49°C heat index felt in Aparri, Cagayan on May 12

BY RHOWEN DEL ROSARIO

  

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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday, May 12, reported that Aparri, Cagayan experienced a heat index of 49 degrees Celsius (°C).

PAGASA

This heat index exceeded the forecast of PAGASA, which expected 46°C in its report on May 11.

READ: 

https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/11/31-areas-may-have-dangerous-heat-indices-on-may-12 

Meanwhile, PAGASA said that a heat index of 47°C was felt in Roxas City, Capiz and 46°C in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte and Dagupan City, Pangasinan.

It was followed by a heat index of 45°C in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; Iloilo City, Iloilo; and Guiuan, Eastern Samar

It also said a heat index of 44°C was recorded in Science Garden Quezon City, Metro Manila; Bacnotan, La Union; Baler (Radar), Aurora; San Jose, Occidental Mindoro; Cuyo, Palawan; Virac (Synop), Catanduanes; Catarman, Northern Samar; Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Del Sur; and Butuan City, Agusan Del Norte. 

A heat index of 43°C was felt in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Pasay City, Metro Manila; ISU Echague, Isabela; Iba, Zambales; Ambulong, Tanauan Batangas; Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; Aborlan, Palawan; Masbate City, Masbate; Dumangas, Iloilo; Catbalogan, Samar; and Dipolog, Zamboanga Del Norte.

PAGASA

In MMSU, Batac, Ilocos Norte; Cubi Pt., Subic Bay Olongapo City; Tayabas City, Quezon; Daet, Camarines Norte; Juban, Sorsogon; CBSUA-Pili, Camarines Sur; and Siquijor, Siquijor a heat index of 42°C was felt.

PAGASA said 33 areas experienced a "dangerous" heat index.

With this heat index effect classification, there is a possibility of heat cramps and heat exhaustion likely to occur, while heat stroke becomes probable with continued exposure.

Crossovers survive Angels, keep bronze-medal bid alive

BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA-VILLAR

May 12, 2024 07:27 PM

  

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AT A GLANCE

• Chery Tiggo crawled back from a two-set deficit as it survived a fiesty Petro Gazz side, 16-25, 11-25, 25-13, 25-22, 18-16, to keep its bronze-medal bid alive in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, May 12.

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Chery Tiggo crawled back from a two-set deficit as it survived a fiesty Petro Gazz side, 16-25, 11-25, 25-13, 25-22, 18-16, to keep its bronze-medal bid alive in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, May 12.

Eya Laure leads Chery Tiggo with 26 points.

Given up for the dead after the Angels cruised to a quick two-set lead, Crossovers coach Kungfu Reyes shuffled his lineup to challenge Petro Gazz’s frontline in the third frame that set the tone in the succeeding sets before keeping their composure in the pivotal fifth set.

Setter Jasmine Nabor surprised their rivals with back-to-back attacks to steer Chery Tiggo at match point, 16-15, before a down-the-line spike from Brooke Van Sickle kept Petro Gazz alive at 16-all. 

Refusing to give up, Eya Laure stepped up into the occasion by draining the last two kills to tie their best-of-three series at 1.

“Sobrang hungry kaming magbigay ng podium finish sa Chery Tiggo kaya hanggang sa dulo, pinagtatrabahuhan talaga namin,” said Laure, who exploded for 26 points including 24 attacks.

The Crossovers, who lost in Game 1, 22-25, 25-12, 25-18, 27-29, 15-12, also drew strength from Mylene Paat, who poured in 15 points, while Shaya Adorador started in the third set and wound up with 10 points.

While banking on their offense, Chery Tiggo also relied on its net defense particularly in the fourth set where it managed seven of the team’s 17 blocks. 

Six of those total blocks from the Crossovers came from Seth Rodriguez, who only saw action starting in the third frame.

Chery Tiggo hoped that Choco Mucho would win Game 2 of its finals series against Creamline being played at press time in order to arrange a rubber match.

A Creamline sweep of the finals, however, would give Petro Gazz the bronze medal by virtue of a superior points ratio.

We are never alone

By Fr. Roy Cimagala

Chaplain

Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)

Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

“BEHOLD, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (Jn 16,32)

These words of Christ should remind us of what to expect when we truly follow him. We can expect to be misunderstood and abandoned, and yet we should never feel alone because, as Christ said of himself which can also be said of us if we follow him, we can never be alone, because the Father will always be with us.

We just have to train our human faculties—our intelligence and will, our emotions, memory and imagination, etc.—to align ourselves to this truth of our faith. Let’s remember that we are not meant to be guided only by our natural powers. Given the way God wants us to be, we should be guided by God’s supernatural powers—the faith he shares with us, and the many graces and blessings he gives us.

When we feel alone, we have to convince ourselves that we are not with God, and thus, should correct this anomaly that once was articulated by St. Augustine—that God is always with us but our problem is that we often are not with him. Thus, we can feel alone.

But, indeed, we are never alone. Even in our most solitary moments, we have no reason to feel alone. That’s simply because God is always with us, is always intervening in our life, is always pouring out his love and graces to us. 

And if we make the necessary effort, we will also realize that not only is God with us, but that with God we also are with everybody and everything else. We are actually and objectively in a state of communion with God and with everybody else. With our intelligence and will, plus God’s grace, we are wired for this. To feel alone is actually an anomaly and a magnet for all sorts of temptations and dangers to come and hound us.

Not even death nor distance can and should separate us from others, much less, from God. We should be able to echo St. Paul’s words in this regard with conviction: “Neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Rom 8,38-39)

Let’s never forget that it is only when we are in the company of God and of everybody else, regarding them in the way that our faith teaches us, that we can manage to be on the right path to our eternal destination. Temptations and sin can come only when we dare to be and to feel alone.

This reminder is timely especially for those who travel alone and find themselves in new, unfamiliar places, and who do not know the people of the locality. On occasions like this, we should make it a point to make extra effort to realize that we are never alone. 

Otherwise, we become easy prey to temptations and falling into sin would just be a moment or some steps away. Let’s remember that it is on these occasions that the devil pulls his most devious tricks. 

He can whisper that since anyway no one knows us here, we can do anything we like. He can induce us to give in to what our wounded flesh likes to do. He can easily lead us to act out our fantasies and our dormant immoral desires.

Why paper still matters in a digital age

 

 Are you bombarded with messages that paper is a dying medium and you need to go completely digital?  Do you wonder why you should continue to invest in paper returns, reports, and portfolios?  Why would you invest in a luxury presentation folder for your clients?  Isn’t this the end of paper?

Quite emphatically, the answer is no.  If you want to make a long lasting impression in the hearts and minds of your clients, you need to do it in a tangible, physical medium that can be seen, felt and remembered.  Yes, of course you need to supply your clients with tax returns and financial reports digitally – that’s a no brainer – but multiple studies have linked printed materials to better retention of information compared to digital media.

Paper still matters, as I could learn several years from then fellow Philippine Daily Inquirer staff writer Phyllis Korkki. Yes, paper still matters. The frequent whirring of printers in offices – despite the Internet, Microsoft Word, social media (I love Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter), scanners, smart phones applications and many much more – attest to that.

I am very old fashioned in many things. I was still typing on an old manual typewriter, when my colleagues in different publishing houses already used electric units. I loved my antique typewriter. I love it till today. Yes, it’s still here in my office in Davao City. I can’t use it anymore, because no more ribbons are available in the Philippines. It’s okay. My electric typewriter is also here. Just beside the manual unit. Those were the days, my love… .

It has been sometimes at the end of the 1990’s. I worked as coordinating editor in an international publishing house in Berlin with branches in Amsterdam and New York. I still used one of those wonderful electric typewriters – and tried to avoid a personal computer. Already during that time I needed to hold paper in my hands. Paper, says the productivity expert David Allen, is “in your face”. I strongly agree with David. He said, “Its physical presence can be a goal to completing tasks, whereas computer files can easily be hidden and thus forgotten. I am also returning to paper planners for this very reason. Please, don’t smile at me, my dear readers!

David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done”, does much of his writing on a computer. So I do meanwhile. But, there are still times when writing with a fountain pen on a notepad. It allows “us” to get “our” heads in the right place. When I tried to learn more from David Allen, I really got surprised, that we have many things in common. Old fashioned or not? I don’t care. Here are some facts:

Paper print outs serve an important function. For long texts, a print out can allow a reader to better understand relationships between sections and writings. Paper handouts are still a presence at meetings partly because they are useful for taking notes. Reading a long document on paper rather than on a computer screen helps people “better understand the geography of the argument contained within, “said Richard H.R. Harper, a principal researcher for Microsoft in Cambridge/England and co-author with Abigail J. Sellen of “The Myth of the Paperless Office,” published already in 2001.

I also strongly agree with Sellen, saying that using more than one computer screen can be helpful for all this cognitive juggling. But when workers are going back and forth between points in a longer document, it can be more efficient to read on paper. 

How about “e-reading a book”? A novel, a drama, whatever? What do you prefer, my dear reader? You wanna know my opinion? I am sure, you can imagine. Yes guys, I still need a book in my hands for my leisure reading. I need to feel the book as well as I need to smell a fresh-printed newspaper. Environment savers might start yelling at me now, though I am one of them. So, where is the edge and borderline?

Paper can be indeed a luscious and beautiful thing – the way we savor fine food and wine, as Steve Leveen, co-founder and CEO of Levenger, said. People complain that writing by hand is slow (yes, I am really!), BUT that can be good for thinking and creating! Here we are again!

So while digital media is an inherent part of doing business now, and allows businesses greater reach, printed materials are in some cases more effective at enticing prospects to take action, enhancing recall of a brand, or conveying the idea of value.

Yes, it matters still: in defense of the power of paper! What do you think, my dear readers, while holding this newspaper right now in your hands? Or you might read us online … .

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