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Posted on 18 January 2020 No comments
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BABOY. Isinilang noong 1923/35/47/59/71/83/95
Mas marami kang magagawa sa araw ng Martes at Miyerkules, pero matutong tumanggi sa mga taong mahilig magpasa ng kanilang trabaho sa iyo. Kailangang tawanan mo na lang din ang mga hindi inaasahang bagay na dumarating. Ipagpaliban muna ang pakikipag-usap lalo na kung gusto mo pa ng dagdag na panahon o umiwas na tanggihan o ayawan ka agad, lalo na kung tungkol sa pag-ibig. Lucky numbers: 9, 13, 28 at 37.

DAGA. Isinilang noong 1924/36/48/60/72/84/96 
Hindi mo maiwasang maging emosyonal ngayon kaya naapektuhan ang trabaho at tahanan. Bigyan ng kunsiderasyon ang damdamin ng ibang tao. Walang mangyayari sa pakikipag-usap kung hindi ka magbibigay-daan sa kahit maliit na bagay. May maganda kang ideya kung paanong makatipid na magugustuhan ng mga kasamahan. Makakakuha ka ng atensyon sa Sabado, at magiging masaya ang love life mo. Lucky numbers: 11, 22, 31 at 45.

BAKA. Isinilang noong 1925/37/49/61/73/85/97 
Pagtuunan ng pansin ang nabibinbing trabaho o proyekto at paghandaan ang isang mahalagang pakikipagpulong. Posibleng tumanggap ka ng gantimpala sa malaking tulong mo sa nakaraang proyekto. Kung single, ikaw ang mananalo sa puso ng nililigawan. Magagandang alaala ang mapapasaiyo sa linggong ito. Ang relasyon ay mas lalong lalalim at magiging seryoso. Lucky numbers: 6, 19, 24 at 39.

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TIGRE Isinilang noong 1926/38/50/62/74/86 at 98 
Mas magiging agresibo ang mga tao sa linggong ito. Maging alerto sa kumpetisyong nagaganap. Huwag silang hayaang mag-away away at makuha ang bagong proyekto na alam mong para sa iyo. Ayusin ang schedule upang mapaghandaan ang lahat. Gumawa ng espesyal na bagay sa linggong ito. Sa araw ng pahinga, mag-relax at ipunin ang lakas, kahit na marami ang nag-iimbita sa iyo. Lucky numbers: 21, 25, 33 at 42.

KUNEHO Isinilang noong 1927/39/51/63/75/87 
Kakailanganin mo ng husto ang iyong karisma upang sumang-ayon ang lahat. Ilaan ang araw ng Martes sa mga taong mahirap kausap. Planuhin din ang iyong social life, maaaring makilala mo ang isang espesyal na tao. Sa kabila ng pagiging abala sa mga araw na ito, huwag kaligtaang kumustahin ang pamilya. May tsansa kang mapahinga at makapag-relax sa mga susunod na araw. Lucky numbers: 5, 12, 18 at 37.

DRAGON Isinilang noong 1928/40/52/64/76/88 
Tapusin agad ang trabaho sa umpisa ng linggo, sa kataasan ng iyong enerhiya. Pero mag-ingat na magmadali ng husto at makaligtaan ang ilang bagay na dapat busisiin. Matalas ang isip mo kapag pera ang pinag-uusapan. Makakapukaw ka ng atensyon sa huling bahagi ng linggo, at magiging aktibo ang social life mo. Lucky numbers: 16, 19, 26 at 44.

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AHAS Isinilang noong 1929/41/53/65/77/89 
Maswerte ka sa trabaho o negosyo ngayon at magiging masaya rin ang love life. Magiging masyado kang abala kaya hayaang tulungan ka ng ibang tao na ayusin ang dapat gawin, pati na ang oras para sa social at romantic moments. Mas lalakas ang enerhiya kung susundin ang kapartner mo, dahil alam niya ang mas makakabuti sa iyo. Lucky numbers: 9, 26, 33 at 40.

KABAYO. Isinilang noong 1930/42/54/66/78/90
Maging sunud-sunuran ka muna, kahit kakaiba ang ideyang sinasabi sa iyo. Lalabas din ang husay mo at madadaig mo ang lahat ng kakumpitensya sa negosyo o maging sa pag-ibig. Gaganda ang kalagayan ng bank account mo. May espesyal na taong makikilala sa tulong ng kaibigan. Gawing espesyal ang araw ng Linggo upang maganda ang pakiramdam para sa mga susunod na araw. Lucky numbers: 11, 17, 39 at 46.

KAMBING. Isinilang noong 1919/31/43/55/67/79 at 91 
Samantalahin ang mga unang araw ng linggo dahil mas madaling kumbinsihin ang mga tao. Pero kailangang kunin ang kanilang atensyon at handa kang makipag-kompromiso. Bantayang mabuti ang trabaho at ilista ang mga ipinangako; huwag umasa lang sa iyong memorya. Magiging masaya ka hangga’t nagagawa mong maging magaan lagi ang mga usapan at hindi seryoso. Lucky numbers: 13, 27, 38 at 41.

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UNGGOY. Isinilang noong 1920/32/44/56/68/80/92
Siguraduhin mong ang sinusundam mo ay ang tamang tao. Hindi ito ang oras na magkamali ka kung saang grupo ka kasali. Makakahanap ka ng taong magtuturo o makikipagtulungan sa iyo. Planuhin ang gagawin mo sa mga susunod na araw. Mag-ingat sa araw ng Linggo at baka mapasubo ka sa gastusin, lalo na at gipit ka. Lucky numbers: 3, 17, 29 at 30.

TANDANG Isinilang noong 1921/33/45/57/69/81/93
Mare-relax ka sa iyong tahanan ngayon. Bantayan ang kalusugan ng mga anak; siguraduhing napabaku-nahan sila. Ibubuhos mo ang lahat ng makakaya sa iyong proyekto, at makakasiguro ka ng magandang resulta. Ang love life mo ngayon ay parang roller coaster, pero nai-enjoy mo pa rin ito. Mag-ingat sa ilang kaibigan. Kung paiiralin ang pagiging positibo at realistiko, marami kang mapapagtagumpayan. Lucky numbers:  6, 13, 24 at 38.

ASO. Isinilang noong 1922/34/46/58/70/82/94
Nagiging emosyonal ka dahil lagi mong naaalala ng nakaraan na sagabal upang makabangon ka at samantalahin ang mga oportunidad. Matutong humindi sa mga inilalapit sa iyo ng mga kakilala dahil lalo lang aabusuhin ang pagiging matulungin at mapagbigay mo. Dumalo sa mga sosyalan dahil may tsansang makilala ang taong muling magpapatibok sa puso mo. Lucky numbers: 9, 13, 28 at 45.
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Kinagat ng aso ang kanyang daliri

Posted on 17 January 2020 No comments


Ni Marites Palma

Naputol ang gitnang daliri sa kanang kamay ni Junelyn B. Gameje dahil sa kagat  ng isang German Shepherd na nakasalubong niya habang inilalakad ang alagang aso sa Clear Water Bay nitong nakalipas na ika-10 ng Disyembre.

Agad naman siyang naitakbo sa Tseung Kwan O Hospital kung saan siya nabigyan ng karampatang lunas. Tinahi ang nakagat niyang daliri at agad siyang pinauwi bagamat araw-araw pa rin siyang pumupunta sa ospital para ipalinis ang kanyang sugat.

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Pinaniniwalaang kinain ng asong kumagat kay Gameje ang naputol na daliri dahil hindi ito mahanap sa lugar kung saan nangyari ang insidente.

Dumating noong Dec 22 ang asawa ni Gameje upang alalayan siya at suportahan. Hindi ito agad nakarating sa Hong Kong dahil inipit ng ahensyang pinag-aplayan niya ng trabaho ang kanyang pasaporte, at kinailangan niyang tubusin ito ngPhp8,000 para lang makaalis.

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Nai-report na sa Labour Department ni Gameje ang nangyari sa kanya para sa karampatang kabayaran dahil nangyari ang sakuna habang siya ay nagtatrabaho. Nagharap na rin sila ng may-ari ng aso at nangako naman ito na sasagutin ang anumang danyos na hihingin niya.

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Payo niya sa mga kapwa OFW, huwag balewalain ang anumang sakuna na may kinalaman sa aso, sino man ang may-ari nito. Ang mga kagat na natamo ay maaaring gamitin na dahilan para maghabol ng danyos, kahit pa ang may-ari ng hayop ay ang amo nila mismo.
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OFWs get mixed signals on new and jacked-up PhilHealth fees

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Campaigners against excessive government exactions at Chater Road.

By The SUN


Are the new and substantially higher PhilHealth contributions mandated for all overseas Filipino workers already being collected?

The answer from most OFWs in Hong Kong, whether newly arrived or longtimers, is no, as they say they have been asked to still pay the old annual rate of Php2,400.

However, at least one OFW working as a driver here disputes this, saying she was charged the maximum rate of Php21,600 when she asked staff at a PhilHealth office in Manila to compute what she was supposed to pay.

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Sheryl dela Rosa told leaders of the group Rise Against State Exactions, or Rage, that she declared her monthly salary as required by law, as HK$9,000 (or roughly Php58,000). But the PhilHealth staff added to this her monthly food allowance of $1,121, pushing her monthly income to more than Php60,000 a month, the income ceiling for this year’s premium.

Rage co-founder Dolores Balladares-Pelaez, who also chairs United Filipinos in Hong Kong, said Dela Rosa, will speak at the next protest scheduled this Sunday, Jan. 19, against the mandatory levies on OFWs.

All other OFWs who have just paid their PhilHealth contributions say, however, that they are still being charged as before, which is Php2,400 for each year of membership. A survey of about 40,000 members of the online group Domestic Workers Corner showed everyone who has just paid for the Philippine health insurance was still charged the old fee.

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According to Merlinda Mercado, marketing manager of Metrobank Hong Kong, an authorized collecting agent for PhilHealth, the premium table in their data base has not been replaced, so they still collect the old fee.

Even those who arrived in Hong Kong since the start of the year, when the new premiums were set to take effect, say they were still made to pay only Php2,400.

But Balladares says this does not mean that the new premiums mandated for all OFWs, with corresponding penalties in case of non-payment, won’t be implemented any time soon. The fact that one OFW in Hong Kong has already been made to pay the premium based on the new guidelines shows that PhilHealth is determined to ensure compliance.

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The confusion could be traced to the failure, or refusal, of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, to act as collecting agent for PhilHealth, by requiring premium payments for the national health insurance as a condition for the issuance of the overseas employment certificate (OEC).

While Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care Law signed into law on Feb 20, 2019 provides that migrant workers be among direct contributors to the PhilHealth fund, it did not link their payments to the issuance of OECs.

However, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the law which were crafted by the Department of Health and PhilHealth and deemed to have taken effect on Dec 7 last year, made POEA a partner in collecting the new premiums.

Sec 10.2.6 of the IRR says, “POEA shall ensure that land-based OFWs, whether new hires or returning, pay their premiums prior to the issuance of the OEC.”

The IRR also made members who fail or refuse to pay premiums based on the existing schedule, along with interest of 1.5% per month, liable to pay a penalty of Php50,000 for each violation, and suspension of their PhilHealth benefits for not less than three months.

An NGO leader privy to the negotiations between the two agencies says, however, that POEA refuses to abide by such an undertaking as it detracts from its main task of regulating employment agencies and keeping track of all OFWs abroad.

Attaching the OEC to any premium payments, be it for PhilHealth, Social Security System, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or any other government agencies, will also cause added burden to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, which is already grappling with staff shortage and many other problems.

Polo officer-in-charge Antonio Villafuerte has confirmed that they have yet to receive instructions from the head office to make updated PhilHealth premium payments a requirement for issuing the OEC, or processing new contracts.

“As of the moment we haven’t received any order,” said Villafuerte in reply to a text query. “I’ll let you know in case meron.”

The apparent failure of PhilHealth to compel OFWs to pay the higher premiums as provided by RA 11233 has emboldened some pro-government supporters to accuse Rage and other critics of the new law of spreading false information.

In Chater on Jan 12, a man shouted during a forum on the new fees that the driver who claimed to have been charged more than Php21,000 was lying.

Later, another rabid supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte approached a desk set up to gather signatures against the new government charges and told fellow OFWs not to sign because the group behind the campaign were anti-government.

She lingered awhile saying it is not true that a worker can’t leave Manila if she does not pay the new premium. She retreated only after a shouting match with the campaigners.

Balladares says the campaign against the mandatory fees should continue despite signs the government is having a difficulty enforcing them.

“ Three years ago ay nagawa nating mapigilan ang pagtaas ng PhilHealth premium so meron na tayong puwedeng halawan ng karanasan. Ang kailangan lang natin sa ngayon ay magsalita, ang kailangan natin mag-ingay, ang kailangan natin magpakita ng puwersa, ng lakas na tayong mga migrante dito sa HK ay hindi pumapayag na tayo ay kotongan, na tayo ay holdapin ng kasalukuyang gobyerno,” she said in a statement.

“ Marami na tayong naiko-contribute sa ekonomiya ng Pilipinas, at sa halip na tulungan tayo sa ating mga problema, ang isinalubong sa atin sa bagong taon ay mga dagdag bayarin at mandatory pa eto. So habang meron pa tayong panahon, asahan namin kayo na makasama sa kilos protesta sa susunod na lingo, Dec 19, 11am.”
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3 bartenders face burglary charges

Posted on 16 January 2020 No comments
By Vir B. Lumicao
The 3 bartenders will appear in Eastern Court again on Feb 26

Three Filipino bartenders, two males and one female, were charged with burglary-related charges when they appeared in Eastern Court on Jan 15.

No plea was taken and Magistrate Veronica Heung adjourned the hearing to Feb. 26.

G. Mariano faces a charge of aiding and abetting burglary while his female buddy, C. Francisco, is accused of burglary.
Their cases were heard simultaneously with a second burglary case, in which the accused, A. Limbu, is also a bartender.

The prosecution said the charges and circumstances were similar but gave no other details.

The prosecutor also said the police are still investigating the cases, including reviewing CCTV footages at the crime site and examining the defendants’ mobile phones.
The value of the alleged stolen items has yet to be determined.

Meanwhile, a Filipina domestic worker was charged with theft also on Jan 15 for allegedly stealing from a grocery in Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing.

No plea was taken from E. Lugares, 33, who was arrested on Dec 21 last year.
The prosecution accused Lugares of stealing a pack of bread, a tube of toothpaste, a piece of sausage bread, two packs of fish snacks, four pieces of tomatoes, a toothbrush and a can of cashew from a Unicorn Store shop in Taikoo Shing.

Magistrate Heung adjourned the hearing until Feb 5 for plea-taking and to consider the defendant’s application to be bound over for an unspecified amount.
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