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ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) is launching on Tuesday the Microsoft Tulay Project in this city. At the same time, Owwa and its non-government organization (NGO) partner known as the Kapisanan ng mga Kamag-anak ng Migranteng Manggagawang Pilipino (KAKAMMPI-Mindanao) is inaugurating on the same day the Community Technology Learning Center (CTLC).

Owwa regional officer-in-charge Liddy Taledo said the project aims to equip Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, including those from the marginalized Muslim communities, with knowledge and skills in computer technology through free computer training and access to internet facilities.

Three Thai nationals including 11 others were arrested during a raid by police of a cockpit arena where dog fighting with illegal betting early this month in Antipolo City. Senior Supt. Freddie Panen, Rizal police director, named the foreigners as Sina Kittiya Boonyang, 23; Timothy Dharmajiva, 37; and Phanuwat Nunthawat, 43. They face charges for violating the Animal Welfare Act of 1998. Also arrested were other Filipnos. Panen said the bust was made around 8:30 p.m. at the Kaysakay Cockpit in Sitio Kaysakay, Barangay Inarawan.

Police have uncovered a possible love triangle as they pieced together the last hours of Quezon province congressional candidate Vicente Rabaya Jr. before he was shot at close range inside a sport utility vehicle parked on Katipunan Road in Quezon City. Investigators learned that the 43-year-old Rabaya, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) congressional candidate for the 4th district of Quezon, was last seen leaving the house of a woman friend on Bulacan Street in West Triangle subdivision, Quezon City, at about 10 p.m, two and a half hours before he was found slumped in the front passenger seat of the rented SUV near the White Plains subdivision, with bullet wounds in his face and abdomen.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has created an Anti-Hunger Task Force headed by Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to speed up the implementation of the government’s hunger mitigation program (HMP).

In a National Nutrition Council (NNC) Board Meeting held last Friday in Malacanang, the President said she wants the HMP to be accelerated and turned into a six-month program with Duque overseeing its implementation.

ORLANDO, Florida – After one of the longest Central Florida spelling bees in recent history, 11-year-old Philippine-born Miguel Gatmaytan late last month won top honors and a trip to the nation's capital with the word cossack. The Ocala boy smiled, shook runner-up Sophie Jupillat's hand, then sat down while his father and others rushed to take his photo. A few minutes later, the victory seemed to sink in. Miguel, a sixth-grader at Osceola Middle School in Marion County, survived 38 rounds of spelling challenges and beat out 13 other competitors to win the 48th annual Central Florida bee.

EL PASO, Texas – The eight-week jury trial of three officials of a multinational recruiting and placement agency based in Houston, Texas with headquarters in the Philippines came to an abrupt end March 19 when the judge presiding over the case declared a mistrial.

Judge Kathleen Cardone of the United States District Court of Western District of Texas declared a mistrial of the case after learning from two of the 12 jurors that they read about the case in 'El Paso Times', a daily newspaper. A juror reading about a case will be prejudging the case.

NEW YORK – Philippine Forum has sought the assistance of Virginia attorney Arnedo S. Valera to act on behalf of the relatives of Mrs. Felisa "Fely" Garcia who committed suicide last month reportedly because of abuse from her landlords.

Valera, of the Migrant Heritage Commission was given written authority by the immediate relatives of Mrs. Garcia to offer free legal assistance in the case. MHC and Valera himself have pledged $1000 to the family of the deceased.

NEW YORK – Ten Filipino nurses face up to six years imprisonment in New York and deportation to the Philippines on charges of conspiracy and child endangerment. The nurses who were on a three-year contract with Avalon Gardens Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Smithtown, resigned without notice and walked out from the medical facility that cares for physically disabled children. Their lawyer in New York, Felix Vinluan, was also charged. The left the facility to protest the failure of the recruiter to honor its commitments to them.

PALAWAN - Petronilo Amorin, an official of the Commission on Elections in Palawan was shot dead by an unidentified gunman April 4 on his way back to the Comelec office. Amorin, election assistant 2 in Puerto Princesa, was walking on his way back to the Comelec office in Barangay San Pedro when the assailant shot him once to the head. "We are calling for an in-depth investigation to determine the suspect. If this is politically motivated, it would not speak well of the political situation in that area. But we also have to find out if there are personal motives behind the incident," Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said.

Broadband Internet connection has become a core method of communicating for most people in the developed world. More than 50% of households in the UK have broadband access. Broadband opens up a whole new world of entertainment, information access and communication for most of us. But with this fantastic technology brings some real risks to our equipment, our identify and the safety of our children. So it is important that we follow some basic guidelines to protect ourselves whilst online. Here are the top five things that we can do:

Did you know that there is a lawn disease that attacks your lawn while it is still under the snow? It is called Pink Snow Mold, or Fusarium Patch.

This lawn disease attacks your lawn when it is subjected to long stretches of cool, wet weather, and often develops underneath the snow.

You may be shocked the next time the snow melts to see your lawn infected with this disease. It looks like rough circular patches of dead and matted grass blades, between 3 and 12 inches in diameter. When this disease attacks, you may see tiny white or pink masses on dead leaves and dead blades of grass. Fungal threads, also white or pink, become visible in early morning. Blades of grass become light tan and often stick together. It can invade the crowns and roots of the grass, causing serious, permanent damage to the lawn.

Pink Snow Mold can be spread on lawn equipment, on shoes, animals, water, and even floating in the wind.

SAN FRANCISCO – A 48-year-old man was sentenced to seven months in prison for groping a 14-year-old girl who sat next to him on a flight from the Philippines, according to the US attorney's office.

DAET, Camarines Norte – Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Monsignor Gilbert Garcera, former assistant secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), as the new Bishop of Daet.
Garcera’s appointment was officially published in Vatican, Rome and was announced in the Philippines by Papal Nuncio Archbishop Fernando Filoni through the National Office of Mass Media.

With his appointment, Garcera will take over the post vacated by Bishop Benjamin Almoneda who tendered his resignation to the Vatican, as mandated by Canon Law, when he turned 75 on April 11, 2005.

A woman who was injured after falling into an open manhole in Bangkal, Makati City, in 1991 should be compensated, said the Court of Appeals. In a 14-page decision penned by Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao, the Second Division reversed the Nov. 17, 1999 decision of the Makati City Regional Trial Court that dismissed the complain for damages filed by appellants Dolora Angeles and his husband Ricardo.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed the tie-up forged by China's prestigious Tsinghua University with the University of the Philippines which paves the way for the introduction of distance learning program (DLP) in the latter’s educational system.

Chen Xi, chairman of the Tsinghua University informed the President of the partnership during a courtesy call in Malacanang this morning.