Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines. It is situated to the west of the northern end of Cebu island, across the Tañon Strait. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 125,726.

The island is administratively divided into three municipalities:

• Bantayan 
• (the largest municipality, covering the central part)
• Madridejos (covering the northern portion)
• Santa Fe (covering the eastern portion) 

(Upon arriving the seaport of Santa Fe, we hired tricycle "pot-pot" as a transport going to Municipality Of Bantayan)

9:45 AM at Hagnaya Seaport going to Santa Fe.
we took up 1 hour and 30 minutes before we arrive Santa Fe Seaport.

Lawis Beach (Taken at the Bridge of Bantayan sa Hari)

Kota Park

@ Santa Fe Beach Club

@ Island Shipping Line, middle of the going.
(Shiela and Nak-nak)

Ate Nak-nak at Bridge of Bantayan Sa Hari

              
                 SUNBERRY HOMES


Sunberry Homes is the new housing project subdivision situated in Soong, Mactan. It has an area of 2.5 hectare perfectly located near the  renowned resorts, commercial areas and Industrial factories.


Plus, Sunberry  Homes is easily accessible since it is just a few distance from the  main road and with friendly economic household features and amenities that promote the well-being of every resident. Because everyone deserves a decent and bright home.

GALLERY:
        

HOUSE FEATURES:
House Type: 2-Storey Townhouse
Lot Area: 40 sqm.
Usable Floor Area: 52 sqm
2 Bedrooms
Total Contract Price: Php 1,490,000.00

DELIVERABLE UNITS
With Tiles & Partitions
Painted wall & painted ceiling
Tiled kitchen counter top w/ base cabinet
Sliding windows
Aircon provision
Carport provision

SUBDIVISION AMENITIES:
Entrance gate w/guardhouse
24-hours security
Perimeter security fence
Landscaped park
Full basketball court
Multipurpose hall
Underground drainage system
Cistern & overhead water tank
Road networks w/ gutter
Main street with landscaped rotunda
Water & electrical system
Lagoon

PAYMENT SCHEME:
Sample Computations:
Total Contract Price: Php 1,490,000.00
Reservation Fee: Php 10,000.00
Equity / Down payment: Php 240,000.00
Net Equity / Down Payment: Php 230,000.00 (33 Months to pay)
Monthly Amortization on Equity / Down Payment: Php 6,970.00

PAG-IBIG LOAN:
Loanable Amount: Php 1,250,000.00
30 years to pay Php 8,303 / month
25 years to pay Php 8,822 / month
20 years to pay Php 9,680 / month

FOR YOUR INQUIRIES PLEASE CALL 

JAYVER GICA - REALTY ESTATE AGENT      

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The Importance of Intramurals or Sports Fest in Schools

THE HISTORY

ELMER MITCHELL

Intramural sports or intramurals are recreational sports organized    within a particular institution, usually an educational institution,or a set geographic area. The term, which is chiefly North American,derives from the Latin words intra muros meaning "within walls",and was used to describe sports matches and contests that took place among teams from "within the walls" of an institution or area. The term dates to the 1840s. It is contrasted with extramural, varsity or intercollegiate sports, which are played between teams from different educational institutions. The word intermural, which also correctly means "between institutions"is a common error for "intramural".

The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan created the first intramural sports departments in 1913. Elmer Mitchell a graduate student at the time, was named the first Director of Intramural Sports at the University of Michigan in 1919 and the first recreational sports facility in the country opened at the University of Michigan. Mitchell is considered the "father of intramural sports" and taught a class in intramural sports taken by William Wasson, founder of the National Intramural Association (NIA), the forerunner to the National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA).

Mitchell later authored Intramural Athletics (ED Mitchell - AS Barnes, 1928), and Intramural Sports.He co-authored Intramural Sports with Pat Mueller.
Today, "intramural" tournaments are still organized within a specific community or municipal area, between teams of equivalent age or athletic ability. For example, intramural sports programs are often organized on college campuses to promote competition and fun among the students.
For most schools and campuses, intramural sports are used to promote wellness and allow students who do not compete on a national (NCAA) level an opportunity to be active.

Here are the reasons why sports fest or intramural is held in a school:

 

1. Intramural are held in school with the objectives of developing the psycho-motor of the students, this way they will able to channel their energy and time the right way.

2. To promote camaraderie and rapport among the students, instructors and administrative staffs. In other words, this undertaking is poised to build a strong bond and cohesion.

3. To instill and inculcate discipline among the students. Engaging in sports will help students refrain from various forms of vices such as drugs, smoking, drinking and even gambling.

4. To teach them the value of teamwork. In real work environment teamwork is one of the most valuable attribute an employee should have. Ability to work well with other people with efficiency and efficacy, can lead you to promotion and security with your job tenure.

5. To know the value of sportsmanship. Ability to accept bitter defeat is a sign of maturity and the ability to bounce back strong, triumphing over your adversary will able you to experience immense joy like no other. No matter what is the outcome, win or lose, stand up high and accept the outcome of the game. If you lose rebound stronger next time, practice your craft and learn from your mistake. If you win however, never rest on your laurels, keep practicing and always maintain your fierce fighting form. Improve even further and don’t let pressure beat you during actual competition or grow excessively boastful and arrogant because you are on top. Stay humble.

6. To showcase your talents in your chosen field of endeavor to the spectators, so that others will emulate your character, perseverance, winning ways and awesome talents, if ever you are a prime athlete of your school.

7. To develop healthy competition among the participants.

8. To develop fair play among the athletes. Cheating is null and void, same can be said with dirty tactics.

9. The ability to shine even under pressure. Being in front of many people will help you get rid of being nervous. This is important since this will aid students in the coming years, while they hunt for jobs or when they have jobs already.

10. Improve the personality of the students.
Intramurals or sports competition is essential to the well-being of the students. Sports instills how to win, how to accept defeat, how to interact with other people and how to mold them to have desirable character traits that are vital in achieving success in the future.

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

 

Key facts

• Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.
• EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%.
• EVD outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests.
• The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
• Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are considered to be the natural host of the Ebola virus.
• Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. No licensed specific treatment or vaccine is available for use in people or animals.

        Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name. 
          
        

Transmission

                 Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infection has been documented through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.
                Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.
               Health-care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed EVD. This has occurred through close contact with patients when infection control precautions are not strictly practiced.
              Among workers in contact with monkeys or pigs infected with Reston ebolavirus, several infections have been documented in people who were clinically asymptomatic. Thus, RESTV appears less capable of causing disease in humans than other Ebola species.
              However, the only available evidence available comes from healthy adult males. It would be premature to extrapolate the health effects of the virus to all population groups, such as immuno-compromised persons, persons with underlying medical conditions, pregnant women and children. More studies of RESTV are needed before definitive conclusions can be drawn about the pathogenicity and virulence of this virus in humans.

Signs and symptoms

      EVD is a severe acute viral illness often characterized by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding. Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts and elevated liver enzymes.

               People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. Ebola virus was isolated from semen 61 days after onset of illness in a man who was infected in a laboratory.
The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms, is 2 to 21 days.

Diagnosis

              Other diseases that should be ruled out before a diagnosis of EVD can be made include: malaria, typhoid fever, shigellosis, cholera, leptospirosis, plague, rickettsiosis, relapsing fever, meningitis, hepatitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers.

                                                                                                                                          
             WHO has created an aide–memoire on standard precautions in health care (currently being updated). Standard precautions are meant to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens. If universally applied, the precautions would help prevent most transmission through exposure to blood and body fluids.
             Standard precautions are recommended in the care and treatment of all patients regardless of their perceived or confirmed infectious status. They include the basic level of infection control—hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment to avoid direct contact with blood and body fluids, prevention of needle stick and injuries from other sharp instruments, and a set of environmental controls.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

BAYANIHAN PARA SA PAARALAN

YOU KNOW THAT?

GOOGLE-PHOTO

The Department of Education (DepEd) first launched BRIGADA ESKWELA  also known as Bayanihan Para Sa Paaralan in the year 2003.It is a nationwide voluntary effort of Teachers,Students,Parents,community members and other organization that handles hand in hand operations which are effective in maintaining our public school cleanliness with matching minor repairs of damage. A week program was usually held on the third week of May and ended before the class day open.

Commonly, it encourages volunteers give out their time, effort, and even donate materials such as paint, cement, lumber and other materials, which could be used for minor repairs and building. Donations from local corporations and businesses are given in kind.

Today's Brigada Eskwela is more strengthen.Due to many activities happened inside the school campus.There is "DISASTER-PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM",which aimed to train individuals what to do when there is certain 'senario' involving risk. 

University of the Philippines Oblation 2013.

SHORT DISCUSSION:

The Oblation Run or Ritual Dance of the Brave is an annual event held by several Filipino chapters of Alpha Phi Omega in different universities in the Philippines. The event first organized in 1977 at University of the Philippines Diliman to promote Hubad na Bayani, a film.It was title after the statue,a statue of a nude man located in every University of the Philippines (UP) campus, they made it as sort of selfless offering  the country.This event is usually held during the 16th day of December serve as protest for a certain local and national isues. 

A participants usually members of the Alpha Phi Omega with the number of 24 average of the members.

          -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblation_Run (SHORT BACKGROUND) 

THE NEWS!

                    Just this December 13 FRIDAY of the year 2013 the University Of The Philippines (UP) Cebu chamber,students held this annual event as a protest of a increasing school payment and those issues affecting their studies especially the budget matter.Commonly,males who attended this event and those who are nude keep on shouting "EDUCATION IS NOT FOR SALE!""QUIT THOSE BLAME GAME!" at the same time many of the women also screaming beside the provided lane with their sword words as a support. Estimated numbers of 1300 individuals who came from the different UP chambers just to attend.The reason behind is that to "Abolish" the pork barrel,and to make lower tuition's for the colleges students so that they can graduate with out any hindrances.

                    At the same point the media were busy doing their task to finish,some are made a shoots,some took captures of nude men and few are having their spiels for TV reports. According to one student it was their pleasures for media supported them.It was a big help,when the news with their voices will be heard by public.As a reward they gave thanks to media personnel.

ANONG SAY MO?

it was my first time to attend the one of a kind protest where you can feel their desire and motivation to graduate.its really different. I do salute those who participate this activities especially those students in nude posture.It really mark in the history.

"EDUCATION IS NOT FOR SALE,IT'S THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE"

"STOP YOUR GAME BLAME"

-UP STUDENTS SHOUT.

"BINIGNIT JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEARS"
                                                                       
                                                                                       ni Jayver Candol Gica







Gikan sa kinatibok-ang bahin sa nasud nga PILIPINAS,adunay usa ka lalawigan nga nagpahipi niini mao ang katakos sa paggama sa pagkaon,usa ka lamiang pagkaon ang gi andam hilabi na kon magsingabot ang Semana Santa o Holly Week,kini mao ang sikat ug mas gipasikat pa karon sa nasud walay lain kondili "BINIGNIT" sumala sa katigulangan ang binignit nagsugod sa panahon nga ang nasud NGA pilipinas  anaa pa sa  kamot sa mga KASTILA,apan dili pasabot niini nga sa pagtong-tong sa mga LANGYAW dinhi sa sugbo nagsugod mismo ang paggama niini kondili mas napalambo pa kini,kay sigon sa tuki mahitungod sa maong pagkaon nagsugod kini sa pipila lamang ka sagol,sama sa humay'ng pilit,kamote,kardabang saging,asukal ug labing importante mao ang "TUNO" O "COCONUT MILK".Sagad kini makita sa hawanan sa atong mga kaigsoonang sugbo-anon,hilabi niadtong lumulopyo sa kabukiran o "Bukid" kay sagad sa mga  sagol niini kay lagotmon man.

 Ug sa paglabay sa mga katuigan masnapalambo kini gikan sa estilo sa pagluto ngadto na sa mga sagol niini,ang mga sagol naglakipan na kini ug SAGU,landang,ube,condense milk,langka ug hasta na ang "asin" nga nag mintinar sa kalami niini.Hangtud nga sa gimahal na kini sa kadaghanang sugbuanon ug mikatap ngadto sa kasilinganang lalawigan ug dakbay,ngadto sa sa kinatibok-ang nasud.Daghan na usab nga mga langyaw ang mitilaw niini ug medayeg sa talento sa sugbo sigon sa kalami niini.

Ang pagkaon sa binignit mamahimong makahatag ug maayong  panglawas,kay ang mga sagol niini nagtangag ug nagkadaiyang bitamina nga swak ug tumpak gikinahanglan sa atong lawas.Matud pa sa mga katigulangan nga samtang adunay tawo nga mahilig mo kaon niini dili gayod kini mawala sa nataran.

Ang pagluto niini masayon lamang,ug ang mga sagol dili ingon niana ka mahal kay mapalit man lang kini sa labing duol nga tindahan.

Mga sagol:

• 6 cups coconut milk/condense milk
• 8 cups of water
• 2 cups of brown sugar
• 1/4 lb langka (jackfruit) julienne cut
• 4 pieces of banana (Saba here in the Philippines) (plantains) cut into cubes
• 3 pieces of sweet potato (kamote) cut into cubes
• 1/4 lb landang
• 1/2 lb of ground sweet rice
• 1 lb sago (tapioca pearl or tapioca balls) different colors

Pama-agi:

Cooking procedure:

1. Pour water in a large cooking pot and apply heat. Let boil.
2. Add 1 3/4 cups of coconut milk then wait until it re-boils.
3. Put-in the sweet potatoes, purple yam, and taro roots and simmer for 8 minutes.
4. Pour-in the remaining coconut milk, sugar, and glutinous rice balls then stir. Simmer for 7 minutes.
5. Add the plantains then cook for an additional 2 minutes.
6. Put-in the jack fruit and cook for 2 minutes more.
7. Slowly slide-in the cooked tapiZoca pearls then stir. Simmer for 1 minute.
8. Turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate.
9. Serve either hot or cold.

 Usa ka kamatuoran nga dili gyud   ikalimod sa kadaghanan nga ang mga sugbuanon naila gayud sa pagluto sa nagkadaiyang putahe .Ang binignit usa sa kini sa akong paboritong pagkaon hilabi na kong panahon sa pagpamalandong.Sagad nga giluto kini sa akong inahan nga si "Demeteria Gica" ug hangtod karon kini lang gihapon ang akong giilang lamiang pagkaon,ug usahay magpangita gayud ako.