A fire engulfed three business stalls in Barangay Baybay in Basey, Samar on Tuesday(May 23) after a ceiling fan overheated. (PNP BASEY)
ORMOC CITY– An overheated ceiling fan was blamed for a fire incident that burned down three business stalls in Basey, Samar on Tuesday (May 23) at about 11 am.
A fire engulfed three business stalls in Barangay Baybay in Basey, Samar on Tuesday(May 23) after a ceiling fan overheated. (PNP BASEY)
The three stalls, located in Barangay Baybay in the said town, were completely gutted down with arson investigators placed the damage to P130,000.
Report from the local police said that the fire incident started at about 11 am but was declared fire out 30 minutes later as two fire trucks from the municipal fire station immediately responded to the fire call.
The three stalls that were affected by the blaze were owned by Mary Jane Ragaodao, 26; Romeo Baclea-an, 44; and Gina Hermo, of legal age. All residents of Baybay.
The initial investigation conducted by the responding police and fire personnel disclosed that Ragaodao noticed that her ceiling fan located on the second floor of her house was burning.
She immediately sought help from their neighbors but the fire quickly spread as her house was made of light materials, affecting the neighboring stalls.
No one was injured in the fire incident. (ROBERT DEJON)
Water is an essential resource that sustains life on Earth. It has great importance in all aspects of life, ranging from personal hygiene, agriculture, and industry. As the world population keeps increasing, the demand for water is also on the rise. Unfortunately, the world’s water supply is finite, and with climate change, water scarcity has become a significant challenge that needs attention, hence the need to maintain and conserve water.
Water conservation refers to the sensible management and use of water resources. The ever-growing demand for water has made it necessary to conserve and protect water resources through sustainable practices. Water conservation involves reduced water wastage, reducing pollution, and protecting watersheds and ecosystems. Water conservation measures range from the installation of water-efficient appliances and fixtures to the capture and recycling of wastewater.
The need for water conservation cannot be overemphasized. The world population keeps increasing, and with the current demand for water, it is projected that water scarcity will become more prevalent in the future. Water scarcity affects every aspect of life, ranging from food production to human health, and can lead to environmental degradation, conflicts, and political instability.
It is therefore crucial to raise awareness on water conservation strategies, promote efficient water use and management, and encourage individuals, communities, and governments to take part in proactive water conservation measures. These actions are necessary, not just globally, but locally as well, knowing that here in Tacloban, water supply has become deficient.
As a Facebook user, I have gotten into the habit of humoring my friends. Just to entertain them, you know, since in today’s world, entertainment holds a vital position in people’s lives. From watching movies to playing games, people consume different forms of entertainment to take a break from their everyday routine. As one of the most commonly used tools for communication, humor has remained in demand for years.
Humor can be defined as a quality of being amusing or comical. It is a tool that people use to make light of everyday situations or issues. There are different types of humor, including sarcasm, irony, satire, puns, and parody. People use different forms of humor for different reasons, such as to make people laugh or lighten the mood of a situation. As a result, humor has become an essential part of social interaction, making it more comfortable to interact with people.
Entertainment, on the other hand, is defined as something that provides personal enjoyment, pleasure, or relaxation. It can be in the form of movies, music, games, or anything that people find interesting to engage with. Entertainment is a tool that people use to break the everyday monotony of their lives. It allows people to engage with something that they find enjoyable, thus allowing them to experience happiness and relaxation.
Humor itself is a form of entertainment that people use to engage with others. Humor can be found in many forms of entertainment, such as movies, comedy shows, stand-up comedy, or even in everyday conversations with friends and family. People engage with these different forms of entertainment to find humor, which in turn satisfies their desire for personal enjoyment. Therefore, it can be said that humor and entertainment are interlinked, with humor being an essential component of entertainment.
This humor thing can be used effectively for social commentary, as it allows people to discuss sensitive or taboo subjects without making the conversation uncomfortable. By making light of these subjects, humor enables people to address important issues while still engaging with them in a positive way. Humor can make people think critically about certain issues and see them from a different perspective. As a result, humor might not only entertain but also educate people on different subjects, making them more open-minded and empathetic.
As a form of entertainment, humor can have a therapeutic effect on a person’s mental health. Humor can help people relax, release their tension, and reduce their anxiety. Watching a comedy can help a person feel better about their life situation and know that they are not alone in their struggles. Therefore, humor can be a form of entertainment that helps people cope with their problems and emotions and improve their mental health.
Humor and entertainment are indeed interlinked, with humor being a vital component of entertainment. They have the power to educate, create social awareness, and improve mental health. As such, it is safe to say that humor is a form of entertainment, which has become an essential part of people’s lives.
Good deeds and performance in office are investments that politicians must sow if one intends to stay in political power. People will always remember the good things that politicians deliver to them, especially those that redound to the improvement of their lives and their communities. Those who are serious in serving the people will keep working for every work counts as seeds that will be nurtured in the hearts and minds of a grateful electorate. Every good deed is a campaign statement that reminds the people to continue supporting the politician who works and delivers the needs of the constituents.
This explains why politicians would shamelessly plaster their faces and banner their names in grabbing credit for projects that are in truth funded by the money of the taxpayers. Having their names painted all over, particularly on signboards of government projects, are their way of investing credit for their political future. The gullible lot among our voters would believe that projects are truly given out of the efforts and kindness of their local politicians. These projects are readily cited and claimed as performance of politicians who are seeking reelection. The neophytes and aspiring pretenders to elective office also put investments by small projects that will introduce their good intentions to the people.
In some instances however, projects and performance do not create an imprint in the consciousness of the voters. The need to remind the voters of the good deeds and accomplishment is always a must if the politician wants to be voted into office. Those signboards and streamers had to last for a long period if only to serve as constant reminder about the politicians who shamelessly claim credit for it. Others resort into various gimmicks like displaying large banners and streamers for occasions like Christmas, New Year and Fiestas. The greetings are printed in fonts smaller that the portrait and name of the politician.
But the most effective investment is that sown on the electorate too close to harvest time. It is the seed that remains in the hearts and minds of the people until election time. The likelihood of converting the investment into votes is better when sown at a time too close to voting. That political investment which the wealthy and mighty politicians bank on for getting elected is money. It is the evil that makes politics a dirty game and elective office a certainty for the highest bidder. The seeds being sown near election time is the one that bears fruit ready for a good harvest in due time. Money causes people to be prostituted by giving up their sovereign will and giving in to the demands of the politicians. comments to alellema@yahoo.com
Considered a ‘breakthrough’ in the offing seems realistic – an idea patterned after what Israel proposed to the Philippine government “. . .to build solar irrigation with shallow wells payable within 15 years . . . on a government to government (G to G) basis to avoid corruption.”
As culled from the BIZLINKS column of Rey Gamboa’s communications with Mr. Oscar Violago, chairman of San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group. After reading Mr. Gamboa’s column on rice farming, Mr. Violago submitted a proposal to President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. The excerpt of his (Violago’s) idea “. . . is to build solar-powered irrigation systems utilizing shallow wells for at least one million hectares or more rice lands. He says that such an initiative would allow the production of 150 million metric tons of palay (unhusked rice) or 75 million cavans of rice, which would be equivalent to the 3.8 million metric tons of rice that the country imported last year.”
Further, “to irrigate at least one million hectares throughout the year, Violago proposes for the Philippine government to seriously consider a proposal by Israel to build solar irrigation wells payable within 15 years on a government to government basis . . .”
Accordingly, the proposal had been approved already by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in 2020. Likewise. Senator Cynthia Villar, had endorsed the same proposal in her capacity as chair of Senate Committee on Agriculture, and for 3 years has been awaiting PBBM’s approval! The delayed action on the proposal has puzzled Violago.
MY COMMENT:
I could surmise that the apparent delayed action by Malacanang could either be bureaucratic? or political? in character to the dismay of the lowly farmers and the bigger segment of the marginalized citizens.
NEDA should be on top of the issue being the clearing house of the government’s economic and developmental programs, policies.
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CHRIST said it very clearly. “This is eternal life,” he said, “that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” (Jn 17,3) Of course, we have to clarify that knowing God and knowing Christ can only take place if also love God and love Christ.
With God, knowing and loving always go together. One cannot be without the other. This is what is involved when we say we believe in God. We have to know and love him. Both are needed for us to achieve that union and identification with him so that we can share that eternal life that only God can give and share with us.
As we have clarified before, the process of knowing makes the knower (us) have the known (God) in him. But in loving, the lover (us) is brought to the beloved (God). In both these processes, the union and identification are made complete.
This union and identification with God is necessary for us since we are his image and likeness, meant to share in the very life and nature of God. We are not mere copies of God that can exist on our own independently of God, the original. We are meant always to live our life intimately with God, the original from whom we are the image and likeness.
That is why we can also say that while all creatures of God have a certain connaturality with him since every creature shares something with God the Creator, our connaturality with him as his image and likeness enjoys the highest degree.
That’s because while all creatures come and belong to God, we of all creatures come and belong to him in the most intimate way, since we are supposed to share in God’s very own life and nature. The other creatures do not have this kind of dignity. In fact, they are there to serve us who in the end and always should love and serve God through Christ in the Holy Spirit.
This is a truth of our Christian faith that we need to understand very well so that we can act on it and live it as best that we can. It is obviously something that we consider incredible. We certainly feel awkward about it, if not skeptical.
But we just have to level up our understanding of who we really are and start to feel confident that we can live up to that dignity because insofar as God is concerned, he has given us everything that we need to achieve our real identity.
That God has to become man to save us from our self-inflicted alienation from him due to our sin, and that this God-man, Jesus Christ, has to offer his life as a ransom for our sins, can only mean we are so special to him. Thus, a psalm expresses that amazement by saying, “What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?” (Ps 8,4)
Besides, that Christ had to offer himself as Bread of Life to be eaten by us so we can achieve even in a material way our union with him while here on earth, can only show that we are truly meant to be united and identified with Christ.
That is why, saints and theologians have described us to be “another Christ” if not “Christ himself.” And since Christ lives in eternity, transcending the limitations of time and space, then we too, if we unite ourselves with him, can live in eternal life, even while we are still here on earth!
