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Quote from: RMB on April 20, 2012, 09:10:40 PM
daghan pa gyud ug req't. yesterday hingadto mi sa BDO kay magopen ug join account. wla maprocess kay kulang ang valid Id sa ako mrs then balhin me sa Land Bank gpangayuan mi ug barangay clearance. makalangan uy mao na nga wlay magopen kay hasolan.

Bitaw. Kita nga maoy mohatag nilag negosyo maoy hasolhasolon... 

Quote from: islander on April 19, 2012, 03:31:44 PM
"...do not like to deal with banks/financial institutions (1 percent)"

usa gyod ko ani.  makalagot baya ang arte sa mga tellers.  yet it's our money, not theirs...

Hmm, sa ato pa, imo lang gitagoan sa kaban ang imong milyones?

Bwahaha! 

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on April 20, 2012, 09:59:44 PM
Hahaha pareha silang duha na surprise,cool lang ang Lion. Leksyon i dug jud permi ang shotgun.

He he, cool ang liyon kay galuya, pila na ka semana nga way kaon...

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on April 20, 2012, 08:27:15 PM
nangamigo pa una. gitagaan ug higayon nga makahinulsol sa.

Sakto. Mas lami kuno kan-on kon way resentment ang kan-onon...

Menos ang gastos, lunhaw pa...

Quote from: islander on April 02, 2012, 01:50:00 AM
where could this guy be now?  giango-ango sa una as a thread starter, niagi ug lobotomy pagkahuman, ug karon di ko mahibung nga gasiga na lang iyang mata.   

Bwahaha! Lobotomy? Sama galing sa kanta nga "Bring back your lobot to me"...

Bwahaha! 

Ithaa, which means mother-of-pearl in Dhivehi, is the very first undersea restaurant in the world located 5 metres (16 ft) below sea level at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island in Alif Dhaal Atoll in the Republic of Maldives.


Kini maoy restaurant--tua sa ilawom sa dagat... 

Quote from: taga tigbao on April 19, 2012, 01:23:23 PM
Asa man makita ba ang bag-ong patakaran? Wa man ko kahibawo jamo.

Basin pud ug nalumos nas unlan. Daghan ra bang mag-unlan ang wa na kamata ug balik.

Ang unlan fetisher kay nagpagatas pa...

The problem is that China is hell-bent on world domination. Bisag unsa na lay pretext sa ilang aggression. 

Quote from: Vistabel link=topic=45964.msg505056#m;sg505056 date=1334935222
arang kusuga bitaw ng mga sakyanan pangpubliko sa Bohol hagjong-hagjong lang kay wala nay mopara nila tungod kay halos tanan ng mga Bol-anon may kaugalingon ng sakyanan.

Hmm, mao ba? Halos tanan? As in pila kaha ka percent?

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on April 20, 2012, 09:15:56 PM
Sauna sa college pa ko, diha koy nahibaloan nga bana nga kulatado pirmi sa asawa. Hangtud namatay gyud ang bana sa kulata sa asawa. Ang asawa murag somo wrestler ang lawas. Ug ang bana gamajon nga tawo. It was a big news then, with the news focusing on the angle of "battered husband."

Hmm, diha ba to silay mga anak?

Quote from: islander on April 20, 2012, 08:55:07 PM
buttered chicken is chicken that's not margarined.  it could be male or female.

Aw, diay ba? Unja ang bittered chicken, kanang sinudlan og palija?

Naa puy drayber nga di hadlok mabungi...

Quote from: islander on April 20, 2012, 11:11:40 AM
hehehe.  ang di lang tinuod aning piktyura kay ang gitas-on sa buhok ni islander ug ang gitas-on sa ikog sa iring...

Hmm, sayang nga bisan tuod makita ang gitas-on sa buhok sa iring, di makita ang gitas-on sa ikog ni Islander...

Kaluoy sa jawa, daghan tawon ang nagnegosyo nga nangapalpak...

Quote from: Vistabel on April 20, 2012, 07:55:23 AM
sayon ra ang paagi para makuhakuhaan ang sama namo nga mga di adunahan, pa-abroadon aron mawaa sa Nasud ug di ba ipa-asawa ug mga Foreiners ug di ba tagoan luyo mga Boud / hills hehehe..joke

He he, paduwaon lang kaha sa stock market aron mosamot kapobre...

Quote from: suban-on on April 19, 2012, 10:20:03 AM
Oh my my my God! Some human being (people) now-a-days seem to have been blind folded by his intellect which tends to circumnavigate the TRUTH about the existence of the Divine Creator, the Great Provider, the Merciful, the Benevolent, the way and the Light. I like very very much this topic and to my honest disposition, MAN after all the blessings received though some people now tried to disagree the fact that HIS intellect is only borrowed from whom?........ the Divine Creator! Lengthy discussions in whatever forms and by whoever will surely come to an end that NOTHING EXISTS without a cause which is the primer of all that exist. CAUSE and EFFECT principle is enough to abide with. Big Bang advocates, you are saying that all those that your eyes can see up  there at the outer space and even WE are results of that incident. I beg to disagree with the fact that CREATION is very different from Invention. I will start with invention. When a scientist invented something, he/she must be using something/anything just to come up with an invention WHEREAS Creation, since I for one of those who believed the existence of GOD, is the act of having something/anything out of nothing. If you're walking on the beach and saw some footprints, that goes to prove that somebody came ahead of you. All heavenly bodies up there at the outer space including that BIG BANG were signs of somebody who is a Supreme Being and that is GOD! Big Bang as a theory is also a product of human mind. To make this brief, ALL things big and small, the LORD GOD made them ALL!

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 19, 2012, 06:41:10 AM
“The Big Bang” is the most prevalent astrophysical theory today, but it has its detractors, most arguing that because the mathematics that leads back to a big bang do not function at the point immediately prior to the big bang, those mathematics were invalid to begin with.

Better than this, however, is the argument that this proof of God commits the logical fallacy called “infinite regression.” If the Universe had a first cause, what caused that first cause? Criticism declares that it is unfair to argue for every thing’s cause, and then argue for the sole exception of a “First Cause,” which did not have a cause.

Halangdon namong St. Thomas Aquinas,
Morag way klaro ang imong pangagpas
Kay kami nga nagtuon lag ginagmay
Ning maong langtugi di kalahutay...

Quote from: islander on April 20, 2012, 04:27:07 PM
What is a battered husband?

A battered husband is a victim of domestic violence who happens to be male (obviously). 

A husband who allows herself to be battered is a chicken, so he is no different from battered chicken...

Anyway, what's buttered chicken?

Hmm, I hope di maparehas anig nawong si Kabang...

Doble birada tingali pagkawilwiga, kon di malukmay sa pahalipay lukmayon sa ubang pamaagi...

Quote from: islander on April 19, 2012, 05:49:55 PM
buhi pa ba kaha intawon ang kahoy ani?

Healthy hinuon kaayo kay permi naay fertilizer...

Kon sigi lang ander de saya, nah, cruel and inhuman kay torture by ginamos ang resulta...

Quote from: taga tigbao on April 19, 2012, 01:15:52 PM
Unsa man diay? BAwal na? Aruy! Blocked na ko dinhi ron? 

He he, mapasaylo pa ka.

Duda ko nga ang bag-ong patakaran maoy hinungdan nganong sigi nag absent si Bugsay...

Hmm, morag magkalibanga man ta ani nga recipe...

He he, bantay-bantay lang sa bag-ong patakaran, Bay Tigs...

Hmm, somehow it feels good, being counting among the majority...

By Shielo Mendoza | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom â€" 19 hours ago


Are Filipinos that poor? Majority of Filipino households do not have deposit accounts because they do not have enough money for bank deposits, a survey from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Wednesday.

BSP’s first-ever consumer finance survey showed that eight in ten households (78.5 percent) in the Philippines are unbanked, and the main reason cited by 92.8 percent of households for the absence of a deposit account was well, they had nothing to put in it.

Other reasons mentioned by the remaining 7.2 percent of households were: do not need a bank account (1.7 percent), cannot manage an account (1.5 percent), minimum balance is too high (1.2 percent), do not like to deal with banks/financial institutions (1 percent), and others not specified (1.8 percent), the survey said.

More at: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/greater-pinoy-majority-have-no-banks-accounts--says-bsp.html

Bwahaha! 

One more time...

AFP News â€" 17 hours ago


The Philippines leads the world in the number of people who believe in God, while the elderly across all countries tend to be the most religious, according to a US study out Wednesday.

Belief in God tends to be strongest in the United States and Catholic countries and lowest in Scandinavia and former Soviet states, according to the survey carried out by the NORC research group at the University of Chicago.

The study was based on data from 30 countries -- nearly all with Christian majorities -- in which surveys about belief in God have been taken since 1991.

It found that 94 percent of people in the Philippines said they had always believed in God, followed by Chile, with 88 percent, and the United States with 81 percent.

Belief was lowest in the former east Germany (13 percent) and in the Czech Republic (20 percent).

The surveys found atheism was most widespread in Scandinavia and the former Soviet Union -- with the exception of Poland -- and that belief in God was generally declining worldwide, but not in Russia, Slovenia or Israel.

The report found that senior citizens tend to believe more strongly in God. On average, 43 percent of respondents 68 and older are certain that God exists, compared to just 23 percent of those 27 and younger, the report said.

"Looking at differences among age groups, the largest increases in belief in God most often occur among those 58 years of age and older," said Tom Smith, who wrote the report, entitled "Belief About God Across Time and Countries."

"This suggests that belief in God is especially likely to increase among the oldest groups, perhaps in response to the increasing anticipation of mortality," Smith said.

In the United States, 54 percent of those younger than 28 said they were certain of God's existence, compared to 66 percent of those 68 and older, while in France eight percent of young people said they believed in God, compared to 26 percent of older citizens.

The surveys, taken in 1991, 1998 and 2008, were mainly carried out in European countries, in addition to Chile, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

He he, makaingon man lang ta nga angayan ni nga thread mahidangat sa ginamos...

Hmm, naa ba kahay battered husbands diris TB...

The Cosmological Argument





Thomas Aquinas’s most famous proof of God refuses to go away. You’ve probably already heard of it in some form. It was around before Aquinas, at least as early as Plato and Aristotle, and in basic terms, it goes like this:

1. Every finite and contingent being has a cause.
2. Nothing finite and contingent can cause itself.
3. A causal chain cannot be of infinite length.
4. Therefore, a First Cause (or something that is not an effect) must exist.

This is especially impressive in that it was theorized by the Ancient Greeks, at a time when the Universe was not known to have had an origin. Today, we call this “the Big Bang,” and the argument has changed to this form:

1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
2. The Universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the Universe had a cause.

The Counterargument:

Sequentially speaking, these three points are true. But the second point requires the Universe to have had a cause, and we still aren’t sure it did. “The Big Bang” is the most prevalent astrophysical theory today, but it has its detractors, most arguing that because the mathematics that leads back to a big bang do not function at the point immediately prior to the big bang, those mathematics were invalid to begin with.

Better than this, however, is the argument that this proof of God commits the logical fallacy called “infinite regression.” If the Universe had a first cause, what caused that first cause? Criticism declares that it is unfair to argue for every thing’s cause, and then argue for the sole exception of a “First Cause,” which did not have a cause.

The Argument from Reason





One of my favorites, with very intricate abstraction. C. S. Lewis (who wrote “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”) came up with this. It begins as an argument from design, and then continues into something new. Very basically, it argues that God must exist, because, in Lewis’s words:

“Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind. In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the sensation I call thought. But, if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? It’s like upsetting a milk jug and hoping that the way it splashes itself will give you a map of London. But if I can’t trust my own thinking, of course I can’t trust the arguments leading to Atheism, and therefore have no reason to be an Atheist, or anything else. Unless I believe in God, I cannot believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God.”

The Counterargument:

It sounds powerful, and the final judgment on it is still out there. But its primary weak point is that, in the strictest sense, it is not a proof of God’s existence because it requires the assumption that human minds can assess the truth or falsehood of a claim, and it requires that human minds can be convinced by argumentation.

But in order to reject the assumption that human minds can assess the truth or falsehood of a claim, a human mind must assume that this claim is true or false, which immediately proves that human minds can assess the truth or falsehood of a claim.

But none of this has anything to do with God’s existence. Thus, the argument is better treated as a disproof of naturalistic materialism. However, given that most Atheists use naturalistic materialism as the foundation of Atheism, is is a very viable argument.

The Argument from Degree





This is one of St. Thomas Aquinas’s “Five Proofs of God,” and still causes debate among the two sides. Here is Aquinas’s statement of it, which I have translated from Latin, for a sense of thoroughness:

The fourth proof originates from the degrees discovered in things. For there is discovered greater and lesser degrees of goodness, truth, nobility, and others. But “more” or “less” are terms spoken concerning various things that approach in diverse manners toward something that is the “greatest,” just as in the case of “hotter” approaching nearer the “greatest” heat. There exists, therefore, something “truest,” and “best,” and “noblest,” which, in consequence, is the “greatest” being. For those things which are the greatest truths are the greatest beings, as is stated in Metaphysics Bk. II. 2. Furthermore, that which is the greatest in its way, is, in another way, the cause of all things belonging to it; thus fire, which is the greatest heat, is the cause of all heat, as is said in the same book (cf. Plato and Aristotle). Therefore, there exists something that is the cause of the existence of all things, and of goodness, and of every perfection whatever. We call this “God.”

The Counterargument:

The most prevalent criticism of this argument considers that we do not have to believe in an object of a greater degree in order to believe in an object of a lesser degree. Richard Dawkins, the most famous, or infamous, Atheist around these days, argues that just because we come across a “smelly” object, does not require that we believe that we believe in a “preeminently peerless stinker,” in his words.

The Moral Argument





This argument is very old, and states that God must exist for the following reason: 1. An aspect of morality is observed. 2. Belief in God is a better explanation for this morality than any alternative. 3. Belief in God is thus preferable to disbelief in God.

The Counterargument:

This argument is technically valid, provided that the three constituents are accepted, and most critics refuse to accept the first. Morality, they argue, is not universal. Murder was perfectly fine for the soldiers of the First Crusade, who slaughtered every man, woman, and child in Jerusalem in 1099. Thomas Hobbes argued that morality is based on the society around it, and is thus not objective.

from http://listverse.com/


The Ontological Argument





First formulated by St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, then taken up by Alvin Plantinga. “God exists, provided that it is logically possible for him to exist.”

This argument is quite brazen in its simplicity, requiring not only a belief in God, but a belief in the necessity of God. If you believe he is necessary, then you must believe he exists.

The Counterargument:

Criticism typically deals with the Ontological Argument committing a “bare assertion fallacy,” which means it asserts qualities inherent solely to an unproven statement, without any support for those qualities. It is also criticized as a circular argument, revolving from a premise to a conclusion which relies on the premise, which relies on the conclusion.

Basin naulian...

He he, kalma lang. Naa na bayay senior citizens diri...

Kasagaran sa mag-dockie kay gustong ma-richie...

Superhero sa TB?

Aw, mao ba? Unya nganong napili man ning komedyanteha?

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 18, 2012, 03:41:41 AM
hahaha! kaon ka ana, bai hubag?

Kaon ko basta isawsaw sa patis, unya pakapinag lawlaw...

He he, makalingaw tuod ni, oi, for me it's something like watching the mating habits of dolphins...

Kinahanglan pa ba gud ning balaod...

In addition to describing what is meant by self-actualization in his theory, Maslow also identified some of the key characteristics of self-actualized people:

    Acceptance and Realism: Self-actualized people have realistic perceptions of themselves, others and the world around them.

    Problem-centering: Self-actualized individuals are concerned with solving problems outside of themselves, including helping others and finding solutions to problems in the external world. These people are often motivated by a sense of personal responsibility and ethics.

    Spontaneity: Self-actualized people are spontaneous in their internal thoughts and outward behavior. While they can conform to rules and social expectations, they also tend to be open and unconventional.

    Autonomy and Solitude: Another characteristics of self-actualized people is the need for independence and privacy. While they enjoy the company of others, these individuals need time to focus on developing their own individual potential.

    Continued Freshness of Appreciation: Self-actualized people tend to view the world with a continual sense of appreciation, wonder and awe. Even simple experiences continue to be a source of inspiration and pleasure.

    Peak Experiences: Individuals who are self-actualized often have what Maslow termed peak experiences, or moments of intense joy, wonder, awe and ecstasy. After these experiences, people feel inspired, strengthened, renewed or transformed.

--Maslow, A. (1970). Motivation and personality (2nd ed.). New York: Harper & Row.

Quote from: islander on April 13, 2012, 09:08:50 AM


touching!

Kakyut sa dunggan ni baby! Morag pinakupsan!

Quote from: chicogon on April 18, 2012, 01:20:12 PM
Maoy gidangat sa mahilig mag self-portrait hahahaha 

He he, bogolbogolon jamo ang lamorok nga nawong, an!

He he, morag gikan ni silang mikanta og "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"...

Hmm, maayo na lang tingali diay nga nawad-an sa panimuot samtang gipanamastamasan ang iyang kaputli...

Hmm, morag nalisoan man tingali sa tornilyo si Manoy, iya lang untang gipahugtan ginamit ang screw driver...

Ni Katherine R. Valdez (Banat) Updated April 18, 2012 12:00 AM   


CEBU, Philippines - Usa ka asawa kinsa buot untang makigbuwag sa iyang bana gitusak og dunggab pinaagi sa screw driver sulod sa usa ka lodging house sa dalan Colon, dakbayan sa Sugbo sa miaging Lunes sa gabii.

Ang biktima giila nga si Anarien Zafra, 35, empleyado sa Maxima Manpower Services nga taga Cabreros Street., barangay Basak â€" San Nicolas, dakbayan sa Sugbo, samtang ang suspek mao ang kaugalingon niyang bana nga si Rodolfo Joseph Zafra, 40, walay trabaho. Nasayran sa kapolisan gikan sa biktima nga mi-check-in sila sa Room M8, sa Hidden Lodge, nga nahimutang sa dalan Colon, dakbayan sa Sugbo kay nagsabot sila nga magbuwag.

Apan nasuko ang suspek ug giparok ang ulo sa biktima sa bongbong.

Ang biktima nga igo lang nalipong makadiyot miyuhot og dagan gawas sa lawak apan nakuptan sa suspek ang iyang liog dayon milanit kini sa screw driver nga may gitas-ong 5 pulgadas ug gitusak pagdunggab ang nagkalainlaing bahin sa lawas sa biktima.

Dihang nakita niyang mihutlay na ang iyang asawa, misinggit kini ug nagkanayon, “puslan mang di ka makigbalik kanako, mangamatay tang duha” dayon gitusak na usab sa mao gihapong screw driver ang iyang kaugalingong lawas.

Ang biktima kinsa may igo pang kusog sa lawas, migamit sa iyang tiil ug gisikaran ang suspek dayong dagan gawas sa lawak ug gisalbar siya sa room boy nga maoy mikuyog kaniya ngadto sa barangay hall sa Parian. - WC (BANATNEWS)

Ni Rey Pasaporte (Banat) Updated April 18, 2012 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Gidakop sa kapulisan ang usa ka tattoo artist human kini giila nga maoy usa sa upat nga gipasanginlang mi-gang rape sa usa ka tomboy kagahapon sa hapon diha sa barangay Sambag 2 ning dakbayan sa Sugbu.

Si Gleno, tinuod pangan ug apelyedo gipugngan sa Banat News nga nag-abang sa usa ka apartment diha sa Tormis Extension barangay Sambag 2 ang gidakop sa mga sakop sa City Intelligence Branch (CIB) sa Cebu City Police Office (CCPO)

Ang suspek hugtanong mihimakak sa iyang kalambigitan atol sa pagsukitsukit kaniya sa mga imbestigador sa CIB.

Si SPO2 Vincent Taladua, imbestigador sa CIB miingon nga ang biktima kansang pangalan gipugngan sa Banat News giingong gisignit ug gitionan og kutsilyo pasado alas-5 sa hapon diha sa Carbon Area niadtong Lunes. Siya gidala sa apartment sa Tormis Extension diin siya giingong gipulipulihan og lugos sa upat ka mga lalaki.

Kagahapon sa buntag nakahigayon og tawag ang tomboy sa iyang hinigugmang babaye nga nagpuyo sa barangay Bulacao aron magpatabang, ang naulahi mao nay nangayo’g tabang sa mga sakop sa CIB.

Matud sa biktima ngadto sa kapulisan nga gipugos siya sa pagpainom sa mga suspek nga giingong maoy nakaingon nga nawad-an siya og panimuot dayon gitabangan siya sa paglugos sa upat ka mga suspetsado.

Sa dihang nakamata na siya kagahapon, matud sa biktima nga nag-inusara nalang siya sa kwarto sanglit ang mga suspetsado mibiya na.

Matud ni Taladua ang nadakpang suspek mag-atubang og kasong serious illegal detention ug pagpanglugos uban sa laing tulo niini ka mga kauban kinsa hangtud karun wala pa mailhi sa kapulisan.

Siya midugang nga si Gleno giila sa tag-iya sa apartment nga maoy usa sa upat ka mga lalaki nga midala sa biktima sa iyang apartment. - EIM (BANATNEWS)

Hmm, morag naay baje?

Hmm, morag metrosexual man nis Ondoy...

Self-explanatory...

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2012, 10:01:33 AM
(hadlok ko atong previous pic.  gikaon ba nang mouse, hubs?)

Wa, oi. Iyang best friend ang ilaga, mao nga iyang gipanalipdan gikan sa bitin. Sa iyang kadako di siya kaya nga a-tukbon sa serpente...

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2012, 10:01:33 AM
dimpled lagi ning bakia...

Kyut kay dimpled unya lamorok...

Hmm, mao ba kaha ni equivalent sa giingon nga asawa nga kon isuroy sul-otan og bulsita ang nawong?

Islander NOYNOYING in the snow, speed-typing on a gigantic keyboard...   

Hmm, morag medyo tambok gihapon, beer man gud ang gipainom...

Hmm, unsa kaha, one doctorate per one billion dollars?

He he, sila ra maoy no more poverty kon maohon...

Quote from: chicogon on April 18, 2012, 07:45:47 AM
Asa imong ngipon, doy? 

- apil2x pud og pahiyom...

Protecting his friend from predators... 

He he, giunag kodak ang kibot?

He he, jawjaw-jawjaw lang ta kutob ani jawaa...

jaw (jô)

intr.v. jawed, jaw·ing, jaws
Slang
1. To talk vociferously; jabber.
2. To talk; converse.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

The President said both the Philippines and China were signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention.

“The point is, in fairness to China and our case also, the Philippine Navy vessel has been withdrawn for quite a number of days already, as soon as the Coast Guard arrived,” Aquino said.

The President said the Coast Guard vessel will continue to station a vessel in Scarborough Shoal.

When asked why the Chinese fishermen were allowed to leave with their illegal catch, Aquino said “would it be good if we send all our maritime vessels, prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that are unarmed and force China to react by sending their own military forces?

“Would the escalation serve the national interest? That is the only question,” he said.

“I suppose the first vessel that we have at the area was a Philippine Navy vessel and, as soon as possible, we dispatched the Coast Guard vessel which is, as you know, a civilian component â€" it is under the DOTC (Department of Transportation and Communications), it’s not even a (Department of National Defense)-attached entity or agency â€" just to demonstrate that we want to de-escalate the situation. Let me emphasize, to de-escalate the situation,” Aquino said.

“We are in constant touch (with the Chinese embassy),” the President said, clarifying earlier reports that he had talked with Chinese Ambassador to Manila Ma Keqing.

“I hadn’t talked to Ambassador Ma. It was always through the secretary of Foreign Affairs. And, right now, since the secretary of Foreign Affairs is in America for various conferences that had previously been scheduled, it’s Undersecretary Linda Basilio who will be talking to Ambassador Ma. So we’re continuing that dialogue,’ Aquino said.

“We haven’t stopped exploring all of the other avenues. We have raised our points during the last ASEAN summit regarding this. And we are still steadfast that we have two missions â€" one, not to escalate the situation; and, two, to protect our sovereignty,” the President said.

He also emphasized that there was no connection between the US-Philippine Balikatan exercises and the Scarborough incident.

“There is no benefit if, during the time that we are de-escalating the situation, we will place something there that has the potential of being complained by both parties,” Aquino said. “I’m hopeful that reasonable people… can come up with a situation that will resolve the situation.”

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, before leaving for the US Sunday to attend a conference, said the Philippines is sticking to diplomacy in resolving the Scarborough issue even if it remains unyielding in its position that the area is Philippine territory.

He said the Philippines should take action following China’s redeployment of one of its ships to Scarborough. But he did not specify what action to take.

“Whatever it may be, we would wish to diffuse current challenge but would need to defend our sovereignty and sovereign rights,” Del Rosario told The STAR.

New ship

Meanwhile, the Coast Guard has deployed another ship to Scarborough to relieve the BRP Pampanga.

Lt. Gen. Anthony Alcantara, Northern Luzon (Nolcom) commander, said that BRP EDSA DOS (SAR-002) arrived in the vicinity yesterday morning.

The Pampanga was en route to Manila’s South Harbor for re-provisioning.

Two Chinese vessels â€" Zhonggou Haijan 75 and Zhonggou Haijan 84 â€" are still in the area.

Alcantara, however, described the situation in Scarborough yesterday as generally peaceful.

For his part, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Jessie Dellosa admitted that the country’s military was in “tumultuous times.”

“It is common knowledge to everyone that we are in the midst of tumultuous times in terms of internal security. As threats from within were addressed swiftly and thoroughly, we remain in a shadow of doubt pertaining to certain international issues,” Dellosa said, without directly referring to the standoff at Scarborough.

“It is imperative for our ground forces to sustain operational readiness, keeping in mind the critical times that we are in now,” he said.

The Navy, for its part, said it is ready to assist the Coast Guard in asserting the country’s territorial rights over Scarborough.

“The Navy is basically on standby on whatever instructions will be given to us... we cannot make the decision on our (own) at this level. We leave it to the higher authorities and we will comply with whatever instructions are given,” Navy chief Rear Admiral Alexander Pama said.

Pama was responding to questions on whether the Navy would send another ship to the shoal to relieve the one deployed in the area.

Pama said the Navy’s largest warship Gregorio del Pilar is ready to perform whatever directive would be given to it.

Pama said the Del Pilar is in Poro Point in La Union to load supplies and provisions.

“My boys need rest,” he said, referring to the officers and crew of the warship.

“We are continuously monitoring the situation in the area, As of this time, (the situation is) very stable, very normal,” Alcantara said.

--By Aurea Calica (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com), with Jaime Laude, Alexis Romero, Evelyn Macairan, Pia Lee-Brago.

Philstar â€" Tue, Apr 17, 2012


MANILA, Philippines - Some quarters have noted that the Philippines can’t win even in pitikan ng ilong â€" flicking of noses â€" against China, according to President Aquino. So borrowing a phrase from Britain’s wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Aquino said yesterday, “It’s better to jaw, jaw, jaw than to war, war, war.”

Aquino said that while the Philippines is strongly protesting China’s incursion in Scarborough Shoal, it is acknowledging the preeminence of diplomacy in resolving the standoff involving two Chinese vessels and a Philippine search and rescue ship.

Scarborough, which the Philippines calls Panatag Shoal, lies just 120 nautical miles from Zambales and is well within the country’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone.

“It will be more difficult if we are not talking. And there is a quote from, I think, Churchill â€" well, it’s attributed to Churchill… It is: ‘Better now to jaw-jaw than to war-war.’ That might be a flippant way of saying it but the minute that you stop talking, (it will be more difficult),” he said.

“We are still in constant touch with them. We are still clarifying… stressing and clarifying and reiterating our respective positions,” the President said.

“We have been ready to protect our sovereignty to the limits of our capabilities. But, again, I will appeal to all of you. Before, it was being stated that in a boxing bout with China, with 1.3 billion (population) and we are 95 million, kahit sa pitikan ng ilong, di tayo mananalo (even in a nose flicking match, we will not win),” he said.

“So what are we going to gain if we dramatize or worsen the situation and enrage each other to the point of (going into war?)” Aquino said.

“Let me remind all of you, in our Constitution, we renounce war as an instrument of national policy and I am bound to follow that,” he said.

Aquino said the Philippines wants the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) â€" as a dialogue partner of China â€" to come up with a code of conduct that would dictate the behavior of parties in the West Philippine Sea.

The big difference now, he said, is that the Philippines is no longer opening its exclusive economic zones to joint exploration contracts, as stipulated in the Constitution.

In the ASEAN summit in Cambodia, the President said disputed and non-disputed areas should be clearly defined because only disputed areas could be jointly developed.

He said that even before the Scarborough Shoal incident, China had been claiming the entire West Philippine Sea, citing the nine-dash theory and despite the Philippines’ strong basis for its claims based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to which China is a signatory.

“So how about those who conform with the UNCLOS? How will China take back its declaration without getting embarrassed? And we know that from the start, that is the difficulty,” Aquino said.

He also said the deployment of Navy warship BRP Gregorio del Pilar to Scarborough was not a show of force but an enforcement of maritime laws.

He said the eight Chinese fishing vessels briefly held at Scarborough were found carrying illegally collected corals, giant clams, and live sharks.

Navy personnel who boarded the fishing vessels took photos of the catch.

Abtik jud aron makaapil...

Quote from: chicogon on April 14, 2012, 06:58:02 AM

He he, mga badibildir galing...

Hmm, talking of sexy...

Quote from: islander on April 17, 2012, 06:50:44 PM
aw, suheta man gani ko bahig tornado, aw, tornada.  tigbasa god ta, hehehe.  hadlok tingali maapil sa masakpan nako ay, hahaha!

Oops, ayaw tawon patapsingi si Bugsay nga gahilomhilom lang...