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nalooy lang ko ani pulis kay  bi medaled ni sya one of the most outstanding policeman unya na tangtang ni sya sa pag ka pulis tungod sa command responsibilities sa iya upat ka tawo nga nag extortion unya datu man kaayo ang pamilya kadtong studyante nga ilang gitira wa silay dag anan sa ombudsman kay mas impluwensya kaayo ang pamilya mao nga nag wala si Mendoza .dili man gyud sya ang na ngotong ang iya man tawo tungod sa command responsibility nadamay lang sya.mo retire na gud unta ni sya sa Enero pero saon ta man wala sya swerte.

MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - The Chinese embassy in the Philippines on Friday condemned the draping of the Philippine national flag on the coffin of slain hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza.

In a statement, the Chinese embassy said it condemns the brutality of the criminal and "expresses its strong indignation over this irritating act."

"The person who deserves a national flag at funeral should be someone of heroism, decency and integrity, not someone who inflicts atrocity on innocent lives. This is nothing but a smear on the dignity of the Philippine national flag," the embassy said

Flag removed; Rolando's kin ask: Do they want to remove his clothes, too?

That is what the acronym SWAT stands for in the Philippines, say many in the aftermath of last Monday’s hostage-taking bloodbath.
Former senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza’s frustration over what he perceived was an unjust termination of his bemedalled service in the police drove him to hijack a tour bus full of visitors from Hong Kong and demand his reinstatement. When this did not happen and instead an inept SWAT team took a sledgehammer to the back window of the bus, he slew eight of his captive tourists.

Hong Kong erupted in anger. According to the Associated Press, several dozen protesters chanted in front of the Philippine embassy there: “Strongly condemn the Philippine government for being careless about human life!” “Filipino police incompetent,” blared Hong Kong’s Ming Pao Daily News on its front page. The South China Morning Post said the incident was “a wake-up call” to improve gun control and security measures.

Interior Secretary Jessie Robredo, in charge of the police, was quoted by AP as having said, “Had we been better prepared, better equipped, better trained, maybe the response would have been quicker despite the difficulty. All the inadequacies happened at the same time.”

This painful admission underscored the galactic incompetence of those involved in the rescue attemptâ€"the negotiators; the SWAT team members; the government officials who panicked and could not be reached by indignant Chinese diplomats demanding news and the safety of their nationals.

It also pointed to another tragedy brought about by corruption. There should have been enough funds for equipment and training. The delivery of basic social services such as law enforcement should have been prioritized by government.

Sadly, this hostage tragedy was not the only violence that humans committed against their fellows around the world.

Last week, a South Carolina mother suffocated her two toddler sons, strapped their corpses into her car, and pushed the car into a river before fleeing the scene. Upon her capture, police officers said she showed no remorse for her deed.

On Sunday, a Virginia man killed three family members and wounded four others in a property dispute.

On Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed 32 people at the Muna Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack followed a day of fighting in the Somali city in which around 40 others were slain, bringing the death toll to over 70 in just 48 hours.

Why?

In her column about torture last Monday, MST opinion editor Adelle Chua referred to psychologist Philip Zimbardo’s theory of the “Lucifer effect”, or how good people turn evil through the “pervasive yet subtle power of a host of situational variables” which can “dominate an individual’s will to resist” and cause him to perform actions that he would ordinarily consider evil.

Yet could there be a deeper, underlying cause for all this human rage and cruelty? Eccentric intellectual Howard Bloom, in his controversial 1995 book The Lucifer Principle posits that human evolution can “explain the fundamentals of human nature and the broad sweep of human history”.

Primal rage, he says, lurks within our reptile brains, and “a strange thing happens when humans and other animals are cornered by the uncontrollable. Their perceptions shut down, their thoughts grow more clouded, and they have a harder time generating new solutions to their problems.”

Experiments with rats have shown that faced with electric shock punishments, those given some sort of control (being able to leap to an unelectrified platform) avoided a brain-dulling endorphin surge, “remaining perceptive and alert”. The rats without control, subjected to shock after shock, suffered from systems flooded with endorphins and were unable to “retain and act on vital information.”

In short, Bloom said, “Control, in humans and rats, energizes the mind. A lack of control can cripple mental powers”.

Perhaps this explains Mendoza’s actions. Freed bus hostage Ng (who did not give her first name) said that Mendoza at first “did not want to kill us, but since the negotiations failed, he shot to kill people.” His lack of control over the hijacking, adding to the loss of control in his own life, pushed a desperate man over the edge.

Many who watched the hours-long live coverage on TV said that it was apparent to them that Mendoza was not thinking clearly. Political science doctoral student and Lopez, Quezon Mayor Sonny Ubana said that Mendoza’s use of violence as a way of settling his problems is “not part of our culture; we tend to seek amicable solutions.” 

Moreover, by choosing foreign nationals as his victims, Mendoza violated the norms Filipinos hold most sacredâ€"that of hospitality and its accompanying accommodative behavior. His culturally and morally aberrant actions, many opined, were proof of his mental breakdown.

One cultural meme that he got correct was that of the angry man running amok.

Mendoza’s fatal move of taking and slaying hostages was his way of regaining the control he had lost over his employment situation, which had defined him. Being a cop was his identity. Shorn of his badge and rank, he was a nobody, only a shell filled with rage.

For the Philippines and the world, this lamentable crime points to the lack of control of law enforcers and government over extreme situations such as these; the lack of control over corruption; the lack of control of an entire society over one lone killer.

A recent survey says the Philippines ranks twelfth globally on the “net happiness” scale  despite low per capita income. Are we as a people too high on mind-dulling happy endorphins to think rationally and logically, so that we give police badges and guns to untrained men who either go berserk or who through their inadequacy botch the rescue of berserker victims?

Ours is not the only nation where violence takes place. The Internet is full of stories of murder and mayhem every day. Yet this particular incident could have been avoided or its tragic effects averted or mitigated.

Sorry, world. We aren’t trained to take control.

Less than two months ago, Quirino Grandstand was the site of an occasion of national prideâ€"the inauguration of a president who vowed to bring about real change. Now the place is bitterly remembered for a tragedy.

The Philippines’ reputation was another casualty of Monday’s hostage crisis.

The Manila police, in epic proportions, bungled the rescue operation that resulted in the deaths of eight Chinese tourists. The police also failed to restrict an overzealous media from announcing everything happening on the scene, including the supposed arrest of the hostage taker’s brother. The sight of his brother being dragged and forcibly taken by the police was said to have agitated Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza and driven him to take the lives of his hostagesâ€"despite early indications that he was willing to negotiate.

The next morning, everybody who was conspicuously missing during the crucial hour of the crisis became visible. The President, who reportedly could not be reached by the Hong Kong Prime Minister the night before, gamely went to “inspect” the scene of the crime. Everybody blamed everybody else and issued calls for resignations and investigations. Amateur tacticians offered ideas on how the matter could have been resolved with zero casualty.

How pointlessly belated all of it was.

Now Filipinos in every part of the world are livid at the bloody ending that could have been prevented. We are also overcome with collective guilt and shame that such a tragedy could happen to foreigners who were merely touring our country.

Advisories against traveling to the Philippines were issued almost instantly. No doubt, the killings will deal a blow to our tourism and investment efforts for a long time. The fear is not just about looneys roaming the streets and committing crimes randomly. The greater fear is that those tasked to enforce the law and protect the people are either crazy terrorists themselvesâ€"or fumbling buffoons.

Let us not forget the thousands of Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong. These workers now fear ill treatment from or dismissal by their employers in a kind of national backlash for the tragedyâ€"actor Jackie Chan’s assurances over Twitter notwithstanding.

Hong Kong authorities have arrived in Manila to conduct their own probe. They have all the right to do so, even though this tells usâ€"and resoundinglyâ€"that they do not think we can conduct a credible investigation on our own.

We do deserve some jolting. If shame in the international community is what it takes for our institutions to shape up, then let us be hard on ourselves. In other cultures, people kill themselves even with only the perception of committing a shameful deed. Let’s do the figurative equivalent; let’s shed the face of ineptitude and grow a new one that the whole world, and we ourselves, can respect.

maayo ni kaayo ilaha gihimo. they are not teaching to be a Muslim. boholanos need to know how to speak arabic.dako kaayo ni tabang ug daghan kaayo oportunities sa mid east ug kamao ka mag arabic. katong mga engineers ug uban mga professional mag pa enroll unta sila dako kaayo ni tabang sa kanila. i been in Saudi as i Director of Engineering sa wala pa ko mo ari sa US ug daghan kaayo opportunities kung kabalo ka arabic.pag graduate nako engineering sa Cebu nag pa enrol ko chinese language as a (grade 1 )basic ra man ako kinahanglang so dawat ko dayon work sa China as a Project Engineer. daghan kaayo oportunity kung maka balo ka sa uban language.like Canada kung kabalo ka French dako imoha chance sa Quebec kay mga french speaking . sulayi ninyo skwela arabic unya apply mo sa Cebu para mid east pag interview ninyo sa mga Arabo dawat dayon mo basta kamao mo Arabic.

The Asian Development Bank is offering as much as $280 million in loans for the Philippine government to finance a proposed re-fleeting program for tricycle drivers and operators shifting to electric motorbikes or e-bikes.

“The loan will be coursed through ADB conduit banks like Land Bank of the Philippines for re-lending to tricycle drivers who may want to shift into using e-bikes," Environment Secretary Ramon Jesus Paje told reporters in a briefing Tuesday.

He said ADB will give 30 e-bikes as donation to city governments in the Metropolis.

“ADB wants to us to sample the bikes to see for ourselves that these machines are totally pollution-free. No emissions, less pollution," he said.

If all Philippine tricycles are e-bikes, the country can save much as 20 million metric tons of carbon footprints a year.

“We could go into carbon trading. That will earn us dollar equivalent which we can use to offset a portion of the loan," said Paje.

Tricycle drivers can save up to P300 in daily fuel costs with the use of e-bikes.

“Four hours of charging would only cost P40 compared to P340 for fossil-based fuels. The acquisition cost is about 20 to 30 percent higher than fuel-fired motorcycles but the overhead cost is certainly lower," Paje said.

Of the total 5 million tricycles in the country, 2.8 million are in Manila.

The department said that the shift to e-bikes would reduce pollution 25 percent to 30 percent in the country’s urban centers by 2011.

As of 2009, the country's total suspended particulates - a concentration of micro pollutants in the air - in all cities and urban centers is 134 micrograms per normal cubic meters, which is 48 percent beyond the normal standard of 90 micrograms per normal cubic meters.

The major sources of these particulates are diesel vehicles and coal-burning power plants. Dust from unpaved roads and construction activities contribute to the rise in particulates especially during summer months.

Vehicles contribute as much as 80 percent to air pollution, while the remaining 20 percent are from industries.

Department monitoring shows that more than 50 percent of vehicles are registered without prior actual testing by accredited Private Emission Testing Centers.

“If all vehicles are tested for emission prior to registration, the 30 percent reduction in particulates will be easily realized,"

Quote from: Scarb on August 24, 2010, 01:29:25 AM


Mao ning mga polisa nga mi respondi sa hostage crisis.
Pastilan mga tiguwang man pud diay...napay usa nga "polis" nga way "posil",mga talawan,nanago pa gyud!

ang kauban man lagi nyang pulis gitionan?shamaaan

The Security Bureau of Hong Kong advised its citizens to avoid all travel to the Philippines an hour after the hostage crisis ended Monday.

In an outbound travel alert, the Security Bureau, changed its “amber alert warning" - meaning there were signs of threat - for the Philippines to a “black alert warning" indicating severe threats on the country’s security.

The Hong Kong warning stated that a “serious kidnap incident happened in the Philippines. [R]esidents should avoid all travel to the country; those who are already there should attend to their personal safety and exercise caution."

The travel warning came after the 10-hour hostage crisis ended with at least 4 Chinese nationals killed. Hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza, a former police office, was shot in the head by a SWAT sniper.

akong natilawan ikog ra sa pagi

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 16, 2010, 11:54:17 AM
He he, naa koy kaila sauna nga iyang gipatuli ang iyang bana nga Germanium pagbakasyon nila sa Pinas...

dis a man gituli sa pakang? unya sigi usap sa dahon sa bayabas pag ka tuli na iluwa sa samad ang laway sus hapdusa kaayo oi unya ang dahon itapal sa samad.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on August 17, 2010, 10:24:20 PM
I agree with the abolition of the SK.

During the time of Imee Marcos, the Kabataang Barangay leaders (1975 to 1986) were chosen based on their intelligence and leadership capability. Sports development and responsible citizenry were their main concerns. Every barangay was very proud to select its best youth to compete in the municipal and provincial elections. There was no vote buying, only raising of hands. As youth representatives in the municipal or provincial councils, they did not receive salaries but modest honoraria, like P30 per session in the case of big towns. In a month at least one regular session and one special session (usually with higher honoraria, about P50 to P75) were held. The concreting of basketball courts in the barangays started during the KB years. Funds were mostly donations, or generated through "benefit dances" or "bayle tibuok kalibutan", or through the "envelopmental" popularity contest or "miss-miss/kandidata/rayna-rayna".     

kahinumdum pa jud dah, bitaw tinood jud na walay sweldo kay KB councilamn man ko bayle kada sabado oi para naay KB project sa baryo. usahay tawon katapal pa mi bayad sa amplifier usahay maka ganansya man pod  .pero karon nakat on naman mga KB mag kick back.unya gigamit pod sa mga pilitiko.mao nga useless na KB karon bata pa kamao na mo kickback sa project.

Do you teach your children to pray? One great way to teach prayer is to DO it WITH children. Praying with children puts both of you on the same humble plane under the Almighty God.

Learning from Kids

Praying with children is endearing. Children manifest humility and joyful helplessness in asking and praying to God. Adults can learn so much from them. They are “to the point” unlike adults’ lengthy mumbo jumbo. They pray “from the heart,” no guilt, no excuses or pretentions. They are candid in the most charming way.

If you want your child to be a blessing, bless your child with the gift of a prayerful heart

Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.

Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria, the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person, the report concludes.

Chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes account for more than 60 percent of deaths worldwide but less than 3 percent of public and private funding for global health, said Rachel Nugent of the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based policy research group.

Money shouldn't be taken away from fighting diseases that spread person-to-person, but the amount devoted to cancer is way out of whack with the impact it has, said Dr. Otis Brawley, the cancer society's chief medical officer.

Cancer's economic toll was $895 billion in 2008 â€" equivalent to 1.5 percent of the world's gross domestic product, the report says. That's in terms of disability and years of life lost â€" not the cost of treating the disease, which wasn't addressed in the report.

The World Health Organization has long predicted that cancer would overtake heart disease this year as the leading cause of death. About 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2008, and about 12.4 million new cases are diagnosed each year.

Tobacco use and obesity are fueling a rise in chronic diseases, while vaccines and better treatments have led to drops in some infectious diseases.

Many groups have been pushing for more attention to non-infectious causes of death, and the United Nations General Assembly has set a meeting on this a year from now. Some policy experts are comparing it to the global initiative that led to big increases in spending on AIDS nearly a decade ago.

"This needs to be discussed at the UN â€" how we are going to deal with this" rising burden of chronic disease, said Dr. Andreas Ullrich, medical officer for cancer control at WHO.

The answer is "not a fight against each other," but more cooperation on areas that overlap, such as cancers with infectious causes, such as cervical cancer and HPV, human papillomavirus, Ullrich said.

Any review of priorities is sure to be contentious, though.

The cancer society's report is the first major effort to look at the economic cost in terms of global productivity. It was done with Livestrong, cancer survivor and cyclist Lance Armstrong's foundation. Authors plan to publish it in a scientific journal and to present it Thursday at a meeting of the World Cancer Congress in Shenzen, China.

Researchers used the World Health Organization's death and disability reports, and economic data from the World Bank. They calculated disability-adjusted life years, which reflect the impact a disease has on how long and how productively people live.

"That has become a more and more common way of looking at the global burden of disease," said Wendy Max, a health economist at the University of California, San Francisco, who is familiar with the work and the methods the researchers used.

Lung and related cancers account for $180 billion of the $895 billion total. Smokers die an average of 15 years earlier than nonsmokers, the report says. Heart disease follows cancer, with an economic impact of $753 billion.

"Heart conditions usually hit people towards the end of their life. The cancers struck people much earlier in their life cycle," said the lead author, cancer society health economist Hana Ross.

In a separate article published online Monday by the British medical journal Lancet, cancer scientists and advocates urged more money to fight cancer in poor countries.

Only 5 percent of cancer treatment and prevention money goes to the countries that bear 80 percent of the burden of the disease, said one of the authors, Dr. Julio Frenk, dean of Harvard's School of Public Health.

"We are literally being victims of our own success" â€" more people are surviving infectious diseases and living long enough to develop cancer, but treatment gaps remain, he said.

Dr. Lawrence Shulman, chief medical officer of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said cure rates for breast cancer are 80 percent or more in the U.S. and half that in many other countries.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd has called for the abolition of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has drafted a bill containing, among other reform provisions, one that would abolish the SK. The Election Commissioners, according to Commissioner Rene Sarmiento and Comelec spokesman James Jimenez, favor the abolition of the youth council.

For many years now since not very long after its inception 17 years ago, the SK has been criticized by many right thinking Filipinos. They observed how elections in every barangay to choose the youth councilors have been tainted in most places by all the evils seen in adult politics.

Reports of cheating, bribery, illegal campaigning, massive spending, and of many youth candidates being “owned” (“hawak”) by “trapo” (corrupt traditional politicians) are pervasive. Neighborhoods know how true it is that, far from being a training ground for principled politics and good governance, the politics for control of the SK council only serves to give young people an early turn at dirty, corrupt adult “trapo” politics.

Another disgusting display of “trapo” politicking is seen at the town, city, provincial and nationwide elections for the federation of SKs. Perhaps, there have been instances when good-governance types get elected. Nevertheless, the politicking, the use of a lot of money, the dirty tricks are as reprehensible in the SKs as those in political contests in the world of hardboiled “trapo” adults.

Youth who get elected SK councilors benefit. They get honoraria for attending SK sessions. The SK councilor or chairman who gets elected president of the town, city, or provincial SK federation gets to sit as a member of the town, city or provincial council. He or she gets a salary or at least an honorarium.

The “trapo” politicians back up, finance and campaign for, youth candidates. For they become the “trapo” youth cadres and future adult leaders.

People working to establish moral politics and good governance in our country wish to innoculate young people against the virus of “trapo” politics. Hence, they want to abolish the Sangguniang Kabataan.

President Aquino’s wish to see SK abolished is a logical application of his theme “Kung walang kurap, walang mahirap.”

DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo, years before President Aquino became the “moral change” candidate for president, was already a moral force in Bicol as mayor of Naga City and a champion in Dr. Jesus Estanislao’s Public Governance Scorecard system and a champion also of the Kaya Natin! moral politics movement. His move for the abolition of the SK is also a logical step for him as secretary of the Cabinet department in charge of local government units.

Comelec Commissioner Sarmiento’s main reason for seeking the abolition of the SK is his fear that the SK gives children the taste of corruption early. He equated being a young “trapo” with learning about getting commissions from construction projects.

It bothers him that politician parents of the “trapo” variety use the SK to give their children an early start in the kind of politics they, the trapo parents, are masters of.

The separation of husband and wife is never a happy matter. At worst, it is the failure of the most basic social institution, a source of trauma for the spouses and for the children, and the trigger to unleash the ugly sides to human natureâ€"bitterness and vindictiveness, among others. At best, it is the liberation from a miserable relationship and the opportunity to start life overâ€"as though it were ever truly possible.
In the Philippines, there are three legal means by which marriages can be ended.

A declaration of nullity voids a marriage. It is as if there was no marriage between the parties to begin with. There are conditions that can make a marriage null and void, such as defects in the process, but the most popular ground for nullity is psychological incapacity of one or both parties. Article 36 of the Family Code of the Philippines, enacted in 1988, makes this possible. The effect is that it is as though the parties have been single all along, that the marriage was one bad dream.

An annulment recognizes the existence of a marriage until the time it is invalidated. The consent of one or both parties to the marriage must be proven somehow vitiated at the time of the exchange of vows, so that “they did not fully know what they were getting into.” After an annulment, parties are restored to their single status.

Legal separation, on the other hand, does not dissolve the marriage. It is still there, but the parties are allowed by law to live separately from one another. Because the marriage ties remain, neither of the parties are free to re-marry.

Now comes House Bill 1799, filed by Reps. Luzviminda Ilagan and Emerenciana de Jesus of the Gabriela Party List. The lawmakers believe that divorce should be made an additional option for couples with failed and irreparable relationships.

The bill says divorce can be an option in the event of:

• separation in fact: parties have been separated for 5 years wherein reconciliation is highly improbable;

• legal separation for at least two years wherein reconciliation is highly improbable;

• when the grounds for legal separation cause the irreparable breakdown of the marriage;

• psychological incapacity; and

• when parties suffer from irreconcilable differences that cause the irreparable breakdown of the marriage.

Coke ug diabitis

Pagtanggi ni Venus Raj sa ‘topless Miss U’ sinuportahan sa Kongreso

(Bernard Taguinod)
Suportado ng Kongreso ang desisyon ni Miss Universe Philippines candidate Venus Raj na huwag mag-topless sa pictorial kasabay ng pagpapa-body paint ng mga kandidata sa Miss Universe 2010 sa Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Sinusuportahan namin siya sa kanyang desisyon na pangalagaan ang karapatan ng mga kababaihan,” paha­yag ni Akbayan partylist Rep. Evelyn ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao kaya dapat umanong ipagmalaki ng mga Filipino si Raj.
Ayon kay Bag-ao, wala siyang nakikitang dahilan para paghubarin at pintahan ang mga kandidata sa nasabing patimpalak dahil ang pinaglalabanan sa Miss Universe ay talino at hindi lamang kagandahan ng mga kababaihan.
“Exploiting women was never acceptable to all. Ang understanding natin sa Miss Universe pageant ay platform of women’s talent at hindi i-exploit ang kanilang katawan,” dagdag pa ng lady solon kaya dapat umano itong kondenahin.
Sinabi pa ng lady solon na walang esensya na paghubarin at pintahan ang katawan ng mga kandidata at saka isinalang sa pictorial kung saan kahit pinturado ay para na rin umanong pinaghubad ang mga ito sa harap ng buong mundo.
“Walang aesthetic value ang ginawa nila sa mga kandidata. And that is simple exploitation that should not be to­lerated,” dagdag pa ni Bag-ao, kaya dapat umanong magprotesta ang mga bansa ng mga kandidatong pinaghubad.
Kabilang sa mga nag-pictorial ng topless na Miss Universe candidates ay sina Miss USA Rima Fakih, Miss Albania Angela Martini, Miss Ireland Rozanna Purcell at Miss Trinidad and Tobago LaToya Woods.
Marami ring mga tumanggi sa pangunguna ni Venus Raj na sinaluduhan ng mambabatas dahil hindi ito puma­yag na maabuso ang kanyang pagkatao bilang isang babae na kumakatawan sa mga Filipina sa nasabing patimpalak.

 

WASHINGTON (AFP) â€" The bigger a person's waistline, the more likely they are to die of any cause, regardless of whether they are overweight or not, a study published Monday says.

Researchers at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta looked at the association between the waistlines of 48,500 men and 56,343 women aged 50 years and older, and death from any illness.

After adjusting for body mass index and other risk factors, the researchers found that men and women with very large waists -- 120 centimeters (47 inches) or greater in men, and 110 centimeters (42 inches) or more in women -- were around twice as likely to die of any cause as people with smaller waists.

The risk of dying was greater regardless of whether a man or woman was normal weight, overweight or obese, found the study published in the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine.

The study also found that men and women with very large waists were "more likely than those with smaller waists to be less educated, to have a high BMI (body mass index), to be physically inactive, to be former smokers, and to have a history of cardiovascular disease, cancer or respiratory disease."

Respiratory disease was the most likely cause of death among the very large-girthed, followed by cardiovascular disease and cancer, the study said.

Previous studies have associated large waistlines with heart disease, inflammatory illness, insulin resistance, high blood cholesterol and type two diabetes.

The link between waist circumference and mortality from a host of illnesses "may be because waist circumference is strongly correlated with fat tissue in the viscera â€" surrounding the organs in the abdomen â€" which is thought to be more dangerous than fat tissue under the skin," the study said.

"Our results suggest that, regardless of weight, avoiding gains in waist circumference may reduce the risk of premature mortality," the authors of the study said

Some Pharisees approached [Jesus], and tested Him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” They said to Him, “Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss [her]?” He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery.” [His] disciples said to Him, “If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

He answered, “Not all can accept [this] word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.”

Mr. Wilfredo Yap OFW for 19 years and have been to the Middle East, East Africa and now Southeast Asia (other than the Philippines) in all these years. Mr. Wilfredo Yap ‘believes that if only 10 percent of Filipinos would shift to camote, rice import will become unnecessary’. “From what I have seen, I think Mr. Yap is correct. I was in East/Central Africa from 2006 to 2010, mostly in Burundi to be exact. I have visited Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda for short times during this period. The East Africans, indeed most of the rest of Africa, eat rice as their staple food.
But their staple food is not only rice. They rotate rice with bread, camote, potato, corn flour that they cook with water into ‘ugali’, banana (plantain), cassava starch (also into ugali) and past (nine starchy foods). They cook these saluted with vegetables, meat and fish or separately. And they have strong, sturdy bodies.
“I have tried and lived with the same diet for four years. In my fourth month I became used to the other eight staple food I would not even touch rice for three or four days. I did not become weak. On the contrary I felt I was stronger. When I left the continent I was a little more bulky than usual.
“It was just a case of having the wrong perception concerning rice of the absence of rice in my diet. I thought I would feel weak but this never happened. I even li9ked the variety of the food that I was consuming. And it was cheaper.
“In the Middle East, the West and in Europe, people rotate their staple food in the same manner. I think that Filipinos should be informed/educate about this to keep the Philippines off the list of rice importing countries.

Quote from: bugsay on August 12, 2010, 04:18:01 PM
Kanus-a man gyu'd pwede?

medyo medical related ni nga question pero pwede pod ang uban mohatag ug idea base sa ekperyensya.

bay bugs sa akong nadunggan mga estorya pag tin aw kono sa ihi pwede na mosaka..

any opinion?

Quote from: hofelina on August 12, 2010, 07:55:57 PM
She has presence but it is dismaying to see her wearing braces. Morag ga um-om ug wire. Nganong uso man kini sa Pinas.

basin si Uranos to nakita nimo  nga naa brace. nakita man lagi nako sa airport when she left gi interview sya wala man brace. she is no. 1 in internet voting mao nga may chance sya makadaog.gi inteview pa nanay sa airport sa channel 7 nga nag hatud nya  nga di sya maka tan aw personal  kay kabus lang kono sila dili sila maka afford sa pamasahe.

i admired this lady bisan sa iyang ka pobre naninguha jud nga mo asinso.nakita naman nato kapila ipakita sa TV ang ilang payag ang atop kogon ug sasa nga kawayan lipak ang sawog sa tilwa sa kabasakan.pero she is very proud sa ilang payag ug dis a sya nag puyo mao nga sa diha gikuha ang iyaha korona makahiubos sa sama natong mga pobre kagikan.naka tabang kono niya ang pag lakaw sa pilapil kada adlaw nga nakahimong pagsalig sa iyang kaugalingon.Good Luck VENUS bring home the crown after 35yrs.God Bless You

Straight from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the spectacular two-hour Miss Universe 2010 will be aired on Velvet via an exclusive double primetime telecast on August 24, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Home to the most beautiful night in the univese three years running, Velvet now rolls out the red carpet for our very own Binibining Pilipinas-Universe Maria Venus Raj, who joins women from around the globe to compete for the most coveted crown and title.

A resident of Camarines Sur, Raj began her climb to fame after winning Miss Bicolandia 2007. Later on, she was crowned Miss Philippines Earth Eco Tourism 2008. With a roaring fan base and her momentum after the Binibining Pilipinas pageant, Venus now carries our banner to a whole new level. Will she be the third Filipina to be crowned Miss Universe after 27 years?

Apart from her highly controversial dethronement and eventual reinstatement, Raj is now faced with a bigger challenge of ending the 11-year drought for the country in the beauty competition. It can be recalled that the last time a Filipino made it to the semifinals was in 1999 when Miriam Quiambao was ranked first runner-up.

This early, Raj is surprising the global community as she presently leads the online popularity polls on the official website of Miss Universe. Among the 83 Miss Universe candidates, she now has a rating of 3.58 followed by Miss Brazil Debora Lyra, 2.83; Miss Colombia Natalia Navarro, 2.77; Miss Venezuela Marelisa Gibson, 2.77; and Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete with 2.76.

The pageant will also be aired on ABS-CBN via satellite on August 24 (Tuesday) at 9:30 a.m. and on Studio 23.

Mobile security firm Lookout on Tuesday warned that a booby-trapped Movie Player application is infecting Android phones in Russia with a virus that sends costly text messages. Russia-based Kaspersky Lab discovered the malicious "Trojan" code hidden in a media player application people are enticed to download onto smartphones.

"The new malicious program penetrates smartphones running Android in the guise of a harmless media player application," Kaspersky said in a blog post.

"The Trojan uses the system to begin sending SMSs to premium rate numbers without the owner?s knowledge or consent, resulting in money passing from a user's account to that of the cybercriminals."

The Trojan has apparently only affected handsets operating on Google-backed Android software in Russia.

The Media Player program does ask users to authorize "services that cost you money" prior to installation, according to Lookout, which advised people to protect themselves by refusing to grant such permission.

"With the discovery of this new Android Trojan, it is more important than ever to pay attention to what you're downloading," Lookout said.

"Stay alert to ensure that you trust every app you download".

LABIMPITONG araw na ang nakalilipas mula nang isiwalat ni President Noynoy Aquino ang sobra-sobrang bigas na inangkat ng National Food Authority at hanggang ngayon, hindi pa napapagpasyahan kung ano ang gagawin sa mga bigas na nasa bodega. Sabi kamakalawa, ipapamahagi raw sa mga bata sa daycare center pero hindi bigas kundi lugaw na at may sangkap ng bitamina. Mabuti kung umpisahan na ito sapagkat sa susunod na buwan ay mayroon pang darating at madadagdagan pa ang mga nakaimbak sa bodega ng NFA. Saan pa itatambak ang mga ito. Idispatsa ang sobra para may kainin ang apat na milyong Pilipino na nagugutom.

MANILA â€" Tutol ang ilang mambabatas na aprubahan ang inihaing panukalang batas sa Kamara de Representantes na gawing legal ang diborsiyo sa Pilipinas. Bukod sa pahihinain nito ang samahan ng pamilyang Pilipino, lalo raw dadami ang “gold diggers" at wasak na pamilya.

Nitong Miyerkules, inihayag ni Gabriela party-list Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan, na muli nilang inihain ang House Bill 1799 upang gawing legal ang diborsiyo sa bansa. Bukod pa ito sa umiiral ng “legal separation" at “annulment" sa mga mag-asawang nais ng tapusin ang kanilang pagsasama.

Nakasaad sa panukala na maaaring mag-aplay ng diborsiyo ang mga mag-asawa na hindi na nagsasama sa loob ng limang taon, at mga mag-asawa na “legally separated" sa loob ng dalawang taon.

“Grounds for legal separation may also apply when these same grounds have already caused the irreparable breakdown of the marriage. In addition, psychological incapacity, causing one's
failure to comply with essential marital obligations and irreconcilable differences causing the irreparable breakdown of the marriage are also recognized as grounds for divorce," paliwanag sa panukala.




"Malaki ang magiging epekto nito sa magiging mga anak nila dahil dadami ang broken families. Bukod diyan, dadami rin ang kaso ng mga gold digger o iyung mga mag-aasawa lamang dahil sa pera at para makakuha ng settlement sa divorce" â€" Rep Sonny AngaraSinabi ni Ilagan na kailangang bigyan ng karagdagang paraan ang paghihiwalay ng mag-asawa bunga ng dumadaming kaso ng marital violence kung saan ang karaniwang biktima ay babae.

Sa talaan umano ng Philippine National Police (PNP) noong 2009, lumilitaw na 19 na ginang ang nagiging biktima ng marital violence bawat araw. Lumitaw din na ang pananakit sa asawang babae ang pinakamarami sa naitalang kaso ng pang-aabuso sa kababaihan.

“For women in abusive marital relationships, the need for a Divorce Law is real. It is high time that we give Filipino couples, especially the women, this option." Ayon naman Gabriela Rep. Emmi De Jesus.

Patatagin sa halip na pahinain

Ayon kay Aurora Rep. Angara, may-asawa at dalawang anak, mga panukalang batas na magpapatatag sa samahan ng pamilya Pilipino ang dapat pag-ukulan ng atensiyon ng Kongreso.

Iginiit niya na ang pamilya ang itinuturing haligi ng lipunan kaya hindi dapat na dagdagan ang mga paraan para mapadali ang paghihiwalay ng mag-asawa at pagkaraan ay papayagan muli silang mag-asawa.

Kung dadami at magiging mas madali ang hiwalayan, sinabi ni Angara na hindi imposible na dumami rin ang tao na magpapakasal na ang layunin lamang ay makakuha ng ari-arian ng taong kanilang pakikisamahan.

“Baka dumating ang araw na magaya tayo sa ibang bansa na basta na lang magpapakasal ang mga tao kasi alam nila madali naman divorce, at ‘di na siniseryoso ang pagpapamilya," pangamba ng kongresista.

“Malaki ang magiging epekto nito sa magiging mga anak nila dahil dadami ang broken families. Bukod diyan, dadami rin ang kaso ng mga gold digger o iyung mga mag-aasawa lamang dahil sa pera at para makakuha ng settlement sa divorce," idinagdag ni Angara, anak ni Sen Edgardo Angara.

Bukod kay Angara, nagpahayag din ng pagtutuol sa divorce bill sina Reps. Elpidio Barzaga (Cavite), Roilo Golez (Paranaque) at Ben Evardone (Eastern Samar).

Tinawag ni Golez na “weapon of mass destruction" ang divorce bill dahil magiging dahilan ito ng pagdami ng mawawasak na pamilya sa halip na maghanap ng lunas kung papaano isasalba ang pagsasama ng mag-asawa.

“Look what's happening in other countries with divorce. Half of my classmates at Annapolis (USA) ended up divorcing a few years after they got married, many because of flimsy reasons by their own admission," ayon kay Golez.

Hirit naman ni Barzaga: “I firmly believe that the family is the foundation of a good citizenry. Allowing absolute divorce would undoubtedly weaken the solidarity of the family. It would also encourage married couples who have differences to immediately seek divorce, though differences can still be reconcile."

Sinabi naman ni Zambales Rep Ma Milagros Magsaysay, na magandang talakayin ang panukala ng Gabriela upang mapag-usapan at makita ang tunay na kalagayan ngayon ng pagsasama ng mag-asawa sa loob ng isang pamilyang Pilipino.

“Though it will encourage a lot of debates, this will be good as it will really bring the real picture of the state of family and how we can ensure and protect everyone’s rights," aniya. - GMANews.TV    Share  Loading comments... Problems loading Disqus?

A Filipino publishing firm operating in the United States has been banned by the US Labor department from hiring temporary workers after it admitted committing violations of labor law.

The US labor agency said that the Asian Journal, publisher of the Southland Filipino newspaper, has been barred for one year from using the U.S. government’s H-1B visa program to hire temporary workers.

The publishing firm, which operates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and the Philippines, has agreed to pay $516,500 to 32 employees, aside from a $40,000 penalty.

Based on the Labor department’s investigation, the firm did not pay its workers the required wage rate.

It also misrepresented facts on the Labor Condition Application (LCA) that it filed, and did not follow the documentation required under the H-1B visa program.

Asian Journal had submitted an LCA saying it sought workers for positions as accountants, reporters, news writers, journalists, business analysts, public relations specialists and financial analysts. However, US investigators found out that most were working in sales as account executives.

“Misrepresenting the facts of the employment situation harms the workers who are hired for their professional expertise, and hurts domestic job seekers who may have otherwise been eligible for the positions," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.

“We cannot allow employers to take advantage of temporary workers who might be reluctant to come forward in such situations, nor will we allow unscrupulous employers to gain an unfair advantage over competitors who play by the rules."

The company was also found obliging its workers to pay visa processing fees. As a result of the investigation, Asian Journal has agreed to pay the 22 workers hired using the H-1B program a total of $473,218 in back wages as well as a $40,000 civil money penalty.

The US labor agency also discovered that 10 employees hired from outside the H-1B program and working as delivery drivers and office staff were due $43,276, representing unpaid overtime pay based on federal labor law

Quote from: Vistabel on August 08, 2010, 11:57:25 PM
ako motoo nga moabot ang takdang panahon nga ang tanang living things matudas dinhi sa atong kalibutan karon kong moabot na sa maximum expansion ang Universe ug mosabog na kini parang baloon. Dili tungod kay hukom.

too ko sa 2012 man kono. ang mga Mayan sa Latin America ilahang kalendaryo up to 2012 lang.di ba sa 2012 ang atua planeta mag twist mogawas sa orbit.mao nga manguli nata sa bohol tanan TB mag EB sa tang tanan sa bohol sa dili pa matapus ang kalibutan.

BY JHOANNA PAOLA BALLARAN SPECIAL TO THE MANILA TIMES

Do you feel pain on your feet after your first few steps in the morning? Do you feel like a knife pricking the bottom of your foot after standing up from a long period of sitting? Well, do not ignore it. You might be suffering from an inflammation of your vital foot muscleâ€"your plantar fascia. Plantar fascia, what you often see on the arch at the bottom of your foot, is a string of muscle that connects your heel and toes. It is a thick muscle that functions as a shock absorber as well an arch support. It can be compared to a rubber band: As tension becomes greater, it will lose its elasticity and will suffer from tearing, thus will lead to a condition called plantar fasciitis.

Symptoms
“Pain is located usually at the forefront of the heel bone at the under surface of the foot sometimes extending to the midfoot’s undersurface,” said Dr. Noel Carilo, a consultant in Philippine Orthopedic Center and Saint Luke’s Medical Center Institute of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common heel pains that usually occurs on the first few steps in the morning. It gradually develops, and sometimes it may return after long periods of standing or after getting up from a sitting position. It feels like pins pricking the bottom of your foot, under the heel and usually on the inside.

Causes
According to Dr. Carilo, a medical practitioner for 27 years, plantar fasciitis is caused by constant stretching of the muscle, especially when a person carries heavy weights frequently. Increasing body weight and overuse of the feet in activities such as sports can also cause the condition.

“It can also be related to some rheumatologic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and elevated blood uric acid. Poorly designed footwear with hard soles can [also] aggravate this condition,” he told The Manila Times.

Runners, women and overweight people are more likely to develop this condition because of the weight applied on the muscle. Ballet and aerobics might also trigger plantar fasciitis at an early age since dancers and fitness buffs are exposed to extensive foot exercise. Faulty foot mechanics, like being flatfooted and abnormal pattern of walking, can also affect how the weight is distributed on the foot.

Jobs can highly affect this condition, too. People who stand for hoursâ€"like waiters, factory workers, sales ladiesâ€"are more prone to have plantar fasciitis. Using high heels, for women, can augment and stress the fascia.

Effects
“[Plantar fasciitis] can be disabling . . . with pain, some people cannot put weight on their foot and it disables them for some time. Many can walk in its presence but they walk with limp,” Dr. Carilo warned.

This condition can also trigger the development of other possible pains in the knee, foot, hip and back because of the change in the person’s walking pattern.

Better than cure
Though cliché, prevention is better than any other treatment. It is very important to modify our activities through sports and dancing. Giving ourselves enough rest and relaxation will help a lot. Losing weight and modifying your footwear into something that has cushion on the arch will also be very useful.

Some exercises, too, play a very big role in treating the condition. Exercises, such as hill climbing, that stretch the plantar fascia can temporarily relieve the pain. “Putting your forefoot over a 2-inch thick piece of object and leaning forward to stretch your plantar fascia,” Dr. Carilo advised.

“There are factors that play an important role in its cause that can be modified and cannot be modified. Those that cannot be modified will be your age, your foot anatomy and the plantar fascia as well. Modifiable factors such as body weight, activities, footwear, uric acid, etc., should be dealt with accordingly,” he said.

Taking care of yourself is the most important thing to remember. Lifestyle change and consciousness about your body will be practical. After all, it is the cheapest way to prevent every ailment.

According to recent surveys, three out of every four Filipinos are satisfied with the Automated Election System (AES), which the Commission on Elections (Comelec) adopted on May 10.

Notwithstanding the protests filed by losing candidates, the stunning success of the AES is seen as helping to rehabilitate the image of the scandal-wracked Comelec.

The AES was made possible through the poll body’s partnership with the private consortium Smartmatic-TIM, which used the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) technology.

Although several PCOS machines acted up and caused delays in the voting at several precincts in certain parts of the country, misgivings about the AES quickly vanished as soon as election results began to be available within hours after the polls closed.

For the 2013 mid-term elections, the same AES has been proposed through the government’s outright purchase of Smartmatic-TIM’s PCOS machines. The arguments backing this proposal are sound and persuasive.

Buying the PCOS machines would, not only remove the need for another, expectedly contentious round of public biddings, it would also save government money and ensure that the 2013 elections, along with future polls, would be free from fraud and their results widely acceptable to the public.

The PCOS machines used last May were leased by Smartmatic TIM to the government for P7.2 billion by virtue of a contract that contains an option to purchase them for use in subsequent elections for P2 billion. The total bill for the purchase option would amount to a maximum of P5 billion, covering the machines and the automation technology services they require.

If the government were to opt for an entirely different technology, it would have to be ready to shell out at least P11 billion, which it already did for the last elections.

Critics of the purchase proposal claim that Smarmatic-TIM’s technology would already be obsolete by the time the next and other future elections come around.

To this, the consortium has responded with assurances that through its technology support services it would regularly update its softwareâ€"primarily to prevent potential hackers and would-be cheats from tampering with the machines.

Besides saving billions of pesos by acquiring the PCOS machines, the government would also save on training costs for election personnel who have already been trained by Smartmatic-TIM. Despite the isolated incidents of foul-ups and glitches, the vast majority of these personnel were able to put their skills and training to good use last May.

Other detractors of the option to purchase the PCOS machines continue to harp on the legalistic angle.
The proponents, however, point out that no less than the Supreme Court has already upheld the validity of the Co-melec-Smartmatic TIM contract with the Comelec.

The high tribunal even took note of the report of the Special Bids and Awards Committee-Technical Working Group (SBAC-TWG), which pointed out that Smartmatic-TIM’s AES system and PCOS machines had passed “all end-to-end demo tests” using a set of 26 criteria, including an accuracy rating of at least 99.955 percent.

Where then does the persistent campaign to discredit the AES come from?

Sources in the information technology (IT) sector point out that the most vociferous group of detractors of Smartmatic-TIM and its PCOS machines consists of losing bidders in the Comelec’s AES project.

These self-styled “IT experts” have filed a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against Comelec officials and Smartmatic-TIM executives. They allege that many AES security features were abandoned or disabled during the elections to pave the way for widespread cheating.

They have been fueling the suspicion about a purported band of renegade Comelec-accredited technicians who had tampered with the election results by preprogramming the PCOS machines.

In fact, each and every one of the PCOS machines was under the joint control of the Comelec, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Smartmatic-TIM. The machines were only online for one to two minutes for the digital transmission of election results (ERs). They also adopted a security system similar to or even better than those used by banks for their Internet or ATM operations.

Soon after the May 10 elections Dennis Villorente, director of the DOST Advanced Science and Tech Institute, had testified before an inquiry called by the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms chaired by then Makati Rep. Teodoro Locsin during the 14th Congress. According to Villorente, the PCOS machines garnered 100-percent accuracy in reading results during the pre-election tests done by the DOST.

In addition, Al Vitangol III, a certified hacking forensic investigator, said during the same House probe that vote-counting results were automatically saved in write-protected files in the Compact Flash (CF) cards and thus could not be tampered with.

Demonstrations during the House committee’s inspection of Smartmatic TIM’s plant in Ca-buyao, Laguna, showed that PCOS machines did not count additional transmissions of the same election results, that audit logs could not be tampered with because the machine that was tested did not start up when it was fed a CF card whose log had been edited and that efforts to delete a file or write a file on the protected backup CF card both failed.

In view of these findings, why are some “IT experts” still bent on tarnishing the integrity of the country’s first-ever automated elections?

It needs reiterating that the most vehement detractors of the AES are executives of IT firms that lost in the bidding for the project.
Need we say more?

this is anti poor. nag lisod man gani ang  atung mga gikinanan sa upat lang ka tuig.dili ni ang solbad sa kalidad sa atong edukasyon.ilang dungagan ang mga maestra ug mag tukod sila ug mga eskwelahan kung gusto nila taas ang kalidad sa mga studyante.

Rogue soldiers sell to rebels, private armies
BY WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL REPORTER

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines has admitted that pilfered military war materiel were being sold by some unscrupulous personnel to enemies of the state and politicians maintaining private armies. The Armed Forces spokesman, Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr., made the admission on Monday in reaction to reports that the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was getting their firearms and ammunition from the Armed Forces.

“In the past, there was pilferage of firearms. This has been investigated and in fact we have prosecuted several personnel in this regard,” Mabanta said.

The guns, he added, were sold not only to the MILF but to criminal elements and other enemies of the state.

When asked if some of the pilfered firearms were also being sold to private armies, Mabanta replied, “That’s also a possibility.”

On the MILF acquiring the pilfered weapons and ammunition, the Armed Forces spokesman said that the military would investigate the matter if there were really a basis.

“The thing is we need data on this [pilferage] so that this will help us in determining really if there is truth to the report or not,” Mabanta added.

The war materiel finding their way to MILF has bolstered belief that stolen government-owned firearms and ammunition from the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police (PNP) also ended up on the hands of private armies of influential politicians, such as the Ampatuans of Maguindanao province in southern Mindanao.

According to the PNP Directorate for Intelligence, there are still 107 private armed groups all over the country, but only 65 of them are active.

It is also believed that some of the firearms and ammunition used in the November 23, 2009 massacre of 57 people, including 30 journalists, in Maguindanao came from the government armory.

Joint raids conducted by the Armed Forces and the national police on known Ampatuans residences and bailiwicks in December 2009 yielded some 900 high-powered firearms and thousands of pieces of ammunition, including a truck loaded with 330,000 bullets for M-16s, the standard firearm of the police and the military.

The pieces of ammunition were marked “Government Arsenal DND” and “Philippine National Police Camp Crame, Quezon City, Philippines.”

DND is the Department of National Defense.

The ammunition boxes were also found to have markings of Amscor, indicating that they came from the government arsenal in Bataan province, north of Manila.

Armscor supplies ammunition not only to the military and the police but also to civilians upon authorization of the government.

The head of the Bureau of Government Arsenal, Director Andres Pepito Bauto, earlier reported that in 2009, 9.4 million rounds of 5.56 ammunition, the standard government-issue bullet for M-16 rifles, have been deposited with the Armed Force’s logistics office or J-4.

The Armed Forces has “operational control” over the ammunition even if it is the Defense department that has administrative powers over the production of the bullets.

The military and the police have conducted separate investigations on how the guns and ammunition landed on the laps of the Ampatuans but they are yet to come up with their respective reports on the matter.

Marami ang nakikisimpatya sa sinibak na hepe ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) na si Prisco Nilo.

Bagama’t may malinaw na rason si Pangulong Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III sa pagsibak sa opisyal dahil makalawang beses na pumalpak ang ahensyang pinamumunuan nito sa pagbibigay weather forecast ay hindi pa rin tayo sang-ayon sa naging mabilis na desisyon nito.

Tama ang pag-aanalisa ng karamihan na hindi lamang ang sinibak na hepe ng PAGASA ang may pagkukulang sa kapalpakan ng ahensya at hindi ito lingid sa kaalaman ng Pangulo dahil mismong ito ay nakasaksi sa luma-luma at matatandang mga aparato ng PAGASA.

Sa katunayan ay nakaplano na ang pagbili ng gobyerno ng makabagong mga kagamitan ng PAGASA para lumapit sa katotohanan ang kanilang mga inilalabas na weather forecast na isang malinaw na pruweba na talagang pagkukulang sa aparato ng PAGASA para mabasa ang tunay na lagay ng panahon.

Pero siyempre, nakapagdesisyon na ang Pangulo. Naibaba na nito ang desisyong nagtatanggal sa pumalpak na opisyal at nakapagtalaga na ng kapalit.

Kaya sana nga, sa pagkakatalaga ng bagong pinuno ay wala na tayong kapalpakang maranasan dahil kung paulit-ulit itong mangyayari ay isa itong puntos para sa sinibak na hepe ng PAGASA dahil ibig lamang sabihin nito ay hindi sa liderato ang problema kundi ang lumang mga aparato sa PAGASA

ang hilas kaayo kanang ambulansya sus dago kaayo pangalan sa mga politiko mura pod ug sila ang nagpalit sa ambulansya di raba.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 06, 2010, 10:37:30 PM
He he, naa puy uban nga "Nong" o "Nang" ray klaro, unya lain diay to ang gisulti...

bay hubs mura man dumdum pa nimo imoha himo pag tagbo sa gabii    DAKO KA KUAN NANG.. tubag pod oo dongggg

MADALAS makita ang mga pangalan ng pulitiko sa ipinagawang waiting sheds, street signs, overpass, barangay hall, at maski sa mga basurahan. Nagdudumilat at malalaki ang letra ng pangalan ng pulitiko sa mga pinagawang proyekto. Pero alam n’yo bang hindi naman pera ng pulitiko ang ipinagpagawa ng mga proyektong iyon? Pera ng taumbayan ang ipinagpagawa niyon kaya walang karapatan ang mga pulitiko na ilagay ang kanilang pangalan doon. Sa buwis na ibinabayad ng taumbayan kinuha ang ipinagpagawa sa mga proyekto kaya hindi dapat angkinin ng pulitiko ang proyekto.

Matagal nang ginagawa ang ganitong praktis ng mga pulitiko. Mas lalong dumadami ang pangalan nila kapag malapit na ang eleksiyon. Epektibo nga naman ang paglalagay ng pangalan sa mga pinagawang proyekto sapagkat laging nakikita ng mga tao. Halim­bawa’y kapag inilagay ang pangalan ng pulitiko sa overpass, tiyak na marami ang makakakita sapagkat dinadaanan ng mga tao. Nakikita rin ng mga naka­sakay sa bus. Nakatatak na tuloy sa isipan ng mga tao ang pangalan ng pulitiko. At presto, pagdating ng eleksiyon, ang pangalan niya ang matatandaan ng botante.

Sa una ang mga Bol-anon pag pag abot sa 6:00 sa gabii tanan mga tawo motahod ug mangayo ug katahuran sa mga tawo nga mahinagbuan sa kalsada ug" Maayong gabii Nang o Maayong gabii Nong" nga atong na andan bisan wala ta kaila nila.Nakalimut na ba diay  ang mga Bol -anon ani?

Quote from: alycxs on July 13, 2010, 09:40:41 AM
wala ta kibaw kun kinsay mo sakop sa mga tribo2 nato sa pilipinas. Pero kung mausab pa, lami unta kung ang British maoy ni sakop nato...tan-awa ilang mga colonies ron...ang US,RSA,  Canada, New Zealand and Australia.  Ang Hong Kong pa diay. Basin pud mas malambu-on siguro ang Pilipinas.  Ang mga colonies tawn sa Spain, preha natong pobre ug corrupt...mga gwapa lang ug liwat ...Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela..PAKS mamakyaw ug Miss Universe.

ang bangladesh man lagi India Pakistan they are all under British for almost a century pero pobre man maayo pa Pinas kay datu pa sa una..No.1 to sa una sa Asia. karon.....ambot na lang

Quote from: fdaray on August 04, 2010, 08:21:14 PM
Diri mo sa Davao mangompra ug danggit kay tag  P60-P80  ang gagmay, tag P90 to P150 ang dagko.

layua pod oi madobok man pod unyag abot sa Bohol

Under the law, illegitimate children are accorded rights in relation to their biological father. One such right is the right to inherit from him. What is of prime importance in this instance, for an illegitimate child to exercise and enforce said right is the fact of recognition of the biological father that this child is indeed his own or proof of their filiation. (Article 887, Civil Code of the Philippines)

Thus, as an illegitimate child, you have the right to inherit from your father. To say that you will not be able to get anything from your father, simply because you are an illegitimate child is incorrect and misleading. In fact, the law itself reserves a certain portion of a decedent’s estate in favor of his/her compulsory heirs, among them are the illegitimate children. Under the law, illegitimate children are considered as compulsory heirs of a decedent, as such, they are entitled to a legitime. (Article 887, Civil Code of the Philippines)

“Legitime is that part of the testator’s property which he cannot dispose of because the law has reserved it for certain heirs, who are, therefore, called compulsory heirs.” (Article 886, Civil Code of the Philippines)
The legitime of illegitimate children “ . . . shall consist of one-half of the legitime of each of the legitimate children or descendants.” (Article 895, Civil Code of the Philippines) It is clear that the share of a legitimate child is considerably more than that of an illegitimate child. Be that as it may, the illegitimate child still has a share in the property of his/her father.

Thus, when your father dies, you will inherit your father’s estate amounting to one-half of what his legitimate child will get. For example, if a legitimate child gets P100,000 then an illegitimate child gets P50,000.

However, it will be a whole different matter if your father disinherits you. When this happens, even your right to your legitime will be lost. There are, nevertheless, only specific grounds on which this act may be based and justified.

Under the law, disinheritance may only be validly effected through a will wherein the legal cause shall be specified. (Article 916, Civil Code of the Philippines) The specific causes or grounds for disinheritance are enumerated under the law. One such ground is “(w)hen a child or descendant has been found guilty of an attempt against the life of the testator, his or her spouse, descendants, or ascendants.” (Article 919, Civil Code of the Philippines)

In sum, if no valid disinheritance takes place, you have the right to inherit from your father. Illegitimacy does not deprive a child, son or daughter, the right to succeed his biological parents, be it the mother or the father.

Quote from: statesville on August 01, 2010, 10:36:44 AM
Hungot para sudlanan ug tuba...

dili huNgot sudlanan sa tuba oi. ang tawag ana SUGONG.. naay panultion sa bohol BAHALA MAHAGBONG ANG MANANANANGGUT BASTA DILI LANG MAHAGBONG ANG SUGONG NGA GISUDLAN SA TUBA....kanang sugong mao na sawranan sa tuba gikan sa takong. unya kanang kawet mao na dako kaayong sugong nga gipas an sa manananggut nga magkolekta sa tuba nga naa sa sugong. dala dala na sa manananggut saka kanog sa lubi. kanag kawet nga gipas an gikan na sa mga sugong wala pa na sya gisa(filter) halo na langaw, buyug,ligwan.tungog(pang pa color sa tuba) pag balhin ana sa taro salaon na sya unya masala na ang mga langaw .ligwan,bangaw,pigaon unya lubagon pajud na nila ang salaan  kung mag sala mao ang duga sa bangaw, mga langaw ,ligwan buyog, mahalo nna sya sa tuba mao na sya nag palami sa tuba.mao nga maka adik ang tuba.

Quote from: islander on July 30, 2010, 10:37:49 PM
mangayo kog tabang ani kay wa koy kapangutan-an karon diri, palihog.  kasabot ko unsay bahag, pero unsa man gyod ang hungot?

kanang lubi nga guwang na kaayo kanang laya na jud ba.mas maayo ug dako .kuhaa ang bunot unya ayaw sa buk-a hinloi nga murag ka hamis sa bagul sa kalamay. ang bagul jud kanang itum na mugawas sa kahamis. unya  ubus sa tulo ka mata sa bagul diha ka mag abli. kanang saktu ra kaayo makoot sa imoha kamot and opening.hungot  ang  amo sudlanan sa asin sa gamay pa kami  hinimo pa sa ako lola. ug maligo mig dagat hungot pod ang among sudlan sa bahaw.solve na

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 23, 2010, 11:41:09 AM
Dako na baya tingalig ikatabang kon mohatag of free meals sa mga tinun-an sa public schools.

Kulang sa pagkaon? nga naligo man kono ta sa sobra ug daghan kaayong bugas sa NFA nangalata na gud.Siguro mahinumdon tang tanan sa bata pata kung mag lobok ug humay ipa punit jud sa atuang nanay ang molagsik bisan usa ka lugas nga pasi kay usik kono.In ana tang mga Bol-anon pero ang atuang mga opisyales sa goberno gihimo nilang pinagkakitaan ang kagutom sa mga kabus di bale magutom ang atuang mga kaigsoonan basta sila makasiguro nga maka kakwarta sa kagutom sa atong mga kaigsoonan ug mao ni ilang gihimong rason nga maka kwarta.milion ton na usik. kung na usik ang atuang nanay sa usa ka tipasi ang mga opisyal sa NFA wala .ug naa pa shipment nga mo abot.

BY EFREN L. DANAO SENIOR REPORTER

SEN. Sergio Osmeña 3rd said Tuesday that he would push for the amendment of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (ESCA) to repeal the exemption of senior citizens from the 12-percent value added tax (VAT). “Everybody should be covered by VAT. Once you make exemptions, government accounting will go awry because VAT has a system of inputs and outputs,” he said.

He said that aside from putting the government’s monitoring of the VAT payments in a mess, the exemption would also erode the country’s tax base.

The ESCA, principally authored by Sen. Pia Cayetano, was meant to restore the original 20-percent discount of senior citizens. The 12-percent VAT had reduced their discount for medicine and other essentials to only 8 percent.

Osmeña said that his proposed amendment would keep the 20-percent discount of senior citizens without exempting them from the VAT.

“We could increase their discounts to 32 percent, and then subject the purchases to the 12-percent VAT,” he proposed.

He said that this way, the net discount of senior citizens would remain at 20 percent in spite of the VAT.

Earlier, he charged that various tax exemptions passed by Congress had cost the government about P100 billion in the last two years.

“From the macro-economic point of view, if we give tax exemptions to everybody who feels they deserve a tax exemption, we will end up eroding the revenue base of government,” he said.

He added that the erosion of this tax base would prevent the government from educating children, from giving enough pay for teachers and doctors.

He said that any tax exemption should be well thought out or it would make the system inefficient.

Kaila ka ni Nang Rare naminyo na sya Torrejano  ija anak si Dodong Torrejano engineer na sya.igsoon ni Nang Rare si Bingbing.Kaila ko kaayo ni Atty Bautista kay ako man kababaat si Nero lawyer na pod karon sila akong Ciriaco ba. sila Emma. imoha mana tiyo si Cinto sa pag agawan di ba?Dia ko sa Virginia US  karon.

Bamz daghan kokaayo  ig agaw diha sa Dagohoy baryo sa Inabanga na sya unahan sa Uog  pero wala na ako ka anha diha sa dako na ako .elementary pa man ko ato. pero segi mana sila doaw sa Clarin pod. mga new generation na lagi pod.

pero nindot man pod tan awon ang mga old pic .

taga Clarin ako Bamz naka anha man ko diha sa una sa gamay pa ako kay na minyo man ako ig agaw diha sa Lutaw ug mga Aparicio.Asa naman ka karon bambi.

Quote from: Bambi on July 29, 2010, 10:11:00 PM
Mao diay nga ang atong kasagarang mga kaliwat mga palahubog!!! Tagay human ug pinusilay!  San Miguel kaha nang ilang giinom?

dilim oi bahal na sya. sa una ang tuba binotelya..shalan..

Bambi asa man ka dapit sa Inabanga?

maayo kay habal habal na ang na bana. sa una maestra iya ra pod studyante ang nabana.at least habal habal sa adlaw unya sa gabii pod

Quote from: Brownman on July 27, 2010, 03:12:52 AM

Quote from: kan-ogong on July 27, 2010, 03:07:41 AM
ngano man si Lapu-lapu ug si Dagohoy wala jud ma apil sa atu kwartang papel?unya so aquino noon nga namatay lang sa erport nahimong hero unya naa pa sa 500 bills.dagohoy revolts close to 1 century wa man lang ma apil sa atu kwarta.
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he he very gud question ni mr. kan - O, basin naay palakasan system aning dapita mao nga si Dagohoy ug Lapu Lapu wa jud tawun mupilit sa papil nga kwarta.

kana gyud noon ang tinood bisan sa mga bayani naa pa jud palakasan.tan awa ang mga bayani naa sa atu kwarta unya subaya ila history compared mo ni dagohoy they are nothing.pila ka tuig ang sakripisyo ni dagohoy is almost century. unsa man na himo ni aquino sa nasod? pila katuig sila Rizal,Bonifacio? mas grabi sakripisyo ni dagohoy sa sa tanan. nilipit man gani di Mabini nga sa duyan ra gi yayongan unya hero na.amboit wala ko kasabot unsa ilahang bases.naa pa sa Cebu si Leon Kilat grabi pod ug kaagi.dili bale maghimo ta ug Bohol dollar si dagohoy ang ibutanng nato.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on July 27, 2010, 09:38:20 AM
sa akong nahibaw-an sa mga kaila nakong nanganak na, mas ganahan sila ug C-section kay kuno less pain.. dili nila makaya ng mag utong utong sa kasakit para lang igawas si baby...bahala na ug mogasto sila ug dako...

pero pag normal pag ka ugma pwede naman ka mobangon sa CS bisan 3 days looy man dili man gani maka bangon kay sakit ang opera.nakita lang ni nako sa asawa sa ako kauban ng CS iya mga anak. 3 days after dili maka tigang sa kotse sa kasakit. pero ug normal 4 days dili man mag lisod ug lakaw. ambot lang ha ang mga babae lang maka experience ani

Quote from: fdaray on July 27, 2010, 11:41:29 AM
Ramasola's Studio diha na sa 1960's atbang sa karaang BSAT. Maoy nagkodak sa among graduation sa high school in 1965.

dugay na diay na sila? sa manila mibalik na ang mga magpakodak sa studio.

Quote from: chicogon on April 22, 2010, 04:31:45 AM


Jagna Church and Convent 1918

naa na diay Ramasolas studio sa una?

ngano man si Lapu-lapu ug si Dagohoy wala jud ma apil sa atu kwartang papel?unya so aquino noon nga namatay lang sa erport nahimong hero unya naa pa sa 500 bills.dagohoy revolts close to 1 century wa man lang ma apil sa atu kwarta.

Quote from: fdaray on July 18, 2010, 01:56:39 PM
If Boholanos did not migrate to other places, we are now congested in Bohol.

oiiii abi nag migrate man sya. mas ok man karon kay sa una. bisan pa daghan na tawo sa bohol karon mura man hayahay karon kay sa una. mas gutom to sa una panahon pa  sa bugas nga RCA ug kato tawag nga masiao nga mais. diha sa una sa bohol makakaon lang ug humay basta hilantan kay maglobok man unya lugawan dayon.lisod to s kinabuhi sa una oi.mi uli ko sa bohol unya dad on ko sa ako mga ig agaw kay manapus sa pangadye sa parente namo nga namatyan .ila ko dad on kay nag ihaw kono baboy. ako sila gi ingnan  mo kuyug ko basta ang hikay nila alisoso nga bolinaw ug utan mongos. kay mao mana jud hikay sa una kung tapus sa namatyan. ingon man ako mga ig agaw nga dili na kono uso sa Bohol ang alisosong bolinaw ug mongos sa tapus. Baboy na kono ang uso. Tiaw muna lang so wala na mag lisod ang Bohol karon.di ba sa una gamay ra ang tinda ug bugas humay sa merkado?puro mais.Lahi na kaayo ang situation karon kay sa una . karon medyo hayahay na ang pag ka butang.kahinumdum mo sa una pag atu mga clasmate anak ug maestra korog nata.sikat ka sa una pag anak ka ug maestra.basta sa akong tan aw hayahay na karon ang Bohol kay sa 70s di bah?

Bishops push anti-condom drive
by Vito Barcelo

A day before the 15th Congress opens and President Aquino delivers his state-of-the-nation address, the Roman Catholic hierarchy renewed its push for natural family planning, saying that artificial birth control violates Catholic teachings.

In a pastoral letter, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines urged Mr. Aquino to continue the moral legacy of his mother, the late President Corazon Aquino by rejecting policies that promote the widespread use of condoms, pills and other contraceptives.

The Church favors only the use of natural family planningâ€"which advocates abstinence during a woman’s fertile period.

The prelates released the statement, signed by Bishop Nereo Odchimar of Surigao del Sur reiterating their stand against abortion and insisting on the use of natural family planning.Odchimar is chairman of the CBCP’s commission on health care.

The bishops rejected the proposed law on reproductive health and population and development that was re-filed by Rep. Edcel Lagman as House Bill 96.

The bishops said the bill is similar with House bill 5053 filed in the last Congress which seeks to control the country’s growing population and prevent the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases.

“With the utmost concern and urgency we express our strong objection to the fundamental aspects of House Bill 96. The basis of our moral objection is once again the central religious truth of the divine origin and divine image of the human person, of one’s being and life,” said the CBCP.

“Science has proven that some contraceptives render the mother’s womb inhospitable, thereby causing abortion,” it added.

The Church leaders reminded Mr. Aquino that the constitutional protection of the unborn child from the first instant of conception was a legacy of his mother.

“It is a legacy given to us some twenty years ago during the presidency of President Corazon C. Aquino,” said the CBCP.

The prelates instead supported the pending “Act Providing for the Safety Protection of the Unborn Child and for Other Purposes” or HB 13 filed by Rep. Roilo Golez.

by Atty. Rita Linda V. Jimeno

Some 30 to 50 years ago, giving birth by Caesarian section was a rare exception. Our mothers delivered most of us by natural means, sometimes with only a midwife assisting them, right in their homes. And to top it all, they gave birth to six or eight children, sometimes, to as many as 12. I myself, gave birth to four children, all by natural and normal delivery. Yet, my eldest had her umbilical cord coiled around her neck. My second and third, on the other hand were both in breech positions (buttocks or feet first). My obstetrician patiently and expertly managed to change the position of my babies without need of putting me under a Caesarian section delivery. I suffered no medical complication and all my children were born healthy.
These days, there is a global phenomenon that while mothers give birth to fewer children, many do so by Caesarian section without serious indications to justify it. The World Health Organization had warned of this boom, which, some experts claim to have reached pandemic proportions.

In the United States of America, the rate of births by Caesarian section is more than 31 per cent (31.8 in 2007). This means one of every three mothers give birth by C-Section. China has the world’s highest incidence of C-section deliveries with a rate of 50 per cent of all births. In the Philippines, like its neighbor countriesâ€"Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysiaâ€"while there are no sufficient data to determine the actual rate of Caesarian births, there is evidence, according to a study by Mario Festin, Malinee Laopaiboon et al., that births by C-section have been on a steady rise.

According to the World Health Organization, the best outcome for mothers and babies appear to occur with Caesarian section rates of only five to 10 percent. Rates above 15 percent seem to do more harm than good, the World Health Organization said. (Athabe and Belizan,The Paradox, The Lancet 2006).

These days, in contrast to how it was 20, 30 years ago, most expectant mothers receive pre-natal care and have every reason to expect an uncomplicated delivery. Ultrasound tests enable their doctors to determine whether the fetus is in proper position; or whether the size of the baby’s head in relation to the mother’s cervix would allow for a normal delivery. Yet, the incidence of childbirth by C-section, which is a major surgery, keeps rising. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, there are clear and authoritative recommendations for a more judicious use of this procedure considering the short and longer-term adverse effects for mothers and babies.

mosokol na sya pero molokot kay iya gidipinsahan ang iyang btiyan mao na iya taguan kay homok man angtiyan ana. ang makita ra nimo iya mga kuyamoy, iya imoha na lang tumban dakpon na. pag dakop nimo molokot na sya . tanawa sa picture di ba makita nimo ang mga kuyamoy ra ug paak pero ug imoha na sya tul iron taas na sya murag hanlilitik muta pod ug kagang dako lang tiyan ang coconut crab . ug madakpan na nimo guma hikot ana para dili maka buka. unyag hikot ana mohipos man pod na iya paak.moaand na ug gitikon ang lobot matulog na sya.

gibinlan man pod ni sya ug mga luxury apartment sa Orchard Road sa Singapore. Ang Orchard Road center ni sya sa business sa Singapore mao dako kaayo value iya mga apartment.20 yrs man pod sya nag silbe sa iya amo she is now 47yrs old pwede kapa manguyab nya Bay.

umang mana siya Bay. unyag kadako na mogas na sya sa iya kabhang .unya magdako na sya modako na kaayo mao na nga coconut crab na.kay ako gitan aw ang gagmay umang man jud.dako na sya kaayo ug paak murag bukton paak pa lang busog kana.kanang lubi unyag paak ana m
mabuak jud.basta mag ulan daghan kaayo mang gawas naay gagmay paet mana gagmay .ang lami kanang dako na kaayo.kanang umang hulbuto sa iya balayan mao jud na sya. pag dagan ana tagaan na niya iya tiyan kay humok mana sya ang sulod ana sa tiyan puro tambok.unyag dakop ana molukot ra mana na siya kay iya gipanalipdan ang tiyan nya kay humok man. dagkona sya kuyamoy, basta umang mao jud na sya ug nakakita ka umang nga dako mao na sya.pero modako pa jud na ang paak murag bukton.daghan man kono na sa Batanes sa TV ra man pod ko nakakita sa Batanes.pero sa CNMI daghan jud na sya

tanan assets nga gihatag para nya abot ug 400 million pesos swerte kaayo jud

unyag human ani sa sari sari store isunod kono nila mag tax sa mga tricycle driver manikuresta. barbero.ok man unta mobayad ta ug tax kaso lang dili man pod ta sigurado ug asa ma adto ang kwarta. Mga politiko ra man pod maka pahimus. kana diay ilaha pork barrel nga mga milliiones. ilaha travel expenses nga mga milliones.gikan mana sa tax sa mga tawo looy pod ang mga ordinaryong mga tawo. unahon nila kato mga big corporation.

pa ubana pod ko ninyo oi

bisan mamaligya ta ug bodbod sa skwelahan sa bohol may tax?magtinda ta ug maruya ,toron naa tax? ila sa unahon ang mga tax evaders.above 25 pesos knahanglan kana mo issue ug resebo. asa man tawon ta kuha ug resebi pila ra bay ganansya magtinda ug bodbod.tana tawo nag bayad ka ug tax kana diay VAT. sa tanan nimo pinalit nag bayad man ka tax.unahon una nila ang mga big corporation then down to mamaligya ug mga toron bodbod.

by Joyce Pangco Pañares

THE Aquino administration wants to collect more taxes by cracking the whip on sari-sari store owners, market vendors, and the estimated 40 percent of Filipinos who work in the underground economy.

“If you sell something worth P25, you should already issue a receipt,” Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares said.

“Why should somebody pay tax and somebody else not pay?”

Henares said Internal Revenue had started talks with market vendors on the need to issue receipts. Even pedicab drivers would be part of the new drive.Regulations must be simple and easy to carry out.

“We need to have rules that will make compliance easy for those employed in the informal sector,” Henares said.

She did not say how much the government hoped to collect from the renewed effort, but various estimates put the number of sari-sari or small mom-and-pop convenience stores at 700,000, and that means they make up 30 to 40 percent of the total retail sales in the country. Most are home-based and unregistered, and employ family members as staff.

Faced with a swelling budget deficit that reached P196.7 billion in the first half of the year, the government is trying to raise revenue without imposing new taxes.

On Wednesday, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said revenue agencies would be pressed to bolster collection.

As part of its renewed collection effort, Internal Revenue wants to raise the tax base from the current 5 million fixed-income earners to at least 11.5 million, or half of the 23 million employed members of the Social Security System over the next six years.

For the near term, the bureau is cracking down on tax evaders, filing its first criminal case under the Aquino administration against an owner of a chain of pawnshops, William Villarica.

The bureau said Wednesday it would include Villarica’s luxury cars, including a Mercedes Benz SLR, a Ferrari, a P26-million Lamborghini Gallardo, two Toyora MR-S and a Volkswagen New Beetle, in the tax case against the pawnshop owner.

Henares said bureau investigators found Villarica, who paid only P25,607.25 in taxes from 1998 to 2009, owned at least six luxury vehicles that he bought at the time he did not file his income tax return.

“There are other cars, so the assessment [on back taxes and penalties] will go up because the case was originally based only on the Lamborghini,” Henares said.

“We are still accessing the deed of sales. It will be easy to check because he joins car shows,” she said.

Henares said the Lamborghini sports car alone would create a tax deficiency of P16.2 million plus P6.3 million in value-added tax against Villarica.

Based on the National Internal Revenue Code, tax evasion and willful failure to file income tax returns carry a penalty of imprisonment of up to 10 years.

Henares said another major tax evasion case would be filed Thursday next week, but she declined to give details except to say the case began in 2007.

SINGAPOREâ€"A Filipino maid has inherited about US$4.3 million from her late employer after more than 20 years of service, the Straits Times said Wednesday.

“I am the luckiest maid in Singapore, with or without the money,” said the woman, 47, who is single and gave her name only as “Christine.”

She refused to be named in public for fear of possible threats to her life in the impoverished Philippines, where wealthy people have been kidnapped for ransom and some killed by their abductors.

The windfall, including cash and a luxury apartment near the Orchard Road shopping belt, came from the estate of her employer Quek Kai Miew, a medical doctor and philanthropist who died last year at 66.

The maid had also taken care of the doctor’s late mother, and was told that she would be a beneficiary of her employer’s will when it was drawn up in 2008.

“There were no secrets between us. I was not surprised at all when she told me how much I was going to get,” the maid said.

“Christine” was devastated when Quek died a year ago, as the two were inseparable, and temporarily moved in with the doctor’s nephew for solace.

“It was heartbreaking for me as I saw more years with Doctor Quek than with my own mother. I would break down every time I thought about her. I could not be by myself,” she said.

“I was always beside her. Wherever she went, I was with her.”

The maid, who is now applying for permanent residency in Singapore, said her newfound wealth had not changed her lifestyle.

“I do not really think much about the money I got. I just live my life as I did before, and not as a rich person,” the maid, dressed simply in a blouse and slacks with short-cropped hair, was quoted as saying.

“I am still who I was before. I cannot behave differently because I have money now. Even my Filipino maid friends here still treat me the same.”

Nearly 200,000 foreign maids, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, work in affluent Singapore, which has a population of five million.


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Quote from: fdaray on July 21, 2010, 09:55:31 AM
Dili man ni makaon.

mahal na sya sa Guam ug sa Saipan. 250 dollars per kilo. lami na sya, karong agosto ang season ana sa Guam.kada gabii mi manguha ana. pag panguha ana  lubi nga gi tibtiban unya mga 3 days na murag copras na ang baho, tuhugon na sya sa kawayan  mga 1 ft unya ugsok na nimo. balikon na nimo pag ka ugma naa na ang coconut crab mag segi tuyok tuyok sa sa ubos kay dili man sya maka saka kay lipak ra gud sa kawayan. sundog ra man kami sa mga Chamoro ug Guamenian unsaon pag dakop sa coconut crab. modagan na sya pa atras.ang sulod sa tiyan ana tambok. pag kaon ana kuhaon na nimo ang iya tinae kay makalibanga na ang tinae. dagko kaayo na sya paak. pero ug high blood ka ayaw kaon ana kay ma hospital jud ka kay tambok na sya kaayo.nangita ko ana sa Bohol pero wala man . naa na sya sa Quezon ug sa Batanes. pero sa Bohol wala oi kagang ra daghan diha sa Bohol.Mahal na sya mga Japanese ang mamalit ana sa Guam. Basta may ulan mangawas na sila. Sa Guamn Saipan Tinian ang season ana Agosto. kung maguha ka ana dili ka dakpon. Kami kay hapit man kada gabii . amo lang tagoan.kay dako na sya ug multa sa Guam basta dili season.

Quote from: philippines on July 16, 2010, 02:37:47 AM
Flashback: please share your experience and thoughts.

Mas linaw kaayo ang lunsod diha sa Bohol gamay pa man ko ato segi patrol mga PC unya tag usa ka dumptrack nga klasi nga armas gi surender kada lunsod.walay gubot.ang tanan bayle naa permit para maka undang 12midnite walay maldito ,si marcos sa una hapit kada tuig mag referedum ug kung sugot ba mga tawo lift na martial law mga tawo dili mosugot kung e lift na martial law kay nagustuhan man sa MGA TAWO ang martial law nangawala mga maldito rapist k******n diha sa Bohol.uban man ko managat sa ako papa gawas mi sa balay 2am dakop mi sa PC hatud ra man pod mi sa munisipio pag buntag buhian man pod. mao kuha mi permit sa Tagbilaran para antytime sa kadlawon dili mi dakpon sa PC.para sa ako maayo ang martila law. sa manila ra man ang gubot tungod ra pod sa mga politiko.I'm so proud being a Bol-anon kay daghan nako gidala diha mga bisita taga Luzon mo ingon jud sila bootan mga tawo sa Bohol kay sa uban probinsya.Maayo na man pod atu mga kalsada diha sa Bohol mga semento naman pod almost all ropund bohol and interiors.

Quote from: keih liwanag on May 25, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
team manager (hotel industry)

asa man ka nga hotel keih pa aplaya ta beh

wala jud tawon sya nabutang sa atuang mga kuarta. si Ninoy nga napatay lang sa erport hero na nasa 500 bill pa.unya ang mga tagalog himoon pa nila ug saints si Cory.Who is Ninoy and Cory?unsa man ilaha nahimo para sa mga tawo?Wala

Francisco Dagohoy: A Slice of History and Myth
Francisco Dagohoy, born Francisco Sendrijas, is a native of Inabanga, Bohol. Not much is known of his parentage, birthday, or boyhood. Records only showed that he eventually became a Cabeza de Barangay or Barangay Captain of the town.



He derived his name from an amulet (“dagon” in Cebuano) he was wearing which the people believed gave him the charm of a gentle wind or “hoyohoy” and the power to jump from one hill to another and from one side of the river to the other. He was believed to have a clear vision inside dark caves and be invisible whenever and wherever he wants. From his local alias, “Dagon sa Hoyohoy”, the name of Dagohoy was established.



The Dagohoy rebellion stemmed not from a religious conflict but was ignited by forced labor, Spanish oppression, excessive tax collection and payment of tributes implemented by the Spaniards and the Jesuit priests at that time.



The rebellion was triggered when the Jesuit curate of Inabanga, Fr. Gaspar Morales, refused to give a Christian burial to Francisco’s brother, Sagarino, who died when chasing a man who abandoned his Christian religion. The order to chase the man was given by Fr. Morales and so it infuriated Francisco no end when the priest refused the rites of burial.



Calling upon his fellow Boholanos to raise arms against their oppressors, the rebellion started from 1744 until 1829, roughly eighty five years. The rebellion even outlasted several Spanish Governor Generals and several missions.



The signal of the uprising was the killing of Father Giuseppe Lamberti, an Italian priest curate of Jagna on January 24, 1744. Father Morales was killed by Dagohoy shortly afterwards. Support for the uprising spread like wildfire throughout the island.



Francisco Dagohoy established a free government in the mountains of Danao. With an initial 3,000 followers, the number subsequently increased to more than 20,000. He and his men defeated the Spanish-Filipino forces sent against him which lasted for 85 years. Even after his death, the mountain stronghold of Filipino patriots was not subdued and continued to defy Spanish power.



The Caylagon cave in Danao town became the headquarters of Dagohoy. It has many crystal-studded passages and an underwater route to dry land which is often the hiding place of Francisco and his men when pursued or when the Spaniards would search the cave.



Twenty Spanish governors-general tried to quell the rebellion and failed. Only during the able leadership of General Mariano Ricafort (1825-30) was the rebellion subdued under Captain Manuel Sanz. By August 31, 1829, the rebellion stopped. Governor Ricafort pardoned 19,420 survivors who were allowed to live in villages located in the towns of Batuan, Cabulao, Catigbian and Bilar.



Dagohoy’s Legacy


Dagohoy will forever live in the pages of Philippine history, not only as a brother and a heroic man, but as the leader of the longest Filipino uprising on record. His revolt lasted for a span of 85 years.

Dagohoy features in the Bohol provincial flag as one of the two bolos or native swords with handle and hand-guards on top. These two bolos, which are reclining respectively towards the left and right, depict the Dagohoy and Tamblot revolts, the two revolts in the annals of the history of Bohol.

Also, the town of Dagohoy, Bohol is named in his honor by the former Philippine Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, who was then still Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines. The high school in Dagohoy was also aptly called the Dagohoy Memorial National High School.

kanta na lang mo tanan.. KUNG IKAW INDAY MANGITAG PAMAYHONON PILIA BAJA INDAY ANG BOL-ANON..

Quote from: fdaray on July 11, 2010, 08:00:24 PM
Nakapasar na ko sa blogging , sa wordPress.com ug google. Daghan nako ug na sulat nga blogs. Segi ko ug register sa Paypal kay adto ipaagi ang bayad , but until now wala pa ko  ka register.  Mga 100 na ka blogs ang akong nasulat. Mao bitaw nga mihinay akong posts sa TB kay tua ko sa blogging ug facebook.

Hofe..., try to open my blogspot. I heartily  welcome your comments.

Gi tigum pa to imoha bayad Sir.

iya man gi una ang hambog.praktis lang unta sya toda.magdevelop ug uban pa style sa ataki sa kontra.ton an nya ang style sa kontra para sa counter punch.kompyansa lang sya unya una pa hambog.dah paktay lagi

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Excitement is growing in the picturesque province of Bohol as fight fans look forward to the battle between AJ “Bazooka” Banal (21-1, 17 KO’s) and tough Japanese and former WBO super flyweight interim champion Big Yoo (16-2, 11 KO’s) in a presentation of the famed ALA Promotions and the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN at the Carlos P. Garcia Stadium in Tagbiliaran, Bohol on July 17.

The fight card will be telecast over the pre-eminent Channel 2 at 10:15 a.m. on July 18 with a replay on Studio 23 at 10:00 p.m.

Boxing fans will get an extra treat when popular Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista (28-2, 21 KO’s)  will engage OPBF title challenger Fernando Otic in a three-round exhibition bout as Bautista prepares for his big test following surgery on his left wrist , at the Waterfront Hotel on July 28 against a certified Mexican puncher, Luis Alberto Perez who has a record of 26-4 with 17 knockouts.

Banal’s battle with Big Yoo is another deliberate step in his campaign to earn a world title shot after four successive and impressive wins following a stunning 10th round KO loss to Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion in a WBA super flyweight interim title fight on July 26, 2008 when he was ahead on the scorecards of all three judges. Concepcion will face WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel in a title fight in Mexico also on July 17 with the Panamanian replacing the injured mandatory challenger Eric Morel.

The southpaw Banal is coming off a 4th round knockout of Mexico’s Cecilio Santos who had previously fought some of the best super flyweights and bantamweights in title fights including the likes of Jorge Arce, Fernando Montiel, Dimitri Kirilov and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr among others. 

Banal is currently rated No. 4 by the WBC, IBF and WBO and No. 12 by the WBA and an impressive win on Saturday and then again on July 28 against Perez will surely put him in loe for a world title shot.

Banal is aware of the challenges before him and by all accounts has trained hard and is in great shape for his first test against Big Yoo on Saturday.

The international coordinator of the Japan Boxing Commission and the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation â€" OPBF â€" Koji Ishizuka cleared the confusion over the real identity and nationality of the fighter whose ring name is Big Yoo. Ishizuka told us that Big Yoo is Hayato Kimura’s alias. Ishizuka said “he is Japanese but is now under contract with a Korean manager” so he is effectively under the Korean Boxing Commission. Big Yoo resides in Seoul, Korea and is also known to use the alias Joon-in Yoo.

Too young to get a license in Japan, Kimura went to Thailand where he made his debut in Bangkok in a six round bout and went on to win three straight fights and fought under the name Hayato Chuwatana and was rated No. 4 .

He moved back to South Korea and in June 2007 won the South Korean super flyweight title with a 3rd round knockout of Jin-Ki Jung in only his eighth professional bout...

Known for his speed, Big Yoo also has a reputation for being a ferocious body puncher. The 20 year old fighter has a record of 16-2 with 11 knockouts. In his last fight Big Yoo scored a big 5th round TKO over the Philippines BJ Dolorosa in Tokyo on April 6 this year after unexpectedly dropping a ten round decision to another Filipino Brix Ray in Daegu, Korea on January 3.He lost a close split decision in a battle for the vacant Korean bantamweight title to Seung Suk Chae. Big Yoo is currently ranked No. 6 by the OPBF

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on June 08, 2010, 02:50:17 PM
I'm using the USB Smartbro, Min, and it's a joke, useless. Total crap. I changed locations. This time diri sa Davao duol na sa Smart tower. Same result. The connection stops every six minutes. I have to unplug the USB and restart the SmartBro connection. It's annoying doing this thing over and over again every 6 minutes.

SmartBro sucks big time. Beware people.

no comments kay 1 year gamit mi smart bro nahuman na lang contract wala signal.renew mao lang gihapon. tinood anha dayon ang technician pero igo ra man tan aw. depende siguro sa location kay gamit sa balay karon globe tatto na wala man problema. mao depende siguro sa location./

Quote from: hofelina on July 08, 2010, 06:09:42 PM
Wah man gani ma-preso si Imelda.

korek

Quote from: jorgeanna on June 29, 2010, 11:26:50 AM
kani ang tinood nga chinese beauty pwera lang sa naa sa taliwa hehehehe



together with my students Angel and Hayes

naa mana balahibo sa ilok imoha studyante.pustahan pa tayo

biktima ni sya sa diskiminasyon ni araneta tungod kay pobre .siguro nakita na ninyo ang ilang payag sa tawid ug tilwa sa kabasakan.mao naanad ni sya molakaw ug catwalk kay layo kaayo magsubay maglatay sa pilapil sa basak. pero bilib ako sa iya kay proud kaayo sya sa ilang payag.sa kwarto sa ilang balay pakita jud  niya bisan sya usa na ka celebrity.wish all the best for her to win the crown in Vegas.

mga bisaya man kaayo ug dagway.naa mana daghan sa bohol syempre

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 27, 2010, 12:11:15 PM
Goats milk sad diri sa Merika mas mahal pa kay sa cow's milk! nganong wa man tay goats milk? na unsa na gud ning Pinas oi.

naa man gani daghan chicken milk sa bohol goats milk noon wala?

mas dagko pa man ang mga itlog Noy kay sa mga totoy.Na hala lamyog jud

Purisima to DOF; Noy bares Cabinet today
By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) Updated June 29, 2010 12:00 AM 

MANILA, Philippines - President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is set to name today the members of his official family, who will include Cesar Purisima as finance secretary.

Aquino will make the announcement as he prepares for his inauguration tomorrow as the country’s 15th president.

Outgoing Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said he met yesterday with Purisima to brief him on the economy but that the latter came as a member of the transition team and not as the next finance chief. But reliable sources confirmed that Purisima has accepted the finance portfolio

MAO NI LAMI NGA NEGOSYO.NAMUHUNAN UG 10MILLION SA NOYNOY ELECTION DAKO NI KAAYO GANANSYA 6YRS SIGURO 100X ANG GANANSYA NYA.IJA GYUD NI BAWION. LOOYA SA MGA PINOY OI.

 Why is Bohol viewed as a poor province?Tungod sa mga politiko.sukad sa akong pagkamatong ug buot ang atuang mga mayor wala pagpakabana sa situation sa katawhan.ila man pod na gituyo kay foundation para sa sunod election.pwede man unta ang mayor mohangyo ug mga trainors form TESDA bisan usa ka buwan to train sa mga katawhan for hands on technical skills para mga bana pod maka pag apply sa abroad. Pwede naman mag imbita ang mga mayor sa Technology and livelihood Center para mag train sa mga tawo unsaon pag gama ug sabon panglaba. shampo, dishwashing soap,meat processing sama sa tocino.longanisa ug uban pa.mogasto lang ang munisipyo ug mga raw materials.pero wala man sila magpakabana.unya ug ma train na sila garantiyahan sa mayor sa Rural Bank para loan sa puhunan sa ila nakat unan.ug maayo lang mayor ug magpakabana jud walay mag lisod diha.sa una gusto nako tudluan ug mo conduct unta ko hands on training sa amo lungsod sa Bohol ako unta sila tudloan sa Refrigeration and Airconditioning para sa tanan mga lalaki para maka mao mo ayo  ug mga aircon ug mga refrigerator papalit ko nila hguba nga aircon guba nga ref dili man nila. ako unta sila tudloan ang mga lalaki  hands on building and industrial electrician control trouble shooting dili man sila mo palit ug mga wire for training.ako unta sila tudloan ug Plumber and pipe fitting para mahimo tubero wala man pod suporta. mora ko maestra nga gamay sweldo baktas sa bukid para mag tudlo akoa pa chalk ug papel para sa mga studyante.ang mga politiko na lang bahala sa atua mga paisano.

Quote from: grazie7y on July 13, 2009, 10:33:48 PM
Aguy maayo gani ni dah!  Favorite nako nang duol sa manghihilot especially mga buta. 

unya kay mga lalaki man ang buta basin mahilaman ang uban parte .aw excuse man kay buta man

DILI KAY KURAP LANG MGA HAMBUG PA.ibalik na lang to sa una nga apointed unya wala sweldo. bisan election sa barangay naa pod patayan.mamalit pa boto.kay naa man pod IRA..maayo abolish

ngano man na hero si Ninoy? sa erport lang namatay hero na?Daghan sa atuang mga sundalo nga nangamatay sa Mindanao wala man ilha. unya si Ninoy nga wala man gihimo sa Pinas hero na? si Cory how come heroin.sa sya pa presidente wala man sya nahimo.12 hrs brownout with in 6 years. ang na nga datu iya mga parente.karon man gani wala pa manumpa dili na magkasinabot ang Liberal . ilog na sa sa pwesto.Ug daghan kudeta ang kang Cory mas daghan ni mag Kudeta kang Noynoy.Dili pwede nga maghilom lang ang mga official sa military 300 kapin nga na by pass bisan retired na si Gen. Bangi mag underground na sya.Si Binay nanglood kay gusto sa mga kapartido ni Noynoy ang Liberal dili hatagan ug pwesto.wala pa gani manumpa gubot na.ATANGAN..

Quote from: bol-anon quo nyur! on June 24, 2010, 08:13:53 AM
Permi kong tan-aw sa TV patrol everyday ug permi ko nga nag open sa Inquirer, pero waman ko makakita ug makabasa kabahin ani? Unsa bani ka tinood?

MANILA, Philippines - Pinayuhan kahapon ni Senate
Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., ang bunsong kapatid ni president-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III na si Kris Aquino na ayusin muna ang problema niya sa asawang si James Yap bago pakialaman ang pulitika sa Senado.

Ginawa ni Pimentel ang payo kay Kris sa gitna ng ulat na kinakausap nito ang mga senador upang iboto bilang Senate President si Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan.
Mas makakabuti aniyang pagtuunan na lamang ng pansin ni Kris ang kaniyang marital problem kaysa sa sumaysaw sa pulitika.

“I heard that it was denied but Kris (Aquino) is now in the throes of a marriage problem so it might be better to concentrate on that rather than dab into political matters,” sabi ni Pimentel sa lingguhang Kapihan sa Senado.Ilang araw ng laman ng pahayagan ang ginawang pag-amin ni Kris na mayroon silang problema ng asawang si James at posibleng tuluyang mauwi sa hiwalayan ang kaniyang pagsasama.

Samantala, sinabi ni Pimentel na malaking problema ngayon ng Li­beral Party ang magiging banggaan nina Pangi­linan at incoming senator Franklin Drilon.

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wa pod ko kabalo ngano man na pokos ni sa Bohol ra. suway mo puyo sa Cebu sa Pasil paingon ngadto sa Dulho unya Mambaling Paingon na sa Pardo. Siguro sa Bohol naa mga walay kasilyas but only 5% but sa Cebu sa mga lugar nga ako giingon im sure 90% wala sila mga kasilyas.Naa man sila kasilyas Public naa sa daplin sa baybayon galinya ang mga libong ka tawo sa kada buntag. bisan karon naa pa wala pana mausab bisan 30yrs na wala na ko didto.Mao nga please ayaw mo pokos sa Bohol. We are to much much much better than them. ang nakita man gud ninyo sa Cebu is SM ug Ayala area lang.sa amo sa Clarin may be less than 5% wala o 100 percent naa mga kasilyas im sure pero wala gamita kay wala man tubig gamiton sa pag flush.para sa ako tanan naa sa bohol naa kasilyas kaso lang wala gamita kay wala tubig. sa mga isla naman i understand na sa dagat ra nila labay.Any body know about Republic of Maldives?Its is compose of 35 atolls. puro mga isla. they are the the best resort in the world . usa ako nag develop sa mga resort sa Maldives ang  kasilyas mao ra man sa dagat pod gihapon ilabay ang hugaw.We are pumping all the sewage to the ocean the same smell that we have in the island inhabitants in Bohol.Bisan naa Sewege Treatment.Di pod ta mo pokos sa Bohol nga wala kasilyas oii. Sigurado ako tanan naa kasilyas sa Bohol wala lang gamita kay wala tubig ibubu.Unahon unta sa mga tongressman ug gobernador ang tubig.

A South African doctor has developed a new female condom that she hopes will combat rape in the most painful way possible.

Dr. Sonnet Ehlers has invented Rape-axe, a female device with jagged hooks that latch onto a man's penis during penetration.

The doctor is distributing 30,000 of these condoms in South Africa during this year's World Cup.

"It hurts," Ehlers told CNN. "He cannot pee and walk when it's on. If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter."

South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world, according to Human Rights Watch. It is also believed that 16 percent of the population is living with HIV.

Rape-axe is inserted like a tampon and when embedded to a man the device can only be removed by a doctor.

Some have accused Ehler of creating nothing more than a new-age chastity belt.

"It not only presents the victim with a false sense of security, but psychological trauma," said Victoria Kajja, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Uganda.

But Ehlers said that she had taken the proper research and development steps before launching the product.

"I consulted engineers, gynecologists and psychologists to help in the design and make sure it was safe," she said.

Ehlers also pointed out how women take extreme measures such as placing razor blades in their nether regions to prevent rape in South Africa.

"I believe something's got to be done," she said. "This will make some men rethink before they assault a woman

kanang naninda pod kay mangilad naman.bisan dili sa Jagna gigama ila jud ipogos nga kalamay sa Jagna.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 20, 2010, 01:18:40 PM
Matud pas akong ig-agaw diha silay inun-onang bugaong, dagko ra ba. Dihang gikaon nila, bantog rang morag nibukad ang apapangig sa bugaong, sus kay mag-um-om pa man diay og tubow...

mag buhi na lang daghan bugaong ug sugi sa isla mao mana mga isda nga mokaon ana heeeeee.

Mag zoom.com na lang mo kay mas barato unya di na kinahanglan mogawas pa mo. naa sa computer nyo zoom.com dali ra man pod mas barato. visit http//:www.zoom.com

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 15, 2010, 05:34:27 AM
na barato bitaw ang WU noh? WU man ko tig padala bisan adtong tag 42 pa ilang charge! tag pila diay ang exchange sa Money gram Kel???

the bins 11$ per 500   sa moneygrams naa na sila ID karon kuha ka para naa ka discount. unya ug sigi kana padala 5$ ra man to ila charge nako ato last week pero ug 1000 ipadala nimo sa WU kana   sa Moneygram ug dollar pay out 12$ bayad og pesos 11$ charge.

Quote from: jorgeanna on June 13, 2010, 03:13:41 PM
akong 2 british friends (couple ni sila), everytime makakaon sila og food nga naay MSG, tummy problems gyud dayon unya magluya sila mao looy baya pud kay everytime we have dinner party (care of sa skul), timo2x ra gyud tawn sila...

Dili mana maka daot ang vetsin.10 yrs na ako wala mogamit pero ako gibalik gamit dere sa US kay it can help digestion di ba na topic na sya sa Rated K ni Korina. nag research pa sya sa Japan University of Tokyo ug sa China.UNya sukad gamit ko usab wala nako mipalit ug gatas nga naa fiber.mahal oi.lisod man pod ug mokaon ko kapayas kay taas pod ug papene mura ta pari.Mao vetsin na lang kay barato.Pero nag reaseach pod ko oi. MSG dili makadaot makatabang pa sa lawas .Mao na mga puti ug mokaon sa Chinese restaurant makalibanga kay naa MSG high in fiber

sa ubos gud..