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Senator FerdinandMarcos, Jr., attended theconsultation held at theprovincial gymnasium inPatikul town. Sulu Gov-ernor Totoh Tan and ViceGovernor Sakur Tan ledlocal government offi-cials in the joint publichearing.

Vice Governor Tan

said many locals werenot even aware or haveread the provisions of theBBL.

Marcos, who headsthe Senate committee onlocal government, saidthe proposed law, astransmitted by PresidentBenigno Aquino to Con-gress, wil l pass in its

original draft because ofmany contentious is-sues.

Lawmakers have re-peatedly said that someprovisions in the BBL areunconstitutional andamong these include theoption to increase theMuslim terr itor iesthrough 10% votes by lo-cal residents and policepowers. Members ofboth House of Represen-tatives and Senate alsowant to amend the BBL.

Previous BBL con-sultations were also heldin Sulu, but theBangsamoro TransitionCommission headed byMoro Islamic LiberationFront (MILF) vice chair-man and chief peace ne-gotiator MohagherIqbal, ignored all recom-mendations made by theprovincial leaders andrepresentatives of vari-ous civil groups and or-ganizations in the prov-ince, and the same alsoin Basilan and Tawi-Tawiprovinces where similarpublic consultationswere also held last year.

Many Muslims inSulu and Basilan andTawi-Tawi do not wantto be included in theproposed Bangsamoroautonomous region incentral Mindanao, andinstead wanted to be

back as part of WesternMindanao or Region 9,for various reasons.Majority of the peoplein Sulu are Tausugwhile Yakan in Basilanand Sama Bangingi inTawi-Tawi; andMaguindanao andLanao del Sur, which isalso part of the autono-mous region have alsoits own tribes.

And indigenouspeople from other eth-nic tribes in Mindanaoalso wanted to be rep-resented in the pro-posed new autono-mous region and notMuslims alone.

Various indigenousgroups that belong tothe Lumad MindanawPeoples Federation alsoappealed to Marcos forthe full inclusion of theNon-Moro IndigenousPeoples’ Rights in theSenate Bil l 2408 orBangsamoro Basic Law.“Above all it is the rec-ognition, protectionand promotion of ourrights to territories orancestral domains, in-cluding the resourcesbecause that belongs tothe generations yet toborn,” it said in a letter– signed by 16 tr iballeaders – sent toMarcos.

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Members of the PNP Taekwondo Team with Senior Superintendent Roberto Fajardo and their instructor Chief InspectorLorenzo Cobre.

Police Taekwondo team bagschampionship trophy in national tourney

MANILA – The 64-mem-ber of the Taekwondoteam of the Philippine Na-tional Police has won 45medals – 11 Gold, 14 Sil-ver and 20 Bronze in dif-ferent categories- in therecently concluded Na-tional New Face of the YearTaekwondo Champion-ship where it bagged thetop place.

The team bested

some 1,100 other “jins” towin the championship tro-phy, according to SeniorSuperintendent RobertoFajardo, the Program Direc-tor of PNP Taekwondo, andalso the head of the PNPAnti-Kidnapping Group.

“Hopefully we can pro-duce more black beltersand instructors, and pro-vide more training to ouruniformed and non-uni-

formed personnel. Sapamamagitan nito,mailalapit natin ang PNP sainterest ng ating mgakababayang nasa laranganng palakasan,”Fajardo said.

He said the Taekwondoteam – composed of 48 po-licemen and 16 police-women – is already plan-ning to expand training toall police units and officesto promote camaraderie,

discipline and other posi-tive values which is consid-ered as essential elementsfor effective law enforce-ment.

Fajardo said the PNPTaekwondo Program issupported by the PhilippineTaekwondo Associationthat aims to promote worldclass combat sport trainingfor police personnel.(Mindanao Examiner)

US cited for police violence, racism inscathing UN review on human rights –

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ther more than us nor we,Lumads lesser than them. Wevalue mutual respect and co-existence because we sharethis Island (of Mindanao) ashome of our peoples long,long before the advent of the(Spanish) conquistadoresthat our ancestors were ableto resist, endure, survive andremain in their life ways. Andso today, we are standing onour ancestors’ shoulders tocontinue that struggle forland and life. Our progressand advancement are con-sistent to culture and tradi-tion handed to us by our an-cestors. Mutual respect andunderstanding will result topeace and co-existence notdomination and oppres-sion,” it added.

In Zamboanga, MayorBeng Climaco reiterated hertough stance for the inclu-sion of this city to the pro-posed autonomous region.“Let us be firm in our standon the city’s non-inclusion tothe BBL,” she said.

Climaco has repeatedlydeclared that Zamboangashould never form part norbe included in theBangsamoro region becauseit is the “collective stand ofZamboanga on the issue ofthe BBL.”

“We expect Congress topass a law which is consis-tent and harmonious withand not contrary to the 1987Constitution and a law thattruly addresses grievancesthat bring about secessionand armed conflicts inSouthern Philippines andnot merely for appease-ment. A law that treats everyMIndanaoan on even keel,a law that respects the sov-ereignty and the territorialintegrity of the Republic of

Yes, No to BBL...the Philippines,” she said.

In March, three influen-tial Muslim governors andother leaders in the autono-mous region have publiclycome out to support Aquinofollowing the deadly clashesbetween MILF and policecommandos inMaguindanao during ananti-terror operation thatkilled Malaysian bomberMarwan.

Vice Governor Tan, whowas among those whoopenly declared support toAquino, said he and otherprovincial officials and may-ors were supporting thepresident. Tan along withformer Tawi-Tawi GovernorSadikul – who representedGovernor Nurbert Sahali-and Basilan Governor JumAkbar, including Tawi-TawiRep. Ruby Tan, pledged theirall-out support during apublic forum attended byleaders of various groupsfrom the three provinces,and student and youth lead-ers in Zamboanga and Sulu.

“We want to reaffirmour unconditional supportto the President,” Tan said.

Tan emphasizedAquino’s sincere leadershipand his aspiration for peaceand progress in Mindanao.and at the same timestrongly criticized thosewho are calling for thepresident’s resignation orouster.

He said Aquino hasnever spoken about war, butpeace for the country, espe-cially in the Muslim autono-mous region and other partsof Mindanao where thepresident poured billionsand billions of pesos in de-velopment projects in sup-port to peace and develop-ment efforts.

“There are certain

people who believe in goingto war to be able achievepeace. But we are now talk-ing peace because they wentto war. There are so manygroups, the BIFF, the MNLF,the MILF – they all went towar and now they are talk-ing about peace, but in thecase of President Aquino, hehas not been talking aboutwar, he’s never talked aboutwar (but peace),” Tan said.

He said although theMamasapano clash was atragic incident, Aquino hadnot resort to violence. Akbarand the Sahalis also echoedTan’s statement, saying, theyall support Aquino.

Many groups de-manded Aquino’s resigna-tion over his failure to pre-vent the brutal killings ofnearly four dozen policecommandos on January 25deep inside MILF territoryin Mamasapano town. Theelite Special Action Forcecommandos were am-bushed by MILF forces andBangsamoro Islamic Free-dom Fighters on their wayout of the remote village.

The MILF signed apeace accord last year, butthe peace process is yet to becompleted with passage ofBangsamoro Basic Law nowpending in Congress follow-ing the carnage. Tan’s groupwas the first in Mindanao tocome out in the open andexpress their full support toAquino. They are also ex-pected to issue their ownprovincial manifesto in sup-port to Aquino.

Lawmakers shelved theBBL until investigations intothe deadly clashes betweenSAF and MILF was com-pleted. The BBL is importantin crafting a new autono-mous region in Mindanao.(Mindanao Examiner)

Police hunt cop killerPolice were still searchingfor the gunman that killeda cop in an attack inZamboanga City lastweek.

Officials saidPO1Jerome Alpa, 31, wasshot many times in the vil-lage of Santa Catalina.

Alpa, a member of the9th Regional MaritimeGroup, was on a motor-

cycle when gunman shothim near his house.

Chief InspectorDahlan Samuddin, a re-gional police spokesman,said forensic investigatorshave recovered two bulletslugs and 7 cartridges of.45-caliber pistol in thearea when Alpa was killed.

“The Zamboanga CityPolice Station is conduct-

ing a follow-up operationto determine the motive,identity and arrest of thesuspect,” he said.

No individual hasclaimed responsibility forthe shooting, but gun at-tacks are not uncommonin Zamboanga City wherehired killers are activelyoperating. (Mindanao Ex-aminer)

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan speaks to Sen. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., during a public hearing onWednesday on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law in Patikul town.

The body of policeman Jerome Alpa. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

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Gov. Totoh Tan during the inauguration of a peace and development project in Talipao town. (Photos from Province of Sulu)

Maimbung municipal officials led by Mayor Samier Tan and Sulu Provincial Women’s Council head Hajja Nurunisah Tan during the recently concluded public hearing on the proposedBansamoro Basic Law presided by Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (Photos from Maimbung Municipal Government)

Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is met at the Jolo airport by Sulu Governor Totoh Tan and Vice Governor Sakur Tan for the public hearing on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. (Photos fromthe Sulu Provincial Government)

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Rebel kill 4 soldiers in DavaoDAVAO CITY – At least adozen soldiers were killedand injured in simulta-neous attacks by commu-nist insurgents in DavaoCity in southern Philip-pines, a New People’s Armyrebel spokesman said.

Parago Sandoval saidrebels launched the attacksrecently in Calinan Districtin retaliation to continuedhuman rights violations bythe army against innocentcivilians and tribesmen.He said 4 soldiers werekilled and that 8 more hadbeen wounded in the fight-ing in Dalagdag village.

He said rebel forcesoverpowered troops fromthe 69th, 84th and 71st In-fantry Battalions andclaimed to have confis-cated assorted weapons –one M203 grenadelauncher, two automaticrifles, 400 pieces of bulletsfor M60 machine gun, 200more for K3 machine gun,8 army packs, 5 combatboots, 34 magazines, 10military vests, including amilitary tactical map andcell phones.

The fighting, he said,lasted over 2 hours and

that there were no casual-ties from the side of theNPA, which has been wag-ing a separatist war formany decades now.

“The tactical offensiveproved that a just war willalways prevail in the face ofthe enemy’s cunning andtrickery. It was part of the1st PBC’s campaignagainst the 15 columns ofAFP units operating inCalinan, Buhangin andPaquibato districts, DavaoCity.”

“It was a fitting punish-ment against the brutal op-erations of the OplanBayanihan counter-revo-lutionary forces who haveinstigated aerial bombinglast March 23 and 26 and ina separate occasion lastApril in Paquibato,”Sandoval said.

He accused the East-ern Mindanao Commandand 10th Infantry Divisionfor violating the rights ofvillagers in Davao.

“True to their cruelform, the AFP troopstrained their guns againstthe masses in cowardlyvengeance. They mauledthe residents and filed

trumped-up chargesagainst progressive leadersand members of Paquibatopeasant organizations whowere not deceived by theirnefarious psychologicalwarfare schemes,”Sandoval said.

“No matter how the10th Infantry Division andEastern Mindanao Com-mand try to conceal it bydeclaring Paquibato aspeace and development-ready, Red fighters raise thebanner of enduring sacri-fice by launching tacticaloffensives and daringcounter-attacks againstthe enemy. The people’sarmy, thus, urge foot sol-diers and AFP junior offic-ers to abandon its head-quarters and detachment,denounce the US-Aquinoregime, and side with truthand justice for the interestof peasants, workers andother basic sectors,” headded.

The military has not is-sued any statement aboutthe allegations, but someof Davao’s hinterland vil-lages are known strong-holds of the NPA.(Mindanao Examiner)

Troops seized smuggledrice in Zamboanga City

GOVERNMENT troopshave seized some 500 bagsof smuggled rice beingtransported in two trucksin Zamboanga City insouthern Philippines, offi-cials said.

Officials said thetrucks were stopped by sol-diers in the village of UpperCalarian near the military’s

Western Mindanao Com-mand headquarters. Theconfiscated rice shipmentwas handed over to the Bu-reau of Customs.

Officials did not saywho owns the shipment,but it was the second riceseizure since last monthafter troops also confis-cated 1000 bags in Arena

Blanco village here.Most of the rice ship-

ment came from nearbySabah in Malaysia and isbeing sold between P600to 750 per bag of 25 kilosand is cheaper than com-mercial rice which is be-tween P965 to P1300 perbag. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

ARMM governor’s son wins bronze medalin international science fair in TexasCOTABATO CITY – AhmedTurabin Hataman took thebronze medal in the 8thannual International Sus-tainable World Energy En-gineering and Environ-ment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEP) in Houston,Texas.

Hataman was thirdamong 426 finalists from71 countries for his biode-

gradable plastic inven-tion.

Unlike other plastics,Hataman’s coconut-madeplastic biodegrades in 20days. This invention alsowon for Hataman the goldmedal in last year’s Inter-national Young InventorsOlympiad in the USA.

Ahmed Hataman, whois better known as Amin, is

son of ARMM GovernorMujiv Hataman and Rep.Sitti Djalia TurabinHataman.

The congresswomansaid this is one of the bestMother’s Day gifts she hasreceived from her eldest.

I-SWEEP is an inter-national science fair pro-gram. (Dennis Arcon,InterAksyon.com)

POEA strips recruitmentagency of its license

MANILA – The PhilippineOverseas and EmploymentAdministration has can-celled the license of a jobrecruitment agency for al-legedly deceiving and ex-acting placement fees froma domestic worker.

Administrator HansLeo J. Cacdac said theValentino Promotion Re-cruitment InternationalAgency, Inc. was strippedof its license for misrepre-sentation and collection ofplacement fees fromhousehold service workersdeployed to Singapore andthe United Arab Emirates.

Cacdac said that in thecase of illegal fees exaction,the complainant againstValentino Promotion al-leged that a staff memberof the agency promised heremployment as a house-hold service worker inSingapore with a salary of600 Singapore dollars. Shesigned the contract, andwas charged an amountequivalent to 8 months ofher salary as placementfee, to be paid through sal-ary deduction.

She worked inSingapore for 15 months,but with a salary of nomore than US$400 amonth.

“With an exchange rateof P43 to a US dollar at the

time of her deployment, theworker would have paidP17,200 per month orP138,000 in 8 months,which violates both Philip-pine and Singaporean lawson recruitment and em-ployment,” Cacdac said.

Household service ordomestic workers shouldnot be charged any place-ment fees. POEA GoverningBoard Resolution No. 6, Se-ries of 2006 prohibits re-cruitment agencies fromcollecting such placementfees. “The mere fact ofcharging or asking forplacement fees warrantsthe penalty of license can-cellation on the part of therecruitment agency,”Cacdac said.

In the case on decep-tion or misrepresentationwhich the POEA initiatedagainst Valentino Promo-tion, Cacdac said the Phil-ippine Overseas Labor Of-fice (POLO) in Abu Dhabi,UAE endorsed the case of adomestic worker who tookshelter at the OFW Center,10 days after arriving in thesaid country.

In her sworn state-ment, the worker claimedthat she signed an employ-ment contract indicating amonthly salary of US$400.Upon arrival in Abu Dhabi,however, her employer dis-

closed that she would onlybe receiving 800 dirhams assalary per month. The em-ployer sent her back toEmirates Falcon ManpowerServices, Valentino’s coun-terpart agency in AbuDhabi, when she refused toaccept the job. The agencyowner wanted her to reim-burse the expenses in-curred in her recruitment,and threatened to detainher if she would not pay.

Cacdac said misrepre-sentation was establishedwhen Valentino Promotionsubmitted for POEA pro-cessing the employmentcontract of the complain-ant indicating a salary ofUS$400, only to be reducedto US$200 or 800 dirhams atthe jobsite.

“Obviously, the recruit-ment agency committedsuch misrepresentation tofacilitate the processing ofthe documents of theworker at the POEA withdispatch. She would nothave been allowed to bedeployed unless the stipu-lations in the contract of theworker complied with theprovisions of the POEArules on the deployment ofhousehold service work-ers,” he said, adding, it wasValentino Promotion’s thirdoffense. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Ahmed Turabin Hataman at the 8th annual International Sustainable World Energy Engineeringand Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) in Houston, Texas. PHOTO BY REP. SITTITURABIN HATAMAN via TV5

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US cited for police violence, racism in scathingUN review on human rights – Al Jazeera

THE UNITED STATES wasslammed over its rightsrecord Monday at theUnited Nations’ HumanRights Council, with mem-ber nations criticizing thecountry for police violenceand racial discrimination,the Guantánamo Bay De-tention Facility and thecontinued use of the deathpenalty.

The issue of racismand police brutality domi-nated the discussion onMonday during thecountry’s second universalperiodic review (UPR).Country after country rec-ommended that the U.S.strengthen legislation andexpand training to elimi-nate racism and excessiveuse of force by law enforce-ment.

“I’m not surprised thatthe world’s eyes are fo-cused on police issues inthe U.S.,” said Alba Mo-rales, who investigates theU.S. criminal justice sys-tem at Human RightsWatch.

“There is an interna-tional spotlight that’s beenshone [on the issues], inlarge part due to the eventsin Ferguson and the dis-proportionate police re-sponse to even peacefulprotesters,” she said.

Anticipating the com-ments to come, JamesCadogan, a senior counse-lor to the U.S. assistant at-torney general, told del-egates gathered in Geneva,“The tragic deaths ofFreddie Gray in Baltimore,Michael Brown in Mis-souri, Eric Garner in NewYork, Tamir Rice in Ohioand Walter Scott in SouthCarolina have renewed along-standing and criticalnational debate about theeven-handed administra-tion of justice. These eventschallenge us to do betterand to work harder forprogress — through bothdialogue and action.”

All of the names hementioned are black menor boys who were killed bypolice officers or diedshortly after being ar-rested. The events havesparked widespread angerand unrest over the pastyear.

Cadogan added thatthe Department of Justicehas opened more than 20

investigations in the last sixyears — including an in-vestigation into the Balti-more Police Department— as well as the release ofa report of thePresidentialTask Force on 21st CenturyPolicing in March, whichincluded more than 60 rec-ommendations.

But advocates like Mo-rales say the U.S. could domuch more.

“Use of excessive forceby police was a major partof this year’s UPR, and thefact that we still don’t havea reliable national figure toknow how many peopleare killed by police or whatthe racial breakdown is ofthose people is a travesty,”she said. “A nation as ad-vanced as the U.S. shouldbe able to gather that num-ber.”

The Justice Depart-ment did not respond torequests for comment.

Although the problemsare not new, the death ofyoung men like GrayandBrown and the unrest thatfollowed their killings inU.S. cities over the pastyear has attracted the at-tention — and criticism —of the international com-munity.

“Chad considers theUnited States of America tobe a country of freedom,but recent events targetingblack sectors of societyhave tarnished its image,”said Awada Angui of theU.N. delegation to Chad.

The U.S. responded toquestions and recommen-dations from 117 countriesduring a three-and-a-half-hour session in Geneva onMonday morning, with thehigh level of participationleaving each country just65 seconds to speak.

Among the variousconcerns raised by U.N.member states was the fail-ure to close theGuantánamo Bay deten-tion facility, the continueduse of the death penalty,the need for adequate pro-tections for migrant work-ers and protection of therights of indigenouspeoples.

Member states alsocalled on the U.S. to endchild labor, human traf-ficking and sexual violenceagainst Native Americanand Alaska Native women

and to lift restrictions onthe use of foreign aid toprovide safe abortion ser-vices for rape victims inconflict areas.

Pakistan, Russia,China and Turkey wereamong the most vociferousof the member states, withRussia informing the U.S.that “the human rightssituation in the countryhas seriously deterioratedrecently” before present-ing seven recommenda-tions to the U.S. delega-tion.

Pakistan Ambassadorto the U.N. Zamir Akramtold the delegation that Pa-kistan has “serious con-cerns about the humanrights situation in the U.S.”

Akram’s eight recom-mendations included callsfor the U.S. to use armeddrones in line with interna-tional norms and to com-pensate innocent victimsof drone strikes with cash.He also said the U.S.should end police brutalityagainst African-Ameri-cans, cease illegal deten-tions at Guantánamo Bayand prosecute CIA opera-tives responsible for tor-ture.

The March findings ofthe Senate Select Commit-tee on Intelligence on tor-ture were not overlookedby international delegates.Many echoed the concernsof the Danish delegate,Carsten Staur, who recom-mended that the U.S. “fur-ther ensures that all victimsof torture and ill treatment,whether still in U.S. cus-tody or not, obtain redressand have an enforceableright to fair and adequatecompensation and as fullrehabilitation as possible,including medical andpsychological assistance.”

Under the UPR, everyU.N. member state is sub-ject to the same peer-re-view of its human rightsrecord on a four-year cycle.

The UPR was createdas part of the mandate ofthe Human Rights Council,established by the U.N.General Assembly in 2006to replace the widely dis-credited Human RightsCommission, which in-cluded among its mem-bers some of the world’smost egregious humanrights abusers.

The council consists ofelected members which,when electing new mem-bers, according to the reso-lution that created it,should “take into accountthe candidates’ contribu-tion to the promotion andprotection of human rightsand their voluntarypledges and commitmentsmade thereto.”

Still, according to Free-dom House — an organi-zation advocating for de-mocracy and human rights— repressive regimesnonetheless gain councilmembership and canweaken the effectiveness ofthe council and the UPR.And the process is notwithout hypocrisy, ascountries that frequentlyabuse the rights of theircitizens line up to offertheir critiques of and rec-ommendations for othermember states.

“Obviously, everybodyhas improvements theycan make to their humanrights record. We do believethat everybody from themost powerful country ondown should be called totask on their rights records,and we value the opportu-nity to do so,” said Morales.

“We like to focus on thesubstance of the com-ments rather than thesource of them,” sheadded.

The U.S. faced its firstreview in 2010, when mem-ber states presented the del-egation with 240 recom-mendations; it accepted171. According to HumanRights Watch, the U.S. hasfailed to act on many ofthose recommendations.

About a fifth of the 2010recommendations urgedthe U.S. to ratify or with-draw reservations on a slewof international humanrights treaties and conven-tions.

After that review, theU.S. accepted recommen-dations to consider ratify-ing key human rights con-ventions, including theConvention on the Elimi-nation of All Forms of Dis-crimination AgainstWomen and the Conven-tion on the Rights of theChild. But according to Hu-man Rights Watch, no newhuman rights treaties havebeen signed or ratified.

A representative for theState Department was un-available to comment onU.S. progress on ratificationof these treaties.

Recommendations ac-cepted by the U.S. in 2010include a commitment to“find a solution for all per-sons detained atGuantánamo Bay” — yet122 men are still detained atthe facility.

The execution of three

Mexican nationals in Texassince 2011 also appeared toundermine a U.S. agree-ment to “resolve the ob-stacles that prevent the fullimplementation of theAvena Judgment,” whichrequires a review of deathsentences handed to for-eign nationals who weredenied their right to consu-lar notification of their de-tention.

A majority of countriespushed the U.S. to establisha moratorium on the deathpenalty at the federal level,with a view to full abolition.While the number of execu-tions taking place in theU.S. has been declining,member states raised con-cerns about the use of lethalinjection in light of botchedexecutions over the pastyear.

While rejecting recom-mendations to establish amoratorium, the U.S.agreed to “take all neces-sary steps to comply withminimum standards underinternational law relatingto the death penalty.” How-ever, people with seriousmental shortcomings con-tinue to be executed —most recently in March2015, when 74-year-oldCecil Clayton, who had lostpart of his brain in a sawmillaccident, was executed vialethal injection. (by NatasjaSheriff)

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Top 3 Sakit Ng PilipinoPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

MAY MGA sakit na halospangkaraniwan na sa mgaPilipino. Dahil napakaramiang apektado nito, dapatmalaman natin ang pag-iwas sa mga sakit.

1. High Blood Pressureo Altapresyon.

Kapag ang blood pres-sure niyo ay palaginglampas sa 140 over 90, angibig sabihin ay may highblood pressure oaltapresyon ka na. Isa sa 4na Pilipino ay may highblood pressure. Ang nor-mal na blood pressure aymas mababa sa 140 over 90.

Heto ang mga tips: (1)Magbawas ng timbang; (2)Magbawas sa pagkain ngmaaalat. Umiwas omagbawas sa paggamit ngasin, toyo, patis at bagoong;at (3) Mag-ehersisyo ng 3hanggang 5 beses bawatlinggo. Kapag palagingmataas sa 140/90 angiyong blood pressure,kailangan mo nanguminom ng gamot.Kumonsulta sa doktor.

2. Diabetes.Kung ika’y may

n a r a r a m d a m a n gpamamanhid, lagingnauuhaw, madalas umihi,o namamayat, magpa-check sa diabetes. Kapagang iyong blood sugar ayhigit sa 126 mg/dl

Dr. Willie T. Ong

pagkatapos ng 10 oras nahindi pagkain (fasting bloodsugar), nangangahulugangmay diabetes ka na.

Umiwas sa dalawangbagay: Matataba atmatatamis na pagkain. Mag-ehersisyo din ng regular athuwag magpataba.

Depende sa taas ngiyong blood sugar, may mgamura at mabisang gamot sadiabetes, tulad ng Metforminat Gliclazide. Ang pag-inomng gamot ay depende sa taasng blood sugar at reseta ngdoktor.

Kung hindi mo mako-kontrol ang iyong bloodsugar, ay mapapabilis angpagdating ng komplikasyonnito. Mamamanhid ang paaat kamay. Lalabo ang mgamata. Masisira din ang ugatsa puso at utak.

3. Sakit Sa Kidneys

(bato).Maraming Pilipino

ang may sakit sa kidneys.Kung mayroon kang dia-betes o high blood pres-sure, kailangan mongbantayan ang iyong kid-neys.

Ang diabetes at highblood ay nakasisira sa kid-neys. Bantayan at i-kontrolang antas ng iyong bloodsugar at blood pressure.Magagawa mo ito sapamamagitan ng tamangdiyeta, ehersisyo at pag-inom ng maintenance nagamot.

Huwag maghintay ngsintomas. Kadalasan aywalang nararamdamanang mga taong may sakit sakidneys. Kapag may kidneyfailure na, humihina naang daloy ng ihi.

Heto ang tips paraalagaan ang kidneys: (1)Bawasan ang alat ngpagkain; (2) Limitahan angprotina sa pagkain. Maskumain ng isda, gulay atprutas; (3) Iwasan ang pag-inom ng pain relievers(gamot sa kirot); (4)Uminom ng 8-10 basongtubig bawat araw.

Tandaan: Ang regularna check-up sa doktor aymakatutulong sa iyongpagpapagaling. Good luckpo.

What does it take to make Duterte run?By Jerry Dureza

HE IS the most talk about politi-cal leader in the country today.Ever since he emerged from hiscocoon as mayor of one of thecities in the Philippines, he hadflown the distance hoppingfrom one place to another inone of the most grueling one-man crusade peddling Federal-ism and opening the eyes andminds of those who wish to lis-ten, to learn and hopefully be-come disciples to the systemwhich, according to him, re-mains to be the best panacea tothe iniquitous iniquity in thecountry today.Davao City Mayor Rodrigo RoaDuterte never expected thathuge crowds would assemble tolend their ears to the man whichnow and then crops up in na-tional news dispatches abouthow he deals with criminals andhow he is being dealt with byHuman Rights Commissionand Department of Justice forhis unorthodox means of con-fronting drug and kidnappingsyndicates and other criminalrecidivists.These days Duterte emergeslarger than life. An undeclaredcandidate for President, helanded 3rd in the surveys doneby Pulse Asia and Social WeatherStation. Still, most of the giantmedia establishments are notabout to give him the limelightand he space and would ratherfocus on the garrulous politi-cians who relish to bask underthe klieg lights in vaingloriousclaim that that they are less cor-rupt and that VP Jojo Binay isenmeshed in deep shit of cor-ruption. But this, the people arealready fully aware of and nau-seated.Obviously Federalism is not aspopular an issue as Duterte’sreputation. Amidst the risingtide of corruption and criminal-ity people would assemble and

listen appraising what man isthis that makes Davao City oneof the most peaceful, livable andchild-friendly cities in the worlddespite its being adjacent to themost troubled region in the Phil-ippines?Duterte’s Federalism road showseverely lacks the requisites ofelection campaign and propa-ganda. He moves around in ashoe-string budget. He lacks fi-nancial resources but he hasfriends in many places whogladly offer him a room to passthe night. He is averse to expen-sive food and would rather gofor steamed dilis wrapped inbanana leaf. In short lutongbahay. He has no qualms aboutbeing dressed appropriately be-cause he thinks that denims andT-shirts are okay. The only timeI saw him in borrowed suit waswhen he stood as sponsor to awedding of a friend’s son. Be-cause it was such a rarity hisfriends had a picture taken as asouvenir of him in an“amerikana”. Well, the othertime I saw him wear a decentbarong Tagalog was when heappeared before a senate hear-ing on smuggling cases in thecountry.Talking of formalities Duterteadmits he does not have theniceties of diplomatic languagelike those of his peers. In thesame hearing in the Senate hallhe straightforwardly declaredthat if the suspected smuggler(which he identified) will sur-face and do his thing in DavaoCity and attempts to fight it outwith the law he “will gladly shoothim”. He shocked the squea-mish lawmakers, the CHRChairwoman and the JusticeSecretary. He never hides hisannoyance against crime and inunguarded quips would say thatif he is President he will restoredeath penalty and not by any ex-

pensive means but hanging us-ing laundry wire. What you seein him is what you get and whatyou hear is what you should ex-pect.Duterte is a man of few wordsbut he engages his audienceabout Federalism for hours. Butthe open forum would stretchthe more because, having heardand seen him in person, the dis-cussion would graduate intoearsplitting call for him to runfor President. It is an apparentmindset that the people agree tohis proposition to shift thepresent unitary system of gov-ernment provided he is Presi-dent.Thus the challenge. What will ittake to make the man to run es-pecially one who shuns thepower of the Presidency butdeserves it most? Dutertedodges the clarion call for himrun but gives us not just aglimpse but a clear agenda ofhow he will deal with the debili-tating cancer of corruption thatis gnawing at every fiber of gov-ernment establishments. Heneed not prove anything onhow he would deal with crimi-nal syndicates because he hasdemonstrated this in more waysthan what one can find in thebooks.He says he lacks the qualifica-tion but he tells us of how andwhy, if he is president, some gov-ernment corporation like theGSIS and the SSS be privatizedand run by more competentcorporate managers to makethese yield better profits and im-prove the benefits of the mem-bers who are tired of the ineffi-ciency and bureaucracy in thesetwo government controlled cor-porations.Davao City was again judged asthe most child-friendly city inthe Philippines and yet Dutertethe mayor tells us that he doesnot have the quality of a leaderthat the people are looking for.He says he does not possess theskills to communicate like thosewho present themselves aspresidential material. On thecontrary, Duterte singularlyholds the distinction of beingable to talk with separatistfronts and communist insur-gents right in their turfs. UPProf. Clarita Carlos describesMayor Duterte as the man with“a fire in his belly” and “intelli-gently courageous”.Courage here includes thethreat to dismantle both housesof Congress if within six to oneyear he, assuming he is Presi-dent, will not achieve the re-forms that he envisions. That hewill do this after proclaiming arevolutionary government.The problem with Duterte isthat he is like a chef who pre-pares the most delectable cui-sine, lay this on the table whereseated are hungry men, womenand children. They salivate buthave to wait because the clockhasn’t struck 12.The mortal sin that MayorDuterte commits in the eventthat he will elude the call for himto run for President is to consignthe Filipino people to still an-other decadent era of corrup-tion and unabated criminality.The supreme aggravation hereis that Federalism will forever beentombed in the catacomb ofoblivion. What will makeDuterte run for the Presidency?I do not have the answer but Ihope that this little piece willdwell in the innermost recessesof his mind and heart and ticklehis conscience until he takes upthe challenge. (Jerry Dureza –jerrydureza@yahoo.com)

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Gidaghanon sa mga gi-gutom,mikunhod sa unang kwarter sa 2015

MIKUNHODsa tulo kam i l y o n gpamilyang

Pil ipino angnakasinati og gutom saunang kwarter sa tuig.Kini base sa survey saSocial Weather Sta-t ions (SWS) ngagipahigayon niadtongMarso 20 hangtud 23sa 1,200 ka respon-dents.

Kapareho kini sa13.5 porsiyento nganational hunger ratenga mas ubos og 3.7porsiyento kun itandisa 17.2 porsiyento o 3.8milyong pamilyaniadtong Disyembre2014.

Matud pa sa SWS,kini na ang pinaka-ubosnga hunger incidencesulod sa 10 ka tuig sukadMayo 2005.

Sa 13.5 porsiyentonga hunger rate, 11.1porsiyento o 2 .5milyong pamilya angnakasinati og moderatehunger o panagsa langug 2.4 porsiyento o522,000 pamilya angnakasinati og seve rehunger o kanunay.

Gikal ipay saMalakanyang angpagkunhod sagidaghanon sa mga gi-gutom nga Pilipino.

Matud pa ni Presi-dential SpokespersonEdwin Lacierda, k ini

tungod na usab sa mgaprograma saa d m i n i s t r a s y o n gAquino i labi na ang“ Tuwid na Daan” ngagihatagan og pagtagadang kaayohan sapubliko.

Apil sa solusyon niPNoy ang PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Pro-gram nga nagtinguhangmapamaayo angkinabuhi sa mga kabossa nasud.

Tungod sa resulta sapagpaningkamot saa d m i n i s t r a s y o n g ,miingon si Lacierda ngamas paningkamotan panila nga masolusyonanang kakabos sa nasud.(Elvira C. Bongosia)

The Mandaue-Mactan Bridge. (From the website http://www.iammandaue.com)

K to 12 program, barugan sa GobyernoIBARUGAN saMalakanyanga n gp a g p a t u m a nG

sa K to 12 programtaliwala sa mga petisyonbatok niini sa KorteSuprema.

Matud pa ni Sec.Herminio Coloma Jr.,ipatuman pa gihapon sagobyerno ang K to 12program samtang walaykamanduan ang KorteSuprema kalabot sagihimong petisyon niSen. Antonio Trillanes.

“Mahalaga sakinabukasan ng bansaang K to 12 kaya’t

paninindigan ngpamahalaan angkahalagahan nito sa SC,”(Mahinungdanon sakaugmaon sa nasud ang Kto 12 maong gibarugan sagobyerno angkamahinungdanono niinisa SC),” pasabot pa niColoma.

Kahinumdoman ngagi-kuwestyon ni Trillanesug Magdalo Party ang K to12 program sa High Tribu-nal nga giingong batokkini sa Konstitusyon.

“Ginagawa ang lahatpara sa maayos napagpapatupad ng pro-gram at isinasaalang-

alang ang kapakanan ngmga mag-aaral at guro,”(Gihimo ang tanan alangsa maayo ngapagpatuman sa programaug gihuna-huna angkaayohan sa mga tinun-an ug magtutudlo)dugang pa ni Coloma.

Pasabot pa ni Coloma,ang mga giingongdisbentahang dala sapagpatuman sa K to 12gitubag na sa Departmentof Education, Commissionon Higher Education ugTechnical Education andSkills Development Au-thority. (Elvira C.Bongosia)

PhilHealth, nipasidaan sa mga senior citizens batok sa mga fixersI PA S I D A A Na n g Ph i l i p -pine HealthI n s u r a n c eN

Co r p o ra t i o n s a m g as e n i o r c i t i z e n s n g amagbinantayon batoks a m g a f i x e r s n g a

mangayo og bayad isiph u l i p s a p a g t a b a n gkanila sa pag-enrol saPhilHealth.

Su k a d g i p a t u m a na n g b a l a o d n i a d t o n gNobye m b re 2 5 , 2 0 1 4 ,nagpanon na og adto

ang mga senior cit i-zens sa mga lokal ngabuhatan sa PhilHealthoffices aron mo-enrolsa programa nga wadamhang nakamugnao g k a h i g a yo n a n s am g a f i x e r s s a

pagpahimos sa ubangs e n i o r c i t i ze n s n g an a n g i n a h a n g l a n o gtabang.

Ma t u d p a n iPh i l He a l t h Pre s i d e n tAlexander Padilla, librea n g e n r o l l m e n t s amaoang programa maon g a w a l a y a n g a ybayaran ang mga seniorcitizens.

“Do not deal withfixers. Enrollment in theprogram is free, wala pokayong dapat bayaran.Huwag ninyong hayaanna maging biktima kayong mga f ixers” (Ayawpakig-deal sa mga fix-ers. Libre ang enrol l-m e n t s a m a o n gprograma, walay angayb a y a ra n . Ay a w t o g o t in g a m a h i m o k a m o n g

Paglugway sa maternityleave, giduso sa Kamara

GIDUSO saKamara angb a l a o d n o n gilugway sa 90

ka adlaw ang maternityleave sa mgak a b a b a y e n - a n g

empleyado aron masmakarekober sa dili pamobalik sa trabaho.

Amyendahan saHouse Bill 5701 ni LasPinas Rep. Mark Villarang kasamtangang

balaod nga naghataglamang og 60 ka adlawnga maternity leave.

With pay ang 90-day maternity leave ngagiduso ni Villar ug hu-man niini, mahimopang mohangyo ogdugang 30 ka adlaw ngamaternity leave angempleyado pero walana kini bayad.Nahisulod usab niiningbalaodnon ang mgasingle mother.

Ubos sa Common-wealth Act 647, limitadolamang sa mgakababayen-ang adunaybana ang ihatag ngamaternity leave. Matudpa ni Villar, dili kinimakatarungan tungodkay murag gi-konsiderar nga secondclass citizen ang mgasingle mother. (Elvira C.Bongosia)

biktima sa mga fixers),p a h i m a n g n o p a n iPadilla.

Matud pa nga walayangay dalian sa pag-en-ro l t u n g o d k a ymakapahimolos man sabenepisyo sa PhilHealthk u n k i n a h a n g l a n n anila kini, ma naa man owala’y Phi lHealth ID.K i n a h a n g l a n l a m a n gnilang ipakita ilang se-nior citizen card tungodkay nakig-koordinar naang PhilHealth sa ilangmga accredited healthcare providers kalabotniini.

A n g Ph i l He a l t hnipagawas sa Circular33, series of 2014 nganag-awhag sa mga se-nior citizens sa pag-en-ro l s a P h i l He a l t h s a

p a k i g - k o o rd i n a r s ai l a n g n a g k a d a i y a n gOffice of Senior Citi-zens Affairs o pinaagis a b u h a t a n n g agitugotan sa lokal ngak a g a m h a n a n , s al o k a l i d a d d i i n s i l anagpuyo.

Gi t a h a s a n u s a bniini ang Departmentof Social Welfare andDevelopment, seniorcitizen organizationsn g a re h i s t r a d o s aangay nga nasudnonga h e n s i y a , b i s a nunsang non-gover n-ment organization ob i s a n u n s a n g n o n -profit private organi-zations sa pagsiguro sacoverage sa PhilHealthsa mga senior citizens.(Elvira C. Bongosia)

Pilipinas, British Columbia milagda og kasabotan sa pamuoNG Pi l ipinasug anglalawigan saBritish Colum-A

bia milagda og memo-randum of under-standing (MOU) nganagtinguhang mapa-uswag angpagkabutang sa mgaPilipino didto.

Si PresidenteBenigno Aquino ugBritish Columbia Pre-mier Christy Clark mi-saksi sa paglagda saMOU Concerning Co-

operation in Human Re-source Deployment andDevelopment.

Ang kooperasyongi lagdaan ni lang De-partment of Labor andEmployment Sec.Rosal inda Baldoz ugBritish Columbia Minis-ter for Inter nationalTrade Teresa Wat sa usaka yanong seremonyanga gipahigayon sa PanPacific Hotel, Vancouverning bag-o lang.

Ang maongkasabotan sa pamuo

midason sa l ig-ongpanaghigala ugnagtubong relasyon talisa Pi l ipinas uglalawigan sa British Co-lumbia.

Ang MOUnagtinguha sapagpahisayon sa em-ployment ug deploymentsa mga mamumuongPinoy sa British Colum-bia aron pagkab-ot sapanginahanglan sapamuo nga paga-ilhonsa labor market informa-tion.

Ang kooperasyonnagtinguha usab sapagpatuman sak a s a m t a n g a n gpatakaran aron ma-protektahan ang mgamamumuo ug pagdasigalang sa “sound, ethical,and equitable recruit-ment and employmentpractices.”

Ang maong MOUgipaabot nga magpalig-on sa kinugingpagtambayayong aronwagtangon ang mgababag sa certification,

recognition ug matchingof skil ls ugkwalipikasyon sa mgaPinoy agig pagsunod sapanginahanglan ngagitakda sa British Co-lumbia regulations.

Pinaagi sa Phil ip-pine-Province of BritishColumbia MOU,matabangan ang mgaFilipino workers nganangandoy ngapermanenteng maka-trabaho ug mamuyodidto. (E lvira C.Bongosia)