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Week 4: Environment

5 agencies in pork scam to be abolished

Malacaang is moving to abolish Philippine Forest Corp., the

agro-forestry arm of the Department of Environment and

Natural Resources (DENR) and one of the many spigots that

fake NGOs used to access pork barrel funds, according to

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje.

The environment secretary said Philforest president Erwin

Krishna N. Santos had been suspended indefinitely while the

DENR was investigating the questionable deals the company

had entered into with the bogus NGOs and members of

Congress.Some of the Philforests functions might go to the Bureau of

Forest Management. The immediate goal is to stop the source of

pork leaks, Paje said.

Paje said President Aquino had asked the Office of the

Government Corporate Counsel to study the abolition not only

of Philforest but also of National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor)

and Zamboanga del Norte College Rubber Estates Corp.

(ZREC) of the Department of Agriculture; TechnologyResources Center (TRC) of the Department of Science and

Technology (DOST); and, National Livelihood Development

Corp. (NLDC) of Land Bank of the Philippines.

Paje said the President was extremely disappointed with how

the pork barrel scam continued into his administration,

specifically the release of P428.5 million in Priority

Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), the official name of

pork barrel or funds that finance pet projects of lawmakers,through the five state companies.

The P428.5-million PDAF, which came from two senators

(Gregorio Honasan II and Manuel Lapid) and 24 members of the

House of Representatives, was released from October 2010 to

December 2011 to nine NGOs with dubious records.

Cabacungan, G. C. (September 2, 2013). 5 agencies in pork scam to be abolished. In

Inquirer News. Retrieved on September 3, 2013 from

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Week 4: Community

Napoles has new bank accounts, says ex-aide

Sensing the law was closing in on her, Janet Lim-Napoles

withdrew an undisclosed amount of money before the Court of

Appeals could order her bank accounts frozen amid a

government investigation of allegations that she pocketed P10

billion in lawmakers pork barrel allocations, the Inquirer has

learned.

Napoles reportedly closed the bank accounts, but also opened

new ones.

The latest revelations were made by a president of one of

several dozen nongovernment organizations (NGOs) thatNapoles had formed over the last 10 years allegedly to defraud

the government of billions of pesos in lawmakers allocations

from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

She closed the accounts, but she also opened new ones. She

was afraid that Benhur knew about her bank accounts, said the

11th whistle-blower. She could not give an estimate of the

transferred accounts, but she said she had evidence showing that

P320,154.48 was remitted to Napoles from 11 NGO accounts inMetrobanks Magdalena and Abad Santos branches.

The Court of Appeals has ordered the freezing of all of the bank

accounts of Napoles and her NGOs. The Anti-Money

Laundering Council (AMLC) had announced it would look into

at least 400 bank accounts linked to Napoles. The process is

likely to take at least six months.

Carvajal, N. C. (September 2, 2013). Napoles has new bank accounts, says ex-aide. InInquirer News. Retrieved on September 3, 2013 from

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/479485/napoles-has-new-bank-accounts-says-ex-aide

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Week 4: Culture

NCCA helps preserve heritage of Laoang and Capul,

Northern Samar

Islands are unique because of their biodiversity and their

peoples ethnicity, culture and history. But without proper care,

it may be difficult to help these communities retain their

heritage and identity amid a sea of change.

Celebrating Taoid (heritage, in Ilocano), the National

Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) paid a visit to

Capul Island and Laoang in Northern Samar to hold heritage

clinics and help preserve local heritage.

The SCH identified five key locations in Laoang that need

heritage conservation: Saint Michael the Archangel Parish;

Almuraya Fortress Ruins; the Muralla (wall); the Grand Canyon

and the Pergola.

Saint Michael the Archangel Parish was established in the 18th

century by Franciscan friars. The Muralla and the Almuraya

Fortress Ruins, which defended the rear and flanks of the churchfrom Moro invasions, were later built in 1814. Another notable

spot on the island is the Grand Canyon, known as Inogkahan to

the locals. It was carved out of Tumagingting Hill in 1913.

Beside the church are the municipal hall and the Laoang police

station. Between the two modern structures lies the Pergola, a

cobblestone arch built in 1894 as part of the old Casa Tribunal

(Justice Hall). Two Spanish-era cannons sit beside the arch.

Alfonso, A. L. E. (September 1, 2013). Ncca helps preserve heritage of laoang and

capul, northern samar. In Inquirer News. Retrieved on September 2, 2013 from

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/123193/ncca-helps-preserve-heritage-of-laoang-and-capul-

northern-samar

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Week 5: Community

Misuari-led MNLF fighters crept into Zamboanga City at

night

ZAMBOANGA CITY, PhilippinesAs early as Sunday night,Moro National Liberation Front forces were able to enter several

coastal villages using small sea vessels from Basilan. Some

entered the city as passengers of a commercial boat from Sulu.

Those from Zamboanga Sibugay arrived via passenger buses.

Zaldy Astam, a resident of Santa Catalina, said as early as

Sunday night, armed men knocked from house to house,humihingi ng mistang (lugaw) (asking for food).

They left after eating, Astam said.

Astam said they were shocked to see the armed men.

The presence of the armed men also prompted some residents toevacuate to the barangay (village) hall.

Santa Catalina barangay chairman Belman Malandi said he was

attending to the needs of the evacuees at the barangay hall whenthey heard the first bursts of gunfire at 3 a.m. Monday.

Pinulot kinuha lang namin sila sa mga daan na dinaanan

namin, para kapag nakita kami ng mga sundalo hindi kami

barilin (We just got them along the way so that the soldiers

wont shoot us if they see us), Aukasa said when asked whythey took hostages.

Gusto namin independence ng Mindanao. Hindi kami aalis dito

hanggat di kami payagang magmartsa na walang sundalo (We

want independence for Mindanao. We wont leave until we areallowed to march without the soldiers), he said.

Ustadz Ismael Dasta, commander of the MNLF from Basilan,

assured the public they would not harm the hostages.

General Rey Ardo, chief of the Western Mindanao Command,

said additional troops from Zamboanga Peninsula and Basilan

the 44th Infantry Battalion in Zamboanga Sibugay and two

companies from Basilanwhere dispatched to Zamboanga

City.

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We have enough troopsthe 32nd IB, Task Force Zamboanga,

Air Force, Marines, Navy and Policesecuring the entire city.

Reinforcements (are intended) to secure to outskirts and main

highway leaving and getting inside the city, Ardo told theInquirer by phone.

Ardo said for more than three days, weve been monitoring

their movements and apprehended some of them last (Sunday)

night but some managed to board commercial vessels and they

were able to secure firearms from their local allies and relatives

in Zamboanga City.

Ardo said he could not give actual number of the MNLF forces

who invaded Zamboanga City, but we know its Habier Malikwho is leading the group while Nur Misuari is in Talipao(Sulu).

Alipala, J. S. (September 9, 2013). Misuari-led mnlf fighters crept into zamboanga

city at night. In Inquirer News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013 from

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/484249/misuari-led-mnlf-fighters-crept-into-zamboanga-

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Week 5: Culture

Caritas Manila art series on exhibit at Chef Jessie

Caritas Manilas exhibit series Artworks at Paintings ng mga

Bilanggo is on view at Chef Jessie Rockwell Club until Sept.

30.

The exhibit showcases artworks done by maximum security

inmates at the New Bilibid Prison. Subjects include religious

icons, Mother and Child, portraits and slice of life. Medium is

either oil, wood burning or pyrography.

The series is under the Restorative Justice Ministry of Caritas

Manila which aims to help artist-prisoners earn a living for

themselves and their families. The ministry is one of the projects

of Caritas Margins for the poor and the disadvantaged by

helping them market and sell their products.

Proceeds will also benefit the Youth Servant Leadership and

Education Program (YSLEP), the scholarship program of

Caritas Manila.

Philippine Daily Inquirer. (September 9, 2013). Caritas manila art series on exhibit at

chef jessie. In Inquirer News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013 from

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/124663/caritas-manila-art-series-on-exhibit-at-chef-jessie

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Week 5: Environment

Environmentalists, farmers' groups raise alarm on 'Golden

Rice'

MANILA, PhilippinesFarmers and environmentalist groups

on Tuesday vowed to do everything they could to stop the

release of genetically modified Golden Rice in farms and

markets owing to its purported health and environmental risks.

In a statement, Jaime Tadeo, spokesperson of the National Rice

Farmers Council, accused producers and developers of Golden

Rice of sugarcoating the Vitamin A-enriched product to give

a humanitarian face to GMOs, or genetically modified

organisms.

The first generation Golden Rice had low concentrations of betacarotene, the precursor of Vitamin A, and would have required

people to consume 12 times their normal rice intake of rice to

obtain the recommended dietary allowance of Vitamin A, based

on a Greenpeace study in 2001. In 2005, a second generation

Golden Rice was produced that supposedly had more beta

carotene.

I am warning my fellow farmers, once the government

approves the Golden Rice, this will undoubtedly mix with ourseeds and we will not be able to claim our farms as truly

organic. What will happen to our thrust of exporting specialty or

organic rice to other countries? Tadeo said.

The farmers appealed to Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to

deny the entry and releases of GMOs into the country,

particularly Golden Rice because it will not only cost the

country its emerging niche in rice exports but also endanger the

countrys biodiversity and poses unknown risks to humanhealth.

We dont see any benefit in allowing GMOs into the country. It

will not increase our yield that will improve our income. Even

the Vitamin A component of Golden Rice cannot be ascertained

by its sponsors, said Tadeo.

Yap, DJ. (September 3, 2013). Environmentalists, farmers' groups raise alarm on

'golden rice'. In Inquirer News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013 from

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