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Payonga is Schneider

Lorenz Ray Payonga, Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP) valedictorian of class2009-2010 of Marcial O. Raola Memorial School and Alyssa Tricia Vintola brought home the WorldChampionship title of Schneider Electrics Go Green in the City Global Finals held in Paris,France last June 26-29, 2013.

world champ

The duo bested competi-tors among 25 teams fromFrance, Germany, Russia,Brazil, Turkey, India, China,United States, Poland, Singa-pore and Indonesia with their

project, Oscillohump whichis an alternative energy devicethat harvests energy from roadbumps.

Payonga and Vintola, both5th year BS Electronics and

MORMS bags Mathtilt, camp double win

As last years champion,Marcial O. Raola MemorialSchool proved to be undefeat-ed as it remains the overallChampion for the DivisionMath Competition and Campfor two years in a row.

Dana Eilyn Sambajon,garnered the first place forMath Quiz Grade VII; An-gelica del Rosario, 2nd place,Math Quiz Grade VII; CedrickMar, first place, Quiz Grade

MORMS alumnus goes green

4/SCHNEIDER WORLD CHAMP

5/MATH DOUBLE WIN

Albay OCDis best indisasterresponse

SPORTS

BYDIANAPABLEO

The strength and ability ofAlbayanos was once againproven as Team Albay OCDV will be receiving the MostOutstanding Disaster Re-sponse Award in February21st this year.

The award will be given bythe Publishers Association ofthe Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) inrecognition of the well-orga-

nized and timely response ofthe team to the destruction bySupertyphoon Yolanda.

The team was organized in

26 participate inUPJES 2013 ; Tumolva,an outstanding leaderBYCZARINACANTAL

Twenty six students fromMarcial O. Raola MemorialSchool (MORMS) attended the4th University of the Philip-pines Executive Junior Soci-ety (UPJES) Tunggalinganlast November 30 - December2, 2013 at Royal Palms Resort,Bay, Laguna.

MORMS garnered 2nd placein the talent variety show, wonthird place in Product andAdvertisement Making; andJaevany Olavario bagged the

first place in the Essay WritingContest. Joshua Tumolva wasawarded as one of the Most Ot-standing Leaders of UPJES.

The said activity was partici-pated by secondary studentsfrom different schools all overLuzon.

Hosted by the University ofthe Philippines College of Ag-riculture, the said activity wasdone to harness the youthsunconventional leadershippotential towards innovativecompetence.

4/ALBAY OCD

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THUMBS UP MORMS alumnus Lorenz Ray Payonga and teammate Alyssa Tricia Vintola gleefully pose for the camera as theyemerge as the World Champions of Schneider Electrics Go Green in the City Global Finals held on June 26-29, 2013 in Paris,France.

Communications Engineer-ing (ECE) students of Ateneode Manila University hadearlier represented the coun-try for the East Asia regional

BRIGHT WISHES Campers of the School Leadership Camp raise sky lanternsthat illuminated the sky with their prayers and wishes. This was done onAugust 16, 2013 at Albay Sports Center, Guinobatan, Albay.

EDITORIAL

NEWS

SciTech

WHATS INSIDE

Bye ByeBoxing

BYYVESLAWRENCEIVANOARDE

BYTHEAMARIESALES

See youin Autumn?

First LongganisaFest

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THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL-COMMUNITY PUBLICATION OF MARCIAL O. RAOLA MEMORIAL SCHOOL

DEPARTMENTOFEDUCATION REGIONV (BICOL) ALBAYDIVISION GUINOBATAN, ALBAY

The Quill, among the regions best

VIII; John Andrei Acero, 3rdplace, Math Quiz Grade VIII;John Patrick Notario, 3rdplace, Math Quiz Level III; andYves Lawrence Ivan Oarde,3rd place Math Quiz Level IV.

The teams in all year lev-els from MORMS qualified forthe Math Team Competition.Dana Eilyn Sambajon andAngelica del Rosario coachedby Mrs. Lilian Rangel, JohnPatrick Notario and Melrose

MORMS wins inPatiribayan

FEATURE

Bicol Quackery: What

the Doctors Cant Heal

Project NOAH:

Philippines ark

against deluge

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hilstar.com/campus/2013/07/04/961572/admu-win

s-global-green-city-challenge

The Quill, the English pub-lication of Marcial O. RaolaMemorial School made it tothe top ten Best School Papersin Region 5 in the recently con-

cluded Regional SecondarySchools Press Conference heldat Marcial O. Raola MemorialSchool, Guinobatan, Albay lastJanuary 29-31, 2014.

The Editorial Page ranked

4.5; the paper was 6th Best inLayout and Page Design; 7thBest in News Page; and ranked9.5 in Best in Feature Page.

Overall, The Quill garneredthe 6th spot in the best school

papers in Bicol.The school publication is

now qualified for the GroupContest in the forthcomingNational Secondary SchoolsPress Conference that will beheld in Subic, Zambales onApril 7-10, 2014

BYEARLFREDOROZCO


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EDITORIAL

SEEYOUINAUTUMN?As more schools are planning to synchronize their

academic calendar to the rest of the world, the proposal ofchanging the start of the academic year to August is nowbeing weighed by the Commission on Higher Education.

This must be carefully thought out as they try to de-termine its implications to the nations educational systemand they must also hold consultation to view things in dif-ferent perspectives.

The first one to propose the shift were the Univer-sity of the Philippines (UP) and the Ateneo de Manila Uni-versity (ADMU). University of Santo Thomas (UST) and DeLa Salle University (DLSU) followed the trend shortly after.This has created a bandwagon effect on the other 2000 col-leges and universities. To change the calendar they mustfirst notify CHED, a move that only UP and ADMU hasdone.

The Philippines is the only ASEAN country to adopta June to March academic calendar unlike other countrieswhich follow a September to May academic calendar. Thereare few exceptions, however, for example in other countriesnot all calendar are scheduled for a May ending but surelythey kick off the year sometime near September.

Executive Order No.292, signed by the late formerPresident Corazon Aquino in July 1987, provides that theopening date of all academic institutions from elementary

to the tertiary level should not be earlier than June 1st andnot later than the 31st of July.

This was approved for it to coincide with our coun-trys two seasons dry and wet. The said schedule avoidssummer as it is not advisable because of the scorchingsummer heat.

Changing the calendar also disrupts the system.Fresh graduates (Elementary and High School) would havea huge gap before entering another school year. It is hypo-thetically assumed that not all schools would be adoptingthe change, if ever. It would spark some confusion.

Another concern is the other activities that wouldbe missed. Summer has always been a time of family bond-ing, which is rather considered very important. Fiestasand holidays are plentiful in summer, too. There is no way

of contemplating for all these missed events.On the bright side, despite the number of contra-

dictions, there are still some advantages to it. Doors willbe opened for students to transfer to our academic institu-tions. If we synchronize our calendar with foreign coun-tries, research collaboration would be possible along withlong term students and faculty exchange programs.

This decision must be studied carefully. It shouldbenefit the greater good. It should fit the better interest ofthe people.

If the decision is made for an August push, well, seeyou in autumn.

WHATAWASTEPublic enemy number 1

----- the monicker of Janet LimNapoles, the alleged master-mind of the ever popular Pork

Barrel Scam that siphoned10 billion from the PDAFs ofgovernment officials, didnt

spill the beans during the sen-ate hearing.

The pork queen, as ex-

pected, strategically evaded

all questions by the SenateBlue Ribbon Comittee by ut-

tering the ever trending linesI invoke my right against

self-incrimination and Hin-di ko po alam (I dont know).It seems like justice has been

stalled for the hundreth timein recent history.

The government must

play their cards right. Theyshouldnt let this issue slipaway or be covered by another

controversy. They must not

rekindle the anger and frus-

tration of millions of Filipinotaxpayers or we may see an-

other Million People March.The 10-B that Napoles

chanelled to her possession by

creating non-existent NGOswould have done a lot to im-prove this third-world nation.

It could have been used tobenefit the greater good but itseems that Napoles has been

consumed by her own selfish-ness.

Ten billion is a stagger-

ing amount and the full nar-rative of how an amount sobig has been repossesed is yet

to be pieced together. Ten bil-lion worth of new classrooms,new infrastractures and retro-

fitting of the old ones wouldhave done a lot to improvethe students learning experi-

ence. It could have been usedto increase the availability of

computer laboratories and li-

braries in small-time schools.it would have made a students

dream come true by lettinghim/her use a fully functionallaboratory. But instead we still

walk down the path of the bou-levard of broken dreams.

That money could have

been used for free healthcareservices for those financiallyincapacitated. It could have

provided better health care fa-cilities. it could have been usedto purchase more advanced

medical equipments for di-agnosis and surgery alike. Itcould have saved lives.

This issue must be re-solved or else the peoplestrust in this current adminis-

tration will be shattered intoa million pieces. Taxpayerswould become furious if the

people behind this remain un-punished.

What a waste.

TALKINGPOINTSEarl Fred Orozco

The next big thing, the Museo deGuinobatan which should have beenan edice of our rich culture and her-itage, appears to be restrained fromconstruction and was left of whatlooks like a repugnant wreck. Whathappened?

WHATHAPPENED?

November 13, 2013. The overpassthat could have been an instrument toprevent too much trafc should havebeen done by this date, according tothe signage ying just outside theMORMS fence. But up until now, itremains a two-by-four lumber struc-ture, unnished. What happened?

The Department of Science andTechnology Building, supposedlydedicated for educational scienticand laboratory works of ESEP stu-dents, appear to have lost the purposeof its equipment and facilities and isnow used as classrooms for regularstudents. What happened?

BYPRINCESSJEANORFANOANDYVESLAWRENCEIVANOARDE


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NAME- CALLING

The youths potential indisaster risk reduction hasnever been noticed. It is saidthat disaster risk reduction

is a grown mans job. Withthe ever evolving, alwaysdestructive calamities thatloom just around the cor-ner, it may be time for someserious role identificationin disaster risk reduction,especially for the youth.

Disasters nowadayshave taken yet another steptowards unleashing hellon earth. Typhoons for in-stance are becoming morefrequent. With that, it isvery safe to assume that theworst is yet to come.

Given our rich his-tory of calamities, Albayhas evolved into a disaster-ready province through theconcentrated efforts of Al-bay Governor Joey Salcedaand it has even been recog-nized internationally. Disas-

ter risk reduction is Albaysvanguard against harshaftermaths in which theyintensified after Typhoon

Reming way back in 2006.The time is now for theAlbayano youth to step intothe scene. This isnt a grownmans job anymore, its ev-erybodys job now. Theymust take part in preserv-ing our havocked environ-ment to further reduce theadverse effects of ClimateChange. They must do thelittle things like practicingproper waste disposal ortake it up a notch by par-ticipating in tree plantingevents and other environ-mental programs. By doingso, they have contributedto reducing the effects of adisaster to as much as pre-venting it.

Instead of playingDOTA, a popular computergame in which they select

Heroes to engage in com-bat, they too can be a hero,

a real one, for Albay. Albayneeds them to take on thechallenge, the challenge offinding a role in DisasterRisk Reduction. With muchpowerful storms that maycome our way, the youthsefforts are very much need-ed to reduce its aftermath.They should help us becauseits not just for them, its forall of us.

The youth can play a vi-tal role in disaster risk re-duction if they take it seri-

ously. They can be of greathelp. Knowing to preparethe essentials before a stormhits is something theyre ca-pable of. By knowing basicsafety protocols, they havereduced the chances of adisaster. The youth is classi-fied in the vulnerable sectorduring a disaster but if theydo the work, they arent asvulnerable as you think.

This is not a challengethat we could say no to. Thisis a battle that we cant af-ford to lose. This is the mo-ment to prove all doubterswrong in which they claimtodays youth is unproduc-tive. It is time to send a mes-sage that age is not a guar-antee of efficiency. Let uscapitalize on this challenge,for the better.

THECHALLENGE

In a classroom, there isalways the fashionista, theaverage, the silent types,and of course, the bullies.

Bullying is a product ofones mental problem thatgrows through time. Paindevelops the monster inthem. It devours them and

without knowing it, they be-come the person they neverenvisioned themselves tobe.

They make anyone theychoose feel like they are liv-ing their life a hell. Everyschool day is a nightmarefor a student who is beingbullied. In the end, all theywould want is to be isolat-ed from the others. Theywould rather end their own

life than being treated in aninhumane way for the restof their lives.

I still hear echoes of theunfavorable name-calling.The bursts of laughter thatfollowed. I still see it in mymemory so clearly, so vivid-ly. What did I do to deserve

that? Whats even funnywith Diana Tuna? Its okayif they call me that but notevery time, especially whenIm in a crowd. It hurts youknow. It hurts every time.

It started when I wasin elementary and untilnow, I still live with it. WellI guess I got used to it. Andthe name Diana Tuna hasbeen a part of my life.

I know that its not easy

dealing with bullying. Ac-cording to a survey, approx-imately 42 percent of teen-agers nowadays are beingbullied online. Sometimeswe may not know that oursimple gestures of teasingsomeone because of his/her name can make themfeel unimportant.

Bullying may hap-pen verbally or physically.Words can hurt more thanblows or kicks. People canbe bullied with their flawsin physical appearance, gen-der, religion or even theirnames. When a person bul-lies someone, they feel pow-

erful and superior whileon the other hand, the onebeing bullied loses his/herconfidence or self-esteem.

Only two actors thrivein this world, the prey andthe predator. But you dontalways have to be the preythat is hunted. You can fightfor yourself and stand upagainst bullies. No studentshould be bullied for anyreason.

BEHINDTHEBY-LINESDana Sambajon

TEXTWRAP

Diana Pableo


4/12

MORMS wins in PatiribayanMath, Science

Schneider world champ

Marcial O. Raola Memorial School has once again prov-en its worth in academic excellence in the Bicol Region asit won in three events during the 2013 Regional PatiribayanFestival in Mathematics and Science last December 8-11, 2013at different venues in Legazpi City.

John Patrick Notarioand Melrose Razal, III-Dal-ton topnotched the RegionalMath Team ComptetitionLevel III with Mrs. Gemma T.Tayo as coach. Mr. DomingoTuazon, T-II of Mathematicswon first place in TeachersDevice, Mrs. Leonora B. Ore-

jo as coach. Ms. Jean Vibar,meanwhile, T-II ofthe Sci- ence

Department won first placein the Strategic InterventionMaterial for teachers.

The Regional Math Fairand Quiz was held last De-cember 9, 2013 and the Re-gional Science Competitionwas held last December 10,2013 at Legazpi City ScienceH i g h School, Legazpi

City.

finals and had succeeded torepresent East Asia for theGo Green in the City Finals inParis, France.

Payonga and Vintola pre-sented their project to a panelof top executives of Schneider

BYJAEVANYOLAVARIO

Scribes grab top

spots in DSSPC 13Student journalists of

Marcial O. Raola MemorialSchool (MORMS) added afew more feathers to its capduring this years DivisionSecondary Schools PressConference held at the Polan-gui General ComprehensiveHigh School, Polangui, Albaylast December 17-18, 2013.

In the two-day compe-tition, MORMS snatchedthree-first place wins: AstiNasayao, Sports Writing(English) ; Princess Jean Or-fano, Feature Writing (Eng-lish) ; and the BroadcastingTeam in Filipino.

Meanwhile, Czarina Se-anne Paliza grabbed the 2ndplace in Sports Writing (Fili-pino); the Broadcasting teamin English is overall 2nd ;Earl Fred Orozco finished4th in Editorial Writing (Eng-lish) ; Anthony Solano won5th in Editorial Writing (Fili-pino); Arenz Tercero, 6th in

BYJAMESCARLORBASE Editorial Writing (English) ;and Xyrel Tuson, 7th place inFeature Writing (Filipino).

The broadcasting teamsof MORMS garnered specialawards with Mariel Tusonbeing declared as Best An-chor and Julieta Nopre asBest News Reporter in Ra-dio Broadcasting (Filipino).The said team also won BestScriptwriting and Best inInfomercial.

The schools publica-tion in English, The Quillreceived Best in Feature,Best in Sports Page andBest Layout.

Overall, the MORMSteam finished third.The top4 journalists and first plac-ers in Radio Broadcastingand Collaborative Publish-ing advances to the RegionalSecondary Schools PressConference to be held on Jan-uary 29-31, 2014 at MarcialO. Raola Memorial School,Guinobatan, Albay.

FROMFRONTPAGE

MORMSchampsdivisionscience tilt

Ramirez, Matricinio crowned2013 Mr., Ms. Intrams

Jaian JV Ramirez of III-Ebony and

Margiela Matrocino of IV-Turqui-

ose won the coveted crown for

the Mr. and Ms. Intramurals 2013

last September 11, 2013 at Mar-

cial O. Raola Memorial School,

Guinobatan, Albay.

Karl Anthony Palencia and Jinuel

de los Santos fnished as the run-

ners-up. Josaiah Nakpil and Elen

BYMARKANTHONYNOBLEZA

2008 by Governor Joey Salcedato give humanitarian servicesin times of calamities. TeamAlbay went to Samar, Leyteand Tacloban City to help therestoration of the said placesafter the destructive TyphoonYolanda. Together with Gov-ernor Salceda, they spenttheir Christmas Eve in theBarangays of Maribubot andSan Antonio in Basey, East-ern Samar. With its 179 strongpersonnel and 17 vehicles, theteam went to their 12th mis-sion.

Albay OCDFROMFRONTPAGE

BYDANAEILYNSAMBAJON

Olavario placed 2nd runners-up;

Anthony Solano and Sandra Pad-

ua placed next as 3rd runners-up;

and fnally, Martin Ailes and Jolina

Anne Dacir as 4th runners-up.

Candidates battled it out in the

Production Number, Casual Attire,

Sports Attire, Festival Attire, Cock-

tail Attire, Formal Attire and Talent

Portion.

The search is one of the high-

lights of this years intramurals.

Marcial O. Raola Memo-rial School (MORMS) broughthome the overall championtitle for the Division ScienceQuiz and Teachers Competi-tion held at Malilipot NationalHigh School, Malilipot Albaylast November 15, 2013.

Angelika del Rosario of7-Edison won 7th place for Sci-ence Quiz Level 7 ; Cedrick Marwon 4th for Science Quiz Level8 ; Priam Navera finished 5thon Science Quiz Level 8 ; MarkAnthony Nobleza placed sec-ond in Science Quiz Level III.

John Argin Panesa gar-nered the first place in ScienceQuiz Level IV followed by YvesLawrence Ivan Oarde and Win-ona Shantal Sayritan finishing3rd and 4th respectively.

Ms. Jean Vibar grabbedthe first place for Strategic In-tervention Material (SIM) Lev-el II for Teachers. Mr. RichardRiobaldez paced third in SIMLevel IV for Teachers.

Mr. VIrgio Morcozo, Ms.Brenda Montas and Mrs.Ronalyn Lirio bagged thefourth place in the On-the-spotImprovisation.

Garnering the most num-ber of points in the division,MORMS becomes the overalldivision champion for Sci-ence.

The first place winners inthe division level qualifies tothe Regional Patiribiyan Festi-val that will be held on differ-ent venues in the City Divisionof Legazpi in December.

Electric.

Winners were chosenbased on the design and cre-ativity, innovative thinking,feasibility, cost effectiveness,energy efficiency, and socialimpact of their projects.(admu.edu.ph)

The team was the earliestresponse to the assistancefrom the outside and was dis-tinguished as the most orga-nized response. The team willcontinuously render theirservices and help especiallyto those who need it most.

Team Albay continuouslyrenders their humanitarianservices, it was organized in2008 by Albay Governor JoeySalceda, it served as an emer-gency response group. It iscomposed of specially trainedorganic elements from vari-ous national government

agencies including the Officeof Civil Defense in Region V.

Last November 2013, withits 179 strong personnel and17 vehicles and related equip-ment, Team Albay went toLeyte and Samar. Togetherwith Governor Salceda, theyspent their Christmas Eve inthe Barangays of Maribubotand San Antonio in Bassey,Eastern Samar. They hostedNoche Buena for the Yolandasurvivors and that was con-cluded as their 12th mission.

(Source:Philippine DailyInquirer)

STARS OF THE NIGHT Newly crowned Mr. Intrams, Jaian JV Ramirezand Ms. Intrams 2013, Margiela Matrocinio leading the night duringthe Search for Mr. and Ms. Intrams 2013.

OSCILLOHUMP Lorenz Ray Payonga and Alyssa Vintola present theirwinning project for the Go Green in the City Challenge.


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MORMS joins Yolanda relief efforts

Spearheaded by theMORMS Supreme StudentGovernment (SSG), relief ef-forts for the survivors of Su-per Typhoon Yolanda has beenstarted by the school since lateNovember, gathering reliefgoods from the students andthe members of the teachingand the non-teaching staffsuch as used clothing, instantnoodles, canned goods andother basic necessities to helpthose who have been devastat-

ed by the typhoon.Relief goods that have been

accumulated by the MORMSSSG will be forwarded to theLocal Government Unit (LGU)of the municipality of Guino-batan. It will then be trans-fered to the Albay Office of

Studes attend training fornewspaper publishing

Civil Defense (OCD) V headedby Albay Governor Joey SarteSalceda.

Other student govern-ments in the Province of Al-bay will also be participatingin the said relief efforts.

The Albay OCD V hasflown to different parts ofLeyte for their 21st relief mis-sion.

They were the first teamto respond after typhoon Hai-yan hit western Visayas.

BYJENSENNASOL

Razal coached by Mrs. Gem-ma Tayo, Yves Lawrence IvanOarde and Ian Arjona coachedby Ms. Saralyn Manrique allganered the top spots in theMath Team Competition.

Mr. Domingo Tuazon, T-II,

Guinobatan celebrates rst longganisa fest

BYGUIAMAELONDOO

BYYVESLAWRENCEIVANOARDE

Yves Lawrence Ivan Oardeand Dana Eilyn Sambajon ofThe Quill and Xyrel O. Tusonof Ang Sinag with adviser,Mrs. Sarah Red attended theRegional Live-in Training-Workshop on CollaborativePublishing for Selected Sec-ondary School Paper Advisersand Writers held last October1-4, 2013 at the Charisma Func-tion Hall, San Rafael, Guinoba-tan, Albay.

The four-day activity aimsto strengthen the commitmentof school paper advisers andcampus writers to CampusJournalism in Region V aswell as to improve knowledgein conducting interviews, inwriting news, features and edi-torials, to enhance skills in the

production of school papersthrough effective page make-up, and manifest competencein utilizing modern technolo-gy in school paper production.

The workshop included lec-tures about school paper ad-vising, school paper planning; news, feature, and editorialwriting, and the usage of Ado-be InDesign and Pagemaker.

Participants were composedof news writers, editorialwriters, feature writers photojournalists, and school paperadvisers of their respectiveeditorial boards in the region.

This activity was corollaryto Republic Act 7079 otherwiseknown as the Journalism Actof 1991, and in support of thedevelopment of digital literacyas 21st century core skills.

Math double win

HS boxer dies after seven-day coma

Mathematics won first placein the Math Device, TeacherCategory. Jaevany Olavarioand Aira Vianca Dayto gar-nered the first place in theMath Game. Francie Felicesand Primo Emmanuel Oroyogot 3rd in the Math Puzzle.

Division winners shall

represent Albay in the region-al level.

The competition andcamp was held at Malabog Na-tional High School last Octo-ber 14-16, 2013 at Malabog Na-tional High School, Salvacion,Daraga, Albay.

FROMFRONTPAGE

Guinobatan, a town re-knowned for its signature takeon Longganisa, celebrated its

first ever Longganisa Festivallast August 1-15, 2013.

The festival kicked offwith a mass in the Our Ladyof Assumption Parish inGuinobatan followed by a mo-torcade.

Competitions such as theGuinobatan Got Talent, Long-

ganiza Culinaria,

Ginang at Binibini ng Long-ganisa were held during the15-day duration of the festival.

A dance showdown and

ballroom dancing competi-tion was also held where theMORMS ballroom dancers tookthe first place with Mr. SamuelPabilonia as their coach.

Mrs. Annalie Convocarwon the title for Ginang ngLongganisa 2013.

A parade was also heldwith participants coming from44 barangays in Guinobatan.

Jonas Joshua Garcia, a sixteen year old amateur boxerdied after seven days in comatose on December 15, 2013.

Garcia, 16, of San Miguel, Bulacan was competing atthe Central Luzon Regional Athletic Association meet whenhe complained of dizziness during the second round of hismatch with a boxer from Bataan, a report said. He was thentransported to the Zambales Provincial Hospital

The Department of Education has now suspended allboxing events in Central Luzon after the incident. (inquirer.net)

(S.S.)

MORMS holds concentratedtraining for athletes

In preparation for the Regional Meet, Albay athleteswill undergo a concentrated training which is held everyyear.

The said preparation will last for about two monthsfrom December 14, 2013 to January 27, 2014 at Marcial O.Raola Memorial School, Guinobatan, Albay.

One hundred ninety-six (196) athletes will participatein the said training for both the male and female categoriesof Arnis, Archery, Basketball, Badminton, Baseball, Soft-ball, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Taekwondo,Soccer, Swimming, Sepak Takraw, Javelin Throw, Shotput,Running and Gymnastics.

The training will also include 43 officials and coordina-tors of the DSSEAU of Albay.

The Regional Meet will be held on February 2-7, 2014in Catanduanes Sports Complex, Virac, Catanduanes. Bicolqualifiers shall represent the region in the nationals in La-

guna.(Y.L.O.)

The Citizenship Advance-ment Training (CAT) facilita-tors and cadets of secondaryschools also joined the parade.

The parade concluded in frontof the municipal hall of thetown.

The Longganiza de Guino-batan, known for being smallin size but big in taste haslong been recognized nation-wide and is the One Town, OneProduct (OTOP) Product ofGuinobatan, Albay.

Seniors rule Intrams 2013The Seniors once again bested the other year levels dur-

ing the School Intramurals held last September 11-13, 2013.The Seniors earned a total of 412 points making them

this years overall champion. The sophomores came in 2ndwith 379 points while the juniors, the freshmen, and theEvening Opportunity Class were declared 3rd, 4th and 5threspectively. (C. M. C.)

NEWSBITS

PACKING FOR TACLOBAN Local Goverment Unit (LGU) Guinobatan employeeshelp MORMS Supreme Student Government load packed relief goods for trans-port to Tacloban and other Yolanda-devastated areas.


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Jaevany OlavarioTHE BICOLNON BELIEFS

when it comes to nature isquite as hard to believe asfairy tales, only that they donthave happily ever afters, onlyonce upon a times. They arestories that furnish wonders

to minds of many. They arewhat we hear when we inad-vertently eavesdropped overTia Rosing and Tia Gorings

conversation when buyingpepper and seasoning fromTia Gondangs retail store.They are the stories that werekept untrue for lacking of ba-sis but proven factual throughstockpiled experiences.

Feeling ill? You might aswell tell yourself to buy somemedicine over the counter orgo to the clinic and consult a

doctor. But what if, it wontdo? What if you still feelwhimpered? Bikolanos arentsaying medicinal doctors arefake, they just know better. Ifever there comes a time thatyoure unwell and taking pillsor consulting a doctor doesntmake you feel any better,

quackery is allthat you need.

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According to experts, the top

ve ways to beat energy zap-

pers are to get enough sleep, eat

a healthy diet, drink eight to ten

glasses regularly, eat on time and

exercise. But a parainibang will

advise you to nothing but sleep.

After a series of weird rootless

actions done to the patient, the

zapped will be of life again.Sibang is a well-known con-

dition among Bikolanos. The

person in this state suffers from

extreme drainage of stamina,

stomachache and vomiting. They

experience severe dizziness

brought by, well, a stinky reek

inhaled while in a state of mild

famine. This reek is from a per-

sons smell stinging the energy

of the inhaler. I might as well de-

scribe this headache as a sensa-

tion due to excessive headbang-

ing for hours of listening to rock

music. Some kinds of sibang

gives LBM or even losing appe-

tite for eating, and to some, they

seem to see the world spinninground or a lot worse than that.

The healer, whom is termed as

parainibang can only be capable

of the said title if and only if, he

or she had already been through

the same condition. He or she

makes use of leaves of buyo

from Tia Esters backyard. These

The Walking DollDolls of voodoo are normally being

feared by many. Stories heard from

old natives in barrios with a tell-tale

of these gurines are labeled kulam.

They are talks that daunt the world of

a minds eye and spill a tank-full tar

over a well-furnished house.

Kulam is a tagalog term for

curse. It is typically an evil practice

of vengeance. Mangku-

kulamswith the use of

some stitched gures of

human reprimand men.

They use this to do something terrible

to the victim by somehow getting

Have you experienced anyaching on the back or anypart of the body? I adviseyou to consult Tia Pisya, aknown parahilot in a nearbybarangay. She doesnt haveany orasyon to chant, or anyodd liniment that came fromnowhere. She is with no scis-sors and with no bilao thatspins, just an egg or a bottleof a special oil with an in-visible glue on its shell orbottle-skin. Sometimes, sheis with no kit at all, just herbare hands and her relieving

touches.Hilot is a traditional and

an inexplicable reexologypracticed thoughout the region.It is often associated with themodern reexology, an alterna-

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strands of

l o ck s

o f

hair from

them. Tortures are

bestowed upon them

by pricks of needles all

over the body, or blaz-ing the doll on re.

This is done occasionally with a num-

ber of evil enchantments preached all

night long with black candles lit all

over the mangkukulams place.

The victim of this wicked

prowess can only be cured by another

mangkukulam. Sadly, some are with

no cure and the only way to make

yourself feel better is to settle the

scores or take revenge.

Hilot

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leaves are described as a heart-

shaped sheet of chlorophyll. Both

hands of the person that is in af-

iction of this state is tasked to

squish two leavesone of each

hand. When the color and odor

of the sap of the leaves havent

change, this means you are ailing

from another condition and you

have to consult a doctor or an al-

bularyo. But when the tint of the

sheet gives the color of crimson

and bequeaths a robust smell, na-

sibang ka. The redder the color

and the stronger the odor, the

more intense the sibang is.

Sibang-guran,

as to what most

people in Cama-

lig and Guino-

batan call it, is

the most intense

kind of sibang.

People suffering

from this condi-

tion feel scrawny

in the most un-

explained way.

This confers the

reddest sap and

the stinkiest aro-

ma of buyo.

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7/12

Retribution of the UnseenThe Perplexing ReflexologyHAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT

the term santigwar? How abouttawong-lipod? Do you believe increatures that overshadow in theother dimension which you cancall nothing?

The stories about nuno sa pun-so, tikbalang, tawong-lipod, du-wende, and kapre were as goodas a great villain in your fairytale story. Hard to believe, im-possible to exist, yet consideredas a part of the bikolanos dailyliving.

Tabi tabi po or Tabi poapo. Our elders constantly re-mind us to chant this wheneverwe come across a dark yard or a

forest like place, even when werejust about to throw somethingout of the window or to pee onthat grassy place. Then we kepton bugging them why, until weget a senseless response that will

tap our head of whys and whats,getting answers that are on thelist of the worlds false facts.

Santigwar or santiguar camefrom the Late Latin word sanc-ticare which means to makeholy. This is a traditional way ofcuring illnesses that cores fromthe disturbance of nature spiritsexisting in other dimensions ofour own place. Parasantigwar oralbularyo in tagalog is the labelgiven to people that practice san-tigwar as a healing custom. Theychant orasyons that are usuallyin deep Bicol or Latin while per-forming an unusual healing prac-tice. Some parasantigwar use

candles, oil and a small plate toexplain what happened or to tellwhat the cause is. Teenagers of-ten name-call this as X-ray forafter the enchantment whispered,a black and white picture seem-

ingly appears of what creaturehad punished the poor one. Theparasantigwar makes a sign ofthe cross and puts a cross on thehead, the belly button and otherparts of the body after the ritual.Some use drops of candle wax ona basin to get a picture. Some usescissors and a bilao, then chantsquestion and wait for the bilao tostop spinning.

The usual statement of aparasantigwar after the ritualis naumngan tabi si nonoy orsomething out there was dis-turbeda nuno sa punso, a tik-balang or a kapre. What you willhear from her or him is without

any basis nor explanations, butas soon as you feel better, you willtell yourself that what he or shesaid is true.

tive medicine involving the physicalact of applying pressure to the feet,hands, or ears with specic thumb,nger, and hand techniques. Theonly difference is they dont haveany basis of doing so, just pressingand caressing a specic body part togive relief to the person.

The injury or the aching ofsomething is traditionally called aslupo, and the person ailing is callednalupoan. It is when you feel anaching of a body part due to a fall, awrong move or even when you makea pretzel out of yourself when sleep-ing. It is far different from a bone

fracture, but a little with relation todislocations or muscle aches. Thiscan or cant be healed by medical orreex specialist.

The parahilot makes use of anegg or oil in a bottle. He or she man-

ages to tell what has gone wrongby his or her kit. When the bottleor the egg sticks or is temporar-ily glued to a body part, that iswhere the lupo is. The parahilotmakes it well again by pressingsome skin and applying oil, nochanting of prayers, no ritualsinvolved. Just a little breakingof some joints and a tickling yetpainful sensation felt through thehighways of nerves streamingdown your body.

After the sluggish practice,and some resting, all that ailed isbailed! People that continue this

custom can tell me no accuratecore of this perplexing alterna-tive. It can better anyone as wellas doctors can, yet with no vividelucidation of what this is.

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8/12

I stared at this blank sheet of pa-

per in my hand, hoping that in a way

it can speak the words that my mouth

couldnt tell. It seems only yesterday,

I was laughing my heart out until I

couldnt breathe. Now, things had

quite a turn on me. When youre shat-

tered like broken glass, no matter how

everyone tries to x you and make youwhole again, I must say that in the

end, the cracks are still there. It stays

forever.

I remember it all too well: the sun-

rise that had hit my face as I look out

the window, the morning breeze that

dampened my cheek with its coldness,

and the beep of the machine in the

room that always give me the shiv-

ers like no other. How can I forget my

nightmare if it strikes me helpless

whenever I am alone?

How can I retell a story that leaves a

big hole in me? My vision blurred and

the dreadful nightmare starts.

I ran, almost ew the path which

led to the hospitals ICU. I was carry-

ing an ice box containing six bags of

blood and hemoglobin. Leukemia is

an illness that even the richest people

couldnt survive. It makes you weak,

turns you into a pale ghost, and eats

up all the hope in you. I put the ice boxon the oor as soon as I had arrived.

Where is he? I thought his bed was in

the middle? Then it dawned on me. He

was the one surrounded by the doctors.

The one being revived. I held on to my

hope too tight that I didnt even notice

the words of the doctor as he emerged

from the hospitals double doors.

Im sorry but your father is gone.

And with every pain she endures,

comes with every teardrop in my lonely

eyes.

Holding the hand of my mother, cold

and skinny as she silently breathes

the afternoon breeze, will always be

remembered in my heart. How her

pleading eyes convinced me to give

her something to ease her pain. She

only wanted mixed fruits and I couldnt

say no to her especially if its the only

food she likes to eat after days being

in bed, only eating a teaspoon full of

porridge. I kissed my mother goodbye

and assured her I would be back soon.

She just closed her eyes as I stared at

her face, trying to memorize every de-

tail of it.

My hands were shaking as I took the

mixed fruits from the lady in front of

I want to nd

s o me on e who caninvent a meter. You want to knowwhat it will be used for? It is tomeasure how far the inuence ofa teacher can reach, how far it cango and when it will stop. I want toknow because no matter how hardI try, it will still be incalculableand the results will always be in-scrutable.

Whatever I become someday, two of

my teachers will surely and always be apart of it. I am certain of that. Yes, theyare special but in two dierent ways.Yes, Ive learned a lot from them butin two dierent manners. Yes, theyhad a great impact in my side but intwo very dierent cases. Lets namethem Teacher A and Teacher B and letme tell you our story.

Alphabetically, we will startwith Teacher A. She is my teacher whenI was in the second grade and yes, she isa she. She had taught me how to writein cursive. She had taught me this, that,these and those. She had taught mea lot of things but theres somethingabout her which is remarkable. TeacherA is Teacher Favorite. She always praisessomeone who is one of her favoritesand doesnt mind the rest. Im not one

of those and I dont care. I dont like hereither.

Theres one thing I admiredabout her still and that is for being or-ganized. She organizes everything andmakes sure that it is in place. She lets usle our subject requirements, quizzes,and others in a box that everyone of ushas our name in front of it, printed. Theclass was divided then in four groups. Itwas divided by row and in all group ac-tivities and program before the classesstart, you and your group mates are al-ways a team. Even in collecting papers,outputs and distributing books.

One ne and sunny day, Ididnt expect for something dierentto happen. She gave a short quiz. Eachrow, there was an assigned collectorfor the papers. I immediately passed itto her as soon as I nished answeringall of the questions. We checked and

after checking, I didnt getmy paper back and then I ap-

proached my teacher and told her it wasmissing. I barely realized that a coupleof seconds later, everyone was lookingfor it and everybody was busy. Tomy surprise, my teacher toldeverybody to sit downexcept me. Only thenI realized that shefound what ev-erybody waslooking for.She askedme to gonear her.I obeyed.

Did you passyour paper MissOlavario?, sheasked me. I said Yes.To whom did you pass it?,again, she asked me. To Mariel,Madam, our collector, I told her. Shetold me that she found my paper on hertable. At rst, I didnt get the point whyshes interrogating me. I dont have anyidea but then she asked me if I cheated

and copied all he answers on the boardand passed my paper after checking. Isaid No, a rm answer. She alreadychecked my paper. I got the high-est mark, actually and thats why shedoubted. I was able to answer an itemin the exam which only I answered cor-rectly. She didnt believe me. Then whyis your paper on my table?, she askedme with a tone that made my heart beatwild. I answered that I dont know and Idont have any idea how. My voice wasalready trembling but I took courage. Iknew that I have done nothing wrong.She called our collector and asked herif I passed my paper to her. My heartdropped when she said no. My cheeksared while an octopus got wild andplayed a drum solo inside my chest. Ididnt know what to say but I swear onmy own grave that I passed it to her. Ihad nothing to say because I know that

she wont believe me. She asked meagain and again and again if I cheated. I

said no because I really didnt do some-thing stupid like that. She shouted.

S he s already angryat me. Shame was on me. I was stand-ing in front of my classmates and beingscolded by a teacher. My face was al-

ready soaking wet that time and I couldvividly remember the scene. I dontthink she has a plan to stop whatevershe was doing. That is for the rst timeever in my life, I felt pathetic, I felt pitywith myself hearing my sobs echo insidethat room with the faint murmurs of myclassmates. What I felt that time made agreat impact in my personality. I sworeafter that moment, as I sit on my chairand ducked my head on the desk feelingwet, that no one will ever treat me thatway again, especially when I know that Ihave done nothing wrong.

Enough of the drama, letstalk about my Favorite Teacher, TeacherB. He is my teacher slash adviser slashfather slash big brother slash friendwhen I was in the second year. He hasa dierent way of teaching. A mentorin mathmy waterloo as I consider itthat. He teaches values in life without

his students knowing that theyare already learning it. You just

go on with the ow, never realizingwhat he has done. But after internal-izing all of those, youd realize thattheres something that has changed in

you. Theres something that after anevent or two, will be dierent in

you and Im telling you dar-ling, its for the better.

I value him. Hemeans so much to me.

Hes been there inevery way that hecan until now. Heis the reason why Igained self-con-dence. One time,

he pushed me on acompetition thatmy old self will

unlikely join into.Im glad he did that

even if at rst, I dontthink

hesd o -

ing thatfor me but

for the benetof the second yearcurriculum. He motivated me tostudy even harder and do even better.He made me realize that I should neverbe contented on my standing and strive

harder to reach a better place. I dontknow but among all the people that hasbeen around me, Ive got this feelingthat he is the one who believes in methe most and that helps a lot becauseI am the kind of person who would notbelieve in herself unless anyone does. Idont want him to be mad at me. I evengot depressed when hes disappointedwith me. With that, I am really tryingmy best in everything not to disappointhim. Because of him, I became stron-ger. I became mindless of the thingsthat wont bring good to me. I becamea person that I am now, a girl that willstand up and ght for she has a point,a girl that will still be there no matterhow hard he rain blows. I became a girlwith principle, a girl that will stand forwhats right, a girl that will not mindwhat other people will say for she knowswhat she is doing and shes thinking be-

fore she does somethi ng.I am now a girl that is

condent with herself and remains thesame girl even when critisicisms arethrown at me. And I became the sameold girl, sweet, cheerful, loving, perse-vering, persisting and patient. I becamethe same old sweet Jaevany because hetaught me to never forget myself nomatter how much I have learned fromanyone, anything and anywhere.

HE IS MY HERO. He might notbe Superman, Batman, Iron Man, Spi-derman, or Lastikman, but hes the onlyone that has dug whatever he has to digin me to bring about whats good. Hemight not be Jose Rizal, Juan Luna, An-dres Bonifacio or Emilio Jacinto, but he

was a big part of my history and will beconsidered as hero. He might not havehis monument built nor his name print-ed on newspapers, but he will always bea man with his monument on my mindand his name printed on my heart.

Now that youve met them,Teacher A and Teacher B, or should I say,Teacher Favorite and Favorite Teacher,can you now invent the meter I want?Did it at least give you an idea who torecommend? Let me guess, you didnt,did you? Well, lets just give up. Lets

just keep it in my short list of The onlythings I gave up with because eventhe greatest Mathematician, the mostbrilliant Historian, the most intelligent

Physicist or the smartest Philosopherwill not be able to invent such thing thatIve been desperately looking for. Why?Because God wanted it to be like that.He wants it to remain immeasurable forit really is. Because their inuence isinnite and for so many years that theearth is lled with living things, no oneever measured innity and no one willever measure it. Their inuence is foreternity, thus, it will remain immeasur-able and incalculable through time tolet everyone know that they are reallyspecial.

This essay is about to end and if onlyyou could see me right now, currentlywiping the tears o my cheeks as I makethe keyboard go tik-tik-tak, I thinkyou will really see their impact on mypart. Its like hearing a rocket which isonly a hundred meters away from whereyou stand take o.

Awakening of a Sunsetthe counter. I stormed out of the store

and stopped as I read the text from mybrother.

Shine! where are you? Mom fainted.

I cant nd her pulse

It sounds clich but the world

seemed to slow down around me all

over again. Like the feeling I used to

have whenever I watch the sun hide

its light during sunset. I could hear

my loud breathing. I could feel tears

escape my eyes. I could feel my heart

go numb because of too much pain.

How could something so worst be more

than worst?

My vision blurred as nightmare

stared me in the eyes. I slowly opened

my eyes and watched the sun go down

the horizon. It is beautiful, but sad.

People cry not because theyre weak,

but because they have been strong for

too long. People see me laugh and

smile all the time. They used to tell me

that I am strong and seem unaected.They never see me when Im alone. They

cant read my mind to know what emo-

tions lurk behind the happy faade.

They dont know how broken I am.

You never know how strong you are

until being strong is the only option I

have. Everything happens for a reason.

I learned lessons that only I can teach

myself. You can see cracks on broken

glass but still, it stands strong. Im re-

ally broken, but I have everyone beside

me. And that is more than enough. My

parents wouldnt be happy if I continue

to hide myself trapped by their deaths.

So I stand and smile at the sunset as

the passage from a book seeps its way

into my memory:

Sunset doesnt mean endings, rath-

er, a pause for new beginnings.

My life goes on. It doesnt end in

sunsets.

(Editors Note: The author is the

daughter of Mrs. Gina Cantal, school

paper adviser of The Highlander,ocial

publication of Jovellar National HS,

who passed away last August 30,2013.)

CZARINABLESSIECANTAL


9/12

http://www.admu.edu.ph/news/team-ph-wins-schneider-electric%E2%80%99s-go-green-city-global-challenge

2013 WINNEROFSCHNEIDERELECTRICSGOGREENINTHECITYGLOBALFINALS

THE OSCILLOHUMP isan alternative energy devicethat, when installed in roadbumps, converts the mechan-ical stress created by vehiclesinto useful electrical energy.

The whole system works

in a process called electro-magnetic induction. Thisprinciple was discovered inthe 1800s by Michael Faraday.This process happens when aconductor is exposed to vary-ing magnetic fields where apotential difference (voltage)is produced. Large springsare contracted which plung-es magnets down to the sole-noids (an electromagnet).

The system will thencharge a battery that canpower DC loads such as LEDstreet lamps, traffic lights, or

CCTV cameras and the ex-

cess power may be fed to thepower grid.

Indeed, this conceptcould potentially be the fu-ture for alternative energyproduction in the Phlippines,if not, the world.

The concept was bornone evening when LorenzPayonga, while walkingaround campus, saw a taxipass over a road bump.

That was the eurekamoment!, he said in an in-terview in a magazine.

He immediately contact-ed Alyssa Tricia Vintola andgot to work. They presentedthe Oscillohump to theircoach Dr. Reese Macabebe afew days later with two otherideas that they had in mind.The Oscillohump, the most

outrageous of the three, said

L o r e n zwas theidea thatstood out to Dr.

Macabebe.They also got to work

with Schneider Electric Phil-ippines Homer Ilagan. Sch-neider Electric is companythat specializes in green en-ergy management solutions.They had helped Payongaand Antivola in subsidizingthe materials that were usedin their project. Ilagan wasconfident that the team hadthe winning idea.

Payonga and Antivolahad first competed in theEast Asia leg and bested 14

teams. During the world fi-nals, they competed with 50other teams from all aroundthe globe and won.Lorenz Ray Payonga was thenan Engineering and ScienceEducation Program studentof Marcial O. Raola Memori-al School and has consistent-ly been on top of the class. Hegraduated as class valedic-torian on 2010 and has then

pursuedhis studies

at Ateneo de Ma-nila University (ADMU).

Payonga and his team-mate Alyssa Tricia Vintolaare presently in their 5th Yearin BS Electronics and Com-munications Engineering

( E C E )and was

mentored byDr. Reese Macabe-

be and Engr. HomerIlagan in the Go Green

in the City Challenge.Go Green in the City is

an international challenge

sponsored by Schneider Elec-tric that challenges businessand engineering students todesign ideas and find solu-tions for better optimizationof energy and power.

(Sources: admu.edu.ph, Phil-ippine Starweek)

YVESLAWRENCEIVANOARDE

With Oscillohumps innovative eco-design, creativity and cost efective -ness, Lorenz Ray Payonga and Alyssa Tricia Vintola are never too far fromchanging the world with their project, Oscillohump.

Project NOAHPhilippines arkagainst deluge

We want a more accurate, moreintegrated, and more responsivedisaster prevention and mitiga-tion system, and well get justthat in Project N.O.A.H.

Project N.O.A.H. (NationwideOperational Assessment of Haz-ards), launched June 6, 2012, haseight components and will har-ness various technologies andmanagement services for disas-ter risk reduction activities of-fered by the Department of Sci-ence and Technology throughPHIVOLCS, PAGASA, and theDOST-Advanced Science andTechnology Institute (ASTI)

together with the UP NationalInstitute of Geological Sciencesand the UP College of Engineer-ing.

The eight components underthe program are as follows;

Hydromet Sensors Develop-ment

The plan is to have a to-tal of 600 automated rain gaug-es (ATR) and 400 water levelmonitoring stations (WLMS) in-stalled by the last month of 2013.The goal is to provide a betterpicture of the countrys surfacewater in relation to flooding. Ac-cording to the Priority ProgramAccountability Report Card, a

few ATRs and WLMS have al-ready been installed in .

DREAM-LIDAR 3-D MappingProject

Disaster Risk ExposureAssessment for Mitigation Light Detection and Ranging(DREAM-LIDAR) Project aimsto produce more accurate floodabundance and hazard mapsin 3D for the flood prone areas,major river systems and water-sheds. Recent numbers tell thatLIDAR data processing equip-ment and work station havebeen procured and identified,and LIDAR operation trainingshave been conducted.

Enhancing Geohazards Map-ping through LIDAR

The project shall be doneby December 2014 and will useLIDAR technology and comput-er assisted analyses to identifyexact areas prone to landslides.

CHASSAM Project Coastal Hazards and

Storm Surge Assessment andMitigation (CHASSAM) Proj-ect shall generate wave surge,wave refraction and coastal cir-culation models to understandand recommend solutions forcoastal erosion. December 2014will mark the beginning of thisproject.

FloodNET Project The Flood Information

Network Project is a flood cen-ter that will provide timely andaccurate information for floodearly warning systems.

LaDDeRS Project The Local Developmentof Doppler Radar Systems (LaD-DeRS) Project seeks to developlocal capacity to design, fabri-cate, and operate sub-systemsof Doppler radars for remotelysensing the dynamic parame-ters of sea surface such as wave,wind field, and surface currentvelocity.

Landslide Sensors Develop-ment Project

This is an early moni-toring and warning system forlandslides, slope failures and de-bris flow. The project is low costand already installed in more

than ten areas throughout thePhilippines.WHIPWeather Hazard Information

Project utilizes platforms suchas the television, mainly theDOSTv and a web portal (http://noah.dost.gov.ph), to displayreal-time satellite, Doppler ra-dar, ARG and WLMS data. Theproject aims to prepare Localgovernment Units and commu-nities against natural hazards.This also features conductingIEC (Information, Education,and Communication) activities;

and b) the processing and pack-aging of relevant and up-to-dateinformation for public use.

Surfing the Project NOAHs

official website (noah.dost.gov.ph) allows people to see weatherconditions in areas throughoutthe country by simply enteringa location on the search tab. Youcan see the different weather sta-tions and Doppler inputs, plusyou can get real-time weatheroutlook.

The use of this project is alsostretching to roads as the De-partment of public works andHighways (DPWH) declare part-nership with DOST and the Uni-versity of the Philippines (UP)Training Center for Applied Ge-odesy and Photogrammetry inits infrastructure planning for

roads, bridges, and flood controlprojects.Project NOAH would serve

as the Philippines ark againstdeluge. We would put an end tothe ordeal that people have beenaccustomed to in rainy weather.Hindi na puwede ang bahalana, sawa na tayo sa kaba, thePresident said.

With accurate and enoughinformation, we would gear Fili-pinos toward sufficient readi-ness, he added.

(inquirer.net)

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JAEVANYOLAVARIO

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10/12

Will the Earth soon

become a dead planet?Cherie Fher Vendiola

Scientists havedetermined that thetemperature nearthe Earths center is6000 degrees Celsius,a solid 1000 degreesCelsius higher thanwhat was previouslyestablished by Re-

inhard Boehler in1993. These measure-ments confirm thatthe temperature dif-ference between themantle and the solidcore must be at least1500 degrees Celsius,which explains theexistence of Earthsmagnetic field.

The Earths core ismainly consisted of liq-uid iron and it is onlyin the very center thatthe iron solidifies dueto extreme temperatureand pressure. Seismicwaves captured afterearthquakes around the

world provide vast in-formation on the thick-ness and density of theEarths layers. They,however, give no indi-cation of temperature,which happens to havea crucial influence onthe movement of ma-terials within the coreand mantle.

A team of scientists led by Agns Dewaele from the French national technologi-cal research organization, alongside members of the French National Center forScientic Research CNRS and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF inGrenoble, France, used a diamond anvil cell and powerful laser beams to generatean accurate picture of the temperature prole of the Earths core.

They found the tempera-ture of iron at different tem-peratures using speck-sizedsamples compressed to severalmillion atmospheres and heat-ed to as high as 5000 degreesCelsius. They then developed atechnique where intense beamof X-rays from the synchrotronprobe a sample and deduce, inseconds, whether a sample issolid, liquid or partially mol-ten after encountering prob-lems with samples reachingthe extreme temperature of the

Earths core but only for sec-onds, not enough time to probemechanically.

The scientists deter-mined in the experiment themelting point of iron to 4800 de-grees Celsius and 2.2 million at-mospheres pressure, and thenused an extrapolation methodto determine that at 3.3 millionatmospheres- the pressure atthe border between liquid andsolid core- the temperaturewould be 6000 degrees give ortake.

Why should this matter

then?Earth has a magnetic field

that extends from the Earthsinterior to where it meets thesolar wind, a stream of chargedparticles emanating from theSun.

The heart of the planet isresponsible for the existence ofthe Earths magnetic field, thatis responsible for the daily rota-tion exercise of the world, thatis responsible for the occurenceof day and night. It has every-thing to do with the way the

world tilts and spins in its axisand the shifting, too.

People from the past andthe present suggest that thereare shifts in the positions ofthe poles and the axis of rota-tion of the Earth, creating ca-lamities. This is called the cata-clysmic pole shift hypothesis.

This is an entirely differ-ent concept from plate tecton-ics for even at the pole shift, thecrust retains its position. Onlythe magnetic field changes andthe tilt of the world.

The rotation of the Earth

and its revolution around thesun determines our day to dayclimate and yearly seasons.Shifts in the rotation can causedrastic change in out climate.

The changes in climate arealways being attributed to Glob-al Warming, a phenomenon of-ten thought to be brought aboutby humans activities, yet thereis another reason altogether.The shifting of the poles de-mands changes in the climatesince the position of the Earthis highly influential in this as-

pect.Humans have a great

role in the recent happenings;the Global Warming, ClimateChange and all. But our planethas its own phenomena thatdetermine how hard our lifewould be as we dwell on its sur-face. The core is hot as hell. Thepoles are shifting. Our planet isnot how we made it out to be.

Climate is changing, wecant stop it. We cant even pre-vent it now. But is it really ourfault, or is our planet dying?(Sources: ERMF, Wikipedia)

Photo Courtesy: http://www.armageddononline.org/top-10-ways-to-destroy-earth.html

Used motor oil can be discardedimproperly in our environmentwhich may harm animal and plantlife. In order to bring that prob-ability down, this study seeks torecycle used motor oil into a non-permanent ink.

Methods include ltering theused motor oil and adding a darkening substance then a liquid to reduce the viscosity of the mixture. Theexperiment tested out two darkening substances which are soot and charcoal dust. Then 3 liquids wereadded, warm saltwater, and vinegar, both oil miscible. The third, a dishwashing liquid, was immiscible.

Several combinations of these substances were tried in specic ratios. First, ltered motor oil was mixedwith soot in three setups. Then each setup was mixed with each of the following: warm saltwater solu -tion, salt vinegar solution and dishwashing liquid. Then there were another three setups but this time,charcoal dust was mixed with the liquid motor oil then the same liquids were added. The mixtures will bemixed thoroughly by stirring to evenly disperse the colloidal particles present in them. All outputs thatwere produced will be compared to one another to determine which formulation is the best.

Dierent ratios were tried in the combination of the three main components and it turned out thatSetup A from experiment V (20 mL motor oil, 5g charcoal dust, 0.75 mL war saltwater solution) proved tobe the best ink compared to the other formulations based on the inks clarity, adhesiveness, and consis-tency but it did not attain industrial type quality.

MotorOil InkA proposed research by astudent of IV-Galileo, EarlFred Orozco

Photo Courtesy: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/31/trucks-fall-ill-to-x-factor/

Researchers led by TomMeyer at the Energy FrontierResearch Center at the Univer-sity of North Carolina at Cha-pel Hill created a new systemthat converts the suns energyinto hydrogen fuel and storesit for later use to address theproblem of solar energy be-ing available only at daytime.They took the cue from naturalphotosynthesis, Meyer said.

The new findings may providea last major puzzle piece for anew way to store the suns en-ergy.

The new system designedby Meyer and colleagues atUNC and with Greg Parsonsgroup at North Carolina StateUniversity does is known asa dye-sensitized photoelec-trosynthesis cell, or DSPEC,and it generates hydrogen fuelby using the suns energy tosplit water into its componentparts. After the split, hydro-gen is sequestered and stored,while the byproduct, oxygen,

is released into the air.They faced challenges in

splitting water, the processbeing so hard as you need totake four electrons away fromtwo water molecules, trans-fer them somewhere else, andmake hydrogen, and, once youhave done that, keep the hy-drogen and oxygen separated.But in the end, they overcameit. After years of research andinvestigations on DSPECs they

designed a system that finallyallows us to harness energyfrom the sun even at night-time.

When you talk about pow-ering a planet with energystored in batteries, its justnot practical, said Meyer. Itturns out that the most energydense way to store energy isin the chemical bonds of mol-ecules. And thats what we did we found an answer throughchemistry.(http://scitechdaily.com/

new-system-converts-suns-en-ergy-hydrogen-fuel/)

An Answer through ChemistryPRINCESSJEANORFANO

2,384 students MMR, Td immunizedJAEVANYOLAVARIO

The Department of Health has af-rmed an outbreak of measles in morethan half of the National Capital Region

as doctors conrm more cases of a virusthat killed nearly two dozen people lastyear. Between Jan. 1 and Dec. 14 lastyear, the health department recordeda total of 1,724 measles cases with 21deaths due to complications such aspneumonia caused by the virus.

The health department declares a mea-sles outbreak if at least one laboratory-conrmed case of infection is reportedwithin three of the last four weeks.The only way of preventing the virus isthrough vaccination. Health ocials saythe reason for the current outbreak isbecause previous vaccination campaigns

did not reach all those in need.Measles is an infection of the respi-

ratory tract caused by a virus that in -duces u-like symptoms, such as runnynose, coughing and fever. It can spreadthrough cough or direct contact withbody uids and can be highly contagiousif treatment is delayed. Children, preg-nant mothers and people with weakimmune systems are the most at risk ofcatching the virus. The only way of pre-venting the virus is through vaccination.A single measles case can spread farmore easily than other viruses. Wherethe u can infect up to three other indi-

viduals, measles can infect up to 18 oth-er people, even before rashes appear.

The Department of Healthin partnership with the Department ofEducation had implemented a series ofschool-based adolescent immunizationin all secondary schools in the country.This is based on the DOH DepartmentMemorandum No. 2013-0168.

Marcial O. Raola MemorialSchool had been part of this programand immunized grade 7 to 4th year stu-dents last December 4, 6, and 9, 2013.Beforehand, parents had been orientedby the school nurse, Mrs. Sisinia Jimenezof the essence of the immunization andits for-life benets for it is a booster-dose vaccine. She also discussed the dis-

eases one will be protected from, suchas measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus anddiphtheria also known as the MMR andTd Vaccine. After which, permits werereleased by the school clinic for the par-ents approval for the child to be immu-nized.

A total of 2, 384 students(1,438 for male and 946 for female)were immunized which is 59 percent ofthe schools population. We can then besure that these students are already pro -tected from these diseases through theMMR and Td Vaccine for life.

( h t t p : / / b l o g s . w s j . c o m / searealtime/2014/01/06/philippines-launches-vaccination-drive-to-halt-mea -sles-outbreak/)

A CASEOFRUBELLA

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11/12

Bye Bye BoxingBoxing, the beloved sport that every Filipino craves for due

to its intense, exhilarating, heart-stopping action, may see itsend, for athletic meets, that is.

Calls for the sport to be banned grow louder as a 16 year oldmale athlete died after a week in a coma after participating in aboxing match in a regional sports competition.

Jonas Garcia, the said athlete sustained internal bleedingafter the match, was later declared brain dead and ultimatelyand unfortunately, passed away. He first reported dizziness onthe second round in a bout against a fighter from Bataan. Gar-cia was rushed to Zambales Provincial Hospital and was later

transferred to University of Santo Tomas Hospital. However, theinjuries he sustained were far too great to overcome.

After the said incident, DepEd has suspended all boxingmatches at an athletic meet in Central Luzon. They have also ex-pressed their sincere condolences to the Garcia family.

This may very well be the end of not just boxing but all con-tact sports from being included in future athletic meets. There isabsolutely no way that this type of incident should ever happenagain. Boxing has taken its toll on young developing bodies andfurther practice of the sport may lead to long term ailments andeven death.

Manny Pacquiao, arguably the number one pound for poundfighter in the world said that cancelling boxing isnt the solutionas that is where the country gets its boxers for the Olympics.Instead, the Pacman suggests that proper precautions must betaken.

Hasnt the proper precautions been followed before the trag-ic event? Even if this sport is approached with extreme caution,the unpredictability of the sport itself makes it very life threat-ening.

The Bulacan teams suggestion on abolishing all contactsports for future athletic events should be strongly considered.We certainly wont wait till the next tragedy strikes to learn ourlesson.

ASTINASAYAO

The sting of the wind is

hardly felt. The suns raysare forgotten as the eyessquint down the ending line,leaning subtly forward , allthoughts vanish in mind.The drive to win is all thatsleft.

Life is a game. I am playingit. You are playing it. It hasrules but knows no bounds.Nobody is a master. We lose,but we always have anotherchance to try. It is an endlessseries of ups and downs. Iam engrossed. No one isnt.

Life is a game dividedinto games that are di-vided into games. It hasstages and levels and chap-ters. Infancy, childhood,adolescence,adulthood andsenility. Every stage is dif-ferent for each player. I amme and you are you. Werenot alike. No one is alike.

Life is a game. I want to

win. You want to win. Losing

is never an option. Never. Noone wants to be a loser.Life is a game and we are

all allies. The goal is to bethe best. It goes farther withevery step.

Life is a game. Some ofus are unaware. But we areall players. We are all ath-letes. Some of us trip, somefall. There are mountains toclimb and cliffs to jump off.We will never lose unless wequit.

Life is a game as old as

dirt. Losers and championshave come and gone. We willbe them sometime, someday.We will be racing the torchto Mt. Olympus. We will befalling to the pits of Tartar-us. We can be losers to forgetor champions to remember.

Whatever the case, we areall athletes.

Life is our sport.

Numbers

47

3

202

Host Greece wonthe most medals (47) at

the rst Olympic SummerGames in 1896.

Three continents: Af-rica, South America, andAntarctica have neverhosted an Olympics

A record 202 coun-tries participated in the2004 Olympic SummerGames in Athens.

SPORTS EDITORIAL

Lifes a sport SPORTSFEATURE

9The Philippines has won

a total of 9 Olympic med-als. 2 of which is silver.The other 7 is bronze.

MORMS wins big in MUSDAThe MORMS SPA Vocals and

Dance champed the 2014 Divi-sion Music and Dance Competi-tion in the Secondary Categorylast January 17, 2014 at Marcial

O. Raola MemorialSchool, Guinobatan,Albay.

They won firstplace in the inter-pretative dance, ball-room dancing ,vo-cal solo and Best inProduction. Mean-while, Polangui Gen-eral ComprehensiveHigh School and San

Agustin Integrated School camein 2nd.

MORMS SPA was trained byMr. Samuel B. Pabilonia andMrs. Nadia B. Villa Flores. (P.O)

MORMS SPA Dance bested other contenders during the

Division Music and Dance Competition held last January 17,2014 at MORMS, Guinobatan, Albay.

18Larrisa Latynina, a gym-

nast from the former So-viet Union, nished herSummer Olympic Gamescareer with 18 total med-alsthe most in history.

Source: http://www.factmonster.com/


12/12

A sneak peek in yesterdays games

Flauntinghis vaunted

windpower in

powerful cart-

wheels and

solid bicyclekicks, Mark

Riofrio boost-

ed the morale of

Team A Kickers

and rode a deciding

set victory, 15-11, 6-15,

15-12, to repulse theeager Team B Trap-

pers during the

Sepak Takraw exhi-

bition, January 6, 2014 held

at MORMS Gov. Joey SarteSalceda Gymnasium.

Kickers came out firing 4nifty bicycle kicks that sig-naled the start of the firstset but Elejohn Bulalaque ofTrappers unleashed robustheading though he failed tocatch up with their rivals ral-ly, 5-2. Riofrio fired shatteringspikes which enhanced theirsolid offense. Teammate Josh-ua Manceras firm chest trapsstrengthened the defense ofthe Kickers to push in smoothtips with 8-2 gap before thebaseline timeout.

Eagle-eyed Mark AnthonyOlitin of trappers foughtback with crackling spikes

and swift heading but failedto destroy the impenetrableblock of the kickers. Sierrabroke away and grabbed theadvantage with explosivecartwheels for a triumphantset, 15-11.

The Trappers shifted theirtactics into an agility andstrength mode with force-ful spikes that trounced thewin-thirsty and cunning side-

kicks, then woke up from theirphlegmatic and got away withan edge of the box, using jan-gling insteps serves.

Trappers Mark AnthonyLola tried to stop the the on-slaught with vigorous head-ing as teammate Olitinsmighty bicycle kicks shockedtheir adversary with an unex-pected advantage, 15-6.

Team B shook off a slug-gish start and punctured thesuperb defense of Team Awhich lost crucial points onmiscommunication and un-forced errors for Riofrio tounleash rattling bicycle kicks

and tricky placings, 7-3.Kickers stormed Trapperswith series of rally points tomove within stricking dis-tance 9-7 lead. Stunning som-ersault from Riofrio and NikoParcias solid spikes closedthe set with 15-12 victory.

They played a good game,we learned something today.coach John Ryan Lista saidafter the game.

33 MORMS athletes

qualify for Palarong BikolWe will go to Catand-

uanes! quipped Mr. Roy L.Nipas, the schools coachfor Badminton, after goinghome with the champion-ship trophy in Badmintonduring the Provincial Meetheld in Travesia, Guinoba-tan, Albay last November 20-25,2013.

Thirty-three other studentathletes of MORMS will jointhe Albay delegation for thePalarong Bikol set on Febru-

ary 2-7,2014 in Catanduanes.Remie Rodriguez, Bernadi-

ta Oliquino, Danica Rempis,John Mark Millete, JaynardMenor, Gibbon Ramota, Ma.Weca Renee Berdin, ErikaMendaza, Gie John Realosaand Albert Monilla will com-prise team Albays spikers.While Reymark Nogot, Ro-land Arjay Palabrica, andMatt Andrew Bronosa wereamong those chosen to com-

plete the basketball team.Moreover, Ivy Olidana,Jayco Palenzuela, RayzaVelasco and Christian PaulCervantes will play arnis.Jayson Gnilo, Jobert Muni,Rae Jensen Jimenez, Anto-nio Sallan III, Alyssa Mujar,Fatima Navia and Joan Pad-ua, MORMS racket expertsare also part of the contin-gent.

Red Nicerio, JibsenGrageda,John MichaelRazal; Kim Mamisao and

Maurice Sean Medialdia;Antonette Miranda and Jo-seph Pante; Bartolome Sac-ueza, and Judyth Jimenezwill likewise compete in soc-cer, table tennis,lawn tennis,archery and swimming, re-spectively.

The group is one in its aimof retrieving the champion-ship trophy which it has lostto Camarines Sur during lastyears Bikol Meet.

BYDIANAPABLEO

We were all kids once. Filipinokids loved to play beneath theblazing sun, never minding thatsweat trickled from their headsand backs non-stop. Filipino kidsran and screamed and laughedin pure bliss in the countryside,never minding the dirt that fol-lows them around. Filipino kids

jumped to the music of birds andtrees, never minding that the con-

tinuous flapping of chicken wingssounds awful. We never mindedfalling down trees or gettingbruised from hopping on hugerocks. We didnt mindhugging chickens orcrossing rivers ofmud.

And we neverminded playing outside.We were kids, after all.

Do you remember these?We played them yesterday.Agawan BaseThere are two teams with two

bases. How many players on eachteam depends on the players.There are two bases which eachteam claims as their own. Thegoal is to tag the other teams basewithout getting tagged. If youretagged, youretransferredto the oth-er teamand mustbe rescued.There ares e v e r a lv a r i a -tions inwhich therules arechanged,in some,you canc o n n e c to t h e ritems on th e

base so you can easily touch thebase.There are usually set points,such as first team to tag the otherteam 5 times wins. You can tagother people who has touchedtheir base before you and areon the opposite team. If theyvetouched their base after youvetouched your base, they can tagyou, and you cant tag them.

Kapitang Bakod

Touch the post, or youre it! orhold on to the fence - When the it ortagger is chosen, the other playersrun from place to place and savethemselves from beingt a g g e d b yholding on

to a

fence, a post, or any object madeof wood or bamboo.

PaloseboGreased bamboo pole climbing

- This game involves a greasedbamboo pole that players attemptto climb. This games is usuallyplayed during town fiestas, par-ticularly in the provinces. Theobjective of the participants isto be the first person to reach the

prizea small baglocated at thetop of the bamboo pole. The smallbag usually contains money

or toys.SambunotSambunot is a Philippine

game which may be playedoutdoors by ten or more play-

ers, but not to exceed twenty.The goal in the game is to get thecoconut husk out of the circle.

A circle is drawn on the floor,big enough to accommodate thenumber of players. A coconuthusk is placed at the center of thecircle. The players position them-selves inside the circle. At the sig-nal GO, players will rush tothe center to get the coconut husk.Players may steal the coconuthusk from another player in anattempt to be the one to take thehusk put of the circle. A

p la ye r who iss u c -c e s s -ful in

g e t -t i n g

o u tof the

circle withthe coco-nut huskwins, andthe games t a r t sagain.

Source:Wikipedia

BYASTINASAYAO

Kickers stunsTrappers,15-12

NICOLERILLO

Photo Coutesy:http://jolorus-tia.tumblr.com/

post/132117476/p e e p a u b a u -monday-memo-

ry-lane-luk-song-tinik

MARK ANTHONY OLITIN of the Trappers

powerfully kicks the ball to the rival

teams court at a Sepak Takraw Exhibi-tion last January 6, 2014 held at Gov. Joy

Sarte Salceda Gymnasium.

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