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CRASHED UH-1D CHOPPER BLOWN UPGENERAL SANTOS CITY –The Philippine military hasblew up an air force UH-1Dhelicopter that crashed inthe southern province ofSarangani despite on-going investigations intothe ill-fated aircraft.
Col. Enrico Canaya, aspokesman for thePhilippine Air Force, saidthe chopper was destroyedto prevent rebel groupsfrom getting access to thedowned UH-1D. Therefurbished choppercrashed on November 7 inMatalam town whiletransporting soldierswounded in fighting withcommunist insurgents.
“We have to destroy itbecause it is a conflict areawhere rebel groupsoperate. It is a disposalprocedure in all militaryequipment in conflict
areas and we don’t haveaccess to the area that whyit was destroyed,” Canayatold the regionalnewspaper MindanaoExaminer.
He said all radio
equipment and machineguns and otherserviceable items wereremoved before thechopper was destroyedrecently.
Nine soldiers,
including two pilots andtwo gunnery sergeantswere injured in the crash,according to themilitary’s EasternMindanao Command.
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U.S. Army Bell UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regimentfrom the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa",a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi,South Vietnam. (James K. F. Dung / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain)
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Street sweeper foilsattempt to burn market
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thelocal government hasordered police authoritiesto investigate a foiledattempt to burn a publicmarket in downtownZamboanga City insouthern Philippines.
A street sweeper,Roman Francisco, whoworks in the market,spotted and chased amasked man who tried topour gasoline on a store inthe market’s Row E lastweek.
Francisco recovered aplastic gallon containinggasoline left behind by thesuspect and reported thematter to the market
Banks to deploy more ATMs in Sulu
security guard Rudy Gustillo,who immediately phonedthe police about the foiledarson.
“Further investigationrevealed that based on thestatement of RomanFrancisco, while he was doinghis normal duty at the saidmarket, apparently, he sawone male person carryingone small gallon and wasactually pouring the contentof it on the mentioned store.Roman shouted and chasedthe male person whoimmediately ran,” said ChiefInspector Rogelio Alabata,the regional policespokesman.
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SULU – Leading bankinginstitutions operating inSulu have pledged to installmore automated tellermachines to cater to thegrowing needs of theirclientele after ViceGovernor Sakur Tan held ameeting with bankexecutives about the needfor more ATMs in thecapital town of Jolo.
Tan recently called ameeting with bankmanagers at his office in
Patikul town to discuss aboutthe deployment of additionATMs in Jolo to cater not onlyto government employeesand private citizens, but tofurther enhance the servicesoffered by these banks. HajjaZeny Masong, of Radio ngBayan, was also presentduring the meeting.
Among the banksoperating in Sulu are theDevelopment Bank of thePhilippines, Amanah Bank,Allied Bank, Metro Bank,
Philippine National Bankand Land Bank of thePhilippines.
Tan said many peoplewere queuing up – rain orshine – outside the banks justto be able to withdrawmoney from ATMS,especially during paydays.“We want these banks to put
more ATMs so it canaccommodate more clients,”he said.
He said the long queuein ATM terminals is alsocausing traffic problems inJolo and it is affecting thecommuters and the public ingeneral.
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Sulu Vice Governor Sakur Tan during a meeting with bank managers. (Photo by Ahl-franzie Salinas)
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Officials said soldiers and policemen stormed ahideout of the Abu Sayyaf in Tawi-Tawi’s Sitangkai townand killed Said, whose group was tagged as behindseveral cross-border raids in Sabah; and otherkidnappings in the province that included Filipinoexecutive Precillano Garcia.
Said, who was under Alhabsi Misaya and IdangSusukan, was fatally shot during a clash. Both Misayaand Susukan were linked to the beheading last monthof Malaysian hostage Bernard Then in the town ofIndanan after his family failed to pay ransom.
Captain Roy Vincent Trinidad, a military spokesman,has confirmed Said’s killing in Tawi-Tawi, one of fiveprovinces under the Muslim autonomous region.
He said another Abu Sayyaf leader, MhadieUmangkat, was also captured in a joint police andmilitary operation in the village called Tugbungan inZamboanga City.
Trinidad said Umangkat is a leader of an Abu Sayyafunit implicated in the spate of attacks on governmentforces in Basilan province which is also part of theMuslim region. “Umangkat is a leader of Abu Sayyaf’sauxiliary threat group based in Sumisip town inBasilan,” he told the regional newspaper MindanaoExaminer.
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Sayyaf manin Malaysiaraids killed
Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 20152 The Mindanao Examiner
Almost 300 farmer-beneficiaries receiveland ownership title from DAR-ARMMCOTABATO CITY - Almost300 farmer-beneficiaries inthe Autonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM) received theirCertificate of LandOwnership (CLO).
ARMM Governor MujivHataman and AmihildaSangcopan, secretary of theregion’s Department ofAgrarian Reform (DAR-ARMM), personallyawarded the CLO to 70Agrarian ReformBeneficiaries (ARBs) fromBasilan and 221 ARBs fromMaguindanao. Theawarding was held duringthe opening ceremony ofthis year’s ARMManniversary in CotabatoCity.
The distributed CLOcovers a total of 711hectares of landholdings inthe region wherein 154.5hectares are in Basilanwhile 556.5 are in
Maguindanao.Secretary Sangcopan
said there are still 967pending CLOs in theregional DAR office thatcovers more than 2,000hectares of landholdings inthe provinces of Sulu,Basilan, Lanao del Sur andMaguindanao. Fourhundred eighty one of theseare already for transmittalto the office of the regionalgovernor.
She said thelandholdings awarded onThursday are part of theagency’s distribution targetthis year. “We are workingto distribute 20,000hectares of landholdingsthis 2015. We are assured ofapproved survey plansbefore the end of the year,”she added.
Datu Jan Utto, 35, CLObeneficiary from DatuSaudi in Maguindanaoexpressed his gratitude to
the Autonomous RegionalGovernment noting theland awarded to him willhelp enhance his family’slivelihood and boost cropproduction.
“Nagsasaka na akosimula bata at matagal nanamin itong hinihintay.Maraming salamat saARMM government (I am afarmer since childhood andwe have waited this for solong. We are thankful to theARMM government),” saidDatu Jan.
The CLO is a proof thata farmer-beneficiary hasthe right of land ownership.Land covered by DAR’s CLOcannot be sold, transferredor donated within 10 yearsupon awarding, exceptthrough hereditarysuccession, or if sold backto the state or to anotherqualified beneficiary withinthe 10-year period. (Bureauof Public Information)
Military erred in report, now says cadaverof Malaysian hostage still missing
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A DAY AFTER thePhilippine militaryannounced the recoveryof a headless bodybelieved that ofMalaysian hostageBernard Then, securityofficials last week saidthey erred in the reportand now claimed thattroops were stillsearching for his cadaver.
The 39-year oldMalaysian man fromSarawak in Sabah wasbeheaded by the AbuSayyaf in the southernFilipino town of Indananon November 17 after hisfamily failed to payransom. Bernard wasexecuted hours afterMalaysian PrimeMinister Najib Razakarrived in Manila for theAsia-Pacific EconomicCooperation forum.
Bernard’s bloodied
head was recovered thesame night abandoned inthe town of Jolo.
Captain Roy VincentTrinidad, a militaryspokesman, previouslyconfirmed that troopsrecovered the headlesscadaver from a shallowgrave in Indanan’s Kagayvillage. “Authorities aredetermining if thesevered head and therecovered body are thatof Malaysian nationalBernard Then,” he said inprevious statement tojournalists.
Trinidad said “noheadless cadaver wasrecovered last November18 in the village of Kagayas previously reported.Kagay is the focus of thesearch where the cadaverwas reportedly buried,”he said without furtherelaborating.
Bernard waskidnapped by armedrebels in May this yearalong with the 50-yearold Thien Nyuk Fun,manager of Ocean KingRestaurant in Sandakantown in Sabah, andspirited them to southernPhilippines.
Thien was freed byrebels just this month inwhat Malaysian DeputyPrime Minister DatukSeri Dr Ahmad ZahidHamidi claimed was theresult of successfulnegotiations with hercaptors.
The Abu Sayyaf is stillholding several foreignhostages, including twoCanadians, a Norwegian,an Italian and Filipinoskidnapped from differentprovinces in southernPhilippines. (MindanaoExaminer)
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refurbished helicopter wereevacuating 5 woundedsoldiers – who clashedNovember 6 with thecommunist rebel group NewPeople’s Army in theprovince – when the choppercrash landed due to strongwinds.
“There were prevailingstrong winds when the saidhelicopter was landing. Thenine personnel -pilots, crewand soldiers – on-board thehelicopter suffered slightinjuries and were alreadysecured,” army CaptainAlberto Caber, a spokesmanfor the Eastern Mindanao
Crashed UH-1D chopper blown upCommand.
He said the chopper –part of 9 refurbished air forcehelicopters bought by thePhilippines last year fromRice Aircraft Services Inc. –was totally wrecked. Thechopper was under thecontrol of the Philippine AirForce Tactical OperationsGroup XI of the 3rd AirDivision.
Canaya said they are stillwaiting the formal reports ofthe investigation into thecrash. He said the UH-1Dchoppers are reliable andbeing used by the air force inmilitary campaign in thesouthern Philippines.
“They are reliable
helicopters and we are usingthe aircrafts in Mindanaoand other areas,” he said.
The decision to blow upthe UH-1D chopper wassimilar to what U.S.commandos did to one of itshelicopters during theassault on Osama BinLaden’s hideout inAbbottabad in Pakistan inMay 2, 2011 after it wasdamaged in a hard landing.The only difference was theU.S. Seal Team 6 chopperhad stealth features similar tothose used on advancedfighter jets while the UH-1Dhelicopters is nothingspecial. (MindanaoExaminer)
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investigating the arsonattempt.
Last October 31, ahuge fire hit the market sitein downtown Zamboangaand killed 15 people andseriously injured 5. The
blaze burned a huge part ofthe market. Most of thevictims owned stalls in inthe market, but wereillegally sleeping there.
Mayor Beng Climacoordered a thoroughinvestigation into thetragedy that left P8 million
in properties up in smoke.She said an initial reportpointed to a stall owned byMannan as the origin ofthe fire which quicklyspread throughout theblock in a busy area calledMagay. (MindanaoExaminer)
Street sweeper foils attempt to burn market
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ARMM distributes farmingequipment to Maguindanao farmers
COTABATO CITY - To helpfarmers increase cropproduction and reducepost-harvest losses, theAutonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM) distributedvarious farmingequipment to registeredcooperatives and to MoroNational Liberation Front(MNLF) communities inthe province ofMaguindanao.
ARMM GovernorMujiv Hataman and lawyerLaisa Alamia, ARMM’sexecutive secretary and theconcurrent officer-in-charge of the region’sDepartment of Agricultureand Fisheries, led thedistribution of farmmachineries andimplements on Thursday,November 19, during theopening ceremony of the26th ARMM anniversary atthe ARMM Compound inCotabato City.
The post-harvestequipment, which includefarm tractor withimplements, combineharvester withimplements, hand tractorswith trailers and knapsacksprayers, are estimated tobe worth over P20 million.
Atty. Alamia said thefund used in theacquisition anddistribution of the farmmachineries and
implements comes fromthe Agri-Pinoy Rice and thePayapa at MasaganangPamayanan (PAMANA)programs.
The Agri-Pinoy Riceprogram is one of thebanner initiatives of theDepartment of Agriculturetargeting rice farming anduplifting the lives ofFilipino farmers. ThePAMANA program, on theother hand, is the nationalgovernment’s peace anddevelopment frameworkfor conflict-affected areas.
“We urge the farmersto enhance theirknowledge on farmingtechnologies to furtherboost agriculture in theprovince,” said Atty.Alamia. She reiterated thatthe farming equipmentdistributed will helpincrease agriculturalactivities ofMaguindanaon farmersespecially in rice and cornproduction.
Under the Agri-PinoyRice program, therecipients are theMindanao State University(MSU)-Maguindanao, AlMuizz Farmer andLivelihood Multi-PurposeCooperative, EkssalamFarmers Multi-PurposeCooperative, andKalumenga KadtatabangaFarmers Association.
The PAMANA
beneficiaries are El-Grande Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, DatuOdin Sinsuat Women’sProducers Cooperative,Talayan Agri-FarmIndustry MarketingCooperative, TunggolFarmers’ ProducersCooperative, andGreenfield ProducersCooperative.
Bai Soraya Sinsuat,M S U - M a g u i n d a n a ochancellor, said the farmtractor with implementsthat the university receivedwill help agriculturestudents in their academicwork, especially inresearch.
“Pedsukul kami saARMM government kananggan kami nilan samga farm tractor.Makadtabang e nya ba asala magagan i kapegkumpaynami (We are thankful tothe ARMM government forgranting us the farmtractor. It will speed up theharvesting of our crops),”said Santiago Belotindos ofTungol Farmers’Cooperative.
Atty. Alamia said theARMM’s Agriculture andFisheries department willdistribute machineries andimplements to farmers inthe other provinces of theregion before the end of theyear. (Bureau of PublicInformation)
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GENERAL SANTOS CITYPICTURES IN THE NEWS
Fresh catch Tuna from Saranggani waters which abound with the sought-after fish, the city has been acknowledged as the country’s “tuna capital” for decades now as its catch can surpass theaggregate tuna yield of all local fish ports and the volume of fish landings went up 114,939 MT from January to June this year, up by 10,628 MT compared to the 104,310.93 MT landings overthe same period in 2014. Mention the word “tuna” and immediately General Santos City comes into mind because of the rich waters of Sarangani Bay, one of the breeding grounds of thetastiest tuna in Mindanao which has tickled the world’s palate. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)
Remembering the 'Maguindanao Massacre' on its 6th year
Families of massacre victims offer prayers and cry justice during the November 23 commemoration of the brutal killings of 58 people and 32 of them were journalists and media workersmurdered by gunmen in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)
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Sulu Governor Totoh Tan turns over Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Ambulance to Sulu Integrated Provincial Health Office Chief Dr. Fahra Tan-Omar. (Sulu Provincial Government)
Sulu Governor Totoh Tan participates in the Provincial Convergence and Family Day held recently by the Department of Social Services and Development. (Sulu Provincial Government)
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previously under AbuSayyaf leader FurujiIndama and Abas Alam andhad been tagged as behindthe ambushed ofgovernment troops in
Sayyaf man in Malaysia raids killedBasilan.
“Umangkat isresponsible for the series ofcarnapping, bombings andburning of governmentconstruction equipment inthe province. Authoritiesare investigating his
presence in ZamboangaCity,” Trinidad said.
The Abu Sayyafbombed many civiliantargets in Zamboanga Cityin daring attacks the pastyears. (MindanaoExaminer)
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agencies in Jolo like theDepartment of Educationand the Philippine NationalPolice and the ArmedForces of the Philippinesshould be able to have itsown ATMs in theirheadquarters to ease thepain of employees and
Banks to deploy more ATMs in Sulusecurity personnel fromgetting their salaries. Andthese will also lessen thenumber of peoplewithdrawing money inATMs in downtown Jolo.
The Land Bank of thePhilippines, Allied Bankand Metro Bank haveassured Tan that moreATMs would be installed in
Sulu, including at theCapitol Building, in themonths to come to ensurethe public of its efficientservices.
Tan said the provincialgovernment underGovernor Totoh Tan is fullysupportive of the bankinginstitutions in Sulu. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)
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Siberia's melting permafrost fuels climate changeREYKJAVIK, ICELAND -Over the past year, anumber of giant,mysterious holes haveemerged in Siberia, someas deep as 200 metres.
Scientists say thecraters may be emergingbecause the frozen ground,or "permafrost", thatcovers much of Siberia hasbeen thawing due toclimate change, allowingmethane gases trappedunderground to build upand explode.
Permafrost is groundthat is permanently frozen,where the groundtemperature has remainedbelow zero degrees Celsiusfor at least two years. Itcovers about a quarter ofthe northern hemisphere'sland surface.
When permafrostthaws, microbes digest theplant and animal remainsthat were locked in the
permafrost and releasegreenhouse gases, carbondioxide and methane intothe atmosphere.
The phenomenon is aself-feeding cycle,explained SarahChadburn, from theUniversity of Exeter.
"Permafrost soilscontain vast amounts ofcarbon, nearly twice asmuch as is currently in theatmosphere. As thepermafrost thaws in awarming climate, the soildecomposes and releasescarbon to the atmosphereas carbon dioxide andmethane. These aregreenhouse gases, andthey warm the Earth evenmore. This leads to morepermafrost thawing, morecarbon release, and so thecycle continues,"Chadburn said.
At the recent ArcticCircle Assembly in
Reykjavik, Iceland, MaxHolmes from the US-basedWoods Hole ResearchCenter (WHRC) said in apresentation that theSiberian sinkholes "are anadditional indication thatvast changes are underway in the Arctic".
"I don't worry aboutthem too much in and ofthemselves," theresearcher said. "But theydo reinforce the notionthat big changes arealready happening, andthat we are likely to havemore unpleasant surprisesin the future."
Recent research hasfound that a thirdgreenhouse gas, nitrousoxide (N2O), is alsoemitted in some areascovered by thawingpermafrost.
"We now know that alot of nitrogen is releasedduring permafrost thaw
and that the microbesresponsible for N2Oproduction are present invirtually all Arctic andboreal systems," said BenAbbott, a France-basedscientist who studiespermafrost in Alaska.
He added that it wasunclear whether nitrogengas emissions fromthawing permafrost aresignificant compared withthose of carbon dioxideand methane.
Despite scientists'concern that thawingpermafrost couldexacerbate globalwarming, Chadburn notedthat "most climate modelsdo not include thewarming aspect ofpermafrost emissions",including the models usedby the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change(IPCC).
Although the IPCC hasacknowledged thatpermafrost contributes toglobal warming, a lack ofdata on the phenomenonhas meant that they havenot been able to include itin their reports.
Chadburn estimatedthat thawing permafrostwould raise globaltemperatures by anaverage of 0.3°C, but couldbe as much as 0.7°C.
Given predictions thatpermafrost melt couldcause warming, HuguesLantuit from the AlfredWegener Institute inGermany said that "theobjective for the COP21climate summit shouldreally be a temperatureincrease of no more than1.7°C to take account ofemissions frompermafrost", referring tothe annual globalconference on climatechange to be held nextmonth in Paris.
Walter Oechel fromSan Diego State Universityand the Open Universityand Donatella Zona fromthe University of Sheffieldhave been measuringmethane fluxes in theArctic for more than adecade. "We expectmethane emissions fromthe Arctic to increasedramatically with warmingof the Arctic," they said.
"And, the potential isthere for this release tobecome catastrophic."
Meanwhile, thefrequency of fires has beenintensifying in Arctic areas,noted Scott Goetz fromWHRC. More than twomillion hectares of landhave burned in Alaska thisyear, he said in hispresentation at the Arctic
Circle Assembly."Climate warming and
drying are intensifying thefire regime. These firesburn roots and the treesthen fall over… Firedisturbance deepens thawdepth and mobilisespermafrost carbon," Goetzsaid.
In addition tocontributing to globalwarming, thawingpermafrost also affectswildlife and indigenouspopulations in the Arctic.
Courtney Price, of theArctic Council'sConservation of ArcticFlora and Faunaorganisation, saidcontinued thawing ofpermafrost is one factorendangering thermokarstlakes. These lakes areformed by the thawing ofpermafrost andaccumulation of surfacewater in the depression.
But if permafrostcontinues to thaw, there isno structure to hold thewater, and the lakes candrain completely, Pricesaid.
"Thermokarst lakes
act as 'hot spots' ofbiological activity innorthern regions… Suchbiologically productivesystems are important toArctic peoples forsupporting traditionallifestyles, and forproviding water to rural/urban communities anddevelopment, especiallywhere groundwaterresources areunavailable," sheexplained.
The phenomenonalso affects public safety:Around 70 percent of theworld's permafrost isfound in Russia, and inSiberia, entire cities, ofwhich Yakutsk is thelargest, are built onpermafrost. Whenpermafrost thaws,buildings can tilt andbecome uninhabitable.
The solution? WHRCscientist Sue Natali saidthat "to save permafrost,we have to reduce fossilfuel use and manageforests globally toenhance carbon dioxideuptake by the biosphere".(Lowana Veal, Al Jazeera)
Frost mound in Reindalen, Svalbard formed as permafrost confines groundwater, which ispushed on the surface under hydrostatic pressure and freezes [Alfred Wegener Institute/JaroslavObu]
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HEALTH: 15 tips para iwas sa kanserPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong
NAKAKATAKOT angsakit na kanser dahilmahirap itong gamutin.Sa kanser, ang mgaselula ng katawan aybigla na lang nagbabagong anyo at nagigingmasama. Hindi pa alamng mga doktor angtunay na sanhi nito.
May kanser sa utak,sa baga, sa ilong, sa atay,sa bituka, sa colon, sapancreas at sa balat.Iba’t ibang lugar angpinagmumulan. Angpaniniwala ng mgacancer specialist ay maymga “triggers” onagpapasimula ngkanser. Ang mga payongito ay hindi pa tiyak,pero magandang sundinpa rin natin ito:
Iwas sa sigarilyo atalak – Makaiiwas tayo sakanser sa baga, atay attiyan.
Iwas sa polusyon atusok ng sasakyan.
Iwas sa matitindingsikat ng araw. Gumamitng sunblock. Puwedekasi itong magdulot ngkanser sa balat.
Iwas sa mga sunogna pagkain o “smoked”foods tulad ng mgatinapa at barbeque.Puwede kasing may mganagdudulot ng kanserdito.
Magbawas sa alat
Dr. Willie T. Ong
tulad ng patis, toyo,bagoong, alamang. Hindipa ito tiyak, pero ayon saespesyalista, puwedengmagising ang mga selulanatin at maging kanserang mga ito.
Iwas sa mgalamanloob tulad ngbopis, dinuguan, bitukaat iba pa. Hindi po itomalinis at baka magdulotng masama sa katawan.
Iwas sa pagkaingkalye. Umiwas sa mgamaruruming pagkain sakalye tulad ng fishball,kweck-kweck at betamax.
Magbawas sa pagkainng “processed meats”tulad ng hotdog,langonisa, sausage,bologna at iba pa.
Magbawas sa pritongpagkain.
Iwas sa karneng bakaat baboy. Tanggalin anglahat ng taba.
Kumain nangmaraming gulay atprutas. Puwedengkumain ng manokpaminsan-minsan. Masmahaba ang buhay ngmga vegetarian.
Iwas sa galit, inis atiba pang negatibongemosyon. Naniniwalaako na ang positibongpananaw sa buhay aymakapagpapalakas ngkatawan atmagpapahaba rin nginyong buhay.
Maging aktibo atmag-exercise palagi.
Alamin ang inyonglahi. Kung may lahi kayong breast cancer,magpasuri ng susobawat 6 na buwan.Kung may lahi kayo ngkanser sa tiyan, magpa-ultrasound o CT Scanng tiyan.
Magpa-check up sadoktor kada 6 nabuwan. Ikonsulta angkahit anongn a r a r a m d a m a n .Makatutulong angdoktor para makita anginyong sakit.
Gawin ninyongmisyon ang mabuhaynang malinis, masaya atmahaba. Kungsusundin ang mga payona ito, siguradonghahaba ang inyongbuhay. Good luck po.
RECIPE: Beef Kaldereta
INGREDIENTINGREDIENTINGREDIENTINGREDIENTINGREDIENTS:S:S:S:S:1 Kg Beef, cubed 3 cloves Garlic, crushed and chopped1 Onion, finely chopped4 cups Water1 cup Red Bell Pepper, cut into strips1 cup Tomato Sauce½ cup Liver Spread or Liver paste(processed using blender)
(http://www.kusinamaster.asia)
INSTRINSTRINSTRINSTRINSTRUCTIONS:UCTIONS:UCTIONS:UCTIONS:UCTIONS:Heat the cooking oil in the pan and fry the carrots and potatoes until color turnslight brown.Remove the fried carrots and potatoes from the pan and set aside.In the same pan where the vegetables were fried, sauté the garlic and onions.Add the beef and simmer for 5 minutes.Add water and let the beef boil until tender (about 30 minutes using a pressurecooker).Add the tomato sauce and liver spread and simmer for 10 minutes.Add green olives, carrots, bay leaves, bell pepper,crushed chili,and potatoes andsimmer for 5 to 8 minutes.Add salt and pepper to taste.Serve Hot. Excellent with white rice.
1 tsp. crushed Chili3 large Bay Leaves2 cups Potatoes, cubed2 cups Carrots, cubed (small)1 cup Cooking Oil2/3 cup Green Olives (the salty andsour taste of green olives gives avery nice flavor for this dish)salt and pepper to taste
TECH TIPS: How to improve battery lifein 5 simple steps
OVER THE YEARS, theyears, we've shared plentyof specific tips aboutsaving battery life onAndroid. But today wewanted to explain some ofthe fundamental conceptsbehind better battery life:teach a man to fish and allthat. With a basicunderstanding of batterytechnology and thebiggest power suckersaffecting your device,you'll be a battery pro inno time.
1. Kno1. Kno1. Kno1. Kno1. Know yw yw yw yw your batterour batterour batterour batterour batteryyyyyFor starters, it's a wise
idea to learn at least a littlebit about different batterytypes. I'm not asking youto enroll at the BatteryUniversity, but you couldswing by the BatteryUniversity website (http://batteryuniversity.com/learn) to learn a thing ortwo about the kind ofbattery your smartphoneuses.
For example, lithiumbatteries are verycommon in smartphonesdue to their high energydensity, low maintenancerequirements andrelatively cheapproduction cost. Lithiumbatteries don't suffer frombattery memory either,meaning that there isnothing to be gained fromfull charge and dischargecycles.
Using the officialcharger that came withyour phone is alwaysgoing to be a better betthan using any old chargerbecause it is specificallycalibrated to your device.A little knowledge like thiscan go a long way towarddispelling commonly heldbattery myths. It will alsohelp guide you to makingbetter battery decisions onyour own.
2. Kno2. Kno2. Kno2. Kno2. Know yw yw yw yw your deviceour deviceour deviceour deviceour deviceAs mentioned above,
knowing some basicdetails about your batteryis useful, but so is knowingsome simple facts aboutyour phone. For example,what kind of screen does ituse?
An LCD screen ispermanently back lit,which means it drainsbattery power whenever itis turned on. An OLEDscreen, on the other hand,only illuminatesindividual pixels, so anyblack pixels are actuallyturned off, meaning they
aren't consuming anypower either.
You should alsofamiliarize yourself withthe various battery savingfeatures your particularphone has on board. Mostphones have a basic powersaving mode for whenyour battery hits acritically low level. Otherslet you choose whichfeatures to disable whenyour battery is runninglow (like GPS, cellulardata, haptic feedback andso on).
Some phones evenhave an extreme batterysaving mode that turnsyour display gray-scaleand severely limits yourphone's functionality inorder to eke out just a littlemore juice. Knowing whatoptions are available toyou is just as important asusing them properly.3. Kno3. Kno3. Kno3. Kno3. Know what chews thew what chews thew what chews thew what chews thew what chews the
most battermost battermost battermost battermost batteryyyyyThis is where
familiarity with yourphone enters the nextstage. If you want to getserious about betterbattery life, you shouldregularly check in on yourbattery settings to seewhich apps areconsuming the mostpower, what backgroundprocesses are consumingsystem resources andwhether you have anywake lock activity goingon. Your usage habits arealso a major factor here.
Finding fixes forbattery drain bugs,ditching particularlypower-hungry apps andknowing what's normalfor your phone are allgood uses of your time ifyou want to get the mostout of your battery. Youcan also install an app likeGreenify to automaticallyhibernate apps whenthey're not in use.
To give you a basicintro, the screen is almostalways the biggest batterydrain on your phone, sosimply shortening yourscreen-out time andlowering your screenbrightness is immediatelygoing to result in longerbattery life. Trying to avoidturning your phone onincessantly for no reasonis also going to help a lot.
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Once you've becomefamiliar with the
“standard” apps andAndroid featuresappearing in your phone'sbattery section you'll beable to identify whensomething is out of theordinary. If a new gameyou haven't even playedrecently is high on the listyou might want to checkout why.
You can also installsome system monitoringapps to keep an eye onsystem activity that mightresult in excess batteryconsumption. You canstop apps from running inthe background and keepan eye on geeky stats byenabling DeveloperOptions and taking a lookat Process Stats. (If youneed to enable DeveloperOptions, go to Settings >About phone and tapBuild number seventimes.)
Like anything you careabout, looking after yourbattery is going to take alittle tender loving care,but getting up to speedwith all the things in thisarticle could be done injust an hour or two. Justweigh that timeinvestment up with anextra hour of screen-ontime each day or nothaving to worry aboutmaking it through the dayon every charge.
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Some simplemaintenance of yourbattery can also go a longway. Knowing that it'sbetter to frequently chargeyour battery in smallerincrements rather thanrelying on a full discharge/charge cycle is good toknow. Keep your batterycool when charging anddon't leave your phone indirect sunlight.
If you need to replacea battery you should investin a manufacturer originalbattery or at least a reliablethird party offering. Savinga few bucks buying a cheapbattery might just lead tomore problems than it'sworth. You can alsocalibrate your Androidbattery if you think you'regetting erroneousreporting of battery life.
Did you learn anythingabout batteries today? Doyou promise to be a betterbattery owner from nowon? (Kris Carlon,AndroidPIT)
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And now the good news...TIRED OF TOO muchpolitical news? Here isthe good news! TheNational Economic andDevelopment Authority(NEDA) said the double-digit increases in theimportation of rawmaterials andintermediate goods,capital, and consumergoods have keptPhilippine merchandiseimports afloat.
Citing reports fromthe Philippine StatisticsAuthority, NEDA saidtotal payments forimports increased by 6.7percent to $6.2 billion inSeptember this yearfrom $5.8 billion in thesame month last year.This is the fourthconsecutive monthsince June this year thatimports have increased.
The Septemberreport is the latest culledfrom the PSA.
“Upbeat sentimentfrom the business sectorand an overallimprovement inconsumer expectationsfor the coming quarterwill likely keep importsafloat, especially thosein the manufacturingand constructionsectors. Improvedpurchasing power dueto low inflation will alsokeep consumer demandvibrant in thesucceeding months, andwill further be ramped-up by holidayspending,” saidEconomic PlanningSecretary ArsenioBalisacan.
“The growthregistered in capital
goods for September(40.7%), which is thehighest for the year, is alsoan indication of robusteconomic activity movingforward,” he added.
Capital goodsincreased to $2 billionfrom $1.4 billion in thecomparable period lastyear. Raw materials andintermediate goods alsoincreased by 20.1 percentto reach $2.7 billioncompared with $2.2billion recorded in thesame month last year.
Raw materials andintermediate goods serveas inputs in theproduction of final goods,while capital goodsinclude equipment andmaterials in which firmsinvest to expandproduction and makeproduction moreefficient. Import bills forconsumer goods alsogrew by 10.1 percent to$876.8 million from$796.4 million inSeptember 2014, mainlyon higher purchases ofdurable goodsparticularly of passengercars and motorized cycle.
However, NEDA saidpayments for non-durable goods, primarilyrice, registered a decreaseduring the periodbecause of lower ricevolume purchased on ayear-on-year basis.
“The drop in riceimports may only betemporary as thegovernment allowed foradditional rice imports inthe fourth quarter of theyear given the prevailingEl Nino, which is stillaffecting domestic rice
production,” saidBalisacan, who is alsoNEDA's director-general.
Among themonitored trade-oriented economies inEast and Southeast Asia,only the Philippines andVietnam recordedpositive imports inSeptember this year.
T r a d e - i n - g o o d sdeficit expanded to $5.6billion for January toSeptember 2015compared with $1.8billion deficit in the sameperiod last year. Theincrease in trade deficitwas due to the 24.7percent decline inmerchandise exportsrecorded in September,the largest contractionsince September 2011.
“On the back ofsluggish global growth,economic policiesshould continue toencourage investmentsthat cater to domesticdemand. Continuousimprovements in productquality, innovation andinfrastructure support tolocal industries shouldbe sustained in order toelevate thecompetitiveness of thedomestic industries, andmake them at par withimported products,”Balisacan said.
“Local industries canalso take advantage ofthe lower prices ofcommodities in order tobeef up inventory andexpand capacity. At thesame time, thepurchasing power ofconsumers, especiallythe poor, needs to bestrengthened,” he added.
Special drug court judge pushes fordistribution of Cebuano info materialsA SPECIAL drug court judgein Dumaguete City hassuggested to governmentagencies concerned withdrug prevention to produceinformation materialsrelated to drug abuse thatare translated into Cebuanolanguage for betterunderstanding of the public.
Special drug courtBranch 36 Judge JosephElmaco made thesuggestion during a recentKapihan Sa PIA inobservance of the DrugAbuse Prevention andControl Week. “I think it ishigh time to review ourapproaches whether it iseffective,” he said.
Elmaco underscoredthat people in the barangayswould be more informed onthe ill-effects of drug abuseas well as the laws related toit if these are relayed in thelocal language. Two yearsago, Elmaco said he wrote aCebuano translation of
Republic Act 9165 (TheComprehensive DangerousDrugs Act of 2002) and itsrules and presented it to thelocal government forreproduction but did not geta response from officials.
But now, Elmaco saidhe is open and willing tocollaborate withgovernment agenciesconcerned with drugcontrol and prevention forreproduction of histranslation of the said law aswell as in formulating otherinformation materials inCebuano language.
Elmaco alsoencouraged governmentagencies to install billboardsin barangay halls that statethe general provisions ofR.A. 9165 which is alsotranslated into Cebuano.“The point there is themassive educationcampaign so that the peoplewho will be apprehended inthe future cannot tell us they
are not informed,” he said.Negros Oriental Drug
Abuse and PreventionCouncil Action OfficerFernando Martinez saidthey welcome Elmaco’ssuggestion.
Martinez said thecouncil has funds for theproduction of informationmaterials and they couldprobably first distributeinformation materials inDumaguete City.
S e n i o rSuperintendent DionardoCarlos, commander of theNegros OrientalProvincial Police Office,also welcomed Elmaco’ssuggestion andcommitted to assignpolice personnel who willhelp distribute thesematerials, but he alsounderscored the role ofcommunity stakeholdersin strengthening thisadvocacy campaign. (RoiAnthoni Lomotan)
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C O M E L E C - C e b uProvincial ElectionSupervisor Atty. MarcoLionel Castillano alsosaid that underPhilippine laws,“election period” means120 days before theactual date of theelections and 30 daysafter it.
Citizens will got topolls in May to vote fortheir president down tolocal governmentofficials, exceptbarangay leaders.
Castillano saidelection period will starton January 10 until June
9. He said the 120-dayelection period containsthe actual campaignperiod from February 9 toMay 8 for nationalcandidates, and fromMarch 26 to May 8 for localcandidates.
In COMELECResolution 1814, the gunban applies to everyoneexcept governmentsecurity forces such as thePhilippine NationalPolice, the Armed Forcesof the Philippines, andother law enforcementagencies.
Aside from the regularfirearms and deadly
weapons, also covered bythe ban are air guns andreplications, as well asbladed instruments, handgrenades, and otherexplosives, except forfireworks.
Castillano also said thepoll body will allowcandidates or individualswith security threats tohave escorts during theelection period uponapplication andassessment. The escortscan come from the policeor military or the NationalBureau of Investigationand limited only to 2personnel. (Hazel Gloria)
Pinas, US mopalapad sa ‘defense alliance’SI PRESIDENTE BarackObama ug PresidenteBenigno Aquinonagkahiusa nga palapdanang “defense ties” sa duha kanasud atol sa gihimongbilateral meeting sa Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC)Summit dinhi sa nasud.
Gitumbok ni PresidenteAquino nga ang defense ugsecurity alliance sa duha kanasud milungtad na ugsobra sa 60 ka tuig ganinahimo kining usa ka lig-onnga pundasyon sakahimtang sa kahusay ugkalinaw sa rehiyong AsiaPacific.
Mapasalamaton angPilipinas ngadto sa EstadosUnidos sa suporta ngagihatag niini aronmapatigbabaw gayud ang“rule of law” sa isyu sa WestPhilippine Sea (South ChinaSea) ug ilabi na sa suportaniini sa gihimo sa Pilipinas
nga “friendly, durable andrules-based settlementmechanism.”
Si Presidente Aquino ugPresidente Obaman a g h i s g u t - h i s g u tmahitungod sa maritimesecurity lakip na angmaritime disputes sarehiyon aron padayon ngamapatunhay ang respeto sainternational law.
Si Presidente Aquinonamulong atol sa maongbilateral meeting ngapadayong ipatigbabaw ang“freedom of navigation”diha sa West Philippine Seasubay sa balaod nga gilatidsa international law.
Gitumbok nga “greatallies” ang Pilipinas ugEstados Unidos ug matudpa ni Presidente Obamamapasalamton siya sa ilangp a n a g t a m b a y a y o n gpagbantay sa seguridad saduha ka nasud sa gihimong“Balikatan exercise” ug pag
respeto sa bililhongpanaghigalaay niini.
Dugang ni PresidenteObama nga ang EstadosUnidos mo palapad pa sailang maritime assistancesa Pilipinas ngadto na sa"record levels" lakip niiniang paghatag sa US ugduha ka bag-ong barko.
Sa ilang pagtuki sagihimong reclamation ugconstruction diha sagilalisan nga WestPhilippine Sea,namahayag si PresidenteObama nga ang EstadosUnidos andam kanunaynga mo suporta sa gihimoni Presidente Aquino ngapagsang-at ngadto sa UNConvention on the Law ofthe Sea aron makab-ot angmalinawon nga sulbad sak a s a m t a n g a n gpananbingkil sa duha kanasud nga China ugPilipinas. (LeandriaPagunsan)
A COMELEC checkpoint manned by soldiers in the Philippines. (Cebu Examiner Photo -Geonarri Solmerano)