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NOW YOU SEE IT, SOON YOU WON’T. Pine trees that have made BaguioCity the City of Pines will soon be depleted if development requires the re-placement of the green with cement. The distant mountains have been appor-tioned to land owners who want only money for the square meters as climatechange creeps into the city with its rising temperature. Monch David

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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources

(DENR) Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is-

sued the Environmental Compliance Certificate on April

24, 2012 to Moldex Realty Inc. (MRI) without compli-

ance with the first step – the public scoping or public con-

sultation.

EARLY BAGUIO AIR IS NOT POLLUTED? Whetherriding on motorcycles, jeepneys, private cars, or justwalking, this early morning air is not safe for humansor animals. Who cares to monitor the ambient air? Whocontinues to say that there is no standard for the emis-sions of reconditioned or assembled vehicles? Who iscollecting for emissions testing and saying that all ourvehicles are roadworthy? Who answers for this ?

Hearty Christmas and New Year’s greetings

to you, dear reader! And a prayer : May we

be filled with the joys of Christmas and

give us hope for a blessed and prosperous

New Year 2014!

I pray that we open our hearts to

the message that Christmas brings to us

every year. The message is unchanging:

Christmas is about accepting Jesus.

Christmas is celebrating the birth

of God’s son in our world. When He was

born, very few knew Him for what He was.

Who, indeed, expected that God’s son

would be born as a baby and become like

us? Only Mary His mother, and Joseph, His

foster father. Then there were two grous

of visitors: the shepherds in the fields,

who learned of His birth from the angels,

and the magi –wise men from the East, who

went looking for Him, guided by a star.

As we celebrate His birth, we have

a lot of ideas of who He was and what He

came for. We read in the prologue of St.

John’s Gospel: “He was in the world, and

the world came to being through Him, yet

the world did not know Him. He came to

what was His own, and His own people did

not accept Him. But to all who received

Him, who believed in His name, He gave

power to become children of God, who

were born, not of blood or the will of the

Bishop +Carlito J. Cenzon,CICM, DD

Diocese of Baguio

Christmas &New Year’sGreetings

DENR issues ECC withouta public consultation

By: Vic Agcaoili

DENR Regional Ex-

ecutive Director Clarence

Baguilat wrote to Augusto

Refran, MRI EVP, on October

4, 2013 giving the permit to cut

50 live trees but included a con-

dition that the company must

conduct meetings, public con-

sultations with the LGU,

NGOs, and stakeholders in the

area regarding the “importance

of the project, replacement of

the trees to be cut, environmen-

tal and social issues and other

related concerns for their infor-

mation and appreciation.” The

permit to cut 50 trees came af-

ter 25 trees were already felled

and another 25 were to be cut

after as a third phase.

On the same date,

DENR Regional Technical Di-

rector for the Forest Manage-

ment Bureau Augusto Lagon

also issued the tree cutting per-

mit for 50 trees.

On October 7, 2013,

Marie Balangue, a member of

A Tree A Day (ATAD) filed a

follow up complaint from Sep-

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PUBLISHER

Nonnette C. Bennett

EDITOR

Bishop + Carlito J. Cenzon,

CICM, DD

Fr. Manny Flores

GRAPHIC ARTIST

Address: 317 A Pinsao

Proper, Baguio City

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Darius Nease


WRITERS

·Parking along Session Road

depends on the PNP offic-

ers?

·The music that plays in

Burnham Park is intended for

the fountains?

·Some Barangay Officials

think that the Barangay

Clearance is not important to

the renewal of business

permits?

·Pedestrians in Baguio City

are disciplined to cross only

when the lights are red?

· The seat of the City Mayor

is up for grabs in 2016?

·Some government heads are

conveniently everywhere

except their offices?

·Is the CEPMO building at

the Baguio City Orchidarium

a white elephant?

·Many builders comply with

the 1:100 replacement of pine

trees but the planting and

thriving of these replacements

is not of issue?

·The DENR is not respon-

sible for the air quality.

Spin ...p11

Darius Nease

Alive and Dumb Not Smart but Dead

When families are unable to give their children the nour-

ishment for growth and intelligence, the body goes into sur-

vival mode for itself. The body preserves the food for survival

but leaves nothing for the brain to develop. This may be the

predicament of many children today who are alive and dumb

because the body isn’t programmed to feed the brain first be-

fore it directs nourishment to the body. Thus, if indeed the body

feeds the brain, the children will be smart but dead.

Children will survive in whatever predicament they are

placed in by their families. They will accept the life their par-

ents present to them while they are young because they have

no other option. When children grow up eating “lugaw” or rice

porridge with salt or sugar once a day, they will accept the

hunger pangs as part of life without qualms. It is said that a

person can survive with water only for 21 to 40 days depend-

ing on their metabolism, death comes after. This is a life defi-

cient in the necessary micronutrients that sustain other body

processes like growth or brain development which makes poor

children small and brainless.

But survival and nutrition are two different issues. For

children under seven years of age, doctors say that nutrition is

important because as the body grows the other minerals and

nutrients are sent to their third destination, the brain. Some

doctors say that this nutrition begins in the prenatal stage and if

it remains deficient until the age of seven, the body hardly re-

covers from the starved state much less the brain continues to

be dull.

The children start school and the hunger becomes pro-

nounced because they must engage in competitive activities.

But when the body reserves its strength for survival, it will not

send food to the brain. These children are also the underachiev-

ers in schools. They are the ones who have limited attention

spans and stare at the blackboards not comprehending many

of the lessons written there. This is simply because the food

they ate can’t reach their brains.

As the mass base of the Philippine population contin-

ues to be below the poverty level where children are born and

remain undernourished for the first 10 years of their life, we

cannot expect to have intelligent citizens who will raise the coun-

try to new heights of progress and development.

Before we expect changes in this country, we must

begin to make the children intelligent and discerning. But if we

continue to neglect the lack in their growth and development,

we will be alive but dumb Filipinos.

Serving People in Need

(SPIN ) International, an in-

formal group of natives of La

Union and other provinces

working in different parts of

the globe, set out on a feeding

mission for 150 pupils at the

Rizal Elementary School and

50 at the Irisan Elementary

School this school year. With

their mission to serve the less

fortunate, SPIN International

members agreed to sustain

the one school year feeding

program for undernourished

children and those from indi-

SPIN Mission: Healthy Children


gent families who are unable to

get nutritious food. T h e

mission of the group is to im-

prove the health conditions of the

severely wasted and wasted

children and make them healthy.

The Rizal Elementary

School project was launched on

July 5 in a formal program with

the Pupil Government of the

school, Principal Brendalee

Celino and Isabel Vega, teacher

– in – charge of the feeding pro-

gram and the SPIN representa-

tives from La Union and Baguio

City. Of the 150 pupils, 30 were

identified by the school nurse as

severely wasted and wasted.

This meant that the students

were -3 and -2 in the weight and

height requirements for their age.

SPIN Administrators

- Lani Estras and Adviser/

Treasurer yours truly together

with the SPIN Baguio Team

launched the Irisan feeding

project on August 16 with

Irisan Parish Priest, Rev. Fr.

Elgar Bautista who has been

helping the children. Funding

for the projects are generated

by the SPIN Administrators

through donations from mem-

bers and benefactors.

Lani Estras said that

the joy comes with the expres-

sions on the faces of the pu-

pils after a warm and hearty

breakfast. She said that the

breakfast of warm soups with

protein and moringa as main

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Most Outsiders are under the impression that the cost

of living in our country is low—that “it’s cheap to live in the

Philippines”. From a holistic perspective, I have always disagreed

with this and held it as a misconception. While the cost of sur-

vival, where surviving means only having the barest of essen-

tials, may arguably be low here, the term “living” is used and it is

not termed “the cost of survival”; furthermore, if we were only

concerned with how much money one needs to survive, it can

be said of any country that this cost is low (just look at a hobo in

the “expensive” country of your choice to see an example of

this).

Thus, let us first better define the term “living”. In doing

this we will inevitably cross swords with another vague and ill-

defined monster, “the standard of living”. First, we kill that beast

by setting our parameters to a reasonable level. Let us say we

are dealing with a single adult in good health who does not re-

quire the high amount of calories that a heavy manual laborer

would. This person’s modest standards are: A cramped studio

apartment and a well-balanced diet—three meals a day would

seem fair, I think—and an adequate internet connection (Yes,

this person works online as a freelancer; it was the highest-

paying job s/he could find). Further, we will assume that this

person’s wardrobe is complete and will not need replenishing; s/

he does not smoke or drink alcohol—indeed, has no vices at

all—and is content not to own, or aspire to own, any sort of

vehicle.

The Real Cost of

Real Living in the

Philippines

Cost of living ...p11

“Beauty touches the

heart, but it is not necessarily

the truth,” Lao Tzu wrote many

centuries ago. The adage was

true then as it is now, especially

in the age of plastic surgeries

and parlors. October 28, 2013

was another opportunity to

place someone /persons in the

basic unit of our government –

did you vote for a beautiful per-

son or one that is maka-bayan?

BEAUTIFUL could be

bonggacious, epal, aristocrata,

ulol, tanga, ingrata, f-cked up,

uportunista, and landi, have you

thought of that?

B o n g a c i o u s .

Barangay election pa lang,

gumastos na nang kay laki-laki!

Sinisigurong makakamit ang

upuan kasi sa 2016 election

nanaman at ang pinakamurang

pagtakbo para sa mas mataas

na posisyon ngayon ay mula sa

Association of Barangay Cap-

tains.

Epal. Pati ang adver-

tisement ng cellphone repair,

nilagyan ng mukha, na para

Will your Barangay

Officials be BEAUTIFUL

Or MAKA-BAYAN?

Marie Balangue

Will ...p10

Vitamin A deficiency can lead

to serious vision problems. In

children a vitamin A deficiency

can start to show up as tired-

ness, hair loss, weakness, and

weight loss. Other symptoms

include dry eyes, scaling of the

5 Signs of Vitamin Deficiency in Childrenby: Sylvie Blanche

skin, and respiratory infections.

Combat vitamin A de-

ficiency by ensuring children eat

plenty of yellow-orange veg-

etables such as carrots, yams,

and squash, as well as eggs and

c h e e s e .

Studies show that undernutri-

tion makes the body go on sur-

vival drive. It puts growth as

second priority and intelligence

last. This article is based on the

researches of Martorell and

Druyan.

The effect of undernu-

trition on young children (ages

0-8) can be devastating and

enduring. It can impede behav-

ioral and cognitive development,

educability, and reproductive

health, thereby undermining fu-

ture work productivity. Since

growth failure occurs almost

exclusively during the intrauter-

ine period and in the first two

years of life, preventing stunt-

ing, anemia, or xerophthalmia,

therefore calls for interventions,

which focus on the very young.

Whether or not chil-

dren are well-nourished during

their first years of life can have

a profound effect on their health

status, as well as their ability to

learn, communicate, think ana-

lytically, socialize effectively

and adapt to new environments

and people. Good nutrition is the

first line of defense against nu-

merous childhood diseases,

which can leave their mark on

a child for life. In the area of

cognitive development, “when

Undernutrition ...p5

Undernutrition : Better be Stupid and Alive than Smart and Deadthere isn’t enough food, the body

has to make a decision about

how to invest the limited food-

stuffs available. Survival comes

first. Growth comes second. In

this nutritional triage, the body

seems obliged to rank learning

last. Better to be stupid and

alive than smart and dead”

(Sagan and Druyan).

Some of the develop-

mental problems experienced

by malnourished children are

caused by direct physiological

crippling, such as retarded brain

growth and low birth weight,

where as other conditions are

the result of limited and abnor-

mal interaction and stimulation

vital to healthy development.

Good nutrition and good health

are very closely linked through-

out the lifespan, but the connec-

tion is even more striking dur-

ing infancy. Over half of child

mortality in low-income coun-

tries can be attributed to mal-

nutrition.

The relationship be-

tween undernutrition and cog-

nitive and behavioral develop-

ment can be summarized by Dr.

Reynaldo Martorell’s answers

to the following questions:

1. Does undernutrition impair

behavioral development?

Poor nutrition during

intrauterine life and early years

leads to profound and varied

effects including: Delayed

physical growth and motor de-

velopment; General effects on

cognitive development resulting

in lower IQs (lower by 15

points or more in the severely

malnourished); Greater degree

of behavioral problems and de-

ficient social skills at school

age; and decreased attention,

deficient learning, and lower

educational achievement.

2. Are these effects found only

in the severely malnourished?

No. The effects of undernutri-

tion on cognition occur as well

in children without clinical signs

of undernutrition but who are

retarded in growth. Most of the

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Is your child getting enough vi-

tamin C?Vitamins are more

than just little pills to pop; they

are the building blocks and sup-

port system of our bodies. Well-

rounded, healthy diets can pro-

vide all a growing body needs,

but the reality of our busy

lifestyles and sometimes finicky

eating patterns can lead to vi-

tamin deficiency. Knowing

what to look for is part of the

battle. The following signs of

vitamin deficiency in children

are by no means complete, but

it will give you a good idea of

potential problems.

Signs your child lacks

Vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiency in children

is a common problem. My niece

was recently diagnosed with

vitamin D deficiency after ex-

hibiting some puzzling symp-

toms. Signs that your child is not

producing enough include late

teething, irritability, poor growth,

and muscle cramps. Seizures

and breathing difficulties could

also be traced back to insuffi-

cient vitamin D.

Combat vitamin D de-

ficiency with exposure to sun-

light, milk, cheese, yogurt, and

egg yolks.


Vitamin A


vitamin B 12

Deficiencies in vitamin B 12 in

children shows itself in a wide

variety of ways. Specifically,

vitamin B 12 greatly influences

the nervous system and affects

the functions of the brain and

heart. Signs your child lacks the

proper amount of vitamin B 12

include abdominal pain, edema,

weakness, insomnia, and they

may begin to lose their voice.

Easy bruising is one sign that

your child is not getting enough


vitamin B 6

Manifestations of a vitamin B

6 deficiency in children include

diarrhea, anemia, weakness, ir-

ritability, and seizures. Re-

searchers have also pointed to

a lack of vitamin B 6 as the

culprit behind inattention, impul-

siveness, hyperactivity, temper

tantrums, and other inappropri-

ate behaviors.

Combat vitamin B de-

ficiencies by offering a wide

variety of meat, chicken, fish,

nuts, eggs, milk, cheese, beans.

Vegans and Vegetarians should

look into supplementation in or-

der to maintain a healthy

amount of vitamin B.


vitamin C

While the problems

caused by vitamin deficiencies

are shocking, it is important to

note that excessive amounts of

vitamins taken in supplement

form can be toxic to the body.

If you suspect any of these

signs point to a deficiency,

check with your physician be-

fore administering extra vita-

mins to your child to avoid an

o v e r d o s e .

R e s o u r c e s :

Compact Medical Guides -Vi-

tamin D Deficiency in Infants

and Children by Steven

Rothrock, MD, FACEP, FAAP

on September 23, 2011

Medscape Reference -Vitamin

A Deficiency by George

Ansstas, MD; Chief Editor:

George T Griffing, MD

Pediatrician OnCall - Nutrition

in Children

Children of Rizal Elementary School (top) andIrisan Elementary School Benefit (right) in SPINFeeding Program. Some 150 pupils at the RESand 50 from the IES benefit from the first periodfeeding program of the Serving People in Need(SPIN) International. SPIN is an organization ofresidents of La Union and Baguio City of Ilokonatives who agreed to assist Wasted and Se-verely Wasted pupils and children from indigentfamilies in the two public schools in Baguio Cityonce a week for the school year to help in theirphysical and intellectual development. NonnetteBennett

vitamin C. Additionally they

may experience joint pain, have

dry skin, and poor appetite. Fre-

quent nose bleeds, infections,

and illness can also be traced

back to a vitamin C deficiency.

Combat vitamin C de-

ficiency by providing plenty of

opportunities to eat a wide va-

riety of citrus fruit, strawberries,

tomatoes, kiwi, and green veg-

etables like broccoli.

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The surname Burnham is very well known in the city I come

from; it is associated with the main breathing space of Baguio

City (Philippines)—Burnham Park. I grew up knowing that

Burnham is from America, never knowing that one day I would

share the same profession as this much-respected man. A thank

you letter such as this one should be written by people from Baguio

for his making possible a beautifully crafted urban abode. It is my

pleasure to take the lead.

Dear Architect Burnham,

Very few people from Baguio ever bother to learn about you—

from the man who visualized and created our city. I must apolo-

gize that many Filipinos do not bother to differentiate between an

engineer and an architect; reason why many mistakenly refer to

you as Engineer Burnham. Fortunately for me, I am blessed with

the good fortune of being an architect and know that we should

always hold you in high esteem as “Architect Daniel H. Burnham.”

Unfortunately, you never saw what became of the city

you envisioned in 1904; the one which you created for just 25,000

inhabitants. Your vision for the city was a well-thought one; with

a central axis that runs from the city hall, through Burnham Park

(named in your honor), and through the opposite “end” where

you placed the government center. The best thing that the lead-

ers of Baguio did was to follow most of your original concepts;

these remain as the best-planned portions of the city. Over time,

our leaders have forgotten your lead and have opted to take our

city towards a different direction (in terms of planning). Most

such actions have led to regret.

Your design for the wonderful City of Pines was for it to

have ample, tree-lined avenues and boulevards, numerous public

parks, and lush greenbelts that would provide space to breathe

and relax in during weekends. You aimed for beauty in the midst

of a metropolis, driven by your “City Beautiful Movement” that

promoted the concept of the connection between physical beauty

in an urban landscape and the increased sense of civic and moral

responsibility of its inhabitants. I think your design intent came

into fruition on the former; while on the latter, I have to apologeti-

cally state that success has only been partial. Our city has not

been able to live up to the City Beautiful level as it did in your

other city projects particularly as it did in Chicago.

Baguio has ballooned into a population which is now over

ten times your intended number of occupants; and has definitely

reached a level of gross over population. Despite this, people

continue to visit—if only to say that it has lost the “Baguio soul”

that it had in the past. Regardless, the city you designed will aways

be my city: the place I was born in, raised, educated; and where

I have raised my own family.

Allow me to end by stating that to me the “intimacy of

place” you have integrated into Baguio is the very “essence of

the place”—where people readily feel the closeness of the people

they meet while in it. I am pleased to let you know that you have

definitely succeeded in imbibing such into the fabric of the city.

As I come home to my city, I humbly write this thank you letter to

the man who has made this possible.

In humble gratitude,

Raffy Chan

Dear

Architect Daniel

Burnham

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flesh or the will of man, but of

God. And the Word became

flesh and lived among us, and

we have seen His glory, the

glory as of a father’s only son,

full of grace and truth” (John

1:10-14).

We thank God if we

have been given the gift of

believing in him and accept-

ing Him in our lives. And we

thank God that, somehow,

Christmas makes people open

their hearts and minds. We

can feel that because of the

Christ story, something

changes in the way people

deal with their lives. We ex-

perience a general atmo-

sphere of peace, and people

seem friendlier…, we create

activities to strengthen and

renew bonds of friendship

and even of brotherhood

and sisterhood. It even

seems possible for the world

to be better for all…

Let us open our

hearts and minds. And pray

that God Himself manifest

Himself in our lives and

strengthen our hope. Little

things about Christmas al-

ready help us. For example,

our Filipino parol symbol-

izes Christ as light in the dark-

ness, leading us to Christ as

the magi were led by a star.

Our noche Buena is a beauti-

ful practice for families to

come together in a feast, no

matter how simple, for bond-

ing. And we have a special

nine-day novena , the Misa

de gallo, to prepare our-selves to welcome Christ’scoming into our hearts andour world.

A blessed Christmas& New Year to all!

Christmas .......p1

DENR ....... P.1tral Punong Barangay Ariel

Amino regarding the cutting of

trees within the Moldex Prop-

erty with prayer for a Tempo-

rary Restraining Order. This

complaint was also filed with the

RED office of the DENR and

noted that compliance of the

provisions of the permit were

to be followed with note, “no

compliance, no cutting.” Amino

wrote Balangue on October 7

saying that the TRO was be-

yond the “Authority of the

Barangay”.

On October 7, Moldex

paid the DENR P12,500 as per-

formance bond for the 50 trees

to be cut.

On October 8, Moldex

paid CENRO Baguio P100 for

the permit.

On 9 October, Refran

certified to DENR-CAR that

they had conducted the indi-

vidual consultations/meetings

with local barangay,

homeowners/ residents within

the vicinity of the project site.

This “consultation/meetings”

covered nine individuals, two

among whom were employees

of MRI. The DENR CENRO

officers Victor Dictag and

Asuncion Gacadan said on No-

vember 14 during a dialogue

with NGO representatives that

MRI was required to interview

more people to which MRI in-

terviewed 12 people three of

whom included MRI employ-

ees as compliance.

On November 14,

MRI through employee Clieff

Mannong agreed to a public

consultation that was to coin-

cide with the general assembly

of the Barangay on November

23 which was later moved to

November 27 which was at-

tended by only five persons. PB

Amino said that they had posted

the date of the meeting but resi-

dents did not come. Another

public consultation was sched-

uled on December 6, where

most of those 30 who attended

were residents and the others

were NGO representatives.

Although, that was not a fitting

definition of a public consulta-

tion with the lack in numbers,

Rafran said that he was never

required to hold such a meeting

by the DENR.

Residents raised the

issues of siltation of the creek,

loss of spring water, and the

cutting of trees. They claimed

that they were never informed

about the Moldex project.

Barangay Kagawad Pauline

Guilas, Kagawad Stephen

Miranda and Barangay Secre-

tary Andrea Lawana were the

only officials present.

In press releases of the

November 11, City Council

meeting with DENR RED

Baguilat and MRI Refran as

guests, Baguilat said that

Moldex was issued an ECC and

that they could cut the trees

within their private property.

DENR DAO 2003 – 30

requires in page 11 Public Par-

ticipation in the EIA Process.

This provides that, “Public par-

ticipation shall be demonstrated

through the following activities:

a) As part of the social prepa-

ration process at pre-Scoping,

Information, Education and

Communication (IEC) of LGUs

is now explicitly required at the

minimum of PEIS/EIS-based

applications for new or modifi-

cation proposals for which Pub-

lic Scoping is a requirement.”

Additional provisions in

letter b) read, “Public Scoping

for PEIS/EIS-based new

projects is now more meaning-

ful as community inputs will pre-

cede the Technical Scoping of

the EIA Review Team with the

Proponent, and will be formally

considered before the sign-off

of the Scoping Checklist that

comprises the final TOR of the

EIA Study. Key stakeholder

representatives, EMB person-

nel, EIA Review Committee

and the Proponent/Preparer

representatives also sign off the

List of Issues raised during the

Public Scoping.

Scoping must be initi-

ated by the proponent and the

presentation of the project

made to the broadest composi-

tion of stakeholders so they

may issue their concerns re-

garding the project.

The issuance of the

ECC in 2012 and the presenta-

tion of the project on Decem-

ber 6, 2013 is almost two years

after the application of Moldex

for their ECC.

Where is the Rule of Law! The Environmental Compliance Certificate was issued toMoldex Realty Inc. prior to the compliance with the provisions of the EnvironmentalInpact Assessment and the Environmental Inpact Statement as required for develop-ment projects.

5

food supplementation experi-

ments in developing countries,

for example, were aimed at the

nonseverely malnourished chil-

dren.

3. Who is more affected by

undernutrition?

Undernutrition and the socio-

economic context in which it

occurs appear to be related.

Undernutrition has a greater

effect on development in chil-

dren living in poverty, whether

in industrialized or in develop-

ing countries, than on children

who are not poor. Some evi-

dence suggests that nutrition

interventions benefit cognition

and behavior to a greater ex-

tent among the poorer segment

of society.

4. Which nutrients are respon-

sible for cognitive and behav-

ioral impairments?

Because nutrient deficiencies

tend to cluster in individuals, iso-

lating the specific contributions

of single nutrients is difficult

from nonintervention studies.

Iodine deficiency and iron-de-

ficiency anemia are easier to

study than micronutrient defi-

ciencies, and relevant research

has shown that both of these

micronutrients are involved spe-

cifically in causing impair-

ments. Less severe forms of

iron deficiency do not appear

to affect behavior. This degree

of certainty is not possible in

studies of protein-energy defi-

ciency because the food supple-

ments provide protein and en-

ergy as well as other nutrients.

However, no evidence indicates

that deficiencies in protein and

energy are unimportant. The

safest course for ensuring cog-

nitive and behavioral develop-

ment is to meet all nutrient

needs with natural or fortified

foods prepared appropriately

for young children. The benefits

of breastfeeding also must be

considered in fostering growth

and development.

5. When in life are nutrition in-

terventions more likely to be

effective?

Strong evidence suggests that

the earlier children begin ben-

efiting from nutrition interven-

tions the greater the improve-

ment on behavioral develop-

ment. In the case of physical

growth, nutrition interventions

may be effective only during

pregnancy and the first 2-3

years of life. For behavioral

development, nutrition interven-

tions may have a benefit, al-

though much reduced, at later

ages.

6. Are the effects of undernu-

trition irreversible?

Considerable evidence indi-

cates that substantial improve-

ments can be achieved, even

in severely malnourished chil-

dren, if appropriate steps are

taken at a young age to satisfy

nutritional and psychosocial

needs. The longer the develop-

mental delays remain uncor-

rected, the greater the chance

of permanent effects. In devel-

oping countries, where few

children live to see their situa-

tion improve, once the effects

of undernutrition are estab-

lished in early childhood, they

typically become permanent.

The intellectual potential of

such children at school entry

most likely is already damaged

irrevocably.

7. Are the effects of improved

nutrition long lasting?

Yes. Long-term studies indi-

cate that nutrition interventions

aimed at preschool children in

the first few years of life lead

to measurable improvements in

adolescence and adulthood.

8. Do early interventions to

stimulate cognitive develop-

ment interact with nutrition in-

terventions?

Early intervention programs to

stimulate cognition have im-

proved cognition and perhaps

physical growth. Similar to nu-

trition interventions, the earlier

the program is started, the bet-

ter the results tend to be. Al-

though current evidence is not

conclusive regarding whether

the effects of stimulation are

additive or interactive, children

who receive combined nutrition

and stimulation programs per-

form better than those who re-

ceive either type of intervention

a l o n e .

The importance of

early nutrition interventions and

their relationship to cognitive

ability in the short- and long-

term is very clear. It is also

clear that both nutrition and

early stimulation programs

work better when children ben-

efit from them simultaneously.

ECD projects can help prevent

and address malnutrition by pro-

viding supplemental feeding in

center-based and home-based

settings and by educating par-

ents about their children’s nu-

tritional needs.

Sources: Martorell, R. 1996.

“Undernutrition During Preg-

nancy and Early Childhood and

its Consequences for Behav-

ioral Development.” Paper pre-

pared for World Bank’s confer-

ence on Early Child Develop-

ment: Investing in the Future,

April 8 & 9, 1996. Sagan, C.,

A. Druyan. 1994. “Literacy —

The Path to A More Prosper-

ous, Less Dangerous

America.” Parade Magazine,

March 6, 1994. Southeast

Asian J Trop Med Public

Health. 1997;28 Suppl 2:50-68.

Undernutrition ...P3

BANNED. A strict firecracker ban was enforced whenno permits were issued by the city government for thesale of pyrotechniques. Jimmy Pulmano lights up a mocktriangular firecracker dubbed “Goodbye Philippines”with a folded paperbag and rolled sheet of paper as fuse.Richard Balonglong

HIGHLY URBANIZED. Blinded by the monetary rewards of real estate ownershipand the promise of development, are city and government officials joking when theycontinue to issue permits for tree cutting and 12 storey construction without parkingspaces in any part of the city? Monch David

Motor VehicleEmissionControls:Fuel TypesIntroduction

In recent years concern about

exhaust emissions from motor

vehicles has been increasing.

To combat this, the motor indus-

try has been promoting the die-

sel car as cleaner than petrol

cars, due to their greater fuel

economy and reduced mainte-

nance requirements. However,

diesel cars have very different

emission characteristics, and an

increase in diesel cars at the

expense of petrol cars could

have important implications on

urban air quality, smog forma-

tion, global warming and other

environmental issues. Emissions

of lead are falling due to the

banning of leaded fuel in the

UK and many other countries.

Recently there has been much

debate about which fuel, diesel

or petrol, is the cleanest in

terms of exhaust emissions.

Unfortunately there is no clear

answer due to the lack of mea-

surements of emissions from

both types of fuel, although data

from track tests and dynamom-

eters have shown certain

trends.

Emissions from Petrol Ve-

hicles

Emissions from petrol cars have

been dramatically reduced by

the introduction of catalytic con-

verters, which oxidise pollutants

such as CO to less harmful

gases such as CO2. When com-

pared to petrol cars without

catalysts, catalyst cars have

much lower CO, HC and NOx

emissions, at the expense of

CO2 emissions, which increase

due to the oxidation of carbon

monoxide to CO2. As a conse-

quence of this, a catalyst car

will also use slightly more fuel

and become less efficient.

However, despite these im-

provements, petrol cars with

catalysts still produce more CO

and HC than diesel cars, al-

though exhaust emissions of

NOx and particulates are much

lower than diesel cars. In fact

particulate emissions from

petrol cars are so low that they

are not routinely measured.

Emissions from Diesel Ve-

hicles

Diesel fuel contains more en-

ergy per litre than petrol and

coupled with the fact that die-

sel engines are more efficient

than petrol engines, diesel cars

are more efficient to run. Die-

sel fuel contains no lead and

emissions of the regulated pol-

lutants (carbon monoxide, hy-

drocarbons and nitrogen oxides)

are lower than those from petrol

cars without a catalyst. How-

ever, when compared to petrol

cars with a catalyst, diesels

have higher emissions of NOx

and much higher emissions of

particulate matter.

Cold Start Emissions

Emissions from cars are great-

est when an engine is cold. On

Motor ...p10

6Burnham Park Fencing Project nears completion

by: Rollando de Guzman

Photos: Alex Yan & Monch David

After more than five years, the Burnham Park

Fencing Project needs only 16 more adopt

ers of fence spans, four arches and two

gates for completion. The project started in 2008 in

preparation for the 2009 hundred years anniversary

of the city as Chartered City. Bishop Carlito J.

Cenzon, CICM, DD was a member of the Baguio

Centennial Commission and took up the perimeter

fencing of Burnham Park as a fitting legacy for the

anniversary.

The Baguio Centennial Commission was

decommissioned in 2012 and has been replaced by a

Foundation. Unfinished, the fencing project was

adopted by the Bishop Carlito J. Cenzon Foundation,

Inc. until completion and turn-over to the city

government.

It was 2011, when President Benigno

Simeon Aquino III pledged P25 million from his

discretionary funds at the Department of Public

Works and Highways to assist the project by adopt-

ing the area from the Philippine National Police

Women and Children’s desk to the Baguio City

Library for fencing. The funds boosted the fast

tracking of the project.

Bishop Cenzon says that many of the

adopters come from families and friends of the city

who are abroad. Those who grew up in the city and

have fond memories of Burnham Park were among

the most enthusiastic families and groups. The most

recent adopter was the Class 69 of the Saint Louis

Boys High School whose members are mostly in the

United States of America and other countries.

Locally, the Philex Mining Corporation was

the latest institution to adopt the arch fronting the

Baguio Chinese School and two fence spans. The

mining company prides itself in the forests that it has

maintained at Padcal and other company areas.

As the work continues, the project has

A Burnham Suites representative hands acheck of P60,000 to Bishop Carlito J. Cenzonas payment for a fence span along KisadRoad.

entailed the costs of maintenance of the fence

spans that have been regularly vandalized with

graffiti. There are also costs in replacing lost panels

and prying of the metal parts of the fence. Trea-

surer Rollando de Guzman says that the project will

be able to turn-over to the city an amount for

maintenance when the project is completed. He

notes that it may take another year for all the

panels to be completed including the gates at the

Baguio City Orchidarium and the Athletic Oval.

The archways in three other sites are also part of

the project, he said.

Vice chairperson Vic Agcaoili says that the

committee is also interested in developing the area

behind the swimming pool that is part of the “Pine

Trees of the World”. Agcaoili says that Burnham

Park should be promoted as a walkable park to

enjoy. He says that the committee is just waiting for

the go signal from City Environment and Parks

Management Office (CEPMO) to begin the work

of planting colorful shrubs and plants along the

walkway of the area. He adds that a topiary is also

an additional option for the planned park. He says

that the group is also looking forward to

workingwith other groups, like that of retired

General Rolly Garcia, who have the enzymes to

remove the smell of the drainage canal that traverses

the site.

Bishop Cenzon says that there are so many

individuals and groups who are willing to volunteer

time to clean and plant, like the NIIT NSTP under the

leadership of Vladimir Cayabas. The group has

assisted the BPFP committee since the beginning of

the project in 2008.

Bishop Cenzon says that the city government

needs all the help that it can get from the citizens. It

is the better thing to do than just criticize the govern-

ment for what it has not been able to do.

To those interested individuals and groups

who would like to help complete the project, the

BPFP Committee meets every Thurday at 9:30 A.M.

at the Baguio City Orchidarium. Agcaoili says that

the BPFP group has met in the same gazebo for most

of th Thursdays that have passed since 2008, except

for the stormy Thrusdays when it was impractical to

meet in the open space. “Everyone is invited to drop

by to drink coffee and eat baked camote with us,”

Agcaoili says.

Bishop Cenzon assured everybody that the

project will continue amidst his pending retirement. “I

will look forward to the Thursdays that we will

meet,” he told members of the committee.

(Top) CLASS ‘69. Saint Louis University Boys High School Class ‘69 was the latest addition toadopters of a Burnham Park fence span as Class representatives Raffy Chan (3rd from left)and Jimmy Valencia (3rd from right) hand over the design and the full payment of the fencespan to Bishop Carlito Cenzon. Burnham Park Fencing Project Committee members (l-r) VicAgcaoili, Flor Agcaoili, Nonnette Bennett, and Marita Manzanillo witness the turn-over. (Be-low) AMONG THE MAYORS. (3rd and 4th from left sitting)Former mayors Virginia de Guiaand Braulio Yaranon grace the BPFC meeting after the unveiling of the Panagbenga 2005 fencespan and the CID Educational Supply span. (Front L-R) Lino Aromin, Nelia Cid, Raffy Chan,Sharon Cid, Rolly de Guzman. (Standing L-R) Jack Leybag, Marita Manzanillo, NonnetteBennett, Josie Chan, Julie Garcia, CJ Neiderstadt, Bianca Alberto, Kidlat Tahimik, BishopCarlito Cenzon, Vic Agcaoili, Willie Hernandez, Narnesa Mangapot, and Monch David. Themembers of Panagbenga 2005 committee unveiled their contribution to the Burnham ParkFencing Project. The group meets every Thursday except on stormy days with cofee and bakedcamote. The meetings are open to interested parties and groups who would like to join discus-sions on how to beautify Burnham Park through contributions in service or kind or ideas.Burnham Park is a legacy that has survived more than a century and has contributed to child-hood memories of manyresidents.

Diet can affect cognitive

ability and behavior in

children and adolescents.

Nutrient composition and

meal pattern can exert

immediate or long-term,

beneficial or adverse ef-

fects. Beneficial effects

mainly result from the

correction of poor nutri-

tional status. For example,

thiamin treatment re-

verses aggressiveness in

thiamin-deficient adoles-

cents. Deleterious behav-

ioral effects have been

suggested; for example,

sucrose and additives

were once suspected to

induce hyperactivity, but

these effects have not

been confirmed by rigor-

ous investigations. In spite

of potent biological

mechanisms that protect

brain activity from disrup-

tion, some cognitive func-

tions appear sensitive to

short-term variations of

fuel (glucose) availability

in certain brain areas. A

glucose load, for example,

acutely facilitates mental

performance, particularly

on demanding, long-dura-

tion tasks. The mecha-

nism of this often de-

Effects of diet onEffects of diet onEffects of diet onEffects of diet onEffects of diet onbehavior and cognitionbehavior and cognitionbehavior and cognitionbehavior and cognitionbehavior and cognition

in childrenin childrenin childrenin childrenin childrenBy: France Bellisle

scribed effect is not en-

tirely clear. One aspect of

diet that has elicited much

research in young people

is the intake/omission of

breakfast. This has obvi-

ous relevance to school

performance. While ef-

fects are inconsistent in

well-nourished children,

breakfast omission dete-

riorates mental perfor-

mance in malnourished

children. Even intelli-

gence scores can be im-

proved by micronutrient

supplementation in chil-

dren and adolescents with

very poor dietary status.

Overall, good regular di-

etary habits are the best

way to ensure optimal

mental and behavioral

performance at all times.

Then, it remains contro-

versial whether additional

benefit can be gained

from acute dietary ma-

nipulations. In contrast,

children and adolescents

with poor nutritional sta-

tus are exposed to alter-

ations of mental and/or

behavioral functions that

can be corrected, to a

certain extent, by dietary

measures.

7

AWED. A child and bystanders are awed by the fountains of water rising from the pavement atthe Burnham Park Rose Garden. The newly constructed fountains and installed landscaping is ajoint project of the Department of Tourism and former Congressman Bernardo Vergara.Nonnette Bennett

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2. To Sum it Up

3. Blanket

4. Strong Undertow

5. Back Issues

6. Stretching the Truth

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Be a friend to thyself,

and others will be so too.

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Phrase Scramble

The first Cordillera tribe

to adopt and unveil a

Burnham Park fence, the

Barlig tribe, raised the

flag for the remaining 14

fence spans left for

adoption by individuals,

families or organizations.

Bishop Carlito J.

Cenzon, CICM, DD

praised the Barlig group

led by spouses Agustin

and Crispina Matib for

finally unveiling the fence

span marker last Thurs-

day after five years of

collecting contributions

from some 34 families

residing in the City. He

said that the unveiling

brought the count of the

remaining fence spans to

14. Councilor Joel

Alangsab was also

Barlig Tribe unveils fenceby: Nonnette C. Bennett, Photo: Alex Yan

present at the unveiling

as he represented his

family in the simple rite.

The Burnham

Park Fencing Commit-

tee also celebrated their

fifth year since the

beginning of the project

on July 21, 2008 as part

of the centennial cel-

ebration preparations in

2008. Bishop Cenzon

remarked that President

Noynoy Aquino was

instrumental in the

adoption and completion

of more than 600 spans

of the 860 drawn two

years ago. He added

that adopters are now

approaching members of

the Fencing Committee

to adopt spans for their

families. This is a

welcome development

after the five years of

campaigning for the

adoption of the fence

spans.

Bishop Cenzon

also praised the addition

of the gate at the main

entrance of Burnham

Park as an added

attraction to the beauti-

ful gardens and flowers

within. He said that the

additional budget was

sought from the Depart-

ment of Public Works

and Highways. The gate

will be open to welcome

visitors to the park.

“Many people are

getting their photos

taken in front of the gate

because of its likeness

to that of the Mansion

House,” he observed.

According to

him there are four spans

left along Kisad Road,

eight spans along the

Orchidarium, and two

spans at the Rose

Garden. He added that

even if the fence is

completed, there are

other projects within

Burnham Park that the

group would like to do

with the City.

CEBU, Philippines — In

one of the world’s most

naturally deadly countries,

catastrophes can origi-

nate almost anywhere.

Flash floods race down

mountainsides. A zigzag

of tectonic plates collide

below. Typhoons build in

warm ocean waters and

then tear westward.

And when disas-

ters do strike, they strike

hard, ravaging the Philip-

pines’ shabby infrastruc-

ture and often leaving

scores dead, injured or

without homes.

The combination

of geography and poverty

leaves those in the Philip-

pines at almost unequaled

Survivors struggle in the PhilippinesIn the Philippines, natural disasters are common; ways to reduce their impact aren’t

Destruction across chain of islands leaves au-

thorities with a complicated relief operation, on

a scale exceeding any other in the history of the

disaster-prone nation.

By: Chico Harlan, Published: November 17, 2013, Washington Post

risk of calamity, a vulner-

ability that ranks among

this nation’s most press-

ing and confounding chal-

lenges. For three straight

years, typhoons here have

killed more than 1,000

people, despite major gov-

ernment initiatives to re-

duce disaster risk. Ty-

phoon Haiyan, which

ripped through the central

Philippine islands Nov. 8,

killed more than 3,600 and

displaced 2 million.

Years of disasters

— some capturing global

attention, most not —

have pushed the Philip-

pines into an unfortunate

category: that of an unde-

veloped country where

lives can disappear en

masse, sometimes in pre-

ventable ways. If that im-

age is to be broken, the

Philippines must first con-

tend with a set of prob-

lems common for a coun-

try pushing to develop its

economy, everything from

the haphazard layout of

towns to the denuding of

hillsides to make way for

industry.

Over the past de-

cades, Filipinos have

flocked to risky, low-lying

areas, havens for cheap

and crammed housing.

Officials here say the

Philippines must also im-

prove emergency training

for distant local govern-

ments, enforce building

codes and make sure that

money earmarked for in-

frastructure ends up help-

ing those whose homes

are the most vulnerable.

“We are improv-

ing,” said Eduardo del

Rosario, head of the Na-

tional Disaster Risk Re-

duction and Management

Council. “In the next few

years, we’ll be able to say

that we are competent

enough and we are pre-

pared.”

Located on the

Ring of Fire and in a main

alleyway for typhoons, the

Philippines will never be

disaster-proof, experts

say. But it can cut the risk.

If cyclones of identical in-

tensity were to strike Ja-

pan and the Philippines,

the Philippines would have

17 times the death toll,

according to the Geneva-

based Internal Displace-

ment Monitoring Center.

Even in 2011, the year of

Japan’s mega-quake and

nuclear emergency, di-

sasters forced three

times the number of

people from their homes

in the Philippines.

Over the past

two decades, the Philip-

pines has experienced

more than 300 disasters

— everything from land-

slides to floods to volca-

nic eruptions. And Filipino

officials say their disas-

ters are becoming more

severe, in part because of

climate change. Four of

this country’s 10 deadliest

disasters have come in

the past 10 years.

Research suggests that a

warmer world will lead to

stronger storms. Although

most scientists balk at

connecting any one event

with climate change, the

Philippines’ representa-

tive at a climate summit

Survivors ... p9

Bishop Carlito Cenzon joins (r-l) Crispina Matib, Agustin Matib,Councilor Joel Alangsab and Caridad Fabian during the unveilingof the fence span.

8

Newest addition to regular tournament

awards, Overall Low Net Champions,

in the November 8 – 9, 2013 Bishop’s

Cup XI went to golfers Francis Calanio and

Teresita Cooper at Baguio Country Club and

Bong Bangaoet and Anne Philips in Camp John

Hay Golf Club. The award came as part of the

Peoria mode of play which allows anyone to

win the tournament, according to Tournament

Director Gen. Nelson Eslao (Ret.).

The four players were awarded spe-

cial bamboo trophies carved by the Asin

Woodcarvers as part of the promotion of bam-

boo as afforestation species by the Philippine

Bamboo Foundation. PBF president Edgardo

Manda donated the trophies to the Bishop’s Cup

XI as sponsor.

Calanio, Cooper, Bangaoet, Philips takelow net awards in Bishop’s Cup XI

by: Rollando de Guzman

photos: Nito Meneses

Francis Calanio beams as Overall Low Net Champion atthe Baguio Country Club during the awards ceremonieson November 9, 2013. Bishop Carlito Cenzon, Shin PaulChan, and Jerome Delariarte flank him.

(Top) Anne Philips receives her bamboo trophy courtesyof the Philippine Bamboo Foundation as she won OverallLow Net at the Camp John Hay Golf Club on November8, 2013. (Below) Ramsey Sudaypan receives MensDivision A 1st Runner up BCC from Fr. Manny Flores,Bishop Carlito Cenzon and Dennis Sy.

Overall Low Gross champions

included Rudy Lockey and Letty

Baquilar at BCC and Park Jong

Won and Kim Jun Young at the

CJHGC.

In the Ladies Class B

Division, the Champions were -

Edith Dirige at BCC and Beth

Patterson at CJHGC. First run-

ners-up were - Gladys Arede of

BCC and Beth Loy at CJHGC.

Second runners-up included Elsa

Roa at BCC and Judith

Buyagawan at CJHGC.

The Ladies Class A

Division had Marie Balangue

at BCC and Elsa Roa at

CJHGC as Champions. The

First runners-up were Cecille

Hur for BCC and Kim Omug

at CJHGC. Second runners-

up were Janice Kim at BCC

and Yang Yeong Hee at

CJHGC.

The Mens’ Division

Class C had Councilor Fred

Bagbagen at BCC and Tito

Abansi at CJHGC as champi-

ons. First runners-up included

Police Director Jesus Cambay

at BCC and Jun Ongoda at

CJHGC. Second runners-up

were Ricky Rhodes at BCC

and Rochie Hojilla at the

CJHGC.

Mens’ Division B listed

Atty. Ed Aratas of Philex Min-

ing Corp. at BCC and Ric

Madayag at CJHGC as cham-

pions. First runners-up included

the names of Ramsey

Sudaypan at BCC and Jun

Bacungan at CJHGC. The sec-

ond runners-up were Robert

Lee at BCC and Wilbert Tan at

CJHGC.

In the Mens’ Division

A, Ed Dirige of BCC and Fred

Pucket at CJHGC were de-

clared champions. First run-

ners-up were Paolo Wong at

BCC and Ed Monte at CJHGC.

The second runners-up were

Charlo Cambay at BCC and

Romy Aquino at CJHGC.

Special Awards of

Most Accurate Drive went to

Ed Meneses at BCC and Ed

Monte at CJHGC. Most Exer-

cised Players were Dominica

Tolentino at BCC and Bernard

Torcedo at CJHGC. Nearest to

the Pin Award went to Ted

Quizon of CJHGC.

Dominica Tolentino won Most Exercized at Baguio Coun-try Club. Awards were given by Nitz and Rolly de Guzman.

(Top) Dr. Ed Monte receives his 1st Runner Up MensDivision A trophy from Marita Manzanillo. (Right) MarieBalangue and Marita Manzanillo award Bernard Torcedoas Most Exercized at the Camp John Hay Golf Club.

Class B Ladies 1st Runner Up Gladys Arede at BCCreceives her trophy from James Alviar, Bishop Cenzon,and Ed Camacho.

(Right) Class B Mens 2ndRunner Up Robert Lee atBCC receives his trophyfrom James Alviar and EdCamacho.

9

Commonym 121. Green - Moola - Dough _______________________

2. Playing - Time - Greeting _______________________

3. Punch - Hair - A Volleyball _____________________

4. High - Balance - Laser ________________________

5. Human - Rat - Relay _________________________

6. Cat - Dog - Gold ___________________________

7. Toad - Foot - Bar ___________________________

8. French - Eskimo - Hershey ____________________

9. Area - Fire - Zip ____________________________

10. Gray - Red - Timber ________________________

WUZZLESWhat's a wuzzle you ask? A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is

made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The

object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person,

place, or thing that each wuzzle is meant to represent.

Answers: Wuzzle/Mumbo Jumbo / Phrase Scramble page 7 &

Commonym page 10

MUMBO JUMBOSWhat's a mumbo jumbo you ask? A mumbo jumbo is a list of

words/hints for you to unscramble. You then take designated

letters from each word/hint to come up with the final message

that is associated with each hint you have unscrambled.

Mumbo Jumbo 8

Unscramble each of the clue words.

Take the letters that appear in boxes and unscramble them for

the final message.

PHRASE SCRAMBLESWhat's a phrase scramble you ask? A phrase scramble is a

group of words, all cut up and mixed up and you need to put

the phrase blocks in order to create a saying. We use famous

quotes and famous lines from famous songs/books etc.

Unscramble the tiles to reveal a message.

Hint: Famous Quote

in Warsaw said recently that

“hell storms” like Haiyan could

become the “new norm.”

The impact of climate

change isn’t spread equally,

with the burden heaviest for

countries close to the equator

and lacking the “economic, in-

stitutional, scientific, and tech-

nical capacity to cope and

adapt,” according to the World

Bank.

And the Philippines is

struggling to keep up.

Whatever is needed for

Haiyan that isn’t covered by in-

ternational aid will have to be

borrowed or come from cutting

other programs.

The Philippines already

has risk-reduction laws that the

United Nations calls among the

best in the world at least on

paper. Legislation passed in

2010 calls for 70 percent of

disaster spending to be used

on long-term steps. Just 30

percent is used for emer-

gency aid, a shift from the

earlier plan that put the em-

phasis on military-led relief

after disasters hit.

But much of the re-

sponsibility for lowering di-

saster risk falls to local gov-

ernments, some of which op-

erate like little fiefdoms in this

nation of 7,100 islands. Local

officials not only decide how

to spend the money but also

oversee building codes and

land planning.

A January 2013 re-

port from the Internal Dis-

placement Monitoring Center

highlighted the shortcomings

of that approach, looking at

the impact of Tropical Storm

Washi, which struck the east

coast of the southern island of

Mindanao in December 2011 and

killed more than 1,500.

Some had built homes in

that area under a poor-housing

scheme of the Cayagan de Oro

mayor, who allowed people to

settle in unsafe areas for 1 Phil-

ippine peso, or about 2 cents.

More than 1,000 took up the of-

fer, the report said, and ended up

being among those most affected

by the storm.

In the Philippines, the re-

port said, “decisions are based on

electoral considerations rather

than on evidence or technical as-

sessments.”

For as problematic as cli-

mate change is, poor planning —

cutting forests, ignoring building

codes — is many times deadlier,

said Jerry Velasquez, the United

Nations’ head of disaster risk in

Southeast Asia.

Survivors ...p7

(Below) Over all Low Net Champion ofCJHGC Dr. Bong Bangaoet receives histrophy from Shin Paul Chan, BishopCenaon and Jerome Delariarte. (Right)Overall Low Gross Ladies BCC LettyBaguilar was also awarded.

(Above) Ed Aratas ofPhilex Mining Corpora-tion receives the MensDivision B Championaward. (LEFT) LadiesDivision B 1st Runner upwinner Edith Dirige wereawarded by James Alviarand Ed Camacho. (Belowleft) Class A Ladies BCC1st Runner up CecilleHur was awarded by Vic

Agcaoili, Bishop Cenzon and FlorAgcaoili. (Below) Class A LadiesChampion BCC Marie Balangue isawarded by Fr. Manny Flores,Bishop Cenzon and Dennis Sy.

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Will ...P2

bang sa kanya nagmula

ang load natin.

A r i s t o c r a t a .

Kung umasta, akala natin

kung sinong

nagmamataas! Laging

may assistant at hindi

puwedeng madungisan

ang kanyang mga kamay.

Hindi nga naman niya

ginagamit iyon sa pag-

iisip sa kapakanan ng

karamihan.

Ulol. Yan ang

madalas lumabas sa ating

mga bibig kung ang basura

ay hindi na-pick-up sa

ipinaskil na schedule nito.

Tanga. Isa bang

katagang lumalabas sa

ating mga bibig kung ang

mga nagseserbisyo sa atin

ay hindi magawa ang nais

nating mangyari. Kulang

sa common sense, wika

ng iba, pero hindi kaya ay

hindi medaling intindihin

din ang ating binigay na

instruction?

Ingrata. Maaring

galit na galit na tayo.

Hindi ba naiintindihan ng

kapitan at mga kagawad

na sa atin galling ang

kanilang mga posisyon?

Kung di natin binoto, wala

silang ERA!

F-cked up.

Sosyal na dating ng ating

pag-tsismis sa umuupong

opisyal kasi maaring ang

akala natin, wala silang

magawa sa buhay.

Uportunista. Pati

short bond paper,

pinagkakadiskitahang

iuwi! Dapat kasi siguro,

may ready-made forms

na tayo sa barangay hall!

Landi. Kasi daw,

“Sex sells”. Yan siguro

ang ginawa nila para

maiboto ano?

On the other

hand, MAKABAYAN

will have no English word

equivalent because it is

more than being patriotic.

First excuse is because

our Filipino society is re-

ally more matriarchal than

it is patriarchal.

Maginoo. Afflu-

ence was generally asso-

ciated with leadership,

wrote F. Jocano in Filipino

Prehistory. Pre-Spanish

time, we had datus that

ruled barangays and they

were also known as

maginoo. Our society

was “civilized”, following

the urbanization trend of

settling near bodies of

water and having a socio-

economic structure. So-

cial mobility was open, the

best of the highest class

ruled over for peace and

protected everybody, and

punishment was to move

down the classes and

meted out to whomever

committed a sin against

society –lying, stealing,

incest, adultery, and kill-

ing.

Accountable. A

barangay official is ac-

countable to the residents

in his area, as well as the

impact on other areas.

Nowadays, being ac-

countable not only means

keeping good records and

dealing fairly, it also

means taking on respon-

sibility for impacts of ac-

tivities or acts done.

Knowledgeable.

A barangay official is the

first person outside the

family a resident can run

to for help. If the

barangay official does not

know what he/she is do-

ing, then it may be the

blind leading the blind.

Active. Although

the Barangay Hall is open

from 9am til 5pm,

barangay officials are

technically on call 24

hours a day. The tanods

have to monitor their

puroks and emergencies

are relayed to the

barangay captain or to the

police for peace and or-

der. Given their Calendar

of Events, barangay offi-

cials should also be pre-

paring a lot of activities

for their residents.

Bold. Many per-

mits – tree cutting, build-

ing permit, etc. need pa-

pers /clearances from the

barangay captain and the

council. It should follow

that they are aware of the

impact of these clear-

ances on the lives of their

communities.

Articulate. It

matters that what an of-

ficial says is understood.

Barangay officials are

usually the first mediators

in a dispute and it matters

that they can express

peacefully what is needed

to assess a situation, to

clarify, and to mediate.

Youthful. Al-

though “youth” in the

Philippines is legally 15-30

years old, we usually think

of youth as a time of open-

mindedness. Officials

who are open minded

could come up with dif-

ferent solutions to the

challenges of today –

such as land use, zoning,

air quality, garbage dis-

posal, and coordination

with other government

agencies.

Advocate. Be-

fore voting a barangay

official, it is good to know

their advocacies. Usually,

it is their passion in life.

Environment advocates,

for instance, would most

likely think of everyone

else because of their re-

spect for the

interconnectedness of the

web of life. Peace advo-

cates would love to see

cooperation among their

constituents.

Nature lover.

Baguio is unique in being

a city atop a hill, the high-

est city in the Philippines.

Its temperate climate has

ensnared its founding fa-

thers to make it the Sum-

mer Capital of the Philip-

pines and even on earth.

As the fog touches the

mountains and the trees,

its romantic ambience

makes it the Honeymoon

Capital of the Philippines.

Thus, perhaps it’s really

for the love of it all that

long time residents of

Baguio are up in arms

fighting to save the pine

trees of Baguio. Thus,

their government should

do, too, starting from the

barangays.

So there, as a pri-

vate citizen, were you

able to vote a beautiful

person for barangay of-

fice, o isang taong

makabayan.

a cold day a petrol car

may take up to 10km to

warm up and operate at

maximum efficiency; a

diesel car may only take

5km. Consequently, diesel

cars produce less un-

burned fuel during a cold

start, which will result in

lower emissions of carbon

monoxide and hydrocar-

bons. Diesel cars could

make a significant impact

on air quality in urban ar-

eas where most cold

starts occur, especially

when it is considered that

a catalyst on a petrol car

would take several min-

utes to reach its operat-

ing temperature. Overall,

diesel cars emit less hy-

drocarbons, carbon mon-

oxide and lead pollution

than petrol cars, but pro-

duce more noxious gases

and significantly more

particulates.

Despite much debate

over which car, petrol or

diesel, is cleaner, weigh-

ing up the advantages and

disadvantages is not easy.

For example, diesel cars

have been promoted, as

they produce less CO and

HC on average when

compared to petrol cars,

and they have greater fuel

economy producing less

CO2 per km. However

recent health concerns

about particulate matter

have given diesels a less

environmentally-friendly

image, as have the higher

emissions of nitrogen ox-

ides compared with petrol

cars. As a comparison,

Motor ...P5 petrol cars produce virtu-

ally no particulate matter,

take longer to warm up,

produce more carbon di-

oxide per mile on average,

and emissions of the regu-

lated pollutants are higher.

Cleaner Petrol and

Diesel

A method of pollution re-

duction currently being

utilised involves the use of

cleaner petrol and diesel.

It is cheaper to improve

conventional fuels than to

use many of the alterna-

tives and no investment is

needed for new storage

tanks and service sta-

tions. Ultra low sulphur

petrol is now widely avail-

able in the UK.

Alternative Fuels

To replace pollutant fuels

(petrol and diesel), alter-

native fuels are currently

being developed. Those

put forward as alterna-

tives to petrol and conven-

tional diesel include: com-

pressed natural gas

(CNG); liquefied petro-

leum gas (LPG); city die-

sel; hydrogen; alcohol fu-

els; and battery operated

vehicles.

LPG & CNG

On a cycle representing

congested urban traffic,

both LPG and CNG out-

perform petrol powered

vehicles on emissions of

carbon monoxide (CO).

Indeed, emissions of CO

from CNG powered ve-

hicles are of the same or-

der as those emitted by

diesel vehicles. However,

emissions of total hydro-

carbons (THC) from

CNG vehicles are rela-

tively high because of

methane, the major com-

ponent of natural gas. Al-

though methane is a small

contributor to the forma-

tion of low level ozone it

is a major factor in global

warming. Emissions of

NOx and particulates

from both LPG and CNG

powered vehicles are sig-

nificantly lower than

those from diesel ve-

hicles. Moreover, emis-

sions of NOx from CNG

vehicles are half those

from equivalent petrol

engined vehicles. A re-

cent study using a small

delivery van fitted with a

three way catalyst and

capable of switching be-

tween CNG and petrol,

showed that on a modified

EU emission test cycle,

emissions of CO, non-

methane hydrocarbons

(NMHC) and NOx were

76%, 88% and 83% re-

spectively lower with

CNG than with petrol.

Using data from other

studies CNG also com-

pares favourably with

emissions from equivalent

sized diesel-engined ve-

hicles.

City Diesel

City diesel is a petroleum

based lower emission die-

sel developed in Sweden

but now available in many

European Countries in-

cluding the UK. Exhaust

emissions from vehicles

fuelled with city diesel

compare favourably with

exhaust emissions from

equivalent vehicles fu-

elled with conventional

diesel. The main benefit

of city diesel is that its

combustion reduces par-

ticulate emissions by 34 -

84% depending on engine

type, duty cycle, test ba-

sis and type of particulate

measured. An additional

benefit of city diesel is

that it is a low sulphur

fuel, which is necessary

for the optimum running

of oxidation catalytic con-

verters.

Conclusion

To produce a cleaner en-

vironment for all to live

and work in, the develop-

ment of alternative,

cleaner fuels is essential.

To encourage the use of

the fuels, competitive

prices combined with

good marketing tech-

niques are required.

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1. all living and non-

living things

3. absence of cohesive

principle or purpose

5. illegal pedestrian

crossing of a roadway

10. cultural attachment

to one's homeland

12. high force or shock

13. spiritual or moral

impurity

16. condition of disorder

OINKSTER CROSSWORD

4. process of breaking

down of food for energy

6. vital nutrients

7. a condition of being

protected

8. introduction of

contaminants

9. unscrupulous use of a

politician's authority

11. insufficiency, lack

14. person walking along

the road

15. likely to be harmed

or influenced

17. nature's miracle tree

19. responsibility politi-

cians, government

employees

Feeding Program Reduces Wasting in Elem Pupils

CONTROVERSIAL. The main gate of Burnham Park is completed by the Burnham

Park Fencing Project Committee funded by the Department of Public Works &

Highways from the savings of the allocation from President PNoy. The gate was not a

sign of privatization of the park by a private group as reported by media and other

quarters.

By: Isabel Vega

Feeding programs recognize nutrition as an important req-

uisite of education. Of the 120 pupils of the Rizal Elemen-

tary School who benefitted from the feeding program of

two independent groups for the school year 2012-2013, 57

percent gained weight and moved up to the classification

of wasted and normal weight, according to statistics gath-

ered in March 2013.

Wasting is defined as

the percentage of children

whose weight-for-height is less

than -2 standard deviations be-

low the mean was improved

with an average weight gain of

three to five kilos in 68 pupils.

According to a study of

Nutrition – Wasting in Children

by Lizette Berry, Katharine

Hall and Michael Hendricks in

2010, a healthy child gains ap-

proximately two to three kilo-

grams of body weight each year

from the age of one to adoles-

cence. Children whose weight

– for – height is less than -3

standard deviation are classified

as severely wasted or severely

underweight. At the start of the

school year, there were 44 pu-

pils from the different grade lev-

els who were severely wasted

and 76 who were wasted. Of

these numbers, there were 11

pupils who remained severely

wasted and 35 who remained

wasted at the end of the school

year.

In terms of height, the

pupils in the feeding program

grew only by 0.04 meters ac-

cording to the statistics. This

proves that growth should natu-

rally follow weight gain. How-

ever, the statistics on growth

among the pupils show that the

children did not attain the aver-

age growth rate of 2 ½ inches

or 0.06 meters per year.

In relation to the body

mass index (BMI), there was a

significant difference of 1.39

between the baseline data of

average BMI at 12.056 com-

pared to the endline data of

13.443. This meant that the

BMI of the pupils improved

after the feeding program.

Feeding supplementa-

tion by Dr. Mark Ventura and

the Saint Louis Girls High school

/ Holy Family Academy Class

’73 improved the nutrition sta-

tus of the 120 pupil beneficia-

ries of the program.

Dr. Ventura was on his

third year of the feeding pro-

gram at the Rizal Elementary

School which included

storytelling for the intellectual

and spiritual development of the

pupils. The SLGHS/HFA Class

’73 complemented the program

with the higher grade students.

Former RES Principal

Brendalee Celino said that the

support of groups that re-

sponded to the nutrition needs

of the students was a welcome

development. She noted that

the financial resources of the

feeding program of RES were

not enough to support the nutri-

tion needs of the school.

Through the volunteer groups,

the nutrition needs of the pupils

were met and the goal of hav-

ing no more wasted and se-

verely wasted pupils by 2016

might become a reality.

Lead is bad for childrenLead is poisonous and espe-

cially bad for children, says a

study by the New York State

Department of Health.If lead

gets into a child’s body, it could

cause: a lower IQ; behavior

problems; growth problems;

anemia; kidney damage; and

hearing loss.

Lead can be found in

old paint, dust, soil and water.

Some Asian and Hispanic folk

medicines for stomach upset

also have lead. Lead can also

be found in cosmetics imported

from the Middle East.

How is lead tested?

A small amount of

blood is taken from a finger

prick or vein and tested for lead.

Blood can be drawn at a

doctor’s office, hospital, clinic

or lab. If you don’t know where

to bring your child for testing,

call your local health depart-

ment.

What causes lead poisoning

in children?

The most common

cause is dust from old lead-

based paint. If floors have dust

from old painted walls, or paint

chips, a baby could suck on

lead-dusted hands or toys or

breathe in lead dust. Some tod-

dlers eat paint chips, soil, or

chew on lead-painted window

sills and stair rails.

There are steps par-

ents can take to prevent chil-

dren from lead poisoning. Keep

children away from peeling paint

and broken plaster. Wash their

hands often, to rinse off any

lead dust or dirt. Wash your

child’s toys often, especially

teething toys. Use cold water -

not hot - for infant formula or

cooking. Let the cold water tap

run for at least a minute before

using to flush lead picked up

from pipes. Store food from

open cans in glass or plastic

containers. Use lead-free

dishes. Some dishes may have

lead in their glazes. Don’t use

chipped or cracked dishes to

store or serve food. Be careful

with hobbies. Some crafts call

for use of paints, glazes and

solder. Many of these may con-

tain lead. Don’t bring lead

home with you from work.

People who work at construc-

tion, plumbing, painting, auto

repair and certain other jobs can

be exposed to lead. Wash work

clothes separately. Keep chil-

dren away from remodeling and

renovation sites. Old paint can

have lead in it.

Avoid having children

play in soil especially around the

foundations of older buildings

and near roadways. Use a sand-

box instead. When windows

are open in warm weather,

wash the sills and window wells

any time you see dust, but at

least once a month. Call your

local health department for in-

formation about professionals

who handle lead-based paint

problems.

Feed your family foods

that get ahead of lead. Foods

high in iron and calcium can

help prevent lead poisoning. For

Iron- dried beans/peas, lean

beef/pork, chicken, spinach,

whole grain/fortified breads,

eggs, tuna and collard greens.

For Calcium - cheese,

milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice

cream, milkshakes, pudding,

cream soups, pizza, lasagna,

macaroni and cheese.

Feed children healthy

snacks: a child with an empty

stomach will absorb more lead.

Children between 9and 36 months of age are at in-creased risk of the effects oflead.

11

Cost of living .............p2

vegetable are the needed ingre-

dients to ensure the growth and

well-being of the children. The

ambition of the group is to be

able to sustain a daily feeding

in the future for the pupils.

This is the best way

that people blessed with more

in life can contribute to building

a true and humane human so-

ciety, she added.

The children and par-

ents of both schools assist the

SPIN Teams who conduct the

weekly feeding sessions that

help the pupils with their physi-

cal growth and their intellectual

development.

Spin ......................p2

There, we have defined

the needs of our average Filipino.

Whether or not s/he is happy with

this arrangement is debatable, but

at least it can be said that s/he is

living and not merely surviving.

Contentment and advancement in

life are subjects for other essays.

In the research for this

article, I have consulted doctors

and other medical professionals,

read reports written by sociologists

and economists, and consulted

both government and private

documents pertaining to the cost

of living here. Having lived here

my whole life I also draw from

personal experience where pub-

lished figures and statistics are

lacking. Below is this person’s

monthly budget in Philippine pe-

sos. Spending on entertainment

and incidental expenses has not

been included and any emergency

situations as well as what I call

the “morale factor” will be dis-

cussed in a separate article for a

very good reason—I am over the

word count for this piece.

Housing - 4,000; Food -

5,000; Utilities – 800; Cooking Gas

– 800; Transportation - 1,098;

Mobile Phone Usage – 488;

Internet – 990; Personal Hy-

giene Products – 300; Laundry

and Household Products – 300;

Total: P13,776.

At first glance, this doesn’t

seem like a very large sum to

an Outsider. Converted to U.S.

dollars, this is a mere $318 at

the current exchange rate.

Does this outsourced worker

make at least $318 every

month? After online money

handling and bank fees, the av-

erage online worker, if lucky

enough to receive the recom-

mended rate per hour worked

rather than most prevailing

rates, will receive, in their ATM

account, about P14,700 every

month. Great! It seems that our

worker is P924 net positive ev-

ery month. Let us look, how-

ever, deeper than the cover, and

judge this person’s books bet-

ter. Although the monthly bud-

get figure above is more than

the bare essentials, there are

expenses that have not been

considered.

It must be remembered that

outsourced workers do not re-

ceive benefits. If our worker

would like to enroll in the

Philhealth, SSS and PAG-IBIG

systems, s/he must pay out of

her/his own pocket. Monthly,

this comes to about P1,982. Oh,

dear. I’m terrible at mental math

but even I can figure that this

puts our worker outside her/his

monthly budget. Not to worry!

These are not mandatory pay-

ments. Our worker can opt not

to enroll in these systems, so s/

he is still net positive!

There is, however, a yearly pay-

ment into the government sys-

tem that is mandatory: Income

Tax. Considered a self-em-

ployed worker, and earning

P13,776 per month, our exem-

plary Filipino must pay P877.60

of her/his monthly income as

income tax. Still, we are still net-

positive at P46.40. If s/he saves

every centavo of this sum, this

amounts to P556.80 in savings

per year. Super.

How many of you have found

that you needed to spend an

extra P1.50 a day on some ex-

pense that suddenly crops up?

This is the daily value of our

workers yearly savings.

I am sorry, but, to me, this is

still base survival and not living.

******

Commonym 12 Answers

1. slang for money

2. types of cards

3. they can be spiked

4. beams

5. races

6. fish

7. stools

8. kisses

9. codes

10. wolves

Eating is one of my favorite things. When I am pleasantly

surprised, this means that there is something good about the

restaurant I have chosen to write about.

The latest addition to the Baguio food scene is Sage

by Arlene Alcantara Sy. Sage is a Mediterranean herb that

aids in the digestion of fat rich foods, says a kitchen site on the

web. Until lately, the Filipino palate didn’t know that fresh

herbs like basil, mint, cilantro, tarragon, oregano, and bay leaf

were refreshing to eat in certain food preparations. Alas, Sage

Restaurant will reveal the healthy options in herbs when you

dine there.

First off, a glass bottle of water with sprigs of mint and

slices of lemon, lime and orange welcomes you while you scan

the menu. The zest in the water is healthy too in its simplicity.

The “Soup of the Day” comes in a sour dough bread

bowl. The squash soup is made from freshly blended squash

with a suave dash of cinnamon (?). When you spoon the soup

down the bowl, you can pinch off pieces of the bread too.

This is enough to satisfy a person with a tiny appetite, soup

and bread.

Baguio is blessed with salad veggies that abound in

the market. Lettuce in all varieties that suit your taste are

plenty. Sage has its plates made with many of these.

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Water with

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and mint

sprigs

Nacho

Supreme

Platter

Squash

Soup in a

bread bowl

Text and Photos:

Nonnette C. Bennett

Pleasant and refreshing gastronomic surprise!

A favorite salad,

Nacho Supreme with lettuce,

olives, sweet corn, and

ground beef and four kinds of

dressings makes a great meal

starter although it too can be

filling. The crisp nachos, crisp

lettuce, and tomato with

onion dip can make a child

try it. The other dressings

with yogurt, garlic, cheese,

and basil (?) also add differ-

ent flavors to the chips and

veggies. There is also the

Shrimp Pomelo salad for

those who prefer fruits with

their salad.

The Creamy Bulalo

Steak is among the best

sellers at Sage. It must be the

tenderness of the beef that

almost melts in your mouth.

The bulalo is paired with

mashed potatoes which

makes it a different experience for the Pinoy. The barbecued

ribs with Java rice and a small vegetable salad is another best

seller here. The protein loads here are good to the last drop of

gravy or sauce.

The drinks are also awesome at Sage. Thanks to the

fruits that are available in the market too. The shakes and iced

drinks are all surprisingly worth the try.

Located at 95 Military Cut Off, the restaurant has a

homey and comfortable atmosphere. As some have com-

mented, it is worth a try. Promise, you won’t be disappointed.

ACCIDENT PRONE ROAD. January 17accident along Guisad Road. This stretchof road at the Easter School andManzanillo Subdivision area has been thesite of many accidents recently. Accordingto motorists, the road gets slippery evenwithout the rains causing vehicles to slipand skid out of control. Many observerscomment that the road is too smooth thatvehicles who tend to speed as they turninto the bridge skid out of control causingthem to hit the wall or other vehicles. Thenumber of incidents that happen at leastonce a week in this area cannot be coinci-dental. Who will respond to this technicalproblem? Will it be the City Engineer whohas domain over city and barangay roads?Is it going to be the DPWH because this isa national road? Or is it up to the motoristto be a little more cautious? Or are wewaiting until a pedestrian is the victim?photo Marie Balangue

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