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Lumine, common sense is no longer common. Imagine Bill Gates will give his wealth to you? 

(i had posted this message in friendster bulletin)

I have always said in my signature in www.tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com that "I speak only when I cannot improve the silence." Now, this is a follow-up rant to my earlier bulletin, "Common Sense Is No Longer Common."

Edmund Burke once said that "evil triumphs because good men do nothing." What I feel now is that if I don't react to the proliferation of "PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! ASAP.. Hello!" and all this b***, it is as if I condone the ignorance of our friends. Enough is enough. Too much is too much. My inbox is infested with "PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! ASAP.. Hello!"

You may get mad at me but I need to tell you this, otherwise this would become a vicious cycle, that by forwarding "PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! ASAP.. Hello!]" or "Allen, manager of Friendster," you are allowing others to know that you've lost your common sense.

This is the problem to many of us. We don't investigate. We don't dig deeper. We don't ask questions. We don't seek enlightenment. We don't research. Whatever b*** [PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! ASAP.. Hello!] that is being sent to us, we immediately forward it to the rest of humanity without first investigating the authenticity of what seemed factual.

The Internet has given us an unlimited supply of information but we are still wallowing in darkness and ignorance. This b*** proliferation of [PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! ASAP.. Hello!] simply tells us the decadence of human reasoning.

Forgive me, I'm using 'b***' here because I am already angry. I am not angry at you but I am mad at your lack of common sense and logical reasoning.

You can flood my friendster inbox with words from Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Leo Tolstoy, who else, but please, don't give Friendster a terrible headache, endlessly cleaning up its servers because you keep forwarding a b*** [PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! ASAP.. Hello!].

Common Sense is no longer common these days. I weep for humanity.

Basin, Mack.

Anyhow, Edmund Burke said: "Evil triumphs because good men do nothing."

By Kit Bagaipo
<a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com">The Bohol Chronicle</a>

A 17-year old kid who returned a lost wallet containing about P20,000 will be among honorees together with Iluminado Boc, the tricycle driver who turned over a bag which contained $1,700 left in his tricycle, on Sunday's celebration of the 153rd Bohol Foundation Day at the Bohol Cultural Center.

In this year's Bohol Day celebration, Gov. Erico Aumentado will also confer the Datu Sikatuna award.
          
This year's Datu Sikatuna awardees are Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Anthony John Hely, Peter Reichmann of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Charities, Dr. Ludgerio Torres of the Philippine Heart Center and vice president of the Heart Foundation of the Philippines and provincial government social and health services consultant Francesca Baluyot.

The boy, John Paul Bernales, a native of barangay Bayong, Guindulman town, reported the wallet he found at the Tagbilaran City fish port to one Ignacio Narisma and Jongjong Loquellano who also turned it over to dyRD's "Tagbilaran-by-Nite" program.

Boc and Bernales will both be bestowed special awards for their outstanding honesty.

The Datu Sikatuna award is the highest honor the province gives to individuals who have contributed much to the development and progress of Bohol.

Ambassador Hely will keynote the event which will start at 8 a.m. (July 18, 2007)

By Kit Bagaipo

A big-time drug dealer believed to be supplying several drug pushers here in the city was collared by the city police during a buy-bust operation Monday (July 16, 2007) afternoon in barangay Taloto, this city.

Arrested was one Maverick Joseph Monungolh y Corro, 32 years old, a resident of Pardo, Cebu City.

An operative of the City PNP acted as poseur-buyer which led to the arrest of Monunglolh at around 4 p.m. Monday along Peñaflor Street in front of the Taloto Catholic Church amid fiesta celebrations.

<a href="http://boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/18/front1.htm">-- full story can be read HERE</a>

Okay pa sa alright, Macky!

Paging GEC. This is your concept. Macky Ferniz has this brilliant suggestion for our Virtual Ms Bohol Sandugo 2007.

July 30 na ra ba mahuman ang Sandugo month. Or we can choose March 2008 as the Sandugo Month, as declared by Engr. Jes Tirol, our historian in the province.

Do we need more time for this?

My friendster inbox has been flooded with screaming "Pleasseeeeeeeeeeeee ASAP....this was in the news blah blah blah...." with prophetic urgency of "forward this and forward that blah...blah...and in return you'd be rewarded by Bill Gates and all the Who's Who of America with bags of U.S. dollars (why not Euro?) for forwarding the message..." This absolute non-sense is all the same with "Allen, Friendster Manager (kono) asking you to forward this and that blah blah blah"...

Common Sense is No Longer Common.

Let's forgive ignorance, anyway. A congressman in the U.S. was duped by a Nigerian scammer this year. He gave his $3 million dollars to a Nigerian businessman (kono). You are all to familiar with Yahoo e-mails coming from Africa, telling you that he or she is dying and all the blah... blah...and that he or she needs you to be the "sole" beneficiary (ka-jackpot noh?) of his/her tons of gold and diamond. Many, including a U.S. congressman, have believed this fraud. I am sorry for humanity.

Common Sense is no Longer Common these days.

Macky,

Based on my experience and observation, SK has been used as a training ground for corrupt practices.

Many Filipino pundits have been calling for its abolition.

I was an SK chairman but I resigned after a year. Dili na nako matulon ang korakot nga akong nakita within the barangay council lang mismo.

By Rey Anthony Chiu
Philippine Information Agency

Bohol Health authorities would still recommend anti-rabies shots for persons in dog bite cases, even if the dog has been given animal rabies vaccines.

At the Kapihan sa PIA, GCGMH information officer Dr. Edgar Pizarras and Provincial Heath Team Leader Dr. Portia Reyes cited a World Health Organization study which determines that even a dog is vaccinated with anti-rabies, it can still transmit the virus to a bite victim.

Based on WHO standards, animal bite victims are still not safe, says Dr. Pizarras.

Over this, the effort to put up a community based approach on anti-rabies control gains a mileage as the new Provincial Board members would tackle the issue first thing within the week, assures Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera.

Bohol has also allowed a private company to set up animal bite and treatment centers in Bohol-run hospitals to respond to the incapacity of the government to fill the need for anti-rabies vaccines.

Aside from the Tagbilaran City’s Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital and Carlos P. Garcia Provincial Hospital in Talibon, new animal bite treatment centers were opened recently in Jagna, Loon and Carmen Hospitals.

The province also planned to allow Family Vaccines and Specialty Clinics to open up in Catigbian, Ubay and Inabanga animal bite centers. (PIA)

Quote from: bAbY_Blue1974 on July 18, 2007, 04:49:11 PM
I wanted to remove the NERO 7 software but  I just cannot remove it. I tried removing it from the control panel. I even tried reinstalling it just in case it might work but...nope. IS there any way to remove it or delete the software and install ANOTHER software so I can burn files. Can anyone suggest another software I can use to burn files.

Baby_Blue,

Use the system restore tool of your Computer. Go to start, then all programs, then accessories, then system tools, then click "System Restore". Choose an earlier date before you installed Nero 7. After System Restore, your computer will return to its original state on that date you selected.

Dowload this open-source CD/DVD Burner. It's very light and efficient:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_cdburnerxp/ Download the Latest Version of the software.

Post here if you have more problems.

The Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation has conducted a long-term bioassay on aspartame (APM), a widely used artificial sweetener (used in softdrinks). APM was administered with feed to 8-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats (100-150/sex/group), at concentrations of 100,000, 50,000, 10,000, 2,000, 400, 80, or 0 ppm.

The treatment lasted until natural death, at which time all deceased animals underwent complete necropsy. Histopathologic evaluation of all pathologic lesions and of all organs and tissues collected was routinely performed on each animal of all experimental groups.

The results of the study show for the first time that APM, in our experimental conditions, causes a) an increased incidence of malignant-tumor-bearing animals with a positive significant trend in males (p < or = 0.05) and in females (p < or = 0.01), in particular those females treated at 50,000 ppm (p < or = 0.01); b) an increase in lymphomas and leukemias with a positive significant trend in both males (p < or = 0.05) and females (p < or = 0.01), in particular in females treated at doses of 100,000 (p < or = 0.01), 50,000 (p < or = 0.01), 10,000 (p < or = 0.05), 2,000 (p < or = 0.05), or 400 ppm (p < or = 0.01); c) a statistically significant increased incidence, with a positive significant trend (p < or = 0.01), of transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis and ureter and their precursors (dysplasias) in females treated at 100,000 (p < or = 0.01), 50,000 (p < or = 0.01), 10,000 (p < or = 0.01), 2,000 (p < or = 0.05), or 400 ppm (p < or = 0.05); and d) an increased incidence of malignant schwannomas of peripheral nerves with a positive trend (p < or = 0.05) in males.

The results of this mega-experiment indicate that APM is a multipotential carcinogenic agent, even at a daily dose of 20 mg/kg body weight, much less than the current acceptable daily intake. On the basis of these results, a reevaluation of the present guidelines on the use and consumption of APM is urgent and cannot be delayed.

source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

By Kit Bagaipo

City Mayor Dan Lim flew to the United States yesterday to meet with Boholano boxers now training at the famed Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles.

During his "Mayor's Report" yesterday, Lim said his US trip is mainly to give moral boost to Tagbilaran's very own Czar Amonsot who is set to fight reigning WBA lightweight interim titlist Michael Katsidis on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas featuring Bernard Hopkins against Winky Wright for the undisputed light-heavyweight championship.

The mayor will be back before the Amonsot-Katsidis duel, despite a ringside seat reserved for him by Golden Boy Promotions' Oscar dela Hoya, to catch the Sandugo activities over the weekend.

But Lim said his other purpose of going to the US is to negotiate for future big fights in favor of Boholano boxers Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ "Bazooka" Banal...<a href="http://www.theboholchronicle.com">read the full story at the bohol chronicle online. click here</a>

Quote from: olintaha on July 18, 2007, 12:45:11 PM
Nelson Banos should be spelled as NELSON BAN-AS. He ranks # 8 in the heirarchy. There is another one who placed either 3rd or 4th named MAXIMO INTONG.

I have corrected the spelling.

I haven't received a complete list from Comelec. Comelec website contains nothing.

Tilokon na ba gyud diay ang mga gwapang Boholana?

Wala na tay contestant sa atong Virtual Ms Bohol Sandugo 2007 in Tubag Bohol?

Naa pa ba tay laing contestant?

Nahutdan na ba ug gwapa ang Bohol?

Quote from: galen on July 18, 2007, 11:13:16 AM
im proud to be a filipino! heheh

nahitabo lang nga nang-apply ko (some IT Company in SG) for an IT position then usa sa mga nag-interview sa akoa ang ilang VP nga chinese, as in cge lang ko ingon ug "pardon?", "im sorry?"... then i just found out nga advantage ko diay over other candidates kay mas kabalo ko mag-english nila. the position is intended for foreign client not here in asia so they took me for that position.

this is a perfect example unsa ka-importante ang English.

my biggest headache today is that the so-called "educators" in Manila have filed a petition with the Supreme Court demanding that Tagalog be used as medium of instruction sa atong mga schools sa Pilipinas.

akong reaction: pag-solo mo taga-Manila. usapa nang inyong Tagalog.

Tubag Bohol welcomes Coy Ponte, usa sa mga banggiitang magsusulat nga Bol-anon and editor of the defunct Balitang Sano.

He writes both in English and in Bisaya.

His poem "Nagsulat Ako ug Balak Ilawom Sa Kahoy" was judged first during the CPG Memorial Awards For Literature.

Ang akong "Dili Ikaw Ang Kataposan, Oliver" came second. This poem laments on the insurgency in Bohol.

Quote from: maleman on July 18, 2007, 10:24:20 AM
if wala ko masayop, the young herrera ba ang atbang sa pagkamayor?

yup, si Ernest nga young Herrera. He was mayor of Calape for six years.

Quote from: maleman on July 18, 2007, 09:32:27 AM
if you're looking for an IT job, you can check singapore.

www.monster.com.sg has tons of IT jobs. www.jobstreet.com also has bags of IT job opportunities.

Quote from: lumine on June 07, 2007, 12:26:34 AM
sa wala pa ko na-addict sa tubag bohol, as soon as i come online, diretso ko dayon open sa ako friendster and multiply accounts then the newspapers online. now, tubag bohol is d first priority,before friendster,etc.
d feeling of being connected to boholanos around d world maski wala mo nag-ila in person is something this site offers.
so thanks to mike even if at first dedma ko,hehe!

nice to hear that lumine.

lahi man gud ning mga silingan ra maghimamatay bisan sa Internet lang.

the blood of Bohol cannot be extinguished wherever we are.

i remember ikaw maoy usa sa pinakauna mi-post diri ug welcome message.

Quote from: maleman on July 18, 2007, 09:48:39 AM
addicted or unsa pa ang itawag anaa basta im happy to read and exchange informations with my fellow bol-anon. ive been to many forums na pero feel at home lang ko diri. heheh thanks mike for the space!

you're welcome, maleman.

ang ato lang diri nga serbisyo publiko, pakig-ambitay sa mga maayong kaalam ug kinaadman alang sa paglambo sa atong probinsya ug sa atong mga kaigsuonang bol-anon.

knowledge is power.

Hi Olintaha,

Mangita ta ug mga taga Sikatuna.

Welcome to Tubag Bohol!

Though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him. â€"John 10:38

Did Jesus really walk on water or simply use some nearby sandbars? Did He actually multiply bread and fish to feed 5,000 or just hypnotize the crowd into thinking He did? Was it miracle or magic?

When Christian illusionist Brock Gill explored those questions for a BBC television program, he set aside his personal beliefs to examine the biblical miracles with an open mind. Producer Jean-Claude Bragard said, “Even if an atheist had been chosen as host, the conclusions wouldn’t have changed.” In every case, Gill concluded that Jesus could not have tricked people into believing they had witnessed a miracle.

But many who actually saw Jesus’ miracles refused to believe that He was the Messiah. They were ready to execute Him for claiming to be God (John 10:30-31). Jesus told them, “If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the [miracles], that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him” (vv.37-38).

The miracles of Jesus identified Him as the Son of God, the Savior who had come to give His life for the sins of the world. His works and resurrection were not magic tricks, but miracles of love and grace. â€"David C. McCasland

It took a miracle to put the stars in place;
It took a miracle to hang the world in space.
But when He saved my soul, cleansed and made me whole,
It took a miracle of love and grace! â€"Peterson
© Renewal 1976 John W. Peterson Music Co.

Believe in God and you’ll believe in miracles; believe in His Son and you’ll experience one!

source: www.rbc.org

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 12, 2007, 04:11:13 AM
I would say, this is an addicting site 

Cel,

We value quality information.

Knowledge is power.

Quote from: redmax on July 10, 2007, 03:28:16 PM
This site defines your being you Mike! Keep it up and God Bless always!

redmax

Redmax was my classmate in high school. We both studied in Silliman U.

Redmax was the no. 5 (topnotcher) in the PT Board Exam (national ranking).

Redmax, welcome to Tubag Bohol.

maleman, when i become rich (God willing), i will get
in touch with the developers of the free softwares i am using
today and give handsome financial support to them.
don't laugh. i'm serious.

<a href="http://uploadhost.com">photo is courtesy of uploadhost.com</a>

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on July 17, 2007, 11:43:37 PM
Dear Mike,

I believed that one day a year would not hurt your reputation. However, if you are a doctor and you purposely do not treat a patient because of Holiday, that is called abandoning of duty, but not abandoning of Job.

We should not worry of getting fired for being absent just one day a year? We have proven enough to the world and we are indispensable. According to international labor law a Foreign worker should be given 3 warning system prior to termination (this is applicable to minor offenses including AWOL).

Mike, if the world does not realize our importance, they will abuse and that is the reason why some of our unfortunate OFW's are abused, forced to work in sweat shops like slaves...because nobody dared to show power....

Mike... sorry but this is my own opinion.... & thanks for understanding....

Macky,

I admire your love for the Philippines.

Let's have a voting/poll here in Tubag Bohol so we'd also know what others think about this plan of having "A Day of Rest for all OFWs" worldwide.

Noli Me Tangere e-book
Translated By Charles E. Derbyshire

Download the free book from this link:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6737

Book comment from www.bohol.ph
If you would like to read just one book on the Philippines, read this one. Although written over a century ago, and many things have changed in those years, it is still a compelling read, and, unfortunately, surprisingly much of it can be recognized even today.

Chin, there is a time for everything.

I just stayed in my room for three days. I felt that you needed absolute privacy with the Ranaras.

1. Joe Espiritu - I met him once in Kambingan at J.A. Clarin Street over a bottle of beer. I wish to talk to this genius again. He used to work with IBM abroad before he settled in Jagna.

sumpay...sumpay...

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on July 17, 2007, 10:19:07 PM
Hey, this gives me a big IDEA. Why not we assign a day called OFW Day and all of us will not go to work, no matter what.... This will show the world of our strength and our importance....united, we are powerful.... Once the world will realize this power, we can walk with head up high and respect....

Mike, you decide which day and we will spread this to all OFW.... Yes, lets show them our power.... and the world will kneal before us...

Macky, I disagree. A day without reporting to work is considered AWOL. One Filipino who loses job abroad means tens of families will run out of food on their tables.

There are many ways we can show our power to the world.

By excelling in our workplace is alone a powerful testimony that we are different from the rest of humanity.

Read: Despite mass info dissemination, the absentee voting is but a failure. Only less than 2 or 3 percent of the more than 9 million Filipinos abroad did participate in a simple electoral exercise.

Macky,

Have you finished reading the book? You said "more to come."

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on July 17, 2007, 09:33:51 PM
5. I want to see the whole Island of bohol from space.....

Macky, you have to pay at least $50 million dollars for a trip to space. The author of Microsoft Word and Excel, including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, have signed up for what they call as "space tourism."

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com">This story appears in the New York Times</a>

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y., July 13 (AP) â€" Text messages were sent back and forth on the cell phone of a 17-year-old driver moments before her sport-utility vehicle slammed head-on into a truck, killing her and four other recent high school graduates, the police said today.

A text message was sent from the phone of the S.U.V. driver, Bailey E. Goodman, at 10:05:02 p.m., according to Sheriff Philip C. Povero of Ontario County, adding that a friend here sent a text message to Ms. Goodman’s phone asking, “What are you doing?” (read: "Nag-unsa ka"? This question can kill)

“The message was received on the cell phone at 10:06:29,” Sheriff Povero said.

A call reporting the accident to the authorities from a passenger in a car the S.U.V. had passed just before the crash was made at 10:07, according to The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

“The records indicate her phone was in use,” he said. “We will never be able to clearly state that she was the one doing the text messaging.”

Ms. Goodman had been driving her friends to her parents’ vacation home when her S.U.V., which had just passed the car, swerved back into oncoming traffic, hit a tractor-trailer and burst into flames. Five days earlier, the five teenagers had graduated from high school in Fairport, a Rochester suburb.

Sheriff Povero cited Ms. Goodman’s inexperience at the wheel, evidence that she was driving above the speed limit at night on a winding, two-lane highway as well as the succession of text messages on her phone as possible factors in the crash in the Finger Lakes region of western New York.

Several minutes before the first 911 call came in, Ms. Goodman had talked briefly with one of four fellow graduates who were trailing her in another vehicle. Then, two minutes before the crash was reported, the text messaging began, the sheriff said.

Autopsies determined that Ms. Goodman and Meredith McClure, both 17, and Hannah Congdon, Sara Monnat and Katherine Shirley, all 18, were killed on impact.

The S.U.V. was traveling about 60 miles an hour when it crashed shortly after 10 p.m., police estimated. The speed limit on that stretch of road was 55 m.p.h.

Routine tests ruled out alcohol as a factor and, while toxicology tests have not been completed, police say they do not suspect drug use was involved.

Ms. Goodman had a junior driver’s license, making it illegal for her to be driving late at night or to be carrying so many young passengers.

While she had taken a class qualifying her for a standard license, the state Department of Motor Vehicles had received no paperwork and “does not recognize that her license was ever upgraded from junior status,” the sheriff said.

In New York, junior drivers cannot drive after 9 p.m. without a parent, guardian or someone performing parental duties unless they are going to work or school.

They also cannot carry more than two passengers younger than 21 unless they are immediate family.

Quote from: Snowhite on July 13, 2007, 10:59:05 AM
BITAW! Unya noon, ang mga Koreano (mga Thai pod, no?) gani kay biased kaayo. Didto sa Korea, "NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS ONLY" kuno ang ilang dawaton sa mga ESL programs nila. Naa koy nabasahan sa web written in bold letters, "FILIPINOS NEED NOT APPLY." Pungota nako uy. Makalibog, labon manganhi sila sa Pilipinas aron magtuon og English. Way klaro.   

What they don't is that millions of Americans and British have "Englishes(?)" that stand dwarf before our Philippine giants.

The head of our MBA International Program, himself an American, told us in Thailand that if Americans would be required to take TOEFL, only less than half of the population in America could pass this English exam.

On the other hand, there is an alarming decline of English language skills of the Filipinos due to the encroachment of non-sense, shallow, meaningless, mundane Tagalog telenovelas into our homes. The death of the culture of reading has worsened the scenario.

In the past, a grade six graduate taught by early American educators in the Philippines can teach English better than today's Ph.D. holders.

You write to the Metrocard customer service requesting them an e-mail of your credit billing statement as you can no longer receive a paper billing statement because they're sending this document to your previous employer in the Philippines and you are now based abroad.

You have to wait for the next millennium before Metrobank replies to your inquiry.

This is the very reason I buy things and transact in the U.S. Whenever you have problems or any concerns,  U.S. firms would always get back to you in a minute by phone, chat, or e-mail. And they won't stop communicating with you until your problem is fixed.

I can only wish Metrobank can learn the US-style customer care.

All are the same - whether private or public entities in our country. They don't listen.

For so many times I wrote to certain government offices in Manila about this, about that, hoping they would appreciate a suggestion from a concerned Filipino who wants to see his country move up.

Everything is deadma. You have to die first before a government office replies to your letter.

Ban-alam is based in Saudi Arabia.

Maleman, welcome to the computer world of Tubag Bohol. Tulo na ta diri.

Quote from: maleman on July 17, 2007, 12:21:02 PM
hi mike, when can you say that a hardware is reliable? until now, i cant tell which one is better unless you have a good brand name.

hi maleman, any tip? the hardware should be made by toshiba?

Quote from: maleman on July 17, 2007, 11:42:45 AM
why use pirated software, use open-source!

http://www.7-zip.org

Most of my downloaded files from Internet sources are in .zip format.

Is 7-zip using .zip extension file?

Quote from: maleman on July 17, 2007, 11:42:45 AM
why use pirated software, use open-source!

http://www.7-zip.org

thanks Maleman for the link. I'm using Winzip.

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 17, 2007, 11:47:27 AM
You're welcome.     Thanks for the kiss.  Here's one for you, too.  hehe

Sigbin and Lenjane basin magdayon mo ha. Murag muaahhhhh, muahhhhh na ang inyo da.

Quote from: maleman on July 17, 2007, 11:44:49 AM
but why fix if ain't broke?

I remember tweaking something even though my notebook was without error. The result was disastrous.

this is a wrong statistic.

Here's the latest, reliable statistics: visit this link

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Quote from: Onicul85 on July 17, 2007, 05:07:12 AM
Kuya Mike, can you send me a message on the location for the kid and the address to where I should hand it to him? Perhaps I can write a check out and mail it to his address? Thanks in advance.

-Onic

Onic, I had found a solution to your concern. I sent you a PM regarding the guideline on how you can extend your support to the honest boy.

Quote from: maleman on July 17, 2007, 11:19:38 AM
sad to say that php4 is no longer supported due to php5 full blown release but as far as im concerned, there are lot of things php4 outruns the speed power of php5.

why fix if ain't broke... just my two cents in peso. heheh

the developers said there are security issues that prompted them to move to php 5.

thanks maleman. we'll check out the website and get info from there.

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 17, 2007, 10:36:06 AM
I'm not 100% sure, lenjane5132, but I think it's Loboc River.

Sigbin, it's Loboc River. 100%. That's according to the photographer.

Quote from: gen_nhel on July 16, 2007, 04:58:10 PM
ako si genalyn taga lto tagbilaran city....duol ra jud amo balay sa lto....hinaut magkahigalaay ta tanan diri sa tubag bohol.. pasalamat ta kay mike.......

Hi Gen, welcome to Tubag Bohol. Di ba Dubai-based na ka karon after a stint in Taiwan?

Quote from: Onicul85 on July 17, 2007, 05:07:12 AM
Kuya Mike, can you send me a message on the location for the kid and the address to where I should hand it to him? Perhaps I can write a check out and mail it to his address? Thanks in advance.

-Onic

Onic, this kid works in a fishing boat and he sleeps in that boat as this his home and workplace. The owner of the boat trusts him that he would take care of the boat when it is not on a fishing expedition.

I will contact DYRD to locate the address of this boy.

Lisud man gud Post Office sa ato kay way moabot sa recipient if you send something. We'll find a way, Nic. I'll let you know soon.

Long live, Onic.

It is a witness between us that the LORD is God. â€"Joshua 22:34

Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is the story of an upper-middle-class Englishwoman named Lizzy Bennet who is pursued by Mr. Darcy, a brooding and complex man of great wealth. Lizzy’s first impression of Mr. Darcy was that he was arrogant, introverted, and self-serving. So when he declares his love for her, she rejects him. Later, when she learns of his many secret acts of kindness for others, Lizzy admits that she had been wrong about Mr. Darcy and agrees to marry him.

Joshua 22 records another instance of flawed first impressions. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had built an altar near the Jordan. When the other tribes learned about this, they were enraged (vv.9-12) because God had commanded that He alone be worshiped and that sacrifices be performed only in the tabernacle (Ex. 20:3; Lev. 17:8-9). They saw the building of this altar as an act of apostasy. Fortunately, Phinehas the priest led a delegation to find out why they had built the altar (Josh. 22:13-33). They were told that it was a memorial of unity for all the tribes under the one God of Israel (v.34).

Often our first impressions can be wrong. Open communication, however, can correct misunderstandings that are created by our own pride and prejudice. â€"Dennis Fisher

Don’t judge too quickly what you see;
Treat lightly first impression;
Misunderstandings multiply
Without communication. â€"Sper

First impressions often lead to wrong conclusions.

--from our Daily Bread Bread devotional book

Quote from: GEC348 on July 17, 2007, 06:44:46 AM
Hail, Mikeee
From darkness you have come to light
and made converts from all of us

GEC, there is always light at the end of a tunnel.

I used to developed some sites in blogger.com or blogspot.com.

One time I spent 24 hours straight without sleep (that's literal) constructing a single site, developing its content - then at the end of the 24-hour work marathon I tested my site. Then everything was sadness.

I realized blogspot cannot support serious websites and this site is not even good for amateur web maker. The website on which I worked hard for 24 hours refused to host one more image.

I went to school groggy and frustrated. Night came I decided to give blogspot one more try. I constructed another website and developed its content, working on it until the next day. Morning came I ran the site, testing it with various web browsers. Then everything was sadness.

Imagine you did not sleep for 48 hours constructing two websites and all you got are broken links, stranded site codes, frozen pages. What else can you do? E-mail the people of blogspot? Never do that. It will take another millennium before you'd get a reply.

The frustration and disappointment and stress, however, pushed me to go deeper into the web development world.

I read and read and read and read and researched and researched and researched. I didn't want to abandon website-making just because blogspot did not respect my sleepless hours.

I must do something in order to recover from a thankless failure.

Looking back, I would still thank the pain and the failure. Blogspot sadness had pushed me to squeeze my brain so I won't be forever lost in the web universe.

My personal readings have helped me defeat darkness in the web world. I have moved on.

But never with blogspot again.

By Fred Amora

...Last week, I was totally shocked hearing and old good friend, - which I indeed idolized, saying: “To Hell with Crusada!”

The lines came from Dandan Bantugan, who is today, an elected city councilor and a “lawyer.” He felt amused in particular on the recent move of his fellow city councilor Djingo Rama who was at the center of a media spin after he voted for a non-party member as chairman on the powerful committee on appropriation.

Rama’s vote stirred the feelings of city mayor Dan Lim, and as usual, being always true to himself, the city mayor lambasted Rama on the air in his Saturday radio program.

Rama claimed he is on a “crusade” to infuse check and balance in the city government and that he would work for the interest of the people in fulfillment to his sworn mandate as an elected city official...

...In fact, Dandan would tell us he failed passing the bar exams for the __th time and would gamely laugh with everybody teasing him with the tag LLB; a connotation that means “labi-labing buloka”. But he is a guy that never says die...


---<a href="http://www.theboholstandard.com">read the full content of this column. click HERE</a>

By Mariko Yasu and Drew Gibson
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com">Bloomerg News</a>

July 16 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake struck central Japan near Niigata today (July 16, 2007), toppling houses, causing a fire at a nuclear power plant and suspending bullet train services. Five people were killed and more than 500 were injured, NHK television reported.

The magnitude 6.8 quake, centered off the Japan Sea coast, triggered a tsunami warning that was later lifted, the country's meteorological agency said on its Web site. The quake's epicenter was about 250 kilometers (155 miles) northwest of Tokyo, where buildings swayed for several minutes around 10:15 a.m.

<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aytlmUMTAB9M&refer=home">Full details of the story: click HERE</a>

Hi Rosamia,

If you like beaches, go to Alona in Panglao Island

Other options:

1. Chocolate Hills
2. Dolphin Watching in Pamilacan Island
3. Loboc River Cruising
4. Sagbayan Peak
5. Cabilao Island - for scuba diving
6. Balicasag Island - for scuba diving

Written By Snowhite, Tubag Bohol member (re-posted)

I must add that eco-cultural tourism entails community involvement as well. Our people has a lot to offer- talents, skills, ingenuity, hardwork- and yet they are not directly involved in the industry or its support industries. They may be slowly taking part but Bohol and our government have yet to move on forward to fully empower our people. Besides, Bohol has envisioned to become a prime eco-cultural tourist destination and a strong agro-industrial province with a self-reliant community that takes pride of their cultural heritage.

Somehow through their involvement, they, too, must earn a living. But earning now are the big entrepreneurs owning and managing the beach resorts in Panglao and Anda. This is not totally a bad idea. I just hope that our people can be entrepreneurs, too. They can sell their arts and crafts (and not their "wares," ha!), show their talents for a fee, or manage their own businesses that supports the tourism industry.   

There are a lot of discussions and plans on how Bohol can become a true eco-cultural tourist destination. As for my part, making it come true is beyond my sole powers now. I just hope and pray that through our advocacies and even through this forum, we can make our voices be heard.

(There are lot of media people in here and public officials as well. I hope they are "listening.")  Grin

Padayon, Bohol! Advance 153rd Foundation Day! Mabuhi tang tanan!

udlot

To jump to tubag bohol quickly and efficiently, here's you gonna do.

just go to <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>

then type "tubag bohol"

there you can click the first search result and access tubag bohol fast.

Onic, are you serious? I will contact DYRD and Bohol Chronicle so they can process your donation to the kid.

Last week Tubag Bohol failed in this test. I made errors in the modification of codes. Today Tubag Bohol has perfected the modification and passed the rigid W3C Test.

To see the test result, just click the link below:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftubagbohol.mikeligalig.com%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D2727.msg12574

On the other hand, my www.mikeligalig.com has not passed the W3C validation. This happened after I implemented certain modifications in the site codes.

Just click the link below to see our validation test result. I'm glad that despite the modifications I've made in this site, we passed the W3CSS Validation.

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftubagbohol.mikeligalig.com%2Findex.php

There are sites I made that had failed to pass the W3CSS Validation. That is after I implemented modifications.

php.net has just announcement the discontinued support of PHP4 as PHP 5 is now in full implementation. Here's the glimpse of the bulletin...

PHP 4 end of life announcement

Today it is exactly three years ago since PHP 5 has been released. In those three years it has seen many improvements over PHP 4. PHP 5 is fast, stable & production-ready and as PHP 6 is on the way, PHP 4 will be discontinued.

The PHP development team hereby announces that support for PHP 4 will continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will be no more releases of PHP 4.4. We will continue to make critical security fixes available on a case-by-case basis until 2008-08-08. Please use the rest of this year to make your application suitable to run on PHP 5.


Tubag Bohol is powered by PHP 5. Bye bye PHP 4

No other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. â€"1 Corinthians 3:11

David, I missed you in class today,” I told one of my college students when we ran into each other in the Information Services office. He gave me that stunned “freshman in the first week of college” look, and then it struck himâ€"he had misread his schedule and had gone to the wrong class.

The funny thing was, there were two grammar labsâ€"mine, and another professor’sâ€"and he had attended the wrong one. I told him, “That’s okay. You were getting the right information, so I won’t count you absent.”

As I thought about it, I concluded that this is a little like the options many Christians have regarding the churches they attend. The key factor is to attend a church where the right information is sharedâ€"where salvation through Jesus Christ is preached (1 Cor. 15:3-5), where the Bible is the standard for faith and practice, and where an opportunity to serve in Jesus’ name is provided. It’s important that the message proclaims the true gospel and the historical message of Jesusâ€"not a “different gospel” (Gal. 1:6-9). It’s not the messenger that’s most important; it’s the message.

What “gospel” are you hearing? Is it built on the foundation of Jesus Christ? (1 Cor. 3:11). â€"Dave Branon

A guilty sinner needs to hear
The simple gospel true and clear
That tells how Jesus bled and died,
And for man’s sin was crucified. â€"D. De Haan

The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord.

from the devotional Our Daily Bread

Reported By Kit Bagaipo
<a href=http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/front5.htm">As it appears in the front page of the Bohol Chronicle, Sunday Edition</a>

Concerned city residents are still awaiting for the construction of a wastewater treatment facility at the drainage outlet in the Balong-balong area in Graham Avenue even as completion of the city drainage network outfall have been delayed.

With the onset of the rainy season and rising cases of dengue, residents fear that stagnant water in the drainage system will become breeding grounds of the dreaded aedes mosquitoes.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) District-1 Engineer Celestino Adlaon admitted in an interview with the Chronicle that completion of the P28-million drainage outfall project has been delayed due to a failure of bidding and the election ban on government infrastructure project implementation.

The DPWH has yet to schedule another bidding, Adlaon said.

Household and commercial wastes would pollute the bay area near the city wharf without the treatment plant as there are still 29 buildings and residences along CPG Avenue tapping to the drainage system, according to the district engineer.
          
He stressed the need to plug the illegal connections first before opening the outfall to the Tagbilaran Bay.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has accordingly issued a Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC) to the project as designed since it would only be a rainwater run-off facility.

However, with the illegal taps which would empty household wastewater into the drains, then, an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) would be due instead, environmental observers have commented.

According to Adlaon, an underground cave near the ongoing drainage outfall project is absorbing the water going into the drainage network.

With commercial and household wastewater going into the drainage network, environmentalists fear it might contaminate underground water sources.

Moreever, during heavy rains, wastewater is observed overflowing in CPG North Avenue near the Development Bank of the Philippines.

City Mayor Dan Lim made an assurance that he will not allow commercial and household wastewater in the bay area saying that a water treatment plant will be built in the drainage outlet.

The drainage network's masterplan includes the construction of two water treatment plants. One to be located in the Balong-balong area and the other in barangay Taloto.

In response to this concern, the provincial government has initiated the construction of a P2-million treatment plant for wastewater coming from the Capitol.

A proposed ordinance penalizing those who will connect to the drainage project is being reviewed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. - July 15, 2007

By Kit Bagaipo

<a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/front3.htm">This appears in the front page of the Bohol Chronicle</a>

The registration of new voters for the synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) elections scheduled on October 29 starts today until Sunday next week in all offices of the Comelec in the province.

Listing of new voters will push through despite efforts by some congressmen to postpone the barangay and SK elections due to budgetary constraints after the holding of the last synchronized midterm elections for local and national officials.

Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Veronico Petalcorin told the Chronicle that under RA 9164, the Comelec is mandated to hold the barangay and SK elections.

In the absence of amendments to the law, the barangay and SK polls will push through on October 29, Petalcorin said.
          
The Comelec will accept new registrants, transferees and those who want to apply for reactivation after failing to participate in the last two electoral exercises.

Comelec offices are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., said Provincial Election Assistant Bella Decasa in a separate interview.

The 8-day registration will be for sangguniang kabataan electors, aged 15 years old and those below 18 years old before October 29.

Those who are already 18 years old will have to register as regular voters, according to Decasa.

Registrants are required to present a copy of their birth certificate, school records or any document that would establish their identity. - July 15, 2007

Written By Jes Tirol
<a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/opinion2.htm">Historian and Writer for the Bohol Chronicle</a>

Proem

There is such a thing as philosophy of history. It generally deals with the purposes and uses of history and how to rationalize the historical event you are dealing with.

During the month of July, the people of Bohol celebrate the "Sandugo Festival." Its general purpose is attracting tourists but it also reminds us on a past event that happened in Bohol.

The original sandugo involves Boholanos and Spaniards. Let us try to analyze how both sides view the sandugo.

Philosophy of History

In the vast ocean of history, people and their historians select an event that they think will be useful or relevant. They interpret the event in ways that will profit or perhaps merely entertains them. In the province of Bohol, our favorite event is the sandugo.

One of the philosophies of history is to view the event in such a manner that it can teach as by example. In this manner, we can indulge our imagination and interpret the event so that it can influence our way of life.

Another philosophy of history is to view the event as it happened and would not mind whether it would satisfy our curiosity or not.

Boholano Viewpoint

The sandugo was an ancient Boholano ceremony of sealing an agreement by drinking a mixture of blood taken from the participants and wine. The Boholanos accepted the English translation "Blood Compact." The Boholanos give emphasis on the "friendship" aspect of the event. In fact we always refer to the Blood Compact as a treaty of friendship.

The Boholanos took the philosophy of history that teaches by example. Due to this viewpoint, the Boholanos did not care to investigate the true facts of the event but rather rode on their flights of fancy. This is the reason why, when the National Historical Institute finally determined that the sandugo actually occurred at Hinawanan, Loay, Bohol, many people would not accept this historical fact.

Spanish Viewpoint

On July 10, 1991, the City of Tagbilaran and the City of Zumarraga, Spain had a sisterhood agreement between the two cities. During that time, it was yet the popular viewpoint that the sandugo between Si Katuna and Gen. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi occurred at Bo-ol, Tagbilaran City.

The officials of the City of Tagbilaran posited the opinion that the sandugo was a treaty or agreement of "friendship." The officials from Zumarraga, Spain insisted that it was an agreement of "alliance" and not of friendship. (Note: This writer, Jes B. Tirol, was one of the signatories of the agreement). In the end, the agreement was called an "alliance."

In effect, the Spaniards took the second viewpoint of the philosophy of history. They were technical about the event. They argued that the event signified only the collaboration and not the intimacy associated with friendship.

Comment

This writer would not say as to whose viewpoint is correct. I am just presenting the fact that there are two differing interpretations. These viewpoints are very much associated with the culture of the Boholanos and the Spaniards. The hospitality of the Boholanos is already legendary. So we took on the event of sandugo to emphasize the lesson of hospitality to visitors.

The Spaniards, with their history as colonizers, viewed the sandugo only as a tactical alliance with the Boholanos in order to carry out their purpose of colonizing the Philippines.

Fr. Urdaneta

One of the leaders of the Spanish expedition was Fr. Andres de Urdaneta. He was a co-leader with Gen. Legazpi. He lived in the Moluccas for nine years and became a captain of the Spanish infantry. He married a slave girl and had a daughter. That slave girl came from somewhere in the Philippines.

Later on he was captured by the Portuguese and brought back to Lisbon, Portugal. He escaped and went back to Spain. He wanted to marry a Spaniard but no one would accept him because he had a disfigured face caused by powder burns when his gun exploded on his face.

He went to Mexico and became a priest under the Augustinians. In Mexico, he was always dreaming of his slave-wife who lives in a caleta (small bay) somewhere in the Philippines. When he was ordered by the King of Spain to be the guide of the expedition, he accepted.

When he reached the caleta where the sandugo was held, he disembarked and celebrated a Holy Mass. If the caleta was indeed the home-place of his wife, what do you think would be his viewpoint of the sandugo? Would it be "friendship" or mere "alliance?"

<a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/major4.htm">Published by the Bohol Chronicle newspaper</a>

Boholano officials led by Gov. Erico Aumentado and 3,605 farmer-families represented by 16 irrigator-associations have appealed to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to complete the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage 2 (BHIP 2).

The appeal came in the form of a letter signed by Aumentado, Vice Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera, Bohol's three congressmen and a former congressman, the Provincial Board including its ex-officio members and resolutions of the 16 irrigator-associations.

Aumentado spearheaded the appeal after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) balked at releasing more funds to complete the Bayongan Dam and appurtenances of BHIP 2, saying its construction was allegedly illegal as claimed by the authority's legal staff.

But, the governor pointed out, contrary to the NEDA legal staff position, Government Corporate Counsel Alberto Agra ruled - in response to the consulta of the National Irrigation Administration's Officer-in-Charge Administrator Marcelino Tugaoen Jr. - that the BHIP 2 contracts with Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd. and the Kurimoto Joint Venture are valid and legal.

"In fact, [NEDA] Sec. Romulo Neri, in a memorandum to [then Agriculture] Sec. Luis Lorenzo Jr., informed the latter that the President approved the DA-NIA's request for the implementation of the BHIP 2 to proceed," the letter stated.

Aumentado attached to the letter a copy of Agra's Opinion No. 120, S. 2007. The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel is the counsel for Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) including NIA, he said.

He also attached the resolutions of the various farmer-irrigators associations that petitioned the President for the completion and operation of BHIP 2, which can irrigate 5,300 hectares of riceland in its service areas in the towns of San Miguel, Trinidad and Ubay.

Neri earlier charged that BHIP 2 is among the costliest dams the country ever constructed.

Aumentado justified this, and more.

He said the cost overruns of BHIP 2 is due to several factors like the foreign exchange rate of US$1 vs. P40 at the time the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) loan agreement was signed, and US$1 vs. P54 at the time of bidding; the corresponding price escalation; the NIA fees in accordance with its charter; and the delay in the implementation thereon due to Official Development Assistance (ODA) and NEDA requirements.
     
NIA also implemented the value engineering component (VEC) Neri had suggested to mitigate the high cost of the project construction. The provincial government also included the Bayongan Dam and appurtenances as agri-tourism destination together with the Malinao Dam, Capayas Dam, Ubay Agri-Park, Ubay Stock Farm, the Bohol Experimental Station and the Central Visayas Agriculture Research Center, all in the northeastern basin of the province, in the Bohol Tourism Master Plan, he added.

For purposes of the VEC, NIA-BHIP 2 engaged the services of Engr. Arsenio Mesiona
as coordinator.

More importantly, the provincial government has undertaken more aggressive promotion of hybrid rice production in the BHIP 1 and 2 service areas including the implementation of a Plant-Now-Pay-Later Program for farmer-participants through the Bohol Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative, Inc. (BOFAMCO), he explained.

Comparison "We are sad to note that BHIP 2 is being questioned by NEDA for its 52.23% cost overrun and alleged P600,000 per hectare development cost but NEDA does not raise a howl to the following projects whose cost per hectare amounted to about P1 million as found during the 15th Annual ODA Portfolio Review," the letter stated.

The governor referred to the Banaoang Pump Irrigation Project (BPIP) in Ilocos Sur funded with ODA assistance from China, the Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP) in Nueva Ecija and the Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project (HCAAP) in Eastern Samar both funded by JBIC.

The review showed that the named projects registered cost overruns of 92.53, 27.83, and 18.17 percent respectively.

Earlier on, NEDA authorized the implementation and completion of the Can-asujan Irrigation Project in Carcar, Cebu that the President inaugurated recently - one of the core projects under the Southern Philippines Irrigation Sector Project (SPISP) - costing P623,000,000 with a service area of about 700 hectares - or a project cost of almost P1 million per hectare.

Inauguration Water collected at the BHIP 2 Bayongan Dam has risen to 38 meters. By August, it is estimated to hit 42 meters high - enough for its inauguration. At this level, when released, the water can already reach the canals servicing the 5,300 hectares of riceland. Opening of the gate valve by the President has always
been her main activity during inaugurations of irrigation dams.

While the water level nears inauguration level, the governor admits that there is a need to continue the ground leveling or construction of rice paddies for the full utilization of the huge deposit of water amounting to 34.5 million cubic meters at the Bayongan Dam.

"We trust that Your Excellency will use BHIP 2 as an instrument to make Bohol the rice granary of Central Visayas - a vision which is now in the threshold of realization under your presidency," the letter concluded.

The resolutions Among the reasons advanced in the resolutions is that at this stage when the project is already more than 90 percent finished, if not completed which is not an intelligent decision, more would be lost than gained especially by the farmers who have pined for so long for increased production and therefore improve their lot.

The farmers are even expecting that they can already use the water from the dam within the year or the next cropping season.

A decision not to complete the project would be unwise, another resolution stated, as it would put to waste the trainings, workshops, on-the-job trainings and demonstrations they have painstakingly learned in order to become good NIA partners as mandated by the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA), not to mention wasting NIA funds as well as their time and efforts. - July 15, 2007

<a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/major5.htm">Written By Kit Bagaipo of the Bohol Chronicle newspaper</a>

Iluminado Boc, the tricycle driver who became prominent after he returned $1,700 inside a bag that was left in his tricycle will be among five individuals who will be honored during the 153rd Bohol Foundation Day on July 22 at the Bohol Cultural Center.

Australian envoy to the Philippines Anthony John Hely will also be bestowed the Datu Sikatuna award together with three others at the commemoration of Bohol's separation as a province distinct from Cebu and Siquijor.

Hely, who will keynote the event, will likewise inspect projects implemented in Bohol funded by his government through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and speak on "Water for Bohol's Economy, Communities and Environment" during the Bohol Water Summit the following day.

Along with Hely, to be conferred Datu Sikatuna awards by Gov. Erico Aumentado are Peter Reichmann of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Charities, Dr. Ludgerio Torres of the Philippine Heart Center and vice president of the Heart Foundation of the Philippines and provincial government social and health services consultant Francesca Baluyot.

The Datu Sikatuna award is the highest honor the province gives to individuals who have contributed much to the development and progress of Bohol.
          
Aumentado said the Australian government is Bohol's third biggest Official Development Assistance (ODA) funder to date.

The award recognizes Hely for his invaluable support for the sustained ODA through the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP), Philippines-Australia Human Resource Development Facility (PAHRDF), Local Governance Development Program (LGDP), Land Administration Management Project Phase 2 (LAMP 2-Bohol), Philippine-Australia Technical Support for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (PATSARRD), Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR), Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education in Selected Provinces of the Visayas (STRIVE).

These projects, the governor said, lead to poverty reduction in the province, good governance and well-being of the Boholano people.

Aside from the inspection of projects in Loboc and Sevilla towns, Hely will also break ground for the LAMP 2 One-Stop-Shop building at the new Capitol Site, as well as keynote the Bohol Water Summit at the MetroCentre Hotel and Convention Center, both in Tagbilaran and launch the LAMP pilot site in Corella town.

Torres is recognized for his humanitarian missions in Bohol by bringing open-heart surgeries to the province, thereby giving a new lease on life and well-being to heart patients from Bohol and the rest of the Visayas, Luzon and Mindanao.

Reichman is honored for his humanitarian missions in Bohol and in acting as Bohol's ambassador of goodwill to the CJC-LDS, the friend of all nations, thereby ensuring its sustained assistance in terms of medical equipment, supplies and medicines as well as improvement of some district hospitals therein resulting to the enhancing of the health services for the Boholano people and their well-being.

On the other hand, Baluyot is recognized for her invaluable services as coordinator of various humanitarian, medical and surgical missions in Bohol by foreign and domestic missioners, which have benefited thousands of indigent patients and contributing to the improved health services and well-being of the people.

Meanwhile, Aumentado will also confer a special award on Boc for his outstanding honesty despite his extreme need for money for the hospital bills of his ailing wife and installment dues for his tricycle unit and his house at Habitat Village, this city. - July 15, 2007

<a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/major7.htm">Here's the complete story written by Kit Bagaipo of the Bohol Chronicle</a>

A 17-year old boy working as caretaker of a light fishing boat at the Causeway fish port, this city turned over a wallet that fell on the road containing cash amounting to about P20,000 in US dollars, euros and pesos.
          
The boy, John Paul Bernales, a native of barangay Bayong, Guindulman town, reported the wallet he found at the fish port to one Ignacio Narisma and Jongjong Loquellano who also turned it over to dyRD's "Tagbilaran-by-Nite" program.

The wallet's owner, one Medardo Soler, a resident of barangay Tinago, Dauis, when informed by the City PNP that his wallet has been found, told dyRD's lost and found section that the wallet, which he claimed Thursday, fell while he was riding a tricycle on his way home.

Soler said nothing was missing from his wallet which contained US $281, 25 euros and P2,770. -- July 15, 2007

press release

Actress-singer and former Viva Hot Babes Sheree will perform at the FCB Night at the Tagbilaran Tourist Port at 7:30 in the evening on Tuesday, July 17, 2007.

The FCB Night is one of the activities of the month-long celebration of the Sandugo Festival.

Also performing at the FCB Night is the Brownbuds, whose original composition, Biyaheng Bohol, has become a top hit.

Sheree began a career in lounge singing at the early age of 16, and performed at top hotels like Pryce Plaza and Dynasty before she joined Viva Hot Babes. She joined the American band, Lost Trailers.
          
Since then, Sheree has had several concerts, including My Sheree Amour, and also had a concert entitled Sexy Idol Showdown with Patricia Javier.

Sheree's showbiz career gets bolder and hotter. In Viva Entertainment's direct-to-video Bosom Bodies, she showed what her male-based fans have been longing for - a peak into her rich bosoms and hotness with her gyrating body and even provocative kissing scene with Jennifer Lee, one of the current members of Viva Hotbabes.

In her debut film and launching movie under Viva Films, entitled Scorpio Nights 3, Sheree was daring and sexy, and definitely a temperature riser to her movie fans in this movie.

Sheree appeared in the cover of Maxim in its April 2007 issue, where in her daring pictorial she takes the role of dominatrix wearing leather with whip and chain. She also appeared in several issues of FHM Magazines 100 Sexiest. - July 15, 2007

press release

Winalite International, Inc., a marketing distribution company of Yue Lang Corp. is now in Bohol.

Winalite is a hi-tech enterprising company based in Lou Hu District, Shen Zhen, China which specializes on research, developing and manufacturing health products for women and children since 1988.

Its product, launched in the Philippines last March 29, is a unique sanitary napkin for women called Love Moon. It is the world's first patented sanitary napkin with Anionic padding that gives women the utmost comfort.

The presence of much negative ion in each sanitary napkin will effectively suppress the survival and multiplication of bacteria and virus in the area. Thus relieves stress, treating inflammation, eliminates bad odor, enhances metabolism, improve hormone secretion, strengthens the immune system, removes body fatigue, eliminating bacteria build-up, non-itchy, anti-rashes etc.
          
It also prevents urinary tract infection (U.T.I.) and even gradually eliminates desmenorhea. The product comes in three variants namely Day use pads, Night use sanitary pads and Pantyliners. This unique sanitary napkin is made of organic foodgrade highly absorbent material known as gelatin extracted from seaweeds.

The very reason why it gives utmost comfort and confidence to women-users plus the negative-ion padding that provides health benefits. One anionic sanitary napkin pad can probably hold the blood discharges of about 8-10 hours or more without replacement since it is very highly absorbent compared to other ordinary napkins which requires frequent change after 1-2 hours of use due to its sticky, messey and stainy feeling.

Winalite Int'l Bohol sales center is being managed by Mrs. Susie N. Baseleres owner of white duck jeans and tailoring as exclusive stockist for the entire province of Bohol. Its sales center is strategically located along 22 C. Gallares St. beside Borja Family Clinic, Tagbilaran City. open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Interested individuals are most welcome to join the sales force of this direct selling company as distributors of this unique organically made sanitary napkin. - July 15, 2007

Written by Rey Anthony Chiu
<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/newsplus10.htm">Bohol Sunday Post newspaper</a>

House Tourism Committee Chair and Bohol Representative Edgar M. Chatto shifted into gear a mechanism that would avert a potential disaster in Bohol and the national tourism efforts.

A few weeks ago, the Regional Office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) through its flying squad conducted lightning spot-checks on tour vans serving tourists in Bohol. The move is to put on the heat in the government's crackdown on colorum van operators competing with legitimate tour operators here.

In the crackdown however, colorum van operators cried foul as they alleged that they are in fact willing and have initiated moves to get tourist franchise for their fleet only to be turned down by the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in the absence of a Department of Tourism (DOT) endorsement.
          
DOT however has accordingly suspended the granting of franchise endorsements as per memorandum circular from the DOT Central Office.

Faced with no option while risking the impounding of van units operating sans a tourist franchise, local transport providers have aired their intent to stop running the famed Bohol countryside tours until they can get their franchises.

The issue becomes a complicated matter as in Bohol, only very few units have valid franchises those that have are either cars or old units previously bought with franchises, says transport fleet operator who was turned down by the LTFRB regional office.

Reports have surfaced that the local LTO has already impounded tour vans caught operating without a valid franchise.

The same reports bared that an impounded van could only be released as soon as the operator can show a franchise.

"How could we get one when the regional offices have suspended releasing them?" the operator who asked not to be names asked.

The prospect of tour transport providers stopping services for a day could deal a devastating blow into the Bohol tourism promotion efforts, Chatto said during an exclusive interview in Quezon City Friday.

With the obtaining situation, the young legislator burned his phone lines to contact DOT Regional Director Dawnie Roa, DOT secretary Ace Durano to call for a meeting tomorrow to resolve the issue.

Chatto said it was his first time to hear about the problem and also learned that the DOT sec. Durano was only appraised of the situation when he called.

Asked for possible intervention, he said he is going to work out a way where the DOT could talk about the fact that it indeed has suspended the granting of franchises nationwide.

"We hope to find the reason why the DOT has suspended the franchises, and there must be some reasons for their doing so," he said.

After the meeting on Monday, Rep. Chatto said he is confident they can work a way with the regional DOT to find a long term solution to the issue.

DOT Dir. Roa told Chatto that there are also accredited tour operators with valid franchises in Bohol, but admitted their vans may not be enough to cater to all the guests arriving to tour around Bohol.

"From Monday meeting's outcome, we can then coordinate with DOT to meet with Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mondoza to resolve the problem.

With this, Chatto calls for more inputs regarding the issue so he could better represent the people and bring the government as responsive to the needs of the people. (rachiu/PIA, July 15, 2007)

Published by the <a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/newsplus7.htm">Bohol Sunday Post</a>

A man suspected of being the leader of a hold-up syndicate operating in interior towns fell into the long arm of the law during a raid in Carmen town.

Leo Romorosa, of legal age, a native of Barangay Calatrava, Carmen town, is believed to be the successor of slain bandit leader Diosdado Pojas. Pojas was believed to be the top honcho of the notorious Boac Gang that terrorized interior towns.

Romorosa was arrested during a raid conducted about 6 am last July 10 by elements of the Provincial Intelligence and Investigation Branch (PIIB) headed by Supt. Clarito Baja.
          
The raid was carried out by virtue of a warrant issued by Judge Fernando Fuentes III of the Regional Trial Court Branch 49.

A live grenade was recovered during the raid.

Romorosa is suspected to be the supplier of firearms to hold-up men and robbers.

He has been linked to various hold-ups in the towns of Carmen, Sagbayan, Dagohoy, Clarin and other neighboring towns.

The suspect however denied the allegations when interrogated in Camp Dagohoy .

He is presently detained at the Camp Dagohoy lock-up jail in connection with the case for illegal possession of explosives.

As this developed, a barangay captain fell victim to criminal elements when he was held up right inside his own home in Lila town.

The victim was identified as one Anastacia Magapan, of legal age and barangay captain of Bonkokan Ilaya.

Initial investigation revealed that two still unnamed suspects entered the residence of the victim about 11 pm last July 9.

The two suspects managed to gain entry into the house after destroying the lock to the kitchen door while the victim was fast asleep.

After announcing the hold-up, the suspects confiscated valuables including the victim's DVD player, mobile phone and jewelries estimated to be worth P10,000.

The suspects subsequently escaped into the darkness.

There has been no report yet regarding any concrete breakthrough on the case from the Lila PNP which is investigating the incident. - July 15, 2007

Published by the <a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/newsplus6.htm">Bohol Sunday Post newspaper</a>

Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Lim yesterday called boxer Cesar Amonsot a "symbol of hope."

Speaking during his popular weekly radio broadcast, Lim said Amonsot deserves to be held up as an inspiration not only by young people like him but even mature people.

Amonsot will challenge Australian Michael Katsidis on July 21 in Las Vegas, Nevada for the interim lightweight crown of the World Boxing Organization (WBO).

Lim will fly to Las Vegas on Monday to give a pep talk to Amonsot but will no longer be around when the Tagbilaran native trade mitts with Katsidis.
          
The mayor noted that Amonsot was shamed right before his hometown by Indonesian Simon Butar-Butar who knocked him out right in the first round for the former's WBO Orient Pacific junior lightweight crown.

"We must admit that our disappointment over that defeat was overshadowed by our anger because of his recklessness. Most of us admit that Amonsot lost in that fight not because his opponent was better than him, not because his fists were stronger and not because Amonsot was weaker," the mayor pointed out.

Lim said most people believed in their hearts that Amonsot had enough power, enough strength and enough skills to defeat his opponent.

"What happened was that during his preparation for that fight, Amonsot was negligent," the mayor added.

Lim said that while many people might have been angry with Amonsot because of his weaknesses, "maybe it is right that we reflect on this because there is something like Amonsot in us as we struggle in life".

He said that many times, people should have triumphed in their struggles in life but failed.

"We fell short not because we lack in ability, talent or experience. We fell short because we were negligent not only in our preparations but also in our responsibilities," he added.

Lim said he believes that a bright future awaits Amonsot.

"This is because he has repented over his failures in the past. He has accepted his shortcomings and has made a new resolve to evade the same mistakes," he added.

Lim said people should emulate Amonsot.

"All of us have tasted failure because of our own folly. Not one of us made a short-cut to success, who made it to the end of our destination without facing obstacles and temptations that litter the road of life," he added.

Lim justified his description of Amonsot by pointing out to the latter's resolve to start anew after his folly.

"Like Amonsot, we can get out of the rut we fell into, get up from where we have fallen, go farther from where we are right now," he added.

Lim said that like Amonsot, people only need to go back to God and resolve to try harder with a deeper resolve to succeed.

"Whatever happens in Amonsot's fight this Sunday, we have already emerged victorious when he turned his back on a reckless lifestyle that caused him to stumble in his younger days and because he has proven that he is mature enough to bounce back and face the challenges of life," Lim said. - July 15, 2007

By Romy Teruel
<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/agora.htm">Columnist, Bohol Sunday Post</a>
July 15, 2007

Republic Act No. 9372 or the Human Security Act of 2007 takes effect today.

And for that, militant groups identified with the left are making all sorts of noise in the streets to oppose it.

The standard and easiest way of addressing the opposition to the Act has been made many times before and that is "He who is not a terrorist or planning to be a terrorist need not be afraid." This however doesn't work precisely because the public is not aware of what the new law provides. There should have been a period to inform the public on the extent of coverage of the law. The period of waiting from its passage to its affectivity could have been the most opportune time.

Public hearings were made before the passage of the law but we know that between what was heard and what was approved there may be a lot of difference as the law passed a bicameral committee where changes may have been made as a result of those hearings.

And let me emphasize our experience about many good laws having bad enforcement. The courts interpret the law but enforcers have their own interpretation of the same law when enforcing it and there is where the fears of the opposing militant groups are anchored.

I am no lawyer and I do not pretend to know the law. But even an average mind reading the Human Security Act will be put at ease as immediately after the title (Sec.1) is the assurance in Section 2 that said "Nothing in the Act shall be interpreted as a curtailment, restriction or diminution of the executive powers of government.." and this executive powers "shall not prejudice respect for human rights which shall be absolute at all times."(Bold print mine).

However again, because we have a long history of human rights violations perpetrated by both government agents and the CPP-NPA, nobody trusts anyone anymore.

Again there may be grounds to fear because the Act defines terrorism as an act encompassed in the laws on Piracy and Mutiny in the High Seas or Philippine Waters, Rebellion and Insurrection, Coup d'Etat, Murder, Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention, crime involving destruction like Arson, Toxic Substances, High-Jacking, Piracy and Highway Robbery.

While surveillance and wiretapping can only be allowed if authorized by the Court of Appeals, enforcement can be flawed. Fear on this can only be overcome if the Police can show professionalism in its law enforcement. Besides, the person or group of persons or association surveilled and wiretapped has or have the right to be informed.

Although again the proscription of a person, group, organization or association as terrorist is easier to get because this is applied before the Regional Trial Court and no longer at the Court of Appeals. .

What perhaps can calm the nerve of the ordinary citizen or the militant groups now marching on the streets to protest the implementation of the Human Security Act is that in the event the person charged with terrorism is acquitted, government will pay him/her P500,000.00 per day of confinement in prison as damage fee.

It will really help if the department of Justice will initiate information dissemination activities down to the municipal level if only to assuage the people that government is not out to get their enemies at any cost.

Written by Joe Espiritu
<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/view.htm">Jagna-based Writer, Bohol Sunday Post</a>

Whether one likes it or not, barangay officials for the next term has to be a better set than today. The Local Government Code of 1991 will be fully implemented at the barangay level. Barangays will be more or less autonomous. Judiciary functions had been fully devolved.

Part of the executive functions like fiscal management has to be controlled by municipal authorities. The legislative functions have to be reviewed or supervised by the municipality and sometimes the supervision is faulty. Most of the municipal legislators do not know the difference of the inclusive and or the exclusive or in the provisions of an ordinance.

During the past elections, anyone with enough logistics can be elected to any political office even those who are not familiar with governance. The same goes in the barangay. One headache of a barangay is the legislative function. There are those who do not know the difference between a resolution and an ordinance, an opinion, a suggestion or a motion. The legislative function is a mess that secretaries are forced to invent or doctor minutes for submission to the Municipal Local Government Operations Officer.

Another headache is the Barangay Justice System. Barangay Treasurers accept filing fees even if the barangay has no jurisdiction of the case because of its nature like the cases of child abuse, acts of lasciviousness, serious physical injuries, theft of large amounts and even procedural lapses like forum shopping.

Once the Barangay Treasurer issues a receipt, can the Barangay Captain refuse to hear the case and refund the amount? Nobody told them what to do in this case.

This time, this financial function is left to the barangays. Several weeks ago, some officials of each barangay have to undergo training in the implementation of the New Government Accounting System of NGAS. The purpose of which is to let the officials know about how the mechanics of income and expenditure accounting and auditing are to be followed.

Those officials are to manage the barangay financial affairs and if any untoward event develops in their operations, they will have to answer directly to the Commission on Audit or possibly the Ombudsman This will be another barangay headache.

In some barangays, the most experience the officials have is running sarisari stores, the only accounting done is keeping a notebook full of accounts most of them bad debts. In some barangays, only the treasurer draws up the barangay annual budget and controls its disbursements. Now that accounting, auditing and budget monitoring functions are devolved, the treasurer not only has to handle everything but keep records according to NGAS standards as well.

The three barangay officials who will be handling the barangay finances will be the Barangay Captain, Treasurer and Finance Officer. These three will be responsible for collection of taxes and other income, allocation of funds for various functions, like budgeting, disbursement as well as accounting, auditing and reporting.

Another official is to be appointed; the Barangay Recorder. Their functions must follow the guidelines specified in the NGAS.

Unfortunately, barangay constituents do not know anything about the devolved functions. They make demands from barangay officials not knowing the resources the barangay have nor about the priorities that must be followed. Allocating meager resources to conflicting demands is a constant problem barangay officials must face. Most barangay officials elected are unprepared and untrained to handle such problems. Full devolution of Local Government Unit functions will need a better set of officials

Written By Boy Guingguing
<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/bglante.htm">Publisher of the Bohol Sunday Post</a>

The last elections saw the emergence of new power players in the ranks of mayors and Sangguniang Bayans. The configuration may be in the form of the mayor controlling the SB because they obtain the majority because most of those elected belong to the same party.

There is an uneasy alliance if the mayor has to contend with a wayward SB. This will happen if the SB majority is not of the same party with the mayor's. Or vice versa.

There are exceptional cases where the mayor is left with a minority SB but in the end he managed to win over the hearts and minds of his political enemies. It happened in Tagbilaran at the start of Mayor Dan Lim's term in 2004. Left with only one SP winner in the 10-man slot, Mayor Lim succeeded in implementing his own executive agenda by turning the tables on his hostile SP and won their trust and confidence in the end. It was smooth sailing for Mayor Lim throughout his first term as a result of a cooperative SB.

How he controlled a belligerent SP was one feat Mayor Lim was proud of that any semblance of animosity in the present SP composition is a breeze for the reelected mayor. Knowing his flair for high-powered lobbying, the majority problem of Mayor Lim is just a mere walk in the park. We will not be surprised if the next time we hear all the wayward kagawads fall to the warm embrace of the amiable mayor.

If what happened last week was a portent of things to come where Mayor Lim and his group drew first blood from so-called independent-minded councilors, then they (independent dads) better be ready with Lim's shuttle diplomacy. To our mind "simple seduction" will do the trick if Lim is confronted with the same circumstance.

Even granting that there seems to be a mutual suspicion of bad faith between Mayor Lim on one hand and other kagawads not belonging to the mayor's party on the other, still we believe that he can do it with diplomatic finesse.

One flash point if the mayor-SB relationship turns sour is the division of the spoils. Under the spoil system, it is expected that both the mayor and the SB are presumed to understand the language of equitable sharing of whatever is "due for Cesar is for Cesar's."

One source of side income of both mayor and the SB is the so-called SOP or Standard Operating Procedure. Although it is honored more in whispers than in the open market of government transactions, SOP is a euphemism for kickbacks or commissions courtesy of suppliers who are willing to share his profits of a done deal with any local government.

There are projects and supplies where commissions are due. The supply of choice where commissions are relatively high are medicines and PA and PVC pipes.

If the mayor tells his colleagues in the SB that his priorities are medicines and pipes , the SB should lose no time in investigating. Especially if the mayor says that it's too good to be true. The more the SB will investigate because for sure there's more than meets the eye in the transaction. This Bglante's advice "asa man mi mag-agi ana , mayor. If the mayor says"ako ray mahibawo ninyo, then demand, nganong ikaw ra may mahibawo, mayor, pahibaw-a pod mi".

Trouble begun in a smooth mayor-SB relation when the town executive wants to pocket the SOP all by himself while the SB members are salivating for their part of the action. There are so-called "soloist mayor" and woe unto him if he will be haled to court for graft. He wants to corner everything all by himself and he will languish in jail all by his lonesome if found guilty.

There is no way that the SB can do it alone either. With eight different characters assembled in one policy making body, it is impossible for these people to pull off the SOP rug from under the feet of their mayor.

For a harmonious relation between two SOP-hungry public officials, they should consider themselves as co-equal creatures and therefore entitle to the equitable distribution of the spoils of war.. And they will leave happily ever after if everything is above board in sharing the loot..
The selfish mayor cannot for long go on with his merry ways. Chances are he will have to face a belligerent SB if his own agenda will be tabled for deliberations. It will become a blackmail material so that the mayor will come across if the SB membership senses that there is more than meets the eye in the mayor's money making initiative. So, sharing is the name of the game.

On oil exploration, again

By Joe Espiritu
<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/mirror.htm">Columnist, Bohol Sunday Post</a>

The oil exploration in the sea between Cebu and Bohol is entering the second phase and that is happening only in Cebu waters. The survey in Bohol area had been differed until positive results had been obtained in the Cebu area. A seismic survey had been conducted despite the protest of some Cebu fishermen. Initial findings may have been promising since the exploration is entering phase two and that is the drilling of an exploratory well. And Cebu fishing operation in that area is back to normal

As we had stated before, oil prospectors are of the opinion that the undersea terrain between Cebu and Bohol hold some 22 million barrels of oil. To locate the promising spots in the area, a seismic test was conducted of the area. However, Bohol fishermen under the advice of some NGOs objected so exploration was made in the Cebu side. Possible deposits had been located and to confirm the find, a well is drilled.

There could be three results of the drilling. First, it may be a dry well. Second is it may be a dry well but drill stem tests may strongly confirm the presence of oil in the vicinity. The third is it might hit a deposit. The dry well maybe capped and abandoned. In the second, prospectors may try another site. In the third, several wells would be drilled to determine the extent or the horizon of the oil deposit.

Since drilling is expensive, many prospectors had gone broke drilling dry wells, a careful study of the results of the seismic test had to be made.

Statistics show that since 1975 until the year 2000 the world population has doubled by 50%. Along with it, the demand for crude oil followed. By 2010, the world's total oil production will peak and from then until 2050 there will be a slight drop in oil production. Since 1980 despite geologists' forecasts, no new fields had been found that could produce over 10 million barrels.

An exception could be the location of a vast sea of oil in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang, which is expected to hold an estimated 74 billion barrels. However the deposit is in one of the most inhospitable places in the world, in the Taklamakan Desert of the Tarim Basin of that province where temperatures ranges from - 10 degrees to 55 degrees Celsius. However, experts say that the oil is heavy with sulfur and can wreck refineries not equipped to scrub out the sulfur from the oil. On the other hand, oil found in the Philippines rank with the light sweet crude of the Arabian Peninsula and the Borneo oil.

Some 1,311 known major oil-producing fields contain 94% of the world's known oil. The newly industrialized countries of China and India - perhaps only India - requiring more oil, will compete with the European Union, United States and Japan for oil. With the increasing world demand, the OPEC will squeeze every cent they can get out of oil. After 2050, if no new deposits are located oil prices will go through the roof. Unless the Philippines will find and develop her oil resources, our industries, which rely largely on imported oil, cannot hope to compete in the world market.

Should the first exploratory well produce positive result, there is no way the Bohol fishermen could prevent the prospectors from entering Bohol waters. Parochial minds cannot go against national interests. As long as prospectors can show Environmental Compliance Certificates from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources nobody can prevent them exploring Bohol waters.

The Cadlao, Matinloc oilrigs are located in the rich Palawan fishing grounds and those areas still supply the fish markets of Metro Manila. The white shrimp catch in the oil rigs in Texas waters in the Gulf of Mexico has not diminished despite the operations, while the dairy cows of Oil Spring, Ontario, Canada graze contentedly among the oil derricks. They only show that carefully controlled oil mining do not wreck the environment. It seems that only self-interest can prevent the development of our oil resources. If we have any.

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Jeffrey Lee is not interested in the soaring price of uranium, which could make him one of the world's richest men.

"This is my country. Look, it's beautiful and I fear somebody will disturb it," he says, waving his arm across a view of rocky land surrounded by Kakadu National Park, where the French energy giant Areva wants to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium worth more than $5 billion.

Mr Lee, the shy 36-year-old sole member of the Djok clan and the senior custodian of the Koongarra uranium deposit, has decided never to allow the ecologically sensitive land to be mined.

"There are sacred sites, there are burial sites and there are other special places out there which are my responsibility to look after," Mr Lee told the Herald.

"I'm not interested in white people offering me this or that … it doesn't mean a thing.

"I'm not interested in money. I've got a job; I can buy tucker; I can go fishing and hunting. That's all that matters to me."

Mr Lee said he thought long and hard about speaking publicly for the first time about why he wants to see the land incorporated into the World Heritage-listed national park, where, he said, "it will be protected and safe forever".

The Koongarra deposit is only three kilometres from Nourlangie Rock, one of the most visited attractions in Kakadu.

"There's been a lot of pressure on me, and for a very long time I didn't want to talk or think about Koongarra," Mr Lee said.

"But now I want to talk about what I have decided to do because I fear for my country.

"I was taken all through here on the shoulder of my grandmother … I heard all the stories and learnt everything about this land, and I want to pass it all on to my kids."

This week Mr Lee took the Herald to a rocky outcrop overlooking the Koongarra deposit, a sacred place where, according to his clan's beliefs, a giant blue-tongue lizard still lurks and should not be disturbed.

Here it is, painted on a rock hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of years ago, its jaw apparently bitten off in a mystical fight.

This is what Mr Lee calls a djang, or place of spiritual essence, which he has closed to the 230,000 tourists who visit Kakadu each year.

"My father and grandfather said they would agree to opening the land to mining, but I have learnt as I have grown up that there's poison in the ground," he said.

"My father and grandfather were offered cars, houses and many other things, but nobody told them about uranium and what it can do.

<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/13/1183833772710.html?from=top5">This story appears in The Sydney Morning Herald</a>

Yes, he is the son of Urbano Lagunay, former city councilor of Tagbilaran and PCL-Bohol president.

Lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and . . . run with endurance the race. â€"Hebrews 12:1

Chris Couch was only 16 years old when he first qualified to play golf at its highest level on the PGA Tour. He was quickly declared the next golfing prodigy and a surefire success for years to come.

Life, however, turned out to be more of a grind. Chris did not enjoy a sprint to success but endured a marathon that would take 16 years and 3 different stints on “mini-tours.” Tempted to quit, Couch persevered and finally, at age 32, became a Tour winner for the first time when he captured the New Orleans Open in a thrilling finish. His persistence had paid off, but it had not been easy.

In his book A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Bible teacher Eugene Peterson reminds us that the Christian life has much more in common with a marathon than with a 100-meter dash. Peterson says we are called to persevere in “the long run, something that makes life worth living.”

With the grace and strength of Christ, we too can “run with endurance” this race of life (Heb. 12:1). And, with our Lord’s example to help and encourage us, we can, like the apostle Paul, run to win the prize of “an imperishable crown” (1 Cor. 9:25).

It’s always too soon to quit. â€"Bill Crowder

O for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe. â€"Bathurst

Run the race with eternity in view.

<a href="http://www.rbc.org">This reading was taken from the Our Daily Bread devotional book</a>

By Loy M. Palapos
<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net">Columnist, Bohol Sunday Post</a>

Up-side down, and all angles considered, he is not the fabled dominant Alpha-Male, nor the braggart who, although sounding pompous and acting "ballistic" is, in reality, without balls. The silent water running deep; the unassuming exponent of coolness amidst a high-strung throng; the trustful because he can be trusted, not just during halcyon days.

Atty. Doni Donguines Piquero has a Boholano for a father and an Ilongga for a mother, but he was born and reared in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. After his secondary studies, he enrolled at the Divine Word College (Holy Name University) where he finished Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. His original ambition was to be a Doctor, and save lives; but financial constraints blocked his way to realize that goal.

He taught at Divine Word College after graduation; at the same time he knew that he can still go higher if he tried hard enough. Thus, his decision to take Law, also at DWC. After passing the Bar, he became an Associate Partner of the Marapao Law Office, and would have built his way up for a fruitful private practice. Until he learned of his friend, Atty. Raul Barbarona, vacating his position at ELAC (Environmental Legal Action Center) when the latter was elected Vice Mayor of Loon. He was already an ELAC volunteer at that time; therefore, heading ELAC came as a natural recourse. A job he was most dedicated to.

Until came the offer as City Legal Officer, which he earned solely because of pure merits. Since then, he has his hands full, a state which the less-industrious would have considered cumbersome. But not for Atty. Doni D. Piquero (DDP) who maintains the eight-to-five regular office schedule, and be a college instructor in the evening.

LMP: What prompted you to take up Law as a course?

DDP: When I was in elementary, I wanted to be a Doctor of Medicine, but because my parents could not afford it, so my next alternative was to take up Law. After I graduated from College as a Philosophy major, I started teaching in Divine Word College. At the same time I took up Law, and passed the Bar, after which I was taken in at the Marapao Law Office. Manning ELAC came next.

LMP: Was it a job that you sought after, or was it offered to you?

DDP: At that time in 1998, I was an Associate of Atty. Marapao. The ELAC Area Coordinator then was Atty. Barbarona, who ran as Vice-Mayor of Loon and won. I was already a volunteer of ELAC at that time. We had a meeting; he asked me if I was interested to take over. I said if I could continue my private practice I would be willing to accept the job.

LMP: In a nutshell what is ELAC all about?

DDP: ELAC is an environmental non-government organization, it helps the community being confronted with environmental issues. We assist with respect to legal matters

LMP: Is this an international organization?

DDP: Local organization.

LMP: How about the funding?

DDP: We have funds coming from outside, the foreign funds. Although there are also funds coming within the Philippines.

LMP: This job as City Legal Officer, how did you come to get that position?

DDP: It was offered by the Honorable City Mayor, because we already had met before when I was with ELAC. I think that he was convinced of my performance, so he asked that if I was willing to apply for City Legal Officer.

LMP: How long have you been in that office so far?

DDP: I'll be one year this month.

LMP: In that length of time, what were some of the cases or issues that you handled? Just concentrate on the major ones.

DDP: The case that we filed against Bohol Water Utilities and NWRB. That's the petition for the issuance of TRO opposing the decision of NWRB approving the increase of water rate.

LMP: When was that?

DDP: I think it was filed during the first term of the Mayor. We were able to successfully get the 72-hour TRO and until now the increase is not being implemented yet.

LMP: You would like to consider that a success?

DDP: As far as that move is concerned we were successful, because we were able to get the TRO, and the increase is not being implemented right away. I am convinced that it should be stopped. Considering that I believe that BWUI has gained enough profit.

LMP: What do you see about the future of this case?

DBP: I cannot exactly say that we will be wining this case. There are several legal issues that are to be solved at the NWRB (National Water Resources Board).

LMP: Is that the office that makes the decision?

DDP: Yes.

LMP: But can this not be appealed to the Supreme Court?

DDP: That's one of the legal issues, because under the NWRB rules the decision is appealable to RTC. They said that when DP129 was passed the appeal for the case decided by administrative agency should be with the Court of Appeals, but NWRB said it should be at RTC.

LMP: Is that also your line of thinking?

DDP: No. There is a pending motion to dismiss the case filed by the Council for BWUI. RTC has no jurisdiction over the case.

LMP: How about light? Is there a case involving that particular agency?

DDP: For Bohol Light Company, Inc., there is a pending case in the Energy Regulatory Commission, wherein the City Mayor is also a party, but the major parties are the Provincial Government and Bohol Light Company, Inc., but considering that the majority of the consumers are from Tagbilaran City, the City Mayor is directly involved for the welfare of his constituents.

LMP: What is the status of the case now?

DDP: The provincial Government which is under the administration of Governor Aumentado, opposed the application of Bohol Light Company, Inc., for the issuance of certificate of public conveyance. Because the one that was given a certificate of public conveyance was the Provincial Public Utility Development Office and they're saying that the Provincial Government opposed it because, accordingly, there was an issue wherein the ownership of majority of the shares of that particular public utility is now under Bohol Light Company, Inc.

LMP: What else?

DDP: Recently, our City Mayor filed, together with several petitioners, a TRO, against the Department of Energy, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and NorAsian Company opposing the plan of oil exploration within Bohol.

LMP: Is it really your conviction that the oil exploration should be opposed?
DDP: I would think so, because even if I'm not a City Legal Officer I would be the Council for the group.

LMP: Everybody knows that the Cebu side has been on with it, without much objection. Does it mean that the Cebu people think differently compared to the Boholanos?

DDP: Cebu Province and its officials have their own agenda. As far as our province is concerned, that our mission, vision, goal for our province is to make it a prime eco-cultural tourist destination. I guess the Cebu people did not oppose it, because their mission for Cebu is to make it an industrialized province. We believe that our province would be better off as an eco-cultural tourist destination.

LMP: We are only speaking about a portion of Bohol, because I understand that the Governor and the Congressman are for it. Do you believe this is a big barrier as far as your intensions are concerned?

DDP: That's right. We think that they play a major role in this particular issue and that the success of our struggle to stop it depends also on how they would go about the issue. But it would appear now that they are for oil exploration, and eventually for the oil extraction. Because there was a survey that was conducted, despite the agreement that no oil exploration survey should be done until some things are cleared.

LMP: Who were those people who made the agreement?

DDP: There was an agreement during the meeting of the Governor in the presence of under secretary of POEA, NorAsian Chief Executive Officer, some Local Executives of different LGUs including Tagbilaran City, some leaders of some organization, and representatives of non-government organizations. During that meeting it was agreed that no oil exploration shall be conducted within Bohol waters until the issues, namely, compensations, environmental protection among others, are resolved.

LMP: But then, what happened was there was a survey?

DDP: Yes.

LMP: So, who will answer for that?

DDP: That's the problem. I think NorAsian Company and POEA will answer for the damages.

LMP: If that is a breach of agreement, can a case be filed along that line?

DDP: We are planning to file a case of damages against NorAsian Company and all parties who are responsible for these damages. Because of that survey several fisher folks have been deprived of their livelihood.

LMP: If there is a case filed, do you believe that the Governor and Congressman will be also for it?

DBP: We already filed a case. Nobody from the Office of the Governor and from the Office of the Congressman for the Third District of Bohol joined in our petition.

LMP: So they made it clear they are not for that petition even if there was a bridge of agreement?

DBP: I think so.

LMP: I read from the papers that the NorAsian boat is not here anymore and that the survey is being stopped because it is finished. Which do you believe now?

DBP: I would like to believe that it is finished. During the first meeting that we had the COO (Chief Operations Officer) of NOR-Asia who used to be connected with NOC said that in 1980 they already conducted a two-day survey in this area. So, if that is the case what they have conducted last week was a 3-day survey as a final phase.

LMP: I've heard that your group, and even the papers, say it is injurious to our environment. What is that kind of injury that you are talking about?

DDP: First, it will cause damage to marine mammals because they are very sensitive to sounds.

LMP: When you say mammals, what in particular?

DBP: Dolphins and whales

LMP: Does it mean to say it does not affect the other smaller fishes?

DBP: Only mammals, but small fishes would be traumatized by the sound generated. During the survey nobody was allowed to fish. The fisher folks were affected.

LMP: There was a mention that one of the provisions of the agreement was compensation for the fisher folks. Have they been compensated?

DDP: There was a proposal that they will be compensated P 111.00 a day per fisher folk. But that issue has not been settled yet.

LMP: You are fighting against a Goliath. There is the biggest possibility that this has a sanction from the higher offices. Do you believe that you will succeed considering the power these people hold?

DDP: We cannot discount that fact, although I'm a Lawyer, an officer of the court, I still believe in our justice system.

LMP: Is there oil or not?

DDP: That we don't know.

LMP: Would that still be a long process?

DDP: Yes.

LMP: There has been already mention about negative effects of the survey. What kind of effects are we expected, especially to our environment, if oil exists?

DDP: One of the possible scenarios that we can expect is, for example, in case of an accident, there will be an oil spill that will destroy the marine environment.

LMP: If you were to address the citizens of Bohol now, what will you say regarding the subject?

DDP: We are a province with many natural resources given to us by God. For any act that would destroy these resources, it will be upon us to oppose it and to defend the environment that we have.

Right from his student days, his heart has always been partial for the welfare of the masses. His job at City Hall is a real blessing along this line, for he is accorded ample opportunities to serve the people commensurate to his educational expertise. The two major cases, as subjects for this interview, bring to mind the truism that, despite the proliferation of bad elements in society, there are still advocates of fairness willing to take the risks for the sake of the citizenry in general.

The oil exploration that has recently been a hot issue, and the on-going case with Salcon's BWUI, are just two of Atty. Piquero's concerns. The former most possibly already has the blessing of the powers-that-be, including the provincial hierarchy, which may be akin to the scene with a dog barking at the moon. The latter is a fight versus a colossal figure in the corporate world.

Yet, Atty. Doni Piquero, in his search for fairness and his unbridled affection for the Boholanos, is willing to take the risks in his pursuit for justice.

AUSTRALIAN envoy to the Philippines Anthony John Hely will keynote Sunday, July 22, Bohol's celebration of its 153rd Foundation Day commemorating its separation as a province distinct from Cebu and Siquijor.

Hely will also inspect projects implemented in Bohol funded by his government through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and speak on "Water for Bohol's Economy, Communities and Environment" during the Bohol Water Summit the following day.

Along with three others, Hely stands to be conferred Datu Sikatuna awards by Gov. Erico Aumentado during the Sunday morning program at the Bohol Cultural Center in Tagbilaran City. The Datu Sikatuna award is the highest honor the province gives to individuals who have contributed much to the development and progress of Bohol.

Aumentado said the Australian government is Bohol's third biggest Official Development Assistance (ODA) funder to date.

The award recognizes Hely for his invaluable support for the sustained ODA through the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP), Philippines-Australia Human Resource Development Facility (PAHRDF), Local Governance Development Program (LGDP), Land Administration Management Project Phase 2 (LAMP 2-Bohol), Philippines-Australia Technical Support for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (PATSARRD), Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR), Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education in Selected Provinces of the Visayas (STRIVE).

These projects, he said, lead to poverty reduction in the province, good governance and well-being of the Boholano people.

Aside from the inspection of projects in Loboc and Sevilla towns, Hely will also break ground for the LAMP 2 One-Stop-Shop building at the new Capitol Site, as well as keynote the Bohol Water Summit at the MetroCentre Hotel and Convention Center, both in Tagbilaran and launch the LAMP pilot site in Corella town. -- <a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/front2.htm">This story was published by the Bohol Sunday Post on July 15, 2007. To read the full story, click HERE and come back to comment</a>

The tourist towns of Dauis and Panglao have stopped using the Dampas dump site in this city in their garbage disposal system on orders of City Mayor Dan Neri Lim.

The order came for Panglao to stop using the garbage dump was issued the other week while Dauis ceased to use the same dump site only last week.

The closure of the Dampas open garbage dump to the two towns is the best argument why a cluster of 11 municipalities decided to throw their garbage in one controlled environment.

This actually is the idea behind the Alburquerque Landfill Project which will host as the dumping area of ten municipalities, an undertaking funded by the Philippine Tourism Authority.

Although as tourist towns they are prohibited by law to set up their own garbage facility, the two local government units were forced to dump their trash in temporary "transfer stations."
          
For so long, the two towns were allowed to throw their garbage at the Dampas open dump site until Mayor Lim issued the stop order.

With the Dampas site now closed to the two towns, it was gathered that Panglao has developed a temporary landfill facility in barangay Libaong. Dauis is said to have chosen a site in barangay Mariveles for its own dump site.

<a href="http://www.boholsundaypost.net/2007/jul/15/front1.htm">If you wish to read the full details of this story in the Bohol Sunday Post online, click HERE, and come back here to comment</a>

Jerome Auza, the man behind www.dyrdam.com, gave a positive reply to our proposal today. Tubag Bohol is now linked to www.dyrdam.com.

As you can see, I have placed the url of dyrdam.com at the most prominent spot of our website. This is our humble expression of support to www.dyrdam.com. You can also click the direct address of dyrdam.com under the "Bohol Breaking News" section.

To Jerome Auza, thank you for your love for Bohol!

Long live, Jerome Auza, the man of the hour.

A kitchen fire that broke around 2:20 this morning (July 15, 2007) at the Bohol Beach Club in Bolod, Panglao totally damaged one of the resort's restaurants.

Firefighters were still trying to clear the burned area at 5 this morning which gutted down the entire ceiling of Agotata Restaurant, one of three restaurants of BBC.

The restaurant is found in the new wing of the resort.

The Tagbilaran Fire Department reportedly received the fire alarm around 3 this morning. Firetrucks from the three Tagbilaran Fire Substations responded to the scene.

According to resort personnel, interviewed by the Chronicle, one of the restaurant's cooks was preparing breakfast for their guests when the fire broke out.

--- <a href="http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/jul/15/just.htm">you can read the full details of this news at the Bohol Chronicle online by clicking HERE</a>

GE is a brand name, a very popular one with worldwide distribution.

This GE in Tubag Bohol is more than that.

GE, welcome to Tubag Bohol!

Hi Gloria,

You have not introduced yourself to us.

You are very much welcome here.

May we know about you?

1. Pungtod Island
2. All the 111 islets dotting around Bohol mainland.

what's yours?

3.
4.
5.
6.

Quote from: Delaguna on July 15, 2007, 05:10:17 PM
We just had our high school reunion las July 13-14.
When I can get the photos, I'll post some of them here for our other classmates to see.

Thanks, Mike, for the announcement!

you're welcome, Atty. Lagunay.

I'm now constructing a site that will house all Bohol Photos. Exclusive for Boholanos. I will announce the url soon.

Have you ever wondered who Delaguna is?

He is Atty. Handel Lagunay, our Provincial Legal Officer.

I just got his permission to reveal his true identity here in Tubag Bohol.

Quote from: GEC348 on July 15, 2007, 04:22:19 PM
Errr, Mike. Unsay gani to imong family name? Dead battery na man gud akong cellfone.

Ako maoy angay mangutana nimo kay hangtud karon wa jud koy idea kung kinsa ni si GEC.

Sieve or dam?
By Juan Mercado
<a href="http://www.inquirer.net">Mercado writes for the Inquirer and his article is also syndicated in the Bohol Chronicle newspaper</a>

“Even water in the spring dries up,” the Filipino proverb says. And that bugs an unfinished, water-short, P2.3-billion dam in the Central Visayan region's rice bowl of Bohol. Cost overruns of Banyagon Dam in San Miguel, Bohol are the least of its troubles.

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap left Banyagon May 24, fuming mad, reports Bingo Dejaresco of Bohol Chronicle. Skip the inauguration of the country’s third-largest irrigation dam, Yap will advise President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. That would “spare her from embarrassment.”

“Production of irrigated rice has slumped as Bohol’s three irrigation systems, criss-crossing 10,260 hectares, falter. Capayas in Ubay covers 1,160 hectares and System One in Pilar, 4,960 hectares. When completed, System Two, in San Miguel, will irrigate another 4,140 hectares.

Irrigation’s crucial role is pinpointed by the Food and Agriculture Organization in one stark figure: 36 percent of global harvest is reaped from 16 percent of the world’s cropland that is irrigated. But far too many systems perform below potential due to silting, waste, inept management, etc.

Significantly, irrigated land per capita is declining, as construction costs bolt. “This is historically new,” says the United Nations agency. “Political leaders and development specialists have not yet fully grasped its consequences.”

Little of these trends appears on front pages, however. There, the brawl is cast mainly in terms of red ink. Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado flays the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) for “not finding remedies to cost overruns … when they had the chance to do so three years ago.” Neda Director-General Romulo Neri was “too late” in objecting since the dam is 80-percent complete, the governor snapped.

The Neda chief, who repeatedly visited the project, spiked further fund releases. The 27-percent cost overrun racked up by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Ltd. was “excessive,” he said. They were not cleared by the committee overseeing Official Development Assistance projects.

When Japan approved the loan in December 1999, the dollar fetched P40 to $1. Serial devaluations, however, shoved that to P56. It has dropped to P45 plus today. But Neda dawdled on exchange-rate adjustments, Aumentado claims.

As the legal brawl deepens, further delays appear inevitable for a dam that was supposed to open its sluice gates in 2005. But the more intractable problems are elsewhere.

“The usefulness of Bayongan Dam in San Miguel will greatly depend on efficient management and operations (of System One) and Malinao Dam in Pilar,” noted the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium. Of Bohol’s 22 watersheds, the one around Bayongan is among the smaller ones. Thus, the plan called for excess water from Malinao to flow through a connecting channel to Bayongan reservoir.

That was the theory. But it is not happening. “Since start of operations in 1998, (System One) performed poorly,” noted IRRC scientists. “Usually, there is not enough water available during the dry season of December to April. Most affected are the incomes of ‘tail-end farmers’ who live farthest from the dam. This problem is aggravated by unequal water distribution and wasteful use by farmers who employ continuous flooding to irrigate their rice crop.”

Malinao Dam holds only 17 days of water, the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) reported in 2006. And without any recharge, Maliano would run dry, ACIAR’s two-year study asserted. Obviously, Malinao is in no position to funnel water into a second dam.

System One’s shoddy track record, meanwhile, is endangering the life, operation and usefulness of System Two’s Bayongan Dam even before the first drop of water has sloshed through. Is this another white elephant?

So, who know of this design flaw? National Irrigation Administration officials? And when? The record is murky. At a 2005 Bohol Research Consortium workshop, Neri said the dam was not economically viable.

Which of Bohol’s 59 rivers will funnel water into Bayongan? Yap pointedly asked when he visited. “He was told that the dam would be rain-fed,” an observer said. “And Yap’s reaction was unprintable.”

That’s understandable. Yap is gung-ho about building an Agriculture Highway across the nation, interlinking irrigation facilities, storage and farm-to-market roads. Bayongan Dam was to be a linchpin. But that’s not the way this cookie is crumbling. Then, why was it built? Onli in da Pilipins.

All of Bohol’s dams are traditional reservoir-types. These did fine for an era of surplus water. But water shortages are spreading today. Farmers cannot irrigate as their ancestors did centuries ago: channeling water, by gravity, across farmsâ€"and losing over 40 percent in sieve-like canals.

The country needs “thrifty irrigation.” New technologies were developed by countries that coped with dry wells. Israel, Cyprus, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and parts of the US use drip, surge and other micro-techniques, reducing water losses by 28 percent. Can we wring more “bang from every drop”?

San Miguel folk, meanwhile, bat around a “Fly-Now-Pay-Later” proposal lofted by their mayor: one member in every "barangay" [village] will be loaned P100,000. Then, he can migrate and work abroad. Who’ll stay home to tend a sieve-like dam?

Ang buyog kung maniba magbilin ug lama nga lisud mapala.

Quote from: Julai on July 08, 2007, 08:34:35 AM
Ania na usab ang usa sa ahong mga balak nga namugna sa niaging tuig.Basi kini sa ahong tinood nga gibati adtong mga panahona...

Binuhat nga Mangingilad
by Julai


Igo kana lamang sa paghandom
sa atong matam-is nga kagahapon.
Tungod kay ikaw ako nang tangtangon
sa akong alimpatakan ug panumduman.

Julai,

Seguradoha nga sa imong paglangkat ug paglaksi way mabilin nga kabhang ug uwat sa nagusbat mong dughan.

Quote from: queen on July 10, 2007, 01:22:42 PM
I agree 100%. All movies with book versions can never justify the beauty and imagery of the printed materials. I do watch movies based from books to see how the characters are portrayed in the big screen, to see how apt the choices are, and that's all. Nothing can beat books. I prefer curling up in my hammock on a lazy Saturday with a good book than watching movies or gallivanting around town.  

Gawd, this will be my last post until next week. I'm hosting Chin's 4-day visit to BKK. I'm so gonna miss TB.

In the end I decided to give Chin's time all for the Ranara couple. I'm sure she would revisit Thailand for the removal of the delicious tattoo in her I don't know where.

Welding may be a male-dominated profession, but international shipping companies prefer to hire Filipino women welders, said an official of a university that offers courses on welding.

This is one of the areas that women are “very good at" aside from nursing and teaching, among others, because “women welders are more meticulous," said University of Cebu (UC) president Augusto Go.

He said Filipino women welders are also favored by foreign companies because of their abilities to easily adjust to different circumstances and adopt a language.

<a href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/50297/Sun-Star-International-shipping-firms-prefer-skilled-Pinay-welders>You can read more of the details of this story in the GMA News online</a>