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New ARMM Education Chiefvows to secure reforms

COTABATO CITY – Dr. JohnMagno has formally as-sumed as the new Educa-tion Secretary of the Au-tonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM), fol-lowing his appointment byGovernor Mujiv Hataman.

Magno, who previouslyserved as assistant secretaryfor operation of ARMM’sDepartment of EducationDepEd), vowed to continuethe reforms that have beenintroduced by the presentARMM administration inthe department.

A status message heposted on his social mediaaccount after words of hisappointment came out,reads: “No profession can benobler than that of teaching.The humble teacher may beforgotten in time but neverin the legacy he leaves: theformation of professionalswho shape the nation andchart the future of the manygenerations to come.”

Magno replaced lawyerJamar Kulayan, who hasformally resigned as ARMMEducation Secretary on May22, ending a three-year ten-ure marked by administra-tive and financial reforms inthe once problematicagency.

In a published state-ment, Kulayan said hisresignation “was a well-thought-out decision basedon my desire to be with myfamily whom I had spentvery limited quality timewith since I dedicated toserve along with Gov. MujivHataman.”

Kulayan played a keyrole in the crackdown of theHataman administrationagainst all sorts of “ghosts”in the agency – ghost stu-dents, ghost teachers andghost schools.

He has also helpedchampioned the restorationof the rights and benefits ofaround 26,000 teaching and

non-teaching personnel ofDepEd-ARMM from thestate-pension fund GSISthrough a tripartite agree-ment that established thesettling of close to P1 bil-lion unpaid premiums.

Kulayan described histime in office as “filled withlessons shared andlearned and encouragingstories of people whoselives changed for the bet-ter.”

He said he is not“abandoning public ser-vice” and vowed “to con-tinue serving the people ofARMM and supportingGov. Hataman” in his “per-sonal capacity.”

Gov. Hataman hasalso appointed SittieMariam Ibrahim Balahimas the new Assistant Secre-tary for Operation andMarjuni Maddi as Assis-tant Secretary for Academ-ics. (Bureau of Public Infor-mation)

Pondo, suporta ang kailangan ni DuterteDAVAO CITY –Kakulangan sa pondo atsuporta ng ibat-ibanggrupo ang mamamayanang diumano’ypumipigil kay DavaoCity Mayor RodrigoDuterte na i-anunsyo attuluyang tumakbo sapagka-Pangulo sahalalan sa susunod nataon.

Hindi rin umanosapat ang nakukuhanitong suporta sa mgad i n a d a l u h a n gpagpupulong na maykinalaman sa kanyangFederal government ad-vocacy na siyangnagsisilbing panukatankung sasabak ba ito sahalalan o hindi.

Bagama’t maramiang nagsasabing paborsila kay Duterte natumakbo bilangPangulo ngunit angpangunahing problemangayon ng alkalde ayang pagkalap ng pondo

upang maisulong angkanyang kandidatura,ayon pa sa isa samahigpit na supporternito.

Hindi umano sapatang pangakong suportang ilang mga pulitiko kayDuterte dahil ang partidopa rin nila ang siyangmagsasabi kung sino angdapat suportahan. Naisumano ng ilang sup-porter ni Duterte namatulad ang kampanyanito sa ginawa niPangulong BenignoAquino na nakakuha ngmalawak na mandato sapubliko sa pamamagitanlamang ng“volunteerism” atkaliwa’t-kanan suportang malalaking kampanyaat mga negosyante.

Bagama’t natuwa sapagkakasama sa politicalsurvey ang pangalan niDuterte, kulang pa rinumano ito, ayon sa mgalider ng ibat-ibang grupo

ni Duterte nanagsusulong sa kanyangkandidatura sa kabila ngpagiging solido nito saDavao City.

Kamakailan lamangay naglunsag ng fun runang mga grupong ito saDavao, Cebu at Maynilaupang ipakita angkanilang malaking tiwalakay Duterte at sakakayahan nitongmaging Pangulo ngbansa. Ilang ulit na rinsinabi ni Duterte namagreretiro siyapagkatapos ng kanyangtermino, ngunit ibanaman ang mgatalumpati nito sa mga fo-rum sa Federalism kungkaya’t nalilito angpubliko sa talagangmotibo ni Duterte.

Inaasahang tatakbonaman ang anak nito nadating alkalde ng Davaona si Sarah sa darating naeleksyon. (Mindanao Ex-aminer)

MSU Alumni Association thanksSulu Vice Governor for supportSULU – The local chapterof the Mindanao State Uni-versity Alumni Associationhas praised Sulu Vice Gov-ernor Sakur Tan for hiscontinued and full supportto its activities.

Tan was recently in-vited as the keynotespeaker during the induc-tion of new officers of theMindanao State UniversityAlumni Association here.

Dr. Al-Anwar Anzarwas elected as the newalumni president and re-placed Dr. Samsula Adju

and the induction of thenew officers was also at-tended by Dr. AdjaralHapas, the Mindanao StateUniversity Chancellor. BothAdju and Hapas alsothanked Tan for his sup-port.

In his speech, Tan alsothanked Mindanao StateUniversity for inviting himto grace the important occa-sion and congratulated thenew set of alumni officers.

“I am privileged to beamong the company ofknowledgeable products of

Mindanao State Universitywho formed themselvesinto an alumni associationwith the elected officers ofthe Sulu Chapter we are in-ducting today. As alumni ofMSU you are to be consid-ered the cream of yourcrop, the keepers of the tra-ditions of the MSU institu-tion,” he said.

Tan, a known‘workaholic,’ is largelycredited for developingSulu during his time as gov-ernor of Sulu. (Ahl-franzieSalinas)

Mindanao State University Alumni Association officers and Sulu Vice Gov. Sakur Tan. (Photoby Ahl-franzie Salinas)

Violence mars peaceful farmers’ rally

MANILA – Filipino humanrights and peasant groupshave condemned the as-sault on farmers during apeace rally outside theHouse of Representativesin the Philippine capital.

Nearly two dozenpeople were hurt when se-curity guards opened firewith water cannons andpepper spray, according toTask Force Mapalad.

“Out of the farmers’frustration with the con-tinued landlord resistanceeven from within theHouse of Representatives,our members pushed theSouth gate of the Batasancomplex. Shortly after,members of the House se-curity forces suddenly

blasted water on the group.Then they sprayed pepperspray on the faces of thosedirectly in front of the gate.Photos taken showed howwe were being sprayed onlike insects,” said farmerJoel Pertes, an organizer ofTask Force Mapalad.

Pertes said the recentviolence showed how theAquino government dealwith peasants who werejust demanding their rightsto till their lands.

He said “SulongCARPER” advocates filed aformal complaint with theCommission on HumanRights against the securitypersonnel of the House ofRepresentatives for the vio-lent dispersal. Sulong

CARPER is co-convened byManila Auxiliary BishopBroderick Pabillo andChairperson ChristianMonsod.

CARPER refers to Com-prehensive Agrarian Re-form Program Extensionwith Reforms under Repub-lic Act 9700 – an actstrengthening the Compre-hensive Agrarian ReformProgram, extending the ac-quisition and distributionof all agricultural lands, in-stituting necessary reforms,amending for the purposecertain provisions of Re-public Act No. 6657, other-wise, known as the Com-prehensive Agrarian Re-form Law of 1988.

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Security men at the House of Representatives in the Philippines fire water cannons andpepper spray at farmers holding a peaceful rally in Manila. (Photo by Vincent Go)

ARMM to showcase majortribes in mock cultural

villages

Sulu Pictures in the News Jesus Miracle CrusadeInternational MinistryPictures in the News

P863-M new projects up inTawi-Tawi

The Shadows of EGPenumbra and Jojo Binay

by Jerry Dureza

Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong:Health Benefits of Eating

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85,000 IDPs return home in MaguindanaoCOTABATO CITY – About85,000 Internally DisplacedPersons (IDPs) in variousmunicipalities in the prov-ince of Maguindanao arenow back to their homes, anofficial of the AutonomousRegion in Muslim Mindanao– Humanitarian EmergencyAction Response Team(ARMM-HEART) said.

“As of date, 16,996 fami-lies, or 84,980 individuals,have already returned totheir respective residences,”said Ramil Masukat, ARMM– HEART director. It has beenroughly two months sincethe military ended its “inten-sified law enforcement” op-eration against theBangsamoro Islamic Free-dom Fighters (BIFF) andother terrorist groups in theregion.

The operation resulted inthe displacement of a signifi-cant number of residents in asmany as 11 towns. The mili-tary action was in response to

the January 25 incident inMamasapano town inMaguindanao.

Based on the team’s latestreport, a total of 8,071 families,or 40,355 individuals, are stillin evacuation centers. Thenumber has dropped from thehighest number recorded, or25,067 families comprising of125,335 individuals, affectedby the intensified operation.

From 11 municipalitiesoriginally affected, the num-ber has gone down to onlyfive. Currently, there are 30evacuation centers in the fiveremaining affected munici-palities of Guindulungan,Datu Saudi, Datu Salibo,Shariff Saydona and DatuUnsay, all in Maguindanao.

The number of affectedfamilies did not change forawhile since a significantnumber opted to stay in theevacuation centers becauseof fear for safety notwith-standing assurances issuedby the authorities.

“Most of the families arestill uneasy because they areafraid they might be trappedin case of an exchange ofgunfire between the differ-ent forces,” said DirectorMasukat.

Even as the military de-clared an end to “intensifiedlaw enforcement” operationon March 31, soldiers are stillactive in conducting activi-ties aimed at stopping ter-rorism in the province. Di-rector Masukat said his teamhas been distributing reliefgoods to the IDPs. This is incompliance to a directivefrom ARMM GovernorMujiv Hataman.

On May 21, the agencydistributed relief goods toapproximately 700 familiesin Libutan, Shariff Saydona.Director Masukat said his of-fice is coordinating with lo-cal government units in theaffected towns to accuratelymonitor the situation. (Bu-reau of Public Information)

ARMM to showcase major tribesin mock cultural villages

COTABATO CITY – Mockcultural villages that willshowcase the seven majortribes of the AutonomousRegion in MuslimMindanao (ARMM) will bereopened on June 10 at theregional government’s com-pound in Cotabato City.

These cultural villagesfirst opened to the public inNovember last year as partof the celebration of the 25thanniversary of ARMM. Itwas viewed by at least100,000 visitors from differ-ent provinces in Mindanaonot just from the ARMM.

The seven major tribescovered in this event areMaguindanaon, Tausug,Sama, Maranao, Yakan,Iranon, and Teduray. Eachvillage will feature tradi-tional living, culture andarts, and would depict thepeople and their productson a landscape consistent

with those of tribal commu-nities in Lanao del Sur,Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu,and Tawi-Tawi.

The villages will be opento the general public for 100days, specifically during themonth of Ramadhan. Therewill also be a series of activi-ties and entertainment in theregional government’s com-pound to be spearheaded bydifferent regional agencies.

“Ang pagbubukas muling cultural villages ay paramaipamahagi, maintindihanat lalong maunawaan ngating mga mamamayan angkultura, kasaysayan atpamumuhay ng mga tao saiba’t ibang probinsya ngARMM (The reopening of thecultutral villages will allowthe people to understand bet-ter the culture, history, andway of living in various prov-inces in the region,” saidTourism Secretary Marites

Maguindra.“We added additional

healthy living activities,which the people can joinlike zumba, ‘hataw’ andyoga,” she said.

Aside from these, therewill also be a free tour, achildren’s day, and an indig-enous arts and handicraftexhibit, among others.

A competition amongparticipating tribes and theirvillages is also part of theevent wherein the winningvillage would be announcedduring the closing program,or after 100 days. The Tausugvillage was recognized as thebest in last year’s event.

The re-opening of themock villages will bear thetheme “100 Days of Journeyin understanding the cul-ture and history of theBangsamoro towards peaceand development.” (Bureauof Public Information)

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of Task Force Mapalad,PAKISAMA and PESANTEfarmers’ organizations werehospitalized at the East Av-enue Medical Center afterthe incident. They experi-enced varying degrees ofskin rashes and itchiness,burning sensation, dizzi-ness, nausea and vomiting,shortness of breath, and

coughing,” he said.Pertes said those who

joined the rally came fromLuzon, Visayas and as far asMindanao. They were part ofthe group pushing for the im-mediate passage of HouseBills 4296 and 4375 and de-mand for an overhaul ofComprehensive Agrarian Re-form Program.

He said their group andvarious farmers’ organiza-

tions such as the PAKISAMA,KATARUNGAN, PESANTE,AR Now! Network, FOCUSon the Global South,KAISAHAN, AKBAYAN,CCCP and the Catholic Bish-ops Conference of the Phil-ippines – National Secre-tariat for Social Action willcontinue their campaignuntil the government acts ontheir demand. (MindanaoExaminer)

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SULU PICTURES IN THE NEWS

Vice Governor Abdusakur M. Tan speaks during the recent induction of new officers of the Mindanao State University Alumni Association. (Photos from Sulu Provincial Government)

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan addresses youth campers and tells them to "unite, show love and compassion to one another," during the closing rites of the three-day 1st Sulu Youth Summer Camp2015 held at the Sultan Mohammad Jamalul Kiram Central School in Maimbung town. With Gov. Tan is Maimbung Mayor Samier Tan. (Photos from Sulu Provincial Government)

Mayor Samier A. Tan at Skills Training on Coco Sugar (Photos from Maimbung Municipal Government)

Out-of-School-Youth complete the Technical Vocational Education and Training at Maimbung, Sulu (Photos from Maimbung Municipal Government)

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Opening of UNO Factory Outlet in Xentro Mall in Santiago City

Scenes from the 19th Church Anniversary in Tabuk City, Kalinga, Cordillera Administrative Region

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Health Benefits of Eating A BananaPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

1. Eat a banana if youhave heartburn. TheJournal of NutritionalBiochemisty (February,2001) attests to the anti-ulcer properties of thebanana. Bananas actlike a natural antacid tothe stomach. In this ar-ticle, they identified thesecret component in thebanana, the flavonoidleucocyanidin. Studiesshow that bananas canprotect against aspirin-induced gastritis andcan significantly in-crease the mucousmembrane lining of thestomach.2. Bananas are high in fi-ber and vitamins. Asingle banana contains16% of the dietary fiber,15% of the vitamin C,11% of the potassiumand 20% of the vitaminB6 recommended eachday.3. Bananas are good forthe heart. Potassium isan essential mineralneeded to regulate waterbalance, acidity leveland blood pressure ofthe body. A lack of potas-sium may cause muscleweakness and irregularheartbeat. For patientstaking a diuretic medi-cine, they should take 2bananas a day to keepthe potassium level up.Take note also that ba-nanas have zero sodium(good for high bloodpressure) and zero fatand cholesterol (goodfor those with high cho-lesterol).4. Bananas may reducestrokes. Numerous stud-

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ies have shown that lowpotassium levels cancause heart palpitations,which can then lead to astroke.5. Bananas help counterstress and insomnia. Ba-nanas contain tryp-tophan, a type of proteinthat the body convertsinto serotonin. Serotoninis a hormone that isknown to make you feelhappy and improve yourmood.6. Diabetics may take ba-nanas in moderation.Snacking on bananas be-tween meals helps to keepthe blood sugar level up.The glycemic index ratingfor a ripe, yellow bananais 51 which is fairly good.This means that the car-bohydrates in a bananahave a medium to slow ef-fect in raising your bloodsugar levels. However, asbananas ripen, the starchin the fruit turns to sugarand may cause yourblood sugar to rise more.The lesson is: it's okay toeat a banana, but not theoverripe one.7. Bananas for fatigue andanemia. Have you seen

Roger Federer eat a ba-nana between games?The high potassiumcontent preventscramps and gives readyenergy with its easily di-gestible starch. Bananasare also a rich source ofiron, thus it is helpful inpatients with anemia.8. Bananas may preventleukemia. A study pub-lished in the AmericanJournal of Epidemiol-ogy by Kwan et al. (Dec2004, pp. 1098-107)shows an associationbetween regular con-sumption of bananasand oranges in childrenfrom ages 0-2 and a re-duction in childhoodleukemia.9. Bananas may preventchildhood asthma. AEuropean study of 2,640primary school chil-dren in South Londonconcludes that eatingbananas at least once aday reduces episodes ofwheezing and asthmaattacks in children (Eu-ropean RespiratoryJournal, Feb. 14, 2007).Eating apples and otherfruits were not as ben-eficial.10. It's cheap! The bestnews about the lowlybanana is that it'scheap. And it comes ina great package. A ba-nana can fit cleanly inyour bag. Just cut it highup in the stem. Whenyou feel hungry andstressed, reach for a ba-nana.Remember: Two ba-nanas a day can keepthe doctor away.

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The Shadows of EG Penumbra and Jojo BinayBy Jerry Dureza

TWO THINGS happenedthat jolted the Philippineslast week. One is the awe-inspiring performance of ElGamma Penumbra in theGrand Finals of Asia GotTalent held in Singaporeand the other is the shock-ing revelation of the incred-ible accumulation ofwealth and properties of theBinay families.

The EGP is made up ofkids who live along the trainrailway in Tanuan,Batangas while before JojoBinay was appointedMayor of Makati followingthe ouster of Marcos was astruggling lawyer in thattown and residing in a bun-galow of what is knownthen as a low-cost housingsubdivision of Makati.

The EGP boys havesimple dreams: win thegrand finals of AGT and thegrand prize of $100,000.00.Attorney Binay’s legitimateambition was to be Mayor.The EGP practiced day andnight in some space besidethe railway, Binay took tothe streets as part of the Yel-low Army that catapultedCory Aquino to the Presi-dency. EGP won the GrandTitle and the prize, Binaywas handed in a silver plat-ter the Mayorship ofMakati.

We do not know as towhere the honors and thedistinctions bring the 13members of El GammaPenumbra. The money theywon they said they willshare with those who aspireto follow the path to theirsimple goal. The best newswas that the Grand MarinaHotel of Singapore will keepthem for a while to perform

in its theater and I heardthat they will go on a worldtour courtesy of the spon-sors of AGT. That is for thefuture and I personally wishthat given their talent andcreativity they will findother audiences worldwideand that they will earn notonly for the upkeep of theircast but also for their future.

In the case of MayorJojo Binay, he knows hispath to fame and success.The Yellow Army had seento it that Cory’s revolution-ary government will lastuntil everyone has takenover the helms of local gov-ernment and ran everyfunctionary in the govern-ment bureaucracy. Andthey rooted deep andspread wide.

While they abhor fam-ily dynasty and etched thisin the Cory constitution nota few of them quickly dis-covered that the way tofame and wealth was poli-tics. Ergo the anti-dynastyprovision in the constitu-tions was never ever sup-ported with an implement-ing law. Thus, in MakatiCity, the City Mayor is aBinay, the representative isa Binay, a Senator is a Binayand to top it all the VicePresident is a Binay.

Immediately after hewas sworn in as VP AttorneyBinay announced he willrun for President. There isreally nothing wrong withthat for after all there are noprohibitions and this is afree country. So tuloy andligaya. It happens every-where and it is the peoplethat decides.

The cast of El GammaPenumbra have simple

tastes and have simpledreams. The one thing thatmakes them stellar as vic-tors is that their art goes be-yond the ordinary. They lostin Pilipinas Got Talent be-cause Ai Ai delas Alas andKris Aquino who werejudges during the finalsfailed to comprehend theimport of their art.

They thought that tal-ent is something whichmakes you laugh, thatwhich entertains and any-thing that is beyond the su-perficial has no place inPGT. In Asia Got Talent thejudges saw the greater valuein faceless symphony andmotion of shadows that isuniquely entertaining butso eloquent in delivering amessage: save our motherearth from man’s vanity anddestruction and to nurturewhatever is left to savemankind from its own an-nihilation.

That is not what we seein today’s politics. It has be-come a major industry. Theplayers mastered the art ofpilferage. In the Senate aswell as in the House of Rep-resentatives the so-calledlawmakers are enmeshedin corruption. It is the mod-ern version of Sodom andGomorrah. You cannotplead with God to save it ifthere are a dozen who aretrue to the words theypledged to their constitu-ents when they asked fortheir votes. The same is truewith the palace by the riverPasig.

In a classic tomfoolerylawmakers assail eachother and in the processdisplay their dirty linens. Ifthere is anything positivethat came out of this mud-slinging is the revelationthat billions in bank depos-its – in pesos and in dollars-said to be owned by theBinays and their dummieshad been transacted.

The discovery of thesestaggering amounts is cour-tesy of AMLC. Binays chil-dren and lawyers hit back:The vice president is im-mune from suit. They willgo to the Court of Appealsto lift the freeze order ontheir wealth and other as-sets. The political adversar-ies of VP Binay merelysmirk, but the truth is, savefor three in the Senate, theyare no better and that if thelaw is applied equally to allthey will all be consigned towhere their colleagues, “sitanda, si guapo at si seksi”are presently languishing. Itis pitiable how theyscramble to keep theirwealth intact.

What is strange here isthat while the Vice Presi-dent and his children denythe imputations theyquickly ran to the CA to liftthe freeze. That is too latenow. Whether the CA willgrant the prayers of theBinays, AMLC has alreadycracked open the virtualPandora’s Box of the mostpowerful family in Makati.El Gamma Penumbra per-formed a magnificent artout of shadows and searingeloquence of silence. Binayfor his part is now houndedby the shadows of his past.And there goes his presi-dential ambition. ( JerryD u r e z a -jerrydureza@yahoo.com)

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youngest patient is fiveyears old. Smoking be-comes a habit when someparents let their youngkids buy cigarettes and letthem light it for them,”Samson said.

The establishment ofthe Smoking CessationCenters is a governmentintervention being imple-mented by the DOH pur-suant to the TobaccoRegulations Act and DOHAdministrative Order No.122 s. 2003 or the SmokingCessation Program to sup-port the National TobaccoControl and HealthyLifestyle Program allowedthe setting up of the Na-tional Smoking CessationProgram.

It aims to reduce theprevalence of smokingand minimizing smoking-related health risks. DOHalso encouraged the usageof graphic health warn-ings in cigarette packs.

The Philippine GlobalAdult Tobacco Surveyconducted in 2009 (DOH,Philippines GATS CountryReport, March 16, 2010)

From the website http://hdw.eweb4.com

DOH offers 'quit smoking' programHE Departmentof Health said itis offering so-called “Smoking

revealed that 28.3% or 17.3million of the populationaged 15 years old and overcurrently smoke tobacco,47.7% or 14.6 million aremen, while 9.0% or 2.8million are women.

Eighty percent ofthese current smokers aredaily smokers with menand women smoking anaverage of 11.3 and 7 sticksof cigarettes per day re-spectively.

The survey also re-vealed that among everydaily smokers, 21.5% havequit smoking and amongthose who smoked in thelast 12 months, 47.8%made a quit attempt and12.3% stated they usedcounselling and or adviseas their cessation method,but only 4.5% successfullyquit.

Among current ciga-rette smokers, 60.6% statedthey are interested in quit-ting, translating to around10 million Filipinos need-ing help to quit smoking asof the moment. (Ferliza C.Contratista. With a reportfrom Caren P. Gabisay)

TCessation Services” tothose who want to kickthe habit and quit smok-ing.

It said for only P100,a person who wants toquit smoking can avail ofvarious services that willenable him to finallybreak free.

Smoking CessationCoordinator Dr. Christo-pher Samson said theyare already catering al-most a hundred patientseach week who undergotreatment and counsel-ling in breaking thehabit.

“Consultation fee forthe Smoking Cessationcosts P100, but the coun-selling, interventionsand treatment in helpingsmokers to quit theirdangerous habit are freeof charge,” Samson said.

He said the age rangeof those addicted tosmoking is becominglower. “In fact, our

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Malakanyang sa pag-aprubar sa Departmentof Education (DepEd)ug Commission onHigher Education(CHEd) sa pagpasakaog matrikula sa kapin sausa ka libong tunghaansa umaabot ngapagbukas sa klase.

Gipasabot ni Presi-dential Communica-tions Operations Office(PCOO) KalihimHerminio Coloma Jr.,nga ang pagpasaka saDepEd ug CHEd sa tu-ition gigahin alang sasweldo ug benepisyo samga magtutudlo apil nasa mga empleyado samga tunghaan.

Gitumbok pa niColoma nga angdugang sa matrikula samga tunghaan aronusab mahatagan ogkahigayonan ngamapa-ugmad ang ilangmga pasilidad.

Giingong usa sakondisyon nga gihatagsa DepEd ug CHEd samga tag-iya ogeskwelahan angpagbaton og commit-ment nga isaka angsuholan ug mapalamboang kahimtang sa mgamagtutudlo aron

makapasaka og tuitionfee.

Nahisgotan usab saKalihim nga motabangang gobyerno sapagpalapad sa assistancegrants o tabang alang samga tinun-an.

Una niini, P29.86 o6.17 porsiyento alang satuition ang gi-aprubahansa CHEd ug P135.60 o6.55 porsiyento usabalang sa uban pangbayronon sa tunghaan.(Elvira C. Bongosia)

School service nga 15ka tuig pataas,wagtangon na sa LTFRB

MADAYON na angpag-phase out sa mgaschool service nga 15 katuig pataas, matud pa saLand TransportationFranchising RegulatoryBoard (LTFRB).

Tuig 2004 pa sadihang nipagawas ogbalaodnon ang buhatansa 15 ka tuig nga lifespansa mga school service.Apan gi-uswag kinitaman 2012 diin sublinggipahinumdom sa LTFRBang maong kamanduan.

2013 sa dihangnipagawas og memoran-dum circular angbuhatan nga nag-ingongi-phase out na ang mgadaang school service ngaipatuman unta sa tuig2014. Apan sublingnihangyo pa og usa ka

tuig nga tagal ang mgaoperators og school ser-vice.

Kini nagpasabot ngakarong 2015 gipaabotmga ipatuman na gayudang pag-phase out samga daang school ser-vice. Matud pa ngam a h i n o n g d a n o n gmahibaw-an sa mga op-erator ug driver ang mgasafety measure alang sakahilwasan sa mga sakaynga estudyante.

Gawas sa saktongkolor ug body markingssa mga service,m a h i n u n g d a n o n gadunay fire extinguisher,mga gamit kun magub-an ug first aid kit kini.

Angay usab ngamakita ang mga pasaherogikan sa gawas sa schoolservice. Kun ang tanangpasahero babaye, diliangay nga lalake angkonduktorniini.

Dili usab tugtan ngababayeng pasahero angtupad sa driver aronmalikayan ang bisanunsang matang sa pag-abuso sa mga estudyante.Samtang sugod Hunyo 8,dakpon na ang mgacolorum nga school ser-vice nga adunay multangP200,000 ubos sa joint ad-ministrative order saLTFRB ug Land Transpor-tation Office. (Elvira C.Bongosia)

PAGASA mogamit na og Warning SignalNo. 5 sa pagtumbok ug kusog nga bagyo

A paghatag ogwarning signalmatag adunaybagyo, mogamit naS

ang Philippine Atmo-spheric, Geophysical andAstronomical Services Ad-ministration (PAGASA) sasuper typhoon ug SignalNumber 5.

Gipasabot ni Dr.Esperanza Cayanan,pangulo sa PAGASA WeatherBureau, nga ang super ty-phoon ang ika-limangkategorya ug gamiton sabagyo nga may gikosgonnga hangin nga kapin sa 220kilometro matag oras.

Samtang magpabilin sakategorya ang tropical de-pression nga adunay maxi-mum sustained winds ogikosgon nga hangin nga 61

kilometro matag oras o mashinay pa.

Tropical storm usabang itawag sa bagyong maygikosgon nga 62 hangtud 88kilometro matag orassamtang severe tropicalstorm alang sa bagyongadunay gikosgon ngahangin nga 89 hangtud 117kilometro matag oras.

Typhoon category usabang bagyong adunaygikosgon nga 118 hangtud200 kilometro matag oras.

Samtang adunaydugang pasidaan usab sabagyo ang PAGASA nga maoang mosunod:

Signal No. 1: Kungmasinati ang gikosgon sahanging 30 hangtud 60kilometro matag oras sulodsa 36 oras ug posibleng

magdala og gamay ngakadaot;

Signal No. 2: Kunmakasinati og gikosgonnga hangin nga naa sa 61hangtud 120 kilometromatag oras sulod sa 24 oras;

Signal No. 3: Kunmakasinati og gikosgon sahangin nga naa sa 121hangtud 170 kilometromatag oras sulod sa 18 oras.

Signal No. 4: Kungipaabot ang pag-igo sa171 hangtud 200 kilometromatag oras nga gikosgon sahangin sulod sa 12 oras;

Ug Signal No. 5: Kunmakasinati og gikosgonnga hanging adunay kusognga kapin sa 220 kilometromatag oras sulod sa 12 orasug magdala og grabengkadaot. (Elvira C. Bongosia)

DSWD, nipasidaan batok samga pekeng enumerator

NG Departmentof Social Welfareand Development( D S W D )A

nipasidaan sa publikobatok sa “bogus” o pekengenumerators nga mangilkilog salapi gikan sa mgapamilya isip hulip sa saadnga i-apil sila ngabenepisyaryo sa PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Pro-gram.

Kini human ang DSWDnakadawat og taho ngaadunay indibidwal ngagiingong nagpahimos sanagpadayong assessmentsa mga kabos nga pamilyaubos sa National House-hold Targeting System forPoverty Reduction(NHTSPR) - usa ka infor-mation management sys-tem nga magtino kinsa ugasa nahimotang ang mgakabos.

Kini gamiton sapaghimo ogkomprehensibong databasesa mga kabos nga pamilya

alang sa nasudnongahensiya sa gobyerno ugubang social protectionstakeholders isip basehansa pagtumbok sa mgaprograma ug serbisyo sasocial protection.

Ang NHTSPRnipahigayon na karon saikaduhang hugna kun 2ndround sa nationwide as-sessment nga adunay 15.3milyong target householdso kabalayan.

Base sa inisyal ngaimbestigasyon sa DSWD,ang modus operandi maoang pagpa-ila sa mgapekeng enumerators isipmga empleyado sa DSWDug mangolekta og P20gikan sa mga miyembro sapanimalay ug magbilin ogpasalig nga i-apil sila salistahan sa posiblengbenepisyaryo sa mgaprograma sa gobyerno.

Gitataw sa DSWD ngaang opisyal nga enumera-tors nagsuot og opisyal ngaNHTSPR IDs nga may

hulagway, pangalan uglagda sa ilang DSWD Re-gional Director. Ang mgae n u m e r a t o rnagpahigayon og house tohouse interviews gamitang Family AssessmentForm nga adunay water-mark sa DSWD logo satunga-tunga sa maongpapel.

Ang DSWD mi-awhagsa publiko sa pagpangayosa ID number sa mga enu-merators. Kun mayreklamo sila kalabot savalidation, mahimo nilangihatag ang ID numberngadto sa NHTSPR officearon ma-verify sa DSWDang maong reklamo alangsa tukmang aksiyon.

Gi-awhag ang publikosa pagtaho kun maysusama niining insedentesa pinakaduol ngabuhatan sa DSWD o tawaglang sa telephone o texthotline number 0918-9122813. (Elvira C.Bongosia)