Anong balita? 081809

News for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online

GMA trips cost gov’t over P2-billion, according to CoA
Expenses for President Arroyo’s foreign trips increased by 700 percent a year after she took over Malacañang until 2008, records at the Commission on Audit showed.

MILF ready to help government campaign against Abu Sayyaf
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is willing and ready to assist the government in the campaign to neutralize the Abu Sayyaf rebels in Mindanao.

Money for jet should go to PAF — Biazon
Senators expressed relief over the decision of Malacañang to cancel plans to buy a P1.2 billion plane for the Philippine President and strongly suggested that the money should be diverted to the AFP.

PNP to convert defective guns into farming tools
The PNP will convert all seized defective firearms into farming implements as a total of 651 more guns were confiscated from several private security agencies.

Village sinking in Benguet
Residents of a village in Benguet are demanding to be relocated due to the continuous "sinking" of a former open pit mine site.

Low-registration turnout of new voters alarming
A neophyte lawmaker on Monday urged the Commission on Elections to step up its efforts in encouraging more youth and first-time voters to sign up for the 2010 elections.

NBI to use ‘Saddam’ technique
The NBI disclosed on Monday that it is adopting interrogation techniques used on ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, described as a “psychological approach” without the use of physical torture.

BIR installing scanners in cigarette plants
The BIR plans to install electronic scanners in all cigarette factories to monitor the volume of their production and thus enable the government to collect the right amount of specific taxes from them.

Walls collapse in Cebu, 3 die
Three persons were killed after being crushed by walls that collapsed in two separate incidents in Cebu.



Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 19:23-30.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible." Then Peter said to him in reply, "We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.



Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online

trichologist • \trih-KAH-luh-jist\ • noun

: a person who specializes in hair and scalp care; broadly : a person whose occupation is the dressing or cutting of hair

Example Sentence:
"You don't need to pay a trichologist or rely on hair-loss cure advertisements in magazines: your GP can conduct a series of blood tests to locate the problem." (David Fentonis, The Times [London], July 4, 2009)

Did you know?
Although you can accurately call the person who cuts your hair your "trichologist" if you want to, the term is usually applied as it is in our example sentence: to someone who studies and treats hair and scalp ailments. The "trich" in "trichologist" is the Greek "trich-," stem of "thrix," meaning "hair." This root makes an appearance in a number of other similarly technical-sounding words, such as "trichiasis" ("a turning inward of the eyelashes often causing irritation of the eyeball"), "trichome" ("an epidermal hair structure on a plant"), and "trichotillomania" ("an abnormal desire to pull out one's hair").



Your money’s worth today
Source: XE.com
As of August 18, 2009 0034H

US$1=Php48.32



Teaching for the day
Source: Famous people

Inspirational Quotes about “Fear of Failure”

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed - Theodore Roosevelt
Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping - Thomas Hood
Go back a little to leap further - John Clarke



Joke for the day
Source: Art’s funbox

Erap strikes back!

At a funeral...
ERAP: Tarana, Jinggoy. Alis na tayo!
JINGGOY: Kararating pa lang natin ah!
ERAP: Naku mahirap nang maiwan..
Basahin mo oh: 'REMAINS WILL BE CREMATED.'



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