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He recalls the surprise of the apprentices when police and Army responders blew one saucer up and dropped another.

David Clarke, media law expert at Sheffield Hallam University and a consultant and curator for the National Archives UFO project, believes the response to the hoax was flawed.

"One of the saucers when they actually drilled into it, because it was full of this compacted, sort of papier-maché mess, actually exploded and showered the police officers with this stuff.

"If it had been some kind of radiation hazard, how would they have dealt with that? It would have been a disaster area.

"And what did they do? Just washed it down the drains."


JOHN KEELING
The "landings" led to a major police and Army response


Dr Clarke and Mr Southall agree that in 1967 the public imagination was already gripped by UFO fever - at the time the Ministry of Defence was receiving near-daily reports of sightings.

But despite this climate, the apprentices did not expect the huge media response, which included international coverage and double-page spreads.

"It was more than we hoped for," Mr Southall said.

Engineer Rog Palmer, who was also on the committee, organised teams of two or three apprentices to take the saucers to each location and briefed each group about how to carry out the task, including what to say if stopped by the police - that they had stayed out late at a party.

And by the time the saucers were discovered, the pranksters were back in their hostel - where 500 apprentices lived - bleary-eyed over breakfast after being up all night, but very excited.

They had risen to the task of planting the "spaceships" without detection, but were they prepared for the extraordinary success of their hoax?


Engineers Rog Palmer (left) and Chris Southall masterminded the hoax

Mr Southall, now 72 and an environmental campaigner who runs an eco-house in Clacton, Essex, remembers it was the era of Sputnik and space exploration - and says the whole point of the hoax was for it to be taken seriously.

"We thought the government should have some sort of plan if aliens did land," he said.

"So we gave them a chance to try out whatever plan they had - but they didn't have one."

"When you turned the saucers upside down, it flicked a switch and started a battery," Mr Southall said.

"We were putting them out in secret, in the middle of the night, in the early hours, and we didn't want them to make a noise until then. Only when we left, we turned them upside down and the noise started - and then we got away quick."

The saucers were also filled with a flour and water mix that fermented inside and turned into foul-smelling slime.

"We wanted to make something that looked really alien," he said.

They were placed in six locations in a straight line from east to west - Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey, Bromley in south London, Ascot, the village of Welford, near Newbury, in Berkshire, Chippenham in Wiltshire and Clevedon in Somerset.


GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA
Newspapers showed how the saucers "landed" in a straight line

From the moment apprentices at Farnborough's Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) came up with the idea for the hoax, there was a determination it should be convincing, said engineer Chris Southall.

All of them were interested in sci-fi, and they set out to create a design that would not be recognisably human.

There could be no giveaway features on the saucers, such as portholes or aerials, nor anything that might be seen on terrestrial inventions such as a plane or a boat.

First they made the metal-coated, fibreglass saucers by forming plaster moulds to build them in two halves, and then they sandwiched them together with electronic sound equipment inside.


JOHN KEELING
The objects were filled with a flour and water sourdough-like substance, which fermented and then exploded when the saucers were drilled into

THE TIMES NEWS SYNDICATION / GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA
Doubts about the objects arose after batteries were found in one of them

"It was the old flying saucer shape. It was a silver, big dome with the thing round the outside. Yes, it was a flying saucer."

While the children were excited, he recalls there was also real fear as the police arrived.

"They started coming up the hill, and as they started getting close, they started gesturing to us, all the kids, to move away. And they were frightened I think, just as much as we were."

Newspapers reported how the saucers were watched, listened to and weighed at police stations and one RAF base throughout the day.

The Sheppey saucer was removed by RAF helicopter, while satellite experts were called to a "landing" site in Berkshire amid reports the object found there was bleeping and hissing and full of a mysterious liquid.


JOHN KEELING
The saucers were taken away and examined before it emerged that hoaxers were responsible

The great saucer invasion: The day six 'spaceships' landed in England

By Tanya Gupta
BBC News
3 September 2017


JOHN KEELING
The saucers were found to be giving out a low, ominous tone

They had big metal domes, emitted a strange, ominous hum and appeared one morning in a straight line across southern England. For a few hours, members of the public, police and the Army really believed alien spaceships had landed - until it was revealed to be a stunt by students. But how was the hoax so successful?

The apparently extra-terrestrial vessels prompted a major police and military response, witnessed by Ray Seager who was with other children playing outside when one of the six saucers was found in the Isle of Sheppey on 4 September 1967.

"We all came running over, and there it was," he said. "There were no two ways about it. It was there.

1) The exercise program must be a life plan, and it should be regular, at least four times a week, 30 minutes to one hour per session.

2) It must progress from light, moderate to more vigorous exercises until the proper fitness level is achieved.

3) Perspiration or sweating hard does not promote fitness. Fitness is developed by exercising the muscles of the body, not the sweat glands. In fact, as discussed in our column last week, it’s ideal to exercise with a room temperature of around 16°C.

4) Compute your maximum heart rate (MHR) during exercise as follows: MHR = 220 â€"one’s age in years. The training heart rate (THR) is 70 to 85 percent of the computed MHR. For middle-age and elderly patients or those with known heart disease, they should consult their doctors first what would be a suitable heart rate goal for them during exercise.

5) If your heart rate does not go down to 120 beats per minute or less after one minute of rest, it’s either one has exercised too much or one’s heart may have some problems that need to be checked.

So, let’s shake a leg and “take a stand” against “sitting disease.”

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/

When we’re more active, we have an enhanced state of well-being, said Dr. De la Peña, who is also a consultant at the East Avenue Medical Center and National Kidney and Transplant Institute.

With a better state of well-being, Dr. De la Peña explained, we can perform daily activities with vigor, reduce risk of various health problems, experience less fatigue and more preparedness in handling “unfavorable unexpected events in our daily life.”

Although regular exercise is not enough to compensate for a whole day of sitting, it helps reorient our mindset to be active the whole day. Dr. De la Peña gave the following guidelines for exercise:

In another paper, Dr. Neville Owen, from the prestigious Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, estimates that all activities we do while sitting downâ€"watching TV, doing office work, spending hours glued to computers and gadgets, eatingâ€"add up to 15.5 hours every single day spent just sitting. He explained that with sitting most part of the day, there are some changes in the body predisposing one to cancer.

Dr. Owen explained that such inactivity disturbs the body’s metabolism, producing a number of biological signals called biomarkers, which have been associated with the development of cancer, specifically breast and colon cancers.

“It’s been surprisingly consistent with what strong relationships there are between physical inactivity and these biomarkers of cancer risk,” Dr. Owen warned.

There’s a move to adopt the “Take a Stand” advocacy started in the United States to promote more walking around the workplace for a few minutes every two hours at least. In the US, this practice has reduced sitting time of office workers by 224 percent (66 minutes per day, including the sitting time at home), with upper back and neck pain decreased by 54 percent, and improved efficiency at work, which compensates for the time they stand up to stretch or walk around a bit.

I understand from Dr. De la Peña that there is a proposed bill in Congress proposing a similar undertaking as Take-a-Stand, to allow workers to stretch and walk around every hour. We should support this bill.

“Sitting disease” may also increase risk of developing cancer. A study several years ago from the American Institute for Cancer Research suggests that nearly 49,000 cases of breast cancer and almost 43,000 cases of colon cancer might be avoided if people were more active and less sedentary. The authors of the study recommend that we should not just do our regular exercise daily, but we should spend less time just sitting for a long stretch.

“Sitting disease,” also referred to in medical literature as hypokinetic disease, has literally caused people to be sedentary. If we think about it, we’ll be amazed at how long we sit in a day, as we commute to a regular eight-hour desk job. When we go home in the evening, we’re too exhausted from work and the traffic, so we unwind by sitting or lying on the couch in front of the television with our remote control, until we go to bed and prepare for another day of sitting.

An Australian study showed that each hour spent watching TV is linked to an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 18 percent.

The convenience of online payment of bills, shopping and other transactions also deprives us of the opportunity to do more walking and less sitting.

MEDICAL FILES
By: Rafael R. Castillo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
August 29, 2017

Sitting most hours of the day is a bane of modern society, and this so-called “sitting disease” has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and even breast and colon cancers.

“Our body was designed for physical activity,” said Dr. Pepito de la Peña, current president of the Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, at the recent whole-day health education forum of Diabetease magazine, which aims to educate diabetic patients and their relatives on how to prevent this disease and its dreaded complications.

“In the past, our ancestors had to do manual labor to eat,” he added, lamenting that modern-day amenities and gadgets have changed our previously healthy lifestyle.

goodness me. is this the reason why the box i sent to my sister hasn't arrived after almost six months? all the contents were clothes on sale, surplus ones, and no single receipt was issued.

don't know either because i don't follow up their games. but during world cups, i always shout 'deutschland, deutschland!' and unfurl that country's flag at our window.

i hate manila. and the only reason is its taxis. i don't know how to take jeepney rides. besides, i cannot go in and out of moving jeepneys because i easily lose balance. so i have to take taxis, which are my worst nightmare.

an interesting feedback from a smaller south asian country that's more related to india ethnically and culturally but has allowed china more leeway, politically and economically: at least china does not bully us. india does, and they're more arrogant.

what a food for thought... 

May God in His Mercy grant rest and peace to Kian and to the souls of all other victims of extrajudicial killings. May God keep them in his fatherly and motherly embrace for all eternity. AMEN.

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Maybe God took Kian on the feast day of San Roque because he has a message for us all. So that we would wake up and realize that extermination is not the right solution to the modern pestilence of addiction to illegal drugs. The addicts and pushers are not the enemies but the victims. The cruel and simplistic solution of exterminating them will not rid our country of illegal drugs. Thousands of kilograms of shabu will continue to flood our country if there is no systematic effort to trace the source. We are here to plead with the government: Stop the Killings! Start the Healing! We can work together for the healing of addicts through community-based rehabilitation programs. But more importantly, let us heal the divisions, the conflicts, and the exchanges of cruel words. Let us rid ourselves of anything that diminishes our humanity.

Zaldy and Lorenza, we are one with you in your grief. Even heaven condoles with you. Rest assured that Kian’s life has not been wasted, even if it was cut short by senseless violence and cruelty. It is not wasted because it has served as a thorn that has pricked the consciences of our people and has awakened them from moral slumber.

In this Mass, we would like to cry out to the authorities in government: Enough with the killings! Stop the killings, for heaven’s sake! Let us please sit down and discuss reasonably as citizens of one country. Let us help out in addressing this problem of illegal drugs properly, but not in a manner that has no respect for the law. Not in a manner that almost treats addicts and pushers as vermin, as non-humans. Addiction is a disease; let us please address it as a health issue!

I don’t know if you know that Kian was murdered in the evening of the feast day of the patron saint of our Cathedral, San Roque. This saint lived in the medieval times when Europe was devastated by pestilences and plagues which they did not know yet how to deal with during those pre-scientific times. Perhaps because they were horrified about contamination, some kings and governors during those times, employed the ruthless solution of rounding up those who had been infected by the disease, not just to quarantine them but to literally exterminate them like chickens. It was during those times that San Roque our patron defied the kings and went for the path of mercy and compassion by daring instead to nurse the infected victims, not minding the risk on his own life. Therefore he contracted the disease himself. But God spared him of death. The healer was eventually healed.

You can’t imagine how many people you have touched with your courage to make a stand. I pray that through your example, the many other relatives and friends of the so many other victims will also come out, so that the souls of their loved ones who have been killed, either in a police operation or by masked killers, will finally be laid to rest.

The murder of Kian Lloyd was just part of the so-called “One Time Big Time” Police operation that began last August 12. They killed 32 in Bulacan, 25 in Manila, and ten in Caloocan within two days. And we were all shocked when we heard these words on TV: “I hear that 32 had been killed in a police operation in Bulacan. That’s good! If we can kill another 32 each day, perhaps we can lessen what ails this country.”

That is why there are many people here now who are condoling with you, Zaldy and Lorenza. They are here not because of politics. They are here to silently express their solidarity with you and the many others whose children have also died because they allegedly “fought back”. Many of them have not bothered to file charges, for fear that another one of their children might also be abducted and killed. There are many witnesses who have not had the courage to testify in court, for fear of reprisal.

But thanks to the outpouring of solidarity, you found the courage to pursue legal means to obtain justice for your son. Even your neighbors found the courage to stand as witness, to testify to what they had seen and heard. I also salute the young lady Barangay Chair for having the courage to submit the CCTV footages. (The families of other victims had demanded such CCTV footages in other barangays and never got them. Most of them were told that the CCTV were not functioning. Almost always, they would be functioning again after a day.) Even the city mayor had the courage to demand an independent investigationâ€"which I was invited to, when he held a meeting of the Peace and Order Council of Caloocan the day after Kian’s murder.

I still recall that day when I said the funeral Mass for Luzviminda’s son. She wailed inside the Church. Her tears flooded the glass window of her son’s casket. She looked at my direction. I thought she was talking to me; I realized her gaze was fixed on the icon of the crucified Christ behind the altar and she cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

I also witnessed on TV the wailing of Lorenza as she was being interviewed by the media. She was asked if the belated accusation by the police was true, that Kian was an addict and a drug runner. She said, “How dare you say your accusations against my son after you have killed him! He was not even in the drug watch list and had never had a police record. Prove your charges! And let’s suppose that my son is indeed an addict and a drug runner. Is that enough reason to kill him in cold blood?”

I do not know if Mrs. Luzviminda Siapo is here. Her name symbolizes the Philippines: a contraction of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao LUZVIMINDA. She too lost her 19 year-old son. She learned about it only on Facebook, and had to beg her employer in Kuwait to be allowed to come home to bury her boy. Raymart was a handicapped boy; he was clubfooted. He had been accused of peddling marijuana. His name was submitted and included in the Barangay’s drug watch list by a neighbor who had a quarrel with him over something that had nothing at all to do with drugs. Two days later, they were visited by fourteen hooded men. Not finding him at home, they picked up someone from the barangay, covered his face with a mask, and asked him to identify Raymartâ€"who was on his way home. They abducted him, brought him to a dark place in Bangkulasi, told him to run. The poor boy apologized that he could not run because he was club-footed. So they beat him up, broke his tiny legs, and shot him in the head several times. (An eyewitness had seen the murder and narrated it to the mother later.)

All four of them were killed by masked men at 9pm of December 28, last year, 2016. They were not done yet. They also killed Jay-R’s mother Cristina and brother Ednel, and his pregnant sister Analyn, including the unborn child in her womb. They killed eight people in a few minutes; they did not even succeed in abducting their target drug suspect, Jay-R Santor. They played hit and miss. After a few days, they killed two other boys named Jay-Rs; they were the wrong Jay-Rs. Not Jay-R Santor.

The most gruesome cases happened to the former neighbors of the De los Santos Family: the Santor Family, who moved to Bagong Silang after the slumdwellers’ shanties in their area were demolished. Ten masked men were in search for an alleged drug suspect named Jay-R Santor. Perhaps incensed that his friends and family would not betray his whereabouts, they murdered all of them. Here’s the additional list:

10) Jonel Segovia, 15-year-old friend of Jay-R Santor, from Bagong Silang Caloocan city

11) Angelito Soriano, 16years old, also a friend of Jay-R Santor, from Bagong Silang Caloocan city,

12) Sonny Espinosa, 16 years old and also a friend of Jay-R Santor.

13) Kenneth Lim, 20 years old, another friend of Jay-R Santor.

1) Nercy Galicio, 16 years old, from Bgy. Tumana, Navotas. He was shot in head on April 19, 2017.

2) Arjay Suldao, 16 years old, also from Navotas. He was abducted and murdered on March 20, 2017.

3) Alvin Preda, 19 years old. He was murdered at Kapak Liit, in Caloocan on March 29, 2017.

4) Allan Lastimado, 18. He was abducted by masked men at Market 3, shot along R10 in Navotas on May 3, 2017.

5) Raymart Siapo, 19 years old. He was abducted by masked men and shot in Bangkulasi, Navotas on March 29, 2017.

6) Irish Nhel Glorioso, 18 years old. He was also abducted by masked men on his way to market 3, shot along R10 Navotas on June 8, 2017.

7) John dela Cruz, 16 years old. He was shot by masked men outside their home along R10 near bus terminal Navotas on january 26, 2017.

8 ) Liezel Llimit, 16 years old. She was shot and killed by unknown assailants near Pescadres, Malabon on June 20, 2017.

9) Troy Villanueva, 17 years old from Libis Nadurata, Caloocan, abducted and killed. His body was found floating at a creek on June 6, 2017.

That must be also the reason why it’s not just KIan’s family that is weeping today. Heaven too is weeping. The weather is dark and gloomy. The rain poured down very early this morning. All the agony and sorrow of heaven pours down whenever God in heaven loses a single one of His children.

Lorenza and Zaldy, you are not alone. We have here with us today the other parents who have also lost a son or daughter to the cruel drug war. Your son Kian was actually not the first among the very young victims of the drug war. Just here in our vicinity in Caloocan, Malabon and Navotas, I can cite more than a dozen of them:

It is not easy to condole with parents who have lost a child. You cannot just say, “I know what you are going through,” if you have never lost and buried a child who is at the prime of his youth and is just learning to weave his dreams. In such circumstances, it is better to keep quiet.

But there is one mother who can truly condole with Lorenza todayâ€"The Blessed Mother Mary. She has the right to say to Lorenza, “I know what you feel; I also lost my son. Like your son, he was also arrested, beaten up, and murdered, even though he was innocent.”

For us Christians, Jesus is not just a human being. We profess faith in him as a Son of God. And so even God the Father in heaven has a right to say to Zaldy today: “I know what you feel; I also lost a son. I gave him up, for love of you.” That is the reason why I chose the famous John 3:16 for our Gospel today. “For God so loved the world, He gave us His only Son so that all who believe might not perish but might have eternal life.”

(This should have been under the topic "Talk of the Town". Here's hoping the webmaster can transfer this thread, with thanks. My apologies.)

WHEN HEAVEN WEPT



Gospel: John 3:16ff.

By Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David
Santa Quiteria Parish Church
Diocese of Kalookan
Caloocan city

Dear brother priests in the Diocese of Kalookan, especially the parish priest of Santa Quiteria Parish, Fr. George Alfonso, MSC, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart here present today, the other guest priests, the De los Santos family, brothers and sisters in Christ, thank you for joining us in this Funeral Mass for the eternal repose of KIan Lloyd de los Santos.

Every human being has parents, even if some parents might choose not to acknowledge them. Jesus too was a human being; he too had parents. He acknowledged Mary and Joseph as his parents.

It is normal for a son or daughter to bury a dead parent. What we are doing today is not so normal; it is the parents who are burying their child. It’s a reversal of roles. It is not right.

Signed:

Charlie Samuya Veric, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Janice A. Ragaza, Faculty Member, Ateneo de Manila University
Carmel V. Abao,   Instructor, Department of Political Science
Jacklyn A. Cleofas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Brian Paul Giron, Instructor, Department of History
Ronald Allan L. Cruz, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Felix Muga II, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Manuel B. Dy, Jr., Professor, Philosophy
Carlo C. Flordeliza, Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts
Judith de Guzman, Faculty, Department of Psychology
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Philip Tuano, Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Edgar Calabia Samar, Associate Professor, Kagawaran ng Filipino
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Enrique Niño P. Leviste, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Louis Catalan, SJ, Professor, Philosophy
Jerome Patrick D. Cruz, Lecturer, Ateneo de Manila University
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Caroline Mae Ramirez, Guest Faculty, School of Medicine and Public Health
Maria Lourdes L. Ramos, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Patrick Valentin, Instructor, Department of Quantitative Methods and Information Technology
Alyson Lao Yap, Faculty,   Quantitative Methods and Information Technology Department
Rowena Palacios, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Anna A. Mendiola, PhD,   Assistant Professor, Marketing & Law Department
Raymond B. Aguas, Assistant Professor, Theology
John Andrew M. del Prado, Instructor, Department of English
Oliver John C. Quintana, Lecturer, Department of Political Science
Benjamin San Jose, Asst Prof, JSP- SOSS
Bernadee Uy, Part-Time Faculty, JGSOM
Maria Sarah "Tata" P. Albert, Part Time Lecturer, Marketing and Law, John Gokongwei School of Management
Danilo Francisco M. Reyes, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Vincent Martin B Pinpin, Part-time Faculty, Fine Arts
Ramon Miguel Cayco Samson, Adjunct Professor of Law,   Ateneo Law School
Marvin Lagonera, Lecturer, Economics
Justin Charles See, Lecturer, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Roy Tristan Agustin, Faculty, Department of English, Loyola Schools
Gary C. Devilles, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chair, Department of Filipino
Ma. Agnes Velarosa C. Frias, Campus Ministry, LS Office of Campus Ministry
Jerry C. Respeto   , Associate Professor, Filipino Department
Ma. Victoria Herrera, Lecturer / Director & Chief Curator   Fine Arts Department, Ateneo Art Gallery
Ma. Adeinev M. Reyes-Espiritu, Lecturer, Department of Theology
Wilson Angelo Espiritu, Instructor, Theology
Norman Dennis Marquez, Program Director, Health Sciences Program
Jonathan Arevalo Coo, Part-time Faculty, Interdisciplinary Studies/European Studies
Ser Percival K. Peña-Reyes, Lecturer, Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences
John Noel Victorino, Instructor, DISCS
Glenn Diaz, Instructor, Department of English
Bernadine Ianne I. Lanot, MA, Instructor, Department of Theology
Javier Rico R. Tionloc, Lecturer, European Studies Program
JP Delavin, Assistant Instructor, Finance and Accounting, JGSOM
Charles R. Yee, Lecturer, Kagawaran ng Filipino
Tats Quiblat, Director, Office of Student Activities
George Bryan Villapando Celestino, Alumni, Fine Arts Department
Gino Cecilio Flores, Student Affairs Professional,   Office of Student Activities
Emilyn Espiritu, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Creative Work, OADRCW Ateneo de Manila
Franz David Lim, Translator/Lecturer, Confucius Institute-Ateneo de Manila University
Lovelyn Paclibar, Instructor, Department of Philosophy
Harmieravil Balbon-Cabrera, Sr HR Consultant
Jose Ramon Batiller, Instructor (Former), Physics
Joceli Julia E. Daantos, Instructor, English
Olivia Anne M. Habana,    Chairperson, Department of History
Guelan Luarca, Lecturer, Fine Arts Department
Regina Hechanova, Professor, Psychology
Len Patrick Dominic M. Garces, Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
Tim Gabuna, Director, Residence Halls
Noel L. Clemente, Instructor, Philosophy
Lucia M. Lucas-Chavez, Administrator, LS OADSAS
Pia Anna Perfecto Ramos, Former Faculty Member, LS-Psychology
Eloisa May P. Hernandez, PhD, Part-time Lecturer/Associate Professor, Fine Arts Department
Dr Roberto Santos (DVM), Veterinary Consultant, Private Practitioner
Alfonso Miguel N. Sevidal, Lecturer, Finance and Accounting Department
Jayson Tan, ASHS Faculty, CSIP
Aristotle J. Atienza, Assistant Professor, Kagawaran ng Filipino
JP Gregorio, Director, OMIS
Jomar I. Empaynado, Lecturer, Kagawaran ng Filipino
Arsie A Lumiqued, Jr., MSC, Lecturer, RMT-CeFaM, LST
Tommy Mendoza dela Cruz, Librarian, Rizal Library
Marites Guingona Africa, Faculty Member, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Glenn Sevilla Mas, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts
Christoffer Mitch C.Cerda, Instructor, Kagawaran ng Filipino
Joseph Anthony Lim, Professor, Department of Economics
Nathania Ancheta Chua, Assistant Instructor, QMIT - JGSOM
Maria Victoria T Cortez,    Director, OHRMOD
Cynthia Totanes, Assistant to the VPLS for QA, Office of the VPLS
Armando M. Guidote Jr., Professor, Chemistry
Mahgie B. Lacaba, Part-time Lecturer, Korea Studies Program
Darwin D. Yu, Professor, John Gokongwei School of Management
Nikita P. Bacalzo Jr., Part-time Lecturer, Department of Chemistry
Rica Cruz, Lecturer, Department of Psychology
Robert de Angelo Bolinas, Instructor, Department of Chemistry
John Carlo P. Uy, Instructor (on study leave), Kagawaran ng Pilosopiya
Nice Buenaventura, Lecturer, Fine Arts
Melissa Reyes, Lecturer (Part Time), Department of Psychology
Louie Jon A. Sánchez, Instructor, Department of English
Tim Gabuna, Director, Residence Halls
Leslie A Lopez, Lecturer, Development Studies Program
Julz E. Riddle, Instructor, Kagawaran ng Filipino
Crisanto Lopez, Chairperson/Assistant Professor, Biology
M. Ibita, Assistant Professor, Theology Department
Kiel Sañez, Instructor, Finance and Accounting Department
Jinggay Gallardo, Part-time Faculty, SOM
Teya Paulino, Assistant to the Director for the Office of Student Services,   Loyola Schools
Estelle Marie Ladrido, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Olivia Anne M. Habana,    Chair, Department of History
Maria Luz c Vilches, Vice President, Loyola Schools
Jo-Ed K. Tirol, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Inez Z. Ponce de Leon, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Justin Joseph G. Badion, Instructor, Theology Department
Tristan Jeffrey Sunga, Campus Minister, Ateneo Junior High School
Erwine S. Dela Paz, Subject Area Chair/Faculty Research,  Ateneo Senior High School/Psychology Department
V. B. Valdez, Director, Ateneo Center for Asian Studies
Carlos Granados Jr., SAP II, LS OSCI
Mia Fernando, Instructor, Mathematics
V Fullente Suarez, Lecturer, Philosophy
Roland Cristopher F. Caballar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,   Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering
Joy Salita, Associate Dean for Student and Administrative Services, Office of the Associate Dean for Student and Administrative Services
Nina Patricia D. Sison-Arroyo, Assistant to the Dean for Administration, Ateneo Law School
Jopie M. Nolasco, Instructor, Psychology
Lourdes Joy T. Galvez Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Fructuoso T. Sabug Jr., Asst. Professor, Leadership & Strategy
Cherie Audrey Alfiler, Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology - Institute of Philippine Culture
Christopher K. Peabody,   Faculty,   Chemistry Dept.
Marlon P. Pia, Formator, Office for Social Concern and Involvement
Miguel Martin R. Vilchez, Assistant to the ADAA for Curriculum, Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Lota A. Teh, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Juin Ancha, Student Affairs Professional, OSCI
Jumela F. Sarmiento, Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
Peter Lorenzana, Lecturer, IS Department
Sarah Domingo Lipura, Faculty, Korean Studies Program
Erika A. Cruz, Student Affairs Professional, Office for Social Concern and Involvement
Genalyn S Sanvictores, Coordinator, AJHS Christian Life Education
Roxanne Navarro, Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts
Javier Luis P Gomez, Instructor, Department of Theology
Jema Pamintuan, Assistant Professor, Filipino
Reinabelle Reyes, Lecturer, Department of Information Systems and Computer Science
Anne Marie Topacio, Instructor, Department of Psychology
Zomesh Maini, Instructor, Biology
Rina Simpas, Director, Campus Ministry
Fernando Aldaba, Professor, Economics
Dennis Temporal, Instructor, Philosophy
Winfer C. Tabares, Instructor, Department of Mathematics
Cornelia C Soto,   Faculty,   Education
Lovelyn Paclibar, Instructor, Department of Philosophy
Sr. Maria Fleurdelis O. Calidguid, MMB, School Principal, Mercedarian School, Inc.
Assunta Cuyegkeng, Professor, Department of Leadership and Strategy
Francis A. Gealogo, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University
Priscilla Angela T. Cruz, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Susan Evangelista, Professor (retired), Interdisciplinary Studies

As of Tuesday, 21 August 2017, 8:20 P.M.

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20. Those cats are sneaky



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19. I really hope they do the dance, too.

18. Valid point.

17. Hey, that’s discrimination against humans!

16. Or a one-second dog, for that matter.

15. This might make you roll your eyes, but only after you giggled.

14. This is every day at my house.

13. Ain’t that the truth.

12. “When a dog walks in with an itty-bitty face…”

11. Catnip abuse is a serious issue, friends.

10. Simple, easy to understand, we give you a 8/10.

9. Said every dog ever.

8. It takes a second to hear it, but it’s so good.

7. They’re purrfectly feline to us.

6. “I say whippet. Whippet good!”

5. The best vet policy.

4. And their name was Barkenstein.

3. Or, really any kind of dog…

2. Who needs dad jokes when you have vet puns?

1. Straight outta the vet.

20 Hilarious Vet Signs That Will Have You Howling With Laughter

Amanda Black | Aug 18, 2017

No one likes going to the doctor’s office. But if dogs and cats could speak, they’d probably say that’s a huge understatement.

All things considered, though, the veterinarian’s office is a wonderful place â€" they get endless treats (while someone sticks a thermometer in unspeakable places), tons of belly rubs (as someone pokes and prods them), and meet other cool animals (that they’re not actually allowed to play with). Okay, so it’s not a magical wonderland, but for us humans, the vet’s office is great. Especially when it has a hilarious sign like one of these outside.

sad, sad, sad.

(Bikol)

Pahayag nin mga nagkakasararong partukdo sa Ateneo de Manila University dapit sa pagkagadan ni Kian Loyd de los Santos asin sa nagdadakol na mga kaso nin mga daing hustisyang kagadanan


Kan 16 Agosto 2017, sa Syudad kan Caloocan, sinitá nin mga pulis an 17-anyos na estudyante sa Senior High School na si Kian Lloyd de los Santos. Dai pa saná nahaloy pagkatapos kan pagsitá, nadukayan si Kian, aki nin sarong ina na OFW, na daing buhay asin tinutubdan na saro na naman na kaso nin daing hustiyang paggadan. Saro si Kian sa mga ginaradan sa serye nin mga pag-raid katakod kan inaapod ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte na gyera kontra droga, sarong makangirhat na operasyon na nagresulta sa kagadanan nin 74 ka-tawo, susog sa The Manila Times.

Sa report kan Amnesty International, an mga huring aktibidad sa madugong kampanyang ini kan presidente nakaabot na sa "bagong tangga nin barbaridad." Siring man, kinokonsiderar kan Commission on Human Rights na "dai pang maurog" sa bilang kan mga huring nagkadaranyaran na buhay.

Kami, na mga nagkakasararong paratukdo kan Ateneo de Manila University, sa pinakamakusog nyamong tingog, minakundenar sa makarimarimáng bugso nin mga kasong ini nin mga daing hustisyang paggadan. Isinisikwal mi an labi-labing ngirhat na isinasabwag ni Presidente Duterte sa mga namamanwaan. An kultura nin maringis na impunidad na nangyayari sa saiyang pagsunsón sarong makusog na humâ sa mga esensyal na kabansáyan na nagbubugkos satuya bilang sarong nasyon.

Kan 16 Pebrero 2017, inireport kan Philippine Daily Inquirer na maabot na sa 2,217 ka-tawo an nagkagaradan puon kan pinùnan an Oplan Tokhang kan 30 Hunyo 2016. Kan Mayo, susog sa pahayag kan ABS-CBN, an bilang na nasambit nagdakula pa sa pag-akò mismo kan Philippine National Police sa paggadan sa 12,000 ka-tawo na tinutubdan na sangkot sa droga. Matakig nanggad an siisay man na makakaisi na an kadakul-dakol na ini na mga binarawian nin buhay ginaradan na dai natàwan nin pagkakataon sa saindang mga legal na deretso.

Bilang mga paratukdong Filipino na igwang perspektibang Kristiyano, itinutulod nyamo an sagradong pagpapahalaga sa paghurup-hurop asin pagigin patas, sa pagmangno asin sa hustisya. Huli sa mga bagay na ini, nangangapudan kami na untukon na nanggad an mga paggagadan na ini na naghaman nin klima nin pagkatakot, kawàran nin paggalang sa ley, asin pag-abuso. Nangangapudan kami sa gabos na tawo na igwang marhay na konsensya na makisumaro sa samuyang paghurot na maibalik an pagsunod sa ley asin na matapos na an daing kamanungdanan na paggamit nin pwersa laban sa mga daing sukat sektor kan satong komunidad: an mga nagtitios, mga naghihilang, asin an mga daíng kasàlan.

An ngirhat daíng lugar sa satong sosyudad! Untukon na an mga paggagadan ngunyan!

(Cebuano)

Pamahayag sa pipila ka mga magtutudlo sa Ateneo de Manila kabahin sa pagpatay kang Kian Loyd de los Santos ug sa nagkadaghan nga kaso sa EJK


Niadtong ika-16 sa Agusto 2017, gidakop si Kian Loyd de los Santos, 17 anyos ug naa sa ikaupat nga tuig sa hayskul, sa Caloocan City. Sa walay oras, si Kian, OFW ang inahan, nakit-ang patay sa gituuhang usa na usab ka kaso sa extra judicial killing. Si Kian usa sa mga gipatay sunod sa mga raids nga naay kalambigitan sa war on drugs ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, usa ka ngilngig nga operasyon nga mihamtong sa pagpatay sa 74 ka mga tawo matod sa The Manila Times.

Matod sa Amnesty International, kining mga panghitabo sulod sa madugo nga kampanya sa president mihmatong na sa mas way puas nga pagpatay. Dugang pa sa Commission on Human Rights nga pinakadaghan ang mga kaso sa pagpatay karon.

Kami nga mga nagpakabana nga magtutudlo sa Ateneo de Manila University, mikondena sa bug-os nga pagbati sa walay puas nga mga pagpatay o extra judicial killings. Hugot namo nga gisaway ang pang-abuso ug pagpanglapas sa gobyerno nga gipasiugdahan ni Presidente Duterte ngadto sa katawhan. Ang kultura sa pang-abuso nga iyang gipalikuran usa ka hulga sa mga sukaranang gawi ug pamatasan nga mao untay mohiusa sa atong nasod.

Sukad sa pagpasikad sa Oplan Tokhang niadtong Hunyo 30 2016, asoy sa Philippine Daily Inquirer nga niadtong Pebrero 16 2017, mikabat sa 2,127 ka tawo ang gipatay. Niadtong Mayo, sa gitaho sa ABS-CBN, ang maong numero mingdako atol sa pag-angkon mismo sa Philippine National Police sa pagpatay  sa 12,000 ka mga suspetsado. Makapangurog sa kaunuran kung huna-hunaon ang kasamtangang ihap sa mga namatay nga wala ming-agi ug tarong ug lehitimo nga imbestigasyon ubos sa batakang balaod, lakip ang paghikaw sa mga bikitima sa ilang legal nga mga katungod.

Isip mga Pilipinong magtutudlo nga naay Kristiyano nga perspektibo, among gipausbaw ang dili ikalimod nga pagkamahinungdanon sa pagkamaangayon, pagpakabana, ug hustisya. Busa among gipanawagan ang pag-undang aning maong masaker hinungdan nga mingpatigbabaw ang kahadlok, pagpanglapas, ug pagpanglupig sa kasamtangan. Among gipanawagan sa katawhan nga naay kunsensya sa pag-uban namo sa pagbungat nga ibalik ang rule of law o ang pagpasikad ug pagsunod sa balaod ug pag-undang na sa walay hinungdan ug sukwahi sa matarong nga paggamit sa gahom batok sa mga pinakaalaot nga mga miyembro sa atong katilingban: ang mga way nahot, ang mga masakiton, ug ang mga inosente.

Walay lugar ang kahadlok ug pagpanghasi sa usa ka matarong nga katilingban. Undangi na ang pagpatay!

(Filipino)

Pahayag ng ilang kaguruan ng Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila kaugnay ng pagpaslang kay Kian Loyd de los Santos at sa dumaraming kaso ng EJK


Noong ika-16 ng Agosto 2017, dinakip ng mga pulis si Kian Lloyd de los Santos, 17 gulang at nasa ikaapat na taon ng hayskul, sa Lungsod Caloocan.  Ilang sandali pa at natagpuang patay si Kian Loyd, na anak ng isang nanay na OFW. Pinaniniwalaang isang kaso ng extra-judicial killing (EJK) ang pagkamatay ni Kian Loyd at bahagi ito ng malawakang kampanya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kanyang digmaan laban sa droga, isang karumal-dumal na operasyon na nauwi sa pagpaslang ng 74 katao ayon sa The Manila Times.

Ayon naman sa Amnesty International, umabot na sa sukdulang kahayupan ang kampanyang ito, at para sa Komisyon ng mga Karapatang Pantao, nasa panibagong rurok na ang kalapastanganan kung pagbabatayan ang bilang ng mga pinapaslang at nasasawi.

Ipinagdidiinan at ipinahahayag namin, bilang mga guro ng Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila, ang pagkondena sa kalunos-lunos na extra-judicial killings na ito. Tinutuligsa namin ang karahasang inihagupit ng Pangulong Duterte sa mga mamamayan ng ating bansa. Ang kultura ng karahasan na kanyang ipinunla at pinagtitibay ay banta sa mga pangunahing halagahan na nagbubuklod sa atin bilang isang bansa.

Iniulat ng Philippine Daily Inquirer noong 16 Pebrero 2017 na mula nang simulan ang Oplan Tokhang noong 30 Hunyo 2016, nasa 2,127 katao na ang namatay. Noong Mayo 2017, ipinahayag naman ng ABS-CBN na tumataas pa ang bilang dahil na rin sa pag-amin ng Philippine National Police sa pagkakapaslang sa 12,000 katao. Nakapanghihilakbot ang bilang ng mga basta-basta pinaslang nang walang pagsasaalang-alang sa kanilang karapatang-pantaong naaayon sa batas.

Bilang mga guro na hinubog ng Kristiyanong pananaw, itinataguyod namin ang mga karapatang pantao, ang patas na pagsisiyasat, ang pakikipagkapwa-tao, at ang katarungan.  Isinisigaw namin ang kahingiang itigil na ang kabi-kabilang pagpaslang na lumikha ng kaligiran ng takot, panunuwail, at pang-aabuso.  Nananawagan kami sa sambayanan na suriin ang budhi at magkaisa sa panunumbalik ng kaayusan, katarungan, at nang matigil ang paggamit ng dahas lalo na sa mga naisasantabing sektor ng ating lipunan: ang mga maralita, mahina, at walang kamalay-malay.

STATEMENT OF CONCERNED ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY FACULTY ON THE DEATH OF KIAN LOYD DE LOS SANTOS

August 21, 2017
   
(English)

Statement of concerned Ateneo de Manila University faculty on the death of Kian Loyd de los Santos and the recent spate of extra judicial killings

On 16 August 2017, police officers accosted a 17-year-old Senior High School student named Kian Loyd de los Santos in Caloocan City. Moments later, Kian, the son of an OFW mother, was found dead in what is believed to be yet another case of extra judicial killing. Kian was among those who were executed following the series of raids related to President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, a grisly operation that resulted in the slaughter of 74 people, according to The Manila Times. 

Amnesty International reports that the latest development in the president's bloody campaign is reaching "new depths of barbarity." Meanwhile, the Commission on Human Rights considers the scale of the recent killings to be "unprecedented."

We, the concerned faculty of the Ateneo de Manila University, condemn in the strongest possible terms the horrendous spate of extra judicial killings. We denounce the state terror that President Duterte is unleashing upon the citizenry. The culture of violent impunity that he instigates is a threat to the fundamental virtues that bind us as a nation.   

Since the introduction of Oplan Tokhang on 30 June 2016, the Philippine Daily Inquirerwould report on 16 February 2017 that about 2,127 people had been killed. In May, as ABS-CBN stated, that number would balloon with no less than the Philippine National Police admitting to terminating 12,000 suspects. One shudders to think of the current number of victims who were executed without access to their legal rights.

As Filipino educators with a Christian perspective, we promote the inalienable values of deliberation and fairness, of care and justice. We therefore demand an end to the carnage that has created a climate of fear, lawlessness, and abuse. We call on people of conscience to join us in demanding the restoration of the rule of law and the cessation of the arbitrary use of brute force against the most vulnerable sectors of our community: the poor, the ill, and the innocent.

There is no place for terror in a just society. Stop the killings now!

21. Women who have mostly male friends stay in a good mood more often.

22. People who speak two languages may unconsciously shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another.

23. Being alone for a long time is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

24. Travel boosts brain health and also decreases a person’s risk of heart attack and depression.

25. People look more attractive when they speak about the things they are really interested in.

26. When two persons talk to each other and one of them turns their feet slightly away or repeatedly moves one foot in an outward direction, this is a strong sign of disagreement, and they want to leave.

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16. People who try to keep everyone happy often end up feeling the loneliest.

17. The happier we are, the less sleep we require.

18. When you hold the hand of a loved one, you feel pain less keenly and worry less.

19. Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter the person is, the more selective they become.

20. Marrying your best friend eliminates the risk of divorce by over 70%, and this marriage is more likely to last a lifetime.

11. Listening to high-frequency music makes you feel calm, relaxed, and happy.

12. If you can’t stop your stream of thoughts at night, get up and write them down. This will set your mind at ease so you can sleep.

13. Good morning and good night text messages activate the part of the brain responsible for happiness.

14. Doing things that scare you will make you happier.

15. The average amount of time a woman can keep a secret is 47 hours and 15 minutes.

6. The way a person treats restaurant staff reveals a lot about their character.

7. People who have a strong sense of guilt are better at understanding other people’s thoughts and feelings.

8. Men are not funnier than women: they just make more jokes, not caring whether other people like their humor or not.

9. Shy people talk little about themselves, but they do this in a way that makes other people feel that they know them very well.

10. Women have twice as many pain receptors on their bodies than men, but they have a much higher pain tolerance.

1. Any friendship that was born in the period between 16 and 28 years of age is more likely to be robust and long lasting.

2. Women generally prefer men with deep husky voices because they seem more confident and not aggressive.

3. The people who give the best advice are usually the ones with the most problems.

4. The smarter the person is, the faster he thinks, and the sloppier his handwriting is.

5. Our emotions don’t affect the way we communicate. In fact, the very opposite is true: the way we communicate has an influence on our mood.

26 Mind-Blowing Psychology Facts That You Never Knew About People

Learning something new about yourself is always interesting and entertaining. And understanding the psychology behind the way we behave, treat others, and express ourselves can be even more appealing.

Today, we here at Bright Side have compiled a list of the most surprising psychology facts that can help you better understand yourself and others.

‘Crazy policy that failed’

But Saguisag on Friday said the President’s anti-narcotics campaign deserved to be criticized because it's a “crazy” policy that failed in other countries.

“No nation has ever solved the drug problem by violent bloody war. Hindi nagtagumpay sa [It didn’t succeed in] Colombia, Thailand, Myanmar,” the former senator said.

“Kaya tingnan n’yo, after a year, meron bang country (that) adopted this crazy policy na ayan andaming napapatay [Thus, you look at it, after a year, was there another country that adopted this crazy policy wherein many people are being killed]?” Saguisag said.

“It is not the way to solve the problem. Tigilan na niya kasi. [Duterte should stop it]. It is a failed policy and has not succeeded in the world. No one has copied him,” he added.

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“Sabihin mo, ‘Pulis, barilin mo na ‘yang kasali diyan‘ [Tell them, ‘Police, shoot those who are part of it’] If they’re obstructing justice, you shoot them,” said the chief executive.

“Para makita talaga kung anong klaseng human rights [So they can really see the kind of human rights],” added Duterte.

The President said human rights groups only condemn his war against drugs but not crime perpetrators.

“Where was the human rights? They could not even utter it in public. ‘Look, do not do that to me,’… Nothing. Then when it comes to criminals, you will proclaim, ‘human rights violations,’” he said.

Although he admitted that he’s afraid of the threats being made by President Rodrigo Duterte towards human rights defenders like him, Saguisag, a human rights lawyer during the Marcos regime, said activists had already taught themselves how to feign bravery.

“Takot din kami sa threats ni Digong. But long ago, we learned the art of pretending not to be afraid,” stated Saguisag.

Last Wednesday, Duterte said he he just might order the police to also shoot members of human rights groups so they would be able to know what human rights violations were all about.

OFW NEWSFEED: SAGUISAG: I WON’T BE SURPRISED IF ‘HR ADDICTS’ LIKE ME TO ALSO BECOME AMONG ‘TOKHANG’ VICTIMS | NEWS5

August 18, 2017



MANILA, Philippines â€" With the Duterte administration’s intensifying anti-narcotics campaign that resulted in the latest spike of deaths in Bulacan and Metro Manila, former senator Rene Saguisag said he would no longer be surprised if “human rights addicts” like him would also become among the fatalities.

“Aba, kaming human rights addicts ay padadala na sa promise land. That may be very imprudent for the President na kina-characterize kami na dangerous folks dahil kami ay human rights addicts,” said Saguisag on Friday, August 18.

[We, human rights addicts, will be sent to the promised land. That is very imprudent for the President to characterize us as bad people because we are human rights addicts.]

Protesters display placards during a rally to condemn the recent killings in President Rodirgo Duterte's renewed crackdown on drug offenders which also claimed the life of a minor Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Quezon city north of Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte's renewed crackdown on drug offenders has resulted in some dozens of killings over the past three days alone. Bullit Marquez AP Photo

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Saldy Delos Santos, father of Kian Loyd, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, who was killed allegedly in a shootout with police, describes his son's killing at his wake in their house Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Caloocan city north of Manila, Philippines. The killing of Kian has sparked protests and condemnation from concerned citizens. Bullit Marquez AP Photo

Saldy Delos Santos, father of Kian Loyd, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, who was killed allegedly in a shootout with police, comforts his son's girlfriend at his wake in their house Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Caloocan city north of Manila, Philippines. The killing of Kian has sparked protests and condemnation from concerned citizens. Bullit Marquez AP Photo

"Legitimate police operations are OK, but summary executions have no place in our society because they're barbaric acts," Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito told DZBB Radio. "They should not go overboard."

More than 3,200 drug suspects have been gunned down by police since Duterte launched his crackdown. More than 2,000 others have died in drug-related killings, including attacks by motorcycle-riding masked gunmen, who human rights groups allege are policemen in disguise or their civilian hit men.

Alarmed human rights groups have reported higher death tolls.

Duterte has acknowledged he erred in his initial estimate â€" and campaign promise â€" to end the drug menace in three to six months and added that it would be difficult to have the problem under control during his six-year term. The crackdown, however, will not stop under his watch, he said.

Vice President Leni Robredo condemned the killing and visited the wake of the slain student early Sunday accompanied by a volunteer lawyer, who she said may be able to help the victim's family attain justice. She acknowledged that the country has a big drug problem, but said the solution should not trample on human rights and victimize the innocent.

Amid the outcry, police officials removed three police officers involved in the killing of delos Santos, along with their commander, and ordered an investigation.

Senators allied with Duterte were to hold a meeting Sunday to discuss a possible investigation of the killings of delos Santos and dozens of other people last week. Two of them spoke in radio interviews, warning policemen not to abuse Duterte's strong backing of law enforcers involved in his campaign against illegal drugs.

In a separate statement read in Manila churches, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle offered to host a dialogue on the drug problem among government and police officials, along with families of victims, nongovernment groups and medical experts.

Anger and protests have focused on last week's shooting death of a teenager, Kian Lloyd delos Santos, who police say was a drug dealer who opened fire with a pistol during a raid, prompting law enforcers to shoot him. The family of the slain 17-year-old student, however, says he was mercilessly shot by police as he was pleading for his life.

Police said the student attempted to escape during a raid that sparked a chase Wednesday night in suburban Caloocan city in Manila metropolis. The student's grieving parents and some neighbors denied the police claim, pointing to security camera footage that showed a man, who they said was delos Santos, being held by both arms and dragged away from his home shortly before he was shot nearby.

"The sounding of the bells is a call to stop approval of the killings," Villegas, who also heads an influential bloc of Filipino Catholic bishops, said in a statement read Sunday in churches in his district in Pangasinan province. "The country is in chaos. The officer who kills is rewarded and the slain get the blame. The corpses could no longer defend themselves from accusations that they 'fought back.'"

"Why are we no longer horrified by the sound of the gun and blood flowing on the sidewalks? Why is nobody raging against drugs that were brought in from China?" Villegas asked, referring to a huge drugs shipment that managed to pass through Manila's ports under the watch of Customs officials appointed by Duterte.

Without naming the president, Villegas criticized Duterte's praises for police killings of 32 drug suspects in just a night of raids across Bulacan province last week and how his supporters applauded in response.

Jomari only one name given), a neighbor and friend of slain Kian Loyd Delos Santos, refuses to leave the wake of his friend Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Caloocan city north of Manila, Philippines. Kian Loyd, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, was killed on Wednesday allegedly in a shootout with police. The killing of Kian has sparked protests and condemnation from concerned citizens.

Philippine churches to ring bells to protest drug killings

BY JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press
AUGUST 20, 2017

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

A Philippine Catholic leader said Sunday that church bells would be rung every night for three months across his northern district to raise alarm over a sharp spike in police killings of drug suspects, adding to a growing outcry over President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody crackdown.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas said church bells would toll for 15 minutes nightly across his religious district from Tuesday to Nov. 27 to rouse a citizenry "which has become a coward in expressing anger against evil." The start and end of the protest mark days of Catholic veneration.

The move comes after more than 80 drug and crime suspects were gunned down by police in metropolitan Manila and nearby Bulacan province in just three days last week, the bloodiest few days since Duterte's crackdown started in July last year.

Finally, let us conquer evil with good (Romans 12:21). Let us save the lives of people most vulnerable to drug dependency: the youth, the poor and unemployed. Words of solidarity without tears and acts of compassion are cheap. I enjoin our parishes and vicariates to commit again to the parish-based drug rehabilitation program of the Archdiocese of Manila called Sanlakbay in partnership with the local government and police. I ask the Basic Ecclesial Communities and other organizations of the lay faithful to care for our neighborhoods in coordination with our partners.

“May the Lord bless you and keep you! May the Lord let His face shine upon you and be gracious to you! May the Lord look upon you kindly and grant you peace!” (Numbers 6:24-26)

+Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle
Archbishop of Manila
19 August 2017

Secondly, to understand the situation better, we need not only statistics but also human stories. Families with members who have been destroyed by illegal drugs must tell their stories. Families with members who have been killed in the drug-war, especially the innocent ones, must be allowed to tell their stories. Drug addicts who have recovered must tell their stories of hope. Let their stories be told, let their human faces be revealed. We knock on the consciences of those manufacturing and selling illegal drugs to stop this activity. We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces with bonnets, to stop wasting human lives. Recall the words of God to Cain who killed his brother Abel, “Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the soil” (Genesis 4:10). Those with sorrowful hearts and awakened consciences may come to your pastors to tell your stories and we will document them for the wider society. I call on all the parishes in the Archdiocese of Manila to mark the nine days from August 21 (Memorial of St. Pope Pius X) to August 29 (Beheading of St. John the Baptist) as time to offer prayers at all masses for the repose of those who have died in this war, for the strength of their families, for the perseverance of those recovering from addiction and the conversion of killers.

First, all Filipinos agree that the menace of illegal drugs is real and destructive. We must face and act upon together, as one people. Unfortunately, it has divided us. Given the complexity of the issues, no single individual, group or institution could claim to have the only right response. We need one other. We cannot disregard each other. Let us invite families, national government agencies, local government units, people’s organizations, schools, faith-based communities, the medical profession, the police and military, recovering addicts etc. to come together, listen to each other and chart a common path. The illegal drug problem should not be reduced to a political or criminal issue. It is a humanitarian concern that affects all of us. The Archdiocese of Manila would be willing to host such multi-sectoral dialogue.

Cardinal Tagle’s statement on drug-related killings

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Aug 20, 2017
     
A letter from His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle will be read in all masses (August 20) after communion.

(English Version)

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Archdiocese of Manila,

On August 12-17, 2017, I participated in the meeting of Caritas Latin America held in El Salvador, a country where many people had been killed in a civil war. Until now it still contends with armed groups. In El Salvador, I heard news of the increase of killings in our own country due to an intensified war against illegal drugs. I am inviting you to reflect, pray and act.

"It's not that you have to absolutely avoid coconut oil but rather limit coconut oil to where you really need that special flavor, like for Thai food or for baking a special dessert," Willett said.

"If you love using butter and need a hard fat, coconut oil may be a better choice and is certainly fine to consume occasionally, when a recipe calls for it," Klatt added.

But for day-to-day use, vegetable oils such as olive, canola or soybean oil, along with nuts and seeds, should be your primary fats. "These have better effects on blood cholesterol and long-term studies showing reduced risk of heart disease," Willett said.

Lisa Drayer is a nutritionist, author and health journalist.

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Coco-calories

Like other oils, coconut oil is calorie-dense, which means consuming large amounts without reducing other calorie sources can lead to weight gain. Just one tablespoon has 120 calories, about the same as a large apple or four cups of air-popped popcorn.

"Oil is a really easy way to increase the energy density of a food. Things like almonds have a lot of fat, but it's easier to overeat pure oil than overeat pure almonds," Klatt said.

In small amounts, however, coconut oil can have a place in one's diet.

Coconut oil and weight loss

Some research suggests that coconut oil may be helpful in reducing belly fat, at least in the short term. One study found that coconut oil was associated with reduced waist circumference (belly fat) compared with soybean oil. Participants also consumed a lot more fiber, followed a low-calorie diet and walked for about an hour each day.

"Even if coconut oil does help reduce belly fat, it doesn't necessarily outweigh the concern about its effect on lipids, specifically LDL," Klatt said.

Other research has touted benefits such as increased metabolism, reduced appetite or improved cognitive function associated with fats known as MCTs, or medium chain triglycerides, which are present in coconut oil.

"You can't infer from ... studies what coconut oil will and will not do. We need better controlled trials," Klatt said. "Right now, the internet is jumping the gun and going way beyond the evidence."

And while it's true that an elevated LDL level is only a risk factor for heart disease and doesn't always translate to heart attacks, it's still cause for concern. "High LDL is a risk factor, but it strongly predicts negative health events," Willett said.

There is extremely preliminary evidence that the increase in LDL may not be as pronounced if one consumes extra virgin coconut oil instead of refined coconut oil, according to Klatt. For example, polyphenols present in unrefined oils may help to blunt the effects on LDL. But "the effects of extra virgin compared to refined coconut oil and other common oils require further study," he cautioned.

Still, though the increase in HDL seen with consumption of coconut oil may offset some of the disease risk, it's still not as good as consuming unsaturated oils, which not only raise HDL but lower LDL, according to Willett.

Complicating matters is the fact that we still don't know for sure what exactly a high HDL translates to in terms of health risk. "There's been debate about the role of HDL," Willett cautioned. "Partly because there are many forms of HDL which have different health consequences ... which has made the water murky."

For example, there are different forms of HDL that do different things. One role is to help take LDL cholesterol out of the bloodstream. "But some forms of HDL don't do that," Willett said, "so we don't know for sure that higher HDL is better."

What's in coconut oil?

Coconut oil is extracted from the meat of the fruit. It contains mostly saturated fat, which is also found in large quantities in butter and red meat. Like other saturated fats, coconut oil increases LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol associated with increased risk of heart disease. In fact, coconut oil has more saturated fat and raises LDL more than butter, according to Willett.

But coconut oil does a particularly nice job of raising HDL, the "good" cholesterol, especially when replacing carbohydrates in the diet. This may be due to its high content of a fatty acid known as lauric acid.

"Coconut oil is half lauric acid, which is a little bit unique," Klatt said, as the acid seems to raise HDL more than other saturated fats and is rarely found in such high amounts in foods.

How exactly, then, does coconut oil rank among oils?



"Coconut oil is somewhere in the middle of the spectrum in terms of types of fats. It's probably better than partially hydrogenated oils (which are) high in trans fats but not as good as the more unsaturated plant oils that have proven health benefits, like olive and canola oil," Willett said.

"It's probably not quite as 'bad' as butter but not as good as extra virgin olive oil," agreed Kevin Klatt, a molecular nutrition researcher at Cornell University who is studying the metabolic effects of coconut oil.

Klatt cautions that we should not develop too strong of an opinion about coconut oil without more data. "But at the same time, you have to be evidence-based ... and (currently), the evidence reflects benefits for olive oil, fish, nuts and seeds -- so that should be the focus in the diet."

Is coconut oil healthy?

By Lisa Drayer, CNN
August 18, 2017

(CNN)According to a recent survey, 72% of Americans think coconut oil is a healthy food.

But despite popular health claims about coconut oil, a report from the American Heart Association recently advised against its use, stating that it increases LDL cholesterol (a cause of cardiovascular disease) and has no known offsetting effects.

"There are many claims being made about coconut oil being wonderful for lots of different things, but we really don't have any evidence of long-term health benefits," said Dr. Walter C. Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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