Another Milestone was added to the history of the Church of Christ since it was re-emerge in the Philippines thru the fullfillment of the prophesy thru the last messenger of Our Lord God. The 95th years of bountiful blessing, victorious and success. Glory to the Most High God.
Happy 95th Anniversary to all the members of Iglesia Ni Cristo all over the world!!!
Greeting Videos 1
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Sa Iyo'y iniaalay ang aking lakas at buhay
upang maglingkod sa Iyo o Dios na nagbabagong buhay
at hindi ko iiwan ang Iglesia Mong mahal
tungkulin kong tinaggap di ko pababayaan...
at sa mga darating na pagsubok sa akin
ay maging matatag sa tiisin pasan pa rin ang tungkulin.
kung sumapit ang araw na ako ay papanaw
ay tiyak ang pangko Mo
ako'y may putong ng buhay
Monday, July 27, 2009
IGLESIA NI CRISTO 95th ANNIVERSARY
Sumilang na ang kanyang Liwanag
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
24 SEASON 7 , The END?
I' am a die hard fan of 24 Tv Series ever since. I bought the copy of season 1 to season 4 from Quiapo (pirated). With the help of technology, I manage to download the remaining seasons trough the internet.
For almost 4 years, the 24 Season 7 is about to end. I will miss all those magnifying stunts done by the main character(Jack Bauer). His loyalty and courage, its really amazing to see those encridible things.
24 ends season on high note,
with Jack Bauer low!
NEW YORK — Even if a grateful nation had been applauding Jack Bauer at the season's end of "24," he couldn't hear them.
He was last seen hospitalized in a coma. Infected by a bioweapon targeting America, counter-terrorist hero Jack had taken the hit while trying to save his fellow citizens. Then, woozier and sweatier by the hour, he managed to foil the terrorists.
By Monday's two-hour finale of the Fox TV thriller "24," all Jack wants is — no, not a Medal of Freedom — but to die in peace.
That's not going to happen. He's Jack Bauer, he's played by series star Kiefer Sutherland, and the series has plenty of life left in it. No wonder Jack's daughter, Kim, arrives at his bedside after he received solace from a Muslim cleric and demands experimental surgery for him that involves taking stem cells from her body — surgery that Jack had nixed hours earlier.
"I'm sorry, Dad," says Kim (Elisha Cuthbert) to her unconscious father, "but I'm not ready to let you go."
The series' 24-hour-real-time season ended with a double episode that spanned from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
It brought some welcome closure to the raging question of, "What's the deal with Tony Almeida?"
Tony had been a loyal, key associate of Jack's at the L.A.-based Counter Terrorism Unit. But he was believed dead two seasons ago. Now here he was at the start of the seventh season in Washington, D.C., with Carlos Bernard reprising the role, shockingly risen from the grave and hooked up with the bad guys.
Or so it seemed. But soon viewers learned Tony was only pretending to support this dastardly force, aiming to bring it down from within.
Or so it seemed. Then viewers got the strong impression he really did support the evildoers, which made him the mortal enemy of Jack and all good Americans.
But that still wasn't quite it. In the finale, Tony disclosed to Jack he had had one simple, nonpolitical obsession: to rise through the ranks of the multilayered crime organization to reach the isolated man at the top, Alan Wilson. Tony wanted to earn himself a face-to-face meeting with the boss — then kill him for murdering Tony's wife years ago.
"Everything you've done today is for personal revenge?!" Jack gasped in his final confrontation with Tony, whereupon a spirited debate in situational ethics inconveniently unfolded.
"It's about justice!" Tony argued.
"Justice! You killed innocent people!"
"I did what I had to do to get Alan Wilson here," seethed Tony. "And now, he's gonna die."
"You kill Alan Wilson, and no one's ever gonna know the full extent of his conspiracy."
Jack had a point. Wilson had turned out to be an even bigger demon than Jonas Hodges, the villainous military contractor played deliciously by Jon Voight as the season's showcase baddie. But Hodges was blown to pieces in a car a few episodes ago, an attack set in motion by the president's chief of staff as payback for Hodges killing her brother. Making matters worse, the chief of staff was the president's daughter.
This was a sticky situation for President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) when her daughter confessed. But, being highly principled, the grief-stricken Mom saw no choice. Olivia (Sprague Grayden) was handed over to the authorities.
Next season, maybe President Taylor will still be in power and continue to be haunted by this scandal.
Maybe Alan Wilson (played by Will Patton) will also still be on the scene. He wasn't killed in the finale. Nor was Tony, whose act of vigilante justice Jack was able to stop. Spiteful and raging, Tony was taken into custody.
Both could be giving Jack new headaches when he comes out of that coma for another challenging day. Until then, with another viewer-pleasing "24" season concluded, he could use some down time.
from: gmanews.tv
Monday, March 16, 2009
WOW 1st Soccer football Tournament
Time: May 11, 2009 to May 15, 2009
Location: Magdiwang football field(MCES)
City/Town: Magdiwang,romblon
Website or Map: http://www.magdiwangromblon.ning.com
Contact Info: 00639283211468/009660554693266
Organized By: FERDINAND MORTEL/NARO DELA CRUZ/GUIA RADAN AL YOUSEEF/WOW MEMBERS
Everyone is invited to join the WOW 1st Soccer Football Tournament. Fill free to contact dinand or Naro!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
PCG, Romblon folk shoo whales back to sea
Radio dzBB’s Carlo Mateo quoted Coast Guard commandant Vice Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo as describing the local villagers as heroes for coming to the rescue when they spotted the whales off the coast of Odiongan town, a third class municipality in central Romblon.
The latest stranding happened on the heels of an earlier similar incident in Bataan where some 300 melon-headed whales suddenly emerged off the shore off Pilar and Orion towns. Local fishermen and authorities waded into the water and successfully drove the whales away, but not after three whales had died.
Picking up lessons from the Bataan experience, Tamayo said the Coast Guard employed safer and more effective measures to help the mammals make their way back to deeper parts of the ocean.
Tamayo said he has already mobilized his team to troop to the waters and conduct regular monitoring to avoid a similar scenario from happening anew.
The Coast Guard official said he thinks the whales could have lost their way as an effect of global climate change.
Over the weekend, around 200 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins also found their way off the shorelines of the Narcoopa Beach on King Island, a part of Tasmania. Only around 60 of them were safely ushered back to the sea.
The series of whale stranding has already prompted the International World Ocean Conference to take up the matter when its members convene, the report added.
Perplexed experts have yet to ascertain the actual cause of the unusual behavior of the whales, with some attributing it to a seismic movement beneath the ocean while others saying such whales tend to stay close together at all times. - Mark Merueñas, GMANews.TV
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Search for Magdiwang Ultimate Idol 2009!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
How to fix Code 39 error with DVD/CD-ROM drives in Windows XP or Vista
Almost all computer users come across system errors at one point or another. They may occur at any time-while you are working on an application, trying to access a peripheral device, or have just switched on your PC. System errors occur due to a wide variety of reasons, out of which, registry problems and malware, such as viruses and spyware are one of the main causes. Whenever a system error occurs on your Windows system, an error message is displayed on the screen to inform you about the error. These messages, although quite technical and not very clear, can indicate how you should go about fixing a particular type of error. Let’s now see what causes code 39 system error when you try to access your CD-drive, and how to fix the error on your Windows XP or Vista computer. We will also discuss some preventive measures to ensure that such system errors do not occur on your PC.
Fixing Code 39 Error
If your CD-ROM drive is not visible in My Computer, you may see the following error message displayed with the CD or DVD drive item in your Device Manager. (Steps to open Device Manager are discussed later in the article.)
"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)"
Using Device Manager
To fix this error, first try to update the driver from the Device Manager. To open Device Manager, right-click My Computer on your Desktop, and then on the Hardware tab, select the Device Manager button.
In the Device Manager window, identify the CD or DVD drive item (with Yellow exclamation mark), right-click on it and select Update Driver. Follow the screen instructions to update the device driver and restart your PC.
Using Registry Editor
If updating the driver does not resolve the problem, it indicates that there is a problem in the registry. To fix this problem, you may have to remove a few keys from the registry.
Note: Be careful while working with the registry editor because changes done to the registry using the Registry Editor are irreversible and mistakes can leave you with more problems than when you started. Therefore, it is recommended that you make a backup of the registry before proceeding with the changes.
After you have removed the registry keys listed below, you will have to reinstall all applications that you use for CD or DVD recording to make them work properly.
To fix the error by editing the registry, perform the following steps:
- Exit and close all applications currently running on your PC.
- On Start > Run type Regedit and press the Enter key.
- Next, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\Class\ {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} - Delete any of the following registry entries if they exist under this key:
- LowerFilters
- LowerFilters.bak
- UpperFilters
- UpperFilters.bak
- Restart your PC and open My Computer to ensure that the CD-ROM drive is visible.
- Also, open the Device Manager again to ensure that the yellow exclamation mark and the error code is now gone.
- Restart your PC and open My Computer to ensure that the CD-ROM drive is visible.
- Also, open the Device Manager again to ensure that the yellow exclamation mark and the error code is now gone.
Preventing System Errors
To prevent frequent system errors on your system, you must take care of the following:
- Be a vigilant and aware user by being careful about the websites you visit and the email attachments you open.
- Do not visit dubious websites and do not open attachments that come with unsolicited mails.
- Implement antivirus and antispyware programs on your system, keep them updated, and run them regularly to prevent any malware infestation on your PC.
- Keep your operating system, device drivers, and installed applications updated with the latest patches and security updates released by their manufacturers.
- Use system utilities included with your Windows system to perform regular system maintenance.
- Use a good registry cleaner such as RegGenie to regularly scan and fix registry problems.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
ROMBLON HONORS ITS OUTSTANDING ROMBLOMANONS
Nomination forms are available at the following offices: Romblon Capitol Office at the Office of the Governor – Mrs. Shie Mariveles; Odiongan Satellite Office – Mrs. Eve Formilleza; or at Romblon Investment and Tourism Promotion Office (RITPO) located at Room 201 GJ Bldg., 385 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City – Mrs. Myla Villegas. Likewise, nomination forms can be downloaded from the official website of the Provincial Government of Romblon. The deadline for submission of nominations is on February 13, 2009 (Friday).
The Selection and Awards Committee is composed of ATTY. LUIS JAY FORMILLEZA III, Executive Assistant III from the Office of the Governor, as Chairperson; DR. JETER S. SESPEÑE, President of Romblon State College, as Vice Chairperson; ATTY. ROMEO ROBISO, representing Forward Romblon, as Co-Vice Chairperson; MRS. SEÑA G. OÑAS, Secretary of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, as Secretary and Member; and other members are MR. JOEY VENANCIO, Journalist and Publisher; MR. RAUL BARREDO, representing Forward Romblon; MR. ESTANISLAO M. FAMATIGA, Executive Assistant II and Officer-In-Charge of the Provincial Cooperatives Office; DR. NIÑO REY B. FONDEVILLA, Medical Officer IV; and ATTY. RODOLFO R. RANION, Provincial Legal Officer, as Member.
Governor Natalio “Jojo” F. Beltran III said that the launching of the first ever search for Outstanding Romblomanons and which will be held annually is the province’s way of granting due recognition to their exemplary accomplishments with the hope that they be emulated by others, and also a way of extending appreciation for the things they have done for the province and the country as a whole.
Based on the awards guideline and mechanics, nominations are sought for Romblomanons of excellence from all backgrounds and all fields of endeavor including but not limited in the following categories: education; engineering and construction; entrepreneurial leadership; finance; historical and cultural advocacy; humanitarian service; journalism; law; medicine; movie and television arts; government service; science and technology; spiritual leadership; sports; and statesmanship. Gov. Beltran further announced that special citations and posthumous commendations will also be awarded at the Araw ng Romblon Celebration.
from: Nicely
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The story of A Young Warrior
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
UP study warns: Romblon Island at risk of massive slide from rains!
A study conducted by the University of the Philippines-National Institute of Geological Sciences (UP-NIGS) revealed that Romblon Island is at risk of landslide in the magnitude of what Southern Leyte’s St. Bernard town experienced this year if it is hit by excessive rainfall or a strong earthquake.
UP-NIGS professor Dr. Carla Dimalanta said that based on their study, a collision between the Palawan Microcontinental Block and the seismically-active Philippines Mobile Belt will affect the Romblon Island Group (RIG).
The study was entitled "Geophysical, Geological and Geochemical Investigations on the Arc-Continent Collision Zone in the Romblon, Tablas and Sibuyan Islands, Romblon Province."
"(There was an) assessment of possible geologic and other hazards (in the Romblon Island Group)," Dimalanta said.
According to Dimalanta, the group found shattered rocks in the island province, a very important factor which could trigger a landslide similar to what happened to barangay Guinsaugon, St. Bernard on Feb. 17 following days of heavy rainfall.
"Matigas ang rocks pero because of the fault and structures, naging shattered yung rocks," Dimalanta said, adding that the island province also have steep slopes which make them at risk of landslides.
She said that the group is planning to talk with officials of the province to prepare the residents against these natural disasters.
"The provincial government can incorporate (this study in) coming up with disaster mitigation plan and land use plan," Dimalanta said.
In their executive summary, the researchers said, "This study identified some potential natural hazards, which may pose risk on the Romblon Island Group. These include meteorological-, volcanological-, and seismic-related hazards, the most notable of which are rain-induced and earthquake-induced landslides, tsunamis and tornadoes.
"The appropriate mitigating measures such as a hazard preparedness and awareness program must be put into place by the provincial and local government units."
The study, said to be "the first integrated geological, geochemical and geophysical investigation of a collision-related feature," has also found that Palawan island and some smaller islands had been "separate from the Philippine archipelago" since the rocks in the other parts of the country are different from that in Palawan."
Dimalanta said that Palawan rocks are a fragment of Mainland Asia.
"This is a significant finding in the history of the country," she said.
She said Romblon Island had been included in the study since geologists believe that it is part of the Palawan Microcontinental Block.
The study, funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and monitored by the agency’s Philippines Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD), started late in 2004 and ended last December, Dimalanta said.
The professor said that after the completion of the study, the group will analyze Romblon groundwater resources this summer while another collision aspect study will be done on Buruanga in Panay island also within this year.
The landslide in barangay Guinsaugon have buried alive some 2,000 people, including elementary pupils, last February.
Dimalanta earlier had said that Southern Leyte’s relatively loose volcanic rocks, thick soil cover, fractured and fragmented Philippines Fault Zone segment, hydrothermal alteration, and too much rain caused the landslide in Guinsaugon.
by: Madel R. Sabater
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
All Souls Day?
Is there any prof that this event exist in the past days? Even before the Christ was born? I'm sorry to all my fellow christians, but I think this is the truth. Good luck to all. Happy weekend!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Battleship Musashi - Plan to refloat off Sibuyan Island
Battleship Musashi sunk by allied forces in World War II.
A Japanese group visited yesterday Sibuyan Sea off this island province as it bared a plan to refloat a big Japanese warship that was sunk in the area on Oct. 24, 1944 during a great naval battle between the allied forces and the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II. The Japanese, group headed by Kiyoshi Goto of the Japanese government and Toshihiko Suzuki, chief executive officer of AIPAC (Asian Countries and Islands Optical Fiber Communication and Philippines Property in Asia), made yesterday an offer to the Philippine government to refloat the sunken Japanese warship in the Sibuyan Sea.
The Japanese offer calls for the conversion of the warship into a tourist attraction which could be made a symbol of friendship between the Philippines and Japan.
Goto and Suzuki, who arrived the other day in the country from Japan, said that their group would shoulder all the expenses for the refloating of the warship.
The two Japanese executives came all the way to this historic island to drop flowers and sprinkle champagne at the area in Sibuyan Sea where the warship was sunk during World War II.
The group is proposing to develop the area into a tourist destination for the benefit of the Filipinos and the Japanese, particularly the relatives of the crews of the sunken warship.
As this developed, Gen. (retired) Dominador C. Resos Jr., president of the Romblon Cultural Heritage Association Inc. (ROCHAI), is inviting foreign dignitaries, including US Ambassador Kristie Kenney and top Japanese Embassy officials, to witness and recall once again the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, which is described as "the greatest and deadliest naval battle ever recorded in the history of World War II," that took place on Oct. 24, 1944.
"Join us in our return to this tragic chapter of World War II when the blue waters of Sibuyan Sea turned blood red, caused by the mixture of blood shed by the international soldiers led by the protagonists, American and Japanese soldiers, and their respective allies," General Resos said.
Dubbed as "the world’s biggest battleship," Japan’s Musashi with 1023 of her crew sank to her watery grave in the seabed of Sibuyan Sea. One hundred or more warships and aircraft also sank and gave company to Musashi on the ocean floor.
Shortly after the furious naval battle, historians say, some 2000 bodies of soldiers floated in the Sibuyan Sea waters.
Some of the bodies drifted to coastlines and beaches, including those of Boracay Island and Carabao Island.
Resos said that old folk, fishermen, and amateur "ghostbusters" had claimed that Sibuyan Sea is full of mysteries, saying "it is haunted and enchanted.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Apologized!
The apology was contained in a letter dated Oct. 10, from BBC Director General Mark Thompson to Philippine Ambassador in Londan Edgardo Espiritu, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
In a Sept. 26 episode of "Harry and Paul," the comedy sketch showed comedian Harry Enfield ordering his Filipino maid to mate with his friend Paul Whitehouse. The Filipino woman was shown gyrating in front of Whitehouse in an effort to seduce him.
Here is the video:
Following the release of the show, which obviously upset the 200,000-strong Filipino community in the United Kingdom, the Philippine embassy in London sent letters to different British government offices, including the Mayor of London, and the BBC itself to protest the "slur" on Filipino domestic workers in Britain.
Filipinos in both the Philippines and Britain protested the "insulting reference to Filipino women, typifying them in a dual role as domestic workers and sex toys of their British employers."
In the letter, Thompson asked the Filipinos to accept his "sincere apologies, on behalf of the BBC, for the offense that this program caused."
Overseas Filipino workers are considered "modern-day heroes" of the Philippines, whose billions of dollars of remittances act as a cornerstone of the national economy in the Southeast Asian country.
It was the second time in recent months that Filipinos reacted vehemently against their negative portrayal on major foreign television. Last year, Filipinos were offended by the American Broadcasting Co. and made the U.S. TV giant apologize and deleted the controversial segment from its TV show "Desperate Housewives."
from: magdiwangromblon.ning.com/virgil rotoni radan
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Recovered bodies from ‘Princess’ now at 36 - Coast Guard
A radio dzBB report quoted Coast Guard commandant Vice Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo as saying that as of Tuesday afternoon, the number of bodies recovered on Tuesday alone rose to 16, raising the total number of bodies retrieved from the capsized ship to 36.
Divers from salvage group Harbor Star and counterparts from the Coast Guard had been searching the ship since Sunday for remains of more than 500 passengers trapped inside.
Tamayo said he has instructed the divers to search all accommodation spaces, including other decks of the ship, for remains.
"Ginagawa natin ang lahat na paraan (We are doing all we can)," Tamayo said in an interview on dzBB radio.
He also said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has a team on standby to identify bodies that will be retrieved from the capsized vessel.
The Sulpicio Lines-owned MV Princess of the Stars capsized off Romblon last June 21 at the height of typhoon "Frank."
Johanna Camille Sisante, GMANews.TV
Friday, October 24, 2008
MERCENARY FOR HIRE?
My friend told me that police and military personnel are the most qualify to apply. According to him, some of his friends in the military, are able to passed the screening and now working abroad as mercenaries.
The contract will be 6 months, $3000 a month. After the deployment, everyone is guaranteed an immigrant visa. If the mercenary can survive, then he is a US Citizen after 6 months, including his/her family.
Survey of Princess of the Stars for bodies starts
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has started surveying the M/V Princess of the Stars off Romblon to locate the bodies of passengers who were trapped when the vessel sank at the height of typhoon “Frank” last June 21.
PCG commandant Vice Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo said, “We have already met with the officials of Sulpicio Lines Inc. and the salvaging firm Harbor Star and when they said they were ready to conduct the survey operations, we told them to go ahead.”
But Tamayo said there is no definite timetable for the retrieval of the bodies.
Earlier, salvors removed 400 packs of the toxic pesticide endosulfan as well as Bayer Crop Science products, and siphoned off 176,000 liters of bunker fuel from the sunken ship.
At least 33 people survived the sea tragedy. More than 200 have been confirmed dead, while 515 others were listed as missing.
In Cebu City, meanwhile, acting Mayor Michael Rama gave assurance that the bodies that would be recovered will not be brought to Cebu unless they are cleared of contamination by toxic substances carried by the vessel.
Rama said the bodies will first undergo thorough examination by the Department of Health to ensure that they do not pose any public health risk.
Dr. Renato Bautista, head of the National Bureau of Investigation-Disaster Victims Identification, also promised to preserve the remains in their best possible form to facilitate easy identification.
from: www.philstar.com
The Battle of Sibuyan Sea
I read in another newspaper about a plan to re-float the sunken Musashi, the largest battleship in the world, and convert it into a tourist attraction and a symbol of the friendship between the Philippines and Japan. I don’t know about the symbolic part, but I do agree that it would certainly become a major tourist attraction for the Philippines. After all, the Battle of Leyte Gulf may have been fought between the Japanese and the Americans, but this greatest of battles happened right in our backyard.
The Musashi was the flagship of then Admiral Mineichi Koga, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet, who took over the command on April 18, 1943 when Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, was ambushed by a squadron of Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and crashed in Bougainville, the Solomons.
Allow me to refresh the memory of our faithful readers who may have forgotten who Admiral Koga is as we wrote his story sometime ago. This story is about the highest-ranking Japanese officer ever captured in the entire Pacific War. He was captured some 35 kilometers south of Cebu City on April 1,1943 by Cebuano guerrillas under Col. James Cushing.
On March 31, 1943, two Kawanishi “Mavis” flying boats carrying Admiral Koga and his chief of staff, Rear Admiral Shigeru Fukudome, flew from Korkor, Palau to Davao as they were transferring their headquarters to Mindanao 600 miles away. But the two seaplanes ran into a violent storm and got lost and eventually separated somewhere between Leyte and Cebu.
Admiral Koga’s plane vanished, while Admiral Fukudome’s plane crashed at sea off San Fernando, Cebu where he survived with his crew and they were captured by guerrillas. A guerrilla also found in the flotsam the so-called “Koga papers,” the secret Z-Plan or Sho Plan for the defense of the Philippines. The Koga papers were sent to Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Australia via the submarine USS Crevalle. Because of this secret information, Gen. MacArthur decided to change his invasion plans and advance the date of invasion to October 1944 in Leyte instead of Mindanao in 1945.
I’m writing about the super battleship Musashi because it is the 64th anniversary today of the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, which was the opening act of the famous Battle of Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle in the world. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was Japan’s counter-attack because of the invasion of Leyte on Oct. 20, 1944. Both super battleships Yamato and Musashi (they carried 18-inch guns, while the US Navy’s battleships only had 16-inch guns) were under the command of Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita and sailed from Brunei on Oct. 23, 1944, then through the Palawan passage and into Sibuyan Sea on Oct. 24, 1944.
When the battle started, the Yamato was hit by dive-bombers and immediately withdrew to Palawan, while her sister-ship, the Musashi, was hit by Hellcats from the USS Intrepid (this carrier is now a museum docked in New York City), the USS Bunker Hill and other carriers of Task Force 38. But the deadly blow came from the USS Enterprise, which hit Musashi with a total of 20 torpedoes and 17 bombs, with 18 bombs hitting near her bow. The Musashi sank in Sibuyan Sea (I guess this is not far from the site of the sinking of the M/V Princess of the Stars) with her 2,399 men on board. Only 1,023 survived the sinking, while Admiral Kurita retreated to San Bernardino Strait.
Meanwhile, the US also lost the carrier USS Princeton in that battle, but she was scuttled east of Luzon, while the USS Birmingham and many other American Navy ships were badly damaged. The following day, the other battle of Leyte Gulf commenced and this was the Battle of Surigao Strait, one of the turning points in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. But then that’s another great history that someday I would also write about.
from: www.philstar.com
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
8th National PESO Congress
Our Division was assigned to facilitate the PESO Congress. We were all busy for a month, preparing for this event. We arrived at Butuan City one day before the congress. We need to make sure that the venues and accomodations for 700 participants are already ok. Whew there are 700 participants and we are only 12 from the Bureau, excluding the top officials of DOLE.
The Congress is very helpful to different PESOs throughout the Country. There are speakers from Government agencies, particularly from POEA and top officials from DOLE. They discussed the different trends and issues regarding employment.
What is PESO?The Public Employment Service Office or PESO is a non-fee charging multi-employment service facility or entity established or accredited pursuant to Republic Act No. 8759 otherwise known as the PESO Act of 1999.
To carry out full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all, and for this purpose, to strengthen and expand the existing employment facilitation service machinery of the government particularly at the local levels there shall be established in all capital towns of provinces, key cities, and other strategic areas a Public Employment Service Office, Hereinafter referred to as PESO, which shall be community-based and maintained largely by local government units (LGUs) and a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or community-based organizations (CBOs) and state universities and colleges (SUCs). The PESOs shall be linked to the regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for coordination and technical supervision, and to the DOLE central office, to constitute the national employment service network.
The congress also showcase the different presentations of PESOs. A dance competition, with hawaiian motive, to be presented on the last night of the Congress. The grand price was won by Region 12, the first-runner up goes to Region IV-A and the second-runner up went to Region 10. The grand price winner take home P10,000. There are other awards given to different PESOs. The BEST PESO take home P45,000.
On the next day, we were invited to attend the birthday party of a PESO Manager from Surigao City, Ms. Amor Morales, an active member of PESOPhil. It takes 2 hours from Butuan to Surigao City. The foods are great, litson baboy, crab meat , seafoods whew pampabata...hehehe.
On Oct. 4,2008, we went home with a smile. The 8th National PESO Congress was successful.
