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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
DPWH’s drainage improvement project in Davao destroying trees – environmental group
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group lambasted the Department of Public Works and Highways-Davao region, calling its drainage improvement project on Dacudao Ave. in this city a “waste of time, funds, and resources.”
THE Department of Public Works and Highways' drainage improvement project is destroying the trees on Dacudao Ave. in Davao City. (Keith Bacongco)
The Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) said in a statement that the DPWH’s project which consisted of fully paving the easements, including the root spaces, is destroying the trees on Dacudao Ave.
The group said the project, implemented in 2020 to "strengthen waterway embankment," has left a significant impact on the trees.
The IDIS said that about 67 trees have already deteriorated as a result of the project.
The environment group is urging the government to prioritize the “preservation and sustainable maintenance” of the remaining trees on Dacudao Ave.
“Considering the increasing urban heat index, Davao City needs to uphold utmost commitment to safeguard its remaining urban green-sheds, such as Dacudao's tree-line Ave.,” it said.
Although the city government of Davao instructed the DPWH “to break the concrete choking the trunk and roots of the trees,” the IDIS said it might not do much to ensure long-term health of the trees.
“While this step demonstrates a positive response, it alone is insufficient to ensure the long-term health of the trees since the concrete had damaged the root systems underneath, disallowing water and nutrient collection as well weakened tolerance to termite infestation,” it said.
The IDIS recommended the removal of concrete pavement on the sidewalk and root spaces and replacing it with permeable pavement such as turfs, blocks, or bricks to allow the roots to grow and spread.
It also called for the immediate replacement of dead trees with native tree species that are appropriate to its environment and regular monitoring and checking of the tree's health and condition.
The group also suggested the DPWH adopt low-impact designs such as permeable pavement and soft-scaping to prevent the deterioration of trees.
Summer solstice: PH to experience ‘longest day’ of the year on June 21
Jun 21, 2023 09:17 AM
The Philippines will experience its longest day and shortest night on Wednesday, June 21, in an astronomical event known as the “summer solstice.”
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that during the summer solstice, “the sun will reach its most northerly point in the sky, in Taurus, at a declination of 23.5°N.”
(Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
“The northern hemisphere will experience the longest day, and will mark the first day of summer,” PAGASA said in its June astronomical diary.
“Subsequently, it will also mark the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere, wherein the Sun will have a shorter time staying above the horizon than any other day of the year,” it said.
The day will last 13 hours in the Philippines on Wednesday, with sunrise at 5:28 a.m. and sunset at 6:28 p.m.
The summer solstice falls on June 20 or 21 every year in the Northern Hemisphere.
PH bows to Indonesia in AVC Challenge Cup
AT A GLANCE
The Philippine women’s volleyball team absorbed a straight-set beating at the hands of Indonesia, 25-17, 25-15, 25-10, in the 2023 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Women in Gresik, East Java on Tuesday night, June 20.
The Philippine women’s volleyball team absorbed a straight set beating at the hands of Indonesia, 25-17, 25-15, 25-10, in the 2023 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Women in Gresik, East Java on Tuesday night, June 20.
The Philippine women's volleyball team. (Asian Volleyball Confederation)
The quarterfinals-bound Philippines, which is coming off a commanding opening 25-14, 25-12, 25-9 victory over Macau a day prior, settled for the second seed in Pool A.
With the loss, the Filipinas arranged a match against India on Wednesday, June 21 at 5:30 p.m. (Manila time).
The Philippines still couldn’t solve the puzzle against Indonesia as it turned out to be a repeat of their recent meeting in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, where the PH spikers fell in their bronze medal match for the second straight edition.
Led by veteran Aiza-Maizo Pontillas and new pro spiker Faith Nisperos, the Philippines briefly held a one-point lead in the second set before the Indonesians went on a telling 11-4 run to put themselves on top, 20-14.
Still, the PH spikers came to their senses and responded with a 5-0 surge of their own to pull themselves within one, 20-19, but Indonesia was quick to get back on its feet with a finishing kick of 5-1 run.
Now holding a 2-0 set lead over the Philippines, it was all Indonesia in the third set as it easily raced to a 15-10 advantage.
However, there was no fightback from the Filipinas this time as the Indonesians breezily cruised to a 10-0 run capped by a painful attack error from Erika Raagas.
Mrs. Universe PH bestows special titles to Pokwang, Andrea del Rosario
They didn't have to compete for it.
These were simply handed to them.
Talking about the respective titles the Mrs. Universe Philippines Organization bestowed upon celebrities Pokwang and Andrea del Rosario: Mrs. Universe Queen Celebrity Icon Ambassadress 2023 and Mrs. Universe Philippines Tourism Ambassadress 2023.
The two expressed gratitude for their appointment.
"Thank you #MrsUniversemostExceptionalwoman2023 thank you po @daddie_wowie @charo.laude for the recognition. isa pong karangalan," said Pokwang, who accompanied her post with a series of photos and video.
Andrea is also thankful for the achievement.
"Exciting day ahead! Thank you #mrsuniversephilippines for the recognition! tourism ambassadress …bring it on!," she wrote.
"And now, Taking on the challenge of being @mrsuniversephilippinesfdn 2023 tourism ambassadress …. Im up for the challenge! Truly Honored and humbled."
Hiring unlicensed nurses is 'risky,' says PH Nurses Assoc head
Hiring nurses who earned a 70–74 percent board exam rating is "risky" as they have not yet achieved a certain level of confidence and competence, Philippine Nurses Association National President Melvin Miranda said in a TV interview on Tuesday, June 20.
Photo courtesy of Ali Vicoy | MB
"Kung ang isang nurse ay definitely recognized as licensed, yung level of confidence niya at tsaka yung kanyang competence ay maihahalintulad sa isang professional (If a nurse is definitely recognized as licensed, his or her level of confidence and competence can be compared to a professional)," he said.
READ: Herbosa to tap nursing grads with 70-74% board rating as add'l workforce
"Wala pa po kasing definite na pag-aaral na kung saan sila ay naka-achieve na ng high level of confidence sa pag-perform ng kanilang mga task, so I think medyo risky yung ganitong sitwasyon na kung saan dapat mabigyan pa ng mas masusing pag-aaral (There is no definite study in which they have already achieved a high level of confidence in performing their tasks, so I think this situation is quite risky and should be given a more thorough study)," he added.
This plan needs to be carefully studied first since the scope of work of the unlicensed nurses is still unclear, he said.
Also, if ever they commit a mistake in their duty, the 'burden' or sanction will be faced by their immediate licensed head.
"By principle ng respondent superior, ang nagssupervise pong professional nurse po ang posible pong mananagot (By principle of the respondent superior, the supervising professional nurse is the one who can be held responsible)," Miranda said.
Moreover, he called for an immediate solution to the root causes of why licensed nurses leave the country: lack of good salary and working environment.
There was also no shortage of nurses, but a mismatch, and in fact, over 10,000 nurses passed the recent board exam, and the government should work on publicizing job openings where they can apply.
But Miranda admitted that, despite the volume of newly licensed nurses each year, most of them choose to work in other industries like business process outsourcing to gain career stability.
Miranda wished to discuss the matter with the health and other related departments.
Mayon Volcano lava flow reaches ‘maximum length’ of up to 2.5 km — Phivolcs
Jun 20, 2023 02:24 AM
AT A GLANCE
- Lava flows have advanced to maximum lengths of 2,500 meters and 1,800 meters along the Mi-isi and Bonga gullies, respectively.
- During its 24-hour monitoring of the restive volcano, Phivolcs recorded two dome-collapse pyroclastic density currents (PDC) that lasted two to three minutes, 301 rockfall events, and one volcanic earthquake.
- Mayon’s current state could last for a few months and its alert level 3 status could be maintained.
Lava flow from Mayon Volcano’s effusive eruption has reached a “maximum length” of up to 2.5 kilometers from the summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Tuesday, June 20.
Phivolcs said a “very slow effusion of lava from the summit crater of Mayon Volcano continued to feed lava flows and collapse debris” on the Mi-isi and Bonga gullies on the south and southeastern sides of the crater, respectively.
It pointed out that the lava flows have advanced to maximum lengths of 2,500 meters and 1,800 meters along the Mi-isi and Bonga gullies, respectively.
Meanwhile, it has displaced collapsed debris up to 3,300 meters from the crater.
During its 24-hour monitoring of the restive volcano, Phivolcs recorded two dome-collapse pyroclastic density currents (PDC) that lasted two to three minutes, 301 rockfall events, and one volcanic earthquake
“Continuous moderate degassing from the summit crater produced steam-laden plumes that rose 800 meters before drifting to the general west,” it added.
The effusive eruption of Mayon Volcano produced more than one kilometer-long lava flow, as seen in this photo taken on June 17, 2023. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN)
‘High-level’ unrest persists
Phivolcs said that Mayon’s current state could last for a few months and its alert level 3 status could be maintained.
Mayon Volcano has been on alert level 3 since June 8, indicating that a “hazardous eruption is possible within weeks or even days.”
It is “currently in a relatively high level of unrest as magma is at the crater,” Phivolcs pointed out.
The evacuation of residents within the six-kilometer permanent danger zone has been recommended due to the risk of PDCs, lava flows, rockfalls, and other volcanic hazards.
Phivolcs warned the public to be cautious of PDCs, lahars, and sediment-laden stream flows along channels draining the volcano edifice.
It pointed out that heavy rainfall could cause channel-confined lahars and sediment-laden stream flows on channels where PDC deposits were emplaced.
Likewise, it said that ash fall events may “most likely” occur on the south side of the volcano, based on the current wind pattern.
Phivolcs advised civil aviation authorities to ask pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano because ash from sudden eruption may pose hazards to aircraft.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
NU completes sweep, rules BVR
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By The Manila Times
June 20, 2023 60
(UPDATE) NATIONAL University's (NU) Kly Orillaneda and Kathrina Epa pulled off a thrilling 21-17, 17-21, 15-11 victory over Bacolod's Bianca Lizares and Honey Grace Cordero to capture the women's crown via six-match sweep in the Beach Volleyball Republic (BVR) on Tour Candon City leg on Sunday at Darapidap Beach.
It was Orillaneda and Epa's first BVR on Tour crown as a pair, but not without surviving a tough stand by Lizares and Cordero.
In the men's division, Harbor Pilot's Ranran Abdilla and Rancel Varga downed NU's Pol Salvador and Alex Iraya 21-13, 21-10 to complete a perfect 5-0 campaign.
After dropping the opening set, Bacolod raced to a 14-7 second set lead and never looked back to force a decider.
Bacolod took a 9-6 third set advantage after a Cordero kill and NU stormed back and grabbed a 11-10 lead after Lizares was whistled for a double contact violation.
Lizares' hit forced the match's last deadlock at 11-11, when Epa's back-to-back kills opened NU's 4-0 finishing run.
Orillaneda's loop shot put her team at match point and Epa delivered the championship-sealing kill.
The wait is over for Orillaneda, whose previous best finish was in the 2018 December Open when she and Roma Joy Doromal placed second behind Dzi Gervacio and Bea Tan, and so is Epa, who debuted in the tour in 2019.
On their way to the championship, Orillaneda and Epa swept Pool c made short work of Ateneo 1's Gena Hora and Yumi Furukawa 21-17, 21-13 in the quarterfinals and Ateneo 2's Jana Cane and Liz Lomocso 21-17, 21-13 in the semis.
Despite the Finals loss, the second place was the best finish for Lizares, the 5-foot-7 BVR regular who started competing in the tour in the Santa Fe, Bantayan Island in March 2018 with Jennifer Cosas as her partner. Cordero, on the other hand, is a BVR on Tour debutant.
West V's Tan and Cosas defeated Ateneo 2's Cane and Lomocso 21-14, 21-19 to secure the bronze medal, and rebound from a 11-21, 21-17, 10-15 semis loss to Bacolod's Lizares and Cordero.
Abdilla has won his fifth BVR on Tour title, while Varga earned his third gold.
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Called to pure love
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By Fr. Roy Cimagala
Chaplain
Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)
Talamban, Cebu City
Email: roycimagala@gmail.com
WE have to know what pure love is since we are called to it. Christ described it in this way: “You have heard that it was said, you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.” (Mt 5,43-45)
We have to understand that love is something that we do and give gratuitously, without counting the cost nor expecting any reward. And it is made greater when it is given to someone whom we consider to be unlikeable or unlovable.
We have to be ready to develop this kind of love since it definitely requires a lot of sacrifice and self-denial. It requires more than our human resources and reasons for loving. It requires nothing less than God’s grace, our total identification with Christ who is the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity. Yes, only with God can we have this kind of love.
True love cannot and should not be quantified in terms of cost and reward. It is above all these considerations. It’s a purely spiritual operation that should not be spoiled by giving it some material and temporal value. It’s where we can approximate, keep and build up that dignity of being the image and likeness of God and adopted children of his. It’s how we become God-like.
This is the language of love that was first initiated by God to us and that has generated an endless cycle of love, of gratuitous self-giving to God and to one another. It is important that we feel this tremendous love of God for us so that we can return love with love, with God as the first object of our love and all the others as a consequence.
Let’s remember that God’s love for us accounts for everything that is good in us—our life, our talents and the many other endowments and blessings that we may not even realize. And more than this, God has given us his own self by making us his image and likeness, children of his, sharers of his divine life.
And even if we have damaged that original gift, God has given us his own Son who became man to save us. In other words, God has given us the greatest gift, no less than his own Son who, aside from becoming man like us, had to offer his life on the cross as a ransom for our sins.
We have to learn how to be most aware of this reality of God’s gift to us so that we can learn also how to give ourselves as a gift to him and to everybody else. That’s why Christ told us, “freely you have received, freely give.” (Mt 10,8)
Christ concretely expressed this way of gratuitous self-giving in the new commandment he gave us that we have to love one another as he himself has loved us. It’s a love, a self-giving that is completely gratuitous without counting the cost nor expecting any reward.
Everyday, we have to try to approximate this kind of love. We are actually given many opportunities to develop this kind of love in our daily routine as we meet all kinds of people and situations.
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