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GLITZ AND GLAMOR IN UPMG MEMBERSHIP MEETING

CELEBRITIESWHO SHOULD

HAVE THEIR OWNFITNESS VIDEOS

Celebrities who should havetheir own fitness videos

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PACQUIAO, ROACHSTUDY CLOTTEYFIGHTING STYLE

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NEXT PRESIDENT

SHOULD APPOINTNEW CHIEFJUSTICE CARPIO

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BIBLE WEEKSA NAVOTAS

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Tanggalin ang tiwali, itama ang maliITO ang pangunahing slo-

gan ni Liberal Party (LP) presi-dential candidate SenatorBenigno Noynoy Aquino, IIIsa kanyang pagsabak sapampanguluhang karera sanalalapit na eleksiyon sa Mayo10, 2010.

Sa paniniwala kasi ngsenador, ang korupsiyon angisa sa malalang problema ngating bansa kayat nararapatna bigyan agad ito ngkaukulang pansin nang sagayon ay agad itong mabigyanng solusyon.

Masasabi rin natin na angkorupsiyon sa ating bansa ayisa nang sakit na cancer na unti-unting pumapatay sa mgamamamayan ng Pilipinas.

Kung hindi matitigil angkorupsiyon sa ating gobyernoay posibleng tuluyan nangmaiwan sa kangkungan angPilipinas na nooy kinikilalasa Asia bilang isa sa magalingna bansa.

Wala ring magagandang

reporma ang ating makakantamkung magpapatuloy angkorupsiyon sa ating gobyernokayat nararapat lamang natapusin na ito hanggang maypanahon pa.

Isa rin sa napapansin natinsa larangan ng politika, kungnooy ang pagiging isang politikoay may kaakibat ng public ser-

vice, sa panahon natin ngayonmistulang nagiging negosyo naito na matapos gumastos saeleksiyon ay babawiin naman sakaban ng bayan kapag nasaposisyon na.

Ang mga ganitong klasengpaniniwala ang gustong baguhin ni Senador Noynoydahil naniniwala ito na angunang dapat mawala sa atinggobyerno ay ang mga corrupt

na namumuno nang sa gayonay tuluyan na tayong umasenso.

Hanggang naririyan kasi angmga politikong corrupt aymalabong umasenso ang ating bansa dahil sa halip na samagagandang proyekto mapuntaang pera sa kaban ng bayan aysa sarili nilang bulsa itonapupunta.

Huwag din sanangkalimutan ng mga botante nasuriin nilang mabuti angkanilang mga iboboto sanalalapit na eleksiyon dahilmalaki ang magagawa ngkanilang isang boto sa tuluyangpagbabago ng ating bansa.

Lagi din sana nating isipinna nakasalalay sa eleksiyongdarating ang kinabukasan ngating mga anak at apo atmaging ng mga susunod nahenerasyon.

* * *Sa mga kabarangay kong

gustong makilahok sa pitak naito, maari kayong mag-email [email protected].

Pwede maging heroMAHIGIT dalawampung taon na ang nakalilipas, kainitan

noon ng akatibismo para sa demokrasya at ako ay batangabogado na nakatutok sa pagtatanggol sa karapatang pangtao,

may nagtanong sa akin sa palagay mo, bayani ba si CoryAquino?

Bagong salta si Cory sapulitika noon pero alam nglahat na bilang asawa ni Ninoywala syang hindi alam tungkolsa pulitika sa bansa. Ang sagotko noon sa tanong sa akin,kasaysayan ang huhusga. His-tory defines a hero.

Nang namatay si Cory, nag-concert ang Himig Ariel schol-ars sa mga baranggay sa Quezon City bilang pagpupugayat pasasalamat sa namayapang dating Pangulo. Karamihansa mga batang scholars ng Himig Ariel ay hindi na alamang panahon na naging simbolo si Cory ng mapayapangrebolusyon para sa demokrasya pero nadama pa rin ng mga bata ang inspirasyong iniwan nya na naging inspirasyonnila sa kanilang pag-awit.

Birthday ni Presidente Cory Aquino nitong nakaraanglunes at muli ay inaalala sya ng buong bansa at ang kanyangkontribusyon sa demokrasya. May iba pa rin sigurongnagtatanong sa palagay mo, bayani ba sya?

Ano ba ang depinisyon ng bayani? Hindi lang namanpulitiko o sikat na tao o mga rebolusyunaryo ang tinatawagna bayani. Sa kabataan halimbawa, maaring bayani o heroang kanilang mga magulang, pwedeng teachers nila, pwededing mga nakatatandang kapatid at kamag-anak o kahit mgaartista ay tinatawag ng iba na heroes.

Ang isang bayani ay yung inspirasyon ng tao para gumawasya ng pagbabago para sa ikabubuti ng kanyang buhay. Angisang bayani ay yung makakapagtulak sa isang tao para baguhin nito ang kanyang kaisipan, ang kanyang mga gawipara sa kapakanan ng marami. Ang isang bayani ay yungmakakapagbigay sayo ng dahilan para isipin mo na maymagandang bukas para sayo kahit ano pa ang pinagdadaananmo at makakapagbigay ng rason sayo para gawin ang lahatpara makamtan ang magandang bukas na iyon. Ang isang bayani ay yung makakapagbigay sayo ng magandangpakiramdam bilang tao, bilang Pilipino. Ang isang bayaniay may mga salitang galing sa puso at ang tanging mithiinng isang bayani ay ang kabutihan mo, ang kapakanan ng

kapwa ang kabutihan ng mayorya. Bayani ba sya? Bayanika ba?Kung ano man ang nagawa o hindi ginawa ni Cory naging

inspirasyon pa rin sya ng marami. May naging taksil mansa itinuro nya tungkol sa panindigan at katapatan, hindimaitatatwa na ginising ni Cory Aquino ang ating pagigingPilipino. Kung magagawa mo ito, sigurado ako bayani dinang itatawag sayo. Kung kaya ni Cory, kaya natin. Magagawanatin na maging proud ulit tayo na tawaging Pinoy, dahil sa bayan nating ito bawat isa pwedeng maging hero.

Mag-text po kayo sa akin tungkol sa usaping ito. O kayaay sulatan nyo ako sa 2 nd Floor, Council building, QuezonCity Hall o email sa: [email protected]. Pwede rin angtexts sa mga numerong: globe 09272630741 o smart

09215186724.

OKEY, tama at nararapat angginawang pagsasampa ngkaragdagang kaso ng NationalBureau of Investigation labansa mag-inang Jason AguilarIvler at Marlene Aguilar Pol-lard na lumabag sa batas.

Okey na okey ang patongpatong na kasong isinampa ngNBI laban sa mag-ina sa QuezonCity Prosecutors Office nadiringgin sa darating naPebrero.

Mas lalong okey angdesisyon ng korte na ipag-utosang paglilipat sa suspect sapamamaslang kay RenatoEbarle Jr., anak ng isang opisyalng Malacaang, sa QC Jail kungsaan ay makakahalubilo ni Ivlerang mga ordinaryong kriminal.Sa nasabing kulungan, hindiuubra ang pagiging mabalasikni Ivler dahil tiyak na gripo sakatawan ang katapat niya kapagnaghasik siya ng kanyang

kabangisan. Hindi siyempre

siya aatrasan ng mga preso saQC Jail.

Sobrang okey ang ginawangpagpapatawag ng NBI kay AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) Brit-ish consultant Stephen Pollard,asawa ni Marlene at stepfatherni Ivler, upang magpaliwanagkung bakit nakipagsabwatan siyasa kanyang asawa sapagkakanlong kay Ivler.

Okray naman itong si FreddieAguilar dahil kinondena pa angNBI sa pagsisilbi ng warrantof arrest sa kanyang bahay sapaghahanap sa kanyangpamangkin. Hindi bat dapatay kinausap niya ang kanyangkapatid na iharap si Ivler samga alagad ng batas upangmaharap nito ang murder casekung talagang inosente ang UScitizen niyang pamangkin?

* * *Okay that Liberal Party vice

presidential candidate and

survey frontrunner Sen. Mar

Roxas is clearly the choice ofthe youth, as shown by recentsurveys held in various uni-versities in the country.

Real okay that Roxas had two-digit leads over his rivals in sur-veys conducted at the Universityof the Philippines in Diliman,Quezon City; the Centro Escolar

University in Malolos, Bulacan;the Holy Angels University inPampanga; the CatanduanesCollege in Catanduanes, NuevaEcija; and the Negros OrientalState University in DumagueteCity, Negros Oriental.

Magnificent that the Visayansenator got 4,582 votes or a 40%rating in the survey conductedduring the period December 8to 11, 2009 in UP Diliman whileVice presidential bets Sen. LorenLegarda (NP-NPC) got a mere

13 percent while Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay (UNO-PMP) got12 percent.

Roxas got a high 56 percentrating in the January 15, 2010survey conducted in CEU-Malolos. Legarda and Binaywere tied at 13 percent.

Sixty-four percent (64%) or3,688 of Holy Angels Univer-sity students in Pampanga choseRoxas over Legarda, who onlygot 23 percent and Binay, withonly 8 percent. The survey wasdone last January 13.

At the Catanduanes College

Dapat lang!OK o OKRAY?

Ni Lea G. Botones

in Nueva Ecija, a survey con-ducted last January 22 showedRoxas getting a 44.17 percentrating (or 446 votes) whileLegarda got 23.99 percent andBinay, 16.14 percent.

Roxas is running on a cam-paign for reforms and goodgovernance alongside Liberalstandard bearer Sen. BenignoNoynoy Aquino III. He haspledged not to steal from the

government and to open hisbank accounts for public scru-tiny once he wins in the May

10 national elections.The 52-year old senator gave

up his presidential bid in Sep-tember to give way to a publicclamor for Aquino to run fol-lowing the death of his mother,the late President Cory Aquino.

He is the author of Repub-lic Act No. 9502, known as theUniversally

Accessible Cheaper andQuality Medicines Act of 2008,

which made quality but afford-able medicines more accessibleto the people.


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SEN. Joker Arroyo has declared sena-tors are all guilty and must share the blame for the C-5 issue as the 2009 na-tional budget that authorized the fund-ing for the road project was approved bythe Senate four times.

Arroyo said the particular item appro-priating funds for extending the C-5 as atoll-free road drew no objection from sena-tors as the budget advanced through thelegislative mill.

On four occasions, the members of theSenate agreed to the P200-million inser-tion, Arroyo said.

He traced the paper trail of the bill fromthe approval by the Senate finance com-mittee to the Senates ratification of the bi-cameral conference committee report,which hammered out the bills final ver-sion before it was sent to President Ar-royo.

What bothers me is this: Did we allnot agree to the insertion of P200 million?All of us are guilty, Arroyo said in hisspeech sponsoring the resolution acquit-ting Villar of unethical conduct in obtain-ing funding for the C-5 Road project.

All of us are guilty

C-5 amendment passedSenate four times - Joker

BRACE FOR MAY BROWNOUTSTHE Parish Pastoral Council for

Responsible Voting has instructed itsvolunteer watchers to bring flashlightsto their areas of duty on May 10 amidfears of a brownout striking on elec-tion day.

The poll watchdog also joined callsfor government officials to put in writ-ing their assurances that brownoutswill not disrupt the presidential polls.

PPCRV Chairman Henrietta deVilla said the fears of the poll beingdisrupted arose anew this week amidreports of the National Grid Corpo-ration of the Philippines (NGCP) hav-

ing low electric power reserves.Last January 25, parts of Metro

Manila and Calabarzon region hadexperienced rotating brownouts as theentire Luzon grid was placed underred alert by the NGCP after one of theirSual units encountered generationinsufficiency shortly after noon onMonday.

This developed as Comelec chair-man Jose Melo on Tuesday assuredthe public that the Precinct CountOptican Scan (PCOS) machines, theequipment that will be used to castand count the votes, are capable of

running even without an externalpower supply as each has its ownbattery for support.

He said the machines are not ex-pected to work until the late evening.

At 6 p.m. [voting, counting andcanvassing are] completed andshortly after that, its transmitted,Melo said.

The poll chairman also noted thatthere is no need to have another planin case of blackouts since the voting,canvassing and counting will notlast more than 11 hours beginning 7a.m. until 6 p.m.

A Supreme Court justiceyesterday said the succes-sor of retiring Chief JusticeReynato Puno should beappointed by the nextpresident and not by Presi-dent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

In a letter to the Judi-cial Bar Council dated Jan.26, 2010, Justice Carpio,the most senior among the justices, stressed he is in-

terested to be nominatedto the selection process of

Next President should appoint new Chief Justice Carpiothe JBC only if the listwould be submitted for ap-pointment by the nextpresident.

I hereby manifest myinterest to be nominated forthe position, on the under-standing that my nomina-tion will be submitted to thenext President of the Phil-ippines in view of the banon presidential appoint-ments starting 11 March

2010 until 30 June 2010,Carpio said.

Carpio is the second jus-tice to manifest his willing-ness to be considered fornomination but only ifArroyos successor will bethe one to appoint the nextchief justice.

The first to so manifestwas Associate JusticeConchita Carpio-Morales.

By policy and tradition,the JBC considers the fivemost senior justices for in-

clusion in the shortlist ofnominees to the post.

The five most senior jus-tices now are Carpio whoMs Arroyo appointed onOct. 22, 2001; Associate Justice Renato Corona,April 9, 2002; Morales, Aug.26, 2002; Associate JusticePresbitero Velasco, March31, 2006 and Associate Jus-tice Antonio EduardoNachura, Feb. 7, 2007.

Velasco and Nachurahad declined nomination in

a written note to the JBC.Ampie Galpo

SIX Chinese convicted for drug traffick-ing were found in possession of illegal drugsduring a search at their detention cell inNational Bilibid Prisons the other day.

The search, led by Bureau of Corrections(BuCor) Director Oscar Calderon, yielded some30 grams of shabu from the detention cell ofPeter Co, convicted for drug trafficking, atdetention cell 2-D at the maximum securitycompound.

Supt. Bart Bustamante, Chief ExecutiveAssistant of the NBP, said aside from Co, alsofive other Chinese inmates whose names werewithheld, also yielded shabu at their deten-tion cell at Building 5-A and Building 2 alsosat the maximum security compound.

According to Bustamante, the raid wasconducted after they received informationabout the rampant selling of drugs and potsession right inside the detention cells.

He said the BuCor director will order arevamp of jail guards manning the inmates.Administrative and criminal charges will befiled against those who will be found respon-sible for drug trafficking at NBP.

Lorna Gamboa

Drugs uncovered at NBP

KINASTIGO ng asosasyon ngmga pribadong eskuwelahan anghakbangin ng Department ofEducation (DepEd) napakialaman ang no permit, noexam policy sapagkat ito umanoang magtutulak sa mga paaralanna magsara na lamang dahil sapagkalugi.

Sinabi ni Eleazar Kasilag, Presi-dent ng Federation of Private Schoolsand Administrators (FAPSA), namistulang papogi lamang at tangingang popular na aspeto lamangang tinitignan ng DepEd at hindinagiging makatotohanan sa tunayna kalagayan ngayon ng mgapribadong paaralan sa buongbansa.

Iginiit ng FAPSA na walaumano silang pagkukunan ngpampasuweldo sa mga guro,kuryente, tubig at iba pang bayaran kung hahayaan nilangmakapag-eksamin ang mga mag-

Papogi ng DepEd kinontraaaral na hindi kumpleto sa bayadsa tuition fee at maging angpromissory note ay hindi rintinutupad.

Kinuwestiyon rin ng grupo angpalagiang pagbiyahe sa ibang bansa ni Secretary Jesli Lapus bilang pangulo ng ASEAN Edu-cators Minister of Education

kaysa sa pagpokus sa problemang edukasyon sa bansa tulad nglabis na kakapusan sa mgapaaralan, kakulangan sa mgaguro, at pagkabigo na pigilin angpagdami ng mga pekengpribadong paaralan na walangaccreditation sa DepEd.

Kasabay nito, tinuligsa rin nggrupo ang partylist na A-Teacherdahil sa pagkabigo na isulongang mga batas para sa repormasa edukasyon tulad ngpagtanggal sa pagsingil ng buwisng mga lokal na pamahalaan.

Marco Lorenzana

SOME P1 million has been donated byFilipino Catholic priests to the victims ofthe devastating earthquake that hit Haititwo weeks ago.

The donation was collected during theMass held on Wednesday at the celebra-tion of the 2nd National Congress of theClergy at the World Trade Center in PasayCity, where 5,500 priests attended.

Msgr. Pedro Quitorio, of the CatholicBishops Conference of the Philippines(CBCP), said the collection was their wayof helping the Haiti quake victims.

Quitorio also said that the talk of PapalHousehold preacher Fr. RanieroCantalamessa had touched the topic of thevictims of calamities.

At one of the talks of Fr. Cantalamesa,he exhorted the 5,000 priests to find the body of Christ in the Eucharist among the

poor which may include even victimsof calamities, Quitorio added.

Pinoy priests donateP1-M to quake victims


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Cris Villonco is back in Philippine showbizREMEMBER the

young and beautifulactress-singer CrisVillonco before?Yes, she will beback in the enter-tainment industry.

Villonco is thefamous granddaugh-ter of film artist andproducer Armida

Siguion-Reyna andniece to internation-ally renowned moviedirector CarlitosSiguion-Reyna.

In a reportreleased by abs-cbnnews.com,Villonco decided toshy away from showbusiness and went

to the United Statesto further herstudies a few yearsago.

But now, shesback on the scene,particularly onstagewhere she startedher acting career.

After doingtheater classics

However, afterfinishing her courseabroad, she opted tojoin the Centre forHumanitarianDialogue Manila andAsia SocietyPhilippines.

A couple of stageperformances hadeventually beckoned

such asCinderella, Fiddleron the Roof,Orosman at Zafira,she acceptedRepertory Philip-pines recentproduction of an off-Broadway musicale,Romeo &Bernadette.

Its a MarkSaltzmans interpre-tation of WilliamShakespearesending of Romeoand Juliet. Itfollows the life ofRomeo who wakesup in Brooklyn manycenturies after hedrank a poison. Itturned out that itwasnt a deadlyliquid but a merepotion.

Villonco playsBernadette, a sexy,vulgar, spoiled brat

who in reality is asincere lover.It is a challeng-

ing role since its acomic because I amnot used to comedy.I am more of aserious person and Ilove playing seriouscharacters, sheshared.

Being a descen-dant of artists,Villonco has thepassion for the arts.

and that jumpstartedanother entertain-ment career for her.

Villonco wasschooled at theSarah LawrenceCollege in New Yorkand earned aBachelor of ArtsDegree in diversestudies in Musicand EconomicDevelopment.

As an indepen-dent soul, she hadto fend for herselfafter graduation soshe also looked forwork overseas. Sheauditioned and later

bagged a role inHong KongDisneylands TheGolden Mickey.

More colorSinging and

acting inspire her alot, but what makesher world morecolorful and exciting

is her romance withformer actor NiccoloManahan.

Villonco and

Manahan have beengoing steady for acouple of years now.

Its a wonderfulrelationship, accord-ing to her, espe-cially when the guyquit show biz andfocused his atten-tion on advertisinginstead.

I am a very jealous type. I dontknow where I got it,

she confessed.[But] no plans ofsettling down yet,she quickly clari-fied.

If theres an offer,Villonco, whoappeared inFernando Poe Jr.sfilm AngDalubhasa, is alsoopen to makingmovies and televi-sion shows.

ENTENGtainmentBy Enteng

WE all wish wecould have bodiesthat look as good assome celebrities.But the stars withsome of the hardestand hottest bods putin a lot of time toget that sexyphysique. Be it viaworking out, yoga,pilates or some type

of strength training,acquiring a fit bodyrequires muchdiscipline. Andthose celebritieswho seem the mostdisciplined shouldconsider havingtheir own fitnessvideos.

Gwen StefaniEven after two

kids, Gwen still

looks awesome at40. We wish shewould make a jammin workoutvideo done to all NoDoubt hits. Wedlove to have leanarms comparable tothe ones on thislean mommy.

out at dawtwilight - itdoesnt ma body anders like tdo exactlywished toas fit.

Taylor LautnerTwilight star and

heartthrob TaylorLautner can work us

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to put hisdancing sgood use.

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Michael TheSituationSorrentino

Now that TheSituation is sometype of semi-stardue to his Jersey

Shore stint, he mayas well teach ushow he manages tolook so ab-tastic.Perhaps he canshow us a fewmoves as to how hegot that fit situationgoing. Know whatwere sayin?

* * *Britney Spears

has been given

permission toauction off her 2008MTV Video Music

HOLLYWOOD TATTLE

Awards dress toraise cash for theHaiti earthquakerelief effort.

During a two-hourconservatorshipupdate meeting withLos Angeles Supe-rior Court Commis-sioner Reva Goetzon Friday, Spearsrequest to sell off

the silver gown wasgranted.

The court alsogranted her father,Jamie, authority toget rid of clothingand property thatwas used during lastyears Circus tour.The items aredescribed as beingvalueless andoccupying several

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Jamie Spearswon control of hisdaughters personaland financial affairsin 2008 after thesinger suffered amuch-publicizedmeltdown and washospitalized.

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IT'S official - "Avatar" is the new king ofthe world... or at least, the worldwide boxoffice.

On Monday, the James Cameron-directedfilm passed Cameron's own"Titanic" as the highest gross-ing film of all-time, taking in$1.859 billion globally - af-ter only 37 days in theaters.

"Titanic," released in1997, held the previousrecord with $1.843 billion.

"We are deeply gratifiedthat so many millions ofpeople around the globehave embraced 'Avatar,'"Twentieth Century Fox - the

studio behind the project --said in a statement on Tues-day. "Its success resultsfrom the efforts of literallythousands of people, who,over the course of several years, worked to bring James Cameron's vision of Pandora tolife. The themes of protecting the environ-ment, respecting life, and yearning for a peace-ful planet have united moviegoers worldwide.We're very proud of, and grateful to, JamesCameron, his amazing and dedicated team,and all the many people at Fox, who workedso long and so hard to achieve this milestone."

"Avatar," which won the Golden Globefor Best Picture, Drama earlier this month,

'Avatar' overtakes 'Titanic' for global box office recordhas been number one at the box office forsix straight weeks since its release on De-cember 18, 2009.

It also received a Best Picture nomina-tion at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

and is expected to do thesame when Oscar nomina-tions are annouced on Feb-ruary 2.

Fans of the film haveflocked to theaters since"Avatar's" release, especiallythe 3-D showings, whichhave brought in $1.35 billionof the film's total gross.

"I never thought I wouldlive to see the day when

'Titanic's' record would fall,but not even 12 years later, herewe are talking about it - andthanks to James Cameron,again," Access Hollywood's

Scott "Movie" Mantz said.However, Mantz did offer one caveat for

"Avatar's" stunning success."To be fair, you've got to look at the ticket

prices - these prices are so much more thanthey were for 'Titanic,' especially for the 3-Dmovies - and especially for a 3d movie in IMAX,"he added. "And it's not like 'Up In The Air' or'Spider-Man 3' made this much with a regular

ticket pirce, so when all the dust settles, it'sonly fair to have that in the back of your mind."


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Complete the grid so every row, columnand 3 x 3 box contains every digit

from 1 to 9 inclusively.

Previous puzzle solution

Ni McJoe PALAISIPAN Thelma Onego

SAGOT SA NAKARAAN

PAHALANG

1. Baba

5. Panghagupit

11. Biyak

12. Tinanggap

13. Ipinag-alala

15. Hambal

16. Liko

17. Inangkin18. Ikod

19. Titulo ng

bayani20. Unlapi

23. Alyas

26. Addis

28. Patibong

30. Bahagyang

lagnat

31. Iyayapak

33. Lutuan

ng ulam

34. Damdam

35. Ikutkot

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inulit

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2. Baksinasyon

3. Itinatanggi

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8. Iniuusisa9. Luto sa

mantika

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22. Galos

24. Pampakinisng kahoy

25. Kalunya

26. Abu Sayaff

Group27. Lawit

28. Umbok sa pisngi

29. Gulok

32. Kuto; Ingles

PMPC OATH TAKINGNacionalista Party President SenatorManny Villar administers the oath-taking ofnew set of officers of the Philippine Movie

Press Club (PMPC). The new set of offic-ers are (from left after Senator Villar) MelbaLlanera (President), Mell Navarro (VicePresident), Mildred Bacud (Secretary),Rodel Fernando ( Asst. Secretary), BoyRomero ( Treasurer), Romel Galapon (Au-ditor) Sandy Mariano ( P.R.O), and thePMPC Board of Directors- Eric Borromeo,Roldan Castro, Blessie Cirera, Fernan deGuzman, Monching Jaramillo, GerryOcampo, Rommel Placente, RobertPangis.

THE University of thePhilippines Alumni Associa-tion (UPAA) is inviting allalumni jubilarians celebrat-ing in 2010 to a mini-reunionand planning meeting onFebruary 3, Wednesday, atAng Bahay ng Alumni in UPDiliman campus, from 2 pmto 5 pm. The celebrating batches are Class 1950

(Diamond), Class 1960(Golden), Class 1970 (Ruby)and Class 1985 (Silver).

The UP general alumnihomecoming will be held on June 25-26 also at Ang Bahayng Alumni. The meeting thisFeb. 3 will discuss amongother things the program forthe alumni homecoming andother activities to mark their jubilarian celebration.

A photo session has alsobeen scheduled to facilitate

the collection of individualphotos to be used in thealumni yearbook due for

release during the homecom-ing. Jubilarians are hencerequested to arrive in appro-priate attire. We suggest barong or shirt with blazer formen and semi-formal wear forwomen. For more details,please contact Shirley at theUPAA Secretariat at landlinenumbers 9206871, 9206868,9206875, e-mail

[email protected], orcellphone number09178372098.

Mini-reunion for UP jubilarians batches1950, 1960, 1970 and 1985 on February 3

Bible Week sa NavotasBILANG pagdiriwang ng Bible Week, ay magkakaroon ng

Walk-for a-bible sa Navotas sa ika-30 ng Enero ganap na ika5:15ng umaga. Ito ay magsisimula sa parokya ng San Roque namagtatapos sa Navotas City hall ground. Layunin nito namabigyan ng kahalagahan ang Biblia. Magkakaroon ng muntingprograma at magtatapos sa pamamagitan ng pamamamahagi

ng sipi ng Biblia. Ito ay sa pamamatnubay ng BINDS Founda-tion. Sa karagdagang inpormasyon makipag-ugnayan kay Bro.Ruel-09228448260

Man vs machine on election day,Akbayan party-list warns

AKBAYAN Party-list once again criticized Commission on

Elections for the apparent lack of readiness to hold automatednational elections following a hearing at the Lower House andComelecs announcement that the poll automation softwaressource code will be made available to the public on February 2.

If we were to adhere to the schedule the Comelec announced,we will have some 2 days to walkthrough the source code,when an in-depth review of it would take 2-3 months, Akbayanparty-list Representative Walden Bello pointed out.

How effective can the evaluation of independent groupsand political parties be if were given such little time? Its al-most as if Comelec is deliberately hiding other glitches in thesoftware by limiting the time to review it.

The commission announced that they will invite interestedparties to view the software source code on February 2 and will

proceed with its installation into the PCOS machines on Febru-ary 4.Akbayan, along with other groups, have been asking to see

the source code for some time now. We wanted to have ampletime to go through it and ensure that our elections will not fallprey to hackers with political motivations, Bello added.


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Our Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadAs a child, I learned to behave properly when adultsrewarded my good behavior and punished my bad be-havior. This worked pretty well because the reward or punishment generally came quickly after the behavior,making the relationship between the cause and effectunmistakable. When I became an adult, however, life got more complex, and the consequences of my actionswere not always immediate. When I behaved badlywithout getting in trouble for it, I began to think thatit didnt matter to God what I did.

Something similar happened to the children of Israel. When they disobeyed God and didnt sufferany bad consequences right away, they said, The Lordhas forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!

(Ezek. 9:9), indicating their belief that God had lostinterest in them and didnt care about their bad be-havior. But they were wrong. Weary of their way-wardness, God finally said, None of My words willbe delayed any longer; whatever I say will be ful- filled (12:28 niv).

When God delays discipline, its not due to indif- ference; its due to His very natureHe is graciousand slow to anger. Some see that as permission to sin,but God intends it to be an invitation to repent (Rom.2:4). Julie Ackerman Link

A Prayer: Lord, thank You for being slow toanger and filled with compassion. May I not

presume upon Your mercy by assuming that therewill be no consequences to my sin. Help me instead

to confess it. Amen.

The only way to make things right is to admityouve been wrong.

GRABE ang ginagawangratsada ngayon ng Coca-Cola.

Sunod sunod ang panalo nilaat mula sa kailaliman ay papuntana sila paitaas.

At dahil mukhang pa-peak nasila, binabantayan na sila ngayonng ibang teams.

Mukhang mahihirapan na ngayon ang mga kalaban dahilpalaban ang mga bataan ni Bo Perasol.

Nakakatuwa din naman si Bo.Aminado ang mga players niya na malaking bagay ang naging

transition nila mula nung umupo si Bo bilang head coach nila.* * *

Buhay pa ang Rain or Shine.Feeling ni team owner Raymond Yu nasa heaven sila.

Akala nila ay wala na silang pag-asa.At least, may nakita na silang liwanag pa-akyat.Kailan lang ay nakalugmok silang lahat dahil nasa duluhan

na sila ng standings.At least ngayon, pagkatapos ng laro nung Linggo, nabuhayan

na sila.* * *

Ang sarap ng San Miguel at Alaska, pa petiks petiks nalang sila ngayon. Maghihintay na lang sila nang makakalaban.

Pero hindi naman sila nagbabakasyon.Mahirap din ang may mahabang bakasyon.Madalas, kinakalawang.

* * *Ang ganda nang inilaro ni Gary David nung Linggo.

Best player pa siya.At ang tinalo niya ang dati niyang team.Masakit man sa loob ni Gary na ang makalaban pa niya sa

knockout ay ang dati niyang koponan, wala naman siyangmagagawa.

Sabi nga ni Gary, laro lang, ganyan talaga sa basketball.At yun nga, naglaro lang siya, pero hanep naman ang inilaro

niya. As in, siya talaga ang pumatay sa Burger King nung dyingseconds ng laban nila.

Parang vengeance ang nagawa ni Gary sa team napinaggalingan niya.

Well, sabi nga ni Gary, ganyan lang talaga sa basketball.* * *

Puwede nang lumabas ng ospital si Brian Viloria.Mabuti naman.

* * *Sobrang bilis din ng bentahan ng tickets sa laban ni Pacman

at Clottey.Yan ang naglalabasan sa diyario.Owwwwssss?

Gary David bigay todolaban sa dati niyang teamP O U N D - F O R - P O U N D

king Manny Pacquiao hasstarted his training camp inthe US and one of his sched-ules include dissecting thefighting style of his March 13opponent Joshua Clottey.

Hindi tayo dapat mag-kompiyansa, magaling na boksingero ito (Clottey). Hesa very defensive fighter.Malakas din at masmatangkad pa kay (Miguel)Cotto, Pacquiao added.

Trainer Freddie Roach saidPacquiao is now very techni-cal for this fight and the Fili-pino champ would not wantto take this match very lightly.

Clottey may not have thesame caliber as FloydMayweather Jr. but this doesnot mean the native of Ghanahas nothing up his sleeves todefeat Pacquiao.

In fact, Pacquiao himselfsaid hes not taking Clottey,who took over as the

Pacmans opponent aftertalks for a megabout withFloyd Jr., broke down, lightly.

Pacquiao has openedtraining camp last Friday, im-mersing himself into the tech-nical aspect of their prepa-rations by studying Clotteysprevious fights and givinginputs to Roach. He actuallysaw Clottey in action first-hand when he challengedthen champion Cotto in June2009.

Pacquiao, Roach study Clottey fighting style

WORLD jins championsRani Ann Ortega, JaniceLagman and Camille Alarillawill be the specials guestswhen taekwondo competi-tions in the 85th NCAA tour-nament unfolds today Jan. 28)at The Arena in San Juan City.

Ortega, Lagman andAlarilla gave the Philippinesa gold medal in the 4th WTFWorld Taekwondo PoomsaeChampionships in Cairo,Egypt and last years South-east Asian Games inVientiane, Laos.

Management Committeechair Jose Mari Lacson of hostSan Beda hopes their pres-ence would serve as inspira-tion to all the athletes seeingaction in taekwondo, a sportwhere the country has astrong chance of snaring anOlympic gold.

Jins championsgrace NCAA

tourney

FILIPINO Grandmaster

Wesley Barbasa So logged hisninth draw after missing win-ning chances in the endgameof his ninth round gameagainst Israeli GrandmasterEmil Sutovsky in the ongoing72nd Corus internationalchess championship group BTuesday night at the DeMoriaan Community Centrein Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands.

International MasterMarlon Bernardino quotedGrandmaster BuenaventuraBong Villamayor, one of thelive commentator forChessdom saying, White isprobably no longer winning,he missed too many chancesearlier, probably he shouldhave thought longer on his41st move. The advantageousvariation I gave earlier waswhites last chance.

Bernardino also said a se-ries of exchanges left So apawn up and he managed to

simplify the position into a

rook plus two knightsendgame after having apassed e-pawn in the center.It was now a matter of coor-dinating his pieces to continuecreating threats.

The 16-year-old genius e-pawn reached the sixth rankon his 35th move andSutovsky, who is fresh fromwinning the Inventi GM eventin Belgium, used his rook to block the pawn advance.

The 32-year-old Sutovskydefended well and after andexchange of knights, Sospawn could not make head-way and a truce was declaredafter 42 pushes of Gruenfelddefense, Classical variation.

Sos Corus stint is beingsupported by National ChessFederation of the Philippinesp r e s i d e n t / c h a i r m a nProspero Pichay Jr. andFilway Marketing Inc. CEO/president Hector Tagaysay.

So draws 9th round game with Sutovsky

Amang Parica tops USSeniors One Pocket event

THE living legend of billiards,Filipino Jose Amang Parica,turned back American Brown Syon January 26 to rule the 60-year-

old above Seniors One Pocketmini event of the 12th AnnualDerby City Classic at the Horse-shoe Casino and Hotel in Indi-ana, United States.

It was a double victory for the61-year-old West Covina, Califor-nia-based Parica who also onTuesday led a stellar cast of in-ductees to the One Pocket Hallof Fame in the mold of the lateRudolf Fats Wanderone of theLifetime Pool in Action categoryand Glenn Piggy Banks Rogers

in the Bank Pool division.According to a list of factoidssent by International Master

Marlon Bernardino, Parica hasbeen dubbed as the King and Leg-end of Philippine Billiards andacknowledged as the leader of the

Filipino billiards invasion in theUS in the mid 80s.That honor is long overdue

Amang, Paricas close friendRamon Maestro MonchingMistica, told Bernardino.

Amang, the Philippine Hallof Famer pioneered the Filipinoinvasion in the United States and brought the game of 9-ball to ahigher level.

He became the World Playerof the Year in 1997. He was thefirst player to shoot a perfect game

of 1,000 points, which was aWorld Record in 9-Ball race to 11format.


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