the countys Girl Scout Council no loonger will acept any checks during its annual cookie sale-a-thon.

During its last sale-a-thon, the council lost $4,284 due to worthlesschecks.

“That may not sound like a lot, but its a serious loss for us,” said Linda Goree, the Girl Scoust county executive.

“It cuts into our profits, but al so wastes too many hours of our timme.”

Next year, Goree said, thecountys Girl Scouts will accept only cash

Two factors agravated the prov problem during the scouts last sale-a-thon, Goree continued. first, more

pepople paid by check. Second, a larger percentage of the checks teh Girl Scouts received bounced.

“Some people pay by check beause they don’t have the cash, ” Goree said. “Or, they want to place a large

order. We have people who place orders for $100 or more, and thosse poeple are especially likely to pay by

check. we also receive checks for a little as one or two dollars.”

Scout leaders call people who signed the checks that bounce and, in most cases,ask them to mail neW checks to the

cty. office. The scout leadesr are unable to reach everyone, however. Smoe People have moved. Other s do not

have telephones—or do not seem to answer their tele phones.

“usually its an honest mistake, ad andpeople are embarrassed when we call them,” Goree said. “THey want to

take care of the problem right away. Other people say they want to pay but dont have the money, and we can

usually work something out with them. Unfortunately, there are other people who get mad at us, like its our fault or

something, and refuse to pay. Or, they write new checks that also bounce. It puts our leadess in a terrible

situaton. A Girl Scout leadershouldn’t have to deal with problems like that. Also, its not a good situation or example

for our girls, and that’s the reason for our ne w policy, why we’ll no longer accept any checks.”
Being a middle-aged man and single can be deadly, too sociologists at your college warned today

The sociologists, Margo Matos and LeeAnne verkler, found that middle-aged men who remain single double their

chances of dying.

For 10 years, Matos and verkler tracked one thoussand men in the state. All of the men were 40 old years at

the start of the study, and half were married. Matos and Verkler fuond that 11.7 percent of the men who remained

unmarried died before their 50th birthday, compared to only 5.9 percent of themen who remained married.

Some of the maried men were divorced or widowed during the study, and 7.1 percnt of those who remainedd

alone for at least half the period also died.

“We arent sure of all the reasons,” verkler said. “That’s what we’ll look at next. WE think poor diet plays a

role. Also the use of alcohol, smoking, a lack of exercise and low incomes. Men who live by themselves seem to do

more drinking and smoking, and many don’t PREprepare good meals for themselves. Plus there’s the absence of

social support. It ehlps to have someone to talk with, someone who shpares your li fe and is there to provide help

when you need it.”

Matos and Verkler found that men also live longer if they have a roommate. “It doesn’t matter who the persn is,

a parent, child orfreind,” Verkler said. “We’ve found, however,that none of the alternatives are as conducive to a long

life as a stable marriage. those are the man who live the longest, the men who are happily marrried.”

Wilma DeCastro is an English teacher at Kennedy High Schol and, six months ago, was named the city’s

“Teacher ofthe Year.” Today she resigned.

“All my life I wanted to be a teachher,” DeCastro said. “Ive really enjoyed it, but I have two little girls and Can’t

afford it any longer. I want a good live for may family, and now wecan’t afford to buy a decent house in a good

neighborhood, a newcar, nice clothes, or so many of the other things we want. wee skimp on everything, even

food.”

There years ago, DeCastro began to sell real estate during her sumer vacations. For th e last year, she has

continued to sell real estate part-time, primarily weakends

“I can’t do it any longer,” she said. ”I can’t wrok two jobs, do a good job at both of the jobbs, and a.lso have time for

my daughters, so I’ve decided to go into real estate full time. I can triple salary my salary. INN a few years, if I
work hard, I should be able to do even better than that. eventually, I’d like togo into businss for myself.”

Greg Hubbard, superintendent of the city’s school system, said: “Of coures we’re sorry to see her leave. We’d

like to keep her, to be able to pay all our teachers mr more, espec ially our best teachers. But there’s no moneey for

higher salaries. NO one wants to pay higher taxes.”

DeCastro is 28 and started teaching at the high schoo0l six years ago. she aws named “Teacher OF The Year”

because of her popularity, but also because she inspired several studentsto start a literary maga zine that has won

adozenprizes

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while walking to school this moningmorning, an 11-year-old girl noticed a gunman robbuing two clerkS in a

convenence store on Colonial Drive

The girl, Kathryn Kunze of94 Jamestown Drive, raran to a nearby telepone, dialed 911, then returned to the

store and noticed an empty car par ked naearby withits motor running. she reachedd inside, shut off the cars motor

and took the keys.

“Imagine what the rober thought when he ran out of the storee, jumped into HIS car and realized the keys

weregone,” said Sgt. Tammy Dow. “she was one smart girl, and Brave, too.”

The Gunman went bavck into the stoer and asked the clerks there for the keys to there cars. Bothclerks,

however, said that they had walked to work and did not own a car.

The gunman then walked to a near,by park, and the police Aarrested him there five minutse later.

William j. Chuey, 27, of 57l0 michigan Ave was charrged with armed robbery.

Polic e officers later questioned the girl at school. “I saw this man with a gun, just like on telivision” she said.

“Then I saw thecar. It was running, and I just figured it was the robbers, so I took his keys and ran here.”

Kathryn’s mother, said she was p””proud—and frightened—by her daughters actions. “I’Mm proud she thought

so quickly,” Mrs. Lauren Kunze said. “But I don’t wnat her to trfy anything like that ever again.”
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RAilroads have abandoned hundreds of m iles of old roadbeds in the state, and the governortoday revealed

plans to convert the roadbeds into trawils for bicyclists hikers, horseback riders and runners.

The govenor said her budget for nxextt year will include an extra $10 million for the Departmentof natural Resources,

which will use the money to ac quire and maintainn the trials “The initial outlay is modest,” the gov. said.

“But we hope the program will expand so, in five or 10 years,we’ll have hundreds of miles of these trials. Eventually,

the people using themshould be able to hike or ride from one end of the state to another.”

A representative for the states railrods said that most will probably agree to sell their abandoned roadbeds

tothe state, provided they receive a fair pricee, “We aren’t us ing the roadbeds for anything,” he said, “and

there aren’t many other buyers. they were our leasst profitable routes, and that’s why we abandoned them.”

During a press Conference this mohningthis morning, the governor added: “We need more land for recreation,

and this is the prefect solution. wee think we can acquire the roadbeds for a reasonable price, annd we’ll start with

some of the mmost scenic. We’llalso concentrate, at least initialy, on roadbeds near the state’s population centers, os

they’re conveni ent for a majority of the people using them.”

THE governor said the

biggest expense, after acquiri;ng the roadbeds, will be improving their bridges.. “We’ll need better flooring and

railings to protect the public, and that will cost some money,” she said. The railoads havve already tor n up the

tracks,o selling them for scrap.

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Police Chief Tony sullivan Wants to ebgin seizing t he cars driven by drunken drivers.

While testifyingbefore a legislative commmittee in the state capital this morning, Sullivan said police oficers in

the state need the authority to to seize the vehicles used by motorists convicted three or more times of drunken

driving. Sullivans pproposal would al so apply to motorists convicted of driving with a license suspended or revoked

because of drunken drving—and to motorists convicted of driving undre the Influence of drugs.

“Were runninng across too many repeat offjenders,” sullivan said. “They ignore the laws now in eff ect, and its

time to do something about it. It doesn’t do any good to just take away their lcenses. They’ll drivewithout one.”

Sullivan said some motorists in the statehave been convicted of drunken driving more than a dozentimes . “Weve gott

peopel who’ve served a year in jail, some who’ve served five years,” Sullivan said. “It doesn’t seemtodo any

good. weather they have a liense or not, they star”t to drink and drive again as soon as they get out. If wetake

away their cars, they’ll havetostop. U nless they’re ultra-rich, there’s a limit to howmany cars they can afford to

buy.”
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Beginning next fall, students in the citys public shcools will have to leave their cigarettes and other tobaco

products at home.

The School Board last night voted 6 to 1 to BAN the possession and use of all obacco tobacco products on

school grounds.

“The boards policy will apply to evferyone,” said gary Hubbard, superintendent

of schools. “its not just for ourstudents. The policy will also apply to our teachers, other school personnel and, in

addition, to any visitors using our facilities.”

Students found smoking on school property will be reprimanded for a firs t ofense, detained for a secnod and

ex;pelled for three days for a third. School personnel will be reprimanded by their principal. Other people wlil be

asked to stop using the tobacco products or to leave the school grounds.

“Previously,” hubbard said, “we allowed stud ents to smokee inn some designated areas both inside and outside

our bldgs.: in our football stadium s, for example. Its badfortheir health, and we decided last night that we weren’t

being consistent. It doesn’t make any sense for us to tell students, in their classes, about the dangers of smoking,

andthan to allow them to smokeunder our supervision. Besides, We were geting a lot of complaints from

nonsmokesr.”
Exercise II. Editing a Copy
Direction: Edit the feature article using the copyreader’s editing marks.

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Do obstacles get you down when trying to get something doone? Consider the following

After Fred Astaires first screen test, a 1933 memo from the mgm testing director said: Can’t act.

Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” Astaire kept that memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills home

An expert said of famous football coach VinceLombardi: “He possesses minimal football knowledge.

Lacks motivashun.”

Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, was advised by her family to find work as a Servant or

seamstress.

Beethoven handled the voilin awkwardly and prefered playing his own personal compositions

instead of improving his technique.

His teacher called him utterly hopeless as a composer. The teacher of famous opera singer Enrico

Caruso said Caruso had no voice at all and could not sing?

Walt Disney was fired by a news paper for lacking ideas. He also goed backrupt several times before

he build Disneyland.

Eighteen publishers turned down Richard Bach’s 10000 word story about a soaring seagull before

Macmillan finally published it in 1970. By 1975, Jonathan Livingston Seagull had sold more than 7 million

copies in the U.S. alone.

Provide a suitable headline for the following news:

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DAVAO CITY—The Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Baguio District here will be closed from August 15 to August 16 to
assess the health status of its birds at the height of the avian flu outbreak.
“The avian flu outbreak poses a grave threat to the Philippine eagle population. This is to allow our team to set up
necessary emergency measures and ensure the safety of the Philippine eagle and other raptors in the facility,” The
Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) said in a statement.
The PEF also said that they have yet to establish if this closure will be extended.
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The PEF and its center, an 8.4-hectare area is located at the foothills of Mt. Apo and situated within the Malagos
Watershed, is home to 27 captive-bred eagles and other raptors and other species.

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Uber Philippines resumed its operations on Tuesday after submitting a motion for reconsideration against the Land
Transportation and Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) one-month suspension.
“In response to overwhelming rider and driver demand, we have filed a motion for reconsideration with the LTFRB,” Uber
Philippines said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
“This means that Uber’s operations will continue until the motion is resolved. Consequently, we will be resuming serving
Metro Manila and Cebu,” Uber added.

Uber’s one-month suspension after it found out that the transport network company (TNC) violated its order to stop
accepting and accrediting new drivers pending the resolution to the government regulator’s issues with the company.

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Malacañang is backing the decision of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to suspend for
a month the operations of transport network company (TNC) Uber.

LTFRB’s decision came after Uber defied its July 26 order not to accept and activate new drivers onto its platform.

“We affirm the positive and beneficial service offered by the Transport Network Companies (TNCs). However, as per
LTFRB, Uber Systems unduly challenged its rules and instructions. The issue here is striking a balance between
innovations and laws and the regulations of the LTFRB,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a Palace briefing
on Tuesday.
“It understands the situation and therefore we support the LTFRB,” Abella added.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Tuesday he would hold off on a planned missile strike near Guam, but
warned the highly provocative move would go ahead in the event of further “reckless actions” by Washington.
Some analysts suggested Kim’s comments opened a possible path to de-escalating a growing crisis fueled by a
bellicose war of words between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leadership.
Their recent exchanges were focused on a North Korean threat to fire a volley of four missiles over Japan
towards the US territory of Guam, which hosts a number of strategic military bases.
The North’s official KCNA news agency said Kim was briefed on the “plan for an enveloping fire at Guam”
during an inspection on Monday of the Strategic Force command in charge of the nuclear-armed state’s missile
units.
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A barangay chair is being investigated by Malabon City officials after a clandestine maternity clinic was
found to be operating at the second floor of the Barangay Tonsuya health center last week.
According to a statement from city hall on Monday, “probers will invite Barangay Tonsuya chair Pol
Ombas for questioning on allegations that the payments derived from the clandestine operation of the
[birthing center] were all remitted … to the barangay.”
“Who are benefiting from this underground maternity clinic is a question that probers would like to find
out,” it added.
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The maternity clinic, which was found to be operating without permits, was discovered after police officers
and city hall personnel raided the health center and arrested Lea Aricayos, 41, a barangay worker.
Aricayos, a licensed midwife, had just helped a mother give birth when she was picked up by the joint team
on Aug. 8.
According to her, mothers pay P1,200 to give birth in the secret maternity clinic. The money goes directly
to the barangay although Aricayos did not say who received the payments.

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President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo as the
178th associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Gesmundo will be taking the position vacated by Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza who compulsory
retired at the age of 70 last Aug. 13, 2017.
He is the fourth appointee of President Duterte and the second appointee from Ateneo De Manila
University. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia.
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Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed the appointment of the magistrate on Monday.
Duterte’s third appointee, former Court of Appeals Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr. is also a graduate of
Ateneo and a member of Utopia where House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is also a part of.

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MANILA, Philippines – The warrant of arrest has been served on former president and now Pampanga
Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City.

Arroyo, who has been charged with electoral sabotage of the 2007 national elections, will be under hospital
arrest until she is physically able to move to the Southern Police District detention center where she will be
placed under custody, said Senior Superintendent Joel Coronel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group (CIDG). Two guards have since been posted outside her room.
The arrest order, which was served at 6:30 p.m. Friday by National Capital Region Police Office Director
Alan Purisima, was signed by Judge Jesus Mupas of Branch 112 of the Pasay regional trial court.
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In a press briefing after the warrant was served, Coronel said it was Arroyo’s lawyer Jose Flaminiano who
received the order although Arroyo was awake.
Coronel said authorities, led by Senior Superintendent James Bucayu, deputy district director,
administrative division of the SPD, were about to read Arroyo’s rights when the former leader’s lawyers
waived them.
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MANILA, Philippines — Hindi nakatulong sa paglutas ng suliranin sa pampublikong sasakyan ang ipinataw na isang
buwan na suspensyon ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory sa Uber, ayon kay Sen. Grace Poe.

"The decision of the LTFRB to suspend Uber is both cruel and absurd, to say the least," pahayag ni Poe na chaiperson ng
Senate Committee on Public Services.

Dahil dito ipinatawag ng senadora ang mga opisyal ng LTFRB para sa isang urgent meeting bukas.

"I am aghast that this agency that committed before the Senate to resolve the issues has just imposed a cure that will only
make the disease much worse," patuloy ni Poe.

Aniya nasa 200,000 mananakay ang maaapektuhan ng suspensyon na magsisimula ngayon.

"Our people deserve to have options when it comes to choosing convenient, safe, and reliable transportation services to
brave the daily punishing traffic jam," sabi ni Poe.

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MANILA, Philippines – Tiniyak ng Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) na ligtas pa rin kainin ang kanilang pamosong manok
sa kabila ng Avian Influenza o bird flu outbreak sa Pampanga.

Sinabi ng JFC na wala dapat ikabahala ang publiko dahil sumasailalim sa masusing proseso ang kanilang mga manok
kaya’t ligtas pa rin ito kainin.

“JFC sources its local poultry product requirements only from accredited and reputable suppliers in the Philippines that
employ the safest food practices in sourcing, manufacturing, preparation and delivery,” pahayag ng JFC

Dagdag ng JFC, sinigurado ng kanilang mga suplayer na hindi sila apektado sa paglaganap ng bird flu.

“All poultry suppliers of JFC have confirmed that they are not affected by the current avian flu as they are outside the bio
security kilometer range and their most updated tests show no manifestation of any disease,” dagdag ng nila.

Samantala, ipinagutos ng Department of Agriculture (DA) ang pagpatay sa mga manok na aabot sa 1 milyon kaugnay ng
naturang virus na naging sanhi ng pagdedeklara ng state of calamity sa Pampanga.

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MANILA, Philippines — Itinalaga ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Sandiganbayan Justice Alexander Gesmundo bilang
bagong hukom ng Korte Suprema.

Kinumpirma ni Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea ngayong Lunes ang pagkakatalaga kay Gesmundo na ika-178 na
judge ng mataas na hukuman.

Si Gesmundo ang ikaapat na mahistradong inilagay ni Duterte kasama sina Noel Tijam, Samuel Martires at dating CA
Presiding Judge Andres Reyes Jr.

Uupuan ni Gesmundo ang nabakanteng pwesto ni Associate Justice Jose Mendoza na nagretiro kahapon.

Bago mapunta sa anti-graft court, nanilbihan siya sa Presidential Commission on Good Government at Court of Tax
Appeals.

Kinilala rin siyang Most Outstanding Solicitor noong 1988, habang noong Agosto 2002 ay ginawa siyang Assistant
Solicitor General.
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MANILA, Philippines -- Isang magnitude 6.3 na lindol ang tumama sa lalawigan ng Batangas ngayong Biyernes ng hapon.

Naitala ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ang sentro ng lindol sa 16 kilometro kanluran sa
bayan ng Nasugbu ganap na 1:28 ng hapon.

May lalim na 160 kilometers ang lindol na tectonic ang pinagmulan.

Naramdaman naman ang iba't ibang intensity sa mga sumusunod na lugar:

 INTENSITY IV: Calapan, Mindoro; Subic, Zambales; Rosario, Cavite; Manila City; Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro
 INTENSITY III: Pateros City; Quezon City; Makati City; Malolos, Bulacan; ,Cainta, Rizal; Calamba, Laguna.
 INTENSITY II: Magalang, Pampanga; Tanauan City, Batangas.
 INTENSITY I: Intensity I - Talisay, Batangas.
Nagbabala naman ang Phivolcs sa aftershocks na maaaring maranasan.

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MANILA, Philippines – Pansamantalang nakalaya si Sen. Gringo Honasan matapos magpiyansa ngayong Biyernes sa
Laguna.

Nagbayad ng P60,000 si Honasan para sa dalawang counts ng graft kaugnay ng umano’y maanomalayang paggamit niya
ng kaniyang priority development assistance fund noong 2012.

Bandang alas-10 nang magtungo ang senador kay Judge Teodoro Solis ng Biñan City Regional Trial Court.

Bago nito ay sumailalim muna siya sa booking process kabilang ang mugshot at finger prints sa Biñan City Police Station.

Ipinaresto ng 2nd Division ng Sandiganbayan kahapon si Honasan matapos makakita ng probable cause upang ituloy
ang reklamo ng Office of the Ombudsman.

Bukod sa senador, walong iba pa ang pinaaresto ng anti-graft court.

Iginiit namana ni Honasan na siya ay inosente.

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MANILA, Philippines — Kinumpirma ng Department of Agriculture (DA) ang avian influenza virus (bird flu) outbreak sa
San Luis, Pampanga kung saan halos 40,000 poultry heads na ang namamatay.

Sinabi ni Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol na mayroong highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5 sa
bayan ng San Luis.

"There were said to be indications as early as May but the commercial poultry operators did not report it immediately.
Then the situation worsened around July," wika ni Piñol.

Wala pa namang naiuulat na poultry to human contamination ngunit iniutos na ng DA ang pagpatay sa nasa 400,000
captive birds na nagkakahalaga ng P25 milyon hanggang P28 milyon upang maiwasan ang pagkalat ng sakit.

"I immediately ordered the deployment of quarantine officers within the one-kilometer radius. We will kill all poultry as
there are a lot of those being used for cockfights," dagdag ng kalihim.

"I don’t care if we have to kill a million including those free range and stray fowls. What is that compared to the whole
poultry industry? We have to do it because we don’t want the disease to spread," patuloy ni Piñol.
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MANILA, Philippines - Kalaboso ang dalawang lalaki na nagpanggap na empleyado ng Bureau of Customs na
nagbebenta ng mga puslit na items sa internet ngunit tinatakbuhan ang mga buyer makaraang matiklo sa isang
entrapment operation, kamakalawa sa Port Area, Maynila.

Nakilala ang mga suspek na sina Romello ‘Romel’ Muring Moleta, 48, at Julius Sarmiento Velarde, 38, kapwa ng Tondo,
Maynila. Nakatakas naman at pinagha-hanap na mga awtoridad ang kasabwat nilang si Ernesto De Guzman.

Sa ulat ng Manila Police District-Station 5, dakong alas-11 ng Linggo ng umaga nang ikasa ang entrapment operation sa
tapat ng compound ng BOC. Ito ay makaraang lumapit sa pulisya ang isang biktima na nagpatago ng pangalan ma-ka-
raang maloko siya ng mga suspek.

Ayon sa biktima, una siyang nabiktima ng mga suspek noong Mayo 2016 nang makita niya sa isang buy and sell website
ang ibinibentang motorsiklo na nagkakahalaga ng P125,000. Nakipagtransaksiyon umano siya sa nagpakilalang Danny
Gomez hanggang itinakda ang araw ng kanilang pagkikita at noon naganap ang panggogoyo.

Sa araw ng kanilang meet-up, ipinakita sa kanya ng suspek na nagpakilala sa pangalang Louie Santiago ang invoice ng
motorsiklo na kailangang bayaran pa sa BOC para mailabas ang item. Nang maiabot niya ang pera, sinabihan siya na
maghintay dahil sa ipoproseso ang paglabas ng item sa BOC ngunit hindi na bumalik ang suspek.

Nitong Agosto 5, tinawagan muli ng suspek na si Gomez ang biktima at tinangka siyang bentahan ng mamaha-ling
laptop computer. Nagpanggap na ang biktima na hindi niya kilala ang suspek at nakipagtransaksyon hanggang sa
magkasundo na magkikita sa Port Area, Maynila para sa bentahan.

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MANILA, Philippines - Upang maiwasang maulit ang sunud-sunod na kapalpakan sa news agency ng gobyerno, nagbuo
si Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar ng isang editorial board sa
Philippine News Agency.

Inihayag ni Andanar na siya ang mamumuno sa editorial board kung saan magiging miyembro ng Board sina
Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, dating editor at chief of reporters ng Manila Times; PCCOO Assistant Secretary Joseph
Lawrence Garcia; journalist/consultant Albert Gamboa at PNA acting Executive Editor Louis Morente.

MANILA, Philippines - Nasampolan ang apat na Chief of Police ng Calabarzon matapos silang sibakin dahil sa kabiguan
na masugpo ang iligal na sugal sa kanilang mga nasasakupan.

Kahapon ay ang ibinabang deadline ng Philippine National Police (PNP) para sugpuin ang iligal na sugal sa buong bansa.

Kabilang sa sinibak ay sina San Pedro City Police chief, Supt. Zeric Soriano; Lipa City Police chief, Supt. Barde, Sto.
Tomas; Batangas COP Supt. Giovanni Zibalo at San Pablo City Police chief, Supt. Ronan Claraval.

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Ayon kay DILG OIC Undersecretary Catalino Cuy, bahagi na ng kultura ng mga Filipino ang sugal at inamin na hindi agad
at simple ang pagsugpo sa illegal gambling sa bansa.

Ito umano ang dahilan kung bakit hirap ang PNP na tuluyang sugpuin ang illegal gambling sa bansa.

Sinabi pa ni Cuy, na hindi lamang law enfrocement operation ang kailangan para sugpuin ang iligal na sugal kundi
maging ang mga lokal na ahensya ng pamahalaan ay dapat din na katuwang dito.
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MANILA, Philippines - Nasa pagitan na lamang ng 20 hanggang 40 ang bilang ng mga miyembro ng Maute Group na
lumalaban sa gobyerno sa Marawi.

Ito ang inihayag kahapon ni Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla sa Mindanao Hour
briefing sa Malacañang.

Ayon kay Padilla, patuloy na nababawasan at nasa pagitan na lamang ng 20 hanggang 40 ang kalaban ng gobyerno.

“Doon sa nire-report nating mga namamatay sa hanay ng kalaban, ngayon sa paniniwala ng ating mga tropa diyan, sa
ground commander’s estimate, less than 40 na lang sila. So between 20 to 40 na lang siguro ‘yan,” pahayag ni Padilla.

Aminado naman si Padilla na bagaman at lumiliit ang puwersa ng Maute Group, kaya pa rin ng mga itong manakit dahil
sa mga hawak na armas, may sapat pa ring mga bala, at may hawak pa rin silang mga hostages.

Pero sa kabila nito, ipinaliwanag ni Padilla na dapat pa ring manatili ang umiiral na martial law dahil hindi lamang naman
sa Marawi nagkaroon ng kaguluhan. Meron din anyang grupo ang Maute sa ibang bahagi ng Mindanao tulad sa Lanao,
Maguindanao, Sulu at iba pa.

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MANILA, Philippines - Sa botong 19-2, inaprubahan na kahapon ng mga mambabatas ang pagpapaliban ng Barangay at
Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) elections na mula sa Oktubre 17, 2017 ay isasagawa ito sa ikalawang Lunes ng Mayo ng
susunod na taon.

Ito’y matapos ang pagdinig ng House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms na pinamumunuan ni CIBAC partylist
Rep. Sherwin Turla.

Ang botohan ay matapos namang mag-mosyon si Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, isa sa may akda ng batas.

Sa nasabing botohan tanging sina ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio at Gabriela Women’s Partylist Rep. Arlene
Brosas ang tumutol sa pagpapaliban ng halalan.

Nangangahulugan ito na pagdedebatehan na sa plenaryo ang pagpapaliban ng halalan sa barangay at sangguniang

kabataan.

Ikinatwiran ng mga mambabatas na mas makabubuting ipagpaliban muna ang eleksyon at isabay ito sa charter
amendments o cha-cha sa 1987 Constitution upang makatipid ng pondo ang pamahalaan.

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MANILA, Philippines - Nagpahayag ng pagka-bahala kahapon si Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate
matapos na tapyasan ng pondo sa operating expenses ng Department of Health (DOH) ang aabot sa 49 pampublikong
hospital sa bansa sa idinaos na budget hearing ng Kamara de Representantes hinggil sa P104.72 bilyon panukalang
pondo ng Department of Health (DOH) para sa taong 2018.

Kinuwestiyon ni Zarate si Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial sa dahilang taliwas aniya sa ‘‘pro poor program’’ ni
Pangulong Duterte ang pagtapyas ng malaking halaga sa pondo ng mga pampublikong hospital na kadalasang
tinatakbuhan partikular na sa mga emergency cases ng mga mahihirap.
“It was the President’s directive to “take care of the poor” and Sec. Ubial had said that the DOH will epitomize the
President’s tagline of “malasakit.” He had been critical of people lining up outside hospitals, camping at the gates of
hospitals even before the day breaks, just to get medical attention”, ani Zarate.

Nabatid na nasa P1.488 bilyon ang tinapyas sa Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) sa 49 mga
pampublikong ospital sa panukalang pondo ng departamento

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Ibinasura ng Sandiganbayan ang kaso laban kay Sen. Joseph Victor "JV” Ejercito kaugnay ng pagbili ng matataas na
kalibre ng armas na nagkakahalaga ng P2.1 milyon noong alkalde pa siya ng San Juan City.

Pinanigan ng Sixth Division ng anti-graft court ang demurrer to evidence na inihain ni Ejercito at ng 14 pang akusado
upang mabasura ng technical malversation case na isinampa ng Office of the Ombudsman nitong nakaraang taon.

Iginiit ng mga akusado na walang kakayanan ang mga testigo at mga documentary evidence na patunayan na ginamit
ang calamity fund ng lungsod sa pagbili ng mga armas.

“In conclusion, let it be stressed that this verdict of acquittal is based on the failure of the prosecution to present proof
beyond reasonable doubt that the accused indeed used the 2008 Calamity Fund of San Juan City in the procurement and
payment of the subject firearms,” nakasaad sa desisyon na isinulat ni Associate Justice Rodolfo Ponferrada.

“It must be remembered that in criminal cases, the burden of proof is on the prosecution and unless it discharge that
burden, the herein accused need not even offer evidence in their behalf and they would be entitled to an acquittal,”
dagdag nito.

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Pansamantalang naantala ang trabaho sa Cebu city hall matapos makatanggap ng bomb threats ngayon Huwebes ng
umaga.

Ilang mga opisyal ng lungod at kanilang tauhan ang nakatanggap ng mga text message na may sasabog na bomba sa
city hall, La Nueva Supermart at Basilica Minore Del Santo Niño ganap na 11:30 ng umaga.

Kaagad namang pinalikas ang mga tao sa city hall at rumesponde ang Special Weapons and Tactics team ng Philippine
National Police.

Wala namang nakitang bomba sa lugar.

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Mariing kinondena ng Candaba Duck Raisers Association ang pagharang sa kalapit na probinsiya ng Bulacan sa mga
produktong itlog ng itik na nagbubunga ngayon ng pakalugi ng mga nagnenegosyo ng manok.

Ayon kay Dr. Alfredo Manalang, supplier ng balot sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao na ang inilabas na travel ban sa itik, at
itlog ay isang disaster na matatawag dahil marami ang umaasa sa nasabing industriya ang magugutom at mawawalan ng
hanapbuhay.

Ipinahayag ng mga ito na walang bird flu sa kanilang bayan at tanging ang Barangay San Carlos lamang sa bayan ng
San Luis ang tinamaan ng avian virus.

Ayon naman sa Bureau of Animal Industry, negatibo sa virus ang mga sinuring itik sa nasabing bayan.

Ngayong araw ay nagsagawa ang mga opisyal ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Candaba sa pangunguna ni Mayor Danilo
Baylon sa pagkain ng poultry products sa kanilang lugar upang ipakita sa publiko na ligtas ang mga ito mula sa avian
influenza o bird flu at ang itik anya ay mas malakas ang resistensiya kumpara sa mga manok.