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Sulu praised for its strongsupport to police authorities

Sulu provincial government photos show Vice Governor Sakur Tan and mayors and membersof the local board with the visiting police officials in Patikul town. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)

Peace Adviser criticizedfor secretive MILF program

BOO!

Filipino students protest ‘coverup’ of Mamasapano clash

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op police officialspraised the Suluprovincial gov-ernment for itsT

strong support to its lawenforcement efforts and forsponsoring varioustrainings of policemenhere.

Director EdgardoIngking, who heads the Di-rectorate for Integrated Po-lice Operations for WesternMindanao, along with

Chief SuperintendentPierre Bucsit, of the SuluAnti-Kidnapping TaskForce; and Senior Superin-tendent Agremiro Javier,the regional deputy chieffor operations, met recentlywith Vice Governor SakurTan and provincial lawmakers and mayors andthank them for their sup-port.

They also discussed onhow to further improve law

enforcement operationsamong others.

Vice Governor Tan –in behalf of GovernorTotoh Tan – has pledged tosupport again thetrainings of policemen inSulu. The provincial gov-ernment has previouslysponsored the trainings inan effort to help the policein professionalizing itsranks.

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housands of stu-dents walked outof classes lastweek to call forT

the resignation of Presi-dent Benigno Aquino overthe Mamasapano offen-sive a day after the Boardof Inquiry released theirreport on the bloody op-eration. The students op-posed the “yellow-wash-ing” of the Mamasapanoinvestigations and con-demned the Aquinogovernment’s efforts to“cover-up and hide thetruth from the public.”

Students from theUniversity of the Philip-pines System, PolytechnicUniversity of the Philip-pines, University of SantoTomas, University of theEast, Ateneo de ManilaUniversity, Miriam Col-lege, National TeachersCollege and many othersalso joined “Blackout Pro-tests for Justice.”

The students also

condemned the “unlim-ited” tuition hikes under theAquino government. Theycalled for justice for RosanaSanfuego and KristelTejada, students who tooktheir lives after they wereunable to pay for tuitionand campus fees.

“The BOI report furtherexposes Aquino as a liar anda traitor. That American sol-diers were seen in the com-mand posts confirms thatthey were running the show.Aquino betrayed the nationand sacrificed the lives ofFilipinos in the altar of USterror war. Buking nabuking na po kayo ngtaumbayan, Mr. PNoychio,”said Vencer Crisostomo, na-tional chairperson ofAnakbayan.

Crisostomo meanwhilesaid the BOI report mayhave already been doctoredwhen it was not released im-mediately to “yellow-wash”President Aquino’s role. Healso said the refusal to con-

tinue the hearings in thelower house, the termina-tion of the Senate hearingsand the suspension order onMakati Mayor Junjun Binayare part of efforts to “misdi-rect and deceive.”

“Aquino is entangled inhis own web of lies. His des-perate efforts anger the Fili-pino people further. Todaywe walkout against BS; nomore lies, no more injustice,no more impunity,” he said.

Campus walkoutsstarted at 10am and “black-out” marches in campuseswere held in the afternoon.Candle light protests and as-semblies were also con-ducted in the evening.

In UP, campus adminis-trators including UPDiliman Michael Tan andseveral college deans tookpart in the protests. Similaryouth protests were also beheld in Baguio, Pampanga,Laguna, Iloilo, Cebu,Cagayan de Oro, Davao.(Mindanao Examiner)

he local govern-ment ofZamboanga hasstrongly criti-

cized the secretive pro-grams being imple-mented by Presidentialpeace adviser TeresitaDeles for Moro IslamicLiberation Front rebelsand their supportershere.

Mayor Maria IsabelleSalazar said Deles, with-out informing the localgovernment, has since2013 implemented theso-called “SajahatraBangsamoro Program for

T MILF communities,”raising fears that rebelsand their supportershave encroachedZamboanga.

Salazar said there areno MILF communities inZamboanga and that localresidents and village lead-ers are opposed to the in-clusion of the city in theproposed Bangsamoroautonomous government.

She said village offi-cials learned of theSajahatra programthrough residents them-selves.

“Barangay officials

have been tasked tostrictly monitor their ar-eas of responsibility forpossible uncoordinatedactivities such as thoseimplemented purport-edly for communitiesthat are not recognizedby the local govern-ment,” Salazar said.

“There may be indi-viduals who are sympa-thetic to the MILF, but wewould like to emphasizethat there is no MILFcommunity nor do werecognize one in thecity,” she added.

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President Aquino with Peace Adviser Teresita Deles

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ticians have previously de-manded the resignation ofDeles over the killings of 44police commandos byMILF rebels andBangsamoro Islamic Free-dom Fighters on January25 in Maguindanao’sMamasapano town wheremembers of the Special Ac-tion Force fatally shot Ma-laysian bomber Zulkifli binHir deep inside MILF terri-tory during a secret anti-terror operation.

Some groups inZamboanga wanted Delesbe declared “persona nongrata” for the secretive

Sulu praised for its strongsupport to police authorities

BOO!Peace Adviser criticized

for secretive MILF programSajahatra program here.

Salazar said SenenBacani, a member of thegovernment peace panel,admitted that SajahatraBangsamoro Program wasstarted in 2013 inZamboanga City withoutthe knowledge of the localgovernment.

“Barangay officialshave a very important roleto play to ensure that allactivities happening intheir AOR are sanctionedby the local government.Please be vigilant and re-port to us any and all ac-tivities similar to this beingimplemented in your area.The city is not part of the

ARMM nor shall the city bepart of the Bangsamoro,”Salazar said.

“The non-coordina-tion of such activity hascaused alarm that led toanxieties and apprehen-sions on the part of thebarangay officials and resi-dents where the project isbeing implemented,” sheadded.

The Sajahatra is a pro-gram that aims to upliftand develop the health,education and livelihoodconditions of Bangsamorocommunities, especially inthe MILF areas in southernPhilippines. (MindanaoExaminer)

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ment also sponsored twoprevious trainings – PoliceIntelligence Officers CourseClass 2014-75, for commis-sioned officers, and PoliceIntelligence Course Class2014-119, for rank and filepersonnel – started in No-vember 2014 and ended inFebruary this year.

“We want the training ofour police to be all-yearround, improve their knowl-edge of investigation, everyaspect of law enforcement,even their posture, so theywill have the respect of thecitizens.”

“The vision must becommunity-driven and po-

lice must be efficient to helpus perform our duties ingovernance. We want ourlaw enforcers here in Sulu tohave proper support just likethe military, in terms ofequipment, firepower, andlogistics,” Vice Governor Tansaid.

The provincial govern-ment also offered free legalservices to law enforcers toprotect them from civil andcriminal charges that mayarise while carrying out theirlegal duties.

“We must pursue legaloffensive, properly servewarrants of arrest, and in-crease police presence in thecommunities along with ad-equate firepower to improve

and sustain law enforcementoperations. This would defi-nitely increase effectivenessof our law enforcementgoals,” Vice Governor Tansaid.

He also told the visitingpolice officials to intensifythe operations against illegaldrugs and criminality perpe-trated by lawless elements.

Inking said they will takeactions on the recommenda-tion of Vice Governor Tan.“We are taking notes of yourrecommendations and restassured we will take action.Thank you very much on be-half of the police force foryour valuable and unwaver-ing support to us, law enforc-ers,” he said. (Franzie Alih)

Sulu provincial government photos show Vice Governor Sakur Tan and mayors and membersof the local board with the visiting police officials in Patikul town. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)

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La Vivienda Grilled Shawarma inZamboanga City (Food Review)

LA VIVIENDA GrilledShawarma, owned by the69-year old veteran cookRudy Bravo, at San JoseRoad in Zamboanga City issurely a place that I will visitvery often after I tasted theirdelicious Shawurma orShawarma – a LevantineArab meat preparationsimilar to Taco where beefor chicken, or lamb or veal,are placed on a pointed rodfor holding meat over a fire,or grilled on a pan.

The small road-siderestaurant offers a wide va-riety of Arabic and MexicanShawarma, and a fusion ofFilipino-style Shawarma,omelette, escalope, burgersand mouth-wateringsauces from barbecue tocurry and their super-flam-ing “volcanic” chili oil andthe lesser hot, but still superspicy “dynamite” chili andgarlic oil which will surelymake you sweat because ofits very hot, hot and hot, butdeliciously superb tastemade from a blend of chil-ies and other herbs andspices.

The five-year old LaVivienda – which literallymeans “home” or “dwell-ing” in Spanish – continuesto draw and attract a steadyinflux of diners because ofits good-tasting, clean andquality, deliciousShawarma at a very afford-able prices ranging fromP75 to P90.

(Shawarma by La Vivienda and restaurant owner Rudy Bravo, photo below. Photos by AlJacinto for Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper)

The humble ownersays the secret of hisShawarma house is thehigh quality of the meat heuses and of course, thecleanliness of his great tast-ing Sharwarma and hisfresh dough grilled to per-fection, and sauces that goalong with it. The great ser-vice of the food attendants

adds up to the assets of theLa Vivienda.

I highly recommend LaVivienda Grilled Shawarma.Hurry, go and visit LaVivienda and don’t forgetyour handkerchief and getready for that “dynamite”taste! (Food review by AlJacinto for Mindanao Exam-iner Regional Newspaper)

LITTLE SEEDS GROWING IN TIME OF WAR. Too young to understand, children in Mindanaogo on with their daily lives as the military’s all-out war against jihadists rages on. A peace andhumanitarian mission conducted by the Peoples Council for National Unity, Reforms andPeace gives psychological intervention to these children. (Jaja Necosia - RCPA Production forMindanao Examiner)

Mar. 23-29, 20154 The Mindanao Examiner

Hunt for other jihadists continuesCOTABATO CITY – Philip-pine authorities continue tohunt for other members ofthe jihadist groups inMindanao following the ar-rest of a top leader of the Jus-tice for Islamic Movementduring a top secret operationin the restive southern re-gion.

Officials last week saidsaid 5 other jihadists werealso arrested along withMohammad Tambako, theself-proclaimed leader ofJIM, who recently split withthe rebel group BIFF orBangsamoro Islamic Free-dom Fighters tagged as be-hind the spate of bombingsin the region.

Tambako’s group was

tracked down on the villageof Calumpang in GeneralSantos City the day before,but details of the operationswere not immediately avail-able as security forces con-tinue to search for othermembers of the group.

It was unknownwhether the larger Moro Is-lamic Liberation Fronthelped in the capture ofTambako, but officials saidmost of those who took partin the operation were fromthe police and military intel-ligence groups.

Five of Tambako’s mem-bers have been identified asMesharie Gayak, DatukanSabiwang, Ali Ludisma,Ibrahim Kapina and

Abusahma Guiamil. They arecurrently being interrogatedby authorities over thegroup’s terror activities. Sev-eral weapons and grenadeswere also seized from them.

Officials said Tambakowas the former deputy chief-tain of the BIFF, armed wingof the Bangsamoro IslamicFreedom Movement headedby Ameril Umra Kato, whowas a commander of theMILF, but broke away withthe Front after its chieftainMurad Ebrahim openedpeace talks with Manila andabandoned Muslim inde-pendence for an autonomygovernment in Mindanao.(Moh Saaduddin. With a re-port from mark Navales)

Militias praised forrescuing abducted trader

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Se-curity officials com-mended government mili-tias who rescued a traderabducted by suspectedAbu ayyaf rebels in Basilanprovince. Militias clashed withgunmen and rescuedRamon Sanson, who wasseized last week by at least5 armed men clad in po-lice uniform in IsabelaCity.

The militias quicklypursued the gunmen afterreceiving reports of the ab-

duction and caught upwith the gang onMalamawi Island, spark-ing a firefight that forcedthem to abandon their vic-tim.

“There were no re-ports of casualties on theside of the militias, but wehave received informationthat there were casualtieson the part of the abduc-tors,” said Capt. MariaRowena Muyuela, aspokeswoman for theWestern Mindanao Com-mand.

She said Sanson wastaken from his house andthat the quick reaction ofthe patrolling militias re-sulted in the safe recoveryof the trader.

“We have sent troopsto track down the gun-men, who are suspected tobe members of the AbuSayyaf,” Myuela said.

Authorities havelargely blamed the AbuSayyaf for the series ofkidnappings and bomb-ings in the region.(Mindanao Examiner)

Military operations targetNPA rebels in South

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –The Philippine Army saidoperations aimed at weak-ening commnist insur-gents continue inMindanao following thekilling of 3 soldiers by theNew People’s Army inAgusan del Sur province. Officials have con-firmed the attack on a mili-tary and police convoyslast week in the troubledregion. Three soldiers werekilled and 6 otherswounded, including a po-liceman, in separate com-munist ambuscades.

Officials said rebelsambushed a military con-voy in Agusan del Sur’s

Prosperidad town.Troops also recovered

an improvised explosiveplanted by rebels in the vil-lage of Los Arcos. The sol-diers were on five trucksand heading to the villagewhere rebel forces had beenspotted when a roadsidebomb exploded and hittingthe convoy.

The rebels escapedeven before military rein-forcement could arrive.General Aurelio Baladad,chief of the EasternMindanao Command,quickly condemned the at-tack.

“While it is sad that weincurred casualties due tothe landmine explosion,

our troops fought gallantlyand repulsed the ambushthereby preventing theNPAs from overrunning theconvoy and inflicting morecasualties,” Baladad said.

In Surigao del Norte’sCortes town, rebels alsoambushed a police patrolthat wounded one officer inTigao village. The police-men were responding to avehicular accident on anearby village when NPAgunmen attacked them.

There was no immedi-ate stamen from the NPA,which has been fighting formany decades now for theestablishment of a Maoiststate in the country.(Mindanao Examiner)

Solon wants probe on overpricedcooking gas, petroleum productsMANILA – House DeputyMinority Leader Rep. ArnelTy has called for a govern-ment investigation into theunwarranted increase inthe prices of petroleumproducts and the overpric-ing of cooking gas by anumber of bulk suppliers.

Ty, who is also a mem-ber of the LPG Marketers’Association, said they havefiled with the Departmentof Energy-Department ofJustice task force a reportconcerning the unreason-able escalation in the priceof LPG being sold by somebulk suppliers.

He said several bulksuppliers recently jackedup their cooking gas pricesby 50 centavos per kilo (orP5.50 per 11-kilogram cyl-

inder) for retail consumers,and by P1 to P1.50 per kilofor bulk customers.

“The increases are un-called-for, considering thatthe international contractprice of LPG has been fairlystable,” Ty said. “The con-tract price of liquefied pe-troleum gas abroad was$471 per ton in Februaryand $472 per ton thisMarch. This ought to trans-late to an insignificant in-crement of not more thanfour centavos per kilo lo-cally.”

However, Ty said somebulk suppliers have dispro-portionately pushed uptheir prices by 50 centavosfor retail buyers, and up toP1.50 per kilo for wholesalepurchasers. He branded this

as excessive and abusive.Ty said the unjustifiable

increases implied that bulksuppliers are needlesslypunishing consumers withan extra 46 centavos to P1.46per kilo. The price of the glo-bal benchmark Brent crudeoil has plunged below $55per barrel as of March 13y,from a high of $115 in Junelast year.

Like gasoline, dieseland kerosene, LPG is de-rived from refining crude oil.The Philippines, Ty said, im-ports between 70 to 80 per-cent of its LPG supplies, ow-ing to the limited capacity ofthe two domestic refineriesrun by Petron Corp. andPilipinas Shell PetroleumCorp. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Andi, waging-wagi sanetizens ang ‘ALINDOG’!

Andi Eigenmann

HINDI ako sure kung thisweek lang kinunan ang isangeksena sa beach para sapelikulang Your Place OrMine na bida sina AndiEigenmann at Bret Jackson,na base sa Wattpadd nasinulat ni Tur-ning Japaneseat dinidirek ni JoelLamangan.

Sa naturang eksena kasi,naka-2 piece bikini lang siAndi, at base sa picture niyanga-yon, seksing-seksi ngaang ex-dyowa ni JakeEjercito, ha! Eh, ‘di ba,kamakailan lang, tilabinabatikos ang katawan niAndi, na kesyo masyoba ngaraw at parang napabaya-an

THE EXAM MUST GO ON- despite being displaced from their homes and schools, a teacherfrom Madia elementary school continues to give out the NAT (National achievement test) toher students. Residents from Bgry. Madia had to evacuate last march 6 after their area wassubjected to intense shelling in the implementation of the AFP’s supposed ALL-OUT WARagainst the BIFF. Jaja Necosia/RCPA Production

ang sarili sa kusina.Pero sa larawan niyang

lumabas nga sa social media,talbog pa ni Andi ang mgadalagang artista ngayon, ha,o mga artistang mas bata sakanya, dahil oo, kurbada angalindog ng nanay ni Ellie.

Nagpiyesta nga ang mganetizens/followers ni Andi,at nu’ng tsinek naminkahapon sa FB account niya,uma-bot na sa kulang-kulang 200,000 ang likes nito,at libo-libo na ang nag-com-ments at nag-share ngbonggang la-rawan na ‘yon.

Pero, hindi rinnaiwasang mambastos ngmga netizen na wala na

ta-lagang magawa.Na bagama’t karamihan

ay pinupuri ang kaseksihanngayon ni Andi, may mgakumukutya pa rin, na kesyobakit kailangan niyangipangalandakan angkatawan niya sa buongmundo, at may mgamanyakis pa rin, na gustopang pagparausan ang pic-ture na ‘yon ni Andi.

Anyway, ang kuwentong Your Place or Mine? aytungkol sa one-night standng dala-wang taong hindimagkakilala, sina Haley atRussel. Ano ang nangyarimatapos ang mahabangpanahon? (DS – Abante)

The Mindanao Examiner 5Mar. 23-29, 2015

Sulu Pictures In The News

UMAPAW ng husto ang Kapitolyo ng lalawigan ng Sulu na kung saan ay dinagsa ng napakaraming tao ang ika-38 kaarawan ni Gov. Totoh Tan na kung saan ay namahagi ito ng ibat-ibangproyekto sa mga bayan, kabilang na rin ang pulisya at ang mga mamamayan.Pinangunahan rin ni Gov. Toto ang pamimigay ng mga kulambo at ang ibat-ibang medical at humanitarianmission sa Kapitolyo sa bayan ng Patikul at kabilang dito ang blood drive, Anti-Filariasis vaccination, ear piercing at may kasama pang libreng hikaw, eye check-up at libreng salamin samata at dental services na maging sepilyo at tooth paste ay libre rin.Kabilang sa mga katuwang sa nasabing event ni Gov. Totoh ay sina Vice Gov. Sakur Tan, Dr. Fahra Omar ng IntegratedProvincial Health Office at Hajja Nurunisah Tan, ng Sulu Provincial Women’s Council.Dinaluhan rin ito ng mga mayors at barangay leaders ng ibat-ibang munisipyo upang magbigay galangsa kaarawan ni Gov. Toto. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)

Mar. 23-29, 20156 The Mindanao Examiner - FOREIGN NEWS

CNN Philippines Debuts With Talk Of Revolt Against President AquinoCNN Philippines had barelydebuted on the air when itstepped into a boiling con-troversy over the embattledpresidency of Benigno“Noynoy” Aquino III, underfire for an attack on Musliminsurgents in which 44 policecommandos were killed.

No sooner had a galaxyof CNN names got doneplugging this latest memberof the CNN empire — theypreferred to call it “the CNNfamily” — than the news andtalk shows were full of reportsabout the sagging popularityof Aquino and his inability tocope with a wide range ofproblems. Dark hints of“revolution” and “militarycoup” — as in the old dayswhen his late mother,Corazon Aquino, was rulingthe roost after the demise ofFerdinand Marcos in the1986 “People Power” revolu-tion — were in the air, overthe airwaves.

Cory, as she was univer-sally known, managed tosurvive all coup attempts,but there on a CNN Philip-pines “Agenda” program wasa former defense secretary,Norberto Gonzales, talkingup a movement to oustNoynoy well before his six-year term runs out next year.Considering that the Philip-pine president, under theconstitution, for which Corybattled mightily, is limited toa single term, plotting todrive him out of office pre-maturely would appear alittle unnecessary.

Nonetheless, as leader ofa “National TransformationCouncil,” Gonzales judgedthat “the moral system of ournation has become so bad”that rapid change wasneeded. “You have aneconomy that is supposed tobe growing and a populationsuffering in poverty,” he de-clared. “It is harder to be poor

today than before.”That said, Gonzales

stopped a carefully nuancedshade short of calling for a“People Power revolution” ofthe sort that lofted Cory to thepresidency and, in 2001,drove Joseph Estrada fromoffice midway through histerm. Rather, he said coyly,“We are calling for PeoplePower support.”

One reason for that turnof phrase was that the publicby now may be disillusionedby the idea of coups or even“people power.” While bothEstrada and his son, electeda senator, face enormouscorruption charges, Estrada’ssuccessor, Gloria MacapagalArroyo, whom Gonzalesserved as national securityadviser as well as defensesecretary, also faces sweep-ing charges of corruption.Arroyo, who had been vicepresident under Estrada,served out the remainder of

his term, got elected presi-dent for another six years —and now is confined underarrest in a hospital.

So far Nonoy Aquino hasnot been caught up in theweb of corruption that oftenensnares Philippine politi-cos, but he’s having troubleexplaining away the massconfusion and incompe-tence on the part of the com-manders responsible for or-dering a special action forceof the national police intobattle against Muslim guer-rillas on the large southernisland of Mindanao on Janu-ary 25. They may have man-aged to kill a top guerrillacommander of the Moro Is-lamic Liberation Front butwere surrounded andoutgunned by a thousandMoro warriors. Aquino, morethan the leaders of the ill-equipped army and nationalpolice, is taking the heat forthe massacre.

“As head of state, who isdeemed commander-in-chief of the armed forces ofthe Philippines, Mr. Aquinofaces broad public clamor totake responsibility for the fi-asco,” wrote veteran com-mentator ArmandoDoronilla on the front pageof the Philippine Daily In-quirer, one of the leading na-tional newspapers. “He hasbeen washing his hands ofresponsibility for the bloodyoutcome of the antiterroristpolice action.”

Moreover, Doro added

for good measure, “the vio-lent encounter…has pusheda three-month peace processon the comprehensive peaceagreement between the gov-ernment and the MILF, themain secessionist rebelgroup, on the verge of col-lapse….”

The timing of the uproarcould not have been betterfor CNN Philippines, whichgrew out of a deal with a Phil-ippine company, Nine MediaCorporation.

“We are thrilled to wel-come CNN Philippines to theCNN family,” exultedCNNWorldwide presidentJeff Zucker. The deal marked“a significant milestone notonly for Nine Media but forFilipinos everywhere,” re-sponded Nine Media chair-man Antonio Cabangon-Chua. Probably only in thePhilippines could a newlyminted cable news networkplunge at once into newsand commentary so openlyhostile, full of innuendos ofrevolution, with vague sug-gestions of military support,against the government inpower.

If all the rhetoricsounded like a victory fordemocracy and free speech,however, it also carried over-tones of same-old, same-old— a war of words wagedamong members of a smallsuper-rich elite long accus-tomed to feuding and fight-ing among themselves.

The rise of Corzaon

Aquino, after all, representedthe revenge of her own su-per-wealthy family over theMarcos family after 21 yearsof dictatorial rule byFerdinand Marcos and theassassination of Cory’s hus-band, Noynoy’s father. To noone’s surprise, Marcos’ sonBong Bong is now a senator,often mentioned as a pos-sible presidential candidatein 2016 — that is, if Noynoylasts that long and is not re-placed by someone else, per-haps Bong Bong himself.

To the credit of CNNPhilippines, the network ap-pears anxious to presentboth or all sides of the story.Facing Gonzales was a con-gressman, Niel Tupas Jr., whomade the case for forbear-ance and moderation. “Wemay not have a perfect sys-tem,” he said, but it’s “a gov-ernment that was elected.”While “the dissent of the Na-tional Transformation Coun-cil is welcome,” he said, “forthe NTC to impose its will —that is unconstitutional.”

Yet another interviewee,Walden Bello, noted authorof numerous studies, booksand articles criticizing ineq-uities and malfeasance athigh levels in the Philippines,told CNN he had hadenough. Having once sup-ported Aquino, he said hewas resigning from the Phil-ippine Congress as “I can nolonger support the presi-dent.” (Donald Kirk, ForbesContributor)

Contact lens with built-in telescopecould help people with blinding disease(CNN) Lights, mirrors, ac-tion! Scientists are develop-ing smart contact lenses em-bedded with miniscule mir-rors that can magnify yourvision by almost three times.

The 1.55mm-thicklenses incorporate a thin re-flective telescope made ofmirrors and filters; whenlight enters the eye itbounces off the series of mir-rors and increases the per-ceived view of an object orperson. It is hoped that thelens will improve the sight ofpeople with age-relatedmacular degeneration(AMD) — the third leadingcause of blindness globally.

AMD causes the loss ofcentral vision due to gradualdamage to the eye’s retinaand there are few options forcure or treatment. “AMD isthe biggest problem wheremagnification is a proven vi-sual aid,” says Eric Tremblay,research scientist at EPFL inSwitzerland. Tremblay ledthe optical design of the lens,which is based on asurgicallyimplantable tele-scope currently used bysome patients with AMD, butwhich is more invasive thana lens. “With a contact lens,it’s easy to try it,” saysTremblay.

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around them.The team developed

their technology on sclerallenses, which have an in-creased thickness and diam-eter, making them com-monly used for more specialpurpose eye care. “[Theyprovide] a lot more area towork with,” says Tremblay.The challenge these lensesbring with them, however, iscomfort, as they impede theamount of oxygen reachingthe eye.

The most recent proto-type, unveiled by the team inFebruary, overcame thischallenge by introducing airchannels to aid the flow ofoxygen to the eye. But theteam hopes to improve thisfurther still by instead devel-oping a contact lens solutionsaturated with oxygen whichcan be stored and slowly re-leased into the eye. “[We will]build reservoirs into the backof the lens,” says Tremblay.

The lenses have onlybeen trialled on a handful ofhumans to test for comfort,with the majority of researchto date performed in the labusing a model chemical eye.But more human trials are onthe cards with the eventualgoal of daily wearable con-tacts to aid the visually im-paired.

“We want it to move inthe direction of a real worldvision aid,” says Tremblay.

GGGGGetting smaretting smaretting smaretting smaretting smarterterterterterThese are not the first

smart contact lenses. Otherprototypes have been devel-oped to monitor, as well asimprove, health in both theeye and across the body.

Alcon, the eye care divi-sion of Novartis, formed apartnership with Google X in2014 to develop smart-lenstechnologies for a range ofmedical eye care applica-tions. One of the first ex-amples of using lenses in thisform was Sensimed, a spin-off also emerging from EPFL.Sensimed’s Triggerfish tech-nology monitors the pro-gression of glaucoma — thesecond leading cause ofblindness, affecting morethan 4.5 million people glo-bally. Glaucoma is a progres-sive cause of blindnesscaused by deterioration ofthe eye’s optic nerve. The tra-

ditional test used by optom-etrists to monitor patientsuses puffs of air to measurepressure in the eye but suchmeasurements are not ideal.

“The big need in glau-coma is for a 24-hour pictureof what’s happening insidethe eye,” says David Bailey,CEO of Sensimed. Its smartlens uses strain gauges andsensors embedded inside achip located in the lens tomeasure changes in the vol-ume of liquid in the eye as asurrogate measurement ofpressure. It can be worn overa 24-hour period to monitorpressure patterns and com-municate data wirelessly to arecording device wornaround the user’s neck.

Optomotrist JamesWolffsohn, spokesperson forthe British Contact Lens As-sociation, looks forward toone day using technologieslike the telescopic lens inclinical practice. “The lensseems an interesting conceptto provide optical magnifica-tion to the retina when re-quired,” he says. But he addsthat there will be challengesin reaching that stage: “It iscurrently a scleral lens andthick, including rigid mirrorelements which are likely toaffect corneal physiologyand comfort.” Wolffsohn hasseen colleagues trial themore established Triggerfishtechnology to monitor glau-coma and is optimistic aboutthe future of the field. “Thereare also many other excitingdevelopments in innovativeuses of contact lenses,” hesays.

“The eye is the windowto many disease states,” saysBailey, who believes contactlenses are the future for eyecare, both in terms of clini-cal use and lifestyle manage-ment. More than 30 millionpeople wear contact lensesin the United States alone,according to the Centers forDisease Control, whichmeans they could be a non-invasive path to health man-agement — be it blindnessprogression or even insulinor alcohol level monitoring.

“Eye-sensing on contactlenses is here to stay … in oneform or another,” says Bailey.(By Meera Senthilingam, forCNN)

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Payo ni Dr. Willie T. OngMARAMING kabataan angumiidolo sa mga artista at modelona nakikita nila sa magazines, bill-board at internet.

Sa unang tingin aynapakaganda ng hitsura ni artista.Sobrang payat ang buong katawan.Makinis at flawless ang buongbalat. Pero tunay ba ang mgalitratong iyan o pinapayat at inayoslang sa computer?

Ayon sa pagsusuri, karamihanng pictures sa magazine at adver-tisements ay inayos na (na-photo-shop). Pinapayat ang matataba.Inalis ang mga kulubot at pekas samukha, at buong katawan.

Ayon sa mga psychologists,may kasalanan ang mga advertis-ers sa pagtatak ng maling imahe(thin body image of celebrities) saisipan ng mga tao, lalo na sa mgakabataan.

May masamang epekto angmagazines sa isipan ng tao:

1. Puwede magdulot ngdepresyon ang pag-iidolo sa sexyna artista. Ito’y dahil iisipin ng

THE WORLD WILL STOP!MANILA – Pagdating ngMayo 2, titigil ang ikot ngmundo. Lahat ay tututoksa MGM Grand sa Las Ve-gas para saksihan anglimang taong hinintay nasuper-fight, ang motherof all fights.

“May 2 is when theworld stops to tune in toMayweather-Pacquiao,the biggest fight in boxinghistory,” panini-guro niFloyd Mayweather Jr.

Sa una at posiblengiisang press conferencebago ang judgment day,sabay na nagsalita sinaMayweather at -MannyPacquiao sa Nokia The-atre sa Los -Angeleskahapon.

Nag-pose silangmagkasama bago angnews conference, nag-pose muli pagkatapos ngformal portion.Kalaha-ting oras bagoang event, halos mahirappa ring paniwalaan na sawakas ay -matutuloy anglaban.

Pareho nang nasadulo ng career sinaMayweather at Pacquiao,

at sinabi ni Mayweatherna masaya siyang kasadona ang sagupaangpinaglalawayan ngpubliko.

“Without everyonetogether, we couldn’tmake this fight happen, soI have to be thankful wecame together to give theworld the fight they wantto see, Mayweather-Pacquiao,” ani ‘Money’.

Bumigay at tumangosi Pacquiao sa demandsni Mayweather para langmaikasa ang deal, mula sagloves na gagamitin, kungsino ang unang aakyat ngring hanggang hatian sakita.

“I agreed with what hewanted to do to make thefight happen, 40-60,” aniPacquiao.

Kahapon lang, iba naang dating ng eksena samilyong boxing fans nanag-akalang hindi namatutuloy ang laban ngdalawang best fighters nghenerasyon. Pero ayunsila, face to face, sila langsa stage para ihayag anglaban. (Abante)

Maraming Salamat SayoMiss Angela Valbuena.

Among Miss AngelaVabuena comments:

--"While I was beinglooked at and gossipedabout for only a few hours,there are real Muslims(and other people) outthere who are being gos-siped about and picked onfor their whole lives. sad,really."--

--"Nakakatakot din.You never know whatcould happen. Tahimiklang ako doon, not mind-ing anyone. Still, one ofthe best things I've expe-rienced."--

--"We are entitled toour own opinions. CarolusLinnaeus did class usAsians as "governed byopinion". We've been liv-ing on this earth, being fedwith biased informationand isolated within agroup of people who looksimilar to each other thatour minds weren't able tobe open to differentthings."--

FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT:::::Today, I did an experi-

ment. I went to school anddressed up like a Muslim.

I asked Arjel to stay acouple steps behind me asI wandered around thecampus wearing a pinkscarf around my head anda dark blue cardigan. I ateand stayed a long while inthe canteen, waited in linefor the elevator, climbed afew flights of stairs, andwalked around the halls.Of course, all while keep-ing my head down and nottalking to anyone.

What I observed wasthat some high school stu-dents have enough arro-gance to laugh at a Muslimgirl. Of course, they didn'tknow I was was not au-thentic but they snickeredand pointed at me any-

way, "Uy, Muslim oh!"The janitor who usu-

ally smiles and greetspeople while cleaningtheir tables did not evenmake eye contact with me,and took my empty platequickly while keeping asmall distance from me.Strange, but even he didnot know I wasn't the realdeal.

Fellow college stu-dents whispered at eachother whenever I came by.Some kept their eyes fixedon me while I passed themby the stairs. Thank good-ness I didn't bump intoanyone I knew, or this ex-periment would havebeen for nothing. Maybesome friends saw me,maybe they didn't. Whatmattered was how strang-ers reacted to my pres-ence. That is the only pointof the experiment.

One high school girlmanaged to approach meand ask, "Ate, may nakaupo po ba dito?" and whenI said no, she took theempty seat beside me."Kunin ko po ah? Thankyou po." I don't know if itwas fear, or she was justnaturally respectful. Ieavesdropped on a con-versation a while back andheard the word "terorista".

With what transpiredduring the experiment, Iconclude that if I were in-deed Muslim, I would notgain much friends here inManila, and with theMamasapano issue stillhot and about, the dis-crimination against therace is wilder than ever.I'm on neither side of thewar and this experimentwas only for personal rea-son. Sorry if I offendedanyone but thank good-ness no one inflicted vio-lence on me earlier. Lol.

Really, we shouldn't

judge people by their raceor for their race being in-volved in the biggestcrime. We shouldn't betalking ill of people we donot even know. I know, Ican be racist at times aswell, and now I experi-enced what it felt like to beculturally "different" fromthe rest. I've had my tasteof being bullied in el-ementary and highschoolfor being weird and geeky(and once, because I wasvery bad at Tagalog) butthis kind of discriminationis certainly different. Myold schoolmates pickedon me because they al-ready knew what I was,and today some peopledid almost the same thing,only that they didn't evenknow who I really was. It'seasy to judge people fromhow they look, now isn't it?

Edit: While I was beinglooked at suspiciously andgossiped about for only afew hours, there are Mus-lim people out there whohave been treated thesame way, and far worse,

for their whole lives. Tech-nically, not just the Mus-lims. Filipinos, too. Andthe rest of the kinds ofpeople. Discriminationand racism is everywhereand it's inevitable. You'dbe considered "different"and alien if you're colored,white, or yellow. The prob-lem is that we've been liv-ing in a world where onemistake from a person, apolitical figure or a celeb-rity, affects the entirety ofhis/her country to thepoint that even the wholeworld starts to care toomuch about it. We've beengrowing up with peoplewho look and act verysimilar to us that whenother people arrive, we'djudge them and considerthem to be "different". Ourminds often refuse to wel-come diversity andchange, and we ignore thebasic fact that we're alljust the same species: hu-man beings. Don't youthink it's time to changethat? We're not very differ-ent from each other. Somepeople just want peaceand love. CULTURE,RACE, COLOR, OR EVENTHE VIOLENCE OF YOURNATION SHOULD NOTDEFINE WHO YOU AREAS AN INDIVIDUAL.

Angela Valbuena - Courtesy of FCC - Filipino FB account

Dr. Willie T. Ongkabataan na pangit ang hitsura niyakumpara sa idolo niya.

2. Posible magkakaroon ng sakittulad ng anorexia nervosa. Ito yungsinusuka nila ang pagkain para hinditumaba. At kahit sobrang payat nasila ay iisipin pa rin nilang matabasila.

3. Mahilig sumubok sa kunganu-anong diet at paraan parapumayat kahit masama na sakalusugan. Ang iba ay nalululong pasa droga.

4. Gustong mag-pa-plastic sur-gery kahit hindi naman itokailangan.

5. Masisira ang relasyon sapamilya at sa partner dahil maiibaang ugali nila.

Heto ang ilang tips:1. Huwag bumili ng mga maga-

zine na inayos (Photo-shop) anghitsura ng models. Kailangan isulatsa magazine o billboard na “Thispicture has been photo-shopped.”

2. Kumonsulta sa psychologistpara mai-ayos ang maling imahena nakatatak sa isipan.

3. Huwag hayaang manoodang mga bata ng palabas na purosayawan at sexy ang kasuotan.

4. Huwag piliting mag-artistaang mga bata. Baka hindi pa silahanda sa mundo ng showbiz.

5. Kumain ng tama paramaging malusog at malakas. Okaylang kung may katabaan ka at hindiperfect ang iyong balat. Ang ugaliat kalooban ng tao ang masmahalaga kaysa sa panlabas nahitsura lang. God bless po.

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Massive campaign against rabies beginshe Departmentof Health said ithas launched amassive cam-T

paign against rabies aspart of an effort toachieve a rabies-freePhilippines within 5years.

Jeffrey Doyongan,DOH Assistant RegionalRabies Program Coordi-nator, said the campaign,which coincided with the“Rabies AwarenessMonth,” aims to increasepublic awareness on therisks of rabies and the im-portance of having dogsand cats vaccinatedregularly against this fa-tal disease.

Doyongan encour-ages the public to havetheir pets registered andhave the proper vaccina-

tion at the veterinarycenters annually to pro-tect them against rabies.He said based on DOHrecords, the number ofanimal bite victims is in-creasing every year since2010, although the num-ber of human deaths isdecreasing.

He said it showedthat in 2010, there were26,298 cases of animalbite victims; 28,964 in2011; 34,678 cases in2012; 50,755 cases in2013; and 59,816 cases in2014. And deaths due torabies since 2008, 14 wererecorded; 12 for 2009; 13in 2010; 10 in 2011; 7 in2012, 4 in 2013; and 3 in2014.

Doyongan said that85% of rabies came fromdogs while 10% from cats

and 5% from other ani-mals.

Rabies is fatal both inanimals and humans andis transmitted throughthe saliva of an infectedanimal. Infection occursprimarily through bitewounds or infected salivaentering an open cut orwound or mucous mem-brane, such as those inthe mouth, nasal cavityor eyes.

Doyongan also urgedeveryone to be more alertand serious in fighting thisdisease and be a respon-sible pet owner. For thosebitten by dogs, they are ad-vised to go immediately tothe animal bite centers fortreatment and there are 40centers in Central Visayasof which 22 of these arefound in Cebu.

ipagawas sa Bu-reau of InternalRevenue (BIR)ang bag-ongG

implementing rules andregulations sa mas taas ngatax exemptions alang sa13th month pay ug ubanpang benepisyo sa mgakawani sa gobyerno ugpribadong sektor karongtuig.

Matud pa sa BIR, angbalaod alang sa pagsaka satax-exempt bonuses saP82,000 dili pwede sa mgaself-employed individualsug income generated gikan

sa mga negosyo.“The amount shall

only apply to the 13thmonth pay and other ben-efits paid on or accruedbeginning Jan. 1, 2015, itdoes not apply to othercompensation received byan employee under an em-ployer-employee relation-ship such as basic salaryand other allowances,”sigun pa sa BIR.

Gipaseguro usab sa BIRsa mga employers angsaktong kwentada ugaplikasyon sa tax exemp-tion alang sa 13th month

pay ug uban pangbenepisyo sa empleyadosa yearend adjustments.

Giingong ang compu-tation angay nakabutangsa certificate of compen-sation withheld.

Kahinumdoman ngagilagdaan ni PresidenteBenigno Aquino niadtongPebrero ang balaodnonnga nagsaka sa P82,000 satax exemption sa mga bo-nus sa mga kawani sagobyerno ug pribadongkumpanya. Kaniadto,P30,000 ang tax exemp-tion ceiling sa mga bonus.

ebu has an amplesupply of potablewater despite thedry spell due to ElC

Niño weather phenom-enon, according to Engr.Ernie Delco, acting generalmanager of the Metropoli-tan Cebu Water District.

He assured water con-sumers that the water util-ity firm has added 25,000cubic meters of water intheir daily production.

Delco said that lastyear, its total daily waterproduction was 195,000 cu-bic meters which was in-creased to 122,000 cubicmeters this year. The greaterpart of the water augmen-tation, he said, comes fromthe Carmen Water BulkSupply which is providing18,000 cubic meters every

day.He said the consumers’

demand for water also grewby about 10,000 cubicmeters last year. “The ratiois 1:1 or one individual is to1 cubic meter which isequivalent to about 10,000cubic meters. But we havean additional of over 25,000cubic meters so we stillhave an excess,” he said.

Delco said MCWD iscurrently serving about165,000 households orroughly about 1.2 millionpeople in 8 cities and mu-nicipalities and these arethe cities of Cebu,Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu andTalisay; and the towns ofConsolacion, Liloan,Compostela and Cordova.

But he said they canonly serve about 55% of the

total population in thoseareas and 43% of the totalwater demand as othershave their own privatewells for commercial anddomestic purposes.

At present, the MCWDhas 9 existing reservoirsand Delco said they areplanning to build 8 morein Cebu City. He said outof the 165,000 household-consumers served, some164,000 households have24/7 water supply withonly a few experiencingwater interruptions, spe-cifically in the areas ofOpra and Nivel Hills inCebu City.

He also urged the lo-cals and hotels and tour-ism establishments toconserve water. (FayetteRiñen)

ng BangkoSentral ngPilipinas o BSPnagpahibalo saA

publiko nga gisugdan naang "demonetization" opagwagtang sa balor sakaraang kwartang papelnga "New Design Series"o NDS subay sa Section57 sa Akta Republika 7653nga nailang Central BankAct.

Subay sa maongbalaod, ang BSPgihatagan ug gahom sapag-ilis sa kwartangpapel nga naa sasirkulasyon sobra sa 5 katuig. Ang sirkulasyon saatong kwartang papelnga NDS niabot na hapittulo ka 3 ka dekada.

Mao kini angpahibalo ni GregorioBaccay lll, Senior Re-search Specialist, Eco-nomic and FinancialLearning Center saBangko Sentral ngPilipinas, DumagueteCity branch atol sagihimong Kapihan sa PIAforum sa BSP.

Subay niini, angp u b l i k ogipahimangnuan nga

ang karaang kwartangpapel mahimo panggamiton pambayad opamalit sa mga produkto,serbisyo ug uban pangtransaksyon hangtodDisyembre 31, 2015, hu-man niining petsaha, angNDS dili na mahimonggamiton.

Sugod sa Enero 1, 2015hangtod Disyembre 31,2016, ang karaangkwartang papel nga NDSmahimo na nga pailisan sabag-ong kwartang papelnga New Generation Cur-rency (NGC) sa tanangbangko, (universal, com-mercial, thrift, rural ug co-operative banks) o sanagkalain-laing buhatansa BSP.

Ang mgapampublikong buhatannga naghupot sa karaangkwartang papel nga NDSnga dili mahimongpailisan sulod sa gitakdanga panahon, sama sagigamit nga ebidensya sakorte, kinahanglan ngamakiglambigit sa BangkoSentral ng Pilipinas sa dilipa mulapas ang petsa ngagitakda sa pagpa-ilis sakwarta aron mahatagan ug

hustong panahon sa pag-pailis.

Alang sa mga overseasFilipinos nga may NDS ngadili mailisan sulod sagitakdang panahon,giawhag sa pagparehistroonline sa BSP websitesugod Oktubre 1 hangtodDisyembre 31, 2015 aronmahatagan ug higayon sapag-pailis. Ang kwartangNDS may tagal lamang ngausa ka tuig gikan sapagrehistro sa BSP website.

Sugod Enero 1, 2017,ang NDS wala nay balorkay kini demonetized na.

Ang pagwagtang sabalor ug ang pagkuha sakwartang papel nga NDSsa sirkulasyon naghatag ugkaseguruhan nga usa ra kaserye sa kwartang papelang gamiton sa tibooknasud.

Ang bag-ong kwartangpapel o NGC nga giulsadniadtong Disyembre 16,2010 gi-ila sa ubang nasudnga may de kalidad ngadisenyo ug taas angseguridad alang sakaseguruhan sa publikobatok sa mga tigpakatap sapeke o mini nga kwarta.(MBCN)

ome 200 farmersin Toledo Citybenefited fromthe so-calledS

Shared Service FacilitiesProject or SSF for Mag-uumang Naghiusa saSam-ang ug Magdugo orMANAGSAMA of theAquino government.

MANAGSAMA hasover 200 farmer membersin the two villages in To-ledo and are involved inthe production of coconutproducts. The farmers’group received almost halfa million pesos in govern-ment assistance to in-crease its competitiveness,according to the Depart-ment of Trade and Indus-try.

DTI spokeswomanShirelyn Villamor said thefarmers have already re-ceived equipment such asdesiccated dryer, de-shell-ing machine, coconut meatgrinding machine,briquetting machine andfive carbonizing drums.

She said theMANAGSAMA farmers alsounderwent a series of train-ing on food processing, des-iccated coconut produc-tion, management and mar-ket matching.

“The SSF is a response tothe market demand of fairtrade and local market forvirgin coconut oil, desic-cated coconut and charcoalbriquettes,” Villamor said.

The SSF Project is being

implemented nationwidewith project partners termedas co-operators, which maybe any juridical entity suchas but not limited to nongov-ernmental organizations,people’s organizations, co-operatives, industry or tradeor business associations, lo-cal government units, stateuniversities or colleges, tech-nical vocational schools andother similar governmentand training institutions.

Beneficiaries of theproject are the actual and po-tential users of the SSF whichshould be predominantlycooperatives, associations orgroups of Medium, Smalland Micro Enterprises andindividuals. (FerlizaContratista)