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By Azer N. Parrocha

Doctors must never perpetuate any wrongdoing that will be detrimental to the patient. Their endpoint must always be the patient's well-being.

That, in a nutshell, was the main issue addressed by doctors from the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), along with the importance of the code of ethics for all medical practitioners to adhere to, in a health forum in Quezon City on Tuesday.

Also discussed in the forum was the perceived common, yet almost undetermined practice, by some doctors to prescribe medicines from specific pharmaceutical industries owing to the favors they receive from such companies.

PHAP consultant Francisco Tranquilino told the forum that the Mexico City Declaration, which gathered representatives from different countries in September last year to draft the business sector guidelines on the bio-pharmaceutical area, will bring the country a step closer to resolving the issue.

Dr. Tranquilino, who was also a representative for the Mexico City principles formulation, explained that the declaration is a set of guiding principles which will be adopted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries to govern the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and physicians.

“This was drafted because according to the formulators of the Mexico City Declaration, the small- and medium-scale industries are important industries in the APEC member countries,” Tranquilino said.

“If there is graft and corruption or bribery in this sector, then it will affect tremendously the economies of these countries as well as the conduct of business by the bio-pharmaceutical sector,” he added.

For his part, Dr. Arthur Catli, PHAP director and former executive director of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA), cited that in cases where doctors get too "close" with people from the pharmaceutical industry, a great part of the setup is responsible for the increase of prices of medicines.

“For the longest time, I was introduced into a culture wherein the success of a doctor is measured by the number of times a pharmaceutical company sends you abroad, for the number of times a medical representative sends and picks you up from work, for the number of gifts pharmaceutical companies send,” Catli said.

“The reason why we want to emphasize on ethical professional practices is because based on the doctor’s oath, the number one person to be taken into consideration should be the patient,” he stressed. “All our decisions should be based on our unbiased knowledge about medicine.”

Catli, who is also a practicing cardiologist, stressed that nobody has really stepped forward to address the issue for a long time. On the other hand, he also said that doctors cannot be blamed for such method, since not all of them are well-off.

“Efforts need to be exerted to modify the medical curriculum,” Catli said, explaining that with an omnibus act on health care enacted, it would modify the medical curriculum to include professional ethical conducts.

“[This] would guide the doctor on how he or she conducts himself in relation to the people around him: pharmaceutical industries, patients, regulators, co-doctors and other people around,” he said.

“We are trying our best to inculcate with our member companies to adhere to the spirit of the Mexico City Declaration (and the PHAP code) to ensure that at least on one side of the spectrum, there would be no givers on the side of the pharmaceutical (industries),” Catli said.

“That in itself is already telling the message to our partner doctors that we, as an association and as an industry, would not be in a position to perpetuate any wrongdoing that will be to the detriment of the patient. After all, our endpoint will be to the patient’s well-being,” he added.

According to Catli, despite an existing code, "it will really depend on the transformation and evolution of the society, association and the members thereof in order to make sure that we look after our patients."

“There has to come a time where doctors make a firm stand towards an oath that they took when they first became doctors,” he said.

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Chongki, kumusta na diha sa Manila? Mao gyud, unsa kahay kaugmaon sa Cebu with Anabelle at the House of Representatives.

Nia diay ka sa Bohol, Padz? Martin's Bar is popular among artists in Bohol.

By Joann Santiago

Finance Secretary Cesar Pursima attributed to the Aquino administration’s good governance policy the continued improvement in the Philippines credit rating.

On Monday, Moody’s Investors Service upgraded to a notch below investment grade at “Ba1” with ‘stable’ outlook the country’ credit rating due to continued improvement in economic and fiscal performance amid negative global economic developments, better medium term economic prospects, and stable financial system.

This is the ninth positive ratings action on the country since President Benigno Aquino III took office in June 2010.

To date, all three major credit rating agencies namely Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch Ratings rate the economy a notch below investment grade.

“President Aquino reversed a decade’s worth of credit rating decline after a little more than two years of serving in office. This just shows how good governance can bring about good economics,” Purisima said.

The Finance department chief also cited that because of the reforms being implemented by the Aquino administration “the Philippines continues to be a strong performer in the current global economic climate.”

Among the positive results of these reforms is the 6.1 percent output of the domestic economy in the first half this year, a growth that is slightly above the government’s five to six percent target for the year and among the top in the region.

Also, revenue collections of the government continue to improve with the first nine months’ collection up 10 percent year-on-year to P1.12 trillion over year-ago’s P1.02 trillion.

Similarly, the country’s foreign reserves as of last August totalled to US$ 80.8 billion, already ahead of the US$ 77.5-78 billion target for this year, due to large contribution of inflows from Filipinos overseas and the business process outsourcing industry

mahilig seguro tong bayhana ug kinilaw.

Balik sa Sugbo, adto na sab magmilagro si Anabelle.

Quote from: wardiflex on October 29, 2012, 03:20:43 PM
ug ako aning trabahoa, mo half-day ra ko..hahaha

Dako akong pangagpas nga mo-overtime si Wardiflex bisan pa ug regular holiday.

By Ferdinand G.Patinio

A senior prelate said that cremation is becoming popular among Filipinos.

Retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said the reason why many people are choosing cremation over burying their loved ones in the cemetery is because it is more convenient and less expensive.

“It is becoming more convenient to go to a columbarium, where the ashes are deposited, instead of going to the cemetery with the traffic,” he said in an interview.

In the cemetery, the problem is also space.

“There is less and less space that’s why they are now trying to put up this multi-leveled burial sites up to 14 layers, but how do you visit your dead in the 14th floor if there are no stairs?” he added.

Cruz noted that cremation is also cheaper and easier.

‘When the body is transferred from one country to the other, instead of the whole body being transferred, it’s easier and much cheaper to transfer ashes,” he said.

The popularity of cremation, he said, is also the reason why some churches now have columbariums.

However, he said that cremation is not popular especially among Filipino Catholic prelates.

Cruz said that a bishop is usually interred in the burial ground of the cathedral of a diocese.

“It’s a very established custom that in all cathedral churches there’s a burial ground for bishops at the back of the altar and that is where they are placed,” said the prelate.

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All over the world, basta beach volleyball, bikini gyud na. Pagkalisud pud huna-hunaon kung magkarsones.

by pna

Lawmakers are pushing for the passage of a bill seeking to establish a competitive grant program to retain highly qualified teachers in rural communities.

Reps. Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo (2nd District, Camarines Sur) and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2nd District, Pampanga) filed House Bill 6497 establishing a program that will provide financial assistance to qualified provinces to create an incentive system for highly qualified teachers who shall commit to stay and teach for at least three years.

“Brain drain is a common phenomenon over the last several decades which involves many of our teachers who go abroad to seek greener pastures and as such, we continue to lose teachers in our schools and unnecessarily increase the burden of teaching the ever growing number of our students to teachers that actually stay,” Arroyo said.

“It is also happening from our rural schools to urban cities. Substandard facilities and even more substandard communities make for additional burdens to our teachers who teach in rural areas,” Arroyo said.

“As legislators, we must acknowledge the higher level of challenge presented in rural areas and provide better incentives to highly qualified teachers to make teaching a career in rural schools,” Arroyo said.

The bill to be known as the Rural Teacher Retention Act of 2012 mandates the Secretary of Education to carry out a 5-year pilot program granting at least 10 different provinces, to enable them to award salary bonuses to highly qualified teachers or special education teachers who will commit to teach for at least three academic years in an elementary or secondary school served by the rural local educational agency.

Under the measure, a province that desires to receive a grant shall submit an application to the Education Secretary containing, among others, a plan for the proposed distribution and use of the grant funds among rural local educational agencies within the province.

Each recipient province shall submit an annual report to the Education Secretary and to the appropriate committees of the Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives.

The report should contain the number of rural local educational agencies assisted, the number and demographic characteristics of teachers receiving bonuses, and the impact of the bonuses on the ability of rural local educational agencies assisted under the proposed act.

by pna

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday urged Filipinos based overseas to register for the May 2013 polls to reach their target of one million overseas absentee registrants.

"We're hopeful dahil last day na bukas... yung mga overseas Filipino voters natin ay magpa-register na para ma-reach natin ang one million mark," Comelec commissioner Lucenito Tagle told reporters.

Tagle said voters registration in Philippine embassies abroad will end at 5 p.m. on October 31.

"We've been doing this several months na para lahat ng OFWs ay ma-capture natin. Siguro mga 50,000 [registrants] pa," he said.

Tagle said to date, there are at least 950,000 overseas absentee voters registered for next year's polls.

He said those who are about to leave the country may still take part in the elections abroad by registration at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

The voting period for OAV is from April 13-May 13, 2013.

Tagle said automated elections would be conducted in areas where a huge number of Filipinos are located.

By CNN.com

Though no longer a hurricane, "post-tropical" superstorm Sandy packed a hurricane-sized punch as it slammed into the Jersey Shore on Monday, killing at least 11 people from West Virginia to North Carolina and Connecticut.

Sandy whipped torrents of water over the streets of Atlantic City, stretching for blocks inland and ripping up part of the vacation spot's fabled boardwalk. The storm surge set records in Lower Manhattan, where flooded substations caused a widespread power outage. It swamped beachfronts on both sides of Long Island Sound and delivered hurricane-force winds from Virginia to Cape Cod as it came ashore.

Sandy's wrath also prompted the evacuation of about 200 patients at NYU Langone Medical Center.

"We are having intermittent telephone access issues, and for this reason the receiving hospital will notify the families of their arrival," spokeswoman Lisa Greiner said.

In addition, the basement of New York's Bellevue Hospital Center flooded, and the hospital was running off of emergency backup power. Ian Michaels of the Office of Emergency Management said the main priority is to help secure additional power and obtain additional fuel and pumps for the hospital.

The storm hit near Atlantic City about 8 p.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center reported. It packed 80-mph winds at landfall, down from the 90 mph clocked earlier Monday.

by pna

Malacanang on Tuesday said the government is ready to assist Filipinos in the United States who will be affected by Hurricane "Sandy."

"As Hurricane Sandy batters the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, we extend our sympathies and support to all those affected by this calamity. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those who are facing these difficult times, among them the Filipino-American community," said Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte at a press briefing in Malacanang Tuesday.

"The government is ready to assist Filipinos residing in the US who will be affected by Hurricane Sandy," she said.

Valte said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is closely monitoring the situation, stressing that no Filipino yet was reported affected by the extreme weather disturbance.

According to the latest CNN report, though no longer a hurricane, "post-tropical"/ Super Storm Sandy packed a hurricane-sized punch as it slammed into the Jersey Shore on Monday, killing at least 13 people from West Virginia to North Carolina and Connecticut.

by pna

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is studying the possibility of raising the reward money for the arrest of the so-called "Big 5," who all have a P2-million bounty each for their head.

In a press conference, DOJ Secretary Leila M. De Lima said Tuesday that they were studying whether to increase the reward money for the arrest of retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr.; parricide convict, former Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo, Jr.; former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes; Coron, Palawan Mayor Mario Reyes; and Delfin Lee, of Globe Asiatique.

Included in the plan of the DOJ is the dissemination of the posters of the "Big 5" in different barangays nationwide.

Of the five fugitives from justice, De Lima said, they received information that only the Reyes brothers who traveled to Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.

De Lima also saidd that there was a "surrender feeler" from the camp of former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Director Jose Taruc V.

Taruc is one of the 10 former PCSO officials who were charged with plunder before the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan involving the alleged misuse of P366 million confidential/intelligence funds of the PCSO.

by pna

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted western Canada Monday night, the latest quake that hit the region after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake of Saturday evening.

The quake, occurred at 7:49 p.m. local time (0300 GMT Tuesday), was recorded at a depth of 9.7 km and centered 246 km south-southwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Tremor was felt on Queen Charlotte Islands, or Haida Gwaii, Earthquakes Canada said.

There have been no reports on damage at this time, it added.

Numerous aftershocks, including a 6.3-magnitude quake Sunday morning, have continued following the 7.7-magnitude quake of Saturday, the largest earthquake that hit Canada over the past 60 years.

The initial quake triggered tsunami warnings from the Washington border to Vancouver Island and as far away as Hawaii on Saturday night. The warnings were lifted several hours later.

by pna

Cebu City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Rhea Mar Angtud has welcomed the plan of Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Eric Lecain of introducing beach volleyball in the elementary and secondary division but she has one condition-make an adjustment on the uniform.

In beach volleyball, which was popularized by the United States, female athletes often were bikinis, and that may not suit the Department of Education (DepEd).

”Everything is possible. We will welcome their proposal. It is a good development, we have a sport committee to review their proposal. However, in respect to our culture, tradition and religion and conservative society, it would be better if they do something about the kind of uniform our kids will wear during trainings and competition. We must be conscious with the sensitivity of the parents,” Dr. Angtud said.

Dr. Angtud’s concern was also raised during the London Olympics and some athletes from conservative countries wore long sleeves and pants instead of bikinis.

Cebu City Sports Commission executive director Brandon Velasco said they don’t have any problem with the uniform because they can always find a more appropriate attire.

”What is important is that PSC beach volley consultant Lecain and the CCSC can introduce the basic skills of beach volley among these kids. What is important is the familiarity of the kids with the sport because this is a very challenging sport,” Velasco said.

He added that compared to the indoor volleyball players, where players are focused more on their positioning, it is different in beach volleyball.

”When you play beach volleyball, you need to be very good not only in spiking but as well as receiving the ball, passing and blocking the ball-basically all the skills,” Velasco said.

They came up with the grassroots plan during the construction of the Fort San Pedro beach volley sand court, which is expected to be finished soon and will be opened on Nov. 7.

by pna

Rockers Bon Jovi have decided to offer their cash-strapped fans a chance to attend their concert for just USD 20.

The 'Livin' on a Prayer' hitmakers have introduced cheap tickets to their fans for their 50th anniversary tour 'Because We Can' next year, the Daily Mirror reported.

Rob Hallett, Bon Jovi's UK tour promoter from AEG Live, said the band felt that rock fans were being priced out of the market.

by pna

Malaysian scientists and clinicians should be responsible in stem cell research and ensure the safety of the related treatment, a senior government official said Monday.

Despite the promising future of stem cell research and treatment, scientific evidence is necessary before the therapies or medicine are put into clinical use, said Malaysian Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai.

Speaking at the country's first national stem cell congress, Liow said while stem cells have brought hopes for those suffered from diseases that were deemed incurable in the past, many challenges and setbacks lie ahead.

"The ethical challenges facing embryonic stem research have been almost exhaustedly discussed over the past decade and many countries have developed their own guidelines or even passed parliamentary acts to regulate stem cell research."

In the case of Malaysia, Liow said the Health Ministry had set up a committee to oversee stem cell research in the country.

Meanwhile, officials stressed that embryo cloning is strictly prohibited in Malaysia, as many other countries in the world. But Liow said his ministry so far has no interest in pushing for a stem cell act.

According to the statistics of the Health Ministry, currently there are 11 hemopoietic transplant centers performing hemopoietic stem cell transplants in Malaysia, and 213 such transplants were performed and registered in 2009. Local universities and institutions have also been participating in stem cell research.

by pna

The Russian government may set minimum prices for wines to compensate domestic winemakers for rising world prices due to poor grape harvests in Russia and Europe, Izvestia daily reported Monday.

The Russian Union of Wine-Growers and Wine-Makers has sent a request to the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation to set the minimum retail price of a 0.7-liter bottle at 110 rubles (US$ 3.50).

“We believe the factory minimum selling price for a standard bottle of wine (0.7 liters) should be 75-80 rubles. In the retail sector, this would be at least 110 rubles,” Wine-Growers and Wine-Makers Union President Leonid Popovich told Izvestia.

“These calculations take into account a considerable increase in the prices of wines and wine ingredients due to the bad harvests in Russia and Europe. Minimum prices should be reviewed every year, depending on the harvest and the world market situation, because many wines in Russia are produced from grapes imported from Italy, Spain, France, Argentina, Chile and other countries.”

The alcohol regulator confirmed it had received expert calculations and was currently studying them.

“A resolution on minimum wine prices is in the working but it is difficult to tell when it is ready,” the regulator said.

Russia introduced minimum vodka prices from January 1, 2010 in a bid to fight counterfeit alcohol production and tackle rising alcoholism.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, modern Russia has been gripped by a an epidemic of alcoholism triggering a falling age of death in older men which has only recently begun to reverse.

by pna

A study released Monday said a significant amount of cardiac arrests in the Canadian province of Ontario happened on otherwise healthy, young individuals, underscoring the need for detecting heart disease early.

Dr. Andrew Krahn, new Head of the Division of Cardiology in the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, presented the study at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress about sudden cardiac death in Ontario.

Reviewing coroners' reports, Dr. Krahn and a team of researchers found that among 174 cases of presumed sudden death in Ontario in 2008 in people aged two to 40 years, heart disease was present in 126 cases, or 72 percent.

Besides, 78 percent of these heart disease patients were unrecognized, according to the research.

"This research gives us an idea of the scope of the problem - there are almost 200 young people who die suddenly every year in Ontario. A good proportion of them have unrecognized heart disease. So the question is: How can we catch this before it happens?" Dr. Krahn said.

He suggested more attention be paid to possible warning signs such as fainting.

He believed teachers, coaches and an aware public may be key to detecting risk, ensuring prevention and formal medical evaluation and therapy.

"I would advocate for careful screening of people who faint, using questionnaires and education of healthcare professionals so that when warning signs present themselves, they recognize them and this information gets passed on to the right people," he said.

Dr. Beth Abramson, a researcher from Heart and Stroke Foundation, a volunteer-based health charity, said training in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the placement of Automatic External Defibrillators in schools, arenas and gyms could save the lives of many.

Flooding in Wall Street, New York City

by pna

Airports in the fourth largest U.S. city of Houston on Monday reported flight delays and cancellations due to Hurricane Sandy which has forced the cancellation of thousands of fights nationwide.

The Houston Airport System had posted a warning on its website listing almost 30 destinations with cancellations, according to local TV channel abc13. Destinations with canceled flights include New York, Pittsburgh, Philly, Baltimore. Small delays were reported at Hobby Airport in Houston, but George Bush Intercontinental, another airport in the city, was reporting significant delays starting Sunday evening and continuing to stack up Monday morning, said the report. At least 5,500 flights across the country had been canceled for Monday due to Sandy, and the figure was expected to go up, according to media reports.

About 1,200 flights were scratched for Sunday and more than 5, 500 for Tuesday as airlines scrambled to prepare for the storm. An additional 640 flights were dropped for Tuesday. Air travel at major national and international travel hubs including airports in New York and Washington, D.C. will halt for at least two days as super storm Sandy nears the mid-Atlantic coast Monday. The storm is expected to affect as many as 50 million people in the region.

Forecasts said the center of Hurricane Sandy will push toward the East Coast by Monday evening. Sandy stayed on a predicted path that could take over Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.

matakdan gyud ta sa mga intsik nga paki-noodles kung naa ta sa mainland asia.

The Last Time You've Seen a Rainbow?

Quiet Pasture

Water Without End

Poster Perfect Sunset

Far, Far Away from the Modern World

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grabe na pud ang LGU anang lungsora ug dili ka-afford to make a sign board without soliciting help from Tanduay.

if they keep their guns, the bangsamoro agreement will be rendered useless.

there are many unreplied posts/topics in our forum. feel free to dig them out.

from time to time, we will hold contests with fabulous prizes. you must have at least one medal to join our contests.

Mura man ug daghang guilty ani.

by pna

The new Dutch cabinet will not support the attempts to organize the 2028 Olympic Games in the Netherlands, which was stated in the coalition agreement of the Liberal Party VVD and Labor PvdA on Monday.

"We support the ambition to get Dutch sports on an Olympic level, without wanting to get the Olympic Games to the Netherlands, " said the report.

The previous government, also led by VVD leader Mark Rutte, was a strong supporter of organizing the Games in the Netherlands, one hundred years after the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

According to the VVD and PvdA, which reached an agreement to form a government on Monday, there is little support in society for the Games and the financial risks are too great.

The Olympic plan 2028 organization, with representatives from all sections of society, examines the opportunity to bid for the organization of the 2028 Games. A decision about the possible candidacy of the Netherlands will only be taken in 2016.

The bidding process starts in 2019 and in 2021 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will take a decision.

Dutch Olympic committee NOCNSF chairman Andre Bolhuis told TV channel NOS he understood the position of the new cabinet, which did not give its support given the economic situation.

"That is not necessary, since later this decade is still early enough," he said. "The discussion is needed in 2016. Only in 2021 we need a government point of view.

Let us build peace, friendship, and unity. That is the better path of life.

Ann, ang problem naa sa Firefox. Okay sa Google Chrome browser. I can watch all the videos. Thanks for posting them.

Anna, the video does not show from my end.

Dear Friends,

You can now save all your favorite topics under one My Bookmark folder. There is a "My Bookmarks" menu at the top navigation bar. On top and at the bottom of each topic, you will see a button "add bookmark". See attached image for reference.

Happy posting,
Mike

After Balong's tournament, I am thinking of requesting Bran Lorenzo to sponsor another tournament to be held during the Summer of 2013 (perhaps Bran Lorenzo Chess Tournament 2013 Summer Edition) para ma-sustain nato ang interest sa chess ug dunay monthly or quarterly tournament.

There is no limit as to how much prize will be given. Depende na sa mo-sponsor. Ang ato lang maka-encourage ta sa mga butan-an nga mo-engage into the game of chess as this has been proven to be a good exercise for mental development.

In fact, in Europe and in India, chess is a subject in their elementary and high school curriculum. Please read more about this research at http://www.quadcitychess.com/benefits_of_chess.html

Quote from: fdaray on October 29, 2012, 01:34:37 PM
Jenneth, layo-layo pa sad ang akong apsonon.

Sir Felix, dili ni physical nga medal ha. What is given is a digital medal being attached to your profile.

Sir Felix, hapit na ka makakuha for your first medal.
Lolla, dili ra mahibaw-an especially when you post everyday.

Sir Felix, the medal you see in my profile is a sample medal.

You must have noticed the change in your profile and other friends' profiles.

Here's how it works: For the first 5,000 posts, you'll get your very first medal. For the next 5,000 posts (10,000), you'll get your second medal.

The third medal goes to those who'll reach 20,000 posts.

Fourth medal = 30,000 posts

After 100K posts, the next medal will be awarded every after 20,000 posts.

Total number of medals = 16 (for 200,000 posts)

Those who will accumulate 7 medals will get a HABAGAT or High Sierra back pack as a prize.

it looks great, ate sol. asa ang location ani?

It’s Time to Evolve: Leading with
Just Enough Anxiety in the 21st Century
by Robert Rosen

“When it comes to managing our anxiety, it’s time to
evolve. Anxiety is as much a fact of life today as it was
for our ancestors.  How we use it makes all the difference.

The New Time Management: Simply Focus
on the Fundamentals, and Toss Away the Tips
by Francis Wade

“As working professionals across the world, we all
want the same things when it comes to time management.
We want to feel a certain peace of mind that comes
from knowing that our affairs are in order and that
we’ve not forgotten something that might jump up later
to give us a nasty surprise.”

The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How
Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free
by David Meerman Scott

“For decades, the only way to spread our ideas
was to buy expensive advertising or beg the media
to write (or broadcast) about our products and
services. But now our organizations have a tremendous
opportunity to publish great content onlineâ€"content
that people want to consume and that they are eager
to share with their friends, family, and colleagues.”

The Freak Factor: Discovering
Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness
by David Rendall

“My experience as an individual, consultant, parent
and leader indicates that efforts to fix weaknesses
are ineffective. Furthermore, I believe that the goal
of being well-rounded is both undesirable and impossible
to attain. The purpose of this manifesto is to explain
why I believe this and to offer a better alternative."

Strive for Minimal Achievement
by Barry J. Moltz

“You need to let go of the idea that there is always
something to learn from failure or that you can always
build and duplicate your success. Get ready for your
next great success by letting go and bouncing.”

Let’s Make a Deal: Deal Making
Process Improvement Principles
by Noric Dilanchian

“Deal making should be led by process,
as well as practical and commercial
considerations, not purely legal
considerations. It is helpful to think
of deals as blueprints for living outcomes,
not just glue to bind relationships.”

Questionating
by Corinne Miller

“Those who ask ‘why’ are typically
more holistic or whole-brained thinkers,
those who ask ‘how’ are typically more
box thinkers, and those who ask ‘why not’
are typically the challenging thinkers.
All types, of course, are equally valuable
and equally required for innovation!”

The Power of Intuition: And Why It’s the Biggest Myth in Business Today by Kevin J. Clancy and Peter C. Krieg

“The real issue is how many times do pure
hunches alone lead to legendary success?
The answer upon closer inspection: pretty rarely.”

An Eater’s Manifesto
by Michael Pollan

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
That, more or less, is the short answer
to the supposedly incredibly complicated
and confusing question of what we humans
should eat in order to be maximally healthy.”

Free Your Ass and Your Mind Will Follow: Embodied Leadership
By Jaime Wheal

“Somewhere between Ancient Athens and today's Aeron, we’ve
lost the plot and come to believe that all of Reason and
Innovation resides inside our skulls. Organizational leaders
require more than coaching "from the neck up" to compete in
today's information age. We need to develop our physical,
cognitive and relational capacities and expand our bandwidth.”

Ideaicide: How To Avoid It And Get What You Want
By Alan Parr and Karen Ansbaugh

“Ideaicide is deadly. People come up with lots of new ideas
everyday, but nothing happens….The problem is not usually
the ideas themselves… Corporate forces act to eliminate risk
and make an idea conform to the company's existing business
model, not to the needs of the marketplace. The edginess of
the idea is gone, replaced by cold, calculated efficiency and
predictability. We will show you how to bring your ideas to life.”

A “Where’s Waldo” Approach to Problem-solving
By Adelino de Almeida, PhD

“We’ve all encountered bad solutions that come from bad
problem-solving; heck, we’ve even encountered good solutions
that were somehow generated from bad problem-solving…All you
need to become a proficient problem-solver is a basic
understanding of the concept behind the Where’s Waldo books:
unbeknownst to most, these books encapsulate all the wisdom
necessary for sound problem-solving.”

Humanize It: Bring a five-star sparkle to your customer
interactions and watch your business flourish.
By Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon

“The best thing you can do for your business is not about
new technology, brute force, or first-mover advantage.
It’s something simpler. And more dependable. Humanize each
customer interaction, in order to turn your product or service
into much more than a commodity. In your customer’s mind,
commodities are interchangeable and replaceable. Humanized
relationships are not.”

The Future is Here and It is Bright: What Are We Waiting For?
By Gary Hirschberg

“We need more than simple awareness to break our generations-old,
fossil-fuel-induced stupor. We have known what we should do, but
we clearly have not done it. And the situation has deteriorated
because of our lack of action. After more than three decades
spent working in the environmental movement, I am convinced
that economic self-interestâ€"whether it is achieved by saving,
earning, or a combination of the twoâ€"is the most powerful, if
not the only, force capable of bringing about the future we need
in time to make a difference….”

Marketing Mismatch: When New Won’t Work with Old
(Riffs on Meatball Sundae)
By Seth Godin

“People treat the New Marketing like a kid with
a twenty-dollar bill at an ice cream parlor. They
keep wanting to add more stuffâ€"more candy bits and
sprinkles and cream and cherries. The dream is simple:
'If we can just add enough of [today's hot topping],
everything will take care of itself.' Most of the time,
despite all the hype, organizations fail when they try
to use this scattershot approach.”

14 Ways to Get Breakthrough Ideas
by Mitch Ditkoff

"Is there anything a person can do--beyond caffeine, corporate pep talks,
or astrology readings--to quicken the appearance of breakthrough ideas? Yes,
there is. And it begins with the awareness of where ideas come from in the
first place."

Avoid Corporate Death:
Nine Essential Elements Will Keep the Reaper From Your Company's Door
by Robert Rudzki

"No company is created to fail. Yet the odds are stacked against corporations
surviving more than a few decades. … A new, nine-element framework can help
you diagnose your organization’s health--and address the factors that increase
corporate life expectancy.”

Uncovering Business Breakthroughs: Are you Tuned In or Tuned Out?
by Craig Stull, Phil Myers, & David Meerman Scott

"We've developed the Tuned In Process to allow companies to create success
again and again.

Anyone can use Tuned In to replicate the model for success. … With a Tuned
In approach, your everyday activities can be transformed into those which
create the kind of culture that builds market leaders."

Mini Sagas: Bite Sized Lessons For Life and Business
by Rajesh Setty

"A mini saga is a story told in exactly 50 words--not 49 or 51 but in
exactly 50 words.

Benefit #1: Writing a mini saga expands your creativity. Constraints
typically expand creativity or induce flight. When you have to put
everything in 50 words, you have to 'leave behind' a lot. That's where
the creative juices start flowing."

Gridlock Economy: The Tragedy of the Anticommons
by Michael Heller

"Private ownership usually creates wealth. But too much ownership has
the opposite effect--it creates gridlock. When too many people own pieces
of one thing, cooperation breaks down, wealth disappears... everybody loses.
Gridlock is a free market paradox."

The Necessary Revolution: Creating a Sustainable Future
by Peter Senge and Bryan Smith

"The Industrial Era is ending. Its extraordinary successes--advances
in literacy, life expectancy, human rights, and technology--have
propelled us headlong into a myriad of side effects: food and water
shortages, cyclonic destruction, prolonged drought and rising sea levels.
To delay acknowledging the need for lifestyle and business changes--'The
Necessary Revolution'--risks our very survival."

Achieving Business Excellence
by John Spence

There is no single strategy that will carry your company
foreverâ€"just ask my buddy Tom Peters, who wrote the
fantastic book In Search of Excellence back in 1982, only
to watch more than half of the companies he highlighted
go out of business! Markets shift, consumer preferences
change, new competitors appear, technology advancesâ€"and
so must you.

Performance Architecture:
A Blueprint to Go “Beyond Personal Best”
by Carlos Salum

Regardless of our profession or activity, adaptation is
what separates peak performers from the rest. The way we
think about pressure influences the way we feel and the way
we react. Conversely, acting is adapting. If we act
confidently and relaxed, our body tells our brain “no problem
here” and we start feeling calm and controlled.

PR 2.0: A Communicator’s Manifesto
by Deirdre Breakenridge

PR 2.0 places a whole new meaning and value on PR and
marks the true convergence of PR and the Internet. I
believe that with PR 2.0, a new breed of Web savvy
PR/marketing professionals has been born. As a result
of PR 2.0, brands are able to have conversations directly
with their customers in niche Web communities.

The Upside of a Downturn
by Steve Pogorzelski, Jesse Harriott, Ph.D.,
and Doug Hardy

This cycle offers a break in the fevered efforts to
attract and acquire the most talented employees, a chronic
problem that has beset booming economies for the past
decade. To take advantage of a temporary lull in the
chronic shortage of top talent, managers in HR and
executives leading companies must adopt the longer-term
practice we call the Engagement Cycle.

The L3 Leadership “State of Being”:
A Holistic Approach to Leadership
by Marc Michaelson and John Anderson

L3 Leadership is more about who you are than it is
about what position you hold, what training you have had,
or what personality traits you bring to work and other life
situations. L3 is based on the fact that personal leadership
is a “state of being.” It is who you are, what you believe,
and how you behave.

Connected Intelligence: Leveraging Collective Wisdom
by Vasu Srinivasan


Currently, the only tool that we have in our hands …
is Change Management. It is a linear response to the
non-linear set of changes happening in this Poly-Era
(or Era containing multiple Eras). It is so Newtonian.
We need a holistic new paradigm.

The Connected Company: How Distributed Organism Businesses are Rising Against the Machine to Build a More Connected World by Dave Gray

“Companies are not really machines, so much as complex, dynamic, growing systems. After all, companies are really just groups of people who have banded together to achieve some kind of purpose.”

The Laws of Subtraction: How to Innovate in the Age of Excess Everything by Matthew E. May

“The noise is deafening, the signal weak. Everything is too complicated and time-sucking. Welcome to the age of excess everything. Success in this new age looks different, and demands a new and singular skill: Subtraction.”

Timeless Leadership for a New World by Erika Andersen

“Even though our leadership choices are no longer life-or-death (for the most part), unpredictable local and global economies, new business models arising from shifts in technology and consumer buying patterns, and a changing workforce mean that it’s critical for organizations to have strong and flexible leaders.”

Trust-and-Track: A New Approach to Small Business Success by Nick Sarillo

“At the core of trust-and-track is an optimistic belief about people. I have always believed that if you trained people right and took care of them, they would do the right thing for both themselves and the business.”

Uncommon Wisdom: Why Great Leaders Don’t Reward Results by Eric C. Sinoway

“The framework of this manifesto will help managers and leaders identify the employees who represent the future of their business, and it will help them spot and eliminate the organizational vampires that may kill it.”

Rethinking Your Business from the Outside In by Harley Manning, Kerry Bodine, & Josh Bernoff

“If you read the pages of the Wall Street Journal you would come to believe that business is about big dealsâ€"about multi-billion dollar acquisitions, massive pay packages for executives, macroeconomic forces … In fact, the secret of success is in the little things.”

Balong is right. I am the one who suggested the Rene Balong Econg Open Chess Tournament. I was thinking of offering the idea to a politician but I was avoiding of political indebtedness. Since Balong is not a politician, and has been known in Maribojoc to have sponsored several basketball tournaments, I suggested to him whether he is agreeable to sponsor a chess tournament in Bohol. This idea came to me upon learning that there is now a Boholano (first ever) who is a candidate for a Grandmaster Title. His name is Oliver Dimakiling. Bohol also has a Woman National Master. Her name is Jedara Docena. Observers predict she would also get a Grandmaster Title five years from now.

The title of the tournament is solely my preference. This is the practice done in most chess tournaments when there is only one person who is the source/sponsor for all prizes, thus the Rene Balong Econg Open Chess Tournament.

Again, the reason I approached Balong to sponsor this kind of tournament because, according to many who know him personally in bolanon.com and in tubagbohol.com, he has been an active supporter/sponsor of many sports activities in his hometown in Maribojoc.

murag kanang 3rd from left ang adunay hayag nga kaugmaon nga masakop sa Black Eyed Peas.

salamat islander, balong, hubag bohol, bran, lolla, bugsay sa mainitong greetings sa akong birthday. gitago na ko na nga date bisan sa facebook. pero gibulgar na man ni islander. wala na tay mahimo.

kinsa man kahay TB member nga mangahas ug tubag ani?

sa akong nahibaloan, ang chess tournament nga naay prize nga P20,000, moapil na ana ang mga grandmasters. Daghang moapil sa tournament basta naay grandmaster nga moparegister kay garbo man pud nila kung makapilde ug grandmaster. Ug bisan na-engkwentro na nila ang usa ka grandmaster, malipay na ang mga chess players ana kay that's equivalent nga nakadula ka against an NBA player.

So far, diri sa Pilipinas, ang Shell (global corporation) nagpasiugda ug annual Shell Open Chess Tournament. Championship prize is P20,000.

Ang gamiton ani is Swiss Round System. Kung daghan ang player, 11 rounds ni. The game can be done every weekend sa ICM. After 11 rounds, we'll get the top 4 who will battle for the Best of 7 Finals (fighting for 1st and 2nd) and fighting for (3rd and 4th place).

Sa banner nga imong ipahimo ni Yorbz, butangi lang imong picture kilid sa Rene Balong Econg Open Chess Tournament 2013.

Salamat Balong.

ready na ni Balong. After my final exam, magpaprinta pud ko ug banner para mabutang sa mga eskina sa Tagbilaran. palihug ko dugang sa banner:

Registration Fee: P300 (inclusive of T-shirt, ID, and snacks for final round)

Ang sobra ana maoy gamiton pagpalit sa mga chess board/mat ug chess clock.

I expect nga at least 50 players will participate kay sa premyo nga P1,500 diri 40 kapin man ang nangapil ug winner take all lang to. No t-shirt, NO ID.

Today I wrote a letter to our dean. I will wait for his action. HNU College of Law Dean is very compassionate and understanding. He does not make a hell out of exam permit.

I might publish in TubagBohol the letter I sent to our dean. Also, I'm thinking of furnishing all media outlets in Bohol a copy of my letter to the dean.

Thank you for all your insights, funny, serious, hilarious, and profound.

for those who will join this tournament, please contact me via cellphone 0920-630-1130 or via email: info@mikeligalig.com

Balong, thank you for the support of this tournament. Naay babaye nga Bol-anon nga hapit na ma woman grandmaster, si Jedara Docena. Tua sa FEU Manila gitagaan ug scholarship ug gisweldohan sa eskwelahan. Niadto lang sa Manila kay walay suporta diri sa Bohol. Daghang basketball tournament diri pero walay chess tournament.

Plano nako nga didto sa Island City Mall ang venue ani nga event. I will talk to the management of ICM kung pwede ba gamiton ang ilang venue.

I agree nga sa January 2013 na ni nato istart.

Magkolekta ta ug minimal registration fee that will cover the T-Shirt, ID, and snacks. Sa Cebu nga mga chess tournament, ang pinakadako nga price is P3,000 - winner take all.

I expect nga moabot ang mga taga Cebu ug Dumaguete and other cities in order to join this tournament.

mosugot ra unta ko islander ug pagawason ko kung wala koy nabayad bisan peso sa akong tuition fee. but the fact nga i paid everything (almost P18,000), i just don't see any justice/fairness in that decision to kick me out from the classroom for a mere P70 Library Fine.

should i write to CHED Manila?

honestly, i don't care about grades. what i care is that justice be served to all poor students.

i was a victim last Wednesday. i paid my tuition fees worth nearly P18,000, but there was a library fine of P70 that i failed to pay. and that's it. i was kicked out from my classroom. i was already inside the classroom ready to take my final exam. i was so embarrassed.

di porke abogado ang tawo mao nay maggama ug kaugalingong balaod.

too much democracy is really bad. ang maayo aning mga tawhana ipang-ban sa election next time (voting, running, registering).

Have You Been Banned from Taking Final Exam? Get Justice Now

CHED Manual of Regulations for Private Higher Education Institutions of 2008, particularly section 99 Article 20, provides: “No higher education institution shall deny FINAL exams to a student who has outstanding financial obligations, including unpaid tuition and other school fees corresponding to the school term."

mag-away gani ang bana ug asawa nga magtambid kung magdulog na, kita pa ba nga wala magkakitaay? hehehe

the show of balong's one and only story must go on.

kung obese pa ni siya, no chance gyud.

i've been to palawan. wala man ko kakita ug muslim didto.

Can future inheritance be the subject of a contract of sale?

A. No, since it will  put the predecessor  at the risk of harm fr om a tempted buyer,
contrary to public policy.
B. Yes, since the death of the decedent is certain to occur.
C. No, since the seller owns no inheritance while his predecessor lives.
D. Yes, but on the condition that the amount of the inheritance can only be
ascertained after the obligations of the estate have been paid.

answer is letter C

source: PNA

Typhoon Nina (Prapiroon) will bring light rains in Cagayan region due to outer rain clouds.

Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) forecaster Fernando Cada said areas within the 700-km diameter of the typhoon are expected to experience rains of 10 to 25 mm per hour, which is classified as “heavy to intense.

As of 4 p.m., Thursday, typhoon Nina was located at 660 kilometers east of Calayan Island, Cagayan (19.6ºN, 128.5ºE) with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph.

PAGASA said that those areas within the 700-km diameter of the typhoon are expected to experience 10 to 25 mm per hour, which is classified as “heavy to intense.

The weather agency said that typhoon Nina is still far to directly affect any part of the country.

Cada said "Nina" is not expected to make a landfall in any part of the country, and is forecast to move northwest at 7 kph.

With its speed, he noted that it is likely that the typhoon will exit the Philippine territory either Sunday evening or Monday as it heads towards eastern portion Japan.

Cada said fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the northern and western seaboard of Northern Luzon and the eastern seaboards of Luzon and Visayas due to big waves caused by by Typhoon "Nina".

In its advisory, PAGASA said that Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan),Bicol,Western Visayas and the whole Mindanao will have occasional light to moderate rains or thunderstorms.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

PAGASA said that moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to Northwest will prevail over Luzon and coming from the Southwest over the rest of the country.

that's true, maria. it saves a lot of money otherwise spent for expensive phone calls in the philippines.