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| http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/594076/duterte-if-you-can-t-understand-me-it-s-your-problem/story/ |
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/956328/playing-santa-caloocan-cops-hope-to-clean-drug-war-stain |
Empiso said the program was intended to show drug users and their families that “we are not their enemies. We are trying to reach out to them and are here to help in any way we can.”
Modequillo added: “We are keen on giving them a second chance. We want them to know that they need not fear [us].”He's got that backwards. It's the cops who are looking for that second chance. How will handing out toys to children do that?
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/12/30/1773011/palace-shrugs-report-facebook-helped-install-duterte |
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/956794/dost-offers-pnr-use-of-hybrid-train-made-by-ph-scientists |
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In Caloocan City, police used bullhorns from cruisers to warn people against playing with firecrackers.
But as soon as the cruisers were gone, people returned to the streets and set off bangers.
At 11:45 p.m., revelers let go, setting off “five stars,” “triangulo,” whistle bombs, “Judas’ belts” and “sawa” and launching all kinds of flying fireworks that illuminated the sky but also veiled the environment in thick smoke.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/956674/10-mandaluyong-cops-3-village-watchmen-face-homicide-cases-mandaluyong-shooting-ncrpo-pnp-tanod-albayalde |
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| http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/957102/house-speaker-pantaleon-alvarez-federal-government-politics-no-election-no-el |
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| http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/957336/doh-urged-to-go-easy-on-massage-therapists-on-licensing |
The Department of Health (DOH) should ease its requirements on massage therapy and suspend its “no license, no massage” administrative order to give Filipinos another viable alternative livelihood, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said on Wednesday.
To become a licensed massage therapist, one should be at least a high school graduate and must undergo six months of training before taking a licensure exam administered twice a year.
The DOH had previously instructed all spas and massage clinics in the country to hire only certified massage therapists, warning that untrained hands could cause catastrophic results.
Then Health Secretary Enrique Ona warned that a wrong massage in the neck or carotid area could lead to a stroke.
Pimentel said that while he understood why the DOH set such criteria, “imposing unreasonably restrictive requirements on licensed massage therapists could negatively impact an industry that employs thousands of our citizens, including Filipinos with disabilities.”
“It’s a painful reality that many of our people cannot afford to go to school and obtain [a] high school [diploma]. But that shouldn’t prevent them from getting employed,” he added.This guy is a grade-A retard who fits in just fine in this series. Why should a client seeking a massage risk his or her life just because some poor unfortunate soul needs a job? The solution is not to ease requirements but to make sure people graduate high school and are able to obtain the proper licensing for the career they choose. Imagine calling for the easing of licensing requirements for any other profession like lawyer, doctor, or nurse. As it is there are too many unqualified and unlicensed people putting everyone's lives at risk in this country every day. Particularly drivers. Should the LTFRB do away with requirements because it holds the poor back?
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| http://www.manilatimes.net/fda-warns-vs-use-8-healing-galing-products/355598/ |
In its Advisory No. 2017-275, the agency named the food products that are promoted at http://healinggaling.ph/ but are not registered with the FDA: Healing Galing Rhizome Pills; Healing Galing Herbal Serpentina Tablets; Healing Galing Omega 3 Fish Oil; Healing Galing Organic Vitamins B1, B6; Healing Galing Organic Vitamin B12; Healing Galing Healing Food; Healing Galing Black Rice Coffee; and Healing Galing Pure Honey.
Know more about Dr. Edinell
Inspired by the wonders of natural healing and alternative medicine and moved by her strong belief in the propagation of such, Dr. Edinell Calvario pursued higher studies at The Open International University for Complementary Medicines based in Colombo, Sri Lanka earning her a Master’s Degree in Alternative Medicine (The Fellowship Register of Royal Complementary Practitioners) and Doctor of Philosophy in Alternative Medicine. She finished her collegiate course in 1983 at The Lyceum of the Philippines with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Journalism.
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TV5’S new morning show, “Healing Galing sa TV,” is notable for its innovative fusion of a medical doctor and an alternative healer as the show’s cohost.
The doctor happens to be Hayden Kho, in his first regular public outing after his controversial personal and career crises some years back. The fact that TV5 has opted to enable him to make his comeback in a weekday TV show could become an “issue” with some viewers.
To be sure, other doctors and medical specialists are invited to shed light on specific illnesses, but Hayden is still the program’s top medical point man, so his competent performance in the show’s early telecasts could turn out to be a major factor in its longevity.
For her part, alternative healer Edinell Calvario has been seen on-cam in other TV shows promoting alternative healing, but this new program is her biggest showcase and platform by far.
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Their celebration is usually accompanied by armed attacks against the people that reflect their true color as a criminal organization void of any ideology
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/12/28/1772317/teo-misconception-philippines-challenge-tourism |
Teo, a tour operator before joining government, said that among the factors affecting the number of tourist arrivals is “the perception that the Philippines is a center of natural calamities such as typhoons, flash floods and earthquakes.”
Teo added that the Marawi crisis, which officially ended in October as the government shifts to rebuilding the battle-scarred capital of Lanao del Sur, and threats to peace and order, especially in the southern Philippines is also among the problems the tourism sector faces.
Recent terrorist threats, kidnappings, and bombings have occurred throughout the Philippines. U.S. Embassy Manila received credible information that terrorists planned to conduct kidnappings in Palawan, Cebu, and Bohol provinces in 2017. In November 2016, a terrorist group planted an Improvised Explosive Device near the U.S. Embassy in Metro Manila. In April and May 2017, bombings in Quiapo, Manila killed two and injured twenty.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/philippines-travel-warning.html
PHILIPPINES - Exercise a high degree of caution
Exercise a high degree of caution in the Philippines due to the threat of terrorism and the high level of crime.
https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/philippines#levels
Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in the Philippines, including in Manila. Terrorist groups continue to plan attacks and have the capacity and the intent to carry out attacks at any time and anywhere in the country, including in places visited by foreigners, like airports, shopping malls, public transport, including the metro system, and places of worship. You should remain vigilant at all times and report anything suspicious to the local authorities.
There is a high threat of terrorist attack in the Philippines, including Manila. Exercise heightened caution at this time. Be alert to possible threats around locations that have a low level of protective security and places known to be possible terrorist targets. The level of our advice has not changed. Exercise a high degree of caution in the Philippines overall. Higher levels apply in some parts of the country.
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/12/27/1772261/dutertes-martial-law-extension-challenged-sc |
"Anyone who says there is no ongoing rebellion in Mindanao is either ignorant of the factual situation there, or protective of the longest rebellion that has plagued our country," Calida said in a text message to reporters.
The Moro conflict is an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_conflictFor more or less 500 years now there has been an ongoing rebellion in Mindanao. Is that reason enough to impose martial law? Calida seems to think so.
“The argument that this rebellion can be quelled in 60 days is asinine,” he said.
While Marawi City was already liberated by the armed forces last October, Calida said there was still an “on-going” rebellion in Mindanao.
“In fact, the rebellion staged by various secessionist, jihadist, terrorist and communist groups in various places in Mindanao has been festering for several decades now,” the solicitor general said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/956477/stopping-rebellion-in-60-days-thats-stupid-says-calida-jose-calida-solicitor-general-rebellion-lagman-martial-lawCalida and everyone else who supports a year long extension of martial law should welcome the challenge before the Supreme Court because whatever the decision a legal precedent will be set which will be a guiding course for the future.
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/12/28/1772544/solons-question-inordinately-long-extension-martial-law |
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| http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/28/17/duterte-wont-allow-martial-law-in-perpetuity-palace-says |
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| https://www.rappler.com/nation/192574-marawi-afp-engineers-clearing-operations |
O, what a tangled web of cords Pinoys weave,
When they first practice to harness electricity.
