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A government photo shows President Benigno Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front leader Murad Ebrahim during a meeting in Japan on August 4, 2011. (Mindanao Examiner) MA GUINDANA O – The M or o IIslamic slamic Liber ation F MAGUINDANA GUINDANAO Mor oro Liberation Frront ned the P hilippines that the IIslamic slamic S tate of IIrraq has war warned Philippines State and S yr ia or ISIS is tr ying to establish a foothold in Syr yria trying Mindanao wher e secur ity for ces ar e battling jihadist where security forces are gr oups groups oups.. Murad Ebrahim, the gion in Mindanao. chieftain of the MILF who A report by the French signed an interim peace news agency also quoted deal with Manila in 2014, Ebrahim – who was in Kuala sounded the alarm, but the Lumpur recently - as saying Aquino government and his that ISIS seeks to capitalize on military generals growing frustration over the downplayed the threats – failure of the Philippine consaying there is no evidence gress to pass the proposed to prove that ISIS has been Bangsamoro Basic Law that involved in deadly clashes lawmakers claimed had in the volatile Muslim re- many provisions that are un-
constitutional. “Now, after the non-passage of the (bill), we are quite concerned that they (the ISIS) can capitalize on this, because the sentiment of the people in the area is now very strong,” Ebrahim said. Ebrahim said the MILF was seeking dialogue with ISIS-allied militants to dissuade them for further attacks. “We cannot completely abandon armed struggle, but we always believe we have to give supremacy, primacy to
the peace process because we believe the solution to the problem is still political. As long as the peace process has a chance to move forward then we don’t want to revert to violence again,” he said. German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) also ran a report on this and interviewed terrorism expert Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, who heads of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. Continue to page 3
Sulu gets 19 new police cars
SULU – The Department of the Interior and Local Government has turnedover 19 police vehicles to Sulu Governor Totoh Tan as part of its efforts to help improve the capacity of the provincial police force in law enforcement operations and other emergencies. DILG Secretary Mel Sarmiento handed the brand new jeeps during his recent visit to Sulu province. He also told Tan that Sulu will also get 19 fire trucks which are all now in the Port of Manila and ready for shipment to the province. Continue on page 4
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DILG Secretary Mel Sarmiento and Sulu re-electionist Governor Totoh Tan. (Photo by Ahlfranzie Salinas)
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Military Hunts Down Commies
Members of the New People’s Army during a guerrilla training in the Philippines. (Philippine Revolution Web Central) DAVAO CITY – Military forces continue to hunt down communist rebels hiding out in Davao City in southern Philippines as part of its anti-insurgency campaign in the restive region. Just last week, government troops tracked down and captured a senior communist rebel leader, Ruditha Rosete Gaylawan, in an operation that brought them to Calinan district. Military agents tracked her down in the village of
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Sirib. The 35-year old Gaylawan is the Secretary General of Front Committee 54 of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Militar y raiders also seized from Gaylawan two hand grenades, a .45-caliber pistol and a magazine loaded with bullets, and two improvised explosives, including medicines and notebooks containing names of NPA rebels. Continue on page 3
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Groups reject Marcos’ vice presidential bid GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses to Malacañang or CARMMA is getting a lot of support from citizens who are opposing the vice-presidential bid of Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. Various party-list and farmers’ groups and civil organizations, among others also joined the mounting calls to reject Marcos’ political aspiration. One of them, Anakpawis Representative Fernando Hicap , recalled that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos major programs included the Presidential Decree 27 or the so-called Masagana 99 agricultural program or the “Green Revolution” program that highlighted high-yielding varieties designed by foreign agro-chemical corporations through the International Rice Research Institute, the imposition of the Coconut Levy Fund. “Marcos salvaged the feudal control of landlords by only covering rice and corn lands to his PD 27, transformed the already poor Filipino farmers as market to agro-chemical products of foreign monopoly,” Hicap said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. He said that PD 27 only covered 756,000 hectares of land from 1972 to 1986, while it excluded about 2 million hectares of coconut lands, more than 400,000 hectares of sugar lands and it promoted the expansion of pineapple plantations from 28,000 to 60,000 hectares. Hicap added that PD 27 immediately excluded Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac province controlled by the Cojuangco family, as well as, the 40,000 hectares in Coron and Busuanga towns in Palawan province, that was declared as a pasture lands and awarded to Marcos’ cronies, hence, naming it Yulo King Ranch. He said Masagana 99 was a total failure and mis-
ery for the farmers. “The Marcos dictatorship chained the Filipino peasantry to the monopoly of agro-chem foreign corporations, instrumental to their bankruptcy and consequential loss of lands,” Hicap said. Hicap asserted that the introduction of agro-chemical agriculture resulted to irreparable damage to biodiversity and environment. Government data showed more than 7 million was employed in the agricultural sector in 1972. “We will never forget golden kuhol (apple snail) that the Marcos dictatorship unleashed in the countryside, so that farmers would be compelled to combat them with pesticides manufactured by foreign agro-chem corporations,” Hicap said. Marcos imposed one of the grandest scam in the country’s history that victimized more than a million coconut farmers, the “Coconut Levy Fund Scam,” according to Hicap. He said it was collected by way of several funds as ordered by Marcos, particularly the Coconut Investment Fund through Republic Act 6260, Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund through PD 276, Coconut Industry Development Fund through PD 582, Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund through PD 1841 and Coconut Reserve Fund through PD 1842. A total of P 9.625 billion fund was collected from poor farmers from 1973 to 1982 that was used to establish the United Coconut Planters’ Bank, acquire the Coconut Industry Investment Fund oil mills, consequently shares of the San Miguel Corporation. “Marcos demonstrated his utmost intellect in scamming coconut farmers through coco levy by his many decrees,” Hicap said. Citing a report by the news site Bulatlat, Hicap said farmers were the most victims of heavy militarization carried out by the Marcos
dictatorship against the emerging New People’s Army in the early 1970s. During Marcos’ 14 years of dictatorial rule, it resulted to the arbitrary arrest and detention of around 120,000 people; extra-judicial killings of 1,500 activists; and the enforced disappearance of 769 individuals. “Farmers were usual suspects of supporting the NPA, hence, they were also the usual victims of human rights violations,” Hicap said. He said with these few measures, the Marcos dictatorship automatically condemned the majority of the 37 million Filipinos to extreme poverty, misery and death. The group said that the Marcos family is yet to be held accountable for its catastrophic programs and policies, affecting farmers such as at least 7 million employed in agriculture, one million coconut farmers, and one million dependents of the sugar industry. “Martial law was a period of where all the oppression, exploitation, fraud against the farmers was implemented instantaneously, it is like raising hell against the Filipino farmers,” Hicap said. He also blamed postMarcos regimes for failing to serve justice to the victims of Martial Law, including the incumbent President Benigno Aquino. “Aquino is incapable of holding the Marcoses’ responsible, as they are the same ruling class, guilty of oppressing and exploiting the Filipino people, and serving the same master, the US imperialism,” he said. “We totally urge Filipino voters of today to oppose Marcos’ vice-presidential bid, denial that his father’s dictatorship was totally immoral is natural of him as son, but his total disregard of the sacrifices, deaths, trauma of the victims is outright inhuman, an unacceptable trait of supposedly national leader,” Hicap added. (Mindanao Examiner)
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ARMM launches free internet in public places COTABATO CITY – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will provide free internet connection to public places in the coming months to improve residents’ access to opportunities. The free internet access will be funded by the ARMM’s Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)ARMM. Abdelnur Campong, chief of information and communications technology of the ARMM governor’s office, said PAMANA will initially provide internet connection to public places in five identified local government units – one site in each province under the ARMM. The project aims at providing connectivity and free internet access and an avenue for service delivery mechanism enhancement in the areas of education, health, and disaster preparedness. “The focus is to estab-
lish connectivity in government service agencies or offices to improve government services,” Campong said. He added that the connectivity is for use of the PAMANA communities availing government services such as online registration for birth certificate, marriage certificate, and National Bureau of Investigation clearance, among others. In January and February, the project’s Technical Working Group conducted a series of site validation to find strategic places for the connections and the presence of internet service providers in the areas. The target local government units are Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao, Marawi City in Lanao del Sur, Bongao in Tawi-Tawi, Jolo in Sulu, and Lamitan City in Basilan. A total of P50 million was allocated for the entire year under the 2016 PAMANA ARMM Fund. PAMANA is the national government’s peace and development framework that caters specifically to peace
and development issues of conflict-affected communities. Meanwhile, the DOSTARMM will also embark on internet connection to more than 80 identified sites across the region. The project, dubbed ‘Juan Konek’, will install free internet connectivity to public places such as plazas, parks, schools and health facilities. “This project aims at accelerating the government’s efforts in enhancing internet accessibility for Filipinos to accelerate economic, social and educational opportunities,” DOST-ARMM Secretary Myrah Mangcabung said. The project is the national government’s initiative directly in line with the “Internet For All” thrust identified in the Philippine Digital Strategy 2011-2016. The project, launched in July 2015, received P3 billion in total funding. The free internet can be accessed through 7,118 sites nationwide across 967 towns. (Bureau of Public Information)
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Military Hunts Down Commies
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Continued fr om page 1 from Officials said the rebel leader is facing a string of criminal cases, mostly murder charges filed in Davao del Norte province. Her elder brother, Bobby Rosete, is also a ranking rebel leader. The CPP and NPA did not issue any statement on the capture of Gaylawan, but it previously accused Manila of violating immunity pass of other rebel leaders - involved in peace talks with the Aquino government - captured by security forces in the restive southern region. In June last year, a top NPA leader, Leoncio Pitao, alias Ka Parago, and his female medical aide, Kyle Hermosa, were both killed in fierce clashes with government soldiers in the village of Pañalum in Davao City’s Paquibato district.
Pitao was the commander of the fierce Pulang Bagani Command blamed by the army for the spate of deadly attacks on military and police targets in Davao and nearby areas. Troops tracked down Pitao’s group and engaged the gunmen in a running gun battle until he was eventually killed. While the military branded Pitao as “notorious and ruthless,” many villagers looked at him as their modern-day Robin Hood, who stole from the rich to feed the poor. Pitao in the past had urged government soldiers to resign from the military service and join the struggle against state tyranny. In March 2009, Pitao’s daughter Rebelyn, was abducted by suspected military agents in Davao City and her naked body
was found floating in a shallow creek in the village of San Isidro in Davao del Norte’s Carmen town. Her body bore torture marks and was believed raped before she was stabbed in the chest and Pitao tagged 11 military agents as behind the murder. The NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been fighting for decades for the establishment of a separate state in the country. Government peace talks with the rebels have been on and off with both accusing each other reneging on many agreements, including demands by the communist group for Manila to release all political prisoners languishing in jails across the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
ISIS trying to set foothold in South
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ARMM leaders, May election bets sign peace covenant COTABATO CITY – Regional officials and candidates running for various positions in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao expressed their support for peaceful elections this coming May. The region’s leaders have signed last week a peace covenant that requires them to abide with election rules and regulations, to maintain good relations with each other, avoid any form of fraud for an honest, orderly, peaceful and credible elections. Maria Amelia Rowena Guanzon, commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and head of the agency’s Gender and Development Focal Point System (GADFPS) executive committee, said the signing will seal the commitment of the candidates for peaceful elections. “I hope that this peace covenant will bind each of the candidates to the value of mutual respect, nonviolence and peace,” said Commissioner Guanzon. She also assured the public that the agency is
determined to have orderly and peaceful elections in the country especially in the ARMM. “We assure you that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are working with the Comelec to ensure that we will have zero election-related violence in the 2016 elections,” she said. PNP statistics showed 391 incidents of ElectionRelated Violence (ERVs) were recorded in the 2010 national elections, and 196 in the 2013 midterm elections. ERVs refer to “acts or threats of coercion, intimidation or physical harm committed to affect an electoral process.” The PNP considers ERVs as violent incidents that happened within the election period. The covenant was signed during a forum on gender and ERVs held on March 4 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex. The forum, spearheaded by the Comelec and the ARMM Regional Commission in
Bangsamoro Women (RCBW-ARMM), was the first in the country and was aimed at discussing the connection between gender and ERV cases in the Philippines as well as “gather recommendations and best practices to combat ERVs, especially against women.” Sittie Jehanne Mutin, RCBW-ARMM chair, said the forum does not only provide the participants a platform for exchange of gender sensitive ideas but also updates on electionrelated policies and activities. She added that “it is a step to a violence free, gender-balanced society.” Around 700 participants including stakeholders from the House of Representatives’ Committee on Women and Gender Equality, officers of the PNP and the AFP, representatives from political parties, national, regional and local candidates, the academe, women and religious groups, attended the forum. (Bureau of Public Information)
Over 20,000 civilians have fled the town of Butig in Lanao del Sur province in the restive Muslim autonomous region following weeks of deadly clashes between the military and jihadist groups. Lt. Col. Billy Dela Rosa, commander of the 51st Infantry Battalion, has urged villagers to return to their homes after troops claimed to have overran a camp used by jihadists. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales) Continued fr om page 1 from Gunaratna predicts that ISIS is close to declaring their first satellite province in Southeast Asia. “Regional governments are very worried that with the declaration of an IS branch in the southern Philippines, the group will start to train militants from around the region, and thus expand the threat," Gunaratna told DW. He pointed to a lack of political will on the part of Philippine leaders to dismantle the emerging IS infrastructure. “Being an election year, I doubt very much that the President (Aquino) will take a decision to send additional troops to the region,” he said.
Despite Gunaratna's warnings, some other regional security analysts are less concerned over whether IS can realistically take a foothold in southern Philippines. DW reported that Manila-based analyst Dr. Steven Rood believes there is no evidence of any operational connection between rebel groups in the southern Philippines and IS. “A declaration of a province in the south would be, at the outset at least, purely symbolic rather than ushering in a different tenor to the terrorism/ counter-terrorism dynamic,” said Rood, who is the Philippines' Country Representative of US-funded The
Asia Foundation. Fighting in Lanao del Sur province alone have already displaced thousands of civilians. And clashes were also occurring in Maguindanao province, also in the Muslim autonomous region. Army Colonel Billy dela Rosa, commander of the 51st Infantry Battalion, has urged villagers to return to their homes after troops claimed to have overran a camp used by jihadists in Lanao del Sur’s Butig town, but civilians refused to go back home for fear that gunmen would launch attacks again. (With reports from AFP, DW and Mindanao Examiner)
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Sulu gets 19 new police cars
Dipolog City policemen under Superintendent Lito Andaya held recently a refresher on gun-disarming techniques in this photo released by the Dipolog City Police Office.
Tension grips Zambo Norte town
The hand-over of 19 jeeps by the DILG to Sulu provincial government. (Photo by Ahl-franzie Salinas) Continued fr om page 1 from “Aside from these police vehicles, Sulu will also get additional 19 fire trucks,” Sarmiento said. He also thanked Tan for his support to the local police, saying, the Sulu government has been very active in helping the police force in the implementation of the socalled PNP P.A.T.R.O.L. Plan 2030 which stands for Peace and Order Agenda for Transformation and Upholding of the Rule of Law. It aims to support the Philippine National Police in the successful implementation and monitoring of their transformation roadmap. Tan said the police vehicles would be distributed to each of all 19 towns in the province, including the new fire trucks as soon as they arrive in Sulu. He said the vehicles will also be used by the police in disaster re-
sponse in times of calamities. He also praised Sarmiento for the new vehicles, saying, it will boost police visibility in the towns and hasten its response in emergencies. “The presence of patrol cars has been proven as a deterrent factor in crime prevention and law enforcement. They symbolize the presence of law and rule of the same in our country in general, and Sulu in particular,” he said. “Nagpapasalamat po kami sa mga kinauukulan sa pangunguna ng ating butihing Kalihim Sarmiento ng DILG at sa pamunuan ng Philippine National Police. Ang mga patrol cars na ito ay isang simbolo ng pangingibabaw ng batas sa ating lipunan at sa ating bansa. Kami po ay lubusang nagagalak na ang Sulu ay hindi nakaligtaan sa mga
biyayang nailaan tulad ng ating nasasaksihan sa araw na ito. Truly, no one should be left behind when it comes to benefits that the government has allotted to distribute to its people.” “Tulad ng iba pang mga lugar na umuunlad, ang paglago ng bilang ng populasyon ay may kaakibat na pagtaas ng bilang ng mga krimen at iba pang mga problemang panlipunan. Subali’t may mga bansa rin na kahit na maunlad na ay nakayanan ding sugpuin o kaya mabawasan man lamang ang antas ng krimen. Here in Sulu, we strongly believe, with the support of law enforcing agencies like the PNP, we can defeat the dirty hands of criminals na siyang nagbibigay ng masamang imahe sa ating lalawigan,” Tan said in his speech during the acceptance ceremony. “Naniniwala din po ako na sa pamununo ng
isang lugar, hindi po sapat na batayan na ang isang gobernador o mayor ay nagtatagumpay dahil sa pagmamahal ng taong bayan. Maliban sa pagmamahal ng mga taong bayan dapat din manaig ang pagsunod sa batas. Umaasa po kami na patuloy na makakatanggap ang ating kapulisan ng mga kagamitan na malaki ang maitutulong sa pagpapairal ng batas upang ang kaayusan at katahimikan ay hahantong sa kaunlaran ng Sulu,” he added. Tan vowed to continue supporting the police by providing them more training and seminars to help professionalize lawmen. Catholic Bishop Angelito Lampon, of the Apostolic Vicariate of Sulu and TawiTawi, and Ustadz Yahya Titong, blessed the vehicles. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)
DIPOLOG CITY – Tension is high in Zamboanga del Norte town of Sibuco after a leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front was shot and critically wounded in an attack by gunmen. Police said Ustadz Batarasa was shot last week in the village called Lakiki in Sibuco town and had been transferred to Zamboanga City Medical Center. It said one of the attackers has been identified only through his alias, Jahal, a leader of an armed group also operating in Sibuco.
The motive of the shooting is still unclear and police said it is investigating the attack. It was unknown if the attack was connected to a turf war or family feud. Villagers fear that Batarasa’s group would avenge their leader. The MILF, which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014, has not release any statement in connection with the failed assassination of Batarasa, whose group is operating in the province. (Mindanao Examiner)
Pulisya, blangko pa rin sa atake sa bus KIDAPAWAN CITY – Blangko pa rin ang kapulisan sa pagkakakilanlan sa bumaril sa isang pampasaherong bus sa North Cotabato na ikinamatay ng driver at isang sakay nito. Dalawang iba ang kumpirmadong sugatan sa pamamaril na naganap kamakalawa ng hapon sa highway ng bayan ng Pikit. Nasawi sa atake angd river na si Tecson Tigas, 33; at pasaherong si Magdalena Cabaya, 43. Nag-overtake umano ang dalawang lalaki na nakasakay sa isang
motorsiklo at saka niratrat ng backrider ang bus na pagaari ng Mindanao Star Bus. Hindi pa mabatid ang motibo sa atake o kung may kinalaman ba ito sa may-ari ng bus o personal na away sa driver. Wala rin umako sa krimen at patuloy kahapon ang imbestigasyon ng pulisya sa naganap. Nawasak rin ang harapan ng bus matapos na bumangga ito sa nakaparadang truck. Walang inilabas na anumang pahayag ang pamunuan ng bus. (Mindanao Examiner)
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The Sulu Provincial Women Council celebrates the International Women's Day and provides free haircut, dental services, medical check-up and distribution of anti-malaria mosquito nets to women and children in the province. The SPWC also launches a Trade Fair, showcasing products from 19 municipalities in Sulu. (Sulu Provincial Government)
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Missing Malaysian jet holds a difficult lesson – The Japan News MODERN AVIATION may be the safest complex system ever devised. Each day, 100,000 flights take off and land with prosaic regularity. Accidents are so rare that, almost by definition, they mean something unprecedented has happened. The unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — which occurred almost two years ago, presumably killing all 239 people aboard — is by any definition unprecedented. And despite some tantalizing hints, its fate remains utterly mysterious. As such, it makes a poor basis for dramatic changes in public policy. Modern planes are so safe that adding yet more rules and requirements in response to an incomprehensible tragedy could ver y well make things worse. Consider proposals to mandate tamper-proof transponders. That sounds prudent: Someone aboard Flight 370 evidently switched off its communications systems, taking it off the grid. But pilots may have perfectly valid reasons for turning a transponder off, such as recovering from a malfunction or preventing overheating. American regulators acknowledged as much last year when they argued that the risks of tamperproofing cockpit equipment outweigh the benefits. Likewise, the United Nations wants to track aircraft more frequently and in greater detail. Again, this sounds like a no-brainer. Yet planes are already thoroughly
tracked. And a group studying the idea for the United Nations found that the additional requirements under consideration could in some cases create new risks, cause miscommunication and impose an “unrealistic operational burden.” Not to mention the expense. All this to address a surpassingly rare phenomenon. In the age of the drone, why not eliminate human pilots altogether? Even overlooking the cost and complexity involved, the alarming rate at which military drones — to say nothing of their civilian counterparts — crash in much less demanding environments should give pause. The reality is that, despite high-profile catastrophes, pilots solve many more problems in-flight than they’ve ever caused.
Some new technology may, in fact, be helpful in preventing future disasters. Aerospace companies are working on gear that could wrest control from a pilot in times of distress. The U.S. military is working on robot co-pilots. These are promising endeavors, worthy of more study and investment. Yet they, too, risk unintended consequences, including malicious hacking, conflicting lines of authority and well-intentioned mistakes. Following the Sept. 11 attacks, a consensus emerged that cockpit doors should be reinforced and fitted with elaborate locks. This was an eminently sensible idea. Then, last year, a pilot named Andreas Lubitz boarded Ger manwings Flight 9525. When his captain
left the cockpit, Lubitz locked the door, took the controls and guided the plane into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others. In the background, his panicked colleagues could be heard smashing against the reinforced door, again and again, in a futile attempt to stop him. It took decades of research, regulation and scientific advances to make airplanes as safe as they are now. Things can always be improved. But it’s important to accept that risk can never be completely eliminated from flight, and that more complexity often means more ways for things to go wrong. It may be that the safest thing to do in response to Malaysia Flight 370 is something that almost defies human intuition: nothing at all. Speech(Bloomberg)
Dark Mercury’s ‘pencil lead crust’ revealed – BBC News THE PLANET MERCURY may once have been encased in an outer shell of graphite, the same material used as pencil lead. The surface of the innermost planet is unusually dark, and scientists now think they know why. Scientists analysing data from Nasa’s Mercury Messenger spacecraft now think this mystery darkening agent is carbon in the form of graphite. This graphite may be a relic of the planet’s primordial crust, which was later covered up by volcanism. The findings are pub-
lished in the journal Nature Geoscience. Patrick Peplowski from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland and colleagues analysed measurements of the darkest parts of Mercury’s surface taken by Messenger at the end of its mission. His dar k mater ials dark materials They found that the darkest “stuff” on Mercury had a carbon-rich composition and that it was associated with large impact craters. According to the team, this association is consistent with the dark material
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coming from deeper within the planet and being exposed when space rocks gouged it out. Like Earth’s Moon and the other inner planets, Mercury likely had a global magma ocean when it was young and the surface was very hot. “As this magma ocean cooled and minerals began to crystallise, minerals that solidified would all sink with the exception of graphite, which would have been buoyant and would have accumulated as the original crust of Mercury,” said Rachel Klima, also from APL. But this primordial crust was obscured by later volcanism and other geological processes. Some of this carbonrich material would then have been mixed into the overlying rocks to cause a global darkening of Mercury’s surface. “If we’ve really identified the remains of Mercury’s original crust, then understanding its properties provides a means for understanding Mercury’s earliest history,” Patrick Peplowski explained. (BBC News)
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TECH TIPS: How to survive with 16 GB of internal storage “16 GB of internal storage space? That’s more than enough,” you thought as you made the worst decision ever, ever, ever. Buying a device with only 16 GB of internal storage space is like moving to the arctic. Can you live comfortably in a snowy wasteland? You can, but it's not easy. Here is my ultimate survival guide to getting by with minimal internal storage. Kno w yyour our enemy Know Media can take up vast amounts of storage space, and the higher the quality, the more it will take. Highresolution video is particularly vicious, but music and image files occupy vital space too. Apps can vary wildly from a couple of megabytes up to around 8 GB if it's Final Fantasy IX. FFIX is basically a blizzard in this scenario, and can really harm your survival chances. So firstly, you may wish to limit the quality or resolution of these files. Apps like Spotify let you choose the quality of audio which is downloaded (and who can even hear the difference between 128 and 320 kbps when travelling anyway?) And most camera apps and software allow you to change the size and resolution of images. Remember, the lower the number of pixels, the less storage space they will require. Google Play generally makes it quite easy to understand how large files are (there is a size category on their store page) but you can find out for yourself too. Some UIs make it easy for you to view file sizes – if you go to Settings > Apps, you can see file sizes easily. Others may require you to go to download an additional file explorer such as ES File Explorer, which can be useful for helping you manage all kinds of files. Pro tips There’s no need to carry a scythe if a swiss army knife will do. Or to put it another way, if you don’t have a device that can play 4K video back to you, why film something in 4K? Think about how you will view the types of media that you create. I mentioned music earlier, but the same goes for pictures. If you just want to
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view images on your phone or a low-resolution monitor, reduce the number of pixels that your phone snaps with. Effectiv e item stor age ffective storage If your phone is a tundra, your microSD card is a backpack. This is your extra space for carrying what won’t fit in your coat pockets. You can assign your microSD Card to store certain kinds of files, such as images, videos, and even some app data. Just note that not all Android phones support them. You can do this periodically by going to Settings > Storage and tapping Transfer data to SD card (the process will be similar no matter which Android device you own). It's a convenient onetap solution. Alternatively, you can move the data of individual apps to your SD card by going to settings > apps > [insert app name] > move to SD card. Not all apps have this functionality, but it can save some precious megabytes. Pro tips MicroSD cards don’t act like normal storage (though this will change on some devices with Android 6.0 Marshmallow). So before you buy a device, don’t go into it believing you can buy a 16 GB card, add it to your 16 GB internal memory and voila, a 32 GB device. Also, buy the right size for your needs. You're most likely to use a microSD card for images, videos, and audio, but images can be held in the cloud (more on that below), and you may use an MP3 player for your music – if all you use the SD card for is to store a few videos, you probably don't need a huge 128 GB model. Make sure you know what size SD card your phone can handle, too. The best way to find this out is to refer to your owner's manual or look online. Cloud co ver cov Think of the cloud not as a cloud but as a cave. This is a vast space outside of your phone that can come in gigantic sizes. Cloud services are everywhere now, and they can hold many types of files and data. There are pitfalls of using cloud storage, of course. There are concerns over privacy and security, not to
mention what happens if your chosen cloud company goes bust. Google Photos, however, is a pretty safe bet. It provides unlimited photo storage for files of a certain size, and it’s actually not unfairly small. Google Photos is a fantastic service for those trying to survive with small internal storage capacities, and though it's not infallible as far as security is concerned, Google has more to lose from a security hack than most. Dropbox also offers a similar service. Check out our best cloud storage services for more. Pro tips WhatsApp is your pet Polar Bear – a magnificent creature and your best friend, until it turns on you. All of the files you send and which are sent to you are held in your device’s memory, and this is always filling up. You can use a WhatsApp setting to automatically backup this content to Google Drive, meaning you can delete it from your device periodically, or assign that folder to be backed up into Google Photos by going to Google settings > Google photos backup > Choose folders to backup and selecting WhatsApp images and WhatsApp video (you must have Google Photos installed to access this). One you've done this, and your WhatsApp files have been backed up, you are free to remove them from your device. You can access them again later from your Google Drive or Google photos app. Final thoughts There’s no real secret here, just be sensible about how you use your device. Uninstall the apps you don’t need and assign automatic backups to files you want to keep (and remember to delete from your phone once you're done). You should also know that a phone you want that comes with 16 GB of internal storage space doesn’t actually give you 16 GB of usable internal storage space. In reality, it's more likely to come with between 11 and 12 GB, as the article at the link explains. (Scott Adam Gordon, AndroidPIT)
HEALTH: Chikungunya : Tumataas ba ang Kaso? Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong ANG CHIKUNGUNYA fever ay isang sakit na kahawig ang dengue fever. Matagal na ito sa Pilipinas pero paminsan-minsan lang itong nagiging outbreak. Ang chikungunya ay dulot ng isang virus (isang alphavirus) na naipapasa sa mga tao sa pamamagitan ng nakahahawang lamok. M a r a m i n g pagkakahawig ang chikungunya sa dengue fever: 1. Ang mga lamok tulad ng Aedes aegypti at Aedes albopictus ang siyang nagdadala ng chikungunya at dengue fever. 2. Ang sintomas ng chikungunya ay mataas na lagnat, sakit ng ulo, at rashes na tulad din ng dengue. Pagkatapos makagat ng lamok, kadalasan ay 2 hanggang 12 araw ang lumilipas bago magkaroon ng ganitong sintomas. 3. Tulad ng dengue, ang paggamot sa chikungunya ay ang pagbibigay ng “supportive treatment” lamang. Ang ibig sabihin ay nagbibigay tayo ng mga gamot para sa lagnat, dextrose sa suero, tamang nutrisyon at iba pang pang-suporta sa pasyente. 4. Para makaiwas sa chikungunya at dengue,
Dr. Willie T. Ong pareho din ang paraan na gagawin ng publiko at local na pamahalaan. Alisin ang mga lugar na pinamumugaran ng lamok. Maglinis sa bakuran at huwag mag-imbak ng tubig. Magsuot ng mahabang pantalon at damit para hindi makagat ng lamok. Maglagay ng Off Lotion sa umaga at magkulambo sa gabi. At kapag may nagkasakit ng chikungunya o dengue, ipaalam kaagad sa ospital at barangay para maalerto ang DOH. 5. Tulad ng dengue, puwedeng dumagsa ang kaso ng chikungunya kaya dapat tayong mag-ingat dito. Ngunit kahit maraming pagkakahawig ang 2 sakit ay mayroong mahalagang kaibahan ito: 1. Hindi tulad ng dengue, walang pagdurugo ng katawan ang makikita sa chikungunya fever. Hindi
babagsag ang platelet count sa dugo at karamihan ng pasyente ay makakarecover sa chikungunya. Mas malala ang dengue dahil puwede itong makamatay. 2. Ang prominenteng sintomas ng chikungunya ay ang pananakit ng mga kasukasuan o joints. Napakasakit ang mga kasukasuan ng pasyente lalu na sa likod, kamay, tuhod at bukong buko. Sa katunayan, ang ibig sabihin ng chikungunya ay “namimilipit” dahil namimilipit ang pasyente sa sakit. At kahit gumaling na ang pasyente, ang pananakit ng kasu-kasuan ay puwedeng tumagal ng ilang buwan hanggang taon. 3. Ayon sa pagsusuri, isang beses lang puwedeng magkasakit ng chikungunya ang pasyente. Pagkatapos ay magiging “immune” o ligtas na. Hindi ito tulad ng dengue na puwedeng umulit ng apat na beses. Simple lang po ang ating dapat tandaan: Maglinis sa kapaligiran at gumawa ng paraan para makaiwas sa mga lamok. Iyan ang paraan para masugpo ang mga sakit na dala ng mga nakapipinsalang lamok.
RECIPE: Sylvanas
INGREDIENT S: INGREDIENTS: -6 egg large whites -1 tsp cream of tartar -1 cup salted butter -1 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
-3/4 cup granulated sugar -1/2 cup milk -1 3/4 cup cashew nuts -1 cup cake crumbs
INSTR UCTIONS: INSTRUCTIONS: Mer ingue eringue 1) Finely ground cashew nuts in the food processor and set aside. 2) Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in the mixer. 3) Gradually add the granulated sugar, and beat till it forms a stiff peak. 4) Fold in the ground cashews. 5) Transfer the meringue in a piping bag. 6) Pipe the mixture into oval in cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. 7) Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown. 8) Once out in the oven, let it cool completely and remove gently from the parchment paper. Set aside. Butter cr eam uttercr cream 1) Beat the softened butter until creamy. 2) Add the confectioner’s sugar gradually. 3) Then gradually add the milk. Assembly 1) Spread the buttercream on 2 meringue wafers making sure the flat sides are facing outside. 2) Cover all sides with buttercream. 3) Roll the wafers in cake crumbs. 4) Refrigerate before serving. (http://www.kusinamaster.asia)
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4Ps being used to buy votes, says youth group CEBU – The youth group Anakbayan accused the Aquino administration for allegedly using the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT ) or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as a form of “legalized vote buying” and the use of public funds for the Liberal Party electoral campaign. Anakbayan National Chairperson Vencer Crisostomo said the government is contr ibuting all its resources for the ruling party’s campaign, particularly on presidential aspirant Mar Roxas. He said patronage politics is the real meaning of “Tuwid na Daan,” recalling statements by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretar y Corazon Soliman warning that “the fate of these programs would now be up to people voting for new leaders in the 2016 elections.” Cr isostomo said
this is on top of the CCTs’ failure as an anti-poverty measure and its taking away of funds that should have been directly allotted for social services. For 2016, P64 billion will be allotted for the 4Ps, more than half of the DSWD’s P110.8 billion budget. The Commission on Audit (COA) have previously criticized the 4Ps, pointing out that many beneficiaries are not actually poor and that billions in funds remain un-liquidated. Despite the increase in the 4Ps budget in past years, COA also noted a decline in the number of program beneficiaries. “The CCTs is being used by the Aquino government to buy votes and get support of local government for the Roxas campaign. 4Ps assemblies have been transformed into election sorties where beneficiaries are threatened with the slashing of dole-outs if Roxas doesn’t win the presidency,” Crisostomo said.
He also slammed the use of government vehicles and other facilities for the Roxas campaign after vigilant netizens have recently posted a series of exposes in social media against such grave misuse of public funds for electoral purposes. Some of these include a photo of a government pick-up trucks used to transport Roxas’ campaign posters and workers in the provinces. “We call on the Commission on Elections to disqualify Liberal Party candidates using public funds, including Mar Roxas. We call on candidates for the 2016 elections to reject CCTs and stop the 4Ps program. It is also failed and discredited anti-poverty measure. It is nothing but legalized vote-buying,” Crisostomo said. The DSWD has strongly denied Crisostomo’s allegations, saying, the program helps poor families in the country. (Cebu Examiner)
A surgical and medical mission at Cebu Provincial Hospital in Danao City was conducted by the Philippine Medical Association of Southern California and Far Eastern University, Nicanor Reyes School of Medical-Alumni Foundation. The humanitarian mission was also in partnership with Cebu Medical Society, Philippine College of Surgeons and the Cebu Provincial Government and City Government of Danao. (Cebu Provincial Government)
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