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Heads of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are due to visit India later this month, amid an ongoing search process to finalize the name of the next World Bank president.

During their separate visits, World Bank President Robert Zoellick and IMF Chief Christine Lagarde are likely to meet top leaders and policymakers here and discuss the economic policies and reforms undertaken by India, given its growing influence in the global economic arena.

The IMF has said that Lagarde would be here on March 19-20, although there is no official word so far on Zoellick's visit, PTI reported.

An informed person, however, said that Zoellick was likely to come to India in the last week of March and his itinerary was being finalized.

These high-profile visits assume significance following demands from emerging economies that chiefs of these two influential multilateral lending agencies should be selected on the basis of merit, and not their nationality.

Zoellick is stepping down as the World Bank President in June and a search process is on to finalize his successor.

Since their inception, the World Bank and the IMF have always been headed by persons from the US and Europe, respectively, although there are no rules barring those from other countries being appointed to these positions.

The US and Europe account for a major chunk of voting rights at these institutions.

But the voice has been getting louder for a greater importance to the emerging markets.

symbolic man diay pud ning statistics ni, vrl.

According to one report, 60 % of Americans are obese and overweight. Here in the Philippines, obesity is also a growing epidemic.

by PNA

Despite calls to bring down the expanded value added tax (EVAT) on oil to 10 percent to help ease the burden of the Filipino people, Malacañang on Wednesday said that the tax on oil will remain at its current state of 12 percent.

Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in his regular press briefing that the income generated by the EVAT on oil is needed to fund the various pro-poor programs of the government.

“…the taxes (on oil) are really needed. While the circumstances at that time when it was imposed are different now, we need it to continue to fund our programs,” Lacierda said.

He countered criticisms that these government programs, such as the Conditional Cash Transfer, do not need funding from the EVAT on oil as these have separate funding from foreign sources.

“On the Conditional Cash Transfer, we just like to state for the record that we haveâ€"we are now servicing three million family beneficiaries. Out of the three million family beneficiaries, 900,000 family beneficiaries are funded by the World Bank-ADB (Asian Development Bank) loan. So 2.1 million (family beneficiaries) are funded by our GAA (General Appropriations Act),” Lacierda explained.

“But even then, that foreign loan ultimately babayaran rin natin ‘yan eh. So babayaran ng gobyerno ‘yan so talagang pera rin ng pamahalaan ‘yung pambayad doon,” he added.

Lacierda also cited the statement of Finance Secretary Purisima who underscored the need for the EVAT on oil as part of the government’s revenue base.

by PNA

China's economic growth rate is projected to slow further to 8.3 percent in 2012 due to uncertainties in the global economy, Standard & Poor (S&P) said Wednesday.

The growth rate, though lower than the 9.2-percent recorded in 2011, will still allow China to stand out among the world's major economies, the rating agency said.

The rate is also higher than the 7.5-percent official target set during the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, earlier the month.

China's GDP experienced a slowdown last year, with weak external demand for exports and tightening measures to curb inflation weighing on growth. The GDP grew by 9.2 percent, compared to 10.4 percent in 2010.

Local authorities' focus on boosting the GDP and increasing government support for small- and mid-sized businesses will provide growth momentum, S&P said.

The Chinese government is also likely to increase fiscal spending and cut taxes to boost household consumption, it added.

by PNA

Israeli companies Modiin Energy LP and Adira Energy Corp. have announced the discovery of oil and natural gas reservoirs near the Tel Aviv coastline.

According to the companies' initial assessments, the reservoirs could include some 128 million barrels of crude and 1.8 trillion cubic meters of gas.

The reservoirs are in shallow waters some 24 km off the Tel Aviv coast, the Globes business daily reported.

IDB Holding Corp., which controls Modiin Energy LP, plans to begin drilling toward the end of the year, and estimated that the oil would be available for consumption within five years.

"We found high-quality oil. A well (at the same site) previously produced 500 barrels a day. In other words, we have commercial quantities that can supply Israel's energy needs for 18 months," said IDB's CEO Haim Gavrieli, according to Globes.

"At a time of soaring oil prices, this is good news for IDB, Modiin, Adira and for the Israeli economy, which is trying to diversify its energy sources," Gavrieli added.

Israeli and U.S. companies have discovered other significant reservoirs of natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Haifa, in the past three years.

The Tamar and Leviathan fields, discovered in 2009 and 2010 respectively, together contain an estimated 690 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Wala nay nagdula ug ingon niani sa atong mga kabaryohan. Tua na ang mga bata nagtingkawo sa TV.

How to Avoid Accidents While Cooking
Basin diay mapiskan sa init nga mantika.

Can we also have a list of infamous Boholanos?

What is America's Growing Epidemic?

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Unruptured brain aneurysms are typically completely asymptomatic. These aneurysms are typically small in size, usually less than one half inch in diameter. However, large unruptured aneurysms can occasionally press on the brain or the nerves stemming out of the brain and may result in various neurological symptoms. Any individual experiencing some or all of the following symptoms, regardless of age, should undergo immediate and careful evaluation by a physician.

Localized Headache
Dilated pupils
Blurred or double vision
Pain above and behind eye
Weakness and numbness
Difficulty speaking
Ruptured brain aneurysms usually result in a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), which is defined as bleeding into the subarachnoid space. When blood escapes into the space around the brain, it can cause sudden symptoms.

Seek Medical Attention Immediately If You Are Experiencing Some Or All Of These Symptoms:

Sudden severe headache, the worst headache of your life
Loss of consciousness
Nausea/Vomiting
Stiff Neck
Sudden blurred or double vision
Sudden pain above/behind the eye or difficulty seeing
Sudden change in mental status/awareness
Sudden trouble walking or dizziness
Sudden weakness and numbness
Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
Seizure
Drooping eyelid

Mao diay niy porma sa divisoria? Dili nalang ko moanha diha.

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 14, 2012, 03:18:05 PM

A very relaxing beauty of nature.

basin gibuhat ni lola para sa iyang mga apo?

Why Water Makes You Weighty
If you could find a pleasant way of drying yourself up, you could immediately reduce your weight about 70% by removing the water from your person.
This "drying out" process is well known to prize fighters who are forced to trim down to a specified weight. By restricting liquid intake and at the same time increasing perspiration outgo through vigorous pummeling of sparring partners, they are able to lose several pounds of water in a brief time. An hour's boxing match can take off as much as seven or eight pounds of pugilistic weight.

Reducing salts, steam baths, strenuous exercise and similar measures can take the water out of you tooâ€"but your fat quotient is changed very little. Water lost by exercise or other means is invariably replaced because it is humanly impossible to avoid water intake over any great period. Even if you manfully or womanfully restrain yourself from drinking water, you are bound to get it in food, for even such a dry substance as smoked ham is more than half water.

It is only human to be respectful of things that are expensive, and on that basis water deserves your highest esteem. Father Joseph J. Sullivan, head of the chemistry department of Holy Cross College, has calculated the dollars-and-cents value of the water we buy in common foods. Taking 25 cents per 1,000 gallons as the average price of drinking water from the tap, he has found that:
Water in cabbage costs over $300 per 100 cubic feet.
Carrots contain water costing $600 per 100 cubic feet.
Asparagus provides water at a rate of $1,000 per 100 cubic feet.
Corn on the cob taxes you $2,500 per 100 cubic feet for its water content.
Andâ€"look out!â€"100 cubic feet of water yielded by egg plant, cucumber, or broccoli costs you anywhere from $5,000 to $6,000!

Mother Nature knows how to turn a neat profit on her raw materials, but it would be churlish to make a fuss about it, for these succulent foods would be about as flavorsome as old gunnysacks if the water were removed.

Water is more necessary than food; from one point of view it is food. Water is the great temperature regulator, the basic fluid medium for all the body's processes, and the supply is guarded zealously. The brain contains water in practically the same proportion as milk. You have to have water to think, to move, to exist.

But there can be too much of a good thing. Waterlogged tissues may not be fat tissues, but that's the way they strike the public eye. You cannot control your water content by exercise or intake, to any satisfactory extent. It is important in reducing to take enough water. Unless there is sufficient moisture in the tissues you can't break down and burn up fat. There is no valid health rule that can set down your water needs arbitrarily at six or eight or ten glasses a day. A great deal depends on what you eat, too. The safest rule is to drink enough water so that the color of the urine is a light straw yellow.

One way to prevent water retention is to be sure that you get enough protein. Your reducing diets will provide  that. When protein is severely restricted, water tends to accumulate in the tissues and make them puffy.
A second means of controlling water retention by diet is by restricting the use o£ common salt. Salt has a natural affinity for water; look at the Pacific Ocean. Internally, your fluid economy is something of an ocean itself, in that it contains mineral salts in approximately the same proportions as are found in the seven seas.
Salt holds about seventy times its weight of water in the tissues. If you get a mental picture of one surplus teaspoonful of salt holding seventy teaspoons of water in captivity in your person, you may be encouraged to reduce your salinity. Unless there is water retention, however, or some heart or kidney condition, it is not necessary to restrict salt too severely in the diet.

Practically, this can be done by avoiding too liberal use of the salt cellar at the table and in the kitchen. Instead o£ salt, which is sodium chloride, you can substitute potassium chloride. As the salt surplus dwindles, excess water that it has held in subjection gradually disappears.

An increase in potassium discourages water retention too. Vegetables are, in general, rich in potassium and low in calories. Reducing diets allow liberal use of vegetables of low calorie value, and there is an added virtue in the tendency of their potassium to drive out surplus water. Of course if you yield to the natural urge to sprinkle vegetables with common salt, this benefit will be foregone.
In a commendable desire to be fair, water keeps your weight down as well as up. One-fourth of the calories you consumed in yesterday's meals have already escaped from your person in the form of water vaporâ€"as insensible or invisible perspiration, and in the moist air exhaled from your lungs.
If you don't believe it, breathe a few calories onto a mirror!

source: PLR Article

Venus Raj in Los Angeles

Another victim of the Internet.

Mura man ug nanggilikay sa pangutana ang mga veterans.

Filipino Congressmen Who Voted Against Corona Impeachment

Minority Floor Leader Rep. Edcel Lagman, Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino, Davao del Sur Rep. Marc Douglas Cagas IV, Bohol Rep. Arthur C. Yap, Leyte Rep. Sergio Apostol, Batangas Rep. Hermilando I. Mandanas, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, La Union Rep. Victor Francisco Ortega and Occidental Mindoro Rep. Ma. Amelita Villarosa.

By George Friedman | March 13, 2012

The idea of Germany having an independent national strategy runs counter to everything that Germany has wanted to be since World War II and everything the world has wanted from Germany. In a way, the entire structure of modern Europe was created to take advantage of Germany's economic dynamism while avoiding the threat of German domination. In writing about German strategy, I am raising the possibility that the basic structure of Western Europe since World War II and of Europe as a whole since 1991 is coming to a close.

If so, then the question is whether historical patterns of German strategy will emerge or something new is coming. It is, of course, always possible that the old post-war model can be preserved. Whichever it is, the future of German strategy is certainly the most important question in Europe and quite possibly in the world.

On display: Philippine Fruits
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Hisgot-hisgot lang sa nanglabayng panahon.

Grant Hill Wallpaper
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insider gyud ni si Bugsay. swertehon kay adto ang mga dalilang masarasay sa iyang bukton.

How to Send Your Love Story to "Handumanan Sa Usa Ka Awit" Drama

Now you can email your story to: handuman_612@yahoo.com (DYHP email for Handumanan Drama)

Murag daghan ta makat-onan ning bayhana.

3,600 plus page views naman diay ni nga Birthday Greetings.

Mawad-an ug negosyo ang Nike ani kay gatiniil man diay sila tanan.

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Tinda-tinda lang ug buwad pero dakog ginansya

Nanampiling Human Mabusog
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Make a Poem-Balak for Three Beautiful Russian Women
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Mga igorot tribe ni sa Benguet. They are proud of their bahag costume.

Tarsier Botanika in Panglao, Bohol
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Make a Poem-Balak for this Woman Riding a Horse

AIDS Awareness Campaign

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Pusoy-Suwang

The fast fat?
Most nutritionists say we eat too many omega-6
fats. However, there may be a short-term benefi  t to
snacking on the sixes: Researchers in Austria found
that mice fed diets high in omega-6-rich sunfl ower
oil for 2 weeks ran faster than when they ate
omega-3-rich linseed oil. One theory: Omega-6 fats
may help reduce muscle relaxation time, allowing
for faster bursts of speed. Stay tuned.

source: Men's Health Magazine

no doubt about the arrogance of escudero, islander. it shows the way he talks at the impeachment court.

besides, the escuderos had done nothing to improve the status of sorsogon which remains a fairly unknown and poor province in the country.

escudero's pa-cute effect has always been displayed at the senate impeachment court.

Are Most Women Nagger?

What do you think?

The Revised Penal Code already has a lot of provisions about the crime of theft. Congressmen, for the purpose of churning out press releases to impress their constituents, are making laws, with a little twist from the existing ones, without the intention of implementing them. Today, there are tens of thousands of pending house bills in the House of Representatives and another tens of thousands are sitting in the Senate.

For the record, the Philippines has more laws than all the laws of world nations combined. The number of compiled laws is already overwhelming.

by PNA

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill that penalizes the theft or tampering with government equipment or devices used to monitor disaster, natural calamities and seismologic phenomena.

House Bill 5932 seeks to impose stiffer penalties on the offenses of stealing or tampering with government risk reduction preparedness equipment, accessories and other facility items.

Under the bill, unlawful taking of government risk reduction equipment and accessories, or selling or buying of such equipment is penalized with imprisonment of 12 to 15 years or a fine ranging from P1 million to P3 million or both.

The penalty of six to 10 years imprisonment or a fine ranging from P500,000 to P1 million or both shall be imposed on any person found guilty of tampering with said devices.

Attempting to commit any of the prohibited acts shall be penalized with six to eight years of imprisonment or a fine ranging from P500,000 to P1 million or both.

Benefiting from the proceeds or fruits of any of the prohibited acts shall carry a penalty of two to seven years of imprisonment or a fine ranging from P200,000 to P500,000 or both.

Aside from criminal penalties, any person who shall commit any of the prohibited acts shall pay the full cost of repair or replacement of the government risk reduction paraphernalia.

The measure provides that any government officer or employee who shall assist in the commission of any of the prohibited shall suffer the same penalty imposed upon the person who committed the prohibited act.

By Manolo R. Iñigo
PDI

The arrogance of certain Azkals, who think they can abuse a Filipino woman just because of their newfound popularity has been condemned by well-meaning quarters.

There is no question that the Azkals, composed mostly of Filipino players with foreign blood, have resurrected football, a sport once virtually ignored hereabouts.

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lesson: daghang estorya, daghang sayop hehehe

source: Banat News

Maayong pagkaugdaw sa usa ka panimalay ug diriyot masugbang buhi ang usa ka lalaki human giingong gidauban sa kapuyo niini ang ilang gipuy-ang payag human sila maglalis alas-5 na sa kaadlawon sa miaging adlaw diha sa barangay Maglantang lungsod sa Tabogon.

Ang midaob sa balay mao si Dionela Suncados, 55, samtang ang kapuyo nga iyang gikabangi mao si Marcelo Guliman.

Sa pakighinabi sa Banat News ni PO3 Jesus Suan, misaysay kini nga nianang pagkagabii si Guliman nagyawyaw human dugay kaayong nakauli sa panimalay ang iyang kapuyo nga si Suncados.

Sa diha nga nahinanok na og katulog si Guliman mao nalang ang iyang namatikdan ang ka-init nga iyang gibati sa lawas ug ang yawyaw ni Suncados nga iyang nadunggan gikan sa gawas.

Nakurat nalang siya nga nagdilaab na ang ilang balay nga ginama sa gilala nga lukay sa lubi ug kawayan hinungdan nga mibalikwas kini og midagan paggawas ug nangayo og tabang sa mga silingan.

Banat News

Nagtingkagol sa Talisay City detention cell ang usa ka 55-anyos nga lalaki human kini masakping nangawat og kwarta   didto sa Agustinian Novitiate Prayer House sa barangay Lower Mohon, dakbayan sa Talisay kagahapon sa alas 10:00 sa buntag.

Ang biktima mao si Padre Ambrosio Galindez, 80, nagpuyo sa nahisgutang lugar.

Ang suspetsado mao si Ramon Roma, taga barangay Tungkil, lungsod sa Minglanilla ug giingong anak sa kanhi piyanista sa simbahan nga higala sa pari nga biktima.

Nabawi gikan kang Roma ang P1,000 nga kwarta nga giingong iyang gikuha gikan sa pitaka sa pari apan nasakpan kini ni Edmar Antone, 29, caregiver sa biktima.

Didto na ni siya madugta sa prisohan. Walay pulos ning kalibotan ning klaseha sa mga tawo.

Mao, wala na seguroy laing nahinungan.

source: Banat News

Nasikop kagahapon sa kapolisan ang usa ka 65- anyos nga lolo sulod sa merkado publiko sa dakbayan sa Lapulapu gumikan sa pasangil nga gilugos niini ang 13-anyos nga dalagita niyang apo.

Ang gisikop mao si Remie Cabantan, 65, minyo, nga taga Brgy. Pusok dakbayan sa Lapulapu, og usa ka manindahay ug utanon sulod sa merkado.

Base sa imbestigasyon ni PO3 Napoleon Monterosa, nasayran nga niadtong Hunyo, 2010, ang apo niining 13-anyos mipasaka kaniya og kasong pagpanglugos sa sala ni RTC Judge Victor Teves sa branch 54.

Gumikan sa maong kaso nagtago-tago si Cabantan sulod sa pipila ka bulan, apan kagahapon sa mga alas 2:30 sa kadlawon nasigpatan kini ni PO3 Monterosa sulod sa merkado publiko sa Lapulapu nga namaligya og utanon hinungdan nga iya kining gisikop pinaagi sa maong warrant of arrest nga daan nang giluwatan ni Judge Teves.

Banat News

Tungod lang sa babaye nagdinunggabay ang duha ka lalaki usa kanila ang namatay pasado alas-6 sa miaging gabii diha sa C.Padilla sa barangay Mambaling siyudad sa Sugbu.

Nakabsan sa iyang kinabuhi mao si Renante Catipay, 36, dunay kapuyo ug nagpuyo sa Alaska Mambaling samtang talandugon ang kahimtang sa gikaaway niining si Oliver Daclan, 39.

Sigun sa imbestigasyon sa kapulisan nagbutyag ang biktima kuyog sa usa ka Franklin Arabis ug mi-order og beer sa tindahan diin wala magdugay naabot usab si Daclan.

Giingong kalit lang mibunot og kutsilyo si Catipay ug gidunggab si Daclan diha sa iyang dughan apan nakabawos si Daclan sa pagdunggab ngadto sa biktima makadaghang higayon.

Matud sa igsuon ni Renante nga dunay karaang panagbangi iyang igsuon tali kang Daclan lima na ka tuig ang nakalabay gumikan lang sa babaye.

Sakto man tong gibuhat sa asawa nga wala motubay sa yawyaw sa bana. Kung nitubay pa, mosamot kasilaob ang gibati sa bana.

Sakit palandungon nga gamay ra kaayo nga butang, hikog ang nakab-ot nga desisyon. Wala uroy mahinugon ang bana nga mawad-an sa amahan ang umaabot niyang anak.

You can watch the live streaming through your Android smartphones or iPhones/iPad.
http://justicewatch.nowplanet.tv/justice-watch/#.T12gvHmGs4c

Today the American education system is no longer the best in the world. With declining test scores and poor academic achievement, people have questioned whether our current educational system is working for us? On the other side of the Pacific, the situation is totally different.   

Students of Asian countries achieve higher academic achievements, and they rank at the top on math and science tests.   If their educational system is better than the U.S system, should we adopt their educational system or not? America the land of opportunity, which is famous for its democratic society and unique culture.   

People in America like to be free, to do whatever they want to do without any restrictions.  This belief is reflected in the American educational system.   In American schools, teachers and students are at the same social level. Students are encouraged to exchange their own opinions
with the teacher.   

From an early age, students in the American educational system have been taught that they have the ability to achieve whatever they want to be, but rarely have been told how they can achieve their goal.  This is because in America there are so many ways to achieve one's dream.

Because of this belief in natural born ability in the land of opportunity, students receive very little pressure in school, so whatever they do in school is totally based on their personal beliefs.   If a student wants to be successful he or she can study very hard and get in to a very good college.
On the other hand if   a student doesn't have any self control and just wants to get school over with, it is OK too, because nobody cares.  The advantage of this kind of educational system is that, it really developes student's individual thinking skills, they are encouraged to try out different options to achieve their goal.

source: oppapers.com

The typical school has 1 computer per 20 students, a ratio that computer educators feel is still not high enough to affect classroom learning as much as books and classroom conversation.

Some critics see computer education as merely the latest in a series of unsuccessful attempts to revolutionise education through the use of audio- and visually-oriented non print media. For example, motion pictures, broadcast television, filmstrips, audio recorders, and videotapes were all initially heralded for their instructional potential, but each of these ultimately became minor classroom tools alongside conventional methods.

source: oppapers.com

by Bill Crowder
Our Daily Bread

What is the greatest thing in sports? Is it championships? Records? Honors? In the Palestra, the University of Pennsylvania basketball arena, a plaque offers a different perspective on the greatest thing in sports. It reads: “To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. But to love the game is the greatest of all.” This is a refreshing reminder that sports are, after all, just the games we played with joy as kids.

A religious leader once asked Jesus about greatness: “Which is the great commandment?” (Matt. 22:36). Jesus responded by challenging that leader to loveâ€"love God and love others. Jesus said, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’” (Matt. 22:37-39).

Whatever else our faith in Christ compels us to do, there is nothing greater we can do than to show our loveâ€"for love reveals the heart of our holy heavenly Father. After all, “God is love” (1 John 4:. It’s easy to be sidetracked by lesser things, but our focus must remain on the greatest thingâ€"loving our God. That in turn enables us to love one another. There’s nothing greater.

by PNA

Busloads of Australia's Queensland farmers marched to the major political parties' campaign offices in Ashgrove in protest against coal seam gas (CSG) mining across farm lands in the state, local media reported Monday.

The Queensland Greens and Katter's Australian Party joined the farmers in Monday's protest, according to the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reports.

They were marching on to the campaign offices of Labor incumbent Kate Jones and Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman.

Queensland farmers are asking voters in Ashgrove to think about the threat of mining destroying farming land and water when they cast their votes in the March 24 state election.

Farm adviser Graham Boulton told the AAP city folk needed to understand the devastating impacts of CSG on farmers' land.

"We are really concerned underground water will be contaminated or lost," Boulton said.

He said many farmers in southern, southeast and central west Queensland relied on underground water for irrigation and for drinking water.

John Cook, a cattle and grain farmer from the Toowoomba region, said both major parties had shown they were more interested in mining royalties than the threat posed by CSG mining to underground waterways and good farming land.

by PNA

One in every three babies born in China has never ingested breast milk, political advisor Yang Lan said, expressing her worries about the declining rate of breastfeeding in China.

Yang, a mother of two, has submitted a proposal calling for support for breastfeeding mothers in China at this year's session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

"There are over 16 million newborns in China every year, and only 28 percent of them were exclusively breastfed until the ideal age of six months," Yang told Xinhua in a recent interview.

According to the Ministry of Health, China's breastfeeding rate was about 67 percent in 2008, much lower than the goal of 85 percent set in the National Program of Action for Child Development in China (2001-2010).

The rate is much lower than that of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea (ROK), whose breastfeeding rates have sharply increased due to a range of concerted public health measures.

In Cambodia, the breastfeeding rate has increased from 12 percent in 2000 to over 65 percent in 2008. In the ROK, it has grown from 20 percent in 2000 to 89 percent in 2009, with the exclusive breastfeeding rate reaching 49.3 percent in 2009.

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding until a child is two years old is recommended by WHO and UNICEF. Breastfeeding has lifelong benefits, while formula feeding leads to sub-optimal health outcomes and economic losses.

pwede matamnan ug tawa-tawa for emergency purposes just in case one of the members of Family would get dengue.

Tagbilaran Association in Metro Manila against RH bill
By Ben Cal

The Tagbilaran Association in Metro Manila (TAMM) has thrown its full support to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in the campaign against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

TAMM is composed of people from Tagbilaran City, Bohol who are now residing in Metro Manila.

Through its spokesperson, Mrs. Tita Lapez, TAMM openly opposed the passage of the RH bill during a Holy Mass at the start of the 9th Day Novena for St. Joseph, patron saint of Tagbilaran City, held at the residence of the Escalona family in New Manila, Quezon City Saturday evening.

Mrs. Lapez read an “Oratio Imperata,” a collective special prayer against the passage of RH bill. The prayer recognizes God as the “Creator and lover of all life” fashioned in His image and likeness, in “every human person.”

“Grant us intense eagerness to recognize your image in every person, so that respect for all human life becomes our way of life. Give us also the strength and courage to defend and protect the right of all to live as you ordained, from conception to natural death,” Mrs. Lapez added.

The prayer also calls for “divine healing, comfort and peace for all affected by past abortions” and help alleviate the suffering and troubles of all women with pregnancy problems.

TAMM members likewise prayed to the Holy Spirit to “enlighten the minds, and open the hearts of those who do not yet fully respect, all human life according to Your will” and that all leaders and legislators in the country locked in debate on the controversial bill be guided by Divine grace “to act responsibly for the good and well-being of all.”

They also implored that lawmakers be always steered “by humility and fear of the Lord” and asked for the intercession of the Blessed Mother so that the “Gospel of Life” is proclaimed with honesty and love.

The TAMM is one of the many groups in the country opposing the passage of House Bill No. 5043 to control population growth through the use of contraceptives which the Catholic Church is opposing because it is against God’s law. The Catholic Church favors natural method.

While the controversial RH bill is being debated in Congress, rallies by various groups, for and against the bill, continue in various parts of the country.

by PNA

SM Group, the Philippines' largest mall operator, has started the construction of its largest mall in China's northern port city of Tianjin, local authorities said.

With an area larger than 74 football fields, the SM Tianjin Shopping Center is expected to become the world's largest freestanding shopping center in terms of commercial space upon its completion by the end of 2013, said a statement from the government of the Tianjin Binhai New Area.

SM invested 3 billion yuan (476 million U.S. dollars) in the new mall -- the company's largest investment in China to date, said the statement.

Construction started on Saturday. The mall will feature three oval-shaped buildings, which are linked together by a ring-like structure, and will have a total floor area of 530,000 square meters, it said.

Tianjin is only about 30 minutes by high-speed train, and roughly one-and-a-half hours by car, from Beijing.

SM Group was founded by Henry Sy, 87, a China-born immigrant listed by Forbes magazine last year as the Philippines' richest man. The group has 46 malls in the Philippines and China, three of which are among the world's 10 largest malls.

mas okay ning ing-ani ang mga balay para walay alimuot.

Happy gyud diay imong birthday Padz. Magpaabot mi sa mga hulagway.

Environment-Friendly House
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Polish Divorce

A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl.
Although his English was far from perfect,
they got along very well.
One day he rushed into a lawyer's office
and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him.
The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances,
and asked him the following questions:

Have you any grounds?
Yes, an acre and half and nice little home.

No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
It made of concrete.

I don't think you understand.
Does either of you have a real grudge?
No, we have carport, and not need one.

I mean what are your relations like?
All my relations still in Poland .

Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.

Does your wife beat you up?
No, I always up before her.


Why do you want this divorce?
She going to kill me..

What makes you think that?
I got proof.

What kind of proof?
She going to poison me.
She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom.
I can read, and it say:

~~~Polish Remover~~~

Shrimp Delight
Philippine Food: Shrimp
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Pagkatugnaw gyud hinuon sa hilabihan
Kung mabasa sa ulan labi na ang dughan
Pero si Bugsay ug Hubag nagpanglad-ok
Kay matod pa nauga na ilang mga tilaok

Allen Iverson should be good with numbers. He’s an 11-time NBA all-star. He earned $154 million over his career in the NBA (not including lucrative endorsement deals). He’s 17th on the all-time scoring list for the modern-era NBA.

He’s also bankrupt. A Georgia judge seized Allen Iverson’s accounts this week to pay outstanding debts.

It makes you wonder, how did Iverson lose so much after making so much?

His friends say that part of the problem was… well, his friends. He had one of the biggest entourages in all of the NBA, regularly traveling with dozens of  pals and inviting as many as 50 folks to home basketball games, according to reports in the Philadelphia Inquirer. That included “staff, ” like the hair stylist A.I. took on the road with him. - source

"Behind every sound is a successful vibration." - from Magic School Bus

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference - Wangari Maathai (environmental activist, first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004)

basa sa ulan
nagkamig nga dughan
panuhot dangatan

I am not sure kung duna na bay birthday greetings for Chicogon, so I am posting one
Happy Birthday, Padz. God bless you always! More blessings from the Lord Jesus Christ!

Condoms Sold with Coconut in a Sari-sari Store
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balak nga pakaras, sa pulong walay tihik-tihik
bisan nagkalanrakas, pulong gigamit lonlon hagtik
unsa kaha ug ato usab balakan si Marian Rivera?
mga pinay nga gwapa sa dughan makaoktaba...

or for this one nga nagpayong

padz, gasakit akong dughan adtong kanta nga "ado, mahal kita". i was still few months old when it was written.

hehehe. stern warning. ayaw pukawa ang hubog.

Make a Poem (balak) for a Woman in the Rain

mura man ug nanggitapok ang inyong mga pagbati
tungod lang sa usa ka kuhit-kuhit, kahigwaos gititi
gilugit ang kaikag gikan sa kinauyokan sa dughan
gisabwag sa makadaghan, pagbati nagkatibulaag
murag tudlo nga laagan kung makatugpa
sa kang Kordapya nga paa.

Tuition Fee for Counter Strike

LOTTO HUSBAND: (SHOUTING!) Honey, mag-empake ka na, nanalo ako sa lotto.
WIFE: Wow! Anong dadalhin ko?
HUSBAND: Wala akong pakialam, basta lumayas ka na!

What's the difference between corruption in the USA and corruption in the
Philippines? In the US, they go to jail. In the Philippines, they go to US!

APO UG LOLO

APO: Lo, ngano nag kaang2x man ka'g lakaw?
LOLO: aw, ayaw nagud ni pansina apo oi
APO: ngano lagi na lo?
LOLO: ingon man gud sa akong doktor na likayan ang itlog kay taas ug Kolesterol.

HUBOG

Usa ka hubog nakakita ug madre sa dalan
iya kining gisumbag, gi tadjakan, gibalibag
bugbug sarado intawon ang madre
mikatawa ang hubog ug mi ingon:
"WA MAN DIAY KAY PULUS BATMAN!!!"

Nagpahula ang mag-ina kay Madam Auring....
Madam Auring: Bukas mamamatay ang anak mo sa apoy at bato.
Mag-ina: Naku! Umuwi na tayo at mag-ingat tayo, baka pa tayo maaksidente.
Kinabukasan. Galit na galit ang ina, pinuntahan niya ang manghuhula.
Sabi ng ina: Sabi mo mamamatay ang anak ko sa apoy at bato, bakit nasagasaan?
Madam Auring: Huminahon ka, puntahan natin ang lugar ng aksidente.
Pinuntahan nga nila.
Madam Auring: Sabi ko na nga ba at mamamatay siya sa apoy at bato.
Ina: Ano? Nakikita mo bang nasagasaan siya, tapos sasabihin mong apoy at bato?
Madam Auring: Tingnan mo nga ang gulong na nakasagasa: FIRESTONE

I don't drink softdrinks. Usahay, masipyat makainom sa party but that is once in a year. I always prefer pure water or buko juice.

hmm, basin padad-an ta ug fake nga Cahill mura atong boxing ni Boom-boom Bautista.

Murag mao ray tuyo sa pag-adto sa Thailand kay dinagko naman ang ilang gipangawat. Nanghambog pa nga makaafford sila ug abogado ug bail bond.

by Tina G. Santos
PDI

Four of  the six Filipinos, who were arrested in Bangkok for allegedly stealing jewelry worth more than 6 million Baht (approximately P8.4 million) last week, pleaded guilty to the charges, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Filipinos, together with an interpreter and Philippine Embassy officer, attended a preliminary hearing Friday morning, the DFA said.

“Four of them pleaded guilty, while two denied the charges,” it added, saying the judge is prescribing a 500,000 Baht (approximately P700,000) bail bond for each of the accused.

The DFA said the Philippine Embassy is negotiating for the reduction of the bail bond. It added that the accused are set to meet with a Thai lawyer on Wednesday.

“The accused Filipinos said that they can pay for their own defense counsel,” the DFA said.

If convicted, the accused could be sentenced to 5-10 years imprisonment.

Reports said that the owner of the Gems Pavilion jewelry store in Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shopping mall found out that several pieces of jewelry were missing after the Filipinos left the store.

The Filipinos were reportedly caught by security cameras committing the crime, prompting authorities to follow them to the hotel where they were booked. The missing jewelry were allegedly found inside the room occupied by the Filipinos.

Better Quality + lesser price = value + spiritual attitude of our employees = unbeatable"

- Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines

"There are 50 ways to leave your lover, but only six exits from this airplane..."

from: Start of safety announcement of Southwest Airlines

inday badiday, ayaw pamasangil nga ikaw tag-iya
ning kabos kong medyas nga napunitan sa ukay-ukay
hunong na hinuon sa imong pagkuhit-kuhit
kay basin imong to-toy akong masignit

Ngano Cordopya, ngano?
ngano nagmasulob-an ka?
aduna bay hubag
sa imong dughan
nga wala pa matusdik?
o basin ba kaha
gibiyaan ka sa imong minahal
nga namugsay sa laing sapa
o basin ba kaha, Cordapya
nagpaabot ka sa binuwan
mong tulomanon
nga karon nag-ukon-ukon na
sa imong bilahan apan
gipugngan sa tago-angkan?

Make a Balak for This Situation

kinsay mouna?

Cordapya, pagkataas ba sa imong panglantaw
kini matataw sa mga mata mong nanghupaw
tingali duna kay gipaabot nga linalang
nga maoy mosapnay sa imong mga pangindahay
ug mopaagay sa dughang uhaw sa kalipay

nigawas na ang tinaguan ni padz chicogon. basin sumpayan ni dakog-itlog ug mawani si inday bambi

St Patrick's Day Specials

Walmart March Madness Promo

it's absolutely true. tagbilaran city has been left behind by many cities in the Philippines.

Lato Philippine Seafoods