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NO TO VAT ON TOLLSenate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Committee on Ways and Means chairman Sen. Ralph G. Recto attend Committee on Ways and Means hearing on the imposition of the value-added tax (VAT) on highway toll, whose implementation is scheduled to push through on Aug. 16. Enrile said he was not in favor of the VAT as this will amount to a “user’s tax” for the use of roads built from public funds and is therefore not subject to additional tax.
ATTY. RODRIGUEZIS NEW LRTA ADMINISTRATOR
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OKAY ang ginagawang pag-tatanggol ng mga mambaba-tas tulad nina Senate Presi-dent Juan Ponce Enrile, Sens. Ralph Recto at Frank-lin Drilon sa paglalagay ng 12 porsiyento value added tax (VAT) sa toll.
Okay din ang katwiran ng mga mambabatas na ilegal at walang basehan ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at
Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) sa pagpapatupad ng VAT sa mga daanan tulad ng North Luzon Expressway, South Luzon Expressway at iba pa.
Mas okay ang sinabi ng mga ito na hindi nila isina-ma sa kanilang batas na ang toll ay “VATable" dahil ito ay isang serbisyo publiko ng gobyerno.
Pinakaokay ay ang pag-sasabi naman ni Justice Secretary Leila De Lima na nagsalita na si Pangulong Aquino na walang bagong buwis na ipapatupad at sa halip ay paiigtingin ang kampanya upang mapala-kas pa ang koleksyon ng buwis.
Okray naman ang biniti-wang salita ni BIR commis-sioner Kim Henares nang sabihin nito na kung ayaw magbayad ng VAT sa toll ay huwag gumamit ng kalsada. Parang sinabi nito na walang karapatan ang mahihirap na gumamit ng pasilidad ng pa-mahalaan.
Hindi ba’t ang mga pam-
papasaherong sasakyan ka-pag dumaan sa toll ay mag-babayad din kapag ganito ang kanilang panuntunan? Saan kukunin ng mga tusper ng pampublikong sasakyan ang ibabayad sa tool, hindi ba’t sa pasahero rin? Okray na okray ang katwiran ni Henares.
Pinakaokray kapag natu-loy ang pagpapatupad ng VAT sa toll sa Agosto 16. Tu-tol na tutol ang mga may-ari ng pribado at pampublikong sasakyan. Hindi kaya ka-pag naipatupad ito, magalit ang mga tao kay Pangulong Aquino dahil hindi naman nito pinakikinggan ang hi-naing ng mga taong nagluk-lok sa kanya sa puwesto sa pamamagitan ng boto.
Higit sa lahat, labas lang pala sa ilong ang mga binitiwang salita ni P.Noy na ang mga mamamayan ang kanyang amo. “Kayo ang boss ko!” Ito man ang binitiwang salita ni Noynoy noong manumpa siya sa tungkulin pero ito rin kaya ang kanyang saloobin at gagawin?
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DALAwANg taon na ang Himig Ariel Scholarship. Ito ay isang kakaibang scholarship kung saan hinuhubog ang kakayahan ng kabataan, lalo ang mga mahihirap, sa larangan ng pag-awit, pagsayaw at pag-arte. Tamang-tama lang dahil ang Quezon City ay tinaguriang City of Stars. Dito nabubuo at natutupad ang mga pangarap ng mga kabataan para sa isang magandang bukas. Ang Himig Ariel ay nagsimula sa 50 scholars, ngayon, pagkalipas ng 2 taon, 10,000 na ang mga miyembro. Lahat ay binibigyan ng pagkakataon para sa isang pro-fessional training at pagkakataon din na magtanghal sa iba’t ibang venue. Ang lahat ng ito ay nagsimula dahil bilang isang public servant naging adbokasiya ko ang humanap ng mga pagkakataon para mabigyan ng oportunidad ang mga kabataan ng QC nang sa gayon ay malayo sila sa maling mga impluwensya ng barka-da at kung anu-ano pang mga bisyo. Ang aming munt-ing pangarap noon ay mailayo ang kabataan sa mga lansangan at mahikayat sila na magsikap, mangarap at pagyamanin ang kanilang mga natural na talento para maging kasangkapan ito sa kanilang tagumpay. Ngayon, ipinagmamalaki na ng QC ang Himig Ariel. Patuloy na dumadami ang scholars ng programang ito na ang karamihan ay sumisikat na rin at nagkakaroon ng sariling pangalan sa larangan ng performing arts. Sikat na ang Himig Ariel sa bansag na star maker. May contestants na sa sikat at tanyag sa buong mundo na world Championships of Performing Arts (wCOPA) na galing sa Himig Ariel. Napakaganda ng bukas para sa mga kabataan ng QC na mga talento ng Himig Ariel. Pero marami pang kailangang gawin. Marami pang kailangang tulong at suporta ang mga kabataan. Sa kasalukuyan ay iisa lang ang trainor para sa halos 10,000 scholars—si Kuya Al Tarca na mag-isang gina-gabayan ang mga kabataan na nagsisikap maabot ang kanilang mga pangarap. Noon ay sinikap kong supor-tahan ang lahat ng pangangailangan ng grupo pero dahil lumalaki ang Himig Ariel, naghahanap na kami ng mga may mabubuting kalooban na nais tumulong sa mga talentadong kabataan. Kailangan ng dagdag na trainors, kailangan ng mas maraming exposures. Halos 10,000 kabataan na naghihintay ng pagkakata-ong makapagtanghal. Hindi masasayang ang suporta ninyo sa Himig Ariel scholars. Ang mga scholars ay mga dedicated performers, magagaling at may pare-parehong ambisyon—ang magkaroon ng mabuting buhay at magandang bukas sa pamamagitan ng ka-nilang mga kakayahan at talento. Marami sa kanila ay nag-aaral pa rin sa kabila ng matinding trainings at ensayo araw-araw para maging mas mabuti pang mga performers. Tulungan po natin ang mga kabataang ito. Huwag po nating hayaang ang kanilang mga pangarap ay manatili na lang na mga pangarap. Ang kanilang tagumpay at tagumpay ng bayan.
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MAg-TExT po kayo sa akin tungkol sa usaping ito sa 09215186724. O kaya ay email sa: [email protected].
Suporta sa kabataann 0907-911xxxx—Idol, reklamo ko
lang ang community hospital sa Nau-jan, Oriental Mindoro. Hindi po nila inaasikaso ang mga pasyente nila. Yung kaibigan ko po na naaksidente sa motor ay itinakbo doon pero ang sabi ni Dr. Hernandez ay iuwi na lang siya dahil las-ing naman. Hindi man lang nilapatan ng lunas. Paglabas po doon ay masama na ang kalagayan ng kaibigan ko. Itinakbo na po namin siya sa ibang ospital at buti na lang at naisalba po ang buhay niya.
n 0909-656xxxx—ir Raffy, nanan-awagan po ako na sana matigil na ang pangongotong ng mga pulis SPD sa Paranaque. ginagawa na po kasi nilang hanapbuhay ang pangongotong. SJA 557 po yung plate number.
n 0922-408xxxx—good PM, rere-port ko lang ang mga video-karera ma-chine at fruit game dito sa Southplains 1 Subd. Biñan, Laguna. Ito po ay naka-lagay sa bahay.
n 0918-732xxxx—good afternoon po, gusto po namin na paki-kalampag yung airport dito sa Clark. Kawawa na-man po kaming mga taxi drivers dito. Halos wala na kaming kinikita dahil sa
patuloy nilang pagpaparami ng trans-port services pero hindi naman dum-adami ang flights nila.
n 0915-612xxxx—good PM po Sir. gusto ko lang pong ipaalam sa inyo na talamak ang bentahan ng mga babae lalo na yung mga high school students gabi-gabi sa Recto St. sa TS Cruz Subdi-vision, Novaliches, QC. Malapit po iyon sa Novaliches High School (NVS). Ang balita po ay may fraternity po dun na nagbubugaw ng mga babae at estudyante ng NVS. Madalas din po ang pot session ng grupo. Sana po maaksyunan niyo po ito. May mga students na kaming naging biktima nila, at until now mga tulala pa rin. Maraming salamat po.
n 0932-315xxxx—Sir, reklamo ko lang po ang traffic sign sa may Dr. Sixto to Antonio Avenue at Ortigas Avenue sa
Rosario, Pasig. Bukod po sa malabo na, removable pa! Marami na pong nabibik-tima dito at ginagawang kotongan-spot ng mga traffic enforcers.
n 0927-475xxxx—Sir, two months na po akong crew sa isang sikat na fastfood chain pero lagi pong delayed ng 2 weeks ang sahod namin. Hindi po namin alam kung bakit. Tuloy hindi nagsasakto ang budget namin. Sana po matulungan niyo kami.
n 0916-517xxxx—good PM Sir, isa po akong driver na nagmamalasakit sa aming pinipilahang terminal dito sa Baclaran. Ito po yung sa biyaheng Paliparan-Baclaran. ginagawa po kasi kaming gatasan ng mga namumuno dito. Napakalaki po ng hinihingi nila, P3,500 a day. Kapag hindi kami maka-pagbigay agad ay pinapaalis nila kami. Bukod doon ay mayroon pang goodwill money na P75,000. Sobra na ang gina-gawa nila sa amin Sir.
n 0999-721xxxx—good PM po Idol Raffy. May irereport lang po ako tung-kol sa LTFRB resealing. May lagayan pa ring nagaganap dito, pati po ang guard sa gate ay nanghihingi ng rin ng tong.
Mga sumbong sa text
BIR: No toll VAT, no road use
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By Ronnie Santos
THE Department of National Defense announced yesterday of an urgent need to modernize
the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to increase the country’s lever-age in its claim for the disputed Spratly Islands, a chain of potentially oil-and-minerals-rich islands and islets, situ-ated west of Palawan.
“If you don’t have an Armed Forces which can defend a position which our country will take on, then its useless to laying claim, for example, to any inter-est in the Spratlys,” said DND spokes-man Eduardo Batac.
“What happens if you find a big oil reserve in those areas? Can you just say that’s ours and not back it up with an armed force?” asked Batac, while ac-knowledging the fact that the AFP has inferior Navy and Air Force at present.
Apart from the Philippines, other countries that are claiming in part or in whole the Spratlys, also known as the Kalayaan Group of Islands—are China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Brunei. Filipino troops are occupying a number of those islands.
The six countries have forged a Code of Conduct that restricts all these
nations from beefing up military struc-tures in their occupied islands. When asked if the agreement is being fol-lowed, Batac said before giving a big laugh: “We have to check.”
Philippines and China are also locked into a territorial dispute over Scarborough Shoal near the province of Zambales.
Batac said it was “sad to note” that since the passage of the P330-billion military modernization law 15 years ago, only P32 billion was released. Worse, the released funds were used to acquire equipment needed in address-ing internal security threats.
Batac said Defense Secretary Vol-taire Gazmin is not satisfied with the implementation of the military’s modernization program, including the delivery of equipment being ac-quired. He said they are looking into how the process can be expedited “without going against existing laws and regulations.”
When asked if he thinks the other claimant-countries will take the Philip-pines seriously if it does have a modern Armed Forces, Batac said: “I think you answered your question. You’re not going to be taken seriously.”
Batac said Spratlys is about 200
miles from Palawan and yet the Navy and the Air Force only have few vessels and planes in the area.
In his State of the Nation Address on July 26, President Aquino recognized the need to modernize the Navy, saying the country has a shoreline of 36,000 nautical miles and yet the Navy has only 32 ships, some of them are World War II era.
“You can’t go that far,” said Batac, referring to the limited patrol coverage of the Navy and Air Force.
“Who can navigate that fast and have the proper armaments? The mo-ment they (Navy and Air Force) are challenged, for example, you go there with your Navy vessels, for example, and you encounter foreign vessels and they tell you ‘you better turn back or we are going to shoot you,’ what are you going to do?” he asked.
“We should be able to take a posi-tion and back it with the necessary diplomatic and military strength that a country needs to be able to forge an international policy. For example, how can you pursue a policy if all you can do is the diplomatic channel? You should have at least a military strength that can back up whatever you say in the diplomatic realm,” added Batac.
DND wants firepower for SpratlysTHE Light Rail Transit Au-thority (LRTA) has a new ad-ministrator.
President Aquino yester-day inducted Atty. Rafael Ro-driguez as newly appointed LRTA administrator, along with the 32 new officials of the executive branch.
In a simple oath-taking ceremony, Aquino swore into office Trade and Industry Un-dersecretary Adrian Cristobal, Jr.; Acting Assistant Secretary Jesus Lorenzo Mateo; Deputy Director General Margarita Songco of the National Eco-nomic and Development Au-thority for the National Devel-opment Office; Chief of Staff Benjamin Martinez, Jr. of the Office of Vice President Jejo-mar Binay; Vivian Sarabia, member of the Professional Regulations Commission, Optometry Board.
The new officers for the Department of Justice are: Undersecretaries Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Antonio Fleta, Joel Rudinas, Claron Alcan-tara and Assistant Secretaries
Dennis Araullo; Salvador Sa-lacup, Eduardo Nolasco and Allan Quimson Umali.
From the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, those who took their oaths were Undersecre-tary Atty. Ernesto Adobo, Jr. and Peter Anthony Aguinaldo Abaya, General Manager/CEO of the Philippine Recla-mation Authority.
Aside from Rodriguez, the president also appointed for the Department of Transpor-tation and Communications positions Antonio Buendia, Jr., president of the Philip-pine Aerospace Development Corp.; Emerson Benitez, Deputy Administrator of the LRTA and Aproniano Boon-galing, Jr., board member of the Manila International Air-port Authority.
For the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, inducted were: Francisco Manuel Gat-maitan Joaquin III, member of the board of directors; Jose Ferdinand Rojas, general manager. Alex Balcoba
Rodriguez is new LRTA head
SHOWBIZ PIZZAZZBy Alex Brosas
4 Friday, August 13, 2010
JUNE 18 ang last Twitter message ni Kris Aquino sa kanyang account. After that, nag-decide siyang
pansamantalang iwan muna ang kanyang account para na rin matahimik ang buhay niya at para na rin hindi madamay ang kapa-tid niyang presidente ngay-on ng bansa na si Noynoy Aquino.
Noong August 8, hindi na nakatiis ang aktres-TV host at muling nagbalik sa kanyang pagti-tweet. Hindi nakaya ng powers ni Kris ang hindi magpadala ng messages.
In fairness, mas dumami ang followers ni Kris sa Twitter, umabot na sa kulang-kulang 300,000.
“I’m back! Y? Because we live in a democra-cy and I’m allowed to use my voice. I promise to be prudent and not be motivated by anger or hate. Will try to be kind and mature. I'm SO BACK. Love love love!!!
Iyan ang unang message ni Kris sa kanyang pagbabalik sa Twitter.
Last Monday, August 9, naaliw kami sa post ni Kris. Natatawa kasi si Kris sa mga lalaking
inili-link sa kanya.“Laughable how many
men got linked to me since separating. The truth is I'm not ready to trust again. I'm not yet annulled so can't date yet. They say life be-gins at 40, update ko kayo Feb 14, 2011 if that's true.” ‘Yan ang message ni Kris.
By now alam n’yo na siguro kung sinu-sino ang na-link kay Kris. Ito’y sina
Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, Senator Chiz Escudero, Coco Martin, Gerald Anderson at Gabby Concepcion.
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KAHIT na hindi namin type si Willie Revil-lame ay nakikisimpatya kami sa kanya. Hindi namin nagustuhan ang ginawa sa kanya ng ABS-CBN.
Imagine, all set na siya to return sa kanyang noontime show pero hindi siya natuloy. Tala-gang nakakasama ng loob ang ginawa sa kanya ng Dos.
Ang nakakatawa pa rito, parang walang isang salita ang mga ehekutibo ng Dos. Hindi nila kayang panindigan ang napagkasunduan.
Ayon kay Willie mismo, nagkasundo na kasi na babalik siya sa July 31. Siyempre, asang-asa siya na makakabalik na siya sa kanyang pinaghariang trono. Pero hindi ito nangyari dahil iba ang ipinalabas na show, ang Pilipinas Win na Win na hindi naman yata nagwi-win sa rating at palaging inilalampaso ng Eat Bulaga.
Bakit pinaasa ng executives ng Dos si Wil-lie? Wala ba silang isang salita? Gano’n na lang ba ’yon? Kung sa kanila kaya gawin ‘yon, matutuwa kaya sila? At bakit ang bilis nilang magpalit ng desisyon? Napressure ba sila?
Sana, sa simula’t simula pa lang ay tsinugi na nila si Willie ng hindi na ito umasa pang makababalik. In the fi rst place, nag-resign na siya sa show, pinabalik lamang siya.
Ngayong gusto na ni Willie na tuluyang ku-malas sa Dos ay pinipigilan naman siya. Kasi nga, nakakontrata siya.
Nakakatawa ang senaryong ito, ‘di ba? Kung may nilabag si Willie sa kanyang kontra-ta, masasabi ba ng Dos na sila ay ubod ng linis at wala silang nilabag sa kanilang kontrata.
Pakisagot nga!
Kris Aquino is back sa kanyang Twitter
A REPRESENTATIVE for Emma Watson has moved swiftly to deny reports the actress is auditioning for the lead role in an upcoming big screen adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”.
The Brit sparked speculation she was in the running for the role of edgy computer hacker Lisbeth Sa-lander in the upcoming Hollywood movie after debuting a short pixie hairstyle earlier this month.
Watson, who shot to fame in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise, was said to be leading the race for the role, fi ghting off competition from actresses including Ellen Page and Carey Mulligan.
But a spokesperson for Watson has denied the speculation, telling GossipCop.com the rumor is “abso-lutely false on all accounts.”
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BOY GEORGE fears Lady Gaga may be struggling with her “occasional” drug habit, after the star confessed she uses cocaine a “couple of times a year.”
The Poker Face hit-maker re-cently opened up about her battle with drug addiction when she was struggling to make it as a singer in New York, and went on to reveal she still sporadically dabbles with coke. She told Rolling Stone magazine, “I won't lie; it's occasional. And when
I say occasional, I mean maybe a couple of times a year.”
However, George–who was hooked on heroin at the height of his Culture Club fame–has hit back at the singer's comments, insisting it's highly “dangerous” to use drugs, and fears Gaga maybe losing her “grip.”
He writes on his blog: “If Lady Gaga were about to be exposed as a drug user I would understand her recent confession... that she is an ‘occasional’ coke sniffer. But why offer up this information on a whim? Could it be that her use of coke is not so 'occasional?' As a recovering addict who knows how dangerous ‘occasional’ use is, I can think of no reason for Gaga to reveal this to her young audi-ence.”
“My mum had the best take on this: ‘She's reached the stage where she feels untouchable, you all get there–you did, son.’ I can't argue with that! One has to wonder how much of a grip Gaga has on things. Up until now she has seemed almost annoyingly professional and focused and this seems out of character! Isn't saying you're an ‘occasional’ drug taker a bit like saying you're bisexual? That usually means you're raving.”
Boy George confronts Lady Gaga on drug use?
SHOWBIZ PIZZAZZBy Alex Brosas
4 Friday, August 13, 2010
JUNE 18 ang last Twitter message ni Kris Aquino sa kanyang account. After that, nag-decide siyang
pansamantalang iwan muna ang kanyang account para na rin matahimik ang buhay niya at para na rin hindi madamay ang kapa-tid niyang presidente ngay-on ng bansa na si Noynoy Aquino.
Noong August 8, hindi na nakatiis ang aktres-TV host at muling nagbalik sa kanyang pagti-tweet. Hindi nakaya ng powers ni Kris ang hindi magpadala ng messages.
In fairness, mas dumami ang followers ni Kris sa Twitter, umabot na sa kulang-kulang 300,000.
“I’m back! Y? Because we live in a democra-cy and I’m allowed to use my voice. I promise to be prudent and not be motivated by anger or hate. Will try to be kind and mature. I'm SO BACK. Love love love!!!
Iyan ang unang message ni Kris sa kanyang pagbabalik sa Twitter.
Last Monday, August 9, naaliw kami sa post ni Kris. Natatawa kasi si Kris sa mga lalaking
inili-link sa kanya.“Laughable how many
men got linked to me since separating. The truth is I'm not ready to trust again. I'm not yet annulled so can't date yet. They say life be-gins at 40, update ko kayo Feb 14, 2011 if that's true.” ‘Yan ang message ni Kris.
By now alam n’yo na siguro kung sinu-sino ang na-link kay Kris. Ito’y sina
Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, Senator Chiz Escudero, Coco Martin, Gerald Anderson at Gabby Concepcion.
■ ■ ■
KAHIT na hindi namin type si Willie Revil-lame ay nakikisimpatya kami sa kanya. Hindi namin nagustuhan ang ginawa sa kanya ng ABS-CBN.
Imagine, all set na siya to return sa kanyang noontime show pero hindi siya natuloy. Tala-gang nakakasama ng loob ang ginawa sa kanya ng Dos.
Ang nakakatawa pa rito, parang walang isang salita ang mga ehekutibo ng Dos. Hindi nila kayang panindigan ang napagkasunduan.
Ayon kay Willie mismo, nagkasundo na kasi na babalik siya sa July 31. Siyempre, asang-asa siya na makakabalik na siya sa kanyang pinaghariang trono. Pero hindi ito nangyari dahil iba ang ipinalabas na show, ang Pilipinas Win na Win na hindi naman yata nagwi-win sa rating at palaging inilalampaso ng Eat Bulaga.
Bakit pinaasa ng executives ng Dos si Wil-lie? Wala ba silang isang salita? Gano’n na lang ba ’yon? Kung sa kanila kaya gawin ‘yon, matutuwa kaya sila? At bakit ang bilis nilang magpalit ng desisyon? Napressure ba sila?
Sana, sa simula’t simula pa lang ay tsinugi na nila si Willie ng hindi na ito umasa pang makababalik. In the fi rst place, nag-resign na siya sa show, pinabalik lamang siya.
Ngayong gusto na ni Willie na tuluyang ku-malas sa Dos ay pinipigilan naman siya. Kasi nga, nakakontrata siya.
Nakakatawa ang senaryong ito, ‘di ba? Kung may nilabag si Willie sa kanyang kontra-ta, masasabi ba ng Dos na sila ay ubod ng linis at wala silang nilabag sa kanilang kontrata.
Pakisagot nga!
Kris Aquino is back sa kanyang Twitter
A REPRESENTATIVE for Emma Watson has moved swiftly to deny reports the actress is auditioning for the lead role in an upcoming big screen adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”.
The Brit sparked speculation she was in the running for the role of edgy computer hacker Lisbeth Sa-lander in the upcoming Hollywood movie after debuting a short pixie hairstyle earlier this month.
Watson, who shot to fame in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise, was said to be leading the race for the role, fi ghting off competition from actresses including Ellen Page and Carey Mulligan.
But a spokesperson for Watson has denied the speculation, telling GossipCop.com the rumor is “abso-lutely false on all accounts.”
■ ■ ■
BOY GEORGE fears Lady Gaga may be struggling with her “occasional” drug habit, after the star confessed she uses cocaine a “couple of times a year.”
The Poker Face hit-maker re-cently opened up about her battle with drug addiction when she was struggling to make it as a singer in New York, and went on to reveal she still sporadically dabbles with coke. She told Rolling Stone magazine, “I won't lie; it's occasional. And when
I say occasional, I mean maybe a couple of times a year.”
However, George–who was hooked on heroin at the height of his Culture Club fame–has hit back at the singer's comments, insisting it's highly “dangerous” to use drugs, and fears Gaga maybe losing her “grip.”
He writes on his blog: “If Lady Gaga were about to be exposed as a drug user I would understand her recent confession... that she is an ‘occasional’ coke sniffer. But why offer up this information on a whim? Could it be that her use of coke is not so 'occasional?' As a recovering addict who knows how dangerous ‘occasional’ use is, I can think of no reason for Gaga to reveal this to her young audi-ence.”
“My mum had the best take on this: ‘She's reached the stage where she feels untouchable, you all get there–you did, son.’ I can't argue with that! One has to wonder how much of a grip Gaga has on things. Up until now she has seemed almost annoyingly professional and focused and this seems out of character! Isn't saying you're an ‘occasional’ drug taker a bit like saying you're bisexual? That usually means you're raving.”
Boy George confronts Lady Gaga on drug use?
Friday, August 13, 20106
Sagot sa nakaraan
PAHALANG1. Sasaksak8. Tunog ng busina11. Intindi12. Tapayan13. Ipinagkatiwala kay Moises15. Tagpi16. Ibigay sa amin17. Lasang asin18. Ngawit19. Tusok pag inulit20. Likas21. Magsakay25. Bayan sa Marinduque28. Pakuluan29. Sulsol30. Luto sa itlog31. Dulang32. Reklamo33. Awit ng paghehele34. Hunting PABABA
1. Tanggal ng tahi2. Gunita3. Wasto4. Pigil5. Pangalan ng lalaki6. Palayaw ng babae7. Kapopootan8. Grano9. Sambit ng nagbigay10. Lungsod sa NCR
14. Tumaghoy ang aso18. Unlapiu20. Isda21. Ulirat22. Abante23. Bagnos24. Nalibang25. Bagsak26. Sambit ng nasaktan27. Lati
Complete the grid so every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
Previous puzzle solution
PALAISIPAN Thelma OnegoPALAISIPAN EXPRESS SUDOKU McJoe
GLOBE, a leading telecommunica-tions company in the Philippines, has extended its P0.15 per second IDD rate promo to all Globe Lan-dline users, thereby, providing families of overseas Filipino work-ers (OFWs) with another low cost alternative in getting in touch with their loved ones abroad.
The Globe Landline IDD Sakto Calls gives discounted per second charging for calls to USA, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, China, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Kuwait, and Equatorial Guinea. Calls to the rest of the world are charged on a per minute basis at
the regular rate of $0.40 per minute or around P18 per minute.
The service combines the conve-nience of per second charging and the affordability of a cheaper calling rate. It is ideal for those who do not need to stay long on the phone since they will only be charged for the airtime consumed. At the same time, the discounted rate to select destinations makes calling abroad much more affordable.
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AS the patriarch of the city, Caloocan Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri backed the proper development of infants by supporting “National Breastfeeding month” which takes place every August.
Echiverri reminded all new moth-ers that the best sustenance for their newborn, especially during the fi rst six months of their life, is breast milk and nothing else.
“Sa mga bagong panganak na ina,
ipinaaalala ko lamang sa inyo na ang pinakamasarap at punong-puno ng bitaminang pagkain ng inyong mga sanggol ay ang gatas ng ina,” he said.
“Bukod sa malaki ang matitipid sa pagbili ng infant formula, nababa-wasan din ang panganib sa pagkaka-roon ng mga sakit ang mga sanggol tulad ng inpeksyon sa tenga, pagta-tae, respiratory illness, maiiwasan ang pagiging obese at makatutulong pa sa paglaki ng mga ito bilang isang
mabuting tao,” Echiverri added.According to the city’s chief ex-
ecutive, babies who are fed with their mothers’ milk early on grow up to be stronger and smarter individuals, thus they turn out to be more pro-ductive for their community.
In line with this, the local govern-ment said that it continues its Infant and Youth Child Feeding program, which is aimed at teaching fi rst-time mothers the proper way of breast-
feeding their infant, in effect giving the latter the specifi c nutrients that they need.
Throughout August, several train-ings and basic seminars targeting pregnant women will be conducted in all barangays in the city so they may be taught the proper way of car-ing for their newborn.
It is also the purpose of these seminars and trainings to impart vital knowledge to these expecting
mothers, one of which is that breast feeding could lower their risk of get-ting cancer.
“Magandang maturuan ang mga ina ng tamang nutrisyon lalo na sa panahon ng kanilang pagbubuntis at pagkatapos manganak sapagkat ang ating ina na ilaw ng tahanan ang siyang gagabay sa mga bata na sa darating na panahon ay magiging pinuno ng ating lipunan,” Echiverri stressed.
Echiverri backs National Breastfeeding Month
7Friday, August 13, 2010
SENATOR Franklin Drilon has proposed to move the school opening from June
to September to make it coincide with the “global practice.”
“Our school opening falls on the peak of the rainy season, and we know the great difficulty our students go through to get to school,” Drilon said during the organizational meeting of the Senate education commit-tee, headed by Sen. Edgardo Angara.
According to the Liberal Party lawmaker, “Our schools also get
flooded, and classes have to be suspended in many areas where the school buildings are not ty-phoon-resilient. It is an issue of safety and practicality. We need to get as much technical knowl-edge on the issue.”
The education panel is also set to conduct nationwide con-sultation on the plan of the De-partment of Education to add two years to the basic education curriculum, from the present 10 years—six in the elementary and four in high school.
“The Senate Education
Committee has a big task dur-ing this particular Congress. I think the most fundamental proposal is the additional two years in our basic education curriculum. We will organize technical working groups to study this important mea-sure,” said Angara.
He earlier expressed support to extend the basic education curriculum from 10 to 12 years to make Filipino graduates more "competitive" in domestic and international labor markets.
Andres Garcia
Drilon seeks moving of school opening to September
THE Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has sentenced a tax evader to suffer an im-prisonment of one year to two years. The CTA found accused Benjamin Kin-tanar, dealer of Forever Living Prod-ucts, “guilty beyond reasonable doubt” for willful failure to file his income tax return for taxable year 1999 in viola-tion of Section 255 of the National In-ternal Revenue Code, as amended.
Aside from jail term, Kintanar was
also ordered to pay a fine of P10,000.Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
Commissioner Kim Henarres said Kintanar was the first to be charged with tax evasion under the BIR’s Run After Tax Evaders program in 2005.
Henares added that Kintanar was charged for tax deficiency for taxable year 1999 amounting to more than P6 million, including penalties and interests.
Tax evader gets 1 year imprisonmentTHE Supreme Court (SC) yester-day urged Malacanang not to im-plement just yet Executive Order Numbers 2 and 3 while the SC is awaiting the reply of Malacanang on the petitions filed before the highest court of the land against the order of President Aquino re-voking all the “midnight appoin-tees” of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
In a press conference, SC Spokesman and Court Admin-istrator Atty. Jose Midas Mar-
quez said that it would be better if Malacanang maintains “status quo” on the so-called “midnight appointees” as the case is now pending before the Court.
The SC, Marquez said, would like first to hear the comment of Malacanang on the issue before deciding whether or not to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO).
Marquez added that after the lapse of the “non-extendible” period of 10 days given to Mala-
canang to file its comment, the SC may issue a TRO against the controversial Executive Orders.
Marquez stressed that the Court would not like to have a scenario such that the so-called “midnight appointees” have been dismissed and later on a TRO or a status quo ante order is issued.
The said EOs, Marquez point-ed out, may even be found later on as “illegal,” which will pave the way for the return of the dis-missed government officials.
SC urges Malacañang to halt EO 2, 3
A TOTAL 99 natural and man-made disasters struck the Philip-pine in the first half of the year, affecting 579,540 families or 3,405,707 persons, according to the non-governmental Citi-zens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC).
The six months from January to June were also the same pe-riod when the calamity fund for 2010 were reportedly depleted to as much as 70 percent over-all by the previous administra-tion, leaving little for the present government, as claimed by Mala-canang.
The figures are lower com-pared to the same period last year, but CDRC executive direc-tor Louella Escandor said this should not make communities complacent. “We are still expect-ing more typhoons, more floods and more landslides in the com-ing months.”
She stressed that communities should take steps to enhance their capacities and reduce their vul-nerabilities, and that disaster pre-paredness and cooperation of the whole community is important in reducing the impact of disasters.
Of the number, 20 were
weather-related such as drought and floods, the top inflictors of damages in terms of persons af-fected, said Escandor.
The remaining 79 are caused by human, mostly related to fire and accounted for 41 deaths, she added.
CDRC claims to maintain its own database on disasters and pioneered and continues to pro-mote community-based disas-ter management in the country, operating nationwide through a network of regional centers and people’s organizations.
Angela Nolasco
99 disasters struck RP in 6 months
Friday, August 13, 2010 9
Our Daily Bread
L ONG ago my wife decided that driving within the speed limit gives her a wonderful sense of freedom. She tells me, “I don’t ever need a
radar detector. And I never have to slow down when I see a state patrol car or worry about paying a fine for speeding.”
Even on long trips when the miles seem to grind slowly along, she sets the cruise control at the posted speed limit and enjoys the journey. “Besides,” she reminds me, “it is the law.”
Romans 13:1-10 addresses our responsibility to the authority of human government and to the law of God. When we obey the governing authorities, we don’t have to fear punishment, and we gain a clear conscience by doing what is right (vv.3,5).
Paul urged the followers of Christ in Rome to give the governing authorities what was owed them, whether taxes, revenue, respect, or honor (v.7). But he went beyond human regulations when he wrote: “Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law” (v.8).
It is our duty to obey man’s law and our privilege to fulfill God’s law by loving others. And His law is “the perfect law that gives freedom” (James 1:25 NIV).
God wants us to obey the laws That govern our society; But loving one another is God’s perfect law that sets us free.—Sper
We keep man’s law by obedience; we fulfill God’s law by love.
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SINO na ang susunod na head coach ng dating Purefoods team na naging Derby Ace at ngayon
ay Petron team na?Wala pa pong kum-
pirmadong balita.Ayon sa sources ko,
ihahayag daw ang pan-galan ng bagong head coach isang linggo bago mag-drafting.
Malamang, pag-iisipan pa nilang mabuti ang magiging desisyon nila.
Tatlo ang assistant coaches ni Ryan Gregorio sa Purefoods.
‘Yan ay sina Ronnie Magsanoc, Koy Banal, at Jorge Galent.
Si Ronnie ay dating isang napaka-galing na PBA player na matagal na ring nagsisilbi sa team.
Si Koy ay makailang beses nang nakapagpa-champion ng college teams sa NCAA at UAAP at siya rin ang head coach ng PBL team ng SMC na Magnolia.
Si Jorge naman ay ilang beses na ring naging champion coach sa PBL.
Sino kaya sa kanilang tatlo ang pa-palit kay Ryan.
Hindi na pwede si Ronnie kasi isasama na siya ni Ryan sa coaching
staff ng Meralco.So, dalawa na lang
ang matitira—si Koy at si Jorge.
Dahil mahilig sa loyalty ang San Miguel, malamang na
si Koy ang mahirang kasi nga siya na ang pinakamatagal na naninilbihan sa SMB.
Pero bukod sa kanilang dalawa, may nakapagsabi sa aming lumabas na rin ang pangalan nina Ato Agustin at Pido Jarencio.
Marami nang coaches ang nag-apply para sa posisyon, pero ayon sa source namin, isang bossing sa SMC ang nakapagsabi na marami man si-lang pagpipilian na pangalan, it will still boil down to two contenders—sina Banal at Galent.
Marami tayong maririnig na mga tsismis na si ganito at ganire na ang
head coach.Pero malalaman natin ang buong
katotohanan one week bago ang PBA draft day.
n n n
PAReHonG 7-0 na ang San Beda Red Lions at SSC Stags sa NCAA.
Kaya tiyak na walang humpay na umaatikabong laban ang mangyayari sa dalawang teams na yan sa pagha-harap nila next week.
Patay kung patay yan.n n n
MVP na naman sa PBA si James Yap.Talagang ganyan nga yata ang bu-
hay.Kung darating man ang mga prob-
lema, may dumarating ding kapalit na malaking tagumpay.
Hindi nahalata sa paglalaro ni James na may dinadala pala siyang personal na problema sa buhay nitong mga nakaraang bu-wan.
Kita mo nga, kahit may problema palang ganun, naging MVP pa.
Congratulations, James!
Sino ang head coach ng Petron?
COMING on the heels of Meralco’s entry into the Philippine
Basketball Association (PBA) is Petron.
Purefoods (B-MEG Der-by Ace) bowed out together with Sta. Lucia Realty with the former’s franchise being transferred to Petron.
The PBA Board of Gov-ernors, in a meeting, ap-proved Meralco’s purchase of the Sta. Lucia team and the transfer of the Purefoods franchise to Petron.
“Both deals got the ap-proval of the PBA Board without a hitch,” said league commissioner Sonny Bar-rios. “Everything turned out
smoothly. No one objected to Sta. Lucia’s sale and to the Purefoods franchise trans-fer,” said Barrios, looking forward to a banner season with two new teams and an exciting format.
Meralco and Petron make their PBA debut in the coming 2010-2011 season when the league shifts back to its old three-conference format.
The season starts with the Philippine Cup on Oc-tober 3 at the Araneta Coli-seum. The two other confabs are short import-reinforced tourneys.
Meralco, a powerhouse in the MICAA in the early
70s, and Petron, the second petroleum company to join the PBA after Shell, will have the Annual Draft on Aug. 29 at Market! Market! in Tagu-ig as their first official PBA function.
Both Purefoods and Petron are under the gi-ant umbrella of San Miguel Corp. Reports, however, said Purefoods, minus the PBA franchise, will soon be sold to a group headed by Butch Campos' Del Monte Pacific Ltd. and Ricardo Po's Century Pacific Group of Companies.
Petron has taken over the Derby Ace team with a core group in James Yap, Kerby
Raymundo, Marc Pingris, Roger Yap, Rafi Reavis, Don Allado, Paul Artadi, KG Canaleta and PJ Simon.
Petron, however, will still have to look for a coach since three-time champion mentor Ryan Gregorio has moved over to Meralco.
Meralco, meanwhile, ac-quired the Sta. Lucia team lock, stock and barrel. It now owns the rights on players Bitoy Omolon, Josh Urbiz-tondo, Gabby Espinas, Bon-bon Custodio, Chris Ross, Dennis Daa, Chris Pacana, Yousif Aljamal, Pong Escob-al, Marlou Aquino, Ali Peek, Nic Belasco, Ogie Menor and Jason Misolas.
Here comes Team Petron at PBA
AFTER losing the top spot to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May, Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao regained his status as the number one pound-for-pound boxer in Yahoo! Sports' ranking.
According to Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole, the con-gressman from Sarangani province received 21 of 36 first place votes for a total of 345 points based on their
polling this August.He was 15 points ahead of
his closest rival, Mayweather. The unbeaten American gar-nered 15 of 36 first-place votes for a total of 330 points.
In a report from abs-cbnnews.com, Iole said the botched negotiations be-tween Pacquiao and May-weather may have influ-enced the votes.
He said voters were dis-mayed with Mayweather’s
decision to ignore the po-tential super fight against Pacquiao.
“Mayweather let pass an opportunity to fight Pac-quiao on November 13, with one of his advisors denying negotiations had ever taken place despite the fact that promoter Bob Arum and HBo Sports president Ross Greenburg insisted they had,” said Iole in his report.
“Voters clearly were un-
happy with Mayweather’s choice and one left him off of his ballot entirely as a re-sult,” he added.
Aside from the Yahoo! ranking, Pacquiao is also at the top spot in Ring Maga-zine's pound-for-pound list.
Last May, the outspoken Mayweather snatched the number one ranking from Pacquiao with his brilliant performance against top welterweight Shane Mosley.
Pacquiao is back on top of the heap
