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Page 06‘#AlDubEBTamangPanahon’ pulls in over 27 million tweets

FCC Kids PaintingWorkshop kicks off

MANILA: Inutusan ng Korte Suprema ngay-ong Biyernes ang Iglesia Ni Cristo na ipakitasa kanila ang umano’y dinukot na ministro.Naglabas ang mataas na hukuman ng writof amparo at habeas corpus laban kay INCexecutive minister Eduardo Manalo. Naisdin ng korte na humarap si Manalo sa Courtof Appeals (CA). Nag-ugat ang kautusan sapetisyong inihain nina Anthony Menorca atJungko Otsuka laban sa pamunuan ng INC.Ayon sa reklamo, hawak ng INC si LowellMenorca at ang pamilya niya sa INC centraloffice sa Quezon City. —PSN

MANILA: The death toll from a ferocious typhoon in thePhilippines climbed to 54 on Thursday, as home-wreck-ing floods shifted downstream to coastal villages, dis-placing tens of thousands of residents.

Inundations from torrential weekend rains in moun-tain regions caused by Typhoon Koppu cascaded intocoastal fishing and farming villages, submerging them inwaters up to three metres (10 feet) deep, officials said.

Residents of Bulacan and Pampanga province,around two hours’ drive from the capital Manila, fled byfoot to evacuation centres as the waters rose quicklyovernight, aggravated by a high tide, they said. “Thewaters have nowhere else to go. Imagine two to threedays worth of rain from the mountains coming down,”Nigel Lontoc, assistant director of the region’s civildefence office, told AFP.

Close to 60,000 people left their homes in Bulacan

and Pampanga, a geographic catch basin for watersfrom the upland provinces of Nueva Ecija and Aurora,which bore the brunt of Koppu on Sunday and Monday.

Lontoc said the floods in the coastal areas may last aweek. Koppu made landfall on the east coast of Luzon,the Philippines’ biggest and most populated island, earlySunday with 210-kilometre (130-mile) per hour winds.

Koppu, the second strongest typhoon to hit the dis-aster-weary country this year, then crawled over vastswathes of Luzon for three days, bringing torrential rainsthat triggered landslides and massive flooding.

A report from the national disaster monitoring officesaid close to 500,000 people had been displaced byflooding. The waters had receded considerably in theupland provinces and many had returned to their mud-covered homes. But the death toll climbed to 54, from 47on Wednesday, based on an AFP tally of confirmed fig-

ures from national and local authorities. In the Cordilleramountain region, the civil defence office confirmed fivemore deaths from landslides on Monday and Tuesday,raising the death toll to 21 from 16 on Wednesday.

In the central farming regions of Luzon, the deaths oftwo 12-year-old girls were reported, one of whom diedfrom drowning and the other from a snake bite, accord-ing to the regional civil defence office.

Koppu had weakened into a low pressure area onThursday, bringing moderate rains over the outlyingBatanes islands in the far north of the Philippines, stateweather forecaster Gener Quitlong told AFP. ThePhilippines is battered by an average 20 typhoons a year,many of them deadly. In November 2013, 7,350 peoplewere left dead or missing after the most powerful stormon record, Haiyan, wiped out entire communities in thecentral islands.—AFP

PH typhoon toll hits 54 as floods shift

Two diplomats held in deadly

Philippines shootingflown to China

MANILA: Two Chinese diplomats have beenflown to China to stand trial for a gun attack inthe Philippines that killed two of their col-leagues and wounded another, Philippineauthorities said yesturday. China’s consul gener-al in the central city of Cebu survived afterbeing shot in the neck, but two of his staffmembers died during the lunchtime attack at arestaurant on Wednesday.

“They (the suspects) already left last night,direct flight from Cebu to Xiamen,” foreign min-istry spokesman Charles Jose told AFP in a textmessage, referring to a southeastern Chinesecity. “Yes, they will be prosecuted in China,” headded. The motive of the gun attack was notknown, and the positions held by the two sus-pects at the consulate remained unclear. Chinahas the death penalty, while the Philippinesdoes not. The Chinese foreign ministry has giv-en little information about the attack. Chineseembassy spokeswoman Li Lingxiao told AFPshe had no comment to make on the Filipinogovernment’s announcement over the transferof custody. —AFP

BENGUET: This handout photo by Office of the Civil Defense-Cordillera Autonomous Region (OCD-CAR) shows an aerial shot of aroad which collapsed October 22, swallowing four houses and creating a sink hole (C) following heavy rains brought on by typhoonKoppu, in the mining town of Itogon, Benguet province north of Manila. No one was reported injured or killed in the incident. —AFP

‘Ilabas n’yo angdinukot naministro’

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KUWAIT: The Viking Club of the Radisson BluHotel Kuwait marked its year end fun runwith an excellent number of runners dou-bling its previous records. With one hundredand eighty eight runners comprised of hotelstaff, members of the health club, guests andother fitness organizations emerged ninewinners from three categories.

The Malaysian Ambassador to Kuwait HEAhmad Rozian Abd Ghani was present to par-ticipate in the ocassion. For the Kids category;Tor Lambert bagged the first prize followed

by Adam El Dabet second place andAbdulwahab Al Kandari wining third place.For the Women’s category; Irene won firstplace and Lulu Askar on second place withAman Al-Farhan on third place. For the men’scategory Pablo Gomez won first place fol-lowed by Abdullah Al Failakawi on secondplace with Mohammed Al Matar on thirdplace.

The event kicked off with the registrationof participants on the reception of the cluband successively brought by services buses to

the point of the start of the run. A ten min-utes warm up led by four instructors of theViking Club namely; Viktor, Igor Teodora andChristian perked the event. Runners lined upimmediately at the starting line until the sig-nal was given. Police escorts were availablethroughout the run to ensure safety of therunners until the finish line.

The event culminated with buffet break-fast at the pool bar area of the club. Prizeswere awarded to the winners courtesy ofIsmile Dental Clinic, English School of

Fahaheel and dinner vouchers from Al Bustanand cakes from Eedam of The Radisson BluHotel.

Among those who participated weretriathlon athletes from FIT, The Gym Teamand other local fitness and sports organiza-tions. “The Viking Club extends its gratitudeto all those who participated in the event andthose who made the event possible and suc-cessful. We hope to see more participantsnext year” commented Ivan Tzenkov, Directorof Recreations of the Viking Club.

Filipinos dominate Viking Club ‘Fun run’The Viking Club marks end year fun run,

breaks previous records of number of runners

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MANILA: “Jacks,” a Pomeranian dog, rides its motorcycle float which was inspired by the movie “Ghost Rider”. Dogs on Halloween costumes display at the annual dogs and catspre-Halloween fashion show by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) yesterday at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. The annual event is to raise aware-ness for the need to adopt or foster stray animals rescued by PAWS which now runs to hundreds. —AP

Halloween

MANILA: The House of Representatives decid-ed yesterday to give the Commission onElections (Comelec) additional funds to coverthe cost of electronically transmitting votes innext year’s elections from the precinct level tovarious canvassing centers.

“ We have agreed in the appropriationscommittee to allocate P500 million for thetransmission of votes. We have the go-signalof the Speaker on this,” Davao City Rep. IsidroUngab, committee chairman, said.

He said the Comelec had requested P600million for setting up a communications back-bone to be used in sending votes from theclustered precincts to the tabulation centers inthe district, town, provincial and city levels,and to the Comelec main office and Congress.

“They can source the difference of P100 mil-lion and the additional funds they need fromtheir savings,” he said.

He added that the additional P500 millionwould be included in the funding for the May9, 2016 elections in the proposed P3.002-tril-lion national budget for next year.

The Depar tment of Budget andManagement, Quirino Rep. Dakila Cua, Ungab’svice chairman in charge of the Comelec budgetand Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez,to whom the Comelec has forwarded a sepa-rate funding request, endorsed the allocationof funds for vote transmission.

The poll body’s additional funding requesttotaled P1.240 billion: P600 million for thetransmission of votes, P450 million for hono-raria, P150 million for detailed engineering

plans for its new building, P30 million for over-seas absentee voting and P10 mil l ion asappropriation cover for the construction of thenew building.

Aside from the P500 million, Ungab said hiscommittee approved the additional P30 mil-lion for absentee voting and P2 million asbudgetary cover for the new Comelec build-ing.

“They have about P3 billion in savings fortheir new building. They need only the budgetauthorization. They are allowed to augmentthe P2-million initial funding,” he said.

He said it is not easy for the House and theSenate to give additional funds to any agency,since the money would have to be taken fromother state offices or appropriations.

“This is a delicate balancing act. The gain ofone agency or program is the loss of another.That is why we choose only the projects, pro-grams or activities for which funds are critical-ly needed, like the transmission of votes innext year’s elections,” he stressed.

Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III, who hasattended hearings on the proposed 2016budget, said the Comelec should have antici-pated their funding requirement for the elec-tronic transmission of votes.

“They should have included it in their origi-nal budget request,” he said.

He said the poll body should aim for 100-percent transmittal and accounting of votes,instead of just 76 percent as what happened inthe 2013 midterm elections.

—The Philippine Star

House allots P500M for 2016 poll result transmission

CASIGURAN: Children sit on the roof of a house blown over by typhoon Koppu inCasiguran town, Auroran province northeast of Manila on Thursday, days after thetyphoon devastated the province. Widespread flooding in the Philippines caused bya powerful typhoon eased on October 21 but the storm’s death toll climbed to 47 andtens of thousands of people remained in evacuation centres. —AFP

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KUWAIT: A team of MAKULAY professional artists under the leadership of Romano Roman color the kid’s day by introducing them to the basic principle of art! Walk-in kidsalso joined FCC kids to show off their talent in art. Participants really enjoyed and had a great time exploring the use of colors which inspired the artists to continue the work-shop every Friday on the same venue. We are therefore inviting everyone to join us on this rare opportunity to learn new skills and experience working with MAKULAY pro-fessional artists while enjoying the smell of upcoming winter sea breeze at the open garden of Mcdonalds.

FCC kids painting workshop kicks off

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Pinoy Arabia FM fourth weekwinners, last week eliminationsKUWAIT: Lowella Jeroy, Mary Jane Manata, Carlos Dela Rosa Delfinado and JasonSantiago were among the recent-candidates to qualify for the Grand Finals of PinoyArabia Marina FM Sing Galing Competition. Salamat sa lahat ng tulong at suporta mulasa Al Alamia International Manpower Services, TVS Travel & Tours, LBC Cargo, ADMInternational Manpower Services, Echo Extreme, Alpha Solutions, ICSA, AIM GlobalKuwait, Jamykha International Placemen Services, Radisson Blu Hotel and La Cocinera.Malapit na ang grand finals on Nov 20 sa Discovery Mall, Live Theater , Kuwait City. Itona ang huling linggo ng elimination rounds kaya habol na! Para sa karagdagang impor-masyon tumawag lamang kay Papa P Randy 9904-7504! Maraming salamat po!

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KUWAIT: The Filipino Badminton Committee (FBC) concluded its 62nd tournament dubbed “Al-Masa Classic Studio Cup” last Friday. The event was held at their home court atHawally Disabled Club with a good number of attendees. FBC President Jimmy Carandang announces winners:

62nd Badminton tournament ‘Al-Masa Classic Studio Cup’ concludes

MANILA: AlDub, the perennial Twitter trending topic, has done itagain, generating 27 million tweets with their hashtag#AlDubEBTamangPanahon. This breaks their previous record of over26 million tweets generated for their first date episode lastSeptember.

Eat Bulaga co-host Joey de Leon also tweeted that the fans wereable to post 25.8 million tweets in 24 hours, breaking another of theirprevious records.

Joey also greeted Eat Bulaga co-host Pia Guanio-Mago a happybirthday, telling her that the show broke records.

AlDub nation, the love team’s fans, as well as viewers of the popu-lar kalyeserye took to Twitter to express joy, exhilaration, and kilig(giddy feelings) at being able to finally see Alden and Yaya Dub betogether at last, with the blessing and approval of Yaya’s guardian LolaNidora.

The tweets started pouring in earlier in the morning before theshow even started, as anticipation rose to a fever pitch.

They continued streaming in as fans reacted to the show’s manyhighlights on social media, including Lola Nidora’s musings on loveand a look at her suitors.

And then of course, there was the main event: the climactic meet-ing between Alden and Yaya Dub, which came after a touching grouphug with Lola Nidora.

Ever since the kalyeserye began airing in July, fans have beencheering the tandem on and making it trend everyday. Early inOctober, Twitter Asia Pacific and Middle East Vice President Rishi Jaitlycalled AlDub a “global phenomenon,” after the hashtag#AlDubEBforLove pulled in 26 million tweets. (#AlDub: 7 Lessons fromthe success of the ‘global phenomenon’)

Thousands and thousands of fans flocked to the Philippine Arenato witness the event in person at the sold-out show. The Arena has aseating capacity of a little over 50,000. —Rappler.com

‘#AlDubEBTamangPanahon’ pulls in over 27 million tweets

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 7Swooping Eagles ascend into the ‘Magic 8’

By Ricardo de Leon

KUWAIT: Despite the heart breaking third game loss with the Scavengers,the Swooping Eagles ascended into the ‘Magic 8’ while the Original Pin Killersdescended from the elite group in the fifth week of the elimination round ofPhilippine Bowling Association in Kuwait 3rd Season Team Tournament heldat Cozmo Bowling Center in Kheifan. Other teams who posted victories wereLEAF, Kuwait Stars, SMAC’Z, Thunder Dragons and UAE Exchange while AsianAir Safari played bye.

With the fabulous performance of Glen Corbit 257/264/221(742)Swooping Eagles guns for rare sweep versus embattled enemy after winningthe first two games, 968-868/970-918 with 152 points advantage but thehighly spirited Scavengers using different approach stopped Eagles fero-cious attack in the last game, scoring headway. In the third game of the seriesthe Scavengers change strategy and fielded the combinations of Ali Adel, Aji,Ismat, Ali and Hanadi and delivered well scoring more than a thousandpoints (1038-915) and accrued the bonus and game points of 50 and finallysnatched the 25 win points with final scores of 2899-2853. Top scorers of thewinning team was Ali Adel Ata Khalil (606), Mohammad Ismat (568), HanadiMezail (536), supported by Jess Tolentino. Anthony and Nasha King, AjiVarghese. For the Swooping Eagles, Glen Corbit (742) piloted his team, assist-ed by Darrel Sullivan (537), John Caldwell (479), Jessica Balagat (430), Riz andBenjie Roque that placed them in the elite team while Scavengers remainholding the second spot.

The UAE Exchange without mercy botched the undermanned OriginalPin Killers 2801-2290. Playing with just three bowlers, the formidable duo ofGreg Melancon and Christopher Bush played undaunted with their 578 and

510 scores with jittered Jelyn Colegio’s 375. Lady bowler Myra Manalosteered her team with her 527, followed by Rani Skeik 511, Ali Hikmat 460with Abdul Aziz Al Aslawi, Rudy de Lima, Marriotte Vito with two gamesapiece. With the win-lose situation, UAE Exchange sustained its fourth placewhile Original Pin Killers with its poor showing since the start of the seasondropped from fifth to ninth position.

The mettlesome Thunder Dragons aiming for a whisk against COZMOwon the first two games 903-841/974-865 with 171 points difference but thelane master foiled the attempt in the last round when Cris Tirona scored 230against the lowest score of the Dragon lady’s 102 with total score of 885-840.Mandy Manalo (553) and Mar Evangelista (552) spearheaded the ThunderDragons with the assistance of Joel Tizon, Eddie Pena, Moises Amahan, MariaPwely Virly, Eden Evangelista and Agnes Noble while COZMO’s pinbusterswere Nasser Hajras (545), Cris Tirona (533), Jacky Guitang (488), Neveen Wasel(473), Fahad Abul and Farid Gabriel. With the win-lose result the ThunderDragons surged to a higher place while COZMO stayed in the tenth place.

Other results : With its demolition job the SMAC’Z another victim was theMangaf Strikers (2955-2513) posting fifth consecutive victory; the clash ofthe tail enders, Kuwait Stars defeated Philippine Embassy Strikers (2554-2314); LEAF silenced NUSANTARA (2722-2604) but not affected their stand-ing and finally Asian Air Safari (2691) played bye and remain in the third spot.

For Individual High scores:Category Name Individual High Name Individual High

Game AverageMen’s A Glen Corbit 264 Greg Melancon 213.70Men’s B Ferdie Saliba 241 Ferdie Saliba 199.00

Men’s C Kevin Andaya 221 Darell Sullivan 176.50Ladies A Hanadi Mezael 240 Mina Andaya 189.08Ladies B Abel Nitikusumo 199 Alma Turley 168.60 Team High Game (Sratch) - COZMO (1021)Team High Series (Scratch + Handicap) - Scavengers (2938)

Team Weekly High Series : Week 1 - SMAC’Z - 2821 Week 3 - Scavengers - 2938 Week 5 -Scavengers-2864Week 2 - UAE Exchange - 2787 Week 4- SMAC’Z - 2682

Team Standing after Fifth round: 1. SNAC’Z (14256); 2. Scavengers(13979); 3. Asian Air Safari (13679); 4. UAE Exchange (13630); 5. ThunderDragons (13415); 6. Swooping Eagles (13328); 7. Nusantara (13266); 8. LEAF(13210); 9. Original Pin Killers (13102); 10. COZMO (12907); 11. MangafStrikers (12565); 12. Kuwait Star (12452) and 13. Philippine Embassy(12207).

PBAK would like to acknowledge and extend its sincere appreciation toits major donors GULF AIR Kuwait Management Ms. Sandra Smith andRuffa Quddus. UAE EXCHANGE Kuwait Mr. Vivek Nair and Mr. Renjith Pillai.DUNKIN’ DONUTS Kuwait Mr. Ahmed Hamed and UNILEVER Kuwait fortheir untiring and continuing support to League tournaments. For thosewho wish to join and/or be a new member of PBAK, please call ourTournament Director Hermie Saliba mobile 67615408 or the MembershipOfficer Joel Tizon mobile 66497905.

PBAK on its 29th Year is conducting non-stop weekly bowling leaguewith currently 250 members mixed nationalities. Games starts at 9AM andends past 12 noontime every Friday at Cozmo Bowling Centre in Khaifan.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015

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Swooping Eaglesascend into the ‘Magic 8’

KUWAIT: Filipinos participated in the annual triathlon competition held in Salmiya Marina seaside last Friday. The event, open to all nationalities, was organized by McDonald’s-Kuwait incooperation with Marina Crescent. Frontrunners were dominated by European expatriates but there are Arabs and Kuwaitis included in the list of winners. Filipino InternationalTriathlete -Kuwait participated in the event including some Filipino members from the neighboring GCC countries! —Photos by Ciril Mansueto

Pinoys participate in ‘McDonald’s Flying Start Triathlon’