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#3401
Sa  didto pa ko sa ato a Bohol, ang tawag ana, karnaba. Diri sa Davao , labana ang tawag.
#3402
Question and Answer / Re: Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon?
June 21, 2009, 04:59:03 PM
Sa panihapon, sinugbang pirit kay barato diri kaayo. Tag P50 ra ang kilo.
Maayo ituslob sa sili nga hang.
#3403
Photos Unlimited / Re: Posporo Trees!
June 21, 2009, 04:54:32 PM
langgam......, naa na diri gipamaligya na kining giingon nimo nga pesporo tree. Maayo gyud ihaling. Maayo atong itamon  . Nakasulay nako ug gamit. Unsay tinuod nga ngalan ani nga kahoy?
#3404
ceasar can be more than an actor, an  artist but also an honest looking good governor.
#3405
The PDIC will return the money to the depositors. It will take time.

Deposit your money in big banks like Land Bank PNB, DBP and BDOs.

Dili madali ma purdoy

#3406
Bohol Directory / Re: Greening Bohol Naturally
June 19, 2009, 03:53:15 PM
Many trees, mahogany ang gemelina were planted by land owners in Corella, the nearest town of Sikatuna.  The area now is becoming a virgin forest, most farmers stop raising corn , rice and rootcrops because it is shady and plants will not growwell. Would trees substitute for agricultural crops.?

But some traditional farmers still cultivate  some crops and were infested with wild chickens and monkeys. Thus, farming is declining in Canangca-an, and some barangays within the boundary of Sikatuna and Corella. Coconut trees near the forest starts dying because of the shade.

In the early 1970s, ubi was so productive in these places. BUt now, it becomes scare. You can not see kaingin where these crops are  planted. It's a part of Bohols greening.

Again , I would say, "can trees substitute  for crops ? Moabot ang panahon, kahoy na ang daghan ug wala nay crops.

#3407
Help & Support / Re: Tubag Bohol Gets Page Rank 4
June 19, 2009, 03:19:04 PM
Praise God for the success of TB.
Quote from: BlueAngel on March 12, 2008, 03:11:42 AM
more more achievement-bravo
Tubag Bohol ! more power.
#3408
I will have the island. Then, i will sing , "this land is mind"...................... God  give this .....

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISRHmMtE-as
#3409
It's a good fight of new comers for governatorial race.

Llamado si ceasar because of popularity.
#3410
Bohol Directory / Re: Greening Bohol Naturally
June 19, 2009, 07:36:06 AM

This is observation when I had a vacation to my hometown last  2008:

Sa amomg lugar , boudary sa Sikatuna ug Corella is turning greener. Nagsigi ug pamanon og kahoy ang mga farmers . Wala nay mga kaingin. MIbalik ug kalasang ang lugar.

What is the result? Daghan nang mga onggoy ug manok  ihalas.

Ang mga onggoy mopaduol na sa mga kabalayan, sila na ang mamutong sa mga lubi.
Kon sanggi-on na ang mais, ang unang mananggi ang manok ihas ug onggoy. Mao ni karon ang problema sa maong lugar.

In this situation, is there a balance in the ecosystem?
#3411
   

                            Let us share my dinner             
#3412


      a glance with  Manny Pacquiao.................
#3413
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
June 18, 2009, 10:00:09 AM
Helene
Hyden
Hymen
Hydie
Hypene
#3414
Ang habol sa atong mga corruptors specially big-time govt oficials, maayo ra sa sogod.
Dili molahotay mao nga way na convict and prisoned.

Mao nay giinogn,"delayed justice is justice denied."
#3415
Quote from: buwadsanga on June 18, 2009, 08:43:58 AM
mahulog ka unta sa imong pag step down glo! maajo ra!

buwad....,si arroyo dili mo step down. she will maintain her step.
#3416
Jokes and Humor / Re: Katawa pud mo diha ...
June 18, 2009, 09:33:10 AM
Ego na lang ko mokatawa...ha,,,,,ha...........ha. ... he,,,he,,,he........... ??? ???
#3417
For change, I will vote ceasar.
#3418
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Mga Sulat na Sumbunganan
June 18, 2009, 07:58:48 AM
Quote from: Vito Andoline on June 17, 2009, 11:50:35 PM
unsa man na sakuban?luag o kanang  goot pa na sakuban.sakuban ug samurai or sakuban sa sundang ang imong gipangita?

huwata lang ang sakuban basin naa diay mutonol ug sibo sa imong gipangita.

Vito..... pilia baya ang dili pa luag, kanang wa pay gasgas. Kinahanglan isukod una ug mo match ba sa imong type.
#3419
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Mga Sulat na Sumbunganan
June 17, 2009, 04:11:21 PM
Isumbong ninjo ang mga problema basin ug ang mga TB members makatabang sa inyong suliran.
#3420
Ako uyon  nga usabon ang sistema sa atong government from presidential to parliamnetary. Sa parliamentary, usa na ang law making body , ang congress na.Dako ug saving ang atong governo. Gamay na ang hatagan ug pork barrel.

Ang CON ASS, dinalidali nga paagi aron malugwayan pa ang termino ni Arroyo. KOn ang ruling sa Supreme Court legal ang CON ASS without senate participation, mahimo nga ang tanang Congressman mobalik ug kandidato sa 2010 election kay null and void ang dating Constitution. Ang mga last termer nga
congressmen mobalik ug kandidato.

Hoping that the issue will be resolved peacefully.
#3421
Bisaya Cebuano Language / Re: Pangadye
June 17, 2009, 12:39:09 PM
Bendito alabado.
Por dios por santo,
Amen.
#3422
Possibly nga mag-ula ug kalayo,

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Genesis 19:24


#3423
I will try, www.boholrentacar. It's cheaper.
#3424
I think, he can be a good governor. But no political experience.
#3425



   
#3426
Question and Answer / Re: Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon?
June 17, 2009, 07:49:15 AM


                fish soup lang akong sud-an sa pamahaw
#3427
SC junks ‘Con-Ass’ petitions

Critics on guard, suspicious of Lozano’s move


The Supreme Court Tuesday junked two petitions seeking to nullify the controversial House Resolution 1109, which seeks to convene Congress into a Constituent Assemblyâ€"or “Con-Ass”â€"for the purpose of amending the Constitution.

The resolution raised howls of protest, because the Senate was not to be part of the Constituent Assembly, or “Con-Ass.” The measures, lawmakers said, was not meant to shut out the Senate, but to draw the Supreme Court into ruling on the issue.

In an eight-page unanimous resolution penned by Chief Justice Reynato Puno, the Supreme Court en banc ruled that the two petitions were premature and lacked “justiciability.”

The petitions were separately filed by lawyer Oliver Lozano, his daughter lawyer Evangeline Lozano-Endriano and businessman Louis Biraogoâ€"in their capacities as concerned citizens and taxpayers.

Court ruling

The Court noted that both petitions sought to trigger a justiciable controversy on Section 1, Article XVII of the Constitution, which provides for the procedure for amending or revising the Constitution.

“While some may interpret petitioners’ moves as vigilance in preserving the rule of law, a careful perusal of their petitions would reveal that they cannot hurdle the bar of justiciability set by this court before it will assume jurisdiction over cases involving constitutional disputes,” according to the resolution.

The ruling also explained that the court’s power of review was limited to actual cases and controversies dealing with parties having adversely legal claims and limited further to the constitutional question raised.

“The case-or-controversy requirement bans this court from deciding abstract, hypothetical or contingent questions, lest the court give opinions in the nature of advice concerning legislative or executive action,” the justices explained.

The court said that the fitness of the petitioners’ case for the exercise of judicial review was grossly lacking, because they have not sufficiently proved any adverse injury or hardship from the act they were complaining about.

The lack of petitioners’ personal stake in the case, the ruling added, was evident in Lozano’s three-page petition that was devoid of any legal or jurisprudential basis.

“Neither can the lack of locus standi be cured by the claim of petitioners that they are instituting the cases at bar as taxpayers and concerned citizens,” the Supreme Court ruling said.

Locus standi requires a personal stake in the outcome of a controversy for significant reasons.

The Supreme Court also pointed out that Resolution 1109 only resolved that the House of Representatives would convene at a future time for the purpose of proposing amendments or revisions to the Constitution.

“No actual convention has yet transpired and no rules of procedures have yet been adopted. More important, no proposal has yet been made, and hence, no usurpation of power or gross abuse of discretion has yet taken place,” according to the ruling.

“In short, House Resolution 1109 involves a quintessential example of an uncertain contingent future event that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all. The House has not yet performed a positive act that would warrant an intervention from this court,” the ruling added.

In their petitions, the Lozanos and Biraogo argued that Resolution 1109 was unconstitutional for not being a joint resolution of both Houses of Congress.

Sinister plot

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro Casiño claimed that “Lozano’s petition was obviously designed to fail so that its dismissal can be used to justify Lakas-Kampi’s next step which is the immediate convening of the House into a Con-Ass.”

Renato Reyes Jr., Bayan secretary-general said, “The SC [Supreme Court] ruling that the Lozano petition was premature may be a minor setback for [Mrs.] Arroyo and her allies. This means that [President] Arroyo’s allies in the Lower House will not get their wish of having the SC hastily and prematurely deciding on the validity of HR 1109. The ploy to get a quick and favorable SC decision was temporarily foiled.”

“The danger now is that . . . President Arroyo[’s] allies in the Lower House may be preparing to convene the Con-Ass in July so that a justiciable controversy may arise. If they do this, it will surely fuel massive protest actions in time for Mrs. Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address,” Reyes added.

But the group maintained that the junking of the petition against House Resolution 1109 does not by any means make the House resolution valid.

“The SC did not uphold HR 1109. It merely said that the Lozano petition was premature. The junking of the petition does not mean that the Con-Ass maneuvers being pushed by Mrs. Arroyo’s allies are at all valid,” Reyes added.

Opposition groups have long held the Lozano petition as part of a Palace ploy to get an immediate favorable Supreme Court ruling on the issue, even before the Con-Ass actually convenes.

Lozano explains

Lozano explained that Congress was composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, but there was no provision in Resolution 1109 that requires notification of the Senate for a joint session.

He added that it was the intention of Resolution 1109 to propose constitutional amendments by the House alone. 

Lozano, a perennial senatorial candidate and known loyalist of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, was the same lawyer who earlier filed a weak impeachment complaint against the President that was dismissed by lawmakers.

Biraogo, was the same person who earlier accused Chief Justice Puno of sitting down on a decision disqualifying Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong of Negros Oriental for not being a natural-born Filipino citizen.

Senate statement

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said also on Tuesday that the Senate had expected the Supreme Court to throw out the petition of Lozano.

“That’s the reason why we did not intervene at all in that case,” he said.

Sen. Manuel Roxas 2nd said it was proper for the Supreme Court to dismiss the Lozano petition. “But what we should guard against is the convening of a Constituent Assembly by he House of Representatives. The act of convening makes it justiciable. And even when they announce it, just the mere act of announcing it, that is already justiciable.”

But Enrile said he was not concerned about the claim that convening a Constituent Assembly by the House would make it a justiciable issue.

“I will not bother myself with that information,” he added. “Only Congress has the power to amend the Constitution, and when we say ‘Congress,’ it is the House of Representatives and the Senate. It cannot be one without the other.”

--William B. Depasupil And Efren L. Danao With Frank Lloyd Tiongson

   
#3428
Pagbantay sa mga unknowm emails... bahala na lang basta dili ta mabiktima sa kwarta.

Dili maghatag ug atm number o credit card number .
#3429


                     Hinog..... lami kaayo.......
#3430
It should be timely if Supreme Court will immediately issue a ruling if HR 1109 is constitutional or unconstitutional.
#3431
Yes, tinuod na raquel...... dili na safe kaonon ang mga bag-ong highly bred-corn karon.

Kadtong mga native ang maayo, kadtong tinigib.
#3432
Love Talk / Re: Happy Trip dear Ginger!
June 16, 2009, 07:28:34 AM
Happy trip too..... more success ..... happy life... and God be with us always.
#3433
Introduce Yourself / Re: Picture of Yourself
June 16, 2009, 07:23:31 AM
beatiful pictures with your kids......  Komusta........
#3434
Question and Answer / Re: Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon?
June 16, 2009, 07:21:06 AM


                         akong pamahaw.. order lang ko.
#3435
Hoping that aims and goals for the purpose will be  achieved.
#3436
Inig uli sa mga Bol-anon, ang unang mo welcome ang mga Dolphin  nga manglukso inig agi sa barko diha sa Baclayon paingon sa Panglao.

Kalooy...., hapit na diay mahurot. Atong ampingan para sa next generation.

                 
#3437
Luyo sa kalipay naa ang kasakit.
Luyo sa mga kasakit molabay ang mga pag-antos.
Luyo sa mga pag-antos moabot ang tim-os nga kalipay.
#3438
Ubay - Bohol / Re: New mall in ubay
June 15, 2009, 03:48:10 PM
Ubay will be the next city in Bohol. Soon.....
#3439
Guyabano ang tawag sa uban. Diri sa davao, labana ang tawag. Ang labana pwede magulay basta linghod pa. Pareha ra siya ug lami sa nangka. Ang maayong luto ani tunuan.

Ang hinog nga labana lami ug tam-is kaayo.
#3440
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 15, 2009, 12:46:35 PM
Niatong una, wa ko kadungog nga naay kurakot nga dagko sa bohol. Karon ilado sa scam ug kurakot.
Magpalupig ba diay ta ...? Mao na may uso ron.
#3441
Question and Answer / Re: Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon?
June 15, 2009, 12:42:29 PM
Fried rice with tinunuang gulay kamunggay sinubakan ug buwad bolinao.
#3442
Adunay tao nga hilig magscam kay daghan sila ug email ad.

Enjoy it
#3443
Travel and Tours / Re: Seven Wonders of Nature
June 15, 2009, 10:07:00 AM
Voting for the selection is still going on. Let us vote for our famous "Chocolate Hills".

   
#3444
Travel and Tours / Seven Wonders of Nature
June 15, 2009, 09:10:05 AM


   As of May 14, 2009 the PPSRNP remains strong on the No. 1 spot in the live ranking of the N7W under Category E Nature Reserve and Nature Park, ahead of the Amazon and the Sundarbans Forest. Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn said that if the PPSRNP maintains its rank consistently until July, it will most likely be declared as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, which could further boost the city’s tourism industry. (PNA)

#3445
Question and Answer / Re: Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon?
June 15, 2009, 08:49:26 AM


              ang akong sud-an sa pamahaw
#3446
HR 1109, and was approved by majority of congressmen. The Supreme Court should  issue a ruling if it is illegal or not.

If it is legal, the Pilipino people should accept it. If it is illegal, delete it. We should not wait more protests and rallies to happen.
#3447
Philippine Education / Re: BSAT ALUMNI SEARCH
June 11, 2009, 04:27:06 PM
Graduate  sa BSAT high school, 1965. I'm proud to be a BSAtians.
#3448
It's our right. Kinahanglan dili makadaot sa imong pagkatao. Dili ka maboking.
#3449
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 11, 2009, 04:07:44 PM
Tinuod na Mike, ang imong experience naagian sad nako. Its quite remembering the past when we were teens. Magbayle, unya magbaligya ug buwak. Karon wala na.

#3450
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Muslim Demographics!
June 11, 2009, 01:00:37 PM
Yes..... but most abortionist are  church goers.
#3451
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 11, 2009, 12:40:29 PM
Sa una , bayle man ang uso. Karon disco na man. Niadtong 1965 duna pay harana. Ang lalaki sa silong sa balay sa iyang gika-ibgan mokanta dinuyodgan sa girata. Karon, vedioke na.


   
         
                                          Kaniadto  ....         
   


                                            Karon.....
#3452
Dapat karon ang Supreme Court magpagawas ug ruling if CON ASS without SEnate participation is legal or illegal.

Kon legal man, atong dawaton  ug ibawal ang mga protest and rally. Kon illegal, ang gibuhat sa Congress,  walaon nila ang CON ASS.
#3453
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Mga Sulat na Sumbunganan
June 10, 2009, 12:34:52 PM
Segi,  isumbong pa ang inyong mga experience..

This is a good post to thread.
#3454
Ang mga gustong mokandidato sa 2010, magpa eye-ball na mo sa TB. Dili ma ni kampanya kay wala pa may filling of certificate of candidacy.
#3455
I am against the CON ASS. Ilang gibuhat  para magpabilin sila sa pwesto. Kadtong last terrn na nga dili na makakandidato sa 2010, mobalik sila pagkandidato kay usabon man ang Constitution.

Ang utak , si Gloria, ang presidente nga walay "gloria".
#3456
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 10, 2009, 07:42:32 AM
Jamo... naa pa diay kay karaang letrato sa mga bus sa una?

Ang unang bus sa Bohol , ang Bohol Land 1960 to 1968. Ang sunod MB LIner, 1970 to 1980. Karon daghan na, dili na ko kahibalo.

Karon , air -con na ang mga sakyanan.
#3457
There will be a rally today to protest CON ASS.

Give your views and opinions.
#3458
An island, becuase the assess value grows bigger everyday.
#3459
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 09, 2009, 04:29:01 PM
Bisan sa akong ka busy sa school works , I still have time  in TB.

Diri nako ipahungaw ang akong kakapoy sa Internet.
#3460
Jokes and Humor / Re: Katawa pud mo diha ...
June 09, 2009, 11:48:05 AM
               
                     ha..ha....hee......he....he.....ho....ho...ho.....
#3461
What counts most is the act of honesty. It's not the reward.
#3462
Welcome....., Gloria Arroyo, the new prime minister by 2010.
Possibly, this comes true.
#3463
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 09, 2009, 10:11:49 AM
Niadtong 1968, naa pay Bohol Land nga nagdagan. Ang Bohol Land maoy unang bus diri sa Tagbilaran.

Niadtong 1969, second year college ko sa BSAT. Karon wala na ang among Alma Mater.
CVISCAFT na karon. Ang akong batch graduate sa high school si Elpedio Magante maoy
president karon.
#3464
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Mga Sulat na Sumbunganan
June 09, 2009, 09:11:14 AM
Thank you so much  Aduy.  At 60, I start using the computer and internet.

#3465
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 09, 2009, 08:36:19 AM
Niadtong 1969 s paggikan nako sa Bohol wala pay university> Karon sikat na ang UB , Divine Word University and CVISCAFT.
#3466
Maayo ang akyat bahay gang diha sa Saudi kay dili man mangawat.

#3467
Kadtong wala pa ka file, please do it now. Do not rush to meet the deadline.
#3468


                      participants of Sandugo Festival in Bohol
#3469
Yes, preachers and Pastors are sacred. They are saints:

Question: "What are Christian saints according to the Bible?"

Answer: The word saint comes from the Greek word "hagios" which means “consecrated to God, holy, sacred, pious." It is almost always used in the plural, “saints.” "…Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem" (Acts 9:13). "Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda" (Acts 9:32). "And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons … “(Acts 26:10). There is only one instance of the singular use and that is "Greet every saint in Christ Jesus…" (Philippians 4:21). In Scripture there are 67 uses of the plural “saints” compared to only one use of the singular word “saint.” Even in that one instance, a plurality of saints is in view “…every saint…” (Philippians 4:21).

The idea of the word “saint” is a group of people set apart for the Lord and His kingdom. There are three references referring to godly character of saints; "that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints …" (Romans 16:2). "For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12). "But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints" (Ephesians 5:3).

Therefore, Scripturally speaking, the “saints” are the body of Christ, Christians, the church. All Christians are considered saints. All Christian are saints…and at the same time are called to be saints. 1 Corinthians 1:2 states it clearly, “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” The words “sanctified” and “holy” come from the same Greek root as the word that is commonly translated “saints.” Christians are saints by virtue of their connection with Jesus Christ. Christians are called to be saints, to increasingly allow their daily life to more closely match their position in Christ. This is the Biblical description and calling of the saints.
#3470
Travel and Tours / Re: A major tourist attraction
June 08, 2009, 08:47:04 AM
welcome....., boone, I hope you will enjoy with us in TB.
#3471
Msgr. Jeffrey Malanog, kababayan kita sa Corella.

Ipadayon ang imong mga maayong buhat  sa Ginoo.
#3472
Maayo na lang ihatag sa uban nga kaya mopadako , mopaeskwela sa bata, kay sa ibaligya.
#3473
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Mga Sulat na Sumbunganan
June 07, 2009, 10:36:04 AM
Pangutan ko sa imo aduy. Unsaon pagbutang sa short quotation ubos sa akong picture diri sa TB in small letters.

Sorry, dili ko kahibalo. Aduy. maayo man gyud ka sa IT.
#3474
Congrats to the newly weed.

Beautiful photos....... Hinaot nga makapost ko sa akong old pictures  for souvenier.
maayo diri sa internet kay forever na. Dili pareha sa album nga molubad
#3475
Quote from: ben on June 07, 2009, 08:33:39 AM
The weird thing about this virus, like the 1918 flu, is that the people with the healthiest immune systems are most in danger.  For these people the immune response is too strong, causing damage in the lungs to such an extent that they fill with fluid and cause the victim to drown!
Perhaps the cure is, once you think you have the flu, to live like a rockstar for a few days, smoking, drinking and staying up late.

Swine Flu is just ordinary sip-on ug ubo. Dili ta mapakuyap-kuyap.
#3476
Ang mahitabo sa usa ka lugar kon highly urbanized na , adunay  squatters kay nanginabuhi sila tungod sa kalisod sa panahon.

Kay mga igsoon ra man nato sila, atong hatagan  ug due respect.
#3477
Dili lang kay sa Cebu ra nahitabo. Hasta sad diri sa among lugar. Ang ubang bata sa mga pobre, ihatag na lang sa uban.

Ang root cause is extreme poverty. Sa Pilipinas, dili na ta matingala nianang mga balitaa.
Quote from: hofelina on June 07, 2009, 05:33:52 AM
In-aning hitabo-a mahagit ang atong pagka katolikong tawhanon! Asa man ang ubang milyon sa mga politiko?
#3478
http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=4722.0

                  More pictures of Corella, Bohol
                  Open the web above.     
#3479
Please....tama na .. Nakahihiya itong issue sa mga mga Pinoy.

"Tama na... sobra na," Hayden said.
#3480
Time changes. There is no so such thing as permanent in this world.
#3481
Good Day sano, Atty. Komusta , nagkita-kita ra kita sa TB
#3482
General Topic / Re: PINTADOS
June 06, 2009, 10:18:21 AM


Pintados Festival in the Visayas Region.
#3483
General Topic / Re: PINTADOS
June 06, 2009, 10:14:55 AM
The Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival is a merry-making event lasting a whole month, highlights of which include the Leyte Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals, the 17th Pintados Festival Ritual Dance Presentation and the "Pagrayhak'' Grand Parade. These festivals are said to have began from the feast day of Señor Santo Niño, held every June 29th. The Leyteños celebrate a religious festival in a unique and colorful way. Since the Visayans are experienced in the art of body tattooing, men and women are fond of tattooing themselves.

The Pintados Festival displays the rich cultural heritage, incorporating native music and dances, of the people of Leyte and Samar. The Leyte Kasadya-an Festival of Festivals, meanwhile, showcases the unique culture and colorful history of the Province of Leyte. Started by former Leyte Governor Remedios Loreto-Petilla, the celebration was first held on May 12, 1996. The festivities weren't always held every June 29th; the first three years saw different dates. It was only in 1999 that it was fixed to June 29, the Feast of the Señor Santo Niño de Leyte.

"Kasadyaan'' in the Visayan tongue means merriment and jollity. Various municipal festivals of Leyte gather together in the original capital of Tacloban City for the celebration. There, lively dance-drama parade of many colors takes place. There is an important role that the festival plays, and it is strengthening the Leyteños' sense of pride. Every municipality mounts a storyline all their own to portray with pride their local folklore and legends.


The Festival

The Pintados festival of Tacloban City is a Filipino festival with its own unique flavor. This Pintados festival recalls Pre-Spanish history of the native Leytenos from wars, epics and folk religions. The most expected aspect of the Pintados festival are the festive dancers, painted from head to toe with designs that look like armor to resemble the tattooed warriors of old. During the course of the Pintados festival, dancers whose bodies are painted in an amazing array of colors fill the streets of Tacloban city. At first sight, they may seem outrageous as grown men pour into the streets decorated in such dazzling colors as luminous blue or neon green. But as one gets used to this and sees the dances depicted, one gets a glimpse of the history of the people that once lived on the islands of Leyte so long ago.

The folk dances presented by the dancers portray the many traditions that flourished before the Spaniards came. These include worship of idols, indigenous music and epic stories. The hypnotic rhythms of native instruments beat through the air accompanying the dances performed on the streets as the Pintados festival goes. Aside from the folk dances, is the much likely parade, which crisscrosses the avenues of Tacloban city. The parade traditionally begins at the Balayuan Towers and proceeds throughout tacloban leyte city. The surprised spectators follow the procession of dancing colors from the beginning to end. The Pintados festival concludes in much merrymaking with a signature traditional Filipino fiesta, where everyone is invited to join the fun and celebrate the Pintados Festival.


History

In 1668, the Spaniards came to the Visayas and found in the islands heavily tattooed men and women, whom they called Pintados. These people had a culture of their own, commemorating victories by holding festivals and honoring their gods after a bountiful harvest.

It was in 1888 that missionaries from Spain brought the Child Jesus image known as "El Capitan" to the island. It had a rich and colorful background that draw out the devotion and worship of the Leyte natives to the Santo Niño.

Then in 1986, the Pintados Foundation, Inc. was founded by civic-minded businessmen and entrepreneurs based in Tacloban City. They began organizing religious cultural activities for the city fiesta in honor of Señor Santo Niño. This marked the advent of the Pintados Festival, which was first celebrated June 29th of the year 1987. Today, it is called the Leyte Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival and is called as the "Festival of Festivals."

The name “pintados” is derived from what the native warriors, whose bodies were adorned with tattoos, were called. In those times, and even in some places today, tattoos were a mark of courage and beauty. Since tattoo-making was not yet as precise as it is today, they were rather painful and one risked the chance of contracting an infection. Therefore, a man who faced the dangers of tattooing and lived was considered to be both strong and brave. But even before the tattoo process itself, one would have to earn them after fighting heroically in wars.

Tattoos (pintados) served as a status symbol; much like a general’s badge would today. It was the mark of courage, rank and strength. The bravest warriors were heavily adorned in tattoos which covered every inch of their bodies, head to foot. Indeed, these men were in fact such an unusual sight that western missionaries considered them frightening and uncivilized upon their first glimpses of these warriors. But as time passed, they learned to see the tattoos as a part of the life of native peoples and even as a sign of beauty for them. With the passing of time, as the story is with all things, the old made way for the new. The traditions of tattooing (pintados) and worshiping earth spirits were replaced as modernization came. But these traditions are still remembered with the celebration of the Pintados festival.

This Pintados festival helps us to see the worth and beauty of the traditions of the country’s ancestors. It gives us the opportunity to feel a rare first-hand experience, the experience of culture
#3484
Bohol Directory / Re: Native Bohol Foods
June 06, 2009, 10:11:50 AM
Segi ko ug kaon  ug tabirak diri sa Davao. Ang ngalan diri, binignit. Ang ubi sagolan ug gabi, saging ug pilit. Didto sa amo sa Corella , ang tabirak lonlon ubi ug tuno asukar ang sagol.
Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on June 05, 2009, 10:52:19 PM
ang tabirak, kana gud gitunuan nga gabi, ube, kamote, saging, landang, bugas or pilit unya gisagol tanan hangtud nga maluto murag lugaw. another term na sa binignit.
#3485


Some of these islets might be wiped out because of global warming. Water level rises in some
                                             places of the country.
#3486
The rise of temperature in many places of the world is the effect of global warming.

Some islets in the Philippines submerged in water, as observed in the two islets in Panglao, Bohol.



Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the last century.[1][A] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that increasing greenhouse gas concentrations resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation are responsible for most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century.[1] The IPCC also concludes that natural phenomena such as solar variation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.[2][3] These basic conclusions have been endorsed by more than 40 scientific societies and academies of science, including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.[4]

        Increasing global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[7] The continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with the Arctic region being particularly affected. Other likely effects include shrinkage of the Amazon rainforest and Boreal forests, increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions and changes in agricultural yields.

         
#3487
Bohol Directory / Re: Native Bohol Foods
June 05, 2009, 12:42:18 PM
Kalami sa mga native foods diha sa ato. Gihidlaw na hinoon ko. Naa man gihapoy kapariha  diri sa Davao. Lahi gyud ang sariling atin sa mga Bol-anon.

Ang pinakanative nga sud-an ang ginamos. Bisan ug mga datu ang ubang mga Bol-anon diri sa Davao, mokaon gihapon ug ginamos.
#3488
The cause of Two Bohol Islets to Wiped is Global Warming


It is because of global warming, that our Summers are getting hotter and our so-called winters are becoming more monsoon-like

It is because of global warming that Dengue fever is spreading much farther and faster around the country due to increased humidity

It is because of global warming that our shores will soon move closer by a meter or more each year (melting of the icecaps)

It is because of global warming that more and more floods are affecting the Philippine islands and surrounding regions

It is because of global warming that people hunger because their crops were destroyed in natural disasters such as storms, floods, or heat/dryness

The Philippines could even cease to exist because of global warming, because once the sea level has risen a couple of meters, even our highest mountains may not be high enough anymore to sustain a whole country.



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#3489
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 05, 2009, 09:57:07 AM
Niadtong paggikan nako 1969 sa Bohol, daghan pang mga balay sa hilit nga baryo way kasilyas. Adto malibang sa pansayan nga naay anay nga naghulat ug mahulog ang tae.

Karon, wala na, water sealed toilet na . Pero na lang gihapoy malibang sa kasagbutan kay nihit ang tubig para ibubo sa kasilyas.
#3490
Maayo unta ug ma legal ang Con Ass aron walay election.  Kadtopng milukso sa
lain nga partido, mohaw-as.

Mao lang gihapon:  vote buying, dagdag bawas saad didto saad diri.

Basin kon magchange tag Constitution, mabag-o ang Pilipinas.
#3491




                        Kalami sa crawfish..........

   
#3492
Showbiz & Celebrity / Re: New Music From Bohol
June 04, 2009, 04:07:49 PM
Chicogon , salamat sa imong good news. Kinsa mang anak ni si Ann Talisic?
Kaila nako ning mga Talisic kay taga Corella, Bohol man ko.

Ang akong Grade V teacher taga Poblacion Corella si, Marcela Talisic.
#3493
Bohol Directory / Re: Ang Bohol: Kaniadto ug Karon
June 04, 2009, 04:00:39 PM
Raquel.... sa una sa nageskwela ko sa BSAT, sa 1963 magbalon mi ug bugas, kahoy ug buwad para sa usa ka semama nga konsumo. Karon dili na kay mouli kada hapon diha sa Corella.

Diha sa Tagbilaran City, daghan nang traffic light sa mga karsada. Emproved na kaayo ang Bohol karon.

Sa una, wala pay mga mall, karon daghan na.
#3494
Komusta Atty! You are lost and found in TB.

I have not gone to the City Hall of Tagbilaran.
Let us make our City Hall clean because Bohol
is always visited by tourist. It is one of the major
tourist destination in the country today.
#3495
Photos Unlimited / Re: Look At The Trees
June 04, 2009, 10:41:16 AM
Quote from: chicogon on June 04, 2009, 10:34:01 AM
Thank you Bambi... yes, enjoy na enjoy esp. meeting great people around here
Quote from: chicogon on June 04, 2009, 10:34:01 AM
Thank you Bambi... yes, enjoy na enjoy esp. meeting great people around here

        chicogon, my warm welcome to you. Hope you enjoyed with many friends here in
        TB.  My welcome is late but late is better than never. My warm welcome......
#3496
Photos Unlimited / Re: Look At The Trees
June 04, 2009, 10:16:46 AM


                     

        What is this tree?....;. Try to plants this in your garden  and your will enjoy the   
               the benefits...., good or bad.



                                 
#3497
Philippine History / Re: Happy Birthday Swakee!
June 04, 2009, 07:22:50 AM



Happy birthday swakee... many more happy years to come.
#3498
Question and Answer / Re: Unsay Imong Gikaon Karon?
June 04, 2009, 07:18:26 AM


                         Fishball soup akong sud-an sa panahaw.
#3499
Jokes and Humor / Re: Katawa pud mo diha ...
June 03, 2009, 04:25:09 PM
Ha..ha..ha..he....he.....he.....he.  ho...ho...ho.
Unsaon pagkatawa ang amang?....."Mongisi ra....
#3500
Photos Unlimited / Re: Look At The Trees
June 03, 2009, 04:14:01 PM


                           

Coconut Tree: The Tree of Life


by jhenz, Apr 28, 2008

Why is a coconut tree called "The Tree of Life"? Let's all find out together.
The Coconut Tree is known to have many uses, from its roots to tips (leaves), from culinary to non-culinary. In the Philippines, the coconut tree is considered as the "Tree of Life".




You must be wondering, why is that so? Allow me to cite the different parts of the coconut tree and its corresponding benefits and/or uses. Let's start with...

Coconut Roots
Coconut roots are used as beverage, dye, mouthwash, and medicine for dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux). A frayed-out piece of root can also be used as a toothbrush.

Coconut Trunks
Coconut trunks, its hardy and durable wood is used for building small bridges, preferred for their straightness, strength and salt resistance. It is also used to make benches, tables, carvings, picutre frames, tables, tool boxes and construction materials, among others. Paper pulp can also be extracted from the coconut trunk and other woody parts of the tree.

Coconut Branches
Coconut branches (leaf petioles) are strong and flexible enough to make a switch (a flexible rod, typically used for corporal punishment).

Coconut Leaves
Coconut leaves can be woven to create effective roofing materials, or reed mats. It can also produce good quality paper pulp, midrib brooms, hats and mats, fruit trays, waste baskets, fans, beautiful midrib decors, lamp shades, placemats, and bags. The stiff leaflet midribs can also be used to make cooking skewers and kindling arrows. Dried coconut leaves can be burned to ash, which can be harvested for lime.

Coconut Fruit
Coconut fruit produces buko, often used for salads, halo-halo (crushed ice with sweetened fruit), sweets and pastries. The "sport fruit" of the coconut known as makapuno is primarily harvested in the Philippines. They are sold in jars as "gelatinous mutant coconut" cut into balls or strands. Considered a delightful delicacy and largely used for making preserves and ice-cream. It is possible for it not to be kept in storage and still, will not germinate.

Coconut Meat
Coconut meat is the thick white, fleshy substance found inside the coconut shell. It is edible and can be used fresh or dried in cooking. It can also be used to obtain coco flour, desiccated coconut, coconut milk, coconut chips, coconut candies, bukayo or local sweetened shredded coconut meat, latik copra and even, animal feeds.

Coconut Water
Coconut water provides an isotonic electrolyte balance, and is a highly nutritious food source. Uses of coconut water include: coconut water vinegar; coconut wine; production of the chewy, fiber-rich "nata", good as a dessert and as a laxative; as a growth factor; and as a substitute for dextrose. It is also used to cure renal disorders. "Bukolysis" is the medical process of reducing or dissolving urinary stones from the urinary tract, using buko water from 7 to 9 months old coconuts. If you heard of "water therapy", there is also such thing as "buko/coconut therapy".

Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is made by processing grated coconut with hot water or milk, which extracts the oil and aromatic compounds. It should not be confused with the coconut water mentioned above, and has a fat content of approximately 17%. When refrigerated and left to set, coconut cream will rise to the top and separate out the milk. The milk is used to produce virgin coconut oil. It is a common ingredient in many tropical cuisines. In Thailand, coconut milk is the base of most Thai curries.

Coconut Oil
Copra is the dried coconut meat and, after further processing, is a source of high coconut oil content (as much as 64%). Coconut oil is the most readily digested, of all the fats, generally used in the world. Its chief competitors are soya bean oil, palm oil and palm kernel oil. It can be rapidly processed and extracted as a fully organic product from fresh coconut flesh, and used in many ways including as a medicine and in cosmetics, or as a direct replacement for diesel fuel. Virgin coconut oil is found superior to the oil extracted from copra for cosmetic purposes.(Coconut) Apical Bud
Apical buds of adult plants are edible and are known as "palm-cabbage" or heart-of-palm. In the Philippines, it is known as ubod and considered one of the finest vegetables. It is considered a rare delicacy, as the act of harvesting the bud, could kill the palm. It can be served in many appetizing ways. Cubed in fairly large bits, makes a wonderful addition to Spanish rice, or in their long strips, to Arroz a la Cubana. It is also eaten in salads (mixed with mayonnaise or thousand island dressing), known as "Millionaire's Salad".

Coconut Infloresence
Out of the bud of the coconut tree's infloresence is a fermented juice called coconut toddy or, in the Philippines, tuba. The principal uses of the toddy are: as fresh beverage; for producing alcoholic beverages; for producing vinegar; for making sugar; and as a source of yeast for making bread.

Coconut Husk
Coconut husks are made of bristle fiber (10%), mattress fiber (20%) and coir dust and shorts or wastes (70%). Coir is used in ropes, mats, brushes, caulking boats and as stuffing fibre; it is also used extensively in horticulture for making potting compost. The husk can be used for fuel and are a good source of charcoal. Dried half coconut shells with husks are used to buff wooden floors, making it clean and shiny (free from dusts). In the Philippines, it is known as "bunot". Fresh inner coconut husk can be rubbed on the lens of snorkelling goggles to prevent fogging during use.

Coconut Shell
Coconut shell produces the core of the most saleable household products and fashion accessories that can be turned into lucrative, wide-selling cottage industries. In the Philippines, dried half shells are used as musical instrument in a folk dance called "Maglalatik", a traditional dance about conflicts for coconut meat within the Spanish era. They are also used in theatres, banged together to create the sound effect of a horses' hoofbeats. Half coconut shells may be deployed as an improvised bra, especially for comedic effect or theatrical purposes. Shirt buttons can be carved out of dried coconut shell. Coconut buttons are often used for Hawaiian Aloha shirts.
You see how amazing the coconut tree is? In fact, in the Philippines, it is considered as one of the major dollar earner industry that provides livelihood to most of the country's population. Indeed, a Tree of Life!

Thus, coconut is a "tree of life".