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DARAGANG MAGAYONMARIRIKIT na mga Bicolana ang kabilang sa mga nagsipag-indak sa pagdiriwang sa lansangan ngMagayon Festival na nagbukas kahapon sa lalawigan ng Albay.   MARK ALVIC ESPLANA/INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON.

Pagharang ng BIsa Team PH parasa larong DotA

sa South Koreapinaiimbestigana ni Sen. Bam

Kulang daw papeles ng mgacyber athlete kaya hindi

pinasakay sa eroplanonoong Sabado

 —Basahin sa page 2

Lord,andami na namang

sakuna ang nangyari

sa lansangan. Gabayan

N’yo po ang mga driv-

er sa kanilang pagma-

maneho. Iiwas N’yo

po sila sa mga sakuna.

Nawa’y mamalagi saisip nila na sa kanila

nakasalalay ang buhay 

ng kanilang pamilya at

pasahero. Lord, Kayo

po ang aming piloto.

 Amen (Belinda

Bonagua)

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TUTUBIIPINAKIKITA ni Postmaster General Josie

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Paghahandasa ‘Chedeng’ng LGU pinuri

PINURI ni Interior secretary MarRoxas kahapon ang mga opisyalng Aurora at Isabela para sapaghahanda nila upang matiyak n a w a l a n g m a s a s a k t a n s a

p a n a n a l a s a n g B a g y o n g“Chedeng” nitong weekend.Pinasalamatan ni Roxas ang

mga opisyal ng dalawang lalawi-gan, maging ang mga opisyal ngProvincial Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Management Council.

Tinukoy ni Roxas na huminaman si Chedeng, naghanda parin ang mga lokal na opisyal parasa mas malubhang pangyayari.

“This doesn’t mean that ourpreparations went to waste. We

 w il l al wa y s pr ep ar e fo r th e wor st and hop e for the bes t,”aniya.

Sinakatuparan ng Departmentof the Interior and Local Govern-ment ang Oplan Listo kasamaang mga yunit ng lokal na pama-halaan at ang PDRRMC bilangpaghahanda para sa mga bagyo.

“Our local governments cametogether in a whole-of-nationapproach to disaster prepared-ness,” pagpapatuloy ni Roxas.

Tinukoy din niya ang Philip-

pine National Police at ang Bu-reau of Fire Protection dahil sapagtulong sa pagpapalikas sanasa 2,140 mamamayan mula sa

 Aurora at Isabela. Julie M. Aurelio

Pagharang sa Team PH sa DotA

games na makalipad sa Koreapinaiimbestigahan ni Sen. Bamfrom leaving without any validreason,” ani Aquino.

Sinabi niyang hindi tuloy silanakalahok sa dalawang pangya-

 yari sa Bucharest at hindi naka-pagsanay para sa iba pang mgapaligsahan.

“Government should be able

to provide an environment where our athletes, online or of-fline, be able to hone their skills,compete in world class competi-tions, and give honor and prideto our country,” anang senador.

Nina Christine O. Avendaño at Tina G. Santos

HININGI ni Sen. Bam Aquino kahapon ang paliwanagng Bureau of Immigration at ng Philippine OverseasEmployment Administration (POEA) kung bakit pinag-bawalan ang tatlong Pilipinong manlalaro sa kompyu-ter na makapunta sa South Korea kung saan sila

magsasanay para sa mga pandaigdigang patimpalak.Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ni Aquino na hinarang ang TeamRave, na nagtapos sa ika-anim napuwesto sa DotA 2 Asian cham-pionships, sa pagsakay sa ero-planong patungong South Koreasapagkat kulang ang papeles nila.

Binubuo ang Team Rave ninaMark “Cast” Pilar, Djardel

“Chrissy” Mampusti at Ryo “ry-Oyr” Hasegawa. Nanalo sila ng$150,000 sa katatapos na DotA 2 Asian championships.

“They have traveled severaltimes to South Korea using thesame documents they presentedin the past without any hitch.Suddenly, they were barred

Sakit sa tag-init maiiwasanPINAYUHAN ng Department of Health ang publiko na iwasanmagbilad sa kasagsagan ng sikatng araw upang maiwasan angmga posibleng pinsala o sakit.

 Advisory ng DOH: “Avoid di-rect exposure to the sun be-tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Hidein the shade or seek cool placesto prevent the ill-effects of toomuch sun exposure.”

Mungkahi din na gawin angmga aktibidad sa labas nangmaaga o bago magtakipsilim.

Ngayong tag-init, dumaramiang mga sakit tulad ng heatstroke, na nangyayari kapagumiinit masyado ang katawandahil sa pagtaas ng temperaturao nasobrahan ng bilad sa araw .

Maiiwasan ito sa pamamagi-tan ng pag-inom madalas ngtubig.

Isa pang sakit ay sunburn, namaiiwasan sa paglagay ng sun-screen na may SPF 30 kalahat-ing oras bago mabilad sa araw.Tina G. Santos

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 3F EATURESPasaway na tito ginugulo ang pamangkin

kalokohan niya. Angtatay mo na ang ha-harap sa kanila.

 Mabuti rin ito paramadala ang lalakingiyon. Wala siyangkarapatang guluhin

ang buhay mo.Ang ka- pal naman niyangmagsabing mahal kaniya gayong kadugomo ang asawa niya.

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 Inisip siguroniyang baka

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ng pagdiga niya sa textna mahal ka niya.

Thirty two pa lang siya ay niloloko naniya ang asawa niya!Saan patutungo angbuhay nilang pamilya

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Panganay angtatay ko sa kanilangmagkakapatid at akonaman ang pinaka-matanda sa mga pa-mangkin.

Walang ginawa angtiyo kong ito kundidumiga siya sa text saakin. Nagpahayagsiyang mahal niya ako.

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PH economy to lead Asean growth

By Paolo G. Montecillo

T H E P H I L I P P I N Ee c o n o m y w i l l b eS o u t h e a s t A s i a ’ sg r o w t h l e a d e r t h i syear on the back of  more aggressive gov-ernment spending, ac-cording to the Inter-n a t i o n a l M o n e t a r y  Fund (IMF).

Consumption is al-

so expected to stay s t r o n g , t h a n k s t oc h e a p f u e l , w h i c hleaves more cash inpeople’s pockets thatcan be used to pay forother items.

 At th e con clu si onof its annual “ArticleIV” country review,the multilateral lendersaid the Phil ippineeconomy’s strength

has led to higher in-come levels and lowerunemployment in thepast year.

“Real gross domes-tic product (GDP) con-tinued to grow briskly and unemploymentfell in 2014,” the IMFsaid in a statement.Last year’s 6.1 percentgrowth in PhilippineGDP was one of thefastest in the region,

led by a strong contri-bution of householdconsumption, fixedcapital formation andnet exports.

This year, the IMFexpects the Philippineeconomy to expand by 6.7 percent. This isbetter than the IMF’sprevious forecast of a6.3-percent growthfor 2015.

The multi laterallender said inflation

 wa s pr oj ec te d to re-main in the lower endof the central bank’starget range of 2 to 4p e r c e n t , r e f l e c t i n gl o w e r c o m m o d i t y  prices.

Likewise, the cur-rent account surplus isexpected to strength-en due mainly to low-

e r o i l p r i c e s a n dstrong inflows frombusiness process out-sourcing, tourism andremittances.

Meanwhile, risks were also cited , withthe main one being“disruptive asset priceshifts in financial mar-kets” due to divergingmonetary policies inadvanced economies.

External demand,

 which drives the localexports sector, couldalso be weaker if risksof deflation and lowerpotential growth inadvanced economiesa n d k e y e m e r g i n gmarkets were to mate-rialize.

To e n s u r e t h ecountry stays on itscurrent track, the IMFsaid the government

should focus on struc-tural reforms that leadt o h i g h e r t a x r e v -enues. This would al-low the state to raisespending on infras-tructure, education,healthcare and otherk e y a r e a s , w h i c h

 would in turn encour-age private sector in-

 vestments.

The IMF said theP h i l i p p i n e s s h o u l dpursue a comprehen-sive overhaul of its taxregime to plug holesand make the systemmore equitable. Thisincludes the rational-ization of fiscal incen-t i v e s t o e n s u r e t a xperks are not used toprevent the entry of new players.

“Continued effortsat enhancing revenuemobilization will becritical to address thelarge spending needs,including enactingmeasures to offset any revenue eroding poli-cy change and prefer-ably through a com-p r e h e n s i v e t a x r e -form,” IMF said.

IMF cites high gov’t spending, cheap oil

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N AKOMPROMISOang Twitter ac-count ng aktres

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ban.Sa isang post niya sakanyang Instagram account,sinabi ni Angelica na hindi niyama-access ang kanyang Twitteraccount nitong Lunes ng hapon.

“Hello! I can’t access my twitter account already. Napali-tan din email and password ko.Nice one, hacker! Isa kanghenyo! Ikaw na!” sabi niya.

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TWEET ni Kathryn Bernardo

K-pop icons Big Bang announce world tour SEOUL, South Korea—One of K-pop’s biggest boy bands, BigBang, announced on Thursday their first world tour in three

 years, spanning Asia and the

 Americas to promote a much-anticipated new album.

The upcoming tour kicksoff with two concerts in Seoul

on April 25 and 26 and then

moves to at least 15 countriesincluding China, Japan andthe United States, the band’sagency YG Entertainment said

in a statement.  Inquirer wires

15 taon ng‘The Buzz’tinuldukanMATAPOS ang 15 taon,mawawala sa himpapawid angshowbiz talk show na  The Buzz. Ngunit pansamantala

lang daw ito at muling ilulun-sad ang programa.Ipinahayag ni Boy Abunda,

kasama ang kanyang mga co-host na sina Kris Aquino atToni Gonzaga, angpagkakansela ng palabas ni-tong Linggo, sa pagsabing angpalabas ng April 5 ay siyanghuli nitong pagsasahimpapaw-id.

“I am not going to pretendthat I am not hurting or bleed-ing inside. It is very painful.

 You have been my partner for[15] years. It’s very hard, it’sdifficult,” sabi ni Boy.

 Aniya, ang dahilan ngpansamantalang pagkakanselang palabas ay angpagsasaalang-alang sa mgapagbabago. Nangako siyangmagbabalik silang lahat nangmas malakas.

“We have changed…. Wehave evolved into differentpeople today. A lot of thingshave changed. The people be-

hind ‘The Buzz’ have changedand even you (audience) havechanged,” sabi niya.

“Showbiz news is here tostay. We may come back indi-

 vidually or as a group, I don’tknow. The showbiz talk showgenre is not going to die, it

 will continue and we willcome back. We have all agreedthat the best way is to stop to-day and come back strong andbe the best of what we canbe,” dagdag ni Boy.  May ulatni Bayani San Diego Jr.

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his NBA moment

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 5SHOWBUZZ

Fatherhood becomes GabbyJust like Mark (a.k.a.  Ralph

Eigenmann), Gabby relishes fa-

therhood’s joys—not just off-cam, but on-cam, too, in GMA 7’s new family-friendly dramaseries,  InstaDad (4:30 p.m. ev-ery Sunday).

Gabby portrays a famouschef named Kenneth, who is al-so one of the most eligiblebachelors in town.

Ken’s life is turned upside-down when he discovers that heis the father of three girls. Therole seems tailor-made for Gab-by, since he became an instantdad to his wife Apples’ two kidsfrom a previous relationship.

He legally adopted the twokids, Josh and  Gabbie. Applesand Gabby have kids of theirown, Liam and  Matti. Daddy Gabby certainly deserves an“Ulirang Ama” award

Here’s my  tête-à-tête withGabby:

How do you take after yourdad in your fathering style?

My dad was a responsible

person. He never turned hisback on any of his kids. He

 wasn’t around all the time, buthe truly made his presence felt.He was a father at 16; thatmust have been hard.

We were more like barkada(close friends) and that’s the

 way I am with my kids, too. Iam my kids’ best friend. Weshare secrets. Like my dad, I’malso clannish. Family comesfirst.

What do you miss mostabout your dad?

His laughter, jokes and sto-ries about family drama. He

 was the heart and soul of thefamily. I miss how he would justcall and ask if I was about tospend my birth anniversary (March 2) in Hong Kong again.

What was the toughest partabout becoming an “In-staDad” to Apples’ two kids?

Josh was 3 and Gabbie wasturning 1 when Apples and Igot hitched. When I met Apples,it was true love. I knew what I

 was getting into and I foughtfor it. I made sure I was makingall the right choices. It wasn’teasy because, like my dad, Istarted young. But even early on, I was already responsible.

My perseverance has paid off.Do you have sibling rivalry 

 with Andi Eigenmann and SidLucero?

None at all. We all have ourplace in the industry. I love

them dearly. Since I’m the el-dest, I watch over them.

How do you make yourmarriage work?

I’m a very private person.

What keeps us going is how wemake time for each other, nomatter how busy we are. Pa-tience is the key. We put God inthe center of our relationship. Iavoid temptation because at theend of the day, I know that if Igive in, I will lose more than

 what I’ve gained, which is my family.

What was your dad’s ad- vice about love and show biz?

When I joined the biz, hetold me to hone my craft. Hesaid the key to success is beingprofessional. Those who are pa-tient are rewarded with success.Regarding love, he told me that

 whomever I choose to be with,it should be for the long haul.

Show biz connection

Make way for TV5’s newestgab fest,  Showbiz Konek na

 Konek, which starts airing this week, 11 a.m. (Monday to Fri-day). It’s hosted by the fun,

fearless trio of  Bianca King, my 

dalagay  IC Mendoza and  MJMarfori.

The program’s segments in-clude: Kanto-Nong (hosted by Nicole Estrada, who hits thestreets to interview the publicabout the latest show biznews), Entertainment Round-up,

 I.C. U  (IC reports the hottesthappenings in the metro),

 Konek d’Stars  (where the hosts will connect different stars to

prove that show biz is a small world after all), Tweet Hearts (aceleb guest reads controversialtweets about him or her),Throwback is U  (a feature onthe hottest news from the past,on the lessons learned and up-dates from personalities who

 were part of the controversies),T.G.I.F Thank God It’s Fashion(with a guest stylist who willseparate the fab from the drab),and Guess Who? (juicy blinditems).

Watch it and watch out!

By Dolly Anne Carvajal

CHATTING with Gabby Eigenmannreminded me so much of his late,great dad, Mark Gil. He definitely 

has so much of his father in him. I toldGab that I hoped to continue with him the

friendship I had with his father.

GABBY Eigenmann

HOSTS of TV5’s new talk show (from left) MJ Marfori, IC Mendoza and Bianca King.

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Love:Y   Career:PMoney:‘

YYYYMaaga siyang darating

kaya maligo na

‘‘‘Ok mangutang kung

di maniningil uutangan

PPTigilan na kagagalaw

sa tigyawat mo

YYYMag-walkout ka man,

babalik ka rin

‘‘Magtipid sa mantika,

maglaga ka na lang

PPPTapusin trabaho bago

kumain para di antukin

YYYHahalikan ka niya,

kaso sa noo lang

‘‘‘Tama na kahihingi ng

load, kahiya ka na

PPMalakas magpawis

mga paa mo

YYTatratuhin kang bata

kasi pakyut ka sobra

‘‘Ikaw na tutulong,

ikaw pa nanakawan

PPPGupitin na kuko,

huwag kagatin

YYYYPag-ibig parang

exercise, ok sa heart

‘‘Masisira screen, diin

mo kasing pumindot

PPTamad na tamad kang

pumasok today

YYMadadapa ka, tatawa

pa siya ng malakas

‘‘Lucky number:

wala, as in wala

PPPPMagbihis, get busy

at uminom ng kape

YYYYMay nagmamahal na

sa iyo diyan sa tabi-tabi

‘‘‘Tiisin ang gutom, ang

taba mo na sobra

PPPPHuwag mag-atubili

sabihin nasa isip mo

YY

Hahalikan ka sa pisngi,maghilamos agad

‘Sa kapapanggap na

may pera, mahoholdap

PP

Lalapad puwet modyan sa kakaupo

YYMasusugat hands sa

kalalaba ng briefs niya

‘‘Walang matutuloy sa

mga planong bakasyon

PPPOk lang magtaas

ng boses. Basta!

YMagkakatampuhan

kayo to the max

‘‘Mapapagastos sa

pagpapaayos ng buhok

PPMas nahihirapan ka

habang tumatagal

YYOverrated siyang

maging kasintahan

‘‘‘Mapapalaki masyado

ibibigay mong tip

PPPMagdala ng

maraming bolpen

YYBad feng shui kayo

sa isa’t isa

‘‘Tumatanda ka na pero

di ka pa yumayaman

PPPKulang ka sa energy,

kumain ng saging

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SUMMER expectation : LaBoracay REALITY: La , bored sa bahay!

 —Facebook post ni Princess sa Pinoy Funny Jokes. I-follow n’yoang FB page na ito.

CRAZY JHENNY    ALBERT RODRIGUEZ

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 7 SPORT SDENNIS U. EROA,  Editor 

Indian giant enjoying

his NBA momentSACRAMENTO, Califor-nia—Sim Bhullar is used topeople staring at him.

 At 7-foot-5 and 360pounds, Bhullar’s big framedraws attention everywherehe goes. Even for him,though, the last few dayshave been unlike anythinghe has ever seen.

 As the first NBA play-

er of Indian descent,Bhullar has attracted a

 worldwide audiencesince signing a 10-day contract with the Sacra-mento Kings. He’s fully aware of the cultural signifi-cance and wants to make themost of the opportunity—forhimself, his family and every kid in India with a basketballand a dream.

“It’s a big moment in the

history of the NBA and thehistory of my country in In-dia,” Bhullar said before sit-ting on the bench duringSacramento’s 101-95 loss tothe New Orleans Pelicans onFriday night.

Bhullar is still waiting forthat chance.

He had hopes to play fewminutes behind All-Star cen-ter DeMarcus Cousins andother veterans against thePelicans, but the opportunity never came. Despite thegame being televised in Indiaand fans in Sacramentocheering his name, everybody hoping to see Bhullar play could only watch him on thebench.

Bhullar spent this season with the Reno Bighorns of the NBA DevelopmentLeague. He’s not expected tohave a large role wheneverhe does play for the Kings

this season, so he doesn’t feelany burden of expectations.

“I’m just enjoying it rightnow. I don’t feel any pressureat all,” Bhullar said.  AP

SIM Bhullar Sacramento Kings warms up before their gameagainst the New Orleans Pelicansat Sleep Train Arena on April 3 inSacramento, California. Bhullar isthe first NBA player of Indian

descent.   AFP

Pacquiao in for fight of his lifeWE ARE a little less than amonth away from the biggestfight of the year, the decadeand the careers of Manny Pac-quiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

It would be safe to assumethat the buzz about the fight isnot the same in the UnitedStates and in the Philippines. In

 America, it’s probably the box-ing fans and the Filipinos wholive there who are the keenest

about the battle. And that’s even if the ticketprices are out of this solar sys-tem. The best ringside seat inthe house will sell at P87,000based on latest reports. TheMGM is the place to be even if that seat is close to $2,000 andothers that are most likely to bein that range.

Even the pay-per-view tag isstiff at 100 per buy. Anyone

 who’s been to the US knowsthat a hundred in your pocket isa lot in a country where mostpeople may not have thatamount walking around.

To many diehard fans in theUS and those from the Philip-pines who can afford the trip,hotel accommodations and Las

 Vegas weekend, the expense isdeemed worth it. They’ve wait-ed too long for this to happenand knowing how unpredictableboxing can be, another versionof this battle may never happen

again.

Here at home, taxi drivers, waiters and other ordinary folk are prepared to either head for

the theaters or endure the com-mercial load that usually ac-companies a Pacquiao fight.Three networks showing practi-cally the same fight does notseem to ring a bell with an au-dience already accustomed totaking in a Pacquiao fight on a

 via satellite though delayed ba-sis.

But the concern is not justover being able to watch thefight. There is a common desire

to see Pacquiao finally assert hispower over the loquacious May-

 weather and hopefully score a win. This columnist’s analysisthat Pacquiao must win by noless than a knockout by themidpoint of the fight does notsit well with them. They foreseethe fight going Pacquiao’s way even if it goes into the finalround.

But here’s the honest truth:Mayweather is so quietly 

preparing for this fight without

his usual loud and brash pro-nouncements. He knows he’s infor a fight so he isn’t horsingaround. You don’t get to be 47-0 without being a smart andtough ring gladiator. He will doeverything to stop Pacquiao andavoid getting hit by the Pac-man’s awesome fists.

It is understandable though when fight fans engage me in adiscussion when they catch me

in a coffee shop, mall or restau-rant, they want me to confirmtheir belief that Pacquiao willconquer on May 2. They do notlike my guarded optimism.

But I know Pacquiao will beready come fight night and willlook for those angles and open-ings that will create the KO pos-sibilities. He and Freddie Roachknow that waltzing with May-

 weather is not going to work and 47 previous opponentshave found that out.

Pacquiao is guaranteed aheavy payday no matter whathappens in the fight. But thepart of this duel that carriesmuch more weight is his battleon behalf of the ordinary folk 

 who will sit in the theaters or watch on TV. He would do noth-ing more than to win this fightof his life and bring euphoria toa nation aching for a reason torejoice for a change.

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