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CDPH celebrates National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

Aug 062015

A total of 320 infants and toddlers are breastfed by their mothers during a simultaneous latch-on in Mandaluyong on Saturday. “Hakab Na! 2015” aims to raise awareness on the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding in celebration of Breastfeeding Month this August. (MNS photo) SACRAMENTO – California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today reminds us that breastfeeding is the first step to a healthy life and forms a lasting bond between mother and child. The 2015 National Breastfeeding Month theme “Let’s Make It Work” sets the goal of empowering all women, no matter where they work, to successfully combine work with breastfeeding. “As National Breastfeeding Month kicks off in August, California should be proud of its efforts to lead the nation in progressive laws that protect a mother’s right to breastfeed her baby,” said Dr. Smith. “Through public policy, California has committed to ensuring that women who want to breastfeed are given the best chance at being successful.” Not all working mothers in California have access to workplace support for breastfeeding, according to data from the Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA), an annual survey of new mothers. CDPH reports that only half of California mothers returning to work have a place and time to pump breast milk and low-income women are less likely to have access to these accommodations. Women with workplace support for breastfeeding are twice as likely to report exclusive breastfeeding at three months postpartum than women without accommodations. California Read More …

Angeles City officials welcome medical supplies from US military, church

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Aug 062015

Angeles City officials welcome medical supplies from US military, church

By Joey Pavia USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) ship where medical supplies from the US were loaded arrived at Subic Freeport on August 5, 2015. (photo courtesy of G.Kenneth Lee) (BusinessMirror) August 6, 2015 ANGELES CITY—City officials welcomed on Wednesday at the public hospital here the arrival of medical supplies as part of the humanitarian assistance of the United States military. The medical supplies onboard a cargo truck arrived via the floating hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), which docked at the Subic Bay Freeport on August 5. It is part of Pacific Partnership 2015 (PP15), the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Medical supplies were officially turned over by George Kenneth Lee [LDS Charities Project Manager] and US Navy SCPO Guy Gagui and S7 Luis Siguenza together with Angeles Philippines Stake President,Jose M. Briones at Ospital Ning Angeles to Dr.Antonio G. Dizon (Chief of Hospital) with the presence of Honorable Mayor Ed Pamintuan and other local government officials.(from left) Alex Cauguiran [mayor’s chief of staff], George Kenneth Lee [ Latter-Day Saints Charities Welfare manager], Dr. Antonio Dizon [hospital director of ONA], Councilor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, US Navy SCPO Guy Gagui, Angeles City Honorable Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan , Jose M. Briones [Angeles Philippines Stake President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints], S7 Luis Siguenza , Dr. Rodel Dungca [Deputy Chief of the Hospital], Councilor Alex Indiongco and Councilor Edu Pamintuan (photo by P.Lagman) Councilor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, who escorted to Mayor Edgardo Read More …

Handbook For An Unpredictable Life

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Aug 062015

The riveting story of “Handbook For An Unpredictable Life,” written by actress/dancer/choreographer Rosie Perez is a heartbreaking book of surviving a mentally ill mother and the rigid rules of the Catholic nuns who ran the children’s home in New York’s Westchester County. Rosie Maria Perez was born on September 6, 1964 in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, New York to her mother, Lydia Perez and merchant marine dad, Ishmael Serrano. Both of her parents were from Aguadillo, Puerto Rico but both of them were apparently “married to other people when they met” and Rosie was born from that affair. “Handbook For An Unpredictable Life,” written by actress/dancer/choreographer Rosie Perez She became a “ ward of the State of New York when her mother took her from an aunt who was raising her and she was transferred to a group home at the age of 3 until she reached the age of 12.” Though her mother and aunt visited her frequently, her father also tried making an unsuccessful custody.In the book, Rosie narrated how being housed at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Home for Children in Peekskill, New York, which was called “the home” was where at the young age of three, she learned their daily routine on everything: they were told “what to do, when to do it, how to do it; when to wake up, when and how to shower, when and how to clean up, when to eat, when and how to play, how to pray and even when to pee and poop and how to Read More …

Honda three-month profit jumps nearly 20% to $1.5-B

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Aug 062015

Honda three-month profit jumps nearly 20% to $1.5-B

The 2016 Honda Accord: The car was unveiled at the new R&D center.©Honda Tokyo, Japan (AFP) – Honda said Friday that net profit in April-June jumped nearly 20 percent as strong sales in North America and a weak yen helped offset the impact of an exploding air-bag crisis. The Civic maker’s bottom-line profit came to 186 billion yen ($1.5 billion) for the three months, up from 155.6 billion yen a year earlier, while sales jumped 15.5 percent to 3.7 trillion yen. Operating profit rose 16.4 percent, as a sharp drop in Japan’s currency benefits exporters such as Honda by making them more competitive overseas and inflating repatriated earnings. “In general, the Japanese auto sector has continued to enjoy the positive impact of a weak yen,” said Yasuo Imanaka, analyst at Rakuten Securities in Tokyo. Honda’s sales in North America and Asia rose from a year ago, but weak consumer demand at home saw Japanese vehicle sales fall. Japan’s number three automaker left its fiscal-year forecast unchanged at a net profit of 525 billion yen on sales of 14.5 trillion yen. In June, Honda revised down its annual earnings for the previous fiscal year, blaming the expanding recalls of faulty airbags made by embattled supplier Takata, which have been linked to eight deaths and scores of injuries. This month Honda, the hardest hit global automaker, said it was recalling another 4.5 million vehicles as the scare over a deadly defect in Takata-made airbags widened. The move took to 24.5 million the Read More …

Marian Rivera open to reconciling with Heart Evangelista

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Aug 052015

Marian Rivera open to reconciling with Heart Evangelista

Marian Rivera (MNS photo) “Wala namang problema sa akin.” This was the short response of Marian Rivera when asked if reconciliation is possible between her and co-Kapuso actress Heart Evangelista. “Tama na. Ang tagal-tagal na nun, mag move on na tayo. Mas maganda na maging positibo tayo sa buhay lalo na ngayon na buntis ako. Sa dami ng iisipin ko, parang dapat di na ito isipin. Okay na yun, let go na natin yun,” she said. Rivera and Poe worked together in GMA sitcom “Show Me Da Manny” from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, Rivera and Evangelista starred in “Temptation Island,” where their supposed rift started. Fans believe Poe and Rivera’s friendship was affected when the former got close with Evangelista. But Rivera said they’re all mature enough to let go of the past and focus their attention on other things. “Ang importante ay matured na kami at may kanya-kanya din naman kaming buhay. Ang priority ko ngayon ay yung asawa ko at yung anak ko. Mas maganda na mag move on na at maging positive kami sa buhay,” she said. (MNS)

PNoy to VP Binay: Give right facts in counter-SONA

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Aug 052015

PNoy to VP Binay: Give right facts in counter-SONA

President Aquino graces the 111th Anniversary of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at the agency’s main office in Quezon City. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — President Benigno Aquino III on Monday challenged Vice President Jejomar Binay to stick to the facts when he delivers his speech countering Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) later in the afternoon. “One would hope he would honor his pledge to serve people, and part of that is giving them the right information,” Aquino told reporters ahead of Binay’s speech. The President nevertheless said that his critics are “free to speak their minds.” Aquino also maintained that the facts he presented in his sixth and final state address before Congress last week depicted the Philippines’ true state. “Walang akong tradisyon o record na nagsisinungaling kanino man. I stand by what I said,” he said. Binay, whose expected run for the presidency next year is being hounded by allegations of corruption, has resigned from Aquino’s Cabinet and since then has become a critic of the administration. (MNS)

Mar ‘highly qualified’, Jinggoy says

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Aug 052015

DILG Secretary Mar Roxas III (left) chats with Senators Grace Poe-Llamanzares, JV Ejercito, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the Senate deliberation on the 2015 budget of the Department of Interior and Local Government on Monday, November 24. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — After attending his bail hearing at the Sandiganbayan 5th Division for his plunder case, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada told reporters that Interior Secretary Mar Roxas is highly qualified to run for president. The detained senator, however, said that the Estradas are not throwing their support behind anyone yet. “I do not want to pre-empt President Estrada,” said Sen Estrada, referring to his father, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada. The younger Estrada said Vice President Jejomar Binay, Sen. Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte are also qualified candidates for the 2016. As for his own political plan, Estrada said he will focus first on his pork barrel scam cases. Meantime, at the continuation of the bail hearing for Estrada, National Bureau of Investigation special investigator Dario Sabinalo was presented by the prosecution as an expert on cybercrime. He narrated his numerous trainings in the US with software companies since he started working at the NBI in 2003. The prosecution panel offered his testimony on the files of whistleblower Benhur Luy which it claims were created on the dates indicated and have not been modified. Due to lack of time, the hearing will continue Tuesday. At the start of the hearing, 5th Division Chair Roland Jurado announced that aside from Read More …

Aquino: BIR collections for 2015 poised to hit new record high

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Aug 052015

Aquino: BIR collections for 2015 poised to hit new record high

President Aquino graces the 111th Anniversary of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at the agency’s main office in Quezon City. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is poised to set a new record high in collections this year, President Benigno Aquino III said Monday as he commended the agency for sustaining an uptrend in revenue-gathering. In a speech commemorating the bureau’s 111th founding anniversary in Quezon City, Aquino said revenue collections are nearing the P1.5-trillion mark. The collection goal for 2015 is at P1.657 trillion. “Ngayong taon, ang sabi sa atin, puwedeng malikom o malapit nang malikom ang P1.5 trillion na isa na namang record high kapag nagkataon,” the President said in his speech. He cited the reform programs undertaken by BIR Commissioner Kim Henares and the campaign to prosecute tax evaders. “Sa inyong nakitahak sa Daang Matuwid, talagang bilib na bilib ako sa inyo. Ngayon nga po, saan ka man bumaling, makikita ang mga kongkretong patunay ng inyong mga pagsisikap: mga kalsada at tulay na naipagawa at ipinapagawa; mga nakumpletong estrukturang deka-dekadang inabangan; ang mga sitiong napapailawan at nabibigyang-patubig,” Aquino said. He called the BIR the epitome of “efficient public service.” Last week, the President also heaped praises on the BIR, the government’s biggest revenue-generating agency, in his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA), praising the bureau for nearly doubling the past administration’s revenue collections and for breaching the P1-trillion mark in 2012. Last year, the BIR collected P1.335 trillion Read More …

Roxas to resign; eyes transition already: Palace

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Aug 042015

Roxas to resign; eyes transition already: Palace

President Aquino raises the hand of DILG Secretary Mar Roxas to the shower of confetti after Aquino endorsed Roxas for the presidential race at the Club Filipino in Greenhills on Friday. Aquino cited Roxas’ record and pointed to him as the best bet to continue the “Daang Matuwid” (Straight Path). (MNS photo) (Mabuhay) – Malacañang on Saturday said that Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II will resign from his post following an endorsement from President Benigno Aquino III for the 2016 presidential elections. “Of course, that is a given. He will not stay in office so he won’t be accused of taking advantage of his position. Certainly, he will not do that,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said over state-run Radyo ng Bayan. “What he is actually preparing for is the transition already to whoever will lead the DILG (Department of Interior and Local Government) next,” she explained. Valte, however, could not confirm who will replace the Interior Secretary. Roxas is expected to recommend names for the position. Valte said Roxas wants to have a smooth transition, especially for the priority projects of the DILG, including the Oplan Lambat Sibat of the Philippine National Police. Members of the opposition have already called for the resignation of Roxas, who was praised by Aquino on Friday for his integrity. (MNS)

Duterte reacts to Aquino’s endorsement of Mar

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Aug 042015

Duterte reacts to Aquino’s endorsement of Mar

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte MANILA (Mabuhay) – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is happy for Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas after President Benigno Aquino III endorsed his presidential bid for the 2016 elections. “I’m happy for him, I hope he makes it,” Duterte said. The mayor, however, declined to name who he will support in the 2016 elections, as both Vice-President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe are his friends. “If there is really no need for me to come out and support a particular candidate, I’d rather not,” he said. “Everytime you mention a name you always disappoint the other guy,” he explained. Duterte reiterated anew that he is not running for president in 2016. The mayor was the guest speaker last night at a gathering of the Chamber of Commerce in Davao. (MNS)

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