Top news for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
‘Pepeng’ death toll rises to 269
Tropical depression “Pepeng” moved out of the country on Saturday, leaving at least 269 people dead and 49 others reported missing.
Ondoy’s damage to health facilities now at P670-million
Tropical storm Ondoy’s damage to the country’s health facilities has reached P670 million, the Department of Health (DoH) bared Saturday.
State of calamity lifted in Visayas, Mindanao
Malacañang lifted the state of calamity in the Visayas and Mindanao but stressed that it will remain in effect in Luzon.
Water in five evacuation centers positive for E. coli
Water sources in five evacuation centers in NCR have been tested positive for E.coli bacteria, the Department of Health (DoH) website revealed on Saturday.
LP solons defect to Lakas-Kampi
Eight members of the House of Representatives belonging to the Liberal Party (LP) joined the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD to Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr.
8 new naval architects and marine engineers listed
The Professional Regulation Commission announced on Saturday that eight out of 41 passed the Naval Architect and Marine Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Manila on October 6, 2009.
MMDA asked to explain ‘wasted’ P1-billion flood warning system
Malacañang will ask MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain the P1-billion flood warning system allegedly put to waste, which could have prevented the massive flooding in the metropolis.
DepEd to hold classes for kids at evacuation centers
The Department of Education (DepEd) is organizing multi-level instruction to schoolchildren in evacuation centers like it did during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991.
Razon resigns as gov’t peace adviser
Secretary Avelino Razon Jr. has decided to resign effective October 12 as President Arroyo's senior peace adviser to give more time to his plans to run for mayor of Manila in the May 2010 election.
Tropical depression “Pepeng” moved out of the country on Saturday, leaving at least 269 people dead and 49 others reported missing.
Ondoy’s damage to health facilities now at P670-million
Tropical storm Ondoy’s damage to the country’s health facilities has reached P670 million, the Department of Health (DoH) bared Saturday.
State of calamity lifted in Visayas, Mindanao
Malacañang lifted the state of calamity in the Visayas and Mindanao but stressed that it will remain in effect in Luzon.
Water in five evacuation centers positive for E. coli
Water sources in five evacuation centers in NCR have been tested positive for E.coli bacteria, the Department of Health (DoH) website revealed on Saturday.
LP solons defect to Lakas-Kampi
Eight members of the House of Representatives belonging to the Liberal Party (LP) joined the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD to Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr.
8 new naval architects and marine engineers listed
The Professional Regulation Commission announced on Saturday that eight out of 41 passed the Naval Architect and Marine Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Manila on October 6, 2009.
MMDA asked to explain ‘wasted’ P1-billion flood warning system
Malacañang will ask MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain the P1-billion flood warning system allegedly put to waste, which could have prevented the massive flooding in the metropolis.
DepEd to hold classes for kids at evacuation centers
The Department of Education (DepEd) is organizing multi-level instruction to schoolchildren in evacuation centers like it did during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991.
Razon resigns as gov’t peace adviser
Secretary Avelino Razon Jr. has decided to resign effective October 12 as President Arroyo's senior peace adviser to give more time to his plans to run for mayor of Manila in the May 2010 election.
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Claire de la Fuente’s early Christmas
Christmas, it seems, came early this year for pioneering OPM singer Claire dela Fuente.
Spanish film fest honors Filipino directors
“Pelicula,” the annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American films, honors Filipino directors with a photo exhibit at the ground floor of CCP.
Nickelodeon’s ‘Shocktober’ scare-lebration
Nicksters, your favorite festival of fun and frights is back!
On why Freestyle decides to do ‘Playlist’
Critics can have a field day questioning the capability of established band Freestyle as for writing originals, especially that its latest offering is all covers.
Calayans do charity work their own way
What matters for Drs. Manny and Pie Calayan is not just the posterity that their status as cosmetic surgeons for the celebrities bring.
Heart is Sharon’s daughter!
Heart Evangelista is Sharon Cuneta’s daughter in the movie “Mano Po 6.”
Philippine Madrigal Singers in fund-raising concert
The Alumni of the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers will hold a fund-raising concert on Oct. 16.
Mark Bautista touched by Mang Inasal’s kindness
Like many other Filipinos on that fateful stormy weekend, Mark Bautista was going about his regular business.
Feel-good movie of the season
US critics call it “a marvelous, mouth-watering comedy” and “the year’s most appetizing movie.”
‘Dukot (Desaparecidos),’ fearless & socially relevant
"Fantastic… Sad… Timely… Gripping… Great story-telling… ‘Tour de force’ performances from the lead actors (Iza Calzado and Allen Dizon)…”
A reason to celebrate and be happy
Enchanted Kingdom gives us a lot of reasons to bring back the smiles to everyone.
Amanda Seyfried in ‘Jennifer’s Body’
Amanda Seyfried who recently tuned her way to fame as Meryl Streep’s daughter in the movie musical hit “Mamma Mia” loses voice in her latest role as Needy in the wicked and sexy teen comedy “Jennifer’s Body.”
Courageous ‘Engkwentro’ wins Orizzonti and Di Laurentis awards
Repeatedly, director Pepe Diokno emphasized that “Engkwentro” did not represent any particular city or place in the Philippines.
Britney Spears determined to win her kids back
Britney Spears is preparing to move for full custody of her two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Brilliante Mendoza remains faithful to indie
Even with doors of opportunities swinging in favor of filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza, he will not be caught out of his comfort zone.
Da who for today
Christmas, it seems, came early this year for pioneering OPM singer Claire dela Fuente.
Spanish film fest honors Filipino directors
“Pelicula,” the annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American films, honors Filipino directors with a photo exhibit at the ground floor of CCP.
Nickelodeon’s ‘Shocktober’ scare-lebration
Nicksters, your favorite festival of fun and frights is back!
On why Freestyle decides to do ‘Playlist’
Critics can have a field day questioning the capability of established band Freestyle as for writing originals, especially that its latest offering is all covers.
Calayans do charity work their own way
What matters for Drs. Manny and Pie Calayan is not just the posterity that their status as cosmetic surgeons for the celebrities bring.
Heart is Sharon’s daughter!
Heart Evangelista is Sharon Cuneta’s daughter in the movie “Mano Po 6.”
Philippine Madrigal Singers in fund-raising concert
The Alumni of the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers will hold a fund-raising concert on Oct. 16.
Mark Bautista touched by Mang Inasal’s kindness
Like many other Filipinos on that fateful stormy weekend, Mark Bautista was going about his regular business.
Feel-good movie of the season
US critics call it “a marvelous, mouth-watering comedy” and “the year’s most appetizing movie.”
‘Dukot (Desaparecidos),’ fearless & socially relevant
"Fantastic… Sad… Timely… Gripping… Great story-telling… ‘Tour de force’ performances from the lead actors (Iza Calzado and Allen Dizon)…”
A reason to celebrate and be happy
Enchanted Kingdom gives us a lot of reasons to bring back the smiles to everyone.
Amanda Seyfried in ‘Jennifer’s Body’
Amanda Seyfried who recently tuned her way to fame as Meryl Streep’s daughter in the movie musical hit “Mamma Mia” loses voice in her latest role as Needy in the wicked and sexy teen comedy “Jennifer’s Body.”
Courageous ‘Engkwentro’ wins Orizzonti and Di Laurentis awards
Repeatedly, director Pepe Diokno emphasized that “Engkwentro” did not represent any particular city or place in the Philippines.
Britney Spears determined to win her kids back
Britney Spears is preparing to move for full custody of her two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Brilliante Mendoza remains faithful to indie
Even with doors of opportunities swinging in favor of filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza, he will not be caught out of his comfort zone.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Lydia de Vega-Mercado (born December 12, 1964) is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53 seconds. She also brought home a silver medal in the 200-meter race from the 1986 Seoul Asiad.
Diay, as she is fondly called by her countrymen was a two-time Olympian, having carried the country's colors in the 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul) Olympics.
De Vega now serves as a councilor of her native Meycauayan town in Bulacan province. Currently, she is the coach of the Singapore track and field team.
Gospel for the day
Diay, as she is fondly called by her countrymen was a two-time Olympian, having carried the country's colors in the 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul) Olympics.
De Vega now serves as a councilor of her native Meycauayan town in Bulacan province. Currently, she is the coach of the Singapore track and field team.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 10:17-30.
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'" He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to (the) poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 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." They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." Peter began to say to him, "We have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'" He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to (the) poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 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." They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." Peter began to say to him, "We have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
vitiate • \VISH-ee-ayt\ • verb
1 : to make faulty or defective : impair
2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status
*3 : to make ineffective
Example Sentence:
Some feared that the superintendent’s decision to reinstate the students would vitiate the authority of the principal who suspended them in the first place.
Did you know?
Here's one for word puzzle lovers -- and anyone else allured by alliteration. The sentence "Vivian vituperated the vicious villain for valuing vice over virtue" contains three words that derive from the same Latin source as "vitiate." Can you identify all three? If you picked "vituperate" (a verb meaning "to scold"), "vicious," and "vice," your puzzle prowess is beyond reproach. Like "vitiate," all three descend from the Latin noun "vitium," meaning "fault" or "vice."
Lesson for the day
1 : to make faulty or defective : impair
2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status
*3 : to make ineffective
Example Sentence:
Some feared that the superintendent’s decision to reinstate the students would vitiate the authority of the principal who suspended them in the first place.
Did you know?
Here's one for word puzzle lovers -- and anyone else allured by alliteration. The sentence "Vivian vituperated the vicious villain for valuing vice over virtue" contains three words that derive from the same Latin source as "vitiate." Can you identify all three? If you picked "vituperate" (a verb meaning "to scold"), "vicious," and "vice," your puzzle prowess is beyond reproach. Like "vitiate," all three descend from the Latin noun "vitium," meaning "fault" or "vice."
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library
Rich family in church
I'll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older sister Darlene 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with seven school kids to raise and no money. By 1946 my older sisters were married and my brothers had left home. Amonth before Easter the pastor of our church announced that a special Easter offering would be taken to help a poor family. He asked everyone to save and give sacrificially.When we got home, we talked about what we could do. We decided to buy 50 pounds of potatoes and live on them for a month. This would allow us to save $20 of our grocery money for the offering. Then we thought that if we kept our electric lights turned out as much as possible and didn't listen to the radio, we'd save money on that month's electric bill.Darlene got as many house and yard cleaning jobs as possible, and both of us baby sat for everyone we could. For 15 cents we could buy enough cotton loops to make three potholders to sell for $1. We made $20 on potholders. That month was the best of our lives.Every day we counted the money to see how much we had saved. At night we'd sit in the dark and talk about how the poor family was going to enjoy having the money the church would give them. We had about 80 people in church, so we figured that whatever amount of money we had to give, the offering would surely be about 20 times that much. After all, every Sunday the pastor had reminded everyone to save for the sacrificial offering. The day before Easter, Ocy and I walked to the grocery store and got the manager to give us three crisp $20 bills and one $10 bill for all our change. We ran all the way home to show Mom and Darlene. We had never had so much money before.
I'll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older sister Darlene 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with seven school kids to raise and no money. By 1946 my older sisters were married and my brothers had left home. Amonth before Easter the pastor of our church announced that a special Easter offering would be taken to help a poor family. He asked everyone to save and give sacrificially.When we got home, we talked about what we could do. We decided to buy 50 pounds of potatoes and live on them for a month. This would allow us to save $20 of our grocery money for the offering. Then we thought that if we kept our electric lights turned out as much as possible and didn't listen to the radio, we'd save money on that month's electric bill.Darlene got as many house and yard cleaning jobs as possible, and both of us baby sat for everyone we could. For 15 cents we could buy enough cotton loops to make three potholders to sell for $1. We made $20 on potholders. That month was the best of our lives.Every day we counted the money to see how much we had saved. At night we'd sit in the dark and talk about how the poor family was going to enjoy having the money the church would give them. We had about 80 people in church, so we figured that whatever amount of money we had to give, the offering would surely be about 20 times that much. After all, every Sunday the pastor had reminded everyone to save for the sacrificial offering. The day before Easter, Ocy and I walked to the grocery store and got the manager to give us three crisp $20 bills and one $10 bill for all our change. We ran all the way home to show Mom and Darlene. We had never had so much money before.
That night we were so excited we could hardly sleep. We didn't care that we wouldn't have new clothes for Easter; we had $70 for the sacrificial offering.We could hardly wait to get to church! On Sunday morning, rain was pouring. We didn't own an umbrella, and the church was over a mile from our home, but it didn't seem to matter how wet we got. Darlene had cardboard in her shoes to fill the holes. The cardboard came apart, and her feet got wet. But we sat in church proudly. I heard some teenagers talking about the Smith girls having on their old dresses. I looked at them in their new clothes and felt rich.
When the sacrificial offering was taken, we were sitting on the second row from the front. Mom put in the $10 bill, and each of us kids put in a $20. As we walked home after church, we sang all the way. At lunch Mom had asurprise for us. She had bought a dozen eggs, and we had boiled Easter eggs with our fried potatoes! Late that afternoon the minister drove up in his car. Mom went to the door, talked with him for a moment, and then cameback with an envelope in her hand. We asked what it was, but she didn't say a word. She opened the envelope and out fell a bunch of money. There were three crisp $20 bills, one $10 and seventeen $1 bills.Mom put the money back in the envelope.
We didn't talk, just sat and stared at the floor. We had gone from feeling like millionaires to feeling like poor white trash. We kids had such a happy life that we felt sorry for anyone who didn't have our Mom and Dad for parents and a house full of brothers and sisters and other kids visiting constantly. We thought it was fun to share silver ware and see whether we got the spoon or the fork that night. We had two knives that we passed around to whom ever needed them. I knew we didn't have a lot of things that other people had, but I'd never thought we were poor.
That Easter day I found out we were.The minister had brought us the money for the poor family, so we must be poor. I didn't like being poor. I looked at my dress and worn-out shoes and felt so ashamed. I didn't even want to go back to church. Everyone there probably already knew we were poor! I thought about school. I was in the ninth grade and at the topof my class of over 100 students. I wondered if the kids at school knew that we were poor. I decided that I could quit school since I had finishedthe eighth grade. That was all the law required at that time.We sat in silence for a long time. Then it got dark, and we went to bed. All that week, we girls went to school and came home, and no one talked much. Finally on Saturday, Mom asked us what we wanted to do with the money. What did poor people do with money? We didn't know. We'd never known we were poor. We didn't want to go to church on Sunday, but Mom said we had to.
Although it was a sunny day, we didn't talk on the way. Mom started to sing, but no one joined in and she only sang one verse. At church we had a missionary speaker. He talked about how churches inAfrica made buildings out of sun dried bricks, but they needed money tobuy roofs. He said $100 would put a roof on a church. The minister said,"Can't we all sacrifice to help these poor people?"We looked at each other and smiled for the first time in a week. Mom reached into her purse and pulled out the envelope. She passed it toDarlene. Darlene gave it to me, and I handed it to Ocy. Ocy put it in the offering.When the offering was counted, the minister announced that it was alittle over $100. The missionary was excited. He hadn't expected such a large offering from our small church. He said, "You must have some rich people in this church."Suddenly it struck us! We had given $87 of that "little over $100." We were the rich family in the church! Hadn't the missionary just said so? From that day on I've never been poor again. I've always remembered how rich I am because I have Jesus!
That Easter day I found out we were.The minister had brought us the money for the poor family, so we must be poor. I didn't like being poor. I looked at my dress and worn-out shoes and felt so ashamed. I didn't even want to go back to church. Everyone there probably already knew we were poor! I thought about school. I was in the ninth grade and at the topof my class of over 100 students. I wondered if the kids at school knew that we were poor. I decided that I could quit school since I had finishedthe eighth grade. That was all the law required at that time.We sat in silence for a long time. Then it got dark, and we went to bed. All that week, we girls went to school and came home, and no one talked much. Finally on Saturday, Mom asked us what we wanted to do with the money. What did poor people do with money? We didn't know. We'd never known we were poor. We didn't want to go to church on Sunday, but Mom said we had to.
Although it was a sunny day, we didn't talk on the way. Mom started to sing, but no one joined in and she only sang one verse. At church we had a missionary speaker. He talked about how churches inAfrica made buildings out of sun dried bricks, but they needed money tobuy roofs. He said $100 would put a roof on a church. The minister said,"Can't we all sacrifice to help these poor people?"We looked at each other and smiled for the first time in a week. Mom reached into her purse and pulled out the envelope. She passed it toDarlene. Darlene gave it to me, and I handed it to Ocy. Ocy put it in the offering.When the offering was counted, the minister announced that it was alittle over $100. The missionary was excited. He hadn't expected such a large offering from our small church. He said, "You must have some rich people in this church."Suddenly it struck us! We had given $87 of that "little over $100." We were the rich family in the church! Hadn't the missionary just said so? From that day on I've never been poor again. I've always remembered how rich I am because I have Jesus!
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Boy Bastos
Di nagtagal ay pumasok na si Boy sa eskuwelahan at di rin nagtagal ay nakilala na sya bilang Boy Bastos...
Di nagtagal ay pumasok na si Boy sa eskuwelahan at di rin nagtagal ay nakilala na sya bilang Boy Bastos...
Teacher: class, ang gagawin natin ay,magsasabi ako ng letter at magsasabi kayo ng word na nag-uumpisa dito. okay, letter a!
Boy Bastos: mam ako! mam!
Teacher: ayoko sayo bastos ka e...okay, Nene?
Nene: mam apple!
Teacher: very good! next letter b!
Boy Bastos: mam! ako mam!
Teacher: ayoko sayo bastos ka e...
Nag-isip ngayon si teacher ng letter na walang maiisip na kabastusan.
Teacher: ok, letter z! o sige na nga Boy, letter z.
Boy: mam zebra.
Teacher: very good! Ayan hindi na pala bastos si Boy.
Boy: PERO 16 INCHES YUNG T*T* !
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