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ARMM vows supportfor Duterte, Robredo

COTABATO CITY – TheAutonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao haspledged its all-out sup-port to President-electRodrigo Duterte and VicePresident Leni Robredofollowing their proclama-

tion last week.The 71-year old Duterte

did not attend the procla-mation and instead metwith supporters and allies inDavao City where he servedas its long time mayor.

The former lawyer and

prosecutor said he wouldhold office in Davao andwould start working at 1p.m. until 12 midnight.

The two officials will of-ficially hold office on June30.

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President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo (Photos from Rody Duterte andLeni Robredo facebook page)

Sabah IsOurs: Malaysia

‘Islamic State’ in MindanaoMARAWI CITY – Sporadicclashes between securityforces and jihadists con-tinue in Lanao del Sur,one of 5 provinces underthe troubled Muslim au-tonomous region insouthern Philippines.

Various sources saidat least 2 jihadists werekilled in the clasheswhich erupted last week,but still continuing in thetown of Butig where mili-tary forces were trying toflush out the group ofAbdullah Maute which isfighting for Islamic ca-liphate in the volatileregion.

Maute, leader of theso-called Islamic StateRanao, is said to be cod-dling Indonesian andMalaysian militants inthe province.

Military propagandaclaimed that more than

50 jihadists were killed inthe battle, but troops hadnot recovered the bodiesof those slain in the fight-ing. The reports cited rawintelligence from villag-ers.

At least 2 soldiers werealso killed and about 10others wounded in theclashes that started late lastmonth. Ground troopswere being supported byartillery fire and aerialbombardments by agingOV-10 aircrafts from theair force.

The governor ofLanao del Sur, BombitAdiong, has not issuedany statement on thefighting, but the regionalgovernment has began re-lief operations in manyvillages where civilianshad evacuated for fear ofbeing caught in thecrossfire or mistaken for

members or supportersof the jihadist group.

Just this year,jihadists beheaded twobrothers – Salvador andMakol Hanobas – whowere accused by Maute’sgroup as governmentspies. There were among6 sawmill operatorsseized by gunmen onApril in the province.The others – JulietoHanobas, Alfredo Anoos,Gabriel Permites andAdones Mendez – werefreed unharmed follow-ing negotiations by theirMuslim employer.

Members of thejihadist group AnsarulKhilafah also capturedand decapitated anotherman in Sarangani prov-ince after being accusedas a police spy. (With areport from MohdSaaduddin)

Hype won’t solve ‘Badjao Girl’problems, says youth groups

MANILA – Filipino youthgroups have expressedconcern over the growinghype surrounding risinginternet sensations frommarginalized sectors insociety, particularly RitaGabiola, popularlyknown as “Badjao Girl.”

Viral photos ofGabiola, taken while she

was begging for alms inthe streets of Lucban inQuezon province, havepropelled the young girlinto popularity. Sincethen, several personali-ties and institutions haverushed to shower her andher family with donationsand other forms of aid.

But the Samahan ng

Progresibong Kabataan(SPARK), a national or-ganization of studentswhich engages issues ofexploitation and mas-sive inequality in thecountry, noted severalissues surroundingGabiola’s rise to popu-larity.


Members of the Badjao tribe in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)

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The Malaysia Digestalso reported thatDuterte was quoted bythe Philippine mediathat he would neverabandon the SuluSultanate's quest tostake its claim onSabah.

“We are allowingproprietary heirs to talk(with Malaysia). Since itis part of our claim, itwill be there as ourland,” Duterte wasquoted as saying.

“What has been thepolicy will always be thepolicy of the governmentespecially those for theinterest of the country.We have to stake ourclaim.”

But Malaysian PrimeMinister Da¬tuk SeriNajib Tun Razak hasvowed to defend everyinch of Sabah’s sover-eignty.

Malaysian mediaquoted Najib as sayingthat no one could stake a

claim on Sabah that hadgained its independencethrough Malaysia withthe agreement of theUnited Nations in 1963.

The findings of theCobbold Commission re-flected the wishes of thepeople and this was ac-cepted by theinternational commu-nity. “As such, no groupcan make any claim onSabah,” Najib said in a re-port by The Star.


Ampatuan clan harassedin own hometown

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Andal Ampatuan Sr during his hospital arrest at the Eastern Mindanao Command in DavaoCity. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Ampatuan clan harassedin own hometown

COTABATO CITY – Theclan of political lordAmpatuan has accusedits opponent as behind arecent grenade attackthat injuted 2 people inMaguindanao provincein the volatile Muslimautonomous region insouthern Philippines.

Police confirmed theattack which occured lastweek at the sprawlingcompound of theAmpatuan mansion inShariff Aguak town. Itwas unknown why the

police and military failedto prevent the assault de-spite the presence ofsecurity forces in thetown.

The mansion wasowned by formerMaguindanao governorAndal Ampatuan Sr, theclan’s patriarch who wasa staunched political ri-val of EsmaelMangudadatu, the cur-rent governor.

Ampatuan - accusedas behind the murder ofdozens of people, includ-

ing Mangudadatu’s wifeand sister, and journal-ists in 2009 inMaguindanao, died inJuly 2015 from kidneyfailure.

Despite being impris-oned, many villagers inMaguindanao remainloyal to Ampatuan andhis clan.

No individual orgroup claimed responsi-bility for the attack andpolice said it is still inves-tigating the blast.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Mujiv Hataman, thegovernor of the Muslim au-tonomous region, whocampaigned for Duterte’sclosest rival Mar Roxas andhis running mate Robredo,congratulated the duo.

“Today, we turn anotherpage in our history as we wel-come those who will be at theforefront in leading ourcountry for the next six years.We would like to extend oursincerest congratulations toour President-elect, RodrigoDuterte, and our Vice Presi-dent-Elect, Leni Robredo.Both of them have proventheir mettle in empoweringthe oppressed andmarginalized sectors of soci-ety, and both of them havemade it a priority to em-power the people in theiryears of public service,”Hataman, a member of theLiberal Party, said.

He said Duterte andRobredo have won the trustof the Bangsamoro people

and with a solid track recordas local officials, both ofthem represent an adminis-tration that will find itsstrength in participatory gov-ernance and empoweredlocal government units.

Hataman said: “Theirwin, therefore, bears greatersignificance when placedbeside our collective efforttowards a national govern-ment where regions like theAutonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM) canexpect their peoples' voicesto be heard and where theconcerns of those in the re-gions are part and parcel ofthe national agenda.”

“Here in the ARMM, wehave done much in morethan seventeen years ofworking together towardspeace, and the next six yearsbring much promise. Upontaking the helm of the na-tional government, we hopethat the commitment ofboth our president-electand vice president-elect

have expressed during thecampaign with regard to thepeace process will bear fruit.May their leadership trans-late to furtheracknowledging the histori-cal injustices committedagainst the people ofMindanao, to empoweringthose whose histories are yetto find a place in the na-tional narrative, and torecognizing the rights of thepeople, including the rightto self-determination,” headded.

Hataman, who was alsore-elected, said: “We share intheir victory, and we findhope in the leadership thatPresident-elect Duterte andVice President-electRobredo will bring to thetable. Together, we look for-ward to bringing thiscountry closer to a futurewhere lasting peace andgenuine justice for all is notjust an aspiration but a wayof life.” (Mindanao Exam-iner)

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Hype won’t solve ‘Badjao Girl’problems, says youth groups

CCCCContinued frontinued frontinued frontinued frontinued from page 1om page 1om page 1om page 1om page 1“Members of the

Badjao community, likemany other indigenousgroups in the country, cur-rently face issues ofdisplacement, exploita-tion and alienation fromtheir very own culturalheritage because of thegrowing inequalities, vio-lence in their ancestrallands and the destructionof their native environ-ment and livelihood,”SPARK National Coordi-nator Arvin Buenaaguatold the regional newspa-per Mindanao Examiner.

He said as of last year,data has placed the popu-lation of the Badjaocommunity at 26, 400scattered across EasternVisayas, Northern Samar,San Bernardino Strait,Capul Island, San IsidroIsland and Manila. He saidwhile the Badjaos are tra-ditionally a seafaringtribe, some families havesettled in impoverishedcoastal sections of highly-urbanized areas due topoverty and displace-ment.

Alex Castro, ofNagkakaisang Iskolar ParaSa Pamantasan atSambayanan (KAISA UP),agreed with Buenaaguaand said: “This leavesopen the possibility ofmembers of the tribe, es-pecially children andwomen, to be subject toexploitation and harass-ment, not to mention the

detachment of youngergenerations to their well-established traditions andculture. The surroundinghype implies that mostpeople only notice indig-enous people when theyare photo shoot-materialand thus sellable.”

Castro stressed that“romanticizing” the plightof Gabiola and her familywill do very little differ-ence to the quality of lifeexperienced by indig-enous tribes.

“Since the passage ofIndigenous Peoples’ RightsAct in 1997, no successfulattempt has been initiatedto address the issue of pov-erty and exploitationamong these nomadictribes. Not to mention thedisenfranchisement ofthese groups in policiesaddressing armed violenceand environmental de-struction in rural andcoastal areas of the coun-try,” she said.

Castro also noted thatwhile civil society and in-dividual citizens’ efforts tohelp the family of Gabiolaare admirable, the govern-ment must recognize thesocietal realities that putGabiola’s family into suchdismal conditions. Shesaid that education in alllevels remain inaccessibleto most indigenous people,with its high cost and dis-criminatory policies.

“Gabiola’s desire for aquality education is reflec-tive of the desire espoused

by all citizens, especiallythose who see it as a toolfor social mobility and self-realization. We cannotsimply address this issueby giving out token schol-arships, but by providingfree education for all citi-zens, regardless of wherethey came from and whichgroup they belong to,” shesaid.

Both Castro andBuenaagua urged theAquino government in itslast few weeks and the in-coming Duterteadministration to takedrastic and immediate ac-tion to uplift and secure thelives and livelihoods.

“ P r e s i d e n t - e l e c tRodrigo Duterte, as the firstPresident to hail fromMindanao, must be veryfamiliar with the povertyand violence the indig-enous people have to facedaily and therefore shouldprioritize the integration oftheir issues in the country’spolicies on developmentand peace. This entails adeparture from theneoliberal policies es-poused by the Aquinogovernment, whichDuterte also professed toadopt, putting business in-terests ahead of the urgentdemands of the people andresulting to massive dis-placement, loss oflivelihood and the concen-tration of wealth to aprivileged few,”Buenaagua said.(Mindanao Examiner)

CCCCContinued frontinued frontinued frontinued frontinued from page 1om page 1om page 1om page 1om page 1Sabah Chief Minister

Datuk Seri Musa Aman alsostated his stand that thestate would remain part ofMalaysia and had neverrecognised any claim by thePhilippines on the issue.The report further quotedNajib as saying that Malay-sia is committed towardsdefending Sa¬¬bah fromany threat and urged its citi-zens to be the eyes and earsof the security forcesagainst anything that mightemerge internally.

Sabah Is Ours!Last year, Manila of-

fered to downgrade itsclaim on Sabah in ex-change for Malaysia’ssupport in its case beforethe United Nations againstChina’s claims over scat-tered islands near thePhilippines.

The Philippines isclaiming that Sabah orNorth Borneo originally be-longed to the Sultan ofBrunei, who gave it to Sul-tan of Sulu Salah ud-DinKaramat Bakhtiar in 1658 asa reward for helping quell a

rebellion.In 1878, Sulu Sultan

Jamalul Alam Kiram leasedNorth Borneo to the HongKong-based British NorthBorneo Company of BaronGustavos von Overbeckand Alfred Dent for “5,000Malaysian dollars” a year.

Even after NorthBorneo became part of Ma-laysia, Kuala Lumpur stillpays an annual rent of atleast 5,000 ringgit to theheirs of the recognized Sul-tan of Sulu Ismail Kiram.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Duterte umani ng batikosmula sa media watchdogs

DAVAO CITY – Umaningayon ng kaliwa’t-kanang batikos siPresident-elect RodrigoDuterte mula ibat-ibangmedia watchdog mataposnitong sabihin nakaramihan sa mgapinaslang na journalistssa bansa ay pawang mgacorrupt.

Sinabi ito ni Duterte saisang news conferencekahapon sa Davao Citymatapos itong tanunginukol sa pamamaslang samga kawani ng media sabansa. “Just becauseyou’re a journalist you arenot exempted from assas-sination, if you’re a son ofa bitch. Freedom of ex-pression cannot help youif you have done some-thing wrong,” ani Duterte.

Maraming mgamamamahayag na angnapaslang sa nakalipas nadekada dahil sa kanilangtrabaho at halos lahat ngkaso ay may kinalaman samga pambabatikos ngmedia sa mga tiwalingopisyal ng pamahalaan,militar at pulisya, at mgaisyu ukol sa droga at ibapa.

Maging si MichaellaOrtega, anak ng pinaslangna Palawan journalist nasi Doc Gerry Ortega aynagpahayag rin ngkanyang saloobin. “Lastnight’s statements alsocame as a shock to us.Ourfamily is incensed by thehasty and crass generali-zations made aboutmurdered journalists inthe country. Doc GerryOrtega was killed for hiscourage and integrity.”

“He was murderedprecisely because he washonorable. He fought forsocial justice. He stood upagainst mining inPalawan. He exposed cor-ruption in the provincialgovernment, which in-cluded the misuse ofbillions of pesos from theMalampaya funds. Thiskind of speech is alarmingbecause without due pro-cess, it casts absolutejudgment on all murderedjournalists includingthose who were killed fortelling the truth,” aniMichaella.

Ikinadismaya rin ngNational Union of Jour-nalists of the Philippines(NUJP) at ng NationalPress Club of the Philip-pines (NPCP) ang pahayagni Duterte. “It is appallingthat President-electRodrigo Duterte shouldjustify the murder of jour-nalists in the country byplaying the corruptioncard. Mr. Duterte’s crasspronouncement not onlysullies the names andmemories of all 176 of ourcolleagues who have beenmurdered since 1986, hehas also, in effect, declaredopen season to silence themedia, both individualjournalists and the institu-tion, on the mereperception of corruption.”

Bagama’t inamin ngNUJP na may mga

tiwaling miyembro ng me-dia ay hindi naman itorason upang paslanginang mga mamamahayagdahil may batas ukol dito.“The National Union ofJournalists of the Philip-pines does not gloss overthe fact that corruption isamong the most pressingproblems faced by the me-dia. Nor do we deny thatthis could be the reasonfor a number of media kill-ings. However, it is onething to recognize a pos-sible reason for murder; itis a totally different thingto present this as a justifi-cation for taking life,”dagdag pa ng mediawatchdog.

Sinabi rin ng NPCP naang pahayag ni Duterte ay“too sweeping, general-ized and therefore unfairto the victims in particularlike Doc Gerry Ortega,Ampatuan massacre vic-tims and to the entireprofession in general.”

“While we acknowl-edge that there are alsorotten members of thepress similar to other pro-fessions like in the policeand most especiallyamong politicians, to sim-plify media killing as dueto corruption in d press isto gloss over the fact thatmedia killings happen dueto the still prevalent cul-ture of impunity.”

“Wala pangnabibigyan ng katarungansa mga napaslang nakasapi ng media particu-lar sa nakaraang 6 taon.Kaya mas malalakas angloob ng mga nagbabalakng karahasan laban sa me-dia. This branding of themedia would only justifymore attacks againstthem,” wika ng NPCP.

Ipinagtanggol namanni Peter Lavina, isa sa mgamalapit kay Duterte atsinabi nitong out of con-text ang inilabas ng mediaukol sa pahayag ngPangulo.

“The expected head-lines aside from the newcabinet members wouldhave been the declarationof war against red tapeand the unnecessary bur-den and fees imposed onhapless citizens. Yet, na-tional and internationalmedia lapped up on theissue of media killings.Again and as usual RodyDuterte was taken out ofcontext, misinterpretedand misunderstood,” aniLavina.

“For instance, his ex-ample of most slainjournalists as being cor-rupt or involved in shadydeals was based on hisown assessment of thosekilled in Davao City andnot on the national scale.Certainly, Duterte has nopersonal knowledge oneach and every singlecase of media killings inmany parts of the country.During the election cam-paign, Duterte has statedhe would create a TaskForce to address mediakillings and ask for a spe-

cial prosecutor to focuson these cases. I repeatedthe same stand when Ijoined members of theNational Press Club(NPC) visit the wake of themost recent victim of me-dia killing, Alex Balcoba,last Monday night.”

Idinagdag pa nitong:“When Duterte said lastnight that journalists be-come vulnerable tokillings, it was becausethey were no longer seenas fair and neutral mem-bers of the media butbecause they have be-come partisanpropagandists, deliber-ately using their mediaoutlets in attacking or de-fending one party oranother and collectingpay offs on both.

In the context ofDuterte’s campaignagainst corruption, his re-marks indeed should beseen to mean a reminderor a message that thereare also corruption inmass media. And he hasseen this during the re-cent election whenheadlines, for instance,were being bumped off togive way to paid blackpropaganda masquerad-ing as news items. Hence,he said you really wantthe truth? well that’s thetruth.”

Ito naman ang buongsinabi ni Duterte sa newsconference: “Kungpapatayin ka talagapapatayin ka. There is noway to know that the nextvictim would be a jour-nalist. Sa karamihan,prangka-prangka, maynagawa yan. Kasi hindi kanaman talaga papatayindiyan kung wala kangginawa. Yung mga exposeor bad words against us,wala yan. Ako I’ve beenmayor… Pero karamihanniyan may, alam mo na,nabigyan na especially ifyou want to take sides.Nabayaran mo na taposyou play. Yan angkaramihan nanamamatay. Ortumatanggap na sa mgasugarol, tapos binabaril.You really want the truth,yun ang truth.”

“There is still corrup-tion sa inyong side.Marami yan. Hindi langang binibigyan niyanhindi lang ang pulis. Yungsi Pala (Jun Porras Pala),binibigyan yan, kokolektaharap-harapan sasabihinkumolekta kami tapos sakabila, babanatan mo.Ayun, that is the best ex-ample of bakitnamamatay itong mgajournalists. Ang prangka-prangka. Karamihanganun. Kasi kung journal-ist ka lang na tao, walanggagalaw sa iyo especiallyif it is the truth but youcannot hide the truth.Pero yung ganun. Ang ex-ample natin dito, taga ritoka man, iyong si Pala. I donot diminish his memory,but he was a rotten son ofa bitch.” (Mindanao Ex-aminer)

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COTABATO CITY – TheDepartment of Health ofthe Autonomous Regionin Muslim Mindanao(DOH-ARMM) has ad-vised residents in theregion to take precau-tionary measures againstdengue and water-bornediseases now that the wetseason has officiallystarted.

Christine Joy Capin,DOH-ARMM assistantprogram coordinator fordengue prevention andcontrol and food and wa-ter-borne diseases, saidthe region normally seesa rise in the number ofdengue cases during therainy season and they aretaking steps to reduce thenumber of infection thisyear.

“Residents shouldobserve different mea-sures to combat thespread of the disease.Some of the things they

should do includes dry-ing stagnant waters inthe house, cleaning theirroof gutters, immediatelyseek medical assistancewhen fever lasts for atleast two days, and usinginsect repellants andwearing long sleeveshirts,” Capin said.

She said the DOH-ARMM is currentlyconducting an extensiveinformation drive inschools and communi-ties in the region to helpminimize the number ofdengue cases. She saidthey are encouragingresidents to observe the“4S” mechanisms in den-gue prevention andcontrol.

The “4S” means:Search and destroy;Seek immediate ac-

tion;Say no to indiscrimi-

nate fogging; andSelf-protection mea-

sures.Dengue is an acute

viral infection acquiredfrom the bite of a femaleAedes aegypti mosquito.This fatal disease usuallyaffects infants and chil-dren in tropical andsubtropical countrieslike the Philippines. Itssigns and symptoms in-clude fever whichextends from 2-7 days,skin flushing, loss of ap-petite, vomiting, and insevere cases, nose bleed-ing and bleeding ofgums.

The DOH-ARMM hasrecorded 78 dengue caseswith one fatality in theentire ARMM during thefirst quarter of this year.

Capin said the num-ber is significantly lowercompared to the firstquarter of 2015, where487 cases with five fatali-ties were reported. Theyhave recorded a total of

2,376 cases with 24deaths across the regionin the same year. MarawiCity recorded the highestnumber of cases with 758followed byMaguindanao provincewith 614 cases.

Moreover, Capin alsocautioned residentsagainst common water-borne diseases likediarrhea, amoebiasis,hepatitis A, and cholera.She added that cold andcough are also very com-mon during the rainyseason.

She said observingcleanliness and beingvigilant help reduce thechance of contacting anyof these diseases.

“Observe properhand washing before andafter meals and also washthe fruits and vegetablesyou eat,” Capin said.(Bureau of Public Infor-mation)

The Mindanao Examiner 7June 6-12, 2016

HEALTH: Para Sa Batang Pihikan KumainPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

HETO ANG payo ni DrChin Morabe, isang Pedia-trician sa batang mahinakumain.

Napakalaking papelang ginagampanan ngmagulang na gabayan angpag-uugali sa pagkain ngkanilang anak.

Una sa lahat, alaminang dahilan. Wala batalagang gana o sadyangmapili lang sa pagkain.Tiyaga at pasensya angkailangan upangmapaunawa sa kanila angkahalagahan ng wastongpagkain. Hindimapupunan ngpagbibigay ng bitaminaang kakulangan sa tamangpag-papakain sa bata.

Narito ang mga tips:1. Maging mabuting

halimbawa sa bata.Ang bata ay

naiimpluwensyahan ngmga bagay na kanilangnakikita. Kung gusto mongkumain ang bata ngampalaya, dapat ayipakitang kumakain ka dinnito.

Maari dingmakaenganyo ang mganakatatandang kapatid opinsan kung nakikitangmagana silang kumain.

2. Isama ang bata sapagpaplano atpaghahanda ng pagkain.

Maaring mas matagalang pagluluto pero masnagiging interesado angbata na tikman kung anoang kanilang nagawa.Isama din sa grocery kungsaan maari siyangmakapamili ng prutas at

Dr. Willie T. Ong

gulay na gusto niya.3. Gawing kaaya-aya

ang hapag kainan.Alisin ang telebisyon,

laruan o ano mang mga gad-gets sa oras ng pagkain. Angsalu-salo ay hindi din orasupang pagalitan o sermonanang bata na maaringmakapagdulot ng malingsignal sa bata kung saannagiging negatibo angpananaw sa pagkain.

4. Magluto ng iba’t ibangputahe upang hindimadaling magsawa.

Iwasan din na tangingang paborito nitong pagkainlang ang ihahanda dahil yunlang din ang aasahan ng batalagi sa mesa. Sa halipmaglagay din ng mgabagong sangkap at unti-unting ipakilala ito sa bata.Maaring umabot sa 10-15beses bago ito magustuhanng bata.

5. Maging malikhain sapaghahanda ng pagkaingaya ng iba’t ibang hugis atkulay.

Bukod sa natututo angbata, nawiwili din itongkumain. Ang panlasa nila ay

sensitibo sa kulay, hugis,anyo, at pagkapino ngpagkain.

6. Magtakda ng regu-lar na oras ng pagkain atmiryenda.

Iwasan ang meryendakung malapit na ang orasng hapunan dahilmawawalan na sila nggana. Kahit ayaw kumainng bata panatilihin pa dinsiyang kasama sa mesatuwing oras ng pagkain.Masasanay ito kapaghinayan manood omaglaro na lamang athindi mapapaintindi angkahalagahan ng pagkain.

7. Ilayo ang mgapagkain o inumin na ayawnating ibigay sa bata, tuladng soft drinks.

Mas mainam na walaito sa bahay kaysa nakikitanila ngunit sila aypagbabawalan.

8. Huwag gawingpremyo ang pagkain gayang pagbibigay ng tsokolatematapos maubos anggulay. Sa halip namapaunawa angkahalagaan ng gulay masnatatakam tuloy sila sapremyong tsokolate.

9. Iwasangpuwersahin ang bata, bakalalo nitong katakutan angpagkain. Imbes na pilitin,unawain ang bata.Kausapin ng mahinahonat alamin ang dahilan ngkanilang pag-ayaw.

10. Huwag mag-alinlangan magtanong sadoctor kungkinakailangan. Happy eat-ing!

TECH TIPS: How to transfereverything to your new phone

GETTING a newsmartphone should be ex-citing but it's usuallyaccompanied by the dullprocess of transferring allyour contacts, music, appsand data from your old one.Thanks to a host of usefulbackup tools for Android,though, that no longer hasto be the case. We'll showyou how to transfer every-thing to your new device,whether you're upgradingfrom an Android or aniPhone.HHHHHooooow to trw to trw to trw to trw to transfer contactsansfer contactsansfer contactsansfer contactsansfer contacts

Despite all the amazingfeatures smartphones havethese days, they are still pri-marily a method ofcommunication, so yourcontacts are probably prettyimportant to you. Luckilythe days of having to writethem all down and manu-ally enter them in the newphone are long gone. Hereare the alternatives.Transferring your contacts:

Synchronize GoogleAccount

This is probably thesimplest method of them all.If you've previously savedyour contacts to yourGoogle account you can justlog into it and pick them upon your new smartphone.Just go Settings > Account >Google and toggle the Con-tacts Sync switch to on.

If you have multipleGoogle accounts you canpick the one you use themost or merge them all.

Synchronizing anydata with your Google ac-count is one of the bestlong-term strategies forbackup and transfer be-cause it's unlikely tobecome obsolete any timesoon (Google is probablygoing to stick around for afew more years), it's secureand Google's products andservices are available onmost platforms – no matterwhat you're switching to.

Transferring your con-tacts: Via SD card

If both your old andnew phone have SD cardslots, you can transfer con-tacts using a microSD card.Just open the contacts sec-tion of your old phone andhit the import/export but-ton. Then select export tostorage or something alongthose lines.

Next, pop the SD cardin the new phone, go to theaddress book and find im-port on the menu andfollow the instructions fromthere. The only problemwith this technique is thepotential for duplicate con-tacts, especially if you'vealready synced fromGoogle.

Transferring your con-tacts: Via internal storage

This method is almostthe same as above, exceptinstead of selectingmicroSD card as your ex-port destination, youchoose your internalmemory.

Following this, youmust connect your deviceto a personal computer andfind the exported .vfc file in/System on your handset(the exact directory loca-tion will be given to youwhen you create the file).Copy this file to an easy tofind the location on yourcomputer and then send itor transfer it to your new

device.Navigate once more to

address book > import onyour new phone and selectinternal storage. Find the.vfc file location and openit to import the contact list.

Transferring your con-tacts: Via SIM cardIf you want to change

phones but keep your SIMcard, you could use the oldfashioned method for keep-ing contacts – essentiallycopying all the relevantcontacts to the SIM andcarrying them over.

The advantage of this isyou can manually selectwhich ones to take with you(and have a bit of a springclean) but the downside isthat most SIMs are limitedto about 200 contacts. Theother potential issues arethat the option to export toSIM is not even provided af-ter Android 5.0 Lollipopand you are also likely tocreate duplicates.

Further, there's the po-tential that your new phonewon't support the same sizeSIM card as your previousdevice – so this one's prob-ably a last resort.

Transferring your con-tacts: From iPhone to

AndroidUnsurprisingly, data

transfer between the greatsmartphone rivals is not al-ways easy but, for contacts,at least, there's a fairlysimple solution. On one ofits support pages, Googlehas explained how to syn-chronize Gmail, Calendarand Contacts on iPhoneand iPad.

Once you have aGoogle account set up onyour Apple device, it willappear in the Email, Con-tacts and Calendars field,found in Settings. You canthen perform the stepslisted in the SynchronizeGoogle Accounts stepabove.

Alternatively, you couldlet a third-party app do thework for you.

Transferring your con-tacts: From Android to

iPhoneYou may decide to

leave Android in favor ofiPhone: we won't judgeyou. In this case, there areplenty of options. In youriPhone settings menu, forexample, you will find anentry for mail, contacts andcalendar. Here, you cannavigate to Accounts > Addaccount and you will findGoogle listed.

If you have your Googleaccount synchronized withyour contacts already (findout how to do that at the topof the page) – and you se-lect this option – after yousign in, all of your contactswill appear in your iPhone'saddress book soon after.

Alternatively, Apple hasits own Move to iOS appavailable to help you makethe switch (found below),or you could make use of athird-party app to get thejob done for you.

Transferring your con-tacts: By manufacturer

Many Android phonemanufacturers offer theirown solutions for transfer-ring contacts from onephone to another.

KKKKKeeping yeeping yeeping yeeping yeeping your old textsour old textsour old textsour old textsour old textsIf you are still attached

to their old text messages,

the best way to move themonto your new phone is bydownloading SMS Backupand Restore, a free app thatdoes exactly what you'd ex-pect it to.

Messages are stored inXML format and can thenbe sent to your newsmartphone overBluetooth, by email orsaved then downloadedfrom the cloud. You'll needto install the app on yournew phone in order to pickyour messages up.

This is a solution thatworks on all Androidphones, but some indi-vidual manufacturersolutions (such as MotorolaMigrate) bring messagesover as a matter of course,so check whether yoursdoes before you use thisoption.KKKKKeeping eeping eeping eeping eeping WhatsAWhatsAWhatsAWhatsAWhatsApp chatspp chatspp chatspp chatspp chats

One of best ways tokeep all the pictures, videosand texts that were con-tained in your oldWhatsApp is through a thirdparty app. We have a tuto-rial on how to transferWhatsApp conversions to anew device at the link.

Following a recentWhatsApp update, you canalso now back WhatsAppchats up to Google Drive.

TTTTTrrrrransferransferransferransferransferring photosing photosing photosing photosing photosThe easiest solution for

transferring photos is to au-tomatically back up yourphotos to the cloud. Appssuch as Dropbox, GoogleDrive or Google+ offerauto-synchronizationwhen your device is at-tached to a Wi-Fi networkso you can access your pho-tos from anywhere.

Alternatively, you cantransfer individual imagesor albums from phone tophone via Bluetooth. But ifyou have a large number ofphotos or very high res im-ages, this will take a longtime. If both devices havean SD card slot, SD cardtransfer might be easier.

You can also use a PC.Just connect the phone tothe PC with a USB lead,copy the images folder (orwhatever photos you want)onto the desktop and thereverse the process for thenew phone.

To transfer photos andvideos from Android toiPhone, Apple recom-mends using Copy MyData, which, when in-stalled, will give you astep-by-step guide.

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Assuming you log in toyour new phone with yourGoogle account, all theapps you've already down-loaded should appearautomatically – although inAndroid 5.0 Lollipop you'llbe asked which ones youwant to keep.

Unfortunately, thereisn't currently a way to dothis from Android to Appleso you'll have to re-down-load all your apps manuallyif you're moving to aniPhone and pay again for inthe App Store rather thanPlay Store.

Your phone shouldnow be completely set upand feeling a little like yourold one. Except faster andshinier and better-looking,of course. (Scott Adam Gor-don, AndroidPIT)

DepEd-ARMM kicks off‘Brigada Eskwela’

MAGUINDANAO – TheAutonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM) spearheaded aseries of clean-up activitiesin different public elemen-tary and high schools in thecoastal areas of Datu OdinSinsuat town inMaguindanao province tomark the start of the annualweek-long school mainte-nance activity dubbed‘Brigada Eskwela’.

Education Sec. Dr.John Magno said that asidefrom the clean-up drive,this year’s ‘Brigada Eskwela’also gives emphasis onschool disaster-prepared-ness and readiness for theimplementation of the K-12 program.

He said they want tomake sure that schools inthe ARMM are safe andconducive to education.

The 2016 ‘BrigadaEskwela’ or NationalSchools Maintenance Weekcarries the theme “TayoPara sa Paaralang Ligtas,Maayos, at Handa MulaKindegarten Hanggang Se-nior High School” (All of usfor safe and proper schools,

and ready from Kindergar-ten to Senior High School)and aims to unite commu-nities in ensuring a betterfuture for Filipino children.

Magno said the region’seducation officials andteachers are working withparents, barangay officials,students and other volun-teers to clean and prepareschools in time for theopening of classes on June13.

“We are happy andgrateful for the annual‘Brigada Eswela’ and thesupport that we get fromthe DepEd-ARMM,” saidTukan Mangulamas, a sup-ply officer at the secondschools division ofMaguindanao.

The Australian Govern-ment-funded BEAM (BasicEducation Assistance forMindanao)-ARMM pro-gram has earmarked P8.9million this year for minorrepairs of classrooms in 225public elementary and highschools as well as the pro-vision of chairs and tablesto 53 madaris (Islamicschool).

The BEAM-ARMM will

also provide curriculumguide, teacher’s guide andlearning materials.

“The DepEd-ARMMand BEAM have helped usimprove our schools andencourage children to at-tend classes,” EvelynKanain, Senior High Coor-dinator of the SchoolsDivision of Sulu.

Kanain said the assis-tance from BEAM-ARMMwill improve the quality ofeducation in variousschools not only in Sulubut in the entire region aswell.

Disaster preparednessactivities will be integratedin the education programof public schools to betterprepare students in theevents of typhoons, floodsand other natural calami-ties.

Brigada Eskwela wasstarted in 2003 and hasthree main objectives suchas to practice shared gov-ernance; to bring the spiritof education to the com-munity level and to utilizelocal resources to publicschools. (Bureau of PublicInformation)

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Covenant para sa nasalaagnga kabatan-onan

CEBU CITY – Mgagikinanan lakip sa mgadisiplinahon sa bag-ong naumol ngahiniusang kasabutanalang sa pagsulbad saproblema sa libud suroyug ubangp r o b l e m a d o n gkabatan-onan.

Sa usa ka covenantnga gipirmahan sakabin 20 ka mga non-governmental uggovernment organiza-tions, nalatid didto ngaapilon ang pagdisiplinasa mga ginikanan sahugot nga pagpatumanunya sa mga balaod nganagtan-aw sa kahapsaysa komunidad ogkaugmaon sa mgabatan-on.

Matod ni InspectorArieza Otida, ang hepesa Family Gender Juve-nile Section, sa CebuCity Police Office, ngaaduna na unyaybinuwan nga pagpangronda sa nagkalainlaing dapit batok samga libud suroy.

Kini bisan pa manwala pa muluwat angpanggamhanan, ngabuhion sa makausa paang balaod kabahin sacurfew.

Kining maong cov-enant nga alang saginganlan og “Opera-tion Gugma”pinirmahan sa mgacivic organizations ogmga ahensya sagobyerno naglatid sa

mga nagkalaing laingserbisyo nga ehatagalang sa katuyuan ngamasulbad ang maongmga issues sa kabatan-onan.

Nasabutan usab samaong covenant ngaaduna nay shelter ok a s a m t a n g a n gkapunduhan sa mga marescue unya sa pagpangronda. Kini mao angnakabalda sa mgaoperasyon sa kapolisantungod kay wala silaykapondohan sa mga mi-nors nga ma rescue.

Gibahin ug tulo kamatang sa serbisyo anganaa sa maong Cov-enant.

Naglakip didto angkabahin sa Prevention(Paglikay), Interventionand Diversion ug ang Re-integration (Pagbalik sakomunidad).

Ang aspeto sa “shel-ter” o kapuy-an,kapundohan, anaamahimutang tungatunga sa Intervention oDiversion. Dinhi ebutangsila sa theraphy, educa-tion sessions, aron silamaayo sa panghunahuna og makabaton ogsaktong panglantaw sakinabuhi.

Dinhing dapitaapilon na ang mgaginikanan sa kadtongmga na rescue nga anaapa. Aduna usab lecture on“Responsible Parenting”alang sa kadtong ma res-cue sa curfew bisan sa

Intervention pa lang daannga aspeto.

Sumala sa kasabutan,ang mga ma rescue dad-on una sa Parian Drop inCenter para saevaluation.Mi commitang Cebu City Task Forceon Street Children ngamakapasilong sila og 35ka mga na rescue og angPhilippine Teen Chal-lenge napulo ka mgaCICL .

Ang Department ofSocial Welfare and Devel-opment sa rehiyon og sadakbayan muabaga sapagkaon og ubang mgapanginahanglan.

Ang ubang mga civicgroup sama sa Rotaracts,Zonta Cliub , Lions Inter-national, DilaabMovement, DoN BoscoBoys Home, Juvenile Jus-tice Welfare Council,Legal Alternatives forWomen magmugna unyaog mga action paramaayo sila og ang ilangpamilya.

Ang CCPO mu detailog tulo ka mga policematag adlaw sa duha kamga shelters ug ang CebuProsecutors Office maoymuabag sa legal nga con-cerns sa mga bata.

Nahimong vicouscycle oo problemanggatuyok tuyok ang mgalibud suroy og mga CICL.Nasayran nga adunaykapin 400 ka mga libudsuroy ang nalista sa mgakabarangayan. (Ferliza C.Contratsta)

Filipinos warned vs fake UK job offersCEBU - Labor SecretaryRosalinda Baldoz haswarned job seekerswanting to work over-seas, especially in theUnited Kingdom, to bewary of fake job vacan-cies posted in theInternet.

This after the Philip-pine OverseasEmployment Adminis-tration also warnedapplicants to be cautiousof job vacancies postedin the Internet as adver-tisements enticingFilipino workers to applyfor non-existent jobs inthe United Kingdom arenow circulating in thesocial media.

“I advise jobseekersto be extra careful whenlooking for overseas job.Deal only with legitimaterecruitment agenciesand check with the POEA

for proper guidance,”Baldoz said.

According to thePOEA, one Facebook ac-count maintained by thescammer used the nameof a Philippine licensed re-cruitment agency to solicitapplicants for jobs as fac-tory workers, drivers,gardeners, cleaners,caregivers, nannies andprivate nurses for UK.

POEA AdministratorHans Leo Cacdac said theads show signs of fraudu-lence and should beignored by job seekers.

Upon verification withthe POEA’s database, how-ever, the agency’s joborders from UK were onlyfor nurses and mostly forNational Health Serviceshospitals, Cacdac said.

He aid that as a rule,given the strict migrationpolicy of the United King-

dom, household jobs arenot allowed to be recruitedfrom non-European Eco-nomic Area countries. ThePhilippines is not part ofthe European EconomicArea.

“The Facebook adver-tisement is fraudulentbecause it promises over-seas jobs through directhiring, without placementfee, and a monthly salaryas high as P200,000, whichare too good to be true,”Cacdac said.

Cacdac said Internet-based scammers havebeen using the name of le-gitimate employers andlicensed agencies to at-tract unsuspectingvictims. He advised appli-cants to always verify withthe POEA the authenticityof published employmentads found in the socialmedia.

mindanao examiner regional newspaper june 6-12, 2016

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