Vol. 4 No. 99 • 12 pages www.commuterexpress.ph WEDNESDAY , October 20, 2010 RICE, CORN SUPPLY SHORTAGE LOOMS PAGE 4 15 9 7 9 15 45 4 11 17 40 9 P127.5m+ BAR EXAM BLAST SUSPECTS ARREST IMMINENT — DOJ RP’S FIRST CUSTOMIZABLE MOBILE WALLET ATM CARD PAGE 4 PAGE 8 BIKE UNITED More than a thousand bikers participate in Bike United, a health and wellness activity sponsored by Unilab to encourage families to pursue healthy active lifestyles. The activity is the first of three initiatives under the Unilab Active Health program. ‘TAKE TWO’ FOR ‘ JUAN’? PAGASA SAYS IT’S POSSIBLE PAGE 11
BIKE UNITEDMore than a thousand bikers participate in Bike United, a health and wellness activity sponsored by Unilab to encourage families to pursue healthy active lifestyles. The activity is the � rst of three initiatives under the Unilab Active Health program.
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Si Jesus Bacolod, 47 years old, ay street sweeper ng Barangay 38 Zone 5 ng Pasay City. Siya ay hu-
migit kumulang na may taas na 5 feet. May mga kapansanan si Jesus. Bukod sa medyo deformed ang kanyang katawan at kuba, at tabingi din maglakad, sobrang payat din niya – animo’y kaya siyang tangayin ng hangin.
Noong October 14, Huwebes, du-mulog ang maluha-luhang si Jesus sa WANTED SA RADYO (WSR). Ayon sa kanyang sumbong, noong umaga ng araw ding iyon, habang siya ay nagwawa-lis, nakasagutan niya ang isang babae na nakikialam sa kanyang trabaho.
Hindi nagtagal, dumating ang isang lalaki na nagpakilalang asawa ng na-sabing babae. Ang lalaki ay si Benjie Gloria, Tae Kwon Do championship competitor at bodyguard ni Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto.
Nang makita ni Gloria si Jesus, agad niyang pinagsusuntok at pinagsisipa ito umano. Walang kakayahang lumaban ang isang payatot na street sweeper sa isang professional martial arts expert kaya tinanggap na lang ni Jesus ang mga ginawang pananakit sa kanya ni Gloria.
Nang makausap ng inyong SHOOT-ER si Gloria, bagamat itinanggi niyang binugbog niya si Jesus, sinabi niyang sinipa lang niya ito sa paa ng tatlong
beses dahil gusto lang daw niyang big-yan siya ng leksyon. Ngunit sa medical certificate na ipinakita ni Jesus sa WSR, lumilitaw na siya ay nagtamo ng mga pasa sa iba’t ibang parte ng kanyang katawan.
Sinabi pa ni Gloria na kung talagang binugbog niya si Jesus sana durog na raw ang mukha nito. Ayon pa rin kay Gloria, tinatangka raw kasi siyang hampasin ni Jesus ng walis kung kaya’t sinipa niya ito ng tatlong beses bilang pagdepensa sa sarili.
* * *Kinabukasan, October 15, Biyernes,
ilang beses sinubukang tawagan ng WSR si Calixto ngunit bigo ang programa na makausap siya. Pero na-contact ng WSR si Engr. Albert Paredes, ang chief of staff ni Calixto.
Sinabi ni Paredes sa WSR na malawak ang kanyang katungkulan sa munisipyo dahil nasasakupan niya ang maraming departamento doon. Binanggit din ni Paredes na nakausap na niya ang bodyguard ni Mayor, at ayon sa kanya,
mayroon din daw panig ang nasabing bodyguard.
Kaya ang kanya raw ipinayo sa diumano’y URCC (Universal Reality Combat Championship) competitor at bodyguard ni Mayor na si Gloria ay mag-file ng counter demanda laban sa maliit at payatot na street sweeper. Animo’y David versus Goliath ang dating.
ilan sa mga sumama kay Jesus ang nagsabing si Gloria daw talaga ay sakit sa ulo sa kanilang lugar. At dalawa sa mga ito ay may mataas na tungkulin sa barangay.
Sa mga oras na isinusulat ang artiku-long ito, October 18, Lunes, pormal nang inihahanda ng tanggapan ng isumbong mo kay Chief PNP ang pagsasampa ng kasong kriminal (physical injury) laban kay Gloria sa pangunguna ni Col. Sotero Ramos, ang hepe ng nasabing tanggapan.
Sinadyang idinulog ng WSR sa Camp Crame sa halip na sa Pasay PNP ang pagsasampa ng kaso laban kay Gloria dahil sa pangamba na rin ng biktima na baka ma-whitewash umano ang kaso sapagkat maimpluwensiya ang amo ni Gloria sa Pasay.
Si Atty. Aga Arellano na may pro-gramang iTO ANG BATAS sa DZXL ay nangakong magbibigay ng free legal assistance kay Jesus.
Cute sa tarpaulin at malalim ang bulsa
KAiLAN kaya dadat-ing ang panahon na maipagmamalaki
natin ang ating eleksyon. Kagaya sa Amerika halim-bawa, walang mga dumi sa kalye ng mga posters at mga tarpaulins, lahat kasi ng desisyon sa pagboto doon nakabase sa debate ng mga kandidato at sa track record ng mga tumatakbo.
Kasi sa debate nalalaman ang plano ng isang kandidato. Sa debate nalalaman ng mga botante ang pwedeng gawin ng kandidato para sa kanyang bayan.
Dito sa atin, mismo ngang mga kandidato noong nakaraang Presidential elections ayaw na halos dumalo sa mga debate. inisip marahil ng ilan sa kanila na walang kwenta at walang maitutulong ang mga debate. Kung sabagay, iba kasi ang kultura ng Pinoy.
Mas gusto natin nakakadaupang-palad ang mga kandidato at mas personal ang relasyon natin sa kanila. isa pa, parang dapat kasi laging pinaaalalahanan ang mga botante natin kaya naman pagkarami-raming mga tarpaulins ang nagkalat tuwing eleksyon.
Pero kailan nga ba natin maipagmamalaki ang ating mga eleksyon. Noong Linggo, isang kandidato pagka-Kapitan sa Malabon, binaril, pinatay, alas-syete ng umaga habang papauwi sya galing magsimba.
May nagsasabi na hindi naman sigurado kung tungkol sa eleksyon nga talaga ang motibo ng pagpatay pero ayaw maniwala ng marami, para sa kanila eleksyon kasi. Nakaka-pangilabot isipin na para sa ilan, natural sa mga eleksyon ang patayan, lalo sa lebel ng baranggay.
At usap-usapan na naman sa mga umpukan ang bilihan ng boto para sa halalan sa Baranggay sa Lunes, Oktubre 25. Magkano ang bigay ng kandidatong ito, kumpara sa kandidato sa kabila.
Kaya nga napag-usapan na rin minsan na huwag na lang na inihahalal ang mga opisyal ng baranggay gaya ng mga opisyal ng Sanguniang Kabataan (SK), i-appoint na lang daw ng Mayor.
Dahil ito sa korapsyon na nag-uugat daw sa baranggay. Kagaya ng batikos sa SK, hindi ako naniniwala na dapat i-abolish ang baranggay at SK elections dahil sa bintang na korapsyon.
Kung aalisin man ang eleksyong dito, sa mas maganda at issue-based na dahilan, hindi dahil sa bintang na korapsyon at vote-buying dahil mas malalim ang ugat ng sakit na ito na magagamot lang ng partisipasyon ng bawat isang botante.
Mataas pa rin ang aking pagtingin sa paraan ng pagpili natin ng ating mga lider, isang boto para sa tamang kandidato sa isang demokratikong paraan. Sa kabila ng lahat, hangad ko ang matiwasay na eleksyon sa Lunes.
Paulit-ulit at hindi ako magsasawang manawagan na iboto natin ang palagay natin ay karapat-dapat at tunay na makakapag-silbi sa baranggay at hindi yung mas cute ang mukha sa tarpaulin at mas malalim ang bulsa.
Mag-text po kayo sa akin tungkol sa usaping ito sa 09215186724. O kaya ay email sa: [email protected].
LiKE most parents, Al Hermogeno, 30, has no other dream but to see his children graduate from college, believing that education is the only way to uplift the family from poverty. However, his income as a water delivery man is barely enough for his family to survive on, making it impossible to even send his children to good schools.
For every five gallons of water he delivers to a household, Hermogeno earns only P5.00 ($0.11). He is lucky if his regular customers give him a tip. Late last year, his family was forced to live separately in order to survive. His wife Maricar, 28, and their youngest Maxene, five, left for Laguna because they could no longer pay for the room they were renting in Pasay City. The
C O M M E N T A R Y
eldest CJ, seven years old, followed his mother to Laguna after finishing the school year in March 2010.
“I work hard so that my children could finish schooling and hopefully graduate from college, even at a state university,” Hermogeno said in Filipino, adding that it is the only treasure that he could pass on to his children. However, the recent pro-nouncements of the Department of Education (DepEd) dashed Hermogeno’s dreams for his two children.
The DepEd is proposing to add two more years to the 10 year-basic education in the country, saying that it would ad-dress the deteriorating quality of Philippine education. The proposed educational reform, dubbed as K12, will supposedly equip its graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills to land a job.
Hermogeno said even college graduates are having a hard time finding a job. Most people he knows end up working in a profession that is not even related to their college degrees such as in call centers. Another proof of the country’s lack of job opportunities even for college graduates are the hundreds of Filipinos leaving for work abroad everyday.
“How much more for K12 graduates?” Hermogeno said.
K+12in a paper discussion dated Oct. 5, DepEd acknowledged
that the need to address the problems confronting Philippine education is “urgent and critical,” citing the low achievement scores of Filipino students, locally and internationally. They blamed it, however, to the “congested curriculum” of the 10-year basic education scheme and the “inadequate preparation of high school graduates for the world of work or entrepreneurship or higher education.”
The DepEd report added that the current curriculum “rein-
Additional years in basic education, a burden
forces the misperception that basic education is just a preparatory step for higher education.”
With this, the DepEd is recommending an Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program to train “productive and responsible citizens equipped with the essential competencies and skills for both lifelong learning and employment.”
Under the K+12 program, a student will get an elementary diploma (6 years), a junior high school diploma (4 years) and a senior high school diploma (2 years). By the time the student completes the program, she or he would be around 17 or 18 years old. Bulatlat.com
3Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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The Philippines is facing an acute rice and corn shortage in the aftermath of super typhoon “Juan” that ravaged the Cagayan Valley region where one-third of the country’s supply come from.
Juan (International code name Megi), the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in four years, wreaked havoc during the peak of the harvest season in Cagayan and Isabela, where huge tracts of rice and corn crops were destroyed.
Initial estimates placed damages on rice crops alone at around 105,000 tons. The Department of Agriculture assessed that at least 10 percent of Ca-gayan Valley’s annual rice crop had been damaged, still far lower than the worst case scenario estimates of 230,000 tons.
The region supplies one third of the country’s grains requirement and 40 percent of Metro Ma-nila’s supply.
Government officials from Isabela even estimated that the Category 5 howler destroyed some 385,000 tons of rice and 46,400 tons of corn. Last year, the province accounted for 13.25 percent of rice output and 24.26 percent of corn production.
The National Food Authority (NFA) said the storm’s damage to crops could reach more than P1.5-billion in the province, the country’s second top rice producer.
NFA administrator Angelito Banayo said that in the worst-case scenario more than 1.8 million bags of palay in Isabela will likely be damaged. even NFA stocks in the province were not spared as 15,000 sacks of rice
in two of the agency’s warehouses were destroyed. Damages were estimated at P15-million.
Because of these anticipated supply shortfalls, the country, being the world's largest rice importer, may have to import more next year.
This runs counter to an original plan by the ag-riculture department to trim down rice importation from 2.4 million tons last year to only 1.5 million tons next year.
“You have to provide food. What else could we do?" said Maura Lizarondo, assistant director of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, an attached agency of the DA.
Although northern Luzon is regularly struck by strong typhoons, the timing of Juan was crucial because it coincided with the biggest of the four harvests annually, the official bewailed.
“That's the way it is with agriculture. even if you put in all the inputs like irrigation and fertilizer, it is still very dependent on the weather," Lizarondo pointed out.
Juan, made landfall last Monday with winds of at least 250 kph (155 mph), sweeping away electric and telecommunication facilities as it passed by. It rendered the provinces of Isabela and Cagayan isolated with repair works expected to be completed in a number of days or even weeks.
The national disaster agency put the death toll at 10, a low tally for such a strong typhoon in the country. This could be attributed to the adequate preparations made for the typhoon’s onslaught.
Rice, corn supply shortage looms
exACTLY a week after jacking up fuel pump prices, the local oil firms imposed another round of price adjustments past midnight Tuesday.
Oil giants Pilipinas Shell and Petron Corp. hiked their gasoline prices by 50 centavos a liter and kerosene by another 25 centavos a liter at 12:01 a.m. while Chevron Philippines (formerly Caltex) made a similar move at 6 a.m.
But the so-called “Big 3” did not announce any movement for the prices of diesel.
Independent oil player eastern Petroleum said that they would match the gas and kerosene price adjustments around noon.
Big and small oil firms imposed hefty price increases of P1.25 a liter on gasoline and kerosene as well as P1 a liter on diesel last October 12. Last week, the same oil firms added 50 centavos a liter on gasoline prices and another 25 centavos a liter on prices of both kerosene and diesel.
The latest hike raised the average retail price of gasoline (unleaded) and kerosene in Metro Manila to P44 and P43.50 per liter, respec-tively. Diesel, which is unchanged, stood at an average retail price of P34 per liter.
New round of oil price hike
PreSIDeNT Aquino will continue to fill up positions to be vacated by government officials who are not Career executive Service Officers (CESO) despite a standing status quo ante order issued by the Supreme Court (SC) last week.
executive secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. yesterday announced that Malacanang will go on with the appointments and will not be derailed by the SC order against the implementation of executive Order No. 2 on the office of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF).
The temporary restraining or-der (TrO) of the tribunal, Ochoa explained, covers only one post and not all the so-called “midnight appointments” made by the previ-ous administration.
“Let’s take the action of the (SC) in the proper context… the TrO was issued only in the case of the NCMF). So the TrO only applies to that case and does not cover everybody,” he stressed.
The SC issued the resolution last week in response to a petition filed by Bai Omera Dianalan-Lucman, who was named com-missioner of the NCMF- with the rank of Cabinet secretary- by
former President Arroyo during the election ban.
According to Ochoa, the pro-cess of designating replacements for non-CeSO appointees of the past government under eO 2 remains uninterrupted.
“Many of them have already been reappointed and some have already been terminated from the service. So this is a continuing process,” he further explained.
eO 2, which was issued by the president following his assump-tion to office, revoked the appoint-ments made by his predecessor two months before the national elections in May.
The order applied to officials appointed on or after March 11, appointed before March 11 but took their oaths and assumed office after the date, or designated during the 45-day ban provided in the Omnibus election Code.
This was followed by a memo-randum circular, which extended the appointment of non-career government officials occupying CeSO positions until Oct. 31 or until their resignations have been accepted or their respective re-placements have been named, to ensure the uninterrupted services to the public.
Palace defies TRO on ‘midnight’ appointments
DePArTMeNT of Justice (DOJ) Sec. Leila de Lima yesterday said the arrest of the suspects in the Bar examination blast that injured nearly 50 people in Manila last month is imminent.
This developed as the official dis-closed that they have already gathered enough witnesses to pin down the perpetrators and that agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are hot on the suspects’ trail.
“There are witnesses who saw the perpetrators. There are enough witnesses already. The target now is really on how to track down the suspect or suspects,” de Lima told a news conference.
As this developed, the NBI has released an artist's sketch of one of the suspects in the post-Bar exam explo-sion. Copies of it were released to the media yesterday afternoon.
The suspect was described as a 20 to 25-year-old male, medium built,
about 5‘6” to 5‘7”in height, and weighs between 60 to 65 kg.
The details relased by the bureau also provided clues that the suspect wore “long pants, maong; T-shirt, dark polo and low cut sneakers.”
De Lima, however, did not give further details so as not to jeopardize the ongoing operations of the NBI.
“Let’s hope that something signifi-cant happens within the day with respect to that case. They (agents) are now looking for them,” de Lima said.
The justice chief also said she deferred to an ongoing probe by the Supreme Court into the incident. The tribunal has formed a special com-mittee headed by Associate Justice Martin Villarama, Jr. to investigate the blast.
The Villarama committee was sup-posed to wrap up its investigation on Oct. 15 but has requested for an exten-sion of another week because of “latest developments and strong leads.”
Bar exam blast suspectsarrest imminent – DOJ
6 Wednesday, October 20, 2010
TALAGANG mahal na ma-hal pa rin until now ni Kaye Abad si Chito Miranda ng Parokya ni Edgar.
Worried na worried kasi si Kaye nang mawala ito at hindi magparamdam noong isang araw. Talagang ipinagtanong ni Kaye sa mga kaibigan nila kung nakita nila si Chito.
At ang Chito pala, nag-food trip lang sa Tagaytay at nag-decide na mag-stay muna roon. Kaso, na-low batt siya kaya hindi siya makontak.
“Sorry sa mga nag-alala at na-hassle. Habang fumoodtrip ako sa Tagaytay, nag-aalala na pala sila dito sa Manila! Mahal ko rin kayo chong!” tweet ni Chito noong Martes, October 19.
Narito pa ang ilang message of concern ng mga kaibigan ni chito.
“@KICs17: @chitomirandajrwe're relieved to know you're okay.. :)”---Thank you din po! Na awa nga ako kay kaye eh! Pero ok na rin sya. :)”
“@kingbianca: @chitomirandajrAN-YAREH SAYOOOOO” ---had breakfast in tagaytay. No fone tapos coding kotse ko so i decided to just stay there.”
“@ehraisms: @chitomirandajr, ikaw na ang ninja at echoserang kermit the frog ng taon! yari ka!”---Hahahaha! Nawalan
lang talaga ako ng batt!”Maging si Angel Locsin ay
alalang-alala rin kay Chito.“@143redangel: You are
so dead @chitomirandajr! Grrr.....”Chito.alang-alala rin kay ncern ng mga kaibigan ni chito. de na mag-stay muna roon. kaso,---Yari! Sorry!
Nawala lang talaga sa isip ko magpaalam kasi balikan naman eh. :(
* * *Inamin ni Diether Ocampo na
medyo dumidistansiya siya kay Kris Aquino na leading lady niya sa horror movie na “Dalaw.”
“Mahirap na kas i baka.... alam mo ‘yon? Medyo...ako naman parang lumalagay lang ako sa tamang posisyon, ‘di ba? Kung wala lang magiging balakid, ‘di ba parang....Kung tutuusin nga, ako wala naman akong pananagutan unang-una,” esplika ni Diet.
Kaibigan naman siya ni Kris at alam nito ang kanyang pagkatao inside and out.
“Kilalang-kilala na-
man niya ako. Wala naman akong itina-tago. Alam naman ng mga tao.”
Matagal nang hindi masyadong nag-kikita sina Diet at Kris kaya normal lang para sa actor na may ilangan factor.
“Siguro gano’n talaga. Sa tagal ng hindi namin pagkikita ito lang ‘yung chance na nabigay sa amin. Pagbigyan mo na ako na medyo gano’n ang feeling sa umpisa. Eventually baka maging ano ‘yung timpla.”
Natanong si Kris kung susundin niya ang payo ng kanyang ate
Balsy Aquino Cruz na mag-boyfriend lang siya pero
‘wag na siyang mag-pakasal.
“Oo, sinabi niya and please ‘wag na daw akong ikasal, magboyfriend na lang daw ako,” say
ni Kris.Pero malamang ay
hindi sundin ni Kris ang kanyang nakatatandang
kapatid. “Susundin ko ang korte ng Makati. ‘Pag sinabi ng korte at sinabi ni judge na
libre na ako, why not?”
TALAGANG mahal na ma-hal pa rin until now ni Kaye
lang talaga ako ng batt!”Maging si Angel Locsin ay
man niya ako. Wala naman akong itina-tago. Alam naman ng mga tao.”
Chito Miranda, nag-disappear sa Tagaytay
By Alex Brosas
KAYE ABADCHITO MIRANDA
SINGING sensation Justin Bieber has been caught up in an assault investigation in his native Canada after allegedly attacking a 12-year-old in a laser tag venue.
Officials at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have confirmed they are investigating an alleged assault on a young customer at the Richmond, British
Columbia gamers hang-out, but they have refused to confirm reports the alleged attacker was Bieber.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that the owner of the laser tag facility told them Bieber was thrown out of his establishment on Friday night after the incident.
A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police tells news show Entertainment Tonight, "There were minimal injuries, and we are still in the early stages of this investigation.
SINGING sensation Justin Bieber has been caught up in an assault investigation
Justin Bieber under probe for assault of 12-year-old
JUSTIN BIEBER
6 Wednesday, October 20, 2010
TALAGANG mahal na ma-hal pa rin until now ni Kaye Abad si Chito Miranda ng Parokya ni Edgar.
Worried na worried kasi si Kaye nang mawala ito at hindi magparamdam noong isang araw. Talagang ipinagtanong ni Kaye sa mga kaibigan nila kung nakita nila si Chito.
At ang Chito pala, nag-food trip lang sa Tagaytay at nag-decide na mag-stay muna roon. Kaso, na-low batt siya kaya hindi siya makontak.
“Sorry sa mga nag-alala at na-hassle. Habang fumoodtrip ako sa Tagaytay, nag-aalala na pala sila dito sa Manila! Mahal ko rin kayo chong!” tweet ni Chito noong Martes, October 19.
Narito pa ang ilang message of concern ng mga kaibigan ni chito.
“@KICs17: @chitomirandajrwe're relieved to know you're okay.. :)”---Thank you din po! Na awa nga ako kay kaye eh! Pero ok na rin sya. :)”
“@kingbianca: @chitomirandajrAN-YAREH SAYOOOOO” ---had breakfast in tagaytay. No fone tapos coding kotse ko so i decided to just stay there.”
“@ehraisms: @chitomirandajr, ikaw na ang ninja at echoserang kermit the frog ng taon! yari ka!”---Hahahaha! Nawalan
lang talaga ako ng batt!”Maging si Angel Locsin ay
alalang-alala rin kay Chito.“@143redangel: You are
so dead @chitomirandajr! Grrr.....”Chito.alang-alala rin kay ncern ng mga kaibigan ni chito. de na mag-stay muna roon. kaso,---Yari! Sorry!
Nawala lang talaga sa isip ko magpaalam kasi balikan naman eh. :(
* * *Inamin ni Diether Ocampo na
medyo dumidistansiya siya kay Kris Aquino na leading lady niya sa horror movie na “Dalaw.”
“Mahirap na kas i baka.... alam mo ‘yon? Medyo...ako naman parang lumalagay lang ako sa tamang posisyon, ‘di ba? Kung wala lang magiging balakid, ‘di ba parang....Kung tutuusin nga, ako wala naman akong pananagutan unang-una,” esplika ni Diet.
Kaibigan naman siya ni Kris at alam nito ang kanyang pagkatao inside and out.
“Kilalang-kilala na-
man niya ako. Wala naman akong itina-tago. Alam naman ng mga tao.”
Matagal nang hindi masyadong nag-kikita sina Diet at Kris kaya normal lang para sa actor na may ilangan factor.
“Siguro gano’n talaga. Sa tagal ng hindi namin pagkikita ito lang ‘yung chance na nabigay sa amin. Pagbigyan mo na ako na medyo gano’n ang feeling sa umpisa. Eventually baka maging ano ‘yung timpla.”
Natanong si Kris kung susundin niya ang payo ng kanyang ate
Balsy Aquino Cruz na mag-boyfriend lang siya pero
‘wag na siyang mag-pakasal.
“Oo, sinabi niya and please ‘wag na daw akong ikasal, magboyfriend na lang daw ako,” say
ni Kris.Pero malamang ay
hindi sundin ni Kris ang kanyang nakatatandang
kapatid. “Susundin ko ang korte ng Makati. ‘Pag sinabi ng korte at sinabi ni judge na
libre na ako, why not?”
TALAGANG mahal na ma-hal pa rin until now ni Kaye
lang talaga ako ng batt!”Maging si Angel Locsin ay
man niya ako. Wala naman akong itina-tago. Alam naman ng mga tao.”
Chito Miranda, nag-disappear sa Tagaytay
By Alex Brosas
KAYE ABADCHITO MIRANDA
SINGING sensation Justin Bieber has been caught up in an assault investigation in his native Canada after allegedly attacking a 12-year-old in a laser tag venue.
Officials at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have confirmed they are investigating an alleged assault on a young customer at the Richmond, British
Columbia gamers hang-out, but they have refused to confirm reports the alleged attacker was Bieber.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that the owner of the laser tag facility told them Bieber was thrown out of his establishment on Friday night after the incident.
A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police tells news show Entertainment Tonight, "There were minimal injuries, and we are still in the early stages of this investigation.
SINGING sensation Justin Bieber has been caught up in an assault investigation
Justin Bieber under probe for assault of 12-year-old
JUSTIN BIEBER
Wednesday, October 20, 20108
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from 1 to 9 inclusively.
Previous puzzle solution
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OLFU research paper wins
G-XchanGe Inc (GXI), the wholly-owned mobile commerce subsidiary of Globe Telecom, breaks new ground as it launches the GCASH Card, the first customizable aTM card linked to a mobile wallet in the country, giving its subscribers 24/7 access to GcaSh.
With the GcaSh card, subscrib-ers need not rush to beat business hours as they are given 24/7 access to their GcaSh wallets. The GcaSh card allows users to withdraw funds in their GcaSh wallets via any of the 9,000 Bancnet, Megalink, expressnet or encash automated Teller Machines (aTMs) nationwide. Subscribers are charged P20 per transaction that will be automati-cally deducted from their GcaSh wallet.
“With the launch of the GcaSh card, our customers are given an additional 9,000 locations to cash out their GcaSh using almost any aTM nationwide.
On top of the online community of sellers and buyers who benefits from this new and convenient chan-
nel for cash-out transactions, this is also our way of bridging the gap between the under-banked and banked markets serviced by our rural bank partners.
The outstanding customer ben-efits of low-cost, secure, convenient and customer-friendly option of withdrawing GcaSh using the aTM is now made available to these cus-tomers,” said GXI President Rizza Maniego-eala.
In addition, the GcaSh card is the only customizable ATM Card in the country. Subscribers can make their own personalized ATM card design by putting their favorite pictures with family and friends or choose from a variety of design tem-plates. They even have the option of putting their nicknames in different fonts as part of the applicable design templates.
The GcaSh card also serves as a valid ID as the back portion of the card carries the subscribers’ 1 x 1 photo. customers can just bring the card and present to any Globe Store or GcaSh payout outlet to do
their transactions. The application process for the
GcaSh card is very simple and easy. Interested GcaSh subscribers only need to fill-up the online applica-tion form at www.globe.com.ph/gcashcard, upload their pictures and
choose their preferred design. Upon submission of the form, GcaSh automatically sends an SMS to the subscriber to confirm the applica-tion. The applicant simply needs to reply with his/her MPIn to complete the transaction and allow GcaSh
to collect P100 from the applicant’s GcaSh wallet for the processing, production and delivery of the card to the subscriber’s nominated address.
a reference no. is provided on the success page upon confirmation of the payment. This quick and user-friendly application process remains compliant with the requirements of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
The card launch held last October 14, 2010, coincided with the 6th year anniversary of GcaSh. Since its emergence, GcaSh has become a major payment option, especially for internet shoppers who prefer quick and hassle free transactions. as of today, GcaSh services one million active users while its total value of transactions averages around P5 billion every month.
Last april, GXI launched its Gcash Remit domestic cash pick-up service, with over 18,000 GcaSh Remit outlets nationwide, mak-ing it the cheapest and the largest network for money transfers within the Philippines.
PAHALANG
1. Sabi nila 6. Kurikong11. Hawa12. Ibisto13. Kabisera ng Guam14. Laon15. Gusto16. Kulay ng tela17. Itinapon21. Tipo ng dugo22. Limit23. Pang-angkop25. Letra sa lapida27. Palayaw ng lalaki
Photo shows GXI President Rizza Maniego-Eala explaining the features of the new GCASH Card, the country’s first customizable mobile wallet ATM card, during the media launch held last October 14, 2010. With her are GXI Sales Head Jim Fraginal and GXI Product Head Paolo Baltao.
RP’s first customizable mobile wallet ATM card
OUR Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) shines more than ever in the field of research as Mr. Ryan Pagente, RN, MAN and Michael Joseph Diño, RN, MAN, won the Best International Oral Research Presentation Award for their paper entitled “The Art and Science of Task Delegation in Critical Care: The Common Praxis among Junior and Senior Filipino Nurses” in the 7th Congress of the World Council of Critical Care Nurses Foundation (WCCF) last October 5-6, 2010 at the Diamond Hotel.
The event gathered the best research undertakings in the field of critical care nursing. The final papers presented were from the Philippines, Korea, and Slovenia. Among the judges were Dr. Ruth Kleinpell, Director for Clinical Research at Rush University Medical Center in USA, Dr. Gordon Speed, Associate Charge Nurse at Dunedin Hospital in New Zealand, and Dr. Yann- Fen Chao, professor from the Taipei Medical University College of Nursing.
“It was a very vigorous presentation. The last two days were spent practicing for the 15-minute presentation and preparing for the question and answer,” Pagente said. Diño, Nursing Research Coordinator, was the co- author and research adviser of Pagente. “The success of our research paper was because of the passion of the adviser and eagerness of the researcher,” Diño added.
Their paper “The Art and Science of Task Delegation in Critical Care: The Common Praxis among Junior and Senior Filipino Nurses,” revolves around the study of identifying and benchmarking task delegation among senior and junior nurses in critical care settings. The study is also meritorious in surfacing the ‘essences’ of task delegation among nurses through the conceptualized ‘Iceberg Model’ and 6 Cs of task delegation: completion, competency, command, clarity, control and comfort. To support their research, Pagente and Diño interviewed respondents from various hospitals in Metro Manila.
OLFU has also won several research awards including the International Environment Research Award at the International Conference for Higher Education Research last May.
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Peacefully joined his Creator on October 15, 2010 at the age of 57.
ROBERTO P. VALEROS, SR.R.I.P.
“Be at rest once more, Oh my soul,for the Lord has been good to me” Psalm 116:7
He is survived by his wife Josefina S. Valeros, children Franie Liza V. Dio, Mildred V. Licarte, Bovee Froilan, Roberto, Jr., Kathrina V. Asis, Jobert and Joan; and grandchildren. His body lies in state at his residence on San Eustaquio St., (Borabod) and San Francisco St., Vinzons, Camarines Norte. Interment is on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at the Eternal Paradise Memorial Park in Camarines Norte, after the 1 p.m. mass at the St. Peter Parish Church.
A BuSInESSMAn has filed charges against officers and members of the Liq-uefied Petroleum Gas Manufacturers As-sociation (LPGMA) for alleged monopoly and cartelization.
Federation of Philippine Industries chairman Jesus Arranza last Monday went to the Department of Justice in Manila where he formally lodged his complaint, against the operations of LPGMA which is “in restraint of trade or free competi-tion.”
“In practice, the respondents have banded together and associated themselves and, by their agreement and/or concerted action, have fixed the price of LPG in the market,” Arranza said in his affidavit.
named respondents in the case were Arnel Ty, Danilo Chua, Alison Sy, Rene Rosell, Ana Leah Castro, Ronnie Sevillana, Mar Dave Tang, Virginia Cid, Bonifacio Eleria, Orlando Reyes, Allan Ty, Sinforoso Pagunsan and Antonio del Rosario.
The group was charged for allegedly violating the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act and the Revised Penal Code.
The respondents are presently incorpo-rators, major shareholders, directors and officers of LPGMA.
Arranza cited in his complaint Sec-tion 11 of the Oil Deregulation Law which defines cartelization as “any agreement, combination or concerted action by refin-
ers, importers and/or dealers, or their representatives, to fix prices, restrict outputs or divide markets, either by products or by areas, in restraint of trade or free competi-tion, including any contractual stipulation which prescribes pricing levels and profit margins.”
If found guilty, the offenders would be slapped with a penalty of three to seven years imprisonment and a fine ranging from P1-million to P2-million.
On the other hand, Arranza pointed to Article 186 of the Revised Penal Code that guards against monopolies and combina-tions in restraint of trade and with sanctions ranging from imprisonment and fines ranging from P200 to P6,000.
IT’S always best to take the train.The Department of Health (DoH) has
identified motorcycles and waveboards as the most dangerous two-wheeled rides in the country, owing to high accident rates.
DoH officials said that of the more than 6,000 injuries recorded in 55 hospitals nationwide from April to June this year, nearly 2,000 were caused by motorcycle accidents while 363 cases were due to waveboard-related incidents.
Most popular among young kids, a waveboard is a variant of the skateboard. It is mainly used for “street surfing” and
is composed of two pivoting platforms with wheels that can turn around com-pletely. A rider must twist back and forth and make a wave motion to make the platform move.
DoH data indicated that 83 percent of the victims of waveboard accidents were young boys.
In the uS, some cities have banned the use of waveboards because of the danger it poses to riders.
The national Electronic Injury Surveil-lance System (nEISS) of the DoH showed that motorcycle-related injuries accounted for 54 percent of the 2,015 vehicular-related
accidents recorded in the same period. The accidents involving tricycles but it accounted for only for 8.7 percent or 176 cases. Car-related injuries, meanwhile, accounted for 39 cases.
“All road users should take the neces-sary precautions, especially motorcycle riders,” health secretary Enrique Ona said in a statement.
The DoH chief also said the number of fall-related injuries also went up in the quar-terly monitor and attributed this trend to the rise in the number of waveboard-related injuries, in which 93 percent of the cases involved children below 15 years old.
LPG dealers charged for monopoly
DoH tags bike, waveboard rides as most dangerous
THE chief of state weather agency, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Ser-vices Administration (Pagasa), said yesterday that super typhoon “Juan” (international codename: Megi) could make a comeback after regaining strength over the South China Sea.
This possibility was due to the fact that Juan could not force its way into China because there were two weather systems in the vicinity of the mainland that were pushing back the Category 5 cyclone. The weather systems have caused Juan to go on “stand by” as it was being forced back from its northwesterly track.
Department of Science and Technology un-dersecretary Graciano Yumul, who is also Pagasa officer-in-charge, explained in Malacanang that because of this phenomenon, Juan had become a “quasi-stationary” cyclone.
“Is there a possibility that this typhoon would come back? There’s always this kind of possibility and this is the reason why every hour on the hour we are watching the typhoon,” Yumul said.
For six days in October of 2009, typhoon Pep-ing swept back and forth across northern Luzon. It crossed the island, stopped, went back the way it came and ravaged its affected provinces the second time around.
Peping also dumped huge amounts of rains that caused dam officials in Pangasinan to panic and prematurely release water from San Roque Dam. The move inundated some towns in the province.
‘Take two’ for ‘Juan’?Pagasa says it’s possible
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HANGGANG ngayon pala, dala-dala pa rin ng isang dat-ing sikat na collegiate player ang yabang niya kahit na nasa PBA na siya.
Noon daw nasa college pa siya, hate na hate siya kahit ng mga teammates niya dahil sa sobrang hangin niya.
May sariling mundo ika nga.Hindi raw marunong makisama, at talagang iba
kung magsalita.Akala raw nung iba eh magbabago na siya kasi
nga nasa PBA na. Pero ganun pa din pala.* * *
Sabi ng source namin, mas higit na mayabang ang teammate ng college player na ito.
Mas mahangin, mas hambog, sabi niya, patungkol sa isa ring dating college player na wala pa naman sa PBA kasi nasa ibang team pa siya na lumalaban para sa Pilipinas sa abroad.
Pag nagkasama raw ang dalawang iyan, tiyak na super bagyo sa paligid.
* * *Ito ang tiyak na aabangan ng marami.Ateneo vs. San Beda.Sa junior at sa senior division.Sa first week of November, maghaharap ang
Ateneo Blue Eagles at San Beda Red Lions.At sa preliminary game naman, maghaharap din
ang Ateneo Blue Eaglets at San Beda Red Cubs.NCAA champions vs. UAAP champions.Gandang laban niyan.
Kahit nasa PBA, mayabang pa rin si college player
UP and coming Filipino prizefighter Drian “Gin-tong Kamao” Francisco make his first overseas stint in hostile Thailand when he goes up against Duanpetch Kokietgym for the vacant World Boxing Association interim super flyweight title on November 30.
“Drian will see action in his first fight abroad, and we believe, despite the fight being staged in Thailand, that he has a good chance of prevailing,” said the Filipino’s promoter, Elmer Arunan, in yesterday’s PSA forum at the Shakey’s UN Avenue branch in Manila.
Arunan, who is president of the Saved by the Bell Promotions, said that Francisco, who is unbeaten in 19 matches (15 by KO, 1 draw), has been training hard against the veteran 30-year-old Thai, a southpaw who totes an impressive record of 52 wins (21 KOs), one win and one draw.
“Kokietgym may have the experience but we believe that our boy has the style and ring smarts to beat him,” he said in the session sponsored by Shakey’s, PAGCOR and Outlast Battery.
Arunan disclosed that the Filipino and Thai will be disputing the belt left vacant by Nonito “The Flash” Donaire, Jr.
He noted that Kokietgym has a reputation of beating Filipino boxers. His latest victim was Edwin Tumbaga, who was stopped in two rounds last September 10 in their clash for the Pan Asian Boxing Association super flyweight title in Udon Thani, Thailand.
‘Gintong Kamao’ vies for title in Thailand
RP women’s basketball team eyes championship titleCONSIDERED as the best team as-
sembled in years, the Philippine national women’s team is eyeing no less than a golden finish when the country hosts the 7th Southeast Asian Basketball Association Women’s Championship from October 24 to 29 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.
Officials of the team expressed confi-dence that the national squad, now called Perlas ng Pilipinas, can nail a first title for
the country.“I don’t have any doubts that we will
win the gold,” declared team manager Cynthia Tiu.
The RP cagebelles will open their campaign on Sunday against Singapore. Thailand is the defending champion in the tournament, where Laos and Malaysia, are also seeing action.
National coach Haydee Ong is con-fident that her team, despite its lack of
height, will put up a strong showing in the tournament.
“We are a defensive team,” Ong also said at the forum sponsored by Accel, Outlast Battery and Pagcor. “What we lack in height we will make up for quickness.”
“We expect the other teams to come out strong but we will definitely go for the gold this time,” said former Ateneo star Cassy Tioseco, one of the tallest players in the team at 6-feet.
