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Suspect used aliases to lure victims

CEBU CITY, Philippines â€" Like his favorite disc jockey “Inday Misyel” of Energy FM, Julius Cotton, the “textmate” accused of murdering factory worker Emily Nuñeza, used several voices and aliases to victimize his targets.

One of the witnesses, who requested anonymity, told Cebu Daily News that Coton used the aliases Michael, Reggie and Jerome when calling the “Hi Pangga,” an on-air dating program at Energy FM, in order to lure his victims.

The witness said Coton, a native of Aurora, Zambonga del Sur who temporarily resided in Barangay (village) Cabangcalan, would receive phone calls even at dawn.

Coton would then leave the house in the morning and return at night.

The witness said Coton may have victimized several women already since he has so many cell phones even if he had no job.

After being arrested, Coton admitted to Mandaue City police that he raped Nuñeza before choking her to death with a nylon rope.

Nuñeza’s remains were found at the Mandaue North Reclamation Area on January 23.

Coton was arrested in a dawn raid in his friend’s home in Sitio (district) Aroma, Barangay (village) Subangdaku on February 2.

Despite his admission, only murder charges will be filed against Coton, according to Inspector George Aniñon, homicide section chief of the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO).

Aniñon said medico-legal experts who conducted an autopsy of the victim could not prove that she was raped since her remains were in an advanced state of decomposition.

As such, Aniñon said they could not file rape charges against Coton even with his verbal admission given during the police interrogation.

However, he said they received a call from a maid who claimed that she was nearly raped by the suspect.

He said if they can secure the testimony of the maid, along with the suspect's admission which they expect he will recant, they can file rape charges against Coton.

Aniñon said Coton may be using one modus operandi against his victims.

“He (Coton) will trick the victim to exchanging mobile phones so that he can sell the victim's mobile phone. If he likes the victim, he will also rape her. In this case, Coton liked the victim,” Aniñon said in Cebuano.

Despite being convinced that Coton committed the crimes on his own, Aniñon said they will look for additional evidence as ordered by Senior Superintendent Orlando Ualat, Mandaue City Police chief, to determine if he had any accomplices.

The police said Tuesday the delays in the filing of charges against Coton, who is detained at the Mandaue police precinct in Subangdaku, Mandaue City, was due to the unavailability of the witnesses in filing the affidavits.

Aniñon said they will call on the witnesses to file their affidavits after office hours and may be able to file the case on Wednesday.

Aside from the maid, he said they are waiting for other witnesses to come forward. /With reports from Chris Ligan, Jhunnex Napallacan and Jully Venus Cuizon

Murder victim’s friend charged in court


CEBU CITY, Philippines â€" The murder case against Jonnelle Enfectana for allegedly killing her friend and co-worker Lynn Vi Ebarita has been elevated to the court.

Mandaue City Assistant Prosecutor Bienvenido Mabanto Jr. said there was “probable cause” to charge the 26-year-old call center agent with murder “in conspiracy with other person or persons whose identity are still to be ascertained.”

“The evidence... may be circumstantial... (but) this investigator is of the finding and opinion that this web of circumstantial evidence, if taken together, would result to an undeniable conclusion that respondent, Jonnelle Enfectana, is probably guilty for the crime of murder...,” Mabanto said in his resolution.

With the case filed in court, Enfectana was transferred from her detention cell at the Mandaue City Police Office’s station 2 to the Mandaue City Jail.

Mabanto said he gave weight to the statement of witnesses who saw Ebarita, Enfectana and a certain Evelyn hours before the murder.

The three were seen together after the Sinulog grand parade in Cebu City and later at the Nikkei Garden Hotel in Barangay (village) Subangdaku, Mandaue City.

The prosecutor also said that Enfectana’s statements to police were often contradictory.

Also, Mabanto noted that Ebarita’s wallet was later found in a boarding house where Enfectana stays.

But Enfectana's lawyer, Michael Enriquez, insisted that there was no direct evidence that linked his client to the murder of Ebarita, also a call center agent. /With a report by Correspondent Chris A. Ligan


-inquirer

Adam Smith's invisible hand theory?

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on February 04, 2009, 11:32:29 PMmapanglukmay

unsa meaning ani?

hahahaha!! bnc ni ate bella pa,,shuang!:D

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 04, 2009, 11:24:04 PM
Slumdog Millionaire

glace, nindot pud cya nga pagka story no?
it is written. haha

daghan juy mu apil ani..

hahaha... saling pusa kaayu,

hehe.. friendly man gud ko

ate ligs.. ur turn to choose the next to post

Happy birthday Loraine

omg..naa jud diay mo city proper.. i think feb 28 -march 1..basta kita lang ko kuyog haha
ill let you know ate

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

In a move that has AIDS advocates already lodging discrimination complaints against the Roman Catholic Church, an archbishop in central Mexico announced last week that any men seeking to become priests in the region must be HIV-negative.

Puebla archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco said in press conference that any men seeking to enter the priesthood through the city's seminaries must take an HIV antibody test and post negative results. Those who test positive, he said, will be turned away.


"They undergo tests, including HIV, so that someone who is sick can't get in through the cracks," he said. "We pay attention to this. We are not asleep, but sometimes things get past us. But if you are sick, we do not accept you."

Pacheco also said gay men were banned from the priesthood.

The policy banning HIVers from the priesthood was implemented after local lawmakers said they intended to champion legislation that would allow government officials to press charges against priests who sexually abuse children. Pacheco never explained why he believes there is a link between HIV-positive priests and the sexual abuse of children. Brahim Zamora Salazar, director of the nonprofit organization Democracy and Sexuality, says that banning HIV-positive men from the church in Puebla is a violation of federal laws preventing discrimination against HIV-positive individuals. Salazar said that a group of leaders from nongovernmental organizations would be traveling to Puebla to personally hand copies of the laws to archbishop Huesca, since "it is obvious he doesn't have knowledge of it," reports the Mexican publication Proceso.


http://www.hivplusmag.com/NewsStory.asp?id=19860&StoryDate=02/03/2009

slept..nya nagkuha sa ako laundry..

walay laag kay nagsave ko.. for dako dako nga laag.jihihi

ate lumine naa ka sa cagayan de oro? asa dapit? i am planning to go there, wala palang koy kuyog..hahaha 1700 ra roundtrip te!!:)

te. when you eat it, do you watch movie at the same time? ana man ko usahay. i also like tunaw chocs but not that i prefer it. lol

Rubik's Cunbe Erno Rubik to release Rubik's 360

THE man who invented Rubik's Cube almost 30 years ago has come up with a maddening new challenge.

Rubik's 360 involves moving plastic balls through a set of transparent spheres.

Prof Erno Rubik, 64, a reclusive Hungarian, said the new puzzle was as good as his original cube.

"The 360 is one of the most innovative and exciting puzzles we've developed since the cube, adopting elements of my original design, challenging the solver to use skill, dexterity and logic."

The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974, but was not released until 1980 when it became a phenomenon. Sales have risen again in recent years with internet tutorials helping to revive interest.

Fans of the original are eagerly awaiting the launch of the new puzzle.

The Rubik's Cube world champion is Dutch teenager Eric Akkersdijk, who completed the puzzle in just 7.08 seconds.

The slowest Cube solver is believed to be Graham Parker, 45, from Portchester, Hampshire, in England.

He finished this year after 26 years.

The Rubik's 360 goes on sale later this year.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25000473-663,00.html

hahaha..kadugay na ana ngohion ate alet!!

simbako ipalayu. church me faraway.

hahaha labi na if adto ka sa topmost nga seats.. gudluch nalang sa makit-an

I wonder nganu nakasoud cya sa files.. na hack tale nya gipost sa site maong na download.. unsa kaha nga song.. hmm

giluod. naglagot. gadumot.

hahahah!!! mag sinabakay nalang

Quote from: ligiah on February 04, 2009, 07:49:36 PM
3. when i eat chocolate, gusto nako kanang melted na sa akong kamot, unya sus tilap tilapan! yummy!!!!

ate.. u'll look like a child ani carefree kaayu

magbreak down ko if ako ang pasanginlan...

katangahan.

hahah! bad kaayu ka kuya.

mr chips ra ko

adto ko mag google sa lochness monster

hahahah!! mom isdatchu? ang sinehan katugan lang..hmpht

okie rana!! daghan bitaw sideline. ha!

hehe.. te.. are you familiar with torrents?

meaning taken na diay ni ron. ha!?!?

Glacier sa kay mas active..

nindot ate no?!!

Across the Universe then 21!! i love the movie!!

Often in love? kalisud pud ana.hehe but being in love is a nice feeling.

touch and go ko nga pagkatao..

late night talks.. usahay ma abtan nalang ug sunrise..

mga tambay tambay nga walay bayad

i when i was like 3-5 y.o...when i hear the sound of lolo's motor approaching, i'll immediately hide beind the sofa.. and lolo will say "uyy asa naman to si bembem"..and it's like major BULAGAAA

else, ill immediately lay down sa sofa nya pretend nga natulog and magdrama pud tawn si lolo nga "uyy natulog man ako apo"

funny ky it's like everyday!!! kada lunchtime niya nga uli.

LIZARDS.

last jan 31.09 dungan mi ligo sa ako 3y.o. niece  tiny resort cr. i noticed somthing black sa ibabaw nga wall. paglingi nako DAKO kaayu nga "TOKO" (those big lizards that say toko..toko) grabe ako panic. wala daun ko naka gawas sa cr kay underwear rako..and when i tried to turn the doorknob slippery..  when  i was at last able to go out. i literally froze for like 5 minutes.. wala gud ko na tandog nila ante..

i never entered the CRs.. sa dagat nalang kona ligo and sa daplin when nature calls. haiist! i hate this phobia.

tugnaw dre karun..

i just like the sound of my favorite candy.. kiamoy.. murag kulit nga bata. hihi

lolo and his youngest apo..

Isa gwapa kaayu ni inig dako

ambisyusu pud ning Vietnam dah. kalayu nila.

unsaon man kuya nga sa text raman ni ako kaaway..
kay ug kuyog wala man away.. haha lol!

hehe!! di tale na madutlan if mag OFF lotion ko te.. pero sus..lipay napud kaayu ko if mubalik napud mi bohol..

Interpol to donate equipment to NBI


Cebu Daily News
First Posted 14:36:00 02/04/2009

Filed Under: Crime and Law and Justice, Crime, Disasters & Accidents, Accidents (general)

CEBU CITY, Philippines â€" Nearly eight months after they identified victims of the MV Princess of the Stars tragedy, the Interpol will turn over all their equipment to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday.

Cebu City Administrator Francisco Fernandez said the turnover will take place with Vice President Noli de Castro and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro representing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

The Interpol arrived in Cebu last June 29 after the national government sought assistance for the identification of victims of the Princess of the Stars sinking caused by Typhoon Frank.

Identification was done through DNA matching. The Interpol, together with the NBI, organized the collection of post, ante mortem and DNA samples of the victims.

They shipped a mobile forensic laboratory to Cebu for post mortem examinations and procured equipment such as steel beds, sinks and computers.

The turnover will include documents of samples taken from the victims and their families.

The Interpol assured it will coordinate with the NBIâ€"Disaster Victim Identification (NBI-DVI) team as the need arises. /Reporter Marian Z. Codilla

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/metro/view/20090204-187377/Interpol-to-donate-equipment-to-NBI

uu.. maayu nang di nalang tubagon..

it actually makes the other party more furious.. hahaha!! sa maglagot lang

Sinulog 2009 a success - SFI
By Jully Venus Cuizon

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Despite some minor hitches, the Sinulog 2009 celebration was a success, according to Ricky Ballesteros, Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) executive director.

Ballesteros said problems such as the erroneous awarding of the Ms Cebu Globe Texters' Choice Award would serve as a lesson for the SFI to be careful even with the smallest detail.

“There is no perfect organization. There would always be hitches or lapses but these controversies should serve as lessons learned for all of us so that it would not happen next year,” he said.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20090204-187357/Sinulog-2009-a-success---SFI

Saludo ko sa Mandaue police

By Lloyd Suarez
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 14:49:00 02/04/2009

Filed Under: Police, Crime

Congratulations sa atong kapulisan sa dakbayan sa Mandaue nga dali kaayong nakasulbad sa duha ka mga dagkung krimen nga pulos mga babaye ang biktima sa pagpatay nga sila si Lynn-Vi Ebarita, usa ka call center agent, ug sa empleyada sa MEPZ II nga si Emily Nuñeza.

Mahug nga bonus sa kapulisan ang pagsulbad nila sa kasong pagpatay ni Nuñeza tungod kay ang suspetsado nga nadakpan nga si Julius Cotton, alias Michael, miangkon sa iyang gihimong krimen. Midetalye pa ang kanahan kun giunsa niya pag-rape ug pagpatay ang inosenteng biktima.

Maglaum ko nga niining kalambuan karon mas nindot kun makuhaan og affidavit si Cotton nga nagdetalye sa iyang pag-angkon kay tingalig motuyok ang utok niini kun makakuha og de-kampanilya nga abogado mobalitok kini ug posible pa nga pasanginlan ang kapulisan nga mikulata kaniya sama sa ubang dagkung krimen.

* * *

Dili ko makabasol sa kabanay ni Jonelle Enfectana nga hugot ang ilang suporta sa pagpanghimakak sa kalambigitan niini sa linuog nga pagpatay kang Lynn-Vi Ebarita. Natural nga duphan gyud nila hangtud sa katapusan sa kinabuhi kay kini maoy papel sa mga konsintidor nga mga pamilya. Mao nay giingon nga puslan man nga mikuha sila sa serbisyo sa maayong laki nga abogado ila na lang gyung paundayynan ang pagpanghimakak.

With all due respect, konbinsido ko nga may dakung kasayuran si Enfectana sa paghimo sa krimen ug may kasayuran kini kun kinsa kadtong ubang mga responsable sa krimen. Di pa ko mahutdan og paglaum nga motabang kining maong dinakpan sa pagsulbad sa pagpatay sa iyang suod nga higala ug iyang supervisor sa call center. Maglaum ko nga motabang og konbinse kaniya ang iyang mga kabanay sa pagtug-an sa matuod ug ibutyag kun kinsa kadtong uban.

Unsa ka tinuod nga gibarugan ni Enfectana ang iyang pamakak kay siya maoy utok sa krimen? Wa gyuy kumo sa pagtug-an sa tinuod kay ang kamatuuran maoy maghatag og kagawasan.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/opinion/view/20090204-187385/Saludo-ko-sa-Mandaue-police

WASHINGTON â€" Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, charged with trying to sell the US Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama, considered offering it to talk show star Oprah Winfrey.

Blagojevich said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that a friend of his had suggested asking Winfrey to fill Obama's seat.

"She seemed to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way become president," Blagojevich said. "She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators."

But he said he decided that the talk show queen, one of the richest women in America, was unlikely to accept the offer.

"She probably wouldn't take it, and then ... if you offered it to her, how would you do it in a way it didn't look like it was some gimmick and embarrass her?"

Blagojevich is doing the interview circuit and said he will not attend Monday's impeachment trial in the state Senate which could remove him from office.

as of 01/27/2009 11:20 AM

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/classified-odd/01/27/09/senator-oprah-winfrey-blagojevich-considered-it

By Vicente Labro
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 15:57:00 02/04/2009

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines -- An interagency government group in Eastern Visayas has ordered the quarantine of hogs in Eastern Samar following reports of salmonella infection among the animals in the province.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) also said it has received reports of suspected salmonella infection in pigs in a Leyte town.

Leo Cañeda, DA regional executive director, confirmed the quarantine advisory was issued late last week by the Regional Advisory Committee on Animal Disease Control and Emergency (RAC-ADCE).

The RAC-ADCE has banned the transfer and transport of infected stocks from Eastern Samar to other areas, as well as the slaughter of sick animals, said Cañeda, who also chairs the body.

The advisory also orders the isolation of sick animals, the proper disposal or burying of dead animals, and the sanitation of areas where salmonella infection has occurred.

In an interview, Cañeda told the Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net) checkpoints would be set up in strategic places to prevent the spread of the disease.

Cadeña urged the public to immediately report any suspected incidence of salmonella in pigs and other animals.

Among the symptoms are loss of appetite, high fever and diarrhea.

Dr. Leo Mira, chief of the regional animal quarantine office, earlier warned that animals infected with salmonella are not fit for human consumption.

An animal health mission conducted on January 28 and 29in several villages of Sta. Rita town in Samar reported that nearly 700 pigs were suspected of salmonella infection.

Another 84 other pigs that showed symptoms of salmonella infection had died in the area as early as December last year.

In the island municipality of Daram, also in Samar, the municipal agriculturist also reported cases of salmonella infection in at least 60 pigs in six villages.

Late last week, cases of salmonella infection were reported in a village of Babatngon, Leyte, a coastal town facing Sta. Rita across the San Juanico Strait. Babatngon is also adjacent to Tacloban City, where sporadic cases of suspected salmonella were earlier reported.

Cañeda said he went to Babatngon on Monday with a quick response team from his office that gave prophylaxis treatment to more than 20 sick pigs in Barangay (village) Bagong Silang, the only village where salmonella occurred.

The Bagong Silang village chief reported that six pigs that showed signs of salmonella infection died in early January, Cadeña said.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090204-187399/Hog-quarantine-ordered-in-Eastern-Samar

ahh mura pud ug if kabalo ka Chinese Mandarin, d na kaayu maglisug sa Japanese Kanji..
then I want to learn Spanish..swerteha sa mga highschool run.

Daghan naman unta ni ba.. naa naman gane dre sa pinas nga sagulan ug tubig ang gas.. our government just don't have enough money to support the invention

gusto ko mo adto ug Cagayan! kay 1600 ra roundtrip ticket!! walay mukuyog!! huhuhu!!

naa jud koy matext nga EX lagi ba... atot.

uh-oh.. duda nako naay mo publish ug erratum after aning imo post brave

I really want to go to Palawan

ate belle, kadto pud milabay ug sapatos kang bush..wa jud niya tiraha

teary ko tita.. i miss ate aya.. Isa is sooo sweet.

Quote from: Husay09 on February 04, 2009, 01:25:54 PM
i've learned so much in this forum..may god bless the family of the victim and the families of the innocent people..

you will really learn alot from this forum.. not only in this thread.

i hope magawas pud tong identity ni "Tina" or "Evelyn"

hahahaha!! unsaon taman wala man koy convincing power. nor do i know a thing about hypnotism.

dated-slept.

uu para mudato ko apil..wa ko plano puyo sa cave..like some cults here.

im envious. since i do not understand a word.

anyhoo, speaking of pure mock. I remember back in highschool somebody would  mock our math teacher in Chinese. We'd all end up laughing. Si teacher tawn mag nganga nalang.

Yah, I'm doing my best to be able to update this thread with online media sources. Para visible ang validity.


Though I don't know neither of them. :|

kanta siyag bikining itim. habakiru what is that? just like yours papa.

yeah we should wait. but we need to symphatize with some here who know's the victim,.. in a way nagpagawas nalang ni sila..

Daghay masuko. Mag blog. magforum mag snail mail. mapasamwak sa airwaves. unsaon nalang.

DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp said it would launch an all-electric car for city commuting by 2012 in the United States as part of its plan to speed up the introduction of green cars as its global sales falter.

The FT-EV concept made its debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Sunday, where the world's top automaker is also unveiling two new gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

The FT-EV concept shares a platform with the tiny iQ urban commuter car, which runs on a gasoline engine and emits just 99 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer.

"Now, more than ever, while we are so focused on the pressing issues of the moment, we cannot lose sight of our future," Irv Miller, Toyota Motor Sales USA. group vice president, said in a statement.

Toyota said the concept car is targeted at the urban dweller driving up to 50 miles between home and work, for instance.

"Last summer's $4-a-gallon gasoline was no anomaly," Miller said. "It was a brief glimpse of our future."

Toyota, which had previously said it would aim to get an electric car out by the "early part of the next decade," would join rivals General Motors Corp and Nissan Motor Co in the race to grab the lead in the zero-emission car segment.

But Toyota said it still considered gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles its long-term core powertrain technology.

With an aim of selling 1 million hybrids annually soon after 2010, Toyota will launch as many as 10 new hybrid models by then in various markets. The third-generation Prius and the Lexus HS250h, to debut in Detroit, are part of that effort, it said.

General Motors, which Toyota passed in recent years to become the top global automaker by sales, has said it will launch its Chevrolet Volt electric car in the United States in late 2010. GM says the Volt will have a 40-miles range for driving on one battery charge.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/technology/01/11/09/toyota-launch-pure-electric-car-us-2012

then dili tika apilon sa ako culto hihihihi

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on February 03, 2009, 12:31:24 AM
i wish i will learn that kind of spell and hypnotic power.

ditto bnc!! nya apilan pag 10% off sa ila sweldo for donation

this city's made us crazy and i must get out.

maayu unta ug dili glace. murag pressure man sad ang mga police ani.

@brave. bitaw sa? apil pud unta ang mga private..

Reuters | 01/24/2009 12:00 AM

ROTHERA BASE, Antarctica â€" Anyone wanting to get away from the financial crisis might apply for a 2-1/2 year job on the only continent without a bank -- Antarctica.

Most scientists and other staff visit Antarctica in the summer but the British Antarctic Survey is among few employers on the icy continent to offer a handful of 2-1/2 year stints.

"The economy elsewhere is going downhill ... it's a good time to get away from it all," said Terri Souster, 24, a South African marine assistant who arrived at the British Rothera base in late 2008 and works as a diver.

She is due to leave the Antarctic Peninsula in 2011.

Many long-stayers say they love working in Antarctica, with wildlife such as penguins and whales, and ever-changing views over a bay filled with icebergs. But they have to cope with separation from family and friends over two dark, cold winters.

"It is daunting," said John Withers, commander of Rothera who spent the 2003-04 winters at the base. He originally signed up for 18 months but liked it so much he extended his stay.

On arriving home in Britain, he was surprised when his brother pointed a mobile phone at him at the airport -- taking a photo to send to their father. "I had no idea what he was doing," he said, having missed out on phone cameras.

With recession biting in many parts of the world, now may be a good time to get away to Antarctica where many people save most of their salaries. A U.S. base at McMurdo does have an automatic cash machine but the closest banks are in Chile.

Houses

Annual wages at Rothera start at about 20,000 pounds, with food and accommodation included. Tax rates are just seven percent if you stay out of Britain at least a year.

"We'll have deposits for houses when we come back and ideally the house prices will be affordable," said Melissa Langridge, 25, an Australian marine biologist.

About 100 people are at Rothera in summer and 20 in winter.

"You might not be able to go shopping or to the cinema, but you can go ice climbing or mountaineering or crevassing," Langridge said. She had to have her wisdom teeth and tonsils out as a precaution before coming to Antarctica.

Most people agreeing to a long stay are single. During the stay, some decide they cannot face the 2-1/2 years and quit. Others have ended up marrying a colleague met on base.

"I don't think there's ever a perfect year. But on the whole everyone gets on well," said Briton Rob Webster, 26, a meteorological assistant who left home in October 2006 and is about to head home.

Many learn new skills in a small group that includes professions from plumbers to doctors. Webster learnt to play the drums and performed to a global audience of more than a billion people in the 2007 Live Earth concerts organized by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. "It was my 15 minutes of fame," he said.

The base has free Internet access, computers, a dart board, a pool table and a movie library, but no television.

Withers' advice to visitors is: "Don't play pool against any of the winterers -- they're too good."

as of 01/24/2009 12:00 AM

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/classified-odd/01/23/09/fed-financial-crisis-try-antarctica

Macy's cutting 7,000 jobs
Department store chain said the job action affects 4% of the company's total workforce.


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Macy's Inc. said Monday that it's cutting 7,000 jobs - including 5,100 in its stores - and centralizing some of its corporate operations in an effort to reduce costs amid an increasingly difficult retail environment.

The company also projected earnings for the fiscal year just beginning that are well below analysts' estimates.

Macy's shares fell 3% in late trading.

"Reducing our workforce is an unfortunate outcome of the current economic environment, and I am frustrated that so many of our people will be unable to move forward with us as we proceed into a very exciting future for Macy's and Bloomingdale's," Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren said in a statement.

The retailer estimates the restructuring efforts will reduce previously planned expenses by about $400 million a year beginning in 2010.

Macy's (M, Fortune 500) said the job cuts include nearly 40% of executive positions in its central offices including 1,400 jobs in San Francisco, about 850 jobs positions in Atlanta and about 600 jobs in Miami.


http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/02/news/companies/macys/index.htm?cnn=yes

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/03/2009 4:22 PM


A brother of Fil-Am singer apl de ap of the Black Eyed Peas was killed in Angeles City, Pampanga past midnight Tuesday.

Joven Pineda Deala, a resident of 361 Sto Niño Subdivision, Barangay Sta. Cruz, Porac, Pampanga, succumbed to gunshot wound in the head, said Senior Supt. Pierre Bucsit, director of the Angeles City Police Office.

Pineda is the brother of Allan Pineda, who is more popularly known as apl de ap. The Black Eyed Peas member is set to fly back to the Philippines Wednesday.

Police said Pineda was about to leave his home on board a gray Toyota Fortuner (ZLT-694) when a man sporting a bullcap appeared beside him and shot him at point blank range past 1 a.m.

The victim's girlfriend, Elaine Torres, 26, told police investigators that she noticed two unidentified men suspiciously approaching their vehicle before the incident. She said the two men walked fast heading toward Bliss area and went back moments later.

She said Pineda even told her to stay in the vehicle until the two suspicious men left. She said one of the gunmen then approached Pineda from behind and shot him.

The gunman then fled on foot with several other suspects towards Magalang Avenue, Marisol Subdivision.

Police said the bullet pierced through Pineda's right upper cheek but did not kill him at once. The victim managed to drove his sports utility vehicle (SUV) some meters away from the crime scene and shouted for help.

Neighbors rushed the victim to Angeles University Foundation (AUF) Hospital where he died.

Scene of the crime investigators recovered one spent shell for 9mm pistol at the place of incident.

Police investigators are eyeing love triangle angle as the possible motive behind the gunslaying.

Torres, however, dismissed the love triangle angle stressing that she and her ex-husband had parted amicably.

"Whoever it is who did this to my boyfriend, I hope you get caught," she said.

Remains of Joven Pineda were brought to barangay Sapang Bato in Angeles City.

as of 02/03/2009 5:59 PM

before my favorite color was blue. then it became black. and now it's violet.

may lang untag interpreter ra cya. siya nay mahimong main attraction didto sa mga barako. you know what i mean.

haha kuyawa borobits o!!

nope..comedian mana cya

hahaha!! hunchback nato ate!:)

Serves him right. Instead of helping our tourism grow, gi daot nuon. Gudluck nimo sa prisohan. Ikaw juy pagpistahan.

Quote from: apothecary on February 03, 2009, 04:31:33 PM
seguro, the bettern question is kinsa kaha ang manghatag nga wa na magdahum pa nga mangawat para ipuli sa iyang gihatag.

nindot unta if mao ni.. if mao ang view sa whole politicians.. pero saon taman. murag they treat money spent on election as an investment.

hating. independent. tired.

Murag sa ako Phil-Am 1 year old cousin nga mo ingon pajud "I'm sorry mama I'm cranky. I love you mama"  basta ingnan na ni anti "baby you want pa-lo?"  lol.

Quote from: Tubag Bohol Dot Com on February 03, 2009, 05:48:15 PM
As a result, these students have become addicted to computer games, thus affecting their studies, the complaints said.

agree ko ani. kay ako mismo na addict sa computer games sa una. ang tuon before sa subject nalang.

kanang mu rason pajud bisag klaru kaayong sad-an.

i will try this for sure.

Quote from: Angie Gulle on February 03, 2009, 02:00:46 PM
Kung nakalapas na ko sa mga rules and regulations dri, abisuhi baya ko dayon.

mau jud. pila rabay pag ingon sorry kung klaru ayu nakasala ka.

shoe throwing.. it'll be come a trend. :|

Suspect’s family asks ‘brains, cohorts’ to surrender and clear detainee’s name

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

THE family of the suspect in the killing of a call center supervisor finally broke their silence and told reporters yesterday that Jonnelle Enfectana is innocent of the crime.

“Wala na sila nagtubo nga bakakon, bisan pulong nga y*&^% di madungog sa among balay (Our children didn’t grow up as liars. You cannot even hear them curse at home),” said the suspect’s mother, who asked not to be named.

Enfectana’s aunt Luz said they hope that the evidence “will not be tampered with.”

She did not specify, however, what evidence she was referring to.

Inquest prosecutor Bienvenido Mabanto promised to resolve the complaint today.

Enfectana, 26, is facing a murder complaint for the death of her close friend and officemate Lynn Vi Ebarita, whose
decomposing body was found with 24 stab wounds and stuffed inside a plastic bag last Jan. 22.

After the killing, Enfectana initially cooperated with investigators but changed her mind when authorities arrested her. Police recovered Ebarita’s wallet in Enfectana’s boarding house in Barangay Banilad last Jan. 28.

Members of the Enfectana family said they are hurt by how the suspect is portrayed.

“As a mother I know my daughter, she is innocent and we’re speaking the truth,” Enfectana’s mother said.

She said she wants the real killers to surrender and have pity for her daughter.

She asked the public to give them time to defend themselves.

Enfectana and her mother met last Sunday. Her mother remembered her daughter telling her, “Mama happy, birthday. I am very sorry I cannot kiss and hug you.”

It was the mother’s birthday last Sunday.

The mother said Enfectana is a choir member of their parish.

She is now detained at the Subangdaku Police Station. (OCP)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/suspect%E2%80%99s-family-asks-%E2%80%98brains-cohorts%E2%80%99-surrender-and-clear-detainee%E2%80%99s-name

Textmate arrested

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

POLICE arrested yesterday the alleged killer and rapist of the Mactan Export Zone (Mez) worker whose body was dumped and left to decompose in a grassy lot at the Mandaue City Reclamation area.

Police arrested Julius Coton, 26, of Zamboanga City, in his rented shack in Sitio Aroma, Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City. His place is just a kilometer away from where Emily Nuñeza was killed.

Coton said he killed Nuñeza, 24, after she told him she would report him to the police and have him jailed if he didn’t give back her cellular phone. He met Nuñeza through a radio dating show.

Coton swapped phones with Nuñeza on their first meeting. He then excused himself to buy food. He did not return.

The two arranged a second meeting on Jan. 23 at the Star Mart inside the Caltex gasoline station in Mandaue City. Coton had reportedly promised to return her phone.

Coton admitted to reporters he choked Nuñeza until she lost consciousness. Then he tied her arms and neck.
Medico-legal officer Dr. Nestor Sator said the victim was raped before she was strangled. Police previously said Nuñeza
was likely raped and tortured by two or more men before she was strangled.

Insp. Gregorio Aniñon, homicide section chief, led yesterday’s arrest. Police also recovered the victim’s Nokia 2600, her office mate’s Nokia cellular phone, phone used by Coton’ and a 3315 cellular phone reportedly stolen from an Ayala Center employee.

Aniñon said he got a valuable tip from a man who was offered the four phones by the suspect. The man declined to buy the
units. Suspicious, he contacted Aniñon through the numbers printed in an issue of Sun.Star Cebu.

The informant also named the people who bought the cellular phones. The buyers are also residents of Sitio Aroma.

Aniñon said the buyers are willing to execute affidavits against Coton. Nuñeza’ cellular phone was sold for P600. That of her officemate sold for only P300. The prices of the other items were not yet known.

Aniñon also seized the suspect’s clothes and black Nike shoes, some of which he wore during his first date with Nuñeza. The two met through a radio dating show.

Mandaue City Police Office officer-in-charge Senior Supt. Orlando Ualat said the arrest is a product of hard work of his men.
In a radio dyRF interview, the host of the radio show where the victim and the suspect met, Ramil Albaño who is also known as Inday Misyel, commended the police for the arrest of the suspect.

Albaño, who accompanied police in following up the case for four days, said his radio dating program has been stopped and may soon be reformatted to do away with the announcement of cellular phone numbers on air.

He said he respects the decision of management.

Coton introduced himself to Nuñeza as Michael.

After the killing, police received several false information.

Later, one of Nuñeza’s workmates who lives in sitio Aroma heard of someone who was selling cellular phones. He informed Aniñon about it.

Aniñon and PO1 Cristituto Raboy planned to arrest Coton Sunday night but they were not sure if Coton was home.

Yesterday, the informant told them Coton was home eating.

Aniñon and Raboy caught up with Coton while he was preparing his biodata for his application as a construction worker.

The suspect confessed to the crime upon his arrest. (OCP)


http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/textmate-arrested

Forgiveness is hard .

King Solomon. for his wisdom

i like the movie..tho wala na tagaan meaning ang "i am legend" nga title..hehe

pancit canton linuto sa ako officemate:)

laina sa ana robot. maybag machine.. ahem.