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Tubig na may halong langis, lumalabas sa isang tubo sa Mindanao?

It seems that Mindanao is indeed rich in resources like natural gas.

Youtube User ToRo Tomas showcased how a tube connected underground is releasing a liquid that would ignite if exposed to flame.

In the video, they put a metal at the top of the tube to support a pot that they’re using for cooking.

According to the uploader, the video was recorded in a remote area in Mindanao, and the water with liquid is flowing 24/7.

Another video showed that the water in Liguasan Marsh is also igniting when exposed to flame.

Both videos garnered thousands of views from the netizens, calling the attention of the government to prioritize oil exploration in different parts of Mindanao to solve the oil problem.

Many people are already aware that there’s a natural gas underneath the soil of Southern part of the Philippines, according to the survey conducted by the U.S, thousands of hectares of area in North Cotabato, Central Mindanao, and the Sulu Sea which holds around hundreds of millions of barrels of oil.

However, the exploration of this areas has been delayed several times because of the negotiation between the Islamic groups and government.

Several groups claimed that the oil-rich lands in Mindanao are part of their ancestral domain and they want part of the earnings if the government started to build oil fields in the said areas.

Moro National Liberal Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari also believed that if the peace in Mindanao already attained, it would be easier to the people to enjoy the natural resources.

Last week, the Alegria oil and gas fields in Cebu has started its production, giving some hopes to the netizens that more exploration and drillings would happen anytime soon.

 

President Duterte’s signature is the only one needed now to implement the National ID System

Senator Panfilo Lacson expected that both lower and upper house would ratify the final version of the Philippine Identification System before Monday so it can finally be signed by President Rodrigo Duterte to make it a law.

This is Lacson’s statement after the bicameral conference committee approved the bill that seeking to establish an ID system that would merge all the other government IDs in a single national identification system.

“Not much difference. In fact, substantially, the HOR (House of Representatives) adopted the Senate version,” Lacson said in a text message

According to the law being pushed by Lacson, the national ID system should be known as the Philippine Identification System or Philsys.

It has three components, the PHilsys Number (PSN), the PhilID, and the PhilSys Registry.

The ID would contain the card owner’s face, full name, facial image, address, date of birth and fingerprints. It also non-transferable to ensure that it would not be abused by someone.

“The bill will allow every Filipino and resident alien of the country to be identified with the use of a PhilSys Number or PSN, a randomly generated, unique and permanent identification number which shall be the standard number assigned to each individual to be incorporated in all identification systems of government agencies,” Lacson said.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is mandated to act as the registry of the Philsys, according to the bill.

The Congress would allot P2 billion for the implementation of the National ID System.

However, the National Identification System has been opposed by several lawmakers, saying that this bill would remove the Filipino’s “right to privacy.”

“The bill empowers the government to collect and retain from each and every Filipino citizen their personal information of exceptional scope and interest. The information includes, not just the basic personal data, but also ‘sensitive personal information,’ including biometrics (facial image, iris scan, full set of fingerprints), and other identifiable features of an individual,” ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio Tinio said.

He believed that the national ID system would be used by President Duterte as a “powerful tool of surveillance, control and, repression over all citizens,”.

“With President Duterte’s emerging dictatorial rule, the deteriorating human rights situation, the increasing number of extrajudicial killings, martial law in Mindanao, a total war in the countryside, and the Duterte regime’s tyrannical rule, the bill may be used against those who criticize and oppose his policies,” Representative France Castro said.

“Binuhusan ng kape, pinakain ng pera!” President Duterte narrates how he beat scammers in front of PSG:

President Rodrigo Duterte, despite his old age, managed to punish the alleged scammers who claimed that he and the scammer “have the same mother.”

In his speech during his visit at Tabagon town fiesta in Cebu, Duterte narrated how he confronted and punished the individuals who used his mother’s name to sell government position when the revolutionary government already implemented.

“Oo may revolutionary government si Duterte, kung gusto mo ng posisyon magbayad ka lang,” Duterte said while narrating how the scammers trying to convince people to give them money.

But there’s a thing that made Duterte furious that he ordered his guards to hunt for them.

“Nung nabasa ko, tinawag ko na yung sundalo at sabi ko dalhin niyo yang p***** i***** yan dito. ‘Bakit daw’ Kasi ang nanay ko kagalang galang na babae pero pinalabas nila na nagkaroon ng anak sa ibang lalake,” Duterte said in Cebuano.

“Oh diba, parang pinalabas nila na yung nanay ko nangaliwa? P***** ***. Sabi ko dalhin niyo yan dito,” he added.

According to Duterte, the alleged scammers received their first punishment by receiving some punches and slaps from him; however, he wanted them not to forget the lessons that he received from the Punisher.

“Sabi ko, ‘etong kape, kumukulo pa.” Tapos sabi niya, ‘Sir, pakiusap wag kasi meron akong diabetes’. Oh may Diabetes ka? Buti sinabi mo sakin’.”

“So nilagyan ko ng kape yung tasa, tapos kumuha ako ng mga condiments, yung puti at brown na asukal saka dairy. Nilagay ko lahat ng asukal doon sa baso tapos hinalo ko gamit yung daliri ko’.

“Inumin mo yan,’May Diabetes ako, sir’.Inumin mo’.’Sir,mainit pa masyado’.’Sige magreklamo ka pa ng isang beses p***** i*** k* babarilin kita sa ulo tapos itatapon ko katawan mo sa Pasig River’. So ayon ininom niya.”

He even let one of the scammers eat paper bills to learn his lesson.

“Tapos yung isa tumitingin lang. Yung natirang kape ibinuhos ko sa mukha niya. Tapos sinabihan ko yung mga guwardiya, ‘bigyan niyo ko ng kwarta’. So sila bunot naman ng kwarta. May tig bente, may tig singkwenta, at yung isa 100 pesos. Makikita mo talaga wala silang pera kasi kulubot yung papel. Ginusot ko yung pera tapos ipinasak ko sa (bibig niya).. Pinakain ko sa kanya. ‘Eto, kainin mo’.”

“Tapos yung isa, may nahugot na barya kaya kinuha ko rin.’Mayor baka bumara yan sa tiyan ko’. ‘Yan talaga ang gusto ko para hindi na kayo manloko, mga p***** ***. Ngayon hindi na talaga kasi laging pakiramdam ay busog ka na kasi merong nakabara diyan,”

“Tapos sinabi niya, ‘Maawa ka na sakin, mayor. Mahirap lang ako. Wala akong pera pang pa opera. Yung barya talagang babara yan,”

After narrating, he warned the other scammers using the government to extort money that they would receive the same punishment that he did to the two guys.

He told the people that one of the scammers that he punished came from Cebu.

Duterte is known for being strict and allegedly giving cruel punishment to criminals even during his time as Mayor of Davao City.

That is the reason why he’s the favorite politician of several human rights groups.

But despite publicly speaking about how he punished criminals, his critics failed to gather any solid evidence that the former Mayor of Davao is indeed giving inhumane punishments.

 

Selfless man helps stranded people during a thunderstorm by transporting them using his own vehicle

A man has gone viral on the internet after he committed a selfless act in Barangay San Miguel, San Sebastian, Tarlac City.

Netizen Noel Guevarra narrated how the man that he didn’t name helped the people who got stranded in an establishment by transporting them in their homes.

The sudden thunderstorm made some people trapped in the said establishment and the people who got no umbrella has been helped by this man for free.

Guevarra said that they tried to pay the man as an exchange for his help, however, the good Samaritan refused.

The good samaritan despite not introducing himself, helped anyone who were stranded during the thunderstorm. Photo: Noel Guevarra

“Ayan, di baleng ako ang mabasa. Wag lang kayo.” the good Samaritan told Guevarra.

The post garnered an amazing 320,000 likes and 47,000 shares as of writing, most of the comments were praise from the people who were amazed by the selfless act of the good Samaritan.

Some even urged several television programs to feature the man and to know more about his story.

You can read the story of Noel Guevarra below:

Kagabi, around 7pm, biglang umulan ng sobrang lakas sa San Miguel. Nakakatakot yung kidlat at kulog. Andaming stranded. Pero etong si kuyang may payong, nagalok na ihatid ang mga tao sa mga sakayan (kasama kami dun).
Kami yung unang tinulungan niya at plano naming bayaran siya kahit magkano lang. Bilang pasasalmat ba.
Nung hinatid niya kami sa harap ng Robinson’s, habang naglalakad, sabi niya:
“Ayan, di baleng ako ang mabasa. Wag lang kayo.”
After niyang tumulong samin, ni hindi siya humingi ng kapalit. Umalis agad siya. TUMULONG SA IBA PANG WALANG DALANG PAYONG. HINATID NIYA KUNG SAAN SAAN.
Pinanuod ko lang siya kasi naamazed ako eh. hahaha.
After 30mins, tumila din yung ulan kahit papano. Nilapitan ko siya, at inabutan ko ng pangmeryenda. Nagpasalamat siya. Napangiti ako kasi kita kong masaya siya na nakatulong siya sa maraming tao.

Minsan, sa kabila ng maraming pangit na nangyayari sa mundo, isang taong may mabuting puso lang ang kailangan natin para ma-restore yung faith natin sa humanity. KUDOS KAY KUYA!!!

Source: Noel Guevarra

Smoker arrested for violating anti-smoking law and for disrespecting President Duterte, municipal councilor and police

A tourist who was caught smoking in a public place in Camiguin has been arrested by the authorities after he showed a rude behavior towards a Municipal Councilor yesterday.

According to Mambajao Councilor Frances Margaret Aparte, she saw the man smoking in front of the beach so she asked him to stop it.

However, the man gave a rude response to the councilor who’s not wearing her uniform or lawyer attire during that time.

“Ha? Bawal magsigarilyo? Naa moy balaod diri nga bawal? (may batas kayo dito?)” he told the councilor.

Aparte even lectured the man over the Tobacco Regulation and Control Ordinance, however, the man continued to smoke even she already warned that she would call the authorities.

He even mentioned the police and President Duterte in his another rude response.

“Police? Asa imo police? Police ni Duterte? Tua ra man Manila ang Police ni Duterte?”  (Pulis? Asan ang Pulis? Pulis ni Duterte? Ikaw ba ang Pulis ni Duterte sa Manila?) he said.

After realizing that the man cannot be convinced to stop smoking anymore, she already decided to arrest the man and brought him to the police to be punished for violating the anti-smoking law.

“NOW THEREFORE, with the power vested on me, I unveiled myself from being a mere #BarangayCoastalMaintenanceWorker to a LAWYER, ANTI-SMOKING TASK FORCE OFFICER, SB CHAIRMAN ON PEACE AND ORDER and most of all a PROTECTIVE MOTHER…” she said in her Facebook post.

The man after being arrested for violating the anti-smoking law photo: Frances Margaret Aparte

According to her, after the man brought to the police station, he begged several times not to file a case against him, however, the councilor refused his request.

“Bahalag nabilar ning burosa ni, bahalag 2am na nakatulog mafilan lang ta ka og kaso (2 am na ko nakatulog para lang makapagsampa ako ng kaso dito) to make sure you will stay in jail to teach you a lesson to abide with our local laws and to respect women, esp. Pregnant women,” she said.

She also warned the tourist to “Do not make fun of their laws” or “suffer the consequences.”

At least, the councilor showed some mercy by not showing the violator’s face and revealing his identity on social media.

As of writing, the post already got 10,000 reactions and thousands of shares on social media.

Source: Frances Margaret Aparte

 

 

Duterte expects airstrip, massive migration, in Alegria Cebu after oil and gas fields started commercial production

After Alegria oilfields officially opened for commercial production, President Rodrigo Duterte told the residents of the said town to prepare themselves in the sudden human economic development.

He believed that because of the job opportunities and income for Filipinos that the said oilfield would generate, he foresees that people in different parts of the country would migrate in Alegria.

“Madaghan nang mga tawo diri. (People will flock here.) Prepare for that and do not forget your fellowmen here,” Duterte said.

He said that the people of Alegria should accept the people from other places who’s searching for an opportunity in their town.

Duterte opening the valve of the gas fields marking its official commercial opening Photo: PCOO

“It is a magnet that draws people together. But since we are Filipinos, you should accommodate them and partake of the bounties of what God has given us in the bowels of the earth,” Duterte said.

The President also urged the local officials of Alegria to carefully plan the future improvements in the said town and spend the money that the oilfields would earn to improve the living conditions of their people.

He also expected that there would be an airstrip in Alegria soon that would make the transportation in the said town easier.

“I can see your own airstrip here, which you can be proud of as your means of transportation from Alegria to other parts of the province and back,” Duterte said.

The oilfields which opened last week is expected to produce 200-400 oil barrels a day and it would give a tremendous amount of revenue to the national and local government.

It covers a total area of 197,000 hectares with approximately around 42,749 hectares dedicated to the production area.

The oilfield is currently operated by China International Mining Petroleum Company Ltd. with its partners Skywealth Group Holdings Ltd. And Phil-Mal Energy International Inc. with a P1.6 billion investment.

The recent development in Alegria has been praised by many people, wishing that more oilfields will be discovered soon.