tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26401206617638053932024-03-13T18:07:27.802+08:00dyurnalista a filipino journalist's musingsdyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-71575156258454957672013-03-28T15:02:00.000+08:002013-03-28T15:02:00.291+08:00DND chief says no security threat for Holy Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">
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By Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter</span></div>
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THE Department of National Defense (DND) has so far hasn’t
receive reports of threats from the New People’s Army as the guerilla movement
enters its 44th year on Good Friday.<a name='more'></a><br />
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“So far, we haven’t receive anything yet but we expect the
NPA to do something because they crave attention,” DND Secretary Voltaire T.
Gazmin said.</div>
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The armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines
(CPP), the NPA was formed on March 29, 1969, and considered to be <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>’s longest-running insurgency movement.</div>
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Gazmin said the expected NPA attack could also stem from the
stalled peace talks.</div>
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“That’s why they’re going to do something to be noticed.”</div>
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Gazmin said that “while the Philippine government has been
very sincere in the peace talks, it hasn’t been seen from their side.”</div>
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“How can we arrive at an agreement when they’re wishy-washy:
today they’re okay; tomorrow, they’re not. Their position’s not clear.”</div>
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He added that the CPP-NPA is also asking too many things in
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“Many of those we arrested they wanted to include in the
list of people authorized [to be representatives in the peace talks]. But that
can’t be because we have laws and these people were arrested because they have
standing warrants of arrest.”</div>
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Gazmin added that if the CPP-NPA really wants the peace
talks to resume, “there should be no conditions, like what they are demanding
for the release of Police Officer 3 Ruben Magno Nojapa Jr.</div>
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“For example, in that case, they want a ceasefire before
they release Nojapa. But if they reall want to release him, they can do so any time,
whether there’s a ceasefire or not.”</div>
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The National Democratic Front on its website <a href="http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/20130324_ndf-will-release-pow-nojapa" target="_blank">PhilippineRevolution Web Central</a> said that it “enjoins” the 10th Infantry Division of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines “to cease its offensive military operations in
Compostela Valley to pave the safe, orderly and expeditious release” of Nojapa.</div>
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The NDF said they consider Nojapa a prisoner of war.</div>
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Last year, armed encounters and surrender of NPA guerillas
marked the insurgent movement’s anniversary.</div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-20992069758322583662013-03-28T10:38:00.000+08:002013-03-28T10:38:01.008+08:00Armed Forces "moved on" from Magdalo case -official<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) has “moved on” from the events a decade ago that led to the
conviction of two of its officers for mutiny.</span><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The AFP respects the
decision of the court. As embodied in our IPSP Bayanihan, we strictly adhere to
the rule of law with observance to due process,” Col. Arnulfo M. Burgos Jr., military
spokesperson, said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Burgos</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> sent these statements via short message sending
two days after 1st Lieutenants Rex Bolo and Lawrence San Juan were reportedly
found guilty by a <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Makati</st1:place></st1:city>
court for participating in the so-called<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Oakwood mutiny.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The “Oakwood mutiny”
refers to the occupation by more than 300 heavily armed junior officers and
enlisted men of the AFP – mostly from the elite units of the Army’s Scout
Rangers and the Navy’s Special Warfare Group –of the Oakwood Premier Luxury
Apartments in the Makati commercial and business district on July 27, 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The issues raised by the
Magdalos have been addressed and reforms have been undertaken,” <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Burgos</st1:place></st1:city> told
BusinessMirror in a text message.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Members of the Magdalo, now
a party list group, has justified their occupation of the luxury apartment to
protest alleged corruption under the administration of then President Gloria
Arroyo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Burgos said that “a
grievance system is already well in place and the AFP leadership will continue
to work for progressive changes in the organization to enhance the
effectiveness and efficiency of our troops as well as contribute to the
upliftment of morale and welfare of our soldiers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Adventurism is a thing of
the past in the military now and that unfortunate episode in our recent history
is now behind us and the AFP has completely moved on.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">News reports say <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Juan</st1:place></st1:city> and Bolo, who
seeks reinstatement in the AFP, will appeal their cases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-82966231627437765822013-03-27T10:25:00.000+08:002013-03-27T10:25:00.248+08:00PCG resets timeline for Guardian’s removal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE bow section of the grounded USS Guardian (MCM25)
may be cut Tuesday, or nearly four days after the expected full removal of the
minesweeper from the Tubbataha Reef.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Commodore Enrico Efren Evangelista of the Philippine Coast
Guard, said that March 26 is also the target day for the first attempt to lift
the remaining portions of the minesweeper that has been cut to pieces beginning
mid-February.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evangelista, who heads the PCG Palawan District, was
quoted that time as saying they are eyeing March 23 as the complete removal of
the USS Guardian.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 63-meter-long, 1,300-ton ship reported it was
grounded within the 97,030-hectare Marine Protected Area on January 17.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evangelista, head of Tubbataha Task Force, said that
Saturday was “not a deadline, but a target date based on the salvage plan.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The salvage activity is very dynamic, so we can’t
impose a deadline. Otherwise, we could further damage the reef.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evangelista added that the priority of careful and
orderly removal of vessel follows only if that first priority is met, “which is
the preventon of further damage.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He explained to reporters on Sunday that unfavourable
sea conditions has also hobbled efforts to follow the timeline to a “T”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evangelista expressed satisfaction over the work of
the salvage crew whose members, he added, may even work during the Holy Week
break.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He added that the crew, mostly composed of United States
Navy personnel, have exhibited care in salvage operations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They place all debris, even the smallest, in a
container van, Evangelista said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He explained that this care for details also may have
prompted the US Navy to push further the timeline to the second week of April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Based on the salvage plan, this would include a clean
to ensure no debris are left in the affected area.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evangelista said that if the cutting of the hull
begins Tuesday, he expects this to be finished before the second week of April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, he says these dates could be revised based on
the progress of the salvage operations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">“But
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<span lang="EN-PH"></span><span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AN OFFICER of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP) said the increase in the number of soldiers, and not payment of a ransom,
forced captors to release Warren Rodwell.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“It was our presence, our massive presence there that
forced the ASG [Abu Sayyaf Group] to release the hostage,” said Major General
Ricardo Rainier G. Cruz III, commander of the Philippine Army 1st Infantry
Division in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Zamboanga</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cruz spoke to reporters a day after the Australian
Embassy confirmed Rodwell, its citizen, was confirmed released after 15 months
in captivity.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I’m advised Mr Rodwell is now in the company of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region>
authorities, our Deputy Ambassador Andrew Byrne and a representative of the
Australian Defence Force and will be moved to a safe location," Foreign
Minister Bob Carr was quoted in a statement as saying.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cruz, however, said that Rodwell was taken under the
care of the AFP Western Mindanao Command and “may now be with the Australian
Embassy.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A personnel from the Australian Embassy in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region></st1:place>
has not responded to BusinessMirror’s request for information as of this
writing.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cruz, however, said that it was not only Rodwell that
the AFP is concerned for but also one other hostage they believe is also
hostaged by the ASG.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Yes, we believe they still have another but maybe the
ASG is holding the hostage in Basilan or Jolo.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cruz said that the release of Rodwell wouldn’t mean
the AFP would relax.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“That notion, of sparing them from military
operations, hasn’t crossed our minds.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He added that the 1st ID has even started another
“massive operation” against the ASG.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The local government also wanted to rid their areas
of kidnappers so we upped the pressure by adding more troops,” Cruz said adding
that the AFP currently maintains six battalions in Basilan alone.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He said they haven’t receive any report that a ransom
was paid.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Prior to his [Rodwell] release, we were already building
up forces, Cruz said, up to three battalions as of December last year, Cruz
said.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now we have six, he added.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The build up is principally because of two things: to
address the ASG issue and to secure the circumferential road network in
Basilan.”</span></span></div>
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<br />dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-80120826429680533112013-03-26T10:06:00.000+08:002013-03-26T17:49:19.760+08:00Defense Chief denies calling Kiram's men “guns for hire”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D4UPgnsMIWU/UVEAsckGBFI/AAAAAAAAAqw/srufP9J29Z8/s1600/Img+Ndrrmc+(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D4UPgnsMIWU/UVEAsckGBFI/AAAAAAAAAqw/srufP9J29Z8/s200/Img+Ndrrmc+(7).jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dennis D. Estopace,
Reporter</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">March 26, 2013<o:p></o:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GOVERNMENT officials
united on calling Filipinos affected by the row in <st1:place w:st="on">Sabah</st1:place>
as the “displaced” as Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin denied a Malaysian
counterpart’s reference to the “Royal Sultanate Army” as “guns for hire.”</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I never said ‘guns for
hire;’ I didn’t say that. Who said that? We call them RSA,” the Department of
National Defense (DND) chief said during the meeting of the National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The members of the NDRRMC,
which Gazmin heads, also agreed to unite on a common terminology “so that we
can come up with a unified response.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This developed as another
186 Filipinos arrived in Tawi-Tawi from <st1:place w:st="on">Sabah</st1:place>
as of early afternoon Monday, bringing to 3,879 the total number of those
displaced since March 4.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The media should be
careful in the use of such terms because it may cause confusion and additional
problems that we don’t need right now,” Gazmin said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gazmin referred to the
<a href="http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/font-color-red-lahad-datu-font-intruders-were-guns-for-hire-1.240772" target="_blank">report by the New Strait Times of Malaysia</a> that quoted Defence Minister Datuk
Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi saying he corroborated such term referring to the
followers of Datu Azzimudie Agbimuddin Kiram as “mercenaries.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gazmin didn't only deny telling Hamidi that but also said
the Malaysian government would still have to prove if Agbimuddin’s followers
are committing an “act of terrorism.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“So, right now, they are
still part of the Royal Sultanate Army, RSA.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To note, in his letter to
the <a href="http://www.icrc.org/" target="_blank">International Committee of the Red Cross</a>, the Sulu and North Borneo Sultan Jamalul Kiram III
referred to the followers of his brother Datu Azzimudie Agbimuddin as the Royal
Security Force (RSF).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 250 Royal forces of
the Sultanate of Sulu has engaged Malaysian authorities in a firefight that
began in Lahad Datu on March 1. The Sultanate of Sulu’s claim on the island is
being contested by <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gazmin reminded the media
that “there are two laws being discussed here: the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region>’s
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s”
and, hence, “be very careful in the terms.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gazmin said that beginning
Monday, government would also avoid referring to Filipinos affected by the
violence in Sabah as “refugees,” “returnees,” “evacuees,” or “balik-bayan.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Council, which is an
agency attached to the DND Office of Civil Defense, also reiterated that the
word “Malaysia” shouldn’t follow the Sabah when referring to that island that
is a stone’s throw away from Sulu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Roy A. Ecraela,
representing the Department of Foreign Affairs in the NDRRMC, said this is
proper because of Republic Act 5446, “which defines the country’s borders,”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Likewise, we still have
Article 1 of the Philippine Constitution,” said Ecraela of the DFA Office of the
Undersecretary of Special and Ocean Concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ecraela also noted the
July 16, 2011, decision of the Supreme Court, “which refers to Philippine
government being able to pursue its claims on Sabah.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, the NDRRMC would
still have to confirm another claim that Datu Agbimuddin was once a Malaysian
public servant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
</div>
dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-67458746395275576692013-03-17T23:27:00.000+08:002013-03-17T23:27:00.342+08:00Govt to buy P46.6M worth of ammo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VWi88_5bsjE/UUSMmGu9DeI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/QZyXajINbvI/s1600/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VWi88_5bsjE/UUSMmGu9DeI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/QZyXajINbvI/s200/Untitled.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter</span></div>
<br />
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The Department of National Defense (DND) announced that it
is bidding out P46.6-million worth of bullets and tracer cartridges.</div>
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“The DND, government arsenal, through the General
Appropriations Act, intends to apply the sum of P46,651,200 being the approved
budged for the contract to payments for the supply and delivery of 5.56mm M855
bullet and 7.62mm tracer cartridges.”</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
The DND said that it will bid out 5.8 million pieces of
5.56mm bullets worth at around P28.4 million while <st1:place w:st="on">Lot</st1:place>
2 is for 350,000 7.62 mm tracer cartridges worth P18. 2 million.</div>
<br />
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The DND said it welcomes local or foreign bidders as long as
they are eligibile as provided in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of
Republic Act 9184 also known as the "Government Procurement Reform
Act."</div>
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According to a paper on NATO Infantry Weapons
Standardization, the 5.56mm rifles are: Belgian-made FNC; G36, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>; AR70/90, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>L85A2, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>; and the
American-made M16A2. </div>
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These were the nominated weapons of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in 2008, the paper by Per G. Arvidsson of the NATO Army
Armaments GroupTel.</div>
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The M16A2, is the standard assault rifle issued to the infantry.</div>
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The 7.62×51mm, on the other hand, is a rifle cartridge
developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries.</div>
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In 1970, the NATO decided to try to standardize a common
rifle and a second caliber to 7.62mm, Arvidsson said.</div>
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“During 1976-1979, they, therefore, performed mutual tests
with rifles and ammunition in <st1:country-region w:st="on">West Germany</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.”</div>
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The DND said that interested parties are required to have
completed a similar project within the last five years.</div>
dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-80383572035934829002013-03-16T23:05:00.000+08:002013-03-16T23:05:28.551+08:00Realtors target young professionals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVmp7nUjWcU/UUSHFKJJCiI/AAAAAAAAApw/AHTdgs-hW9w/s1600/Img+Bldg+JLL+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVmp7nUjWcU/UUSHFKJJCiI/AAAAAAAAApw/AHTdgs-hW9w/s200/Img+Bldg+JLL+(5).jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>More than half of future
residential units targeting young professionals<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dennis Estopace, Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">UNITS priced between P1.5
to P3 million will compose the residential condominium development in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region></st1:place>
in the next five years. </span><a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These units, according to a
Jones Lang LaSalle Leechiu executive, are being built with an eye on young professionals not
staying or opting not to stay anymore with their family. </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"They are the younger
generation who are now or would stay shorter with their parents," JLLL
Associate Director Antonio Sabarre said.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">They're now breaking
tradition, he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sabarre presented data
from the property consulting firm that showed 55 percent of an estimated
quarter of a million condominium units entering the market would have the "affordable"
price range.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This price range composed
only half of the 135,650 condominium units supplied to the real estate market
during the period 1999-2012, a JLLL report said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christopher Fossick, managing
director for JLLL's business in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on">Southeast Asia</st1:place>, said this is a demographic
dividend that the property sector benefits from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6BDjWoMAgE/UUSG9Oe_20I/AAAAAAAAApo/ZuXd9GuXCyo/s1600/Img+Bldg+JLL.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6BDjWoMAgE/UUSG9Oe_20I/AAAAAAAAApo/ZuXd9GuXCyo/s320/Img+Bldg+JLL.JPG" width="196" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image cropped from a report<br />
by Jones Lang La Salle Leechiu.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And making prices
affordable to as many people as possible is the correct path for the market, fossick
said during a press briefing on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"The concern should
not be the richest segment of the population who can afford the high-end
properties whether prices rise."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fossick added regulators
should ensure that prices become affordable to a larger size of the population.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"If you can't do that,
you'll have an asset bubble."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">JLLL Philippines Inc. managing
director David Leechiu said that the affordable price range share also comes
from the increasing number of young Filipinos with a fatter purse today
compared to a decade ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, he says the
demand doesn't only come from the traditional sources: remittances of overseas
Filipino workers and business process outsourcing sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"Aside from foreign
sources of demand, we're also seeing a domestic push."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leechiu added that in the
last 12 months, they are seeing increasing number of clients from the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From the foreign front, what
we're seeing are clients coming here who are homegrown Americans, for example, who
see the 4- to 7-percent yield higher than that of Hong Kong's and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s, according
to Leechiu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nonetheless, the number of
high-end condominium units priced between P6 million to P10 million would also
see an increase in the supply share in the next five years at 9 percent of 149,000
total units.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The number of condominium
units in this price range supplied between 1999-2012 only composed seven
percent of the total.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on JLLL's data, the
luxury condominium units, which are priced upwards of P10 million, would still
compose three percent of the supply in the next five years as it was in the
past 12 years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The mid-range market, or
those in the price range of P3 million to P6 million per condominium unit would
drop to 33-percent share of the total supply between 2013-2018.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ05fm4dfgQ/UUSJwkY7HYI/AAAAAAAAAqA/agbGDaVwJaI/s1600/Img+Bldg+JLL+(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ05fm4dfgQ/UUSJwkY7HYI/AAAAAAAAAqA/agbGDaVwJaI/s320/Img+Bldg+JLL+(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The JLLL data shows that
majority of the supply in the low-end price range would be in the Ortigas-Pasig-Mandaluyong
area (68%) and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Quezon City</st1:city></st1:place>
(62%). The mid-range price range units (P3 to P6 million) would be in the <st1:city w:st="on">Makati</st1:city> commercial and business district and its fringes (45%)
while the high-end price range condominium units (P6 to P10 million) would be
in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bonifacio</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Global</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This price range as well
as luxury units wouldn't be seen in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Quezon
City</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image downloaded from<br />
<a href="http://www.navy.mil.ph/news.php?news_id=805" target="_blank">Philippine Navy website</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Unpublished, Edited by Writer]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Submitted to BusinessMirror: Mar 10 for Mar 11, 2013</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">THE PHILIPPINE government plans to plunk down P270 million for the purchase of three more "multi-purpose attack crafts" (MPACs).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The acquisition is under our mid-term development plan for
2014 to 2017, Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic said. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a name='more'></a></span><br /></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Fabic, the Philippine Navy spokesperson, said that the acquisition process for the
three MPACs is already at the first stage, which composes planning and defining of
requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The second stage will determine who the possible proponent
of the project will be while Stages 3 and 4 refers to the actual costing and
possible delivery date of the MPACs and other requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Philippine Navy (PN) currently has six MPACs in service. Each MPAC carries a tag price of roughly P90 million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Three of them were sourced from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The other three were
ordered from Binondo, Manila-based Propmech Corp. of the Tong and Ong family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The firm’s latest financial statement submitted to the
Securities and Exchange Commission said while total cash position dipped by 4.5
percent in 2011 to PhP20.835 million, Propmech’s total current assets increased
to PhP641 million versus the previous year of PhP466 million.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Propmech delivered the first of three MPACs in 2012. That
MPAC was subjected to a short sea trial during the 114th PN anniversary celebration
May 22, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">An MPAC is 16.5 meters long, 4.76 meters wide and has a
draft of one meter and a top speed of 45 knots. It has a range 300 nautical
miles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The hull is made of high-quality aluminum and is crewed by
one officer and four enlisted personnel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It is capable of carrying 16 fully-equipped troopers or
two tons of cargo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The MPAC is capable of operating in territorial waters up
to "Sea State 3" (slight waves) without any system degradation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It is armed with one .50 caliber and two 7.62mm machine
guns.</span></div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-89185364248252662242013-02-26T13:24:00.000+08:002013-02-26T13:24:00.339+08:00Of beer and a Ferrari<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R81ebTYdQVc/USrzO2fk-KI/AAAAAAAAAoI/YwSjQrXDcuY/s1600/Img+Bartender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gsa="true" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R81ebTYdQVc/USrzO2fk-KI/AAAAAAAAAoI/YwSjQrXDcuY/s200/Img+Bartender.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">sent by good friend Ding Bagasao</span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Woman: Do you drink beer?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Man: Yes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Woman: How many bottles of beer a day?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Man: Usually about 3 bottles</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
Woman: How much do you pay per a bottle of beer?
Man: $5 with a tip<br />
<br />
Woman: And how long have you been drinking?<br />
<br />
Man: 20 years, I suppose<br />
<br />
Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day, which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be $5400 correct?<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gdm4KLeMOBQ/USr1Vy_7pzI/AAAAAAAAAoU/wbze7wHF6GY/s1600/Img+ClipArt+Einstein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" gsa="true" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gdm4KLeMOBQ/USr1Vy_7pzI/AAAAAAAAAoU/wbze7wHF6GY/s200/Img+ClipArt+Einstein.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ano daw?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Man: Correct<br />
<br />
Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?<br />
<br />
Man: Correct<br />
<br />
Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?<br />
<br />
Man: Do you drink beer?<br />
<br />
Woman: No<br />
<br />
Man: Where's your Ferrari?dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-71854294875188913242013-02-25T13:23:00.000+08:002013-02-25T13:23:00.052+08:00News: No damages in Mindanao quake –NDRRMC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nyN_trBv8mE/USmjE95jR9I/AAAAAAAAAnk/9s5PxUmtW3E/s1600/Img+Disasters+Pie+Chart+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nyN_trBv8mE/USmjE95jR9I/AAAAAAAAAnk/9s5PxUmtW3E/s200/Img+Disasters+Pie+Chart+(3).jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">[Unpublished]
</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Feb 17 for Feb 18, 2013</span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter</span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">for <a href="http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/" target="_blank">BusinessMirror</a> newspaper<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A MAGNITUDE
6.2 earthquake recorded in <st1:place w:st="on">Mindanao</st1:place> Saturday [Feb. 16]
afternoon by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) caused no damages, an
official said.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a name='more'></a></span><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“No
damages were reported by our provincial offices [as of this time],” ” NDRRMC
spokesman Maj. Reynaldo Balido Jr. told the BusinessMirror in a text message.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
USGS website said the quake had a depth of 98.2 kilometers and was monitored
about 28 kms southeast of Caburan, Davao del Sur Province.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A magnitude
6.2 quake was also monitored by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology to have occurred Saturday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Phivolcs bulletin said this quake was recorded east of Sarangani, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Davao</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Del</st1:state>
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Sur.</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However,
government seismologists’ tsunami alert warning is dated February 14 and no
alert was issued after the USGS quake alert. Phivolcs is the sole agency that
would issue tsunami alerts, according to a briefing by a staff of the National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According
to the USGS, the Philippine plate interface "has been associated with few
great (M>8.0) ‘megathrust’ earthquakes."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
USGS said that the 1976 <st1:place w:st="on">Moro Gulf</st1:place> earthquake,
which led to 7,100 casualties, had a magnitude of 7.6.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“A
number of other active intra-arc fault systems are associated with high seismic
activity, including the Cotabato Fault and the Verde Passage-Sibuyan Sea Fault.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phivolcs
also recorded 14 volcanic earthquakes during the past 24-hour observation
period in Taal Volcano’s seismic network.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“One
of these events which occurred at 10:25 AM yesterday [February 16] was felt at
Intensity III by residents of Barangay Bignay located in the north-eastern part
of the island.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Meanwhile,
the NDRRMC said search and rescue operations are ongoing to find five persons
missing in the landslide at a coal mining operation in Barangay Semirara, Caluya,
Antique on or about 11:54 p.m. of February 13.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Five
persons aged between 26 to 39 years old were confirmed dead while two are still
being treated at hospitals in Caluya and in UST in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Manila</st1:city></st1:place>, the NDRRMC said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A
Marjun Catoto, 23, has been released from the company hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
DRRMC -Antique province has been convened while the operation of the semirara
coal mining was suspended, the NDRRMC said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">[Unpublished]</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Feb 17 for Feb 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Written
by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">for </span><a href="http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BusinessMirror</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> newspaper</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE
Armed Forces of the Philippines said a civilian was wounded in an “encounter”
last Tuesday [Feb. 12] between government troops and para-military forces in a village in
Samar.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a name='more'></a></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In
its official statement, the AFP said initially that an undetermined number of “NPA
insurgents fired upon Army troops and para military forces [who were] conducting
a dialogue with residents of Barangay Guindaulan, <st1:city w:st="on">Rosario</st1:city>,
<st1:place w:st="on">Northern Samar</st1:place>.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
attack, the AFP said, led to the death of a Pinarican CAFGU Active Auxilliary
(CAA) member and the wounding of a resident, two military troops, and one CAA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While
the AFP did not name the deceased, it said the wounded civilian was one Raul
Estellero, a resident of Brgy. 3, <st1:city w:st="on">Rosario</st1:city>, <st1:place w:st="on">Northern Samar</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
others wounded were: Ssg Dionald Opilanda; Sgt Arnold Miranda; and, CAA Jonar
Estellero.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
AFP claims an “undetermined number of the NPA insurgents was also wounded” in what
the government military institution later said was an “encounter.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
AFP statement said the “encounter” is “another attempt to harass military
personnel.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
statement comes nearly a week after the NPA Leonardo Panaligan Command (NPA-LPC)
said they are “deeply saddened that civilians were hit” in an ambush that
killed eight civilians and a policeman in La Castellana town, <st1:place w:st="on">Negros</st1:place>
last January 27. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“We
assure you that those in the NPA unit responsible for what has occurred will be
subject to disciplinary action,” the NPA-LPC said in a statement issued Feb. 9.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
AFP said it “denounced the attacks against civilians perpetrated by the NPAs” that
led to the death of 10 and wounding of nine civilians for the month of January
alone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According
to the AFP, it has recorded in 2012 that “the NPAs were responsible for 374
violent incidents that caused the death of 53 civilians over the country.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Rounding
up the statistics, an innocent civilian is killed by the NPA every week last
year.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0og9lBSCmfw/URslqWLIw9I/AAAAAAAAAmo/Gv7DWDeJGaE/s1600/Img+Rally+Bayan+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0og9lBSCmfw/URslqWLIw9I/AAAAAAAAAmo/Gv7DWDeJGaE/s200/Img+Rally+Bayan+(3).jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farmers rally calling for sectoral unity.<br />
Photo courtesy of Kasama-TK.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter, <a href="http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/" target="_blank">BusinessMirror</a></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">HUMAN rights advocates expressed worries about the
announcement of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that it’s moving troops in
the Bondoc Peninsula.</span></div>
<a name='more'></a>“Nakakabahala dahil alam naman natin ang rekord ng
76th IB hinggil sa paglabag ng karapatang pantao,” Glen Malabanan, Secretary
General of human rights group <i>Karapatan-Southern Tagalog</i>, told BusinessMirror.<br />
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<span lang="EN-PH">Malabanan reacted to the report that the AFP would
maintain its presence in Quezon province despite the transfer of troops under
the 76th Infantry (Victrix) Battalion of the 201st Brigade, which began moving
towards <st1:place w:st="on">Mindoro</st1:place> on Tuesday.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">After staying for ten months in Bondoc Peninsula, the
76th IB will transfer to Mindoro and replace the 80th Infantry (Raging
Tamarraw) Battalion, which is due to go on scheduled battalion retraining at
Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, Cpt. Ramon V. Ibarrientos of the Philippine
Army said in a statement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">But Malabanan said they fear the transfer would add
more violations of human rights that he said has reached to 216 victims in
2012, particularly in South Quezon in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bondoc</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Peninsula</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">Of the total victims of human rights violations
documented in the area, 40 are women and 26 are children or minors while cases
of threats and harassment already numbered to about 2,000, since 2001.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">“The use and encampment of security forces in homes
and public places already affected at least 3,000 residents,” <i>Karapatan-ST</i> said
in a statement sent to BusinessMirror.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tO_aiXbsebo/URsm7SUFdsI/AAAAAAAAAm0/59tsyreUjAo/s1600/Img+Afp+Bontoc+Story+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tO_aiXbsebo/URsm7SUFdsI/AAAAAAAAAm0/59tsyreUjAo/s200/Img+Afp+Bontoc+Story+(3).jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sending-off ceremony of 76th Infantry<br />
(Victrix) Battalion, 2ID, PA at H76IB<br />
Brgy Ajos, Catanauan, Quezon, Feb.<br />
5, 2013 prior to its deployment in the<br />
island of Mindoro. Photo courtesy<br />
of Philippine Army.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-PH">Malabanan said there's an estimated eight battalions
composed of the Philippine Army, police and para-military groups deployed in 22
towns of the two districts. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">"This huge number of government troops is
unprecendented, </span>not even experienced during the Martial Law period of
the late-President Ferdinand Marcos," Malabanan said in Tagalog.</div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">He noted that the militarization of Quezon came after
several mining and exploration companies began putting up businesses in South
Quezon and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bondoc</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Peninsula</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">Citing data from the Mine Geoscience Bureau of the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Malabanan said the point of
contention involves more than 240,000 hectares of land, which is 27 percent of
the total size of land in Quezon, that are under mining applications.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">And after government launched its counter-insurgency
program Oplan Bayanihan in December 2010, Malabanan said 99 cases of
extrajudicial killings occurred.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">“Kaya [tuloy] ang [aming] panawagan na palayasin ang
76<sup>th</sup> IB, hindi ilipat sa ibang probinsya ng timog katagalugan o
ibang </span>rehiyon, dahil tiyak na marami ang magiging biktima ng
paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa isla ng <st1:place w:st="on">Mindoro</st1:place>.”</div>
dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-76420021766083058152013-02-12T13:16:00.000+08:002013-02-12T13:16:00.032+08:00AFP official say control access points vs. small ASG units<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GpvkvxueMIs/URh-I6vp7jI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/HtIDfebxwGY/s1600/Img+Blog+De+Leon.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GpvkvxueMIs/URh-I6vp7jI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/HtIDfebxwGY/s200/Img+Blog+De+Leon.jpeg" width="174" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Col. De Leon.<br />
Photo from <a href="http://www.navy.mil.ph/news.php?news_id=532" target="_blank">Phil. Navy website.</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ENTRY and exit points in an area where negotiations for the
release of a kidnapped Jordanian led to a violent clash February 3 are
controlled, an AFP official said.</div>
<a name='more'></a>“As of now, there is no indication na nakalabas sila sa
‘cordoned area’ natin,” Col. Orlando E. De Leon, Commander of the 2nd Marine
Brigade, Philippine Navy, told reporters on Friday.<o:p></o:p><br />
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De <st1:country-region w:st="on">Leon</st1:country-region>
said that his men have secured the entry and exit points of the lowland areas
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Mount</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Sinumaan</st1:placename></st1:place> where negotiations for the
release of journalist Baker Atyani and two television crew members led to a
shootout between the MNLF and the ASG.<o:p></o:p></div>
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De <st1:country-region w:st="on">Leon</st1:country-region>
earlier explained that a break-down in the negotiations by the Moro National
Liberation Front with the Abu Sayyaf Group led to a 4-hour exchange of gunfire
between the members of the two groups.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Only the two television crew were released and Atyani is
believed still in the hands of the ASG, which reportedly broke into smaller
units.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Ang ginagawa namin dito ay mino-monitor talaga yung
movements nila. Whether they split up into smaller groups or not, our objective
is for not one of them exit the conflict area.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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De <st1:country-region w:st="on">Leon</st1:country-region>
said he can’t comment on the fate of Atyani since the monitoring of kidnap
victims is led by the local police.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He added they have not received information that the MNLF
already has Atyani.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, he maintained that the AFP is still monitoring the
area where the gunfight occurred and that the 2nd Marine Brigade has
established checkpoints on every known egress point.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“So far, no indication na lumabas sila sa linya namin at
andun pa rin sila contained sa isang lugar lang. Actually, maliit lang naman
yung area na pinag-awayan nila at nanduon naman yung mga troops natin.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-35541955305043609232013-02-11T13:03:00.000+08:002013-02-11T13:03:22.832+08:00Army starts building disaster response warehouses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FcpA9DMnMqk/URh61tmnsWI/AAAAAAAAAl4/eOMiMWFyPAQ/s1600/Img+Afp+Ndrrmc+Story.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FcpA9DMnMqk/URh61tmnsWI/AAAAAAAAAl4/eOMiMWFyPAQ/s200/Img+Afp+Ndrrmc+Story.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Written
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<span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">THE
Philippine Army began on Friday its plans to build warehouses </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">in key areas of the country </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">for disaster
response initiatives.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
<a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“This
is part of our continuing effort to bolster the efficiency of our Regional
Disaster Reduction and Management
Councils in providing support to the
citizenry before, during and after
calamities,” said Undersecretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Del
Rosario, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), led the ground-breaking
ceremony for the 3-in-1 DRRM facility in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Magsaysay</st1:placename></st1:place>,
Nueva Ecija, on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Del
Rosario said the project, which aims to build five facilitie, was conceptualized
by NDRRMC chairperson and Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
3-in-1 facility will consist of an aircraft maintenance hangar, a warehouse and an office space for the Office
of Civil Defense (OCD).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“This
is the first projects designed to serve
as logistics base and supply storage who
will be affected by disasters,” a briefing material from the NDRRMC said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Other
similar DRRM facilities, according to Del Rosario, will be built in <st1:placename w:st="on">Legaspi</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype>,
Albay; <st1:placename w:st="on">Tacloban</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype>,
Leyte; Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis
Oriental; and, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Butuan</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Agusan del Norte.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
NDRRMC said the building, which will cost P46 million and located in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Magsaysay</st1:placename></st1:place>
will be constructed by the Engineering Construction Battalion, 54th EBde of the
Philippine Army.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
54th EBde, which stationed at Camp Lt. Tito B. Abat in Pangasinan, expects to finish
construction of the DRRM facility in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Magsaysay</st1:placename></st1:place> in August or
September of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
construction of the facility came two months after Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) hit <st1:place w:st="on">Mindanao</st1:place> and led to deaths of thousands. Economic losses
to agriculture, infrastructure and private property were recorded at P37
billion (US$802 million), with an additional P5 billion (US$122 million)
allocated to the rehabilitation of farms, according to a report by insurance
firm Aon Benfield.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-82177817296509409112013-02-05T15:23:00.000+08:002013-02-05T15:23:17.018+08:00News: Five dead in Pililla, Rizal<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjVwknsodgQ/URCxs2a6AyI/AAAAAAAAAlg/mTQz8b1Ovus/s1600/Img+Building+Construction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjVwknsodgQ/URCxs2a6AyI/AAAAAAAAAlg/mTQz8b1Ovus/s200/Img+Building+Construction.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workers in construction are<br />among those whose lives are<br />at high-risk. Photo by D. Estopace</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">NDRRMC Report: Collapse of scaffolding at Salcon Power Corp. in Pililla, Rizal</span><br />
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ON or about 1500H of Feb. 03 , a 70-foot high scaffolding collapsed
in a thermal plant of the Solcon Power Corp., located in Barangay Malaya,
Pililla, Rizal.</div>
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<a name='more'></a>“There were 17 workers inside the smokestack when the incident
occurred. Five workers were reported dead whereas 12 were rescued and were
brought to Tanay General Hospital for medical attention,” the <a href="http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/index.php" target="_blank">National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council</a> said in its situation alert released Tuesday morning. <br />
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<span lang="EN-PH">The NDRRMC report added that a rescue team from Solcon Power
“conducted the initial rescue operation and was later assisted by a rescue team
of the Pililla Municipal Police Station and Bureau of Fire Protection.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">It added that the Antipolo City Rescue Team, the Rodriguez
(Montalban) Rescue Team, Pasig City Rescue </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">and Morong Volunteers Emergency Response Team, and Tanay
Mountaineers assisted in the search, rescue and retrieval operation. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">The municipal police station of Pililla, Rizal is conducting
investigation regarding the cause of the incident while the labor department is
closely coordinating with the management of Solcon Power for the actions being
undertaken by the company. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">address</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">remarks </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">1. eduardo fidel</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">Pililla, Rizal</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">dead </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">2. gregorio ricalde</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">Calaca, Batangas</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">dead </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">3. roberto meslas</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">dead </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">4. jeffrey sinag</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">dead </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">5. antonio manguera</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">dead </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">6. rogelio carigma</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">47 y/o</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">Pililla, Rizal</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">confined </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">7. t ereso escuera</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">42 y/o</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">Calaca, Batangas</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">confined </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">8. benedicta batain</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">39 y/o</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">Pililla, Rizal</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">confined </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">9. gualberto rodriguez</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">55 y/o </span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">Calaca, Batangas</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">confined</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">10. ruel gambuha</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">discharged </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">11. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">marion</st1:city></st1:place>
buhay</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">discharged </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">12. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">frances</st1:country-region></st1:place>
arojado</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">discharged </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">13. jonathan arevallo</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 47.45pt;" valign="top" width="63">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.95pt;" valign="top" width="135">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.35pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-PH">discharged </span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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OFFERS of an American and an Israeli firm for the purchase of 21 UH-1 helicopters were accepted by the Department of National Defense on Thursday.</div>
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The two firms –Israel-based Radom Aviation Systems Ltd. and United States-based Rice Aircraft Services Inc. – submitted bids for the contract worth P1.264 billion (US$31.62 million at US$1=PhP40).<br />
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The other firms that did not join the bidding were: Aerospace Engineering Group.; Overseas Aircraft Support Inc.; Serpenair Group Inc. / Bell helicopter; ST Aerospace Engineering PTE. Ltd.; and, Stone of David Tactical Equipment Co.<br />
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The opening of bids scheduled 2:00 p.m. Thursday was postponed “for the best interest of the department,” according to Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo.<br />
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But, don’t worry, we will have the helicopters ready for the elections, he added.</div>
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A DND document said that the delivery of 13 units of UH-1 and eight units of upgraded UH-1 is required on or before March 31, 2013. The acquisition also requires an integrated logistics support as included in the bid.</div>
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rt of a series of purchases in line with the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_eBNUey-fYM/UQ56gus9qaI/AAAAAAAAAk4/Y8Db-ILB9l8/s1600/Img+Helicopter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" jea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_eBNUey-fYM/UQ56gus9qaI/AAAAAAAAAk4/Y8Db-ILB9l8/s1600/Img+Helicopter.jpg" /></a>It was signaled by the signing of President Aquino of the new modernization act last month, Gazmin said.</div>
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“Pumaspas na yung proseso so January up to siguro June or July, puro kontrata na lahat itong [aasikasuhin natin]. Tuloy-tuloy na ito gaya nung helicopter natin.”</div>
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Patrick M. Velez, DND Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Installations and Logistics, said also on Wednesday that the defense department is studying whether to apply a government-to-government negotiation or public bidding on the procurement of AFP assets.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">THE Department of National Defense said it is
finalizing the list of assets planned for procurement under the new AFP
Modernization Plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"We just need to identify which should be
for open public bidding and which should be on a government-to-government
basis," DND spokesperson Peter Paul Ruben G. Galvez said in a press
briefing Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Galvez said that the DND would submit the costing
to Congress by the first week of February, nearly three weeks ahead of their
February 27 deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He added that the list would show all the land,
air, and naval assets that the DND plans to buy within the P75-billion fund
allotted for the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">But DND Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin said that
they were very careful in identifying the assets to be bought because the fund
is inadequate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"We're studying allo options because the
fund is too small and spread over five years," Gazmin said in Tagalog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"Kulang na kulang yan kung talagang bibili
ka ng mga di kalidad at first hand or brand new na gamit. So hinihimay naming
maigi para makuha natin yung maximum nung pera natin."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Patrick M. Velez, DND Assistant Secretary for
Acquisition, Installations and Logistics, said identifying whether to opt for a
government-to-government negotiation or public bidding "is part of the
process of examination."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"The default, really, is public bidding. We
can go on a G-to-G in certain instances where the equipment is not available."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Gazmin cited as example the frigates being eyed
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region> is one of the leading
candidates but we're going to open bidding on this one."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">On the other hand, Velez said that the DND is
negotiating with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>
for a squadron of F50 fighter jets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two fighter jets from South Korea<br />may be delivered to the Philippines<br />by August if deal finalized.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Galvez said that they were able to trim down the
original P24 billion for the 12 jets to P18 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"We're also negotiating that maybe they can
include technical support and other non-cash components in the deal."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Galvez said they were able to trim down the
original allocation by identifying which item can be locally accomplished, like
maintenance and operating costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"So kung kaya naman natin na tayo na ang
sagot sa MOOE, inalis na natin dun sa original estimate," he told
BusinessMirror after the press briefing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Galvez said they are also asking the Koreans if
it is possible to deliver two of the fighter jets in six months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">If that comes to fruition, siguro mga August or
September, meron na tayong fighter jets, he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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THE fund to modernize the country's armed forces may get an additional P3.6 billion this year from the Base Conversion Development Authority but only if a legal tiff with SM Land Inc. is resolved.<br />
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The state-owned BCDA filed a Motion for Reconsideration last January 14 before the Supreme Court seeking to dissolve the Temporary Restraining Order secured by SM Land, part of the conglomerate of the Sy dynasty.<br />
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BCDA president and chief executive Arnel Paciano D. Casanova said in a press briefing that the case involves the bidding of the 33.1-hectare camp area, which is composed of land presently occupied by the the Army Service Command and Security Services Unit of the Philippine Army and, in part, by the Bonifacio Naval Station and Philippine Marine Corps of the Philippine Navy.<br />
<br />
The BCDA tagged these areas cumulatively as the Bonifacio South Pointe Property, which is located along Lawton Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.<br />
<br />
Pending the resolution of the case, Casanova told BusinessMirror after the press briefing that the BCDA will focus on selling another different lot.<br />
<br />
"But it's not a prime lot as South Pointe," Casanova, who is also a lawyer, said.<br />
<br />
He said in a presentation that the BCDA has been remitting on the average about P2.07 billion to the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the last two years.<br />
<br />
If the legal dispute with SM Land continues, Casanova said that they can expect to remit the same amount for the AFP Modernization Program this year.<br />
<br />
He added that they will continue with their mandate of disposing idle lands in military camps of the AFP, and putting under property development all camps already outside Metro Manila.<br />
<br />
"We're talking about 330,000 hectares that can be developed. But we have to come up with comprehensive base development plan so we need to master plan all the military camps and ask our armed forces which camps do they still need, they want to retain, and which camps they want to let go or develop for additional revenue generation for the afp modernization."<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C5xUaPi6L9I/UQkOyCqEwKI/AAAAAAAAAhw/gB_PfugsGk8/s1600/Img+Bcda+(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ea="true" height="127" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C5xUaPi6L9I/UQkOyCqEwKI/AAAAAAAAAhw/gB_PfugsGk8/s200/Img+Bcda+(4).JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image of the Villamor Air Base, which<br />
is one of the military camps that the<br />
BCDA said could earn if developed.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Casanova said BCDA is talking to officials of the AFP and may finish a master plan within the year.<br />
<br />
On Tuesday, he identified Fort Magsaysay, Camp Aguinaldo, Camp Peralta, Camp Kibaritan, Camp O'Donnell, and the San Miguel Naval Communication Station as among those that could be developed.<br />
<br />
"The AFP is the country's biggest landholder but this, property development, is a 'battle' they might need help."<br />
<br />
Casanova said that of the total land area held by the AFP, only 20 percent is being used.<br />
<br />
"Fort Magsaysay alone, the entire 40,000 hectare is not being occupied by the army; it's only the headquarters of the division. Just imagine, half of Metro Manila ang area nila."<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WoSq002_408/UQn1UMJHvYI/AAAAAAAAAic/mEixyQr7P7A/s1600/Bautista.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WoSq002_408/UQn1UMJHvYI/AAAAAAAAAic/mEixyQr7P7A/s200/Bautista.jpg" width="162" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AFP Chief of Staff<br />
<a href="http://www.dnd.gov.ph/pdr-web/Pdrboard.html" target="_blank">Gen. Emmanuel Bautista</a><br />
Image from DND website.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[Unpublished] </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Submitted Jan 30 for Jan 31, 2013 </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HAVING been awarded the highest military rank in simple ceremonies Wednesday morning,
Armed Forces of the </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: Calibri;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista asked rebels to drop armed struggle as an
option for social transformation.</span></div>
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"I hope no one else among our compatriots today would be so foolish to go
to the mountains and wage armed struggle," Bautista said in Tagalog, but
describing such option as "Jurassic."</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He added that armed struggle as an option may have been relevant in
the past "pero ngayon, maraming pamamaraan para masolusyonan natin yung mga problema." [Today, we have other methods
to solve our problems.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Bautista offered the position after nine people were killed in an
ambush by suspected New People's Army early Sunday in a village in La
Castellana, a first class municipality in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">province</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Negros
Occidental</st1:placename></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3MOdOFVlnRg/UQn2LZkFMDI/AAAAAAAAAik/c6X5qKeIy30/s1600/160px-050713-F-0000S-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3MOdOFVlnRg/UQn2LZkFMDI/AAAAAAAAAik/c6X5qKeIy30/s1600/160px-050713-F-0000S-001.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:050713-F-0000S-001.jpg" target="_blank">Photo from Wikipedia</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Bautista said that while security forces are running after suspects,
the AFP will "continue to pursue our agenda in the Bayanihan internal
peace and security plan."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Bautista is considered the author of Bayanihan, a plan which he led in
formulating as AFP Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, J3, before assuming
the post of 3rd Infantry Division Commander three years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He told reporters in a forum yesterday that the offer of peace is also
extended to Muslim rebels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">But while Bautista said the AFP supports the peace process, "we are
also after the rule of law."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"That's why we're discussing the transitional justice mechanism
[in the peace panel with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front]."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Aside from Bautista, National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin also
announced the designation of Col. Herminigildo Aquino as Senior Mlitary
Assistant, replacing Brig. Gen Hernando
Iriberri.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-2420430301090829352013-01-30T20:09:00.000+08:002013-01-30T20:09:16.596+08:00AFP to get P23.43B from sale of camps<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzMq6_7cGWQ/UQkMKzdU0vI/AAAAAAAAAhM/k5vWb2Hs5pI/s1600/Img+Bcda+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ea="true" height="136" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzMq6_7cGWQ/UQkMKzdU0vI/AAAAAAAAAhM/k5vWb2Hs5pI/s200/Img+Bcda+(1).JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of the Jusmag property<br />
development that the BCDA said<br />
allowed it to contribute to the<br />
AFP Modernization Program.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">[Unpublished]</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Submitted Tue for Wed / Jan 29 for Jan 30, 2013</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
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THE SALE OF lots in military camps in Metro Manila for the past 19 years has brought cash to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and which is more than the 2013 budget of the DND for maintenance.<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
In a presentation Tuesday, Arnel Paciano D. Casanova of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) said that the state-owned firm has given about P23.43 billion to the AFP since it began disposing assets since May 1993.<br />
<br />
That amount is shy of the total P25.276 billion in appropriations this year for combined maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) and capital outlay of the Department of National Defense (DND).<br />
<br />
The DND's total appropriation for line item MOOE, according to the approved budget for 2013, is listed as P19.848 billion while the department has been given P5.428 billion for capital outlay.<br />
<br />
However, the amount is twice greater than the unprogrammed fund appropriation for the capital outlays under the AFP Modernization Program (AFP-MP) this year at P10.632 billion. The AFP-MP is lodged in a trust fund as mandated by Republic Act No. 7898.<br />
<br />
Casanova, BCDA president and chief executive, said that the amount they gave to the AFP is part of the P56.627 billion in total disposition proceeds.<br />
<br />
"The AFP got the lion's share, which is 41.38 percent of the total," Casanova said in a press forum.<br />
<br />
He explained that the share includes the P1.646 billion that BCDA is set to remit next month to the National Treasury.<br />
<br />
Likewise, the AFP share is comprised of remittance for the P75-billion AFP modernization program (P12.291 billion) and for the Military Replication facilities (P9.496 billion).<br />
<br />
As mandated by law, the BCDA is tasked to dispose of idle AFP camps in Metro Manila, the biggest of which are Fort Bonifacio and Villamor Airbase.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rQwPVkyQUj8/UQkMrYxFRmI/AAAAAAAAAhU/xtzAk7VeWVc/s1600/Img+Bcda+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ea="true" height="136" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rQwPVkyQUj8/UQkMrYxFRmI/AAAAAAAAAhU/xtzAk7VeWVc/s200/Img+Bcda+(2).JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of the Jusmag property <br />
development that the BCDA said<br />
allowed it to contribute to the<br />
AFP Modernization Program.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Casanova said that of the total generated proceeds in the past 19 years, BCDA's share amounted to P12.518 billion or 12.11 percent. The share of 14 government beneficiaries, he added, was at P7.364 billion (13.02 percent).</div>
<br />
The remaining amolunt represents payments for taxes and fees related to disposition, replication of non-military facilities (P9.996 billion), and share of the contiguous municipalities (P463 million), he added.<br />
<br />
Casanova said other direct expenses consisted of relocation of informal occupants, construction of site development projects, and administrative expenses.<br />
<br />
"We have no control of how the AFP Modernization Program funds are being spent. We just raise revenue and remit to the National Treasury," he said in reaction to accusationst that the BCDA is benefiting more than the AFP.dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-69094560047582292672012-10-17T19:38:00.000+08:002012-10-17T19:38:40.134+08:00Disasters and 20 million Filipinos<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nV65lBVNv9E/UH6Wd6Ef-nI/AAAAAAAAAgM/e00P3mhvY8s/s1600/Img+Risk+DRR+Story+(5)b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nV65lBVNv9E/UH6Wd6Ef-nI/AAAAAAAAAgM/e00P3mhvY8s/s200/Img+Risk+DRR+Story+(5)b.jpg" width="153" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image captured from<br />
World Risk Report 2012.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Environmental degradation puts 20 million Filipinos at risk, report says</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THE Philippines is the third country
whose people are most at-risk from disasters, said a report released for the
UN's International Day for Disaster Reduction, October 13.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Among the 15 countries with the highest
risk worldwide, eight happen to be island states – including Vanuatu, Tonga and
the Philippines at positions 1 to 3,” said the World Risk Report 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The report, which was crafted by the
German Alliance for Development Works (Alliance), United Nations University
Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and The Nature
Conservancy, added: “Owing to their proximity to the sea, island states are
particularly exposed to the natural hazards of cyclones, flooding and sea level
rise.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The report, which evaluated 173
countries, also placed the Philippines among the top three in terms of
exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to the report, Vanuatu is the
country with the largest disaster risk worldwide, given a score of 36.31
percent. The country is followed by Tonga (28.62%), the Philippines (27.98%),
Guatemala (20.75%) and Bangladesh (20.22%).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The WorldRiskIndex 2012 [the product of
exposure and vulnerability] shows that these countries bear the disastrous
combination of extreme exposure and high vulnerability.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Philippines was given an exposure
rate of 52.46 percent and vulnerability of 53.35 percent, based on 28
indicators.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oIAYiDSvOS8/UH6W1f2SA3I/AAAAAAAAAgU/Vmee8GROpE8/s1600/Img+Risk+DRR+Story+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oIAYiDSvOS8/UH6W1f2SA3I/AAAAAAAAAgU/Vmee8GROpE8/s320/Img+Risk+DRR+Story+(3).jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“India ranks second in the countries
with the greatest number of at-risk people who may receive risk reduction
benefits from reefs (people living below 10-meter elevation and within 50 kilometers
of coral reefs). The top countries are Indonesia and India (> 35 M people
each); followed by the Philippines (>20M); China (> 15 M); Brazil,
Vietnam and the USA (all > 7M),” a statement on the report said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The statement added that “environmental
degradation is a significant factor that reduces the capacity of [these] societies
to deal with” risks of natural disasters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The record for the decade 2002 to 2011
is alarming: 4,130 disasters, more than a million deaths and an economic loss
of at least US$1.195 trillion.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A statement in September by underwriter
Swiss Re noted that the “cost of floods has more than doubled in the last 10
years and now rivals earthquake losses.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The firm estimates that 500 million
people are affected by flooding every year and “the increase in flood claims
has been significant.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Swiss Re said that in the 1970's, the annual
claims were US$1-2 billion, whereas 2011's insured flood losses amounted to US$15
billion.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kDW0WXQi6so/UH6XBpEkDCI/AAAAAAAAAgc/DkM-T2IId-0/s1600/Img+Risk+DRR+Story+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kDW0WXQi6so/UH6XBpEkDCI/AAAAAAAAAgc/DkM-T2IId-0/s400/Img+Risk+DRR+Story+(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Recent flood events in Thailand,
Australia and the Philippines show that floods now rival earthquakes and
hurricanes in terms of economic losses.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nonetheless, the World Risk Report said
the Philippines and Thailand scored positive in terms of adaptive capacities in
terms of natural disasters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Thanks to their favorable scoring in
the categories “education and research”, “environmental status and ecosystems
protection” and “gender parity”, the Philippines in particular, which are
ranked as high regarding susceptibility and their lack of coping capacities,
have attained a quite good result.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The report's WorldRiskIndex, developed
by UNU-EHS in cooperation with the Alliance, determines the risk of becoming
the victim of a disaster as a result of natural hazards for 173 countries. The
Pacific Island states of Vanuatu and Tonga have the highest disaster risk.
Malta and Qatar face the lowest risk. India ranks 73rd and is therefore midway
in all risk categories. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"This report illustrates the
powerful role that nature can play in reducing risks to people and property
from coastal hazards like storms, erosion and floods. Coral reefs, oyster reefs
and mangroves offer flexible, cost-effective, and sustainable first lines of
defense," a statement quoted The Nature Conservancy lead marine scientist
Michael Beck as saying. (30)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Original story submitted to BusinessMirror</span></span> <span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oct 14, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-68458530928346507922011-11-05T21:22:00.000+08:002011-11-05T21:22:02.235+08:00News Story: Peace negotiator blasts warmongers in media<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">GOVERNMENT chief peace negotiator Teresita
Quintos-Deles chided warmongers in Philippine media for fuelling sentiments to
declare an all-out war against Moslem armed separatist groups in Mindanao.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Many have fueled the clamor that we launch
an all-out war against the MILF. It did not help that many members of media
made this into a simple ‘them-versus-us’ case,” said Quintos-Deles, Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3wKjpz2oRs/TrU3ymvqxzI/AAAAAAAAATg/p4pL6xU5BLQ/s1600/151513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3wKjpz2oRs/TrU3ymvqxzI/AAAAAAAAATg/p4pL6xU5BLQ/s400/151513.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace doves fly on the grounds of the historic Hazrat-i-Ali mosque,<br />
in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.<br />
(UN Photo/Helena Mulkerns)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Secretary Quintos-Deles spoke to some of
the 28 students graduating from a Dual Campus Masters in Peace Studies on October
24, the day that President Benigno S. Aquino III rejected calls to launch an all-out
war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The rattling of sabres came after 19
soldiers were killed in an encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan while hunting alleged
armed members of the Abu Sayyaf bandit group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Quintos-Deles quoted five paragraphs from
President Aquino’s statement that disavowed “knee-jerk reactions that will
jeopardize our efforts to address the roots of conflict in the region.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Consider the context and the history in
your reporting,” Quintos-Deles told this reporter after the graduation ceremony
at the Ateneo de Manila University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">She said that sobriety and introspection
are more important at this stage, “so that we could be guided on what to do
next.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Quintos-Deles said that media can consider
first the costs of an all-out war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“During Erap’s time, what happened? Two
million civilians were displaced. And it’s a generational thing; the pain and
suffering doesn’t only include that generation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Nearly 11 years ago, the military under the
government of President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada captured the MILF headquarters at
Camp Abubakar in the southern island of Mindanao after declaring an all-out war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“Look at Maguindanao, it remains an area
with the lowest human development index,” Quintos-Deles said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">She added that media should consider that
“it will take 15 years before you bring a region up on its feet again after an
armed conflict.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Nonetheless, Quintos-Deles said the Aquino
government remains focused on peace negotiations with five armed groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“We intend to end all armed conflicts
within this administration,” she said in her speech adding that the Aquino
government is reviewing the implementation of signed peace agreements with the
Moro National Liberation Front in 1986 and two splinter groups of the Communist
Party of the Philippines’s armed wing New People’s Army.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Quintos-Deles told this journalist that
these are “some of the factors at play that should be considered” in the public
debate on the conflict in Mindanao.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">“And media has a big role to play in this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-15991309242161338852011-10-10T21:50:00.000+08:002011-10-10T21:50:36.343+08:00Photojournalists vie for Forestry Photo Award<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographs by Nonie G. Reyes of BusinessMirror newspaper would be one of many to be exhibited.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-33402799367607856302011-09-30T16:18:00.000+08:002011-09-30T16:18:09.475+08:00God’s Love I Felt Through Mother B (Poem)
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">M</b>others know
best, the old adage is correct</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O</b>ld and wise, gentle
and kind, other than that she’s perfect</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">T</b>hough the years
and time haven’t been as kind to us</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">H</b>er demeanor and
decisiveness, never she created a fuss</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">E</b>veryone can
stand and shout, “She made me feel important...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b>ain, sleet, or
searing heat; amid wealth and great want.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">D</b>eign many times
cash and confidence fell short I sought her</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I</b>n times of
troubles, always her homestead was I a bother!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">D</b>ennis, my name,
she utters with words of assurance and comfort</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I</b> bet my fingers,
toes and all can never match her worth</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">B</b>e as it may her
modesty abounds larger than life</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A</b> humility
attested to by comrades, friends, and my wife</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Y</b>ou can search
over and yonder for such caring friend</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O</b>r wait centuries
for such gift to fall from Heaven</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">N</b>ever can we
again have such luck, following the trend</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">E</b>ver can we only
hope that one in a hundred seventy-seven</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">T</b>he chances a
generation can be blessed, smiled upon by Allah,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A</b>s we are –loved and
cared for by Mother Didi Bayoneta.</span></div>
dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640120661763805393.post-29567423403564741152011-09-20T21:00:00.000+08:002011-09-20T21:00:35.131+08:00Turumba Festival 2011 (Video)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This short video, taken using a Nokia e63 mobile phone, shows some of about 3,000 people of Pakil, Laguna, marching towards the church in tune with music from three brass bands.dyurnalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438519467679703402noreply@blogger.com0