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More ‘souls’ baptizedby Jesus Miracle Crusade

CAGAYAN PROVINCE –Following a successfulmigration by a number oflocal personalities toJesus Miracle Crusade In-ternational Ministry,more and more importantpeople in society con-tinue to embrace thewords of God through thepromotion of miraclesand strong faith of the in-

fluential religious in thePhilippines.

Among those whowere recently baptized bythe Jesus Miracle CrusadeInternational Ministrywere Brothers TotoGuzman, who is runningfor a congressional seat;and Rody de Asis, also acandidate for provincialboard, according to

Brother Danny Cuarteros.He said Minister Jun

Esguerra and his wifeSister Rachel Almeda-Esguerra were amongthose who led the bap-tism of new members inTuguegarao City. Theyalso gave very strong andemotional testimoniesduring the service.

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his family and the Canadiangovernment failed to payP300 million ransom de-manded by the Abu Sayyaf.

Ridsdel's corpse was re-covered and handed over tohis kin. He was a former ex-ecutive of internationalminer TVI Resource Devel-opment in Zamboanga delNorte province.

The notorious jihadistgroup is still holding nearly2 dozen foreign hostages –14 of them Indonesian sea-men kidnapped at sea inSabah in Malaysia and inTawi-Tawi, one of five prov-inces under the restiveMuslim autonomous regionin Mindanao.

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President Aquino andGovernor Mujiv Hatamanof the autonomous regionordered the operationsagainst the jihadist groupwhich pledged allegiancewith the Islamic State inIraq and Syria. The 68-yearold Ridsdel was beheadedon April 25 in the hinter-lands of Patikul town after

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File photo from Terrormonitor.org shows Canadian John Ridsdel, 68, while being threatened by one ofhis captors. It also shows fellow Canadian Robert Hall, 50; and a Norwegian man Kjartan Sekkingstad,56, and his Filipina girlfriend, Maritess Flor. Ridsdel was killed on April 25, 2016. (Mindanao Examiner)

Sister Rachel Almeda-Esguerra in her emotional testimony during the 21st anniversary ofthe Jesus Miracle Crusade in Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province.

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ARMM provides P12.6 million inlivelihood assistance to cooperativesCOTABATO CITY - Liveli-hood projects worthP12.6 million under theAutonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao's ban-ner program Health,Education, Livelihood,Peace and Governanceand Synergy (HELPS) willbe awarded to various co-operatives in ARMM.

The livelihood assis-tance, extended to thebeneficiaries throughARMM’s Science andTechnology department(DOST-ARMM), com-prises nine bakeryprojects in the provincesof Basilan, Sulu, andTawi-Tawi; two organicor vermi-composting fer-tilizer production inLanao del Sur; and threemat-weaving projects inTawi-Tawi.

Mon-Em Abangad,DOST-ARMM informa-tion officer, said threebakery projects were al-ready turned over tocooperative-beneficia-ries in Basilan provinceon April 12. The coopera-tives, he said, wereprovided capital fundsand their members givenskills training.

“We trained them onbread, cake, and pastrymaking, and basic handwashing. We also gave in-puts on food safetyhazards and the Halalcertification process,”said Abangad.

The cooperative re-cipients of HELPSprojects are Switch YakalConsumers Cooperativein Lantawan; BadjaKahapan Agri-FarmersProducers Cooperative inTipo-Tipo; and PintasanConsumers Cooperativein Mohammad Ajul.

“Masaya po kami saproyektong ibinigay saamin dahil magkakaroonna kami ngpagkakakitaan, maypang gastos na kamiaraw-araw (We are happywe are given this project,now we can make bothends meet everyday),”said Nihma Asanji, 27, amember of the BadjaKahapan Agri-FarmersProducers Cooperative.

Abangad said theprojects will help im-prove the livingconditions of the resi-dents in their respectivecommunities. He addedthese will also create jobsand provide additionalincome to members ofthe cooperative-benefi-ciaries.

The six remainingbakery projects will beimplemented in thebarangays of Poblacion inBongao, Tawi-Tawi; andPuukan Laminusa inSiasi, San Raymundo andWalled City in Jolo, BilaanPoblacion in Talipao, andBaligtang in Pandami, allin the province of Sulu.

On Wednesday, April20, the agency turnedover a vermi-compostingproject in barangayDaguan, Kapatagan,Lanao del Sur toMalinday Daguan Farm-ers ProducersCooperative.

The same project willbe turned-over toRadapan Poblacion Fer-tilizer Livelihood FarmersProducers Cooperative inRadapan Poblacion,Pagiapo, Lanao del Sur onApril 23.

Meanwhile, matweaving projects will beimplemented in thebarangays of Balimbingin Panglima Sugala, andUnas-Unas and TongTampakan in SouthUbian, all in the provinceof Tawi-Tawi.

HELPS is a priorityprogram of the regionalgovernment under theHataman administration.It aims at providing basicintervention to poor anddepressed areas in the re-gion.

The regional govern-ment has identified 200barangays as priorityproject recipients underthe HELPS program in2015-2016. The ARMMgovernment has ear-marked P10-millionworth of various projectsfor each of the targetedbarangays. (Bureau ofPublic Information)

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Ridsdel was kidnappedby 10 gunmen from the re-sort island of Samal inDavao del Norte provincein September 21 last yearalong with fellow CanadianRobert Hall, 50; and a Nor-wegian man KjartanSekkingstad, 56, and hisFilipina girlfriend, MaritessFlor.

The Abu Sayyaf de-manded as much as P300million each for the safe re-lease of the foreign hostagesand set April 8 for the dead-

line, but extended this un-til April 25.

The military’s WesternMindanao Command un-der General Mayoralgo delaCruz did not give any de-tails of the on-goingoperations against the AbuSayyaf, also blamed for thespate of terrorism in theMuslim region.

An army brigadier inSulu, Alan Arrojado - whowas earlier relieved by theWestern Mindanao Com-mand from his post ascommander of an anti-ter-

ror task group in the regionfor failing to stop the AbuSayyaf kidnappings inTawi-Tawi province andSabah in Malaysia - has re-signed as chief of the501stInfantry Brigade a dayafter Ridsdel’s beheading.He was replaced by armyColonel Jose Faustino.

The Armed Forces ofthe Philippines did not sayif it would also relieve DelaCruz, who is in-charge ofmilitary operations againstthe Abu Sayyaf. (With a re-port from E. Dumaboc)

Zambo’s First Gentleman finallyspeaks out - defends self,

mayor vs black propagandaZAMBOANGA CITY – Firstgentleman TrifonioSalazar has branded aspolitical propaganda formedia mileage the allega-tions by a mayoraltycandidate Mario Yangawho strongly criticised theNational Intelligence Co-ordinating Agency (NICA)for its alleged failure to de-tect the entry of Mororebels in Zamboanga Cityin 2013.

Yanga also blamedSalazar’s wife, Mayor BengClimaco, for allegedly fail-ing to properly response tothe first few hours of theraids.

“Yanga doesn’t knowwhat he was talking aboutand all these issues aremere propaganda aimedat putting him in the newssince he was always lag-ging behind politicalsurveys. The poor re-sponses of theconstituents on Yanga’scandidacy show the real-ity on the ground,”Salazar told the regionalnewspaper Mindanao Ex-aminer.

Salazar, who previ-ously headed the NICA,said among the functionsof the agency is to collateand make assessment theinformation gathered byintelligence agencies forthe President. He said ac-tionable intelligence arepassed on to operatingunits - the police andmilitary and other law en-forcement agencies.

He said it is up to thepolice chiefs and militarycommanders or heads oflaw enforcement agen-cies on how to deal withthe intelligence reportsthey disseminate.

Salazar said Moro Na-tional Liberation Frontrebels from Sulu andBasilan provinces, all un-der the Muslimautonomous region,landed in several villages,including Taluksangayand Arena Blanco, andthat a navy patrol boat –aware of intelligence re-port on the plans of theMNLF to enterZamboanga - clashedwith a group of rebelsonboard several motor-boats near Rio Hondo.

Yanga, who was thendeputy chief of the re-gional police force, saidthe rebel siege would nothave prolonged if themayor showed strong

leadership in dealing withthe situation.

But it was unknownwhy the regional policeforce and the army failedto detect the entry ofrebels despite a hugenumber of security per-sonnel in Zamboanga.

Online news websiteRappler also quotedCouncilor Rogelio VelascoJr, who said he could notunderstand how the siegehappened to ZamboangaCity. “The very ironicquestion is: How comethese things happen inZamboanga? We have theWestern Mindanao Com-mand. We have theregional police com-mand. We have the navaland the air base. These arethe questions the peopleof Zamboanga are askingour authorities.”

Yanga was assigned inZamboanga’s east coastwhile security forces werebattling rebels in the vil-lages near downtownarea, according toSalazar, who was a formerdecorated army com-mander.

Salazar said he wasguarding the village ofSanta Catalina near CityHall together with retiredarmy general NehemiasPajarito together with vil-lage chieftain JimmyVillaflores, who is nowrunning for a councilseat.

He said the mayor wason top of the situationfrom the start of the siege.“Journalists were therecovering the mayor dayand night. The mayorshowed strong will indealing with the rebelsthat’s why we defeatedthem, captured the raid-ers and filed criminalcharges against them, in-cluding Nur Misuari, theleader of the MNLF, who isnow wanted by authori-ties,” Salazar said.

In an interview withRappler, Climaco said“negotiations were ex-hausted to the best wecan. At the end of the day,what they sought was thereturn and full implemen-tation of the final peaceaccord (with the govern-ment). It is not within mylevel as city mayor.”

The report said therewas an opportunity topeacefully end the crisisduring the early stages ofthe standoff, but a rebel

leader Habier Malik, of-fered to release allhostages on conditionthey would be given a safeconduct pass so theycould return to the nego-tiating table.

It further said thatMalik wanted to repeatwhat happened in 2001years ago when the MNLFpulled the same stunt inZamboanga City wherethe rebels were given asafe pass and the publicwas forced to literallywatch the armed raiderswalked away — on live TV— in exchange for the re-lease of dozens ofhostages.

Salazar said: “Whathappened in Cabatanganemboldened the MNLF tostage the 2013 becausethe MNLF consideredZamboanga City a weaktarget because they wereable to get away from anyliability on the 2001 car-nage. It was proven wrongby Mayor Beng.”

It can be recalled thatin November 2001, hun-dreds of rebels occupiedCabatangan, the formerMuslim regional complex,and held hostage dozensof civilians, includingchildren, in an effort tostop the elections in theregion.

More than 100 peoplewere killed in the fightingand in the end, MayorMaria Clara Lobregat,mother of incumbentcongressman CelsoLobregat, who was thechief executive then, al-lowed the rebels to leaveZamboanga in exchangefor the release of the hos-tages.

The next year,Zamboanga city wasrocked with a series ofAbu Sayyaf bombings -October 2, 17 and 21, 2002that killed 11 people, in-cluding an U.S. soldier,and over 180 otherswounded.

Salazar said the po-lice chief then was Yanga.“The 2002 series of bomb-ings is a sign ofincompetence on Yanga’spart. He should have re-signed his position after ithappened,” he said.

Yanga, an ally ofLobregat, was the longestserving police chief inZamboanga and occu-pied the position on andoff for 5 years since 1999.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Koronadal highway bukas na sa motorista

Nagbigay ng inisyal na 2000 bigas para sa mga magsasakang nagbarikada sa Koronadal City sa South Cotabato ang Departmentof Social Welfare and Development at mismong National Food Authority ang pinanggalingan ng mga ito. (Kuha ng KilabMultimedia)

ARMM conducts ‘Lakbay Edukasyon’for school and barangay officials

COTABATO CITY -Teachers, school headsand barangay captains infive municipalities in theprovinces of Sulu andTawi-Tawi visitedMaribulan ElementarySchool, one of top per-forming schools inSarangani province, for astudy tour dubbed‘Lakbay Edukasyon’.

This year’s study tourdelegation comprises 160teachers and school

heads and 40 barangaycaptains from the townsof Simunul, Sitangkai,and Bongao in Tawi-Tawias well as from the townsof Indanan and Patikul inSulu.

Alfhadar Pajiji, Au-tonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao-Edu-cation department(DepEd-ARMM) assistantsecretary for specialprojects, said this is thefirst batch of LakbayEdukasyon study tour thisyear.

He described thestudy tour as an educa-tional trip that providesopportunities for expo-sure visits and learningthe host school’s bestpractices, specificallyprograms, projects andinterventions the partici-pants could replicate intheir own areas.

Maribulan Elemen-tary School isimplementing best prac-tices within its systemamong public schools inRegion 12, or CentralMindanao.

After the study tour inSarangani, the partici-pants will proceed toACES Natural Farming In-stitute in Panabo City,Davao del Norte. ThePanabo City tour is aimedat educating the partici-pants on the importanceof organic farming as well

as exploring the possibil-ity of applying suchfarming techniques intheir respective commu-nities.

“This is the first timewe experienced this kindof program and after thestudy tour, we will surelyadopt what we learned inour locality,” said Hja.Darwisa Kadil Sakiran,barangay captain ofBarangay Tagbak inIndanan, Sulu.

ARMM GovernorMujiv Hataman said theprogram will help im-prove the qualityeducation in the region.“We want all the schooldivisions and barangaycaptains in the differentprovinces in the ARMM toexperience this programbecause this will helpthem a lot,” Gov. Hatamansaid.

In 2015, DepEd-ARMM also conducted asimilar study tour involv-ing district supervisors,school heads andbarangay captains in theprovince of Basilan.

The second batch ofthis year’s LakbayEdukasyon, which willhave officials of otherbarangays and school di-visions in Tawi-Tawi andSulu as participants, isscheduled on April 25-28.(Bureau of Public Infor-mation)

KORONADAL CITY –Nabuksan na rin anghighway nanagdurugtong saKoronadal City at GeneralSantos City matapos napansamantalang lumisansa kalye ang mgam a g s a s a k a n gnagsasagawa ng rallybilang protesta sakabiguan ngpamahalaang Aquino namatugunan ang kanilanghinaing – bigas – mataposna mawalan ng sakahandahil sa matinding tag-tuyot sanhi ng El Nino.

P i n a n g u n g u n a h a nng Kilusang Magbubukidng Pilipinas ang naturangprotesta sa hangarin namaiparating sa gobyernoang hinaing ng mgamagsasaka. Ilang araw narin naabala ang mgamotorista at biyaheromatapos na masarahanang highway dahil sabarikada ng mgamagsasaka.

Sa kabila nito aypatuloy naman nadumarating ang mgadonasyong bigas mula saibat-ibang sector.

Humihiling ng 15,000sakong bigas ang KMP paraipamahagi sa mganagugutom na magsasakaat mamamayan mula saibat-ibang lugar saMindanao. Naglabasnaman ng 2,000 bigas angNational Food Authority atDepartment of Social Wel-fare and Development atibinigay rin ito ngayon samga magsasaka.

Nagmistulang “copy-cat” naman rally saKoronadal matapos namakatanggap ngmaram,ing donasyong

bigas ang mgamagsasakang nag-barikada sa KidapawanCity nitong buwanlamang, ngunit 3 namanang nasawi doon mataposna lusubin ng pulisya sautos ni North CotabatoGov. Lala Mendoza angprotesta upang mabuksanang highway doon.

Matapos ng gulo aybumaha ang donasyonbigas para sa mgamagsasaka sa NorthCotabato mula sapribadong sector.(Mindanao Examiner)

Norovirus outbreak reportedin Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY –Local government andhealth officials haveurged residents to main-tain good hygiene andcleanliness following theoutbreak of the highly-contagious norovirus thathad already killed at least4 people.

Sheila Covarrubias, aspokeswoman for MayorBeng Climaco, citing offi-cial medical records, saidover 1000 people – mostlychildren – were affectedby the virus and beingtreated in hospitals aftersuffering from severe di-arrhea.

“Laboratory test re-sults from the ResearchInstitute for TropicalMedicine revealed thatthe diarrhea outbreak inthe city was caused by aviral infection callednorovirus,” she said.

This was also con-firmed by City HealthOfficer Dr. Rodel Agbulos,who said the norovirus ishighly contagious and

can be obtained from aninfected person, contami-nated food or water, or bytouching contaminatedsurfaces.

“The virus causesstomach or intestines orboth to get inflamed oracute gastroenteritis, andleads one to experiencestomach pain, nausea anddiarrhea. The best way tohelp prevent norovirus isto practice proper handwashing and generalcleanliness,” he said.

Agbulos said many ofthe patients were admittedin different hospitals dueto acute gastroenteritis.Three of those who diedrecently were children andone was a prisoner, whosuffered from severe dehy-dration.

According to Centersfor Disease Control andPrevention, there is nospecific medicine to treatpeople with norovirus ill-ness. Norovirus infectioncannot be treated with an-tibiotics because it is a

viral infection.Most of those affected

by the virus were residentsof Santa Catalina,Tumaga, Upper Calarian,Mampang, San Roque,Santa Barbara, Tetuan,Talon-talon andTugbungan where there isacute water shortage dueto the extreme weatherphenomenon called ElNino.

Zamboanga City Wa-ter District has beenrationing water everyother day – for only 5hours – for the past 2months, citing the lowlevel of water in its dam.But its officials have mis-erably failed to address theworsening water crisis de-spite repeated warningssince last year by the Phil-ippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astro-nomical ServicesAdministration of the up-coming severe dry spellwhich could last untilJune. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

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Trillanes bombshell is a dud!DAVAO CITY - The camp ofpresidential frontrunnerMayor Rodrigo Dutertebranded the alleged exposeof Senator Antonio Trillanesas nothing but a publicitystunt concocted by a vainman only an idiot can comeup with.

Trillanes accusedDuterte of depositing P210million in a joint accountthe latter and his daughter,Sara, held at the Julio Vargasbranch of the Bank of thePhilippine Islands. TheDuterte camp branded theallegation as a product ofthe senator’s fertile and ma-licious mind.

First of all, according toPeter Lavina, the senatorshould be reminded that

Mayor Duterte and SenatorAlan Peter Cayetano had al-ready signed waiver to openall their bank accounts onMarch 11 during a rally atUP Los Baños.

Trillanes did not signthat waiver which onlyMayor Duterte and SenatorAlan Peter Cayetano did.

Anything they willfound in there that is exces-sive, not declared and not intheir SALNs are for Trillanesto own,” Lavina said.“Trillanes is a desperateman. A man who has notdiscarded his putschist pastand who has not shown anyremorse for his recklessacts.”

Lavina also said that theformer navy officer is paying

back his benefactor by be-coming the attack dog, first,of the Aquino governmentand, now, Senator GracePoe. “After he was spurnedby Duterte to his offer to be-come the running mate ofthe Davao City mayor,Trillanes has been on thewarpath ever since. He fan-cies himself as fiscalizerwhen in fact he is a wreck-ing ball,” Lavina said.

The senator was de-tained after the failedOakwood mutiny duringthe Arroyo administrationand was released afterAquino took his oath aselected president in 2010.He is running for vice presi-dent and supporting Poe.(Jerry Dureza)

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mga makasalanan, ang mgasalot sa lipunan at yun mgamay karamdaman, angmaraming mga problema atwalang katiyakan sa buhaydahil ang sadya ng atingmahal na Panginoon aysadyang mabuti, sa totoongDiyos na marunongmagpatawad sabi ngabumaba ang mahal naPanginoon dito sa lupaupang iligtas at mamataypara sa atin na makasalanan.Ito ang ebanghelyo naipinapangaral ng atingmahal na Pastor (WildeEstrada Almeda) sa atin nakilalanin po natin ang atingpinakamamahal naPanginoon Hesukristo nasiyang nagbibigay ng pag-asa sa bawat isa sa atin,” saidMinister Esguerra in his im-passioned speech.

Sister Rachel also brokedown and cried while speak-ing during the anniversary.She spoke largely on God’smiracles and how it guided“every soul” to salvation andrighteous path through theteachings of Jesus Christ. Herheart-rending speech was

More ‘souls’ baptized by Jesus Miracle Crusadedrowned by cries of “hallelu-jah, hallelujah” by the faithfulcrowd.

Hundreds of faithfulmembers and supporters,including former commu-nist rebels and governmentsoldiers, attended the bap-tism which coincided withthe 21st anniversary of theJesus Miracle Crusade Inter-national Ministry here.

“Brothers Toto Guzmanand Rody de Asis receivedwater baptism in Jesus’ namethrough the leading prayer ofour Beloved and HonorableEvangelist Wilde EstradaAlmeda, God's end timeprophet,” Brother Cuarterossaid.

Evangelist Wilde EstradaAlmeda founded the JesusMiracle Crusade Interna-tional Ministry in February14, 1975 and has since thenattracted a huge following –by the hundreds of thou-sands both from thePhilippines and around theworld.

And Sister RachelAlmeda-Esguerra is one ofhis daughters who is activelyinvolved in various churchactivities just like the other

members of the Almeda fam-ily, including the only son –Minister Wilde JamesAlmeda, who is based in theUnited States.

Brother De Asis, whospoke before a huge crowd,said: It’s really a blessing thatI joined this congregation...Iappeal to all of you, themembers of this congrega-tion na piliin po natin angmga lider na may dakilanglayunin at puso namaglingkod sa atin bayandito sa ating lalawigan ngCagayan.”

Brother De Guzman, inhis speech after the baptism,said: Heto po ako na tao polamang...kailangan lahat ngmga ginagawa natin ayibigay po natin para po saPanginoon. Hindi ko poakalain na ganito po angaking mararamdaman, nao-overwhelm po ako ng akingemotions kasi nakikita ko pokayong lahat, tinitignan kokayo bakit ang saya-sayaninyo – iyon pala ang sikretoninyo.”

“Sa tingin ko po angkailangan natinmaumpisahan ay ang moralat spiritual recovery at iyan

po ang number one sa atingagenda na dapat kung gustonatin ng tunay na progresopatungong pagasa,babaguhin natin ang mgaugali ng ating mga lider dahilunang-una sila angtinitignan natin ehemplo saating bayan. Dapat sila angmag-umpisa at matakot silasa Diyos upang sa ganoon ayhindi po sila makagawa ngkatiwalian sa ating bayan.Kung lahat ng lideres natinay may takot sa Panginoonwala pong mangyayari nahindi maganda sa atingbayan. Wala po akongmasabi sa inyong lahat (saJesus Miracle Crusade Inter-national Ministry) kundi angmagpasalamat,” he said.

Brother Cuarteros saidthe army’s 17th Infantry Bat-talion under Colonel JoseReal – who is a staunch peaceadvocate - also providedtrucks to ferry church mem-bers from ZinundunganValley. Members of the armyunit regularly attend servicesby the Jesus Miracle CrusadeInternational Ministry.

“Hallelujah, two militarytrucks ang ginamit paramasakyan ng mga kapatiran

galing Zinundungan Valley.They were former NewPeople’s Army members andothers were former rebelsupporters, and now they areall for peace and all these arebecause of God’s grace. Andas Colonel Real said and Iquote – we are all for peace,all for God,” he said.

Brother Cuarteros alsosaid cited the miraculouspower of God after one oftheir jeep’s which was sup-posed to ferry churchmembers fell off a roadsideand rolled down a slope – butthe driver Brother JoeyTarayao were unhurt, al-though the vehicle wasdamaged from the accident.

“Nakatulog si BrotherJoey sa habangnagmamaneho at nahulogsa bangin ang jeep, ngunithimalang nakaligtas siya atwalang galos. Kukunin sananiya ang mga kapatiran saIlagan City para sa outreachmission ng ating 21st churchanniversary sa TuguegaraoCity and through the leadingprayer ng ating Beloved andHonorable Evangelist PastorWilde Estrada Almeda, theend time prophet of God,

iniligtas siya sa tiyak nakamatayan, amen,” narratedBrother Cuarteros.

Just last month, RodelDupaya Gerez, a gubernato-rial candidate of the KilusangBagong Lipunan in Cagayanprovince, also joined theJesus Miracle Crusade Inter-national Ministry and wasbaptized along with lawyerReymund Guzman – whoserved as provincial boardmember for three terms andis now running for a councilseat in Tuguegarao City un-der the Liberal Party ofPresident Benigno Aquino.

And also ElmerMaribbay, an instructor atthe Cagayan State Univer-sity; and Jonas Taguiam –who are both running for thecity council – joined the JesusMiracle Crusade Interna-tional Ministry and baptized.

The Jesus Miracle Cru-sade International Ministryin Cagayan province is activein various crusades in differ-ent areas here and nearbyprovinces and was able tounite the police, military andcommunist rebels to listenand accept the words of God.(Mindanao Examiner)

Sister Rachel Almeda-Esguerra and husband Brother Jun Esguerra with top personalities in Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province during the 21st anniversary there of Jesus Miracle Crusade.

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Maguindanao ibinigay ang suportakay Sakur Tan para ARMM governor

MAGUINDANAO –Ipinangako na, isiniguradopa ni Maguindanao Gover-nor Toto Mangudadatuang buong suporta nito atkanyang mga mayors kaySulu Vice Governor SakurTan na tumatakbonggobernador ng Autono-mous Region in MuslimMindanao.

Ito ay matapos namagtungo si Tankamakailan sa bayan ngBuluan na kung saan aymaiinit itong tinanggap niMangudadatu at mga liderng Maguindanao, gayunrin ang mga kaanak nggobernador.

Nagpulong pa angmga ito ukol sakandidatura ni Tan.Kasama ni Tan ang ibat-ibang mayor ng Sulu na

nagbigay pugay rin kayMangudadatu.

Kinumpirma namanito ni Khalid Abdulmajidna isa sa mga kasamahanni Tan at sinabi umano niMangudadatu na: “Noamount of money can sub-stitute your coming. I willurge my mayors to supportyour candidacy.”

Maging ang datingBuluan Mayor JongMangudadatu na kapatidnaman ng gobernador aynagbigay rin ng suportakay Tan. “Vice GovernorSakur Tan is our father inSulu,” ani ng datingalkalde.

Pinasalamatan namanni Tan ang gobernador atkanyang mga mayors saibinigay na suporta sakanya. “I am here more

than a candidate, matagalna kaming maypinagsamahan ni Gover-nor Toto Mangudadatu,”ani Tan.

Noong nakaraangbuwan lamang ay pormalna inindorso si Tan ngOmpia na isa sa mgap i n a k a m a -impluwensyang politicalparties sa Mindanao.

Sinabi ng Ompiaparty- na itinatag ng dat-ing ARMM Governor na siDr. Mahid Mutilan - nainindorso nila si Tan dahilsa kanilang malakingtiwala at paniniwala kayTan at sa malinaw naplataporma de gobyernonito.

Pinangunahan niAleem Abdullah Abubakar,ang presidente ng Ompia,

ang pormal naproklamasyon nila kay Tanna ginawa kamakailansaMindanao State Univer-sity sa Marawi City saLanao del Sur.

Maging ang video ngproklamasyon ay nag-viralna sa social media at saARMM Watch – angFacebook forum ng mgaMuslims sa ARMM atumani ito ng papuri saOmpia na may libo-libongmiyembro at supporters saMindanao.

Maging si Lanao delSur Governor MamintalAdiong ay sumusuportarin kay Tan, na isangpilantropo. At gayun rinsina Governors NurbertSahali, ng Tawi-Tawi; atJum Akbar, ng Basilan.(Mindanao Examiner)

Si ARMM gubernatorial candidate Sakur Tan kasama ang grupo ni Maguindanao Governor Toto Mangudadatu sa bayan ngBuluan. (kuha ni Khalid Abdulmajid)

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HEALTH: 19 Tips Para SumayaPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

LAHAT tayo aynaghahanap ng kasiyahansa buhay. Heto ang akingmga payo:

1. Magdesisyon namaging masaya – Mag-isipng paraan at bagay-bagayna magpapasaya sa iyo. Saplano mo, huwag dinkakalimutan angkasiyahan ng ibang tao,tulad ng iyong asawa atanak.

2. Gamitin ang iyongtalento – Saan ka bamagaling? Marunong kabang kumanta, sumayaw,magpinta, sumulat omagtalumpati? Hanapinat palakasin ang iyongtalento.

3. Maglaro –Makipaglaro sa mga bata.Gumawa ng oras para sasports at magrelaks.

4. Bilangin ang biyayasa buhay – Magpasalamattayo sa Diyos sa lahat ngbiyaya na binigay niya.

5. Mahalin ang sarili –Lahat ng tao aynagkakamali. Ayusin angpagkakamali, humingi ngtawad at kalimutan mo naito.

6. Tingnan ang gandasa paligid – Nakita mo naba ang pagsikat ng araw?Nalanghap mo ba angsimoy ng hangin? Narinigmo ba ang kanta ng mgaibon? Ang kalikasan aypunong-puno ng saya.

7. Magrelaks – Kapagnapagod ka sa trabaho,mag-relaks at maligo ngmaligamgam na tubig.Pagkatapos, magbasa ng

Dr. Willie T. Ong

iyong paboritong magasin okomiks. Maging abala din saiyong hobby.

8. Maging malapit sakamag-anak at kaibigan –Ayon sa isang pagsusuri, angpagkausap sa isang matalikna kaibigan ng isang oras aykatumbas na ng pag-inomng isang tabletang pain-re-liever.

9. Maghanap ngpositibong kaibigan –Humanap ng mgapositibong tao, iyungpalaging masaya atmaganda ang pananaw sabuhay.

10. Tumulong sa kapwa– Ayon sa pagsusuri, tataasang “endorphins” mo sakatawan sa pagtulong sakapwa. Ang endorphin ayisang kemikal nanagpapalakas ng atingkatawan at nagpapasaya saatin.

11. Mag-isip ngmasasayang bagay – Ayonkay Norman Vincent Peale,ang awtor ng mga libro saPositive Thinking, dapatnating turuan ang ating

sarili na mag-isip ngmasasaya. Sabihin mong,“Okay lang ako. Kayang-kaya iyan. Malulutas diniyan.”

12. Magbasa atmakinig ng good newslamang – Piliin lang angmga magagandang balita.

13. Tumawa – Ayon sapagsusuri, ang panonoodng masayang palabas aynakapagtatanggal nglungkot, galit at inis.

14. Alagaan ang iyongkalusugan – Paano kasasaya kung may sakit ka?Kumain ng tama. Umiwassa bisyo tulad ng sigarilyoat alak. Magpa-check-updin sa doktor.

15. Mag-ehersisyo –May kakaibang saya angnaidudulot ng ehersisyo.Kapag ika’y napawisan,sasarap ang iyongpakiramdam.

16. Maghanap nakatamtamang stress sabuhay –Kung sobra angstress, masama ito sakatawan.

17. Matulog –Kailangan mo ng 7-8 orasng tulog bawat gabi.

18. Umibig – Angtaong umiibig aypuwedeng humaba angbuhay ng 7 taon. Oo,tunay iyan. Mas maligayadin ang may partner kaysasa wala.

19. Maniwala saDiyos – Ayon sa pagsusuri,ang mga taong may tiwalasa Diyos ay mas masayakumpara sa mga hindinaniniwala.

TECH TIPS: 9 things every Androidowner should try right now

RECIPE: Banana and Chocolate Crepes

(http://www.kusinamaster.asia)

INGREDIENTINGREDIENTINGREDIENTINGREDIENTINGREDIENTS:S:S:S:S:

- 2 large eggs- 1 cup whole milk- ¼ cup water- 2 tablespoon unsalted melted butter orcooking oil- 1 cup all-purpose flour- 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar- 1/8 teaspoons kosher salt

INSTRINSTRINSTRINSTRINSTRUCTIONS:UCTIONS:UCTIONS:UCTIONS:UCTIONS:

1) In a blender, add the eggs, milk, water and melted butter; pulse for a few seconds, untilliquids are combined. Add the flour, sugar and salt. Pulse for 10 seconds or so and untilflour is incorporated, being sure not to over-blend. Transfer the batter to a bowl andcover. Place the batter in the refrigerator for an hour to rest.2) Place a crepe pan over medium-heat. Brush the skillet with a light coating of butter.Add 2 ounces of batter to the pan, swirling it around until the bottom is coated evenly.Cook until the crepe edges’ pull away from the pan, about 1-2 minutes. Flip and cook onthe opposite side for another 30 seconds. You may have to play with the temperature abit. The common notion is that the first crepe goes to the pan, so don’t get discouraged ifyou have to try a few times to get the temperature right. When you’ve made a few crepes,transfer them to the oven to keep them warm, while you prepare the bourbon bananasand chocolate.3) Melt chocolate with heavy cream in a double-broiler or make your own by placing aheat-proof bowl over a pot filled with an inch of simmering water. Once chocolate ismelted set aside.4) In a small bowl, toss the bananas, brown sugar, rum and cinnamon together. Melt thebutter in a small skillet over medium-heat. Once melted, add the bananas to the skilletand cook until bananas are softened and slightly caramelized, 3-4 minutes.5) To assemble, lay a few crepes side-by-side and fill each one with the banana bourbonmixture. Fold each side over and drizzle with chocolate.

THERE are so many coolthings you can do withAndroid that you prob-ably don't even know.From custom ROMs togorgeous launchers,apps, LED notifications,gesture controls, iconpacks and tweaks, thereis plenty to keep youhappy for a while. Hereare nine things every An-droid owner should try.

1. S1. S1. S1. S1. Superuperuperuperupercharcharcharcharcharge yge yge yge yge yourourourourourWWWWWi-Fi-Fi-Fi-Fi-Fiiiii

Did you know youcan tell Chrome to savetime and money by re-ducing data usage? Mostpeople don't. By usingthis setting, I've cut mydata usage by 30 percentin the past month. How'sthat for easy savings? Goto Chrome > Settings >Data Saver and turn it on.

Likewise, did youknow you can tell yourphone to keep Wi-Fi onduring sleep? Just go toSettings > Wi-Fi > Ad-vanced > Keep Wi-Fi onduring sleep and selectAlways.

Doing this meansthat not only will youdownload things whileyour phone's display isoff, but you will also savebattery life, because yourphone won't have to re-connect to Wi-Fi everytime you wake it up.

2. E2. E2. E2. E2. Enable Gnable Gnable Gnable Gnable Google Noogle Noogle Noogle Noogle Nooooowwwwwon on on on on TTTTTapapapapap

Google Now on Tapwas introduced with An-droid 6.0 Marshmallow. Itprovides contextual in-formation for whatever ison your screen, allowingyou to find informationwithout having to searchfor it manually. You'llneed Android Marshmal-low to run it.

To enable GoogleNow on Tap, head over toSettings > Google >Search & now > Voice andswitch it on or off. Onceit's on, you'll then be ableto enjoy fast, contextualinformation on tap. Todisable Now on Tap, holdon the home button anda menu will appear. Tapthe three-dotted icon andthen Settings, whereyou'll be able to disableit.

3. 3. 3. 3. 3. The batterThe batterThe batterThe batterThe battery optimi-y optimi-y optimi-y optimi-y optimi-zationszationszationszationszations

No matter which An-droid device you have,there are ways to improvethe battery life from theget-go. Firstly, you mustturn off 'ambient display'or 'adaptive brightness'.This setting changes thedisplay brightness basedon the current lightingconditions, but it's notperfect.

The sensor used todetermine the light levelsis not as accurate as thehuman eye, you can set amore appropriate displaybrightness for the currentcircumstances, and asthe display is a key areawhere battery life is lost,make sure you keep thisat the lowest level pos-sible.

Additionally, all ofthe major Android UIscome with some form ofbatter y saving mode.While the strengths ofeach vary, they are worth

- Butter- 3 ripe bananas, thinly sliced- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar- 1 tablespoons rum- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter- 12-ounces semi-sweet chocolate- ¼ cup all-purpose cream or heavycream

digging into to see howthey can be best appliedfor your particular needs.

For example, Sony'sStamina mode alters verylittle in terms of perfor-mance and it's one ofthose you can (and prob-ably should) haveenabled at all times.

The stock Androidbattery saving functionaffects performance andapp functionality quiteheavily, so it might worthconsidering using thisonly when it's essential.

HTC's Power Saver,on the other hand, hasseveral options that youcan enable or disablewithin it, making it a littleless rigid than the others.

Investigate the bat-tery functions on yourdevice by going into thesettings and looking forbattery, power or some-thing similar.

4. G4. G4. G4. G4. Grrrrrant app perant app perant app perant app perant app permis-mis-mis-mis-mis-sions individuallysions individuallysions individuallysions individuallysions individuallyHave you got Android

Marshmallow yet? It hasa cool feature you shouldtry: granular app permis-sions. This feature allowsyou to give apps permis-sion to access hardwareor data on your phone ona need basis. So if an appneeds to access the mi-crophone, it'll ask you forpermission to do so whenyou launch the app andthe app needs to use thispiece of hardware.

Before Marshmallow,you'd grant that permis-sion before downloadingthe app in the Play Store.We assumed that denyingsome app permissionswithin third-party appscould break them. Butnow you can managethese permissions indi-vidually. Give it a try.

5. U5. U5. U5. U5. Use Gse Gse Gse Gse Google Noogle Noogle Noogle Noogle Nooooowwwww,,,,,enable always listeningenable always listeningenable always listeningenable always listeningenable always listening

Google Now acts as avirtual personal assis-tant, which you can useto retrieve informationquickly and easily. Butit's also so much morethan that: Google Nowcan interact with yourapps, take notes, set re-minders along with awhole bunch of otherclever tricks.

The more you useGoogle Now the moreyou realize what an ex-cellent service it is. Togive a simple example,say you wish to take anafternoon nap, but are al-ready in that sleepy stateand about to nod off. Youdon't need to reach foryour phone and openyour clock app, calculatethe time you want towake and set an alarm forthen. Just say "OkayGoogle, wake me up intwo hours."

6. S6. S6. S6. S6. Set up Andret up Andret up Andret up Andret up AndroidoidoidoidoidDDDDDevice Mevice Mevice Mevice Mevice ManageranageranageranageranagerHow Android Device

Manager is not pre-en-abled on ever y singleAndroid phone I simplydon't know. Android De-vice Manager is a greattool that lets you track alost or stolen phone, re-motely lock it, ring it, ordelete its contents andeven display a lockscreen message for any-one that finds it. It may

not be the sexiest thingyou do with your Androidphone, but it should bethe first thing you do.

You'll find the per-missions for AndroidDevice Manager in theGoogle Setting app underSecurity. You can enableAndroid Device Managerto remotely locate yourphone as well as lock orerase its contents. Butyou'll also need to acti-vate Android DeviceManager as a device ad-ministrator.

Go to Settings > Se-curity > DeviceAdministrators andcheck the box next to An-droid Device Manager.

7. 7. 7. 7. 7. TTTTTrrrrry Py Py Py Py PushbulletushbulletushbulletushbulletushbulletThere aren't many

apps that I think abso-lutely everyone shoulduse, because everyonehas different tastes,needs and habits. ButPushbullet is different.Everyone – and I meaneveryone – should be us-ing it.

You can push links onyour phone to your tab-let, from your PC to yourphone or from yourphone to all of your otherdevices. Copying andpasting URLs is so 1999.Pushbullet also notifiesyou of SMS or calls onyour PC and you cantransfer files between allof your devices withPushbullet too.

8. S8. S8. S8. S8. Savavavavave time with NFCe time with NFCe time with NFCe time with NFCe time with NFCMany people don't

even realize what NFC is,how it works or what itcan do for you. But NFCis brilliant. A single tapcan pair your Bluetoothheadphones to yourphone, transfer all of thecontents of your oldphone to a new one, oreven send a default mes-sage to a contact whenyou walk in the door athome.

Some guy even im-planted an NFC chip inhis hand so he'd neverhave to unlock his phoneagain. You don't have togo that far, but an NFC-equipped device and apack of NFC tags willchange your life and saveyou tons of time. NFC isone of the coolest andunderrated things to dowith your Android.

9. S9. S9. S9. S9. Setup lock scretup lock scretup lock scretup lock scretup lock screeneeneeneeneensecursecursecursecursecurityityityityity

If your adventurousnature stops a little shortof implanting an NFCchip in your person, thenext best thing to do is setup your lock screen secu-rity. I am alwayssurprised by how many ofmy friends don't havelock screen security setup.

If you lose yourphone or have it stolendo you really want thatthief to have access to allthe intimate corners ofyour smartphone? No?Then set up a pattern orPIN lock right now. Justgo to Settings > Security> Screen lock or, on somedevices, Settings > LockScreen to set up your pre-ferred type of lock screensecurity. Seriously, do itright now. (Kris Carlon,AndroidPIT)

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No shortage of fish supplydespite El Niño

CEBU CITY - The Bureau ofFisheries and Aquatic Re-sources has assured thepublic that there is no short-age of fish supply in CentralVisayas despite the El Niñoweather phenomenon af-fecting the country.

BFAR Assistant RegionalDirector Allan Poquita saidthe most affected by thedrought is those who are inaquaculture due to the lackof water supply.

He explained that lesswater in the fish pond mightlead to oxygen deficiencywhich would result to fishkill. “We still have sufficientfish supply in our marine liferesources,” Poquita said.

Poquita explained thatduring hot season, a lot ofphytoplankton is producedin the ocean and this servesas food for fishes.

There are plenty of foodfor the fishes due to the pen-etration of the sunlight indeep waters that causes al-gae to bloom.

Poquita also reportedthe partial cost of damage inthe impact of El Niño on fish-eries production operationsand said Bohol province reg-istered P44.75 million losesand Siquijor with P1.72 mil-lion and P1.23 million inCebu.

He said most of the dam-age hit the freshwater Tilapia,

Bangus and seaweeds.Mario Ruinata, BFAR

Chief of Special ConcernsOffice, said they are still inthe process of identifyingvulnerable areas and theaffected fisher-folk in prov-inces, and at the same timeconducts information,communication and edu-cation campaign on theimpact of El Niño to fisher-ies.

Ruinata said amongtheir action plan includesthe distribution of 5 mil-lion pieces of Tilapiafingerlings and 5 millionpieces of Bangus finger-lings in the region. (HazelF. Gloria)

Stay clean and be freeof ‘norovirus’ - DOH

CEBU – Health SecretaryJanette Garin has urged citi-zens to maintain cleanlinessand good hygiene followingthe outbreak of the highly-contagious norovirus inZamboanga City inMindanao that had alreadykilled at least 4 people andaffected over 1,000 others injust several weeks.

Garin said laboratorytest results from the ResearchInstitute for Tropical Medi-cine revealed that thediarrhea outbreak inZamboanga was caused by aviral infection callednorovirus.

This was earlier con-firmed by Zamboanga CityHealth Officer Dr. RodelAgbulos, who said thenorovirus is highly conta-gious and can be obtainedfrom an infected person,

contaminated food or water,or by touching contami-nated surfaces.

“The virus causes stom-ach or intestines or both toget inflamed or acute gastro-enteritis, and leads one toexperience stomach pain,nausea and diarrhea. Thebest way to help preventnorovirus is to practiceproper hand washing andgeneral cleanliness,” he said.

Agbulos said many ofthe patients were admitted indifferent hospitals due toacute gastroenteritis. Threeof those who died recentlywere children and one was aprisoner, who suffered fromsevere dehydration.

Zamboanga MayorBeng Climaco confirmed theoutbreak of gastroenteritis.

According to Centers forDisease Control and Preven-

tion, there is no specificmedicine to treat peoplewith norovirus illness.Norovirus infection cannotbe treated with antibioticsbecause it is a viral infec-tion. The breakout of thevirus in Zamboanga coin-cided with the acute watershortage there due to theextreme weather phenom-enon called El Nino.

Zamboanga City WaterDistrict has been rationingwater every other day – foronly 5 hours – for the past 2months, citing the low levelof water in its dam. ThePhilippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astro-nomical ServicesAdministration warned thepublic last year of the up-coming severe dry spellwhich could last until June.(Cebu Examiner)

DOE, mipasalig nga igo angsupply sa kuryente sa Mayo 9

GIPASALIG sa Departmentof Energy (DOE) nga igo angsupply sa kuryente alang saMayo 9 automated elec-tions.

Apan bisan pa niini,mihangyo si DOE Sec.Zenaida Monsada sa publikonga limitahan gihapon angkunsumo sa kuryente.

Gitataw ni Monsada ngaang taas nga demand sakuryente karon tungod sagrabeng init nga dala sasummer season ug El Niñophenomenon.

Matud pa ni Monsada,may pipila ka power plantssa nasud ang naa na karon

sa preventive maintenancearon masiguro nga moganasila sa dili pa ug sa mismongadlaw sa piniliay.

Gidugang usab niMonsada nga gibantayannila karon ang deklarasyonsa ‘red alert’ sa National GridCorporation of the Philip-pines (NGCP).

Giingong kun mahitabokini, ang mga pribadongkumpanya nga maykaugalingong mga genera-tor kinahanglang mosunodsa Interruptible Load Pro-gram (ILP).

Ubos sa maongprograma, ang mga

pribadong kumpanyamogamit sa ilang genera-tors aron dili na mokuha paog kuryente sa mga powergrid.

Una nang nagdeklararog ‘yellow alert’ ang NGCPsa Luzon ug Visayas gridstungod sa kakulang sa en-ergy reserve.

Ang DOE nipagawasna og circular alang sapagmugna og Power TaskForce Election 2016 ngamotutok sa pagsiguro sa igonga supply sa kuryente sadili pa, samtang, ug humansa piniliay. (Elvira C.Bongosia)