04 January 2010

Anong Balita? 010410

Top news for the day
Source: GMA News.tv

Congress has only 9 days to act on priority bills
Malacañang is open to calling for a special session if Congress, with only nine session days left, fails to act on priority measures before they adjourn next month, Press Secretary Cerge...

Sexbomb Dancers better than Comelec - group

As far as a group of militant teachers is concerned, the Sexbomb Dancers have so far been more efficient than the government in educating voters on the nitty gritty of automated elections.

Vacationers troop back to metro from provinces
Vacationers who spent the holidays with their families in their home provinces trooped back to Metro Manila on Sunday, slowing traffic in areas near bus terminals.

Metro police brace for Black Nazarene feast

Manila's 1,000-strong police force will be deployed to the procession site of the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene next weekend, bracing for a crowd of at least 5 million devotees. A smoother...

Arroyo fails to sign 2010 proposed budget

Only hours before the year 2010 starts, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is yet to sign the proposed national budget for next year.

Guidelines for 2010 automated polls now out

Just before the year 2009 ended, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) came out with the general instructions (GI) for the country’s very first automated national elections in May 2010.


Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online

Rich Asuncion defends her rich friends
“StarStruck: The Next Level” First Princess Rich Asuncion has shrugged off criticisms about her new “sosyalera” friends who are said to be wielding a “bad influence” on her.

Gerald Anderson alerts FB contacts about poser
Gerald Anderson has posted a video message in his Facebook account where warns his contacts to beware of one RJ Anderson who claims to be “the real Gerald.”

Arci Muñoz calls it quits with Callalily frontman
“StarStruck 3” finalist Arci Muñoz has confirmed that a third party caused her break-up with boyfriend of six months, Kean Cipriano of Callalily.

Ne-Yo: Music, Movies & Manila
The Manila concert scene starts off with a big bang early in 2010 as R&B star Ne-Yo returns to perform before his Philippine fans on Jan. 9, at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.

Jacky Chan is ‘The Spy Next Door’
Asian superstar Jacky Chan stars in a new action-comedy bound to give people countless laughs.

Disney magic saves the day
What made Anya Sayson's Christmas this year memorable was the magical experience she had at the Charity Show of “Disney On Ice presents a Disneyland Adventure.”

Regine Tolentino: A most in demand dance diva
Regine Tolentino consistently excels in everything she does, thanks to her winning formula of disipline, patience, passion, persistence, and time management.


Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online

Pacquiao enters 2010 with fight for justice
MANILA, Philippines – World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vowed to carry on his fight for justice as he welcomed the New Year after a sensational 2009.

Fil-Am Muñoz wins in UFC 108
MANILA, Philippines – Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Muñoz scored a victory in his UFC 108 match over American Ryan Jensen Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Wesley So surges in FIDE Top 100
MANILA, Philippines – Teenage Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So returned to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Top 100 with 2656 ELO points, the highest rating a Filipino chess player has ever reached.

Rallying: Spectator dies as new tragedy hits Dakar
CORDOBA - The Dakar Rally's grim reputation as the world's deadliest race claimed another victim on Saturday when a female spectator was killed on the opening stage of the gruelling 9,000km event.

Nadal begins 2010 with Abu Dhabi title
(CNN) -- World No. 2 Rafael Nadal overcame last year's nemesis Robin Soderling to win the World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Tennis: Caroline Wozniacki aims for Top 3
MANILA, Philippines – World No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark said she would rather set a short-term career goal for 2010 such as making it to the Top 3.


Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia

Richard "Dick" Juico Gordon is a Filipino politician, head of the Philippine National Red Cross, and senator of the Republic of the Philippines.

Early life and career
He was born on August 5, 1945 to James Leonard Tagle Gordon and Amelia Juico Gordon, (who were both mayors of Olongapo City). In 1954, he completed his elementary education at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and on 1962, he completed his secondary education at the Ateneo de Manila University. He stayed in Ateneo and completed his tertiary education, earning a degree of Bachelor of Arts, major in History and Government in 1966. He was a student leader having been consistently elected president of his class. On 1975, he graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines College of Law after taking a break in 1971 to run for the Constitutional Convention. Prior to that he topped the 1969 UP Student Council elections leading to the First Quarter Storm and joined the Upsilon Sigma Phi in 1968. From 1966 to 1967 he became a Brand Manager for Procter and Gamble Philippines. Towards the end of the 1960s, he helped his mother Amelia run the government of Olongapo after his father James Leonard Gordon was assassinated. With the declaration of Martial Law after finishing his law degree and passing the bar, he became an Associate of ACCRA Law Offices.

In 1971, while still a law student at UP, he was elected as a delegate of the constitutional convention that drafted the 1973 Constitution representing the first district of Zambales. He was the youngest delegate of the convention and swore former President Diosdado Macapagal into office as Chairman of the Convention. In 1980, he ran as mayor of Olongapo City. In 1983, Olongapo became a highly urbanized City. Having been a victim of crime with the assassination of his father then Mayor James Leonard T. Gordon in 1967, Gordon managed to transform Olongapo from a “sin city” to “model city” with various innovations in local governance namely color coded transport system, public markets’ expansion, integrated solid waste management program, vendors’ cooperatives, community organizations and many other public and community development programs. In 1986, Gordon and Joseph Estrada became two of the local executives who refused to vacate their positions after the government reorganization by President Corazon Aquino. Gordon gave way for the Aquino appointed Officer-In-Charge after a formal written directive from the Executive Secretary representing Aquino was issued. In 1986 he joined Philippine Vice President Salvador Laurel in reorganizing the Nacionalista Party around the country. They campaigned for a "No" vote on the 1987 Constitution framed by the Aquino appointed constitutional convention. In 1988, he was elected as mayor with the help of the Nationalist People's Coalition a breakaway of the Nacionalista Party under Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco.

Philippine National Red Cross and Department of Tourism
Since 1986, Gordon was elected as governor of the Philippine National Red Cross, taking active roles in rescue, relief and rehabilitation in various disasters from shipwrecks, typhoons, 1990 earthquake in Cabanatuan, 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, 2004 landslides in Aurora, Quezon and 2006 Ginsaugun, Southern Leyte mudslide and the PhilSports Arena stampede. Currently he is the chairman as well as a Member of the Governing Board of the International Federation of the Red Cross. On January 2001, Gordon actively participated in the second EDSA Revolution that led to the removal of Joseph Estrada from the presidency. Newly installed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Gordon as secretary of the Department of Tourism. With his experience as a former brand manager of Procter and Gamble Philippines and chairman of SBMA, Gordon placed the Philippines in the international tourism map by actively marketing the Philippines in several tourism expositions and road shows with the Wow Philippines campaign strategy winning awards at ITB and WTM. From 2002, after four years of negative growth and in spite of threats of terror post 9-11, Abu Sayyaf kidnappings, SARS, Oakwood Mutiny, tourism arrival increased heavily. He also encouraged domestic tourism by holding regional events and having provincial destinations showcased at Intramuros and the rationalization of Holiday Economics. He held the position until January 2004.

Senate
In the 2004 national elections, Gordon ran as senator of the Philippines. In the initial public opinion survey, Filipinos were lukewarm on electing Gordon as senator. But with his very positive personality and achievements aired in TV and radio advertisements, public opinion changed and Gordon won and received the fifth highest number of votes from the electorate.
During the 13th Congress (2004–2007), as Chairman of the Senate Committee of Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Laws, he upheld the supremacy of the Constitution at all times. Though he may not have voted for the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, he took an oath to preserve and defend it. He insisted on the lawful process of Charter Change only according to the process set forth in the Constitution. He opposed the method of Constituent Assembly or "con-ass" initiated by President Arroyo and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., which was possible in the 1935 Constitution but unlawful in the current Constitution, as well as the dubious Sigaw ng Bayan People's Initiative and was one of the triumphant parties in the case of Lambino and Aumentado vs. COMELEC, G.R. No. 174153, October 25, 2006.

He also preserved the separation of powers in government and asserted the Senate’s constitutional right and duty to conduct inquiries in aid of legislation against Executive Order No. 464 in Senate, et al. vs. Ermita, G.R. No. 169777, April 20, 2006, and Executive Order No. 1 in Sabio vs. Gordon, et al., G.R. No. 174340, October 17, 2006.
He was also responsible for the passage of Republic Act No. 9369 — or the Automated Elections System to obviate cheating and post election controversies and protests that hound Philippine elections.

On April 9, 2008, Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor in Bataan, President Arroyo signed into law Republic Act No. 9499- Gordon's Veterans Bill. The Filipino World War II Veterans Pensions and Benefits Act of 2008 amends Sections 10 and 11 of Republic Act No. 6948, as amended, by removing the prohibition against our veterans receiving benefits from the United States government. Before the law was signed, the Philippine government benefits of veterans would be revoked once they were granted benefits by the United States government. Because of Gordon’s advocacy and persistence, this prohibition is now eliminated, and Filipino veterans will now be able to receive any form of benefit from any foreign government without losing the benefits given to them by the Philippine government.
He was the principal author of the National Tourism Policy Act of 2009 or Republic Act 9593, declaring a national policy for tourism as an engine of Investment and employment, growth and national development that was signed by President Arroyo in Cebu on May 12, 2009 and witnessed by the country's tourism private sector.

Presidential Candidacy
On August 6, 2007, Gordon announced that he was considering contesting the Presidential election scheduled for 2010. He also said that he would be organizing a new political coalition from among the parties that have emerged over the past decade, as, in his view, the two traditional parties, his own Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party, had "nothing to offer." A CLSA Asia Pacific Markets Country report on the Philippines meanwhile expressed the opinion that Gordon "was believed to be a strong presidential material as early as 1992. His claim to fame was his work to turnaround Subic Base after Mount Pinatubo’s eruption. After talks with Bayani Fernando, whom eventually agreed to be his Vice-President, they formed the Transformers tandem, and are currently official candidates.


Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 4:12-17.23-25.

When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen." From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.His fame spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them.And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.


Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online

gloze • \GLOHZ\ • verb
*1 : to mask the true nature of : give a deceptively attractive appearance to -- often used with "over"
2 : to deal with (a subject or problem) too lightly or not at all -- often used with "over"

Example Sentence:
"His modesty and shyness were at any rate proverbial, and it does seem that he went out of his way to conceal or gloze over certain aspects of his career, his military exploits in particular." (Eleanor Perenyi, Green Thoughts)

Did you know?
"Gloze" and its synonym "gloss" have long, intertwined histories. "Gloze," which comes from Middle English "glose," meaning "flattery," "plausible pretext," or "explanation of a difficult word," is the older of the two; it has been used as both a verb and noun since the 14th century. The noun "gloss," referring to an explanation or interpretation, first appeared in the mid-16th century as an alteration of "gloze," and the verb "gloss" followed about a century later." During the 19th century, "gloze" briefly took on the additional meaning "to brighten" (adapting the meaning of another, unrelated "gloss" referring to luster or brightness), but by the end of that century all uses of "gloze" had faded into relative obscurity. "Gloss," on the other hand, flourished and continues to be the more common term by far today.


Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life

Sparks of Wisdom

1. Deal with fault of others as gently as your own.
2. If you have nothing good to say about the person, just say nothing. You will have lesser enemies.
3. God has given us tongue so that we may say something pleasant to our fellowmen.
4. Appreciation is one word that always motivates people to do their best.
5. Loyalty is earned thru good deeds.
6. Willingness cooperation produces enduring results, while forced cooperation ends in failure.
7. The worst thing with hatred or anger is that you always remember to bring up things you ought to forget.
8. If you have not done so swell with over-generous criticism of others, why not reverse your philosophy and give praise a chance.
9. Try telling your subordinates how you appreciate his little achievements and you will be surprised of his enthusiasm to even work harder.
10. The boss who sublty orders to get things done gets better results.
11. Lesser men can succeed and remain successful without the friendly cooperation of others.
12. Success requires no explanation; failure must be doctored with alibis.
13. Edison failed a thousand time before perfecting the incandescent electric light bulb. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That is why there are so many average men and only one Edison.


Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox

My Rules

Typical macho man married typical good-looking lady and after the wedding, he laid down the following rules: "I'll be home when I want, if I want and at what time I want-and I don't expect any hassle from you. I expect a great dinner to be on the table unless I tell you that I won't be home for dinner. I'll go hunting, fishing, boozing and card-playing when I want with my old buddies and don't you give me a hard time about it. Those are my rules. Any comments?"

His new bride said, "No, that's fine with me. Just understand that there will be sex here at seven o'clock every night.. whether you're here or not."

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