of the President, the LPP and ULAP joined forces to work with the Congressmen for the defeat of such constitutional process.

For our unconditional support of President Arroyo, the LGU phenomenon was recognized not only by the corridors of power but by the critical media as well.

Our efforts gained rewards from the President and those who believed in our advocacies.
Apart from strengthening President Arroyo’s Strong Republic , the League of Provinces of the Philippines has achieved the following sterling accomplishments:

Firstly: President Arroyo and the Congress of the Philippines have decided to release the Internal Revenue Allotments (IRA) of the LGUs without any further need of a national appropriations act beginning this Calendar Year of 2007.

Secondly: The National Government has agreed to the inclusion of the Value Added Tax in the Internal Revenue Allotment of Local Government Units. In fact, this is now the basis of our increased IRA for 2007, and hopefully, onwards.

Thirdly: The President, in her previous State of the Nation Address (SONA), explicitly announced her desire to shift development from the center to the countrysides, and empower more the local government units in the areas of financial decentralization and local autonomy.

Fourthly: The President has made the LGUs strong partners in the implementation of the super regions project and now are represented in the policy-making bodies of the government through their representation by your humble president in the Cabinet NEDA Board, the Executive and Legislative Development Advisory Council and other vital organs of the government where our representatives are sitting; and

Fifthly: LPP can be proud now that we have our home, our own headquarters, located at Room 1510, 15th Floor, Western Tower of the Philippine Stock Exchange Commission along Ortigas Avenue which Secretary General Josie M. de la Cruz, then governor of Bulacan, negotiated for the LPP. From this place, LPP has its seat of power and communication center. It is proudly our home and coordination center.

Candidly, however, we lost two battles where the battlefields were not of our choice. I am referring to the People’s Initiative where we mustered the overwhelming support of the signatories thereto but we lost the fight in the Supreme Court. The other is our failure to elect two of our members to the Senate and the dismal performance of Team Unity in the senatorial race.

But we find comfort and solace in the overwhelming victories of LPP-supported governors, congressmen and other local elective officials, which could provide a formidable phalanx of support for the Arroyo administration.

In the “massacre” of local elective officials, LPP and ULAP stood valiantly behind their colleagues, notably in the celebrated case of Iloilo Gov. Neil Tupas whose favorable ruling by the Court of Appeals became the precedent for the judicial victories of the other suspended or ousted local officials.

The LPP also supported the fight of Palawan for a just share in the revenues from the Malampaya natural gas project. And in support of Bulacan’s advocacy for the provinces to issue the small scale mining permits â€" just like in quarrying â€" and not DENR, the LPP even authorized its counsel to bring the case before the Supreme Court where it is now pending.

On the issue of the PNP provincial directors’ selection, the LPP stood by with the governors concerned. Admittedly, however, there were two provinces which, due to the peculiar situations therein, the desired provincial directors were not given due course.
In fine, LPP won in some of its advocacies, but lost in the others.

In any event, I wish to thank you for your kind support in all our undertakings.

Thus, today, the Aumentado-Singson leadership is inspired to pass on the torch of leadership of LPP to a new breed of young leaders who will carry on our unrealized advocacies of amending the Local Government Code to make it more attuned to a stronger decentralization and local autonomy. We started the process with Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., the Father of the Local Government Code, by forming the Senate-LPP and ULAP Technical Working Group to prioritize the LGC provisions to be amended for the purpose.

To the LPP membership, we urge you to support our new leaders and work together for a greater local governance.
Thank you, more power, and Mabuhay to LPP!

Reported by June S. Blanco of the Office of the Governor

The water stakeholders’ summit tomorrow at the MetroCentre Hotel in Tagbilaran City caps the two-day visit to Bohol of Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Anthony John Hely.

The envoy is keynote speaker today at the 153rd Bohol Day celebration at the Bohol Cultural Center where he, together with four others, will be conferred the Datu Sikatuna award, the highest honor that the province gives to individuals who contributed much to the development of the province and the welfare of its people. Exactly 153 years ago today, Bohol became a separate province distinct from Cebu.

Gov. Erico Aumentado said Australia through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) is Bohol ’s third biggest Official Development Assistance (ODA) funder to date, with the widest coverage in terms of area.

At the summit, Aumentado will deliver his State of Bohol Water Address (SOBOWA) and sign an executive order creating the Bohol Integrated Water Resources Management Board (BIWRMB), with Hely, Counsellor Sam Zappia of the Development Cooperation of AusAID, Program Director Juliana Hinterberger of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Program Director David Goodwins of the Local Governance Development Program (LGDP) â€" an Australian government and AusAID initiative as witnesses.

The SOBOWA, among others, covers water scarcity, which also means lack of potable water despite the presence of seven major rivers or water systems in the province. It describes the world water situation, compares this to the Bohol water situation, enumerates challenges and outlines future directions and above all, calls the Boholanos to act locally â€" an act now.

GTZ and LGDP are co-sponsoring the provincial government-led event, with the support of the Bohol Alliance of Non-Government Organizations (BANGON). LGDP has also been providing capability enhancement trainings for heads of provincial government offices, chiefs of national government agencies stationed in Bohol and the mayors and vice mayors on the implementation of the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) pushing the harmonization of planning and budgeting by local government units to ensure against wastage of meager government resources.

It is also facilitating the conduct of a provincial integrated water system master plan and a value chain study for three agricultural commodities that Bohol can also pattern after its own study on more products.

Signatories to the JMC are the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Department of Budget and Management, Department of Finance and the National Economic and Development Authority.

Goodwins and Hinterberger will also deliver messages during the summit: Towards an Integrated Water Supply System for Bohol, and Building Bohol’s Capability for Water Resources Management, respectively.

Hely’s keynote address in response to Aumentado’s SOBOWA and the Goodwins and Hinterberger messages will focus on Water for Bohol ’s Economy, Communities and Environment.

After lunch with Aumentado, Hely will visit sites of projects in Bohol funded by the Australian Government through AusAID like the community-based waterworks systems and training of members of a youth band both in Loboc town, and the water system in Barangay Ewon and eco-tour in Barangay Lobgob both in Sevilla town.

The visits will be highlighted with brief interactions with stakeholders including parents and mothers’ groups, people’s organizations, project staff and local government officials, listening to a performance of the youth band and a sample crossing of the Sipatan Hanging Foot Bridge.

Aside from Hely, other Datu Sikatuna awardees in today’s celebration are Dr. Ludgerio Torres of the Philippine Heart Center and the Heart Center Foundation of the Philippines for bringing the biggest open-heart surgeries outside of the PHC to Bohol for the third time now; Dr. Federico Malubay of Malacañang for also bringing to Bohol the biggest eye and other surgeries totaling over 17,000 to date and for training local physicians to become experts in their own fields through training under the Philippine Academy of Medical Specialists;

Peter Reichman who heads the Vaccines for the Philippines, a foundation of members of the Church of Jesus Christ for Latter-Day Saints, for donating medical equipment, supplies and medicines from their headquarters in Utah to Bohol, also conducting medical missions and improving the physical facilities of some of the province’s flagship hospitals and Francisca Baluyot, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Philippine Gift of Life for coordinating all such open-heart surgeries and medical missions.

To receive special awards and cash for their outstanding honesty are Iluminado Bok, a tricycle driver who returned $1,700 in cash left in his vehicle to its rightful owner, and 17-year old John Paul Bernales, light boat caretaker, who also returned a wallet he found at the city fish port containing around P20,000 in dollars, euros and pesos also to its rightful owner.

We have about 40 families of Valenciahon in Southern California.  About a year ago,
tismis was coming back about something going on at Valencia High School, Bohol involving
young girls and pornography.

We got together at a meeting and voted to pick up some expenses to have someone
investigate.  We contacted Neneng Corrales in Tagbilaran, who is from Valencia.

Neneng found out that a local cell phone store owner and a local photographer
Michael Tanahagan were involved in pornography.

It worked like this:

Young girls 14-16 would come to the Cell phone store.  (Most of the girls were ‘taga
bukids’) The owner would snap a picture of the girl and send it to his customers.
If the customer was interested, he would order a photo.  At first they were topless.
Later full frontal nudity.  The girl would go to Tanahagan’s place and pose.
Tanahagan sold the pictures for P1,000 a set.  The girl got P500, Tanahagan and the
cell guy split P500.  The girl would now be able to buy a load.

If the girl wanted a phone, it would take more sales to ‘earn’ a phone.  When we
(The Americans) got into this we found out this had been going on for three or four
years.

Earlier, they were talking about that women’s group ‘Gabriela” over at BNN well,
they are a bunch of phonies, we told Gabriela about this.  We also wrote letters to
all the Tagbilaran papers, the Cebu papers,  ABS/CBN, all the papers in Manila and
the TV Networks.  We wrote the Dept of Social Welfare, and the School system
officials  in Valencia, Tagbilaran and Nationally.

Nobody did anything.

One day one of the  Taga bukid girls was seen in town with a new phone and a lot of
money.  Neneng Corrales happened to be in town at that time and Neneng grabbed the
girl and got her to talk.  The girl told the story, and now said the girls were now
having sex with the customers, and one had even been videotaped, and one was
pregnant.

All hell now broke loose, and Dionisio Balite heard about it.  Balite, an enemy of
Conching Lim the mayor, was only too happy to put it in the paper, and he helped
with some legal services.  Ten girls came forward and signed statements. A warrant
was issued for Tanahagan and the cell phone store guy.  The both of them
disappeared.

A couple of months ago, we finally got to go to court and file charges.  Prior to
that, the people here set up a fund for legal expenses and transportation, meals and
housing for the girls and their parents in Tagbilaran.

We had a court date set.  Before the girls could testify in court.  Conching Lim
paid all ten families P45,000 each.  ($1,000)    The girls signed affidavits of
desistance. (dropped charges)

Tanahagan appeared in court, but the primary defendant who was to testify against
Tanahagan was kidnapped by Tanahagan’s brother.  With out a witness to testify
against Tanahagan, the charges were dropped.

The whole thing just went away.

Here in the States it's called statuory rape.  It is not consensual sex.   If the
girl is under age, below the age of consent, she cannot give consent.  This is a
crime, and the charges change with each year under 18.  At one point it would become
child pornography (age 12 I think)  Here in the states, you do not need a
complainant,  the state files charges, not the individual.

And then again, they don't have jury trials in the Phils.  A well placed bribe can
get some pretty good rulings from the judge.

--a forwarded e-mail source: confidential

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 22, 2007, 08:34:49 PM
wala pa diay Mike?

Today's contents of our local newspapers are not yet available online. This story was sent by a concerned citizen.

I would like to know if this story has come out in our local newspapers.

We have about 40 families of Valenciahon in Southern California.  About a year ago,
tismis (rumor) was coming back about something going on at Valencia High School, Bohol involving
young girls and pornography.

We got together at a meeting and voted to pick up some expenses to have someone
investigate.  We contacted Neneng Corrales in Tagbilaran, (Bohol, Philippines) who is from Valencia.

Neneng found out that a local cell phone store owner and a local photographer
Michael Tanahagan were involved in pornography.

It worked like this:

Young girls 14-16 would come to the Cell phone store.  (Most of the girls were ‘taga
bukids’) The owner would snap a picture of the girl and send it to his customers.
If the customer was interested, he would order a photo.  At first they were topless.
Later full frontal nudity.  The girl would go to Tanahagan’s place and pose.
Tanahagan sold the pictures for P1,000 a set.  The girl got P500, Tanahagan and the
cell guy split P500.  The girl would now be able to buy a load.

If the girl wanted a phone, it would take more sales to ‘earn’ a phone.  When we
(The Americans) got into this we found out this had been going on for three or four
years.

Earlier, they were talking about that women’s group ‘Gabriela” over at BNN well,
they are a bunch of phonies, we told Gabriela about this.  We also wrote letters to
all the Tagbilaran papers, the Cebu papers,  ABS/CBN, all the papers in Manila and
the TV Networks.  We wrote the Dept of Social Welfare, and the School system
officials  in Valencia, Tagbilaran and Nationally. 

Nobody did anything.

One day one of the  Taga bukid girls was seen in town with a new phone and a lot of
money.  Neneng Corrales happened to be in town at that time and Neneng grabbed the
girl and got her to talk.  The girl told the story, and now said the girls were now
having sex with the customers, and one had even been videotaped, and one was
pregnant.

All hell now broke loose, and Dionisio Balite heard about it.  Balite, an enemy of
Conching Lim the mayor, was only too happy to put it in the paper, and he helped
with some legal services.  Ten girls came forward and signed statements. A warrant
was issued for Tanahagan and the cell phone store guy.  The both of them
disappeared.

A couple of months ago, we finally got to go to court and file charges.  Prior to
that, the people here set up a fund for legal expenses and transportation, meals and
housing for the girls and their parents in Tagbilaran.

We had a court date set.  Before the girls could testify in court.  Conching Lim
paid all ten families P45,000 each.  ($1,000)    The girls signed affidavits of
desistance. (dropped charges) 

Tanahagan appeared in court, but the primary defendant who was to testify against
Tanahagan was kidnapped by Tanahagan’s brother.  With out a witness to testify
against Tanahagan, the charges were dropped.

The whole thing just went away.

Here in the States it's called statuory rape.  It is not consensual sex.   If the
girl is under age, below the age of consent, she cannot give consent.  This is a
crime, and the charges change with each year under 18.  At one point it would become
child pornography (age 12 I think)  Here in the states, you do not need a
complainant,  the state files charges, not the individual.

And then again, they don't have jury trials in the Phils.  A well placed bribe can
get some pretty good rulings from the judge.

--a forwarded e-mail source: confidential

At one click, Binsol barrages Yahoo! email groups with numerous appeals to raise funds for an Aeta child’s scholarship, a livelihood project, and multiple other development initiatives. At another, this assistant manager at Mizuho Securities in Japan has raised the needed amounts and sends the money to intended beneficiaries.

All that philanthropic effort Binsol tries to execute â€"from the first mile (Japan) to the last mile (the Philippines)â€" using her computer. She never forgot thanking 50 Filipino donors from seven countries through the website of Binsol’s cyber nonprofit group Tulong Pinoy Movement, www.tpmovers.org.

Binsol won’t be clicking her mouse anymore: the 36-year-old died in Japan recently. “She tries to ensure that the resources are used properly,” shares Rotarian Jimmy Cura during Binsol’s wake here in Singalong area. “Tonette is trying to put a system to her efforts at helping the Philippines.”

It has been a best-effort basis for migrant philanthropy, an endeavor Binsol does “’so well’ and with all heart,” says Francisco Aguilar, Jr., another former overseas Filipino. Hundreds of other Filipinos abroad, grouped as members of the same Pinoy hometown, the same neighborhood overseas, the same Alma Mater, and more of whatever are similar in them, manage whatever they can just to help.

Some of these Filipino overseas donors admitted they need help to their private philanthropy, last recorded in 2003 as a US$218 million resource that’s already a third of the same year’s official development aid from foreign governments (some US$776 million).

“We cannot always do the dirty work from our end,” says Honesto Tria of the US-based Save-a-Tahanan, Inc. (STI). For 20 years, a partner back home â€"Save-a-Tahanan Movement Philippinesâ€" has been implementing grassroots community projects in five provinces with at meager total budget of US$5,000 a year.

It is even hard to raise funds for such long-term community development work, narrates chair Marisa Robles. “We are just a ‘mom-and-pop’ group, and STI is happy to have survived this long.”

In spite of that, recent studies in migrant philanthropy have posed a hard reality: Even if Filipino migrant donors address “immediate needs” like food, school supplies, and medical equipment, the developmental impact of these is “piecemeal,” writes Filipino-Canadian Jon Silva in his master’s thesis at Simon Fraser University.

This situation “already undermines the perception that these (donations) are worthwhile,” Silva observed.

These Filipinos abroad, who are primarily workers and residents in foreign lands, are not professional social development workers, observes American Fulbright scholar Shawn Powers in his evaluation of four US-based Filipino donor groups’ projects. “They are ‘well-meaning amateurs.’”

But Filipino migrant philanthropy has another side to it: nonprofit groups, government agencies, and a host of other stakeholders ask money directly from them. These groups have the machineries in place so that migrant donors do not worry much where the donations went or if these were misused.

Take Gawad Kalinga, whose socialized housing program costs P50,000 per home, as an example: P210 million from overseas Filipino donations, equaling to 4,200 homes to poor Filipinos.

When the Bacolod City-based Negros Economic Development Foundation helped facilitate the P100,000 donation of Negrosanon USA for water systems in identified barangays in the city, “they were happy and learned the value of working with a partner in the Philippines,” narrates Executive Director Rose Depra.

Given the prominence of overseas Filipinos as a target market (both as billion-dollar consumers and as million-dollar donors), everybody wants a piece of migrants’ disposable and “investible” incomes.

But when one gets to face them, and hears their own problems while overseas, “you will just pause and say I’ll not yet ask money from them,” narrates development NGO worker Anna Leah Sarabia during her sortie with Filipinos in Canada last year.

Migrant philanthropy can even be an anti-thesis if the donor from abroad is on the receiving end, like former Singapore-based domestic worker Luisa Tayco, whose deluge of family and business-related problems earlier this year just made her almost helpless.

While other Filipinos abroad have helped her in some way, she was quick to point at government agencies: “I have asked for a loan,” narrates the president of Pinokyos Welfare, “and I was just passed around from one office to another.”

“Isn’t it that we here at home should be the first ones to help overseas Filipinos?” asks Marietta Paragas of the Cordillera Network of NGOs and People’s Organizations (CordNet).

“We admit we need help in our development projects back home,” says Tria, carrying with him a P3 million project proposal (covering three years) that is looking for an interested local donor. STI has the money to match a local donor’s interest, he reminds.

STI still searches for help. So do migrant donors like Tayco, who clings on to a piggy bank in her Novaliches, Caloocan City canteen just to continue her Pinokyos spirit while reintegrating into mainstream Philippine society.

“I really want to help,” Tayco says, to the wonder of those who have helped her since she has been into all kinds of problems. “Please help us and our dreams for the country.”

Jeremaiah M. Opiniano
Institute for Migration and Development Issues (IMDI)
www.filipinodiasporagiving.org
ofw_philanthropy@yahoo.com

The Institute for Migration and Development Issues is inviting everyone to Pursuing Efficiency and Meaning by ‘Changemakers:’ The Second National Conference on Filipino Migrant Philanthropy, set August 1 and 2 at the University of Santo Tomas-Thomas Aquinas Research Complex. Participation costs P500 per person .Inquiries and expressions of interest may be sent online (ofw_philanthropy@yahoo.com) and by mobile phone (+639178238260).

By Salven Lagumbay

In a brutal fight, Michael Katsidis retained his title with a close unanimous decision over Czar Amonsot.

The Filipino challenger went down twice in the fight, although he had Katsidis' face a grotesque mask of blood and swelling in the end.

Judge Ruben Garcia scored it 116-110, Patricia Jarman saw it 114-112 and CJ Ross penned it 115-111 all in favor of Katsidis.

Amonsot was down in the second and tenth rounds, although the Filipino fighter made Katsidis look ordinary in this win by engaging the Australian into a war.

source: The Huffington Post
huffingtonpost.com

Men in search of true happiness should steer clear of bimbos and dumb blondes: research shows men are happiest if they marry smart women.

Every extra year of education a wife has under her belt significantly increases the chances her husband will report being highly satisfied with life. But Shane Mathew Worner, of the Australian National University's economics program, says it may be that an educated woman's earning power is her biggest asset.

In a paper to be presented at the HILDA Survey Research conference this week, he says "the higher the education level of the wife, the happier the husband is."

The study is based on a sample of more than 5000 Australians drawn from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey.

you're welcome, Teng.

Feel free to invite your friends and loved ones to join us, too.

God bless you always, Teng.

Quote from: teng on July 21, 2007, 09:41:11 AM
Hi everyone here in Tubag Bohol....mag apil apil ko diri ha....ahehehhehe

Hi Teng,

Be one of us. We are safe and normal humans.

Enjoy reading tons of helpful articles.

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 20, 2007, 08:53:08 PM
Thats true Onic, eventhough there are many filipinos in Spain but the bonding of Spain-Philippines is not the same as Philippine-American or Philippine-Chinese

Relationship between Spain and the Philippines is almost non-existent these days except for the presence of an embassy.

I have a feeling that many of today's Spanish nationals do not even know that their bastard ancestors once ruled over us.

Quote from: Onicul85 on July 20, 2007, 08:43:14 PM
Kamusta GE! Regards ha! mag ila ila ta dinhi, pre!

Babae na si GE, Nic.

By Carmela Reyes
<a href="http://www.inquirer.net">Philippine Daily Inquirer</a>

Bocaued, Bulacan - The 13-year-old boy who died while saving four children from drowning after a pagoda sank during fluvial festivities here on July 8, 1993, has been hailed as a modern hero in a newly published school textbook.

Sajid Bulig, an elementary school student, is remembered for his bravery and heroism when he saved the children during the Krus sa Wawa feast, in what came to be known as the “Pagoda Tragedy,” according to the book “Ang Lahing Pilipino sa Nagbabagong Panahon” written by Ela Rose Sablaon and Lazelle Rose Pelingo.

According to the book, which is written in Filipino, “A pagoda vessel ferrying many passengers sank during the 1993 annual Pagoda festival in Bocaue. Sajid was among the 279 fatalities of that accident. He died after rescuing four children from drowning.”

The book, which was published in February 2007 by Rex Bookstore, is used as a textbook for Sibika classes in private and public elementary schools.

Uanjiza Mercado, Sajid’s sister who teaches computer courses at St. Paul Catholic School here, said her brother made the family proud every time the town celebrates the annual Krus sa Wawa festivities.

Bulig’s story of heroism is found in a chapter on the “Mga Huwarang Filipino” under the topic “Mga Makabagong Bayani.”

“I am glad that many of our children are interested in Sajid’s life and the good things he did. He serves as a real model for the youth today,” Mercado told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, parent company of INQUIRER.net.

Edna Zerrudo, Department of Education’s schools division superintendent in Bulacan province, said the book was a good educational tool that teachers can use to teach students about Bulig’s bravery and heroism.

Following the boat tragedy, festivities were suspended from 1994 to 1999 but resumed in 2000 with less fanfare.

Quote from: Snowhite on July 20, 2007, 01:29:18 PM
oiz, nahala...ate diay ko? mike? ngano man? unsa may huna-huna nimo nga akong reaction? kinsa si Gec in person?

Snowhite, only GEC knows who he is. He has not decided to reveal his true identity. For now we are facing the so-called "blank wall."

Quote from: swakee on July 15, 2007, 01:07:30 PM
Mike... Sir... tabang! hehehe... Mike, fuede ba ug dili ko maka-recieve ug notification everytime nga naay mo-reply sa akong gi-post or kung naay mo-pm nako... tagsa ra man gud ko mo-open sa akong yahoo mail nya dali ra kaau napuno... gihago ko ug delet oi... ahahahaha... thanks!

Swakee, I'll check your profile options and configure it.

Quote from: Snowhite on July 20, 2007, 11:55:03 AM
I learned it when he greeted me two Fridays ago, "Snowhite, nominated diay ka sa Ms. Virtual Sandugo!" So, I asked him, "Kinsa ka?" assuming that he's here among us sa site ni mike. Delaguna, makes sense gyud ang nick...

Ban-alam, ka-edad ra ta kung classmate mo ni Urwin.

Unsa kaha imo reaction, Snowhite, if naa mo-greet nimo "Hi Snowhite" and you'd ask "Kinsa ka"? and he would answer: "I am GEC."

Quote from: si on July 20, 2007, 11:17:50 AM
I SO HATE IE7 !!! i upgraded because i thought it was better but then, everytime i close a tab, just a tab, everything would shut down!!!! i revert to an older version of IE, i don't know which IE i have now.

would you guys advice firefox?

Civilized, normal, and sane computer users never use Internet Explorer. All hijacks and virus-infestation have been blamed on Internet Explorer.

Try Firefox, Riva. And your life will never be the same again.

Quote from: i-volunteer on July 20, 2007, 11:09:04 AM
Lisod na diay padak-on ang gagmay - luoy pud noh?

Explain daw i-volunteer ngano luoy man.

Quote from: galen on July 20, 2007, 09:48:20 AM
so dili diay ko dapat mo-upgrade... thanks for the tip! heheh

you're welcome, galen.

ayaw gyud ug upgrade so you can avert a sure disaster.

same thing with Internet Explorer. If you upgrade to IE 7, your computer life will be messed up.

tubag bohol has no XHTML and CSS errors but if you browse Tubag Bohol with IE 7, you'd get a message from IE 7 that this site contains page errors.

Internet Explorer 7 is a disaster in perpetual progress.

My apology. It was an FDM Disaster, not DAP Disaster.

Mao ni resulta sa kulang ug tulog.

I have corrected my earlier post.

Now there are three lawyer members of Tubag Bohol.

1. Atty. Handel Lagunay - Provincial Legal Officer
2. Atty. Salva Diputado - Editor in Chief of the Bohol Times
3. Atty. Yvann Cloma - Rising Lawyer

Welcome, Van.

This is our site. Our home.

Quote from: olintaha on July 20, 2007, 08:34:20 AM
ok jimboy, welcom!
but pls show ur email add so we can email u directly sometimes.

Feel free to use our "Send this Person a Personal Message" found at the bottom of the profile info of each member.

It is not advisable to show e-mail add in public, otherwise the Nigerian scammers and spammers would fill your inbox with promises of millions.

Tubag Bohol is a great e-mail tool in which registered members can exclusively communicate with each other.

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 20, 2007, 06:15:40 AM
Nakadawat sab ko ana sa ako yahoo, shocke ko oi kay ngano maghatag nag katigayunan, kung tinuod pa na, adto nalang unta sa pamilya... hasta kining mga tawo, ipangforward pa jud.. spam nuon to ako 

Kuratan ra kaayo ug kwarta ning ubang mga tao sa friendster. Pag-ingon sa message nga i-forward ni kay tagaan ka ug $$$$$$$$$$$ ni Bill Gates, forward pud sa mga ignorante ug kuratan. Wa na ko kapugong nangasaba ko sa akong mga friends and I posted this message.

Harsh word that heals is better than sweet word that kills.

I've just seen an unknown friendster friend re-posted this random thought of mine. Bisan wala ko gi-point out nga maoy nagsulat, okay lang basta makatabang ko nga malamdagan ang daghang mga ignorante sa friendster.

Halos kita man tanan Filipino. Tungod ni sa nagdabos-dapos nga pag-antos nga atong gibati tungod ra pud sa atong mga namunuan nga maoy niduot sa atong nasud.

...in the newspapers...

A warning has been issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs to Filipinos here and abroad against unscrupulous individuals who promise employment in Nigeria as the full deployment is not yet lifted because the government still monitors the security situation in the said country.

The department issued an advisory following a report submitted by Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria Masaranga Umpa that certain people continue to prey on unsuspected job seekers abroad even to the extent of using a counterfeit letterhead of the Embassy in Abuja in communicating with their victims.

"The Embassy reiterates its warning to Filipinos not to entertain any offer of employment in Nigeria received through the internet as there is a high probability that these come from advance-payment fraudsters or '419' scammers," Ambassador Umpa said.

He said that the swindlers use the names of legitimate companies in case the victims checked the existence of supposed firms offering employment.

"The fraudsters then usually require their intended victims to communicate directly with an agent in Nigeria for the supposed processing of their visas and work permits. These agents will then ask the intended victim to send payment for the 'processing,' assuring them that the expense will be reimbursed by the company when they start working. The agents will also offer a very attractive salary to convince their intended victims to pay quickly," Ambassador Umpa explained.

He added the "scammers" now resort to using the name of the Embassy in Abuja to inform their intended victims that the employment offer is legitimate.

The envoy noted that these people have been sending letters using a fake Embassy letterhead and signed by the Chairman of the Panel of Investigation, which does not exist.

"I call on all Filipinos at home and abroad to be vigilant about these employment scams, and to go through legitimate government channels when applying for employment abroad," Ambassador Umpa emphasized, reiterating that the partial ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Nigeria is still in effect. (PNA)

Balita receives dozens of get rich schemes every day, many of these originate from Nigerian sources. Be aware of any email coming to you out of the blue, offering you jobs, lottery winnings and offers of many millions of dollars - all these are after is your bank account details and they taken your last centavo. Remember people do not just write to and saying you have been chosen at random to win a lottery, share in some dead relatives millions. If it sounds to good to be true it probably is. An easy test these emails are sent out in their millions, yes millions and if it is not addressed to you specifically bin it - they are usually addressed to undisclosed recipients or to some other persons address. (news.balita.ph)

Kung busog ko sa buntag mas epektibo ko for the rest of the day.

I don't believe in light breakfast.

Quote from: Ban-alam on July 20, 2007, 05:44:28 AM
lisud gyud na! dire kay hipos gyud na mga aluminum can kay laliman ka tag 2.5 SAR ang kilo ana dire...almost 30 Pesos per kilo sad...naa gani koy hinimo na box dire sa building namo para lng sa mga aluminium cans...sayang sad maayo nalang na...

Sakto na imong gibuhat, Ban-alam. Sideline income pud. Sa 100 kgs, naa na kay P3,000 hayahay pa sa pulis.

By Rita Villadiego
philippinenews.com

The Filipino American community in Jersey City, New Jersey hailed the appointment of Eduardo Toloza as a lifetime chief assessor of Jersey City.

“The City Council unanimously approved his appointment. Ed did a great job in the city. When he came to the U.S. in 1981, Ed immediately worked in the City Hall and started as a cashier. Everyone praised his work as he was promoted as chief assessor,” said Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy in a ceremony at Fiesta Grill.

Toloza took his oath of office presided by Healy. Attending the solemn ceremony was his wife, Didi, and their three children.

“I promise to build on the trust. I believe that public service is noble and a necessary cause. I will redouble my efforts by upholding the strongest ethical standards,” said Toloza, who is the first Filipino American to hold the post.

Mariano de Vega called Toloza, his fellow Knight of Rizal, to say, “You made me so proud.”

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, . . . he cannot be My disciple. â€"Luke 14:26

Some forest workers fight fires. Others battle fast-growing plants. A Mercury News article reported that teams of volunteers are working hard to remove invasive plants from the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Workers point out that many of the non-native species they are fighting are sold in garden stores.

The German ivy plant, for example, has become a serious problem in California. This fast-growing exotic house plant competes with the native species, smothering and shading everything in its path. It can completely cover and destroy a tree.

Thinking about these home-grown invaders can help us understand something even more crucial than saving trees. Jesus warned us that anything that competes with Him for our hearts can choke our spiritual lives. He said that even the natural love of family can be dangerous and keep us from following Him (Luke 14:16-26). Our Lord demands our undivided love and loyalty.

Once we value Christ above everything else, we will learn to love our family with a deeper and healthier love. But until our ultimate loyalty is determined, home-grown affection will do in our hearts what fire or German ivy will do in a forest.

Don’t let anything compete with Christ. â€"Mart De Haan

To follow Christ we must let go
Of all that we hold dear;
And once we have denied ourselves,
Our gains become more clear. â€"Sper

The more we love Christ, the more we’ll love others.

source: Our Daily Bread devotional book

Quote from: Ban-alam on July 20, 2007, 05:15:37 AM
Pwede man na e recycle...

Kung mapunitan sa basurero. Kadaghan nako magsakay ug barko and I had seen a lot of heartless people nga pagkahuman ug inom sa coke (can) or pepsi (can) ilabay ra sab sa dagat.

One time I saw one Indian in Thailand paghuman niya ug inom sa Coke (can) didto ra sab niya gilabay sa tunga sa ricefield ang empty can.

Aluminum cans take 500 years to break down.

I don't drink Pepsi nor Coke - either bottled or canned.

Coke in can and Pepsi in can have messed up our earth. Think about this.

Aluminum cans take 500 years to break down.

Bohol should take Solid Waste Management program seriously.

The picture tells all.

While most people need peace and quiet to cram for a test, the brain itself may need noise to learn, a recent MIT study suggests.

...there are times I have to plunge into classical music first before I start writing poems.

Excerpt from a speech of Vijaya Gajananda Vaidya, Chairman, VOITH, Kathmandu, Nepal
I think this was delivered during a commencement exercise at Central Luzon State University
source: <a href="http://telegraphnepal.com">http://telegraphnepal.com</a>

Let us have proactive thinking to promote excellence, competence and good leadership. Instill self-confidence in the young people so that they are encouraged to work for the Philippines and not go abroad to toil for others. Let us learn to respect prospective entrepreneurs.

Reward practical, real world job experience more than seniority and bureaucratic work It is my deep conviction that any country that wants to advance, be a top exporter and offer a better life to its citizens needs a highly talented young generation. This is the key to a “Filipino Miracle”.

Many people in the world admire and envy the Philippines for its beautiful nature, well preserved environment, rich natural resources and ability to produce clean energy. The Philippines is also envied for its many intelligent, faithful, trustworthy, dedicated young people and professionals. The CLSU should try hard to preserve and use the natural resources to the advantage of the local people so that they see the need of preserving the natural resources in their pristine form. 1, therefore, request all to help Central Luzon State University to move fast in this strategic direction.

Like any other nation, the Philippines face global competition. For the good of the Philippines, a larger portion of the very best young people must go into engineering. When you study in a technical university like the CLSU to solve complex problems, to apply systems engineering and to think synthetically, it becomes a huge asset for the 88 million Filipinos. Only when the Filipino elite and the establishment help these technicians to create, run and maintain new infrastructure projects and industries, will the Philippines be competitive and find a rewarding place in the court of nations.

To catch up with the developed countries, Filipinos must have the confidence and be encouraged to do the things others do, and do them better. A Filipino sailor sailed solo around the world, establishing a world record.

Filipinos have climbed Mt. Everest, parachuted over the North Pole, and swum the English Channel.

Considering that the Philippines is in the tropics, these are feats that one should be proud of. They should convince Filipinos that they are as capable as anybody else.

Now allow me some time to talk about how I grew up to become an entrepreneur. In my student days, an entrepreneur to me was someone who took risks to set up a business. Because of my humble background, however, I saw myself less likely becoming an entrepreneur. But with the passage of time, I emerged taking not only business risks but also competing and succeeding.

I started my business career with just US$ 700 after having worked for more than a decade â€" 13.5 years to be precise â€" for His Majesty’s Government of Nepal and the United States Government. After working two years as a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Majesty Government of Nepal. I spent 6.5 years as a Malarialogist at the United States Agency for International Development. I then spent nearly five years as assistant editor-cum-reporter in the economic field at the Asian Research Society in Washington DC.

I began my enterprise on my own, using my own skills, experience, expertise and exposure. Frankly speaking, I am a self-made entrepreneur. I raised my own funds to start my venture. I converted ideas into viable opportunities through:

1. Achievement; 2. Action; 3. Commitment; 4. Energy; 5. Goal selling; 6. Growth orientation; 7. Honesty; 8. Innovation; 9. Of course, intelligence; 10. Leadership; II. Risk tolerance and 12. Self-confidence

Economic development largely depends upon entrepreneurial and industrial development. Entrepreneurs are the prime movers of innovation. And I as an entrepreneur play a significant role in the economic development of my country.

Indeed, an entrepreneur is a person who perceives a business opportunity and converts it into a viable business plan, which culminates in a business venture. I, therefore, have not only launched ventures but also contributed to employment generation, output growth, technological up gradation, improvement in the quality of production, export promotion, import substitution and supply of goods at a reasonable price to the customer. Therefore, entrepreneurship is essential for infusing an entrepreneurial culture in the society.

I as an entrepreneur do try to motivate the youth to change their attitude and go for self-employment, hoping this will lead to the creation of wealth through the creation of more enterprises. This is one of the subjects which is lacking in the Central Luzon State University-CLSU.

I am today “called to service” as a diplomat representing the Philippines and Filipinos in Nepal. I am a person who is not afraid to speak his mind out and have always called a spade a spade. I have always been against conventional thinking, and I import wisdom from those who believe that God will not change one’s fate unless we ourselves make the effort to do so.

I am a diplomat noted as much for my independence as for my integrity. I have always been inspired by the principles of democracy, and hold the political system accountable for making a government that is truly by the people, of the people and for the people.

Our task is not only to guarantee material progress and a better life to our people. We must pass on to our children that unique sense of optimism and that God-given belief in the universal appeal of our ideas that have always marked national character.

My parents taught me to become patriotic and to serve others. I have tried to muster the right combination of the toughness to govern and the compassion to care along with a deep commitment to justice and progressive values. But experience tells me that a diplomat succeeds only to the extent that he is able to communicate his values.

We should acknowledge that the most important responsibility of a diplomat is to develop the relation existing between our two countries, the Philippines and Nepal

Thus, corroborating to strengthen the bond of friendship between the people of the two countries, I want to give them room to grow and inspire them to realize their full potential. This has long been my philosophy at the consulate desk.

I must take care of meeting the challenges of protecting the interests of both the Philippines and Nepal and promoting their values and interests by expanding trade for the economic growth of both the countries. Let us live with the spirit of trust and love.

Finally, allow me to end this speech with a quote from my favorite US president, John F. Kennedy. “With a good conscience, our only sure reward, with history, the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His health but knowing that here on earth God’s work most truly be our own.

Views expressed by the author at the 16th Mid-Year Commencement Exercise of Central Luzon State University, the Phillipines on 24th November, 2006. Text courtesy: The VOITH, Nepal-ed.

Published by Sun Star Cebu July 18, 2007
After reading this story, you may proceed to <a href="http://www.citiseconline.com">www.citiseconline.com</a>

Cebu may be riding the wave of the country’s economic progress but majority of its investors have not fully utilized the benefits of investing in the stock market.

Online brokerage firm CitisecOnline.com Inc. (CitisecOnline) president and chief executive officer Conrado Bate said the bulk of Cebu’s economy is composed largely of small and medium enterprises, and only a few members of the local business community are trading in the stock market.

Among the company’s 3,000 customers, which generated P2.7 billion in investments, only 160 are from Visayas.

Bate echoed Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) president and chief executive officer Francis Lim who earlier said that only one percent of more than 80 million Filipinos are actively investing in the stock market, mainly due to lack of information.

In the case of highly developed countries such as the United States, Australia and Hong Kong, more than 20 percent of the population traded directly and indirectly in the stock market, Bate said.

Untapped market

“The market of Cebu and the Visayas is largely untapped but we see the potential to grow our presence here,” Bate said.

He foresees the need for small-time Cebuano investors to capitalize on the bullish growth of the Philippine stock market brought about by robust growth of the local currency, a “more or less” stable political atmosphere and strong investor confidence in the economy.

A better alternative system is through online stock trading, Bate said.

As the number of Filipino Internet users increase, Bate said he is optimistic that interest in online trading will also pick up as was experienced in regional markets, like Hong Kong, South Korea and India.

“Online trading will revolutionize the way Filipinos invest in the stock market. It is a new market in itself,” he told a press conference Monday at the Cebu City Marriott Hotel.

Brokers do not only benefit from direct execution of trade but will have a comprehensive 24-hour access to accounts, including stock position and cash balances for a well-informed investment, seven days a week, Bate said.

“Improved Internet accessibility in the country has made participation in the stock market a lot more attractive to local investors. Online trading has allowed investors to place their orders at the price they desire and to be less dependent on a personal broker who can only process so many orders via telephone during peak hours,” he said.

CitisecOnline vice president Juanis Barredo said online trading has leveled the playing field between retail and the big-time stock traders.

He said retail investors are mostly being “left out” because brokers would have to take care of big-time clients.

Online trading, on the other hand, allows small-time investors to immediately trade stocks because all the information they need in making decisions are already posted on the website.

High returns

Bate said CitisecOnline charges .25 percent of the P25,000 initial capital investment for retail investors.

Students are likewise encouraged to participate starting with a P5,000 minimum investment.

He said unlike with the PSE index during the first half of the year when the return of investtment was at 21 percent, the average return for CitisecOnline clients stands at 27 percent. The firm’s average customer have at least P900,000 investment while small investors have P125,000.

He said money invested in the stock market made a return of more than $50 billion last year compared to $15 billion three years ago.

as reported by ABS-CBN News Online

By Charlie Lagasca
The Philippine Star

Nueva Vizcaya â€" A Novo Vizcayana who migrated to the United States in 1988 and now serving as regional administrator of the US Social Security Administration was among those chosen to be on this year’s “Who’s Who in the Asian American Community” (WWAAC) in the Southeastern US.

Mary Jane Basilio-Rolen, together with three other Filipinos, will be receiving her award on July 21, 2007 at a gala dinner in Atlanta, Georgia.

Fifty outstanding Asian-Americans from the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia will be honored.

A portion of the proceeds from the gala dinner will be donated to the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), the only national organization that promotes the pursuit of higher education among Asian and Pacific Islander American students through scholarships to qualified first-year undergraduates on the tertiary level and to those taking up vocational courses.

Rolen has been executive assistant for the Social Security Administration Regional Commissioner of the Atlanta Region since May 2004. She began her Social Security career as a claims representative in Asheville, North Carolina in 1998.

Rolen is also the regional chair of the Pacific Asian American Advisory Council (PAAAC) of SSA as well as PAAAC’s national vice-chair for field offices.

By Fidel Jimenez
GMA 7 News TV

Nakabalik na sa Pilipinas ang mga estudyanteng Pinoy na humakot ng parangal sa Mathematics World Contest na ginanap sa Hong Kongâ€" ang isa sa kanila ay nakakuha ng perpektong iskor sa kompetisyon.

Miyerkules ng gabi nang dumating sa bansa ang 16 na batang estudyante na lumahok sa Leung Kuk 11th Primary Mathematics test na ginanap sa Hong Kong noong Lunes, ayon sa ulat ng QTV nitong Huwebes.

Bitbit ng Philippine team ang tropeo at certificate na kanilang napanalunan kabilang ang tatlong team award, at siyam na individual awards.

Nakaharap ng Philippine team sa nasabing kompetisyon ang 44 na team mula sa 12 bansa at teritoryo na kinabibilangan ng United States, Mexico, India, Macau, China, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, Singapore, Taiwan at Australia.

Si Amiel Sy na estudyante sa Philippine Science High School ang nakakuha ng perfect score ang siyang nag-uwi ng First honor award. “I feel good. Hindi ko ito inaasahan," aniya.

Isa rin sa mga nanalo na nakuha ng individual award ang 13-anyos na si Miguel Santos mula sa Paref Southridge school.

Kwento ni Santos, matagal siyang nag-ensayo para sa math quiz na ito at kung minsan ay sila mismong magkakasama ang nagpapaligsahan.

“One year training sa MTG (Mathematics Trainers Guild) with the officers tapos sa summer five weeks straight na practice," ani Santos.

Russia is to expel four UK diplomats in the continuing row over Moscow's refusal to extradite the man suspected of Alexander Litvinenko's murder.

The four diplomats must leave Russia within 10 days, and Moscow is to review visa applications for UK officials.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was "disappointed" by what he called a "completely unjustified" move.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin said he thought both countries would overcome the "mini crisis".

On Monday four Russian embassy staff were expelled from the UK and the visa facilitation process for Russian officials was suspended.

'Tit-for-tat'

The move was a response to Moscow's refusal to extradite the man suspected of murdering former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London in November 2006.

Announcing the tit-for-tat response, foreign ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said Moscow would not apply for any UK visas for Russian officials.
   
He said: "The position of the Brown government is not based on British common sense and reasoning."

At the Moscow news conference he added: "The measures declared by London recently makes co-operation between Russia and the UK impossible... in the war on terror."

But President Putin added later: "I think relations between Russia and Britain will develop normally because both countries are interested in this."

"It is necessary to measure one's actions against common sense, respect the legitimate interests of partners and everything will be all right. I think we will overcome this mini crisis."

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Congrats, Macky. and Praise God for pouring out His blessings on your family.

Are your wife and kids based in Bohol? Tulo ka kids man diay imong paeskwelahon.

When was the last time you visited our province?

A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called an epithalamium.

I would like to become an epithalamiumist.

Way binuang, I like attending weddings.

Dili na gusto manglugod.

Maayo nalang gani dili si Frog70.

A stressful lifestyle can degenerate sperm productivity.

By China Martens, IDG News Service

The emerging nations of Brazil, China, India, and Russia together represented five percent of IBM's second-quarter revenue, and the vendor is looking for those revenue levels to double over the next four years.

"These emerging countries are among the fastest growing IT markets in world -- and we're investing to capture growth," Mark Loughridge, IBM's chief financial officer, told analysts during a Wednesday conference call to discuss the vendor's latest financial results for the three months ended June 30.

IBM's revenue in China and India grew over 30 percent in the second quarter of fiscal 2007 compared with the same period a year ago. In Brazil, IBM's revenue rose nine percent, while the vendor's revenue in Russia rocketed by 52 percent versus the year-ago quarter.

Asia-Pacific helped IBM's global services operation continue the return to health it began to demonstrate in the first quarter. Previously, IBM's overall services business had shown little or stagnant growth. Second-quarter revenue growth for the unit was up 10 percent to $13.1 billion on the year-ago quarter. Eleven deals signed in the quarter were larger than $100 million, according to Loughridge. IBM is also seeing more revenue growth from its existing customer base as it invests in the vendor's services, he said.

In the area of strategic outsourcing, IBM saw particularly strong revenue growth in India with an increase of nearly 150 percent.

source: infoworld.com

Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses. â€"Luke 12:15

As people in affluent societies stock up on Blackberrys and flat-panel TVs, it’s hard to deny the increasing wealth in many parts of the world. You might call it “affluenza.” There is anxiety, however, amid so much prosperity. It is the economic “puzzle of our time,” said Robert J. Samuelson in The Washington Post. I wonder if this is true because we are attempting to find security in “more stuff”â€"stuff that is temporary and fleeting.

The Bible calls the pursuit of more stuff “greed.” Jesus warned His followers about greed by telling a story about a rich man. The problem with this rich man was not that he had an abundance of bumper crops, or that he decided to build more storage space (Luke 12:16-18). The problem was that he invested his entire life in his possessions (v.15). He drew his security from his material goods and failed to be “rich toward God” (v.21). Rejecting the knowledge and precepts of God as the basis for life made him a fool. He was living for the moment while presuming on the future (vv.19-20).

The “good life” cannot be found in things. Instead of seeking our security by acquiring “more stuff,” may we find true satisfaction by investing our resources and our lives in and for His kingdom. â€"Marvin Williams

He possessed all the world had to give him,
He had reached every coveted goal;
But, alas, his life was a failure,
For he had forgotten his soul. â€"Denison

Poverty of purpose is worse than poverty of purse.

source: Our Daily Bread devotional book

Most people at Google are vegetables and fruits consumers.

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Quote from: ..yadz.. on July 19, 2007, 09:57:55 AM
kalma lang mga ka fwenster...you always have the option naman to delete the junk mails without even opening dba?? naa man gud puy mga pipol nga mahilig mg forward ug messages., kalipay na nila sad..wala ta mahims..hehehe! bitaw, just think of it nalang nga gi huna-huna ka sa ngpadala ug mail nimo...hehehe!

Yadz, one doesn't need to forward a friendster message just to declare to the world that he/she has lost his/her common sense.

it's not even an issue that someone is thinking of u because it only takes a second to hit forward all, and a non-sense message spreads like wildfire. and the sender did not actually think of you. never.

i believe that what we forward in friendster will always reflect on what's inside our brain and perhaps our heart.

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Quote from: Snowhite on July 18, 2007, 11:11:47 AM
Nibasa baya ko ato. Daghan mang kopya didto sa CCAD.

Plus 1 ka sa Snowhite kay nibasa ka sa mga balak.

(Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) launched a service on Thursday which it said would cut the time a GPS-enabled cellphone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new opportunities for location-based online services.

Nokia hopes the service, available for users of its flagship N95 phones, will cut the startup time to one minute, from up to three minutes currently. The slowness has so far hampered takeup of cellphone navigation.

"It will be reliably under one minute in most countries," Ralph Eric Kunz, head of Nokia's navigation and mapping operations told Reuters in an interview.

Handset makers see GPS-based navigation as one of the next big value-adding offerings and even at this early stage.

Analysis firm Berg Insight has forecast annual shipments of handset-based personal navigation devices in Europe and the United States to reach 12 million units by 2009, compared with 1 million in 2005.

While most assisted-GPS technologies use mobile carriers cellsites to find locations faster, Nokia's new service bypasses operator networks, using data from SIM card and new software which helps the phone to catch satellite signals.

GPS chips use satellites orbiting the earth to determine the exact position of the user. They are found in car navigation systems, which have surged in popularity in recent years, and the technology is now making the jump to mobile phones.

source: Yahoo Technology News

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Esther Schindler writes "Often, the difference between the success and failure of any IT project is spotting critical early warning signs that the project is in trouble.

CIO.com offers a few ways to identify the symptoms, as well as suggestions about what you can do to fix a project gone wrong. ' The original study (which is still sometimes quoted as if it were current) was shocking. In 1994, the researchers found that 31 percent of the IT projects were flat failures. That is, they were abandoned before completion and produced nothing useful.

Only about 16 percent of all projects were completely successful: delivering applications on time, within budget and with all the originally specified features. "As of 2006, the absolute failure rate is down to 19 percent," Johnson says. "The success rate is up to 35 percent."

The remaining 46 percent are what the Standish Group calls "challenged": projects that didn't meet the criteria for total success but delivered a useful product.'"

source: slashdot.com

Thanks for the insight, Snowhite. That would inspire me to explore China one of these days. Duol lang diri sa Thailand. Pwede ra mag-cross sa border through Vietnam or Laos.

e-mail from Fiel Angeli Arao-arao Gabin

BEG YOU,PLEASE RETURN MY CELLPHONE-SONY ERICSSON,LEFT INSIDE TRICYCLE, FROM GRAHAM TO CITY HALL

Message:   

PLEASE, THOSE WHO HAVE INFORMATION
LEADING TO THE RETURN / RETRIEVAL OF MY
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Please PM her for your wish and prayer.

Today is the birthday of prinsipe, Tubag Bohol writer.

Please PM him for your wish and prayer.

<a href="http://money.bokefu.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2007/snapshots/1.html">Here's the link of the test - click HERE</a>

Excerpt:

At <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> it always comes back to the food. Google runs 11 free gourmet cafeterias at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, and offers all its employees free gourmet meals...

In addition to its cafés, Google has snack rooms which contain various cereals, candy, nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks, and dozens of different drinks including soda and make-your-own cappuccino. Says co-founder Sergey Brin: "The cafés have always been pretty healthy, but the snacks are not, and the efforts to fix that have been remarkably challenging." Though company lore has it that Brin and co-founder Larry Page believe no worker should be more than 150 feet from a food source, clearly not all food is equal. "A lot of people like their M&Ms. But the easy access is actually what's bad for them," he says.

Of course, when it comes to America's new Best Company to Work For, the food is, well, just the appetizer.

<a href="http://money.bokefu.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0701/gallery.Google_perks/index.html">Here's the link of the full content of the article, click HERE</a>

Excerpt:

Google's employment roster is now pushing 10,000, and, in addition to the Mountain View headquarters, the company has burgeoning offices in Bangalore, New York City and Irvine, Calif., among many other cities.

<a href="http://money.bokefu.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0701/gallery.Googleplex_campus/index.html">Read the full content of the article HERE</a>

Life Inside <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>

Life for Google employees at the Mountain View campus is like college. It feels like the brainiest university imaginable - one in which every kid can afford a sports car (though geeky hybrids are cooler here than hot rods).

Here the shabbily dressed engineers always will be the big men (and, yes, women) on campus. "Hard-core geeks are here because there's no place they'd rather be," says Dennis Hwang, a Google Webmaster.

Another similarity to college: New Googlers (Nooglers, in Google parlance) tend to pile on the "Google 15" when confronted with all the free food.

<a href="http://money.bokefu.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0701/gallery.Google_life/index.html">Read the full article by clicking HERE</a>

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on July 05, 2007, 09:05:20 PM
Further…. I now remembered… they are Larry Page and Sergey Brin…

It was between 1995 & 1997 when google was founded….it was in those great years when the world had produced the greatest number of great men, not to mention our very own Mike Ligalig who graduated valedictorian at “……..” unsaon ba to pag pronounce sa ngan adtong iskwelahana uy…. Mike pareha man diay mo ug gi graduate-tan ni Jun Ayag.... Siya sab ang valedictorian sa 19forgoten...

Macky, sa Holy Infant Academy ko sa Anda, Bohol 6311

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The Associated Press and <a href="http://www.beaufortgazette.com">Beaufort Gazette</a>

Hemlock, Michigan (AP) A woman who hates spiders is crediting them with helping save her from a house fire. Danielle Vigue, 18, says she awoke early Tuesday to find spiders in her room, and started killing them. When more showed up, she says she went across the hall and got into bed with her 15-year-old sister, Lauren.

"At first there were five, they were all around the light fixture," Danielle Vigue told The Saginaw News. "I hate spiders, they freak me out."

A fire apparently was smoldering in the attic of the home about 90 miles northwest of Detroit.

A few hours later, Vigue's 48-year-old mother, Debra, and 8-year-old sister, Shelby, smelled smoke, and flames greeted the family when they opened the door to the room Danielle Vigue had earlier left.

"I will never kill another spider again," she told WNEM-TV in Saginaw.

Richland Township Fire Chief Gary Wade, a 30-year veteran of the Saginaw County department, was surprised by Vigue's story.

"I've never heard of spiders saving someone from a fire before," Wade said.

The FDM is a powerful tool for speeding up your Internet download activity. Using FDM can increase your download speed 400 times faster than the normal speed.

Recently FDM upgraded to a higher version which I thought was better than the previous version. But I was wrong.

When I integrated FDM into Firefox, Firefox crashed every time I downloaded a file of any size. It wasn't like that with the previous FDM version. It was all smooth and harmonious.

I tried to uninstall FDM but it refused to go away from my computer. I used CCleaner, a third-party tool, to uninstall FDM but my computer stopped breathing.

My last recourse: I implemented a system restore. Bye, bye, FDM.

I checked my computer. Ahh, I forgot I had a Feedreader containing tons of feeds which I manually added - they were all gone now.  Bye, bye, Feedreader.

Back to zero. Install Feedreader again and place manually all favorite RSS feeds.

Lesson: A disaster can lead to another disaster if we don't have the perfect solution.

hi boldstar,

thanks for pointing this out. a tubag bohol member's birthday will automatically appear in our calendar if he or she had indicated the date in his or her profile.

other than birthdays i have to manually encode events in the calendar.

anyhow, all members are free to post here any special or non-special occasion.

(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... <a href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/51247/Hackers-to-test-Net-voting-system-security">read the full story HERE</a>

Galen said 1,600 ra sila didto sa Singapore. Namakak na sab ang gobyerno.

To all Tubag Bohol writers:

I would just like to share this story with you.

Tubag Bohol is the first "outsider" website that strikes a partnership with Jerome Auza of auza.net, the admin of dyrdam.com. In fact Tubag Bohol has been actively promoting dyrdam.com since the live radio site was launched. Jerome Auza was happy to partner with us by placing the link of Tubag Bohol in dyrdam.com for he knows so well that our site has a growing number of followers (we have non-registered viewers who are not Boholanos).

Yesterday Jerome wrote to me that his inbox has been flooded with Filipinos' requests from all corners of the globe asking or perhaps pleading him to have their websites linked with dyrdam.com. Jerome cannot accommodate all the link appeals. If he would, dyrdam.com would become a directory of websites.

So he asked us to understand him that he has to remove Tubag Bohol's link from dyrdam.com so as to appease those who are relentlessly knocking on his inbox.

I told Jerome today that Tubag Bohol is pleased to have our link removed from dyrdam.com if only this will stop people's link clamor and craving. I also said that I would continue to display dyrdam.com in Tubag Bohol's header despite the broken engagement.   

The good thing is that Jerome has many other websites and he has assured us that he would link Tubag Bohol in all his other websites.

A door is closed but a window is being opened for Tubag Bohol. This is sometimes how God deals with us: He closes a door but He doesn't stop there. Either He would open a window or He would blow up the rooftop.

Just a sharing,

Mike

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. â€"1 Corinthians 2:3

Suzanne Bloch, an immigrant from Germany, often played chamber music with Albert Einstein and other prominent scientists. She said that Einstein, though an accomplished violinist, irritated his fellow musicians by not coming in on the beat. “You see,” Bloch explained, “he couldn’t count.” Einstein could project revolutionary theories about the cosmos, but he had difficulty with rhythmic counting. Despite his limitation, he remained an enthusiastic musician.

Do we sometimes lament our limitations? We all have abilities, but we are also afflicted with inabilities. We may be tempted to use our limitations as an excuse for not doing the things God has enabled us to do. Just because we may not be gifted to speak in public or to sing in a choir doesn’t mean that we can sit on the spiritual sidelines doing nothing.

When we realize that all of us have limitations, we can move forward by seeking God’s guidance in using our gifts. Surely we can pray. Surely we can show kindness to others. We can visit the lonely, the sick, the elderly. We can tell with effective simplicity what Jesus means to us. Paul said, “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them” (Rom. 12:6). â€"Vernon C Grounds

Lord God, I humbly ask of You
The strength to do Your will;
I give to You my talents now
Your purpose to fulfill. â€"Cetas

Too many people make a mistake by burying their talents.

source: Our Daily Bread Devotional

A homemade bomb exploded Wednesday (July 18, 2007) in a bus in the southern Philippines, wounding three people in the latest in a series of attacks that police have blamed on an extortion gang in the region.

The bomb, set off with a cell phone, exploded shortly after all the passengers left the bus at a crowded public transport terminal in southern Tacurong city in Sultan Kudarat province, army Col. Danilo Garcia said.

The bomb badly damaged the rear portion of the bus and shattered its windows, wounding a passenger eating at a nearby food stall and two passers-by, including a child. Two elderly people fell to the ground during the blast but doctors said they were not injured, Garcia told reporters.

Acting Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales said the latest bombing was the kind of terror act that a new anti-terror law would try to stop, adding it may take some time before the law fulfills its full potential.

"The law has just been enforced," he said. "But these attacks have long been in the planning stage and part of a series of terror occurrence." <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/18/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Bus-Explosion.php>you can read the full report of the Associated Press HERE</a>

By David S. Maulas

Artistically choreographed groups and well-fashioned floats will parade on July 22 along the main thoroughfares of the city for the Sandugo Street Dancing Extravaganza.

Anchored on the theme "Pakigsandurot sa Kinaiyang Bol-anon," this year's edition centers on the participation of the local community. Participants may come from municipal government units, socio-civic organizations, learning institutions, business establish-ments and families/clans in a non-contest setting.

Participating contingents and floats assemble at Janseen Hts. corner J.A. Clarin Street, then proceed to CPG Avenue - Tamblot - Torralba Street, entering the back gate of the CPG Sports Complex. Jump-off time is at 9:30 a.m.

Field performance of participating contingents is held at the CPG Sports Complex oval. A brief program precedes the performance.

Special awards such as Best in Choreography, Most Creative/Unique Group, Best in Production Design, Best in Costume, Most Authentic Group, Best in Music, Best in Instrumentation, etc. are to be given.

Initial list of street dancing participants include LGUs of Baclayon and Tubigon; city elementary schools - Bool, Booy Main, Booy South, Cabawan, City East, Cogon Main, Dampas, Dao, Eastern Cogon, Manga, Mansasa, San Isidro, St. Therese, City Central, Taloto, Tiptip, and Ubujan; and city secondary schools - University of Bohol, Cogon Night, Dr. Cecilio Putong, Holy Infant Academy, Holy Name University-HS, Mansasa High, Manga, San Isidro, and Tagbilaran City Science High and tertiary schools such as the University of Bohol.

The scheme of involving the city schools started last year thru the efforts of Dr. Elpidio Jala coordinated by Carmen Gatal and Joseph Barrete.

Confirmed to set up floats are Island City Mall, Bohol Quality Mall, M. Lhuillier Pawnshop, Social Security System-Tagbilaran and Bohol Association of Metro Manila, Inc. (BAMMI) and Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts, and Restaurants (BAHRR). <a href="http://www.theboholchronicle.com">you can read the full story HERE</a>