Philippines' wonders of nature continuously moving up in the list of New 7 Wonders of Nature
http://www.new7wonders.com
Mount Everest is just at #6
Mount Fuji at #8
As of 26-MAY-2008 04:00 GMT
5. Tubbataha Reef
7. Chocolate Hills
10. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
11. MayonVolcano
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(UPDATE 2) DOTC defers fare hike
By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net First Posted 13:31:00 05/19/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has deferred the implementation of the provisional fare increase set by the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), Secretary Leandro Mendoza said on Monday."
A nationwide provisional fare increase for all buses and jeepneys has been granted by the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB). This fare increase will be effecitve on May 21, 2008 (Wednesday) at 12:01am. LTFRB said that the rate for Metro Manila and Regions III and IV jeepneys will increase from P7.50 to P8 for the first four kilometers. Jeepney operators from the rest of the country will also have an additional P0.50 to their fares. read more...
Syesha Mercado did not make it to the top 2 finalists of the "American Idol."
With Mercado out of the way, the battle is between the Davids...
The Final Showdown of the American Idol is down to
DAVID ARCHULETA and DAVID COOK...
"PROUD KA BA SA LAHI MO?"
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WATCH kapamilya(abs-cbn) AND kapuso(gma) THRU windows media player
1. Open Windows Media Player (ver. 10 or 11 )
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For channel 2
http://www.hayag.com/pl/mimanchi.asx
Funny how big an hour serving God looks and how small 60 minutes are when spent playing, gossiping or shopping in malls.
Funny how laborious it is to read a chapter in the Bible and how easy it is to read 200-300 pages of a best selling novel.
Funny how we believe what newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how we cannot think of anything to say when we pray, and do not have any difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.
Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks to fit a church event into our schedule, but can adjust it for a social event at the last minute.
Funny, isn't it?
- Compiled by A. Z. Esmaquel
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u tc! Godbless! -jomar21®-
Sinasabi ng marami na hindi kailangang humanap ng mga kaibigan, sa kadahilanang ito ay kusang darating sa buhay mo ng hindi inaasahan. Minsan may mga pagkakataong hindi mo lubos maisip kung paano kayo naging magkaibigan, kung paano ito nagsimula at kung paano kayo naging malapit sa isa't-isa, sa kabila ng hindi inaasahang pagkakataon. Tulad ng ORBSIS, hindi ito inaasahan ng marami sa amin. Kami'y mga estudyanteng nakapasa sa exam ng DOST mula sa iba't-ibang panig ng Pilipinas. Wala masyadong magkakakilala, at lubos pang hindi magkakakilala ang lahat. Tila ba'y pinagtagpo-tagpo kami ng tadhana.
Minsan may mga taong nagsasabing, hindi kami magtatagal, nagkatuwaan lang daw kami at nagbuo ng isang barkadahan at bingyan pa ng pangalan. Marami ang naniwalang hindi kami magtatagal, may mga nagtatanong sa amin kung nagkikita pa ang "orbsis", kung buo pa daw kami. Sinasabi namin sa kanilang buo pa rin ang "orbsis", mayroon pang "orbsis". Tunay na hindi na nga kami masyadong nagkikita, kahit may mga taong napalayo at sila ay nasa ibang lugar, alam namin na sa puso ng bawat isa ay naririyan pa rin ang "orbsis".
Marami ang namamangha sa pagkakabuo at pagtagal ng samahang "orbsis". Marami nga dyan na inaakalang angorbsis ay isang "ORG" o kaya "FRAT/SORO"....Para lamang po sa kaalaman ng iba, ang ORBSIS po ay isang barkadahan na binigyan ng pangalan at ito'y hindi isang 'org' o kaya "frat/soro"Sinasabi ng marami na hindi kailangang humanap ng mga kaibigan, sa kadahilanang ito ay kusang darating sa buhay mo ng hindi inaasahan. Minsan may mga pagkakataong hindi mo lubos maisip kung paano kayo naging magkaibigan, kung paano ito nagsimula at kung paano kayo naging malapit sa isa't-isa, sa kabila ng hindi inaasahang pagkakataon. Tulad ng ORBSIS, hindi ito inaasahan ng marami sa amin. Kami'y mga estudyanteng nakapasa sa exam ng DOST mula sa iba't-ibang panig ng Pilipinas. Wala masyadong magkakakilala, at lubos pang hindi magkakakilala ang lahat. Tila ba'y pinagtagpo-tagpo kami ng tadhana.
Sa unang araw ng SOEP, halos lahat ay hindi magkakakilala, maliban na lang sa mga nanggaling sa parehong paaralan. May ilan din namang nagpakilanlanan, nakipag-usap at nakihalubilo sa iba pa nilang ka-SOEP. Makalipas ang ilang araw, hinati sa dalawang klase ang lahat ng kasama sa SOEP. Ang dalawang klase ay ipinangalan sa dalawang basketbolista sa NBA, mga kakaibang apelyido, namely, Stojakovich at Turkuglu. Sa Turkuglu napasama ang ORBSIS.
Ganito ang nangyari bago mabuo ang ORBSIS Sa loob ng klase, nagkaroon ng ilang maliliit na circle of friends. Nag-umpisa ang lahat kay Genell Altarejos, Dorina Trapago at Jessica Agsaluna. Silang tatlo ay galing sa ibat-ibang paaralan. Kung mag-usap sila ay parang matagal nang magkakakilala. May nakilala silang bagong kaibigan, si Nica Ann Delmo, ang makulit at isa sa mga songers ng orbsis. Kasunod nilang nakilala si Anna Karina de Grano, ang mataray at suplada sa barkada. Hindi ka niya kakausapin kung hindi ikaw ang kakausap sa kanya. At isinama na rin nila si Bermari Quindao, ang kakaiba sa grupo, basta kakaiba, hindi humihinga pag tumatawa
Teka, hindi lang sa kanila nag-umpisa ang pagkakabuo ng barkadahan, habang ang mga babaeng ito ay nakaupo sa likod at kaliwang bahagi ng classroom, may katapat sila sa likod at kanang bahagi ng room. Isang grupo naman ng mga kalalakihan, kapwa maiingay at makukulit. Binubuo ito nila Patrik Mar Ramos, ang nangunguna sa katarantaduhan; John Mark Tagle, isa raw sa mga cute guys sa room; Naepril Neil Calma, na tinawag na tatay Nae dahil sa saint-like personality; John Joseph Aguado, silent but terrible; at Maximiano Darel Africa, ang pinakabata sa grupo. Ang grupong ito ay tinawag nila ang sarili nila na Weslap galing sa Westlife. Ang grupong ito ay laging nagtatawanan at mahilig magpatawa sa klase.
May 10, 2003, sabado, isa sa mga pinakaimportanteng araw sa buhay ng orbsis. Ito ang araw na nagkasamasama ang pioneers ng orbsis, ang weslap at ang mga girls. Nung araw na iyon, naging friend ng weslap si Mark Dranreb Royo, ang rakista at asteeg sa barkada. Hindi na weslap ang pangalan nila dahil anim na sila. Ganito ang nangyari, dahil sabado, walang bukas na kainan na malapit sa AnSci. Naipon ang mga girls sa labasan, hindi makapagdesisyon kung saan kakain. Nakita sila ng grupo ng mga boys, ang dating weslap. Nagtanong si Jomar, San kakain ang soro niyo?, kasi yung frat namin sa Lola Purings kakain eh at sumingit naman si Patrik, foor lang kasi kami eh. Natawa ang ilang girls, nakapagdesisyon na kina Dorina na lang sila kakain. Pabirong sinabi nila Jomar na sama naman kami, at yinakag nga sila ng girls. Tinawag ni Dreb si Jojo, a.k.a. Einstein sa barkada. Hindi sila masyadong close, kaya lang sila nagkasundo dahil schoolmate ni Jojo ang dating niligawan ni Dreb. Isinama siya at tumuloy na nga sila kina Dorina. Iyon ang naging foundation day ng orbsis dahil simula nuon, lagi na kaming magkakasama sa kalokohan at kaseryosohan.
Napagkasunduan ng grupo na ang pangalan ay FratSo (frat at soro) Napasama na nga si Jojo sa grupo, isinama na rin si Alizza Guban, ang katabi ni Jojo sa upuan at naging ka-close, na naging close naman kay Jan Portia Castro. Si Alizza ang sigat asteeg din sa grupo na yun palay sangkatutak ang naging boylets. Napasama na rin si Ma. Clarizza Amante, isa sa pinakamahinhin sa barkada. Na highschool friend naman niya si Ma. Lourdes Marero na napasama din sa grupo, ang malakas ang loob na sabihan si Sir Lenz nung huling araw ng SOEP ng Babay Lenz. Nadagdag din sa grupo si Nathaniel Alejo, ang Bikolanong PhiSci boy. Ang huling nadagdag ay si Portia, ang naging ka-close ni Alizza. Si Portia ang makulit, mahinhin nung una, pero lumabas din ang kulo sa loob.
Bandang kalagitnaan ng SOEP, pinalitan ang FratSo ng ORBSIS dahil ito sa tawagan naming, mga bro at sis. At kung babasahin pabaliktad, Sis Bro Kung pag-uusapan ang lahat ng nangyari sa orbsis, kulang na kulang ito. Kapag orbsis ang pinag-usapan, expect the unexpected, quite! almost!
MEMBERS
Name: Niña Jessica Agsaluna
Nickname: Jezzie/Niña
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Name: Gennell Altarejos
Taken from The Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 30, 2008 issue, the
article follows:
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New UP charter boosts research, salaries, status
By Marian Z. Codilla
Cebu Daily News
CEBU CITY—Finally, after a century of existence, the University of the
Philippines (UP) has a new charter that will help put it on equal
footing with its international counterparts by, among other things,
allowing it to significantly raise the salaries of its faculty,
improve its facilities and enhance its research capabilities.
The new charter will exempt the UP, the country’s premier university,
from the Salary Standardization Act to help avert the exodus of its
teaching staff to private schools in the country or abroad.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Tuesday signed the new UP charter at
the UP Visayas Cebu City campus.
“With this law, may the minds produced by UP become the 21st century
exemplars of the famed Oblation that endures as a symbol of a
university offering itself to the Filipino people,” Ms Arroyo said.
Founded on June 18, 1908, UP has produced seven of the country’s 14
presidents, 12 chief justices, 30 of 31 national scientists, 36 of 57
national artists, some 15,000 doctors, 8,000 lawyers and 23,000
teachers.
Students at UP (over 50,000) are called “iskolar ng bayan” (the
nation’s scholars) because their education is subsidized by the
government.
Sen. Francis Pangilinan, an alumnus and principal author of the law
creating the new charter, said the charter would enable the university
to cope with the changing times.
In an earlier statement, Pangilinan said that De La Salle University
and Ateneo de Manila University professors were receiving salaries
two-and-a-half to three times more than those in UP.
The new charter also exempts university assets and earnings from taxes.
P500-million centennial gift
With the new charter, the university would be entitled to a
P500-million “centennial gift,” which would be released over the next
five years at P100 million each year.
The P100 million would be spent for faculty development and other
projects of each constituent university.
The centennial gift “is in addition to the P200 million we gave the
PGH (Philippine General Hospital) in 2006 and 2007, and in addition to
the P500 million for the science and technology complex in Diliman,”
Ms Arroyo said.
In the General Appropriations Act, the UP system’s budget for 2007 was
P4.8 billion.
The University of the Philippines has seven constituent universities
in strategic parts of the country, including Cebu. Each constituent
university has a chancellor.
The President said the university would lead the efforts in honing the
skills of Filipino workers through engineering as well as research
management and development.
Create technology
This, in turn, would create technology and bring science and
technology to the doorstep of the Filipino nation, Ms Arroyo said.
With the new charter, the university chancellors and councils would be
the highest academic body within each constituent university.
The President noted that the new UP charter would protect students’
democratic access, strengthen the universities’ administrator to the
board of regents and uphold academic freedom.
Unesco benchmark
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Ms. Arroyo said that the country
needs to produce more engineers and scientists as she cited the
benchmark of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
In 2004, UNESCO found that in developing countries there should be 340
scientists and engineers for every one million people. However, in the
Philippines, there are only 48 scientists and engineers for every one
million Filipinos.
To boost the country’s efforts to improve competitiveness, the
President said the government had invested P3 billion in engineering
research and development technology.
The P500-million science and technology complex on the UP campus in
Diliman, Quezon City would help promote engineering, research and
management development activities in the country.
World class
Ms Arroyo acknowledged that Filipino engineers would be at the
forefront in the 21st century Philippines. She considered the
country’s engineers the engines for national growth because they would
help spawn high-tech firms.
“Investors know the caliber of our human resources. The great Filipino
worker is world class,” she said.
In the THES-QS World University Rankings in 2006, UP was No. 1 in the
Philippines. It ranked 299 among the world’s top 500 universities. La
Salle was at No. 392, Ateneo 484, and University of Santo Tomas, 500.
UP saw its ranking drop to 398 in 2007.
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After singing Neil Diamond's "I'm a Believer" and "I Am ... I Said," Brooke White was elminated.
Simon Cowell commented on White's first song of the night as
"a nightmare,"
however he praised her second song and said
"This is the Brooke we like. Sitting behind the piano, singing a very good song"
"It wasn't incredible, but it was a million times better than the first song. Well done"
(Syesha was one of the bottom two)
AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 7 is now only left with
David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado
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