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Man jailed for stealing items from school
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 26-year-old man landed in jail after being caught stealing from an elementary school in Barangay Langtad, Naga City, Cebu, early Wednesday morning, March 20, 2024. The suspect was identified as Angelito Cudias Apeliano, 26, an unemployed resident of Barangay Pasil, Santander, Cebu. In a phone interview with CDN Digital, Police.....»»
Painters head into Christmas break on a high
The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters will be headed to a sumptuous Noche Buena......»»
Do not let the Christmas break, break you
You are a leader......»»
Senate to assess ‘economic viability’ of creating Negros Island Region
The Senate will soon discuss the “economic viability” of the proposed creation of the Negros Island Region, according to Senator Imee Marcos. In a media interview over the weekend, Marcos said tackling the proposed legislation should “always end up being an economic effort.” “If you’re going to set up a new area, it should be viable economically. Dapat sulit kasi maglalagay ka ng mga opisina. Mahal yan eh (It should be worth it because you will be setting up offices. That’s costly). It should be big enough,” Marcos said, noting that she does not have a position yet on the proposal and has not even “heard very much about the bill creating NIR in the Senate.” “There was the argument that it was not feasible economically. I don’t know what the revivalists have to say today. I think we have to visit it,” she added. In March, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 7355, creating the NIR, which shall be composed of the cities, municipalities, and barangays in Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, and the island province of Siquijor. The Senate Committee on Local Government has also approved Senate Bill 1236, authored by Senator JV Ejercito, seeking to create the NIR in a aimed “to boost the efficiency of the delivery of government services and provide convenience for the region’s residents in line with the administration’s goal of rightsizing.” Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri earlier said the upper chamber will tackle the bill before it goes on a break in October. “We’re hoping to do the second reading before the end of September. At the very latest, it would be passed into law before Christmas. Our Christmas gift to the region, as long as it will not be vetoed,” he added. The post Senate to assess ‘economic viability’ of creating Negros Island Region appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Idolizing Danny Dolor (The man I might have been if I had at least P500 million)
Here’s sharing with you Cyber Proust’s (now Proust Redux) winning piece when he joined the 2010 Philippine Star Lifestyle Journalism Contest sponsored by Rustan Commercial Corporation and the Stores Specialists, Inc. The announcement called for feature articles, as many as one could submit, about heroes, dead or alive. Cyber Proust submitted three — one about his mother; another about a blogger who tells stories about his clan and people like them, making for a good read for people interested in Philippine upper class but not necessarily high society; and this one, about Danny Dolor, Cyber Proust’s patron and benefactor when Cyber Proust had not yet declared himself rich. Here goes: My hero, my icon, the man I’d rather be When people are asked who they want to be if they ever get the chance to live their lives all over again, they almost always say they want to be the same person. If you ask me the same question, I’d have the same answer, only because I want to keep the same set of parents. But if I could keep my Dad and Mom, and still be someone else, I’d look at you straight in the eye, and declare, I want to be Danny Dolor. I can think of a hackneyed thousand and one reasons why I prefer to breathe and eat and live like Sir Danny, but let me stick to the quintessential five. First, he is rich which we all want to be. He is an art lover which I profess to be. He is a trailblazer even if he is a Libran who prefers balance, while I am an Arian who always wants to be the first. He was a good son who took care of his mother in her old age, which every good son should do especially if he were single. I am single, but I was always away from home, too busy changing and finding writing jobs. The closest I got to emulating Sir Danny was spending endless nights conversing with my mother whenever I was home during Christmas breaks. Sir Danny, on the other hand, never travelled abroad because he wanted to be by his mother’s side every night of the year. When he visited Lipa, their hometown, he would pick up his mobile phone to check on his mother and sister Fe in their Makati home, rattling off his orders to their yaya — check their temperature, don’t forget the medicine after their merienda, and so on. Finally, Danny Dolor is a good Catholic who hears Sunday Mass, fingers his beads when in the car, and joins the procession on Good Friday beside his own Mater Dolorosa. How I wish I could give away lands on which to build churches, donate thousands of portfolio bags for priests attending their annual convention, and build a museum in honor of a townsman, Alfredo Maria Obviar, who may yet be the first Filipino bishop to be beatified and, in God’s time, canonized. First conversation I am lucky to have an icon whom I have seen up close. I have seen Danny Dolor when he goes into a trance as he describes his first conversation with National Artist Atang de la Rama, to whom he became a friend and confidante, or fits of laughter as he recalls the usually funny repartee between his friends Sylvia La Torre and Oscar Obligacion when the latter was still alive. For all the secrets and fun times we have shared, I stick to calling him Sir as I did the first time I interviewed him in his thickly-carpeted, air-conditioned and perfume-smelling den. I had known about the man before I ever met him. I knew about his Tribung Pinoy which concertized all over the country in the late 1970s all the way to the mid 1980’s. I never saw them perform in person, but I read about Danny Dolor and his gang of sopranos, tenors and baritones who rendered their harana, danza, balitaw and, of course, kundiman, in schools and churches, and quixotic venues like the Culion Leper Colony in Palawan, the mental hospital and the women’s correctional where the patients and inmates cried, sang, danced and thanked him because no one ever came to sing for them. The path-breaking Danny Dolor also produced the first ever concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines featuring an all-Filipino-traditional-music repertoire. Danny Dolor’s house, at that time when I interviewed him, was along Tamarind corner Banaba in uppity Forbes Park. In the den, paintings, sculptures, plaques, and trophies vied for the attention of first-time guests. I immediately liked a Zalameda portrait of a basketball player, but what impressed me was a plaque with Latin inscriptions which, my host explained to me, was his papal award. He next brought me to the lanai, thrice as large as the den, where beside the lacquered opium bed stood a gigantic St. Joseph. He showed me a life-size oil portrait of Charito Solis, Ramon Valera ternos worn by Gloria Romero and his sister Fe, and original drawings of Darna by Mars Ravelo. The man, who knows his art, takes pride in his penchant for everything Filipino. It is an interest that goes a long way back to his childhood during the Japanese occupation. In the family hacienda where they evacuated, he listened to the farmers sing native songs. In grade one a year or two later, the young Danny sang Bayan Ko before his classmates, to the shock of the teacher who probably expected Jack and Jill. When Sir Danny was in grade school, he watched Filipino films in the movie houses along Rizal Avenue. As a high school student, he listened to the Mabuhay singers over the radio. In college, he watched Tawag ng Tanghalan on television. Is it any wonder that he should mount a best-selling exhibit of movie ads from the golden years of Philippine cinema? Or that he has maintained, for more than ten years, a column in the Philippine Star, “Remember When?” featuring the movie stars and great musical talents of yesteryears? Danny Dolor is unique in that he straddles the worlds of show business and high society, which many find incompatible. Not with him who has produced movies, including Indie films, and concert tributes honoring luminaries of the silver screen like Director Hermogenes Ilagan and movie queen Carmen Rosales. His involvement in the upper strata, on the other hand, is never without a good reason. For example, he collaborated with the socialite businesswoman Nedy Tantoco in organizing the best-selling Ramon Valera retrospective exhibit. If he is chummy with the grand dame Imelda Cojuangco that’s because he is a loyal and trusted officer the Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion, of which she is the chair. Every year, come Feast of the Immaculate Conception, they gather hundreds of children from depressed areas to receive their first holy communion. Imagine the mix For all of these, he takes a break from his duties as chairman of various companies that include a hospital, hotel, educational institution, bank and subdivisions. Imagine the mix — movies, music, church, business and high society. And he dances the Rigodon too. How can one not desire such completeness? There’s something though he’d rather not be said about him. In my times of need, he does not hide under his canopied bed, and in the milestones of my life, he gives me a thick red envelope. Once I ran out of cash to pay my rent, I called him up and told him that if only I could touch the tip of his pants, I was sure to have what I needed. Scolding me first for being such a cheap copy of the woman in the bible, he said Yes to my pleadings, while reminding me to help him prepare another souvenir program for yet another concert tribute for another forgotten gem of Philippine music. The man does not believe in outright charity. Not to me, anyway. And while he is patient with me, he insists that I “fix” my life for “all these things you delight in will soon come to pass” and “if you do not take care of yourself, who will?” and so on. From his mother, he passes on a classic gem, “Never do anything that people will notice from afar,” a rough translation of “Huwag kang gagawa ng kahit anong matatanaw mula sa malayo.” In short, don’t be a show-off. My hero and icon, Danny Dolor, is not only a model for living the successful and well-lived life that I dream about. He is also a saviour, a mentor and an angel who, despite the “professional distance” we keep between us as a “client” and as a “talent,” if the relationship must breed results, has come closest to being my “Tito” and best friend. Sir Danny will not be pleased with this article. He will think that I need to borrow money from him again. The post Idolizing Danny Dolor (The man I might have been if I had at least P500 million) appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Upper Chamber MIF version vague, says solon
Senator Imee Marcos on Monday said Senate Bill 2020, which seeks to establish the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund, is “still vague” and stressed that would not allow the immediate passage of the measure, even if it will be “ideal” to be passed before the sine die adjournment of Congress on 2 June. “I will not allow it if ever it will be approved immediately because that’s a huge sum of money. Our children will be buried in debt. It is something that should not be fast-tracked,” said the lady senator despite the certification of the bill as a priority measure by his brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Citing the “compelling need” for a “sustainable national investment fund” amid the rising inflation rate driven by various factors, the President certified the MIF bill as urgent last week. However, the solon stressed that the “present form” of the Senate version of the MIF bill is still in the process of amendments. “I noticed that, there are different amendments on the bill. Even the amendments from the Department of Finance are not yet finished,” said Marcos. “That is why we are confused. Where is the final form?” To recall, the House of Representatives approved the third and final reading of House Bill 6608, or the proposed MIF bill before adjourning for the Christmas break last year. The Senate has less than a week to pass the measure before the Congress adjourns on Friday, however, the upper chamber can extend its session to deliberate on the MIF bill and other priority measures during the two-week break. Meanwhile, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros expressed her concern regarding the recent amendment on the MIF bill that will enable the supposed board of directors of MIF to access the hard-earned pension funds from the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security System. Hontiveros specifically questioned the Section 12 of the proposed measure which contains the lines “other GFIs and GOCCs may invest into the Maharlika Investment Fund, subject to their respective investment and risk management strategies, and approval of their respective boards.” “I would really not have the particular section. I would still request our colleagues in the majority to worry about this and to help remove this provision altogether at the proper time,” Hontiveros said. Jom Garner Proponents of the bill from the House of Representatives removed the SSS and GSIS as mandatory sources of seed money to start the MIF, after it was heavily criticized by the public. The post Upper Chamber MIF version vague, says solon appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Imee says Senate version of MIF bill ‘still vague’
Senator Imee Marcos on Monday said Senate Bill No. 2020, which seeks to establish the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund, is “still vague.” In a chance interview, Imee said she would not allow the immediate passage of the measure, even if it would be “ideal” to have it passed before the sine die adjournment of Congress on 2 June. “I will not allow it if ever it will be approved immediately because that’s a huge sum of money. Our children will be buried in debt. It is something that should not be fast-tracked,” she said despite the certification of the bill as a priority measure by his brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Citing the “compelling need” for a “sustainable national investment fund” amid the rising inflation rate driven by various factors, the President certified the MIF bill as urgent last week. Imee said the “present form” of the Senate version of the MIF bill is still in the process of amendments. “I noticed that, there are different amendments on the bill. Even the amendments from the DOF (Department of Finance) is not yet finished,” she said. “That is why we are confused. Where is the final form?” she added. The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 6608, or the proposed MIF bill, before adjourning for the Christmas break last year. The Senate has less than a week to pass the measure before Congress adjourns on Friday. However, the upper chamber can extend its session to deliberate on the MIF bill and other priority measures during the two-week break. Meanwhile, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros expressed her concern regarding the recent amendment on the MIF bill that will enable the supposed board of directors of MIF to access the pension funds of the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security System. Hontiveros specifically questioned Section 12 of the proposed measure which contains the lines: “Other GFIs and GOCCs may invest into the Maharlika Investment Fund, subject to their respective investment and risk management strategies, and approval of their respective boards.” “I would really rather not have this section at all. I would still request our colleagues in the majority to worry about this and to help remove this provision altogether at the proper time,” she said. Proponents of the bill from the House of Representatives removed the SSS and GSIS as mandatory sources of seed money to start the MIF, after it was heavily criticized by the public. The post Imee says Senate version of MIF bill ‘still vague’ appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Migz: MIF gets nod before Senate adjournment
The Senate will approve its own version of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund bill by next week, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said Thursday. “The plan is to approve it by the second and third reading next week. We are accommodating the last few members who want to interpellate on Monday then we can open the period of amendments immediately after,” Zubiri said in a text message to reporters. “As a certified measure, we can close and approve the bill on that same week. Hopefully, the House can adopt our version which we improved with more safeguards in place to avoid possible misuse,” he added. He made the remarks after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certified Senate Bill 2020 as a priority legislative measure. The House of Representatives approved the third and final reading of House Bill 6608, or the proposed MIF bill before adjourning for the Christmas break last year. Congress will adjourn sine die on 2 June. Should the House agree to adopt the Senate version of the proposed measure by next week, the bill would be enrolled automatically for the President’s approval. The post Migz: MIF gets nod before Senate adjournment appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Senate to approve Maharlika bill next week – Zubiri
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday said the upper chamber will approve its own version of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund bill by next week. "The plan is to approve it by second and third reading next week. We are accommodating the last few members who want to interpellate on Monday then we can open the period of amendments immediately after," Zubiri said in a text message to reporters. "As a certified measure, we can close and approve the bill on that same week," he added. He made the remarks a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certified Senate Bill No. 2020, its own version of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund, as a priority legislative measure. Its counterpart, the House of Representatives approved the third and final reading of House Bill No. 6608, or the proposed MIF bill, before adjourning for the Christmas break last year. The Senate is still discussing the proposed measure, more than a week before the sine die adjournment on 2 June. Zubiri also called on the House of Representatives to adopt its version of the proposed MIF bill, saying it has “more safeguards.” “Hopefully, the House can adopt our version, which we improved with more safeguards in place to avoid possible misuse,” he added. Should the lower chamber agree to adopt the Senate version of the proposed measure by next week, the bill would be enrolled automatically for the President’s approval. The post Senate to approve Maharlika bill next week – Zubiri appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
PBBM certifies Maharlika Investment Fund bill as urgent
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has certified Senate Bill No. 2020, which seeks to establish the Maharlika Investment Fund, as a priority legislative measure. In a letter to the Senate dated 22 May, Marcos cited the “compelling need” for a “sustainable national investment fund” amid the rising inflation rate driven by various factors. “Pursuant to the provisions of Article VI, Section 26 (2) of the 1987 Constitution, I hereby certify to the necessity of the immediate enactment of Senate Bill No. 2020,” the letter read. “With the downgrade of the global growth projection this year on account of debilitating inflation, fluctuating and unstable prices of crude oil and other fuels due to the protracted conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and continuing interest rate hikes in the international financial sector, there is a compelling need for a sustainable national investment fund as a new growth catalyst to accelerate the implementation of strategic and high-impact large infrastructure projects that will stimulate economic activity and development,” it added. The letter, which was received by the Senate on 23 May but only released to media by 24 May, was addressed to Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri. The House of Representatives had approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 6608, or the proposed MIF bill, before adjourning for the Christmas break last year. Its counterpart, the Senate, is still discussing the proposed measure more than a week before the sine die adjournment on 2 June. On Tuesday, Zubiri urged the economic managers, including Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, to personally attend the interpellation at the Senate “for them to show support for the measure and help rally the members to help pass the measure.” Asked if the upper chamber will approve the Maharlika Investment Fun bill on third and final reading today, the Senate chief said: “Not really.” The Senate is “targeting” to approve the measure “next week,” he added. The post PBBM certifies Maharlika Investment Fund bill as urgent appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
US deep freeze forecast to break Christmas Eve records
An arctic blast that has gripped much of the United States this week, disrupting daily life and holiday travel for millions of Americans, was expected to produce the coldest Christmas Eve on record in several cities from Pennsylvania to Florida. Temperatures were forecast to top out on Friday at just 8 degrees Fahrenheit (-13 Celsius) […] The post US deep freeze forecast to break Christmas Eve records appeared first on Cebu Daily News......»»
The gift
(Taking a break from politics, I wrote this Christmas story that might take a little effort to figure out, but which I hope will be worth your while.).....»»
EDITORIAL - Speedy approval
Quicker than lightning, the House of Representatives approved on its last session day before the Christmas break House Bill 6608, creating the Maharlika Investment Fund or MIF. The approval on second and third or final reading on the same day was made possible after President Marcos certified HB 6608 as urgent even as he nursed a bad cold in Europe......»»
Opposition lawmaker’s appeal: More debates on MIF
As Congress prepares to go on Christmas break beginning on Friday, an opposition lawmaker is appealing to his colleagues to allow more time for debates over the controversial bill seeking the creation of a Maharlika Investment Fund......»»
PBA to play on Christmas Day
The PBA will roll out a holiday treat for fans with a Commissioner’s Cup semifinal schedule on Christmas Day at the MOA Arena. There will also be a schedule on Dec. 28 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum before the league takes a break and restarts on Jan. 4......»»
Do-or-die Sunday
Christmas is in the air but for four basketball teams battling to stay alive in their leagues, an early holiday break is farthest from their minds. In the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, Rain or Shine and NLEX duel for the last playoff ticket at the PhilSports Arena at 6:30 tonight......»»
‘Team New Zealand’ will train alone till the final of March 2021
that Emirates Team New ZealandAfter a short break on Christmas day, he is already back in the water for training Auckland (New Zealand), to prepare.....»»
Duterte pinatawag IATF sa bagong COVID strain
Mula sa kanyang Christmas break sa Davao City ay nagpatawag ng pulong si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) para pag-usapan ang bagong COVID-19 strain na natuklasan sa United Kingdom. The post Duterte pinatawag IATF sa bagong COVID strain first appeared on Abante......»»
BI: No Christmas break for airport personnel
Airport personnel of the Bureau of Immigration are prohibited from taking vacation leaves starting next month to ensure better service for travelers during the holiday season, a BI official said on Wednesday......»»
Philippines to seek inclusion of HSWs in ‘kafala’ abolition
A high-level delegation will fly to Saudi Arabia during the Christmas break to lobby for the expansion of coverage of the impending abolition of the “kafala” or the traditional sponsorship system that exists in almost all Arab countries, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday night......»»