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Hello all, Nice to hear about Scarb, Bellie.shingtongwa, Alice any update for these very nice tb legends.

Nice move from Pinoy, atong lang nig matyagan kung dili lang bolatik ning tanan.

It is a big shame that a chief justice was sent to trial for alleged accumulation of his fortune, the so called integrity  and honor was in question, the entire nation was watching over the ongoing trial. The respondents might have the best lawyers in the land but i guess the jury of senators were wise enough to decide. 

One of the all time greats, rip Joe..

binayot manang style ni gayweather, mangalit lang ba ug sumbag

basin nakalimot ning mga tawhana nga ang ilang sweldo o kwartang guigamit
guikan sa mga ordinanaryung pinoy,

tsk tsk,

simply lang

kalooy sad,

went home early from work

Quote from: lindy on November 28, 2010, 06:43:54 AM
kini maoy klarex...akong ikaduha maoy kusog magselos ky sa number one.

wahhh nabisto jud ka Gaw, am ami nalang para dili mag yawyaw

Tsk tsk,

Aside from boxing & politics Manny also loves to sing

super like ko ani admin

Nice move C P, could you extend the promo until May

Philippine customs authorities on Thursday asked state prosecutors to file criminal charges against a unit of Royal Dutch Shell for allegedly smuggling 557 million dollars of oil products.

Roberto Kanapi, spokesman for Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., one of the country's two refiners, could not be reached for comment, however local television quoted him as saying the complaint was without basis.

In a complaint filed at the justice ministry, customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez demanded that the company be ordered to pay 18.159 billion pesos (421 million dollars) in import taxes and 6.32 billion pesos in penalties.

"Pilipinas Shell is being criminally sued for intentional misclassification and misdeclaration of its various petroleum importations... to evade the payment of correct excise and value-added tax," he said.

Under the Philippine legal system, complaints are brought to state prosecutors, who are required to evaluate whether the evidence put forward warrants the filing of criminal cases in court.

There was no immediate response from the justice department on the complaint, which named Shell's country tax manager and four other employees, as well as three customs brokers.

Customs officials allege that between 2007 and 2009, Pilipinas Shell paid duties for tetrapropylene when in fact it brought in unleaded premium gasoline, which has a different tax rate.

The company also paid tax rates for unleaded premium gasoline on actual imports of catalytic cracked gasoline between 2005 and 2008, they alleged.

Nice one.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 30, 2010, 11:34:32 AM
The Holy Roman Catholic Church is The Church. It has over 1.1 billion adherents and its improtance in spreading the Word of God is pivotal, whose main goal is for the Salvation of those whom believe. Financial aspects will be always there, as any programs will cost money, and thus The Holy Mother the Church needs to pay them. It is through the goodness of the faithful who give, and have been giving for the continuation of the spreading of the Gospel and the dispensation of Church activities.

Catholics, despite their location and their position, are The Church.

The Pope, as the Vicar of Christ, if we refer to the Doctrine of Apostolic Tradition, is the Living, Breathing Representative of Chirst on Earth. We revere him as Christ's Vicar. He carries himself accordingly and in authority.

You've got the right discussion Bran, spread it to everyone.

Ang simbahang Katoliko is not really against family planting i mean ( planning ) what they want lang is Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an umbrella term for various forms of birth control that do not involve any hormones or physical barriers to prevent pregnancy, but instead rely on periods of abstinence during a woman's menstrual cycle. Popular forms of NFP include the rhythm method, basal body temperature charting and the Standard Days Method.

basin malangit ni sya kay dalagang ulay man, wa pay mantsa siguro

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Given two versions, perhaps one is inclined to believe that of a woman in love.

Valenzuela Councilor Shalani Soledad Thursday shot down the claim of an entertainment and gossip blogger that she and President Benigno Aquino III had split up.

Malacañang, for its part, said the matter was not of state importance to warrant a comment and that it was better left to the 50-year-old bachelor-President.

Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda was asked by the media to comment on the claim of a blogger calling himself (or herself) Mr. Blinditem that President Aquino and his girlfriend had called it quits.

The blogger claimed to have spoken to a Palace aide who supposedly said he could not confirm or deny the split but that “there maybe truth” to it.

No talk about love

“We have not seen Shalani lately. Let’s just wait for the President to give his official statement,” the Palace aide was quoted in the blog as saying.

At a Palace briefing, Lacierda said he and Mr. Aquino did not talk about his love life.

“For me, that’s not a matter of national importance. So if this is not important for the country, I don’t ask the President,” Lacierda said.

In the same breath, Lacierda said he could understand the curiosity of reporters.

“I fully share what you feel. We’re all alike in this,” he said in Filipino.

‘Happy and inspired’

Asked whether the personal life of the President would affect his work, Lacierda said it would not, “most definitely.”

He said Mr. Aquino’s “demeanor has never changed” and described the President as “always level-headed.”

Lacierda said the President was a “happy person” and was now also in a “very good emotional state” because of positive developments, such as a record-high stock market surge and expectations of “good news” during his forthcoming trip to the United States.
“He remains inspired, remains determined,” Lacierda said.

Congatz Rayan Abogado for topping the Nboard exam

Quote from: Scarb on August 04, 2010, 09:13:15 PM
WeLcome on board Bords.Mcvile,,!

sis Daylu long time no hear, welcome aboard bradix Mcvile

Haayy ang money jud changes everything,

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 22, 2010, 11:29:33 PM
This is a photo of my pet..

he he mura man ni ug manhak bai

mas maayo sad abolish nalang ang SK para makadaginot ang
gobyerno 

Mas maayo sad nga i abolish ang SK to save money but for some reasons murag
na suppressed ang freedom sa mga kabataan, remember nga ang mga kabataan kuno
ang pag asa ng bayan.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippinesâ€"(UPDATE 5) A man was killed while several others were wounded, including Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan, when an explosion rocked the arrivals area of an international airport here Thursday evening, authorities said.

An improvised explosive device (EID) caused the 6:15 p.m. blast at the Zamboanga International Airport, regional police commander Chief Superintendent Edwin Corvera said.

"We are still investigating if one of the casualties is the one carrying the IED," he said in a statement.

The explosion took place on the eve of US Ambassador Harry Thomas’ visit to this city. Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa was also set to visit Zamboanga City Friday.

Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat put the toll at one dead and at least 12 injured, one of them seriously.

"Initial investigation suggests the one who carried the bomb was killed in the explosion," he said in a ABS-CBN television interview.

Lobregat said Tan was "Okay."

"I saw and I was able to speak to him. He just suffered minor injuries," Lobregat told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone.

"We do not want to speculate at this time who the bombers are."

Lobregat said the blast occurred just after a plane from Manila had landed and as passengers were leaving the terminal.

Tan confirmed in a live television interview that he only sustained minor injuries.

The governor recounted that prior to the explosion, he saw a man standing near the arrivals area of the airport at 6:15 p.m.

Tan told GMA 7 “24 Oras” that the blast occurred less than a meter away from him.

“Nakita ko bumagsak na lang ‘yong tao at natanggal ‘yong ulo (Then I saw the man fell to the ground and his head was severed,” he said.

The suspected bomber, he said, was not among the passengers but was apparently waiting at the arrivals area of the airport, some 10 to 15 meters from the gate.

The American envoy was scheduled to visit some US-funded projects in the city, said Lieutenant General Dolorfino, the chief of the Western Mindanao Command.

“I don’t know if the Embassy will push though with the visit,” Dolorfino told the Inquirer.

Thomas, along with Gloria Steele, the new director of the United States Agency for International Development, were scheduled to visit Halfway House, which is jointly run by the Visayan Forum Foundation and the Philippine Ports Authority.

The airport is near the headquarters of US troops helping the Philippine military in its anti-terror drive in Mindanao, one of the strongholds of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, a small group of Islamic militants on the US government's list of terrorist organisations.

The US military has had about 500 soldiers stationed in Mindanao since early 2002 to train local troops in how to combat the extremist group. However the US soldiers are not allowed to have a combat role.

The Abu Sayyaf is blamed for the country's worst terrorist attacks, including a ferry bombing that killed over 100 people in Manila Bay in 2004.

It has also conducted a series of kidnappings of both locals and foreigners in Mindanao.

In one of their highest-profile kidnappings, the group seized three American and 17 local tourists from a beach resort on Palawan island southwest of Manila in 2001.

They beheaded one of the Americans, and another was killed during a rescue attempt a year after the kidnapping. The third American was freed in the rescue effort.

Zamboanga is also one of the main cities on Mindanao island where a Muslim separatist insurgency has left more than 150,000 people dead since 1978. With reports from Agence France-Presse and Jeoffrey Maitem, Inquirer Mindanao

First Posted 23:02:00 08/05/2010

Chief Insp. Leo Sua, chief of the investigation and detection management section of the General Santos Police Office, told reporters the charges were filed based on gambling paraphernalia and cash recovered during the raid on the residence of Isidra Pacquiao-Paglinawan on July 29.

Lawyer Giovanni Mata, Isidra’s counsel, told reporters his client will also file a complaint over what she called unlawful arrest, robbery and arbitrary detention against policemen within this week.

Mata said the 26 suspects were already released after posting bail.

The illegal “Last Two” numbers game is quite popular in many parts of Mindanao. The result of each draw is based on lotto results.

In some parts of Mindanao, Last Two betting stations may be found even in busy areas. They are coated in white or blue paint but do not have any markings. Bettors refer to these stations as “frontons.”

“The raid was legitimate and we followed the standard procedures. We also had a search warrant,” Sua said.

Mata said the suspects were not engaged in illegal numbers game but were guests of Isidra’s father, Rosario, who was celebrating his 53rd birthday at the time of the raid.

Isidra was not in the house when the raid was conducted. Police, however, confiscated gambling paraphernalia and P30,000 in cash.

Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who is now Sarangani representative in Congress, arrived at the house of his sister while policemen were gathering pieces of evidence.

He told reporters his sister should be punished if proven involved in illegal gambling.

“I will not take sides. If she violated the law, then she must pay for it,” Pacquiao had said.

Chief Insp. Alexis Yap, police spokesperson for Central Mindanao, said there would be no whitewash in the case against Isidra.

Yap said police have enough evidence against Pacquiao’s sister and the 26 others.

“It’s up to the court now,” Yap told the Inquirer by phone.

Asked if Isidra, despite having posted bail, was still in hiding, Yap said police have no information on Isidra’s

He he simply lang ang kaminyoun piro sagrado, although daghan ang nagbuwag
piro lami palandungun nga hangtud matiguls nata kamo ra guihapun sa imung partner mag uban, ang kalami ug kalisud parti na sya sa kinabuhing minyo, ingun sila nga
" Marriage is the union of two forgivers "

Quote from: kan-ogong on July 27, 2010, 03:07:41 AM
ngano man si Lapu-lapu ug si Dagohoy wala jud ma apil sa atu kwartang papel?unya so aquino noon nga namatay lang sa erport nahimong hero unya naa pa sa 500 bills.dagohoy revolts close to 1 century wa man lang ma apil sa atu kwarta.
[/quote
he he very gud question ni mr. kan - O, basin naay palakasan system aning dapita mao nga si Dagohoy ug Lapu Lapu wa jud tawun mupilit sa papil nga kwarta.

By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

Tropical Cyclone Update
As of today, Wednesday, 21-Jul-2010 00:51:49 PHT no tropical cyclone existing within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

Gale Warning
Issued at: 5:00 p.m., Today, 20 July 2010
Strong to gale force wind is expected to effect the Northern and Western seaboard of Luzon.

ininit nga tubig butangan ug luy a pwidi na
makawagtang pa ug kabuhi

Quote from: lindy on June 02, 2010, 08:04:35 AM
for me bisag kinsa basta kay maayo ang pagdumala sa pamaagi sa pang governo unya moasenso ang Pilipinas. mabakiki man o maugis hala bira.

he he it might be a very convencing remarks gaw kay unsaon man nato ang mga garduate sa Harvard or Ateneo kung mangurakot lang pag naa na sa poder,

As i understand Sabah island was used to be the quarentine station for labourers coming from China and the Philipines during WW2 and because of it's attraction the countries like Malaysia, China, Borneo to include the Philippines were interested to be a part of the 5 hectare area. Some historian claims that the royal sultanate of Sulo and north Borneo kingdom was the owner since 1878.

haaa hay pagkapait sa kinabuhi kung ingun ani ang guidangat, mag ampo lang ta permi sa kahitas an para lamdagan ang atung huna huna.

BOSTON - Glen Davis and Nate Robinson sparked a fourth quarter surge as the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 96-89 on Thursday night, knotting the NBA finals at two games apiece.

Game 5 will be played on Sunday in Boston.

Davis finished with 18 points while Robinson added 12 in subbing for Rajon Rondo, who sat out for much of the fourth quarter.

LONDON - Short people have a 50 percent higher risk of having a heart problem or dying from one, when compared to tall people, a new study says, though weight, blood pressure and smoking habits remain more important factors.

Previous studies have suggested a link between height and heart problems like angina, heart attacks and angioplasties. This is the first major review of such studies, including research from around the world, confirming the relationship.

Researchers in Finland looked at 52 previous papers with data on height and heart problems in more than 3 million men and women.
Experts did not consider patients' heights objectively, but within the context of a particular country's population. They found the shortest people in the population were one and a half times more likely to have heart problems or die from them than the tallest people.

On average, short people were under 161 centimeters (5 feet 3 inches) and tall people were at least 174 centimeters (5 feet 9 inches).

The study was paid for by the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research and others. It was published online Wednesday in the European Heart Journal.

"We don't want to scare short people, but perhaps they should be extra cautious about their lifestyle," said Borge Nordestgaard, a professor of genetic epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen. He was not connected to the study.

BOSTON - Derek Fisher broke down the court after yet another miss by Ray Allen, with nothing between him and the basket. And nothing â€" not even three hard-charging Celtics â€" was going to keep the Los Angeles Lakers guard from finishing off a Game 3 victory.

A hard foul from all three pursuing Celtics sent Fisher sprawling to the floor, but not before he laid in his fifth basket of the fourth quarter and converted the three-point play to help the Lakers beat Boston 91-84 and take a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals.

“Truthfully, he’s done it over and over and over again,” said Kobe Bryant, who scored 29 points. “So it’s almost his responsibility to our team to do these things.”
Bryant had 25 points after three quarters, but he did not score for the first 10 minutes of the fourth. That’s when Fisher took over, hitting four of five Lakers baskets after Boston cut a 17-point first-half lead down to one point to reclaim the home-court advantage they lost when the Celtics won Game 2 in L.A.

Game 4 is Thursday night in Boston, and a Lakers victory would put them within one win of avenging the loss to their longtime rivals in the 2008 finals â€" not to mention the eight other times the Celtics have won an NBA title at the Lakers’ expense.

“Our thoughts are really just still on how disappointed we are, or were, losing that second game on our home court. I think that had more of our attention and focus than what happened in ’08,” Fisher said. “We didn’t doubt our ability to win here. ... We understand when you want to be the best, you have to win wherever, whenever.”

Fisher finished with 16 points, and Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum had 10 rebounds apiece for Los Angeles.

Kevin Garnett, who had just six points in Boston’s victory Sunday, had 25 in Game 3. But Allen, who had 32 points in Game 2, missed all 13 field goal attempts â€" one shy of the NBA finals futility record â€" many of them while Fisher was guarding him.

“It’s a hell of a swing, I’ll tell you that,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “It’s basketball. That’s why you can’t worry about it. He’ll be back in the gym tomorrow and getting ready for the next game. ... It happens to the best of us.”

The Celtics had high hopes after splitting the opening two games in Los Angeles, but the “Beat L.A.!” chants at the TD Garden couldn’t help them overcome poor shooting.

And it couldn’t stop Fisher.

“Derek Fisher was the difference in the game,” Rivers said. “He’s just a gutty, gritty player and he gutted the game out for them. I thought Kobe was struggling a little bit, and Fisher â€" he basically took the game over. ... I don’t know what he had in the fourth quarter ... but most of them were down the stretch.”

Fisher, 34, came into the league with Bryant in 1996 and has a history of clutch shots, from the heave with 0.4 seconds left to beat San Antonio in the 2004 playoffs to the late jumpers in a series-swinging victory over Orlando in Game 4 of last year’s finals. The Lakers went on to beat the Magic in five games, earning their 15th NBA title â€" second only to Boston’s 17.

“I think as you grow in this game and you put in the work that’s required to still be around 14 years later, you start to recognize that being in this moment, on this stage, it’s not a given. It’s not something that happens every season,” Fisher said. “Five or 10 years from now, when I’m long gone, I would have hated to feel like I didn’t just do everything I could have to help my team. Things have worked out well, and we have two more wins to get to really put a nice cap on it.”

The Lakers opened a 37-20 first-half lead, but Boston cut the deficit to four late in the third quarter and then made it 68-67 early in the fourth on consecutive drives by Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Rajon Rondo. With a chance to take the lead, Allen was called for an offensive foul away from the ball.

Fisher then scored four of the Lakers’ next five baskets to give them a five-point lead with about 4½ minutes left. He scored another with 49 seconds left before being flattened by Davis, among others, and adding the free throw to make it a three-possession game.

“He saw the opening and went and made a very bold play. ... It was imperative that it goes in for us to win,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. “When he’s got an opportunity to hit a key shot, it seems like he’s always there and ready.”

LA Lakers are matured this time, this might be a long series but the Lakers will prevail over Boston.

Naa koy mga higala nga taga Guindulman piro tungod sa kadugay nang panahun si Ceasar Virtudazo lang akung nadumduman mga kaboardmates
sa maria clara.

mao bai ginto pas pas jamo ang result karun unlike b4
mapudpud tawun ang mga tudlo sa mga teacher sa
pagtinali ay sa election result,

Mayor
1 BETONIO, Angelito T.         2,385
2 OCAY, Cornelius F.            4,440

Vice-Mayor
1 OLANO, Patton S.              3,590
2 TAN, Manuel C.                 2,969

SANGGUNIANG BAYAN Member of Duero BOHOL
1 ABUEVA, Pancasio B.           580
2 AGUIMAN, Hilario B.             956
3 AMPARO, Conrada C.           4,138
4 BERNADAS, Polienoto P.       3,598
5 CADORNA, Rogelio L.            2,096
6 CAGASAN, Julito M.             785
7 CASTINO, Mansueto Q.        3,365
8 CORONEL, Cesar, Jr. R.        392
9 ESCLAMADO, Leonardo S.    4,452
10 ESPINOSA, Elizabeth N.     2,953
11 FELISILDA, Ronald A.        4,258
12 LADORES, Hermogenes C.  2,698
13 NALUGON, Elpidio, Jr. C.    406
14 OLAER, Oliver M. 676
15 PELIGRO, Robert A.          3,048
16 RAÃ'A, Rogelio G.              341
17 SALAS, Wilfredo A.           3,320
18 SALAZAR, Felame B.         240
19 SALAZAR, Zenass Cesar P. 247
20 SOMBRIO, Godoberto O.    3,342
21 TAN, John Leo S.             1,985
22 TORRALBA, Jefferson O.    3,827

Quote from: grazie7y on May 11, 2010, 08:27:30 AM
Thanks for the update, Yet!  I may be pleased that Noynoy has a comfortable margin but I am not pleased that Erap is close behind him.  Apparently, we, the Filipinos, haven't learned yet.  He was given a chance already to lead our country.  Wasn't it enough?  Sige na lamang. 

Let's be one in praying and wishing that if Noynoy Aquino wins, he can move our country forward.   

I was also wondering Grace why did so plenty of our kabayans were rooting again for ERAP, it is common knowleged that Erap was put behind bars due to corruption, basin gusto nila mangawat napud ug utro si Erap. Yesterday i cast my vote for Aquino hoping that corruption in our country will be lessen or mas maayo kung matangtang na unta.

MANILA, May 10, 2010 (AFP) â€" Benigno Aquino was on course Monday for a landslide win in the Philippine presidential race after a historic election that saw millions of Filipinos embrace his promise to fight endemic graft.

The senator's emphatic early lead in the vote count came after a tumultuous polling day in which 10 people were killed across the country, and technical glitches marred the introduction of an automated polling system.

Aquino, son of the Southeast Asian nation's most revered democracy heroes, established a huge lead over former president Joseph Estrada with 38.25 percent of the vote counted on Monday night, the election commission said.

Aquino secured 40.44 percent of the votes counted, with Estrada on 25.76 percent and business titan Manny Villar in third place with 13.98 percent, Commission on Election chair Jose Melo told reporters.

Estrada enjoyed the most emphatic win in Philippine electoral history in 1998 when he received 39 percent of the vote, but was then kicked out of power in a bloodless coup three years later over corruption.

Although the commission needed to count more votes before declaring a winner, the early trends reflected opinion polls carried out ahead of Monday's election that showed Aquino would swamp his rivals.

Aquino deftly tapped into popular sentiment for his parents by pledging a new style of clean government following nearly 10 years of rule under President Gloria Arroyo, whose reign has been tainted by allegations of massive graft.

"Corruption is the single biggest threat to our democracy," Aquino, a 50-year-old bachelor with an economics degree, said on his official blog.

His mother, former president Corazon Aquino, led the "people power" revolution that overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

His father, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, was shot dead three years earlier as he attempted to return from US exile to lead the democracy movement against Marcos.

The bespectacled Aquino was a latecomer to the presidential race, declaring his candidacy only after his mother's death from cancer last August plunged the country into mourning and demonstrated the power of the family name.

About 75 percent of the 50 million eligible voters turned up at polling stations on Monday, reflecting Filipinos' deep commitment to democracy.

But the violence that always plagues Philippine politics inevitably flared.

More than 17,000 positions were at stake -- from president down to municipal council seats -- and local politicians who are infamous for using their "private armies" to eliminate rivals or intimidate voters were out in force.

Ten people were killed on polling day, bringing the death toll from election-related violence over the past four months to at least 40, according to police statistics.

Two of the fatalities occurred as gunbattles raged in the flashpoint southern province of Maguindanao, where 57 people were killed in an election-linked massacre late last year.

Technological problems also emerged immediately after polls opened with some machines breaking down, and the election commission was forced to extend the voting period by one hour as long queues formed.

Nevertheless, the election commission and security chiefs insisted the country's first effort at automated polling had succeeded.

"The... elections will go down in our nation's history as probably the most peaceful and orderly political exercise ever held in our land," national police director general Jesus Verzosa said.

Many colourful characters contested the elections, including world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, 31, who ran for a seat in the lower house.

Another candidate for the lower house was Imelda Marcos, 80, who gained global notoriety when thousands of her shoes were found in the presidential palace after her late husband overthrow in 1986.

The race for the vice presidency was a much closer affair than the presidency.

Jejomar Binay, mayor of the Makati financial district and Estrada's running mate, was ahead with 40.63 percent of votes tallied on Monday night against 36.69 percent for Aquino's partner, Mar Roxas.

Here's the latest partial count from Comelec as of 11 May 2010
at 07:11am ( Tuesday )

President

Aquino 12,233,002 (40.19%)
Estrada 7,749, 597 (25.46%)
Villar 4,329,215 (14.22%)
Teodoro 3,243,688 (10.65%)
Villanueva 916,543 (3.01%)
Gordon 431,954 (1.44%)

Vice President
Binay 12,025,429 (39.51%)
Roxas 11,213,563 (36.84%)
Legarda 3, 259, 963 (10.71%)
Fernando 847, 100 (2.78&)
Manzano 593, 653 (1.95%)

Tuesday May 11, 2010 7:11am

murag di na kapugngan ang victory ni Noynoy mao nga sorry nalang

wa nako kasubay niining tapika kay mao pay ahung pagmata piro kontra ko sa mga grupo or sa mga tawo nga manghagbas ug mga tanum nga naghatag ug kalandung ug dugang nga limpyo nga hangin, diri sa duero naay mga acacia atbang sa munisipyo piro wa man ni sila panghilabti, paging nalang sa guindulman mayor paki isplika, hala ka do election na raba sa lunes.   iapil kug lista Boyet Banluta
East Rembo, Makati City Phils.

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard-bearer former President Joseph Estrada said on Wednesday that he was “saddened" by the Iglesia ni Cristo’s decision to endorse the candidacy of Liberal Party presidential bet Senator Benigno Aquino III. Estrada, who received INC’s endorsement when he ran for president in the 1998 national elections, said that not getting the religious group’s backing in the upcoming polls will be “a big loss" for his candidacy.

He added that he was “saddened" by the decision because he has very close friends in the INC.

The former president however said that he respects the INC’s choice, and vowed to work harder during the last days of the campaign.

"I want to make it clear that I continue to recognize my indebtedness to them for having supported me throughout my political career," he said.

The INC is the oldest home-grown Philippine Christian religious organization that operates independently of the Roman Catholic Church and the mainstream Protestant churches.

In past elections, it has achieved a reputation for exercising its capacity to vote as a bloc, with an estimated two million votes, which made it a target for politicians to woo every election year.

The INC endorsed on Wednesday the candidacy of Aquino and his running mate, Senator Manuel Roxas II. (See: Iglesia Ni Cristo endorses Noynoy Aquino, Mar Roxas)â€"JV, GMANews.TV

 

Happy fiesta sa tanang tagbilaranon ilabi na diha sa Maria clara, Gallares ug Beldirol St doul sa High Noon.

Quote from: grazie7y on May 01, 2010, 04:20:54 AM
Kaluoy sa inahan, gi apil-apil sa pagpangampanya!  Hahay!

MANNY VILLAR BRINGS OUT THE BIG GUNS! HIS MOM, CURING UMIYAK AND SISTERS DEFENDING VILLAR

mao nay guiingon sa panultihun nga
let the child play and let the old ones took
their rest,

na ajaw jud ninjo hayblara si bella kay
basin makaratihan mo diha

tinuod bitaw bai hing uswag na ang bohol karun pati ang tourism industry ilado nata sa sud ug gawas sa nasud piro this is not enough kay ang sakit nga kurapsyun nisamot na ug ka grabi, tungud aning sakita nag away away na ang mga lider nato diha ug tungud sa ilang pag away away
apiktado tanan pati mga proyekto nga para sa kalambuan guilubung na sa kalimot.

Quote from: Bad Godesberg on April 30, 2010, 05:02:06 PM
VOTE MONTANO for governor...


´´BAG-ONG  BOHOL 2010``


+JLY

simply lang ang gov sa bohol kung mulampos si Cesar
sa ijang misyon, padayun bai para sa kausaban

ehemm, basin nahimata ang mga bol anon ug mobotar
sa mga tawung may baruganan, thankz p77.

Quote from: jorgeanna on September 26, 2009, 07:01:03 PM

M.A.K.E. - mabel pahang, melita torralba, mark mendez, mymy itac, anna ibba, alona loquellano, karen limuel, emmylou sajulan


mymy, mabel, emmylou, melita


called themselves 2 by 4




OUR FATHER - mass demonstration during CVIRAA


after graduation beach party


HS graduation ball March 1992

pagkanidot paladungon ang kanhi ayng panahon
murag kagahapun lang

Pres Obama's battle cry when he was still campaining for president is " Change " Cesar is not Obama but wanting for a change para sa Bohol is a great move, padajun sa kauswagan
mga kaliwat ni dagohoy.

Hoping for a free corrupt Bohol 2010

Quote from: Shingtonwa on April 25, 2010, 10:55:47 AM
Mao jud Dong Brownman,.. pista sa amo ugma pohon humot na sinugbang baboy.Ingat always dong.

oi pagkalami Linds, hinay2 lang pag puyrot sa sinugbang baboy kay gauros uros pa ug malipayung fiesta tanan diha.

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Philippines â€" It’s barely three weeks to the May 10 polls and, contrary to reports that he has been scarce on the campaign trail, gubernatorial candidate Cesar Montano and his wife Sunshine Cruz, together with Angela (Cesar’s daughter with his late first wife) and Diego (Cesar’s son with Teresa Loyzaga) are constantly on the road. He’s running under the Liberal Party banner (with Noynoy Aquino and running mate Mar Roxas).




So far,” says Cesar over breakfast at the Bohol Tropics (favorite downtown home of visiting stars from Manila), “I have covered almost the whole province which is made up of 47 municipalities and one city, and 1,109 barangays. Hindi ako nagri-relax. I work like a bull. After a rally the other day, we were on our way home at 1 o’clock in the morning when the mayor of Alburquerque town called, asking me to drop by. I did. I talked for 30 minutes before the crowd. Sayang din ‘yon. One vote can change the nation.”

His next stop was Sierra Leone, hometown of ‘50s Sampaguita kontrabida Rebecca del Rio. It’s also where the followers of Dagohoy, the rebel hero who led a revolt against the Spaniards, hid from the enemy.

“After the elections, I plan to do a movie about Dagohoy (Which LVN Pictures did in the ‘50s, starring Mario Montenegro in the title role. â€" RFL). It’s about the longest revolt in Philippine history that lasted for 75 years. I’m also doing Muro-Ami 2; the first was shown 10 years ago.”

During those sorties, Cesar speaks fluent Boholano to disprove allegations that he doesn’t even speak the dialect even if he was born in Baclayon town, the favorite hideaway of Bea Zobel who attends Mass in its centuries-old church built around a well-located beneath the imposing altar.

“I was interviewed on the radio here and I spoke in Boholano,” explains Cesar. “Arthur Yap doesn’t speak Boholano at all but he’s running for Congress unopposed in the third district and it’s because during his term as Agriculture secretary, he gave funds to almost all the municipalities here.”

Even before he thought of running for governor, Cesar has been helping his fellow Boholanos through his Panaghoy Children Foundation which, among its projects, sends 61 scholars to school (31 in college and 30 in high school and elementary). On the ABS-CBN show Singing Bee, from which he’s on leave, Cesar said he never forgot to promote his province by constantly mentioning its name.

“Between now and May 8, when the campaign officially ends,” continues Cesar whose “battlecry” is Change, “I have only a few municipalities to visit. Nakakatuwa because when the crowd hears me shout kausaban (Boholano for change), they cheer. I’m overwhelmed by the support. I stand at a corner anywhere, in the market or in the mall, and the people approach me and ask for posters, flyers and other election campaign material.”

Burned delicious red by the oppresive summer sun, Sunshine greets the crowd in passable Boholano before she sings. All Diego has to do is wave from the stage or walk through a crowd shaking hands and he elicits a response reserved for the likes of Gerald Anderson, John Lloyd Cruz and Piolo Pascual. Yes, Diego, 14, raised and schooled in Perth, Australia, is artistahin who might soon be the object of a tug-of-war among the three networks.

Mosley wins by tko

Quote from: Shingtonwa on March 30, 2010, 10:05:33 PM
Mao jud Dong ,.. unja aho pod gipahibawo ang uban nga mga classmate namo. nga naa sa Andabohol.org ,... abot ang balita dayon.Dagahan Salamat uli . na karon mag internet na sija..

way sapajan inday Linda, manguli sa ta sa bohol kay nanimaho nang sinugbang kabaw didto run.

Congratz, proud mi ninjo, maihap lang sa tudlo ang mga ingun ani, naa sad tay general from Phil Navy si Roger Calunsag taga Loay ni sya ug
perting maayo pagkatawo, ako ni syang na himamat kadtung tapok tapok
sa mga bol anon.

Parang kilan lang ingun si Heber Bartolome, hapit na diay pud ko mag 3 years kay November 11, 2007, 12:33:47 AM ako nag parihistro,
Nobody beats tb, congratz to everyone and happy birthday Mike.

there's nothing bad siguro kung si Montano ang mahimung Gov sa Bohol, daghan nata ug mga lider nga kujaw ang ilang mga resume piro ang problima lang halos tanan corrupt, Just recently lang daghang mga opisyales didto nga nangbalimbing ug hingsilung sa kampo ni Villar tungud kini sa kwarta ug tungud sab gusto nilang mag pirmi sila sa pwisto. What Bohol needs at present is an honest & non corrrupt public servant, i'm pretty sure mulambo ang Bohol.

CARACAS, Venezuela(AP)â€"Former boxing champion Edwin Valero, who gained fame for knocking out all his 27 opponents and having a tattoo of Hugo Chavez on his chest, was found dead in his jail cell Monday and police said he hanged himself after being arrested in his wife’s murder.

The former lightweight champion used his own clothes to hang himself from a bar in his cell early Monday, Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters. Valero’s lawyer, Milda Mora, confirmed that Valero had committed suicide saying he used the sweat pants he was wearing.

Flores said Valero was found by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state. Valero still showed signs of life when they took him down, but they were unable to save him and he died about 1:30 a.m., Flores said.

The 28-year-old was detained Sunday on suspicion of stabbing his wife to death. Prosecutors said Sunday night that they had planned to charge Valero in the killing.

Valero was detained after police found the body of his 24-year-old wife in a hotel in Valencia. The boxer left the hotel room and allegedly told security he had killed Jennifer Carolina Viera, Flores said.

The fighter was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of President Chavez tattooed on his chest along with the country’s yellow, blue and red flag.

His all-action style and 27-0 record - all by knockouts - earned him a reputation as a tough, explosive crowd-pleaser. Venezuelans called him “Inca,” alluding to an Indian warrior, while elsewhere he was called “Dinamita,” or dynamite.

The death is the third high-profile reported suicide of a former boxing champion in the past year.

Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello, the mayor of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead at his home last July of a gunshot wound to the chest. A few weeks later, Arturo Gatti was found strangled in the Brazilian resort town of Porto de Galinhas. His wife was arrested as the prime suspect in the death, but authorities later ruled that he committed suicide.

The former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion had been in trouble with the law before.

Last month, Valero was charged with harassing his wife and threatening medical personnel who treated her at a hospital in the western city of Merida. Police arrested Valero following an argument with a doctor and nurse at the hospital, where his wife was being treated for a series of injuries, including a punctured lung and broken ribs.

The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that Valero was detained March 25 on suspicion of assaulting his wife, but his wife told a police officer her injuries were due to a fall. When the boxer arrived moments later, he forbade Viera from speaking to the police officer, and spoke threateningly to the officer, prosecutors said in a statement.

A prosecutor had asked a court to keep Valero in jail but that the judge instead allowed him to remain free under certain conditions, the Attorney General’s Office said.

Mora, his lawyer, told The Associated Press the fighter had been assigned police escorts to prevent any problems with his wife, but that he evaded them.

Jose Castillo, Valero’s manager, criticized authorities for failing to act more forcefully to prevent the killing.

“I asked the authorities not to let him out. He needed a lot of help. He was very bad in the head,” Castillo told reporters. “But they let him out. They were very permissive with him and because of that, we’re now in the middle of this tragedy.”

Mora, however, said Valero “didn’t accept the help the government gave him.”

“He was the only one responsible,” Mora said, adding that the government had arranged for Valero to attend a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in Cuba. He had missed a flight to the island earlier this month and was scheduled to fly there soon, she said.

The fighter’s 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter are staying with their grandmother, she said.

Before his death, photographs showed Valero being led in handcuffs through the jail, then shielding his face by pulling down his cap.

While police suspected Valero was battering his wife, “the only person who could report it was her, and she told her family that he never hit her,” Mora said. “She wanted help for him.”

Valero also “adored his wife,” Mora said. “We were very close to him and we knew there could be this sort of outcome because when he became conscious of what he really had done, he wasn’t going to be able to bear not being close to Carolina.”

In the ring, Valero’s fists carried him from poverty to fame. He won his first 18 fights by first-round knockout, setting a record that has since been eclipsed by Tyrone Brunson. Valero last fought in February, defeating Antonio DeMarco in Monterrey, Mexico.

He was replaced as WBC lightweight champion in February after he expressed a desire to campaign in a higher weight division, WBC president Jose Sulaiman said.

Valero was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2001 that caused a cerebral hemorrhage, and because most jurisdictions refuse to license a fighter who has sustained a brain injury, he was unable to fight in the United States. The boxer wound up fighting mainly in Japan and Latin America, where he won his first title in 2006.

Valero also was charged with drunken driving in Texas, which is the primary reason he was denied a U.S. visa.

He accused the U.S. government of discrimination, saying his application wasn’t approved because of his sympathy for Chavez, a fierce critic of the U.S. government.

He appeared at times as a special guest at televised events hosted by Chavez and was lionized by Chavez supporters as a national hero, while some critics accused him of avoiding punishment for past problems due to close links to the government.

First Posted 14:12:00 04/16/2010

BANGKOK â€" Thai security forces surrounded a hotel Friday where leaders of the "Red Shirt" protest movement were holed up, but failed to make any arrests after the suspects fled, officials said.

Television footage showed one of the protest leaders climbing down a rope to escape from the SC Park Hotel as Red Shirt demonstrators massed outside.

Special forces surrounded the building, where "terrorists" and leaders of the red-clad protest movement were hiding, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban announced in a nationally televised address.

One Red Shirt leader, Arisman Pongruangrong, was seen descending a rope to leave the hotel in Bangkok's northern outskirts and the movement said all its leaders had managed to escape.

A government spokesman admitted that the operation was "unsuccessful."

Arisman, who led the protesters' storming of parliament earlier this month, told supporters by megaphone he had escaped an assassination attempt.

"He wanted to kill me. The policeman tried to kill me," Arisman told the assembled Red Shirts amid chaotic scenes outside the hotel.

The authorities, meanwhile, urged thousands of protesters massed in the commercial district to leave the area, warning that they were ready to take "decisive measures" following the worst civil violence in almost two decades.

"Innocent people should leave the protests because the authorities have to take decisive measures against terrorists," Suthep said.

Red Shirts later gathered outside the hotel, scuffling with riot police who were guarding the building.

"If today is the end, we're ready," Reds leader Nattawut Saikuar said from the rally stage in the commercial hub, urging protesters to go to the hotel.

The hotel is believed to be owned by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, political icon of the red-clad protest movement that has been rallying for more than a month in Bangkok to demand immediate elections.

Arrest warrants have also been issued for leaders of the Red Shirt protesters, some of whom stormed parliament earlier this month.

The Reds charge that the government is illegitimate because it came to power in 2008 after a court ousted Thaksin's allies from power.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has blamed "terrorists" for inciting last weekend's violent street clashes, which left at least 23 people dead and more than 800 wounded.

Saturday's clashes erupted as the army tried unsuccessfully to clear an area in Bangkok's old city, sparking street battles involving soldiers, red-clad protesters and unidentified gunmen described as "terrorists" by the government.

The Reds have challenged the government's assertion that there were M16 and AK47 assault rifles among the protesters.

The army has said live shots were fired only in the air or by troops providing cover for soldiers who were themselves under fire.

The authorities have said they would not try to put down peaceful rallies but have urged the Reds to leave the commercial district, where they have disrupted traffic and caused major shopping centers to close.

Leaders of the red-clad movement have said there was no point in further talks, demanding immediate elections.

Negotiations last month between the two sides ended in stalemate after the Reds rejected the government's offer to hold polls at the end of the year.

The government, which imposed a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas a week ago, has accused Thaksin of stoking the unrest.

Eighteen civilians, including a Japanese cameraman, and five soldiers were killed in the clashes, with more than 800 injured, according to the Erawan emergency centre.

Padayun bai Ceasar basin makalusot ta.

he he human sa 30 ka tuig kapin nga hingkagiw nagkaistoryahanay ra guihapun mo te Linds, mas bintahi jud ug naa ta sa Tb kay tibuook kalibutan maabisuhan.

he he thanks Ms Da bins bija paminawun nga ato lang biay biajun ang pariha ni AP, usa na ni sila nga atung matawag nga national treasure and we should be proud of them, lisud lang ning ubang musikiro kuno wa pa gani musu ap nala us na.

do read the classic rock reviews and you will discover the amazing accomplishment of the new lead singer of Journey, even the great Oprah Winfrey is an avid fan of AP, i was part of the crowd in Journey's concert in manila last April 2009 at Mall of Asia, grabi ang reception ng audience.

watching pba games at home.

hmmm, wa may lami ug way parat.

KSP lang ning taga NHI, they just want to be recognized to pretend that
they're doing something, ayyyyyyy ang pinoy tawun.

kataw anan pud murag si Ben Laden ning tawhana, i admire this kind of expose piro dapat makit an ang nawung para maklaro,

he he kataw anan bitaw pud ug gamay ning namuno sa H1 N1 este NHI diay dili baja tawun sila consistent sa ilang guidelines daghang nanganta aning atung national anthem nga gakawendang
wendang piro no comment sila, or mas maajo siguro sila nalang ang tangtangun.

Kalouy sad ang lead singer sa american rock band Journey kay kasuhan man, basin nagpapansin lang ning taga NHI, Don't Stop Believin Arnel.

"For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."

John 3:11

Peace to all my brothers and sisters, All God wants to see is Peace On Earth and If people felt better about themselves and if they got rid of the everyday stresses of life and stopped fighting about things, then we could all find more balance and harmony.

By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:13:00 03/10/2010


MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Yet another glitch in the May 10 automated elections looms.

The National Printing Office (NPO) is unlikely to produce the required 50 million ballots for the elections and may have to acquire more machines to do the job, or print 15 million ballots for manual polling for the shortfall, officials said Wednesday.

In an urgent memorandum dated March 1 to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) project management office, Esmeralda Amora-Ladra, head of the poll body’s printing committee, said that the four NPO machines were not operating at maximum capacity.

The daily output is disappointing, leading her to suggest that the Comelec should prepare contingency measures, including the printing of ballots for manual elections.

The memorandum, made available to the Inquirer, noted that as of March 1, some 7.9 million ballots for the electronic balloting had been printed. Of the number, 5.3 million were accepted as “good ballots,” while the rest have yet to be checked.

“Granting that 7,878,480 (printed minus quarantined ballots) are all good ballots, we still have to print a total of 42,845,254 for a period of 54 days. This means, we should be able to have a daily production of 793,430,629, more or less, per day from four printers, which is impossible!” the memorandum read.

Smartmatic-TIM, Comelec’s joint venture partner in the first nationwide automated elections, has leased to the commission four Kodak VersaMark VL 4000 printers, each capable of printing 200,000 ballots.

Ladra said the printers’ daily output was only 650,000 or 162,500 each. At this capacity, she said only 34.1 million ballots would be printed by April 25, when the Comelec starts to ship out the ballots. There will still be 8.9 million ballots to be printed.

Alternative: Manual ballots

She said the Comelec should ensure that a fifth printer from China should be operational before April 5, the original schedule of its operation. If the machine starts printing the same day, it will take until May 1 to complete the 42 million ballots, Ladra said.

“Or in the alternative, prepare for the printing of 8,996,443 or for 15 million manual ballots, more or less, for places which have to vote using manual elections for lack of material time,” Ladra said.

The 15 million ballots correspond to the 30-percent manual balloting that the Comelec expects will not be covered by the electronic vote under its fall back positionâ€"or Plan Bâ€"for a hybrid polling, officials said.

Manual vote preparation

She reminded the Comelec that it would take a month to procure the materials and prepare for the printing of blank ballots for the manual elections.

In the previous elections, voters had to write the names of their choices on the blank spaces. With the automated balloting, voters will have to fully shade the oval space beside the names of their candidates.

Some poll watchdogs and information technology experts have warned the Comelec that conducting a fully automated elections will be difficult and that it should prepare for contingency measures in case some areas have to resort to manual balloting.

The delayed schedule of the ballot printing, originally set for January, has prompted adjustments in the process.

Last month, it was revealed that 1.8 million ballots for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao did not have NPO security marks as it did not have enough time to perfect the marks when printing started in the first week of February.

kanidot sa imung suwat bai acqua kauli on man ani sa bohol, welcome aboard bai

very interesting ni statev piro subo sad palandungun
kay nanghuthut man diay.

My prayers for Elsie unta maka recover kana
and hope to see you here.

una kung sakay ug jeep tag uno singkwenta pa ang pamasahi

Bernard Fabiosa kay taga Bohol and Alvin P.

Quote from: gwargz on March 06, 2010, 12:05:22 AM
I've been married for 15 years now.
Pero wala mi mag-uban sa ako spouse since day one.
... because of work & business related nga pagpaningkamot.
... all we do is put trust to one another, pray to God for
guidance.

dili ba lisud ang ingun ani nga set up bai gwargz, i guess daghang trials ang inyung naagi an.

Quote from: ang sacristan on October 19, 2009, 01:41:17 PM
Layo pa ang election pero nagsugod na kining mga kasamok. mas grabe pa seguro kon hapit na.

he he kataw anan bitaw ning election magbungoway jud insakto ang mga silingan ang nakalami lang sa Bohol linaw guihapun ang
election, i hope Ceasar will do good this coming election,

Lisud ning nasud nga mga datu maoy magmando sa gobyerno kay himoon lang ta ug taga silhig sa ilang basura, ang himuon nilang balaud para ra sa mga datu ang mga pobri magkaguliyang, hala mga sano di ta mag padala sa uwan uwan.

Quote from: BedoAdoSalada on February 23, 2010, 07:54:28 PM
Dapat ni si Tiger bai Brown magpa tambag ni Manny Pacquiao. 

pwidi sad bai Beds kay kini si Pacman daghan syag f*** girls
diri sa ato

kuyaw ni si Tiger woods kusug ni mo kaskas ilabina nga year of the tiger karun

lain laing gimik lang ni sila pag doul na election piro ug makapwisto na pati anino
lisod na makita sa katawhan, hina ut unta nga kanang ilang guipang bulatik sa kampanya naay tinuod bisan isa lang

Quote from: Bambi on February 23, 2010, 05:04:08 AM
Sa ahong paminaw, Brownman....morag may mga asawa man siguro nga mosabot nga kon nahilayo ang ilang kapikas "adto mamungot sa kaburikatan" lisod man gjod tong  tawgon na ug kabit kay morag may gamay nga pasumbingay sa pulong nga gugma...sakit pas atay ug lisod pas gapenal.   "sex without love is considered to be a tolerable rates of sex failures towards his wife"

medyo acceptable ni sya Bambs kay lisud tawun pag kontrol sa atung lawas pag abot anang butanga ang problima lang kadtung mga por kilo basin gadala
ug sakit nga makada ot sa atung lawas, mas maayo siguro mganguyab nalang
ug mga tarung nga baje ang problima pud ani basin ma in lab ta ug makalimtan
ang pamilya nga orihinal.

Dili man pud tanan nga kadtung nahilayo sa ilang mga mahal sa kinabuhi nagaluib piro kadaghanan tandugun ang ilang pagkabutang, usa siguro sa hinungdan ani mao ang kamingaw sa ilang mga mahal ma o nga bisan ug unsaon ug pugong pugong matintal jud intawun. One thing for sure ang maajo panguntra ani ang pag ampo ug disipilna sa kaugalingon.

Quote from: BlueAngel on February 21, 2010, 10:11:28 PM
dli lang ko motug-an unza ako gibuhat today ky naa unja maibog 

pakjaw man nimo sis ang post karun, musta diha tanan

kini si sir Boy CAGASAN naa ni potential ngano kaha nga wa man ni sya mulangsad pagka mayor!

Villar’s total ad value of more than P1 billion in the three months preceding the official campaign period is 2.5 times greater than that of LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD bet and former defense secretary Gilbert ‘Gibo’ Teodoro, who posted a comparative figure of P407 million.

Liberal Party presidential candidate Senator Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III meanwhile had a three-month ad value of P269 million, while Senator Richard ‘Dick’ Gordon of the Bagumbayan Party had P245-million worth of ad values. Trailing behind them were Villanueva, who had P90 million, and Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard bearer, former president Joseph ‘Erap’ Ejercito Estrada, who had P84 million.

kini si Arthur Yap ig agaw bani ni James kadtung uyab ni Kris!

Corruption watchdog Transparency International has released a list of the world’s most and least corrupt nations.The report comes ahead of a conference in Bali this week where more than 100 countries are expected to gather for a United Nations anti-corruption conference.

Four countries from the region made it to the list of most corrupt countries in the world: Somalia and Myanmar tied in the top spot, followed by Iraq and Sudan.

The least corrupt countries in the world are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand, scoring 9.4 on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The UAE ranked 36 in the list.

The lower the CPI of a country, the higher corruption is, with 0 being the most corrupt and 10 being very clean.

Most corrupt country

Somalia: 1.4
Myanmar: 1.4
Iraq: 1.5
Haiti: 1.6
Uzbekistan: 1.7
Tonga: 1.7
Sudan: 1.8
Chad: 1.8
Afghanistan: 1.8
Laos: 1.9
Norway: 8.7

Least corrupt country and CPI score

Denmark: 9.4
Finland: 9.4
New Zealand: 9.4
Singapore: 9.3
Sweden: 9.3
Iceland: 9.2
Netherlands: 9.0
Switzerland: 9.0
Canada: 8.7

By Nancy C. Carvajal
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:52:00 02/19/2010

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"A group of farmers has accused Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar and his wife of fraud in the acquisition of a P1.5-billion loan from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in 1998.

In a press conference Thursday, the farmers said their land was used by Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar to secure a loan for Optimum Development Bank (formerly Capitol Bank), which was owned by the couple, from the BSP.

“We are the rightful owners of the land used by Optimum Bank to pay its debts to the BSP using dubious documents,” said Gina Jarvinia, one of the 28 landowners who attended the conference.

Jarvinia showed reporters documents to show they were the rightful owners of at least 715 hectares located in Barangay San Isidro, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, foreclosed by the BSP after Optimum Bank failed to repay the loan.

Nieves Tecson, spokesperson of the group, said the farmers decided to speak up now “because Villar is running for president.”

“This is our only chance to be heard. It must be now because we are scared nothing will happen with our fight if he becomes president,” Tecson said.

She said they started their fight against Villar in 2008 when they filed a complaint against him with the Ombudsman.

“It has been more than two years, nothing has come out of it,” she said.

In a statement, Villar lawyer Nalen Rosero Galang said: “This revived issue is another clear indication of the obsession of Senator Villar’s opponents to link him to an anomaly, any anomaly.

“We reiterate that Capitol Bank’s transactions with BSP were all aboveboard and legal. The properties transferred to BSP were all covered by titles existing on file with the Registry of Deeds,” he said.