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Is Rizal Alih hero?ZAMBOANGA CITY –Muslims have flocked thehouse of former police-man Rizal Alih inZamboanga City to paytheir last respect follow-ing his sudden death at apolice detention facilityin Camp Crame inQuezon City last week.For many Muslims whoknew Alih said he was agood man.

Alih was accused ofkilling Brig. Gen. EduardoBatalla and his aide Col.Romeo Abendan after athree-day, hostage-drama inside a policecamp Zamboanga City inJanuary 1989. He held thetwo officers at gunpointafter overpowering hisguards while being inves-tigated on graft allega-tions

Alih escaped toSabah after the siege, butwas arrested there in 1994for illegal possession ofweapons and munitions.A Malaysian court sen-tenced him 12 years in jailfor possession of fourrifles, and five years forpossession of 1,271 bul-lets and 43 magazines.

He was handed over

to the Philippine authori-ties in 2006. “I’m verythankful they have allowedme to return to my family.I still want to live and beclose to my 24 children,”Alih was quoted as tellingreporters in Manila afterdisembarking from theplane at the Ninoy AquinoInternational Airport.

The 70-year old Alihreportedly died Fridaynight after complainingdifficulty in breathing atCamp Crame, the main na-tional police headquarters.

“Narito kami upangmagbigay ng hulingrespeto kay Rizal Alih atmabait siyang tao,” (We arehere to pay our last respecton Rizal Alih. He was agood man.) said EsmaelAbubakar.

No one from Alih’sfamily gave any statementto the press. One relative,Nur, said Alih would beburied immediately in ac-cordance to the Islamiccustom that upon death,his body should be washedand shrouded it in whitecloth.

“Sayang si Rizal atnamatay siya ng walanghustisya. Ipinagtanggol

niya ang mga Muslim noonnasa sa serbsisyo siya mulasa abusadong mga sundaloat ngayon ay siya pa angminasama,” (It’s a pity thatRizal died without gettingjustice. He defended theMuslims during his timefrom abusive military menand now they maligned hisreputation and name.) oneof Alih’s supporters,Abdullah, said.

It was thought that Alihdied along with more thana dozen other during abungled military rescue op-eration that resulted in theburning of the police camp,but his capture in Sabahshocked Philippine au-thorities.

The military also impli-cated Alih in the alleged as-sassination of ZamboangaCity Mayor Cesar Climaco,a staunch critic of PresidentFerdinand Marcos, in Sep-tember 14, 1984. But bothAlih and Climaco’s familiesbelieved the mayor’s killingwas perpetrated by the mili-tary.

Climaco, then 68, wasgunned down in broad day-light in downtownZamboanga.

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Sayyafs on the run!

THE PHILIPPINE militarycontinued its operationagainst the Abu Sayyaf inthe southern region in aneffort to flush out therebels and rescue remain-ing kidnapped victims be-ing held by the dreadedgroup.Just last week, troops as-saulted the stronghold ofthe Abu Sayyaf in Indanantown and rescued two kid-napped Filipino Coast

Guard members - GringoVillaruz and RodlynPagaling – who escapedfrom their captors in the vil-lage of Buanza.Security forces killed atleast 15 Abu Sayyaf gunmenin the firefight, but 7 sol-diers were also wounded inthe clash, according to mili-tary spokesman Capt. RoyTrinidad.

Troops were sent to thearea to rescue the victims

when they encountered therebels. Both Igasan andMisaya are notorious com-manders of the dreadedgroup tagged by the mili-tary as behind the spate ofdeadly attacks and ransomkidnappings in thetroubled region.

“Villaruz was safely re-covered by the operatingtroops of the 1st ScoutRanger Battalion underLieutenant Colonel Eugene

Boquio. The other CoastGuard is now also with gov-ernment troops,” Trinidadtold the regional newspa-per Mindanao Examiner.

The rescue came daysafter rebels beheaded vil-lage chieftain RobertoBuligao after his poor fam-ily failed to pay ransom. The

Abu Sayyaf said they willalso decapitate the two hos-tages if ransom is not paid.

The Abu Sayyaf had de-manded P10 million for thefreedom of the three menwho were kidnapped to-gether on May 4 in AliguayIsland off Dapitan City inZamboanga del Norte prov-

ince.The rebels are still

holding several Filipinoand foreigners they kid-napped in other areas insouthern Philippines andbrought to Sulu. (With areport from E. Dumaboc)

Media Groups CondemnKilling of Veteran Journo

DAVAO CITY – Media groupsand various press clubs havecondemned the recent mur-der of a veteran journalist inTagum City in Mindanao.

Ciriaco Conejos said po-lice are investigating theshooting of Gregorio

Ybañes, president of theDavao del Norte Press

and Radio Club.He said the 65-year old

veteran was shot outside hishouse in Mirafuentes Subdi-vision in Magugpo North vil-lage on Tuesday evening anddied in the hospital the nextmorning. “It was a sad day forus,” Conejos, the club’s vicepresident, told the regional

newspaper Mindanao Ex-aminer.

Conejos said journalistsand media workers were pre-paring a rally to condemnthe killing of Ybañes, whowas also a board director atthe Davao del Norte ElectricCooperative at the time of hismurder.

The motive of the killingremains unknown, butConejos said the victim justcame from the cooperative’sboard meeting at the Big 8Hotel in Tagum. “The gun-man, who was waiting in acar outside Ybañes’ house,shot him as he was about toopen the gate. The assailant

escaped after the shoot-ing,” Conejos said.

Cesar Lanos, also acolleague of Ybañes, saidthe journalist was shot sev-eral times. “He was shotseveral times while enter-ing his house at around teno’clock in the evening,” hesaid, adding, “Ybañes wasrushed to hospital, but waspronounced dead thismorning at six o’clock byattending physicians.”

No individual claimedresponsibility for the kill-ing of Ybañes. His familydid not issue any state-ment. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Insurgents still holding3 tribal leaders

DAVAO CITY – Threetribal leaders in southernPhilippines are still beingheld captive by commu-nist rebels despite the re-lease of the fourth hos-tage, the military said.

It said troops weresearching for the leadersJovanie Angcomog,Danilo Angcomog andLaris Landakay who wereseized while travelling tothe town of Talaingod inDavao del Norte province

just this month.Their companion,

Datu Kulumput Dalon,70, was reportedly freedby the New People’sArmy, but details sur-rounding his freedom re-main unclear, althoughthe military was insistingthat the tribal leaders arebeing held by rebels toprevent the from testify-ing against the insur-gents.

The victims, al l

members of theManobo tr ibe inBukidnon province,were supposed to joinpeaceful talks betweenwarring tribes in Davaodel Norte.

It was unknownwhy the rebels capturedthe elders. The NPA haslong been fighting thegovernment for the es-tablishment of theirown state. (MindanaoExaminer)

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ered Alih as one of the mostnotorious gang leader dur-ing his time and wasblamed by the police andmilitary for the spate of kill-ings and unresolved crimesin Zamboanga City. Alih’sfamily denied all accusa-tions against him andblamed the military for the

Is Rizal Alih hero?summary killings of otherfamily members and rela-tives.

Movie director Carlo J.Caparas and his wife,Donna Villa, even made amovie about Alih after thesiege in Zamboanga. ButAlih filed libel chargesagainst them for their de-piction of him in the 1991film entitled “Arrest Patrol-

man Alih: ZamboangaMassacre.

In that movie, Alih hadbeen portrayed to have al-legedly beheaded Batalla.Alih said he did not killBatalla, then regional com-mander of the constabularyforces, and cited theofficer’s death certificatethat he died from heart at-tack. (Mindanao Examiner)

Troops hot on Sayyaf trailBASILAN – Governmentforces were tracking downAbu Sayyaf rebels in thesouthern Philippine prov-ince of Basilan followingclashes in Sumisip town,officials said.

Captain Roy Trinidadsaid troops assaulted arebel strong hold inBaiwas village in Sumisiptown and clashed withabout 60 gunmen. Thefighting killed one soldierand two rebels, he said,adding another soldier

and six more Abu Sayyafgunmen were reportedwounded.

“One soldier waskilled and another iswounded in the clash.Two Abu Sayyaf were alsokilled and six otherswounded in the armedencounter in Sumisip,”Trinidad said. “Troops arestill pursuing the AbuSayyaf.”

Trinidad said the mili-tary operation is aimed atweakening the Abu Sayyaf

in Sumisip, a knownstronghold of the rebelgroup. “The encountertranspired on the identi-fied stronghold of the AbuSayyaf,” he said.

It was not immedi-ately known if troops re-covered the bodies ofslain rebels. The militaryand police blamed theAbu Sayyaf to the spate ofterror attacks and ransomkidnappings inMindanao. (MindanaoExaminer)

5 NPA rebels killed in Bukidnon clashDAVAO CITY – At least 5communist rebels werekilled and two army sol-diers wounded in a clash inBukidnon province insouthern Philippines, offi-cials said.

Captain Alberto Caber,a spokesman for the East-ern Mindanao Command,said the fighting broke outin the village of Mendiz inPangantucan town onTuesday afternoon. He saidtroops also recovered an as-sault rifle and 19 backpacksleft behind by New People’sArmy rebels.

“At least five NPA mem-bers of the North CentralMindanao Regional Com-mittee were killed while twosoldiers, of the 3rd SpecialForces Company, were alsowounded in the fighting,”Caber told the regionalnewspaper Mindanao Ex-aminer.

He said the fightingerupted after rebels at-tacked patrolling soldiers inthe village.

“The wounded soldierswere immediately broughtto a medical facility fortreatment. The troops are

still on their pursuit opera-tions in the area,” Cabersaid.

He did not say if soldierswere able to retrieve thebodies of the slain rebels,but his report of alleged en-emy casualties was largelyattributed to unidentifiedcivilians in the area andcould be part of propa-ganda.

The NPA has been fight-ing the democratic govern-ment for many decades nowin an effort to install a com-munist state in the country.(Mindanao Examiner)

Police, military probeshootout in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY- Policeand military authoritieswere investigating the clashbetween cops and soldierson a village in ZamboangaCity that killed two officersand a marine.

Security officials re-main silent over the deadlyencounter, saying bothsides were investigating theincident.

Marine Captain MariaRowena Muyuela, a spokes-woman for the WesternMindanao Command, saidthey will release an officialstatement as soon as the in-vestigation is completed.

“As of now, the police andmilitary are conducting ajoint investigation on the in-cident. We will issue a pressstatement,” she told the re-gional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

Navy Captain RoyTrinidad, a spokesman for ajoint military task force, saidthe shooting occurred at themarket in the village ofLabuan on Tuesday night.He said the incident in-volved members of the Re-gional Public Safety Battal-ion (RPSB) and Marine Bat-talion Landing Team 9(MBLT).

“Members of the RPSB-9 and MBLT-9 engaged in ashootout that resulted to thedeath of two policemen –Police Officer 1 MuhsinJainul and Police Officer 3Alkashmir Lipae, and onefrom the Philippine Ma-rines – Corporal JasonMarqueses,” Trinidad saidin a separate report.

The police did not issueany statement about theclash, but the victims weredeployed in Labuan toguard the village againstlawless elements, includingthe Abu Sayyaf. (MindanaoExaminer)

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ARMM employees getperformance-based bonus

COTABATO CITY – Morethan 30,000 employees inthe regional governmentare entitled to receive thebonus that mirrors the “up-grading of professionalismand delivery of services” inthe Autonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao, lawyerLaisa Alamia, ARMM Ex-ecutive Secretary said.

“This is the first time inthe 25-year history of theARMM. Isa itong malakingkarangalan at malakingaccomplishment. Morethan the incentiveskailangan mapanatili ngbawat ahensiya, ng bawatempleyado ang ganungklaseng level ng profes-sionalism at klase ng levelng performance (This is abig honor and a major ac-complishment. More thanthe incentives, everyagency, every employeemust maintain that kind oflevel of professionalismand that kind of level ofperformance),” Alamiasaid.

The Department ofBudget and Managementhas affirmed AutonomousRegion in MuslimMindanao’s compliancewith the requirements ofthe Performance-BasedBonus (PBB), a system thatrewards “exemplary per-formance in government.”

The regional govern-ment passed the GoodGovernance Conditionsand the performance indi-cators in all its targetdeliverables for 2014 whichqualified the region for thebonus.

“Proud ako dahil na-acknowledge ang perfor-mance ko at part ako ngreporma (I’m proud be-cause my performancewas acknowledged andthat I’m part of the re-form),” said MaritessGalindo, 56, an adminis-trative officer at the Officeof the Regional Governor.

Galindo has been

working in the ARMMsince its inception in 1990.

“What ARMM shouldbe proud of is its accom-plishments. It’s an inde-pendent verification thatthe reforms in the autono-mous region wereachieved and that thesereforms improve peoples’access to services,” saidMaricris Valte of the De-velopment Academy of thePhilippines (DAP).

The DAP serves as thesecretariat and technicalresource institution of theAdministrative Order 25Inter-Agency Task Forcethat oversees the perfor-mance monitoring, evalu-ation, information and re-porting of essential com-ponents of performancemanagement system of agovernment office, de-partment, or instrumen-tality.

“( The performance-based bonus) is meant notjust compliance with therequirements, but is alsomeant to encourage andensure that the agency ac-complishes what it haspledged to accomplish,”Valte affirmed.

The fact that ARMMmet all the Good Gover-nance Condition accord-ing to Valte, “is proof thatthe governance reformunder the leadership ofARMM Governor MujivHataman is really work-ing.”

B u d g e tUndersecretary RichardMoya, in a letter, said“more than grant of thebonus, we hope that thePBB has significantly con-tributed to your agency’sorganizational and theemployee performancethat led to concrete andvisible improvements inthe delivery of goods andservices to the public.”

The PBB system is amerit-based incentiveprogram that recognizes

and rewards exemplarypublic service. Employees’performance is assessed,including how they con-tributed to the accom-plishment of theirdepartment’s overall tar-gets and commitments.

Under the system, anemployee may receiveP5,000 minimum to asmuch as P35,000. Employ-ees are rated whether theyperformed ‘good’, ‘better’,or ‘best’.

To qualify, the agen-cies must pass certain re-quirements to include theachievement of at least 90percent of their 2014 tar-gets, compliance with theTransparency Seal underthe General Provisions ofthe 2014 General Appro-priations Act, and compli-ance in posting, or publi-cation, of the Citizen’sCharter – all required un-der the Good GovernanceConditions.

“The budget for thebonus will be downloadedfrom the Department ofBudget and Management(DBM) to the regional gov-ernment this year aftercompletion of the pro-cess,” said Alamia.

Through Administra-tive Order No. 25, the Of-fice of the President cre-ated the Inter-Agency TaskForce that will harmonize,unify, streamline and sim-plify all existing monitor-ing and reporting require-ments related to thegovernment’s perfor-mance-based bonus sys-tem.

The Inter-Agency TaskForce is chaired by theDBM and co-chaired bythe Office of the ExecutiveSecretary, with the Na-tional Economic and De-velopment Authority;Presidential ManagementStaff; and Department ofFinance as members. (Bu-reau of Public Informa-tion)

3 people injured in grenade explosionTHREE people were injuredin a grenade explosion dur-ing a firefight between se-curity forces and AbuSayyaf rebels in the south-ern Filipino town of Patikul,reports said.

It said the civilians werecaught in the crossfirewhen the two groupsclashed last week in Taglibiwhere Abu Sayyaf rebels at-tacked an army detach-ment.

There were no reportsof casualties from either themilitary or the Abu Sayyafgroup, but troops contin-ued its hunt for rebelsblamed for the recent kill-ing of Rodolfo Boligao, a vil-lage chieftain they kid-napped in Aliguay Islandoff Dapitan City early thisyear.

Boligao was beheadedand his body dumped on ahighway near the town of

Maimbung.It was unknown who

fired the grenade, but a po-lice report said it was a40mm and fired from a rifleand that both the militaryand the Abu Sayyaf have thiskind of weapon.

The Abu Sayyaf is stillholding several Filipino andforeign hostages kidnappedin different areas in south-ern Philippines. (MindanaoExaminer)

Who killed the DPWH engineer?PAGADIAN CITY – Policewere facing a blank wall onthe killer of a governmentengineer who was shot inPagadian City inZamboanga del Sur prov-ince.

Motorcycle gunmenshot dead Charles Tan lastweek. He was travelling ona motorcycle when gun-men attacked him at V.Sagun Street in UpperLumbia village. Tanworked for the Departmentof Public Works and High-

ways. He was shot severaltimes.

The gunmen, whotailed Tan on a separatemotorcycle, fled after thekilling, according to Super-intendent Glenn Dulawan,the city police chief.

He said Tan was shotwith a .45-caliber pistol.“The victim was shot sev-eral times by the gunmenarmed with .45-caliber pis-tol. Police recovered twobullet casings in the area,”he said.

Dulawan said Tan wasshot in the back and neck.

“The Pagadian City Po-lice Office is now conduct-ing a follow-up investiga-tion on the incident to pos-sibly identify the suspectsand to determine the mo-tive of the incident,” he said.

No individual claimedresponsibility for the kill-ing, but gun attacks are notuncommon in PagadianCity where hired assassinsare actively operating.(Christina Diabordo)

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Rebels ambush army patrolDAVAO CITY – Commu-nist rebels ambushed agroup of patrolling sol-diers in southern Philip-pines wounding an in-fantryman in a freshwave of attack againstmilitary targets.

The military’s East-ern Mindanao Commandconfirmed the ambushand said the recent attack

occurred in the village ofCamanlangan inCompostela Valley’s NewBataan town.

At least 20 NewPeople’s Army rebels weresaid to have took part inthe assault on membersof the 25th Infantry Bat-talion. The ambush alsosparked a 20-minutefirefight, according to the

military.The wounded soldier,

whose identity was notreleased by the military,had been rushed to hos-pital.

The NPA has beenwaging a secessionist warfor many decades now inan effort to put up its ownMaoist state in the coun-try. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Sulu Governor Totoh Tan along with Maimbung Mayor Samier Tan lead BFAR-DA’s Anti-Poverty Program in Maimbung (Sulu Provincial Government)

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan and Vice Governor Sakur Tan visits the on-going covered court construction in Barangay Kulasi in Maimbung town. The provincial government has lined up manyinfra projects to benefit its constituents. (Photos courtesy of the Sulu Provincial Government)

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U.N. expert criticizes Chinaover handling of Tianjin blast

A TOP United Nations experthas criticized China over itshandling of the chemicalblasts in the northern city ofTianjin, saying a better flowof information may havelessened or even preventedthe disaster.

Baskut Tuncak, theU.N.'s special rapporteur onhuman rights and hazardoussubstances and wastes,called on the Chinese gov-ernment to ensure completetransparency in the investi-gation of the disaster, whichkilled at least 114 people.Some 65 people remainmissing.

"The lack of informationwhen needed -- informationthat could have mitigated orperhaps even prevented thisdisaster -- is truly tragic,"Tuncak said in a statementreleased.

"Moreover, the reportedrestrictions on public accessto health and safety informa-tion and freedom of the pressin the aftermath are deeplydisturbing, particularly tothe extent it risks increasingthe number of victims of thisdisaster."

The blunt rebuke comes

after China's State Councilformed an investigativecommittee to "give a respon-sible answer" on the cause ofthe disaster and promised"serious punishment" forthose responsible.

The explosions im-pacted a huge swathe of thecity: 17,000 homes damaged,more than 170 companiesaffected and 3,000 cars de-stroyed.

Tianjin Mayor HuangXingguo addressed the me-dia for the first time, sayinghe bore "an unshirkable re-sponsibility" for the blasts.

SSSSSafety violationsafety violationsafety violationsafety violationsafety violationsNews reports have sug-

gested that safety violationsand corporate negligencemay have played a role in thedisaster.

The blasts occurred at awarehouse where 700 tons ofhighly toxic substances,mainly sodium cyanide,were being stored, state me-dia has reported. 150 tons ofthe substance, which can killhumans, had been removed.

The company thatowned the site had a licenseto handle dangerous chemi-cals but only since June. The

company's previous licenselapsed in October 2014.

"After the first licenseexpired, we applied for anextension. We did not ceaseoperation because we didnot think it was a problem.Many other companies havecontinued working withouta license," Yu Xuewei, chair-man of Rui Hai InternationalLogistics was quoted by statenews agency Xinhua as say-ing.

Yu, along with nineother executives, is in deten-tion.

The Xinhua report alsosaid that the company's ma-jor shareholder, DongShexuan, was the son of aformer police chief forTianjin Port and the con-nection helped the busi-ness.

Angry residents inTianjin with homes near theblast site have shared con-cerns about the long-termenvironmental and healthconsequences of the blasts.

City authorities havesaid that air and water qual-ity outside the blast zonewas in the normal range. (ByKatie Hunt, CNN)

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ISIS beheads expert who refusedto reveal location of valuable antiquities

KHALED al-As'ad spenthis life on the painstakingtask of preserving antiqui-ties, saving the relics of ourancestors for generationsyet to come.

He was working inPalmyra, a Syrian city fullof ancient monumentsand temples -- a city thatwas, in the second millen-nium B.C., a caravan stopfor people making theirway across the desert.

But over the pastmonth al-As'ad, 82, raninto a very modern men-ace -- ISIS, the most bru-tal terrorist group in re-cent memory.

He was beheaded inthe public square of thecity whose heritage he hadworked so hard to save,said Rami Abdulrahmanof the Syrian Observatoryfor Human Rights.

Al-As'ad, a universityprofessor and the formergeneral manager for an-tiquities and museums inPalmyra, was decapitatedas militants watched,Abdulrahman said, citingal-As'ad's relatives in thecity.

His crime? Refusing topledge allegiance to ISIS -- and refusing, under ISISinterrogation, to reveal thelocation of archaeologicaltreasures and two chestsof gold the terroriststhought were in the city,Syria's director of the Gen-eral Department of Antiq-uities and Museums,Maamoun Abdulkarim,

told CNN.For protecting the an-

tiquities he had spent de-cades preserving, al-As'adpaid with his life.

When ISIS enteredPalmyra in May,Abdulkarim, certain thatthe terrorists would kill al-As'ad, pleaded with him toleave the city.

"He refused,"Abdulkarim said. "He said,'Whatever happens, hap-pens. I cannot go againstmy conscience.' He had avery strong personalityand refused to yield toanyone."

Instead, he died in thecity where he was born.

ISIS posted a photo ofhis body on social mediasites. It was tied to a pole,with the head between thelegs.

On the body was awhite poster with red let-ters spelling out in Arabicthe word "Heretic."

ISIS seized the city -- aUNESCO World HeritageSite dating to the Neolithicera -- in May. ISIS fightersdestroyed two ancientMuslim shrines andposted photos of the de-struction on Facebook, theSyrian government said.

One of the tombs de-stroyed was that ofMohammed bin Ali, a de-scendent of Ali bin AbiTaleb, the ProphetMohammed's cousin, ac-cording to Syria's Direc-torate-General of Antiqui-ties and Museums

website. It lies in a hillyarea 4 kilometers (2.5miles) north of Palmyra.

"ISIS militants alsoblew up the shrine ofShagaf, known as AbuBehaeddine, a religiousfigure from Palmyra, datedto 500 years ago. Theshrine is located in the oa-sis 500 meters away fromthe Ancient City's Arch ofTriumph," read a state-ment emailed in June onbehalf of Syria's antiqui-ties chief, MaamounAbdulkarim.

Images posted on theDirectorate-General of An-tiquities and Museumswebsite showed dust anddebris flying into the air asthe shrines were destroyed.

Other monuments,temples and historic build-ings have been mined, anda statue of a lion at the en-trance to Palmyra's mu-seum has been destroyed.

As it has conqueredterritory, ISIS has de-stroyed archaeologicalsites, claiming that it con-siders religious shrinesidolatrous.

Now, another defenderof those sites has beenkilled.

"The Syrian people areshocked because he repre-sented Syria's culture andhistory," Abdulkarim said."Regardless of our differ-ences we cannot differ onthe character of Khaled al-As'ad." (By Don Melvin,Ralph Ellis and SalmaAbdelaziz, CNN)

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Happy Foods: Pagkain Para SumayaPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

1. Kanin, Wheat Bread atSpaghetti – Ang mga car-bohydrates tulad ngkanin, pansit at spaghettiay nagpapasaya sa atingmood. Ang carbohy-drates ay nagpapataas ngating serotonin levels, nanagpapakalma ng atingemosyon. Hindi baparang kalmado kakapag nakakain ka ngisang platong mainit nakanin?Mas mainam na piliinyung mga healthy na car-bohydrates tulad ngwheat bread, brown riceat mga gulay din. Huwagmaniwala sa high-pro-tein diet tulad ng Atkin’sat Southbeach diet dahilito’y magpapalungkotlang sa inyo. Kaibigan,ingatan lang ang dami ngating kinakain para hinditumaba.2. Gatas –Ang gatas aymay mga bitamina atamino acids paragumanda ang atingmood. Ito aynagpapadami ng seroto-nin sa ating katawan. Angserotonin ay parang anti-depressant tulad ngProzac. At para hindi

Dr. Willie T. Ong

tumaba, uminom ng skimmilk na mababa sa calo-ries. Masustansya na,pampasaya pa!3. Matatabang isda tulad ngmackerel, tuna at sardines– Ang mga “oily fish” tuladng mga nabanggit aymataas sa Omega-3 fish oil.Ang Omega 3 ay mabuti saating puso, pampababa pang kolesterol atmakatutulong din napasayahin tayo. Pinapataaskasi ng Omega 3 ang sero-tonin levels ng ating utak.At kapag maraming seroto-nin, mas masaya tayo.4. Dark Chocolate – Naku,nakakataba yata iyan? Oonga, aaminin kongnakakataba ang chocolate

pero marami namanitong kemikal nanagpapasaya sa atingmood. Sabi ng mgaexperto, ang pagkain ngchocolate aynagpapataas ng lebel ngendorphins sa atingkatawan. Ang endor-phins ay mga natural nahormones nanagpapasaya sa atin.5. Kahit anong pagkaingmasarap – Bastamasarap ang kinakain,hindi ba sumasaya kana? Kaya lang,karamihan ng masarapna pagkain aynakakataba at bakatumaas pa ang atingkolesterol tulad ngchicharon at lechon.Para sa akin, masarapang gulay tulad ngampalaya at upo.Masaya ako diyan.Ang payo ko ay hinay-hinay lang sa pagkain nginyong mga paborito.Sanayin ang panlasanatin na kumain ngmasarap na at healthypa. Ang gulay, prutas atisda ay sadyang mabutisa inyong kalusugan.Have a nice day, po.

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DATELINE MINDANAO

Goin’ to places proves so dif-ficult, especially if ain’t got aride, and at our office inDavao, vehicles are a prob-lem. Getting a taxi is so ex-pensive and riding a jeep ormulti-cab for that mattermakes it worse for a big guylike me. Thanks to somefriends that I get to ride theirluxurious pick-up trucks andSUVs while in Davao, wheredurian nowadays sell for aslow as P20 a kilo.

But how can I enjoy thesweet taste of durian? I likeeating it cold, but the officehas no refrigerator and ap-plying for credit at appli-ances stores also proves fu-tile, especially if you are deal-ing with idiots.

Well, for one I walked inat EMCOR branch in SanPedro and was trying to get a6-cubic foot refrigerator foraround P9,000 plus and pay-able in 6 months. Confidentof my credit standing sinceI’ve been a regular customerof 3 EMCOR branches inZamboanga in the past, butthe credit guys were askingme to issue post-datedcheques for the simple rea-son that, according to them,is that I am a busy man dueto my job and hectic sched-ules.

Brought the matter tothe attention of EMCOR of-

fice in Bajada and whilesome guys there are sympa-thetic to my predicament,they can’t do nothin’. I waseven trying to bring this issueto their regional manager,Grace Fernandez, throughher secretary, I supposed –during my telephone con-versation – but all I get wasan apology from the soft-speaking secretary, and not aword from their manager.

It was really very disap-pointing and the decision torequire me to issue post-dated cheques seems toomuch for an old customer. Ieven asked the guys over atSan Pedro if all customers arerequired to issue post-datedcheques and they say “no, it’snot, but it’s a case-to-case ba-sis and you are a busy man.”

I did not know that be-ing a busy man is now a validreason for them to requirepost-dated cheques. I guessthe credit manager and hisstaff should undergo re-fresher courses on credit andcollection guidelines. Notonly they lost a valued cus-tomer, their decision wassurely a poor judgment.

Anyway, thanks toAbenson Appliances atNCCC in Matina, and thepeople there offered me aPanasonic refrigerator pay-able in 12 months – and good

as cash! But I got to enjoy theP1,000 discount for straightpurchase. ThanksAbenson...and forget aboutEMCOR, it’s a pain in the ass!

LOOKS like both Inte-rior Secretary Mar Roxasand Vice President JojoBinay are having a hard timelooking for their vice presi-dential candidate, and thereare serious efforts to dis-credit Senator Grace Poe inseeking the presidency.

I bet that if Grace de-cides to run as an indepen-dent presidential candidate,she would win hands downagainst Mar and Jojo. Mar istrying to get Grace as hisrunning mate – to ensurethe smart daughter ofFernando Poe Jr would carryhis sagging popularity toMalakanyang.

But getting Grace is nota guarantee for Mar. AndRepresentative LeniRobredo is also beingcourted by the Liberal Partyas Mar’s running mate too.Well, is Leni wanted to keepher credibility, then stayaway from Mar. She can beGrace’s running mate andwho knows that this poorcountry would be ruled bywomen – honest and cred-ible women of substance! Solet’s wait and see.(mindanaoexaminer@gmail.com)

Letters to the Editor: Releasing prisoners innon-bailable crimes; the Enrile precedent

Dear Editor,It is claimed that the

courts have the discretion

to grant bail in non-bail-able offenses. Note,though, that it’s Congress,

exercising its constitu-tional power to legislate,that determines whichcrimes are bailable andnon-bailable.

If the law is clear, itneeds only to be applied,not interpreted, more sowhen the law sets no ex-ceptions. May the SC judi-cially legislate and im-pose its own exceptionswhen a penal law is clearas to its scope and appli-cation?

Is the matter of bail asimple Remedial Law pro-cedure that is reservedonly to the Judiciary todetermine? As we con-sider the pro hac vice bailruling of the SC in thecase Enrile, let’s not forgetthe thousands of old, sick,mentally disturbed andhopeless inmates lan-guishing in our hellishprisons nationwide.

If we follow the SC’sapplication of humani-tarianism in the case ofEnrile, shouldn’t the Judi-ciary now take the proac-tive stance of studying therelease of these sufferingand dying inmates?

That is, if the SC be-lieves that discriminationhas no place in our justicesystem.

Thank you.AAAAAttyttyttyttytty. M. M. M. M. Manuel J. Laseranuel J. Laseranuel J. Laseranuel J. Laseranuel J. LasernananananaJrJrJrJrJr.....LaserLaserLaserLaserLaserna Cna Cna Cna Cna Cuevuevuevuevueva-a-a-a-a-MMMMMererererercader Law Officescader Law Officescader Law Officescader Law Officescader Law Offices

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Report good performing civil servantsCEBU CITY - The Civil Ser-vice Commission (CSC)has called on the public toreport good performinggovernment agencies orindividuals as part of itscampaign to promotetransparency and showappreciation to civil ser-vants.

Prolaine Daclan, CSCHuman Resource Special-ist, said it will be inspiringthe rest of the civil servantswhen they hear also of re-ports of fellow governmentemployees whose worksare being appreciated.

Daclan said the CSC isnow receiving thousandsof reports of various agen-cies since the start of the

more accessible feedbackand complaint mecha-nisms. “However only onepercent of these reports arepositive ones, the rest arecomplaints,” Daclan said.

In Central Visayasalone, Daclan said the CSCreceived around 50 reportsand this tripled in 2015.

Most of these com-plaints, according to her,were from those agencieswith higher density clientssuch as the Land Transpor-tation Office, National Sta-tistics Office, Registry ofDeeds, among others.

“That’s why we call onthose who catch govern-ment employees doing agood job to please tell us

because we will documentthem,” Daclan said.

Myra Fortuna, CSCspokesperson, also said rec-ognizing good perfor-mances of civil servants arehighlights of next month’s115th year celebration of thePhilippine Civil Service.

She said they will giveout Honor Awards and Sealof Excellence for govern-ment agencies. For this yearin the regional awards, theywill recognize five front lineservices and these includeLTO in Siquijor, PagibigAyala Cebu, Philhealth andGovernment Service and In-surance System inTagbilaran. (Ferliza C.Contratista)

PhilHealth nay bag-ongcheck-up package

A G B AT O Nna og check-up packageang Philip-M

pine Health InsuranceCorporation (PhilHealth)diin unahon una angmga kabos ug senior citi-zen nga mahatagan oglibreng blood test,tambal alang sa diabetesug hypertension.

Matud pa niPhilHealth Office of theChairman Executive Staffhead Doctor MinguitaPadilla, mapahimutang nasa Department of Healthsa Setyembre ang mgaekipo nga kinahanglanonsa mga rural health unitaron masugdan angcheck-up package saEnero 2016.

Matud pa ngagipalapdan sa PhilHealthang dialysis package niinisa 90 sessions matag tuig,gikan sa kanhi 45 sessionslamang matag tuig.

Giingong nipasa na ogboard resolution ning bag-o lang og ipamantala na samga mosunod nga semanaang guidelines kalabotniini. (Elvira Bongosia)

‘Service Beyond the Metro’CEBU CITY – The Bureau ofImmigration’s “Service Be-yond the Metro” caravan inCebu’s Mandaue City was asuccess and CasimiroMadarang, BI Alien ControlOfficer, said the province hasplayed an important role intaking care of foreign nation-als because Cebu is theirfavotire destinations in thePhilippines.

He said the recent cara-van included services suchas Long Stay Visitors Visa Ex-tension, Extension andImplementation of StudentVisa, Updating of Stay, AlienRegistration Program and

Application and Issuance ofACR I-Card.

Madarang said the pro-gram aims to engage andcollaborate with the publicand the local communitiesto allow a more transparentand effective, efficient pro-cessing of immigrationdocument.

BI CommissionerSiegfried Mison also saidthe caravan is part of the ac-tivities leading to the BI’s75th anniversary in Sep-tember. He said it providesmore interaction amongBI’s top management andits field personnel to resolve

grievances and equipmentrequirements.

A first in BI history, Ser-vice Beyond the Metro of-fers a one-stop service thatallows the public to receivetheir immigration docu-ments on the same day theapplication was filed. Theprogram will run for twomonths and will includeservices to Davao,Bacolod, Iloilo, andCagayan de Oro, amongothers. The caravan al-ready completed its ser-vices to Olongapo, Baguio,Batangas, and Sta. Rosa,Laguna. (Hazel F. Gloria)

Cybercrime Prevention Act ImplementingRules and Regulations gilagdaan

GA OPISYALsa Depart-ment of Jus-tice, Depart-M

ment of the Interior andLocal Government ug De-partment of Science andTechnology milagda sagipanday nga nasudnongImplementing rules andRegulations saCybercrime PreventionAct.

Ang mga opisyal ngamilagda sila si DOJ Secre-tary Leila de Lima, DOSTSecretary Mario Montejoug DILG Undersecretaryfor Operations EdwinEnrile.

Gipasabot ni De Limanga ng RA 10175 konCybercrime Prevention Actimportante ang "legalframework" niini ngamaghatag ug tukmangsilot sa nahisgutangkrimen tungod kay angcybercrime dili lamangnasudnong krimen kondili katap sa tibookkalibutan.

Importante ngamakab-ot ang epektibongstratehiya nga makuha sa

"electronic evidence" aronmapahamtangan sa silotang mohimo sa krimenbisan asa pa sa tibookkalibutan sila mahimutang.

Samtang si Enrile, ngaang Technical WorkingGroup mihimo ug upat kapublic consultations nga gitambongan sa 40 ka organi-zations ug entities.Namasalig usab si Enrilenga ang proteksyon ugseguridad sa mga katawhanang gihatagan ug bili sa IRR.Tumong sa IRR nga dili mabiktima ang katawhan sa il-legal access, computer-re-lated forgery, identity theftand fraud, cybersex and online libel.

Midugang pagpahibalosi Enrile nga ang DILG ugPNP mohatag sa tinud-anaynga serbisyo pagimplementar sa balaod saCybercrime Law.

Si Montejo sa iyangbahin mipahibalo nga isipmagbalantay sa agenda sanasud, ang DOST adunayresponsibilidad nga makigalayon sa DILG ug PNP sapagbantay sa seguridad sacyberspace aron luwas kini

alang sa gobyerno, mganegosyo ug ilabi na angkatawhang Pilipino sa ilangpaggamit sa ICT ug internet.

Sa pagka himugso saCybercrime Prevention Actnga milungtad sagidugayon nga 14 ka tuigusa kini napasar ngabalaod, mga stakeholders,negosyante, academe, non-government organizations,legal profession, media, ICTgroups ug internet serviceproviders ang mihimo ugseries of consultations sulodsa 17 ka bulan.

Dugang pamahayag niDe Lima nga ang IRRebidensya sa lahutay ngapaningkamot aron angbalaod sa cyberspacemapahamtang sa tanangnga mo abuso gamit angmodernong pamaagi sateknolhiya.

Si ICTO Executive Di-rector Undersecretary LouisNapoleon C. Casambre ugDOJ Office of CybercrimeHead Assistant SecretaryGeronimo L. Sy angmilangkob nga mga focalpersons sa pagpanday saIRR. (Leandria P. Pagunsan)

Negosyo Centers in Cebu get huge supportCEBU CITY – The Depart-ment of Trade and Industryhas launched “NegosyoCenters” in Cebu which aimsto catalyze small mediumenterprises to grow, com-pete, and excel.

DTI said has the supportof local governments inCebu, including the busi-ness sector. It said theNegosyo Centers envision toprovide general business ad-visory and capability devel-opment services to the localwould-be and existing mi-cro, small and medium en-terprises.

Cebu City MayorMichael Rama said they arecommitted to give their bestsupport to the advocacy ofDTI in bringing business de-velopment here. “We will al-

ways be with you, we will doour best to the best of our ca-pability,” Rama said.

Provincial Board Mem-ber Miguel AntonioMagpale said the provincialgovernment is also commit-ted to the advocacyofNegosyo Center. “The Cebuprovincial government andmy office has participated ina series of meetings withSenator Bam Aquino on en-trepreneurship and trade,”Magpale said.

For the business sector,the Cebu Chamber of Com-merce and Industry throughits president, Maria TeresaChan, expressed gratitudefor the fast and timely estab-lishment of the NegosyoCenters.

“I would like to thank

DTI-7 for the fast trackingof the Negosyo Centers,”Chan said, adding it willenable MSMEs to getalong with the ASEANeconomy.

Chan pledged theCCCI’s support in the en-deavors of the NegosyoCenters, saying DTI-7 isone of the favorite agenciesof the business sector. “Wewill give full commitmentand assistance to the en-deavors of Negosyo Cen-ters,” she said.

CCCI has set a goal tomake the Negosyo Centersin Cebu the best in thecountry, Chan said.

The DTI has put up 76Negosyo Centers in thecountry since the start ofthis year. (Amor Y. Saludar)

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