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Philippine Misereor Partnership jubilant over Pope’s encyclicalOZAMIS CITY – The Phil-ippine Misereor Partner-ship Inc. (PMPI) has cel-ebrated the release of“Laudato Si” – the Pope?slatest encyclical on envi-ronment and climatechange.

It said the documenthighlighted that climatechange is real – a globalproblem with grave im-plications, and one of theprincipal challenges fac-ing humanity – thepeople in general and es-pecially leaders in gov-ernments.

Yet, the same docu-ment provided hope that“each one of us, are even

more powerful whenunited, and can make a bigdifference in creating a bet-ter reality for our genera-tion and the next.”

“We are jubilant. Wethank Pope Francis be-cause the document ech-oes and validates our de-sires and calls for effectingchange in our society –from protection of the en-vironment to uplifting theeveryday life of our poorpeople. To hear the Popesay that we are at the brinkof consuming the earth?sresources, but still a longway to eradicating povertyshould serve as a wake-upcall for all.”

“The Pope being aman of faith and integrity,lending a moral voice tocombat global warmingand the consequences ofclimate change can be asource of strength forpeople who are in the re-ceiving end of the impactof climate change. Like-wise, this pronouncementis timely and extra specialin the light of the currentnegotiation of countries onclimate change in Paris thiscoming November,”Yolanda Esguerra, Na-tional Coordinator ofPMPI, said in a statementsent to the regional news-paper Mindanao Exam-

iner.Fr. Edwin Gariguez,

Executive Secretary of theCBCP-NASSA and PMPICo-Convenor, also saidthat, ?to hear the cry of theearth and the cry of thepoor,? as a new ecologicalapproach is appropriate indealing with the currentecological crisis.

It brings home thepoint that social justice isprimordial in the climatechange discourse. Violat-ing the “rights” of the envi-ronment also means vio-lating the very rights of thepoor, he further said.

“Worldwide, it is ac-knowledged that the poor

(developing) and islandcountries like the Philip-pines are among the mostvulnerable to climatechange because they haveextremely low capacity andresources to protect them-selves from its adverse im-pact despite theirminiscule contribution toclimate change,” Fr.Gariguez said in the samestatement.

Baby Llavan, ExecutiveDirector of Antique Hu-man Development ofPanay and Co-Convenorfrom the Visayas, said thatthe publication is verytimely for the 2016 na-tional election.

She said Pope Francisis strongly challengingpoliticians across theglobe to decisively putforward and implementpolicies that would helpminimize, if not totally re-verse, the impact of cli-mate change.

“The Pope calls onthe reduction of fossil fueluse, which is recognizedas the main contributorto changes in climate andfor rich countries to takeon the responsibility ofensuring that poor coun-tries can adapt to the cli-mate change’s adverseimpact.”

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ILILILILILANG na umano ang orANG na umano ang orANG na umano ang orANG na umano ang orANG na umano ang oras ni Mas ni Mas ni Mas ni Mas ni Maguindanaoaguindanaoaguindanaoaguindanaoaguindanaomassacrmassacrmassacrmassacrmassacre suspect Andal Ampatuan Se suspect Andal Ampatuan Se suspect Andal Ampatuan Se suspect Andal Ampatuan Se suspect Andal Ampatuan Sr mataposr mataposr mataposr mataposr mataposdiumanong makitaan ito ng cancer sa kanyangdiumanong makitaan ito ng cancer sa kanyangdiumanong makitaan ito ng cancer sa kanyangdiumanong makitaan ito ng cancer sa kanyangdiumanong makitaan ito ng cancer sa kanyangatayatayatayatayatay.....

Ito ang sinabi ngkanyang abogado mataposna maglabas ng medicalcertificate ang umano’ydoktor ni Andal, na datinggobernador ngMaguindanao, nanagsasabing 3 hanggang 6na buwan na lamang angitatagal nito sa mundo.

Kasalukuyang nasaNational Kidney and Trans-plant Institute (NKTI) siAndal na kung saan itosinusuri sa kanyang sakit.Nais naman ngayon ngmga kaanak ni Andal naito’y madalaw sapagamutan, subali’tkailangan pa umano ngpermiso mula sa korte.

Pinagbibintangan namastermind si Andal samassacre ng 58 katao,kabilang ang 32mamamayahag, nasumama sa political cara-van ng angkan ngMangundadatu nakalaban naman nito sapulitika. Kasama sanaturang kaso ay sinaZaldy Ampatuan, ang dat-ing gobernador ng Autono-mous Region in MuslimMindanao; at ang kapatid

nitong si Junior Andal, at ibapa.

Nabatid sa kanyangmedical certificate na nasaadvance stage na ang cancerni Andal na kilalang malakasmanigarilyo.

Ngayon ay nais namanni Zaldy na magpa-confineat magpasuri sa puso sa Phil-ippine Heart Center nakatabi lamang ng NKTI saQuezon City, at humirit paitong na bibisita sa amangmay sakit. Hindi panapagde-desisyunan ngkorte ang nasabingkahilingan ni Zaldy at ngmga kamag-anakan nitongbumisita kay Andal.

Nakapiit si Zaldy at Jun-ior Ampatuan at iba pangakusado sa Camp BagongDiwa sa Taguig City na kungsaan ay napa-ulat na mayspecial treatment ang mgaito.

Hindi naman sang-ayon ang marami sa mgakaanak ng mga biktima ngmassacre sa kagustuhannina Zaldy at nanawagan pasa mga awtoridad nahigpitan ang seguridad saNKTI.

Umani rin ng samut-

saring komento sa socialmedia, partikular saFacebook, ukol sa nalalapitna kamatayan ni Andal atkaramihan sa mga ito ayipinapanalangin na matigokna ang matanda dahil samga umano’y kasalanannito, at ang iba naman ay

nagsasabing humaba pasana ang kanyang buhayupang maghirap at malasapang pait at pighating dinanasng mga pamilya ng mgabiktima ng karumal-dumalna pagpatay sa 58 kataonoon 2009.

May mga naaawa rin sa

sinapit ni Andal atnagsabing dapat ayhumingi na ito ngkapatawaran sa kanyangmga kasalanan.

Nitong Mayo lamang aypinalaya ng korte ang isanganak ni Andal na si Sajid Is-lam matapos itong

magbigay ng piyansa sahalagang P11.6 milyon athalos 5 taon rin itongnakulong. Dinagsa ng mgabisita at supporters anglalawigan upangsalubungin at batiin ito sakanyang pagbabalik.(Mindanao Examiner)

Andal Ampatuan Sr,bilang na ang oras!

“Atay ng Maguindanao massacre suspek, nilalamon ng kanser”

Ang patriarch ng Ampatuan clan na si dating Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan, Sr habang nagpapahinga sa isanggazebo ng Eastern Mindanao Command sa Davao City sa ekslusibong larawan ng Mindanao Examiner na kuha noong Abril16, 2010 bago ito nailipat sa piitan sa Maynila.

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leaders should put effort toprotect and improve ourworld by transformingtoday?s political and struc-tural powers into some-thing that will ensure sus-tainable development ofhuman race and the envi-ronment,” Llavan said.

Edel Garingan, PMPIProject Officer for Anti-Mining Campaign, be-lieved that the core of theenvironmental encyclicalis the call for change in ourperspective of the environ-ment, our home.

“To me this is a critiqueof how people, business-men and world leaderswho look at the environ-ment in a very utilitarianway – Economics overEcology. Profit over Needs.Businesses over Commu-nities.” Garingan said.

The papal encyclical isproposing a change inparadigm. Although notdirectly addressing the is-sue of mining, the Popeemphasizes that humansneed to slow down in pro-ducing and use of techno-logical products that re-

Philippine Misereor Partnershipjubilant over Pope’s encyclical

quire metals derived frommining.

He calls for a change oflifestyle, consumption andproduction pattern that ismore sustainable. The en-cyclical is comprehensiveand integrative.

According to Sr. CresLucero, of the Task ForceDetainees of the Philip-pines (TFDP), and PMPICo-Convenor from Luzon,the encyclical drew heavilyfrom the faith tradition, thesocial and political con-text, and even from thetechnical scientific per-spective.

She expressed grati-tude when Pope Francis,despite the grave problemconfronting the world, isable to recognize seeds ofhope through activities likedeveloping alternative en-ergy sources and the effortsof many communities andcivil society organizationsto help reverse and softenthe climate change impact.

She said “Pope Franciscalls unto everyone tomake things better and ashuman beings, while ca-pable of the worst, are alsocapable of rising above

themselves, choosingagain what is good, andmaking a new start?.

“Moreover, he is tell-ing the world upfront thatthere is power in each ofus to make things better;that an individual can doso much,” Sr. Lucero said.

Roldan Gonzalez, Ex-ecutive Director of GITIBand PMPI Chairpersonand Co-Convenor fromMindanao, said theLaudato Si is definitelygood news not only to or-ganizations like us butalso to the rest of theworld as taking care of theenvironment iseveryone?s business.

“It challenges the coreof our beings and oncemore highlights thehuman?s role as stewardsof creation. Like whatPope Francis stated in hispublication, “protectingcreation is first and fore-most a moral and reli-gious issue. It is a re-sponse to God?s ancientrequest that we as humanbeings should preserve,protect, and sustain cre-ation,” he said. (With a re-port from E. Dumaboc)

Edukasyon.ph kicks off nationwidecollege, scholarship portal for students

ZAMBOANGA CITY –Due to the poor source ofinformation on academicopportunities in the Phil-ippines, Filipino-FrenchHenry Motte-Muñoz es-tablished an online por-tal called Edukasyon.phwhere incoming collegestudents can findcourses, schools, andscholarships on one sitefor free.

“Limited career ori-entation, expensive tu-ition fees, and lack ofknowledge on where tosearch for educationalopportunities are some ofthe key problems thathigh school students andindividuals seeking to ex-pand their education andprofessional develop-ment are encountering inchoosing the right courseand university. Studentsneed help in finding theeducational opportunitythat will fit their interests,budget, and desired loca-tion,” Edukasyon.phChief Executive OfficerLinartes Viloria said in astatement sent to the re-

gional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

According to the Na-tional Statistical Coordi-nation Board, there are atotal of 7.2 million highschool students and only3.6 million of them arepursuing college, as of2014.

“We want to make iteasier for students to findthe different educationaloptions available forthem in the Philippines.Through our online por-tal, students can now ex-plore all the college andt e c h n i c a l - v o c a t i o n a lcourses offered in ourcountry,” Viloria said.

Currently on beta,the website boasts ofmore than 3,000 schools,30,000 courses, and 2,000scholarships which areoffered all over the Phil-ippines.

“There are so manyopportunities for educa-tion out there that a lot ofour students are unawareof. And these includescholarships they canavail of in the different

universities. We want toshare this information tohelp more students getthe education that theydeserve,” Viloria said.

She said studentscan easily find schoolsand scholarships thatmatch their interests andneeds just by logging onat www.edukasyon.phand registering to get alisting of Philippine uni-versities and courses, aswell as scholarship up-dates.

“We are thrilled toshare with students ofZamboanga Peninsulaeducational possibilitiesoffered across the coun-try. By giving students acomplete picture of whatis available for them, webelieve that we are ableto help them find theeducation that can getthe jobs that they dreamof. We want to give themopportunities, empowerthem with choices, andhelp them achieve suc-cess for the careers theyaspire for,” Viloria said.(Mindanao Examiner)

Parak, tigok sa Maguindanao ambushCOTABATO CITY – Isangparak na naman angnapatay at isa ang sugatanmatapos na umano’ytambangan sila mgakamakailan ng mgaarmadong kalalakihan sabayan ng Datu SaudiAmpatuan sa magulonglalawigan ngMaguindanao.

Ayon sa ulat,nakasakay umano samotorsiklo ang dalawang

parak at patungo sa termi-nal ng bus mula sakanilang detachment ngpaulanan sila ng bala.Parehong miyembro ngRegional Public SafetyBattalion ang dalawangparak na naka-destino sanasabing bayan.

Nabatid na parehongMuslim ang mga parak athindi pa mabatid angmotibo sa pananambangat kung sino ang nasa

likod nito.Kaliwa’t-kanan ang

atake sa ibat-ibang lugarsa Maguindanao at haloslahat ng mga ito ayibinibintang saBangsamoro Islamic Free-dom Fighters, ngunit ilansa mga pananambang aykagagawan naman ngmga sibilyan nasinasabing supporters ngBIFF. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

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Miner buried alive insidetunnel in Zamboanga NorteA GOVERNMENT militiawas killed after being buriedalive inside a tunnel whiledigging for gold inSindangan town in thesouthern Philippine prov-ince of Zamboanga delNorte, police said.

Police said Mariboy

Banogon, 29, died after thetunnel collapsed in the vil-lage of Tinaplan. His com-panion, Elmie Sibe, 51, es-caped unscathed from thetragedy.

Sibe said he was gettinglumber to support the 22-foot deep tunnel when it col-

lapsed. The tunnel wasowned by Juan Pagente, ofR.T. Lim town in ZamboangaSibugay province.

Police said the body ofBanogon was recovered andhanded over to his grievingfamily. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

DPWH-ARMM to implement P397-M worth ofinfra projects in Maguindanao, Tawi-TawiCOTABATO CITY – TheDepartment of PublicWorks and Highways inthe Autonomous Regionin Muslim Mindanao(DPWH-ARMM) willimplement some P397.40million worth of infra-structure projects in theprovinces ofMaguindanao and Tawi-Tawi.

ARMM GovernorMujiv Hataman andDPWH Secretary DonMustapha Loong led thesigning of the Memoran-dum of Agreement onJune 24 for P200.40 mil-lion worth of infrastruc-ture projects inMaguindanao and morethan P197 million worthof road projects in Tawi-Tawi.

The projects in Tawi-Tawi include the concret-ing of the 17-kilometerM a r a n i n g - M a r a n gMarang Road inLanguyan, which willform part of theprovince’s circumferen-tial road. It will connect

the town of Languyan toBongao, the province’scapital town.

The DPWH-ARMM’smajor projects to berolled out in the munici-palities of Parang andBarira in Maguindanaoinclude the concreting ofthe Padang-Padang Parkaccess road, Sarmiento-Landasan Road, Parang-Barira Road andMatanog-Barira-BuldonRoad as well as the con-struction of theTagudtungan Port,Lintayin seaport, boatlanding in Bongo Island,water supply system inBarira, and the rehabili-tation of the Polloc Port.

Governor Hatamansaid the projects are partof his commitment tosupport the Iranun De-velopment Programwhose objective is tobring massive develop-ment to Iranun tribe ar-eas.

Mayor Ibrahim Ibayof Parang town and alsothe concurrent chair of

the Iranun DevelopmentCouncil (IDC) vowed tosupport the implementa-tion of the variousprojects in his munici-pality. The IDC is a multi-sectoral developmentarm of all local govern-ment units inMaguindanao’s Iranuntowns that includeParang, Buldon, Bariraand Matanog, and themunicipality ofKapatagan in Lanao delSur.

“Developing theregion’s infrastructuresystem will boost the eco-nomic activity in ARMM.This will also providemore efficient accessibil-ity in tourist destinationsin the region,” said Gov.Hataman.

This year, DPWH-ARMM has a budget ofP10 billion allocated forthe construction of 500kilometers of roads, 45seaports, and 91 watersupply systems for theentire region. (Bureau ofPublic Information)

Pambobomba sa militarnaudlot, NPA nahuli

DAVAO CITY – Hawakngayon ng pulisya angisang isang rebeldeng NewPeople’s Army matapositong madakip habangnaghahandang pasabuginang dalawang bomba naitinanim nito sa daraananng mga sundalo sa bayanng Pantukan saCompostela Valley.

Sinabi ni Capt. AlbertoCaber, ang spokesman ngEastern Mindanao Com-mand, na kasalukuyanginiimbestigahan si RitoLucnod na nahuli

kamakailan sa BarangayAraibo. Nabigla pa umanosi Lucnod ng malamangnapaligiran na siya samadamong bahagi ngbarangay ng mgasundalong mula sa 28th In-fantry Battalion.

Hindi na nakuha pa niLucnod na pasabugin angmga bomba.

“The soldiers recoveredtwo unexploded IEDs withblasting caps, triggering de-vice and 100 meters electricwire from Lucnod. The lo-cal PNP is now filing for il-

legal possession of explo-sives and other appropriatecharges against the bandit,”ani Caber.

Sinabi pa nito naumabot na sa 56 na mgaIEDs o improvised explo-sive device na itinanim ngNPA ang nabawi ng militarsa ibat-ibang lugar sa east-ern Mindanao mula panitong taon.Nakikipaglaban ang NPAupang maitatag angsariling estado nito sabansa. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Mag-asawang nasa death row sa Sabah,pipiliting sagipin ni Zambo Mayor ClimacoZAMBOANGA CITY –Sinisikap ngayon ngpamahalaang lokal namasagip ang buhay ngmag-asawang Nurie atTimhar Ong ngZamboanga City na nasadeath row sa Sabah, Ma-laysia matapos namasentensyahan ngkamatayan dahil sapagdadala ng droga.

Nadakip ang mag-asawa noon 2005 atnahatulan ng kamatayan5 taon ang nakalipas atngayon ay nakakulong saKota Kinabalu.

Mismong siZamboanga City MayorBeng Climaco anggumagalaw upangmaisalba ang dalawamatapos na makaratingsa kanya ang balitangbibitayin ang mag-asawa.

Kinausap na rin ni

Climaco si Labor Secre-tary Rosalinda Baldozukol sa kaso ng mag-asawa at agad nitongipinag-utos kay RegionalDirector Hassan GabraJumdain, ng Office ofWorkers Welfare Admin-istration, na tignan kungpaanong matutulunganang dalawa.

Nangako umano siBaldoz na idudulog nitoang kaso Department ofForeign Affairs upangmasagip ang buhay ngmag-asawa.

Sinabi ni Climaco nasinulatan na rin nito siForeign Affairs SecretaryAlbert del Rosario at angOffice of theUndersecretary for Mi-grant Workers’ Affairs(OUMWA) upangmatugunan ang kasomatapos na mangiyak-ngiyak na humingi ng

tulong sa kanya angpanganay na anak ngmag-asawa na si Chazee– 6 na kapatid pa nito angngayon ay nasapangangalaga ngkanilang lola na walanaman hanap-buhay.

Sa kanyang liham saDFA at OUMWA, sinabi niClimaco na: “Since 2010until today, the deathsentence has not beenexecuted yet and thefamily is praying thatwith timely interventionlegal and diplomaticremedies will save thecouple.”

Nitong Mayo lamangay nilakad naman niClimaco ang kaso pa ngisang Zamboangueno nasi Garry SaavedraQuijano na nasa deathrow sa Malaysia sakaparehong kaso.(Mindanao Examiner)

Stranded OFWs in Sauditold to buy own plane tickets

MANILA – Stranded Fili-pino workers in SaudiArabia have assailed thePhilippine government’sfailure to repatriate themdespite their repeated ap-peals.

The workers, many ofthem victims of labor mal-practice and abuses bytheir employers, said eventhe Philippine OverseasLabor Office-OverseasWorkers Welfare Adminis-tration (POLO-OWWA)also failed to assist or helpthem.

The Filipino migrants’rights group calledMigrante-Middle East saidit is being flooded withcomplaints from strandedworkers from the lack ofgovernment support tofailure of POLO-OWWA of-ficials to attend to the pleaof their suffering compatri-ots.

It said some POLO-OWWA officials allegedlytold the stranded workersto buy and pay for their

own tickets so they can re-turn home.

“These complaintsfrom the stranded OFWsprompted me to talk to thephone with Labor AttachéRustico de la Fuente and Iconveyed to him the OFWsconcerns,” said JohnLeonard Monterona,Migrante-Middle East re-gional coordinator.

He quoted Dela Fuenteas saying: “Policy has notchanged. We do not askstranded OFWs to shoul-der their tickets.”

But two Filipino work-ers stranded in Riyadh toldMonterona that they weretold by POLO-OWWA to se-cure their own plane ticketif they wanted to go back tothe Philippines.

Monterona said theworkers – Lilia DomingoAndres, 41, a mother of twofrom Cagayan Valley; andJerry MacatuggalAmbrocio, 40, from Cavite,were appealing forMigrante’s assistance. The

two were among 130stranded Filipinos who arenow staying at the Philip-pine embassy-rented villaat Exit 8 in Riyadh.

Andres tagged RosalieFlorida, who is allegedly thekeeper at Bahay Kalinga, asone of those who told her tobuy her own ticket as thegovernment does not pro-vide free tickets to strandedworkers in Saudi.

While Ambrocioclaimed that OWWA wel-fare officer Orlando Nadoraalso told him to buy his ownticket.

Monterona said Philip-pine embassy officialsshould investigate these al-legations. He called onOWWA and the Depart-ment of Labor and Employ-ment, and the Senate andHouse committees on laborand OFWs affairs, to con-duct a thorough investiga-tion about the complaintsof stranded Filipinos inSaudi. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

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As death toll rises to 135, Indonesia crash raises concerns over aging fleetJakarta, Indonesia (CNN)- The crash of a 50-year-old Indonesian Air Forceplane that killed at least135 people has put thehealth of the SoutheastAsian nation's militaryaircraft under scrutiny.

The C-130 Herculestransport plane slammedinto a neighborhood ofMedan, a major city onthe Indonesian island ofSumatra, shortly aftertakeoff last week, leavinga hellish scene of smol-dering wreckage andshattered buildings.

The plane wasn'tonly carrying militar ypersonnel but also theirfamily members, as wellas students and other ci-vilians.

"Aging fleet againtakes its toll," read aheadline on the websiteof the Jakarta Post, a lo-cal English-languagenewspaper.

Other local media re-minded Indonesians thatthis isn't the first disasterinvolving one of the In-donesian Air Force's de-cades-old C-130s. In May2009, one crashed near

the city of Madiun on theisland of Java, killingscores of people.

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Joko Widodo called for areview of military equip-ment in light of the seriesof disasters.

"Following severalplane crashes, we shouldconduct a total audit andmodernize the (old)planes," Jokowi saidTuesday, according toIndonesia's nationalnews agency, Antara.

Authorities are stillinvestigating whatcaused the disaster. AirMarshal Agus Supriatna,the commander of the In-donesian Air Force, saidWednesday that officialssuspect engine troublemight have been to

blame.Lockheed has been

making the C-130 Her-cules, a four-engine tur-boprop plane known forits durability, since the1950s.FFFFFamilies face unceramilies face unceramilies face unceramilies face unceramilies face uncertaintaintaintaintain

wait for answwait for answwait for answwait for answwait for answersersersersersThe aircraft that

crashed Tuesday wasbuilt in the United Statesin the 1964, according tothe Indonesian military.

Vice President JusufKalla said the plane wasdue to be retrofittedsoon, local media re-ported.

It had been inspectedand cleared to fly beforeit took off from Medan,said Maj. Gen. FuadBasya, an Indonesianmilitary spokesman.

Complicating inves-tigators' efforts to findout what went wrong onthe C-130, the militarysaid the aircraft wasn'tbelieved to have a flightdata recorder on board.

Families may face anindefinite wait for clearanswers. The militarysays it still hasn't madepublic its conclusions on

what caused the C-130crash back in 2009.

Body bags pile up athospital

At the local hospitalin Medan on Wednesday,body bags piled up incorridors as officialsworked on the grim pro-cess of identifying re-mains.

Police told CNN In-donesia that the processwas been hampered bythe lack of a cold room inthe hospital where theidentification team couldcarry out the task.

Zulkifli, an Indone-sian Red Cross officialwho goes by only onename, said that 135 bod-ies had been brought

from the crash site, alongwith seven bags contain-ing body parts.

Images from thescene of the disastershowed heavy liftingequipment diggingthrough the debris.

Plane was ferryingpeople, supplies betweenislands

The plane was carry-ing people and logisticalsupplies bound for baseson other Indonesian is-lands.

It began its multistopjourney Tuesday inJakarta, the capital, andhad made two stopsalong the way to Medan,in Pekanbaru andDumai. Sometimes, In-

donesian civilians alsohitch rides on militaryflights to get to islandswhich might otherwisebe inaccessible.

The military has setup command posts inJakarta and Medan tohelp the victims' families,Supriatna said.

Antara reported thatthe plane hit a busy roadthat connects Medanwith the highland touristresort of Brastagi.

(CNN's David Molkoreported from Jakarta,and CNN's Jethro Mullenreported and wrote fromHong Kong. CNN's KathyQuiano and journalistTasha Tampubolon con-tributed to this report.)

Has India's southwest monsoon collapsed?IN the space of six days,Mumbai received all therain it might expect forJune. To be more precise,one and a half times asmuch, and it caused deepflooding.

In fact, since themonsoon burst with avengeance, on June 12,the Indian city has col-lected over twice the ex-pected June rainfall.

Gujarat flooded justas suddenly from thesame aggressive surge ofthe western arm of themonsoon and the floodsin the west are still reced-ing.

After a slow start, themonsoon rain seemedpromising. After arriving

days late in the south, itthen rushed across all ofIndia and crossed into Pa-kistan, catching up withitself and then goingahead of schedule, byover two weeks.

West Rajasthan wasdeclared in monsoon,when this westernmoststate would normallyhave to wait until July 15.

All this has promptedspeculation that the offi-cial forecast of a deficientmonsoon season must bewrong.

This, however, isman's short-term percep-tion. Since June 27. therehas been a major reduc-tion in general rain.

The official forecast

from the Indian Meteoro-logical Department, forthe whole season, sug-gests at best, 92 per centof average, for the wholecountry.

Only four states wereshowing as deficient and13 quoted as in "excess"of the monsoon norm.

The start of July, how-ever, looks generally drierthan average, althoughthere will be plenty ofthunderstorms around.

If, at the end of theseason, the rains havenot recovered to at leastnormal, then the mon-soon will be declared as"deficient," as is cur-rently expected. (AlJazeera)

Search and rescue teams work at the site where an Indonesian air force cargo plane crashed inMedan, Indonesia. (CNN photo)

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Natural na Solusyon Para sa High BloodPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

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Letters to the Editor: A tree falls but the forestlives forever. A thousand Ka Parago have risen.

ON BEHALF of the NewPeople’s Army and allthe revolutionary andp ro g re s s i v e f o rc e s i nSo u t h e r n Mi n d a n a o,m a y we e x p re s s o u rmost profound salute toCo m ra d e Pa ra g o(Leoncio Pitao) and toour medic comrade Kyle( Vanessa Limpag) whowere both killed by them i l i t a r y o n Ju n e 2 8 ,2 0 1 5 i n Ba ra n g a yPa n a l u m , Pa q u i b a t odistrict, Davao City.

T h e y h a ve s e r v e dthe masses with all theirhearts and have giventheir lives to the causeof national democraticrevolution. They are thepeople’s most cherishedheroes who will inspireus to persevere in thestruggle until victory isachieved. As Ka Paragodefiantly roared at thevery last moments of hislife, “long live the revo-lution, long live the op-pressed masses!”

May we also expresso u r h e a r t f e l t c o n d o -lence to the wife andchildren of Ka Paragowho have endured the

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travails of being mem-bers of a family of a fa-mous Red fighter. Theyhave been constantlymaligned, harassed ands u b j e c t e d t o m a n yatrocities by the mili-tary, including the hor-r i f i c d e a t h o f t h e i ryoung daughter/siblingRebelyn. We salute yourcourage in your devo-tion to Ka Parago andt h e p a t h t h a t h e h a dtaken. We are one withyou in your gr ief andshall assist you in what-e ve r w a y w e c a n a n dw i l l a l w a y s c o n s i d e ryou as a part our grow-ing revolutionary fam-ily.

Ma y we a l s o t a k et h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t othank the masses, alliesa n d f r i e n d s a n d a c -quaintances for theircontinuing support es-pecially to those who int h e s e l o n g ye a r s o fstruggle, have stood byKa Parago and the revo-lution. We call on themto pay their last respectto their friend and com-rade who now l ies instate at Cosmopolitan

F u n e ra l Ho m e s a n dw h o s e i n t e r m e n t i ss c h e d u l e d o n Fr i d a y,July 10, 2015.

Let us not be afraidto express allegiance toour friend and comradew h o h a d c o n s t a n t l yrepresented our aspira-tions and struggle for ajust and better life. Aswe grieve the demise ofComrades Parago andKyle, we turn this griefinto an occasion to bet-ter understand and ap-preciate the challengesthat lie ahead. We turnthis gr ief into greaterrevolutionary passionand commitment. Fora s l o n g a s t h e b a s i cproblems of our peoplere m a i n , t h e p e o p l e’swar continues.

A s t h e o l d s a y i n ggoes, “a tree falls but theforest lives forever.” KaParago may have beengone but a thousand KaParago have risen.KKKKKa Sa Sa Sa Sa Simon Simon Simon Simon Simon SantiagoantiagoantiagoantiagoantiagoPolitical DirectorNew People’s ArmyRe g i o n a l Po l i t i c a lD e p a r t m e n t(ndfp.smr@gmail.com)

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Overloaded na lantsa tumaobsa karagatan sa Visayas

sang lantsa anglumubog ngayonaraw sa karagatan ngOrmoc saI

kalagitnaan ngmasamang panahon atmahigit sa isangdosenang pasahero naumano ang nai-ulat nanasawi.

Ayon sa ulat, over-loaded diumano ang MVNirvana at may lulanitong mahigit sa 150

katao ng maganap angtrahedya. Posible pangtumaas ang bilang ngpasahero dahilkaramihan sa mga ito aywala sa manifesto otalaan ng mga sumakay.

Galing sa Ormoc Citysa lalawigan ng Leyte anglantsa at patungo ito saCebu ng tumagilid sanhina rin ng mabigat nalulan nito at malakas nahangin.

Hindi rin umanonakasuot ng life vest angkaramihan sa mgapasahero, subali’t hindinaman mabatid kungpaanong nakalusot itosa Coast Guard at kungbakit pumalaot sa gitnang nag-ngingitnit napanahon.

Walang makuhangpahayag sa kung sinoang may-ari ng lantsa.(Cebu Examiner)

President Aquino inspects new facilities of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA)during its Groundbreaking Ceremony (Photo from Noynoy Aquino facebook page)

World-class airport to rise in Cebuworld-class in-ternational air-port will soonrise in Cebu,A

particularly in Mactanwhere the ground-break-ing ceremony for theP32-billion facility hasbegun.

No less than Presi-dent Aquino led theground-breaking of theMactan Cebu Interna-tional Airport which isexpected to be completedwithin three years.

Aquino said the newairport would bring eco-nomic growth not only inMactan or Cebu, but thecountry as well, sayingCebu is famous amongtourists around theworld.

“Sa tuwid na daan,ang hangad natin, inclu-sive growth. Ibig-sabihinpo nito, isinusulongnatin ang pag-angat,hindi ng iilan, kundi nglahat,” Aquino said, add-ing for every tourist thatvisits the country, an ini-tial $1,000 immediatelyadds up to the economy.

He said many canpartake opportunitiescreated by the tourismsector and these includethose that are in the ho-

tels, restaurants, souve-nir shops, including ser-vices from the tourguides and drivers.

If there is a tourist,there is the hotel to ac-commodate, a restaurantto eat, a souvenir shopthey can buy stuffs from;and then we include alsothe services they get fromdrivers and tour guides,he said.

“Ang punto po, saturismo, nakakalikhatayo ng maramingtrabaho, hindi bukas okamakalawa,” he said.

The new airport is be-ing undertaken - in ajoint venture - withMegawide ConstructionCorporation.

With the new airport,the passenger capacity isexpected to increasefrom 4.5 million to 12.5million every year. It willalso include additional20 aircraft parking standswith own aerobridge; 13bus parking stands and550 private vehicle park-ing stands. It will have alink-bridge that will con-nect the domestic and in-ternational terminals.

The domestic and in-ternational flight check-in counters will have ad-

ditional 100 more fromthe current 49 counters.

“Resulta po nito aylalawak ang espasyo,bibilis ang daloy ngoperasyon sa airport; atmaiiwasan na ang sakitng ulong dulot ng de-layed flights. Dahil samga ito,” Aquino said.

Cebu ProvincialGovernor HilarioDavide III said praisedthe new construction ofthe new airport, saying,this will be the first re-sort-airport in the coun-try, since Mactan is aknown resort destina-tion in the Philippines.

“The airport givesthe first impression ofCebu and we thankedthe President for theproject,” Davide said.

Megawide PresidentLouie Ferrer said thenew terminal is slatedfor completion by sum-mer 2018. “As we breakground for the con-struction of the MCIA2nd terminal, we markthe beginning of the ex-pansion and emboldensour vision towards be-coming the first resort-airport in the world,” hesaid. (FerlizaContratista)

Red Tide Alert!he Bureau ofFisheries andAquatic Re-sources (BFAR)T

have warned the publicfrom consuming or eat-ing shellfish from thecoastal waters of Dauis,Bohol which is now con-taminated with red tidetoxin.

The agency also saidthat gathering or harvest-ing, transporting andmarketing of these shell-fish is not allowed. In anadvisory, BFAR said shell-fish samples collectedfrom the area showedpositive toxicity level ofParalytic Shellfish Poi-soning (PSP).

Dr. Allan Poquita,BFAR assistant regionaldirector, said red tideusually takes place after along drought followed by

rains and this may increasethe risk of PSP spreading toother areas. “We are con-tinuously monitoring thespread of possible red tidetoxin to neighboring ar-eas,” said Poquita, addingthat they are also monitor-ing Cebu province.

He said they are closelyguarding the entire islandof Bohol for the possiblespread of the PSP, but so faronly Dauis is affected byred tide.

Poquita said fish andsquid in the area are safeto eat as long as they arefresh and thoroughlywashed in running waterbefore cooking. “The toxinusually settles in the intes-tines so it is advisable toremove the internal or-gans so remove the poi-son,” he said.

“In shellfish, you do

not see the intestines so itis hard to remove them.But in fish and squid, youcan take away the internalorgans so these are safe toeat,” Poquita added.

Adelfa Salutan, of theBohol Environment Man-agement Office, said that 9people have already beenrushed to hospital forshellfish poisoning. Shesaid two victims were fromthe municipality of Loayand Tagbilaran City whilethe rest were from Dauis.

Common symptomsof red tide poisoning aretingling sensation andnumbness in the lips, es-pecially in the oral mu-cosa, while PSP usuallyexhibits nausea and vom-iting, diarrhoea, dizziness,paralysis and respiratoryfailure that could lead todeath. (Fayette Riñen)

Immigration nagpagawas ogsumbanan kalabot sa visa waiver

AGPAGAWASang Bureau ofImmigration(BI) ogN

sumbanan sa pag-isyu ogvisa waiver sa mgalangyaw human wala nakini dawata sa Depart-ment of Foreign Affairs(DFA).

Matud pa ni Atty.Elaine Tan, tigpamaba saBI, tuyo niiningsumbanan nga mapadaliang pag-isyu og visawaiver request ngaginaandam sa ahensya.

Una nang gipahibaloni Foreign Affairs Assis-tant Secretary Wilfredo C.Santos nga dili namodawat pa ang visa sec-

tion sa DFA og visa waiverrequests ug ihatag nalamang kini sa BI.

Ubos sa OperationsOrder No. SBM-2015-016,o “Processing of Requestsfor Recall Exclusion ofand/or Visa Waiver for Ex-cluded Aliens”, ang tanangmga langyaw nga gustongmusolod sa nasud apangipugngan, kinahanglangmoduso sa mgag i k i n a h a n g l a n gdokumento sa Central Re-ceiving Unit sa BI sulod sa12-oras human madawatang Exclusion Order.

“Visa waivers may beissued to foreign nationals,who have been excludedfor failure to present an en-

try visa to the Philippines,based on the followingconsiderations….Visa-re-quired minors or infantsaccompanied by or return-ing to a Filipino parent;Visa-recruited foreign na-tionals related by blood oraffinity to a Philippine citi-zen; Visa-required foreignnationals married to a Phil-ippine citizen and quali-fied dependents below 18years of age; at other meri-torious cases as may beconsidered”.

Human makumpletoang mga gipangayongdokumento, dinhi lamangmahimong mobayad angmga langyaw nga mokabatsa P5,000. (Elvira Bongosia)

Mactan-Cebu International Airport Concept Design (Photo from Cebu Provincial Government)