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That kind of road is common in Tagbilaran City.

Murag lahi ra ug utok ning tigplantsa.

My childhood summers were spent in kite-flying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzjsgS5XwY4#ws
Jeremy Lin: From Nothing to Greatness

by Agence France Presse

Manny Pacquiao says the pieces were falling into place for a world title fight with Floyd Mayweather until the American boxer tried to low-ball him on the split of the pay-per view revenue.

Pacquiao said he called Mayweather personally to try to broker a deal for a world championship fight and thought they had an agreement until Mayweather brought up the pay per view.

Mayweather said he would give Pacquiao a $40 million lump-sum payment if Pacquiao agreed to let Mayweather keep the pay per view earnings for himself.

“It was embarrassing to me,” Pacquiao said Tuesday. “He was trying to take advantage of me. It is clear he didn’t want to fight.”

Some experts have estimated that the pay per view could be around $160 million.
Pacquiao and Mayweather have tried several times to get a contract signed but it has been scuttled for a variety of reasons, including disagreements over blood testing and the share of the purse.

“I called Floyd and told him that we need to make this fight happen,” Pacquiao said at The Beverly Hills Hotel. “I said he could have whatever he wants, blood testing, 50/50 split and he said ‘Oh, well. I will give you what you want.’ Then he mentioned the pay per view.”

Page 1 Philippine Daily Inquirer February 23, 2012

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Street-smart marketing gyud.

Life in the Fast Lane

Characters Without Stories

Atheists Not Allowed

Too Frank

To the Point
by Emil Jurado

I read the Wall Street Journal, Asia Edition, dated February 22, 2012. I was shocked to read that Wynn Resorts Ltd. accused Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada of Universal Entertainment of putting up Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Chairman/CEO Cristino Naguiat Jr. in the most expensive room at Wynn Resorts Macau, known as Villa 81. This covered 7,000 square feet and cost $6,000â€"P258,000â€"per day.

Santa Banana, the 47-page Wynn report even detailed the September 2010 Macau visit of Naguiat with his wife, three children, a nanny and other Pagcor officials to Wynn Resorts Macau!

The report said that Naguiat was registered as “incognito” â€"“an attempt to hide the payment of extremely costly expenses by a corporation connected with a registered entity.”

Okada was given a license to operate casinos and entertainment facilities at the Entertainment City being put up by Pagcor at the 71-hectare reclaimed area along Roxas Boulevard.

The Japanese billionaire was also accused of improperly giving more than $110,000 in payments and gifts to two gambling regulators in the Philippines and their families. Okada, his associates and companies reportedly made three dozen improper payments, including the four-day stay by Naguiat and family.

Okada and Wynn Reports Ltd. of Las Vegas, with casinos in Macau and Sentosa Island in Singapore, are now locked in an intra-corporate dispute resulting in the takeover by Wynn Resorts of Okada’s interests at Wynn and his forcible dismissal as its director.

On February 20, 2012, Okada visited Naguiat and explained. He denied making cash gifts, according to a press release of Naguiat.

Okada reportedly told Naguiat that the $110,000 in gifts detailed in the report were “complimentary accommodations” granted to Okada’s business associates from the Philippines and other countries from 2008 to 2011, according to Pagcor’s statement. Okada had reportedly apologized to Naguiat and other officials.

I wrote in my column yesterday that I found Pagcor’s explanations reasonable. I know for a fact that there is a reciprocity agreement among gaming and casino establishments worldwide.

But I did not have all the details then, as I do now.

Malacañang has also since defended Pagcor and Naguiat. I wonder whether the President has read the Wynn Report.

The report said that Okada’s associates in Macau obtained $20,000 from the resort’s cash as advances for Naguiat and his family. Okada also reportedly hosted a dinner at Wynn Macau for Naguiat and about 13 others, charging the US$1,673 dinner to Okada’s room.

The Wynn report disclosed what transpired during a Wynn Resorts board meeting in February 2011, when Okada said that “in Asia, it’s okay to give gifts to government officials” and “I wouldn’t bribe someone but would have someone else bribe that person”â€"or something to that effect.

Okada, of course, denied everything. But, Wynn Resorts Macau has the records to show it. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has since stepped into the picture between Okada and Executive Officer Stephen Wynn.

The Wynn report also detailed 30 charges, between 2008 and June 2011 when Okada, his associates and companies made payments that directly benefited senior Pagcor officials, including two chairmen and their family members. One payment for $4,642 reportedly benefited former first gentleman Mike Arroyo. I don’t know how Mr. Arroyo can explain this.

In any case, the Wynn report is detailed enough, especially about the four-day stay of Naguiat and family at the P268,000-a day room.

I wonder how President Benigno Aquino III would react to this. Or, will he do what he has always done for his close associates who have committed wrongdoing?

It is sad the President’s own friends are making a mockery of the administration’s drive against graft and corruption!

Violence in our Schools

Excerpt from the Acceptance Speech of Octavio Paz, the 1990 Nobel Prize Literature Winner:

It is impossible to know. The recent past has taught us that no-one holds the keys to history. The century ends with a throng of questions. Yet we can be certain of one thing: life on our planet is endangered. Our unthinking cult of progress together with the very advances in our struggle to exploit nature have turned into a suicidal race. Just as we are beginning to unravel the secrets of the galaxies and the atomic particle, as we explore the enigmas of molecular biology and the origins of life, we have wounded the very heart of nature. This is why the most immediate and most urgent question is the survival of the environment, regardless of whatever forms of social and political organization nations may choose. The defence of nature is the defence of mankind.

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Airphil Gives 20 Percent Discount to Students, Cebu Pacific Won't

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Parkinson’s disease is a common disease facing many older people across the world.   It affects the central nervous system and it impairs cognitive processes, motor skills and other functions.   This disease mostly affects the older generation and it manifests itself with symptoms which include rigidity, tremor, postural instability, slowness in movement and others.   Other symptoms include sleep difficulties, sensory and autonomic dysfunction.   Parkinson’s disease has a high prevalence rate among older people with approximately 500,000 people suffering from the disease in the United States.   In addition, there are approximately 1 million people who suffer from the disease but they have not been diagnosed yet (Oxtoby et. al., 2004). This makes Parkinson’s disease a serious illness which requires urgent interventions by society.   
Parkinson’s disease adversely affects the daily life of people suffering from it since it affects their cognitive processes or motor skills.

by Emily Marcelo

DEAR EMILY,

I am entering my 67th year, and reading some of the problems in your columns made me reminisce about my own life.

My wife and I came from poor families and worked our way through high school and college to finish our education.    Through sheer determination,  frugality, and working almost 20 hours everyday,  we were able to start a little business.  It succeeded well enough to send our three children not only to good schools in Manila, but overseas, too, for their post-graduate degrees.

When she reached her 40s,  my wife did not only find so much time and money in her handsâ€"she also started finding fault in herself.  She was already pretty to me, but suddenly she was complaining about how her nose was too thick,  her breasts too small, her chin too weak, and other stuff I couldn’t even see.

The crack in our marriage apparently started with the first of a series of her plastic surgeries.   Once, I was gone almost a month for business meetings,  and when I came back and saw what she did to her breasts,   I couldn’t say anything.  I didn’t know whether to stare or look away from her.  She felt very hurt at my reaction.  It took great effort for me to make love to her again after that.   I was truly horrified to touch her for fear that her breasts would leak or get smashed!

Her unhappiness with her looks continued.  One day, at breakfast,  I almost didn’t recognize her! She looked so heavily made up so early in the morning, and  when I asked if we were expecting company, she looked at me funny.   Turns out she had tattooed her eyebrows,  her eyeliner,  and even lined her lips permanently!

Instead of finding it amusing, I felt disgust at how weird she looked.    Even her skin, which was meticulously cared for monthly by her dermatologists, appeared scaly!  I’ve not been remiss in telling  her how pretty she already was, but that only started an argument.

She used to be this woman who was so naturally pretty that we’d laugh at her friends who were so vain.   But she turned out to be exactly like them.

I am a quiet, simple man with simple pleasures and desires.   I worked hard all my life hoping to give my family everything I never had.  My wife and I were together through all that, but instead of appreciating our blessings,   money became a burden to her, and she couldn’t seem to wait to throw it all away.    I wish she spent it more in educating herself or doing charity work. She’s always with her friends, shopping here and abroad and getting fixated on fixing something in their bodies.

Her unhappiness with everything made us snarl and throw harsh words at each other.   The rift in our marriage just widened, and we drifted farther and farther apart.   

Eventually, our kids had their own families, and my wife and I had to find solace somewhere else.  She went from one affair to another, and nothing lasted more than a few months.

While my friends went for young girls,   I found an educated, feet-on-the-ground woman of my age whose wisdom constantly astonished me.   She already tried marriage once, and that was enough for her.  We have been together 18 years now.

My wife has her own  life, and is still vain as ever.  Oftentimes, I’d think of our “hungry years”â€"the struggles and hardships we went throughâ€"and still feel pangs of regret.   I look back at how happy we seemed to be then.

by the bohol standard

The National Bureau of Investigation Field Office here will reopen soon.

This was announced by Provincial Administrator Alfonso Damalerio II last Friday during the radio program Kita ug ang Gobernador regularly held at the People’s Mansion and simulcast live through all local radio stations in the province of Bohol.

“This time, Governor Edgar Chatto made the initiative to spare our fellow Boholanos from the trouble of going to Cebu just to secure these clearances. The provincial government had offered to buy the necessary equipments like the biometrics capturing machine and these will be delivered soon,” administrator Damalerio said.

For more than a year now, the NBI field office had stopped its operation here when the bureau contacted a new computer systems provider that disturbed their data files.

Boholanos have to go to Cebu to secure clearances for various requirements like travel and employment. They have to cue in a long line and spend time and money in Cebu for the needed NBI clearance.

The re-opening of the NBI office here was also earlier discussed with Regional Director Atty. Ed Villarta during the recent HEAT Caravan mobile services in Guindulman and Antequera wherein NBI was among the national government agencies that actively participated in the activity.

Nice term: barong legacy.

If you were talking to an expat who wants to live in Bohol, what would be your tips?

Impeachment trial of Renato Corona - Defense counsel Serafin Cuevas conducting cross examination on DOJ Secretary Leila Delima.

Day 22 of the tedious impeachment trial of Renato Corona, Senator Bong Revilla has finally spoken.

Seems nervous. The Panday power has no effect.

Did you watch him talk?

It has been reported that the Mayor of Carmen has been prodded by another politician she run as governor in Bohol in 2013.

What is your reaction?

Have you ever wondered why Senator Bongbong Marcos is not saying anything at the Renato Corona Impeachment?

Note: Marcos has pending cases over alleged ill-gotten wealth before the Supreme Court.

Free Ticket to Jake's Fight

Are you following the impeachment trial of Renato Corona? What is your reaction so far?

Banat News

Sobra sa P20 mil nga kantidad sa mga alahas ug kwarta ang nadala sa duha ka wala mailhing mga mangingilad gikan sa usa ka 79-anyos nga lola niadtong Sabado sa gabii diha sa barangay Poblacion lungsod sa Argao.

Ang biktima mao si Rosalia Alcala, residente sa maong dapit ug dunay tindahan igo nalang mitaho ngadto sa kapolisan kabahin sa maong hitabo.

Si PO2 Benjie Geyrozaga sa Argao Police Station mibutyag nga ang nahisgutang mga lalaki sakay og usa ka motorsiklo miduol diha sa iyang tindahan ug nangutana kabahin sa kahimtang sa mga senior citizen sa ilang dapit.

Usa sa maong mga lalaki kinsa nagdala og apparatus alang sa pagkuha og blood pressure ang nagpaila nga usa ka doktor ug kunohay gikuhaan niini og BP ang biktima.

Ang maong lalaki mimando sa biktima nga ipahubo ang mga alahas niini aron kunohay matarong og function ang apparatus.

Wala makabantay si Alcala nga ang iyang usa ka parisan nga bulawang ariyos nagkantidad og P3 mil, duha ka bulawang sing-sing, P10 mil, usa ka bulawan nga sing-sing nga dunay batong diamond, P15 mil, usa ka bulawan nga pulseras ug P6,500 nga kwarta nga gibutang niya diha sa kilid gikubit na usa sa nahisgutang mangingilad.

Ni Brenda D. Batuto/EIM (Banat)

CEBU, Philippines - Naukay ang mga tawo diha sa garahian sa Ken Taxi sa barangay Lawaan III, dakbayan sa Talisay tungod sa usa ka fetus nga gibana-banang lima ngadto sa unom ka buwan nga gibilin diha sa likod sa lingkuranan sa ilang mga taxi niadtong Lunes sa gabii.

Si Jun-Jun Abendan, operator sa Ken Taxi daling mitawag sa Talisay City Police Station ug mitaho kabahin sa usa ka pinutos nga bata ang sulod.

Sila si PO3 Benedicto Lasque, PO1 Jude Enemicio ug PO1 Erwin Denila kinsa maoy miresponde sa maong report misusi na karon kung si kinsa ang responsable sa maong gidudahang infanticide o aborsyon nga krimen.

Base sa imbestigasyon, si Ramon Macalua ang drayber sa maong taksi mibutyag nga iyang gituohan nga ang duha ka mga babayeng pasahero niya maoy mibilin sa maong fetus.

Ni Chester Abadilla/WC (Banat)

CEBU, Philippines - Tabangan sa Provincial Women’s Commission (PWC) ang 75 anyos nga lola nga gitulis ug gilugos niadtong miaging kaadlawon didto sa Sitio Upper Katugasan, Barangay Can-asujan, dakbayan sa Carcar.

Ang co-chairperson sa PWC Vice Governor Agnes Magpale nagkanayon nga nakigtambayayong na sila sa Provincial Social Welfare and Development (PSWD) office pinaagi sa hepe sa maong buhatan nga si Marivic Garces.

Kini aron mahatagan dayon ang probinsiya ug aron daling maasikaso ang kahimtang sa nahisgutang biktima.

Gipahibawo ni Magpale nga ang paghatag og tabang sa probinsya sa Sugbo ilabina na sa mga kababayen-an ug ingon man sa mga kabataan walay gipili nga edad.

Libre gud tawon. Ice water man gani karon dili mahimo pangayuon. Tagpiso na kada-cellophane.

Banat News

Ang minatay nga gihatud paingon sa sam-ang nga gisakay sa   usa ka trak de karga nga nadisgrasya didto sa barangay Balao, lungsod  sa Barili gibasol sa iyang anak.

Si Josefina Recaplaza, anak ni Tranquilina Emit, nga maoy gihatod ngadto sa menteryo niadtong Huwebes, nagkanayon nga kun wala pa unta ang   patay’ng lawas sa iyang inahan isakay sa de karga dili unta mamatay ang iyang duha ka anak ug pagkaangol sa laing usa.

Si Recaplaza maoy inahan ni Rosendo ug Jimmy Recaplaza nga nakalas usab sa maong hitabo, samtang ang lain niyang anak nga si Christian, nasalbar sa maong trahedya apan angol.

Nasayran usab nga human maligid sa lupot ang de karga kay nawad-an og preno, diin namatyan og 10 ka pasahero ug 50 usab ang naangol, gibalhin og laing sakyanan ang lungon ni Emit niadtong higayona, apan gidimalas gihapon ang nahisgutang sakyanan kay nasunog kini sa karsada gumikan sa short circuit.

Lahi na gyud ang kalibotan karon. Lahi sauna nga labihan ka matinahoron sa mga katigulangan ang mga kabataan.

Diha puy balita nga nanigbas kay nakasakop sa duha nga nagjer-jer.

source: Banat News

Kretikal ang kahimtang sa usa ka construction worker dihang gidunggab tungod sa pagmaoy niini sulod sa usa ka imnanan sa barangay Poblacion sa dakbayan sa Toledo.

Ang biktima nga nakaangkon og samad dinunggaban sa sentro sa dughan mao si Ronalie Catinong, 35, wala mahibaw-i ang gipuy-an ug usa ka construction worker nga dunay project sa maong siyudad.

Samtang ang suspek nailhan sa pangalan nga si Wency Antopina, 47, nagpuyo sa maong lugar.

Matud ni SPO4 Gil Lastimosa, desk officer sa Toledo City Police dihang nahinabi sa Banat News ang biktima kauban sa iyang mga katrabaho nag-inom sa maong imnanan human sa ilang sweldo. Samtang ang suspek nag-inom usab sa maong lugar kuyog sa laing grupo apan dihang nahubog na ang biktima gikatahong nagmaoy kini ug nagsugod na og eskandalo sa maong imnanan ug dili na mopatuo kun badlungon sa mga kauban niini.

Banat News

Nabalian og mga bukog ang usa ka apohan human kini latigoha og kahoy sa iyang apo sulod sa balay didto sa sitio Cambugolan, barangay Poblacion, lungsod sa Ginatilan.

Ang biktima mao si Pedro Dagandan, 59, samtang ang suspetsado mao ang iyang apo nga si Reymark Dagandan, 18, nagtungha isip third year sa high school sa maong lungsod.

Sumala sa kapolisan sa Ginatilan, nga misumbong kanila si Cesaria Dagandan, asawa sa biktima kalabot sa pagpanghagis sa suspek sulod sa ilang balay.

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog/EIM (Banat)

CEBU, Philippines -  Duha ka mga guest relation officers(GRO) sa usa ka KTV bar sa dakbayan sa Lapulapu ang gipanunggab sa usa ka lalaking giingong nanghagad og sex kanila apan ilang gibalibaran sa miaging kaadlawon.

Ang mga biktima nga parehong nalandig sa tambalanan mao sila si Marissa, 27, ug Cheska, 18, tinuod mga pangalan gitago sa Banat News ug taga dakbayan sa Sugbu ug taga San Carlos City sa Negros Oriental.

Samtang nabalhog na sa karsel ang suspetsadong si Jestoni Gamos, 21, taga Saac, sa barangay Buaya sa maong dakbayan nga kustomer sa nahisgutang bar.

Banat News

Nadakpan ang usa ka lolo nga gipasanginlang notadong tigpayuhot og ginadiling drogas atol sa gihimong pagpangronda sa mga sakop sa City Intelligence Branch (CIB) sa Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) kagahapon sa alas-3 sa kaadlawon diha sa pinuy-anan niini sa sitio Blessed Sacrament, Villagonzalo 2 sa barangay Tejero siyudad sa Sugbu.

Kini maoy ikaupat nga higayon nga nadakpan sa mga awtoridad si Jesus Dequitos, 57, minyo alyas ‘Titot’ nga nagpuyo sa nahisgutang lugar apan kusganong mihimakak sa mga gidudahang shabu nga nakuha kaniya kagahapon.

Ang grupo ni Chief Insp. Romeo Santander, hepe sa CIB armado og search warrant nga giisyu ni Executive Judge Soliver Peras sa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 10

by pna

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) 7 has again warned jobseekers against illegal recruiters who promise high-paying jobs abroad, but have no authority from the government to recruit workers.

POEA 7 Director Evelia Durato said job applicants should be warned, especially after one of the noted alleged illegal recruiters in Cebu was released on bail recently.

Durato said job seekers can’t help but be enticed by the recruiter’s job offer that includes an attractive salary package for a job in Canada.

The recruiter allegedly duped close to 100 job applicants, but only three lodged a complaint in court.

Durato wondered why the accused was allowed to post bail when there were three complainants, which under Republic Act 8042 or the Anti-Illegal Recruitment Law, constitutes large-scale illegal recruitment, a non-bailable offense.

She said she plans to coordinate with the law enforcement agencies in Cebu to make sure that the appropriate charges are filed against illegal recruiters caught during entrapment operations.

Based on the affidavits of the complainants assisted by POEA, the applicants paid at least P50,000 as processing and placement fee for a job in Canada, but end-up working as on-the-job-trainees in a restaurant or grocery in Singapore, while others don’t get to leave Cebu at all.

One of he complainants said she paid P22,500 to the illegal recruiter, and an additional, 1,100 Canadian dollars for a job in Canada that she never got.

When she asked for a reimbursement of all her payments, the recruiter offered to get her a job in Singapore and sent her there instead, telling her that a job is waiting for her there.

However, weeks after arriving in Singapore, she still did not have a job and was forced to come home.

by Angeline Valencia
Philippine News Agency

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 21 - Crime volume in January this year by 11 percent compared to the same period last year with theft and robbery still topping crime incidents.

Police provincial director Sr. Supt. Constantino Barot Jr. reported during the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting on Tuesday at Governor’s Mansion that the Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) recorded 246 crime incidents last month, an 11-percent drop from 278 incidents recorded in January last year.

Theft still topped the statistics with 105 incidents recorded, or 51 percent of the crime volume; followed by robbery with 52 incidents, or 25 percent of the volume; and physical injuries with 28 incidents, or 14 percent of the volume.

Barot said that Bohol followed the nationwide trend where theft, robbery and physical injuries as the prevailing cases, which can be signs of poverty.

The police recorded seven incidents of car thefts, six murders, six homicides and one rape.

Governor Edgar Chatto, who presided the PPOC meeting, appreciated the efforts of the police force in the province for bringing down the crime rate and even considered Barot’s report as the best birthday gift he received from BPPO.

The governor said the continued reduction of crime volume in Bohol after 2010 was a notable accomplishment of the police force.

He said the provincial government pursued the agenda on poverty alleviation to address crimes against property, although there were other factors such as the criminal tendencies of some individuals.

Less incidents of both index and non-index crimes have been recorded last January compared to the same period last year wherein index crimes reduced from 212 to 205 and non-index crimes reduced from 66 to 41.

Barot attributed the reduction of crime volume to strict implementation of Police Integrated Patrol System (PIPS), which covers all the aspects in crime prevention, including checkpoints and foot patrol.

“Although crime still occurs from time to time, we could say that the police is on top of the situation. The deployment of prosperity teams in the barangays is expected to help the police in its effort to maintain the peace and order,” said Barot.

The police provincial director also said the BPPO had already conducted training for barangay peace-keeping teams, where tanods and concerned citizens are members, in all areas in the province except in five towns.

“Since it is a continuing program, we will soon be able to cover the remaining five towns,” Barot said.

During the month of January this year, BPPO conducted 10 operations against illegal drugs which resulted to the arrest of 10 persons and filing of 13 cases in court.

Barot explained that there were instances where after an operation, they found two offenses committed by the arrested person such as illegal possession and illegal sale of prohibited drugs. That’s why the statistics showed 13 cases filed in court while there are only 10 persons arrested during the period.(PNA)
RMA/Angeline Valencia/utb

A woman died while saving her money and jewelry from a fire that razed her house on Tuesday morning in Novaliches, Quezon City, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Text Fire Philippines (TFP) said.

BFP and TFP arson probers identified the fatality as Kayamala Hassanah Ali, of Ramirez Compound, Barangay Nova Proper.

Probers said the two-hour house might have been caused by faulty electrical wiring. The fire struck the victim's house past 2 a.m. and was declared fire out at 4 a.m.

Meanwhile, despite continues rains on Monday, a fire destroyed a P 1.5-million two-storey house in Quezon City.

BFP and TFP fire probers said that house was owned by Lauro Marinas Yicson, 25, an employee of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), at 3 Cardinal St., St. Dominic 1, Project 6, Barangay Bahay Toro. - PNA

We can find many on Facebook.

thanks hubag. very enlightening. pwede diay ni.

Welcoming Spring

Murag sa Pilipinas ra man seguro pud nga naay masuya kung nindot ka ug tingog? Ang akong nahibaloan didto sa gawas, kasagaran modayeg ug mopasalamat man nimo kung ala frank sinatra imong tingog.

Raqz, wala man pud gisulti sa balita. Ngano kaha nga niapil man to ang suspek.

Ma-overweight atong kalimutaw ani kung mao niy maglinya didto sa Caingget.

Mao ba kaha ni ang nagpahipi nga katarungan ngano nanigbas ang suspek?

Creative work of art. Good for vegetarians. Animal advocates might protest.

Basin ang mabitbit karton sa Kulafu. Tua sa laing thread naa ra bay nadunggaban kay nangajo ug barato para ipalit ug Kulafu. hehehe

Naa poy moingon: mao ra niy butang nga di ikapangagda.

Gawas nga daghang lamok sa suok sa kasagbutan, daghan pong hok-hok. Unsa man kaha ang ilang ihapin isip banig.

Wa diay sila mahadlok nga uso na ra ba ang dengue karon. Nagtuo ta nga daghang lamok sa kasagbutan.

Ang tinuod nga gugma maantigo magpaabot. "Love can wait forever" kuno.

grabe naman ang krimen sa atong nasud. angay na gyud nga ibalik ang dealth penalty nga giwagtang ni Gloria Arroyo. Tingali, hadlok pud si Gloria sa death penalty.

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog (Banat)

Usa ka tawo nga nakainom og ilimnong makahubog naghikog atubangan sa iyang hinigugma sa sulod sa tindahan niining gitrabahoan.

Ang paghikog nahitabo alas 6 pasado ang takna sa dalan S. Osmena, Poblacion sa dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu.

Ang biktima mao si Paul Cugay, 23 anyos, ulitawo, nga taga Balamban ug temporaryong nagpuyo sa Pajo, siyudad sa Lapu-Lapu.

Si SPO2 Nicanor Bacayo sa kapolisan sa maong dakbayan nga gikahinabi sa Banat News miingon nga namisita sa gitrabahoang tindahan ang biktima nga nahimutang sa maong dapit.

Didto sa sulod sa gitrabahoang tindahan ang hinigugma niini nga usa ka Joy Sumalinog ug kalit lamang niining gisulod nga maoy hinungdan sa panaglalis.

Ang biktima nga gibati og kapungot sa mao nilang panaglalis kalit nga mipunit sa gi-display nga kutsilyo ug giunay pagdunggab ang iyang tiyan.

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog (Banat)

Gipangita sa kapolisan ang usa ka lalaki nga daling nakasibat human mamusil sa gikainom niining silingan nga iyang gisuyaan tungod sa kamaayo mokanta niadtong miaging kaadlawon sa Paril, ning dakbayan.

Si Erwin Hayag maoy gitumbok nga namusil ni Reynante Pepito, 24. Ang duha pulos managsilingan.

Sumala pa sa report gikan sa Homicide Section nga ang duha nalingaw og kantakanta sa videokihan sa dihang nasuya si Hayag kang Pepito hangtod milabit kini sa pistola ug mipusil sa naulahi.

TB, kagid, hubak, hyper sakit sa BBRC
Ni Edwin Ian Melecio (Banat)

Sakit nga tuberculosis kon TB, kagid, hubak, hypertension, matag-tiki, biri-biri ug hyper-acidity maoy kumon karong mga sakit nga gimulo sa kapin usa ka gatos ka mga bilanggo sa Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center.

Si JO2 Lyn Valez ang infirmary nurse sa maong bilanggoan mitug-an sa Banat News nga duna silay 18 ka kaso sa TB, 12 niini grabe ug kinahanglan og mas taas nga panahon aron magpaalim ug ang unom dili kaayo grabe.

Sumala pa ni Valez nga dunay mga piniriso nga nagdala na sa maong sakit dihang nasulod sa BBRC, matud pa nga diha lang kini sagad madiskubrehan kun masulod sa ila kay duna may medical check-up nga himuon.

Samtang ang uban diha na matakdi sa sulod, gani giangkon ni Valez nga bisan ang mga jailguards nangatakdan sa maong sakit gikan sa mga piniriso bisan pa kadto'g wala direktang madestino sa infirmary.

Nila Ni Rey Pasaporte ug Gregg Rubio (Banat)

Ang kamingaw sa iyang hinigugma mao ang hinungdan sa paghikog sa usa ka 22-anyos nga lalaki didto sa Barangay Dawis Norte sa lungsod sa Carmen lalawigan sa Sugbo niadtong Lunes sa kaadlawon.

Si SPO2 Pascual Mendoza sa Carmen Police Station miila sa naghikog nga mao si Juhan Bentoy nanimuyo sa nahisgutang dapit.

Si Mendoza sa iyang asoy sa Banat News miingon nga ang naghikog nga si Bentoy gibati ug kaguol human ang iyang hinigugma nga si Rasel Binaguihan, 21-anyos, taga Cogon West, Carmen ug usa ka nursing student sa usa ka unibersidad dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sugbo, wala na tugoti sa mga ginikanan nga makigkita ni Bentoy.

Sa dugang pakisusi sa kapolisan nasayran nga sila si Bentoy ug ang hinigugma niini nga si Binaguihan sekretong nagpakasal sa sala ni MTC Judge Rosabella Tormis Branch 4 niadtong Hunyo sa miaging tuig. Nakuha sa kapolisan sa dapit nga diin nagpakamatay si Bentoy mao ang usa ka marriage certificate ug mga hulagway sa ilang kaminyoon.

Gituohan nga ang mga ginikanan sa babaye nasayod sa maong sekretong pagpakasal hinungdan nga gidid-an na nila ang ilang anak nga makigkita ni Bentoy tungod kay dako man silang supak niini, tungod sa padayong pagtungha sa ilang anak sa kolehiyo.

Ni Romeo Limpangog 
Banat News

Bag-ong estilo sa pagpanulis, imbes nga armas ang ition papel ray gitunol nga dunay nakasulat nga nagpahibalong "gitulis tika."

Kini maoy nahitabo sa kaherang si Miriam Lumandos sa Shell gasoline station nga gipanag-iya sa negosyanteng si Felix Po nga nahimutang sa dalan A.C. Cortes Avenue sa barangay Cambaro, siyudad sa Mandaue.

Sumala pa sa pagsusi ni PO3 Raniel Cartin sa Presinto 5 sa Opao Police station ang suspek luwan sa usa ka kolor blue nga Honda XRM nga may nakabutang nga plakang "For Registration" nagpatubil og gasolina.

Human magpatubil miduol kini kang Lumandos ug imbes nga mobayad gitunolan niya kini og papel nga may gisulat nga "Ibutang ang tanang kuwarta sa lamesa kay tulis kini."

Sa kahadlok ni Lumandos gibutang usab niya ang mokabat P2,000 nga halin ug gihakop gilayon sa tulisan dayon mipabulhot ngadto sa unang Mactan Mandaue Bridge ug mipaingon sa dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu.

by Banat News

Andam nga modawat sa silot-kamatayon ang usa ka panday kinsa gikiha gumikan sa pagpanglugos og 8-anyos nga batang babaye didto sa lungsod sa San Fernando.

Matud pa ni SPO2 Victor Cuyno, desk officer sa San Fernando Police Station nga ang pamahayag sa biktima ug ang napamatud-an sa mga tinugyanan sa hospital nga na-rape ang bata, maoy labing makapalig-on sa kaso batok sa suspetsado.

Si Camilo Lagaras, 49, minyo, nga taga Pitalo, San Fernando mitahong malinawon sa iyang kaugalingon ngadto sa kapolisan sa San Fernando.

Si Lagaras kinsa usa ka panday nagtingkagol na karon sa prisohan sa lungsod ug ang kiha nga pagpanglugos gisang-at na sa hukmanan batok kaniya.

Matud pa ni Cuyno nga mikompisal ang suspetsado nga wala na siyay kalibotan kon giunsa niya ang bata gumikan sa iyang kahubog niadtong Domingo sa gabii.

Naa ra bay kanta ni Max Surban nga: "Di na gyud ko mousab, kausa nalang."

Ni Edwin Ian Melecio

Usa ka gidudahang k******n napalgang nadugta na ibabaw sa kisame sa ikaduhang andana sa usa ka abandonadong balay diha sa Nasipit, barangay Talamban ning dakbayan.

Ang maong lalaki nga miburot na og milagom ang pamanit gibana-banang dunay gitas-ong 5'4, nagsuot og itom nga t-shirt ug shorts nga camouflage apan walay nakit-ang ID o ba kaha magtumbok sa pagkatawo sa biktima.

Base sa gihimong imbestigasyon sa Homicide Section ang duha ka mga anak sa tagbalay nga si Joy Solera maoy nakakita sa duha ka tiil sa biktima nga migimaw gawas sa kisame diha sa 2nd floor.

Daling gipahibalo sa mga bata ngadto sa ilang amahan ang nakaplagan sa karaang balay ug dihang gisusi usa kini ka tawong nagsugod na og kadugta.

Basin diay pud ug gasakit na ang pus-on. Nabulilyaso na hinuon.

Kung lisud makapalit ug bugas, murag lisud seguro pud mo-check-in ug tag-2 hours lang.

Ni Brenda Batuto

Usa ka 10-anyos nga batang lalaki giunay sa pag-among-among sa 30-anyos nga uyoan niini kinsa gikatahapang usa ka b***t pinaagi sa pagpasulod sa iyang kinatawo sa sampot sa bata (sodomize) ala una sa kaadlawon diha sulod sa balay sa biktima sa Zone 3 Barangay Mohon dakbayan sa Talisay.

Gipasaka na ang kasong rape ug kasong "child abuse" batok sa suspetsado kagahapon sa buntag diha sa buhatan sa Talisay City Prosecutor's Office.

Ang biktima mao si Julius (tinuod nga ngalan gipugngan) residente sa maong lugar mireklamo ngadto sa buhatan sa Women's Desk Office sa Talisay.

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog (Banat)

Usa ka 4 anyos nga batang babaye gilugos sa 70 anyos nga apohan.

Ang pagpanglugos nahitabo sa barangay Cambiohan, lungsod sa Liloan, Cebu.

Giila ang suspetsado nga si Catalino Cabatingan, minyo nga nagpuyo usab sa maong dapit.

Ang inahan sa biktima nga maoy kuyog sa pagsumbong sa kapolisan kagahapon maoy nag-ila sa suspetsado.

Si PO3 Jay Servilla sa women's desk section sa kapolisan sa Liloan nga gikahinabi sa Banat News miingon nga ang paglugos nahitabo dihang wala sila diha sa ilang panimalay.

Matud sa asoy sa inahan ngadto ni PO3 Servilla nga nadiskubrehan ang maong paglugos sa dihang sa iyang pagpangihi nagping-it sa kasakit ang biktima.

Human foolishness. I can't help but laugh. Forgive me, ladies and gentlemen.

Ni Edwin Ian Melecio
Banat News

Samad tinigbasan imbes nga "langit" ang naangkon sa usa ka lalaking minyo nga gituohang "miinter" ug padulong pa makighilawas sa iyang uyab diha sa usa ka kasagbutan sa hilit nga bahin sa barangay Quiot kagahapon sa kaadlawon.

Samdan sa iyang tuong kamot ug abaga ang biktimang si Vivencio Guzman Jr. 46, minyo ug molupyo sa barangay Pajo dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu ug nagtrabaho sa usa ka kan-anan diha sa downtown area.

Gikatahong nag-uban si Guzman ug sa iyang uyab sa kasagbutan dihang kalit nga mitumaw ang nag-inusarang suspek dayong tigbas ngadto kaniya nga nagsuot na lang og brief.

Sa kahadlok daling midagan si Guzman gibiyaan ang iyang mga sapot ug ang iyang uyab nga gikataho usab nga gisikaran sa suspek ug giingnan og "Nagluib ka sa imong bana!"

Nagduda si SPO3 Alex Dacua ang imbestigador sa Homicide Section nga posibleng minyo usab ang babaye apan si Guzman nga nasugatan sa mga barangay tanod nga nagsuot na lang og brief ug nagkadugo ang kamot ug abaga mihimakak sa pagduda sa kapolisan nga duna silay buhaton sa babaye diha sa kasagbutan.

Pwede pud maoy ititle ani nga balita. Init ug ulo ning pildero sa sugal.

Ni Wen Celen
Banat News

Usa ka tawong "nanghingi" o nangayog barato sa usa ka pildero sa tong-its, kay iyang ipalit og "Kulapo" gidunggab sa naulahi didto sa Langtad, Naga niadtong Martes sa gabii.

Gibutyag ni PO3 Edwin Yngayo, desk officer sa Naga Police Station sa Banat News nga nasabak sa apapangig ug dughan pinaagi sa tres kantos nga kotsilyo si Allan Victor Canonigo, 28, taga Langtad.

Wala hinuon kini maintimano kay nadala pa man sa Minglanilla District Hospital.

Apan sa suspetsado nga si Rene Sayapoc alias Ariba, giingong misibat human sa hitabo ug wala kini hidakpi sa kapolisan.

Matud pa sa imbistigador nga nagtambong og sugal nga tong-its ang biktima ug ang suspetsado.

Ang biktima giingong hubog kaayo samtang ang suspetsado pildero usab sa sugal.

Ni Edwin Ian Melecio

Batang lalaki mipasangil sa iyang inahan nga gihimo siyang "punching bag" milayas gikan sa Sugbo ug midangop sa kapolisan didto sa lungsod sa Argao.

Ang maong bata nga nag-edad og 12 anyos kasamtangan karong giatiman sa Womens Desk pinanguluhan ni PO1 Virgilia Albaracin kinsa maoy gidad-an sa usa ka concerned citizen nga nakakaplag sa bata niadtong milabay'ng gabii.

Si PO1 Albaracin mibutyag sa Banat News nga daghang mga bun-og ug lagom lagom sa kalawasan ang biktima ug kini mipasangil nga binuhatan kini sa iyang inahan sukad nga namatay ang amahan niini.

Sa samang report, ang giingong milayas nga bata sa ilang balay diha sa dalan Katipunan Barangay Labangon ning dakbayan sa Sugbo niadto pang milabay'ng gabii .

by Banat News

Mag-uumang misulong sa iyang silingan ug giingong nanigbas mao hinuoy gitagud - tagod tigbas sa iyang gisuwayan og tigbas adtong milabay'ng adlaw diha sa sitio Homoc barangay Casomoroy lungsod sa Balamban.

Ang natagud-tagud, ang kalawasan giilang si Pedro Caburnay, 41, minyo ug molupyo sa naasoy'ng dapit human kini maoy natigbasan ug napatay sa gisulong nga si Victorino Generale, hingkod ang panuigon ug molupyo usab sa naasoy'ng lugar.

Base sa gihimong imbestigasyon sa kapolisan sa Balamban sayo pa kaayo nianang adlawa nakainom ug nahubog na si Caburnay ug sa walay igong hinungdan miadto kini sa balay sa silingang si Generale kinsa giingong iyang gikasungi.

by Banat News

Nailhan na ang tawong gituohang gi-salvage niadtong milabay'ng Domingo sa gabii diha sa may 1st Mactan Bridge sa Barangay Pajo dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu. Giingong ang pagpamintaha sa isig-katawo maoy hinungdan sa pagpatay niini.

Giila ni Gingging Miro ang tawo nga mao ang iyang banang si Manuel Miro, 24, minyo ug molupyo sa Barangay Kamagayan ning dakbayan sa Sugbo kinsa usa ka bugaw sa mga babayeng nagbaligya sa ilang unod sa naasoy'ng lugar.

Nagpailang seminarista nadiskubrehang k******n diay ug nasutang modus niini ang pagpangilad sa mga parokya ug mga relihiyosong pundok sa simbahang Katoliko.

Ang community elder nga si Sr. Josephine Librando sa Sisters of the Divine Mercy Society (SDMS) diha sa Balhaan, Madridejos, Alegria mipahimangno sa Archdiocese of Cebu kalabot sa pagpangilad sa nagpailang Reverend Paul Sevilla.

Si Sevilla gikatahong miabot sa komunidad sa Alegria ug nagpailang sakop sa Disciples of Hope (DOH) nga nagbase sa Diocese of Maasin.

source: Banat News

Usa ka dakong bitin ang nadakpan sud sa kusina sa balay ni Freeman sportswriter Nimrod Quinones didto sa Minglanilla niadtong miaging Domingo.

Ang maong bitin adunay gitas-ong walo ngadto's napu ka piyes ug nakalamoy nag usa ka buok baktin. Unang nakakita sa maong bitin mao ang tulo ka tuig nga anak babaye ni Nimrod nga si Andi kinsa dali nga nisumbong sa iyang Mommy. Usa ka silingan nga batid na sa pagpanakop og bitin maoy nisikop sa sawa ug gidala gawas sa panimalay sa mga Quinones. Gikaingon nga ang panimalay nga puy-an og bitin dibuynason. Gani, naay mga tawo, ilabi na mga Tsino, nga mohupot og bitin isip ilang house pet. - Banat

by Banat News

Patay ang usa ka 25-anyos nga kaslunon samtang talandugon ang manghod niini human sila madunggabi dihang nakakita ang duha og away sa ilang pagtan-aw og duwa nga volleyball sa bukirang bahin sa barangay Tubod sa lungsod sa Sibonga niadtong Domingo sa alas 4:30 sa hapon.

Dead on the spot si Jonathan Santarita, 25, samtang gidala ang manghod niining si Jason, 23, tungod sa samad dinunggaban human sila madunggabi sa gipasanginlang suspek nga si Jerwin Desierto,30, kinsa gipangita pa karon.

Matud ni SPO1 Antonio Sanchez sa Sibonga Police Station dihang nahinabi sa Banat News ang mga biktima ug ilang maguwang nga si Jovan nanan-aw sa duwa nga volleyball sa maong dapit ug nag-inom.

Dangtan pila ka oras giingong nangahubog sila ug giingong nanghagis hinungdan nga usa ka Patricio Pones,75, ang mibadlong kanila apan ilaha kining gitabangan og kulata.

Si Pones bisan sa edaran ug nahapsan pa og bato nakahigayon sa pag-eskapo apan sa pagbalik sa managsuon nakakita og sinukmagay ang ilang maguwang ngadto sa suspek ug sa igsuon sa naulahi nga si Ronald.

We have Miss Ubi man seguro diri sa Bohol during the annual Ubi Festival.

by PNA

Nardos Yihune, a 19-year-old, was crowned Miss Coffee Ethiopia at the Ethiopian Coffee Queen of the Year Beauty Contest at Hilton International Hotel here Sunday night.

The contest, which went through four rounds, chose Bilen Hailu and Sosina Meseret second and third winner models respectively.

About 26 models participated in the beauty competition, with five judges, aimed at promoting the country's image and its coffee.

The contestants displayed their talents while they fielded questions which included those on coffee and Ethiopia' s historical, natural and cultural heritage.

Model Nardos told Xinhua after winning the title: "I have no words; I am very, very happy."

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THE impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona at the Senate continues to draw grassroots support including from the over two million members of the country’s cooperative sector.

Rene Buenviaje, president of the partylist ‘Coop NATCCO,’ in a statement said the continuing revelations in the Senate on the chief  justice’s “hidden” bank accounts have cast a pall of suspicion in the public’s mind as to his continuing fitness to continue to preside over the affairs of the country’s highest tribunal.

“Paano pa ba natin mapagkakatiwalaan ang isang taong may nililihim?  Ang chief justice, dapat malinis, walang tinatago, walang nililihim,” Buenviaje said.

Coop-NATCCO is a sectoral group comprising some 700 cooperatives in the country and boast of around two million members.

The group’s avowal of support for the ongoing impeachment trial of Corona comes after local government unit  leaders headed by Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Ray ‘LRay’ Villafuerte last week openly backed the Corona ouster process. - source: Journal.com.ph

THE House committee on justice is scheduled to vote tomorrow morning whether to impeach Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo amid strong protest from the House opposition bloc that the 60 session days as required by the Constitution for the panel to submit a report before the plenary had already expired.

Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas, chair of the House committee on justice, said there is no turning back on their agenda to determine whether probable cause exists on the complaint against Del Castillo as he reiterated that the 60 session days have not yet elapsed.

“As of the moment, the panel is scheduled to push through with the determination of probable cause and we have not yet reached the limit,” said Tupas. - source: Journal.com.ph

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Balik-balik unya sa Bohol, Tigbao. We're glad to know that you had a great time staying in Bohol.

You can actually post events and announcements in our Calendar Section. The posted event will then be promoted at the home page of our site.

hahaha, mao gyud, islander. apilon pud ug imbestigar ang mga hubog nga nagkayuring pagkanta sa Lupang Hinirang, if that is the case.

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Ug sa Pilipinas pa ni, gipa-investigate na in aid of legislation kay lagi kuno wala mosunod sa tuno.

A team of researchers of Japan's Kyoto University has found a kind of protein that helps the body burn fat following an intake of fatty meals, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday.

The researchers at the Kyoto University's Institute of Chemical Research compared mice with protein called GPR120 with those that do not have the protein, and provided them with high-fat feeds, the report said.

They confirmed that the mice without the protein were heavier than those who had it by an average of 15 percent, and accumulated twice as much fat in their bodies, it said.

The Japanese scientists also analyzed the genetic sequence of about 20,000 people in Europe, including the French and the British, and found that people with mutant GPR120 genes were 1.6 times more likely to be obese.

Based on the result of the research, the Japanese scientists concluded the protein is capable of detecting fat, and also plays a role in prompting the body to burn the fat. - PNA

Naa poy punto nga tulukibon si Hubag Bohol. Uso na man bitaw ning recycling ug environmental awareness. Let us save trees, re-send unused cards.

by PNA

On December 19, 1839, Jose Ma. Basa, a successful merchant who donated money for the smuggling of Dr. Jose Rizal’s novels to the Philippines, was born in Binondo, Manila.

Basa, a reformist group member who was accused of participating in the 1872 revolt which led to the execution of three Filipino priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora (Gomburza), was forced to settle in Hong Kong with his family.

Basa and the others who were accused in the 1872 revolt were given pardon under the condition that they would not return to the Philippines.

Hence, Basa's home in Hong Kong was turned into a temporary house of some of the exiled Filipinos like Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. Del Pilar and Graciano Lopez Jaena, the so-called triumvirate of Filipino propagandists.

When General Emilio Aguinaldo established a junta in Hong Kong in 1898, Basa also served in the general’s committee and was appointed as the Director of Justice.

When the Spanish-American war broke up, he and other wealthy Filipinos in exile offered money for the American government to either grant protection or to annex the Philippines.

Basa died in Hong Kong on July 10, 1907 at the age of 67 and his remains were brought back to Manila.

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by PNA

On December 27, 1897, General Emilio Aguinaldo and 25 other revolutionary leaders sailed for Hongkong from Sual, Pangasinan, on board the steamer Uranus, in compliance with the terms of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato.

Aguinaldo, with his men in voluntary exile in Hongkong as part of the peace agreement of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato by Pedro Paterno, also volunteered to be a peace maker as early as August 9, 1897 with the basis of reforms and amnesty.

Accordingly, Spanish Governor Primo de Rivera realized the impossibility of quelling the revolution by force of arms contrary to his premature proclamation on May 17, 1897 that the “revolution is over”.

Gen. Aguinaldo's forces were driven from Cavite to Bulacan and declared the constitution and inaugurated the Republic of Biak-na-Bato on November 1, 1897.

Hence, negotiations with Aguinaldo, which specified that the Spanish would give self-rule to the Philippines within three years if Aguinaldo went into exile, began in August and concluded in December with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato.

Also, under the pact, Aguinaldo agreed to end hostilities as well in exchange for amnesty and 800,000 pesos (Filipino money) as an indemnity. He and the other revolutionary leaders would go into voluntary exile. Another 900,000 pesos was to be given to the revolutionaries who remained in the Philippines, who agreed to surrender their arms; general amnesty would be granted and the Spaniards would institute reforms in the colony.

However, both the Spanish and Filipino authorities failed to follow the terms of the pact, of the total war indemnity of P1.7 million only P600,000 was actually paid by Spain -- P400,000 was given to Aguinaldo and P200,000 was distributed among the revolutionary leaders in the Philippines.

The rest of the indemnity, amounting to P1.1 million, was never paid. Many of the Filipino patriots who had surrendered their arms and returned to their homes were arrested, imprisoned, and persecuted, contrary to the amnesty proclamation, and not one of the reforms which were believed to have been promised by the governor general was granted.

For their part, Filipinos were equally guilty of breaking the terms, as Aguinaldo kept the money in the banks of Hong Kong to be used in a future struggle against Spain. Revolutionist in the Philippines did not surrender all their arms.

Notably, while in Hong Kong, Aguinaldo watched closely the developments in the Philippines and kept the P400,000 and his compatriots designed what is today the Philippine national flag.

The revolution took only a little holiday, a holiday cut short by the arrival of a new power -- the United States of America.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) would soon donate P20-million worth of seized imported used clothing (ukay-ukay) from Hong Kong to thousands of typhoon 'Sendong' victims in Mindanao.

BOC Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said Thursday that five forty-footer container vans of used clothing were seized at the Port of Manila by operatives of the BOC Operations and Intelligence Office of the Enforcement Group.

Biazon, who identified the importers of the used clothing as Heritage Asia International Products Trading Corp. and Global Welltrade Trading Co., respectively, would soon be slapped with the appropriate charges in court for violation of Section 2503 for misdeclaration and Republic Act No. 4653 banning the importation of used clothing.

“We are starting the year with an even more intensified anti-smuggling campaign and faster filing of appropriate charges against smugglers in court,” Biazon said.

“I would like to start the year then, with a stern warning to smugglers not to mess with the Bureau of Customs or they will have their place in jail, where they rightfully belong,” he added.

For his part, Customs deputy commissioner for enforcement group Horacio Suansing said they issued a seizure order for the used clothing after enforcement group officials, lawyer Imelda Cruz and Capt. Arnel Baylosis, recommended the issuance of the corresponding alert orders for the five containers after weeks of surveillance and profiling of said shipments.

“We shall expedite that processing of the seized used clothing to enable us to facilitate its donation and transfer to the Department of Social Welfare and Development for its immediate distribution to the typhoon victims in Mindanao,” Suansing said in a statement.