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Zambo mayor wants Solonto continue serving in Congress

ZAMBOANGA CITY MayorBeng Climaco has pledgedher all-out support to law-maker Celso Lobregat to runagain in Congress in nextyear’s polls.

Climaco said if there isanyone most fitted and de-serving to represent the“voice of Zamboanga City”in Congress, it’s no other butLobregat, who alreadyserved 9 years as mayor ofZamboanga.

She said she would alsorun for re-election underPresident Aquino’s LiberalParty. Lobregat belongs tothe Laban ngDemokratikong Pilipino.

Climaco said she con-siders the wealthy Lobregatas a “big brother” andwanted him to succeed inCongress as Zamboanga’scongressman in District 1.Representative Lilia Nuno isthe congresswoman in Dis-trict 2.

“Lobregat has been do-ing his fare share to speak for

and represent the voice ofZamboanga City in theHouse of Representatives. Infact, I think there was a gath-ering where he Lobregatspoke about his (2007) de-fence of Zamboanga City in

the Supreme Court, and hiseloquence is needed in thehalls of congress,” Climacosaid.

“As a big brother to me,he has already served mayorof this city for nine years and

I, his little sister, as awoman would want tocontinue serving as mayorof this city. Let Zamboangabe in the care of a mother,because together we willbe able to help build a bet-ter Zamboangueño familyif God allows and thepeople will give us themandate,” she added.

Majority of the localsin 98 villages inZamboanga supportClimaco’s re-election bid,but Lobregat also wants torun again as mayor.

In 2013, Climaco ranand won after Lobregat’sterm ended. Lobregat’sbrother Jomar also ranagainst Nuno, but lost.Lobregat also previouslyserved as congressmanwhen his mother, MariaClara Lobregat, ruledZamboanga for manyyears as congresswomanand mayor until her deathin January 2004.(Mindanao Examiner)

Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco

Sayyafs threaten to beheadMalaysian hostage

ABU SAYYAF rebels havethreatened to behead aMalaysian national if ran-som for his safe release isnot paid by his family,who sought help fromKuala Lumpur to save thehostage now being heldin southern Philippines.

Chan Wai See, thewife of kidnap victim Ber-nard Then Ted Fen, saidshe spoke with the rebelsand her husband on thephone on August 22 andtold the Home Ministryabout it, according to areport by the MalaysianInsider.

The 39-year old Ber-nard was kidnappedalong with Thien NyukFun, 50, by four gunmenwho stormed Ocean KingSeafood Restaurant inSandakan on May 14.Thien is the restaurant’smanager.

Chan and Thien’sdaughter, Chung ChinLung, met with DeputyHome Minister I DatukNur Jazlan Mohamed andDeputy Home Minister IIMasir Anak Kujat to allaytheir concerns over thevictims.

Both officials have as-sured Chien and Chungthat they will do all theycan to bring the Malay-sians back home safely.The hostages were be-

lieved being held in SuluArchipelago and Sabah isjust near the Filipino prov-ince of Tawi-Tawi. It wasnot immediately knownhow much ransom the AbuSayyaf is demanding.

The report said Ber-nard was apparently veryweak and told his wife thathe would be beheadednext after the Abu Sayyafbeheaded a kidnappedFilipino village official,Rodolfo Boligao, recently.

It added that Thienwas also very weak and thesituation had been madeworse because they wereforced to move around asmilitants wanted to avoiddetection.

The two Malaysian of-ficials said they wereclosely working with Phil-ippine authorities to deter-mine the location of thetwo hostages.

In Zamboanga City,Marine Captain MariaRowena Muyuela, aspokeswoman for theWestern Mindanao Com-mand, said law enforce-ment operations againstthe Abu Sayyaf still con-tinue following the recentrescue of two kidnappedCoast Guard members –Gringo Villaruz and RodlynPagaling – in the village ofBuanza in Sulu’s Indanantown.

At least 15 rebels werekilled in that operationswhich also left injured 7soldiers.

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PROTESTA! OFWs kumasa sa Malakanyang, BOC

KINASAHAN ng mga over-seas Filipino workers angginawang pagyurak ng Bu-reau of Customs (BOC) samga Balikbayan boxes na

sagrado sa kanila dahilpawis, luha at paghihirapang ipinuhunan upangmakapag-ipon at maipadalasa pamilya ng mga regalo.

Naging tagumpay angtigil-padala o zero remit-tance day na ikinasa ng mgaOFWs sa ibat-ibang bahaging mundo bilang protesta sa

pinaggagawa ng BOC.B a g a m a ’ t

pansamantalang ipinatigilni Pangulong Aquino angpagbubukas ng mgaBalikbayan boxes dahil narin sa galit ng mga OFWs aymarami pa rin ang hindisang-ayon sa nagingpatakaran ng BOC at lalo nang sinabi ng ahensya naitutuloy nila ang random in-spection.

Sa Middle East, ikinasarin doon ng mga OFWs ang“zero remittance day” atkinumpirma naman ito saMindanao Examiner Re-gional Newspaper ngMigrante-Middle East. Kaisaang Migrante saisinagawang aksyon ng mgaOFWs.

Bilang tugon samalawak at lumalakas napanawagan ng mga OFWslaban sa pagpataw ngdagdag na buwis at randominspection sa mgaBalikbayan boxes, ikinasanatin ang kampanyang ZeroRemittance Day.”

“Kasado ang mga kapwaOFWs natin sa Middle Eastna pangungunahan ngmahigit 1.2 million sa SaudiArabia at 400,000 naman saUAE, at maging sa ibat-ibang

bansa sa Asya-Pasipiko,Amerika, Canada,at Australia,” pahayag pa niM-ME regional coordinatorJohn Leonard Monterona nanaka-base sa Saudi Arabia.

Sabi ni Monterona kahitpa man iniutos ni Aquinoang pagpahinto ngpagbubukas sa mgaBalikbayan boxes aynakaamba pa rin angpagpataw ng karagdagangcharges o bayarin sapagpapadala nito.

“Andiyan pa rin angpagpataw ng karagdagangclearing fees sa mga con-tainer van ng mga cargo for-warders base sa inilabas nautos ng Bureau of Customs;ipapataw ang P100,000 toP120,000 per container van,”ani Monterona.

Aniya dahil sa pagpatawng mataas ng clearing fees,ipapasa ito ng mga cargo for-warders sa pamamagitan ngpagtataas din ng bayarin perkilo ng mga Balikbayan boxna dagdag pahirap naman samga OFWs.

“Target talaga ng BOCang P600 million revenue sataong ito, kukunin nila etosa pagpataw ngkaragdagang duty o buwissa mga cargo forwarders

container vans,” dagdagpa ni Monterona.

Maaari rin napalawigin pa o dalasanang naturang aksyonhanggang sa halalanupang maramdaman ngpamahalaang Aquino anghirap na dinaranas ng mgaOFWs para lamangtustusan ang kanilangpamilya sa Pinas.

Maaapektuhan rinumano ang katayuan niInterior Secretary MarRoxas – na siyang presi-dential candidate niAquino at ng Liberal Party– sa 2016 polls dahil hindiito iboboto ng mga OFWsat kanilang pamilya. “TheZRD could also be compa-rable to a Boycott LiberalParty or ‘Zero Vote’ for MarRoxas and LP candidates,”ani Monterona.

Hindi pa mabatidkung gaano kalakinghalaga ang nawala sabansa dahil sa zero remit-tance day noon Agosto 28,ngunit ayon naman kaySenator Francis Escuderoay posibleng umabot ito saP3 bilyon kung ipinatupadng mga OFWs angkanilang banta.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Davao’s Southpoint Schoolwins 2 football trophies

The players and coaches of the eight and under, and 10 and under teams of Southpoint Schoolwere all smiles after winning some trophies and medals in the just concluded Davao FootballClub-Hyenas Kadayawan Football festival in Tionko field in Davao City recently.

DAVAO CITY – TheSouthpoint School onceagain proved that it hasone of the top soccer teamsin Davao City after it won 2trophies and some medalsin the Davao FootballClub-Hyenas Kadayawanfootball festival recently.

Southpoint settled forsecond place finish afterfalling to perennial rivalCrocs Football Club 3-0 inthe Finals.

The team is made up ofCharles Kenn Chiu, ZykLopez, Jared Distancia,Jian Matthew Goyonan,Karlos Donado, KristoffMadrid, Yuan JacobGuingguing, Luiz Digman,Cedric Villamor, Anthony

Elorde, and Art RomeoEroy.

Despite their finish,Greg Napuran, the coachof the eight and under, isstill happy with the resultsince the team were able toduplicate their secondplace finish in the Inde-pendence Day FootballCup.

Meanwhile the 10 andunder division ofSouthpoint also took thethird place in the samefootball tournament afterbeating the Wao, Lanao delSur football club in a thrill-ing penalty shoot-out forthird place 1-0.

The team composed ofBob Benedict Braceros,

Karl Sumampong, CarlosAngelo Lacerna, GianLacerna, Devon Kierulf,Andrei Joshua Guingguing,EJ Cabiles, Adrian Elarmo,Raymond Pahuyo, RyanGabriel Jamisola Dordas,Henrich Denilla, John Mo-rales, Gerald Coronadoand Christopher JoshManuel.

Although they onlylanded in the third place,the coach of the 10 andunder team JonardPinonggan said he washappy with the perfor-mance of his team sincetheir hard work and inten-sive practices have yieldeda positive result. (B.Braceros) Badminton group cites Sulu

governor for support to sports

SULU – Badminton enthu-siasts have cited Sulu Gov-ernor Totoh Tan for hissupport to sports develop-ment in the southern prov-ince.

Members of the 16Feathers Badminton Asso-ciation in Jolo town led byCouncilwoman LovelyIsahac and Radyo ngBayan broadcaster Nashra

Anni handed an apprecia-tion certificate to Tan inrecognition to his invalu-able support and assis-tance.

Tan funded the con-struction of a badmintoncourt inside the compoundof the provincial policeheadquarters in Jolo.

The 16 Feathers Bad-minton Association said

there is steady and growingnumbers of badminton en-thusiasts in the province.

Tan, a known sports-man, has also constructedbasketball courts and othersports facilities in the prov-ince to encourage theyouth and promote healthyphysical sports in the prov-ince. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Sayyafs threaten to beheadMalaysian hostage

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any reports of Abu Sayyafsthreatening to kill theirMalaysian hostage, butwhat I can tell is that ourlaw enforcement opera-tions are continuing inSulu against the AbuSayyaf,” she told the re-

gional newspaperMindanao Examiner byphone from her headquar-ters.

Muyuela did not saywhat areas in Sulu the sol-diers were operating, butthe Abu Sayyaf is active inthe towns of Patikul,Talipao and Indanan.

The threat to kill thehostage coincided withthe start of the 5-day jointPhilippines-Malaysia na-val training exercises inZamboanga City that in-volved several ships andaircrafts from both coun-tries. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

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Lawmakers urged to lookinto plight of abused OFWs

COTABATO CITY – The mi-grant rights group Migrante-Middle East has urged Phil-ippine lawmakers to lookinto the sad plight of abusedFilipino workers in SaudiArabia and in other nations,especially those with cases incourt so that appropriate ac-tions may be taken by thegovernment to protect them.

Migrante also has lam-basted Philippine embassyand labor officials in SaudiArabia for their failure to pro-vide prompt assistance to a23- year old Filipino domes-tic worker, Fahima PalacasiAlagasi, who was allegedlyabused and scalded by themother of her male Yemeniemployer.

The group also accusedthe embassy of mishandlingthe case filed by Alagasi, anative of North Cotabato’sPikit town, against thewoman. Alagasi sought helpfrom Migrante and relayedher ordeal to John LeonardMonterona, the group’s re-gional coordinator based inSaudi Arabia.

Monterona has con-firmed the meeting and hespoke with Alagasi. He saidAlagasi was deployed in

Riyadh on March 3 last yearas domestic worker. Alagasiclaimed two months laterthat she was subjected to an“excruciating ordeal by themother of her Yemeni em-ployer who poured boilingwater on her after she haddropped the water heaterwhile making coffee.”

Monterona said days af-ter, Alagasi’s employerrushed her to clinic due toher wounds and that aFilipina nurse contacted hersister, while a cousin whowas based in Riyadh helpedher escaped and brought toBahay Kalinga, a half wayshelter for abused womenOFWs managed by the Phil-ippine Overseas Labor Officein Riyadh.

On May 29, 2015, Alagasifiled a case against themother of her employer andafter several court hearings,an embassy official told hernot to attend the hearinganymore. Alagasi said wasnot given a briefing duringcourt hearings and not prop-erly informed of the progressof the case.

Monterona said he wasable to talk to the embassy-hired lawyer providing legal

services to Alagasi and wastold that the defendant alsofiled two cases to counter theOFW’s accusations againstthe woman. One was a laborcase that had been dismisseddue to issue on court juris-diction and the other is thecounter-affidavit filed by thedefendant.

“What is quite alarmingis the assertion of Ms. Alagasithat she was not given properbriefing before, during, andafter court hearing and up-date on the status of her case.We won’t be surprised if Ms.Alagasi’s case filed againstthe culprit will be dismissedand she, as a victim of mal-treatment, will be sent to jailmainly because her case wasmessed up by inept embassyand labor officials,”Monterona said.

Monterona urged theHouse of Representatives,especially the Committee onOverseas Workers Affairs tolook into Alagasi’s case andother OFWs with pendingcases in foreign courts.

There was no immedi-ate statement from Ambas-sador Ezzadin Tago aboutAlagasi’s ordeal. (MindanaoExaminer)

Fahima Palacasi Alagasi. (Photo courtesy of Migrante Middle-East)

Association of Differently-AbledPersons Multi-Purpose Cooperativewins 2015 Productivity OlympicsDAVAO CITY – What cana person make if he haslost his limbs, if he is un-able to walk, to talk or tosee? No less than woodentables and chairs, armchairs and panel doors tobe distributed across theregion.

The workers andmembers of the Associa-tion of Differently-AbledPersons Multi-PurposeCooperative or ADAP-MPC asserted just thatand more after beinglauded as one of the win-ners in the regional leg of2015 Productivity Olym-pics conducted by theRegional Tripartite Wageand Productivity Board(RTWPB) Davao Region.

Being the economicarm of the Association ofDifferently-Abled Per-sons (ADP), the ADAP-MPC is formed to em-power the Persons withDisabilities (PWD) to be-come economically pro-ductive and usefulthrough the productionof quality school desksand chairs they them-selves have made.

“Among mgamyembro sa ADAP mgapolio victims, naay mgablinds, naparalyzed ugmga nawad-an og mgabody parts tungod saaksidente,” said Alicia M.Fabiaña, Manager ofADAP-MPC, also a PWD.

The ADAP-MPC havebeen producing schoolfixtures such as tables,chairs and arm chairs formore than ten years inpublic schools. In fact,they are the major sup-plier of quality desks andchairs of the regional of-fices of the Departmentof Education inMindanao such as DavaoR e g i o nandSOCCSKSARGEN foraround eight years now.

In her speech re-cently at the awarding ofthe productivity winners,

Fabiaña took pride in theefforts of her fellowPWDs.

“Mupatong siya salamisa, unya magtuyok-tuyok hangtud mahumanniya ang lamisa,” she saiddescribing how her fel-low with walking disabil-ity determined to finish aproject. She said theyconstantly made surethat their products are oftop quality.

“Kami, gina-valuenamo ang quantity ugquality. Ginasiguro namonga lig-on ang amongmga products. Dapat angamong mga products dilipud murag persons withdisability,” she said.

But it did not stopthere. They have now ex-panded their venturesinto producing paneldoors and window grillsand accepting any kindsof furniture orders to bedistributed aroundDavao City. Thanks to theequipment and toolsgranted by the Depart-ment of Labor and Em-ployment (DOLE) DavaoRegion. It has becometheir walking sticks,wheelchairs and braillestowards becoming evenmore productive indi-viduals.

“Daghan ognatabangan nga PWDstungod sa DOLE.Nagbalik-balik na angamong mga suki og or-der. Amo nang gisudlanang tanan klase sa furni-ture kay daghan na mi ogsuki,” she said.

She added that otherthan the DepEd, they alsohave private educationalinstitutions and indi-viduals as customers.

“Additional projectsnamo mga panel doors,window grills, and nagaaccept na mi og all kindsof furniture kay naa manmi gamit gikan sa DOLEso dako kaayo na ogtabang sa amoa para

maka mass produce mi,”Fabiaña quipped.

The augmentationsof their trade through theassistance have paved away for them to belong in2015 Productivity Olym-pics roster of regionalvictors.

“Wala gyud mi nag-expect ani nga award kayang naa sa amoanghuna-huna mag-expandang among market, mag-increase ang amongprofit ug sales aron masdaghan pa mimatabangan ngatrabahante ug uban panga pareha namo,” sheadded.

Currently, the coop-erative has almost 200members and workersand they hope, with con-certed efforts and em-powered individuals, toreach even more PWDs.

ADAP-MPC, alongwith Woodworks KilnDried Products, DavaoBioskin Tech Laborato-ries, Inc., DAVECO-ARB,Norie’s Footwear andSupply, and Apo ni LolaDurian Delicacies, is setto compete in the Na-tional Productivity Olym-pics in October 2015 incelebration of the Qualityand Productivity Month.

“Nagapasalamat miog dako sa DOLE kay walami nila ginapasagdan. Infact, naa pa mi muabutaynga bakery. Wa gyud minila gibiyaan bisan sa upsand downs sa amongbusiness,” she said.

They may have losttheir arms; their feet mayhave gone frail, visionspitch-black but the helpof the government andother concerned peoplehave become their wheel-chairs, walking stick andbrailles. And their deter-mination to achieve aproductive, empowered,and dignified life have be-come their driving force.(Roberto Gumba, Jr.)

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Street food is very popular virtually in all places in Mindanao just like in Kidapawan City inNorth Cotabato province where barbecue stalls are a favorite place for many people. Asidefrom delicious barbecue - pork and chicken - it cost less compared to restaurants in the city.(Mindanao Examiner Photo - Geonarri Solmerano)

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SULU PICTURES IN THE NEWS

Governor Totoh Tan met with Asia American Initiative President Albert Santoli about their planned 5 day school visitation of educational institutions in the province. (Sulu Provincial Government)

A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Governor Totoh Tan recognizing his invaluable support and assistance to the 16 feathers badminton association. (Sulu Provincial Government)

Maimbung Mayor Samier Tan hands over various tools and equipment to the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. (Maimbung Municipal Government)

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One of Pacific's twin typhoonskills 10 in Philippines

ONE of the twintyphoonsin the Pacificclaimed its first casualties,killing 10 people in thePhilippines and forcing theevacuation of almost13,000 people last week,authorities said.

Typhoon Goni, knownas Ineng in the archipelagocountry, delivered itsdeadly blows in the is-lands' Mountain Province,Benguet and Ilocos Norte,authorities reported.

Goni and TyphoonAtsani made for a startlingimage in a satellite photo-graph this week.

Goni unleashed a loadof havoc: nine floods, eightlandslides, two tornadoesand a collapsed bridge inthe Philippines. At leastthree people remained

missing and at least sevenpeople were injured, au-thorities there said. As ofSunday morning, thestorm had weakenedslightly and had 86 mphsustained winds, withgusts of up to 106 mph.

The eye of Goni was164 miles northeast of thePhilippines' far-flungnorthern province ofBatanes and is projected tocontinue on its path to clipTaiwan, according to Phil-ippine authorities and thePacific Disaster Center.

The only projectedlandfall for Goni is theJapanese Ryuku Islandsand Japan's southernmainland, CNN meteo-rologist Brandon Millersaid.

Meanwhile, Typhoon

Atsani continue to twirlover open waters in the Pa-cific at 92 mph winds and115 mph gusts, but it isn'tprojected to strike anyland, the Pacific DisasterCenter said Saturday.

Twin typhoons arecommon in the westernPacific, occurring severaltimes a year, but two supertyphoons at the same timewould be rare event, Millersaid.

Atsani was categorizedearlier this week as a supertyphoon with winds of 155mph gusting to 186 mph,but has since been down-graded to a typhoon, ac-cording to the Pacific Di-saster Center. (By MichaelMartinez, CNN. CNN'sSteve Almasy contributedto this report.)

Huge fire breaks out at steel plantnext to Tokyo's Haneda airport

A HUGE blaze at a steelplant next to Tokyo'sHaneda International Air-port led to arriving flightsbeing diverted briefly to analternative landing strip.

The fire broke out atthe facility owned byNippon Steel in KawasakiCity Monday morning,Kota Tanabe, a spokesmanwith Kawasaki City Fire de-partment told CNN.

Tanabe said 16 fire en-gines and a helicopter weredeployed to the scene.

Video shared withCNN from traveler DarrenPauls showed planes stillmoving on the tarmac asplumes of thick, blacksmoke rose above the air-port.

Pauls said that thebuilding is still smoldering

and that there are at leastfour helicopters over thesite.

There are no immedi-ate report of casualties, butthe situation is still not allclear, Tanabe said. Thecause is still unknown andwill be investigated oncethe fire and smoke is con-tained.

Services at the airporthave returned to normal,said Takashi Kudo of theMinistry of Land andTransportation.

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hours after an explosion seta storage building alight ata U.S. military base inSagamihara City in north-central Kanagawa Prefec-ture, which borders thecapital.

There were no re-ported injuries, while thecause is under investiga-tion, Tiffany Carter, aspokeswoman for the U.S.Marine Corps in Japan toldCNN in an email Monday.

"The storage buildingis not designated as a haz-ardous material storage fa-cility as some initial reportsindicated. Inside the build-ing that exploded werecanisters of compressedgasses: Nitrogen, Oxygen,Freon, and air. The SagamiGeneral Depot does notstore ammunition or ra-diological materials," shesaid. (By Yoko Wakatsukiand Paul Armstrong, CNN.CNN's Brian Walker andAnnie Rose Ramos in At-lanta contributed to thisreport.)

Google introduces OnHub,a new smart Wi-Fi router

GOOGLE (GOOGL,Tech30) wants to cure ourdread with OnHub, its newWi-Fi router.

Interestingly, one ofthe primary selling pointsof the OnHub is that itlooks good. The OnHubhas a sleek black body —kind of like theEcho,Amazon’s virtual assis-tance gadget.

Most people don’t con-sider aesthetics when buy-ing a Wi-Fi router. ButGoogle’s OnHub was de-signed to be pretty for avery good reason.

“Many of us keep ourrouter on the floor and outof sight, where it doesn’twork as well,” TrondWuellner, a Google prod-uct manager, said on Tues-day. “We replaced unrulycords and blinking lightswith internal antennas andsubtle, useful lighting, soyou’ll be happy placingOnHub out in the open,where your router per-forms its best.”

Besides looking goodso you get a good signal,

the OnHub has some otherclever features:

–You can set up andcontrol the router with anew app called “GoogleOn,” which works on An-droid phones and theiPhone.

–You don’t have to geton a specific laptop orcomputer to diagnose orfix problems.

–Instead of severalblinking lights, there is justone light that will displaytwo colors: green meanseverything’s OK, and or-ange means something’swrong.

The OnHub looks forthe best channel for thefastest connection. Inter-nal software automaticallysteers it “to avoid interfer-ence,” Wuellner says.

OnHub can also con-nect to other devices usingBluetooth.

Google On will alsoshow you how muchbandwidth your devicesare using, and even let youset a particular device toget the fastest speed. That

means the OnHub can en-sure that when yoursmartphone is using upbig bandwidth by down-loading app updates, yourNetflix video keeps run-ning smoothly on yourChromecast, Apple TV orRoku.

Best of all, the app willdisplay your network’spassword with one tap soyou can share it with otherpeople.

Wuellner says thatGoogle will update theOnHub with new featuresand security upgrades au-tomatically.

Ultimately, the com-pany hopes it will becomethe main hub for all thewireless devices in yourhome.

Pre-orders began onTuesday through Amazon(AMZN, Tech30), Wal-Mart ( WMT ), and theGoogle Store. In a fewweeks, OnHub will also beon sale in stores in the U.S.and Canada.

The OnHub costs$200. (CNN)

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Almoranas: Ano Ang Lunas?Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

ANO ang almoranas?Ito’y mga ugat at lamanna luma-la-bas sa puwit.May mga ugat sa loob ngpuwit, at sa ka-tagalangpag-iire, puwede itonglumalabas, maipit atdumugo. Ang sintomasng almoranas ay angpagsakit at pagdurugo(pulang dugo) kapagdumudumi. Makakaparin ang almoranas sapuwitan.Mga sanhi (o risk factors)ng almoranas:1. Namamana angalmoranas sa atingmagulang.2. Ang pagtitibi at pag-iireang pangunahing sanhinito. Kumain nangmaraming gulay at prutaspara lumambot angdumi.3. Ang pag-ire sapanganganak aynagpapa-almoranas din.Solusyon sa almoranas atsugat sa puwit:1. Palambutin ang dumi.Kumain ng mga prutastulad ng papaya, pakwanat ubas nanagpapalambot ng dumi.Damihan ang pagkain nggulay (mataas ang fiberng mga ito) at bawasanang karne. Uminom dinng 8-12 basong tubig.Huwag umasa sa gamotna pampadumi tulad ngbisacodyl tablets dahillalo ka lang magtitibipagkatapos ng epektonito.2. Huwag umire sa banyo.Ang pag-iire ang talagangnagpapalala ngalmoranas. Huwagpiliting makadumi kung

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ayaw pang lumabas angdumi. Subukan muna namaglakad-lakad at mag-ehersisyo para bumilis anggalaw ng bituka.3. Huwag magbasa ngdiyaryo, magasin atkomiks sa kubeta. Umupolamang kapag malapitnang lumabas ang dumi.4. Gumamit ng petroleumjelly. Kung matigas angiyong dumi, puwede mongpahiran ng petroleum jellyang loob ng puwit. Ayonkay Dr. Edmund Leff, isangcolorectal surgeon,nagpapadulas ito sapaglabas ng dumi.5. Gumamit ng basang tis-sue paper o tabo ng tubigpagkatapos dumumi.Huwag gumamit ngtuyong tissue dahil bakamagasgas lang angalmoranas.6. Huwag magbuhat ngmabibigat na bagay. Angstress ng pagbubuhat aykatumbas na ng pag-iire sabanyo. Magpatulong sa iba.7. Huwag umupo o tumayonang matagal. Nagdudulotdin ito ng almoranas.Kailangan ay papalit-palitang puwesto natin para

hindi ma-pressure angalmoranas.8. Magbawas ngtimbang. Kapag matabaka, tumataas din angpressure sa iyongbaywang at binti. Dahildito, puwede kangmagkaroon ngalmoranas at varicoseveins.9. Kung buntis, humigasa kaliwa. Ayon kay Dr.Lewis Townsend, isangobstetrician, puwedengmaipit ng luma-lakingmatris ang ugat ngalmoranas. Humiga saiyong kaliwa ng 20minutos bawat 5 oras.Makatutulong ito parahindi maipit angalmoranas.10. Magpahid ng cream.May mga gamot para saalmoranas tulad ngProctosedyl o Ultraproctointment. Hindimawawala angalmoranas peromababawasan ang sakitnito.Kailan dapatkumunsulta sa doktor?1. Kung biglang sumakitang almoranas.2. Kung may bagongbukol na makapa sapuwitan. Baka pigsa ito okulugo.3. Kapag hindi naghilomang iyong sugat sa puwit.4. Kung may pagdurugosa dumi, huwag isipingdahil lamang saa l m o r a n a s .Magpakonsulta muna saisang surgeon na doktor.May mga simplengoperasyon na para saalmoranas.

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IT IS now a reality and inthe national political con-sciousness that DavaoCity Mayor RodrigoDuterte is emerging to bethe most viable presiden-tial candidate. The loose-tongued Gov. JoeySalceda had said thatDuterte will be a sure win-ner” in a four corner fight.But that is Salceda , theeconomic adviser of thenPres. Gloria MacapagalArroyo who can call hernames without batting aneyelash. Salceda can bevery straightforward,transparent and can beinspiring but also irritat-ing. He is “liberal”minded and cannot keephis preference secret.Across the country not afew political leaders haveshown their respect andadulation for Duterte. Nota few behave like Salceda,others however have keptmum. Many are just wait-ing in the bend forDuterte to announce hiscandidacy and then rushon the ringside to becounted in. This is thevery reason why despitethe declaration by Presi-

dent Aquino that DILGSec. Mar Roxas, hisanointed candidate, wesee the reluctance of LPsto be seen on the scenewhen the former anointedhim as his preferred bet.They have to stage an-other meeting to gather acrowd to make an impres-sion that the party has fi-nally found a winnablecandidate.

But it’s obviously farfrom it. They have to re-lentlessly woo Sen. GracePoe to be the runningmate of Roxas. But Poehad her own agenda anddespite her citizenship is-sue which is being used to“persuade” her to acceptthe offer, Poe gave thepresident’s messenger adirect retort: “Why don’tyou ask your candidate toslide down (to vice presi-dent)”.

Binay who bared hisagenda to run for Presi-dent from day one was ofcourse the most popular.The next presidentialderby was virtually sixyears away when he madethe declaration and no-body bothered to wake

him up in is stupor. But asthe election fever starts tosimmer, VP Jojo Binaygets the heat first. And be-cause he has some skel-etons to hide, his closestassociates who werescorned come to the forewith jack and hammerand open the closet tobare these to the public.His political enemiesfeasted on it and becausethe skeletal remainsturned out to be so enor-mous Binay’s malefactorshave not stopped diggingfor more, never mind ifthe stink has reachedAparri and down to Sulu.

Mired in corruptionissues, Binay is now beingavoided like plague.Roxas is trying vainly toimprove his image with adeluge of television ad.But nothing helps somaybe Poe is correct.

Duterte of course isnot immune from muck-raking paid demolitioncrew. In fact they havetried everything amongthese a human rights vio-lator and womanizer. Butnone of those sticks theway corruption and in-eptness of Binay andRoxas stained their imagelike dye in the wool. Infact Duterte himself baredthose. His marriage hadbeen annulled and thathe has three women. Hetold amused Manila jour-nalists that if he becomesPresident he will never beconvicted of corruptionbut… maybe multiplemurder.

The one thing thatmakes Duterte distinctfrom the rest is that heneed not go to the troubleof marketing himself ormake a claim on nationalTV that he is this or that.International mediaamong them Time Maga-zine and Asia Week de-clared he is a punisherand international ratingfirms attest that DavaoCity is among the safestplace on earth. Domesticmedia never ever ceasepublishing how he suc-ceeded in eliminating syn-dicated crime in Davao,how he successfully en-force anti smoking ban,fire cracker ban, speedlimits and what have you.The facts argue loudly forDuterte. What may in-trigue his enemies is hisunexplained poverty. Well,he is not actually thatpoor, but compared to hispeers who wallow in ill-gotten wealth, Duterte canindeed be dirt poor. Butwho cares about that?There is now a deafeningcry for him to run for Presi-dent.

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Cebu gets chunk of DPWH infra projectsCEBU PROVINCE has ben-efitted from much of Presi-dent Aquino’s administra-tion – some P23 billionworth of infrastructureprojects and it is the biggestamong the provinces inCentral Visayas.

According to a projectbriefing held at Depart-ment of Public Works andHighways in Cebu City,DPWH Sec. RogelioSingson has informedAquino that in the last sixyears, Cebu received morethan half of the infrastruc-ture budget for the wholeregion.

He said since 2010 andup until this year, some P43billion was allocated andimplemented for Region 7,of which Cebu province re-ceived P23 million. He re-ported that in 2010, Cebu’sbudget was merely P2.1 bil-lion, and in 2015 it is nowmore than P7 billion.

“By 2016, already in-cluded for Cebu is an allo-cation of P9 billion,”

Singson said.Majority of the budget

goes to the improvementand rehabilitation of morethan 950 kilometers ofbridges and roads in theprovince. In the last six years,there are 2,652 infrastructureprojects with only 209 yet tobe completed while 85 areexpected to start.

These also include overP8 billion worth of infra-structure projects imple-mented through the fundingof other agencies like the De-partment of Agriculture'sFarm-to-Market roads; De-partment of Education’s Ba-sic Educational FacilitiesFund; Department ofHealth’s Health Facilities En-hancement Program, andthe convergence project withthe Department of Tourism.

Singson noted thecompletion of the major thor-oughfare in Cebu Cityy, whichis the 2.5 kilometer SergioOsmena Boulevard Port Cor-ridor costing P289 million.Another project he also cited

is the widening of Mactan Cir-cumferential Road which isearmarked a total of P150 mil-lion.

Aquino also inspectedseveral projects in Cebu lastweek and said the report ofthe DPWH goes to show thatCebu has not been neglectedby the administration. Hesaid the widened SergioOsmena Boulevard has less-ened travel time of passen-gers going to the ports.

“Meron din tayong P8.1billion priority natin ang tour-ism destinations at isa na ditoang Mactan CicumferentialRoad at ang mga patungongMalapascua, ang HagnayaNorth Road,” he said.

Aquino lauded theDPWH for having adhered toa purpose-driven administra-tion.

For his part, Cebu Gover-nor Hilario Davide IIIthanked Aquino for all theprojects implemented in theprovince which has over 2million voters. (FerlizaContratista)

Sakit nga TB di angayngikauwaw oo kahadlukan -DOH

CEBU CITY— Miawhag angmga opisyales sa Depart-ment of Health (DOH) sapubliko nga dili angayannga kahadlokan o di ganiikauwaw ang sakit nga tu-berculosis o TB.

Matod ni Dr. MercedesCanal nga nagtanyag naang gobyerno og libre ngapagtambal nga anaa lang samga health centers sa mgamunisipyo og syudad. “Diliangay nga mauwaw kayaduna nay kaayuhan oglibre pa gani ang mgatambal og serbisyohan pa

gyud sila sa mga healthworkers,” matod ni Canal.

Gani ang tibuok pack-age sa TB Direct ObserveTreatment Short Course (TBDOTS) nga gubana bananga mukabat og mgaP50,000 labot na ang tambalog pa laboratory, libre kanisa si kinsa nga muduol.

Labi na sa mgamamumuo nga nagtuo ngamahal o de kantidad angp a g p a t a m b a l ,magpakisayod lamang ogmaka benepisyo sila samaong programa. “Duha ka

semana lang nga sinceronga pagtumar sa mgatambal, aduna nay dakongchance nga mamaau angmaong pasyente,” matodpa ni Canal.

Gipasabot ni Canalnga dili makatakod ang TBpinaagi sa pag hawok olaway kun dili hanggabonniini ang hangin sapasyente. Babag sa maongprograma ang pagtuo ngaang maong sakit angayannga kahadlokan ogikauwaw. (FerlizaContratista)

Gingerade: A ginger ale Boholano-styleTAGBILARAN CITY -Abroad, the sweet tinglydrink is popularly knownas ginger ale - but for thewomen of Candabong inBohol’s Loboc town - whenit is served cold and in talltea glasses, it is calledgingerade.

Served cold and yetsweet, gingerade which hasthe unmistakable aroma ofthe “luy-a”, would be a de-lightful welcome to Loboc,admits local tourism recep-tionists who see that thetown could even encour-age local resorts to use thegingerade as the officialwelcome drinks.

Already catching thediscriminating taste of theBoholanos, ginger, whenserved hot, has alwaysbeen an early morningtreat for the farmers who goout early to before thescorching heat of themidmorning to mid-after-noon sun makes its pres-ence known.

Also known all over thecountry as “salabat”, gingertea is a popular remedy forridding the body’s air andis a popular balm to sootheaching muscles.

Put in the taste, thedrink becomes an adoptedBoholano flavor, consider-ing the islanders' penchantfor the delectably sensorialbud appetizing aroma ofthe ginger.

But for those who have

survived the searing sun andthe baked fields, a new drinkfrom ginger powder, lemonsand honey in iced water is aheavenly refreshing drink forthe sun-scorched traveler,sun-burnt farmer and thesite overloaded tourists feast-ing on the beauty of Bohol,said Anne Cogoco, managerof the Candabong Women’sRural Improvement Club.

The cool gingerade isnow a trademark welcomedrink for tourists visiting theCandabong women’s RICginger processing facility.

A product recently de-veloped for the Japan Inter-national CooperationAgency Eco-tourism BoholSEPP Project, it is now of-fered for the weary touristseager to learn about the la-borious ginger processing.

Candabong Women’sRIC started processing gin-ger manually in the early1990s, but could not really gofull blast for some supply,pricing, and processing is-sues.

Not really giving up ontheir fight to help the familywith additional income, theladies here struggled on,manually sourcing out gin-ger which they buy at steeperprices and eke out to have theleast amount of wastage torecover as much powderfrom the pulp.

When the raw ginger ar-rives at the processing plant,we clean and wash them,

making sure the dirt is gone,before we press them to ex-tract the juice. For a 20-kiloginger, women could onlysalvage a minimum of 12 ki-los equivalent in liquid.

These are then pouredin huge vats, mixed withcaramelized sugar andstirred constantly until themixture attains a sticky con-sistency.

The mixture is then al-lowed to cool before thehardened mixture is scrapedoff the vat. The scraped-offpowder is now ready for thesalabat, or the famedgingerade.

The power is also sold assalabat, or the bigger gran-ules, which the old ladiesconsider as more concen-trated, and can be sold inbulk. Years ago, men ofBarangay Candabong alsoidentified ginger candies'potential but with theircrude systems, questions ofsanitary food prevailed.

To solve this, the De-partment of Trade and In-dustry handed over a sharedservice facility to the organi-zation to manage.

That also marked theage of mass producing gin-ger products with the help ofsilicone technologies andthe RIC now has bubble-wrapped candies, and en-hanced salabat packagingto engage more tourists intobuying the products. (ReyAnthony Chiu)

THE Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) confer-ences in Cebu have begun.Other parts of the Visayashave also hosted APEC con-ferences throughout theyear. These meetings willculminate in APEC's Eco-nomic Leader's Meeting inManila this November.

There has been mediahype on the APEC Summit.Local organizers claim thathosting the APEC Summit2015 provides opportunitiesto boost Cebu's economy. Itis said to feature theprovince's business envi-ronment and thus attractinvestors.

Such sugar-coatingcannot conceal the day-to-day sufferings theCebuanos and the Filipinopeople have long enduredbrought about by economicpolicies aggressivelypushed by imperialist orga-nizations like APEC.

Since its establishmentin 1989, the APEC has donenothing but ensure the in-terests of the advancedcapitalist economies espe-cially that of the UnitedStates. Its key role is to facili-tate the implementation ofthe components ofneoliberal globalizationnamely trade and invest-ment liberalization, deregu-lation, privatization and de-nationalization in underde-veloped countries.

The current Aquino re-gime is an avid neo-colonialpuppet of the United States.The "free market" globaliza-tion policies it adoptedbodes a deepening and anintensification of the back-wardness of the Philippineeconomy which meansworsening poverty, persis-tent joblessness and land-lessness, the exodus of over-

seas Filipino workers, furthercommercialization of educa-tion and other basic services,and more. It is a sell out of ourresources, patrimony andsovereignty.

The brunt of the effects ofneoliberal globalization ismostly felt by the broadmasses.

In Cebu, the daily mini-mum wage of P275 to P340 isnot sufficient to decently pro-vide for an average householdsize of 5 people. It is a far cryfrom the needed daily familyliving wage of P1,086.Contractualization and thetwo-tiered system worsenworking conditions. Further-more, the prices of basicneeds and commodities haveunceasingly increased.

The on-goingprivatization of the MetroCebu Water District throughAquino’s Public-Private Part-nership (PPP) and the al-ready private-owned VisayanElectric Cooperative havebrought about the increaseof water and electricity pricesin the first half of 2015.

This year, there is a pro-jected increase of 544,000persons in Cebu provinceand the cities of Cebu andLapu-Lapu. This means ad-ditional congestion in the ur-ban poor areas where thereare day-to-day threats ofdemolition. This migrationto the cities is caused bylandlessness and the lack ofdecent work opportunities inthe rural areas.

In North Cebu, espe-cially in towns affected by ty-phoon Yolanda, poverty hasaggravated due to govern-ment neglect and the cor-ruption of public funds. Theprograms intended for reha-bilitation and recovery areanti-poor and favor foreigninterests and tourism.

More PPPs will beimplemented in Cebu likethe Bus Rapid Transitwherein 2,614 Public Util-ity Jeepney drivers will beaffected in its Phase 1implementation. More-over, the PPP scheme'ssupply and pricing ofpublic service is biased tothe profits of the privateprovider and is not drivento serve the need of themajority of the people.

The education sectoris not spared from the ef-fects of neoliberal global-ization. Aquino’s K-12program will further thealready declining qualityof education. It said ob-jective to adapt to inter-national standards is ac-tually aligning the educa-tional system to the de-mand of foreign markets.Schools, aside from beingdiploma mills, will be-come producers of cheaplabor-ready youth.

All these are manifes-tations of the detrimentcaused by imperialistagenda particularly of theUS. It is a result of a Phil-ippine economy that fordecades has been servileto imperialist mecha-nisms like the APEC.

The National Demo-cratic Front of the Philip-pines-Visayas stresses theneed to raise the aware-ness of the Filipinopeople on the adverse ef-fects of the APEC to thePhilippines contrary tothe bogus developmenttouted in mainstreammedia. We must activelyoppose the neoliberaloffensives that have beeneagerly implemented bythe Aquino regime.Pax Enguerrandfpvismedia@yahoo.com

Letters to the Editor: APEC agenda worsenseconomic conditions of Cebuanos