Mindanao Daily NEWS
Volume II, No. 121
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November 1, 2013
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Solon: BahandiCaraga aims to promote SMEs BUTUAN City––The brand “BahandiCaraga” which will take part in the Kabuhayan 2013 Trade Fair and Exhibit in Manila was conceived by Agusan del Norte first district Rep. Lawrence Lemuel Fortun primarily to promote Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Caraga region, said the lawmaker’s spokesperson Eldie David.
By Lily O. Ramos of the PNA
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Cremation makes overcrowded cemetery ‘thing of the past’ By Perfecto T. Raymundo Jr. of PNA
If you don’t want to brave through an overcrowded cemetery, then, it’s time to have the remains of your loved ones or the bones left of them, cremated. Take the case of Manuel and Norma Villafuerte, 79
and 76, respectively. They had the bones of their departed loved ones cremated some three years ago at the City Crematorium of Mandaluyong, one of the first of its kind if the not
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Pacquiao, Rios bout will be Asia’s richest ever title fight
THE Manny PacquiaoBrandon Rios matchup at Venetian Cotai Arena on Nov. 24 in Macau will be Asia’s largest purse for a boxing event that would surpass the Mike Tyson- James “Buster Douglas heavyweight 1990 title fight in Tokyo, Japan , according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Wednesday. The broadsheet newspaDONATIONS. Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny “Bambi” Beja Emano shake hands per quoted Bob Arum, chief with Jay Valleser and Dr. Myra Yee of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) during executive officer(CEO) and the turnover of donations to Barog Bohol held on the capitol grounds in Cagayan de founder of promoters Oro City on October 31, 2013. Mindanao Daily News photo by Lovely Mae V. Casenas
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celebrate during birthdays of our dead relatives. Cemeteries are now a place for celebrations and reunions,” Gonzales said in Filipino. “Mang Nepo”, a grave digger (sepulturero) at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City, said catering services or families going on picnics inside the cemetery grounds have become a common sight. He said prior to these occasions, he would be asked to clean the tomb and reserve tents and chairs. For Kaye Riano, a mother of three, a visit to a dead
relative is a reminder that we have to live a meaningful life. “We visit them not just because we want to remember them but also because we want to be reminded that there is only one life. We must make the most out of it and make it meaningful. Life without a purpose is as equal to a dead person,” she said. Dennis Malabed, an overseas Filipino worker, said he makes it a point to visit the tomb of his parents whenever he goes on
Cemetery: a place for ‘celebration, reunion’ By Janice M. Cave Philippine News Agency
A visit to the tomb of a loved one, whether it is All Saints’ Day or All Soul’s Day, has been a practice Filipinos observe all year round. Joyce Gonzales, marketing manager of LoyolaMakati, said cemeteries are no longer just a place for burying the dead. She said these have also become places to celebrate loved one’s birthday or REMEMBERING THE DEAD. A family prepares to clean the surroundings of the aanniversary. gravesite of a loved one in the public cemetery of Cagayan de Oro City. The annual All “It’s already a part of Souls Day gathers people for an overnight stay in the cemetery to pray for their relatives our culture to go there and who have passed on to the afterlife. Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
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TS ‘Vinta’ intensifies into typhoon Tropical storm “Vinta” has intensified into typhoon as it continues to pose threat in extreme Northern Luzon, the state weather forecaster said Thursday. PAGASA defines a typhoon as an intense tropical cyclone with maximum wind speed exceeding 118
WEATHER WATCH kph. In a interview, PAGASA Weather Forecaster Gener Quitlong said that as of 11 a.m. the eye of the typhoon was located at 190 km East of Aparri, Cagayan (17.7°N,
123.6°E) and now packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kph and gustiness of up to 150 kph. Vinta is forecast to move West Northwest at 26 kph. Quitlong said that Vinta is expected to make landfall over northern part of See TYPHOON/p.11
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