09 October 2009

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Top news for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online

Bicam OKs condonation of penalties on delinquent SSS contributions
Congress paved the way for millions of SSS members to re-avail of their benefits with the SSS after the bicameral conference committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives approved a measure granting a one-time condonation of penalties on delinquent social security contributions of their employers.

Ebdane pinning hopes on Lakas-Kampi
DPWH Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. is taking his chances to be chosen as the administration’s standard-bearer in the actual convention to be held by Lakas-Kampi-CMD this month.

SC clears Erap,Velarde
The Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a plunder case against former President Erap Estrada, El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde and his son, Franklin, and 15 other persons in connection with the P1.22 billion purchase of 7.9 hectares of land owned by the Velarde family for the C-5 link of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway project.

More dissatisfied with Mrs. Arroyo
President Arroyo’s net satisfaction rating further dropped to negative (-) 38 from the previous unsatisfactory net rating of -31, the 3rd quarter Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results showed.

LGUs responsible for cleanup – Malacañang
Local government units (LGUs) should pick up the pace in the cleanup of communities devastated by storm “Ondoy” after they failed to meet the 72-hour deadline imposed by President Arroyo.

11 die in Compostela road accident
Eleven people, including a religious leader, were killed while six others were injured when two private vehicles collided head-on along a highway in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Thursday morning.

MMDA to start Pasig, Taguig cleanup operation next week
The MMDA is moving its cleanup and rehabilitation operation to the cities of Pasig and Taguig, saying that floodwaters would have receded in those areas by that time.

Landslides isolate Baguio
The Cordillera office DPWH said landslides in the different roads leading to Baguio City have isolated it from the rest of the Cordillera and other parts of Northern Luzon.

Flooded areas now hit by brownouts
A fire hit one of the power transformers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines in Barangay Dolores, Taytay, Rizal Wednesday night, resulting in power outages in some parts of the province and Metro Manila, including parts of Pasig that are still reeling from stagnant floodwaters spawned by storm “Ondoy”.

BIR issues clarification on exemption of donor’s tax
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said donations to flood victims are exempted from paying donor's tax only if they are coursed to qualified government and private charitable institutions.

Showbiz Chika for the day Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Bautista vs Bautista: ‘May the best man win’
“May the best man win” is how balladeer Christian Bautista envisions the scenario in which he will compete with fellow singer Mark Bautista for Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo’s heart.

Anne Curtis, Vicki Belo deny reconciliation with exes
Anne Curtis and Dra. Vicki Belo belie rumors that they have reconciled with ex-boyfriends Sam Milby and Dr. Hayden Kho, respectively.

Ronnie Lazaro, Joel Torre to premiere ‘Ang Beerhouse’
Urian Best Actor Ronnie Lazaro has ventured into film production with his colleague and friend Joel Torre via “Ang Beerhouse.”

‘Reb Bel’ rants at Facebook critics
Dranreb Belleza thinks Pampanga Rep. Mikey Arroyo is haughty for suggesting future censorship of social networking sites.

‘Kundiman’ is interim music for Hale
Band Hale's songs in its album "Kundiman" have interesting melodies and harmonies that suggest an undercurrent of sophistication.

Chiz supports ‘Bagong Sigla’ concert
Opposition Sen. Francis Escudero joins the country’s top bands in a major fund-raising effort for the benefit of typhoon victims.

Sam Bradley live at the SM Supermalls
"Twilight” fans who simply can’t get enough of this iconic vampire flick will have the rare opportunity to touch base with Sam Bradley.

Madonna wins damages in UK over wedding pics
Madonna won substantial damages from a British paper for breaching her privacy and infringement of copyright by publishing “purloined” photos of her 2000 wedding to film director Guy Ritchie.


Da who for today

Source: Wikipedia

Lea Salonga (born on February 22, 1971 in the Philippines) is a Filipina singer and actress who is best known for her musical role in Miss Saigon. In the field of musical theatre, she is recognized for having won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Theatre World Awards, the first to win various international awards for a single role. She was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway.

Salonga is the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin in 1992 and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II in 1998 and in 2004, respectively.

Lea Salonga is the eldest child of Feliciano Genuino Salonga and Ligaya Alcantara Imutan and spent the first six years of her childhood in Angeles City before moving to Manila. She is the sister of composer Gerard Salonga. Contrary to popular belief, she is not related to former Senator Jovito Salonga

She studied at the O. B. Montessori Center in Greenhills, Metro Manila, where she was a Bergamo 1 Student and an active participant in school productions. She also attended the University of the Philippines College of Music's extension program aimed at training musically talented children in music and stage movement. She was a college freshman at the Ateneo de Manila University when she auditioned for Miss Saigon and attended Fordham University when she was in New York.

On January 10, 2004, Salonga married Robert Charles Chien, a Chinese-Japanese managing director of an entertainment software company in Los Angeles, California, whom she met while doing Flower Drum Song. They have a daughter, Nicole Beverly, born on May 16, 2006 and named after Salonga's late mother-in-law, Beverly Chien.


Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 11:15-26.

Some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons." Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that (I) drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe. But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. When an unclean spirit goes out of someone, it roams through arid regions searching for rest but, finding none, it says, 'I shall return to my home from which I came.' But upon returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there, and the last condition of that person is worse than the first."


Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online

polemic • \puh-LEM-ik\
• noun
1 *a : an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
b : the art or practice of disputation
2 : disputant

Example Sentence:
"He isn't striving for objectivity; this book is part history, part polemic." (Carmela Ciuraru, Christian Science Monitor, June 16, 2009)

Did you know?
When "polemic" was borrowed into English from French "polemique" in the mid-17th century, it referred (as it still can) to a type of hostile attack on someone's ideas. The word traces back to Greek "polemikos," which means "warlike" or "hostile" and in turn comes from the Greek noun "polemos," meaning "war." Other, considerably less common descendants of "polemos" in English include "polemarch" ("a chieftain or military commander in ancient Greece"), "polemoscope" (a kind of binoculars with an oblique mirror), and "polemology" ("the study of war").


Lesson for the day

Source: Engr. Paul Elmer Morala from Duisberg, Germany

A Touching Story

Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the Surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: "How is my little boy? Is he going to be O.K.? When can I see him?"
The Surgeon said, "I'm sorry, we did all we could." Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer, doesn't GOD care any more? GOD, where were you when my son needed you?"
The Surgeon said, "One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes to let you spend time with your son's remains before it's transported to the university". Sally asked that the nurse stay with her while she said Good-bye to her son.

Sally ran her fingers through his thick red curly hair. The nurse said, "Would you like a lock of his hair?" Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of his hair and put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally. Sally said, "It was Jimmy's idea to give his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else," and that is what he wanted.
I said, No at first, but Jimmy said, "Mom I won't be using it after I die, maybe it will help some other little boy to be able to spend one more day with his mother". Sally said, "My Jimmy had a heart of Gold, always thinking of someone else and always wanting to help others if he could".
Sally walked out of the Children's Hospital for the last time now after spending most of the last 6 months there. She sat the bag with Jimmy's things in it on the seat beside of her in the car. The drive home was hard and it was even harder to go into an empty house.

She took the bag to Jimmy's room and started placing the model cars and things back in his room exactly where he always kept them. She laid down across his bed and cried herself to sleep holding his pillow.
Sally woke up about midnight and laying beside of her on the bed, was a letter folded up. She opened the letter, it said:

Dear Mom,
I know your going to miss me, but don't think that I will ever forget you or stop loving you because I'm not around to say I LOVE YOU. I'll think of you every day mom and I'll love you even more each day. Some day we will see each other again. If you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, he can have my room and my old stuff to play with.
If you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things as us boys do, so you will have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like. Don't be sad when you think about me, this is really a great place.

Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some,but it will take a long time to see everything here. The angels are so friendly, I love to watch them fly. Jesus doesn't look like any of the pictures I saw of Him,but I knew it was Him as soon as I saw Him. Jesus took me to see GOD!
And guess what mom? I got to sit on GOD'S knee and talk to Him like I was somebody important. I told GOD that I wanted to write you a letter and tell you Good-bye and everything, but I knew that wasn't allowed.

God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter with. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel that is going to drop this letter off to you.
God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him about. Where was He when I needed him? God said, "The same place He was when Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.

Oh, by the way Mom, nobody else can see what is written on this paper but you. To everyone else, it looks like a blank piece of paper. I have to give God His pen back now, he has some more names to write in the Book Of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for Supper.

I'm sure the food will be great. I almost forgot to let you know - Now I don't hurt anymore, the cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me suffer the pain either, so He sent The Angel of Mercy to get me. The Angel said I was Special Delivery!

Signed with love from:

God & Jesus & Me.


Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox

Summer outing

Si Father Jack at Father Jake ay nagbakasyon sa Phuket at naisip nila na para talagang masaya ang bakasyon nila hindi magpapahalata na mga pari sila. PAgdating nila sa Phuket ay bumili sila kaagad ng mga makukulay na damit shorts sunglasses at accessories para mag mukha silang kakaiba.

Kinaumagahan, nandun sila sa beach front, nakaupo at nag eenjoy sa tanawin habang nag iinum ng mga cocktails nang biglang lumapit sa kanila ang isang mega hot babe in a tight bikini. "helller, Father! Heller, Father! " bumati ang chick sa kanila.

Na shock ang dalawa… paano niya alam na mga pari sila? Bumalik sila sa isa pang tindahan at bumili pa sila ng mas bonggacious na kasuotang turista.

Sumunod na araw ay pumuwesto sila sa ibang bahagi ng beach at nag enjoy ulit sa tanawin. Bumalik nanaman ang bodylicious na hotbabe! "Good morning, Father Jack! Good morning Father Jake!" ang bati pa ng bikini babe. Tumyo agad ang mga mas lalung nagulat na dalawang pari. "Miss, bakit alam ninyo na mga pari kami? " tanung ni Father Jack, "at pati mga pangalan namin? " sabay kamut ng ulo ni Father Jake.Sagot ng chick: "Hellooowww! Di nyo ba ako kilala? It’s me Sister Angela! "

1 comment:

  1. Sagot ko sa Mahiwagang Tanong:

    Merong 3 tao (Fidel, Erap at Gloria)

    May binili gamit si Fidel pero di naman nya nagamit at ibinigay nya ito kay Erap. Kaso itong si Erap di rin nya nagamit kaya ibinigay nalang nya ito kay Gloria. Nagamit ito ni Gloria pero di nya ito nakita.

    Answer: KABAONG


    'Yan yung sagot sa bugtong na ito:

    Ginawa ito ng gumawa pero 'di niya nagamit. Binili ito ng bumili pero 'di niya rin nagamit. Ginamit ito ng gumamit pero hindi niya ito nakita. Ano ito?

    Free Meal ko :)

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